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      *"* SOXXET OK A WHEEL CHAIR , ^ jajflTOrSLT PKESEXTED TO THE WEITEB . BY KB . SSITE , TA 5 SEB ., OF THIS TOW * , n life returning chair , with gentle motion , Io ttee I owe all locomotive pleasure , For sjlitnde ' i lone shades of irksome leisure , ¦ nZ . T , baried me , as twere , in cares of ocean , nToTcr ^ rf &d me * iia ito elaagel&sa lotion ; But cow tie change of » ene , and nature ' s treasure , Is nine cnee more to range , to scan , to measure , xad < nv < j tie new delight its das devotion ; 3 n » ^ i . ho- * many » a invalid like me , Is doomed , unheard , to t&sie the bitter cup Of d&U confinement ' s pining destiny ; the

      Aj > d P ^ ss onsucecwred till dregs are up . />; DJ 3 J tfcey fed tlw sweets of peace in time , « iueh is the foretaste of a Dliatf ul clime . James Yebsos gauUi ilolwa , February 2 nd .

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      SONNET TO WILLIAMS A >~ D BI >*> 'S . -riniisis and BLans , the youthful pairi ^ a , Hsre stcrniy dared the tyr&at ' B iron frown , vrith . manly fortitude—such as shall crown Them " ^ --- people '* heartfelt thaaks , mid notes tf -naa . ' suplei gratitude—from throats Ru stic eman&te a nation ' s voice , and show The pecple ' s strength , that lays in justice low , And k-5 u ? OTth ' toe bane of ^ P ' f ;> - ^ o : * 2 i 2 § So-sfsts in some unsheltered spot , The ? beai beneath the bitter pelting storm ; ptUi series ' s rude blast will shorOy be forgot c .- s ' j-.- ^ ^ s oast—it ceases to deform . Kaon rou WilUiruggle through life ' s aungled doom , jjaotrins -iat »*«* deatil ^ y oura t % bloon : - Jaxes Yebsox Scui Jlolton , February 2 n&

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      SOXXET TO O-iSTLER . n «« ls ih * anxious factory children " s friend , " TLj coatti by -srhkh the labourers have made known Their he&vy grievances—hath plainly shown TJtarorCiy ' persecutions such as tend J ^ jia sutn-to will descend fTfctcre sfes * 3 the « ar whose ii »» n r" . qjj WiJb buth undimai'd , -while skies did frown . £ : ^~«^ ¦ tha ty rant vieTrs with raanaed joy B h 5 S ^ ^ ^ S ^ ** - " o : ort KU > -tw ^ -shs tfcst iha oppressor Mis to employ ^ ft&h i » tried . , aii ^ ht xhaZ can e ' er repel > rv » £ jafts c : ir ^ th , o ? f - 'r a : inie ti ^ trvy jt ^ as c - ; r-: ; s ^ rhich are invincible . James Tersos . Seas il-yt :. n , February 2 nd .

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      —^ THE PvIaHTS A >~ D BUTIE 3 OF MA >* . Tvxe—* ' Ben Bloci . " yen * lss of TLutura , ye scions of fame , ye trcric-i : in liberty ' s van , Bete : T- ^ r sZiniirc aloft , and loudly proclaim TLe " - - ! r--: i = ; * lisna of man"ffi ^ : = ar _ re Srs : stamped ns with life and with form , I : tt&s ai ^ quality ' s itrine ; Trai , j ^ : ; : e , aa-J n ^ soa , united , conform , To cli-v vs- the sacred design .

      Be hi iiTc- so rich , or never so poor , Wia : s"tr itis coloar or exceu ; Each mm l . is a rigbx to ore To : e , and no more , Bis verb ' s hi * a'Je deed . 2 &s woriu ii bis cuuatxy , ail nature his store , Hi 3 r-iiii > n sho ^ old be to do good ; - Ee sho ^ uTg ire up kis soul to fcceioni—and more , He should sssil it , if n « d , with h ; s Mo ^ d . 13 rsen sL' ^ Id be brothers , tteir prlucipies pure , To irt * -l : ¦ - ; sad e % aity trnr ; Cfisa cttrs U .-ea act , be they n ^ ver so poor , As je \ rualJ they should do un : o jou . Inaijfrctjoui . and rkh : aK ths £ sas = it each zone They a .-r ci- ^ njed ua : by time or by plac ^ ; And he » Jo oppresses one country aioae , Is the f ,-e oi tie ciiujan race .

      Oar motto is eqial lights and laws Our eaU is frUdoni s call -, Oar cvofc , tie caass , the cosunan casse , Ail far esxii—each for alL I ? o one knptnii "; y siauid tower , Nor goTera with iron ro-i ; Tha pec-aie srs ti- suTcrei ^ n poorer , Iheir t .: > : o = is the Toiee of & 3 < i-AI 1 G-iTcrcs-ent ' s ba : their icjmLsaent , Ti'rir 7 , ' .- - ,- lil-i V . « fr . ' r . , The ksd ' i ieir farm , acd H £ 3 Tan Ui = ir bent , The lav is tie peopie ' s wilL Tfcea o ^ wirj , tieao ' ye , the inie , and the brsre , DiSUi darlnf , ail perii 3 w ^ 'il simre , Unca crixe sad poTerty , despjt and siave , ? hili be hat as thincs that were .

      As a ps : rDsr or slzre , who would wesr such a brand , Is ao : worthy in freedorn to baii ; TTe eo charity ctst&— ii is ri ^ ht ws demand—Xot bom ;? , but jasdte , we ask . Ard hiTc i : ? e will , be oar fate what it m 3 y , Tiorgi oar tiIIets behold ua co more : Xhocxh osr gat is shall fe fed wita freih Tictims each daj , And the s ^ fjld m ;? sasaai with our gers . Then esward , tie cause £ 0 holy and good , 3 z : szzxaoRi the zobla ana brave ; TTno -iro-aia not for freedoai yield np his life ' s blood , IXaKms to be erer a siaTe . Ssa euiTird , again , it freedom ' s high call , Oar Cianer to death we ' ii en-b .-ace ; Be s = ri that as fast ss 0 E 2 leader i-Mil fall , Aaoiss shzii rise in his place . DE 3 I 0 CSATICCS .

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      A FEW CHAKTIST SONG , 5 T S . P . X £ j . D , 0 ? BIBHI ^ GHJLX .

      Tr . \ E— ¦ ' The Bay of Biscay , 0 : " Loud roar'd tie ptopla ' s tlrsmder , A ^ i t / rasts haard the Korin , Tiit ; trembled , and knocied -ander , Alu g £ ve as moez Hzfvrm . liity frit the electric tpaxk , "iVhicii bire-J comiptiou ' s ari ; Best their Teii , they : urned pale , A ; ths roles of freedom , O ! T-tz ocr r : .-i ship Britannia , Aaios ^ : - . i » breakers lay , Pjtz baik : 'vre gladly mann'd her , "iTitii . VLig 3 and Chilfex Grey ; Be : lubbers all they proTed , AiJ from ths rc-cis ne ' er m&Ted , There are they , till this day , On ihv racis , cornipuon , O :

      At " length the People ' s Charter i ' -ijois fcrih its b £ icon rays ' . Shi de = p = ns now her water , Tas tiJe ar . jnnd hsr plays ; S ? as shall her lubber crew , Ktsijn her helm to yoa ; Cnnr : is ^ i VrsTi , ye zaunz sare , The gosd ship , Britannia , O ! T-t mam of freedom's breaking , "We hail it iroin afty : An . 2 for a compass taking , Our gl . ri ^ ua Sori / iem S ; ar . ' W = 11 s-- « n the breakers clear , lh = por 5 we £ - ^ n siiail ne ^ r ; I ^ ow 'i-s sail , with the gile . Tvr ihc Say uf Fxecdam , O . '

      Oi ^ pCot , briTe O'Co ^> "Ob : We scan will get on board , i ^ ore sail -vre'li crowd upon her , And get her richly stored ; M&nn'd by a gallant crew , 05 Chartists staunch and true , We s _ iil rile , with tbe tide , To the Suit of Freedom , 0 I

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      AS APOLOGY FOR A THIEF , OB THE TITLE uF " DIVIDE RIGHT" A MASK TO COVER THE INIQUITIES OF THE GREAT . By a BaxxisH Ishselzxs . Oxford : Hearj Aides * Com ilarket . We have here a sone'svhat uncerrnionious attempt *• prore ihat l : I : he world axe thieves , and that as ** grea ; peoyie wlio are , by their own account , at « shewi of ihc i : e 7 i £ h conxmuiiitj-, by ' the Grace * f God , " aad " R : ht Dirine , " are robbers bj ™^ ' ^ e , so the r * s ; of mankind are compelled to *^ wss robbtrs Iy necessity . Tie book 13 certainly

      *« ea saaie ai * a the present fc : a : e of thioga , and «^ ows , by & reference to facts , that those who » re ' ^ Tteenied by history to be great and noble , foun-5 ~ 3 of empires , and th # benefactors of our race , sTS . " " " E ^—part ) robbers and cut-throats ; « 4 that tad they done the same act 3 as those who *» represented as great and glorious , on » more * K » icted scale , they would hare come down to us , a w e hid htar-d . of tnem ai ali , with a very different 5 « ncl « to ilia ; they eow asiume . We recom-• f-aaias following clever hit to the especial consi-^ auoa of ali -who adrocate the hanging of little «» f es , acd the ho ^ ourlni of great ones : —

      I miy begin \ r £ h Hyg Adam , as Bonssean style * to , » nd hiB partner Ere . They could not resist the "OgSation , sad aoi 6 tae j ^ g . i « they g-wea we asay cocsider one a hero aad the other a rf ^ as , but -when they -were weak enough to steal »« : they had no right to , though surrounded by goatee of ertry tMag , they were counted criminals . l » bu v ^ e ? M » Q exeuse , that they were incited « a ty the tuning of the devil : —uu £ is granted , and ^ - «/» e jnay ^ l y jjjj ^ jj ^ j . ^^ ^ n ^^ in g of the ' * "i « "Rita erery Ore -srho Bteals , aad of coarse he

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      must bestow more of hia cunning on great thierea than on petty ones ; this accordingly constitutes great thiev * a to bar « more of the deril in them than little ones , which therefore renders them more denlish , and more to be dreaded . " The following exquisite specimen of regal honesty cannot be too generally known . Who would not -embalm , in the deepest recesses of the heart , the aemorp of such excellent princes!—" Erery one has read of the great embarrassmenta of the Prince of Wales , Duke » f York , and 2 > ake of Clarence , tthe latter , howeTer , must be exempted from all charge of haTins enjoyed any of the profits arising from this transictfon ) . These embarrassments -were the consequence of their frequent debaucheries , and

      every source in this country was tried from which it was thought a supply could be raised , sufficient to avert the impending storm which hung otot their heads ; but all endeavours failed . As a last resource , a loan was attempted in Holland ; and Messrs . Bonney and Sunderland , then of George-yard , Lombard-street , were appointed notarial agents for the Teriflcotion' of the bonds ; and the late Mr . T . Hammersley , of Pall Mall , banker , was to receite the subscriptions , and to pay the dividends thereon , to the holders , on the joint bonds of the Prince of Wales , Date of York , and Duke of Clarence ( the latter merely lant hi * name as a farther security to the bends , and to please his elder brothersi . The sum intended to be raised was about on » million sterling . After some slight interruptions ths negotiation for this loan was confirmed : it was to bear six per cent , interest , and the rerenuas of their royal highnesses were to be invested in the hands of

      the late Dukes of Northumberland and Portland , in order to ensure the due payment of interest and principal . A large portion of the money , ta the amount of nearly half a million , had bten received by the Princes , when the revolution in France , in 2 T 92 , presented an opportunity to resist the payment of those bonds which had been circulated , and even the interest due upon them was refused . During the revolution , some of the holders of these bonds escaped and arrived in England ; and , as their hist resource , they made numerous applications to the Princes for Van interest due to them , if it were not quite convenient to discharge the bonds in full , but tueir applications were fruitless . Tha holders of thess bonds , finding themselves unjustly treated , Mr . Martignac , one of the original subscribers to them , made an application to the Court ot Chancery , and the affair came on by way of motion . However , the matter was shirked , and tha distressed refugees were never benefited by it .

      J » ow . follows the despicable part , and the suspicious cvadBct , . relative t > these bonds , ; of the then Secretary of State-for the Hon-. a Department Under the « pecioiis pretext of enforcing the Alien Act , this gentleman caused the whole of these injured claimants to be taken acd put on board a vessel in the Thames , which ¦ was stat ^ l to be reauy ty sail for Holland . This vessel , however , cast anchor k " . the No re , for tha professed purpose of waiting to receive tha nsctas&i-y papers iroai tii « office of the Secretary of State !

      " Tie heart renuin ^ destiny these unfortunate victims nuw os ) y remains to be toid . Although no charge 'ffts preferred n ^ ainsi th = in , they were thus unceremoniously sent on ; of the kingdom by the decree of arbitrary power . From the list of twenty-six unfortunate creditors of the Priaces , fourteen were traced to tbeVaillctinrf . The oiher twelve perished by another concocted plan of the hirelings of power . The two principal money lenders , Mr . Abraham and Mr . Sinieun Buas , oi the Bagoe , were endeavouring to maintain their shattered credit , and actually paid the inttrest . due upon these bonds for two years themselves ; but they were finally ruined , and one of the brothers put an end to his existence by a pistol , —the other by poison , "

      At pa ^ e 10 , we luve some excellent remarks on the way in which history is taught . We t ^ uoto them fur the benefk of all m-qq ara iuieres' . ed iu the ias : rac :: oa ofyoa : ^ : — ' Tee history o . ' Eng ' . and ought to ba taught very cnffertBtiT to ehiliirezi than it has hitherto been . It is the du : y of thuse ts-ho teach it at or . ee to unmask the real uharaciar of kings and their courdera , and continually tu r ^ uind ili « children of the fabl « of the frogs wLo wer ;? pjoLshe . l by Jupiter for wuhinij for » king ,

      that Pro . viJence in like manner punish" ? the weakeri&izided nations of this globe who cannot rest contented until they have kings and courtiers to strip them of all good things . Then a n ^ tr and nn-re enlightened gen * - rrtvjn would rise up , -who would blush to r « ui bow their forefathers could hare so taroely submitted to a few despicable tyrants and blasphemers , for daring to tis ^ ae the words " ffreej of Gjq" and " right < i : vine " as a cloak tj their infamy . This is the true light they ousht to be viewed in , and yet parents are weak enough whe ^ they pat the history of England into a child ' s hand to point out to h ' m , with a oorrupted notion ef z lory , the portrait of this monster ; for instance , telling the child , " that is the great and glorious William ,

      sumained the Conqueror , " while hi » servile hear ; secretly beats wi : h pleasure , as he repeats the high sounding rrord ' Canq-jeror ! If the child were to say , but how cruel i . e wsj , the answer would be , " . ' we must not say these things , my dear , it is all for the best ; God gives those men power to govern us by his divine grace , " or any s-jca nonsenss ; instead of telling the child p ~ 3 . ir . iy the truth , that he was a bastard , a ¦ usurper , an-. i like most of those men in power , a robber and an inhuman monster . I repeat again , until history is taught ijii'iy to children , and the infamy of the great U 2 ve . ; ed to them , they -nill ever continue to imbibe a religious fear for their oppressors , and consider liberty and freedom a rcproich . "

      At pa ^ s 21 , the hirelings who disgrace the Christian p riesthoond , come in for a pretty hard blow from the Laaaelite ' a clenched fist , and with it vre must close oar notice , bagging our readers to bear in mind , thai the author does not apologise for thieving in the ab-tract , but only contends that if great men become robbers because they like it , much may be said for those who . only rob because the arrangements of society forbid them to live without doing violence to some of the acknowledged principles of common hone ? tv .

      "As for the priests of our own country , I can only t& : i them that I never heard of St Peter or any of the apostles going ont a fexhunting , * « to steeple chases : or that their Belief was fashioned according t » the greatness or smaL ' ness of their livings ; or that they ever refused any deceased person a Christian burial , because he had cot left sufficient money behind him to purchase a small piece « f consecrated ground in a church-yard . Until it is proved that the apostles did all tkese things , we cannot at least considerour priests a 3 their successors ; and if it is proved that they also did those things , people ought to be ashamed to actno'wiedge themselves tfceir successors . "

      " * Only imagine for one . moment St Peter out a fox huntings on a spirited horse , hollowing behind a pack of hounds , and after clearing a hedge , tumbling into a ditch on the other side , and all the res ' , of the apostles leaping over hia . "

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      A Pips . —A pipe ! u is a great soother ! a pleasant comfortcri blue devils Sy before its honest breath ! it ripens the brain—it opens the heart ; and the man who smokes . thinks like a Sage and acts like a Samaritan . —Sir Lyllon Bultcer ' t Sight and Morning . Pleas cues o ? Statesmen . —Precious to the statesman are the moments he can snatch for the common pleasures- which are strewed o ~ er the earth—meant , apparently , for the perpetual enjoyment of all its inhabitants . The child gathers flowers in the meadow , or runs np and down a green bank , or looks for birds' ce ^ is every spring-day . The boy and girl hear the lark in the field and the linnet m the wo&d , as a matter of course : they walk beside the -growing corn , and pa ? s beneath the

      rookery , ana feel nothing of its being a privilege . The sailor behold 3 the stars every bright night of tha year , and is familiar with the thousand hues of the changing sea . The soldier on his march sees the snn rise and set on mountain and valley , plain and forest . The ckizeu , pent up in the centre of a wide-buiit towa , hs . s bis boar far play with his little one 3 , his evenings for his wife and h ' 13 friends . But for ths statesman , none of these are the pleasures of every day . Week after week , month after month , he can hare no eyes for the freshness of nature , no leisure for small affair ? , or fur talk about things which cannot be called affairs at all . He may g&ae at pictures on his walls , and hear music from the drawing-room , in . the brief interval of his

      labours ; and he may bow and then be taken by surprise by a glimpse of the cool bright stars , or by the waving of the bought of Home neighbouring tree : he may be beguiled by the grace or the fre 3 k of some little child , or struck by some wandering Sower-scent in the streets , or some effect of sunlight on the evening cioud : but , with these few and rare exceptions , he loses sight of the natural earth , and of its free intercourses , for weeks and months together ; and precious in proprotion—precious beyond his utmost anticipation—are his hours of holiday when st leagxh they come . He gazes at the crescent moon hanging above the woods , and at the long morning shadows on the dewy grass , as if they would vanish before his eyes . Ho is intoxicated with the gurgle of the brook upon the stones , when he seek 3 the trout-stream with his line and basket : the whirring of the wild-bird ' s wing upon the moor ,

      the bursting of the , ehase from cover , the creaking of the harvest-wain—the song of the vine-dressers ^—the laugh of the olive-gatherers—in every land where these sounds are beard , they make a child once more of the statesman who may forjonce have eozae forth to hear them . Sweeter Btill is the leisure-hour with children in the garden or the meadow , and the qoiet stroll with wife _ or sister in the evening , or the gay excursion during a whole day of liberty . If Sunday evenings are rweet to the labourer , whose toils involve but little action of mind , how precious are his rarer holidays to the state-labourer , after the wear and tear of toil like his—after his daily experience of intense thought , of anxiety , and fear ! In the path of snch should spring " the freshest grass , and on their heads should fall the softest of the moonlight and the balmiest of the airs of heaven , if natural rewards are in any proportion to their purchase-money of toiJ .

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      THE CHINA QUESTION . ( From the Times . ) Six weeks or two months ago we were assured , with much exaltation on the part of the Whig newspapers , and reiterated sneers , that our dispute with China , which ought never to have taken place at all , was happily , nay gloriously , settled ; that his Imperial and Celestial Majesty nad sunk under the ieara inspired by the British arms ; that he had , through his Commissioner , submitted to all tho demands of Admiral Elliot ; that three millions sterling had been lodged in the hands of some British authority or other , God knows what , aa compensation to the

      opium merchants for their property , and to the Queen of England for her insulted honour ; that ** security for the future'' had been " tacked to indemnity for the past" by the grant of such concessions on behalf of the commerce of Great Britain as should be dictated by Admiral Elliot , who was described as reigning paramount over the councils ot China . ** Such , " solemnly remarked the Downing-street newspapers , in contemptuous mockery of the Duke of Wellington— " such are the great results accomplished by means of * little wars . " Well , then , we are to be thankful for great results it teetaa—that ia to say , after we are sure of having achieved them ; but , with all deference , not till then .

      Now , where are the proofs of such vast victories t And wheH were they effected , and where ? On Saturday last we published the contents of our own express from Miirseilies , which autioipated all tho Government aud other overland despatches , bringing down the Chinese intelligence from Chusan to tha 24 th of October , and from Canton to Macao to the 3 rd of November . It thence appears that no new successes had been obtained , nor change of any sort experienced , since the date of the former gossipping and blustering correspondence ; that as for tho old successes , they were ail what may be termed "fudge ; " that as for the treaties signed and concessions granted , not an atom of negotiation had so

      much aa commenced , so our " security for the future" was in tha nature of moonahiue ' , that our "indemnity for the past" was pretty much in the same predicament ; that the three millions sterling were precisely where they had ever been—namely , at the bottom of the Celestial exchequer ; that so far from Admiral Elliot reigning paramount at Pekln , he had . been forced to leave Chusan with his tail between his legs , eith « r driven by forco of circumstances , or by stress of humbug , and had repaired to Canton , the furthest extremity of { Jto empire : to what good end , or with what resul : of tho value of a single box of opium , still iit-s over fur tho speculations of the curious .

      At Chosan , where exists the most tangible and enduring , and that a fatal , evidence of tho fbr : uuo by which this expedition of Lord Pa ! av : r =. tou has throughout been visited , there were landed from the British men-of-war upwards of 3 , 'JOO soldiers , EngliBLmen and Indian ? . But of these , liwlc more than 2 , 000 ( 2 , 036 ") remained fi ; for duty , v ,-heu the accounts came away . Sixteen hundred of our fellow-subjects had perisbed or were disabled , without having seen ihe face of aa enemy worth speaking of . But why did Admiral EHiot quit the northern coast of Chia 3 , where he might enjoy , or enforce , if it so pleased him , an easy access to tha seat of

      Government , and the most tit centre of negotiation \ The prevailing belief upon this natter is , that the Admiral yielded , with credulous weakness , to the persuasions of the Chinese Ministers , who did not much relish his near ue ghbourhood to tha capital , and that under their sinister suggestions he crowded sail for Canton at a season of tho year when his return northwards would bo difficult or impossible , and where he might ba kept sitting " Uko Imps . ' tience on a n . or , umtnr-, " until it suited the chicanery of the Court to play eff ? ome new set of malpractices upon the nooaledoin of Lord Minto's brother .

      Thea tehat has been tha fruit of tins famous expedition , iout forth cid maintained at an expeisce of near £ 800 , 000 sterling , to make an example of the sa-calUd swindlers of Canton , and teach them to swallow poison wish a iiucter grace hereafter \ What has Admiral Elliot done ! How much of out Chinese quarrel ha 3 hs SKtil . d 1 How much money has he sa-cited in tho way of compensation to our merchants ? What regulations iu favour of British trade his be wrested from the Chinese Government ? How , s , nd to what exter . t , has he repaid the cost to which his twenty or thirty iutffective pounauts fcavo put this much gulled

      nauon ? Not to the amount of a single sous . At the rate he has gone ou , under , it is to Lo presumed , the instructions of Lord Faluiirston , Admiral Elliot may be two or three years longer among the Chinese seas , giving opportunities to military and navil gjgsipi for sending home cock-and-bull fabrications about the dcings or n on-do ings of tho gallant Admiral , unsil certaiu unwelcome visitors from the Western side of t . . e Atlantic , with a large assortment of stripos aad stars upon their flag , fulfilling the predictions of Commissioner Liu to his master , shall disturb the gallant Admiral in his dreams of settlement with China , and salute his squadron after a different fashion from that pracuaed by tho miserable junks" .

      Lpon tho whole this melancholy war hasbcon produced by tho culpable negligence of the Foreign Secretary of England , ia the ihree year 3 during which he totally failed to send proper orders t \> Capt . Elliott for his guidance throughout a difficult and embarrassing state of our relations with the Government of Canton . The war measures , again , so useloss in thsir origin , have in . their execution proved feeble and discreditable , not a single step in advance towards a pacific settlement having been accomplished since the arrival of the British fleet upon the shores oi ' China . We hopa a balance-sheet will bo called for by one or more of our financiers in the House of Commons ; that on the production of a debtor and creditor account the country may be made distinctly sensible of what sVie has gained in return for what she has sacrificed by this immoral , unsuccessful , and disgraceful contest .

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      BEaMOWDSEY . —A meeting of the working classes took pla « o on Sunday la-t , at Dock Head Chapel , Bermocdsey , when a ' large party sat down to a comfortable tea , aud in the evening were addressed by two of their company , who shewed in a very clever and feeling manner , that tho objection aud indifference to Christianity was owing to the system of Priestianity taking its place ; and so long aa the peopie dealt in proxies in matters of religion , and paid i ' ae raaa for speaking , thinking , and praying for them , so loug would they remain ignoraut of true Christianity , and slaves to ignorant aud designing men . As the promoters of these Sunday meetiDgs will b » held up to scorn and ridicule for desecrating the Sibbath , and depriving tho priests of their authority in matters of religion , wa hope that the iioeral part of the community will give them their countenance and support .

      GBEENOCK Mechanics' Institution . — Defeat of Bigotby , am > Triumph op Liberality . —Ever since the erection of the building for the Mechanics' Institution in this town , there has been a continual struggle , between tho narrow-minded and bigoted minions of the clergy and tiie raoneyocracy on the one side , and the liberal , intelligent , and independent portion of the working classes , on the other , as to how its affairs should be managed , and in whose hands their administration should be vested . This contest , which has been characterised throughout by aiternato victory aud defeat to both parties , was terminated on Tuesday evening last , by the complete and unqualified triumph of the working men . The s&verul interim committees , who have

      hitherto managed the affairs of the institution , wero successively eueatted in drawing up a constitution for its future government , which constitution having been completed , a meeting of the subscribers was called for the above named evening , in order that the result of the committees' labours might be submitted to them . The committee , who have held office for some months back , ( by whom the constitution was fiuaUy completed , } having been elected in an illegal manner , at a packed meeting of the subscribers , and consisting exclusively of tho nominees of the illiberal and priest-ridden portion of the middle and upper classes , had contrived to frame the articles regarding the purposes for which tte building was to be used , and the

      qualification for membership , so as to deprive the working classes of a full participation in its benefits , to exclude them from all share in its management , aud to placo it entirely in tho hands of a despotic and Jesuitical faction . In their efforts to accomplish their nefarious intentions , no means , however despicable , were left ustried . All who dared to dissent from them , or question the authority of their ipsi dixit ^ were denounced as Infidels , Chartists , and Socialists ; as men devoid of principle , who wished to apply the property of the subscribers to their own advantage , and to the furtherance of their own views . For some time previous to the night of meeting , a number of individuals , < the Committee of the Mechanics' Library , ) who

      determined to rescue the institution from the grasp of the worthies to whom we have alluded , had drawn up and published a code of laws , which they meant to propose for the adoption of the subscriberb , in opposition to that prepared by the illegally elected committee of the institution , who were held np to public obloquy and scorn in every possible manner . At the meeting , on the evening above-named , a working man was pat into tho chair , in place of a magistrate . The code of Iaw 3 drawn up by the working men was carried by a large majority , with the proviso added , that it should be liable to amendment in detail . It was also agreed that the Hall should not be let for any purpose on the Sabbath ; aad a proposition that the Hall should not be used for the dtia eminatioa of any principles con-

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      trary to those of Christianity was negatived by a large majority ; the argument in opposition to which proposition was , that there was so much difference of opinion , aa to what was and what was not in aooordanoa with the spirit of Christianity . A new committee was then elected , composed of working men , and all of Liberal principlea ; and , after giving three cheera for the Charter , three for Feargus O'Connor , &o ., the meeting separated . MANCHESTER . —Tehperance . —The temperance cause in Manchester is progressing rapidly

      among the Chartists . Tho following persons wish to have their uames attached to the address of Mr . Henry Viucent . the ltev . W . Hill , &c . : —Mr . James Leech , President of the Provisional Executive , and Chartist Missionary for South Lancashire } Mr . Thomas Davies , President to the South Lancashire Delegate Meeting * and Treasurer to the Local Victim Fund } Mr . Henry Nuttall : Mr . James White ; Mr . Joseph Lcriney ; and Mr . Matthew Green . Th © latter are members of various committees , and zealous aud active individuals .

      SELBY . — Atrocious Cruelty ok the tart of the Poob Law Officers . —A poor man named Wilson , arrived at Selby by a steam-packet on Tuesday , 2 nd inst ., and feeling himsolf unwell , called at a pubiio-houBe near to the landing place , aad informed ihe landlord thathe was entirely destitute of money . In a short time he became so bad as uot to be able to leavo thehouBe ; findin / j which , the landlord applied on his behalf to the assistant OTerseer , and also to the relieving offioer of the : Selby Union , neither of whom did anything for him . The poorfellow ' scase has also been mad « known to the guardians of the

      poor , ana they also have declined rendering the rnau any assistance : the answer returned by the Guardians was , that tho landlord of the inn must take all the responsibility upon himself , and one of the overseers ( a very humane man ) Mr . George Lomher , a methodist preacher , intimated that in the event of the man dying and the landlord not having ( at his own expence ) caused every attention and nourishment to be administered to him , that bis affliction required , he would be chargeable by a coroner's inquest . So much for humanity and the foot Laws , if such they be .

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      A few Fenn y Pieces make a man " very charitable "—small things make a grt-a : result . An U ^ fiuendlt Man is liko a lemon—if you squetza him , you only get acidity out of him . It is now , we believe , definitively settled , that Mr . Wigiuman ia to replace Mr . Justice Littledal * , Fike . —A fire took place lately at Messrs . Strntt ' a works , Belper , which was soon put out by tho females , with tho aid of the engine men . The PaopfiKTV of £ 20 , 000 , left by Mr . Evans to tho chanties of Kilkenny , is about to be placed under the board of charitable bequests . A Reward of . £ 100 has been offered for the apprehension of-Houston Wallace , charged with rhu destruction of the Lucy .

      Sari . Manors' residence , Thoresby HalJ , was broken iuto on ihe 3 rd instant , and a considerable quantity ot' property stolen thorefrom . The Tketotallsrs appear to be progressing a ; Mansfield ; they have just issued an address to tho pubJic on the subject of temperance . The worthless statksman may jurn his coat over and over itgaii ) , but ; lid will uot bo able to hide tha hole . , No fewer than Eiunr fires took place on the < lch iust ., in thu metropolis , and property to a serious extent was consumed . Sir Astley Cooper , who has been dangerously il ] , is Bt > much honor as to warrant tho hope oi hia speedy recovery .

      The youngest Daughter of Princo Canino ( Lnden Bonaj . arte ) , ia about to enter a i'Veucii couveut ai Koine , The British Association have detormined that tho meeting , which h u > take place at Plymouth , shall commence ou the l-: ii of July , and terminate on the 17 th . Geokgk Edwards , late of No . 19 , Sbafte 3 buryterrace , Pimiieo , a retired master britchor , ha 3 , oy his will , bequeathed to the Butchers' Charitable lust nut ion , a legacy of £ 100 . Best Mode of Suicide for Ladies . —Wear thin shoos , lace with a bed-wiuch aud rope , and you may kill yourself without being euspucicd . —New York Herald .

      Distress in London . —So great is the distress iu the Cny of London at tho present time , that it id contemplated to raise a public subscription to relieve it . In February , looo , John Hooper , bishop of Gloucester , was burnt before the door of his cathedral , in that city , during the reign of Queen Mary . Forgery . —At the Central Criminal Court , on Friday , Richard Moore , aged 30 , was sentenced to fifteen ynars trausDortatiou , for uttering a forged note for £ 5 , of tha Salop bank . The name of Mr . Blake , a ] and agent ot Galway , tho son of Sir Valentine Bla-ko , of Menlo-castle , appears iu the Dublin Gazette as a baukrupt . His defalcations are seated at £ 2 i ) M 0 .

      Sudde . \ Death . —On the 4 cli instant , an inquest was held on the body of Mr . Thoinaj Winch , ot Shepperton , who died suddenly whilst in Church . A verdict of '' Natural death , by the visitation of God , ' was raturued . The total import of Wheat during the month ending tho 5 th Jannary , consisted of only 38 , 075 quarters , of wh'ch 3 lil ' A quarters \ vero from our colonies , and 3 i : Ci ) 2 quarters from foreign countries . ' Another Case . —At tho same Court , on tho same day as above , Williain Latham , formerly a dresser of Halifax , was Hcntenccii to transportation for fifteen years , for forging a bill of exchange lor £ 137 13 s .

      Fire—On Sunday night last , about twelve o'clock , Camberwcll old church was completely destroyed by tire—nothing but the bare walls being left standing . The Shipping Gazette says— " We are informed that a considerable sum has been awarded to the proprietors of the James Watt , as compensation for the loss sustained by them in consequence of the detention of the vessel . " The Morning ' Herald , speaking of Lord Morpeth ' s Irish Registration Bill , says , " tko principle involved iu it 3 postscript is the principle of Universal Suffrage , thinly concealed and covered over with a uuminai five-pound qualification . "

      The Gcart ) ia . ns of the Boston Union , at a Board held on Saturday last , ordered The Penny Magazine ' , The Saturday Magazine , and 'Chiwiuem' Edinburgh Journal , to bo taken in regularly for the use of the inmates ef tho Union House . —Lincoln Gas . Melancholx Shipwreck . —We regret to learn that , on Wednesday night , a small sloop , which was in the habk of conveying stores from Fife to Granton Pier , sunk near Burntisland , and a man and boy , who wero on board of her , purished . —Edin * burgh Courant . The monks in Switzerland ( Canton of Argau ) are being dislodged by the military authorities , haviug received in many instances notice to quit in twontyfour hours ; the couveuts are to be sold ; it was said that the nuns had taken an active though secret part in fomenting the late disturbances .

      Man Frozen to Death . —On Sunday morning , the dead body of a young man , name unknown , was discovered in a lane lea . dii / g from Kingston bottom to Richmond . It was . supposed tho deceased had sat down to rest himself , and ( hat lie had fallen asleep , and became a victim to the extreme severity of the weather . Nottingham . —Notwithstanding the immense number of cut-upa made , and the outcry respecting foreign cotton hosiery , there is no branch of the Nottingham trade that ha- * remained so free from fluctuation aa the old full fashioned cotton host ) trade . Wage 3 are certainly very low , but employment , liko tho demand , is constant and uniform .

      Court op Exchequer . —( Saturday . )— Dunn v Angela Burdett Coutts . —The court was occupied a great part of the day with a caso in which tho well-known Mr . Dunn was plaintiff iu an action for false imprisonment . Miss Burdett Coutts appeared as a witness , and was examined at considerable length by Mr . Duna . —Verdict for defendant . In the Central Criminal Court , on the 4 th inst-, two women were separately tried for the wilful murder of their infant illegitimate children . In both caset the jury returned verdicts of "Not Guilty . " One of the prisoners is a widow ; and the body of the child was taken from a sexton , as he was about to inter it , by a policeman . Several marks of violence wore perceived On its neck and face .

      Public Executions . —Mr . Rich has Riven notice that on Tuesday , the l « th of February , he will move for leave to bring in 4 Bill" to prohibit the public execution of criminals , and to provide for their execution within the gaols in which tliey may be confined , before duly appointed authorities , ana a limited number of witnesses . " Thames _ Police . —Thursday , the SthJ being tKu day appointed for the re-examination of Capta ' . n Robert Williman Cook , the master and part owner of the schooner Aligator , aud George Wakehnm , the chief mate of the same vessel , charged with tho wilful murder of William Sago , an apprentice , the prisoners were put to the bar before Mr . Ballaatine The prisoners were commktod for trial .

      Unequal Taxation . —The railway propriet orspay ons-eigtuh of a penny per mile , the stage-co ach \> w f » rietor 8 one-fourth , and the postmaste' ca threo-Lurths of a penny for every passenger thr ; y carryin other words , the individual coacliinaitf r is taxed twice aa heavily , and tho individual po' itmastor six times as heavily , as the great joia ' ,-stock companies . —London paper .

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      Si . Albax ' s Election , —At the final close of the poll , on Tuesday , the numbers were : — Lord ListoweKWhig ) . 236 Mr . Cabbell ( Tory ) „ 194 Majority ——42 ^ MoKJioirxHSHifiE Election . Mr . Tracy , the Liberal candidate , has resigned , and th » representative of the Carlton Club and the Duke of Beaufort , Mr . Octaviug Morgan , will , without opposition , bo returned for the county . No Boy Chimney-sweeps Allowed . —By an Act of Parliament , passed m July , 1840 , on and after the 1 st of January , 1842 , a penalty of not more than £ 10 nor less than £ 5 is imposed upon all persons who shall compel or knowingly allow any young person , under the age of tvrenty-ono year 8 , to ascend a chimney for the purpose of sweeping it , or for extinguishing tne fire therein .

      Fibb . —On Saturday night an extensive fire broke out in the warehouse of Mr . Johnson , a cabmeo and bedstead _ maker , Long-alley , Moorfieidfl . Through the exertions of the neighbours and a strong party of the city police , the stock of the ehop was saved . On an inquiry it was ascertained that the fire had originated through a defective gas-pipe in the warehouse . Mr . Johnson ia insured in the Sun and Union fire-offices . Dr . Channino , in his lecture on war , proposes to alter altogether the military equipments of officers and men , to strip them of all their finery , bo attractive to the vanity of the young—to remove all gaudy colours , all laces , feathers , epaulettes , &c . &c , and to adopt , the most sombre colours for uniforms , as best suited to the dreadful trade of human carnage . This , he thinks , would check , considerably , the lore for military career .

      In a tillage near to Barnsley , thero is living what may be justly styled an industrious man ; at the village church there , he undertakes the following duties , viz : clerk , Bexton , gives out the p .-alms and hymns , leader of tho singing in the orchestra , plays ifiwe-violoncollo , and tolls the bell for service . There is a still more industrious man living in a village near Lincoln , who , to all tha above professions , adds those of grocer , baker , parish constable , and blacksmith . The "Gazette » e Tiubunatjx" reports the trial

      at Toutb of a young EugJishman , named Alcock , who had robbed his employer , a banker at Nottingham , of eight hundred sovereigns , and fled to Boulogne , and thence to Tours . The offence for which he was tried was travelling with a false passport ; but the inost interesting feature ia the j . ffiiii' was ihu refusal of the French auchoritie . s to . surrender him to an English polioofiicer , " as the E : j ^ li » h Government could never bo prevailed upon to deliver up a refugee from France under similar cjrcum .- » : » nccs . " The prisoner was only fined fifteen franc .-, and dkoharged .

      Lord Cardigan ' s Trial . —It is stated that tho fitting up of the House of Lords for the trial of Lord Cardigan will cost £ 2 , 000 . The public have thus to pay £ 2 , 000 because Lord Cardigan was pleased to call out and shoot Mr . Tucketi . This is a piece of feudalism rather too irrational and costly for our times . Cardiaana should bo relegated to the Old Bailey . A dozen duels by Peers in the course of tho year would bo attended with an expence and interruption of the business of Parliament that would compel tho public to cali for mi abrogation « f the absurd privilege of the Peers .

      —Examtner . Sudden Illness of the Duke op Wellington — The Duke of Wellington was , ou Friday evening , seized with sudden indisposition in the House ot Lords . The Noble Duke , as jb his custom , occupied his Ur . ual seat before five o ' clock , and appeared to be in good health and spirits , conversing chearfuily and familiarly with tho Earl of Aberdeeu and Lord Ellenborougb . About , a quarter after five o'clock , tho head oi the Nobio Duko was seen suddenly to droop forward , as tnouith he were fjiutiiig . His arm was immediately Jaid hold of by the Eari vt Abordceu , who , aviated by Lord Eilenborough , removed him instantly from the House . Tue following bulletin was issued on Saturday : — " Apsley Honso , 6 th Feb ., 1 JJ 4 L— The Duko of Wellington has passed a quiet nitht , and is Octtor uus uioruuu ; . -J . It . Humo . "

      Cost of the Rural Police . —Tha ov ^ eers ami select veatried of the townships of Mutter worth , Castleton , Spot ! ai : d ( Waerdalo and WartlJe , and Wardlewor-th , have memorialised tho magistrates of Lancash ; ro to take steps for tho abolition of the new constabulary forco in that county . They state that siaco the very heavy increase of the county rstic , mainly occasioned by the introduction of the new force , the ovyr ^ eers and collectors have found the greatest difficulty ia collecting the poor-rate , so as co meet tho various demands upon it ; that the ratepayers are serious tufferera from this additional tax , which , if persevered in , will involve in ruin many industrious families ; that the memorialists are of opiujon that the condition of the people in these townships requira that bome means of alienating their distress should bo adopted , and that nothing appears more likely to forward that , object than the relieving them from the expenses of thoconstauulary force!—Nottingham Review .

      Seduction and Bigamy . —Joseph N . orris , a nian of mature years , of toi ^ jiin countenance , and ns » st grave depo ' rtmeut , was charged with the fiVG-t ' old ulfuiice of seduction aud bisamy , at Lambeth policeofjlco . It appeared that a young woman named Jane Green applied to Mr . Norton on Thur ^' ay , for a warrant to apprehend i / he prisoner . Mr . Nurion reiposted her to explain the circvuuota \; c- -3 , waoa she stated that tho prisoner was a shoemaker , and devoted his time 011 tho Sabbath to preaching in th-j highways and byways . Jaue not being on f ; oo <; terms with her brother ' s wife , consented to live wkh th *; prisoner and hia secoiid wife . He beeauio at . onco her preceptor and spiritual adviser ; he taught her to read iho Bible , nnd explained to hor passages

      of Scripture : aud , at length , believing that so good a man ititt-niied no harm , she yielded to his wisho ? , and her ruin was iho consequence . Pri .-puer then forsook his home and his wife , and took hispoor deluded victim to live with him . He afterwards cast her off , and she found horsqlf despised and discarded by her friends . Tim magistrate toll the girl , that through hsr own weakness , she had involved herself in ruin . Had sha made the charge when her betrayer first iudocensl f assaulted her , he might have been punished according to his demerits ; but for the seduction , wicked as it had been , there waa no remedy but by an action for damages . The prisoner was then charged with bigamy , and remanded until further evidence couM bo obtained . l

      Thk Failure ok Mlssus . Kkasley , Tanners , of Bkrmo . vdsky . —Since tho bankruptcy oi Messrs ' . Wright , tho bank-vrs of Hounettn-street , Coventgarden , no failure has excited so much astonishment , or has been attended with ? uch melancholy results , as the failure of Messrs . Keasley , tho tanners , in Long lane , Bermondsey . The firm was considered tho riches ; iu that part of London , and the horses and harness were exceeded by no house in town , or , porhapSjtUe world . The Messrs . Keasley had for a , long series of yeara carried ou one of tlw most extensive trades in Bemnondscy , or within five miles of it . The liabilities of tho firm arc variously stated , as amounting from £ lb 0 , G 00 to £ 250 , 000 . The chief

      creditors are reported to be Messrs . Streatfield and Lawrence , leather-Boilers , of Lime-street , to the amount of £ 17 , 000 ; Mr . Sharp , currier , of Russellstreet , Bermondsoy , £ 7 , 000 ; the firm of Warren and Co ., bJacfcing-maktirs , £ 20 , 000 ; Mossrs . Boucher and Mortimer , lent ^ er-t . 'ictors , of the new leather-market , Bermoiidoay , ± 7 , 0 U 0 ; Mr . Vousley , who keeps a publio-housa in Long-lane , £ 2 C 0 , for a chi quo which he cashed , besides a lar ^ o amount owing by the men , who ' * used " his house . The consternation which this bankruptcy h « s caused is great , and has placed out of employ nil , or nearly all , the raeu . Messrs . Keasley are also said to be tho contractors to Government for the paiout leather ifllf , ? .

      Whig Government . —I was passing by a farmhouso th » other day when , in a dry gutter at tho suuny sido of & hcdgi ; , I saw a ca ; , which I immediately perceived was weak with somokiudof suffering . She made a feeblo and iiaffiCtual attempt to catch a larga iiy that was buzzing about her , and , when she saw me , she staggered a few paces up the road , but soon turned aud looked very wistfully at mo . She was nothing but skin and bone , aud could scarcely keep on her legs . I couid not resist hor mute appeal . I went to the housa and toldfthe farmer's dame that h « r cat was very weak with want and must soon dia unlesssho served her . The womansaid — Who worth her ! she may catch mice . " Now tho poor creature might have cleared the placo o £

      mice—at any rate she was too feeble to catch thorn now—and whether this woman , surrounded by plenty , would listen to my appeal , I know not , but i felt at the time , that I could have put tho poor eat out of hear misery , which waald have been nvwro humane Shan to lee her linger in the pangs of starvation . I aia in tne habit , of reflecting much oa the cruelty of our Whig Government , and 1 could not help but turn this incident to account . The unemployed foor oi thu country are hungering to deathneglett ia soraeiimeb murder . Our factions have plenty to riot in and think-not of the wauteofth * jeopla—who , wore they to take of the plant / they bava produced , would be punished for theft by the Blunderers of it . Work has failed , and they are ive

      reduced by want so as to be unable to wors . - inonstate' with government and we shall be tol J the poor are idle , audviishtolWeonthelaboaraof the industrious—they must depend on Providence and their own resources . Do the rich depeud on " r ^ " deuce , or on tho resources of tho poor which they have deprived them of 1 Cats should not be kept ^ to starve ; let alone men , women , and children . Our factions not only hunger the people , but they are guilty of cruelty to animals—this very cat was a victim of the Wnig Government The reader may laugh , if he be so barbarous ; but I can prove K . The heartless depravity of tho Whigs hardens all ranks and degrees beneath them , except the people who Buifor . —Correspojideni .

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      Lawsuit fob a Skull . —The son of the celebrated French physician , M . Pinel , has instituted a lawsuit for the recovery of his father's skull , which had been preserved by M . Esquiro ] , a distinguished pntfl of M . Pinel'e , as a memorial of his master . M . Esquirol is recently dead , and the son of the great physician now puts forward a claim which he had hitherto waived .. ¦; .,-Sudden Death . — On Saturday evening , Mr . Edward Monks , of Mersey-street , Liverpool , who had been ailing for some time previous , fell down in a neighbour ' s house , and instantly expired . Ho was in the o' 2 d year of his age , and from a quantity of blood found in his ¦ house after his decease , it is supposed that he ruptured a blood vessel and bad gone out for assistance . The inquest held on Tuesday , on view of the body , found a verdict of u Died by the visitation of God . " -

      Stereotyping by Galvanism , —Prom the German papers it appears that the electro-galvanio process has been , applied by Herrvon Pultkammer , the editor of a Berlin periodical called the Folk Jreunde , to the making of stereotype plates for letter-press printing .. The saving is said to be considerable , as the value of the sulphate of copper precipitated is trifling compared with the expence of casting plates iu type-metal , especially as the copper plate may bo taken out of tho sulphate trough when very thin , and can be made of any desired thicknasa by laying a coat of melted lead ou the back . ,

      Murder at Horfield . —Since the boy Rndge has been conveyed to Gloacestor , his coat has been examined , and it ia now discovered that it Contains a great many distinct spots of blood which are not to b « mistaken : the sleeveB are particularly marked , and the lining of one of them has been torn out : the lining of the pocket of his trousers was also bloody . —Bristol Times . List of Sheriffs fob 1841 . —( From the Gazette . )—Cnrabcrlajid , J . Robertson Waiker , of Gillgarron , Esq . ; -Derbyshire , J . B . Bowdeii , of Southgate House , E * q . ; Durham , William Russell , of Brancepeth Castle , E ^ q . ; Lmcolnshire , Sir J . C . Thorold , of Syston Park , Bart . ; Northamptonshire , Sir R . H . Gunning , of Horton , Bart . ; Nottinghamshire , Henry Smith , of Wilford , Esq . ; Staffordshire , Thomas Cartwright , of Hill Hall , E . q . ; Yorkshire , Frederick William Thomas Vernoa Weatwortb , of Went worth Castle , Esq .

      Gross BRi / rAi . mEs wvder the Poor Law . —A report h&ying been made to tha Board of Guardians , by Mr . Wier , the Governor , of undue severity exercised by the schoolmaster , Fuller , towards the children , notice was , given from the Guardians to the Poor Law Commissioners ; and on the following Monday , Mr . Alain , ou 9 . <> t tho Assistant Cominissiouers , attended 10 inve ^ iiiiate the charges . From this investigation it appeared lhat he ( Fuller ) had , used very liar . sh means in the correction of a i > oy , named Lilley , aud two others , varying from seven to eleven , years of r , ge , by a stick of ^ ome . substance , tho blows , from which had left se ' vwai severe mark * of punishment . One ol' the children had been niaue to lake off his jacket , au < i he- ' was laid across the form . The

      offences which they hud . conimitted were oi tho most trivial nature—one had he ^ rkcted to learn hi 3 lesson ; a second had carried some snow on his bhues iuto the school-room ; and' the" third ! : a-i made a im .-takein an errand . Mr . Burgas , surgeon lo the Union , and tv / o other medical , geutleiocu , " -era examined , whogive testimony to itie severe manner in which the punishment tod b-en ii ; fl ' -c : ed . The case was then laid before tha Ctjuf Commis-sioner , and au order has been received that Fuller is 10 be immediately discharged . As-saujlt . —A pretty lookinir . young widow , named Mary Catalia , residing at No . 0 , Clarendou-jilace , Komers' Town , preferred a c : > a . rg 9 « f as « tulc , at ¦ Marylvihon ' o pohctf-ofike , on Saturday , a&a-inst Don Narci .-sa Avilec , a teacher <> f t ! i f - guitar , SI , Upper Seymour-street , EiWon-couarn . From the tv . ueuce

      of complainant it af > pe :: ix"J that defendant was in possession of soni-, papers and o-her articles which had belonged to her Uie husband , and that-on her applying to him ( defeiiaa . : *) or t ! : < e > said property , a few days since , be not only refi ..--ed to deliver it up , bnt thrust her with' much vioieuc © into the road . She was considerably bruised upon tho kn ! i' 3 ic ; by allowing him to ** inspect" her shou ; d h- iln ' tik fii u > do so . Air . Cha-rfwiek smiled , aii-1 said tl ;» -re w ^ s no occasion , for that , her statement upon Oi . th' beiiig quite siifSde » t . Tho defendant denied having violently » sp .-iiiited the comp-a' . ii ' aiit , wi , Lt , bs ail- 'gcd by him , Ciiied him a rot ; u , _ ami otiur vila t . anr s , beiore he l . 'tid hsr . dx upon h ' . r as a ;! . S ' .-v « r ' ai w ; tne set- , pro and twi , were exar-. inrd ; aud deien < Ja ; ii ; was eonvice ( in the penalty of ' QDs . ami costb .

      The Frankfort Ukbhan PAVtuof the 11 th of January , 1841 , contains the following marvellous prophesy : — " In the French Pyrennees , Haut Commin *; o , there lives in ^ reat poverty aud sponsion from tiiri world , an ol-i niavi named'Bug de Mil has . who for more than b-If a century h ; is beeu looked upon by his countrymen as a prophet ; but he has tin ' ofu ; n promulgated liispredietions . "In tho" year 1780 , he foretold the r < svolu « . Mu of-1789 ; the rise of Napoleon in 3793 , and his fall in 1012 ; and in 1828 , he predicted tho revolution of July , 1830 . Since then he has remain' -duiute . until now , when he t ^ nds forth tho follw'ijg astounding prophecy , rjrit iu 18 V 2 , am ? will naaiu break out , in -vrhich GTeat Britain will be aiiiiibilated ¦ ' Paris indued to a mers spot , and priests and lawyers disappear . Hiwovcr crazy initH-. separafe predictions this last prophecy may npppar , it is ereatin . ira great sensation in a large part ot' France , amongst tha fauperstitious

      Bethlem Hcspital . —A corre ^ pondeiico has taken place between the Marquis of N « rmanby and Sir Peier Laurie , the President of Bflthlem Hospital . Tho rtlarq'ris , ac the request of Sir Peier , appointed two physicians to examine into the treatment of criminal lunatics in Bethlem , that , as the minister officially rcsponsiW p , he , might be able to form an opiuion on tho subject . The physicians made the inquiry , and gave in their report ; and Lord Nor-Oianby , in comtauuicating the report to the President , thought it necessary , to accompany it with some additional observations , '" not only on the origin of the complaint , on which some stronger language had been used by the Governors in their letter to the Noble Marquis than he thought was

      borne out by tho course of the examination , but ; also on the conduct of some of the servants , and the condition of the patients ; the effect of which observations was to qualify the approbation he should otherwise have been supposed completely to share . " Tho report , without the accompanying letter , was published iu tho morning papers ; and when Sir Peter is asked why this partial publication took place , he very cavalierly answers , ' The Committee being of opinion that thefeportof the physicians , founded , * s it ia , upon a careful and unprejudiced personal inquiry into . the whole circumstances , should be sent to the Governors to their opinion , without comment or observation , is the only reasoa that your LordsMps ' s letter was not also circulated . " Sir Peter , wrapt up ia the idea of his own consequence , deals with the Home Secretary a 3 if his opinion were of no more importance tb . au lhat of a blind fiddler ; and it . beciim ^ necessary for the

      Noble Marquis to remind him of the position in which ho stood , and that Sir Peter was not justified in treating his communication " as that of an indifferent person , instead of the opinion of ono whose imperative duty ia to watch over and correct any abuses in the treatment of criminal lunatics . "Morning Chronicle . Ox Mosday jroawrwa , at a quarter before six o ' clock , an explosion took placo at the extensive distilleary belonging to Messrs . . Sealer and Evans , situate at Milbank , Westminster . It appears that the large still becaraa overcharged and exploded , forcing off the extensive roof of tho still-bouse ; a quantity of spirits became ignited , and the utmost alarm prevailed for tho safety of tho extensive building and stock . The fjre-en # irics , with a large body of the brigade-men , were- promptly in attendance * and by great oxertions succeeded in arresting ihe progress of tho fl&mes . Considerable damage has been sustained to the building , but fortunately not any person received injury ., r

      Charge of Famishing a Child . — -On , Saturday , at the Police-office , there were placed before Mr . Rush ton an elderly man and woman , who we » charged with havi » g systematically starved a " child . The male prisoner was the father of the boy , and the woman was his iwmsekeEpor . There- came forward , as accusers , ' severat-female , neighboujs of tho prisoners , and one of them bore in her adraas a child apparently about twelve months old , but in reality of the age of six years . Its face was of a death-like aspect , it was shockingly- thin asd shrunken ^ and when its limbs wero exhibited ^ there ran a tbiill of horror through most of the spociators , who averted thoir faces from the sight . The witnesses all concurred in stating as th » ir belief that the child was

      starved , and they added that when it went * ato any of the nottsea of the neighbwra , ii wonld point to the bread ia ararenous Baaaner , and refttsetogo away unless food was giwsn to it . It invariably acted ia a aimilar way when it saw another chad with any victuals . One of . the witnesses ^ , who had known the boy for three jears , stated that it was a fine healthy child whett'She first knew it , and could then walk ; but now it could scarcely go about , and was generally confined to the garret . It at © greedily whatever food was given it . They could uot say whether it hadhid& diseaae that would produce emaciation . A surgeon who kad examined ¦

      the child stated , however , that it laboured under disease of themesentrio glands . He judged so from the swelling of tho abdomen , and the voracity of the appetite both of which were symptoms of the disease . When the mesentirio glands axe affected , nourishment is prevented from entering the system . Tho female prisoner said " L bare fed him till I thought he would have died . Wheanii £ teu 4 u | n filled near to bursting , he would ^ y ^ gjg gBndT « a | jt *^ moat as though he was starved ^ * cJ 3 & £ &' $ 91 & 25 & ware discharged , but feprimandeff % ^ jj ^^ K | NHn ^ r \ for some slighter negligence wMjrtm&tjj iQiiiifffllJQj \ the chQd , which had ^ eeujbn ^^ ffiKSSw § £ > . denoe .-Zw « y «( rfniwfc WS ^^^^ N § $ 1

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct366/page/3/