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      10 IE 2 CHABT 13 TS OF SHROPSHIRE . tfce Spring of 1 S 12 , the colliers and iron-workers % * ¦ & Shropshire -were amongst the firmest and fore' v ^ jTac *»» of onr beloved Charter . Is tfee Bpirit "Lpocrscy dead amongst them now , ot only » * 2 J | jj \ I wtssld in the following lines call upon * 2 tj a ^ iie , H 3 « , sad again nnfnrl the banner of Ssi- ' ^ S ^ 1 * 1 ^ " m ° Ting ; will Shropshire jjj jtoafl , fitot , and nrate ? Si : se tie Chartist banner high , plant it in the Wrekin *; j ^ i its mottoes proudly flj , To the tyrant speaking . iritate esch -wooded Tale , " Agifet ^ e « h tillage ; gjcwthe wife and orphan pale , Hov the factions pillage .

      Xeare no spot in Shropshire -wide Until it ottos the Charter ; Spire the roan who -would divide * " y . ? 5 ir rants , or freedom barter . pn > Te that i ° each vein now runs Ths British blood of old ; ^ jj , j that—crashing freelom ' s foes—Yc dare be firm , and bold . Cjsss not in yonr noble cause , Tstil yon freedom gain ; icd liberty , and equal Iaw 3 , Are England ' s own again .

      j £ -n bear the Chartist fla £ ones more , q- = z mountain stream and Tale ; A can * Eke your ' a , so bright and pare , 1 j never doom'd tD fail . jjj « & , 1 S 43 . F . , ^ beh ^ Sast bill in the Midlands ; it is situate a faBa 3 ft ™ Wellington , Salwp , aad is 1320 feet JL-J * level of the sea .

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      jgf NATIONAL TEMPERAISeE ADVOCATE A > " 0 HEBALD , ToL 2 ., No . 5 , Maj loih , jj 3 excellent periodical still keeps on its way -crag against evil and doing much good . The jjij- ^ ib ' e Doctor Tvto conducts it i 3 a vmcV mm -o-iiji ^ lis p ^ - He keeps always dropping en & ace stone . From various sttiiude 3 and differ-- . jkIs , Ms 5 re maj be directed , bat it 13 always at The his

      j ^ Ttridneme"' one point . giant evil of u ^ st ^ ranee is lar ^ ef , and he suffers nothing to gape hi ? quiver out of which an arrow can be made jfWEii ifce monster , nor dots one of them eTt-r g ^ us iaark- The readiness wiih which he makes £ pv £ S 2 g sclj- « is bend to bis genms and uphold ss . ^ -ffe-a , essoU-s Dr . Lees to make this pz ^ er jpffi more interestingly diversified in character ? nd » t lesa might be expected . We give the followwranr * ca from the leader in the rnmber now before

      E : ~~ " CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME . " * Bst , " it may said , " it should not end there . " Xs-, g £ e > s 3 , th = t ^ sll of this proverb contains ths kernel i 1 gres : trai , and supplies a touchstone for tbe deteejjs of nlse-iaotived , if not fallacious charity . Bsal ^ iy will always bzgin at home . The bcrt loTe , like j ^ iTiH radiate from the brightest cadre It will seek fe sal the sorrows of hovie arsi , the suifericss of tjsEstj af ^ fsrards . He who provides not for his ovn j-a—E-hose labours begin not st Jerusaem—whose apBifc benevolence forgets Ms own country and kinck . — is sn IyriDEl , i e-, be has not the true spirit of q-v ^ u . iaiih and charity . There is , however , in tbe rii i soTxaciM , popular , and cfficions sejnh ' caice of

      b £ i 73 lai £ 3 , irhieh passes enrrect for charity—which fcSiSla cemmittees and subscription lists , and maie 3 aaSiEews in lond-txp ^ essed Byiupathies on paper or tsinas—that , after all , is rotten at the core . Its tiz is telescopic , sot isicroscopic ; it can see the snffei ^ i o ! the Hindoo wide » , and the light cf her Ssssl pyre , far across the waste of waters , and beyond £ * wthlcsg ceaens and SBow-crested mountains of dis-SCc 33 ticin 3 . bat is blind ta the English wife , whose E : iiak-Te a ^ d hope are being da-ly consumed , as n&l scriice to the idolatry ef British intemperance tsk p = 2 stiate to the very cectre of India or C' -ina Echnsenr , in the poppy-gardens of Assam , that tbe e ± k 41 should be made to yield poison instead of food , isieaiuiot decline its lefty glance to the bop-yards

      iEat , the cTchards of Devon , ar . d the baTley-fields of iZsz '^ xd , which are made to contribute to that Ctkse e 2 siTii ^ , ai : d support thatatASirPACTCHE of alco-E 3 , which transcend & bnndred-fold in dreadful nsqaences tlie borrors of Indian superstition and the Cjs is opium . ?» o ; that is merely a blind or a popubti 5 T —a dfean of charity—which has no charity for ios . sj > d therefore not a sincere and Christian charity esotiscio hamanity at lar ^ a i - » oald be arousing , did not the fu ' r ject present so KE-ehcly an exhibition cf Lumas . iufirmity , to note b tSodaess and iueonsiEteEcy of thtss Professors of ^ n ? y . A rsmarkaWe exsmp . e of this sort , happenjjtitiiii the walla of Puriiamctt , has ju 3 t attracted ^ gwi attestfon .

      &e CaiciEUiees of tha Wesleyan , the Baptist , acd EtLcfi ^ cn iliisdonary Societies have jieEenied , through Lei Ashley , petitions to the B -use cf ComEsu-s , BjE ^ fijr the ab- - > iitiv-n of the opits traffic , which c £ cz ssdi dreaiif al mischi-f bwth on thfc Indian and P ^ wp popul&tioo . Lord Ashley ally laid bare the to of ths Optus : trafic , and , in a harrowing an 3 im-FSETE statement , ctpicied the deadly and brntalizag &ex d the drug on the ndEd 3 and bouies of the Crass , born o ? which are para / jz c , luakin ^ drivdlir ^ JSiaisoHie cVjcctB of those wfco indulged in it . He ^ woduoed statistical tabi « to show tie iojary done * acsiCBic commerce—tables that showed taut as the

      teaSsiian of opium ivcrtasid , ta it of cotlon goods fel , Biris versa . H- ? likewise proved thit it prejudiced "Craese aga \ 7 * si Christianity that it obstructed the * ai 2 Miaacisaiics , who wcie mti by the itqairy—^ 7 &ei countrymen importtd this deleterious drug ? ^ Ftoneed medical testimony to prove its erO tffrcts £ t S « eciislir&tioii , and condnJed by a most imprcaave Etc j to e » erj Christian and patriot , to nssist in wiping £ if-dblot bom our country . Tbe noble t-ff ^ rts of L 2 S AAley biTe b = en neutralized , inaeinuch sb membsrvi t 5 e Hoase of Ccimel ' cculd refer to our < nrn ii ± -x-di , and testify to more crimt :, wretchedness , and i&rxi produced by intoxicating liquor in our owe ts ^ 7 , than wss to t * fo-Dd in China ihrcneh tbe use rf i-ihua The Tiir ^ A tb « 5 ih cf April reports Sir Wen Prt ] * 4 > hsve S 2 . M , dnmz the Giscussion— " Are 5 x M-abfeH opposite so verj seniilivi on the subject ^ ifism . / Bo -srs tsot derive a large revenue , to the

      Bet ; i , f £ " 3 . 400 , 050 , from toHcco , which is tmrted oS tihwtd , and wh-ch is BMt Eiimulating in its ehaoce . * Di -vre not also raise a revenue from G 1 X , spi-^ 3 , BiAM > T , wise" ?—trtic " . ea which are often usti s ? tcr ctita , -co , d < 7 j " r » ri- * to many disastrous corpse S * sa > . ' From parity uloue 3 rt > 6 BUi of betwetn s ^ - -.- - > . 'u . uijO wus derived . Wiih these fee ' s btfore u < , t ^^ airf lo ir ^ e . -dici the iwpot-ititm of opium . - ^ z-ijtiis rp cvJi , in o / der to PRESERVE THZ 1 IO-~^ i ' .- ? xh _ e rtoPLE " "SV ' _ , tvo , tla . nir ie pol : cy •^ ti 1 risr-is ; te far-uf Chinese , aud yet iustfiins a sys-^* ii'ii » Goii ! 2 much mtrt mischief to out neighbours , £ * -i » . a » d rtlativis at horns . ~ So w , ttouih tbe aliega-** cf a docbls evil cannot by uu : on coctribute to the j ^ tcian uf one good—acd thtrtfore the casuistry of « ? rraier Enpplies feut a mistj-il-ie apology lor the j *^ pj ^ as and vtEdors— he EtvertbEitss adiainis-^ * v lie petitiuners a severe catti atlon , fc ^ aided on r . P - ^ i , oct-eytd , End oH 5 qoe visioctd chiract ' -r cf the

      ' y E' ^ riry , -which wtep « over the wretched vicUms t ty . sjB , wi ;; fc it ^^ 5 profit in sileDce from im-^' ¦ •¦ t of tie victims of aJcofeoL We truit the arju-? £ C £ 4 -jf jj , Uu ( fm applied by th ^ Premier will is&u i Jj ;^ ttfc pttitiorjers of their false and inconsis-^ itaj ^ , aniind uce them to come ont , with equal r ~" ^« en the ttsiprritnce qncttion , and denounce the T ^ ia aJl inloxicatiiig pouons , both at home snd 2 /^ - ' V ? e do not wis ' a tLmi to diminish , but to ^ a * £ = n , by the pow « -r of con ^ lsteacy , their efforts £ f fie tr , £ i in ttc Indkn poison , opium . ' * Phy-^ -btaS iiystlf "—is a deci ^ ration on which they | j / - act , by ceasiiig to sanction the tism ^ iD tfce 7 ^ -s - - poUsai , alcoh .-L We say , thtn , DO TBI 5 , bci - ^ i > 02 IHI OTHra r > DO > E .

      ^ ^? the leader from which we ha \ taken the J ^ £ t here are several solid aad valuable articles , w--t » 5 of scjae dcz =-n or so of books , and ail the the

      i ^^ see news of vretk . givins a perfect ^•* i : of ; he movement . The Xaiimr . 1 Timyerance i . ; F *' - ' f ^ slt 10 be read bv ertrv man aud woman £ kagaoa . ? ¦ ¦ THE FLEET PAPERS . Jj ;^ - GiSILE a A 5 D THE Fj CIOEY BlLL AGAlS . — tfe -Jisltr has returned to ihe atrsfi npoa the jg ^ n clauses of the ministerial F 2 c : ory BilL ^ - ^^ kshave a force aboat them which we look k j ^^ ^ in the writings of ar . y other man . The t&n ^ " are now , indeed , of additional interest : ^ J ^ Scts of the Kujg" are words of wisdom to AkgV subjects -his poor factorv hands , who 5 Triil be to he

      ^ H * * aV ! i £ b . iea lesrn that still a 3 B thfcTr i 5 D Vt , and advocates their cause , j ^^^ iC drtSEiEg the " ed'icaled" portion of the } ££ ' ? the fortaccmingsnmbtr ( dated May 27 ) , ^ ' cortses Sir Janse * Graham : — ; i- ^ ^ - ^ otiOT . Education ! i 3 the word which ^ f 9 ^ cndfca tbitugh tte length and breafith of the tt y , ' ^^ -ters E-oi wfctre or by whom— Education , 3 " ^ C 3 } y theme discuEE = d , whether in the &s v j . ** m the Di ^ tc ' . ^ ra meeting bouse—j jj ^ ^ -tw ^ iics' IuEtitutes or the Houses of Par- ; ^> ^ r * draymtn in the streets , or Cabinet \ STr * ,- » the CoctcU Chaabtr— Eduction is now 1

      -r tercet upon which all' can lea ^ aHy prattle ^ o ?^ ' ^ ^ at is Education 1 I fcc&w a man baiaT lYv rcad Dor ""i ^ e—be is a seed servant , ° » lather , ntiihbour , and subject—be is a tns «

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      Cholera of a sorious character has broken out in the parish of Eye , near Peterborough . The Queen has resumed her daily barouche rides witn Prmco Albert . Thkbe abb six hundred Church livings in the gift of the Lord Chancellor of England . ^ ^ i r HA 8 no * ^ e ? n so IarK ° a military force in Irelaud for the last Bixteen years , as at the present time . The Number of members belonging to the Independeit Order of Oddfellows , Manchester Unity on the 1 st Jan . last , was 214 , 000 . Thb Library of the Duke of Sussfx , comprising 4 o , 000 volumes , is to be forthwith disposed of . Thb Papers state on authority , that the Queen Dowager doe 3 not intend to visit Germany this year .

      A Society has been formed at Berlin , chiefly consisting of ladies , to impiove the condition' of females in India 1 The Mystery Solved . — " A down east Yankee says the light supposed to be a comet ' s tail , is nothing more than a streak-of lightning / rt « up , " V \ r . O'Connell will not leave Irelnni to attend his Parliamentary duties before the 10 th of June . — Limerick Chronicle . Mr . Green , the aeronaut , has arrived in Dublin , and will ascend in his baloon from different parts of Ireland during the summor . Father Mathew is expected to arrive in England in the course of a short tims , and is expected to visit Cambridge , Wisbeach , Norwich , Ipswich , and many other plaoeB .

      ^ . OTiCK has issued from the Lord Chamberlain ' s office , that the Queen ' s birthday will not bo celebrated on the 24 th instant , but on a later day . to be fixed hereafter . A Meeting of the members of the British Iron Company was held on Friday , and a committee to wind up the affairs of the concern was appointed . The statement of the affa-irswas exceedingly uusatisaciory , the losses for the last year having been very great . Provisions in the Principality . —Fresh eggs are now selling at seven for 2 < i or 42 for 1 * ; salmou trout , nine for 6 d ; best fresh butter retail , lOd per 1 b ; potatoes 61 b for a Id ; a quarter of veal costs only 2-i Gd . Rent is at the same low rate aa living , and clohtes of . tho inativa manufacture cost next to nothing— Welchman .

      The Wkst India mail , with intelligence from St . Thomas ' s to the 17 th April , reports sicldin < ss and continued shocks of eartbquako in tho West Indies . It is computed that one-third of tue crop in Gudduloupo is destroyed . Notice to Everybody . — The projectors of the Aerial bhip are now prepared to take contracts for regulatiug clocks and vvatchrs by tho day , wo .-k , month , or year . Thv . ir facilities of constant aeR' -sd to the sun wii ] enable them to set c ! ironoin-.. t ! . TH nearer to it than has been attempted before . Ships at sea supplied twico a day with tho mean time at Greenwich . —Punch .

      A Revkrend Defaulter . —The Rev . Clias . Tayler , of Southwell , in Nottinghamshire , who got no lesa than £ l 00 U a year by his preachiog , and £ 300 a year by school-teaching , has mau ' o an assignment to I 113 creditors , and absented himself , leaving his claimants to condole themselves with this spiritual advice , " Do a 3 I bay , not as I do . " —Sun . j The ceremony of churching the Queen took placo at noon on Friday , in the Chapel iloyal at Buckingham Palace . Tno Arclibishop of Canterbury ' cffi / riaied , assisted bv the Bishop of London , Dean ' ot tho Chapel . The Bishop of Norwich attended as < Clerk of the Closet . i O . v Friday seven mechanics sailed from Sundcrla . nd for tho continent , in search of emn ' oyaient . ' Suveral Eng'hh artisans , masons , sawyers , &c , hava of late , from time to time , emigrated froai tne Wtar ¦ for France , wiih a View to hotter their condition . — Ctirlitlc J urnal .

      Irish Presents to the Prince of Wales and PiM . NCr . ss Koyal . — Cornelius Donovan , a woodturner in Mailow , has received £ ' J from the Queen and Prince Albert for a present of toyn and a diminutive spinuiijg wheel , his own manufacture , sent to Buckingham Palace . One of the toys was a top lor tbe Prince of "Wales . The Iron Trade . —The total number of blastfurnaces in Great Britain , for the year ending January , 1843 , was in blast ^ 3 . 0 , and out of blast 190 , whilst the annual produce taken at 50 weeks amounted to 1 , 210 , 000 tons of crude iron . There were made 8000 tons at the Forest of Dean ; in South Wales , 457 , 350 ; in North Wales , 19 , 750 ; in Northumberland , 25 750 ; in Yorkshire , 42 , 000 ; in Derbyshire , 25 , 750 ; in Nor : h Staffordshire , 21 , 750 ; in South Staffordshire . 300 . 250 ; in Shropshire , 76 , 200 ; and in Scotland , 238 , 550 . — Wclshmtm .

      In the will of tho recently-deceased Mr . Arkwri ;; iit , there is one line which perhaps contains more than any ono line that was ever before , or may ever be written . It is— " i bequeath to my son inlaw , Sir R . Wigram , ono million sterling . " Sir R . Wigram married one of Mr . Arkyvright ' s daughters ; ami had the father-in-law left his property to Lady Wiyram , there wonld have been ouly £ 1 per cent . ( £ 10 , 000 ) payable as legacy duty ; but having be ij' \ . : i-hcd £ 1 , 0110 , 000 o ' . eriing to his fon-in-law , thpro is £ 10 per cent , legacy duty to bo paid , which amounts to £ 100 , 000 Thu-- a small portion of this leviathan fortune of £ 7 , Ot ) i > , 0 U 0 returns to the public . —hriuhton Gazette .

      Elopement . — On Monday some sensation was cmi : ed in Tcnby , by the c . opement of a young lady of family and fortune with a German musician , one oi ine itinerant band performing hero last season , who rcniaiiu-d during the winter , giving lessons on thegui'ar . The attempt was made a week previously , but fruotrattd by the lady's friends , who ai « covered the plan , ami intercepted her flight . She contrived , however , to escape through a window in defiance of heavy showers oi vain , copiously descending the whole of Sunday night . Tho route of th >; fugitives has not Been traced , but the first part of their journey was performed on foot . The lady has a handsome fortune at her own disposal . —

      Welshman . English Literary Characters . —Lady Blessington is ihe widow ot' an Earl , wiih an allowance of 44 , 000 a-year , and , though she receives no ladies , she isvisi ' ted by a circle of men of rank and political eminence , who would , probably , know little of her as simply the authoress of tho works that bear her name . Lady Stepney and Lady Charlotte Bury are also women of ' rauk , and the former gives very fine panic ? , that certainly would not bo drawn together by ht-r luere literary fame over a cup of tea at ( he ea ^ t end . Mr . Bulwer comes of a very aristocratic family , isa Mt-mbcr ' of Parliament , and has- £ 1 , 200 a-y < ar / or his private foruiue , besides being an elegante of ihe first wai . fr . D'l . ^ raeli has married a

      verv rich and very la . ^ nioiiublo widow , and , in his b-: autitul mansion in Park-luiu , cares very little for ai y cotiM q leiice given to him as the author of " Vivian , Gn . y . " La'iy' Chatlerron ' s position is ra ' . hcr damaged than u lUTed by her weak-ten scribbhngs ; and the Hon . John Wilson Croker ia a political whipper-in , and inherits Bime of the tainted gold oi' \ un fr en < i , tho tlis .-oiuto Maiqnis of Hertford . Ludy Eaieiine Stuart WortK-y ' s productions are the punyi-ni mortification of her titled husba . nd , and the uavaiau-hors find ii > literaUiro as a social itvfla' . neeneith . ran advantjgenor adetrim'jnt . Christopher North is a profet-tor moral philosophy , and Lockhart married the daughter o * ' Waiter Scott , and these are circuinstances to which thty owe som 6 of the advantages of their po-ition . Thes-.. are the most of ; lw » se among the littnary notabilities whose standing in socitty is mainly based on other than literary

      foundations . But ih . re isa large cla > 3 merely distinguished as literary nu-n , whose social const quence 1 * , in all its bearings , little understood in this country . Thomas Mooro , Mr . Wordsworth , Mr . Procior ( Barry Cornwa 1 ) , Thomas Hood , Mr . Aiusworth , and some oth < rs , are frequently guests at : he tables of tho nobility and aristocratic gentry of England . But , at these same tables , Mr 3 Moore , Mrs . Wordsworth , Mra . Proctor , Mrs . Hood , and Mrs . A in ? worth are . never been , and seldom asked for or thought of . The author and his wife are not ouc 111 tht code uf fashion ; but this humiliating distinction , which , at the first blast seems , as Doyberry say * . " viry tolerable and not io be endurJd , " is , upon nfl cion , so much a convenience to authors , that it is dvubiful wht . iher the habit of inviting tbftn tingly did not-frovv from their own suggestion nnd praciico . — Brother Jonathan , edited by N I ' . Wdlis .

      Last Friday uigW ^ Gaz .-tte announces the follow iiiii appointments : — The Earl ol R-pou to be President of the Board of Control . Prince Albert to be GovernDr and Con&table of Win < i , or Castle George Edward Anson , Esq ., to bo Treasurer of the Household of the Prince of Wales ; Thomas Pcmberton Leigh , to b . > Cliancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal to his Royal Highness ; James Robert Gardiner , E ? q . to be JS&eretnry and Clerk of the Council to his Royal uigVwess , and Keeper of ihe Records of the Duchy ot Cornwall ; Edward White , Esq ., to be Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall ; the Honourable John Chetwynd Taibot , to be Attorney-General to the Prince ot Wales .

      Jamet- Robert Gardiner , Esq ., to be Secretary , Receiver-General , and Keeper of the Signet , for the tjtewartry and Principality of Scotlac d . Lteutenant-General tue Honourable Patrick Stuart to bo Governor of Malta . F ; i . eis Burgess , Esq ., to be Chief Police Magisirati . " ; and the Reverend George Giles to be Chapla n oi" the Female Penitentiary ia Van Dkman ' g Lund . William Walter Raleigh Kerr , Esq ., to be Assistant Auditor-General to the Government of theislanc oi' Mauritius .

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      The bPERNALL Murder . — It is generally reported , and upon g ^ a ; jt : v > ri y , * hat James Crowley , whoshot poor Tilsi rr fi at Speraall , on Chri-tmas-day last , has at length !> etn apprehendod . The principals of a respectabi ' rainufaoturing establishment in the neighbourhoov . ' ° f Redditch have received letters from their agen ' ' America , stating that an English police officer . ' * pursued the assassin to that country , and had a ° prehended him , and would forthwith return with hi . "a * ° England . — Worcester Herald .

      Punishment op Death .- ~ . An asi came into operation on the llf . h ult ., amend . ' > Z the act 4 th and 5 : b Victoria , c . 5 fJ , relating to p inisihineuts substituted for capital efftmces . By the i " * st mentioned statute persons convicted of maliciously ' destroying property were to be transported for seven . vears , or imprisoned for any period not more than thr > 'e yeara . It s eems that doubt ? have arisen whether tl ' « J couid be trunsported for life , and the present act declares that offenders shall , at the discretion of the Court , be liable to transportation for life , or to imprist , ument aot exceeding threo years .

      Okakgs Wjne—A Spanish journal states that in consequence of the abundance of the growth of orang .-s in the South of . Spain , and the difficult ? o »' disposing of them , several of the growers convert them into wine , which is said to be of a dolicicus quality , and resembling much in flavor the wi « o of Madeira . Thejuico is pressed , and left to fermonS in the same way as that of the grape , after which it is put into casks , without the admixture of either alcohol or wacer . —Atheruewn . Impudent Robbery—While the corpse of Lord Fitzgerald , late President of the Board of Controul ,

      was lying in the bouse , two rascals deliberately went in , during the confusion of measuring for mourning , and fetched up the plate chest from the butler ' s pantry ; they carried it through all the servants , plased it in a cart , and drove off . The robbery was not suspected for some time , as the men did not betray any concern , but walked as if on business , but the butler boing asked , it was discovered permission had not been given , and that all the plate was stolen . A cabman has been arrested and sworn to as one of the men , b y a female ser yaut ; he had a cart and horse answering the description with him , when apprehended .

      Caution to Importers of Sausages . —Bologna Ban-asds , of Brussels manufacture , seem likely to he at a discount for some time , in conseqeence of a discovery made by the police at Molenbeek . Tho proprietor of a ham and beef shop in that faubourg had for - > iue time been purchasing a . considerable quantity . ( ' hor .-c iL-. ; sh , and cattle dead of disease , under pre .-.- ; . < vi ( T ciauufacturing black ( lamp black ) . It was cb-vrved , at the same time , that ho was making a very ' -onsiderable provision of Bologna sausages . The attention of the police having been directed to the . se cirnumstances , a large quantify of these suspicious sausages were seized upon the premises , and handed over for chemical analy . sH to competent perbons . —British Gazette ( Brussels ) ,

      Railroad Extortion . —We see it stated in the Derby Reporter , tha . on the Midland Railway , pasfiongord who have paid for ticke 3 for a srea'er distance , and stop short of the greater distance , are required to pay for tho less . Some gentlemen who had paid for tickets from Derby to Coventry ( sixty miles ) , stopping at Leicester , half the distance , wero told their Coventry tickets would not clear them , and were called upon to pay in addition the Leicester fare . This is too grossly absurd an injustice . If a passenger be taken ill on the road , or receive intelligence causing him to alter hi 3 plan ? , is he to pay more for only relieving the train of hi * weight , and vacating a , plac ^ which another may fill , paying a new fare tor the same placo !

      The Stone pier at Greenwich has become a ruin . One of the piles that fronted the pier and supported the masonry gave way , between nim and ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning , and part of the structure fell with a loud crash . The damage spread to other parts of the pier ; which was shattered in every direction , large stones cracking and breaking in pieces . Several people were on the pier at tho time ; but no ono was hurt . It is supposed that the whole foundation has given way ; and it is said that the loss will fall 011 the contractors , Messrs . Grisell and Peto , as a more solid foundation ou ^ ht to have been formed . The " permanent" pier co ^ t £ 30 , 000 .

      Loss of Life , aisd Remarkabls Preservation . —On Friday morning three meii . . namely , Robert Price , Hugh Wil ! iams , and John O won ( accompanied by the Rev . W . Williams , curate of Llanbedr Goch , according to previous arrangement ) quitted Redwhwrf-bay in a good Bized fiihing-boax , for the purpose of collecting sea-weed at Puffin Island , for potatoes . The three men were thua occupied for several hours , which period was passed by the clergyman in the telegraph station , or in sauntering about the island . At four o'clock in the afternoon the whole party started on the homeward voyage ; and it being a dead calm , the oars weru made to do the work of sails for about half tbe distance , by which time there sprung up a stiffish breeze , which induced

      the captain ( I ' rice ) to hoUt every stitch of canvass the boat carried . The imprudenco of this was evident to tho other .. ' , who remonstrated with Price , but he heeded them not , until awakened to a sense of danger by the water rushing in over the bows . In the confusion occasioned by shortening sail , and lightening the boat , she capsized , and rolling over and over , finally Settled keel upwards . Robert Price and Hugh Williams , who couid not swim , sunk almo t without an effort ; one of them clutched the leg of the Rev . Mr . Williams , who , by a vigorous effort , disengaged himself from the drowning man ' s grasp , and laid hold of the bottom of the boat not only in such a way as to su .-tain hia own weight , but materially to a&sist John Owen in establishing

      himaelt on the keel , upon whioh Mr . Williams also got astride . Escaped from tho very ja , ws of death , their position was yet one of extreme peril from the rolling of the boat , and it required their utmost exertions to maintain an equipoise . In this state of agonizing suspense , at a distance of more than a mile from low-water mark , they were kept for hoursdrenched , exhausted , their limbs paraAjz-jd from cold and inactivity , and with scarce a hope of human aid to sustain their sinking spirits—what wonder that despair should enter into the very soul ? It was thus with poor Price , until re-assured by the encouragiug words of the minister , " GoJ , who has preserved ua thus far , will assuredly deliver us out of this peril . " Presently a vessel hove in si ^ ht—deliverance was at hand—their cries were heard—a boat was sent to thvir assistance , and after much difficulty and delay they were , about midnight , got on board tiie sma-. k

      Susan , of Bangor , from who .-e captain they received that care and attention their precarious and helpless condition required . They wero landed at Bangor , on Saturday morning , when Mr . Williams received the hearty congratulations of his friend ? . Tne reverend gentleman , speaks ia ihe highest terms of the noble conduct of Captain Griffifk Williams , who risked the safety of his vessel in effecting their deliverance . The two uufori . unate men who perished were single msn , but John Owen ( saved with Mr . Williams ) i * married , and has a family to maintain . A more providential escape , perhaps , is not on record , for the captain had that morning contemplated casting anchor at Porilidynllueiiv-had he done eo , the survivors must have b . en losi . inevitably , for it is their belief that they could not pos'i biy have held out a quarter of an hour longer . —Carnarvon Herald .

      Dreadful Steamboat Exposion . — -Louisville , April 23 , 1843 . —Oa tho 19 th insian > , the steamer Harry of the West , on her way from New Orleans to St . Louis , having shipped 40 cords of wood at a p » int 40 miles bolow Memphis , on the Mississippi river , was about leaving the bank , ' whtii two flues of the larboard boik-r collapsed . Ono of the firemen who stood directly in front of the boiler , was blown overboard , and , doubt-ess instantly killed . Another was found dead on tho fort'castlo ' s deck . Several of the hands , including the two cook ? , are missing , besides some of the deck passengers ; another had his jaw broken in two places ; another was badly bruised and injured internally bv steam . A deci passenger , with 1 , 200 dollars in gold in a belt round

      I 113 ptrson , jumped overboari , and was drowned alongsido the boat , leaving his wife and child on board . I saw four other men floating down the rjver , holding on the driftwood . A skiff from a flit boat put off after them ; and whether they were saved or not , I cannot say . Nor was it known , ner do I think it ever will be known , how many , all told , are lost . The mate had his leg broken in two places ; another man also had his > g broken . Fife or six of the hands attached to tlio boat were sadly scalded , some of thoin very severely . I was standing at the extreme forward part of the hurricane deck , when I heard the pi ' ot ' s bell ring for the engineer to go ahead . I started t ) &o aft , and when abreast of the wheel-house I hoard the explosion .

      The boiler deck was torn up , and the stanchion , under which 1 had been standing , was knocked down . One of the pilots toiJ me that , had I remained forward . I should inevitably have been thrown overboard . Thank God ! I received no personal injury whatever . Tne steamer Gray Eagle wia wooaing at the time of the accident about three miles and a half above the Harry of the WesC . She immediately came down to her assistance , took the Harry of the West in tow , and drew her to Memphis—an act of great kindness and humanity to the wounded on the part of her captain . To crown our confusion and distress , very Boon after the explosion , Captain Horben announced in tho cabin that the Harry of the West was on fire . Fortunately , it was soon

      extinguished . There were about thirty cabin pa ^ eugers , of whom perhaps ten were women . Had the boat drifted into the middle of the river , where the current was rnnning at the rate of five miles an hour , the tragedy would have been still more terrific—The Harry of the West is a new boat , built at Cincinnati , for the St . Louis and New Orleans trade , and is owned at St . Louis . She is believed to be the largest boat ever built at Cincinnati . She is 232 i feat in extreme length ; her breadth across the guards , abreast of the wheels , is B ' J ^ feet ; and she has an eighteen feet hold . Her burden is 750 tons . Her cabin is 168 feet long . She has excited much admiration for her size , beauty of modol , and splendour of decoration , wherever she has apptared .

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      The Court of Kxch . ^ uer wia occupied on Saturtiayjn trji : i ^ flni-Jurnu ; > n Plod by the A'torney-Guicral , to T-covr from Mr llurel p » nal ' -j e-i to tho amount of £ 5 . ( 00 , for illegally defrauding tha Board of Cust > ms 0 / dui . vs payab ' o on 921 pairs of glovus . Mr . Uurcl is a glove-importer in Old Jewry and ho ha-s i > partner , 31 . Videl , at Grenoble , Tha ' fraud was iff cted by a col ' usion between Mr . Tya , who acted as Custom house-agent for the importers , and two as Custcm-housc-officers , Mr . HomersHam ane Mr . Burnby Burnby turned Queen ' s evidence ; Homerr-Iiasa ; s c '^ a-i ; Tye is said to be at Boulogne . S ^ iTia g ' oves wero Ian Jed from the Lady de Saura-area

      in February 1841 ; and Burnby , the landm ^ -waker , took a *• sight entry" of the { roods in a " b ! ao book . " I This book 13 one of which tho leaves are stamped and ! the strings are secured wit ' i a Government seal . Af erward ? , at the instance of Tye , and- with the aid of Homershzmj- the leaves wero torn out of the book , a fresh seal being forged ! and other leaves from a ! blank book wcra substituted , with a faL < 3 eotry , ¦; « atin » tho goods under tho true quantity—naorely , 548 oairs , instead of 1 439 pairs : the duty paid was £ 127 , instead of an amount proportionably larger . Another charge related to eormi goods landed about i the fanjo time . Tho defendant ' ** counsel took somff

      1 tecifliical c-bj .-ction 3 on points of law , and contended J that there really was no evidence to bring home to I him proof of participation in tho fraud . The Jurr returned a verdict for tbo Crown , damages £ 4 , 500 ; - S Repeal . —The RenoaT movement in Ireland grdws hotter ; all the Ca 4 ho ! ic Bishops have j > ined it ; it has advanced to the dignity of a movement denounced by Government ; a . id Mr . O'Connell talks to multitudes vyinjjin numbers with the whole British army in the words of pramt ' sa common to revolutionary leaders on the eve of action—though O'Connell verbally disclaicas all violence . Troops congregate ia Ireland- ; and the agitators generally think that tho Repeal makes progress under perseverance , and z ?

      aljuat & 3 Catholie Emancipation made progress under the same agencies , to aotuii fulfilment . Yet the English politician has no difficulty in perceiving that the Irish are as far off Repeal as ever . Those who calculate their progress omit one element in the calculation—England . In the case of Catholic Emancipation , the agitators had on their side—justiee , expediency , and the conviction of England : in the case of Repeal , neither of tho .-e advantages is with them —for the Repealerg themselves have put their present claim as au alternative to "justice for Ireland "; therefore justice might ba rendered to Ireland witb > out Repeal . In favour of Repeal , Mr . O'Connell h&a his own will and the consent of tha easy Irish People minus the Protestant population . But the

      ! Union is an Imperial question , and Ireland ' s consent I even if unanimous , wouM not suffice . When North ! Carolina , a sovereign state , which Ireland is not , I talked of seceding from the American Union / it 1 was compelled to drop its stout language , aud it still belongs to tho Union . The agitation , indeed , i def afc * tho objort . s of tho real friends of Irdaad ; 1 for England and Scotland have no sympathy with it—it estranges them ; whereas a wel ! -cowcerted , agitation , frr the just endn to which Repeal is pro-! posed as tho means , wou ! I rnlitt in its favour all tho growing practical liberality i > f Great Britain . Ono I t ' -Mng not cred : l » bie to Ireland is exhibited by the j disturbance—the utter negl ect and impotency of the ! IrUU gentry . In England , in ca :-e o ? commotion , all look to the Government to guide and direct ; but all ; are ready to do avast d > : al . In tho rural districts

      , especially , " the gentry are among their people , not ' only quelling force but using counteracting iuflaencea . This is still more apparent before the critical time ; ¦ whon one agitation i 3 sure to b ^ get its counter-agitation ; and every question h debated in every town J and hamlet—rims the ginr . tlet of every disturbing ' influence , suasive aud cocroivj , public and domestic . I Every qim-tiou is thus ripened- and settled by the 1 nation at large , before the Government is called ! upon to * nve effect to the balance of opinion . Io Ireland , on the contrary , nothing , in ticaes oi' em * bariassment , stands between the Government and tho populace . True , there are divers loyal persoDS who wili hVht when called upon ; but there is no j mediating class mixing with the people , moderating . them , neutralizing extremes , and leaving nothing I but final and well-ascertained results for Government

      1 to doal wivhal . Here is an immense gap in the j machinery of Irish polity ; one cause why Ireland . doos not' feel the influence of central government ia i a comparatively steady and easy pressure , but only : in hours of ex'remity . harshly and resentfully ; one 1 cause of habitual unruliness— -of popular resist-! ance of-every unpopular tax—of reckless sacrifice of I life and property , because Government is wholly forgotten . Thus does absenteeism become its own pua-. ishment . —Spectator . I Another Conflagration at Liverpool . —Another most destructive fire broke out in this town about

      two o'clock on Friday morning , which in a very short time reduced rhree large warehouses to little more than a heap of smoking ruins . This fire commenced in a back celiar of a warehouse in Jackson'alanc , a narrow passage between Union-street and . Qneen-streot , a short distance from the Exchange . The warehouse contained a large quantity of cotton , saltpetre , and other inflammable articles . About halt-past two Mr . Hewitt , Mr . Leveratt , and other superintendents of our police force , arrived on th « spot ; but , as usual , half an hour elapsed before enfficent . wator could be got from the mains , and ia the mean time the fire gained ground rapidly . During this delay , the flames had reached the second story , o&niaining saltpetre , which soon afterwards

      exploded with a tremendous noise , blowing up part of the wall , and doing other damage . This explosion was followed by another , almost aa terrific . None of the firemen or bystander were injured , although some of them had very narrow escapes . The fire spread rapidly , and about four o ' clock the blaze was fearful . At live o ' clock all hope of saving the warehouses where the fire first commenced , or Wright ' s warehouse , to which it had spread , , was at an end . The firemen therefore turned their attention to tha adjoining valuable warehouses , one of which was already on fire . Between eight and nine the third warehouse had caught fire , and in the course of the morning that also was destroyed . Next to the shed , adjoining the warehouse on the east side , which had

      iir .-jt ignited , and from which the explosions had proceeded , was another shed , also filled with a large quantity of saltpetre in bags , and &uch men as could be got on the emergency were employed to carry it out into a yard in Queen-street . Police-firemen 255 , Armstrong , and 355 , Dixon , were the first who got on the top of the warehouse next to that consumed . One police officer was severely , but net dangerously wounded by a brick from tbe warehonse in Unionstreet falling and cutting him in the forehead . We have heard of no o : her accident . The wholo of the police , officers and men , did their duty well . At a quarter-past eight , the front of the large warehouse

      came down with a great crash into Union-street , struck a house opposite , and carried part of the corner of the house along with it . Some of the burning materials thus thrown into the dwelling set it on fire ; but the engines being brought to bear upon this fresh conflagration , it was soon got under . Tho wind during the morniqg blew from the S . E ., but was not very high , else the immense body of ii'tme mu 9 t have set fire to other buildings , and the damage would have been much more extensive . During the afternoon the fire , which was confined to tne three warehouses , was got under . The total loss is estimated at from £ 60 , 000 to £ 80 , 000 . The origin of the fire is not known . —Liverpool Times .

      Imposition . —A lady in Nottingham , having communicated a wish to several persons , that she could like to eee some one Mesmerised , was waited upon by a young girl , who said she should be happy to gratify her . The lady thanked her for her kindness , and sent for a young gentleman she knew could Mesmerise , and he agreed to come . A time was appointed , and the youny girl was sent for , and he commenced operating upon her . In three minutes . = he was thrown into a state of coma . She went down on her knees and repeated a prayer ; she emptied her pockets , sang , recited one of Watts' 3 hymns , and performed various other extraordinary acts , to the great astonishment of the lady and the friends she had assembled round her , to Bee the

      wonders of Phreno-Magnetism . They were highly gratified for about a quarter of an hour . When the young girl was restored , she said she felt quite well , and recited several pieces of poetry as a proof of it . A few days after , the lady was waited upon by some of the girl ' s friends , who informed her that the girl had nearly lost her senses , and her eight was so far gone that she could not see to work in consequence of having been improperly Mesmerised , and that unless something wa 3 done for her , to enable her to cease working for a time , she was a ruined girl . Tha lady was horrified , and they saw it ; they then said , if she would allow her three or four shillings a week , till she was able to work , they would say no more about it . The lady agreed to do

      bo . Some weeks passed on ; she was uo better ; when a relation , a medical man , coming on a visit to her , she related the aircumstanco , and he said ha believed she had been imposed upon , and was determined to see tho girl ; ha went to her home , and asked if there was a young man lived there Who could Mesmerise people ; he was invited in , and there sat the blind girl , backstitching a pair of shirt wristbands for a young man . He entered into conversation with her ; she told him she had been thrown into the mesmeric sleep aboTe twenty times , and it never injured her , and offered herself as a subject if he could find the young man he was in search of : he thanked her and said he did not know

      how to requite her for her kindness , aiid offered to give her sixpence for one of the wristbands she was stitching so neatly ; she said he might have it ; he took it and departed . In the course of an hoar the gentleman again entered the house , accompanied by the lady and a policeman . She was then given , to understand it was at her option to return the money she had exacted , or be taken into custody , on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences ; she gladly preferred the former , and after having severely talked to , she confessed she had never been under mesmeric influence at all , but that it was all " sbAm" from begiwriag to end . —Nottingham Review .

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      mza and aa honest CLristian ; bat he is cot t ^ rzU-d evpn in the A B C . ' ' The national fool of this ago < there is no neel to name hire ? ' « perhaps the inast lean . ed acd coi ^ qaerjiJv the best educated man of his day . He is immoral , for none -will E ^ y that he is honest That aiaa . however . is cunning , and cons . qnently he is cot dest-jute of ricbes , honours , or raci . Nay . you tnve recently furnished pwxtf that it is possible that an educated : ann may be a fool—that a Minister of the Grown maj , whiirt mourn ing oTer the ignorance , and legislating f or the Education of the People , talk nonsense even in Padivment—aon-Bense -which , in a SuBday-scbcol , wonld hare entitled mm to the foolscap . B-ad yenr own words , spoken in the House of Commons . May 1 st , 1543 , when yon were describing the duties of your schoolmasters— read , and educated as yru r-re , bltiih at jour owe ignorance . Yon Baid , bo The Times asserts , —

      " It -was the duty of the master to see that the pupil not only lesrz ? ed words , but acquired ideis , the rule therefore , must be , that the master was not to be a commentator , but an erj-osUor . "— " The master , in explaining the passage of Scripture , -was not to be at liberty to give to it a doctrinal explanation , his duty bemg merely that of sn expositor , laying bttcre his pupils the true and obviona meaning of Ihe passage , taking eare sot to accompany it tciih any comments favour able or adverse to the du ? iri >* s o / aM purlicu ' ar church OT sect : that was the iine of his duty , and if he deputed from it he teas liable to be dismissed .- '

      Such an absurdity was propounded by an educated Secretary of Sta-e to an educated H < , u ? ° of Commons , b-ck- ^ by ' the Eriii ? h and Foreign School Society , 1 all of them educated men ! j Yrs , Sir . and at such aa ignorant con ; Itineration of mrds ¦ without meaning , no surprise "was manifested . The educated sptraktr anil the educated bearers -wtre satiffied Lbat the ignorant masses Tronld take such folly for wisdom ! And this education plan , forsooth , is the cfiVpricg of the " collective wisdom ' ef the nation assembled in Parliament ! SurHy there is some mistake here ! It cannot be their < fiipring . Old " Absolnte Wisdom " himself must have presided tt that Cihiuet Council ! Tal * abonl education , indeed—education from snch a sonrce ! Why , Sir , the only £ -n = ibie answer to such rigmarole \ ron ! tl be a sound flogging—•• a roa for the fool ' s back , " says Solomon .

      If you have truly defined " the dutj of the masters , " you have placed the effice above the powers ul any human being . Thus your whole scheme is a dtiusionan impossibility . * * * ? When you talk about Edvyit ! on and bring Bills into Parliament to force people tu 1 * educulid ai . d that too at their o ^ vrn exp-iice , is it your with to convert them into lea : iicd fools and cwwhrj kr , ; . ves ? or do you aim at making j . jut pupils uriser ar . e be : iei i Do cot sn-. er at tijese qaisti . us , Sir ; thtre Js more meaning in thtm , more need f ^ -r them , Lhan yon niay at first imagine . It seems to me that there is a freat mis ' akf—a P ^ rlinictntary , a ! N ~ tioEal luiatak * . en this Education question . I limy tnc-unUr c : 5 i ; ultj" if 1 u . « re to grapple "with it . Ti ; a : is one ri . asjn vibj I uiik .- the attempt .

      Tcelar ^ d " B ! u = > -booka , " ¦ w hich j . ir C-jmaaissioners of Inquiry Lave lately furrisheci yuu with t . ii us thatite ¦ working people ; jo imcirral snd du ^ -itutc becaVse they are "uneducated ; and scJ ' cii ' . y a cevr unl thicts upon the minds of car philamhr .-j .-iiis and sUtctuKii ; next a law , conjured np by jcur ^ lf , ia proposed to cure immorality and lifcihution saions ? the wurkirg clitees , by wiia " . is icrui ^ d a compalBory Educjt tion . Noir , if the premises le tin ? , i . e . if the immorality and destitution of ihe 'vrurkiiij ; classes do arise fn . ru their want of education , then ihe proposed remedy is ¦ srise . If , howefer . the immoral : !} and destitution of the " working classes happen to have its origin in the educuiion cf th < ir fcmjl ^ jtrs , : h < ra tLe txtension of that ¦ surt of education can bui incrtibe the evils which are tnrendertd by iiself .

      Mayhap I sh-U be laughed at ; bnt never mind—I am accustomed to the je > rs of t '^ e tducated . I have i een made to f » el the weight of their lash ; regardless of -increasing their rfispleaiure , 1 will tell my UivUghu , unpleasant though they may be , to educated tars . If the working people are immoral an-J rJestitnte , I believe it is because their employ ? rs are educated . ' fw the result of that education exhibits itstif in " an example which is constuiitl ^ before the eyes of tLe chlHren [ whom they tmploj ] , and in which they [ tbe children ] grow np , familiar z * l with the grosses : frauds , the subtlest tricks , and tbe mosi dishonest evasions . habUitaUy practised 63 / ihe mas ' ers . " * Have the ckLdmn other or better example to jtuiue thtsi ? I did not require a " Bine-book" te inform me on that En * jrct . I am , hewt-yer , rejoiced that , amid so much delusion , the troth has forced itself on the conviction of one of yonr own officers .

      WeH , then , tbe case being so , ai ; d it being a truism that " example is stronger than precept , " the first step towards a aefe aca certain remedy will not be to extend tbe impure system of edncation from tbe masters to tbe children , but to find out "what is wrong in the system of education already given to the masters , which it is proved has issued in their Betting such bad examples to the unfortunate children - who are in their employment This , Sir , 13 the " common sense"" view of the question . It is certain that the " habitual practice of the zrossesi fraud ? , the subtlest tricks , and the most

      dishonest evasions , " must be lessons highly calculated to breed a generation of immoral kn . ivss . If the " masters" are allowed to fet such examples to the chilurtn , it iBiiters not what other schocla yen may force those cLiit * . ; cn to attend ; unless you can alter the educititn of their rs-si , rs , *• the habi ' . ui ! practices" which are cosstant'y p : r-s-cted to the chiJdr-n . will , as sure as example is stronger tbsn precept , train the juvenile operatives in vicious habits , and the forced school education that you intend to s : ? e Trill only serve to jniie them mi ^ re exocrt ' y fraudcleEt , more subtle trickster * , a ^ d more dishonest knaves !

      R « -ad the following amc ^ vtc— -t is tree . A boy was engaged in the service of a ilancLecte ? merchant One evening he returned home , and saii to his moiher , " My master is a very bad man . " Ths Kother replied , " Dont say so , my child ; he is one o * ths best men liyiay . He is very relgious . ' — "Del yon not always tejl me , mother , tbat if I t-ld lies 1 th ^ uld be a bid boy ? ' inquired the iad . — " Te . « , chili , to fce sore I did , " rejuined the matter . —"" Well , then , I am snre my master tdla lies , and so he is 3 ba 4 man . Yesterday a person s : ld him some gr > ods , acl befoie be bought them my mrister said tfcty were very bad and fall of faul ' . g ; ansl to-d £ y , when he was trying to sell them , he said th = y were as good as could be . " Tbe same boy was , soon after , told by his master to say to a person who knocktd at the door , that " his master was not at home . " The boy said to the visitor , " Please , Sir , in ^ ttr says fce is no t at tome . " Wh = n ttat cme to the TTiESteT ' s t 2 x 3 , tbe bf-y "Wis ai = eburged , " becuuse be - __ _ _ £ . ~ 1 •>

      W . ta t » iJVL —— How say ycu . S r J ^ mes , "was tbe cdvcc ' ed master or the naecnested fool the "wisest of the tw <_> ? S = e also , 'vsi ' . h TcfcTciice to educated ro&s ' cra in Scotland—tiec ^ ai-mi- s proprietors . Oa the loih of May , 1 ? 43 , in tht- House of Cummins , Lord Asblt-y pTortd them gui ' ty , by the evidence of thtir own hacdwriiins , cf imposing lies on that House , by inliuiidatirg—* ' dr ^ gocn'ng . " that is the woii '—women to sign petitions earnestly eitreatiBg the legislature to remore the protection uf the law from them—nay , even " drar .-KLing "' the cleu-y to petition Parliament to repeal the law which exc . &dcs women from tbe horrible and detestable slavery in mines ; and then pretending that these petitions were tbe spontaneous effurts of tbe > e poor females aid the clergy . So tliat , individually and ec ! let * . i > ely , it is proved—yes , sir , positive '? proved—thit the education cf the Masters i 3 vicious . I wonder , after tbe perusal of Mr . Home ' s report , that you ' ii : d net at or . ee tbink of providing a cure tu dry tbe source cf rational 'vil , by bringirg in a Bill for tie better r-dncalio 7 i of the masters .

      The remaTts are forced frcm me , b&cause I ksew , j lon ^ before Mr . Home informed yet ; of the fact , that ; although there is great immorality an . cng m ^ cy mem - j hers of the working classes , as a bvdy , there is more honesty , more patriotism , more sactitice of eeif , and mere true religion , than among those "who compose the ; mid Me and upper classes of society . I knew , also , before iir . Home published the fact , thut it was the , exa&ple cf " tLe masters" ttat festered immcrali- ' y ffni ' -ng the working people , and that it was their ( knavery which created tie destitution of tbe indns- trk-ns . On that subject I h 3 ve already -written volumes ; I ; as , therefore , gratified tbat in that fict , as in many others , ths " B ' . ue-books" have established all that I \ have told so long ago . * * B = gin , then , at the beginning , and restrain , by Christian laws , the vicious properties of the educated

      mast-. rs , and see to it that , in future , their education tbiil be Christian ! Do this , Sir , and yon triil soon find tbe blessed effects cf year la ? ours in a virtcocs and ¦ aicsp- . T ' -ui pepu ' -itic-n . You will then need no forced national c 2 c cation for the poor . Then , the mother , tbe schoolmziler , sx , & the clergyman -will soon : egain their 1 position as prtctptors to the minds &f the people—a ' position from v > bicb ( for the viiest pnrposcs of st ; facerancissmenti they have betn driven , by lh 6 cunning , ; cruelty , and injustice of the educated matters ! Never forget " th ^ t , if education is worth having , ITS SEEDS iirsT B 2 3 iATEB >' Ai _ Hence the monsttr evil of the ; Factory i ^ s-teni , inid the ¦ unnatur . il employment of intents in the production of wealth , which prevent , tries : se ' eds from being sown in the mind 3 of their un- ] h-. r-rs i-iltnt viclima .

      TJztU jf u ia contrive a plan to Keep mothers at home , and ¦ ' make them the nurses of their otm children , it is va : n that you attempt to Chrisiianizs and moralize the peoTjIe . If yon tarn a deaf tar to i / iis suggestion—if you think this poist unworthy of the most EericuB and solemn attecticn lI a Statesman , you still have to leain the rnaimeEts cf a Statesman ' s education . Ths co ; s ! deration is awful , but tbe truth must be told . E-gbcd * honld weep over its accumulated millions ef treasure!—we thould view them as they are , the craTea of cur prosperity . ' If we cou : d but know ^ btt ? - * na tion has lost , ia the physical and mental

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      distraction , distort ! . > r ., and destrueti n consequent on tbe accumulated niilli .-nsof our Arkwrighta , uurPeeis , and our MirshiUs . imt-ad of pricing ourselves on sucil ar < "nmnla 5 ous , wa should put on sackcloth and asbes for the national crimes which are consequent en sudi wealth . Oa this most important topic . I ¦ will not rest on my opinion alone . The able Editor of the Standard has thus eloquently discanted on the same subject : — " "We have a rich nation and a poor people—this is the

      first and g .-eaiest of evils '—" 'As the world has hitherto been governed , and according to the prevailing doctriues of political economy , national wealth must be tbe cause of national misery . The consequence is not , however , necessary in the constitution of nature . " — 11 The rich cannot become excessively rich without the poor becoming excessively poor . "— " Thus , confusion is brought in , and the fabric of subordination is destroyed . Poverty first- becomes infamous , and next it becomes formidable . ' Shamed as a beggar' now , it is soon ' dreaded as a foe . ' •'

      " What is the remedy ? When we see one man , or a number of men grow in a short time enormously rich , we know that some nau 3 t have been made paoT . Respect tie ri h man ' s riches , but relieve the poverty of ( hose from trhom he has extorted them . Again , when we see a number of people reduced to extreme wretchedness , look out for some enormously rich man or class that has suddenly started up—again , respect their riches , but be cartful not to enable them " to extend the sphere of misery . Above all , protect ihe poor , and the other classt * Til ] protect themselves , if the poor are not in a condition to benefit by your protection , educate them to that condition , but protection viust fjo firsL" —The Standard , April 21 , 1843 .

      To return . In the next place , Sir , you must combine health < -f ho ^ y with tbe developeaitnt of the mental faculties . It matters not if you are educating a Judge , an embryo Statesman , or a Hand-loom Weaver . If , in the ptscpss of jour education , you are negligent of physical health , you are burdening , destroying , and weakening the State . Then , as you have resolved to undertake the tducation it tbe people , you mast take caTO tbat the seed is adapted to the soil , and applied in just proportions too , and be careful to prepare land in which the plant can afterwards flourish and the fruit ripen ; elso your farm , the nation , will be unprofitable and worthless . It is Worse than useless to teach what cannot afterwards be profitably used . Ab ¦ well nnght you spend your money ai . d time in building a house knowing that it would a ^ yer be occupied .

      Tbtfse remarks are needful—these facts must be well considered , before any plan of education can be successfully digested . Before it is matured , other weighty eu ' jects mu' . t be discussed and understood ; for if your sole oV-jcct b ta teach a population to read , write , and cypher , without reference Ij the future utility of those acquirements , no real good can be tffVcted . T . ' : e object of education sh < uld be , first to impress upon ths mind the dread of that responsibility to G- ^ d under wh ' . ch every rational beivg ought to live ; for it is certain , that ' The fear of the Lord is the beginning of kr .- ) Wie : 5 « fe "—then to lead men to improve their natnTil faculties , to caitivnte them so ; is to enable those face ' , ie-s to aisiat in the improvement of their physical cr-BVilun ! . iii- ! thus to stture tfleniieivts frjm poverty ar-1 lifcstiHitinn .

      T > tffrct tbis , they should be taught to acquire a koowVdge of the will of God , and &f those facultiesthe tilents of the mind , and of tbe arts and sciences , ¦ which may hereafter conduce to their usefulness and prt S ' able employment—thus affording an escape \ which w : ust be placed w ;? hin the reach of all ; from poverty and destitution . Uuless you eff-xt this by your education , ynu produce harm instead of good . At ; uin , men should fee Uught the right use of such kui-vrkdge , so as to be able to give tbat direction to its exercise us shall make it < jeneraUy useful ami beneficial . They should learn that the sole object of their instruction is not that they may accumulate wealth , thereby hoping to procure happiness for themselves , but that they , being each one of a great family , ( that f . imily ia the whole nation , ) each would best secure hia own prosperity by promoting the happines of all .

      To fix their attention to this principle of order , it will be necessary that each member of society should be well instructed in his rights and pririkjes . as wtil as in hia duties . He will then be able to detect the first breach of tbe universal law of order , and will be anxious to correvt that error , not mort ; tax his own j ntrrest , than for the benefit of all . Tbe true principle of -action , the principle of universal order and cf the due proportion , should be taught , studied , and prtserved—that principle which is at eternal variance with selfishness and competition , and is opposed to the wild theory ot irresponsibility bdJ freedom ot action , ( engendered by what are caV . etl liberal and enlight ned principles , ) which teaches that each man may choose for himself , without reference to the common weal .

      The true principle , which is the Christian principle , and the osly principle which can be productive of real prospirity , teacbes that no man can benefit hlmse ' j lo tlit injury of another . When this truth is thoroughly understood , the acquirement of knowledge is usefulotherwise , educated' men , feting regardless of their responsibility to GKhI and their neighbours , produce the evils which Wo are now deploring , and become cultivated savages , civiliz-d brutes , and educated knavesmaking a profit of other people's necessities , by reversing the Christian command , " Whatsoever ye wonld that men should do unto you , do ye even so to them- " Yes . Sir , it is from the wa . t of this truly Christian education among the " masters , " that poverty and destitntiun inundate the land .

      It is also from a disregard of this principle of love and order , that so much confusion of opinion and of action prevails in the world . No wonder that such bad seed should produce the fruits of iiunurality , poverty , and destitution . It is , then , clear that a mere secular education , or that which only tea-hss man to write , cypher , work , and invent , must be inoperative fur good—nay , it will be injurious , because it increases the po ^ er , and the deposition a ' so , of crtating more mischief , if it be unaccompanied by the proper direction of those arquirments in their future operations on society . Its sure tffrct will be , a refinement of TillaiDy—more screwing parsimony . The dupes and victims being made more cunning , their defrauders will become more expert in all the a « ts of chicanery ! Thus the mass of wickedness will be increased .

      Let me be perfect y understood . This sound and true Christian educatioi : is as necessary for tbe ricb as for the poor—for the karned aa for tbe unkarsed . Ui > happi ! y , hitherto it has been neglected . Hence , whether we watch the operations cf the gover meat , tLe nicnied , tLe agricultural , ot the manufacturing intertst 3 , we find that , as Mr . Home says , " tbe grossest frauds , the subtlest tr'cks , and the most dishonest tvaiicTiS , hare been habitually practised . * How can it be otherwise when universal , uncontruT . ecompetition , under tbe system of " buying at the cheapest market , and celling at the dearest , ' ( a system stamped wkh fraud and knavery , ) is taught as a Christian principle by our legislators , and inculcated on the minds of the people , by the highest authorities , as " the principle of common sense" ?

      I am perfectly aware that this view of the case wiii not be approved by the parties who are enriching themsLi-res by the . r cunning and knavery on the products of the industry of their victims . But , Bir , tbe only question with me ia—Is IT tiile ? Knowing it to b * so . and now having been supported and confirmed by the Reports of your own Commissioiiers , I deem it ue to yourself and lo the pubiic to assure you tbat any scheme of Education tbat is wanting in the inculcation of just principles of action , whether itt > 6 given to governors or governed , to employers or employed , will be unproductive of good . Believe me , sir , it is much more necessary that our Statesmen and Senators should " go to Bchool , " than that our ait zi :: s and labourers should imbide their notions of 11 conini'Ti seTitp . "

      The " Blue-books . " demonstrate that " the masters "the cpr ^ r and middle classes—having obtained the greatest dgret * of this mere secu lar Milucation , with'jui ; the true sound principle of order and union to direct them , hiing thus let loose on society , have applied themselves to tbe work cf individual aggrandisement instead of social good ; and , as Mr . Home says , by mer-ns of " the habitual practice of the grossest frauds , the iubleat tricks , and tbe most dishonest evasions . " lit other words , by their c ' tvemess , divested of social and moral restraint , ) that they have made themselves tbe prolific instruments of social eviL By a disregard of the rights of others , and a reckless puTBuit of se'f-interest by uncontrolled competition , they have made their education the causa cf the greatest national evil—the bitfereit national curse !

      Kay , so deeply has this educational disease festered in thi .- public mind , that the very sources of evil are railed the fountains of good—right social priucij 1 es Lave vanished , in order that the evil cut-ttrua ' : pf Uicipie of unrestrained competition , of the uacontxuUrd action of tha educated human faculties , may Lave full scope on the ignorant and the defenceless . Still worse—so cunningly and cleverly have argument and statistics been managed by tbe votaries of the free andnnfettercd , bnt wrong principle , that even those whose feelings are shocked and outraged by the curstd fruits of this bad system , are bewildered by the cunning sophistry of the advocates of Competition ; and while their hearts revolt at the consequences , they are induced to pause , Day , sometimes even to surrender the cause of truth , by Eaying , ?• We grant that your theory ia true , but , in consequence of different vested interests , it is impracticable in our present circumstances . "

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      At the annual meeting of the governors of the Kensington Dispensary on Thursday , Sir Henry Willock , K . L . 5 . in the chair , the treasurer , Mr . Saintfbury . announced that he had that day received from His Hoja ! Highness Prince Albert his gracious cons- nt to be Darned patron of the institution , in the room of hi ? 3 afe Roya ! Hijibntss the Duke of Sussex ; and that Prince A lbert had acei-apankd hi 3 acctp-• auce of ihe cfik-e vriih the liberal and perfectly spontaneous doration of £ 20 , in aid of tbe funds of the charity . The announcement was received vvitn themo--t im- ; y feelings of gratification by themretii'g , and the tV Treasurer was requested toriturn a suitable acknowledgement in its name .

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      ? Report of Mr . Home , Sub-CommissioEtr on Chii drens * Employment Commission . —B . O .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1214/page/3/