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      fXS PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION , AND THB MOTION OF MR . DUS COMBE . „„ ^ jj borne to the House on the ^ hoaldeis of zut ^ eea <• fnstian jackets , '" 'who performed their duty * £ n _! weeeded by a procession of the members of the J ^ raffrm , » nd other leading ChartUU , amidst the iSeniBK lhoata of congregated thoosand * . " d ** " "" Northern Star . girk to the ewise of liberty !

      < Bie " de » d" are awxken'd again ! lie voice of the people is heard to b * free O ' er mountain , and valley , and plain . Full noWy . they » tir them to save Tbe exiTd , and prisoners dear ; Onoe more , their petition nai gone for the brave , And liberty giTW tb * m a cheer ; yoj the " fustians" haTe sworn , in the power of their might , ro -win them their freedom or die 3 n the fight

      pall boldly they enter the hsll , Their escort all gallant and gay , ffith the shout of that people -whom Whigs "we-nld enthral : * Tis the Toice they are caU'd to obey . ' Escb tenator rnshd to the spot , Impell'd by a magical fear , The " prayer" of the people ¦ whose claims are forgot , To behold in its grandeur appear . Then Dnocombe obedient directed its way , ind braveJy our " fustians" the summons obey . 1 b the House the " petition" * s unfurl'd , Acd there is it treated with sccrn ; The hopes of the millions—the pride of the world—Again are insulted and torn . Tie logic of fools is di-plsy'd ,

      Their mnltiplied follies to screen ; Ice baseness of faciion , of justice afraid , All" mere ) " a . « cribe to the Qaeen . ¦^ ith iralice and subterfuge bolting secure The dungeons our patriot-hearts must endure . Ob , vrhere is the justice of old ? The spirit of Alfred the great ? Ere tie throne -was debas'd by corruption and gold Ween the people were one -with the state ? Tii zone "with our freedom to Tote ; 'Tis under tach despot ' s eontroui ; And now , e ' en the right to petition is naught ; A f-irce and a mock ' ry the whole . 0 shade of the honour'd and patriot king , Tfcv nantle o ' er modern royalty fling !

      Bet joy to the " fustians" who sign'd ! And joy to the glorious " eighteen . " * An ^ jjf be to him ia whose heart we ' re enshrin'd , Tiocfh a barrier of bolts is between ; For time on its quick-psced 'wing , The miaht of the future shall tell ; RTien t ' . o'wn to the dust the base factions we'll bring , And destroy the corruptions of hell . For the law of each country our Charter mnst be , Till all ends of the earth shall be happy and free . WllHAJ * BlCK . Leeds , Jane , 1841 .

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      THE FB 1 EXDS OF THE CHARTER , GOB BLESS "EM . TC 5 E— " The King , God * foss him . " Hay the bmjhi sun of liberty ligkten that sky ^ ow darkened by slavery ' s gloom ; Msy the niticn arise & 3 a lion freni sleep , And reserve npon tyranny ' s deom ; The people-now groan " naath t ^ s weight of their " ¦ TOfcfS , Bat oar yulers "will never red ? ess ' em Till we carry the Charter . The * htre ' s U the health Of the friends of the Charter—God bless em .

      long , long have we boasted tfct ours was the land Of theiiob ' . e , the free , ani-the brave , While tfee half-fanii * h"d arttfi&n girts for his bread How i&buur than Africa " t -slave . Then tm&y with Tain bo&stiKg and let us be free , Assert our own rights , and possess ' em ; Ocrword Tse the Char t er . The Charter alone , knA fee friends of the Cfearter—God bless ' em . Bet . ok , in our struggle in liberty ' s cause , Let tfcis be remember'd iy all : — TJ 5 ITBD—no tyrant ob earth can prsv&il ; Ditided—the people aecLSt fall . Then agitate ! agitate ! point cut your wrongs , Bat-cur rulers will never redress ' em , Till we carry the Charter . Then here ' s to the festftb Of tte friends of the Cfctrter— God bleas 'em . J . R . S .

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      TEMPERANCE . Tte r * ses of summer are -sweet to the eye , Yet i = - « iii * . rr their beacty and flAgrance is fiowt ;" Bin { isov & floorer that never can die , It las Fprxmg from tbe . garden of Eden alone , It v 3 i btaorn : n the runsbice , and blow "mid the-starm , Itt-fclosscu : time ' s pitUess hand caccnt bligirt , "Tis temperance ; c £ Z « on its bsantifn ! form , Astl gather this emblem of peace and deligkt . The * 3 xrls of Inaia are £ * ir to the sight , Y « t tbern , but the rich = ar . d the great may pos » MS , But tfasre is a pearl traafcendingiy bright , Tert will shine in the octtage , and banish distress , No perilous div ^ r has bracght it on shore , Fvr it greir in a reeioa-ot heavenly bliss , Tia teaiperai . ce—synra the rich treasure no raore ^; Oh , thers tever - « fss treasure so lasting as this . The aissr may cloat oa Ms ill-gotten hoard ,

      The-Tictor be prcml of his laur « I-wreath faae , Let t « t temperance rei ^ n round the cottager ' s boc * d And be nevsr netd blush for his » ountry or came . Oh , tesapencce , Xalure ' s i > est gift to the poor , May thy sen zertr carten , thy glory ne ' er fade , And tiae ' s railing hand bat engraft thee the more , See fee hearts that now riot in joy thou hast made . Johx A . L-LWi »?; . SteSeifi . Mav . ] S 41 .

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      ^ THE DKrXKAED'S GRAVE . [ TROil Ti . CZ . - > I knew bin in life ' s morniog , when his fceart was light acd gay , Bis future hepes were opeuirg then in pleasare's bnghteced ray ; A father ' s pride , a mother ' s tope , beloTtd by every friend ; Could fortune ' s widest scope , more bounteous blessiogs send A loTsly , puse , and spotless mai £ , to croTrn his earthly bliss , Became his bride , and life seem ' -d made one round cf happiness . He quaffd of pleasure's brimmiag b& ^ l , nor knew a boon to crsrTe , Kone ever drefenit tis earthly gcei would fee & drunkard ' s craTe .

      I saw him late , feut , ah , how charged , the hpppy smile Wis g-, r . e ; Irc-m peace , and lc-ve , and joy estras ^ sd , and hzggzxd , p ^ . e , and w ^ a ; The wretched crew that madly hasmt the b " . oated tipster ' s ( isn , Were eott "hU on 5 y friends , acd want aod misery knew tnm thtn ; Eis gt ^ rnng offspring wildly taunt bis more than WidoWd wife , For that she had no power to grant the sustenance of life ; Oh , had he shunned the tempter ' s snare , he had not lived 3 riave , And now we wcnld not se ? k him where he fills a drunkard ' s grave ! - Joh : i A . Lawsox .

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      THE FLEET PAPERS . London , Pavey , 47 , Ho ] js-cli-street Snxnd . >~ os . 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 . For seme weeks past we have made no allusion to &e Fleet Papers . It does not follow from henct tisat they have escaped our notice , for we have perosed tbtm with pleasure . WhetLer att&ckirg Poor Law atrocities , exposing the hideous abominations f the Factory System , or laying bsre the flimsy wphistries and cold-blooded speculations of Anti-Corn Law Lt a ^ ners , Jlr . Oa ^ tler is equally at home wiih bis powerful and elcquen ; pen . His sympathits * nh the labonring elasses generally and the factory « ildren , are as broad and deep as are his antipatfcies towards the grasping miilocrat and the seliiEb « ristocr « ± .

      So . 19 , although an old one , we cannot pass over , for it contains a most pathetic and touching nirrv jr * e rfispectiEg poor Lieatenan ; Edwards , who died a tbe Fleet , and it is tnrned to a good pnrpese * nicii will fee best explained bj a perusal of n : — . " Tcu Inow , Sir , that one reason why the acenrted * ew Poor Law na enacted , was said to be because ' the poor were deroid of natural affection . ' If srer was ¦ - broader lie invtnUd ; but it served the purpose of hose who planned the slavery of the people , and thus ° * ath ' s law wa * passed . ' ¦

      '' The poor hsre no nataral afTtction ! ' Thus arer *^ r rich accuser ? . But how of yourselves , Sir ? £ «! Bj * nsBfc Edwards was of an old and wealthy family : ™ fitter is aid to have possessed a Tery large estate --nsy , ha ( j i ^ yg jj £ om one comjected by luanufe with Mm ; , if jnstiee had been done him , would now tare bad a rent-roll of £ 15 , 000 a-year . His mother 1 m f&ia Ear . isd , but envoys , M I « 3 told , a joiotwe from

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      Edwards' father , of £ l , 200 a-year ; kis brother is in commission in the army ; his sister ' s husband is a Colonel in . Jamaica . Edwards was jtod-son to King William , and , when a child , was a royal favourite ; but ke died of neglect and want la this j ^ rison , a cast-off , forsaken by his kindred , too proud to tell his tale , when . the charity of hia prison friends ni : i ; ht have saved him . ' -.- ' * " ¦ ' " About . three weeks before his death he was at church ; afterwards I walked with him in the raquetground . He told me of the Sunday habits of his ' Qorernor , ' and spoke of former days ; they had been days of joy , and gaiety , and splendour . He told me of his trials , too , but not of his extreme penury and want

      " I urged him to intereoTme with his friends . He shook his head : he dfc ! not iigh , bat he made the sign of torrow , when he smothered it . He pulled op his person and stretched himself , a > proud men do when they will not moan . He said to me , that ' he thought it hard that all the raffrring should thus fall npon himself . They should remember , * he added , I was only in my teena when they placed me ia a Tery gay regiment I had plenty of money , g ? y companions , and a young head . ' It is hardly fair to punish me in this way But I am expecting the Rer . , who ? eft the prison afew days ago , will see my ' GoTernor , ' and make all right " I did not know that he was in want Afterwards I did ; but , then , it was too late ! Talk not of want of natural affection In the poor . ' There , Sir , there you haTe it in your own order , eTen unto death !

      "Edwards was a remwkably mild-tempered man ; but it seems that his spirit was too proud to bend to charity—his friends too cruel to relieve him ; and so be died ! He died of want in prison ! " Trifling circumstances often become important after death . Edwards' cell looked on to the entrance to the prison . He-once said to me , ' What a number of friends you , hare , Mr . Oastler , and now courteous you are to them . I haTe s » en you go nine times this morning with them to the gate . * You are a pretty fellow thus to watch me ; I shall be taking you for a Government spj , if you watch me so , ' was my joking reply . He added , ' I generally sit looking at the gate out of my window . ' I knew not , then , the pang that expression gave him ! Ah ! poor Edwards ; and there he has sat , day after day , wetk after week , month after mont ' j , looking for the face of a friend , till hope expired , despair overwhelmed , and hunger murdered him ! But Edwards will no more sit looking ont of that cdl-window at the gate , hoping in vain to see a friend .

      " Thank God ! bis last days were tranquil , soothed by the kindness of two brother prison friends , and a kind prisoner clergyman . H e rests in peace . ' " Jitver shall I ferget my feelings , when one came to sie , the day before he died , to borrow my Prayer-book and my Bible ; his own were pawned ! Shame on your on ' . er ! The god-son of a King , a British warrior ifor he told me he had foagbt in India in the Burmtsa . wari , an English aristocrat , forced to borrow your prisoner ' s Bible and- Prayer-book , on his death-bed , because his own were-pa-wned 1 Shame , Sir , I say—eternal shame on your order ! We will hear no more about the want of natural affection in our paupers ! ' " The statements put forth by the " Plague , " respecting the money pocketed by the landlords in consequence of the Corn Laws , are thus sumtnariiy refuted

      ?" I bare not thought it worth while to dwell on the ridicnlooi nonsense of Mr . Sydney Smith—fee subject is moch too" serious to be dealt with in a light mood ; else it would have been easy to have latt ^ bed at the folly « f the anti-Corn Law Leaguers , whea they caught tb « aselves in their own craftiness , ind KiiscalculaUd the intellect of EngHsbsitn , by hiring a » d payiag su-h ' booest lertarers ' to persuade Englishmen that those wfce ¦ have all the moe « y"' are forced to mortgage their estates ! "—that ' the aristocracy have fobbe . l the country of £ 75 , r 00 ; 0 » u a year by the Corn Laws . " whrn , ' in VS-35 , the whole cost of -wheat was only £ 31 , -l '» . 0 e « , aad , even in 1 S 39 , £ 56 . 5 . 13 . 000 ! '—that ' if the Cor *

      i * aws were , repealed , wages would rise '—that Imii labourers , who oaty earn 5 i . or < Cd- a day for nine months , and who « ra the thrve remaining months beggars , are not worse off than the Devonshire labourers , who can earn 9 s . » week' —remembering , at the s « nie time , that ' Ireland is the dearest ocuntry in the wort'l ! —that' millions xipon miiiions of woollen pieces = are rotting iivthe warehouses !'—thtft 'if the Corn &aws w » re repelled , there would be no need for the wemen aiui children to ? e into the factories I' —that ' the * i £ rieultural popnlation is only one-Cr > urth , compared with the manufacturing population '" —ths . i ' Lancashire does not grow lj ^ OO quarters of ^ p-jii n ! " &c is . "

      The assertion tibout England not being an agricultural country is dealt witt after the following fashion : — "Sir , I believe not in the degmi of the Free-Tra ^ e Anti-C-Tn-Law ^ Leaguers , ' that God never designed that England should be an ^ agricultural nation . ' I utterly rrject the insane notion » f the same-school , that ' England would not bo poortr if she -did not grew one jrain of corn . ' 1 ec-lieve that Engfcnd was designed for agriculture ; and I am sure that » te could not maintain her icdependesae one day if sb « were to ceass growing ' -corn . Seeing / then , that my fruth differs so widely froai theirs , you cennot be surprised 1 that my works should differ also . 1 -know of no gre * Ser fallacy than to snpposs that wisdom would dictate tbe neglec * of agriculture . Manufacture acd commiTce ^ cre both very well in tfesir places ; bet the well-being of England depends upon the prosperity of her agriculture erst , and tbca , as a con * c-quence , her manufactures will prosner .

      " So long ac we haTe a - * ir . gle acre of lara' uncultJvattd , and a ssagle pair of-hands unemployed , if we import the oorn which those hands and * hat land might have c ?« ated , what * 9 er price we pivs for that ccra , a » a naiioD , we l&te the whole amocnt . ) t is because our girrernors have for many years iabibed the doctrines of free tra ^ e , thst our laboareis ere reduced to such an abject state cf tmery . Were I ' sree times more labour esipioyed in -agricultural pursuits , instead of talking abcti "; importing corn , we should ve an exporting Eatioa—instead of mourning over a lesin ? trade , we ihoeJ-1 command a profitable one . It is the fallacy of free-irads whkh his separated thevlabourers

      from the aristaeracy , and which has imbued the latter with the UDcbiistian notion that the labourew have no right to live « pou and < Kit of the soil ! H « 3 ce your accursed New F « x ; r Xaw : The system of free trade has already made large strides ; it has robbedaabnur to its ra ? s ; it has starved it % c the bones ; it has , by law , disinherited it !—it can do no more harm to the labourers—death would be pref-rable to their iife 1 —to them it has indeed done iteTery worn : —andiyon , the landlords , have aided the cruel monster ! Nw , it is your fjrn—it demands > yonr reDts , it envies yoa , and covets yonr estates I And , tf you will not reUnt , aDd orce more Like 4-be labouiers by the hand , it must ¦ overcome—it ¦ will-destroy yea . "

      Protection to tbe soil and labour forms t ^ te text ef the 22 i : d number . This description of the -sort of commercial condition to which the free tenders , tempt the conutry will be iT £ » d with painful interest ar > d carry some lamentable truths horns to the bosoms ; of aiany " of our readeis-: — ; " There was a time—I am cH enougrh to reineiufear it ; —^ when an English merchant vras a honest , horjourible ] man , incapable of : rau 4 . He vri * then too high-micded , to tsi . t advantage of tl » e pevertj- and ignoraace of tatise i with shom he d' / alt j ' ow , the-caso is quite rever « £ . i , i and nothing is so comm-cm as to hear persons engaged in j trade- » iedare— ' I : is impoagiblo to gain a livelihood , if , we do as we wyuM be done by . ' '

      " A&a -who are the persons wiit have -thus chaDJed the charsxter of our nerchsaU ? Look over tho list of j your frse-traders , and at the very top you wiil re » d their : nanie ! / jjge then of their motives by their actions . It is they who , cot content with one branch < f trade , ¦ urarp tba whole . They are liko binis of prey hoveriEg i ova the cKca £ se 8 of our ruined miniitacturers in every ¦ market . Tlity think it n-j dishonour to buy of sinking men " as chca $ as thty can , knowing fuii well that they ' are thus robbing ther creditors , and are greedily gain- i ing -ef their Krighbours by extortion , haying forgotten : God and his caiflreaadment , to do unto others as wu j would Vhey shosJd do unto us ; ' er . tirely forgetting th . it ¦ ' He wnl smite fcis hand at thtir dishonest gain . " These ' ¦

      men ewiploy their harpies to serk up those who are in I difficulties , and , tfcking advantace cf their necessities , j they buy their ' stocks' at half their value . They thtn j sell these stolen goods to the shopkeeper at a Tery iow price , compared witfa their real value ; and thus they i mince the pries cf erery article , and compel the respect- j al > le shopkeepers a » d manufacturers to lower their : wases , until it is impossible to allow the artisans such . remuEt-niUonj for tluirexcessive labour as will enable ; them to live . The manufacturer is then driven to make i uccep ' tiTe goods;—hecce tie reason wLy note it is nest j to i : r : p'rfsib ; e to buy any article , even down to a * kein ' of s : ) k or tlread , which is cot worth using . Xext fol-j lows the bankruptcy of the shopkeepers . Many will read tlas letter , who from Had eipeiierce know that all ¦ this is true , tut who did rot before know that the frte- ; traile principle was the cause of it

      " 1 remtmoer occe he- ^ ring , from the lip . ? cf one off ttrs most rtFj » ectable n-anufacturtrs in Yoil : shire , the following cEccdote , showing how these thitves com- menctd tLeir operations some five and twenty years j tgo . -He tcld n : e that he was then in London , -when \ an acquaintance of his said , Mr . ¦ , you under- j stand the quantity cf woollen goods , and can sp . ire j £ 5 , 000 out o ! jenr concern ; 1 will pot £ 5 . 009 to ] yours , and I will show you bow to moke money by wholesale . ' My irfarmant asked his plan , and he was answtied— 'Ycu shall go v » itb me into the city to-i night , and 1 will thow you how it is to b « done . " \ They went in the dark to erne of the ttrcetB mining from Cheapside—( in those days the harpies were ' ashtBied of their trade : now , they sin in the face of j

      day , and boast of their prosperity in Parliament !)—they entered a warehouse—there was the poor mann- i factorer with bis bale of goods—my friend examined j them , and declared that they were cheap at the inToice ; price . The poor manufacturer was in distress—tbe bale of goods was worth £ 1 * 5;— £ " 0- must be had ' next morning , or a prison woold haTe been hia home , j The * wholesale money-maker , ' satisfied himself of i the just charge . He took his pen , and wrote at the j foot of tbe invoice , ' By fifty per cent discount for j cash , £ 72 10 s . ' Then iaadicg- tie document to the trembling manufacturer , he said , 'I don ' t want the j . 1 o ^ . —you want tbe mcaey—yon can h » Te tbe amount i in V e mprniBf—I shall give ; no ^ wore . The result j

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      was , that the offer , of one-half the Value ] was token ; and these goods were afterwards sold to tie shops ^ and were Bhown to other manufacturers , in order to reduce the prices of their goods . My friend said , as he went away , ' Ia this the way yon weald teach me to make money by wholesale ? I would rather take » . pistol and turn - highwayman ; his business is honourable and gentlemanly , in comparison with such cowardice , meanness , and cold-blooded , cheating a « I haTe seen to-night' I need not say that my informant resisted the luring bait The other followed the unholy gain , got rich , and now calls hioissif an English merchant My friend , who told me thi * . fact , was th « n worth at least £ 4 » , O # 0 J Honerty , industry , and capital were unable to stand against this free trade monsterhe lost all—took refuge in the Gazette—and sinea then , a broken heart has lodged him in an untimely grave ? But the wholesale robber has been in Parliament t "

      Who can read such recitals without deeply and sincerely trusting that the day when England shall be made a manufacturing . nation , s ubject to the tyranny and influence of the capitalists in the manner above described , may heTer , never come ! If it do come , farewell to the hearty old English character , farewell to old England ' s green fields , farewell to all old English customs and feelings—and welcome to the duplicity of the commercialibtp , welcome to smoky districts and dingy towns , and welcome to all the vices , all the deteriorating influences of " trades' unfeeline train . "

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      — -. —^ "BRITISH OPERATIVES . —Mason ' s Journal . " This is another-of the almost innumerable tribe of cheap periodicals to which the intellectual spirit of the age has given birth—published alternately at Birmingham and Glasgow—under the management and auspices of working men entirely , and very creditably got up .

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      GXtASQOW . — Statr op Tkadk . —The March OF MlSKKY AMONG ' TilK WORKING CLA . S ? ES , THEIR DEVOTION TO FBARGUS OCoKNOR , AND THE TRIUMPHANT spirit of Chartism . —The stade of trade in Glasgow , at present , is in a most deplorable condition , with very little prospect of its speedy revival . Hundreds of all trades , but more particularly the hand-loom weavers , are out of employment , while thousauds are onl y partially employed . The condition of thehand-leom weavers when out of work , m&y be more easily guessed than described , for even when in full employment , it may be said , literally speaking , thatthey are subjected to a system of slow murder and lingering starvation . Friday last , the 28 th of May , being term dav , or what is generally

      termed flitting day , the whole city aud suburbs appeared to be in one general move ; never were so many removals witnessed at any former period . The awfui amount of domestic misery , exhibited in our streets at noonday , wa 3 truly appalling and heart-reudisg . The a ;< ed , the bedridden , the rick , aud the dying were carried aloDg from one place to another , by their neighbours and relatives , while virtuous aud industrious feratdes , surrounded with their ragged and starving offspring , were seen with hangiag heads , and in many instances tho silent tears of misery rolling over the'r cheeks , dragi ? ing aloiu ; the miserable remiins of their former wcllp le *\ shed homes ; their drawers and well-fumishwl b ^ s , which the Scotch lasses delight to display

      wfcen they get married ; their tabios ; their good nw . u ' 3 arm chairs ; aud even their big family bibles , wherein were inserted the births and deaths of their relations ; all , all had vanished to satisfy tho demands of their landlords , or their own immediate wants , and leit only ami-erabie wreck behind . Many roups , or sales were ai ; n « Kuced , by greedy landlords , but nobody purchased the poor man ' s furniture . One individual , a handioom weaver in Brrtigeton , and one of the fir .- < c individuals who joined the Cliartist Association ther ? , having hitherto straggled against adverse circuraJtanee ; -- , at last fell a sacrifice , like thousands before him : he t , ot in arrears with his landlord ; th « sheriffs * officers paid htm a visit , and commenced t-o sequester his houseireid goods , while he and his wile viewed with mental agony their progress , until -the officers arrived at the portrait of Feargus 0 'Co : > sor . Hs could stand it no longer ; and , ki the hn ^ fu ^ e of remonstr&uce and despair , he

      exclaimed , ** F < sr God ' s sake , nv-o , take my ail , aud peace be with you , but leave mo the portrait of that persecuted ptwiot . " The hearts-ef sheriffs' officers , every one kuows , are not aadeof * he softest btuff ; however , iaiiiis instance , they refcnted , aud granted the request-df their victim . This is no solitary instance of the devotion -of tbe Tforking classes «! Glasgow to 4 ) 'Connor . No ; fey -them ho is almost universaUy-csteemed ; they know he is devoted to them , and -that he is honest . ; they despise fcis calumniators , and detest his enemies ; and they harve shrewdness enough to perceive that he , line the Roman General , has crossed tho Rubicon , and da-red not return tn'd desert th"ta . The spirit of Chartrrnj is triumphant , the miblic sleace is rising up te tho highest pressure at the approaching dissolution of Whiggery ;; and , by the tioi" of the election , tho Whigs may expect to meet a £ fty thousand Chartiet power to drive their election machinery .

      CABIiI 5 I » "E , —Stats * 5 Trade . —Never , we beheve , in the recollection of tiie oldest inhabitant , has trade in general b- » en iu -such a state ef 'd « - pressioa—cil classes are fediag aoro or less the severe proesare of the times , ^ cd the middle classee are now beginning to ioel an interest in tlK deplorable and wmched candition of thousands of their f-ellcw-creatureB , wte th « y have hiuaorte looked upon as disfatisfied anx ^ discousolate- wttaoct a rea ? on . The empty tills of the shopocrats ar-e fast convincing them of the ebsenate necessity of « . sweepiiLK cJiange . The cr-ttoatrade , in which-some thousaj > ds . fire here engaged , i&iinpreeedenfedJr-duil , and the Blasters say they have -little or no demand for th « ir k « o ! s , and would -alaest as soon stop thsir

      works altogether until things i : nder ^ o a change lor the better . The hand-loom wo&rfT ? , whose extreme privation bus now become proverbial , are in & euut oi utter doetitution , having lit : lo work , and an extremelovr rato of wages . : Tiio cotton spincers have got notice of a most sweeping reduction , yhich will amount-to from twenty to twenty-five per cone ,, which , if they > ubmit to , will . make a difference in their woekly earnings of from seven to ten shilanys per weelc . Nearly the whole of the masters lutve given notice ef the above redectien , which is to take place a * veek hence . The wotbcicn held a public meeting of their body , at the Tait' Hotel , on Saturday evening last , when it was . resolved thai the masters should be waited ei > ou , with a view to prevail upon them to make tho reduction less

      swepping . w-e are afraid they wit ! not sueec' d , for their employers are a Eet of over !> ea . rin ^ ami overreaching DBtn , whom nothing -can sa , i .-fy but the most barefaced plunder . They axe b . vAd ' . un and purchaaicg tnost costly mansions , iroUing in splendid equipages , andiuyin ^ up tho kad . vlierevtr it i-t to be sold ; yet they never cea e esclsimiiif , ' against tbe selfishness -of the landed aristocracy , who are not half so grasping as themselves . Such is the wretched condition to which tbej have brought their workpeople , that they are scarcely able to exist . Many have sold off all their ftirniture , and left their native country tor America , leaving , ( in many cases , ) the ' r » ives and children to tho tender mercy of tho administrators of the -cursed New Poor Law .

      HINDLEy . —CavRCH Despoto-h . —It has \ ot > & been a custom iu Hmdi * -y to hold vestry meetings every Easter Monday , to choose a churchwarden , Lay a church-rate , &c . Latterly the rate has become wry obnoxiouf . In 1 & 4 Q the Church party were defeated by a thow of hands ; they demanded a pol ) , and were defeated iu that also , on which occasion Mr . Alfred Peningion strenuously opposed the rate . On the 12 th of April las : a vestry rntsting was held , on which occasion the Church party avowed their intention to forego the rate for the present year , and try the voluntary principle , tad collected various sums of money from individuate , principally dissenters . This not answering their purpose , they posted acoticeon the Chapel door , dated May 14 th , for a meeting to take place on tho 17 th , to lay a churchrate , at which meeting thev were defeated . They

      called another meeting on the 2-kh , and they were defeated again ; they demanded & poll , which took place on the 26 th and 27 : b , but the strenuous opposer of the last year s rate suddenly turned round aud supported the rate , aud beii . g a large miilocrat , combined with the other two , to carry their point by a-. l and every means in their power . Tfeey accordingly stopped their mills curing the two dayB' poll , to force crcry hatd who could veto by intimidation and otherwise . Tne most unblushing tyranny ever witnessed was practised toward the hands to force their vote for the rate . 13 y these means they obtained a majority ; after which , they formed a precession , with a band of music and iiigs , headed by the three despot ? , in which order tl . ey marched through the Tillage , thus glorying in their own sharre .

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      Pu . tishme . vt of Death . —The bill for taking away tbe pnuishmeut of death in certain cases , as amended in committee , has been ordered by tbe House of Commons to be printed ; It exempts from capital punishment the following- offences : —Embezzlement by servant of Bank of England of note , bill , bond , &c , belonging to the Company , or relating to Irish or other annuities transferred to the Bank ; embezzlement by servant of South Sea Company of similar notes or bonds ; secretly using stamps or dies for deeds , or gold and silver plate ,

      to defraud her majesty ; and the riotous detnoiitiou of churches . By the bill the first class of offences is to be punishable by transportation for life , or for a term cot less than seven years , or imprigODmem for a period not exceeding three years . " For the last , r iotons demolition of churches , the punishment ia to be uanspoitauon for seven years , or imprisonment for three years . Rape , aud another capital offence , zro al ^ o exempted , and arc to be punished by transponation for life . The act to commence and laks effect on tbe 1 st of October , 2841 . «

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      Three hobe Deaths have taken placa among the Wool wioh convicts . Sir David Wilkib is engaged , at the request of tine Pacha , in painting his portrait . . 11 . Riboulet arrived at Portsmouth lately , with five giraffes , which he canght himself young in Abyssinia . Thb Hanover Gazelle announces the opening of » great part of the railroad from Berlin to Dresden , by which the distance taay be traversed ia twelve hoars . The Empeborof Russia distingu : ! ked the day of his son g marriage by discharging the debts of fortynve prisoners , which amounted to ' 39 , 000 silver roubles . The Converted Jew Dbutz , who betrayed to the police the hiding place of the Duchess de Berr , at Nantes , has committed suicide by throwing himself into the Seiue . : "

      A Letter from Italy says— " Joseph Bonaparte , who has obtained permission to reside in Genoa , has hired a splendid palace , which many persons apprehend will become the rendezvous of all the adherents of the Bonaparte party . " Ntw York . —The ship St . James , Sebor master , from New York , for London , left on the 3 . d instant , passed up tho channel on Saturday , all well , having landed her mail a id three passengers . Business was gradually improving in America . The best understanding exists between the numerous English and French workmen employed at the Rouen aud Paris railroad . They have organised a kind of language which is neither English nor French , but by means of which they are enabled to converse with each other .

      His Belgian Majesty grants the sum of < 4 , C 00 francs a year to Mr . J . Linden , a Belgian botanist , for the time which he will employ in the scientific expedition which he intends to take in the equinoxial regions of the new world , and especially in Columbia . As Mr . Wombwell ' s menagerie was about to proceed to Uttoxeter , the keepers discovered that one of the lionesses bad produced four fine cubs , which is remarkable , us she had previously littered this year , five on the lit of January , at Canterbury . Railways in Geeat Britain and Ireland . — From a paper very recently read before the Statistical Society , oi' the number and length of railways in Great Britain and Ireland , it appears there are seventy-one lines , forming a total length of 20 , 191 miles . Of these fifty-three are open , eighteen partially , and ten are not yet opened .

      Summer Circuits of the Judges . —Northern : Lord Denman and J . Wightman . —Home : L . C . J . Tindal and J . Bosanquet . —North Wales : Lord Abinger . —South Wales : J . Erskine . —Midland : B . Parke and B . Gurney . —Norfolk : B . Alderson aud J . Williams . —Oxford : J . Coleridge and J . J . Coltinan . —Western : —J . Maule and B . Rolfe . ^—Home Judge at Chambers : Mr . Justice Patteson . DuRATroN of Parliaments . —Tho average duration of each of the six Parliaments which have been elected , from 1826 to 1837 inclusive , was not more than about two years and four months ( under two years and a half . ) Tho preseat Parliament , if dissolved , as is expected , in a week or two , will not have lasted four years ; it has sat during four sessions , including the present one .

      The Thunder-storm which visited tho Metropolis , on Thursday evening , week , extended over a largo spaco in the surrounding counlry , and was even more violent at a disuuoa . In the Forest of Berkshire , huge halftones fell amidst terrifio thunder and lightning , and injured several maHsions . Accounts of tbe sturci have been received also from Plymouth and Brighton . In the metropolis , William Taylor , a hair-dresser , was s ' -ruck speechless by a fixsh of lightning , whiio sitting at his shopdoor . Birmingham has BEGS alarmed by a disastrous fire . It broke out ou Thursday , the 27 th ult , at a coachbuilder ' s , where-somo man wore ringing" a carriage wheel' with a red-hot iron tire . The stock of timber aud the premises were destroyed ; and federal of tho adjacout buildings were injured . So alarming a fire , it -is said , has nevpr -occurred in Birmingham except ^ at the riots iu 17 M and 1839 .

      Death from Drswning . —An inquest was held on Friday , on the body of a young mth who was drowned whilst bathing in the Ser . pentino river during the terribio storm of Thursday week . There were between 2 , 000 and 3 , 001 / bathers then in the Tvater and on tho banjo * of tho river , although a storm of thunder and lightning was 'raging with the most appalling fury , and the rain was descending in torrents . It transpired , in the course of the inquiry , that the number-of bathers in the Sarpentino at predp . ii :. averages , iu the evening , S . 'OOO every quarter of an hour .

      We have THBirAiNFUL intelti ^ ence-to communicate ' of tho total destruction by fire of Toicott House , the property of Sir W . Molesworth , BxFonet , on Friday afternoon last . The house , which -was built alwut seven years smce , cost upwards of £ 9 , 000 in its erection . A report was spread , ascribing the fire to be the work of -an incend arv ; 'but it has been ascertained co bavo-ocen purely accidentaJ , resulting from an accumulation of soot in a crack

      San » huhst . —The thunder-storm of Thursday was accompanied , ia the vicinity of-the Royal Military College at Sandhurst , by a violenffall of hail , which in a few minutes completely destroyed almost OTer . y pane of glass in tho extensive 'front of the public buildings of the college , along the--whole fine facado of above 900 t « ot , as well as the . front of the professors' houses , twenty-six in noinVer , and tbe south face or the governor's house . Wo * ro sorry to learn that the damage thus sustained by tho buildings of this national institution is eotioiatejiat above £ 8043 . — London Paper .

      Thames Obvice . ( Saturday . ) Murderous Assault by a Brothel Keepkh . !—Mary Johnson , a big Irish woman , the keeper of an infamous house , at No . 25 , Vinegar-lane , Sun fTavern-fields , St . George ' s , was charged with attemptisg to murder « n unfortunate girl , named Sarah Maria Green , a » d breaking her heed with a poker , tit appeared in -evidence that Groon was a lodger in the prisoner ' s kou c e , and , in censequence of 'her having givou siotico to quit five weeks ago , the , pvi « jner had fregnently abused her , and had made a threat that ' she would do for her , and take hor b y life . " On Thursday morukig , tho prisoner . began drmkiDg , &a < l gj £ heruelf into a state of furious excitement ; « ho sbused the prosccutrix for forae tiaia , arid said

      rIis was deterramed'to finish her before-the sun went dt-Kn . The girl said she wanted to hav-e no words w > ui her , and the prisoner , after boating her , left house , and got more drink . Site returned in a violent patron , and weat in&ti the room whera ; Green was , and took up a black-handled knife , and made a thrust at the girl ' s breast with it . Auother female , iiamtxi Thodey , who was present , took . the knife from her , and Gree ^ escaped from tho prisoner ' s reach- In tho evening , Green and Thodej were takiug their tea in tit « twuc room , whea tkepriconer sent out Thodoy on « -b errand , and , during her abeence , she dallod to Green at tho bottom « f the staira , and aaid she wauted her to come dow « and Uke a pinch of snuff yrltM . her . Green went down stair * , aad had no sooner reached tho prisoner ' s room rfoor than sho jreceiveJ a dreadful blow on tho head from a poker , which Johnson had concealed under her apron . Tho girl foJl down , and she

      received another blow on the faead , which rendered her insensible , and she did iwt recover for some time . WhcQ she dame- to her r-aaollection she found herself bltcdiug profusely , and tiio blood , * o use her own words , ** was gushing from her head like a fountain . " Thodey made hor appearance at the window just-as Green received the blow , and called upon the prisoner to open th « street door , which she refused to do . Thodoy broke tbe windows , and attempted to force an entry , when the prisoner flung a kn : fe at her , which stuck in her hand aud cut it . When the prisoner was taken into custody , she told the policeman that she had smashed the girl ' s head with a poker , and would do bo again if she could . get at her . Mr . BaHantino said he should send tho case before a jury , aud make the prisoner an 3 wer for the dreadful assault she had commuted on the girl , whom she had attempted to deprive of life . He wjuid hear the evidence of the surgeon on Monday , and then se : jd the prisoner for trial .

      Gi'ildk ' . ll .. . London , Saturdav . —Robbery and the Kmfe . —John Connor and Patrick Murphy , two of a gang of notorious thieves , who infest the-neighbour ; . o ;> d of Sinithficld , were charged with assaulting and stabbiug George Coleman . —The prosecutor stated that he was a compositor by trade , and resided in the Borough . He was passing through Smithfield with a friend , between Hand 12 o ' clock on the previous evening , when they observed the two prisoners , in company with several others , deliberately rob a man , and divide tho spoil amongst them . He gave information to the police of the robbery , but in the interim the person who had been robbed went away . Tho two prisoners followed witness , and asked him what he mean ; by giving the information , and almost instantaneously he was surro ' nndcd by the" whole

      gang , and knocked down . A woman , who was of the party , struck him on the head , aud , Murpbjdrew a knife , and stabbed him in the " thigh . The police came up at the moment ; , and the prisoners were taken into custody . Complainant ' s friend , who gave the name White , corroborated this evidence , and stated that the whole gang had behaved t ^ w , ards him in the most brutal manner . Police-constable Morris , 327 D , slated that the prisoners were the iflbst desperate of the gang , and it was with great difficultyhe secured and took them to the 6 talion-house . Be produced the knife , and the trousers of the prosecutop , which Were * a turated with blood . They were both wellknown , and had frequently bevn in custody upon charges of felony . The prisoners , who , during the whole investigation , behaved with the greatest levity , and denied the charge , were fully ccmciitted to Newgate for trial .

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      The Ministry . — " Crushed Lumps . "—Since their last disastrous defeat on the question as to the reduction of the duties on sugar , Ministers have rc ^ ceived the significant cognomen of " ¦ crushed lumps . " The above facetious idea being communicated the other day to a waggish young gentleman , he very smartly rejoined , " Yes , and I understand tho duties are very soon to be taken off them . " Alleged Murder and Suicide . —On Satnrday morning a good deal of excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Seal-street , Bethnal Green , by the commission of self-murder by a man named Freeman , during the preceding night . It appears

      that for some tune past Freeman had behaved wit a great brutality towards his wife , and some recent illusage brought on premature labour , and ultimately , as it is alleged , caused hor death . His brutal conduct towards hia wife was well known to many persons in the neighbourhcod ^ and tho circumstance of the death of the latter being generally talked abou -, they reached the ears of tho parish beadle , who felt it to be his duty to forward them to the Coroner , and an inquest was expected to beholden . The husband , fearing , as it is supposed , the consequences of tha inquiry , terminated his own existence by hanging himself on Friday night , and was found quite dead .

      The Packed Anti-Corn Law Meeting at Maxchesteh . —The Manchester Chronicle of Saturday has the following short and pithy article relative to the recent " puWio" meeting in Manchester to assist Ministers in their fraudulent free-trade agitation : — " The Packed Metting . —I u the proceedings at the Police Commissioners' meoting , our readers will find ample confirmation of the statameuts made as to ihe packed meeting of last week . With regard to tho attendance of police in such formidable Btrength , we learn that the Mayor cartinVd Sir Charles Siiaw that ho apprehended a riot ! What ground , wo ask , had the Mayor for thig outrageous insult to the inhabitants ? . Is he a fit person to entrust with the command of the hall , if ho cm tramp up such calumnies as these to procure an excuse for shutting the public out ]'

      A Haunted House . — Oa Wednesday afternoon , the aucient house Of Bargarran , famous in tho history of Scotch witchcraft , was struck with lightning . After striking the top of one of the vents , displacing the cope stones , and tearing up a portion of the roof , the electric fluid descended tho chimney , and broke to p ieces a Carron grate in one of the rooms . Mr . William Houston , a farmer , the occupant , was sitting in this same apartment at the time , and was so much stunned with tho shock , that considerable time elapsed before ho recollacted himself . After this damage , the subtle fluid ran along a passage ,

      and appeared to have got , communicated with the same staircase along which the famous maid of Bargarran was represented as be ' iug carried by the invisible Maggy Lang , without touching . he steps . In this passage of the electricity one of the steps was broken . As was to be expected , Mr . Huu-ron's family add the neighbourhood have been greatly alarmed , and as the superstition of iheir forefathers is not yet altogether eradicated from the minds of the people of this district , a glimmering tear that the event Is connected with older deeds has passed over more minds than either oue or two iu Erbkme

      parish . —Glasgow Chronicle . Alarming and Destructive Fire in Birmingham . — Birmingham , Friday , May 28 . —A must alarming and disastrous cotiiligration took place in this town last night . About five o ' clock p m . the inhabitants of Broad-stroct , ono of tho busiest thoroughfares and most manufacturing districts of the town were suddenly disturbed in their avocations by a report that a fire had broken out upon the premises of Mr . W . Ilifie , aucxtensivecoach-tvuilder , carrying on business iu that locality . It appoaiv , that abam the hour above mentioned the wjrkmon in Mr . IliftVs employ were engaged in a yard between the front show-room and back worktl'iop in " ringing , " as it is termed , or fixing the tire oi a carriage-wheel , and the fire at wh ' . ch tho tire wa-i

      heated being unusually high , communicated with a quantity of timber in a yard immediately aijoiniug , belonging to Mr . Bolton , a highly respoctaolo auc ! very extensive timber merchant . Seeing that , the confined situation of Mr . Bolton ' s yard prevented the efficient working of the engines , - it was determined to destroy a long outer wali fifteen feet hig u and every description of ** ba-ttcring-ram'' was used tor this purpose . Unfortunately , after a protracted assault , the wall , contrary to expectation , fell outwardly , and several of the poiico were severely injured . The damage done todwcliing-houses , factories , the timber-yard , aud other property , is estimated at from £ 12 ft 0 * to £ U , 000 , the grt-at ., T part ef which is insured , but many parties will be very heavy sufferers .

      Leahned Dogs . —A meeting ef the Zsological Society was lately held iu Lsicest » r- £ quare , and a French gentleman , n&ined Lfjosard , was introduced by Mr . Yarrell , with two dogs of the pointer breed , which he had trained so sucucsstaily that ho could mukothem do almost anything they were bidden . M . ieonard proceeded to give somo specimens of ihe education of his canine pupils . Ho holds thatthey have intelligence , rtffl ; ction , memory , and comparison . Ono is called 1 'hilax , and the other Braqnc , and they performed , suuh . teals as wowld waku all the "" learned pigs" of the uaiverse " hide their diminished heads . " A variety of chingg were placed

      upoa the fl ^ or , such- ^ as a , glove , a haudijerchief , &c ^ and the dogs , on being shown a corresponding objeet , would bringit to thoir master , or take it to aiiy part of the room they mighc be desired , 'five nuJDsrais from one- to nine , were aUo placed on the floor , and having feesn shifted in . any direction , the do # c would bring in thoir mouth any uuinber » .-eetioned . They would lie down in a passive aud chagrined state , or boend about the room with every demonstration of joy , according to the bidding « j their master ; andthoy v .-ould obey the commands el persons they had naver seen before , provided thev were addressed ia the French language , and received their master ' s permission .

      Tee MErEOPOLKJA-H District in 1840 . —No Ies 3 thftn ^ O , ? 17 individuals wore taken into custody l «« year , and according to tho returns in the polioo sheet , there were-jlabourers geuerally , 18 . 105 ; artisans , 121 ; bakers , d 4 l ; bt-okbiaders , 218 ; bricklayers , 908 ; brassfounders ,. 287 ; , ' brokers , i ) l ; brushmaker ? , 146 ; butchers , 754 : buttonmakeis , 10 ; carpouterp , 1 , 523 ; clerk ? , 405 ; coach &ud cabmeo , ll . 319 s coachmakera ,. 373 ; corkcutter . * , 92 ; curri . rs , lSl . jiCuUers , 159 ; drapers , 138 ; djers , 220 ; engi noors ., 101 ; fishmoa ^ ers , 202 ; -French-polishers , 700 gardeners , 523 : ifiassmaker 8 , ? 1 . 55 ; goldbeaters , 88 ;^ g » een-grocers . So . ; . grocers , 247 ; hairdresser * , 142 ; . hatters , 196 ; jawoilers , Viti ; lawyers , 29 ; laiindrotsaes , 1 . 040 ; modical mm , 72 ; milliners

      1 , 091 , ; musicians , Q 9 j painters , 1 , 111 ; pa-porficainora , 431 ; pawnbrokers , 71 ; primers ? , 509 ; sailors , S , 6 ' 81 ; sawyers , 2 i 6 ; aadti&rs , &o , 181 ; servants , 2 . 5 G 3 ; shopkeepers , 1 (} 7 , J shoemakers , 1 ^ 67 : ; smiths , 1 , 143 ; saltiiers , 4 b ' . 4 ; sweeps , 300 ; tsulor 8 ,. 2 ^ fci 3 ; tinkers aud tinmen , 4 . 1 * f ^ toolmakei ' o , 5 S ; watchmakers , 203 ; waterman , 58 ^ ; weavers , 744 ; and persons profeesiug no distinct trado or ooflHpation ^ / iialo and t ' ' -. m& \ e ^ sabove ^ « nio

      instruction , were 1 , 107 : thus showing , that in proportion to education , crime diminished . Ireland . —Another aw f vl Assassination , —This country is disgraced by another horrible murderanother inoffensive gernlema ; i has been sacrificed ; the blood of Mr . IfaJI s novdry- in Tippesary , when more innocent blood is shed iu Wexford . 1 regret to announce that Mr . Robert But . ' er Bry&n , of VVexfoid , has been murdered . As live o ' cloek , on Thursday evening , he was riding in thv woods which form part of his demesno , formerly the see laadrf of the suppre 85 « d biehoprio of ierns , which he held in perpetuity uudcr the Ecclesiastical Cosimistjoners , when he was waylaid and brutally assassinated . He bad but a few minutes previously

      parted from his steward , when that individual tea it a shot fired , and saw his ( Mr . Bryan ' s ) horse running without his master . { Suspecting that some accident had happened to Mr . Bryan , he went in search of htm , * aud soon found his lifeless body , two balls having passed through it . Besides him Jay the envelope of a letter addressed to him , but not containing any writing in tho interior , which gives rise to the suspicion that the person who perpetrated the revolting deed was a Eti anger , and resorted to tho stratagem of delivering , as it w re , a letter to Mr . Bryan , to b « sure of his identity . Who was Mr ; Bryan ? is a question naturally suggested by the me ' ancnoly event . Was be what agitators call a Tory and art Orangeman ! No ; he was what they also call a Liberal in politics , connected with Mr .

      Evans , member of Parliament for the county of Dublin , Lord Talbot , and tho Putland family . He was also one of the honorary secretaries of the Royal Dublin Society . What was hiVofionce ! He found it necessary to dispossess two or three tenants who held leases under the lato Bishop of Ferns , and refused to renew with them or surrender the land they held . He was compelled iflhis ; own defence to bring ejectments against them and dispossess them . He was one of the best landlords in Ireland , the prop of hundreds of labourers , the benefactor bt numer ' ous families , expending , as he did , between £ 50 and £ 60 a week in labour alone '; he was amiable and inoffensive . His t » le crime was to dispossess refractory tenants , and- thus protect , his property . — -Correspondent in the Morning Herald . " " - ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ : ' .

      MuKDEn neab Dublin . —On Wednesday , tfie Kth ult ., at noon , Mr . Hall ^ a merchant of Dublipj was murdered in the vicinity of his own residence , near Borris-o ' -Kane . Mr . Hall is declared to have been of excellent private character , and very popular with the people on account of hia Liberal political principles . ' An excited state of the populariceling , arising , from a recent adoption of tbo , depopulating system by certain landlords in tho district , has been tho only cause suggested for the crime . Mr . Halt , however , is not alleged to have been in any way concerocd with the * e proceeding * .

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      Ntw imRRPHBTxrions ^ - ^ TreaJmUl— A ! retir « i place for the accommodation of those addicted to appropriation . Misery- * -The life oi an ill-retjurted editor . lndepsndertce ~ A strong determination to place yourseif where you are not wanteL Tempest —Something which- coins ? to marriedI p--opla " after tho honeymoon . Merit—That , which r-e < : ives no praise . Grave—An ugly hole in the ground , which lovers and poets wish they w ^ re in , bus take uncommon pains to keep out of . Modesty—A beautiful

      flower that flourishes-only in secret places . Sendbilify—A quality by which its possessor , in attempting to promote the happiness of other people , loses his own . A Young Man of T lent . —An impertinent scoundrel wno thrusts himself forward : a writer of execrable poetry : a person without modesty : a noisy fellow : a speech-maker . Lawyer—A learned gentleman who rescues your estate irom your enemy , and keeps it himself . My Dear—An expression used by man and wife at the coiumenco ment of a quarrel ..

      Increasing Power of tub Ghabtists . —We never denied that the Chartists had a perfect rigut to arm themselves , or th ^ t , under certain circumitancea , they would not be jiiatifl ' cd" —according to the theory of the Constitution—in having recourse to physicil force ; but wo always , considered , and late experience has proved that we were correct , that s ? numerous and powerful a body could exercise a moral force 8 ufBo : ont to obtain all their jus ; dt-aiar .-dii . W » suggested that the Chartists should empi'jy their money and numerical power in j-etting a Parliamentary influence .. The prrss had effectually served them , aud two or three members sent ¦ into St . Stephen ' s we were aware would have been worth one hundred useless demonstrations . They hi \ o lately acted upon our advice—have not been idle at the hustings , and their- exertions have already told in

      Parliament . Upon the division the other night for the liberation of the incarcerated Chunists , the Ministers had to borrow the vote of the Speaker tocarry their point , the numbers being even , notwithstanding that Mr . Attorney-General Pit" > tt- and Tom Wyse voted that political offenders should be treated as felons . Tho Whigs have since liberated % number of their victims ; but after such a division , and with professions of liberality upon their lips , will they keep a single Chartist in his dungeon ! No , no ; we cannot think so meanly of them as to ioiagin » them capable of such conduct . They have surpassed the lories , who never put a- political offender upon the tread-mill , or obliged him to herd with felons ; and let "them now not be as-hamed to make some reparation for practices so much at variance with their avowed principles . — World .

      Novel Cosibat— Most of those in the habit of visitiug Pittvilb v afee aware that the staiely pair of Swansinhabiting the lake , have recently becu blessed with a brood of cygnets . The care of the parent bird over the young onos was strikingly exemplified on Sunday last—a gentleman visiting the gardens with a large Newfoundland dog , iho animal either in sport or with soiiia cvvl designs against the peace of tha infant broodv jumped into tho water and began making his way towards them . Tho old birds , seeing the approach of" such a . dangerous eneai }' , proceeded to convey their family away from the sccuoof action ,

      the male bird , however , with becomiEg gallantry , bringing up the rear . Encouraged by this apparent flight , tho do # mended his pace , tili the old swan , seriously alarmed for the safety of his ^ ats and infant progeny , faced about , and by one Jrxtbroas manoeuvre , sprang from , the water and perched himself on his assailant ' s back , completely siukii . g him , till tho dug seeing nothing else for it Im flight , dived to a considerable distance , and on renaming the surface made the best of bin way to tho baak , and across the hedge home , regardless of the whistle of his master . Satisfied with the succv ^ s of hia prowess—the beautiful bird . arched his n < k , aud sailed majestically to where his convoy had retreated . Cheltenham Examiner .

      The Bulletld Skull of an Old Scldikr . — . Wo have just inspected a skull , having no Jess than eight or nine swan-shot , or their remains , imbedded in the forepart of the head . But the moat singular feature which this curiosity presents is , iiia ' , ia the internal part , forming the concave of the ? . p ; -x , and far from being opposite to the external buli « U ; are portions of projecting metal , apparently kad , favouriuc ; the presuruptiou that they are phut or some dimensions , which have been received externally at the ? ame time . The ekull was dug up by the sf xton in Tarporlcy churchyard , during tho pro ^ rtos of excavation , about six weeks ago . The pr jhi . biiity is , that tho person to whomthis-relicofamiqu-iy btionged was a volunteer , from Tarporky , ana vrm engaged

      during the siege of Beestou Castle , in f ho reign of Charles I ., about the middle of the 17 tb century . That so many large shot should have beoii iouud in a skull ia not matter of so great surprise ; but that tho individual who received them should have lived so many years afterwards , ( aa is domon .-traie-i by all the sutures of the head being nearly obliterated , ) is singularly wonderful to the anatomist , ar- well aa to tho ordinary observer . Accurate drawings have been made b } - Mr . Mnsgrave , a native artisi , beautifully representing ^ side , as well a = < a front view , of tho subject of this paragraph . We hope tiio above rarity wiil be deposited in some museum , for the purpose of preservation . Miy we name tb « Chester Water Tower , as the nearest in this locaiivy »—Chester Chronicle .

      Sudden Death of an Officer in the ( . uarps . —On . Monday afternoon an inquest was hel' 1 at , the Burling ; ou Arma , Old Buriingcon-street , ou vic-w of the body of Joha Bolton , E : q ., aged 32 , a ij ; ijor in the 7 th dragoon guards , it appeared iron ; the evidence , that about , six o ' clock on Friday e •/ et ing test , deceased engaged a room at the Bnrlingtoii Hotel , where he aud several of his friends were wt ; 1 known . Deceased went out to the club ( tho United ^ n-vice , ) to dinner , and returned to the Burlinsum Hotel about eleven atni . !< ht , when he . immediately retired to rest , desiring not to be called in the morning , as he would j-iDg the bell when he wanted i-uy attendance . Tho chambermaid not knowing ih ; a , but conceiving by tho door being unlocked that the

      deceased had quitted his room , went in ab >» ut eleven iu the « orniuK 'to . make his bed , but immediately left the room again , seeing that deceased was still in bed , and , as she believed , fast asleep . Sh < i went up again about three , in tho afternoon , a : id finding deceased in tho same state , she called the waiter , who instantly ascertained that deeeased was dtad . Medical aid was procured , and the surgeon . ^ akl tliat tieath had taken place many hours previously . If had bee * caused , by pressure of blood on tno Jirain , Thejury ^ being fully satisfied upon this , point , returned a verdict that deceased ' * Died by li . ¦ visitation of God . " The ii' . q'iest-room-was crow 1 < A with the brother officers of dtceased , by whoiQ he was itijjhly esteemed and respected .

      Double Suicide for Love — W « 6 ome lime since gave au accouut of tho murd .: r and snn . i-. ie of a youns man and a Spanish girl , of whom ha had become enamoured . It was said thai iie had entered her room and killed her with a pi&tol , and afterwards snot himself , but this proves l ^ i co have been correct . Ttie father of the young man , whose na . iie was Henry Cocural d'Arcy , has writivii to the journals to stat-e that no murder had been cenraitted by his son . That the deaths of both panic- ; was the work of their own hands , agreeable to .-. n urrangeuifint , in order that ; a ? they could not ba united in this world , thoy would not be scpara :. ^ . The following is the 1 m tter written by the youi :: i raun to his father , just before committing the fatal douil •—

      " Paris , April 9 , 1841 . —Forgive me , myg-K-. i ft ;! he . r , the ^ -rief which , the receipt of this letter tvtU give joU . The lo , ve , ior rarht-r the sentiment m frenzy » 'hich I feel for a youag Spaniard nanu-d Soleda 0 , 'itsaJa ; the jealousy , the fear of seeing her in the arm's of another , are the causes which prompt-us to commit the act which we are about to do . jv < lgo of my-feelings for her , ' when f tell you , that I , ' only yesterday escaped fighting a duel for her with a rival . The reading of this letter will be pv p ; unful to you , that I wish to abridge it as much as possible . I have a few debts , of which I give you a liit belowv I set out with Soleda for probably a better world , and where we shall live for each other . What a happiness . , We die by each other's hand . Adieu . father

      my good , pardon me once more . ''—This letter was put intotho post about an hour before the act was commUted , and was written with a steady hand . Napier and the Electors of Maryli bone . — An attempt ia rk : « - being made by'the luiuisterial party to return Poor Law JNapier for the borough of Marylebone , - arid , for this purpose , they are engaging all tlieipot-house saloons ^ both in anil aronnd the said boroagh , in order that ho may " addrf-ss the electors , &c , " and solicit their support . On Thursday , the 20 Ji ijwt . j h « commenced his cacripaigu by " addressing " (!) the electors , < fto ., of Marykbone at tho Yorkshire Stiiiga , Nuwroad ; tkc " gallant admiral " ' was received vpith the most ten ific yells of disapprobation , being defeated by the uifddle class eleotors themselves . Napier and his party betook themselves to the forlorn hope of eliciting the "suffrages" of those very " ignorant , " "

      uawathad , " and unenfranchised labourers , &c , they had hitherto endeavoured to avoid coming in contact with , and for this purpose they announced a publie meeting to . take place in the saloon of the King and Queen Tavern , Paddington Green , on the f « Iiowin * Monday , at 7 , pm . ; . in the meantime the friends ' of the Tory ' party ( Mr . Youug , &c .,. who prom ^ es to aid in repealing the atrocious Poor Laws , liberating the Chartist victims , and extending the Suffrage , &o ., &c ) ¦> 'billed the town" with superiirir printed placards , telling the electors of Marjlebor ^ &o . that they wished for a continuationof-the csmnablo bastilc . syEtem , togive Admiral Napier their greatest sappoxt ^ WedixeBdnT , thc 56 ib , another me" t = > . g W » a held in Paddicgton , ( l £ oy » l Oaft , Pickering Terraee ^ Westbouriia Jlqad , ) at | Jie same tjmQ as the former , vii ; , 7 o ' clsck . The Adijairal ^ aid he wou ld snpporl the ; present Poor Lavjs . toth ^ . u ( mjoUexi « kt of hia power >^ Cdfuppro . b > tranir ' a 9 . / t ![; ey ' : were just , and

      be haa . b j ' ejrv abs «; t . fi ; ur jearBjaiid wss r ( ot ptraou ally a ^ uairiw . oi 'f J ) Vf itJj one ' . maa in . that borough , ho ) iiieyr tliq ' wojjle . of . Marilebone W (? Te dvlifihted witH theni , ! This a . s ? ert ; on , TO ) r . course , ruet with & perfect ' veil of " Jfq ' &j" hearing , which , the A Jairal « aid , •* Well , 19 i ( ly hew ^ i $ W

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1112/page/3/