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      UNITED STATES AM ) THE CANADAS . AKRIVAI , OP THE 6 BEAT WESTEBN . The steam-ship Great Western , Lieutenant James Hoskin , R . N-, oommandsr , arrived' at Bristol on Saturday , at nine a . m ., having performed the totsgein little better than thirteen days and a half Sir Lionel Smith , late Governor of Jamaica , is a passenger in her , and thirty-three others / She does not bring any Ijullion , bnt there is a considerable quanfity of bills . ; .:. ' . ; - . :-' - - - - - ; - - ' - - - - ' - - ' - - .

      STATE OF TgE -COUNTRY , COMMERCIAL , POLITICAL , &C . &C .

      { From the New Tori Morning Herald of Saturday JTov . Vath , 1839 . . a . / j ^* £ 5 ™^? is in a strange and anomalous condition . - ^ Politics , trade , commerce , currency , ram , ana religion are all mixed and blended together like human life itself .- Not only are the-various sections of * ne Union mixed np in . this way- ^ bui our affairs . p * fecularlylhe eftmmercial , are -as . deeply interti ( TOed . _ wito those © f England and -France . Every fl » sb . steamer is looked for with - deep anxiety to know if thellank of England has suspended— -if the wte . of Miterest is reduced—if the price of cotton has been raised—if Victoria is iugo ^ health and got ¦ sarried—tf LooisPHnippe _ is . still .. . on Ids throne . Steam navigation ias made -western jjurope and eastern America , one single , . undivided , civilised isoantry , influenced by the like caases-and the sai-i

      seeungs , v - This being &e general view , the next qpr " * ' vraat is our political position aithismorf ^* Te * et ~ ¦ ence to all these * interests , so far W- •*? J are c 011 " nectedwith English and French- ^^ f-. "' " , lit iherJF ^ d % Herald , ' " ^ v * - day » , Ottr Earppeaa reader wiUfip ^ * " the important facts * ad views ia fuU IbkA on every leading point of iiadc , " currency . ^ wmmerce . " Toe conclusions aretiieset— - ,- ' Erst—™* * t tbe ¦ ¦ 'Dnited States-Bank-milnottb-« maed ^ 3 *? £ * Vi ^ *»» years—and Aat the 00 , - _ * an&s m the Son them and western States : 3 niged onier pbEcj , maybe included in the same ^ categojy . ? -.- ¦¦ . - . " Second—That ^ crops of the tJirrted- Slates , boaiami

      _« aaa «* ton , have keen , for 1839 at » fair Estimate , full twenty to twenty-five T > er *** £££ * % & . tta f ^ ^ SSS , ot in any farmer year . Third—That theprieeof theleadmgitaples , such * s eotton , corn , *^ hare been ftOluig in price , in TOBsequeoee of ihe wmbined agency « f abundant ¦ crops , and iheTefltrietions on bankissne 3 by the New York and New ^ gland specie paying banks—and iharthe reduction in these prices ? -have' not yet reached their lowest - points , " nor will they , till some fame early next year . - -- - " - ¦ " - - > : FourtJ » -Tha * ihe ; city jof New York , in eonse-« wmce « f Ae «» iHl : res&ictiTe policy of her banks , WHcnJSnll- not sispend specie payments tit ally iiXird , wiB- become , still greater than aver , the great cental Jtoirtforthe transactions in afl surplus produce , ia fcwsgn and domestic exchanges , and in

      tne foreign teadej-and ihat l > haadrfpHa and her rastztnfions ^ ffl Jake a very subordinats tank in all intere , commercial © peratiois , ' of sound character sad solidity : - : : Rfth ^ -Thatihe exports of this country to Europe fksragjaft ; » e « year , will be greater ' in quantity laOBgMicft , perhaps , greater in vslne than on any antecedent jear . - - . ? Sxth—That the ralne pf all Corporation and State Securities have depreciated in price from 20 to « per © e-1 . under their par Talue—that the stocks issued by States ^ whosei banks are in a state of suspension , are sold in this cityat 50 to 70 per cent , for par Talne of 100 per oent . —and that the state securities of New Y « fc and Jfew England , in consequence of their sound banking policy , are dep'essed only fro © 2 1 o 6 per cent . rinSer ihe par valne , asid w 31 soob beat p 3 r , ; and ** bo mtttake . " *" " "¦» ¦ -: ' *' ¦ '

      Serenth—That the fature nioTements of this country in commerce , currency , and State and Corporation ' secnrides , will depend greatly on the resnlt of « ie Presidential election , -which takes place in NoTembeji 1840—Chat if a » administration of Mr . Tan BarensaeceedSj-arescrictiTepolicv will preyail to a certain ekten ^ but that if the Opposition , or a Whig putf , carry the Sections , a ~ rast expanaon of credits of all kinds wm be the probable course of things , eren-toffee creation of a catio ; al debt of

      3 OO , «» 0 , ( K ) O dollars , a Jiational bank " of 50 , 000 j [) 00 dollars , and th » assumption of the Sfete debts equal to 200 , 000 , 0 & (> doliax 8 , on& 4 alf of the-latter being owned in Europe—the ^ latter measure having been suggested by Barings and Co ., of Losdon , and brought forward by . their agents in this c ity . - " ^ Hiese are the general -news ' and conclusions to which we come on surreying , with a broad grasp , tte present field of action . Up to NoTcmber , 1840 , ihe struggle in the systems of currency -will continue . It is prolonged by the political struggle , PROSPECT-OP A BOW ALL ROUND , THIS WINTER .

      ( From the NexthXork Morning Herald . J From present appearances , eTerything bids fair : for » general rninpu 3 tMs " wxQter .. The states of Missouri and Iowa are just on the ere of p . general fight about a small portion of territory in dispute between them . The loafers along the Canada border are making great preparation for a descent on some part of her Majesty ' s colonial territory ; and they will require all the exertions of-the Great Pacificator , General Scott , to keep them in subjection . Ia the state of Maine they have begun to depredate upon the timber , and the Blue Noses and Red Noses are glaring and blowing fiercely at each other . Maine and Georgia have quarrelled about giting up some slare stealers ; and tfie Go-rercor of the latter state has told the

      legislature to pas a law authorising the seizure a'ad imprisonment of eTery man from the-state of Maine , upon the presumption that if he is not a thief ox a rogue , he soon ¦ will be : In the state of Massachn setts , . there is an awfhl internal excitement and commotion , about the question of " Rum or no rum , " and we should not wonder if blood be shed before Turn drinking be aboMshed . In th . e state of New York , the legislature is . so nearly matched that there will be most awfal scenes of contention , the whole of the session r "which ttIII not be allayed in the least by the introduction of the contemplated temperance law by the Whigs . In New Jersey there will be a great domestic fight about the disputed Congressional seats . At the city of Washington the session is expected to open in a manner almost as riotous as the last session at Hirrisbirrglv on account of the disputed seats . In Florida there -will be fightinsr

      and murders , and massacres all through the winter And to crown the « hole , and wind up the scene of -commotion , the whole of our frontier , west of the Mississippi , is threatened with a bloody , destructive and protracted TmHaTi war , on account of the demand on the Cherokees for the murderers of Ridge and his frieads . There are 20 , 000 Indian warriors upon the frontisrs , and it is impossible to foretell what will be ihe effects of the first bfow which may be struck . In the event of union among the different tribes , the forces of the Government upon the frontier would be totally inadequate to the protection of our citizens , These are pur prospects for the ensuing winter in the va-ious parts of the ; country ^ and if any onen--• dertakes to say that matters and things do rot wear -rery . mudx the aspect of a to w . all round the compass io say nothing of local ight 3 aud- domestic . hubbubs , we beg leave to say , thai we differ from them ¦ ontirely . : T \ Frma the Kete York ^ Courier and Inquirer . )

      : Priday Evening , Is OT . 15 . Since the departure of the Liverpool steamer , it xaxs be safely asserted that monetary affairs in Kew York have . taken a turn , or assumed a position , which places the ability of the bauks of tnis city to continue specie payments bejo&d a / doubt , ' and that , too , withoat ; depriving the mercantile , commnnity -of the convenience which the intervention of these institutions affords them . : The cotson-growing States will soon- bring their -ample resources to market , which have been kept iacfciy the prevailing sickness and low state of the liTers . The crop it . is now pretty generally conceded has been abundant , and &e yield increased . Already has the exchange between this city and New

      Orleans fallen to six to seven per cent ., which brings lie baoik currency of . the : latter iery nearly to a par with that of ; Eorops , and il ? -deniaEd here for drafts outhe South ; is eoatinually . increasing . The approaching abili ^ of . thjese State ^ to meet their en-^ agementainih ^ part of the " Union will farnish us wiih exchange on . Europe to meet , further demands , And facilitate the resumption of specie payments in the neighbouring cities , to . Tsiose large advances for ihem ih © r , euopenaoa is ffiaiuly attributable . The Bank of the United ^ tatea of Pennsylvania already redeems its . post notes falling due here in our « arrenoy , aad U must shortly collect a large proportion of the immense debt it has standing in the Southern- States . Our advices . - from Philadelphia speak ifith confidence of the fayonrable effect jarhich an exDOie of its affairs , now abont to . le made

      public ,- " . Trill produce . . Many of the banSs ot tne interior haTj& resumed specie : payments—^ thc State Bank of Cbatieston and the IBank of Charleston have persevered m them , as haveihe banks east of us , and « n tl » wi » le , * *« ensral lesompsum at an early day may bo confidently expected . ^ . . A question of infinite . difBculty and importance ; ihat mast come at aa early < lay before Congress , is the state of onr Indian relations . . We presnm&that Mr . Vaa ^ uren will hardly h& ^ e # e- assurance to * dvise Congress ^ that we are everywhere " at peace , when © or . Florida expeuditores reach some ten million dollars a year . There is too mnch reason , moreover , to apprehendserious collisons npon our western frontier . In that quarter the fmii * of Gen . Jackson s Indian policy are developing themselves wttn ieaiiul celer % . Accounts from the West represent the tribes in fogt quarter in a state of ferment aad ajji-

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      fetwn that , threaten a genejri ^ ntbjeak .: Should SSiyK ^' -ifiSL ^ niajJPirepaw for the most fowmdablB ^ anddeitrncfive Indiaa ^^ war ^ at has ever desolat « rour borders . If Borne few Kundred-wahdenng Semuioles inRorlda havVbeenable to elude for so many years the vigfianc © ' and valour of all the troops we can Bend ' against them ; if they have been able to butcher so many families with compara-* iv « HQpumty , " to destroy hundreds of the most valuable Byes in onr little , army , -and to absorb expenditures to the amount of forty millions of dollars in an tuiavailing effort at their extermination ; what are the . miserable , prospects of a conflict with more than 100 , 000 well provided Indian warriors , not confined to the morasses of a peninsnla , bnt with a Tefuge . i 4 hnUDinnvin ! ! tne fet » n- that , ttireateh - - - rjiiiinirjiiiiiijiiiii - ~ ii in deraRSemifiolesmHorfdfc > rt ^

      UTAH Tin vnT \ Y \ iYtfrfVs \ m \( «* a + Vn ** D « . Cn ) - A gruuuu runningirom Mississippi to theTacuicl A feeding of deep alarm prevails along the frontiers of "Missouri and Arkansas , and where they hare mosi reason to know the dispogition and purposes of tha Indian tribes , the apprehensions of a bloody catastrophe are daily . gaining confirmation in the public . mind . There , is no doubt that the Secretary of War will recommend , in his annual report , . th » fin " - mediate fortification of our western post ? , and a ' large augmentation of the military force for the ' defence of our western frontier . ¦ ' The question of the hortb eastern boundary appears to remain very mncb iasiatu quo . We do

      not believe that it will h * in the power of Mr ; Van Buren to commnni ( y » . « any information to Congress on the subject ^ ha * will be satisfactory to the people of the United ^ 81 ** 68 ' * least of all to the citizens of Maine . ^" ^ matter is to be still permitted to remain . ^ P ?) ^ use perhaps in some future partisan -agencies , tp withdraw the attention of the ~*> ple from the abuses of government , or to rally them under the pretence of foreign dangers around the administration . Everything that has been dene in this respect only serves to defer the adjustment of the question , and to surround it with still greater embarrassments .

      CANADA ^ { From the New York Morning Herald , Nov . 1 G . J The present aspect of this unhappy country is pacific ; but it is very likely that there will be an outbreak there before long according to the opinions of the leading journalists there . Governor Thomson is in favour of a legislative union of the two provinces , and or allowing all the same privileges in every fffPecs that the most loyal'British subjects possess . Xhis decision , of itself , will breed intestine commotions m Lower Canada , and disturb the quiet of that unfortunate country , " even if no invasioa is undertaken by the loafers and discontents on th s side the border . ;

      _ Bnt trom present appearances , we a-e led to believe that the patriots ( so called ) will create considerable trouble on * both sides of the line this winkt . The Secretary of War has ordered " General Scott to make the tour of the frontier , in order to take such steps and make such arrangements as shall preserve our national relations . Governor Arthur nasalsojrathorised the formation of a limited police estabjiahment along the ^ Niagara frontier , for the purpose of checking the acts or incendiaries , so freqwent of late in that Quarter , Sir George Arthur has issued his proclamatoon , convoking the provincial parliament , " for the actual despatch of business , on . Tuesday , the 3 rd of December ^ This does not look as if a dissolution was contemplated . ;

      Sir George Arthur has beeu down to Montreal to pay his respects to the Goveruor-General , and has returned with Mr . PouTett Thomson towards Toronto . It is said that the latter intends to dissolve the provincial parliament soon after it is eonvened , and bring" the great political topics which : ow agitate the province to the test cf a new election . This will be a bold , and probably a decisive meaisure . It is what the Reformers have been urgently demanding for a considerable time past ; and will be likely ttf-have the effect of transferring the scene of strife from the province at large to the floor of the House of Assembly .

      " •; ... : ¦ -- . texas .. . ; - iMPOittiHTLTO thk Ladies . —The proBpects of this young Republic are improving daiiy . The foundation of the Got eminent is beyond donDt secure ; and is cannot be very lone before the national revenuo of tha country will call in every jdoilar of its out stauainz debt 3 . She is now in a flourishing condition . Her crops of cottop are already oeginnini ; to ha of mnch impcrtauce to -the southern portion of the United States . J ? oroigu capitalists are gaining confidence in me integrity aoii capability of her ralers to meet all demands , and it would not be . at all surprising , if , before a twelvemonth expires , the treasury notes of the young Republic should stana at par with those of our Government . We stated yesteroay that the Texian Congress- , havo passed a law granting 2 , 982 acres of laud to every

      good woman who will marry , during the present year , » citizen of that Republic who was siich . at the tims of the declaration of sheir indepeodehce . This may induce many young English girk to leave their own greea isle of the ocean for Texas . But thBy must be told one fact ; if they reside on the sea board they will mner die of lever , or be tormented to death with mosquitoes ; if tney go far into the interior the Indians will kill their husbands and run on with tnem . If they like an Indian busband , come on . A party of religious people have Jeft Baltimore for Texas . Tee brig Editin- carried ont , among other passengers , the Kev ^ . Mr . Bay less , a minister ot' the Presbyteriaa Church , who degigns to se » lem ihai country , so that they'll become pious there in timeJV « w York Paper . * . FRANCE . : ¦

      ANOTHER INFERNAI . MACHINE i-rJUNC TION OF REPUBLICANS AND BTJOWAPABT 1 STS ; ( From the Gazette desTrihunaux . ) LastTiight , at a quarter to eight o ' clock ,: a violent explosion was heard in the quarter of the Pa '^ is Royal . A considerable crowd was collected in the Rue Montpensier , -where the explosion took place , and where itsiraces and terrific effects were reeognisedi Opposite the Passage Potier , in an aniue which conducts to the shop of M . Emerique , the money-changer , the edge of the wait had been carried away by the explosion . The wall of the houre opposite , and the shutters of the shop of the glazier li-rine in No . 19 , Rue MoEtpcnsier , bore deep marks of bullet 3 ; and with the help of torches forty bullets -were found flattened bv the force of the projection . " No trace-of the machine containing these

      was found . It has only been ascertained that it was placed in the angle of the wall which it had broken . A Dtrson passing at tho time above-mentioned said that before the explosion he had perceived at a distance a light , like that of lighted matches , placed where it is presumed the machine was placed . FortuBai * lv no one waspasarg at tnas part of the Rie Montpensier wnea the explosion took place ; ior , from tue mark 3 made by the balls in the wail of the opposite hDu ^ e , the variation of the frails must have besn considerable , and the depth of the marks left upon the stone and the fchuttera shows xhe terrible consequences of -whatever , wounds might hate been made . On the first rumour of tnis event the commissary of police came to the spot and drew » p a proces verbal of the facts . The authors of this ooious ana infernal attempt have not yet been discovered .

      ( From the Messager . ) ; . The cabriolet drivers who stand in this street had seen ; nothing of a suspicious nature previously to the explosion ; but a female , who had been stopping there for some minutes , saw a " well-dressed person , apparently about thirty years of age , approach the spot frequently , as if he had been watching for a favourable moment to put his design into execution : The last time she saw him he disappeard , after having stooped down almost to the ground . A few seconds later she saw some sparks ,- and «^ as proceeding towards the gpot , when the explosion tookplace ; and so alarmed her that she fell to" the ground . Several arrests are said to have taken place" of peraons frequenting the estaminets of the Palais

      ( From the CqrrespoTideTil of the Lojidon -Times . ) : " - } . This hand grenade , or portable shell , was composed of a pound of gunpowder in a paper -bag ,. well tied vrith twine , bound tight over withJ ^ w , coated with piteh , and in which were imbeddltt ibme 200 mustet ballSj the whole . enveloped in . a coarse sacking or canvass bag , marvellously resembling those harmless sacs in which the bank porters carry -their five franc . pieces , » nd might in fact , be borne about in the open davligbt without exciting suspicion or observation . The Government did Jiotj of course , anticipate such an act as that in question , bat the police have ^ been exceedingly busy during . theJast month iu observing the movements of the discontented , and hare made some curious discoveries . You require

      not to be luformed .-that the Republicans and the Bonapartists have been reconciled , and japw-form one oody . Aware of their comparatively itisignTficant iiumbers , they resolved on bringing themseTves up to an equality jmth ihe adhs ent 3 of Government by other means . > Hence the construction of infernal machines , which xaiider one determined ^ nan equal to a score . Being disarmed , as respects the legitimate manly musket and sabre , theyhave resorted to the weapon of the assassin and the destroyers This is the more lamentable , as in the use of them it will not be possible-to limit or direct the amount of mis chief they must occasion . While searchinefor other

      matters Government seized the threads of a correspondence ' with ^ London . Among , the doenmerits was a proclamation , the heading of which' indicated the double ( query—Hireconeileable !) principle of the new party , namely ,, the imperial , eagle ,: holding in his talons a scrol ! ,: on which . appears , " Universal Suffragel" Tile text " I shall give , jojj-in my next ; This afiair is regarded as very senouS Indeed . No proces of the ! many hitherto' ordered Kiirg- Louis Phjllippe embraced so much and : Carious documentary evidence : fourteen persons have ; been arrested within the last month , and the police arc said to be on the traces of many others .

      : XFroni the Commerce ^) The Commissary of Police of the Palais Royal proceeded oa Friday to question the journeymen

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      tailors m ^ heiyorkallops five master tkiUH r * Bl vP S ^^ ag ^ PoUer ^ pposite the near which thfcexplosidii took place ; ' ABef making the most nunute- se «^ . « ir < m 0 v ^ JlionseV'mt ^ ammmg about ii&y . persons , ; the ^^ -CoihrniSsaty ibok down their names and ^ ddressesy for the purpose of making another -investigation at tbeir respective dwellings . :- ¦ _ ¦ ,. ; j ^ , j , ' fi- \ rC ^ --,: / ' ^ -:- " -: V- ' ^ V ; --. ¦ . ;¦ ' Ths ^ t ; , ^ ce 6 froni ^ Algiersj ^ f : the 18 th ultri received in Marseilles , "were most alarming for the peace W . that [ country . Ths , Sud Btates" that the commerciai letters are unanimous in announcing ^^^¦ K ^ er had declareji war agaihs ^ France aad . that . 6 ; 000 . men had pceady . AwcHed' from Al ^ ew , towatd 8 the frontai ? of his d'bminion ' s . The correspondence . bf'fhe Marseilles iournaU ubxfOTei fyin ni tij "iTT _ i | ii > U ] jL J .- "jli ' ii , ^ ' ll—C > xLjw ., ' 1 ^ '

      did not confirm this inteDigence ; The , Semaphore , on the other hand ; mentions iha ^ Abd ^ ei-K ^ der h ^ ad forbidden his subjects , under , the ' penalty ^ f death ; to trade with the French , arid ' that' ihe JD / aa ^ or : holy war , had been lately preached among all the Mbes . There was MttletdQuhl but hostilities would shortly commence . ^ ~ The Arabs ; -: ' wh ' oi came to the marke ^ or ^ raii on the' 11 th ; rSpbrted that Abd-el-Kader had given orders to all the ' tribes tovprepare for war . "The Mmi ^ er of War , " says the Journol de Parts , " spent most of tKe morning of Thursday in conference with Marshal : Spult at the Hotel of the Foreign Ofiice . We have reason to : know that the object of 48 iis long intervierr was the adoption of some decisive measures rdispdctihg ¦ the' affairs of Algiers . " - - ¦ . - ¦ . '¦ ¦ . ¦ - •¦ - - r . yr , * - . :: ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ .-: Vv ¦¦

      ; - "' . - - - . . . ; . :-: ;' . :--SPAIN < - - -v- ¦ ¦ : -- ; - ^ , : . ; - .. ^ AdvicesfromBayonhe of the 27 th ult ., state that * ne nolitical chiefs of Navarre and , of the Basque Provinces had prohibited the former Carlist volunteers wearing berrets , uniforms , or other emblems , denoting the party to which they had lately belonged ;' No positive intelligence had arrived from Ajragoii ; it was only known that Cabrera washot discpuiiigedi that ha had under his orders 30 , 000 well armed aaq " disciplined Boldiers ,. with 8 f pieces . of . artillery ; and abundance of provisions and ammunition . /* Hia , most powerful auxiliary at the moment was ihe bad season which paralyses the operations of "his adversary , " . ¦¦ ¦ . . ¦ _ ¦ : ' : . ; y -. - ¦ : . ¦ : ¦' .-: ' y . :-y ¦ -. ' ¦ .. ¦¦ ¦" - '¦• ¦ " •¦ . ¦ •^ n " ' ¦ ¦¦

      /'¦ : . _ ; - ; ; ; - . : H 0 ME ,. h .- ; m ; . ;;;;^ ,, ;^ ; / . We bexibve we may state Witt ^ certaini ^ liai Parliament will assemble , for the despatch oipJiisiness , nbtlaf e in January . —Treasury Paper * , t rf : /; At fH&anjaual festival " .. of the Siottish | g »] giiajii celebrated on ; 5 aturday ( St . Andr | aw ^ fi-day )^ ati the London Tavern , the . health of the ; future conBort of the Queen was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , rhis is probably the first occasion " on which tjiis toast has been publicly proposed .: > ' ^ f f Representation of- Oldh ^ i . —The Ifw ^ JOol Mercury says that a rumour is very prevalentthat tioneral Johnson , one of the represectdtivesfor this borough , will resign his seat in Parliamenftn at ChriBtmas . It adds , that the Conservatives- ai » re- ^ ported to be canvassing for Mr . Joseph Jones / Sa , resident in the borough . . ' . ; ' J The > Bosntmotb VicTiMs ^ -We are gratified bV the receipt of the following letter from Sydneyl Now South Wales : — .-. ;¦ : v : " ' ¦ *//" ; :. "Sydney . June 15 , 1839 ^ '

      " Respected Sir , —T have taken the liberty of addrcsafng a few lines , to inform you who the bearaf of tots panpel is , viz ., Thomas Macfarlane ^ aged 74 y | ara , an-l one of the victims of tho atrociom spy eystetn of Sidmouth and Castlereagh , which you , Sir , had the merit of exposing after we- had suffered . ' ' The old g&BfJlead of Thomas Macfailane , you will see , still prominently bears the marks of the Kilsyth butchers , for worse ihan . butchers theyweie , to cut down ? with their sabres" old grey-headed man . He now Intends , God willing to spare his life a . . few months longer , to retura Xo Bis

      native country , and to thank the LordAdvocate ' , Mr . Wallace ,: of Kfelly , youreelf , ; and all , other gentlemen that interested youtselvea in our behalf for our pardpns . We have . beeu . ^ l ieved from bondage after nineteen years' sufferinij . * . Thomas Macfariane , / you ' win see has got himself lamed in the serfice of the Gtoye ; hment and deprived for ever of being able to do anythlugfor himself . Since ho has been pardoned ,-a few frierids here have contributed to pay his -passage to England , and have-Bubscribedfor fcome clothing to mate the-old ' man a little , comfortable . ' - ' . ¦ : ¦ .. v .--- ::= '

      " Theprayers of all your friends in this part of the world is that you may long support the cause of civil and reli iions liberty all over the world , and may you never weary m well doing . ' ¦ ¦ : • ¦ . ; "I am , Sir , your obedient servant , , '' John MAcMiLtJtN , , - . - . ?! . No . 2 , ¦ Windmill-street , Sydne ^ . ; _ " One of the Bonnymuir VicUms . " " To Peter M'Kenzie , Esq ., v - ¦ ; ' " Scotch Reformers ? Gazette , Q husgoyf . " —ScotchReformers' [ Gazette . ^ ^ f ' . ¦ >; .

      Fatai Accidekt at BucKiKGHAit Palace . —On fcaturday morning , between ten and : eleven o ' clock , a man named John Jones , who had been for mauv years in the employ of Mr . RichardCobbett , house painter and , decorator to ; the royal family , of' - ' Nor- ' thumberland-stree ^ Strand , was engaged in glazing a large ^ lainpi on the exterior of ^ Butffingham ' Palace when be placed his foot upon ' an ^ iton railing near theportico ,-which gave way ,: and Jones fell upon the . pavement , ; in falling ' . th . « unfortunate min pitched npon his head , and" oh beinjr ' pickcd uw'ne was coxwey «| | jmmediately . to tljo WestmineUr hoiBpital , where it was ascertained by Siir Anthony Carlisle , the principal surgeon , that hig skull was fractured . , The poor fellow expired within an hour after the accident . •¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦'¦ -. ' ' •• ,, ¦¦¦ ' •' ---. ¦ ' : ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦

      Rdmodbed Rksionation . —It is confidently rumoured that Sir John Owen ' s pecuniary ^ embarrasamenta have recached to such an extent that it will benecesary forhimto resign the representation of thecountyof Pembroke as soon as the meeting of ^ riiament will allow . In that case , tho county and the boroughs init will probably bo represented at the next election by Liberal and Whig members ; and Sir James Graham , at present M . P ; for Pembroke , wiU be returned to the place from which he came It . is : also ^ eipected that the Lord-Lieutenancy of PembrokeBhire ,: now held by Sir John Owen , Vill necessarily be resigned by him , and given to some person of more Liberal sentimohts . —Gtois .

      John Thobogood . —Public Mbetino at Ed'inburgh . —We are gratified to leaxTi that a public meeting is to beheld in this city , in the course often or twelve days , and under favourable auspices , to consider the case of Mr . Thorpgobd , the prisoner for conscience sake . M r . Thorogood has now been nearly eleven months in Chelmsford gaol for ron - payinent ot the sum of Ss . 6 d » claimed from him in name of chnrch-rate , by the " exactors ' of tho richest church in Christendom ! Had the disseritera of Enfflaud dono ^ their duty towards their persecuted brother , there can be no doubt , considering hotv numerous and powerful they . are as a ^ body , that the crison doors would have been thrown open for his liberation long , ere how . But in England , with the exception of the men of Leicester , who are over foremost in t . ie cause of religious liberty ,-andwho ba within theso

      , Te few days , set an example worthy of universal imitation ; with this exception , we say , no public meeting has yet . been held , to take , thoi case of tho imprisoned non-conformist into consider ation .. Such a reproach will , we trust , soori ^ be wiped away . . The meeting about to beheld in this city will , we doubt not , give an impetus to the cause , which will be felt throughoht the length and breadth of the knd . Already some of tW most eminent public speakers in the city , both lay and clerical , have engaged to take part in thoseryicesj so that ,. independently of the intrinsic importancd of the cause , the meeting promises to be an unusually interesting one , from the character of its advocate * We venture to predict that the meeting will prove a mostmflnential one from itahumhers , as well as from the spirit which shall animate its proceedines ¦—Scottish Pilot . : : : * : .:: ¦ *• ' ¦ '

      Wolvebhampton , —Wo regret ; to state , ihat the trade of our town has become gi-eatly depressed Fortiie last threo weeks the orders received by the merchants and factors have been yery small , both in number and amount , on account of the home as welt as the foreign ; trade . The conBequfttce has been that the artificers , having po regular ^ rdeh ; are , as far as their means permit , working' ^ n th eir own account , and offering their goods at greatly reduced prices ; -All this is . of itself sufficiently distressiri * and n becomes inficitely more a subje ' e * of ' serious reflection when we . cbnsider thp Eeasouiahd-imtiroi babihty of any Bpe > dy alt eraUori for ; the bettor . - ^ ¦ &laffora'J 2 xaminer . ' ' ' .: . V ^ j ' ; ' - >"!! of

      ^ RoBBER ^ The fleighbourhood- Salisbury is ' still infested by a ga 6 g of tillairis ,. who plunder every one whom they can lay ^ way after dark ; A most-heartless robbery was committed by them on Saluwlay evenmg , fl , lmo ? t witbia aight of the village of . Bishopstonej . tJie person , being an agricultural labourer , from whom they took , a sovereign , : t h * whqloproducoof . his week ' ftlabbrjrj which : he was carrying home < a hi 8 family ^^ lisbitry Journal .: : Sppposed SfeD ^ pino . v xkd StncibEV- ^ dh Thursday ebbing . abouVseven o ' clock , a gentleman came jfco thereceivirrg house of ihe Rb yalllumaneSociety , in Hyde Park , and gave information of having found a bonnet and shawl on the : S ^ futh bank 1 6 f . the Serpeatine , ^ bout one ; hundred yards from the waterfelL Kmght , the chief boatmany immediately ; vat off ' 'f&i . ine wim

      spoi ms arags . After throwing his drags for about two minutes , he bought up the body of a young . vfoinan . The body ' y ^ s imme ^ ately tJiken to the recemng-house , placed in a . warm bath j and -DrV Wooleyithd honorary surgeon to . the institutioiii ' used overyatteahs to restore life , but without ' success ; The body is that of a fibe-maae vrbm&n , apparontly ; - about twenfy-six years of age ^ daffc eomploxioth rather pwsk-marked . She was enceinte . Her dyes ! consisted of a white straw-bonnet , silk audTcotton sliawl , of a dark mixfore and largepatteiTija cotton gown , with black stockings and shoes . . None of the linen was marked , nor were there any documents found apon hfr person that could tend to discover ' whosbewas . The body was removed to the Half- ' waj Hwase ^ KeasingUm . -

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      K Tm ^ ik TstAbB , ' ¦ ¦ ftht c . t&u The'laeuveri « laai weefe ^ ere ; Jargej amounting , to \ ( tQfi 7 Olb . i ia conT » ¦ , <* m expeoted blockade of CHifta . The pttbiw . Bales b ^ gant 6-day ( -when of sh $ pabkagds ofteredv . nearly aU were bbtight in % 6 y ihc trad ^ Ta { * m * to m $ W ^ W ? i to 3 d .: perlb . 2 ; ighS ^ a ^ n . Sajurday ; WCppgous ; broug ^ 2 s ; 7 iito 3 Md ^ and Hysons 3 s ; 6 d . to 4 s , 6 d . pw lb . i - ¦>¦ a ?^^ E 5 sibNvo ^; i MiJHbEREii ;^ It will no doubt bejreaiembered thatabout two years ago a s ^ ous ^ to : tQoM > lace ; in Cobham ^ pirk > Sx * Z t ^ aeat of B * iyey Coinbe , Esq ., between the game ' k 6 e J ««<> f that gentleman and a gang of poachers ' a ^ d ^ at one ofthe ' gamekeeners ^ watf kflled A ^ ° ^ 2 n « r ^ ^ Jury ^ absequently i returned a ^ vervlict of ^ SM ^ W m ™* k a aotqrious : chatacter known / BilK the x— ^ - t > .. ^ »» -

      ^ as ^ n ^ ton Cobbler , '' and some ^ others ) lwp-of ^ Kingeton : Billy svcompanionsV were'subseqjiently ; taken into custody and cbaticted . Their Bentences were commuted , to transportation for life audithey are now in-New South Wales . Kingston mi , who ^ was a ' , mogt desperate ^ How , and the terrorof KmgBton aiid ita vicinity escaped the vigilance of the . officers i andwaa ; not heard of until ^ J ^ y moving last , when he ' was captured in the foUowing manner ,: Mr , : tt . v ^ . G op ^ * & ?*<>*<* wo ifingsfonCpoiicej having Teceived : lntormation that ¦ the accused was ¦ on board the coUier brig , l Allison , of Hartlepool , Captain Hunter , n >?^ ] $ M ** 'ft « ; "ver ; obtainedvthe assistance of Mr . William Judge ; an iinspector of Thames

      ponco ,, ana lire boat ' s crew . On reaching the ship they were : informed that the man had gone ashore at . sunset , and was most probably in some of the public houses iii the neighbourhood of Sh ' adwell A"er a long search theOojHecrsi .: eateredf : the tap--room ^ pf ; tho , J ^ r ] ey Mow , in Neiv Gravel-lane , where ^ - round , him on a iseat smoking . Ma pipe . On seeing JIr , ; Cook :-Kingston BUI held . dowti his head , ana . endeavoured to eisoajje observation . The ofBcers etepped up to him , and Mr . Cook tapped him on the Blioulte , and said , "Don ' t you know me ; Bill V > ihe man sighed heayUy , and said he did , arid that ^ i ^ ' ' $ ' ?• • wi'lthiin :.. He was immediately secured and lodgediu tlie station-house . Yesterday ^ mbrnibg he Wais removed to Kingston ; Gaol .

      : Most ExtraordinabV STA-miENT .- ^ The Observer &ves the fpllpwiug very strange Btatemeni b . ri the aiithoruy of a corre 6 ponc | eu ^ : ^ -Apbut . three nights ago the police' saw a cab on tfie stand , in Piccadilly , unattended . On opeuing ; tne door pf the Vehicle thej found a livery servant inside v asleep , who , ou being ^ questioned , > aid !^ the driver had given liim _ le » ve to rbinavn in ilia ; cab , as he had been shut ; oujC : from his : master ' s house ; , The cab ' was iaken-tp tlie . green-yafd , audrehiaiiied . unowned uiitil veaterday ,-when theLprbprietpr ^ came fprward ana « " « f . ? ned ' rtv Thq : ;; next inquiry , was , what had Jecome of the driver ? No pnelcould give any ac-. poup * beyond that ho ^ had pe 6 ii f seen not far from the house of ah afiluent indivl ual , Whp was in the habit of playing "larks" of a mischievous and

      dangerous nature with , unwary individual s . Information yesterday , reached the' pblice that a iersoh aLSwering tho description of the misaiug driver had bceji takeu into an ¦ hospital ( eitherthe Charing Cross or . jStvGeprgo ' 3 ); in a state of insensibility , appa * rently arising fl-pm some liquid which he had imoibpd , and that lie liad feihee died . ' Ah inquiry was iiisiaiitly set . oh : foot by the polico , but the truth or ! . !^ W . " ; ° f the rumour has hot yet been ascertained '; Anexposure " .-of the " praefcicea ^ adbbted by the pprsbh alludea to ' - ' will , ^^ perha ps , hiive"the / effect of putting peraons ^ ^ on . 'their ^ guara , and of checking : * practice that in moro than piibfustaric ' e hasi been-attended with fatalresults . Tho ihrtividaal ^^ in question acebsta persons iu the lower rauks of lifo , and invites t ^ em to parltake pf a glass of spirits at his house .

      The invitation is of course immediately accepted , A glass of soihething isgivsn and swallowed , and a second , glass tendered -and-, pressed on the drinker with , such earnestness that it is seldom or never re- ' fuse ^ . The effect of this liquid is to produce almost imm ^ diatP deliviuni , pr ¦ iuoeusioiluy ; Several of ; the . police- hays * been tempted in this way . One in ' particujar , known by the t name ; of Parby , was in ' Uticed to drink . a Couple of glasses . In a few minutes aftervvards the policeinan on the- ripxt beat was surprised to see , tho cbiiscable flying atengv the street at furious tjpeed , and bavirling i a a dreadful ; maUiier . The Uiifortp ite man . was next seen to tea * off his great qpat aridhis strap , and to thro \ v ' ¦ tlJ 0 ^ . into .-M | ovmiddletpf ; t ] ii ^ B . treet ^ , His other clothes were about to share the

      ^ arne fate , when attention ^ was attracted to his situation by ; a ,: serjeant -going the rounds , -who ordered him ' .. . to . ; - be cpnveyed ; to the' sfatipn-house . While ^ therp tho mau ; continued" tp uttor , the mo 3 t horrible cyips , and to eiliibit ^^ uuoquiyocal syinptoina pf Ifisaaity ^ In ^ the inbrhiiig he sp : | ar recovered as to ' Btai ^ . ^^ tfiecircumstances of "haying been plied by thp person in . question with t > yb : glaasos : of the unV known liquor ^ and that almost immediately afterwards ho ibst all recoiloclJipri ot what had pecurredi As the mau ^; . ' ^ cpptinue < l' . ' . ' aTte ' rwar < ds' ' ¦ to display appearances of maduegsi ^ ha ' Was sbbri afterwards discharge ^ from the ^ pblicp-ftrce . ' He never , ' hpw ev ^ rja ^ afarreepvered His perfect senses . The next ctee was ; that ; of a person ' W : respeetabilityv who djed almost ; in ^^ tbp ' person'a hbuseV after having beeii j

      naucea tpidirinicva v glass Pi ? ' two of the Hquor . Another iristarice was'of a ^ . mbre ludicrous character . ; -oFifteen scaVengors Were ¦ busily employed swieeping the road : in PiccadiHy . They were all caUoit r anti treated with ^ buinpera of this mairical . , m $° * - ' - ¦ ¦' - , m a ftyr minutea an ^ 'irresistibly comic ^ cetiB ; presontod iteelf . : One after the other the scavengers : began , flourishing- ¦ their brooms , like nutioiaes , and makiug desperate efforts to resunie their labours . Their brooms * however , only performed sundry whirligigsV and , one after the other , down the ^ scavengers tumbled in an insensible state in the street ; Twelvpvof these mudlarks found their

      way m to . tho yinbTStreet statibn-house on stretchers Q ce had nearly , beeu killed bnt for the timely application ¦ pf tha stomach-pump , and the care of the surgeo n of the . force . The two drivers ; who hadibach takeu their share , were seen hanging on by the ^ hafts in a state of stupefaction . The horse wasjiping pn , and . hid AheYppliceiibt succeeded in rescuing thein , they must . have , fallen - utide ' r the wheelsof the ; . loaded mud-cart , These are only a few of tho instances which have pecurred . It is to be hoped the missiiig driver does not form a third case iu . which : life has ; been sacrificed through the indulgence ; 6 iV this criminal practice ;

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      -- ' , / : ¦ ' - ¦ ;¦ ¦¦ ¦ '' \ : : ¦ : ¦ " • ' , ' ' . . . Nq . ' 2 ;> ' ¦' , ' . . ' ;\^ ' , /¦; ¦ : ' .. -. ' f Justice aHd Mercy ftcd from this country during the pernicious life of Henry yitl ., one of those beings , who seem to ; have beeiiIftfrmed by riattire- to create disgustfpr a tyrant and his actions , to pxpitb a horror of oppression audits certainvrcsults . Tlie rights pf the constitution ¦ w'ere entirely : raerged va tli ^ extension of royal authority , auoC those priivciples which arc coeval : virith the . firstvifudiments bf oiir l ^ tvs , worp either entirely and wilfull y ¦ forgotten ,: or < xnly remembered ; : ; tb be iramplcd upon . ' - '" -- The JjeaUtiful maxini ,: which is' ] fiaid tp pervade : ihe admniistratiou of jusUceVthat "it is better ; for ten guilty persons ; to escape , than for brie ^ innocent to suu ^ r . ' was perfectly " reversed ; v ^ ^ has

      The ; ppvver of rank : an 4- wealth ^^ : so va ^ i tin influence on Bomemiucls ; ; that though it- be exercised . . ; against every ; dictate that : reasbi ^ ttr conscience : can suggest , yet it will alwayB : find plenty . : of followers , : > hov are willing to 1 ) 6601116 inEtramentsi for tlie e ' xecutibn , pf its acts , and to carry tho vilest of / its desires -into execution ^ VThe nioiister . ; HENfty ; was never at : a loss foriobls-ofini ^ ^ guit ^; whether lie desired a minister t < j rob hJs ^ rsubr jeefs and fill his pxehequer ; a blest to diyprcehiniLfrPin ' ¦ % ¦ ^ T ; * ? iinegiiiniatize : ; his ^ ; ofi > pring , " ' oir v a judgijfto ; Gohdeinn ithbse ^ licmiiihe wished ^ bui of his

      wayi-HESiwr was a ^ jealpus admirer of ^ the fairieki atotdjeternvnod to havohMKshare of theuK' Whei he b ^ &tb ' lWi br for Janb SeyMpPB ) he immpiate ^ dateri ^ ried uppV beheading the foriner and > inarrying ^ he latter . ; The uSfortj ^^ Qtteeil'Was beset by pnemi ^ - beiauie she favoured the ' pV i ^ it ^ and npw \ yiien tJio ^ ignfwas ^ displeaSed'' with he ^ therp was-s ^ arce ^; a ; friend to ^ hwH'B ^ 'coulti appfeali ^ . Stie ^ was committed ; to ^ iJie T ^ she ; wrote a ^ letter ; tp the : Kingj celetiatedifbr ft ? eloquencei ? Try me , ; : gb 6 d . King ^ V 8 he ' eajsy ** but Mit "? A ?? . f , « teyfulMa £ afed iet-nbt- my ' -sworn

      eneinies «} t as my . accusers and judges , yeaiiet iine receive ^ an open trial , for my truth . shait ^ ar ^<^ pen shame ; jhen shall ve seeeitheriny ijanbcihoocleireci , ypu ^ suspicion and couscienco satisfiedj the ignominy I B ^ d- slaader- of Ae ^ ^ ^ eaJyileciared ); so : th ^ may determine 9 tipi 9 - ijiiia ^ ' ' ^^ j ^^^' t 6 i ^^( M an ^ op enrcensurb ;; aiid- ' tiaiw >;? ^^^' b ^ g ^ dla \| i ? fiilly : prom , yb ^ Gra ^ c ^ at lib ^ and iaan . not opiyito ^ eiiutc ! wcttth ^ punisl&ent : on ' ^ t aei ^ an W ^ WfU ^ ijnl ^ fe p tfta ^^ w ^^^ a ^ - ^ 'iiov > alfeadjf ? eltle § on ttatpi ^ y ^ fa ^ o&s ^; a : m 7 ipio < is , Iaxn ^ , ~ ¦{' . .: v : v - . V : ' : ' ' ^ ' ¦ f-. ^ r . ^ - ^^' ' ; , ' . ^ - ^ ^

      - Tho charrgej ; a ^ iJnst herrwaBth at ^ f adulteryj ^ t ho W obf ^; ^ eW ^^< iPnling . ; Her ^ tUjBged ; accprnT plices ;' . w ' ere t ^ uoapereid ^ Uh / in every ^ Jiti ' eef ijet ; S ^ sipMriwas ^; the ; bniy ; pne , Whp ^ areiltp cpnfe ? . 3 ; anything , , buf this ! was udder hbpes of par-Jdpn , aiii so , fotofulwere ^ ey of his giving wayj that theyyimmepMately ; executed him ,- and never cojr jfronted him with their victim V Norris vras

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      pn % ^* ^ afdbn > tf ^ e wouy cpnfi ^ and vaccusp th ^ uepn ^ bt ^^ e ; generonsiy , rejected- thp proposal ; sayiiig ^ tha ^ in'hia conscience ; hp ? believed her fentirely guUjiless ; that he wpuld : accuse her of nothing , * adf would rather die a thousand deathB Ithan calumniate van innbeent vpersorii ¦' ¦ ' . $ he ' was ^ even charged withviricest ^ tho pyidm brother , Lprd Rochefcwb , had ^ been seen to ieari < m herded beforpsonie com ^ nyit 3 hp > vaa ^ cusedorhavine * did ttat the King never hid ' her h ? art ,: WbJch . was alleged ; ^ toJhe slan ^ r ^ tJie & } n ? s qffkpringl By this atrainedi'interpretation ^ her guilt was brought under the statute 6 £ thp 25 th bfthisreign . - ; v ' ¦ :. / ' y .- . r ' - -. f ; - ' y ^ ' S- ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦ " ; .

      : vTh 6 ugh unassistedby cbunaei ; she deferideiherseif . ^ W ^ tomd , anathe specMtorscpuld not forbear pronouncing herinriocent . In the Harieian manuscripts wp .: find these ) wprds-- ? The (^ ieerie hayeing an exceileni 4 ui

      thanked ; the \ King for his iiriiformly desirhig her ; advancement ; : from ¦ •* * private gohtlowoman , -Bhe said , ; he ; had first made her a Marchioness ,, then ; a Queeiij and now that ho , could rai 3 e her no Tiiglier in this world , he was Ending her to be a SAintin Heaven . ; in tlie tower -she behaved : even with Pheerfulnesffc "; The executioner / ' she observed ta the Lieutenant ;;^ is , ^ i ; heaiv . >? eryexpert , iaatl my neck is : very Blender ^^ npon ^ hi ch . sh p grasped it in her hand , and smiledj She died : with the greatest firmness ; . anpVis a remarkable instance of the fortitude vyhich women can exert under : the scVerost pf trials ' . - vl- ; : . •¦ ••;• : r-. - ^ . ^ - ^' - . - . ; . ;• ¦ ' . ¦ -,- . - : ' : ' ';¦ ' : ¦ : > .: ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' - ; ..

      , ;; K : P tmhappy cases , wherein 'the gontle ' w % , eiidpwed with the ^ flrief ^ and niore delicate fboliri g ^ of toinianify ; have bepn nia ^ p to endure tha cruelty bfmaniSvhPsedutyit vis todefend thein ^ tliey have frequpntiy ^ displayedI ' a ^ egree of courage and pre ^ senee of inind as infinitely superior to that of their brutal persecutors as is the ' rstrength of theiryirtup and the purity of their affecti © ii > History furnishes

      many instances confirmatory pf thJa position ; among whiph ; : hpt the leasiproniinent , ^ ^ ptEYK , Lady ? Jane Grev , MAnr , Quebn of Scbtlandj and Marie Antqinette , | f Fratce r aU Of whom sorQetthefe foir them ^ : that , whatever may be boasted " of . man ' s philbsbphicalppwer : s ,: ifc was plain that J ^ women as they ; -jverei had learned ^ j ) hi ! p 8 ophy ; which teaches not only how to live , but how to die .

      • Henry -shortly after p ^ ocure 4 thejmarriage to bo declared invaitd from the bdgiiinihg ; not perceiving , in thp blindness of his fury , thatv if such were the . case ; Akne Bolbyn could not . have been guilty of adultery . I ; V ; "¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ' ¦'¦'¦ ' ¦' . .. ' - . . : - - " ' „• - ¦ . ' ; Cbomwell , Earl of jEssex , was tha next ¦ . victim ; arid his c ^ iefpifence seems to have been the disappointment of his : mastor ^ s passions by a false report-cpucerningvhia " new wife , Ann of Cloves-. iH ^ tRYihad only heard of-her froin others , and seen hejf ; pictUre ^ b y Holbein ^ and this evidenco beiug of a mpstvflattering description , ho espec ted to meet sis

      his bride ,-for such he'liad invited her to be , fclavely , bloPming and youthful female possessing qualities and accompUshirieiitsithat : could not fail to captivate even his heart ; wpv mayvforai theu some idea of his chagrin and surprise , when ho beheld as his impoi-ted spouse , a huge , , ugly ; middle-aged woman , of coare&marineirs ,-uncouth ; , ideas , and cold dispbsifion V Add to . these charms the fact that she cbuld pniy spe % the Pytch language , of which her hUsband did not -understand a ; jvprd , and the effect , upon a temperament likei Henry's ,- may easily be ; imaginedi ; ; He declared ' •¦; that / sho vraa : . a great Flanders mare , and immediately determined

      upon dissolving the marriage -and panishing the adyiBer . C ^ a" Bill of ^ twndesiwig jfranied , against ^ iiin , ; a « d the Housp ^ pf PeeMrthpughfc : D ^ exariiinatipri or evidence , " = tocbridemnto : death a m * n whom , a , fevr days ^ before , they had declarpd wortliy Wbb Vicar-General of ^ the universe . " The proofs of his ^ reasonable pra * tices 7 observes Hijsie , ~ & arpit' - terl y ; improbable ? arid : eyenh absolutely ridicuipus . The only citcuin ^ fances of his conduct by ^ whitli : ' he $ coma to have merited this fate , was bis being the ' instrument of the king's tyaauny in conducting like iniquitous bills against the CoUrite 33 of . Salisbury and others ^! ^ - ;

      The ; unfortunate Countess of , Sausbdry now claims-: atteutipn . She . wasi the Mother of idar ^ dinal Pdi . E ^; ithe . most bitter- fpe to . IIenry , and therefore , sue was doomed tp expiate the bffenceof her son . v i ^ vrebellion : bad ; naturaliy brpken ^ orit againstthe English : tyrant ; andaft ; r its supprcs ^ pn , ; Cromweli * showed to theilouso of Peers ouepf the banners used in the insurEection ^ ahd he said iha ^ it was found in-the hoiise of the : Gpuutesa of SAl-isBURvi Noyether proof seems to / have been produced ov thought rieces % y ; the Parliament ! without fwtheir mqiiiry , passed a bill of attainder agaiiist her and , after a short imprisonment , she vsi-as led to execution ^; Bven under thes ^ distressing : eir ¦

      cumstaiicos , the spirit , of- ; tho . Plantageueta , frpmwhpse lorig arid royal race she was ; descended , \ vhs Btiil manifested byy this truly heroic \ ypman ; She refused to lay het head upon , the block , or . submit to her sentence , haviiig had . rib trial . She told the executioner that if he would iwin herhead , he jnust have : it - the best he could ; and thus , shaking her ypaerable . grey locks , she rku about ; th 0 Bcan % ldj ; andtho / pxccutipn e ^ with his axe , airuins . many fruitless Mma -at ¦ . her rieckbefprp he pould giveVthp fatil stroke . Therp arp few ; executions on record . attended with more horrible : and extraordiriaryV circuriistauces v than that of this iunbeeritworiiarii ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .

      ' Perhaps the piily in $ tanco ; of ¦ ma « haniini ^ aaci generous forgivehesairocorded inpOuncction with tlie ristme ; pf jHENiiY ; the' iEightn , is ^ the pardon ofvSir EDspwbpKNEVKE . ; The statute 33 Henry VIII : el 12 , eriacted tjiat a malicious striking ja the : JKing ^ palace ; whereby blood is'dravrn , ^^^ is puriishable by perpotual imprisbrimerit ^? fine at 'the Kipg ' s plQasuro , arid loss of the offender ' s right h ^ d . ; S <^ ceiy- ^ ha d > this measure o ^ ec oiyed thp - royal assent ; . fceforb Sir Ep . SurcptkNgVE * committedtfia e : ime , arid beingfaiihd tp :

      guil ^ wjis about IpsP his ~ hand , when he * tlesiTed that'the ilCihg of-his benigna giuce , would pardph him' "pf ; hia ? right hanii - -and tctkp the : leftr-for ( quoj ^; he ); if ; : my , ; right ;; be-spaM ^ ^ doe sucbi good Bervioe- to >; his ; graced as shallJpieaBe him to appoint , ; 'Of this subinission arid rpquest the justices forthwith inform ^ the ^ Rii ^ j who / cpnsidefi ing the gentlb heart of ¦ •' : thoVsaid Emvsh ; and ; fee good report of lord ^^ and ladies , gjanted hiin pardop , that he should looso : neitner hand ^ : laiui , rior goodsbut " shPuTd go frep fat- liberty ^^ STow ' s Annals !

      ^ CiTfiffiW ^ ElSbWARD , ilno Ktris ^ 'iifth wiftj ; ms "( fr-: ecrited ; fpriricoritiuency , ar i ^^ ^ NoR ' Fbik , andnis : s ^ foir ; Hi | h Taeaspn ;' -The latter fexccll ^^ . ^ ty ; acTOmpliahment which bpc an ^ . ^ aud ^ asoldW ^^ boing a ^ M ^ bnorV- ^ a ^ t ^^^^ ttibreexp > ditiduajhewas a <^ ised ; oferitertahangjia ; ! hiBJftniiIy ; soieltalian 9 , whp : wer ^ 8 p ^ s * . ; 'A sefvarit of hisvh ^ d pjtid a ^ igifrtajeardR * W ?^ in ; l taly ^ heDeo lip was ' suspectedmd f

      *? i a : c ^ sptfrid » with ^;^ that ; ^ rtoxiouapfelateU He ; hHd ^ uSrtered tKe arml of ^ Ejward the ; C 0 rifes ^ soV ^ hiBBcUtbhopnVtvhich ^ m ade hinibe ^ *^ erf ? pf ^^^^ il ?^ ^^^^^^^ ^ P ^^ hMa ^ erethc cri ^ Gsibr ; ^ fiicn ^ juryVnpt * withstanding his eloquent ajuiispirited defend'ieprii ^ WedAhe Ea rl pf ^ imuY ^ forHigh ¦ treasori , 4 rid tb ^ if ' _ BenteKce % a 8- soon 'after ^ exewtbd upon Mm ; ;^ R ? oi ^ esca pca ; a feimUav ; fat ^ bniy ; by -thff dpaihvbf ¦ ; tlie-King , ' v ; : ¦ . ¦¦;¦ . - / . \ ' v ' y ^' -y ' - j ' s :- ' ~ . yy > ,-. ¦ . ' ¦ :. ' - -v

      In " the v the-v black : ¦' ; catoibgue pfy iriurdered hmnanbeirigs vVhaperished duriDg this ; ppriod , we have ¦ pmUted many hundreds ; oiily iiBetecting

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      * hose , w ^ ^^ min ^^^ ot fteirppwer , their a ^ »^* e 5 ? qualities ; ^ the ^^ ul ^ ncideritsat , *^ W . ^^^ tts ^^^^ ttedthenriri berleMmartyr ^ w *^ efCTriDg-tfi >^ i # r ^ of cbi-8 ci ^ and of rbas ^ f M ^^ fy ^ - kingly ; creed and royal p ^ ctrinesv ^ piib ^ Ug ^ t . « e for their religion fattier than , Hwa ^ a po ^ at ^^' e doomep to cruel tortures attfe staite ¦ - ' wffhi ^ coined ourselves to vrMtmay bVtrn ! y ;" called '•* St ^ t' ^ Xria ' a ^ Fe may : <^ rvp h ^

      arethesepros ^ u « pris . ;? er (^ Eresse 3 )^ I ^ canri 6 t entirely ; iusli ; ^ ri ^ he ^ iwfMste'i to , tn * T <> ico ° f cbriscierice ;^ wM « h te ^ Km « f his iniquity , and renders * im % « owa ^ , , Hb knows ^ hat he has given his ^ u bject ^ laasV tp plot agajnat hun , jand believes thatth ^ haWarailed ttiemselve * of diat causes lie suspPcts W ; regards ; his ^ best friend as a - -foe * his ; mbM loyal f ^ iwer as a- traitor . m is continually hamited ; by ; flipt ^ fits ; of conspiracies andassaBsinations ^; He ^ fe eis' feat he ^ must have enraged thousands ; and bis : fe ^*^ persuader : ilia ^ hat his safety isin : their destructiori * . \

      : Taough-high posts in the State / may- be profitable and ; easy enough- yet at this tinie they were by np means unattended with ; danger > as : 4 e 4 aw 8 , beingli ttle regarded ^ and power ; iraining th «^ victory wnichpyer party ^ mong the nnhilityv rose ; the other portion was certain tp fall , their leaders paving with their lives for their presUmpt ^ foeaput ' of placp ; [ : Ia tfie ' shbri ; x ^ nefJEBWAHp VL . tliis fact is ; particalarly apparVat miho eondemua-Wm of Sir Thomas ^ Seymour , LMdHifihv Admiral of England ^ and ^ unclejb ; the : King ; ^ and ; thai pfe thb Dukp of SoJmjerset ; Protector of Engfeuidj / and brother to Seymour : ¦ : L ' & ' u * .- - ¦ : v v

      Th p ^ dmiral appears ; toi have been a man of vast ; ^ airibitibri , / . and scarceiy -was f HENRY" d ^ d , when ^ he marriepY the ( Jcteen PqwAdEfe , and began ; tb plot , against fiis ; brother ' s . AdministratiOTJ ' . Tpe iriild temped of SpMiBssfct made him p ^ deavour , in every manrier ,: tb win SEYMbrnfifronV his foolish ^ torpuient attempts rbuVfinding the public peace pndangered by these consbrracies , he vvas at length reluctantly compelled to havp ^ recourse to severer ^ measures , / and takp gart ^ thV urinatoral tragedy of accUMng ^ a bix > « Aer ; as : a ^ traitor ;^ / The prisoner -was not daunted ^ but baldly-demahdeda fiir tri ^ , required to bb corifrpnted W ^ **** wttnesses ^ and desiredihai therchaige might ^ W left ^ with him t ^ bo / cbrisidered . ;; ' These ; requests ; founded pri th ©

      plainest principles of law : and equity He-was proceeded : >; agu& ^ by ; -vbHl ' . ig ( r '' . attainder ^ which rapidly ;; passed through ; u-thjB ? 'House of Peers ; but a : little : mPre scruple vras mad » ia thie ; House of Commons , and evenjvBome Members objected to th& whole proceeding , by Bill of ; Attainder passed in , his j absence ^ » nd insisted that a formal trial should bei ; giveri : ? t < j every ; maa before his condemnation-. The accused ^ however , was aentenced to die ; without beinjg ; allowed to mak * any defence , and though , in the wwas pf Rapiw , 'it was never clearly prbyedthat he had formed any ill . design against the Kiug ^ orStatev as : jie . protested to his last breathi But this is liotHhe-wily time tk < U ploh ; againstthe < Ministersthavebeeti reckoned High Treason : ' " ' / ' ¦ :. J- : ^ y .. y- - ' . .: ' yJ ' .. ri- ' - - ¦ ¦ . ¦ : . . ' ¦;¦ . -

      The Duke of Somerset , . h 6 w ; iveif r his ^ 8 hare 'in .-huibrother ' s ; death may excite-prejudice ; . arid however ho may be slandered . bj ^ spmepftth * cduteniporary accoun ts ^ in ; cPnseqiience ; pf . ' -ha ^ iig ( iumbled ; tlie nobility ;; ;" y . et , : in ' :. reality appears ^ ohii *! ibeen a true frieud to the people ^ ; a ^ ; a tima ; v ; whenL > they seldom found a powerful advocatejand therefor ^ he deserves tobproeordpdasja patriot . ^ Thongh-Awarm par-; tizaa of the reformed religion , hb ; didt . ljbfc persecutft tlipso who still peitseVeied iatrhemwrefiancierit dbc > trinesj ' though investedI ' . ; : w ; thi- \ almpsti unbonnded power , he oxereised its authority with- moderation

      and probity ; though Ms pfflce coriferre ^ pri him thfj title of ^^ first ; Noble in the realm , he ever respected popular ^ welfare ;^^ and opposbdihisio ^ : clas 3 whea their -interests clashed witri the happineas of the more humblebrdere ; DurmgoneSossionjbydhisinfluence all ; Ja . ws : were '' . re ^ aled , ' : ^ hiQb : '' ^ J ^ Ad ^ : ; 't ^ eAs ) an bayond the ^? 5 th \ ^ wAiR »; in ^ alii ; iaws enacted during the latp reign extendingthorcrime of felony ; all the former ; laws . against . Jjplla ^ d y , or Here sy togetheiytiht ; fte ;; statutepfvthe ^ Btx' , articles . A repeal also passed of ^ that law , the deatructibri to all laws , by vfhich the King's Proclamation was made of eqnal ; fprce . witha . statute . ? : ' . ' < ' :. ' > : ' - ¦ . ' "¦ - " : ¦

      SbiiEusEir ; also appointed C ^ mmisaiifcers of ~ en- : quiry tp examine whether i ; they . ppssessprsv of theMoriastry lands : had / fulfilled'thpycpnditionson which those- lauda had been grantediby the Crowit , and also to make inquiries coricernirig inclosUres , by . which the people were ; sp shamefully burdened in consequence , of ^ their Reports tie prderod all late inclpsrireai to bblaidppeh- ' . - . by ; - ivdayv ; appoint ; 6 d . ^ 'A . - ' - new ; commission ishbrtly ^ after issued giving ah uniiniited power ; to ; a > chosen body iii hearing and determinicg allcaiuses about highways , inclpsUreBy and cottages . ; He prected a CpurtpfPftquests ihhia

      ownhoiisefor the relief ; pf . .-the people , and interposed \ vith the judges on thcir : ^ excusable ^ manner of stretching prerpgative . ; Men should be judgeel hy their swtipnsi ; and if we apply this , icfaUible test to ^ . Somerset , wey must awjircLto himthe ^ never-fading cr own of sincere arid unalioyod patriotism ;; pf course his ^ actB were dis ^; pleasing to the '; ribbiiity and . . ; they ; spoil fbun ^ Ppportunijy of crushing him . ; Articles of indict ^ nient Were , exhibited ' , against him : ^ they purport e d that he haddivers times ppenlyBaid that the nobilityand gientry were thevonly causeof . deaths where- ;

      upon tho people rose to refprm matters for themsolves ; thaj . he caused prpclamatipris \ to ; be : made agaicst inclpsures ; that he said thp . Lords ; of the 'Parliameat werp both to . refprm inclosUres and Other thiuga , and [ therefore tho ( people tiadWgopd cause to i . ^ form ; themseive 3 ;; Therp ^ not aspecific crime iii the whole indictnieht ; there was neither fraud , ibr Trapine , ; rio ^^ extprtibn , ; and yet e ^ n on t&s fo tipu a verdict of . guilty : wa 3 . rpturced ; and wpnderful to relate the merciful : sentence was dbprmtioh pf ail his' offices , and a fine of : two ; thousand pounds a-ycar inland . ; >; . v : / :. -: ' - ' y ' ; 'fs . " '¦¦ \ > ' ;¦' ¦'' - '

      . . Ki 8 : irisatiatefoes , rhow . ever ^^^ would not thus easily lpspthpirprey , aridh&wi ^ High Treason , pniiccbUiifc ; of ^ soh ^ jeejioiied iriBurrcctipna : ; and . of "felonyj in laying u ' aeaigatp murdertife j ) ul | e 16 t ; NdMnuMBERtAKp , and oiher Privy CpUnciilOTS / : ';' vT ^ eniyViMyen ';;^ e ^ . cbmpcsed the Jury , among ^^^ bR 0 KE ^ . and ;' : N 6 BTtiAiiiPTOii , 5 wibrn ^ ifeceney ghpuld havo hiriceredi ^ ojdractiriiHs ^ ndiMin ; the trial of

      a ; rrari ;^ h ^ app ^ ed ' ^ io ^ taesses ; ^ re ;^^ cbrifrbnted -witti the ^' prispn ^ t -D ^ ^^^ ^^^ with , iegardto ths conspiriacy ; seeme to have beena plain Eotgery : y ^ &cniX 3 ^^ l ^ m ^ & 3 BoiAt ^ ^ ¥ ^ r - * W ^^^ resistigiving ^ girienV iri ^ hmfavofii 1 , ihough ihey m a M 4 ^ Ji ?« M ? i ; in gailtiy of felony , for an iaterition of ^ sauit ^ tM Privy Councillors . ^ . ¦ ¦

      * '• ? MI P 0 ofp 7 <' ' byrvtiibm : ; SpMEfes ^ was beloved , Rearing the SrsV pairt of hjs ^ sferitericbv by which tie Was acquitted frp ni ^ rpasb ^ load ^ accl * ma ^ ris ;^ tut ;^ ir ^^ fettly da ^ tj ^ tpff findingthat he- wa » coiauemried to ^ eath ^ lb ^ ieliiiry , i ^ t h ^ Pxe ^ rit ^ , public syriipattiy Mewf ^\ tfeuVd 3 ^^" Thete ! r rievery * fiaya Fox , ^^ Ve ^ s 6- inaiiy ^ >? Mpirig ! eye ^;^ S (^;^ b ;; andnbi vrtfliaot patisev * fl 5 r ; ail inen / vdidseePiHtb ^ decay of ^| rv ^ ke ; ihepubiic | uin <) f ^ a ^ rusbM- 'i ^ to dip thei ^ liandkCTcbieH in bis bjopd , > hic 1 i ^^ ^ gJprtsetyecita W ^ c ^ us reli p of their ' ppHiibaimartyr ^; - ^'¦ - ^ yy ' - ' ' ^^^ i-l- ' r :- ' ^ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ; " :

      ' i Th ^; 1 fieri > 0 e pbticy tif ^ tyriiit ^ which cprisists insacriScing all ^ rtip are ; WfllMg ' ' # jfei ^ n * : the op-i presEed arid ^ the pppi ^ is pf / an otd ^ Ste ^ ^ The . &fc rictbrvpf ; jiii lovero ^ yipjpepple ^ ^^ angerpusand difficult tb : su ^^ f «« V : bnt % c can S # aMj [ y hplieve that aipatiiot i ^ veniiiiriiaMunb ^ toii ll ^ er y ^ isfuUy repaid ! for aJl tits fnf ^ rin ^^ fie ^ nesi tokeris lf lb > eanagratitude fromthp ' sp M ^ eouaitjv ^ ior whoni / hp has ^ jbeeiwiliing tQbn ^ ti ^ isfwtB ^ aiai ArtiJeTty ^ wttd ^ iOT "life ; : ^ - ? ^ ^ ' " ^^ ^ " ^; r ; ;¦ : :-V . r- ^ . ^ : 7 . i ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1086/page/3/