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      £ TA > ' 2 AS-? hebe u a glow steals o'er the breast , A heaTenly warmth of joyous loTe , And gives the patriot ' s hope & z ?* b That can all care or gloom remove ; Wi&B ia bis bold and piercing eye Shines the bright starlijht of the tkj ! ' The tmlltent Star/—Star of the North ! That scads ^ ffulg ^ u ; radiance forth . There ' s a bright flush—a streak of light Steals o ' er the restore of the sky » Before the sun beams on our Eight And Nature walks in harmony , So is it -with the patriot ' s heart , ¦ R ten be bath counsel to impart Of serrice to a . fellow sl 3 Te—Momentous to the bold and brave .

      Te friends of freedom , young and fair , 0 , now , attend ' ¦ to you I calL 0 grant me this , my only prayer ; Then shall the Tile oppressor falL ( When ye would join in -wedlock ' s band , O take a Chartist by tbe hand , A trne , fair Chartist , make your -wife—A pleasant partner all your life , Who can converse en subjects great , As -BEJ-ast dteds , oppressive laws . ) With politics , and smooth debate , Then shall you forward freedom ' s cause . ' Your peaceful home Ehall seem a heavea 1 Hope ' s sun s ^ i rot go down at eTsa , But hope and lore shall ever shine , And peace and joy shall still be thine .

      Tout offspring shall , like blooming floorers , Unfold their beauty , fair an 3 bright ! And spend arght their leisure hours , As you hare done—0 sweet delight ! Methitks I see the splendid march Of Britons " neatli high tenTen ' s arch , Rejoicing in their wished-for-state , When none are poor and none are great Bj acting thus , ( you yonths give ear * , ' You propagate fair freedom ' s fbwer , — You Mammon ' s rantest roots nptear ,

      And wrench from trracts unjust power . 31 sie freedom ' s name on s ^ a and shore Be scug from every bosom ' s core , WhsnliBERTT shall be the toast In B-itiin ' s isle on sea and coast . J . I Mariiixh , ila ? ^ -

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      - ^ AXSirEB TO J . C'S ENIGMA . THE SXOW . The silvery saow : the silvery Enow ! like rlery it fci ^ o = lisa £ elds below ; And the trees with their diamond branches appear lite the fairy growth of some magical sphere ; WiSe sjft as miuic , tnd wild and white , It fiittets ind iL ^ its in the pale moonlight , And spangles the river and fount as tht-y flow . Oh : who has net ioT'd the bright beautiful snow ?!

      The sHtstt E 2 DW zs . 1 the eriskliiig frost . How merry we go when the earth seems lost ; like the spirits that rise from the dust of time , Id ! iT 2 in n purer ltd holier dime ! A e = w creation , without a stsin , I / OTe-y as heaven ' s own pure domain ! But , ah ! like the many izv ? hopes of oni years , It glitters awhile , and then aela into tears : Aid thus the "bright szove dissolves into water , Tiam which Iwas created—the mother from daughter

      THOXAS M . YVEEELEB . K ~ r .. c * r . ^ . on . [ We have also received an answer to this enigma from "Antipiaciariit , " who charges thu correspondent » ho sent the eci ^ ma to cs -with hsyir . g £ to 2 ea 5 U He says he hss seen it twenty-four years ago . We will thank parlies who send such communications to say whether th ^ j be crigixuL— Ed . ^

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      A . CHARTISTS ADDRESS TO HIS IRISH BREIHREX . Oh hail to the land of my birth , lovely Erin , Proudly I gazed on thy Emerald shore , After twenty years absence ; in bitterness sharing Thy som > W 3 which Irishmen all must deplore-Where is the glory fled , that once shone round thy head ? Thy sons are bcriel in want and distress ,

      And roar harp is unstrung ; then list to a countryman , While he reads you this Chartists' address ? de gates sie all closed where once in power Ireland ' s legislature met , Where brave O'Connor , Moore and Grattan , many a bold example » et ; Yget streets are overgrown with gras 3 , your workmen no employment get , The foreign sentry ' s heavy tread , proves yon remain in slavery yet

      What ne yenr prospects—and -what are you hoping f : r ; Is there no Irishman dares to to be free ? Who are your adve-cates—what are you waiting for ; Will you not cultivate liberty's tree ? You're cheated and slighted , yosr Shamrock is blighted , Id which 700 delighted for centuries past ; ToEl wives , they are starving ; your lands they are carrirg . In portions to suit them ; how long must it last ? Emancipation was to give all that ycur hearts cod d desire ; To food , clothing and protection , tell me are you nisfcer . ' Has Every one of fctexd srincleiit ft ^ fl all things that you require ? Mzs ' . Hibernian feels , tluy but emancipated lord and mire .

      Have ycu not knowledge to see my brave countrymen , ; AU the woiil owes you pcssciSKsdy wit ,: That you are grown poorer siDce governed in Union , And Erln " s protectors in London did sib But ntung in Dublin would be of no benefit , Or to your stock add a hat or a coat , Or make you one halfpenny richer or poorer , Tnless at elections you zli had a vote . Have you forgot , my suffering friends , that when you were emancipated , That every foity sMILing -voter in Ireland was abrogated ; AH were condemned to slavery then , unless in ten pound houses seated , And say , whs .: benefits to you has this choice measure since created ? loci OT&r Erin , ard court fcnt the multiudss

      iorced from their holding , their cottage and land ; Go to the gaols , too , &nd cocct but the cumbers That ' s starring in bondage , Y-j tyrant ' s command . Think en your " bo ^ s , " howtheir blood they are theddiDg All over the globe , for a shining a day ; Id imerfcan woods , how they ' re toiling and nreating , Or wandiiDg in pain from they're homes far away . Da you desire equality ? oh if you do , what can prevent you Trom ranking with our English friends—nothing less should cottent you ; Tea voices raise , then ctme , be free , or else with tears yen -Bin repent you , When seemed by all the patriot wcrld , if you refuse the blessing sent you .

      Arcuse yen , then , my countrymen , elevate the standard ; Let the glorious rights of man be your war-cry in the field ; Dont fieptnd on agitators , who from truth and honour watered ; Let the Suffrage be your helmet , and the Ballot be your shield . Xtac ' t allow the God of Mammon your hardy sons to gammon , Bat ererj one ar t for himself , ana set your country free ; Whig sud T . ry eend a 5 oa . t , that withclds from you a vote

      In electing honest members to protect your liberty . Adieu , be ready for the field , and dont forget your coble bearing , Barsmber j-c-n ' -e a rzcred trust in charge for these brave boyE you ' re rearing ; On yen depends the victory ; then ef argument , pray £ Q 5 t be sparing , But plant the tree of liberty to ornament our garden , Erin .

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      For seme time vre have refained from noticing tt great length the weekly missives against oppre ^ - Eion and injustice that issue from the "Prisoner in tie Fieet , " not becau .-e there tvas not in each of them matter sufficiently worthy of notice , but because the demands upon our space have been so very Urgent and I'lessmg as to preclade the possibility of oar doing core in this vray than we have done . This we ^ k , however , vi-e purpose to make amends to ocr readers for any " sbcrteniegs" wo may have been guilv cf , bv presenticg them with copious extracts from the ' " ' little Fleeter" published this day ; The cumbtr contain ? , as every reader of the Star * 01 espect , an account of the burney Mr . Oxstlek ately had to York , at Mr . TLornill ' s expence . It tfiBi opens : —

      "It was needful , for the restoration of my health , ttit I sho-cld ocee more breathe the rtfrtshlcg breezes ; ^ t the prison gates were barred by yon against me . It ¦*^ n&ccissry that I should for awhile b ^ released from Prison , ja 4 ag ^ n commune with the free men of York-*^ re . in order ilat I might learn mere fully the direful £ « cts cf the ircn rule of inudeiity , and be ch-ered by ^ s asruranc ^ tL&t isy la \> curs had not been ; d vair . It * U pi «* if "g to your prisoner to find tbit efen his

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      pobfacal foes nov regretted bis imprisonment , and cordially greeted him , whom you so sternly , and yet so Tiinly , ha . d doomed to disgrace and infamy ! Ah ! Sir , had yon « een what I saw , and listened to what I heard in tiie Castle Yard at York , you would haTe felt bow weak your malice , how powerless your arm ! L % f t to myself , I could not have gone to York ; . but God saw that it yna needful and forced me there , at your own expence . '' True enough , I longed , before I died , ence more to bee old the face of Yorkshire ; but I was your prisoner in London , and dared not to indulge that hope . Again U mingle in Yorkshire , with the society of Yorkshiremen , was the summit of my earthly hopes ; but to appear as a -witness against you was too painfnl—the thought of that would , had I had the power , have kept

      me here . God has , however , granted that for which I I dared cot ask—a visit to Yorkshire , without one single sting , " I have been in Yorkshire ! I have breathed her air —i haTe feasted my heart on her beauties—I have felt the warmth ci many Yorkshire hands—I have once more spoken ¦ with Yorkahiremen in our own countyour hearts have be = n reunited . —I have marked the ravages of time—I have seen many old friends , with new furrows on their faces . The tears of friendship hare trickled down those channels , from the eyes of many who were wont only to smile on me . They did smile , Sir : twas a Vunny shower—their smiles mingled with their tears . I hare renewed my acquaintance with some of your tenants—I have heard of those who are not—I have Been those who have been feereaved—I have shed-some tear 3 regarding them .

      "I have conversed with many net- and many poorwith the learned and unlearned—with the nobles and the common people—with oM political foes , and with brother warriors—I met all as friends—I never was so happy ! " I have shaken hands with O" Cornell's victim in his solitary cell—I have blushed for my country , and also rejoiced when I remembered that the persecutor of my friend had now lost his power to sting . "I have heard , too , of my little " Fleeters . " I h * ve been told , by those who are well able to judge , that they have been very useful ; and have contributed , in no small degree , to the great West Riding victory . I have exrhacged thonghts with many practical and experienced men . I have come back again to prison , instructed , refreshed , reanimated , and resolved to use all the knowledge 1 have gained , all the strength and vigour which haYe been restored to me , in my country's cause . "

      As to the causes which procured fcr the " prisoner" a trip into the conntry , Mr . Oastler thus explains : — " it so happened , that some few weeks ago , a very respectable London solicitor called here . From him I fourd that the executor of one of your best and most industrious tenants was engaged in an action at law against you . I was grieved to the heart when I heard of it ; because I knew that a landlord , with a thousand tenants , can never gain by appealing to a court of law against one or mere of them . I was very sorry to hear it , beca'use I tnote that , till now , no action was on record which yoked your name versus your tenant

      I regretted that blight upon your father's fame , but I could not interfere . I fell quite sure , that on your part there must be some mistake , caused by misrepresentation or want of information ; and that , whatever facts wert needed to set yon rigLt , I could supply . 1 had effered to give your steward every information ; but , nniil the attorney of your adversary called , I was not awara tbat you were ' in law . ' The agent of your tenant's solicitors aiked me a string of questions ; I refused to answer them . I said , that ' I knew nothing about the matter , save what I had learned as your steward ; and although you had behaved cruelly and nrjnstiy towards me , that was no reason why I ahould act dishonourably to you . '

      " On the 15 th ult I reseived a letter from your adversary ' s solicitors , containing the following remarks : —

      CRATEX r . THORNHILL , ESQ . " 'Dear Sjr , —As it will be to you an unpleasant task to hate , to give etidence against your late employer , we are unwilling to impose that task npon yon uunecessarUy , but if ycur evidence be indispensable , you wiil not , we are sure , Ehrink from a duty , on account of either its delicacy or difficulty . We would add , that however reasonable it may at first sight appear that a steward should be protected against making comicnT-ications adTerse to his employer , like an attorney acainst his client . Upaljy there is no suca proteciicn , ncr on mature consideration will tke same reason hold fur one as the other . " ' If you will be good enough to answer the follewing questions as distinctly as your recollection will serve , we shall be able to decide whether to require tout pres ; nce or not . * * *

      "' We would not , either on your own account or on account of the expence to the parties , willingly trouble you to appear on this occasion , but to arrive at justice , your presence may be indispensable . We shall be much obliged by yonr answering these questions as explicitly aa you can by return of post , aud we can then decide how to act . ' "Having resolved not to answer any qnestions proposed by your opponent ; being exceedingly wishful not to interfere as a witness in any quarrel between you and other persons ; but , at the same time , believing that if I were to be examined before the trial , the difficulty would be removed , the public txibition of Thornhill verms a tenant would b « prevented , and the incalculable damage spared , which must ineviably await you , both in name and purse , from such an exhibition , whether you gained or lost the verdict ; I wrote to the plaintiff ' e solicitors as under : — "' TheTleet , Jmlyl 3 . 18 * 1 .

      , " ' Deab Sies . —It is painful to refuse a re quest , justice demands an answer . I have explained to your asrent , that , situated as I am , I cannot give the required information with honour . I told him all about it . " ¦ Now , it appears to me , that it wou'd be the interest of both parties to join in asking me the questions —then , I should be moit happy to answer them to the best of my ability . " ' I remain , dear Sirs , " ' With much respect , " 'Yours , most truly , " Richard Oastlee . '

      " I should also have wriLten to your solicitor , had I not feared that I shculd be treated with cjnUmpt , and that my motives \ ranld be misunderstood- I therefore satisfied myself , that aa I had before told yonr ageDt , ' I should at aU times be glad to give him or you any information , ' I i <\\ that I had done my duty . 1 hoped to be spared the pain of appearing against you in court , and exptcted that the two parties would join in questioning me ; and that thus you would be saved the piinof contending with your tenant , and enrolling your name in opposition to Mm before a Epecial jury of Yurkshiremen . I was , however , disappointed . On the 20 th nit . a habeas corpus wa 3 lodged in the hands of the Warden of the Fleet , commandirg him to exhibit my body at York Castle , by nine o ' clock on the morning of the 22 d of Ju : y . ls-si .

      : " You may be snr 6 that I did not much relish that ¦ sort cf proceeding . Many thoughts jumbled themselves 1 together in my mind . Such were my cogitations : —I ' thought it a hard matter , that , after having been ruined inytui service , and cast in t « prison by you , I shenld , after , all " , be draggf d about the country , to give information j about your affairs . —It seemed Grange to me , that society . outside' should nave the power to case my body in this cell , to suit its own convenience , and then to demand my ' services in the settlement of its quarrels ; I determined to argue * the risiht , the unreasonable right , thus claimed by society , before the Lord Chief Justice , had I been called into the witness-box . I sheuld have also taken his Lordship ' s opinion as tp the right of the plaintiff to obtain any information from a cist-cff steward against his former master . I disliked beiEg dragged as a prij soner into my native county . Such thoughts as these occupied my mind , and I by no means rejoiced at such . a summons into Yorkshire .

      " I wished to avoid going to York under such cireumst-inces ; and , as I was only just recovering from a very severe illness , I asked Eiy physician to give me a certificate to Etay me at home . He smiled , and said , ' Nothing can do ycu so much good as a trip into the conntry —it is just what is t ,. quired to restore and establish your health . ' It was cf no use grumbling or complaining , so I prepared for ray journey ; and at half-past eight o ' clock on the morning of 21 st ult I found myself seated in a carriage outside the walls , with two officers who were in charge of my body . " '

      " On the morning cf Thursday , July 22 , 1841 , at nine o'clock , by order of her Majesty the Queen , my body was in Ydk Castle , safely guarded by two officers . I had been a free man , doing free men's work , on that spot , . ' in days ling syne . ' There I had assisted in many county meetings . Once I had entered in triumph , st the head cf thousands of icy countrymen , lauded by the clergy , the aristocracy , s . nd ray own faithful " boys . " The High Sheriff was in the chair that day —Michael Thomas Sadler was there , and so was the Btn . William Dincombe . liany of Yorkshire ' s best sins crowded those hustings . It was the last county

      meetirz YuTkshira ever held . A vote of thanks from the Oust y ef York was moved to me by the R « v . John Or : ihsm , to whom I owe more than to any other man—the knowledge of the Truth- That vote was passed by the assembled thousands with acclamation . I received it , and replied , until tears muffled my words . Year estate , large as it is , is poverty , compared with that vete , Th-. it meeting was held on the 27 th cf April , 1 S 32 . Since then I have always striven to des ^ rTe the thanks of Yorkshire , by pursuing a steady course egiicst oppression ' s power ;—bnt now , in the tame yard , I stood a prisoner . ' 1 envied not the man vrho msCe . me such .

      " I r-et you- opposing solicitor : I refused to answer him ary question out of Court . I nrged him to see your agent , ana join with him in questioning me , and thus prevent the trial coming on . At ail events , I resolved n ^ t to heir ur , o word of the trial until I was cailt u izt . court- I never ttss called , and , of course , 1 heard ncthirg . " From what I have tince been told , I think it was a pity that ycu were dragrei to York on such an unlucky busln ss . Ttese ^ rc not timoj , Sir , for landlords to break the bonds of union between theKselves and their tenants . It is very bid poUcy , with such tenants as jours are , ' The beginaing of strife is like the letting

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      oat of many waters . ' That , Sir , is all I shall say about Craven versus ThornhilL ' " Although I w&g saved the pain of appearing in Court against you , my pleasures were not curtailed . That day was ons of the happiest of my lifa I proved , that although I had lost your smilea , Yorkshiremeii still smiled upon me . I tkere met many of my countrymen , ot old grades—clergy , nobles , barristers , solicitors , bankers , merchants , manufacturers , farmers , and working men , They all greeted me frith smiles . I shall not soon forget the pleasures of that day . I was much

      affected at the aged appearance of your old and faithful , bat discarded servant , James Thompson I Time and domestic affliction hare bent him Brave-ward . Well , he will rest in peace , when his tradacers will smart , if consciences are left them . When I shook hands with him , I felt as though we should meet no more on earth . 1 said , * James , we shall meet io Heaven . ' Tbe good man smiled , and -withdrew , dropping a tear or two . The effects of time and care on many of your tenants struck me most forcibly . Their affection towards me moTed the best feelings of my heart . I found , that ' they lored the old steward best '

      In the report which we gaye of the trial to which Mr . Oastler was thus brought , we mentioned that he had had the pleasure of shaking hands with a fellow prisoner , O'Con . vob . Mr . Oastler , in the paper from which we have extracted the foregoing , thus describes their interviews : — " I could not be in York , and fail to visit the prisoner One of my attendants obtainsd an order that I might see O'Connor . I was requested to send my Hame , I wrote , ' Richard Oastler , and two Queen ' s officers . ' Whilst that was conveying to my friend , six prisoners returned from Court , and passed me . They had just received their sentences—some were weeping—they were bound—chained together . Such sights move me . I was sick when I saw six human beings in such trouble , when I could not help them . What were their crimes , I know not ; but I do know , that much crime in England is now caused by oppression !

      " Whilst I was musing about these six unhappy poor brother mortals , tke messenger from O'Connor arrived , with the words , ' Walk forward ;'—and a weary walk we had , through long passages and staircases , amidst the clank of iron doors . At length we reached the condemned cell , in which O'Connor is confined ! The officer , who accompanied us , knocked at the iron door . I These officers are much more civil than onr persecutors ) O'Connor said , ' Come In . We entered . The prisoner wss dressing . We shook hands , and immediately entered into an animated conversation . But I was disgusted ! Tyranny has done its worst , Sir ; it shall have no quarter ! Tbat cell is a low , dark , gloomy spot ; but a spark is lighted there , which , if I mistake not , will , not lone hence , make a blaze in England !

      " There dwells O'Connor , for publishing some foolish speeches made by other men ; whilst the traitors who resolved ' to pay no more taxes , ' and ' to behead the King , if he refused their demands , ' are advanced to Ministerial offices , and bask in the sunshine of Royalty ! O'Connor was intended to be sacrificed , to please the giant traitor O'Connell ; but God has spared Whom traitor Whigs condemned ! I paid O'Connor two visit /" . "We conversed about the poor , and glorified in the defeat of their enemies , the Whigs . He does not look well ; conanement has given him a sallow ,

      pastelike appearance * Solitary confinement has made his a ? r ? ct unlike that of other men . The eflvct of that most inhuman and intolerable systtm on the human features is indescribable ! That accursed torture must no longer be allowed in England ! The Whi ^ s will rue the day on which , to please their tyrant master , they subj-. cted O'Connor to it . On tbe 14 th of November , I expect tbe pleasure of a Tisit from O'Connor in this cell . Tho Wbiirs will hear of him when he cornea out Normanby may then expect what he will not relish , or I mistake . The Lord and the prisoner will , that day , be on equal terms .

      • ' O Cmidot ' s cdu is no joke . Oar strong room" is a mnch better place . The horrid silent system must be instantly abolished ; humanity revolts at it , nature rebels against it ; and , although the Wbigs delight to enforce it , and are just now building a ' model prison , ' in order to exhibit it to perfection , England must be rid of it ! 'Twere much more humane to kill the prisoners at once , than thus to kill tbe ' r minds , and turn them lunatics !" We before announced that Mr . Oastler arrived in York on Wednesday evening , and departed ogam for his " cell in tbe Fleet , " on Friday morning , the 23 rd ult . In the concluding paragraph of this day's " Fleeter , " he ? ay 3 ( speaking of himself and his two official atendants " ) : —

      " We arrived at the Yieet about half-fast eight . We were welcomed right heartily by the officers and tny brother prisoners ; and the lovely children flocked round me , to tell me bow glad they were to see me back again . After many friendly shakes , I foun . 'l myself seated , as happy as a king , in ray own snug cell , No . 5 , Coffee Gallery , thankful to Almighty God that I had renewed my strength , obtained so much information , enjoyed so much pleasure , and , withal , had been spared the pain of appearing in a Yorkshire court against my persecutor . It is worth seven months ' confinement to enjoy such a trip . I think I felt myself as happy as man could feel , albeit " I am , your prisoner , "Richard Oastler . " As a matter of cenr-e , Mr . Oastler has a P . S . to this letter to Mr . Tbornhlll , and in it asks : —

      " Do you ask why I have said nothing about politics in thia letter ? why I cave filled it with a long rigmarole about my journey to York and back ? I will tell you . I write for ray factory children and their mothers , as well as for politicians and statesmen ;—and I know , if yon do not , that thousands of my poor little ' subjects ' round about Fixby and Calverley , will rejoice to know that their ' King" has had 11 trip to YoTk and back again at your expence . I know with what glee the little circles will listen to this paper . Their little hearts will'jump for joy , ' when they know that you have been forced to pay for the journey which has restored your prisoner ' s health , and given him so much pleasure . "

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      SiNGtn . AH a : td Fatal Accident to an Infant . — Late on Saturday night an inquest was taken before Mr . Payne , at the Bell , Great Tower-street , City , on the body of Sarah Ann Batterley , aged ten months . Tho deceased's father was a private in the 1 st Regiment of Grenadier Guards , quartered in the Tower . About nine o ' clock on Friday morning the mother left the room in which the deceased was for the purpose of fetching a pitcher of water , the child at the time being on the floor playing with a small toy . In another part of the room a washing-tub was on the floor half filled with water , and during the mother's absence the child crawled towards it , and ,, having thrown the toy into the water , raised herself on to her feet aiid tried to get it out ; in doing so she overbalanced herself , and her head being immersed in the Water she was suffocated . Five

      minutes after her mother came into the room , and raised an alarm . A Furgeon tried the usual remedies , but without effect . Verdict , " Accidental death . " Emigration to America . —Tho tide of emigration still flows rapidly to the western world . On Friday week , the American line-of-packet ship , Wellington , left the St . Katharine's dock for New York " with upwards of two hundred passengers , principally agricultural labourers and their families , who expect to better their condition in various parts of America , Among the emigrants there were several farmers of small capital , and not a few good mechanics . In

      the first and second cabins there were forty passenger . " ! , and in the steerage 160 . A considerable number of their friends and acquaintances assembled on the dock-head , to witness their departure for the " far west , " and in taking farewell many affecting scenes took place . The Wellington is a fine ship of 703 tons register , and on learing St . Katharine ' s Dock wa 3 taken in tow by a steam-packet , and instantly proceeded , against a strong flood tide , down the river . At Gravesend , the wind being fresh and favourable , she would set sail for Portsmouth , from which place she -would proceed to New York on Sunday . The Wellington haa a full and valuable car £ 0 .

      The Dvstman ' s Wedding . —Miss Jemima JenkinE sunimoaed to the Borough Court of Requests one Robert Tomkins ( better known amongst bis profession as " ¦ prijiht Robert ") a dustman , for 6 s . 6 d . Commisioiier— " Now , Miss Jenkins , state the nature of your claim ? " Miss Jenkins— " It is for making the wedding-dress of Mrs . Tomkins , and though I say it , if it had been for the Queen Dowager , more pains could not have been taken with it . " ( Laughter . ) Commissioner— " Well , Mr . Tomkin ? , on what ground do you refuse to pay the amount 1 " Tomkins— " Why , Sir , on sich grounds as i am sure you will decide in my favour . I shan't make a long story 011 it ; the fact is , that for the last two years and a half I have been keeping company

      with the eldest darter of Joe Smithers , wot works along with me , and last Sunday morning it was agreed that we should be married ; wery good . ( Laughter . ) 1 bought a dress for my intended in St . Paul ' s Church-yard , for three bob , and gave it to Miss Jenkins to make , with Btrict orders to put four flounces to it , to be plaited over the bussum ; to have buttons dovrn in front , and to have it done by nine o ' clock on Sunday morning at tho latest moment ; wery good . ( Laughter . ) 1 got two ribs of beef and a plum pudding for dinner , besides half a bushel of Vinser beans , seven pounds of murphies , and a largo cabbage ; and my old man said as he would stand some stout and a drop of gin arfer th 8 ceremony was over . ( Laughter- ) Nine o ' clock arrives , but no dress ; ten o ' clock , and no dress , and my old mother

      waa obliged to borrow the best gown of Mrs . Small , who lived in tbe third pair back . Nance put it on , and basted out a crying , as it fitted her like a sack . ( Roars of laughter . ) Never mind the dreFS , old gal , says my old mother , as long as Bob don't . I doa ' t minds , says I , old creture , as long as we get spliced , and my father got a hackney coach , and we got the business settled ; but the dress worn ' c brought home till Monday morning . " Mjbs Jenkins said she was very sorry , but the female who had it to fiaish it , was suddenly brought to bed with a daughter . ( Laughter . ) Defendant— " Oh ! if that was the case , then I'll willingly pay the six bob and a tanner ; far I would not have my wife disturbed when she is in thai interesting situation for all the weddiug dresses ia the country . "

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      « .. *'—?! e sta , ^ rd 3 hire iron masters have reduced the price of iron 10 a , per ton . < JL f ? V "^ "ndv" in Hioh Life .-Two i ?! n o ^ Vr 3 hu ) n ' , S aTe the » r names Robert i and Leoaard Bostyn Gwynn , the former of whom said that he resided ia Eaton-square , were charged before Mr . Rawlinsoa , at Marylebone Police Office , on Saturday , under the following circumstances ;—From the evidence which was cone into , at considerable length , it appeared that on the previous night defendants were driven about for several hours in a cab , and that amongst the places they had stopped at was a pastry- cook ' s in Regentj e a 1 depute arose between the cabman and tho defendants , m consequence of the latter having gone down a mews , with the intention of bolting without paying for their ride . Mr . Daya

      gentle-, man lmng as 38 , Upper Berkeley-street , hearing a disturbance , went out and asked tho " gentlemen " ( who had found out that , the mews in question was no thoroughfare ) , why they didn't pay , when both of them abused him , and Pynn struck him a blow on tbe forehead ; it was further proved that Gwynn was drunk , and that ia addition to an assault which he committed upon the cabman with his cane , he struct the horse with it with much violence upon the head : they were then taken to the Station-house , and soon , after they were locked up Gwynn forced oil a small door , which ia opened , as occasion may require , for the purpose of introducing coffee or otner refreshment for prisoners . The defendants expressed their regret for what they had done , Fynn saying that he should not have struck Mr . Day if he had not improperly interfered in the matter . Mr .

      ilawhnson ordered Fynn to pay £ 3 for the assault on Mr . Day , and Gwynn £ 2 for the assault on the cabman ; he ( Gwyna ) was also convicted in the penalty of 20 s . for cruelty to tho horse , together with 2 : i . for the injury done to the cell . Although not giren in evidence before the magistrate , it is % fact that on the way to the Station-bouse the selfstyled Mr . Fynn took from his pocket a card , which he tore up and threw away , at the same time saying , '• It's all right ; they won't know who I am now . " The fragments wore collected , and tho name and address was "Colonel Lyster , 38 , Chambers , Regent Circus , Piccadilly . " Tfi 9 gentlemau who calkd himself Mr . Gwynn , paid iho amount in which he was mulcted by a check on the Union Bank , Argyll Place , signed ' Count do Witt . " Tho pair of " swells" having satisfied thedemands of justice , then quitted tho court .

      The " Charity" of the Middle Classes . — A Fact . —Being on a visit to my friends at Stirling , during the fair , I went to St . Ninian ' s church-yard to see the graves of my father and other relatives . On my return from the sjone of sorrow , I was met by an old acquaintance , who ask » d mo "if I had seen the poor creature who was lying in tho watchhouse of the church-yard , '' I said , no , I had not seen him . Curiosity led tae back , next day , to ascertain the cause of my friend ' s inquiry . It was about eight o ' clock in the morning , and the doors of this cheerless abode were not yet opened . I returned home , and made another visitto the same spot about mid-day—the doors were open , and I entered ; but the Eeeue I there saw shall never be effaced from my

      remcmbia' . ice . The house , intended for the abode of a fellow creature , was without a pane of glass in the apertures once intended for windows ; the floor was stone , and instead of being damp was literally soaking . In a corner of the wretched apartment was a little , a very little straw , on which , hear it ye mouthers of " charity ! " a poor mortal was laid ; he was evidently dying , and from his appearance , and the wreck of misery around him , I felt a thrill of mingled pity and horror on booking at tho wretched being before mo , and surveying his loathsome dungf on . —The poor follow lay crouched in a corner of his prison . I stooped down to put a few questions to him regarding his situation ; he appeared to be intelligent , and answered my enquiries readily . He

      said he had >; ow been upwards of eight weeks in this hole—he was allowed three shillings per week , and that a poor woman was allowed h . 6 d . more to perform some necessary duties towards him—ho applied , by this poor woman , to the parish treasurer , for a little fire to dry his apartment , but was told to buy it off his aliment ! as it was already too heavy ! Ho told me that the minister had called to see him once . ' The poor man seemed keenly alive to his condition , he told me that his residence at present was within two or tfiree yards of the spot where tho mouldering ashes of his parents were laid ! The only tokens of sympathy he was favoured with was the occasional

      visit of the poor people in his neighbourhood , principally of the much-abused , but really virtuous class denominated Chartists , who sometimes , though in abject poverty themselves , administered to his misery and his physical wants . This is the situation of a fellow-creature , a human being , in a country filled with Bibles , teeming with " Christian" olergymen , covered whh abundance and bursting with plenty , abounding in wealth , and decked with palaces- ^ thts , this , is the birth-place of a Wallace and a Burns , a Stewart and a Watt ! Good God ! is this Scotland ? —is this our country ^ Correspondent of ( he Scottish Patriot .

      Insolence of thk Ricu . —Something more than Woman . —At the Kensington Police-court , on Friday , a young lady , about sixteon years of ago , named Ehziboth . Margaret Boso , residing at No . G , Parkstreet , Notting-hill , appeared before Mr . G . Clivc , the sitting Magistrate , on summons , charging that she did , on the 26 th ult ., unlawfully ride a certain ass upon a public footpath , in the parish of Kensington , contrary to the statute , &' \ Tho defendant , who was accompanied by her mother and a gentleman , pleaded " Not Guilty" to the charge . Mrs . Sarah Wood , a female of decent appearance , deposed that 6 he resided at No . 3 , Addington-road-north , Notting-hill . On the afternoon of the day in question , she was proceeding up Notting-hil ) , conveying a currant and raspberry pie to the baker ' s , when she

      was overtaken by the defendant and two or three other young ladies , two of whom were riding donkies , who , coming on the footpath , ran against her twice , and would have ridden over her had she not fallen against the wall , by which means the pie-dish was broken , and the contents all destroyed . The ladies then galloped off , and she had tc run for upwards of a mile after them before she overtook them , and upon asking them for their names the defendant said it was Rose , and accompanied her to tho house of her mother , who asked her what the pie had contained ; and , on being told " currants and raspberries , " exclaimed , " What , poor persons eat currant and raspberry pies ! " adding ( as our reporter understood the complainant to say ) that if she wanted

      remuneration she must apply to the donkeyman for it . The defendant made no answer to tho charge , but her mother declared , that although one of the party , the defendant was not riding the identical donkey which had run against the complainant . She was not a person to be dictated to , and " the woman , " ( meaning the complainant ) , when she came to the house , demanded 3 s . as the value of the pie , declaring that she would not take less , and would only wait Hntil the following day , when , if not paid , she would apply to a Magistrate , and put her to much more expense . It was not the money that she cared for , as she was ready to put the amount in any poor box , bat she would not submit to be impertinently dictated to . From that time she had heard nothing

      further of " the woman" until she received the summons . " The woman" had acknowledged she had no demand upon her , but had requested her not to pay the donkeyman until she saw them both together . If any person was liable it was the donkeyman , to whom she referred " the woman . " Mr . Clive observed , that if the defendant was not the actual person who rode against tbe complainant , as she was one of the party by whom the damago was done , there could be no difficulty with respectable persons in giving the name of the person who did . Mrp . Rose said she should decline doing so . " The woman ' swore to the defendant being the person , which she had evidence to rebut . The complainant declared that ehe had every reason to believe that

      the young lady then present was the same who had run atjainst her . Mrs . Kose again repeated that it was not the value of the mouey that she cared for , but she would not submit to the demand made by * ' the woman , " who ought to apply to the donkeyman for it . Mr . Clivo told her she was mistaken as to tho law of the case . She being the hirer of the doakies was answerable for any damago they might occasion . Mrs . Rose said , if the case was postponed , she could bring proof that the defendant was n ° t the person riding the donkey at the time . Mr . Ciive offered to postpone the caso until one o ' clock for the attendance of the witnesses , but he really thought , under all the circumstances , the complainant having sustained damage in the destruction of

      her pie , it would be more honourable to make her some compeneation . Mrs . Rose declared her determination not to do so . The complainant had sworn to her daughter being the person who rode the don key , which she had evidence to disprove . The complainant must therefore take the consequences . She would not be abletoproduceherwitnessesthat day , as they were the daughters of a Burgeon near the Minones . She was not to be-dictated to , but would P J the money into any poor-box . Mr . Clive said , he should then pospone his decision in the case until Monday next , when tho defendant could produce any witnesses 6 he pleased . Mr . Clive appealed to tho gentleman who accompanied the ladies as to the propriety of an arrangement bcins come to in

      the case , but the gentleman thought that if the rich were to be dictated to in that way by the poor . there was no wonder what things came to . The complainant said she should not be in town on Monday , and would , therefore , be unable to attend . Mr . Clive then agreed to adjourn his decision until Thursday next , on whioh day he should be sitting . Mrs . Rose said she considered her convenience ought to be consulted , and not " the woman ' s . " She was not aware of the necessity of bringing witnesses , thinking that her declaration that the defendant was not the person should be sufficient . Mr . Clivo said , that not understanding such matters , it would have been better had she not argued upon them The case was then postponed until Thursday .

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      Dreadful Accidents on the EastskK Counties Railway . —On Saturday morning a man named John Hopkiuson , an excavator on the line of tho Eastern Counties Railway , was carried to the London Hospital apparently in a dying state , in consequence of receiving injuries while at work near Brentwood . Early in the morning , a 3 they wero engaged in forming a ontting on the line , a part of the earth on one side gave way and foil in . All the men , except flopkinson , fortunately escaped in time ; he was buried completely under the embankment , and a long time elapsed before he could be extricated , and then he waa found almost crushed . AH his ribs were broken , as also his thigh , with serious internal injury . On the previous Thursday morning William Cox was admitted to the hospital , having received nearly as violent injuries , owing to a similar accident . Both these poor fellows are in such a pitiable state that it is not expected they can possibly

      Burvive . Nicht-work iff aw Eating-House . —George Frazer , of the Waterloo Dining-rooms , in Charlesstreet , Strand , waa charged before the Commissioners of Excise , lasi week , with selling spirits and beer , he not being duly licensed . Mr . William Ballon , the officer , caid that between oue and two o'clock on Sunday morning , the 13 th of June , he met With Messrs . Drew , Wedd Jl , and Savage , called at defendant ' s house , and after partaking of supper , ordered brandy and water , which wa 3 furnished to them by Mrs . Frazer . On two other occasions they had supper ^ and spirits and beer . Defendant , in his defence , said that a person of the name of Morley , who keeps daneiug-rooms in tho New-road , is a

      particular friend of his , and there being generally a large party there every evemng , he thought it would be a good move if he wero to distribute some of hi 3 cards amongst tho company , and ho sent his wife to do so , when unfortunately ' for him she met with Mr . Brewer , an officer , who told her that he was frequently at the Theatres and other places of amusement near the Strand ' , and he certainly would , mor ^ as a friend than a customer , visit her place , and introduce all the business be could , and he asked if he or any acquaintance wanted at any time spirits and vvatar with a dinner or supper , whether they would be supplied 1 She said " Yes , she would manage to be provided with such articles , for fear they should como after public-hou 3 es had closed . "

      and on the following Saturday Brewer brought Mr . Bullenand the officer to his house . Ou the second visit , Brewer endeavoured to seduce the affections of his wife from him , and she afterwards refused to see him when he called . Sir John Mortlock asked if Brewer was in Court . Defendant's wife ( scornfully)— " No , the wretch ; he dares not show his face . " Brewer , however , was present , and instantly stepped in front of the Bench . Mr . Mayow ( to defendant)— " Now you may ask him any question you think proper . " Defendaut ( to his wif . )— " You speak to him , dear . " Wife— " If I do , he will not answer mo . " Brewer— " Oh yes , I will . Yon shall havo an nnswor to any question you like to put , I am anxious to explain . " Wife— " Where did you

      first see me V Witness— " At M « rley ' s dancingrooms . I went there for the purpose of detection , and caused Morley to be fined for illegally dealing in wines and spirits . When I received a card from you , I asked you if I could bo accommodated in the samo way as I was at Morley ' s , and you said , come and see me and you shall have whatever you like , and I replied , Oh then I will call . " Defendant" Did wo not receive yon as a friend 1 " Witness" Not at all . 1 am satisfied any one would have been supplied with spirits if they had ordered them . " Defendant— "Did you not tako liberties with my wife , and did she not keep out of your way in consequence V Witness—" Not in tho least ; but if you will have the fact of all that transpired I will tell

      the Court . Your wife said she had caught you in bed with the servant girl , and she said she did not know why she should not have a fresh bedfellow . At another time she said she had a nice young woman for mo , and wo could have a bod in her house / ' Tho wife here burst out a laughing , but her husband ptood mute , and hung down his head . Sir John Mortlock—* ' Come , I think we have had enough of this scene ; it is bad enough . " Wife—( laughing)— " He wanted to see that female , btic she would not go into his ompany . " The defendant , whim aeked about his affaire , said he waa very much involved , and his landlord had been in possession fbr rent some time . The Court , under these circumstances mitigated tha penalties to £ 10 .

      Poor Lav ? Ihhujumty . —There is a poor fellow attired in the coarse grey garb of the workhouse , to be seen daily taking his weary way from tho West London Prison Poorhouse , carrying a great lump of granite , weighing twenty-pounds , suspended from his shoulder by a leathern strap . Three days since , the man in a very exhausted state rested himself at the door of the Blockmakers' Arms , Ashley-terrace , City-road , and in answer to some questions put to him , he stated that the Board allowed him Is . per day , for which he had to carry the lump of granite , upwards of twenty-two miles every day of his life . Thus , if his statements be true , in six days this poor fellow thus loaded traverses more than one hundred and thirty-two miles , and wera it not for the natural sympathy that auch a disgraceful exhibition naturally prompts , he would absolutely sink under the exertion . He produced a book , regularly signed , in evidence of haying performed his allotted journey , and without which signature he could not obtain the shilling for this uselessly inflicted labour . Painful , however , ac was tho ( ask , the poor Whigcreated slave declared that he would drag double the weight if his strength would permit him , rather than be immured within tho dreary walls of a prison workhouse . —Morning Herald .

      An unlucky Wife Hunter . —A few weeks ago an advertisement for a wife appeared in The Birmingham Herald , headed " Matrimonial Proposal , " and setting forth that the advertiser was a gentleman who wished to marry a lady from twenty-one to thirty ; that she must have a genteel appearance , liberal education , and respectable connections , and to be possessed of property to the value of J 2500 at least ; that the advertiser was in his twenty-ninth year , of gentlemanly appearance and address ; of respectable connections ; possessed of £ 3 , 000 in a respectable and well-established business ; and that he had a house furnished with every worldly comfort . A young gentleman of this town , noticing the advertisement , wrote him under the style of a female

      stating her qualifications , and that she was possessed of £ 1 , 000 entirely at her own disposal ; inconsequence of which a general correspondence ensued , and an interview between them was decided on as being the most proper mode of arranging matters , and ascertaining how each party would Buit the other . Accordingly . Wednesday evening , at halfpast seven , was fixea for the time , and the Cemetery the place of meeting . Long before the time appointed , the gentleman in search of love was seen with an engraving of the Cemetery , sent him by the Bhould-be lady , wherein she had pointed out the spot at which he was to meet her , comparing it with the place , and affecting an air of dignified importance , from whioh he was doomed to be lowered . A

      nnmber of young gentlemen were there at the appointed time , and all anxiously made their way to the unknown gentleman for the purpose of viewing his features ; but he did all in his power to prevent his face from being seen . At length a view of it was obtained , which caused no small degree of morrimeiit amongst those who were in the secret , especially when they discovered that he had lost one eye , and could with great difficulty see with the other ; having also several other defects not at all calculated to give one the idea of a man of genteel appearance . After allowing him to wait twenty minutes past the appointed time , he was accosted by the party , and told that the lady , owing to the wetness of the evening , was unable to meethim , and that

      they were deputed to meet him in her stead . He immediately perceived the hoax , and his fury was beyond all description . He left the Cemetery with all Bpeed , his hoaxers keeping at his heels , jeering and laughing at hid mortification . This was kept up until they arrived at the top of Sheffield Moor , when they lost sight of him . The party then separated , but two Of them afterwards saw him making the best of his way along Union-street , for the town , and again beset him with jokes , throwing in his teeth the loving words contained in his letters to the lady . This caused him to taRe to his heels with all the speed he could make , and away ho went through any bye-roads he could find , until at length he reached the Market-place . There he was again

      doomed to increased misfortune ; for , in addition to the two who had followed him from Union-street , he had again to encounter the whole party who had so kindly met him at the Cemetery . Onward he sped , as fast as his legs could carry him , until he got opposite the Toutine , where a coach v / aa standing , into which he wished to get , but , unfortunately for him , and the amusement of his followers , who were now very numerous , a lady had just engaged the coach , and he was compelled again to take to his heels . In about three minutes he reached the railway station , where he took refuge to his great satisfaction , and to the delight of his pursuers , who reached that place as soon as he . There was the "luckless wight , " heated , breathles 8 » bespattered , and in a perfect rage , Hia appearanca may bo better imagined than described . The train was ffone . and nothing remained for him but to get back

      into the town as well as he could . Thi 3 he was allowed to do quietly , his tormentors having left him to take his chance . In the morning , however , by seven o ' clock , he was again met in the Wicker by one of his attendants of the previous evening , wh « se appearance threw him into indescribable consternation , bo that he seemed doubtful whether to run back or venture forward . He did go on , however , and wa 3 followed to the railway station , whence he took his departure by the half-past seven o ' clock train , in a third class carriage , for West Bromwich , about five miles south of Birmingham , the place from whence he had been trailed in search of a wife . He spoke , in his advertisement , of having had a small disappointment before : but the result of this adventuro will probably deter him from another attempt to repair his disasters , by advertising his charms to ensnare the ladies . — -Sheffield paper .

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      Sie Wh . Follett ' s new caavaes is pushed with great vigour . The learned knight dues not expect to graap the Chancellorship this time . — Western Times . Remarkable Ghost . —The Dublin papers are busy with a marvellous ghost-story . One John Fortune , a porter on the King 3 town Railway , haa appeared to ni 3 sister , a servant , after his own c-.-. i-th , and duly instructed her to pay some small debtt , the memory of which prevents his repose . One of tht .-sa was 3 J ., for some cherries which he bought of aBtalZwoman near the station ; and the largest of them was 33 . for drink on sundry occasions . It is f-iid that these debts are all found to have been corrertly stated by the late Mr . Foriune , though in some instances the creditor had forgotten the matter . In ono case the ghost , by divers knocks , manifested a decided objection to one Mrs . Marshall ' s being paid a claim for more than was justly due to" her—9 s » instead of 2 j . ; the creditor ultimately found tiiat she was mistaken , and not " old Truepenny . "

      Another " Lady Thief . "—An extraordinary sensation has been created in Lincoln by tho defection of a real lady" thief , who , it saoms , fur a considerable period has been plundering the shop . ; of the drapers and dealers in fancy articles . Last week , a circumstance transpired which led to the detection of " the lady , " and the exposure of her practices . She went to a shop up-hill to purchase fancy articles , and took occasion to purloin some floss wool , which she secreted in her bag—not , howover , with sufficient alacrity to eludothe observation of two femalea . Having paid for the articles she had purchased , she was about to depart , when the spirited mistress of the shop , despite the respectability of tho thief , followed her to the doer , and h ^ id , " Madam , you have taken articles you have not v-orchased . " " I ! I'm a lady . " " You ought to be a lady , I know , madam j but I insist on searching

      your bag ; you have taken some floss wool fron ; the counter . " " oh , you will find in the bag more : ! oss wool than I havo purchased from you , for I l ;? . ve been down-hill this morning , and bought that at the shop of- — " ( naming the owner of the shop ) . The bag was searched , and in it waa the stolen floss wool , which the mistress © f the shop knew to be hers . However , to mafco assurance doubly sure , inquiries were made at the shop referred to , when it turned out that Miss —r— had not been there at all that day , and that a short time previously she was there detected in the act of attempting to purloin a pan- of fancy shoes . Tho lady moves in the aristocrat ' sal circles of Lincoln , and is possessed of a respect ible fortune . —Lincoln Mercury . —[ Why is not the thieFs name given ? Would the Lincoln Mercury have been thus delicate had the thief been a poor woman t We suspect not . —Ed . N . S . ]

      Loud Edward Fitzgerald . — " What a nobk fellow was Lord Fitzgerald !—and what a romantic and singular history was his ! If it were not near our times , it would make the finest subject in the world tor an historical novei . " " Wfcat was t ' . n-re so singular in hia life and adventures V 1 a . sked 11 Lord Edward Fitzgerald , " said he , was a soldier from a boy . He served in America , and was left for dead in one of the pitched battles , ( I forget wlr ' t-h , ) and returned in the list of killed . Having been found iu the field after the ' removal of the woundod , ho was recovered by the kindness and compassion of a native , and restored to his family as one from the grave . On coming back to England , he employed himself entirely in the duties of his corps and the study of military tactics , and got a regiment . The French Revolution now broke out , and with it a flamo of liberty burnt in the breast of the young Irishman .

      He paid this year a visit to Paris , where he formed , an intimate acquaintance with Thomas Paine , and came over with him to England . There matters rested , till one day at his regimental mess he ordered the band to play ' Ca ira , ' the great revolutionary air . A few days afterwards he received a letter from head-quarters , to say , that the king dispensed with his services . He now paid a second visit to America , where he lived for two years among the native Indians ; and , onco again crossing the Atlantic , settled upon his family estate in Ireland , where he fulfilled all the duties of a country gentleman and magistrate . Here-it was that he became acquainted with the O'Connors , ( father and uncle to Feargns , ) and in conjunction with them zealously exerted themselves for the emancipation of their country . On their imprisonment he waa proscribed , and secreted for six weeks in what is called the liberties of

      Dublin , but was at ; length betrayed by a woman . Major Sirr , and a party of military , entered his bed-room , which he always kept unlocked . At the voices ha started up in his bed , and seized his pistols , when Major Sirr fired and wounded him . Taken to prison he soon afterwards died uf kis wound , before hoconld be brought to trial . Sach was the fate of one who had all the qualifications of a hero and a patriot Had he lived , perhaps Ireland had not now betn a land of helots . "— Captain Mcdwin ' s Conversations of Lord Boron .

      Caution . —As a Scotch compositor , named Win . Edwards , was crossing a few days ago into Wales , from Bristol , with the view of seeking for a job in some of tho printing offices in the principality , he met with a man , who gave hiBnamo James Home , and said that he also was a compositor , having served hia timo in Canterbury , and was going into Wales with the same intention as the Scotchman . They tossed who was to be purse-bearer , and the lot fell on the Canterbury man . They arrived together in Merthyr , on Thursday , and were assisted with money

      by the trade , and the Scotchman got a job of wors for a fortnight . Next morning the " bursar" was uon est invenlus , and had doubtless in hia hurry , taken off , not only the whole contents of the exchequer , but a * ' trade card" belonging to his companion , with which , having none of nis own , he means to gull "the profession" wherever he may come . He is a dark complexioned man , slightly pock-marked , aged about thirty , and standing about live feet nine inches , and he wore what is called a " shabby" olive coat and dirty drab trousers . The card is an Aberdeen card , No . 29 , and dated April

      30 , 1841 . Burial of the Poor . —Revolting Conduct of the Officials op the Edhondton Union . —The disgraceful indifference shown towards the feelings of tho labouring- classes , in this age ef Unions and centralisation , has been shown somewhat promiscuously in the course of the past week . If the object of those who act under the supreme command of the three Kings of Sumerset-houso be to engender feelings of deadly hato and ill-repressed vengeance in the hearts of the poor of thia country , the course they are pursuing is eminently calculated to effect their purpose . Not content with brutal insult * and barbarous neglect of the claims of the poor during life , the sytem of heartlc sness and inhumanity is

      carried on , even after tho wretched struggle of mortal existence has terminated in the sleep of death . The following affair will epeafe volumes as to the operation of those wi-humanising laws by which the poor of England are crushed to the earth , and then thrown into it with as little ceremony , or even decency , as so many mangy curs would be . A poor labouring man , working on the manor farm at Highgate , was suddenly taken ill on Wednesday , the 21 st instant . Every assistance was rendered him by his employer and a medical man sent for , but he died the same night . The body remained in the barn where he died , until noon , on Thursday , when it was removed on a shutter by the police , to the Wellington Inn , at Highgate , and placed by them in a back

      kitchen—tho landlady being pacified by an assurance that an inquest would be immediately held and the corpse removed . On Friday an inquest was held by Mr . Wakley , and a verdict , " Died by the visitation of God" returned . From noon , on Friday , until one , on Saturday , no futher notice was taken , and then a shell was brought into the house ; but , being a foot too short , tho bearer returned for another . By this timo decomposition had begun to Bhow its effects , and the effluvium was so offensive that tbe servants of the house at length refused to go into the kitchen at all . The landlady then employed some men to remove the corpse into the play-ground , where it remained until another coffin was brought , at nine o ' clock on Saturday night ; and now for the

      decency observed in the disposal of the unfortunate man ' s remains ! Into this coffin , which luckily fitted , the body was lifted , having on the velveteen jacket , and other clothing he had worked in . Not the slightest attention was paid to the cleanliness of the corpse—no shaving—no cap—none of those external appearances of decency that are looked for among the vilest of our species , were attended to . A shroud was indeed spread over the clothes , and a few nails driven into the lid of the box—and so finished the affair of preparation . The undertaker then quitted the promises , leaving the body , which remained , to the great annoyance and inconvenience of the landlady , until a quarter past four on Monday afternoon , when a person named Walden applied for it . as the Removal-officer of the Edmonton Union , "

      produoing , at the same time , a note from the He-Wing-officer , to the following effeot : — " July 24 . Walden , —There is a man lies dead at the Wellington , Highgate , and the Vicar of Hornsey will take the funeral at five o ' clock on Monday evening , so therefore don't fail as to time ; there has been a Coroner ' s Inquest on the body , I am , Sir , your most obedient , Charles A dams , Relieving-officer . " At half-past four o ' clock the body waa removed from the Wellington Inn , and might accomplish the distance between that and Hornsey church within the time appointed for the interment , at least there was no lack of exertion to get rid of it by the parish functionaries / when once they got possession of it .

      The funeral rites over a pauper b grave need no description here ; and , although there be exceptions to tho rule , and it does sometimes happen that a parson is not so over sublimated b y bis profession as to forget he is of the eame species as the pauper corpse before him , it does not appear that any distinction was made in the case of this poor fellow , and the hundreds of thousands of similar unfortunates who have served to fill up the pauper holes in the Christian grave-yards of the nineteenth century . Perhaps the Vicar of Hornsey will condescend to finish the history of this affair , which commenced with most offensive tardiness , and seems to h&Vd finished with most indecent haste .

      Poftrg.

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      The Pl£Et Papers. Xxxii.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1121/page/3/