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      THE MURDEBED CHARTIST « JAMS IUIZUB DD 8 C 1 H . An epitaph for Inscri ption upon the tomb of Henry Hanshard , ayouns ; wewer who , having attended a Chartilt meeting , on Sunday , Jane Ihs 4 th , 1848 In Bethnalgteen , was attacked by the police , and receive ! blow -which caustd bit detth .

      Gome and Barken to my dirge , 'Tlsof a matt jt I wouH chant ; One , who the reign ef right did urge—And bade the role of wrong , avaant ! Tha esbbath dawn'd : hU way he took , To where his brother saen had press * * . Then to obey Sod ' s hol y book , And lacred keep the day of rest . ' Tbe better day , the better deed : ' He and his fellow slaves were wronged , Yicdmi of tyranny and greed , And for a ' better time' they longed . Of lives and righu . protectors paid ,

      What did they oa that hoi ; day t Totem their God !—Gave Justice aid * Who asked it , they did maim or slay ! Bineaththeir Maws enr brother fell : An' honest man * he slaughtered lay ; A martyrM patriot as welt , Aad grey-haired aged parents' atay . The morderera were welcome made Within the temple of the Lord : Ah ! well may we its priest upbraid , Than HeO-fiead more to be abhorred . 0 ! let a monument b » reared , To tell the virtue of the dead ; And visa of bis assassins seared , Under whose hands Ma spirit fled Tbe Priests and Herods of bis time ,

      This manly yosth have made a martyr , Because he sought the right sublime , Inscribed upon tbe People ' s Charter .

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      Sxmmondst Colonial Magazine . September . London : Simmonds and Co ., Barge-yard , Bucktersburv . A further and spirited exposure of tbe Vancouver ' s Island job ; and articles on tbe * Advantages of Per . petnal Peace ; ' tbe Manufacture of Sugar , and Management of Land in tbe West Indies ;' ' State of Agriculture in tbe British Possessions in the Straits of Malacca ; ' and ' Sugar Cultivation in Cuba , ' are amongst the contents of this number of the'Colonial Magazine . ' From an account of' A trip to Adam ' s Peak , Ceylon / we give the following attract : — asa h ' s peak .

      At dawa of day , we started for the Peak , and ascend , ing about a quarter of a mile higher np the steep acclivity witnessed one of tha most imposing scents that eye ever saw . In the rear of us , and far below our position , were seen to aa incalculable distance an ocean of white revolving clouds , lying over the hills in the back ground their outlines distinctly defined , and vaulting « ne aboTe tee other in endless succession ; sow half exposing to sight the wooden crown of a peak , bow qaite concealing others in their fleecy fo ' . ds as if drowsy nature still was itlHng on its expansive downy bed . We were here enter , ing the very heart of a wilderness , where every step we advanced revealed the trices of herds of large elephants either in the road , being intersected at intervals of twenty or thirty yards , by tracks , or in the recent de *

      posits lying in our way ; just as if they had preceded us the minute before ; and this , strange as it may seem up to within a safle of the very peak . How theseunwieldy monsters cam move on the precipitous declivities of these » ountaini , ist » me a matter of ag toniihment ; but yet they do , and that where the light frame of a man would find it difficult to ouintainiu gravity . Now the sflent , eolenn majesty of tha till trees , again farming a lofty- arcade over our path , rising still higher and higher u we advance , impresses one with tbe idea of these Ih . oonparabto eeenes . About two miles further up , the enormous height upon which one stands at Niriehelle , oa the very brink of an abjis which yawns below , and between him and an adjoining peak , whose rocky cresi looks bleached by the vicissitudes of time , would shock

      weak nerves toiniulge the desire •! looking down fer mere than five minutes . A stone thrown from this , may be heard rustling among the trees for some time , as it gravitates to the bottom , and a whoep or call is re-echoed a desm times by every reek , which seems to scowl on you , and threaten to let loose the genii inhabiting the angry caveB . Advancing after the short pause here , which gives you time to take breath , and with It , if you can , a glass of brown stout , you get on stoutly up tbe same , aad more difficult iniennlnable heights , till about three miles progress brings yon to Diebeftme , where , oa a patch of table-land , cevered with beautifal green sward , and encompassed with the range of bills which frequently are seen from tbe most distant parts of the island aedatsea , yen now reach the

      dilapidated bungalow of that same , from whence , for the first time , is viewed the vddely . worsbippeel aad far . famed Adam ' s Peak . Imagine you see before you to the eiat , peering is the air , at if suspended bstweea heaven aad earth , a ban dark rock , which fancy pictures to be some huge eagle ' s nest , and within pistol-shot , bat in reality at the distance of four English ailes from you yet , up a steeper and more rugged path than ever , barely wide enough for one at a time to pus , and expressly sow termed in Cinghalese , Aakaue Gowe , or literally , sky league , and jou can form a pretty fair concep ' -ion of tbe sublime picture . From this you dip into the woods again , and lose sight of the peak , winding your way dowa narrow avenues , and natural causeways , formed of fragments of granite lying in the order of

      stairs till you reach aflit table rock at a place called Get . ttupasae , and after that an immense black marble slab , to the full width of a ravine extending at right aegles across jour path and called Galpihoore , or stone raft , clear streams of water ooslng out cft 6 fiwiiesastf rent in several places by Its own ponderous weight , or some great convulsion of nature . * * * Here the actual ascent to the Peak commences , by a « haln on the left of you , to run up a small rock , sgaia you advance a few paces by a slight bend to the right , and again a few paces more ; you step to look around , aniseed at the fearful elevation oa which jou stand ; a wide , vast vacuum , whichever way you tarn year sight , presents itself . Tour guide won ' t let you stay—be hurries you en lest a blast of wind unexpectedly coming

      might , in . a moment , sweep you into eternity . Ton get on again to a couple of chains more that lead you over another slightly elevated rock , and you land just before the iron ladder , on either . side of which hangs a bunch of large iron chains , the lmk > varying In sir 3 from six to eight inches in length and proportionally wide . The ladder lies at the north-west face up a perpendicnlar ascent to nearly fortj feet of a bare rock , with nothing more than awidagalf yawning all around you . The stops of tha ladder are about four inches broad , barely sufficient for the toes to rest on , and about eighteen inches long , closely rivettei te the rock so as to prevent tbair mating . The chain * dangle in groups of ten or twelve , and the wladat time * , is sportta mtrtb , tones them about , and makes them dug so that you might

      hear i t , I am told , a mile off ; Having gained the summit by these means , you light on a sort of terrace enclosed all around by a three feet and a half wall , giving it the sppearaacB tf a small battlement . In the centre of the area stands a block of black marble , about eight feet high and between twelve and fifteen feet long , the diameter of which agaia ia about eight feet from side to side . This again is surmounted by a small flat tile covering , supported by four comparatively slender wooden BUlaia resting on a massive rough wooden frame for its base , on the block , forming a sort « f canopy over the sacred loot indented oa it . Tbe impression is nearly five fset and a half long , and proportionally broad . Old Buddhoo would seem to hare taken the stride northward ; the area is about seveaty . five feet by thirty in diameter , and

      oekt to the block upon which the indentation is marked , jtands a bell suspended to a wooden post , about ten xeethigh ; on the block of marble near the bell is a dirty wooden shrine , besmeared with the oil of ages , that the devotees burn during the worship ; and scattered near aad about It may be seen a few pieces of copper coin . Lavishing so mach filthy lucre is to propitiate Saman Serlo , without whose tatelary protection you couldn ' t for the world get to the Peak . Oa the south-east of the block , and within tbe wall stands a long room , built of masonry , and covered with tiles . This Is probably the beautiful pagoda' which Philalsthes says formerly stood on the top of ftia hill , and was the abode of ButJakoo ; Ho ' cistern of water railed upon two Urge stones stands la the midst of the plain on tbe Peak , on one of

      which stones is a footstep . ' There is but the one block of marble in the eeatre , ufsa which is toe naturallndentatioo , the greatest piece of absurdity that ever was ptlaied open haman credulity aa the memorial of an bfetoriealfaet , eras the exposition of an extravagant AsOozL . Things have been sadly altered at StmmaneUe Striped * , oras the Moors call it , Bawadam-malle , or & £ h « r . AdaaVa hill , sines Baldens and Yalentyn wrote , Diego deConto ' s Idea of the hill separating into two tops , on one of which is the sacred footstep , may per . laps be accounted for by another distinct hill rising south-east of Adam ' s Peak , and called Kosnadla-psrra , which has a woody erett ef its own , but slightly inferior in height to that of the ssored hill , and forming the adjoining liak in tha range of heights that extend from north to south , almost is a line with Adam ' s Peak , on

      tha north of which stands , just about tbe same dlsttsce from it as the other , another equally conspicuous sumalt , Bennehaiameuelle . True , there is an excellent spring of water , so cold that it makes joir teeth ache , rising out of the crevices of the rock outside the wall , on the east aide of tie P « ak ; but this surely never was within the precinct * of it . Ia the room jast mentioned , ths priests who assemble during the great festivals , reside till they are over , aad abandon it again till the aattsauon . * * * Fancy yeurself perched upon tbe diszy height , a magnificent proipect at enry point of the compass , extending la the south-west till the light blue horizon , haded by a deeper outline , which marks the boundary ftfca oout by ths bias waters of the sea , limits the txtsat « f jm viatoaj aad tbe umioUtiag motattia

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      * eps In the nerth-east , extending far bey » nd the rams of Ambegsmowe , where the dotted surface ,, withHfeht green patches , reveals to sight the coffee estates teat stand in that direction ; ia ths north-west tie loftt height you have jast traversed ; and on the sait the tramcendsnt beams of the can diffusing their gorgeous light over the lesser eminences as they rise to gild the firmament , and you caa form but au imperfect Idea of the grand panorama of natare Ijing jtretched below and before you . Description must ever fall short of the reality . This number cammences tbe fifteenth volume ; a fact which sufficientl y proclaims the well-deserved popularity of this very useful periolical . —iH « b , nMth .. aat . « t ^« ,. # ., ^ .-J ^ 1 ; -

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      The Reatoner . Part XXVIII . London : J . 'Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . Mr Holyoake has thought our remarks on the part of the ' Reasoned last noticed in these columns worthy a' leader '—reply , under his own hand and seal . Of that repl y we may say , as we personally said to Lord Palmerston , at the close of his defence at Tiverton— 'we are satisfied ' —satisfied that there needs no rejoinder from us . Nevertheless as we etitertain sentiments of respect for Mr Hol yoake which we certainly do not entertain for the Forei gn Secretary , we will do the editor of theJJeasoner the courtesy of noticing one or two points in his ' rep ly . ' "Wequate

      AN EXPLANATION—MESSRS O ' CONNOR AND FOX . The RsASos ** bears evidence that I da not hesitate to object to Mr Fox , where I see broad ground of disssnt . I am not the whslesale ealogist of the member for Oldham , any more than I am the wholesale censer of Mr O'Connor . So far from being disinclined to praise Mr O'Connor , I with I could always praise him , as be exercises great influence over the working classsa —aad it would be better for my order eeuld I ofcener an . prove Mr O'Connor ' s leadership ef them . I wish Mr Fox had not remained silent when the S t ae was attacked for what I regard as Its courage and liberality . in advertising Palne ' s works . Ho man could have castigated that pitiful intolerance better than Mr Fox . We next quote an extract in which it will be seen that Mr Holyoake has misapprehended our mean , ing : —

      The Sth says it is * sorry to see me coquetting , if not wotk , with Halthutianiim . ' Coquetting is here used in tha stats of political pandering . I quote a new writer on Ualtanlantaa — it cannot he from curiesity for information , for refutation , or from some partial conviction : it tmesf be from insincerity , and for a venal end . . : We are inclined to admit that the word coquet , ting was not well chosen , nevertheless we demur to the meaning pnt upon it b y Mr Holyoake—cer tainly not onr meaning . When we expressed sorrow that Mr H . was coquetting , if not worse , with Malthusianism , ' we meant that we were sorry tojee him devoting whole pages of the Returner to the

      dissemination of doctrines which he knew to be ' damnable . ' or mrte , that he had even become a convert to those doctrines . Curiosity for information' is certainly a sufficient motive for the reading of any book , but not for public quotation , unless the person who quotes is prepared either to acknowledge his adoption of the sentiments quoted , or avowedly quotes for the purpose of refuting the arguments in the matter extracted . Now , Mr Holyoake has done neither . He has neither declared himself Malthnsian , nor Anti-Malthusian . But then there ma ? be partial conviction . ' That

      is . he is suspended ( like the tomb of Mahomet ) between two principles . We see our way now ; Mr Holyoake is not so insincere as to be a coquet with regard to Malthusianism , nor is he warm eRough to be a lover of that charming urn . He will and he wont . Courage , man , you are too coy . The object of your half-love is either the beauty painted by admirers , or the incarnation of abomination drawn by enemies . If assured of the former , for . ward without faint heart ; but if reflection con . vincestbeeof the latter , backward and renounce partial convictions .

      Mr Hol yoake says : It does not follow that tbe propounder of damnable doctrines ' is " cold-blooded . This'confounding the tendency of principles with the intention of the advocates is the besetting sin of the Northern Star . ' The ' besetting sin' of calling things by their right names is likely to stick te the Northern Star . We had spoken of'the damnable doctrines propounded by the cold-blooded political economist Mill . ' In reply we have been privately in formed that Mr Mill is in private life a very estimable and trnly benevolent man . We have been informed of several instances of his liberality which certainly do him great honour . But we did not speak of Mr Mill , as a'cold-blooded' man . ' Surely Mr

      Holyoake does not require to be taught the difference which is not always , but too often , found between the public and private characters of men . The teacher of good doctrines may be a ' coldblooded ' man ; and a good man may , by propounding 'damnable doctrines , ' prove himself a ' coldblooded' political economist . The Emperor of Russia has the reputation of being an admirable husband and father , and , for anything we know to the contrary , may be in the habit of disbursing large sums in acts of private benevolence ; but will the editor of the Reasoner require us to enter , into proofs of the justice of our denunciation of Nicholas as a ' coldblooded' tyrant ? So far as we know , Thiers may be

      a very honourable and amiable character ia private life , for we know nothing of his private history ; but , judging him by his public career we must be permitted to hold him up to execration as an unscrupulous and heartless scoundrel . Mr Holyoake prides himself or his anxiety to bejutt . We believe him ; but we also worship Justice , and , therefore , we call a spade a ' spade , ' and a scoundrel a ' scoundrel . ' We have nothing to do with the private characters of public men . We judge them by the effects of their words and acts upon society , and whether they are bookmakers or lawmakers , tyrants or the tools of tyrants , we speak of them as our sense of justice dictates to us .

      Giving an account of a recent visit to Bristol , Mr Holyoake says : — On one night before my lectures were delivered , a friend announced them in the Chartist Hall , when Mr Clark took up the NoiiHEan Stia , and read the notice of ms to which I replied In the last Ruiokxb . ' This , ' said Mr Clark , Is the Mr Holyoake , whom we are invited to hear lecture . Instead of going , let us subscribe the admission towards Dr M'Dooall ' s defenea / This course they took . I am not corry that I should be a means of adding to Dr H'Douall ' s Defence Fund , but I am sorry that Chartism , under the guidance of Mr Clark , has risen no higher in Bristol than to bold that man disqualified to addres * tbem wbo be * tbe independence to recommend an improvemantin their well-intentioned bat impotent policy .

      We are sorry that Mr Clark took the course above stated . If , indeed , a working man , having only twopence to spare , communes with himself as to whether he shall expend that twopence in paying to hear a lecturer—not of his own party—er in helping to add to a fund necessary for the defence of a leader of his own party , whose personal liberty is in peril , we think he acts both justly and rationally if he decides to give his twopence to the fund for the defence of his imperilled friend . But we are sorry

      that anything we have said of Mr Holyoake should induce any of our readers to mark him out for proscription in any sense or form . We cannot agree with him in all things ; we think him sometimes mistaken , and often politically not 'up to the mark ? But we know him to be an ardent worshipper of truth , and imbued with a sterling sense of-honour . In proof of this last virtue ; we qaote the following article from the number of the Reatoner published en the 30 th ult .:

      —XBB CHUTIST PSUOMBS . Last week I refused two requests to lecture on Moral Force Reformation in the provinces , flow that the government are putting down tbe Chartists . with an unscrupulous band , | I think it only good taste to pause in en . forclDgJthe theory ofpersuasion , as onecannot do It without coa ' demningby implication those wno'havaaiopted taaxlms of force , and they will be assailed wlthsuSelent severity by their enemies , without having the difficulties of their position augmented by tbsir ft lends—who agree with their object ( amelioration ) but differ from their means of seeking it . For the same reason I discountenance as far as I can , the holding of Chartist meetings anywhere , unless for the defenat of tbe imprisassd . Polities ! meetings for the furtherance of physioal force only increase their danger , and those in favour of moral force add to the obloquy under which they labour .

      After the ralsreprsseatations by ths Ifotnae Cbbo . mclx of . the Farringdon Hall meeting , there is good reason to doubt whether Pas sell ever utfoed the words which Pc » ch caricatured , and for which Mr FassslI has been imprisoned . The Dul * News-has told us that the Tints has put Into tae mown of Lord Atbley one half mere than he has spoken . And If a lord is aot respected by his political opponents , the Chartists have little to hope ; Words were ascribed to Mr Ernest Jones whleh even the goverament reporter proved he never said .

      The HAvemuTi * Hsws , which enjoyed ubiquity and somethtog more : it appeared not only In two plaoes , but in three places at once . As the Ma * omsteb Hews It was a Radical journal . And as soon as that edMon was struck eff , a Tory leader was written , and It appeared ( all other matter remaining the same ) as the MAKoSBBiea Studied , a Conservative psper . Thirdly , a looal Chartist leader was created to supply the pliw of tbe Torr one , and lo I it was metamor . ph «« d Into tb *; 0 twu »^» w » , Who I fft * It , 0 U .

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      & ^ i . * eBl 0 M B « W « P » PW announced that tfr pS . % S * dford ' h »»< Mlveredaleotnrsta lbs SatS ? . ?^''! * " Snads ' **»« «** ad utte « A ft ^ Wd tbe "" gUtratei to arresi him , SBasahfi ° ther , br «» aoea ; and that a report ofhU 2 ! f h ; i b 8 fore the magistrates . Having SX ? i * *** l « Ktfita Maachester the the t « , H , , leohw » an « conversed upon it , I doabted tbm ? i » £ ™ POrt » Md l lon 8 ht Mr Wnlte t 0 1 ue' - at HeM . " S !/ " * - on tbB Manchester and Lteds Hae that ! Sl £ » « £ foUoBto 8 Snnfl « y . wh e n I found was S 2 atl f r WhIte «^« w . that the right to arm rdvloe ^ beS ^' COli 8 lltutloasl ' ' lfor * * luoh leTi \ i * . " v daro * " aerates to arrest him . A veryd , fferent thing from the sensele . s bravado ascribsd

      * J « « r ^ meBt 'lno < mae » oendio& to accept tbe evl . STn .. ^^" ' deg " d < «> emselves . This man joias the ChartUts in order to betray them , and stimulates the th « £ J * " npoa ****• Whatever punishmsnt tb « J deserve hecetUinly deserves too . Ih what way ere the people to be elevated by example , if the government connive at this treachery and duplicity f On what principle will yOa condemn the Coartists for falling upon erroneous means of obtaining their objeots , if the geverament will aceepf any msans , fair or foul , of seourlog tnsirs I * ' Truth / said Eraeit Jonesin his letter to C iilef Justice

      , Wilde , in one of those floe sentences whioh he occasion . ally atters , « Trtfh plays upon an iron harp . ' This harp has been touched of late by fingers of fierce Misery ; and If it has produced strange sound ? , most unwelcome to the ears of-easy people , let them not Interpret the voice of want into the voice of anarchy . Let not juries lend themselves too willingly to those ooerclve retaliations In whleh the sole genius of our government lies . L « them remember that political concession , education , and employment will set all things even , more honourably and permanently than any speoles of Imprisonment Will *

      Daring my first tour in the Korth I saw but one pike blade . I knew where it was coacealed . On my steond visit to the Korth , three weeks ago , I went and took It from its hiding place , and purchased it . I was anxious te possess a single speoimen of the instrument recently propes ^ d to supersede the syllogism in political advoeacy . It wumy Intention to produce it at rayRbetorio Class next sessions . Hare I not as muoh right to do a dagger scene at the City Mechanics ' Institute , as Elmund Burke in ths House of Commons ! Carefully planted te ay carp * bag , and capped with cork to prevent it perforating ths sides , I carried it with ma every .

      where . I was not far from Aihton when the late dUturfcance took place . As I spoke in the hall in whioh Dr M'Dousll spoke the night before Hi addreis , and on the seme topic , ' I hare expected to be confounded by omolals not remarkable for discrimination . Had it so happened , what a fine paragraph for the Tikes would have been manufactured , out of . the fact that a Moral Force Lecturer had been selnd with a pike in his carpet bag ! How plausible , and yet how false ! How true in fact , and yet how falsa in Inference ! ' I believe ' there are many persons suffering imprisonment at this time on ns better foundation than would have existed here .

      6 . J . Holtoaxe . The course adopted b y Mr Holyoake , as set fortb in the above article , does him great credit , and we are sure will be appreciated b y those Chartists who most differ from him as to the question of means . ' It is our belief that the next time he visits Bristol he . will find the Chartists of that place better disposed towards him ; willing to listen , and as willing to oppose , in the spirit of free and fair discussion , should he propound doctrines by them believed to be false , or give expression to sentiments hostile to their ideas of justice or propriety .

      The general contents of this part of the Reasoner are more varied than usual , and , perhaps , more interesting . Mr Cooper ' s Orations on the French Revolution deservedly occupy a prominent place . In the articles by MrLinton in reply to Mr Chilton , on the subject of ' natural ri ghts , ' Mr Lintonhas decidedly the best of the argument . When MrChilton made his Quixotic attack upon 'natural ri ghts' he must have been hard-np' for a subject for his pen . Ofhisarjwmeartitmi ght be remarked , as Byron observed of a similar reasoner though upon another subject , — ' When Biihep Berkeley said there was no matter-It mattered very little what he said "

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      The Republican . September . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . This is an excellent number of the Republican , containing well-written articles on ? Aristocracy , tbe'People ' s Charter , ' 'Poland , ' ' Italy , ' &c , &c . In our foreign page will be found an Address of the Polish Emigration' extracted from this number . We quote extracts from a powerful and eloquent article , or oration , by Joseph Mazzini , which originally appeared in his paper , the lltajia del Popolo , ' Italy of the People / published inMilan until Charles Albert ' s cewardly , if not treacherous , capitulation . The address was intended to be spoken in commemoration of the martyrdom of the brothers Bandiera , murdered by tbe tyrant of Naples , with the connivance of the British government , in 1844 . TO IBB HtXOlt or TBC KU 7 TB 8 01 O 9 SEHX 1 Jew 25 th ; 1814 . '

      When I reoeived from you , 0 young men ! the charge to pronounce in this temple a few words sacred to the memory of ths bretheis Bandiera and thtir martyr com . panlons at CoteE 2 A , I thoBght that perhaps some one of tbosa who heard jne might exolaim with noble Indignation , To what ead are these laments for tbe dead ! The martyrs of Liberty can : only b » worthily honoured by whining ¦ the battle they have begun . Coienxa , the laid where they died ; is a slave ; Y . nlce , the city which gave tham birth , hemmed in by foreigners . LetnssmancU pate tbem , and from this moment no sound be on ear lips , but that of war . ' Bat another thought arose and said to me , why are net we victorious i Wh y is it that , while the north of Italy combats for Independence LU berty perishes in the south ! Why Is it ihat a war which

      ought to have leaped with a lion ' s borad to theAlpi drags along for four months slowly and uncertainl y as the crawl of a scorpion girt by a circle of lire t Why is it that the rapid powerful iatuition of the genlai of a Peopleriien again to life has sunk into the weary and Incapable fancy of a . sick man turning in his bed ? Ah ! if we all had risen'in theholiness of that idea for whioh our martyrs died , —If the Labarom ef their faith bad gene before our young men in thslr battles , —if with that colUcted . uaity of life which was so powerful in them we bad made of every thought an action , of every action a thought , —if their last wordi , devotedl y harvested in ourmlnds , had taught us that liberty and independence are one and the s » me thing ; that God and the People that Country and Humanity are . inseparable terms In

      any undertak-ng of people who wish to beooae a Nation — that Italy cannot be unless she be One , holy through the equality and love of all her sons , and great through her worship of the . eternal truth , by her conseoratlon to a high mission , to a moral priesthood among the Peoples of Europe , —we should today have vlatory , not war * Cosenza would 86 t be condemned to venerate In secret the memory of themartyra ; the dread of seeing them profaned by the intuits of the foreigner would not withhold Venice from honouring them with a monument and we , assembled here , might without uncertainty as * to our fate , without any cloud of ssdness upen our front , gladly invoke their sacred names , and say to those fore . running souls , rtjolce , because your brethren have inoarnated your Weal , end are worthy of you !

      ITot yet , Oyoaog men ! is their adored conception respliadent , pure , and perfect , upon your banners . -The sublime programme which they dying bequeathed to tbe nasoeht Italian generation , is not yours so mutilated and torn to fragments by falsa doctrines , that , elsewhere , overthrown , have taken refuge amengit us . I look and see an agitation of separate populations ; an alternation of generous ragtag aad of unworthy quiet , of free ories and fermulas of servitude , in all parts of onr Peninsula ; but where is the htart ef the Peninsula ! Where is the unity of this unequal , manifold movement ?—where is the dominating Word of these hundred voices of mintsteis of divers counsels , ever . crossiBg each other , mis * Wading and seducing tie multitude f I hear talk , usurping the national omnipotence , of a Northern Italy , ofaLesgue of States , of a Federal Pact among prlnoes ; —bat where is iTiti f Where is the common country which the Bandlsras salutes as the initiator for the third time , of an era ofSoropesn civilisation !

      Toa are twenty-four millions of men , endowed with active , splendid faculties ; you have traditions , of glory which the . nations of Europe envy ; before yen stands an immtnie fdturt ; your eyes beheld the fairest sky wbldb is known to Europe , and around you smiles the 2 ov ellest nature that Europe can admire ; and jan are encircled by the Alps , and by the sea , these outlines drawn by the finger of God for a giant people . And taobyou ought to be ,. ofelsen 8 tbeataU ; Ket one single man of these twenty-four millions shall remain excluded from the frkiernalpsot which youframe , net one glance which is not free shall be raised to contemplate this heaven , fie

      Rome the sacred ark of your redemption : the temple of yeur natien : has Jt not already been twice the temple of the destinies of Europe ! In . Ro nje fwo- . extinct _ worlds , ths Pagan and the world of the Popes , lie superposed one on theothef like a doublejeweltn a ' diadem . Onate a third werid vaster tbaa thetwo ! Frem Rome , from the Holy City , from the City of Love ( Amor—Rema ); We purest , the wisest amaugst jou , elected by ths wte . anjl strengthened by tneinsplratlon of a whole peeple , shall dictate the pact by whioh you shall bei bound as one , snd represented in ths fature alliance of peoples . Until then yen have no sountry , or you have it contualnatseV : '

      Beyond the Alps , beyond the sob , stand other peoples fighting , or making ready to flght with yen , the saored battles of Independence , of Nationality , of Liberty ; other ) peoples who tend by different wajs to the self . same and . —perfectibility , association , the foundation of an autho * rlty which sfiall put an end to moral anarchy , which shall re-knit earth and Heaven , and whioh men may * Cosenaa In tbe kingdom of Naples where tbe Bandims were , taurisred .

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      SUfJoSS" tm 1 b ! aihlD » J •»* """ out «¦»* S& """ «» " >« " they aUounlte with , * ,. teUth !!! w ° ! ifyOar Own «¦• ow TO » quWb } but conmotbBt h 8 ttk ! l 0 Url 8 abonttolltrik 9 *» ttrrisle ErllW ' Wind force , and that at 'that banner ! ^ haH wh ° , " dronoeUBder the " nn Jt r " th pride ' W « 0 B , the desire of material pros , pwity , are weapons common to both p eo p l e s and t heir oppressors ; and beside , should youby thelrald oonqu to-day , you would fall back again to-morrow . Z »» o . p « . belong to the people . 0 » eand ft | "

      ,, er Qp fsTBMni *! till ! finfi G ~ A .- _ . _«_ __ ... . ' •* " . V J " preuon will not find arms wherswUh to oppose teem Reverence enthusiasm ! Adore the dresms of tte vS soul , and the vl . loas of the first days ef youth / hS dlse whleh the soul retain , in issulag from the hsnds of its Creator . Respeot , before all things , your own conscience ; have on your lips the truth which God has placed In your heart ; and harmonloml y uniting in all STwhtd .. ? * r manoIP »«<>» of ou / . oll , evf . wS and b 25 . S" »' torn Jon , bearever ereot your banner , ana Doldl ypromnl gate faith '

      yoor . wouiaVsH , ! ' ° ' « ! * ' """ I" of Cosenza here wW ' * they " U 1 11 t 1 d * «> n ? Jou . And iffhstKaS «•« treasures , against sterm . mart ™ I " ' but w " °° , " « " > the names of the SSM SSLKS " ¦•"¦ " - ¦ """ " «» ^ -ssr ^ ' -KysL .

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      The Famil y Herald . Part LXIV . London : G . Bnggs , 421 , Strand . The lovers of the romantic and mysterious will find a rare treat in the story of The Black Cabinet , ' in course of publication , in this periodical . The other contents are of the usual character-diversified and entertaining . Pressed for room , we can only give the two following extracts i- ^

      , TBP 1 GRAM . Frm th * Frenckcf itaiiiMtc , The world isbut a comlo play , Whtrementhsir Varied parts essay . In dress dramatic , on ths boards Strut bishops , mjnlsjeri , and lords ; vTtille we poor piople sit below , Dssplsed , though paying for the show , For wbioh w « an allowed to bits , Whene ' er the ferae ispUyel amiss ; IMPBOMPIU , ON 8 EEINS THS 'HELEN OP CANOVA . ' Uttributtd to Byron ) In this beloved marble view , Above the Forks and thoughts of man , What fftture wi » M but . would not do , And beauty and Csnova can .

      Beyond imagination ' s power—' Bryond the bsrd ' s aeft&ted art , W | th immortality her dower , Behold the fitfcnof thekeart !

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      The Illustrated Son } Book , Nos . I ., II ., III . London : J . Watgon , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage . This bids fair to make the neatest song-book we remember to have seen . Each number contains a careful selection of songs , duets , and glees ; with an appropriate toast . or sentiment attached to each . An illustration , neatly executed , heads the first song in each number . The printer hat done his work well .

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      THE LATE MR COUNCILLOR BRIGGS , OF SHEFFIELD . We are requested to publish the following cone * pondenoe between Mr Councillor Ironside , of Sheffield , and the Poor Law Commi'sionerg , respecting the medical treatment of the late Mr Thomas Briggs , while in the insane ward of the Sheffield . workhome : — ¦ ¦ ¦ Sheffield , July 8 tb , IMS GzHTMKiir , —On the 18 th ult . Mr Thomas Briggs . an esteemed frlead of mlno ,, and a brother member o < the TownCoqnoil , exhibited symptoms of . insanity , wai takes to the Insane ward at the Sheffield workhoma in the evealng ef tnatdsyi " ^ died at ' three o ' clock In the morning of the 20 th . I only asoutMned that , he was there on the 19 : h and wished to see him ! but it was

      thought better ' not . * . Tbe inquest was held in the afterneon of the-20 th ' . ' I atUnded ; 'The ' evldsnce ' given by ths medical men wai « f a general nature as to bis treat , ment . , I wlshtd to put some questions as . to the par * tlsular mode in whioh ' be bad teen treated , bdtrefralned from a wlah not to appear publloly as o / lestlK ^ ng tbe mode adopted by the . medioal men . On the 28 jhult . I wrote t » the Board of Quardtftas , rtq ^ eiting them to ' be good enough to let ine'hare ' a ijopy of the'sotedioal treatment oftny friend , after bis arrival : at the workhouse . Not hsvlng received any angwerwhatertr , I this day waited on one of the guardians to inquire , and he Informed »• ( non-omolally ) that my application was not acceded t « . .. •!¦ : • ; .,: ,: ¦ •; . ¦ . ¦; ¦ . t ; ¦

      Hay I therefore beg of you to get me tht information want , if you have the power so to de . I have urgent reasons for making this request . Tours , faithfully , Isaac Iiohsidi . The Poor Law Commissioners .

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      Inobndurv . Fibs in Nottingham . —On Sunday , morning , soon after one o ' olook , a fire broke . out in : a ataokyard situated in . the , Sand-fields , on ^ of -the , suburbs of . this borough , » nd whiob . hat re&uUftd in the almost total destruction of tw 6 ; etaeks of exoellenthay , oho weighing upwards of twenty tons , the property ' of Mr William Sinclair , and' the other belonging to Mr Humphrey Page , which weighed more > than three tons . No aoomr . wew , the ) fl » m « 8 perceived ; thantho . p » lice on duty in varipusparts of the town ran to the acene of the disaster ., And the

      fare brigade , undqr the flommand of Inspector Meldram , having conveyed thither two of their , best engines , great efforts ' were made to prevent the . extension of the fire , but notwithstanding their exertions a ? ery small portion onljo ( the b . ay ^ A 9 reeeued from tbA . fiamw . The police have tawned raffioient to convince them that the fire w « a ' sausod by ; an incendiary , ahdu # fafe now ia . Mnoit sf the guilty party , witha gobdnrbipeotiof s ^ ftcpug hi » sapturo . The damage ( upwaras of * 10 O ) ' is' ewe » ed by an Insurance in the Nottinghamshire and Derpyanirv Fireofficfc

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      THE INCURABLE INCAPABLES . w .. .. ^ m John Bull ) bl ftTn SK ^^ bwof po ^ Sm ^ JhTh ^ 'T ? * 01119 iiStpi wrn ^ M counSttft ' W" ™*™ **«* . «* the boi

      •<~««> wBjr uo uam or toe proceed uss of P »» Jriflf IT » , f 8 ll 0 M ; Ue BrowlB and R'unjbles at a && ? f e » ^ r Bpena hi » ' « fcrtune upon I hobby . It suits his fancy to have the Whiga in office , and he does not mind in these the hardest tim ™ nShWhk u ^ ieAn it R mm 'him , and Slft j ? ^ ^ ^ y y , Certain by , atoppine to inquire at the next street . ' Nobody believes In Wh J wmjMtaoyi Everybody feels indienant at MhA ?

      savTatZm- ° ther n dBy ! t " ^ fashion to Bay 4 h » t « ie Whiga are no financiers , bat in othw re-SSSSlSiT ? Mn ?^ ' nsefnl 80 rt of folk - Now they thinT ^ v * i ? OtbSn (! 8 t ¦» .- ' ¦ ?*»» bundle every . « a ^ T / y tnem on any ground , and they cannot treal- V ^ n ^^^* ' ^ 9 ^ ^ efliesin treacle ; if they think of BanitMy reform , Lord Morpath gets knee deep in the sewers , raHl M HeX JA ? rW » i ?^ * y On r Mf | Wtew 8 n " h 2 him up , ; if they propose to reform corrupt praotiwa ^»^ I e th r ^ M ^ wsoenceB of their own advice ; , and if they a » k indemnity from Parliament for breaking ai Uw , they profess themselves unable to say why they broke it , or if called upon to amendithe ¦ law- Botrokeni swear that though th « y teed the | indemnity . yetthelairhaa been safe from

      iofraoany tion whatever . ' How- long matters re to proceed in the present lively fashion ; itis impossible to prediot . Is is vastly pleasant and pirpfitable , no doubt , to the parties con . ^™ ' . fo *^ hig family to take th « aff » ira of the nation into their hands , but if the nation submits to the constitution of the firm , U has nt least the right to hare Us buineis well dono , and its affairs kept out of confusion . There iB one great disadvantage in a £$ ?¦ ' ?? " ?• li m » y •» « e « h in the happy family exhibited in a cage at theenrner of , Trafal , jaf . » quar 9 . The animals are so perfectly happy , thattheyiare positively faaUBleep . Rats lie on the bosoms of cats , and ainging birds roost on puppy dogs' noses . The 8 tirring ; up of the exhibitor ' s pole has no more effect

      on tne blissful creatures' repose , than Disraeli ' s brisk praotice will have upon the equanimity of our friends . The one set of ainmalsget their meat and sleep , the other share the public contributioas , and think they do enough for the publio in oondesoendtog to aceep ' it . Whilst the publio are satisfied that all wisdom and virtue dwell in Whig abodei , Ministers are hardly to blame for indulging the notion . ' Probably when the ten millions added by the governaerit to the national debt in the short space of two years , shall , in the course of the next two years , amount to twenty , the public will arrive at a different opinion . Meanwhile , hurrah for taxation ! Mr Disraeli charged the governaent the other day with not taking the initiative in am practical

      ana necessary measure , er when they did take the initiative , with submitting their views in so crude a state that Parliament waj obliged either to remodel them with great bains ; - and at great less of time , or to reject them altogether . Lord John Russell met theaoeusatoon by denying the necessity of his introducing any measures at alt to the house , and by rehrring , for his justification , to Sir Robert Walpole , the lather of William Pitt , and to somebody eke whose name we forget . Why did the Prem . er not go at once back to the enriab ' e and irresponsible times of Canute the Great ;? A policeman might just w well exouse himself for not taking Vinidnigbt housebreaker into' custody on the plea that' it had been the invariable practice , of ancient Charlies to

      retire to their boxes for the night , the very moment the pariah clock struck eleven . Ne man knows better than Lord John ' RuBBell that we live in very dif ferent timeB to- those which he pointsout for his imitation and model . The Parliament of England is not the game assembly ; the people of England are not the Bame people The Minister who oarried the Reform Bill , must carry his vision forward from that event , not backward . If he has renounced the doc . t me Of ficihty , he cannot surely ank us to be bound by rules and customs actuating Ministers living w * eD Reform was not , when the people were a nullity , and Whig Ministers more Conservative than Tones of to-day . Society has not stood still ; wanta have not diminished ; the necessity of moulding the powers we have called into being , and of regulating the maohinery whioh we have Bet in motion , grows hourly more imminent . We have done too muoh to let things take their course . We have ooened the

      eyes of the people far too wide , if li ght is not to be granted now for direction and self-gevernment . We cannot halt midway ih our progress . We have up . rooted interests , trifled with the Constitution , legislated , and legislated again , with unwearying pertinacity . Better had we sat with our hands before us and done nothing ; but having moved , we dare not ¦ top . Great and enlightened measures for the main * tenance oj the country ' s prosperity , for the education and happinesVofthe people , " must , he- submitted to the country . without ranch lossof ' tiine . ' - Constituted as we are , Buoh measures must emanate from the government , or not at all . Talk not , great Minister of Reform , of what Sir Robert Walpole did , but do , what you are bound to do . my lord , ' in the midst of the difficulty and confasion into which the tinkering propensities , the wilful and mischievous practice , ! of yon and your associates have finally conducted us . Do it , or place the helm in firmer-hands' ¦

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      ' We cull the choicest . ' A COBRDPT PABMAMBMr . Are tbsy fit to bo the legislators of a whole peooh who them » elrefl know not what law , what reason what right and wrong , what crooked and straight whatljoit and illicit means ; who thiDk that all nowei consists in outrage , all dignity in the parade of insoleuoe ; who neglect every other consideration tor tht corrupt gratification of their friendships , er the pro . 8 ectttion « , f their , es « ntments ; who disperse theil forth « iS n nd maturefl through the provinces , « /«! of leTyiB * taxes and confiHCBtiDft-goadsmen , for the greater part , most DrofliMt « MH * iL .

      Sflfm . Ub' i u % C 0 llect »<» exorbitant . ^ RW wa saftSS £ ta » . saa ? j wr , Bs should ever be made one . haur morefrw by such » set of pubjio functionaries ( though they michl amount to five hundred elected in t * U SSJSm the counties and boroughs ) when among them S are the very guardians of liberty , and to whose m »> tody it is committed , there must ' be so many , who know not either how to use or to enjoy libertv who neither understand the principles nor merit the pot *

      : THI B 1 tE 8 B 0 lBIB 5 . Edmund Burke had arooted contempt for theeb * . racterand profession ofamerchsBt . 'Do not talk to meJ said he . once in the House of Commons M > the hbsrality atdpatriotism sf a meiobant rhil Go ib his gold ; h > s oonntry his invoice ; his desk hi M u' hw ^ er . hiaBibe ; hischuroKhisexchaiiw and he has faith m none but Wb banker . ' " When he made a speeob , which was well reoeived from » he hustings of Bristol , at the time « f the va £ ture between this couatry and America , poor C-l , who was « n of . the candidates , was standing by his side . Equally averse with Mr Burke totheAmerS can contest , but master of no other language thai the short xecabulary of the countin g-house he cried I say ditto to Mr Burke ; I ,. y rfL toMr «„»

      TBB LITTLE SEED ; A little seed , at random tfaronn Upoa the world , one day A moment up In air was blonn , Thin gentl y borne away Uoto a desort drear and wide , Cloie by a mountain side . The seed lay there for many days Unnoticed and alone , Amid those cold aad rugged wajs . By briars overgrown ; Yet rain from heaven , and balmy air And sunbSMni ' eascr'd It there . ' It rooted in the solid ground , Fat forth its stem and leaf , And , throwing tendtlls rouna and round , It grew beyond belief ; Au « , wax 'ng stronger every hour , Brought forth a lovely fl mer .

      It blos ° om'd there so sweetly mild That song-birds stay ' d thdr flight , ' In wonder that tbe desert ' wild Produced so fair a sight ; The briars envying all the while Its perfume and its smile . But winter came with b orm ani snow I The floweret droop'd its head ; And the briars daah'd it to and fro Until they datm ' d U dead ; Liugblng . as round them day by day , Its scatter ed eeedletslay ..

      Dumsy'd were they when spring appeared , And , crowntd with myriad flowers , Eaoh stem , in lovolinees uprear'd , Daiied their rugged poneri . In vain thty strove ; for every spring Brought forth its bloBBomlng . The flowers now olimb the mountain side , . And on the summit smile ; Whilst o '« r the plain ia modest pride They blpsm for . msny a mile ; And npt oae thora now meets tbe viaw , Where late the briars grew . And thus a thought may live and grow , Though cast on desert soil , And o ' er the earth its beauty throw By long and patient toil ; Though Envy ' s frown will oft essay To take its light away .

      Yes ! It will smile and spread its flowers , Respite the fiercest storm ; And mid tbe tempest and the Bhewers Uprear its lovely form ; Like many a truth which pmiles soreno Amid life ' s darkest scene . Thus , breathing to the world aronad Ite swefti through many a day , It shall adorn the bnmblett ground , And bless the lonellmt way ; Whilst they who shuan'd the budding flower Shall praise it In its blosmlcg heur . ' Edmund Tetsinle

      UBSRIT . The hut'Cmd-ery of liberty is sever raised under certain auspices but to cover the'designs of slavery . : ; ¦ ¦; HISTORY . - History is a Ion ;; and gradual ascent , where great actions and characters in time leave borrowed pomp behind , atd at an immeasurable distance below them . . : : BTOTIDIITi Stupidity has its advantages as well as wit . If man strikes his hand against wood or atone , he himself will ba the sufferer . MASKtBD Mankind , above aU thing ' s , hate to be made tha dupes of doubtful professions of wisdom and benevolence .

      IBB GREAT AND inB UTILE . ' The political . struggles of a great character are for the future rather than the present , as the petty squabbles of parly are for the present and never tor the future . — Fosier ' t Liiie » of British Statesmen .

      , MiRIE-ANIOINETIE . From her first arrival la France , at the age of fiftcci , " Marie-Antoinette bad kosn an otyct of dislike both t * the Coart and to the people . Even tbe mind of her young bnsband was so pBisoned against her , that until sometime after he amended the throne , he refrains * from all marital intercourse with her . She was coutU nually acouied both of criminal levity , and oflattlguts in the : interest of Austria . Daring the first years of . her marriage she lived in great uahapplnesa and r «« strain ! . The impatience she manifcBtud at the strict etiquette observed In tbe Court of France , which stopped her at over ; step she mide , assisted also to render her distasteful to the forms 1 st * who filled It . This ell . qnette Was of an incredible minuteness , and enthralled

      her from her riling In the morning till her getting Into bed at night ; ' The following quotation fiom M&dam * Campan raayiglv « some . ldea of it : — "Eke dressing of the Princess was the vcr ; pink of etiquette ; everything in it was strictly regulated . The Lady of Honour and the Lady of ( ho Wardrobe , both , if the ; wire present to . goftety assisted bj the first attendant aad two ordinary attendant ! , performed the principal service ; tut then were dlBtkotions between them . The Lndy of the Wardrobe hinded the p etticoat aad tho gown . The Lady of Henour pjurod put water to waih the hands , and put otfthe chemise . When a Princess of the Royal Family was present at the dressing , the Lidyof , JIonour jieldel to her the latter function , but did hot yield it directly to the Prlnceeies of the blood ; 1 b such case the

      Lidy of Honour retained the chemise to the firM ^ emm ** ( fo-dtombw , who delivered It to the Prlnciss of the blood . Eaoh of these hdUssorupaloutl ; observed thesa ussgrs , as having the characterof . rights . It ; hi < ppeoe 4 one winter ' s msrnisg fent the dsuphineiB wa > walling ' to receive her chemise , which I held ready uufoldfd , When the LadyjOfHoaoarentereifli hastened to take ofip her gloveB , aod took : the chemise from mj hands . At this moment a knack' is heard at the door ; it is ' opmed , and ths Duchess of OrUan « eaters . Sh ^ .. remove * her gloves , and advancesto . take the chemise ; but tbe Lsdy of Honour must noti dellvor it ; to her ,, . She returns it to me , and I present it to tha Duchess .., ( Ajms a , knock ia hoard ; It Is Madame ,, the ; Cpontcas of j Prqvesvce : tbe Daoheas of Orleans lurrcBelera io her . ths ^ emlse . AU

      tbis time tha Qatenii-stpnding with her , arn ^ a crossed upen her ta « ast eWveilBg with cold . MajiBme perceives her . ' . unpleasant-position ; and conUnttaj h . t . raelf with thronlng , a « lde her handkerchief , » Rd reta » nlng ( her glevej , she putaim tho cbemtae , and as shedo » *» , knoeke down the Qasen ' s . heaa dm * . " The latter smiled to disguise her vwatlon , but sho muttered » ewer » l tliaes between her teeth ; : Bete&Ket Bow tirt » 0 M- ' ' .- "Vd 'M W- 9 T 98 Iatbo foUo , « tagpBge , M » toiao Campan vwj sen . slWy remsrki , ' ThU etlqaette , which , in tho domestic life ef . ou * Pctoces 30 S ) . hadle * » hem , tohave HumselveB treated as diviDlties , made tt *« n . in th » lt publlc lifev ! c . timjofansa * lu » lon . In the prison of Ye » allleB , M « ie-Anto ' . nottofaundiB mnltltttda of ystabllsbed m& revered oisros wfcioh appeared to h « r inrou ' erablo . ' ,

      Mkmosablk BATiJta ot ; Kq 80 iB « ' ) . —When the braff'foViwwTO * at Cracow ; " where the revolution commericfid ; " he mad * the 'little band bf patnoti under ' h'& coniBaW' tbe following heart-stimns speepU : — ' Wo ate , ' uot strong enough in Bumber tc be viotwioua , b « V *; e ara strong enough to die witt honour in dofe ^ diflg oUr country !' : 'JDDO 8 » .-mat ^ ont ' eiran is that upon the pencl in . hunto . va , wd hur pels . , and butblack qap ? Wh marry C ^ o 4 MorganVrifl an old weman that take -b « jpasm M * owbJ , 9 n » , ^ . ^ en D Wrt ' MSfSSmm ^ r . ^^* * OHWotrm ¦ . ;

      , Rbubmdeii Tni 3 . ~ One how sfMt ia sohwly Jok ing into the tights of thing * , ismorelikejy t » mafc men act -rith good sense , and with elfeet , than « U . years spent in clamorous railing . —Colbeit .

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      Sbiffleld , August 2 nd , 1818 . GsMTLMf e«—I am in due teeeipt ef jour Utter of the 1 st Jnitant , as alto that of the ill h ult . ¦ Mr SriggsTwaa highly beloved by the poor of , Sheffield ,, and deiervedl y so Knowing the great prijadloe that exists , amoagst the people against the paapermad-house , I purp 6 selyre . frain ' ed from putting any qaestlon at the intiue ' st which might have ' the least tendency to ezoite suspicion that the treatment w »» Improper . I even ; stoted that I belleved all had done what they thought to-be the best Is tha oase , I did not dream for ; a moment that my appU . oatlon for se simple a thing . a » a oopy . of his modiohl treatment , would be io uacourteensly treated as not to be noticed , and ultimately * refused . ' -As it : is bo , my opinion vtlth" res pect to his treatment is new changed . It was not for any private purpose that I made the ' appli . c&tloa—it was with a view ; to the publio good . | I in-. tended to , haye sent a copy ef the treatment to , Dr Corsellis of Wakefield , and one or two others , and to request their oplnWuponit . ' ' ' ' ' :

      what are the facts f A man Is pursuing his ordinary avocations oh the Saturday—taken on Sunday afternoon to the workhouse , and dies « arly on Tuesday morning If all was right in bis treatment , why so muoh trouble in keeping It back' I wiU . UW you . ' . l ' am Inform ^ . tha \ « oon after . h « was admUud , ' a » opialfi of iouVU " atnngfh was given htm ( to ' a man labouring under Inflammation ef the brain ) , and it sent him to sleep ; Ia themornlDg he awoke ana had some breakfast , and then went to sleep again In a letharglo state . In the eourseof tha day he was . bled ! -pretty , profusely . for . a , man in . his ; stato , and died in a few hours from sheer exhauitibn . < Of course ! This is why ( he treatment is kept back , in my opinion . It w ( lj not beir the light ; r I lobk ' tipoa the death of Mr Briggs as tbe natural result bf his treatment by ths workhouse authorities ; Qod preserve me and mlno from the , authorirtes . ' : : . , i

      , Of coarse neither you nor the 8 h » m > ld Board can ^ Wj cosapla \ n of any sisps I msy tike with reference to giving publicity to the case , and using iuch ' oom ments as tnay / a ' pnear aeoassary . ' " " ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ' Tours fclth'fdHy , ' To the Poor Ltw Board . ' ¦ < Isaac Uohsidi .

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      Poor Law Bo » rd , Somerset House , Jalj 13 th , 1818 . Si » , —I am directed by the Poor Law Board to ackaowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8 th Inst . j in whioh you state thatvotfarsdislrousof obtaining information as to the medieal treatment ef the Ute Mr Thomas Brlgga , who died on the 20 th ult ., in the , insane ward , at the Sheffield workhouse . : " '" ' ! ' . . ¦ The Board will eosamunlcata ' with the Gaardlani ef the Sheffield Union on ths su > j « tof your application . , I am , str , your : obtdleot . servant . , . . . V . G Lukut , AsilttaniSeo , To Mr Isuc Ironside , BheBeld .

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      Poor Law 'Board , Somerset House , 1 st Auguit , 1848 . Sia—I am dlreeted by the Poor Law-Board , with refe . eeaoa ts your letter of the 8 th ultimo ,, to Inform you that they have communicated with ths ; Guardians of the Sheffield Union on tbesubjtot of It ; aad bayiag learnt from : them that Mrs Bright is quite saUsfied with the treatment w&lbh her deceased btliband , ' Mr Thomas Briggs , received at the Sheffield Workhouse ; the Bjard are of opinion that any farther 'inquiry is unnecessary . : I am , Sir , your obedient servant , ' < ' \ . . BBWsatoH , Secretary . To Mr Itaao Ironside , Shi ffield ' .

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      Publications Received . —Birch ' s Phihtophy and Religion , of' Shafapeare . Hol yoake ' s . logic of Fdctt . Peerage Jobbery . Gray ' s Lectures on the Nature . and Ute of Money . . The Ethnological Journal . Emigrant ' s Guide to the Cape of Good Hope .

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      TttADES , Delegate M eeting ;—Oh Thursday night a meeting of delegates , appointed b y the Metropolitan Trade Societies , was held at the Craven ' s Head ; Drury-lane , for the purpose ef receiving the report of the committee elected to draw up a constitution for the trades of London-Mr James O' Leary in the chair . —The secretary ead the report , of which the following are the principal features : —That it is deemed necessary to establish a ' Trades' Association , 'in order to work out an amelioration in the condition of the people by legal arid constitutional means " ; that parliamentary approbation be requested for the rule ^; that the land ought not to be possessed exclusively by a fractional portion of the community ; that the laws

      which fix the price of gold , and restrict its expansion , should be repealed , and a representative currency issued ; that ; machinery should be taxed fot revenue purposes , and foreign manufactures equalised in price to our own in tbe home market ; that education ' and employment be provided by the government for the people . It then goes on to recommend that home colonies should be established on the waste lands in the United Kingdom , and that the elective franchise be , given to every mart-21 years of age , and concludes by ' Suggesting ' , a graduated , property tax , in lieu brother imposts ... The latter part of the document merely , contained rules for the formation of the . association .:-. The further consideration of the report was adjourned to a future meeting . <

      The- Colliery Explosion at Leith . —The inquest on the ^ unfortunate ; men killed by this calamity , terminated In ' a verdict of 'Accidental Death . ' It has often been attempted to be ahoym that the neglect , to use Davy lamps % tbe colliers , is not fairly ' attributable to the men themselves , but ia indirectly at the suggestion of the employer * , aUhough to save themselves from odium they have th ein ' on the premises ' ; but in this cjtse no ground for surmisirig such a course seems to have originated : It . is . to be lamented , however , ' . that the . use of . the lamps is so constantly neglected ' ,,

      Committal vor Murder . —Mrs Mary Lightfoot , wife of Henry Lightfoot , of Quarry , bank , hear Dudley , has just been commitied by the district coroner , Mr T . M . . Philipsj oh a charge of administering arsenic to her husband , which caused his death .. It was . proved on the inquest that the prisoner had been seen in familiar intercourse with a man not her husband , during his illness . "Arsenic was found in the body of tbe deceased on a post mortem examination being made , " aiid altogether the circumstances were , of so susp icibus ' a character , ' that , after an adjournment , the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against tha wife , who has been committed to take her trial on the charge at the next Staffordshire assizes . Qn Lightfoot ' s death his wife obtained as ' lim of £ 4 . ior his burial-from an Odd Mlofas * club , of which her husband Was a inember . —Bonbury Guardian *

      ' Mr John Lynch , solicitor , formerly clerk . tothe Trale e Savings' Bank , has been sentenced to fourteen- , years' transportation , for embezzling the sum of £ 20 , 000 , the property of the bank . ¦ ' During a trial at Newcastle a publican'gava it as his opinjon that an old man ' was not drunk , ' because , though he had had drink , 'ha . vraa qualified to call ; for liquor arid pay for it . '' ' ' !! " - '^ Ak Ecolbsiashcal Drovbr . — ' We hear , on very good authority , ' says , the Tablet , 'that Dr Ullathrone has arrived ih London with tb . b htlh from Rome 8

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      September 9 , 1848 . THE N 03 THER NSTAR , '•¦«

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1487/page/3/