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THE JTOETHERF STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1841.
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' - . gO > * & OF THE MECHANICS CHILD -. TT 5 B— "Robin Jdatr . " ChtlD , is thy father dead ? Father ia fone . ' f » this ha * machinery led j God ' s will be done ! Mother has sold ha bed ; Better to die thin wed . ' ¦{ There shall sbe lay her head t Home ire hare nose !
Father dammed thrice a week—God ' s trill be done ! Jjtvg tot weak did he seek , Work be found none . Tears on his hollow cheek Told what no tongue could speak RTiy did his masjsr break ? God ' s triil be done . ' Doetor ssid sir was best—Food ire had none ; Father , with panting breist , Groan'd to be gene ; J 7 ow ha is with the blest—Motha ssys death is beat . ' We hare no place of rest—Tea , ye have one !
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e > SONG OS FEAKGTJS O'COKKOR . rjl tine ' s irempet resound to the earth ' s utmost boand : ^ j ^ i the praies of Lord > " onnaE'hy " aartyr , * g he's valiant and just—aye , and true to his trust , ¦ ± pb he nobly contends for the Charter . « tt O'Connor is Tirtaons , noble , and brave , -+ * & ga fast-sinking enipir * is destined to save . ' Sisg kind and strong his praise in song , ' The man of truth and honour ; Who nobly fights for Britain ' s Tights , ' - The famous , famed O'Connor . jot he brave ! y withstands the mean threats and com . 'insnd ! . "Of tke haughty oppressor and foeman , ^ j 4 he battles with might for fair Freedom ' s birth - rigtt , . . _
" JLid his great mind bends under to no man . forprvtti is his spirit , unshackled his ssul , £ & £ his name is the pass-word to liberty ' s goaL gin ? loud and strong his praise in song , The man of truth and honour ; Whose noble soul none can controul , The famous , famed O'Connor . U t dungeon ' s deep cell these dark tyrants of hell ¦ ffg % season hi-re cruelly bound him ; Tei Ms Ttuma is enshrined , round our hearts is en
iwiaed , And brave millions again will surround him . like a giant refreshed by slef p , in his might , gellretem to our camp , and renew the good fight - Sing load and strong his praise . in Bong , The man of truth and honour ; Who nobly f = hts fL > r nai lire ' s rights , "The famous , famed O'Connor . Evi tree heart of the earth £ hall rejoice in his birth , He is formtd to emancipate man ; For oar Charier oi righu like a lion he fights , Asd the Charter is god-like in plan . By the Ctarter fair freedom to each man is given , Who is stamped wivh the impress aad image of Heaven Sing load snd lor-g his preise in song , The * " » " vf iruih and honour ; Who nobly fights for nature ' s rights , The good , the great O'Connor . D-i > IEL CJSSEDY . letdsJane 12 th 1 S 41 .
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- LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA . By the arrival of the Royal ilail steamer , Caledonia , at Lire-pool , 2 vV . v York appers of the 31 st alk , aid Boston and Halifax papers of the 1 st and Srd inst ., respectively have been received . This fine vejgeLjajled from Boston on the 1 st and Halifax on the irasnBtant , and , including a stoppage of ten hoars at the latter port for the Canada mails , has Bade the voyage in the remarkably short space of twelve days and fourteen hours , the shortest , with Vat one exception , made since the establishment of the Canard like of steamers . She has brought 104 passengers , who axe delighted with their short and pkas&st passage . The arguments in the case of Mr . M'Leod having been concluded , the Supreme Court took time to
consider its judgment . It afterward made an order , which was , " that inasmuch as it is impos-Bbia tJal- ^ mj ¦ fecJBOa - ViU be made this term . M'Leod fball ber committed , iff tbe JanSeSj ^ trf 1 the Skriff of > ew York , and ihat the Sheriff of Niagara be dlsc ^ aTi ed from responsibility . ' The Sheriff of Jitir York had , it was stated , refused : o undertake tie rt * poii . 4 cUitj of the custody of the prisoner , who was wrj well ireated in his peculiar circumstances . The Halifax papers are loud in their eondemnafem of the treatment which Mr . M'Leod had receired at tie-hssd * of the Americans , and blames the soOTeirrss of the British Government on his behalf . Tfej Sew York paper ? , friendly to England , seem to fear thai tie tone assumed respecting the case ox the prisoner may lead to a serious dispute between the two eoentries .
The New York papers contain a letter from Mr . VLeed . It denies positively the boastings alleged tohaTe beeu made by him , thai he was present at the destruction of the Caroline , and charges heavy jersecatioB * en the ** pairiots" of Buffalo , Lockport , &c He ascribes his arras ; and indictment wholly to tie Tengeinca of rhe said " patriots , " and says feat they hire punished him more than the public are aware . The Ex'ra Se ^ -ion of Congress was to commence on the 31 s : al ? . Th 3 message from the President would be delivered on the 1 st instant . The journals ire filled with speculations as to the leading business which was likeiy to engage the attention of the Legislature .
The Nauonal Theatre at New York had been destroyed by fire on the morning of the 29 ; h uh . JRe eTent was supposed to hare been caused by JBceadiaries . A girl was burnt to death during the Irs . _ The state of tra- > had not undergone any altera-Son in the iaiervai between the 29 : h and 31 st ult . It was dnlL
MELA > 'CHOLY SHIPWRECK-ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY -SEVEN LIVES LOST . LFrom the Quebec Mercury , of Hay 22 . ) ' It agaia becomes our duty to record a calimity iBTolring dettraciion of human life to an awful extent . Four of the crew aad four of the passengers of the brig Minsirel , Captain Outerbridze , armed here yesterday , bringiag the dkastroas iuteiligence , of which ibe foll-jiring is aa accurate ratiE&ry . The Minstrel left Limeriek , Ireland , on the 2 b ; April last , for Quebec , wichone hundred and fortyone passengers , emigrants , inreDdirg to Settle in Caaaua . T&e vessel had a toJerabie passage up to Tuesday last , at four o'clock in the morning , when the -struck ens the Red Island Reef . Ther « was a htaTy searnniiiDg at lie time , bat the boats were launched and made fast to the for © cliain 3 . Upwards
of one hundred passengers embarked in their boats , but their doom was ( juickly sealed ; the yesEel "heeled off" iatodeep wat « r and went down stern foremost , eo suddenly that the " painters" of the boats could not be c& £ > t off , and the people who had embarked in theboate perished , witn ibeir eqna'Jy anfonnnaje cc-nipanions on board the ship , except feur of the crew and fonrpassengers , who alone , of ¦ npwards of 150 souls , remained tp tell the ead tile . These eight persons h 3 d embarked in the gig , which was towicg astern , and fortunately for them , the rope which , attached is to die Tessel broke when shewent down . They succeeded in paliitg to White Island , where they remained tintil the following daj , -n-hen ; hey -were taken off by the ship WulliDgton , bi'lniyTe , and bronght to Grose Isle .
Captain Uuierbridge , of the unfortnnate Minstrel , behaved nsosi gailantly ouriDg the awful Ecece , until he perished with the rest . He declared that he would not leave the vessel until his passengers were saved , ar . d be was the last person seen by iflo ^ e who were-in tke ^ isj . Following are the names of the survivors : —Crew —Patrick O'Loghlin , steward ; James Grady and Thomas Enwright , seamen ; and John Donoghue , apprentice . Passengers— Flaherty , shoemaker , and ¦ Wi fe , Honoria Riugrose , and Collins . Following is a statement of the number of the ere \ r and y . asserigers who perished : —Crew—Capto Outcrbridge , mate , and 9 others . Passengers—« Ale aduli-, 47 ; female ditto , -41 ; males under fourteen , 10 ; female ditto , 9 ; roales under seven , S , females ditto , 12 ; infants , 10 . Total perished ,
The passengers above mentioned as being caved , |^ i the Wellington at Grose Isle , and came to Que-«« in the Thetis , from Limerick .
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Thx Citt Police asd the Ijush Tbktotallkes . The City Soliciior has received instructions to prefer even bills of indictment against as many Irish teetoU'Jeri fcr asixnits upon the police and other per-• ocg , upon London Bridge , and other parts of the * - % © a Whit Monday , during the temperance pro-GcsaosB . The witnesses have been summoned to auend before the Grand Jury at the London Ses-J ^ ° ns , -which commence at Guildhall next week . ^ o of the Citj Police are still suffering from the B f rer * iDjuriea they received on Wiiit-llonday from the teetotallers . The hcr . ourabk and learned iusti-6 *» or of the outrages is allowed to go scot free * wut bis business in agitating the eight miilicnj .
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The jotjbnet from Hereford to London is now performed in ten hours . Thb accocchekent of her Majesiy may be expected ths lAtter end of September , or beginning of October . TTT »*»¦«« XXX . —They have temperance waggons in the wertef America , msik-.-dTTT , to denote that the owner is a teelot&Met . The Cbows Pbikce of Hanover ( Prince George of Camberl » nd > has irrecoverably lost the sight of both eyes . It is uxdesstood to be fully arranged tha £ Prince Albert will visit his Royal connexions in Germany this summer . His Royal Highness ' s visit will not exceed a month or six weeks . The Jvusi arrived from Newfoundland , reports the Atlantic to be very full of ice . She was a fortnight locked up in it without seeing a drop of water . b r
Failcbb at Glasgow . —We regret to announce the fauure of the extensive commercial house of Grant and Co ., of Glasgow ; their liabilities are said to amount to £ 180 , 000 , and it is fearei ihe € ff-ct will be felt by many other houses . — Edinburgh Witness . The Great cmos of Burntc ! "ar- ; h , Kilkenny , is void by the death of Dr . Butler . It consists of fourteen parishes so oddly siruDg to ^ wiHT a ^ to constitute a Benefice about thirty nu ' es long , and scarcoly in any part of it exceedi :- ^ two in width . Mubdek op Ma . Hall . —The Tipperary Constitution , contains , the following paragraph : — " We are glad that the murderer of Mr . Hail , and his two accomplices in the horrible deed , have been arrested , and are now in custody . One of the conspirators is an old woman .
A i ^ oble Absentee . — "Why are you not off to canvass your friends , Belfast ! " said Lord Melbourne , as he dismounted at Downiugstreet , to the opponent of Emerson TeniKnt . " 1 would do so , " replied ihe Peer , " but the Sneriff , when we meet , makes such demands upon my time that 1 find it more pleasant to solicit by proxy . ' The Crisis akd the Tfetotallefu . —An address to the teetotallers of Ireland will be published before the dissolution , calling on them , as the moral regenerators of Ireland , by declarations of all their different bodies , to oppose themselves to bribery , and , by solemn pledges to their country , to promise to use every eifort to discover and expose ail attempts at corruption —Pilot .
Labge Failuxe in Wigaj * . —There has been a stoppage here of the Sovereign Mills , carridon , since the failure of Mr . Thomas Darwell , by Messrs . John H « on and Co . . A meeting of creditors is eslled , and proposals "will be made to resume work . Their liabilities are reckoned upwards of £ 100 , 000 . Numbers oF poor people are thus thrown out of employment , and seme bank 3 will , it is feared , be large sufferers . Liberated Welsh Chastist . —On Wednesday , David Lenies , ene of the men sentenced to seven years transportation for being connected v . ; ih the " Newport Riots , " waa discharged from the Penitentiary , at Milbank . His nine would have expired in March , 1847 , but the state of his health was sueh , thit had he been lor . ger detamed death must b . 3 ve speedily terminated his sufferings .
New Order with respixi' to St . James ' s and Hyde Parks . "—Tbe metropolitan police have received orders from ihe Commissioners of Woods and Forests , that on all future occasions when persons may be found with benches , tables , stools , &r ., in either of the Parks f < r the purpose of lettii-s out for standifigs , they are to be immediately seized . The order , it is supposed , has been issued in consequence of some annoyance experienced by her Majesty when she prooeeds publicly through the parks , or a ; ths reviews which occasionally take place .
Destrtjctine Fire . —About & quarter before three o ' clock on Sunday morning last , an a ' arming £ re took plac- on the extensive premises belongiEg tu Messrs . Fairburn and Co ., engineers and boilermakers , situate near the river side at Mill-wall , Poplar , opposite Deptford dock-yard . I ; appeared to have commenced in the paint workshop , a small wooden bnildinjy ; detached from the main premises , aad was not extinguished utitu the place was entirely burned down . Beautiful Writixg . — We take the following choice specimen of writing from The Times : — " There is a meekness ( a pretty &ly one , though ) and a malignity in dissent . The malignity prevails chiffly at Leicester . There is a kind of a minister with us here , in whose black heart all the devils seem to have quitted their native hell to reside . The Chartists , also , are a much more jolly straightforward set of fellows than the Whits . "
Whig Coksistekct . —There are some things almost too obvious to require remark , but which appear to escape observation . Such is the case of the Wb . ij § with regard to the corn-laws . These sagaciouj ^ mL fercflpsiaifat-persffBfljFvbUe * b « y-deprecate the corn )' ^* ws as a Dread tax , actually bring forward a fixed duty on corn , by which they propose to rai ? e s revenue of doable the amount of that obtained from the laws they condemn . If this is not blowing hot and cold , we know not what is . Queer Story of a New Codidatb . —Alderroan Pine met whh rather a seriuus accident the nitht
before last , at his house in Camberwell . He felt a little feverish before retiring to re = 4 . and , in consequence , slept in a etraDge rvom . During the night fee rose , for tbe purpase of taking a draught of water , acd , forgetting that he was Rot in his own chamber , opened th& door , supposing it was that of his dre ? sicg-room , when he fell down the stair ? , and was bruised and hart in various parts of his body . The injuriss sustained by the Alderman aTe not of such a natare £ » to give his frieuds any alarm , althengh it may be some time before he will be able to-resume his active habits of bush ^ ss in the city . — Friday * paper .
Rioting at Liverpool . —We regret to state that fearful disturbances have arises at Liverpool , in consequence of the interference of a number ot Iruh labourers in the neighbourhood of the docks with the ship-carpenters , the latter being a very powerful body of artisans , and for the most part tutored under the Tory school . Several encounters have taken place . The police are all out and armed with cutlasses . The opposition by the Irish has been caused by an absurd display of an Urangeflag , which , with other Tory embkms , have bern daily paraded about the town since the 29 th of May . In-one part of the town the windows of several houses have been completely demolished .
Fbacas between two Military Kjhghts . —Mr . Charles Hunt Lorimer , one of ihe Military Knights of Windsor , was summoned before the Mayor by Major Lawrence , a brother Knight , for having , oc the 5 th inst , threatened to cut complainant into little pieces , and making use of other threatening expressions . Major Lawrence deposed that on Saturday last he was walking from the Castle yard , and bad not proceeded more than ten yards from Henry the Eighth's gateway before he met Mr . Lorimer , wh >? aid , " You are a pretty fellow ! " Complainant , not having had any communication with defendant for more than twelve months , was much astonished , and xeolied , ** Yes , I consider myself a prettier fellow than you are . " Defendant then said ,
" You a-re a blackguirdly rascal , and no gentleman . " Complainant turned round and walked with defendant into the Castle yard , and des rerl him to repeat what he had ju < t said in the presence of a soldier Tvho was then on sentry . Defendant immediately replied , " No , you old blackguard , I will do no such thing , " continnin ^ to walk by his side . Defendant said , " By the living God , wherever and whenever I get you out of this place , I will make a sad example of yori and cut you into pieces . " Complainant declared he never gave defendant the least provocation to justify such conduct . The sentinel alluded to , being examined , corroborated that part of the Major ' s statement whieh took place in his presence , aud the magistrates bound both parties over to keep the peace .
Admiral Elliot . —It is rumoured that Admiral Elliot , the brother of Lord Minto , and the M renowned'' hero of Chuian celebrity , is about to be appointed to the lucrative command of Plymouth dockyard . The palpitation of this warrior ' s heart , we hear , has wonderfully improved since his hasty and spirited departure from his friends , the Chinese ; and , although unfit to do his duty and work abroad , he returns home from the scene of battle and difficulty to-brother Minto , where he finds himself well enough to partake of the family board's influence , by obtaining an appointment deservedly the birthright of many a brave officer . So much , alas , for the Minto interest and impartiality in thus rewardin £ the gallant Elliot for his important services in ludia .
Djstkessisg Suicide op a Female Servant . — Mr . Baker , the Coroner , held an inqaest on Saturday , at ike Old Turnpike House , Stamford Gate , Hackney , on the body of Caroline Goodwin , aged 21 , housemaid to Mrs . Caffray , of Stamford Hill . Sarah Cook said that the deceased had been in the service of Mrs . Csffray for the last eighteen months , and described herself as a single woman . About a month sgo , in consequence of her increased size and other appearances , witness acensed her of being enceinte , but the xcensed denied it . On Wednesday last she became very ill , shewing all the syaptoms oi an approaching accouchement ; and notwithstanding her entreaties , witness insisted upon bavins a
surgeen called to her assistance . Mr . Toulmin , a Burgeon , was then in the bouse , on m visit to her mistress , and at witness ' s request he accompanied her to sea * the deceased . Upon reaching her bedroom , thev discovered her upon the floor , surrounded by a pool of blood , still flowing from a wound in the throat , and a rczor belonging to the footman huyjby her side . Although witnesB bad not been absent from her more than half a minute , the deceased had inflicted such a deep wound that she must have died instanilj . Witness thought deceased had been atiaxh ; d to one of the male servants , and by whom she had recently been forsaken . Verdict—* Temporary insanity . "
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Steam versus Gas . —The Commissioners of tbe Metropolitan Roads , in consequence of the great redaction in the amount of tolls , owing to the improvement in travelling by railways , have given notice to the authorities of . Kensington and other parishes that they have come to the determination to cease lighting the turnpike roads , so as tp . restrict their expenditure , and . not deteriorate the efficiency of the roads under their charge . COXJVGAL TfflfDERNESS . — Thd foIl ? wUlg ** & cy > J of a letter wruten and actually sent by an affectionate wife to her dear husband , " wfcfr , having been capitally convicted-, was latterly sent on board the Ganymede hulk at Woolwich , county Kent . The woman is at present resident at a town
in the eastern part of the same county . For obvious reasons we omit names , but give the remainder verbatim as it was written : — "Dear husband , —I take this opportunity of addressing these few lines to you , hoping to fiud you in good health , as it leaves me at present , thank God for it . Dear husband , I am going to change my line of life , and 1 hope it will be tor the better . I mnst tell you , I am goiDg to be married , aud I hope you have no objection , tor you know you have not behaved to me as a husband oiifcV't to have done , both you and your family have Used me very ill , but everybody knows I never gave you anyrsason to ill-treat me . I have been to the overseers to ask their advice what I am to do , and they told me I had better get another husband , as I did not expect you would ever come home again . You need not fret about it , nor make yourself in the least alarmed at what I sav , for I can assaro you it
is true . The overseers of the parish are going to give the man ten pounds to take me out of the parish i have invited your brother Robert to the wedding , and I wish you was at home to make one amongst us . I ghall tell you the man ' s name is William . You need not forget me , for all that ; and if you should ever come where I am , I hope you will call and seo me , so I conclude , and still remain your affectionate wife , —Catherine . To William , Ganymede hulk , Woolwich , Kent . " If tho husband finds fauh with this communication , he must be a very unreasonable man ! What could be more affectionate on the part of his late wife than the wish that he could be at her second / wadding ! Why shouW friends fall out about trifles—the more so when it was with the advice and premium of the moral , virtuous , and high-minded guardians of the poor of the town of Ch d 1
The Census . —At tho Thames Police Court , on Friday . Catherine Harvey , an Irishwoman , living in Match-walk , Shad well , was charged by Mr . Currew , churchwarden , with refusing to give an account of the number of persons in her house . When applied to . she said she would see the Government and the churchwarden d d before Bhe'd split . The consequence of this rofneal was , that the churchwarden could not make out his return . Mr . Ballantinc said he would reduce the penalty from £ 5 to 40 s . and in default of Mrs . Harvey paying the latter-sum ,
he sentenced her to be imprisoned for a week .. At the Marlborough-street police-office on the same day , Mr . Clavering , hosier , Regent quadrant , was summoned for refusing to answer the questions of the ewumerafor appaiuted to take the census for thai district . When the paper was produced , the defendant would not give an explicit answer ; and when told that he was required under a penalty to give a proper reply , ke d d the government for having legalised such an inquisitorial proceeding . The highest penalty ( £ 5 ) was then iuflicled .
Death Sentences ok Aborigines . —A petition was on Wednesday weik presented to the House of Commons of a curions and rather interesting character—namely , a petition of members and friends of '¦ hei Society for the Protection of Aborigines , complaining of the sentence of death on certain natives o' the Dig Murray > tribe , for an alleged attack on the bn ^ antine Maria , from Adelaide to New Zealand , wrecked near the southernmost point of South Australia . It prayed for inquiry into the circumsfanccs of the case . The petition was merely ordered to lie on the table .
AppnopRiATioji , —A man was charged at Bowstreet with robbery at Buckingham Palace , a few days ago . He was a journeyman upholsterer employed at the Palace , and had u borrowed" a few pieces of the silk us-d in furnishing the apartments . The rnan said that he viewed them only as * ' perquisites , " and reaiiy iu a place where p »^ quisHe 3 are so plentiful as in the palace , and where so much plunder in the small way is continually going forward , some excuse must be allowed . Few continue very honest aftfr being employed at Court , and , in verity , when robbery is charged on a poor fellow casually employed there , that fact onght not to be forgotten . It is probable that when he got into the Palace , he thought he had a right to do as others did . The only wonder is that he confined himself to matters eo insignificant as silk-snippings . A courtier would not have been half so easily contented .
Attack on a Gaiii \ g House at Windsor—On Wednesday werk there was a large party ^ $ > neisting of the cfiicem of the 6 : h Rifles and several of the 1 st Life Gnaris , at thflOn « 2 a at thfi . infantry barracks , in Sheet-street , in consequence of several promotions which have recentl y taken , place in the Rifles , occasioned by vacancies caused by the decease of the Hon . Colonel Molyneux . The festivities of the evening were kept up till past twelve o ' clock , when a large perry proposed going to a well known gambling hov . rc { which has been tolerated in this town for upwards of twelve months ) and where several of tlio officers have boen cheated of large sums of money , in Ab ^ csta-p ' acc , where they were immediately admitted . What took place
there btfore the row c > maienced , oxswhat was the occasion of the havoc and destruction which almost immediately afterwards ensued , we have not been able to ascertain . However , they had not been there more than halt au hour , before there was a scene of the greatest confusion throughout the whole house , causing alarm and terror from the noise which was created , around the entire neighbourhood . The police were sent for soon after one o ' clock , previously to which a portion of the 6 th Rifles , who were on guard at the Castle , had been despatched to the scene of uction , and whom the police met on their return to the guird-room . Upon Mr . Superintendent Gillman and Serjeant Dobson , with several men , entering the hou ^ e ( which they found empty , with the exception of one of the gamblers , who , it appears , had secreted himself , )
they found scarcely one piece of furniture left whole . The green ba ' ze was torn off from the billiard and other tables ; the doorB of the ii ; ff-. reut rooni 3 broken down ; the windows , with the sashes and frames , broken to pieces ; ail the lamps smashed ; chairs and tables disiecatcd ; the fan-li ^ jht over the front door gone ; and the balustrades upon the s airs torn away . At this time the whole of the party ^ had gone off , and as for the proprietors of the gaming-house , they were glad to . ff ^ ci their escape , during the disturbance , from the back of the premises , across the garden , into a lar ^ e piece of waste land called the Lammas . It was expected that some complaint would have been lodged before the borough magistrates at the Town Hall ; but no appl cution has been made to the bench on the subject .
Desperate attempt at Murder . —An excitement little inferior to that experienced at the assassination of the late Sergeant-Major Shepherd was felt a few days ago , in Woolwich , in consequence' of a very prevalent rumour that a gunner in the Royal ArtilLry had shot a bombardier belonging to tlie same regiment . Considerable doubts Wire at first felt as to the correctness of the report , but upon subsequent inquiries it was ascertained that it w . is but too true . A company belonging to the 4 th battalion of the Royal Artillery , commanded by Colonel Chesney , has recently arrived at the garrison , after an absence of nearly ten years' service at Malta and in the Mediterranean . A gunner belonging to the company who had been on guard
during the daj in the Royal Arsenal , having charge of the convicts in that establishment , named M'Garrettey , retired , after being dismissed guard , to the Royal Artillery canteen , where he drank so freely as to become intoxicated , and subsequently entered into another quarrel with another gunner , by whom he was severely maltreated , his eye being cut in a dreadful manner . Several persons in the room , including another gunner of gupenor strength * interfered between the combat&uta , and prevented any further mischief being done . This was about balfpast seven . Shortly after this , M'Garrettey left the canteen , and proceeded in a Btate of
intoxication to the barrack-room , in the eastern wing of the great arch . The unfortunate bombardier , whose name is John Grace , was standing at tho time leaning over a desk , when Al'Garrettcy proeecded very deliberately to the place where his inutket was , and taking it down , fired it at his victim . The shot entered the back back on the right aide of the spinal column , and passed into the abdomen . Grace immediately fell , and an artilleryman who was passing the room , alarmed by the report -of th « musket , entered the room and discovered tbe prisoner , who at once declared that " he had shot the man . '' The wounded
man was conveyed to the . Ordnance hospital , where-Sir J . Webb , the principal officer of the department , was in attendance , aad every aesistauee was rendered to the sufferer . Sir Joni questioned him as to whether there had been any previous altercation , or whether he was aware that there was an y cause for the offence . The wounded man replied , ' None whatever . ' The ball u supposed to have entered the liver , but as any attempt to probe tbe abdomen would be fatal , the exact seat of the wound U not fcnown . M'Garretty , who has been fifteen yean ia the
regiment , was immediately placed under arrest . He is a man somewhat advanced in life , and bears a notoriously bad character in the regiment . Grace is a married man , and highly respected in the company to which he belongs , and to which he acted as orderly . No cause can be assigned why the prisoner should commit ths fvrooious act , but the lury of his passion , there being some resemblance in height and make to the gunner who had abused M'Garrettey . Grici has since died , and a Coroner ' s Jury have returned a verdict of wilful murder * £ M&Bt M'Garrettey .
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Lom > John Bussbll , finding such never-ending ' ; tou and trouble" connected with State business , is about to lighten the burthen , it is said , by the admixture of domestic bliss . His lordship intends to get married . When the important event occurs , it ip . * P ° u ghtthat he will resign the direction of colonial affairs for the Home department . It is to be hoped , at least , that he will take care , to get the honeymoon well oyer , befpre a fresh Parliament assemble * . , : Ey « RTiHurs to England proceeds at rail-road p&ce , and there is , therefore , nothing surprising in the fact that the Queen of such a country should produce * Royal family upon the same rapid principle that pervades every other department of national industry . Two confinements within twelve months are , indeed , something to be proud of , and if her Majesty should only gratify the nation by twins , the result would , of course , be doubly satisfactory .
Made id , June 3 . —A new commission has been a /? ai » naraed for taking into consideration the establishment of banks in the provinces for the purpose of lurnishing funds to the agriculturists at a lair rate of interest . The minister of finance has not yet succeeded in obtaining any advances from the different capitalists , the latter trying to drive too hard a bargain . The resignation of this minister is talked of , and , although only a rumour , the funds declined yesterday to 26 i for cash , at which price tney remain to-day . The ministry has just received
a check in the chambers . In spite of their opposition to it , the cortes have adopted , by 82 against 52 , the projtet of the coaimJssrQnjtlo the effect that Eeaatora holding situations under government shall not receive any salary during the session . ' The member Loped has resigned , M . Calatrava has been named , senator . The health of the young queen does not improve . The council of regency , and the guardians appointed by Ferdinand ' s will , in case of any unforeseen event to the-queen-mother , have put in their claim to the guardianship .
Ireland . —Two more murderous outrages have been committed in Ireland . One day lately , at two in the morning , the house of Patrick Nevil , at Clonmines , in the South of Kerry , was broken into by threo niqn with blackened faces . Nevil was made to get up aud give the robbers some j £ 40 , which he had faved ; and in spite of his submission , when they left , one of them shot him in the breast with a pistol . Nevil hold only two or three acres , and was but little above a mere labourer . His recovery is
thought hopeless . Again , in Wexford , at Killetcn House , near Ballylongfurd , a shot was fired into the bedroom of Mr . Win . Hicke , a Justice of the Peace . Six balls passed through the window-glass and bed-curtains , and lodged in the wall just above where Mr . Hicke lay . On the same night , a notice threatening to visit him with the fate of Mr . Brew was posted on his ball-door . Mr . Hicke is a Catholic and a Liberal . The expulsion of some refractory tenants is thought to have been the cause of the attempt .
Presentation op Plate to the late Sheriffs Eva . ns and Wheelton . —On Saturday last the subscribers to the Shei-ifiV PJate Fund , gave a banquet to those distinguished public officers , at the West India Dbck TaveraJ Blackwall , London . Hughes Hughes , Esq . was in the chair , supported by a large party of influential gentlemen of various and opposite political opinions , but who cordially united on this occasion to testify their admiration of the manly and constitutional resistance which these worthy High Sheriffs of London and Middlesex had made against the arbitrary power assumed by the ( late ?) House of Commons . About seventy ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner . Amongst the latter
were the late High Sheriff * , also Messrs . Charles Pearson ( City solicitor ) , James ( secondary ) , the Rev . John J ^ nuiDgs , A . M ., James Anderson , Esq ., Richard Carpenter , Esq ., Thomas Saunders , Esq ., Messrs . France aad Palmer , Messrs . Eagleto ? . King , Illidge , < ftc . Afterjdioner , tho Chairman addressed Messrs . Evans andi Wfteeltou in appropriate terms , and at the conclusion of his address , the splendid silver waiter and two Joe-pails , the whole weighing above 400 onnces , was presented to the late Sheriff Evans , and the superb candelabrum and epergne , weighing 294 ounces , to tho lato Sheriff Wheelton , amidst the unanimous cheers and plaudits of the company . Both gentlemen ickiiowkdged the compliment in suitable terms .
The Qvebn of Hawovkb . —We find , from the German p * $ ers , that the health of tho Queen of Hanover ib in a very unsatisfactory stato . One of these journals has the following letter from Hanover , dated Junu 2 : — "The- . inhabitants of this city are very uneasy respecting the health of her Majesty the Queen . It appears , from certain circumstances , that her disorder has not abatod ; siuoe yesterday evening the access to Lematrasso ( the street which pa : ss $ by the royal palace ) is stopped , so that only pedestrians can go through it , and the evening patrol of the } military band is suspended in order uot to disturb Mr Majesty ; Hojrever , though her Majesty , as we ftttitt h * e imdrkkitmess uight , the pb $ H « iao %
it fa said , have expressed some-hop e to-day . It is generally reportea that Professor Schinlein , at Berlin , has been requested to come here and ^ ive his advice . May all f urn out well . The celebration of his M . ijcsty' 8 birthday was very rost . rir . tcd , on account of the melancholy situation of tho Queen . The King appeared on the parade , where lie made a speech to the officers from the provinces who are now here , and was received with' acclamations by the troop 3 . It ia expected that orders will be conferred on a great number of persons , and that there will be a considerable promotion in the army . " So much for Royalty .
Algiers . —A letter from Algiers , of the 2 Gch ult ., gives the following details of the recent fraud committed by means of forged Treasury Bills : — " On the 22 nd , a Spanish schooner , named La Vierge de Rcgla , Captain Jose Maria de Otero , came into port from Almeria , with a cargo of 2 , 000 quintals of lead , consigned to the storekeeper-genera ! of the army . A » no ench officer exi » tB , the ship was immediately put under surveillance , and a report got abroad that her freight was the produce of fraud , through the means of forged bills . We have leu rut , from good information , that the author of the fraud presented himself , several weeks ago , to the French consuls of Spain , assuming the name of Hely de Beaumont , and pretending to be a brother of M . Gustavo do Beaumont , the deputy , now at Algiers , with M . de Tocqueville and iVl . de Corcellea , on their return
from Mostaganem , having apparently given up their intention of accompanying tho expedition against Mascara and Tekedempta . Hely de Beaumont gave himself out to our consular agent in Spain as an officer of the military administration in Algeria , and produced a pretended letter from the Governor-General , charging him to make large purchases of lead for the army . All the consuls of France at Valenoia , Malaga , Gibraltar , and Cadiz , appear to have entertained no doubt of tho authenticity of the letter , or the reality of his mission , for they gave him successively letters of recommendation . Cadiz and Gibraltar were the principal theatres of his frauds , and it is said he issued his false bills at Gibraltar to the amount of 200 , 000 f . At Cadiz , the vice-consul introduced him to several of the first merchants , and through their mediation he obtained one-third of the lead now on board the detained
ship . In one transaction to the amount of 40 , 000 f ., he gave a bili for 50 , 000 f ., receiving the difference in money . Not ' the least striking part of the affair is , that there ie every reason to believe that the lead thus acquired was destined for Abd-el-Kader ; and thus the French consuls ' , unknown to themselves , it is true , have been made accomplices in a fraud , and an attempt to supply an enemy of their country with ammuuition . It is confidently behoved that the ship was on her way to Morocco , but was driven by stress oi' weajher into Algiers . " The Fobthcoming General Election . —We could almost Bad it in our hearts to regret that Lord John Russelihas so signally defeated himself . We are not disposed to admire a "tyrant majority '' of any party in the House of Commons , but Lord John Russell
has unconsciously done his best to create one . A Government to be # f any use , ought to have a clear working majority ; bat they may have toe large a majority ; for an effective opposition is after all the spur to good , and the check upon bad , legislation ; and we cannot see the materials for one out of the forthcoming elections . We have counted no less than seventy-one so-called liberal members of the present House of Commons , who have already declined serving their constituents again ; a " defection " from the public service , which says much for their personal predenco , but promises very badly for the organisation of an opposition in the next Parliament . The Whigs , in fact , seem to have turned quite sulky with the public—something in the same
spirit that Fox evinced when he left the House of Commons in despair , and took to translating Horace at St . Anno ' s-hill . When the last Russell leaves Bedfordshire , and Mr . Joseph Hume affects a desire to retire into private lite , the game must be nearly up . Aa journalists , we almost feel melancholy when we reflect npon how many of our old choppingblocks we shall miss when the new Parliament assembles . Three or four , we , understand , are to be " pitchforked" in the eyent of losing their seats : Sir Jonn Cam Hobhouse fcr one ; and it would be a very appropriate termination to his consistent career for him to walk into the House of Lords in a white bat at last . We do not profess to know any
thing of cabinet teoreto , but the on dit amongst the elubs u , that the pitchfork business bad a great deal to do with the Whigs sticking to office , until they knew who would want providing for after the result of a general election . The provincial constituencies should bear this iu mind . At any rate there can bo no harm in their asking suoh a man as Sir John whether he has not got a peerage in his pocket if the country should refuse him a seat in the House or Commons ; and , if he cannet answer in the negative , perhaps he may be asked on the hustings , at Nottingham , whether he is of the eame opinions now as he was some years ago , when he called the House of Lords "a refuge for the destitute !"—Tory paper .
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Snow at Midsdkhsb . —The mountains in Scotland have , during the past week , been capped with snow . The once joyous and sultry 4 th of June waa truly Siberian , but a beneficial change seems at hana . —Newcastle Journal .,. _ A Tup of the Cheviot breed , the property of Messrs . Young and Craig ^ Bighouse , Sutherland , was clipped a few days ago , when its fleece was actually found to weigh no less than 194 imperial pounds . Changes in Government Functionaries . — Several changes will take place at the close of the session among the subordinate government functionaries . It is understood that the Hon . E . J .
Stanley will vacate the post of one of the secretaries to tbe treasury ,. in which he will be succeeded by De Le Marchant , Esq ., of the board of trade . Mr . J . Parker , M . P . for Sheffield , now one of ths lord 8 of the treasury , will take the place of R More O'Ferrall , Esq ., as secretary to the admiralty who succeeds Mr . R . Gordon , M . P . for Windsor , in the office of financial secretary to the treasury . A vacancy in the number ef lordi of the treasury is thns occasioned . Some oth or changes are , we hoar , contemplated , which iiiclnclo the Hon . E . J . Stanley ' s introduction to & higher post in the Government . -
Masonic Festival . —The third and greatest of the charities which the masonic body support , that for founding an asylum for the aged and decayed members of their body , celebrated its sixth annual festival on Tuesday last , in thoir ball . ' Mr . Benjamin Wood , M . P . for Southwark , took the chair , and was supported by a considerable array of stewards and the friends and admirers of this crowning charity of the anoiex ' t order of freemasons . Since the establishment of this institution , the male and female schools have gone on increasing in the amount of their utility ; and although at its outset the Aped Masons' Asylum met with some obstacles , arising more from ignorance than prejudice , still , having twice received the unanimous sanction of the grand lodge , it may now be considered as the beet , as it is the youngest , offspring of masonic charity .
Horrid Murder and Soicide in Derbyshire . —The village of Milltown , parish of Achover , was on Thursday week the scene of a most horrid tragedy ; and it seldom falls to our lot to publish details of a more revolting character . The perpetrator of the bloody deed waa one Jol ^ n Towndrow , onco a farmer of considerable respectability , but of late years rather reduced in circumstances . It appears that his wife and he have for some time past lived unhappily , owing to circumstances and dispositions of mind into which it is not now our province to inquire , but there seems no reason to doubt that the main cause which led to the awful transaction originated in a dispute about some money , which bad lately bren left to Towndvow ' s wife . The throat of
Mary Towndrow , the wife of the deceased John Towndrow , was oat froai ear to ear , and hor forohead severely fractured by a blow from a heavy in-Btrument . The throat of tho deceased , John , was also severely out , and both bodies were disfigured by blood . At the inquest , the first witness called was John Coatee , who deposed that about one o ' clock at noon on Thursday , ho was passing deceased ' s house , when he saw their daughter look through the kitchen window ; shen then screamed , and begged him to force the door open , which he did . On entering the kitchen , the body of John Towndrow was lying on its left side , his head hanging over the edge of a tub ; the deceased , Mary , wan lying with her head against the wall ; both their throats were cut ,
and teey were quite cold and dead . A razcr was lying on the ground near to the spot where John lay , and a setting stick , broken in two pieces , lay near to the body of his wife . In the house-place adjoining tho kitchen the breakfast things were on the table , and the cups contained tea ; the two chairs in which the deceased appeared to have been sitting at breakfast were thrown over . and a a pair ofspectacles , usually worn by the deceased ( Mary 'fowndrcw ) lyinK on the hearth . To this witness appearances warranted the conjecture that a quarrel arose during breakfast , and that the ill-fated husbaud dragged his wife into the kitchen , and there committed the deed . A Hammer stained with blood was found by Mr . George Bonnington . This witness stated that he had known the deceased husband about twelve
years ; that he bad occasionally worked for him an a labourer ; and that during that time he never saw him act irrationally . He also stated that on the day previous to the murder deceased conversed with witness respecting his wife , stating that he < lid not know whether he was to have any harbour there any longer , as he supposed she was gone to fetch somebody to turn him out . There was nothing singular about him during this conversation , nor didjhe appear in the least excited . He was quite rational and calm . There was a great deal of blood upon the hands of the deceased . Mr . Geo . Bonnington was the second person in the house after the discovery waa made . On the forehead of the deceased ' s wife was a large fracture ,
which induced witness to search for the instrument by which it had been iunioted . Oa ths shelf behind the . suircase he found a hammer , the head of which was coYerecl mtli ^ U ^ S ' , Wa m ^^^ pe ^ 69 ' % 9 have been wiped . The razor sheath was on the house table . Witness knew the deceased kept his razors in the house cupboard , and the conclusion he bad arrived at was , that deceased Btruck his wife with the human * whioh he afterwards replaced on tbe shelf , and then fetched his razor and completed the horrid deed by nearly severing his wife's head from the body , and afterwards cutting his own throat . After a brief ooutultation , the Jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity .
A " Haunted" Houses-Extraordinary and Mysterious Circumstance . —For some few days past Windsor ana us immediate neighbourhood have b « en in a state of considerable excitement , in consequence of a honse , which stands alone , surrounded by its grounds , at Clewer . about a mile from the town , having been reportea , from the extraordinary noises which have been heard there , to be " haunted . ' The house is occupied by an elderly couple , their two daughters , and a female domestic The noises whioh have been heard ( and which are continued at intervals throughout the day and night ) , resemble those whioh would be caused by a person rapidly , for two or three seconds , striking his knuckles violently against the panel of a door .
The knocking is so loud that it ia heard by the inmates of houses four or five hundred yards rff . Suoh is the alarm these strange , aud , at present , unaccountable noises have caused throughout the neighbourhood , that a lad y who resides at some distance has given notice to her landlord that she quits instantly ; aud the haunted family are represented to bo in such a , state of mind that they are making preparations to leave the house immediately . At one time tho door was taken off its hinges , and placed at , the back of the closet , but the knocking was precisely the same as before . It should be observed , that at three or four times , when the knocking took place , there were five persons , and sometimes more , present from Windsor and elsewhere , who were determined , if possible , to detect the cause , and who were totally unconnected with the family residing in the house ; but they were still left in ignorance of its origin , and without the means of accounting for it .
On Saturday last , a gentleman volunteered to sit op with tbe occupant of the house , during the whole of that night . This offer , at the suggestion of the magistrates , was accepted . The rest of the family retired to rest at the usual hour , and up to six o ' clock the next niornir g , no nois < s were heard ; but in the course of Sunday they were more violent than ever . Many ignorant persons , of course , ascribe the noises to sumo supernatural agency , and a tale is now current , that some person left that neighbourhood , some time back , in a " very mysurious manner , " aud that " no doubt a murder was committed near the spot . " However this may be , gentlemen of high standing in the county ( magistrates , clergymen , and others ) , have visited the house during the pas ; week ; and ceitainly , to say the k ait , they are all exceedingly puzzled at the extraordinary noises they have heard within three or four yards of the spot where they had stationed themselves .
Dissolution of Parliament . —It is generally supposed that the large am-ar of publio business , necessarily created by the sudden dissolution of Parliament , will suggest the necessity for the assembling the new House of Commons as sp , edily as possible . The first Parliament was dissolved on the 13 th July , 1837 , and the writs were made returnable on the 15 th of November following—thus allowing an interval of nearly four months for the elections , which , considering the mode of canvass , and the short time allowed for taking the poll under the Refqrm Act , was a much longer period teas could , by possibility , be required . It is , however , conceived that , in the present instance , the utmost despatch , compatible with the
convenience of the several candidates and constituencies , will be employed , so as to ensure the opening of the new Parliament at an early period . The choice of a Speaker will , doubless , as in two recent instances , become the first great -party question of tho session . Mr . Manners Button ( Viscount Canterbury ) held the chair for eighteen years , aud presided over seven new Honsos of Commons ; Mr . Abercrombie ( Lord Dnnfermlinc ) for four years ; and Mr . C . Sha . w Lefevre for two years . The last election for Spcekcr was on the 29 th of May , 1839 . Tbe aext will be the fourteenth Parliament of tbe United Kingdom , It appears by a return prepared from the rolls and journals of both houses . that since 1809 , when
it is supposed the duration of Parliaments wax extended beyond one year , only four Parliaments have existed beyond seven years , and only nine have had a sexennial duration . Of the rest , only nine Parliaments have lasted above five years , three above four years , aud three above three years . Only ten existed above two years , and no less than thirty-six for a shorter period . The average duration , from 1119 to the present time ( including the long Parliament in the reign of Charles I ., and that in the reign of Charles II ., which lasted nearly seventeen years , ) does not exceed the space of three years each ; so that , although nominally septennial , Parliament may be said to have not more than a really triennial existence .
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THE WELSH "PLOTTERS" AGAIN ! A paragraph from the Hereford Times , is » present "going the round" of the " Establuhment , " and which we here insert for the pnrposs of calling forth a true version of the case upon Chutist authority ; for we don't believe the facts as set forth in the Whig print . If there is any foundation for the report at all , the odds are a hundred to one , that "Sir" Tom Phillips and his bloody coadjutors have been at woi / c again in search of a title for another miscreant . Here is tho Whig statement : —
" Information from Pontypool has btcn received at this office , from unquestionable authority , that » package has arrired at Newport , per packet from . Bristol , to be forwarded to Mr . G- Moore , at Ms . Goodwin ' s , shoemaker , PontypoeL The package was said to be of a very suspicious nature , and Superintendent Roberts accordingly attended at the Swan Inn , and placed two officers to watch the movements of any party who might call for it- No individual making bis Bppearance for that purpose * it was finally takea to the station-house . Upon elimination it was foundf to contain two muskets , two bayonets , one fowling piece , two piBtola , five bullet moulds , of various aizav
a force pump for an air gun , a great quantity of inflammatory Chartist publications , one of Colonel Maceror . e'sbooks , called "Instructions to the People how to niake combustible Materials , " a quantity of Cobbetfa Works , &o ., with several parcels of worsted and cottoa stocfeififa , linen drapury , and worsted yarn , so well packod round the'fire-anna that no one wouUt suspect the package of containing such good ' s . Onth * following day { Tuesday ) , a person called at tbe coac&t office for the package , upon which he was taken into custody ; he proved to be George Black , a Charti ^ agitator and orator from Nottingham , who has been Tery industrious in South Wales this lasttwelveniontha .
particularly at Merthyr ; lie assumed to travel with stockings for Bale . On .-Wednesday last , the prisoner was taken before C . H . Leifih , W . H . Little , and R-H . Phillips . Esqa ., at the police office ; when , after * ' lengthened investigation , lie was committed tor one month to hard labour in the House of Correction a « Usk . He attended a Chartist meeting at Newporton Monday last , and made a most violent speech- ¦ Hp stated that he is sometimes called Moore , but mote generally Black . He was com mitted under the Yagraqt Act for trading and hawking without a license . Goodwin , to whose house the package was directed , ia a Chartist leader at Pontypool . "—Hereford Times . .
A word or two upon this , as it appears . _ ; " Information from Pontypool was received from unquestionable authority , that a packet bad arrived at Newport . " Ah ! How did the " unqueslionabfr authority at Pontypool know the packet was either coming , or had arrived , at Newport ! How came the Pontypool authorities to know that t An answer , Mr . Hereford Times , ityou please 1 " The package waa said to be of a very suspicion nature . " "Several parcels of worsted and cottoa stockings , linen drapery , and worsted yarn , were at
well packed round the fire arms , that up on » would suspect the package of containing such goods . " See how the' story confounds and contradicts itself ! It was " said te be of a very suspicious nature "—and yet its nature was such " that no ono would suspect it ! " What bunglers ! How very like a plot ! a trap !! If Black had any thing to do with the " very suspicious" package , we say , judging from the statement given above , he has been entrapped by the " unquestionable authobitj " of Pontypool !! :
Black " has been committed to the House of Correction for one month , under the Vagrant Act , for trading and hawking without a license . " This is the most inexplicable part of the whole affair 1 " Trading and hawking without a license : " when * is the proof of that 1 Is going to a coach office to see after a package of goods "trading and hawking ! " We cannot understand Welsh ApraoRiTrl Will our friends see that we have a full statement of all the facts of this most " suspicious" case , as far as they can make them out 1 Let us know all the aciobs in this strange business ; and let them detail the evidence on which Black has been
committed to the tread-mill for a month , on a charge of " trading and hawking without a license . " This case must be ferretled out ! The " iCiHOBm " succeeded one * ! He mnst not do it again !! No more plots ! Let our friends be on their guard 11 The Whigs , reduced to the last extremity , will . try every means to keep themselves afloat—and a good " plos , " which would appeal to the fears of the men of property , would be a perfect " God-send . " Tbe above story gives evidence that tbe " plotters " are attain at work . Let every Chartist look oak Defeat the hellish move ! No moke PLOTS !! —~ . - . ?——— ;
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THE "DUNDEE CHRONICLE . " . With most sincere regret we extract from tho columns of our esteemed contemporary the following article , for the purpose of laying it beforei tho Chartists of Scotland , and of demanding for it their instant and effective attention , that tho causa of Chartism may not lose a valuable advocate .: —• " Our readers will observe that an important meeting of the shareholders of this journal was held on Wednesday last , The financial affairs of the Company are certainly in no enviable position ; and , as poverty « not considered a crime by those whose cause we have espoused , we havo , without hesitation , laid the whole matter shortly before tbe public . The circumstances attending the purchase of the paper cannot be already
forgot , but must be fresh in tbe recollection of the whole country , —as the purchase cf such extensive property was at the time the-wonder and admiration of those whose principles were reciprocal with our own . That the shareholders are generally composed of those who live by the labour of their hands , we do not affect to deny but , instead of this being a disgrace , wo deem it no inconsiderable recommendation , because we eaa boast of that which few journalists can boast of , vi * . the honest and straightforward advocacy of the nnpre * scriptable rights of man . But , while we deem this aa honour to ourselves , we cannot shut our eyes to the fact , that thegeagstence of this poverty has precluded those very indittttnals from not only paying up the share already subscribed for , but baa prevented them from
subscribing for the necessary number of shares , so aa to enable the Directors to carry on the business with that requisite economy and spirit , necessary foe the conducting of such a journal as the Ztundee Chronicle . It will be seen from the report / that the working men . who have subscribed for ' share are extremely . inconsiderable , when we take into account the vast mass of men who Lave exposed the cause we advocate , and when we calculate upon tho enthusiasm existing amongst that mass . No doubt , we are somewhat to blame ourselves for a remissneas in not laying out peculiar circumstances before thexablie . There is » certain delicacy attending the adintsaionof actual distress , that ; the public is as well awsie of as
ourselves ; but the point can be overstretched j and we think , despite the reviling * of oar foes , that we are only doing our ' duty by throwing aside that false delicacy , which , under onr circumstances , WouM be gross folly any longer to affect That we aro emtirrased , financially speaking , we at once frankly admit ; and we make this admission with unfeigned sorrow and regret . Nothing , we are satisfied , could afford matte * of congratulation to our enemies equal to the extinction of the people ' s paper , for the simple reason that they hate democracy , and want not the ameljprutioa of the miserable condition of the millions . To ^ reltoie to the people their natural and Inherent rights , arid to lessea their burdens , has been the aim and object of the pro ? motere of this journal . *
"We have to return our sincere thanks to cutreaders generally throughoat tbe country for the liberal support which they have given the paper since its commencement , as our circulation i > greater than we could by possibility have anticipated ; and we ^ "st that the appeal now made-fox additional skareholdenr will not be in Tain . Let the few Chartist papers now in existence cease to live , and the boldest and most destructive blow will be given to the cause of liberty , which by any means whatever could be struck . Shall the enemies of tbe people have to congratulate themselves on the extinction of the greatest palladium which liberty ea » possess , viz ., a free and unfettered press T We think we are not wrong when we emphatically say—No f thousand times , No I
"Men of Forfarsbire and Fifeahire 1 we baTe done onr duty , and we now appeal to you for add . Few , indeed , in the county districts , have beeome shareholders of the paper ; but it is not too late , and we hope that yon will yet nianfally do your duty . " The manager will shortly write theresfectttve ageati directly on this tfiost important subject < " By order of the WrertonT We are quite rare that , after reading this , th « people know their duty , and will perforii it ,
witkout further prompting . We m « st , however , re-eek « most emphatically the following enteftoe * u Le * the few Chartist papers sow in existence eease to lire , and the boldest and most destructive ] blow will be given to the cause of liberty , which by . any means whatever could be struck . Shall the enemies of the people have to congratulate themselve on the extinction of the greatest palladium whioh liberty can possess , viz ., a free and unfettered preast We think we are not wrong when we tppiutieallj say—No 1 a thousand times , No'l "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1114/page/3/
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