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    • THE tfOBTHEfiir STAR. SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1841.
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      CHABTIST SONS . BT £ . HEAD , T O"E—March to the Battle Field . Hark ! * tia the trumpet call Of liberty is pealing , Bouse Britons , one &nd all , Your majesty revealing ; Bouse from you leaden sleep , Death is in joar slumber , Bise like the mighty deep , Its billows load outnumber .

      SHOE . CS . press round the standard , press , Xe ' er for lao « fearter , Your -wires and children ' s happiness , Stand firm for freedom ' s Charter . press round oar standard true , Again , behold , ti « flaunting , Defiance to the despot tew , And all their idle -vaunting ; W hig and Tory wrath we'll brave , And boldly bid defiance , T o courtly fool and priestly knave , On heaven ' a our sole reliance .

      CHORUS . Press ronnd the standard , press , Ke'er your free rights barter , Universal happiness , Is in our glorious Charter ! jCought but freemen ' s rights we ' fo ' m , All men's right * respecting , L iberty ! thy sacred name ! Thy » W "" alone protecting ; S-wesr by freedom ' s holy name , By her to stand or fall man , Spurn a coward Tassal ' s chain , Your watchword one and all man . CHOBrs . Pre ss round the standard , press , Ne ' er your free rights barter , rwTeral happiness , Is in onr glorious Charter !

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      * w ODE TO FREEDOM . Freedom , I would not thy banner stain With ore single drop from a human rein , England's bright diadem to gain , Her power , her kingdoms three ; Or o ' er her hundred millions reign . If iuman life the pr ice would be . Jfo trophies 1 want from the battle field , 2 fo blood bought triumphs war can yield , freedom , I would no : soil thy shield With breath of dying warrior ' s sigh ; Js ' or would I thy strong bulwarks build "Midst widow's tears , or orphan ' s cry . Yet would I'd dared the deadly strife , And in that struggle lost a life , Pregnant with woe and horror rife , Thin like a felon thus to lie , Bobb'd of my friends and faithful wife , Condemned to silent slavery . yo thirst of gold , no lore of gain , With crime my conscience ere did stain , jbough traitors did a Tietim gain In me , by deeds of knavery ; Yet public shame will brand their name , With acts of foulest treachery .

      fis true I Britain's freedom sought , And freedom's moral battle fought , "lia tree I songht to mend the lot Of suffering humanity , And drive oppression from the cot , Of labour , toil , and honesty . But hnsh , my muse , come clip your wing , For even thy Borrows ye dare not sing , yor expression give to th « woes that wring Thy breast with anguish and with grief , Though voice to thy Borrows might bring To thy sufferings relief . The th oughts of the slave are no longer free , My master's mandate would reach even thee , Thou spark of immortality ; Though free as the white sea foam , And meant by thy Maker eternally

      Through his boundless works to roam . Yet man , proud man ! would trammel thse , Thou soul of love , life , and liberty , Who art , than tide or wind more free , But proof of the powtr of God ; Illimitable thought ! who would trammel thee , May dread the Almighty ' s rod . 3 fo more for me Scotland ' s woods will ring , With joy awaked by the voice of spring , Or the laverock sweet in the welkin sing , His anthem my breast to move , And each feather'd warbler his tribute bring Of song to freedom and love .

      Ah . ' dear to me Scotland thy mossy rills , Thy silent streams—thy heatteery hills , — Thy wide spread moors—thy storay fells , Round whose summit the "wild earn soars , Th « dreams of which yet my bosom fills , With love to tiay rough rugg'd shores . But dearer by far than thy rugged strand , ( And oh ! how dear is that mountain land , And the memory blest of her patriot band , That defied e'en the power of prond Borne , ) That affectionate heart , and smile so bland , - That tu mine in my humble kome .

      > o more for me the beauteous Tay , Will wind htr wild and romantic way , Where oft I have passed the lee-lang day , Her wild woodland banks among ; Or listen'd enraptured the mavis ' s lay , Or the cheerful laverock ' s song . Ko more in that pure mountain wave Hy sportive limbs with glee I'll lave , With buoyant breast her billows brave , Which her yielding waters part , Alas . ' I am now that thing—a slave ! With a woful and breaking heart . Bnt quiet rny soul , nor dare repine , There is joy beyond the bounds of time , The patriot ' s Gvd he & till is thine ,

      Thy hiding place , thy guard , and shield , Wio has for thee happiness divine , Far more than earth can yield . He , who permits the storm to rave , Can still the ocean's wildest wave , And inspire tiy suffering heart to brave The tyrant ' s vengeful power ; Tat his Almighty arm is strong to Bave » In sorrow ' * murkiest hour . . , Though freedom ' s opening days o ' ercast , Though fierce the storm and loud the blast , This night of sorrow will not last , Even now there ' s a glorious morn Approachiig , whose brighfning will radiance cast Through the gloom of the Hi « mni storm .

      Even now the genius of freedom stands , Smiling brave on her patriot bands , Who yei will free her favour ^ land , From tyrant's chains and slavery , And her meteor flag wave o ' er the strand , In freedom ' s bloodless victory . The thought of home my bosom cheers , As through the mist of tedious years , freedom ' s approaching day appears , That longM for day , still distant far ; ' For clouds , and storms , and doubts , and fears , The plessant prospect often mar . Still that fond hope in my bosom burns , I dream of joy that ne ' er returns , Of that loved one whose fond heart mourns ,

      For the husband she vainly toils to save , Whose zchlng heart and fast wafting form , Will shelter soon in the friendly grave . When God decrees 111 glad obey , Asd shuffle eff the mortal clay , And cheerful wing my willing way , Far from this earthly realm ef night , Io l&ik in the uncreated ray Of the Almighty ' s living light . The great invisible is seen In each Sowrtt sweet that scents the green , Aj ¦ we ' ll as in yon starry sheen , That gilds the ar « h of heaven , But man ' s corrupted powers I ween , Are taix'd so math with sinful leaven ,

      He sees not the great propelling power , That bids planets roll , or thunders roar , Marks no design in each beauteous flower , That adorns the hill and the sunken glen , Though felt &nd acknowledged that unseen power , By all but blinded sinful men . Sat the pure and regenerated soul , * kkased f rom passion ' s blind control . While endless ages ceaseless roll , Their awfsl , everlasting flight , Xhe wanders of love will engross the whole Of tht soul ' s desires with fresh delight

      C ation ' s wonders it then shall scan , £ <* ' * mercy admire in the marveUoiu plan , r&w salvation brought to sinful man , And , adoring with awe , behold Tb * glory of God in the face of the lamb , Whoae love for us can ae ' er be told . 3 ften I'll welcome my lore to that happy shore , " fcere the savage tyrant * rage it o '« r , n here enrs'd oppression ' s voice no more , * ^ By the sufferer ' s esr ia heard , n tan , feakiag in love uamixed and pure , The patriot reaps his rich reward . ) UwJ Rob kit Psddib . *«*** T Hone of Correction , aut AptiLiga .

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      AMERICA , We have reserved a copy of the New York Sun . dated the 10 th nit ., from which we present onr readers with the following : — Thb Fpnekal op the laib American Prbsidknt at Washington . —The mortal remains of the late President were interred with appropriate lionoora on Wednesday . The funeral waa conducted with great propriety—with pomp and solemnity . A vast multitude attended . Uniform companies from the cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia , united with those of the District , aad these , added to several bodies of United States troops drawn in from the neighbouring posts , made a very imposing military display . Several bands of fine music led different

      sections of the military array , and , with melancholy strains blended the sympathies of the people . The whole procession , including a large concourse of citizens from the neighbouring States , filled the Pennsylvania Avenue to a very great extent . The houses immediately on the Avenue were for the most part hung with black drapery , and the windows were crowded with fair faces . The day was soft and beautiful , enabling the immense throng ( a great many of whom were on foot ) to attend the remains they honoured to the place of sepulture , some two or three miles from the President's

      mansion . There , the last rites being paid , and the body deposited in the tomb , the scene was closed bj the firing of cannon and volleys of small arms . Throughout the day minute guns were fired ; and during the procession the bells of the city tolled . Veto ojc the Bank Bill . —The Hanisburg correspondent of the PeHnsylvanian , under the date of April 8 th , writes— " The Governor ha < 3 just sent in his Veto of the Bank Bill . It is an admirable document , and elicits the approbation of friends and foes . Messrs . Reed and Spaekman , of the Senate , have spoken of it in terms of warm commendation . "

      United States Bask . —There was a tremendons meeting of the stockholders on Thursday . Resolutions were passed in favour of changing the name of the institution , and reducing the capital to fourteen millions of dollars . A very extensive change was made among the officers of the bank , and it has passed almost entirely into new hands . Suspension op Sp £ Cib Payments . —The banks at Richmond formally suspended specie payments on the 6 th April . Business of Louisville reviving . —For the last tea daja- oar streets hai e assumed an aspect of business aud bustle , such as has sot been known here for ihe last three years . We are told by our merchants , that warehouses , which for that time have stood entirely empty , are now nearly all filled . It is thought that the spring stock of goods brought out by our m . rchants will fail considerably short of the demand .

      Robbery and Excitement . —The Yicksburgh Sentinel states tnat the recent fraud practised in the Union Bank by Dr . Morgan , the president , and Mr . Kearney , one of the directors , in abducting a Treasury warrant of twenty thousand dollars , and applying it to the use of Kearney , without the authority of the board , has produced much excitement in that city . The Sentinel says , " there * is a strong disposition among our citizens to unite and go to Clinton to compel the swindlers to return the warrant , or give them a taste of Judge Lynch ' s code . "

      FIVE DATS LATER FBOH NEW TORK . Liverpool , Sunday evening , Seven o'Clock . The royal mail steam-ship , Acadia , has just arrived , by which we have received papers from New York to the 17 th ult . The Acadia sailed from Boston on the 17 ih , and from Halifax on the 20 th , at noon , performing the voyage in twelve days . She brings seventy-five passengers . Up to the time of the Acadia's Bailing nothing had been heard of the President steamer . The intelligence contained in these papers is not of great importance .

      In Canada the elections for the united provinces , which are the only subject of public interest mentioned in these papers , appear to be going in favour of the Government or Constitutional party . In Lovrer Canada the French party has a majority of six , but in the United Legislature they are in a minority of twelve . The whole number of members returned is eighty-four .

      FRANCE . ( From the Correspondent of the Examiner . ) The Legitimist party has never recovered the fatal blow dealt it in 1830 . AH ita hopes and attempts , at home and abroad , have failed . The Duchess of Berry ' s campaign ended ludicrously for her and for her friends . Foreign powers fell off , one by one , from their attachment to the fallen dynasty , and even Russia adopted a branch of the Bonapartes , instead of the grandson of Charles the Tenth . The clergy for some years remained true to the memory and regime of the elder Bourbons ; but by degrees the old prelates have died away . New men and a new political spirit have got possession of the Gallican church , and eve * Rome has become completely reconciled to Louis Philippe , nay , created three cardinals of his choice . One of these is M . de Ronald , so renowned under Louis the Eighteenth for hb philosophical writings , in which he sought

      to overthrow revolutionary creeds by sacerdotal ones , and the sovereignty of the people by divine right . M . de Ronald has come round to acknowledge the divine right of the dynasty of July . Another religions writer in the time of the elder Bourbons was De Lamennais , who thundered at the revolutionary French for their indifference in religious matters . De Lamennais has come round , not merely to Louis Philippe , but to the farthest point of the revolutionary compass , and whatever he preaches , he at least preaches no restoration . All the eminent civilians , too , whom one might expect to find attached to Carlism , have either openly or covertly deserted it . Lamartine and Montalembert have completely rallied to the house of Orleans ; and if Berryer has not done so to the dynasty , he has at least accepted the consequences of the revolution of July . He supports Thiers , and may be considered the political ally of the minister most hostile to the policy of the elder Bourbons .

      In this general decline and diminution of the Carlist party in France , it still , however , contains some rancorous spirits , whose object is not so much to restore the fallen as to avenge it , by pouring all the obloquy possible on Louis Philippe . Hence the letters , wnich have been attributed to him , and which have been published . The first batch , written when the Duke of Orleans was ia the Mediterranean to the Count d'Entraigiues , have all the appearance of truth . The others , said to have been purloined from the cabinet of Prince Talleyrand , appear from the tenor to be false . The first were published in the Gazette de France , and were

      allowed to pass unquestioned . But when the second appeared , the Prccureur General ordered them to be seized , as well as the editors of the papers , against whom he commenced an action of forgery . On this charge he was able to keep them in prison for a month , but not being able to sustain it , he let them loose . Bnt still the prosecution was carried on for libel on the King . Now the only libel or offense lay in the forgery , the proof of which was abandoned ; but Btill the Procureur General went to the jury . The consequence was of course an acquittal , a considerable scandale , and the great triumph of the Carlists . The Court organ of PariB threw the blame on the jury , but the Prccureur General was alone to blame .

      This functionary will but ill repair his fault by committing the grosser one of a crusade against the press . The execrable September laws permit editors of journals to be judged , in two or three cases , by the judges , not by the jury . Thus , if a partial report is given of a trial , the presiding judge has the power to summon , fine , and imprisou the editors . This plan is now followed with the Gaxette de France , and is a bad sample of the rigour of the Perrii school . The National is to be brought before the Court of Correctional Police on some similar pretext . In short , that Fieschi code , which M . Thiers and M . Barrot wrongly tolerated , can at any time crush the press , by depriving it of the guarantee of a jury .

      The Carlist party has shown its activity in another way . It has published a manifesto by the Couut de Villele , the old finance Minister of the Restoration , accusing the Government , which arose in July , 1830 , and which has continued since , of tremendons prodigality . These reproaches have , unfortunately , some foundation in fact ; since the French annual expenditure , which was under forty millions sterling during the Restoration , has risen to well nigh sixty millions . There are excuses for this surplus expenditure ; but there is certainly not enough to show in the way of gain to the French contribuable for the enormous increase in his burdens . Seeing these lavish results , this disorder in the finances , the ex-minister of Charles the Tenth exclaims that the French are not equal to the task of self-government , and that the more the people meddle in that task , the worse will it be performed . The Count is somewhat right , if his remarks be confined to

      late events . But France ia still young m political experience , and ihe experience of the last year will not be lost upon her . If M . Villele pleads that despotism is a cheaper and better government , the Lonis Piilippist Trill point oat to iota the results of Louis the Fourteenth ' s and Napoleon's reigns . M . de Villele would remedy all by universal suffrage , that is , by the peasantry electing the landholders for electors , and these electors choosing deputies . Ho thinks , with Borne reason , that this double mode of election would do away with the nonsense of parliamentary government , and restore Henry- the Fifth's . The Court is nnch chagrined at the issue of the trial of La France , bnt Louis Philippe himself has shaken off the annoyance : he has been visiting the fortifications , laying the first stones of a variety of bastions , and has been welcomed by the lond acclamations of the Ba * ens and their men , and by tae

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      troops employed , who , of course , get an extra portion of drink on the occasion . The sound of popularity was new to Loots Philippe , and delightful to him , and he hw drawn the happiest presages for himself , his policy , and his fortifications , although ia reality the applause was that of masons for the most liberal employer of masons that ever reigned . M . Guizot . through Prince Metternich , is hammering the Eastern question into some shape , and the Divan is about to confer upon Mehemet Ali the same dominions , power , and conditions which it had agreed to give , and he to accept , at the commencement of 1839 . Thus , after three years ' squabbling , and negotiating , and fighting , the Levant question come 3 back preciselv to the same point at which it

      was before the untoward affair of Nezib . Previous to that , as we learn from the volume of State Papers just published , the Porte had agreed to offer to the Pacha the hereditary government of Egypt , provided he would give up Syria . France , England , Austria , and Russia approved of the terms , and Mehemet would have accepted them , when the affair of Nezib occurred . The affairs of Acre and Kalat Meidan have undone Nezib , and that is all . France with all her outcry , is no worse off in the Levant than she was in 1139 , and England with all her triumphs , is no better . The Pacha has bad a cheek and fright , but in reality he ought to be very well contended , for , I repeat , he will get all that he could have hoped in March , 1839 .

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      Lord Beocgham left Rome for Naples on the loth ult . Worse and Wohse . — It is said that the new census will cost the country about £ 500 , 000 . It is not many years ago that the salary of the Chief Baron was £ 3 , 500 only—it is now £ 7 , 001 . An Island has been discovered between the Cape of Good Hope and Australia , in which there are valuable coal mines . Thk Eakl Percy , loading at Maranham , for Liverpool , took fire on the Uth of March , burnt to the water ' s edge , and sank . Executions . —In the year 1821 there were 114 executions in England and Wales . In 1828 the number was reduced to 58 , in 1836 to 17 , and in 1138 it was only six .

      The Glasgow Herald quotes from the Edinburgh Post a report of the disappearance of a government official , a defaulter to the amount of £ 10 , 000 . His income was £ 2 , 000 a year . A Monument to Lord Collingwood is about to be erected at Tynemouih . It will stand on a pedestal forty feet high , and the top of the figure will be seventy feet from the ground . An insolvent , whose discharge on Tuesday waa not opposed , had been lying fourteen months in Whitecrops-street prison , being too poor to pay the expenses of the application to be discharged . Sybia is now finally evacuated by the Egyptian army , the last division , under Menekli Pacha , having embarked for Alexandria at Gaza , on board a Turkish frigate , on the 27 th of February .

      Jesuits . —It has been calculated that the Jesuits , before the suppression of their order , possessed in various parts of the world a revenue of '^ 73 , 000 , 000 f . The society comprised 22 , 589 individuals . The Execution er Anticipated . —Edward Chubbi npon whom sentence of death was passed at the last Ruthin assizes , for the murder of Evan Evans , a gamekeeper , has expired in gaol . Death op Mr , Luke Hansard , printer , to the House op Commons . —This gentleman breathed his last on Wednesday evening week , at about a quarter after seven o ' clock , at his country residence . Mr . Hansard was in his 61 st year . Thb betubns of the average aggregate amount of notes in circulation in England and Wales , by private banks and by joint-stocks , from the 26 th December , 1840 , to the 27 th March , 1841 , are—Private banks , £ 6 , 322 . 579 ; Joint-stock banks , 3 , 644 , 258 .

      Pjunce Albert is said to have given manifestations of the most undoubted symptoms of consumption . He has spit blood repeatedly , and is under strict regulations as to diet and exercise . Government have it in contemplation to repeal the Pawnbrokiug Act , and in every locality in IrelaDd to substitute loan funds , by which the poor will be accommodated with sums from 2 s . 6 d . upwards . —Limerick Chronicle . The New Poor , Law in London . —A . statement of the number of admissions for one week to the Refuge of the West London Union Workhouse : — 1 above 60 years of age ; 6 above 40 ; 14 about 30 ; 47 above 20 ; 241 under 29 . Total , 300 .

      Custom of the Country . —In a recent trial at Carnarvonshire assizes , for loss of services , &c , the " custom of the country" in favour of courting in bed , was admitted to rebut the father ' s apparent want of caution . " It was not proved , " said Justice Williams , "that the father had not shown that care and caution in the custody of his child , which Welshmen of his condition should take . " Just in Time . —A few days ago the wife of a man employed at the Lyceum of Manheim , having , as it was believed , expired , and her death been duly certified by a surgeon , who at the same time practises as a barber , was ordered to be buried ; but at the moment of screwing down the coffin she opened her eyes and smiled ! She has since remained in a weak state , but is gradually setting better .

      Something New . —A Dr . Beck flatters himself with having discovering a method of propelling ships up &pd down the most rapid rivers without the aid of wind , steam , or towage . According to the plan the ships are moved by the power of the water alone with a regular degree of rapidity which may be increased or diminished at pleasnre . Fires , London . —On Friday night week , the inhabitants of Albemarle street were alarmed by the cries of fire , at the Bame time the numerous persons who were residing at Stewart ' s Hotel were rushing out . This splendid establishment , which consisted of two of the largest-sized houses , and close to the Earl of Mansfield ' s , was in one body of name . It was totally destroyed . A fire was discovered on Friday morning week to have broken out in the Carlton Club-house , Pall Mall . It was soon extinguished .

      Comparative Value or Lifk . —A letter from Aksbehr states that a Turkish soldier having killed an Armenian , in a quarrel , was prosecuted by the family of the victim , before the Shoura , or city Council , by which he was absolved under the plea " that a Mussulman must kill two Ray as before ho can be convicted . " —An affray took place at Smyrna on the evening of the 7 th , between some Greek and English seamen . One of the latter having been stabbed with a knife , the police interfered , arrested several of the rioters , aud closed the Coffee-house in which the dispute arose .

      Sheep and Lambs' Wool . —By a return moved for by Mr . Baines , M . P ., we find that the total quantity of sheep and lambs' -wool imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1840 , was 49 , 448 , ll 41 bs ( including the IsJe of Man ) , of which 21 , 8 i 2 , 099 was imported from Germany . The total quantity of British sheep and lambs' wool exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1840 , was 4 , 810 , 38 ? lb ., ai ) d the total quantity of woollen and worsted yarn , 3 , 796 , 6441 b . The declared value of British woollen manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in li 40 is stated by the above return to be £ 5 ^ 27 . 853 .

      Cost of Le « islation to the Country . —The expenses to be paid by the public , for the executive of the Houses of Parliament , amount to £ 118 , 935 . As about one hundred and twenty acta pass each session , it would appear that the average cost of each is nearly £ 1 , 000 . If to this be added the innumerable expencea to which individuals are subjected in promoting and opposing bills during their progress , it will show that the process of legislation is even more expensive than is generally supposed .

      On Wednesday , the 28 th ult ., the Reverend Mark Waters waa tried before three clergymen , as Commissioners appointed by the Bishop of Norwich , at Southtown , for attempting the chastity of Ann Laws , the wife of a sailmaker . The case excited much interest in the place , and the town was crowded by the gentry and clergy of the neighbourhood . It was stated in evidence , that Mr . Water had caused a note to be dropped into Mrs . Laws ' s basket at market ; and that 8 he kept the appointment , while her husband watched . There was some contradiction between the witnesses ; and the Commissioners decided , tliat although Mr . Waters's conduct had been highly objectionable , yet there was not evidence to warrant iurthes proceedings .

      American Presidents . —The federal Government , np to the 4 th of March , 1841 , has been in operation fifty-two years . During that period there have been eight Presidents of the United States , of which number three are still living , viz ., Messrs . Adams , Jackson , and Van Buren . Tho following is the order in which they served , and the duration of their service , viz .-. —General Washington , of Virginia , eight years ; John Adams , of Massachusetts , four years ; Thomas Jefferson , of Virginia , eight years ; James Madison , of Virginia , eight years ; James Munro , of Virginia , eight years ; John Q . Adams , of Massachossetts , four years ; Andrew Jackson , of Tennessee , eight years \ Martin Van Buren , of New York , four years . To these is to be added , since the

      4 th of March , General Harrison and Mr . xyier . No Eyebt-dat Things . —At a shop window in Fleet-street , a handsomely-framed placard infonns nB that the proprietor" keeps " a depot for * harps and to be obtained within a medicine " which is warranted to cure all disorders incident to the human frame . A few doors from the above-mentioned place , the window of a fishiM-tackle warehouse exhibits the perfect " anatomy * ' of a mousey which was starved to death and footfd ia cane belonging to a fishing rod 1 At the sho p window of a gas-fitter in the immediate neighbourhood ib the skeleton of a rat , found in a small box in th « rmna of the Royal Exchange . On the box is affixed » placard , of which the following is » literal copy s" This ratt was discovd moDg the rttnes , and u a urosity—Only 19 shilliBg */ 1

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      Sutoat Railway Thavbixiiio . —The opinions © f Mr . Home and those of Mr . Plumptre regarding raTliray travelling , y erge to opposite points of the compass . Mr . Plamptre would stop all the ateamengmes on Sundays , and make the entire population stationary on that day , for the purpose of maineammetluy sanctity of the Sabbath . Mr . Hume , on the other hand , would hare a clause introduced in eyery natlway BUI , making it compulmry on the directors of all railways to earry the mails on Sunday , as well as other days , and , of course , to carry also

      passengers . A clause like this would , of course , defeat . . . the views of any particularly pious district , in which it might be determined to forbid the trains from progressing , on that day , on the Jack Rag principle of toothing being " moving" but " stagnation" on the Sabbath . So much mischief would result from the power to prevent railway travelling on sunday—the convenience of the many would be so completely saorifioed to the scruples of the few , that it would be infinitely better to make the directors go ahead" on that day , than force the people to stay at home for the lack of public conveyances . —Sattrut .

      Interesting Statistics . —During the debate in the Chamber of Peere one day lately , on the Customs Duties' Bill , the Minister of Commerce and Agricnlture , M . Cunin Gridaine , stated some remarkable facts relative to the consumption of butchers' meat in Great Britain and Prance , which maynot be uninteresting- } > . ' . < In England one-half of the land is devoted to pasture , or to producing food for cattle intended for consumption . In France one fifth onl y of the soil is allocated for that purpose . In England the individual consumption of butchers' meat is 1341 b . ; in France it is only 281 b .

      , to whioh may be added 181 b . of pork . In 1789 the individual consumption of meat in Paris was 1381 b ., and now that the population is nearly doubled , the aggregate consumption is diminished . In England each ox brought to market averages JOftlb . ; in France not more than from 4001 b . to 6001 b . In the production of cattle for consumption France is inferior , and means ought to be adopted to remedy this evil . It is the duty of the Government to submit the legislative measures which it considers necessary for that purpose to the Chambers , and it will fulfil that duty with zeal and earnestness . "

      The Rights of the Poon . —Lammas Land . — John Stanton , a costermonger , residing at Walhamgreen , was summoned to Kensington Police-office , on Saturday , before Mr . T . Paynter , the sitting magistrate , on the singular charge of having fed a horse in a lane leading from Fulham to Walhamgreen . The summons , which was granted under tho new police act ( 1 st and 2 d Victoria , cap . 47 , soc . 55 , ) set forth that he "did on the 22 d of April last , in a certain thoroughfare in the parish of Fulham , unlawfully feed a certain horse to the annoyance of the inhabitants then being in the said thoroughfare , " whereby he had incurred a penalty of not exoeeding 48 s . The complainant , ( Mr . Win . . Goaler , market gardener , of Fulham-fields , ) deposed that while in

      his own grounds between six and seven o ' clock in the evening of the day in questioH , he saw the defendant in the lane adjoining , with a horse , which he held by a halter . The horse was feeding , not from a nose bag , but by cropping the grass at the sido of the lane . He was there with it for upwards of two horse , and the Bame horse had been there with a bag in the afternoon , when it had damaged the fence . In answer to questions by the magistrate , the complainant acknowledged that the lane was not his property , neither had he the fe » simple . The defen : dant did not deny having fed the horse there . There were , he said , no inhabitants there to bo annoyed . It was a parish road , where he had himself been in the habit of feeding his horses for the last twenty

      years , without molestation . It had been the custom to do so from time immemorial , it being Lammas land . He had for years known the ground thrown open to the poor every Lammas-day , and he had even seen the gate forced off by teams of horses . He therefore only claimed a right which he , as well as other poor persons in the parish , were entitled to . Mr . Paynter said ho could not make up his mind to convict under the act in such a case , especially as the complainant had set up no claim of ri # ht . If , however , he allowed his horse'to injure the fences * he would be liable for the wilful damage . The summons was accordingly dismissed . Trying the Patience op Job .- — "I tell yeragin I won't sittle it , but means to take it into court . "" You had better though , for I means to swear that

      I ve fourteen kids to keep , and then they are safe to put me down for 6 d . a week . "—' You're willain enough to swear anythink , but I'll circumwent you , young cockalorum . ''—The above confab took place at the London Borough Court of Requests , on Saturday , in the rear of the court , between a knockkneed little man and a faded " swell" in a ventilating " four-and-nine" and dirty white " ducks . " Shortly afterwards the crier called the names of " Small against Griggs , " which drew the two individuals alluded to up in front of the bench . "Who is the plaintiff in this case , " asked the Commissioner . " I am , Sir , " replied the little man , who was small by name and Binall by nature . J « b Small , the plaintiff , Btated his case , from whence it appeared

      that he followed the profession of St . Crispin in that salubrious region of tan-pits , Bermondsey . Now , as Job's family consisted only of himself , hid old lady , and a torn cat , he let out a portion of his house to lodgers , amongst whom was the defendant , who occupied his "first floor down the chimney " ( the two garretf ) at the weekly rent of 3 s . Id . He had left a month in arrear , to recover which the present proceedings were instituted . Commissioner—Did he pay his rent punctually on former occasions ? Plaintiff—Oh yes , Sir , he only does this out of spite , ' cause I wouldn ' t let him stop in my house . Commissioner—What madeyou wish to get ridofhim ? Plaintiff—Why , he never came home before two o ' clock in the morning , and then 1 had to jump out of bed

      to let him in . In that cold weather it was enough toaggrawate the devil and freeze a red-hot poker . Commissioner—Or , more properly speaking , to try the patience of Job . ( Laughter . ) Plaintiff—I cotoh'd the influenza through it , and my old 'oman , arteroney jtst touching me when I'd bin to let him in one frosty morning , tuck ill with a fit of the shivers , and I ' m blow'd if it didn ' t shake two of her teeth out . ( Laughter . )—Defendant ( lifting up his eyes in astonishment)—My eyes , what a " crammer . " Commissioner—Did you ever find Mrs . Small ' s two teeth that were shaken out ! Plaintiff—Never , your vorship ; I think she must ha ' swallowed ' em . Commissioner—Very likely . Then it was because the defendant kept bad hours that you wished him to

      leave . Plaintiff—Yes , and then he was safe to be drunk , and used to kick up sich a precious shindy , singing and hollering , that nobody could sleep for him . The Commissioner inquired of the defendant what he bad to say ! Job Small ' s ci devant lodger informed the court that he was a lawyer ' s clerk , and further that he had made a very fair offer to the said Job . The Commissioner asked what that offer was 1 Defendant—Why , Sir , I told him I'd pay him at sixpence a week . Commissioner—Ob , that won't do at all , you must pay two shilliags per week at least , remember the inconvenience you put him to in letting

      you in at such unseasonable hours , besides there is the loss of Mrs . Small ' s two teeth . ( Laughter . ) Defendant—To tell the truth , Sir , I don ' t believe that Mrs . Small has had a Bingle tooth in her head for some time past . " You ' re a good for nothing scandalizing wagabone ! " exclaimed an elderly female on a large scale , who turned out to be Mrs . Small . Commissioner—It is quite clear that you owe the money . I shall , therefore , order you to pay it at 2 s . per week . Defendant—Well , if it must be so—it must ; but as I am hard up just now , I shall require the assistance of an individual who occasionally takes an interest in my

      affairs" Who cheers the heart with money lent , ' When friends are cold and all is spent , Receiving only cent per cent—My Uncle . " Commissioner—I advise you to keep better hours in future , and don ' t again " try the patience of Job . " The parties then left the court , Mr . Small abusing the defendant lustily in consequence of his insinuating that she had no teeth . Revolting Charok . —At Hatton Garden Police Office , on Saturday last , William Davis , who described himself as a gentleman , living at No . 11 , Cloadesley-street , Cloudesley-square , Islington , was charged with decoying children , under circumstances of a most revolting nature . Police-constable Bray ,

      of the N division of police , said that on Friday sight , about ten o ' clock , he was stopped by a very respectable woman who informed him that a man was going about insulting females , and the prisoner coming in sight almost immediately , she pointed him out , saying , " That's the wretch . " Witness then watched nun , and Saw him go up to a little girl , of about the age of eight , and talk to her , aud eventually he took her by the band and led her to a bye-spot behind some timber , close against the back of White Conduit-house . In the course of a few minutes , witness went quietly to the spot , and saw the prisoner in a state which left no doubt of his intention . Witness immediately collared the accused , who made a desperate resistance , but he overpowered him , and led him off to the station-house . While they were struggling , the ehild ran away crying , and he had not been able to find her out . Defendant— " I will swear that what the officer has

      said is altogether false . " Mr . Combe ( indignantly ) — "Ihave no doubt you would . You would not have the slightest objec-. ion to add perjury to your other infamy , I am sure . " Prisoner—' 1 thought the child was distressed , and I merely offered Her some money . " Mr . Combe—* Don ' t talk to me in that manner . Wretched , horrible fellows like you , deserve the severest punishment ; but , unluckily , in thiB instance you will escape it tor the want of further evidence . Why did you assault tkeeonstablef Prisoner— " I thought he had no right to touch tale . " Mr . Combe— " If I fine you £ 5 you wouid readily pay it ; but that is no punishment at all ; and it will not do for me . The law , I am happy to say , enables ne to punish for an assault to the extent of a month without Ine , and this is my decision—that yon be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for one month . " The judgment of the worthy Magistrate wa « much applauded .

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      Jtm along Joskt—This ia the new * crack' comio song of the day , and it will be found , both words ( eight verses ) and music , in that popular and cheap work " Thb Flutonicon " for May , No . 90 . See advertisement in another part of our paper . A Giant in Trouble . —At Barnard Castle Easter fair , on Wednesday , there was a caravan which contained some ran 8 of the human species , but it had sustained a great loss , owing to an untoward circumstance ia this world of change . It appears that on Tuesday the said caravan whs journeying from Darlington to Barnard Castle , when George

      Alaili 8 on , of Yorkshire , one of the " great ones of the earth , " espied some linen drying in a field near the road , and not properly distinguishing the laws of " meum » nd tuum , " he just selected a change of linen therefrom ; but a person residing near saw the transaction , and went and ' informed the police officer at Piersbridge , who followed the culprit and apprehended him with the linen in his possession . The result has been that the said giant is committed to Durham House of Correction for three months hard labour , as a rogue and a vagabond . —Gateshead Observer .

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      THE " NEW MOVE . " . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . " Here point your thunders—here exhaust your rage !" Pope . Dear Sir , —The name of John Cleave has been so frequently adverted to in your Journal of late , in connection with what you are pleased to designate the " -iViftt ; - Move" that in justice to his character , to the motives influencing , and to the right glorious cause advocated by him , he cannot longer remain silent under ( he begs leave to assert ) unmerited reproach ; nor permit grievous misrepresentation to pass unnoticed . He appeals to your impartiality , —nay , demavda as a Radical thai "fair play" be shown him—and as a man claims the right of being heard before a verdict either of acquittal or condemnation be pronounced ! How runs the indictment against him .

      1 . That he has attached his signature to a certain " Address to the Political and Social Reformers of the United Queendom , " calling upon them to discuss the propriety of establishing a " National Association for promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People , " in unison with a plan therein submitted for their consideration , 2 . That to this he has been influenced by , and held communion with that great political apostate , Daniel O'Connell , and others of tho like " kidney . " And" furthermore , that he seeks to destroy a previously existing Chartist Association , < &c What is the conclusion thereupon hastened to by some with " a hop , step , and jump V Why , that the aforesaid John Cleave is unworthy of further confidence , and he be denounced as a "politioal humbug , " "Jiar , " " damnation , " and " traitor to freedom , " &o . &o .

      What ia the sentence generous y proposed to be pronounced against him ! 1 . —That his reputation be for ever destroyed . 2 . —That every means bo resorted to , that may hereafter embitter his existence . 3 . —That his business , •* the very means whereby he lives , " be as far as possible doomed to certain destruction . A most terrible " Bill of Pains and Penalties " this , in all conscience 1 But , Sir , notwithstanding all this , give me leave to aver most solemnly that I am ignorant of having done aught that can justify such serious allegations , or call for such fearful denunciations .

      True is it , that in the exercise of that right of private judgment , and freedom of opinion for which I have ever contended , —cheerfully made many sacrifices , —endured persecution , imprisonment , and fin * after fine ; and for which I am even at this present time in heavy bonds to our " Sovereign Lady the Queen , " I have signed the Address referred to . " The head and front of my offending hatb this extent—no more . " Having done so , I will not shrink from the responsibility of the act . I did so from a sincere desire to advance and not to retard the cause of " Equal rights , and equal laws . " I am not , however , so

      stupidly vain as to arrogate to myself infallibility of judgment . It may be that herein 1 have been mistaken , but at any rate I claim the merit of sincerity . If my hemd has deceived me—my heart is untainted . I am no political Cranmer , to sign a document today- —abjectly disavow it on the morrow , but again to relapse , and at the last childishly slobber forth "Oh , this wicked hand—this wickea hand . " No , no , if I believe myself in the right , I will abide by it : —if I am to ba condemned to the stake , let my whole body be consumed . I will the rather glory in , than cowardly denounce the hand that signing but obeyed tho dictates of its master heart .

      Setting aside for awhile all controversy as to the policy or impropriety of promulgating the address , let us see whether or no the spirit pervading it , be such as to warrant the application of the term 41 traitor" to all those who have thought proper to sign that address . What says it ? " Tracing most of our social grievances to class legislation ,-we have proposed a political reform npon the principles of the People's Charter ; we have made it the polar-star of our agitation , and have resolved by all just and peaceful means to cause it to become the law of our country . " Does this denote the slightest departure from the principles of the Charter ? No , it declares the "Charter , the whole Charter , aud nothing less than the Charter , " as the " polar-star of our agitation . " Why ! Because "we believe it to have truth for its basis , and the happiness of all for its end !"

      There is no shuffling , no cunningly devised sophistry , no humbug in this . It is a plain spoken , and not-to-be mistaken declaration of principle . Again , it does not insult the people by calling upon them to abate one jot of their just demands , or to slacken the agitation by and for themselves . So far from this , they are earnestly entreated to become more energetic and determined in the resolve to work out their own salvation from the atrocious bondage to which they are now subjected . It bids them rely upon themselves alone , and cautions them against being made tho dupes of any ether body of men . Just read the following confirmation of this : —

      " IrV therefore , you will escape your present social and political bondage , and benefit your race , you must bestir yourselves , and make every sacrifice to build up THE SACRED TEMPLE OF TOUR OWN LIBERTIES , or by -your neglect and apathy bequeath to your offspring an increase of degradation and wrong . You cannot suppose that those who revel in ihe spoils » f labour , and live by the wretchedness they have created , witl be instrumental in promoting the political and social improvement of tht people . They may folk of liberty while they are forging your fetters , may profess sympathy while they are adding inBult to wrong , and way talk of instructing you , while they are devising the most efficient means for moulding you into passive slaves ; but they will contemptuously spurn every proposal for establishing equality of political rights and social obligations —the enduring basis of liberty , prosperity , and happ iness . "

      But , O ! I have been "influenced by , and held communion with , O'Connell , " &o ! I hardly know how sufficiently to express the disfcUBt—the very loathing of soul with whioh I contemplate such an accusation . "Held communion with O'Connell . '" Psha—the assertion ia false , aye , " as false as heaven itself is true / ' Yes , if any man deliberately asserts that to my knowledge and belief , O'Connell had ought to do with the document iiiquestion , I hereby brand him as a most foul calumniator—as a cowardly liar . I will not in this retract a single epithet . 1 repeat , that the man who , unswayed by passion , especially after this declaration , deliberately affirms that I have held correspondence , either directly or indirectly , with O'Connell or any of hi 3 clique , is a coldblooded villain !

      Let me not be mistaken . Mark , I do not apply this to tiay honest democrat , that dissenting from , is angry at , the course pursued by me . I mourn over that difference of opinion . I pray that when animosities engendered by misconception shall have subsided ; when passion shall havo ppent its fury , something like a good understanding will spring np , and we shall exclaim one to another , "Come , let us reason together . " VI how I pant for this . How I long to behold Radicals combined in the brotherly fraternity of democracy . Convince me by fair and honourable argment that I am wrong , and frankly acknowledging it I will endeavour to walk in a better path . Lst others , however , display a like disposition . When that wished for moment arrives , I > am sure that whether now right or wrong , it will still be proclaimed that

      ** John Clkavb is ho iBAiToa !" For the present , let it saffioe that I remain fervently devoted to the principles of the Charter , and something more . I have never sought to exalt myself above my fellows . I will not run over the history of the persecutions and losses endured by me . My past life , with all its merits or demeritsits sufferings or successes , I thought was by this lima known to all . If forgotten , I will not resuscitate the remembrance of them . I aspire not to kadenhip , but an well content to serve in the ranks—to stand by " ray order , " the cruelly oppirewed" workies" of Great Britain .

      B « t I must briefly advert to a misconception that appears to have taken possession of the minda of many honest and true-hearted men—namely , that the new move" ( as jou t « rm it , although first published as far back as the release of Lovett and Collins from Warwick Castle ) is intended to supplant Mid destroy the combination based upon the * Manekeeter pUm" of organisation . Now , I really 4 « M * be ( Uve a * y sub intention i » nfcapUted i

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      at any rate , IduaJaim it ; and if there be one among the signers of the disputed address thus actuated , he iB not known to me—he is no friend of mine . The very-last paragraph of the address appears to me to prove the erroneousness of such a conception . It runs tins i" With m disposition to oppose the association / already formed , but with an anxious desire to see all those interested in the social and political improvement of their fellow-men united in one general body to effect it , wo propose that such an association be established . " Apprehensive of having already occupied too much 8 pace , I will hasten to a conclusion , omitting much that I would otherwise fain add . That I hav « honestly dissented from the "

      Manchester Plan" is Undoubtedly true ; but if that constitues me . u a traitor to liberty , " I know not what democracy is . Paine , Cobbett , and other master minds—nay , even the Editor of the Northern Star himself—have taught me falsely . I have , then , for years pursued a "Will-o ' -the-wisp , ' and called it the "right of free opinion . " ; I certainly thought that the basis of the Manchester Plan was not such as to ensure stability , nor its mode of action effective . I also thought that it was not so legal as I could have wished to see it . The recent adoption of an amended plan but confirms

      this . I have not , however , been influenced by cowardice or faction . I was anxious only to act up to the maxim which teaches us how to " make use of the law to destroy the law that injures us . " So far from factiously opposing the plan , I believe more than one of my London friends , who are associated in accordance with that plan , can bear testimony to my having always willingly rendered them such co-operation and aid as my circumstances would permit . It will perhaps be said that to talk about " making use of the law to defeat the law" sounds strangely from one of those who fought the battle of a tree and unstamped press , in open defiance of all law . Now , a second or two ' s

      reflection will evidence that there is no inconsistency in this . In warring against the " Gigging Laws , I acted as John Cleave only , and not as the member of an Association . No other man conld be persecuted far my action . Those who then gallantly fought with me , did so upon tho same individual principle . I am not a whit more enamoured of those iniquitous Jaws in the making of which I have no voice , than I was at that time . Show to me how an individual act of mine can accelerate the triumph of Chartism , and lam prepared again to break through , and laugh the law to scorn . I am not , however , prepared to endanger the safety of others . While I will net tremble at the consequence to myself , I have yet somehow got it into my " noddle" that the advocates of the good cause will better serve it by their active exertions out of doors , than by being cooped up and languishing by hundreds in Castle dungeons , and Whig erected " model prisons . "

      . In conclusion , I sincerely regret the existence of so much acrimonious feeling , misrepresentation , aud delusion . This is not the way to obtain , but to retard the Charter , of which it will ever be my proudest boast to have been one of the concoctors . Por ' my part I would cry out lustily " Peace , Peace , among the friends of freedom , but War , War , to the enemies o ( man ! " I indignantly repudiate the titles of" thief , " " liar , " " rogue , " " apostate , " and " traitor ; '' but , at the same time , set my face against low recrimination and abuse . I will not denounce a man as a " humbug , " merely because he differs with me . I believe that / am right , but , after all , the judgment of others Eiay prove superior to my own . Be it so—be it so ; but for heaven ' s sake let us have done with disgraceful

      vituperation . Let us hear no more of this man ' s dishonesty , nor , on tho other hand , of that man's arrogance . Let us have no vauntings about " drawing the sword , and casting away the scabbard . " If we differ as to the mode , let us at least agree to pursue the end all proi ' ess to hold dear . Let us not unnaturally slaughter one another ; but let each man , following the dictates of his heart , uplift his arm for the strife ; and point the sword at the powerful , because organised phalanx of despots , and not against his brother slave . Whatever be my fate , I am content to feel , that I now live , and , with the blessing of God , . will die , a Democrat—one that will not tremble at danger , nor disown the name of Joiin Cleave .

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      EMIGRATION . The following paragraph is " going the round" of the " Establishment" : — "While so many families and individuals are at present leaving this for America with the view of being employed in the manufacturing " . establiehmentB , we conceive it our duty to remind them that in America commercial affairs are at present fully worse than even at home , and they have been in this state for some months past . The following sentence is extracted from a letter received from a townsman in Lowell this week . It

      states' There is no sign of any betterness with the carpet weavers as yet , but there is some hope that it will be better this summer . ' In a previous letter , received from tke same individual a short time back , he mentions the name of a native of Paisley , who has been for somo years in America , and who had arrived at Lowell in quest of work , after a journey of 400 miles from the manufacturing establishment he had been previously employed at . People should think seriously before they throw away their means to have themselves transported to a foreign country , to suffer such privations . —Glasgow Chronic ' e .

      What ! and does not "Emigration' do now ? The working people , when they complained of their severe and unbearable privations—when it had been proved by evidence , taken by a Select Committee of the House of Commons , that a million of hand-loom weavers were on the very verge of absolute starvation—that hundreds of thousands of them were living on less than 2 / jd . per head per day ; and when they asked for relief , —were insolently told by "the House" that no relief but " Emigration" conld be afforded them . " Emigration , " in fact , has been he \ d up as the great panacea for all our evils ; and scheme after scheme has been devised and entertained to get the working people to " emigrate ;"

      some of the plans actually proposing to mortgage the poor ' s rates , to enable the parish officers to transport the labourers to some distant clime at the public cost ! But , now , it seems , when the working people are in reality " emigrating , " * Emigration " will not do ! How is this t How is it that it is now deemed a portion of " our duty " to caution the emigrants , that "in America , commercial affairs are even worse than at home ! " How is it that " people should" be reminded to " think seriously before they throw away their means to have themselves transported to a foreign country" ! How is it that this should be the tone of those who have continually preached up "Emigration" ! What's in the wind , now 1

      O I we see ! It is only to the " many families and individuals toho are at present leaving this for AMERICA" that the caution is addressed ! It is only those who are going to the United States who are called npon to " think Berionsly before they throw away their means . " Not a word to those who are going to Australia , Sw as Riveb , New Zealand , or to the Canadas ! Not a word of caution to those who are going to increase the value of the estates of the Ellices , the Molesworths , the Thompsons , the Wakefields , aud the other holders of" property" in " our colonies 1 " Not a word of

      caution to those who are willing to be "transported " to any of these sinksof corruption and death ! It is only tothosewhoare" / eflv » n ^ THis / or America" that these cautions can be afforded ! The reason of this is obvious . The working man , when once safely landed and settled in America , is beyond the reach of our suck-bloods . He is out of their dutches ! They lose by him . But if he will only go to any of " our Coloniea" we can " have it out of him , " if he either work or eat at all ! If he work , our estates are improved ; and if he eat , his food helps the taxes , and we eat them ! O , no 1 working men ! don't go to

      Amebica ! go to New South Wales , or to Botakt Bat , or to Hell , —if we can only make a bargain with the devil tor the fa * that fries out of you : but don't go to America ! Don't go there 1 There w » have done with you . There we can » ake no n » 0 re of you . The re you are out of our fingers , tray " think seriously before yoa throw » w « y your means to have yourselves transported to a foreign eiimV Don't the working people tw through tWi V Don't they see that if they are to emigrate , " America is the place to go to ! And don't iheytee the reason

      whyl ¦ ¦ . : ¦ : ¦ ¦¦¦ : . : ¦¦ ' ' - ;¦¦ ¦• . - . ' ; . ; The working man who intend ! to " emigrate 'and has the " means" to do so , is a fool if he stirs one inch towards any place but the ^ raD &ATB& of AumcA ; and he will alto beg ^^^^ feT ^ m comfort and intern * by going j || pjffi& *" ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦/ SPw . <* 'jfc fN ^ cU v < - < - ; ^ -O ^^ - l ^ rff ' v * " * s ^ W ^ -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct378/page/3/