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    • THE iYORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1841.
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      IBi ^ 'SPORTi-TION OF JOHN FROST . AIE—NOT A DRUM WAS HEXB . D . ( Frost &e Wreath of liberty , or Gem of Chartism , a ' trorfc preparing for the press . ) jro fere-sreU -was heard , not & friend stood near , -jTben he forth to the transport wu hurried ; «« fond ones he lord -were tnx from the spot , iod in night ' s darkest gloom all tu buried . bey bore him a ^ ay a : dead of the night , gis tears for his famDj spurning ; Se B ^ "srild looks of savage delight , Bt tie lanterns dimly burning . ^ m and haish were the few -words they said ; Bat in pesce he bore all his sorrow ; jtoagb fle knew D 0 * the P ^ ° ' er wbich they led , \ or tie * that awaited the morrow .

      ¦ o- pni with cart , and with anguish oppress ed , He sl-P ' tiloa ^ tl **** lj e *^ f ° &nd no pillow : —jS £ re ; ray cf light siw him taking his rest , And he fir away on the billow . Yet—though gone—we shall see him again ; fVe si ^ J near ^ teU tfae sa < i 6 tory : We'il « n " e aot * JiD € —wei * ***** ° t a stone , j& ; we'll haTe him again in his &lory !

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      10 DANIEL O'CO >* 2 fKLL . gifl to thee , beggarman , humbug of Erin , gjil 10 thee , hypocrite , gold-loving knave ; Hell five * thee strength to march onward careering pjjfcig the pennies from pand ' rtr and slave ; &aile is thy ample cloak , Ignorance rules thy flock , ^ gjjidly to follow and shout their " go bragh ;" Wi ; h faith in thy serpent tosgne , Thirty long years they're song , pjBitl O'Connell and hambug , hurrah . ' giil to thee who , when the factory child weeping , Prayed it no m » re than the negro might toil ; 6 » tj ; one broad dash , with thy nature in keeping , And Tct&iit slavTy for share of the spoil ; Monarch of Derrynane ,

      High priest of penny gain , Blarney ' s pare oracle , Whig ? " TV ' s jackdaw ; L » ng will the victims' groan , Echo with hollow tone , pjniel CConnell and humbug , hurrah ! H » D to thee hoary political Tampire , gackhig the blood of thy own native land , Wielding the migat of a gammon-gain'd empire To build n P corruption , and strengthen her band Justice shall scorn thy naree , Truth ring thy traitor facie , Poeman of freedom ' s own impartial law ; T - Axd loudly the air shall ring , While future freemen sing , ¦ Quasi O'Connell and humbug , hurrah !

      by , eaa hypocrisy eYer come smiling forth , TSeTEz v > meet its long-merited scorn ? itj , will the maskers their mantle of seeming worth JiVer frcm his hypocrite shoulders be torn ? "Aye , by my troth , " I hear , Knowledge awake the cheer , Proudly proclaiming delusion's dowcfa' ; And quivering the welkin ring-, While execration sings ; DBaisi O'Connell and humbug , hurrah l James Ltme .

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      »^ rf rpT . p- —TrBANyr x > ' Ekplotkr . — Mnch has been said by the pretended liberals of the identity of interest subsisting between the employer and the employed , and of the disposition of the Edddle-men to better the condition of the working elasses ; bat we now give the reader another instance of . the tjranny of the profii-monger , and an example o ' f the kind of liberality so much paraded by the a-ivocate 3 of the new doctrine , "join ihe middle classes . " A correspondent from the neighborhood of Sheffield , informs us that a spade and ihoTel master , whose name he gives , but which , for the present , we withhold , is in the habit of using peat injustice towards those in his employ ; one of the men , who could no longer brook the insult and

      pppresaon of the tyrant , said a few word 3 in his cwn defence , when the master immediately told him to take 3 month ' s warning . The man , during the month , repeatedly implored his employer to allow kim to continue , he having seven small children dependent cpon him for support . This was refused , ad the man was consequently obliged to apply to Ids parish for relief , when the Guardians gave him ft note , telling him to get it signed by two respectable ratepayers . He went to the master and requested him to attach hi 3 name to the paper , which he refused to do , saying , ** Do you think I am going to sign that note fo ' r you to fetch ihe money out of the pais ' n that I have paid in V However , the man | ot it sigBed by others , and axain went to the

      Guardians , who , in the interim , had received a letter from the tyrant master , stating that it was entirely fee fault of the applicant that he wasont of employ , tod also tha ; he could earn £ 3 per week , when the file : is that the man was stinted to the very lowest * age , namely , not more than eighteen shillings per week . The Guardiaes , it appears , " sent him away efflpry . " The poor man again made application to the tyrant employer , who at length gave him a few names to make . On the Saturday following , the tan ecqnired if he was to hare any money ; ^ the Blaster asked if the work was finished . ** No f replied the man . "it is not finished , I could not complete it for want of nails and files , " which irtidfcs it is the master ' s duty to sBpply . The

      result was , that the man had to struggle without ttoney for three weeks , he ' having , &s before stated , Bsven small children to maintain ; and this was not in consequence of a depression of trade , but purely * a act of tyranny on the pan of the employer . Our Qfoncant further states that the man bad to -work with hard gas coke , whereas he ought to have been supplied with soft coke . Another case of somewhat similar character is mentioned by our correspondent , the details of which we cannot now find space for ; Jet , we shall give the reason why the masters exercise such tyranny towards the men . The latter

      have established a society to protect the rights of adustry , and the former aTe using every means within their power to destroy the society . The employers have procured men to swear that they have been intimidated by the members of the society , * nd , through false swearing , seven men have been eoininnted for one month each to the House of Correction at Wakefield . An attempt is made by tiie masters to reduce the -wage 3 of the spade and shore ! makers one fcbfliing per dozen , which will amount to twelve shillings per week . So much for identity of interest , and middle class desire to extend | eu » raJ happiness I

      BRADFORD . —Illegal Distress . — An action * as tried some weeks &go , in the Couzt for the Honour of Pontefract , held at Bradford , of some importance to landlord and tenant , illustrative of the arbitrary and ¦ unfeeling manner in which propsrty-made-law 13 too frequently carried into execHtion , the sufferers being often without the means ( which we are happy to say was not the case in the present instance ) of obtaining redress . Mr . Clark-Boa appeared as attorney for the plaintiff John Smith , a woolsUpler , is Bradford , and stated the c » se , In the early part of this jear , a distress for rent was made by Matthew Booth , constable of Honon , upon the goodB and chattels of one Joseph Smith of Honon , a poor woolcomber , but the time allowed for sale elapsed without the goods being disposed of according to law . Smith , who has a wife « ad family of small children , soon afterwards

      ¦*< anie chargeable , and were removed to their place « settlement in the Skipton Union . Booth , taking Mjantage of Smith ' s absence , unceremoniously ¦ rcke open his house , and took forcible possession of w « effects . Smith remained chargeable but a short « a « , and before his return mentioned the hardships f his case to th « overseers , who declined enoounwrifig litigation with the constable , but they did not - iend Lhe poor fellow ** empty away f knowing hia * retched condition , they most humanely gave J « i oa his oUcharge wherewith to bear hi * expeoees «> nii , £ 2 towards replacing his furniture , arranged w ailow him 2 b . 6 d . per week for three months , and W hia rent till he and his family procured employi *« iv On Smith ' s retnrn , his friends interfered and remonstrated with Booth , -who , becominR sensible « nia error , agreed to refund £ 6 , the produce of the « Ue of the goods , and signed a promissory note for wai amount , payable to the plaintiff ( Smith ' s bro-»») , towardB which £ 1 only had been received ,

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      Booth refusing to pay the balance , for recovery of which the present action was commenced . Mr . Clarkson admitted , that the note , although formal in other respects , was apon unstamped piper , and consequently he could not give it in evideDP-e , bnt produced it to shew that it bore Booth ' s signature and was th « result of a previous agreement which he would prove , and thus be relieved from the necessity of relying entirely upon the sote . Mr . Cooper for the defendant , objected to that mode of procedure , dispnted the consideration on the note , and contended that no action could be maintained but upon the note only . After hearing arguments pro and con , the court overruled the objections , stating that it was competent for the plaintiff to elect in what form he would bue : the cause proceededand

      , evidence was given supporting the facts above stated . It was then attempted to be shewn that the matter was settled with the Clerk of the Union , to whom Booth had voluntarily made a small payment on account of Smith ' s maintenances and that the overseers hsd pro-Tided the means of refurnishing his house . In answer to this , it was clearly shewn that the whole affair was properly explained to the overseers , who wtth a knowledge of all the circumstances , instead of risking the expences of a law guit , considerately preferred giving Smith pecuaiary assistance , and left him to his remedy . The Court eulogised the conduct of the overseers and considering that this did not affect the question between the parties , gave a verdict for the plaintiff for his full claim £ 5 , and costs .

      BISHOP AUCKLAND . —Ancient Shepherds—On Saturday , May the 29 th , 1841 , The Brothers of the Loyal Victoria , Adelaide ' s , Jacob ' s Ladder , and Shepherd ' s Hope Lodges , of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds , Ashton Unity , formed a procession at the house of brother ffm . Hall , Shepherd , from Bishop-Auckland , and went to the Independent Chapel , where the Rer . Mr . ilunroe preached an excellent sermon from the lhh chapter of Hebrews , and 8 th verse . After divine service they walked to West Auckland , headed by Lord Prudhoe's brass band . Upwards of one hundred members sat down to dinner ; after which a lodge was opened at Durham , and another at Yarna , leaking six lodges opened by the officers of Ossett district within a short period of time .

      CARUSLE . —Thb Asti-Cobn Law League . — This almost defunct body held a meeting in tie Town Hall , a few evenings ago ; for the purpose of moving an address to the non-elector ? , as to the course they ought to pursue previous to the anticipated general election ; in order to influence the ten pound voters and the old freemen , in favour of those candidates , who will support the Ministerial measure for a fixed duty . What a slavish , unprincipled set of humbugs these men must be , who a short while ago , would hear of nothing bat toiai repeal ; and now because her Majesty ' s Miiiisi > rs have brought forward a measure , for a very trivial alteration in those laws ,

      the leading members of the League give them their unbounded support ! The people however , now see through the hollowness of their pretensions , aad the consequence has been , that their weekly meetings have been all but deserted , with the exception of a few noisy , empty and selfish brawlers , who are the laughing stock of all sensible men to whatever party they belong . ¦ The anticipated address was not brought forward , doubtless from a fear of being defeated , for . there were some staunch Chartists present , who would have most assuredly opposed any such hole-and-corner proceeding ? , and who would hare moved for a public meeting of the people , to take such steps as they might deem necessary ,

      to secure tne remrn of men to Parliament who are likely to promote such measures as wiil benefit the country . We understand , that a requisition to the mayor is in course of signature , requesting him to call a public meeting of the electors and inhabitants of the borough of Carlisle , to take into consideration the present critical state of public affairs and to acopt such steps as may be deemed necessary , under present circumstances , to secure the return of such men in the Forthcoming Parliament , as are calculated

      to promote the well-being and prosperity of all classes of the community . Should this requisition be numerously signed , as vre think it wil ) , there is little doubt of the mayor calling a public meeting , and also presiding on the occasion . It will then be for the people to do their duty to themselves and to enter into -such resolutions as are likely to promote their own interests , for they must be now conyinced of the absolute necessity of actiDg for themselves and not trusting to those who have so often deceived them .

      East Ccmbbrla . > 'd . —There is likely to be a severe contest for this division of the county , aa a great number of the constituents are much dissatisfied with the present members , William James , Esq , and Charles Howard , Esq A large meeting of the Conservatives was heid in Penrith a few nights ago , when it was resolved to iuvite Charles Musgrave , Esq ., and Colonel Lowther to come forward in the Conservative interest ; should they do so there will be a verv severe contest .

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      A Madrid journal mentions a woman at CueDja , who is encieiUe with her thirty-third child ! Lettebjs from all parts of the Continent represent the standing crjps as the finest ever seen . In co . nseque . nce of the disturbances in the Turkish empire , a concentration of Austrian troops was about to take place on the frontier . The Bulgarian insurrection i 3 at an end , and German correspondence contains farther accounts of the frightful excesses which the victors had committed . Thb latest Cape of Good Hope papers do not contain any news of particular interest . There had been more ram for the last three months than had fallen at that seaton for many years .

      The Spanish Regent has renounced the chief command of the Royal Guard , and conferred that title on the Captain-General , the Duke of Saragossa , in consideration of hb merit and eminent services . The Phince oy Casino has informed the scientific societies in this country that he has just received the programme ( forwarding it to them ) of the third " Italian Scientific Meeting , " which states that it is to be heid at Florence . A Long Nose . —A Paisley manufacturer having got , by seme accident , a severe cut across the nose , and having no court-plaister at hand , stuck on his unfortunate proboscis one of hi 3 gum tickets , on v » hich was the usual intimation , " warranted 350 yards long . '"

      Yankee Nicknames fos each other . — The States have already accommodated each other with nicknames , as per example : — Illinois people are termed snekers ; Missouri , pukes ; Michigan , wolrerines ; Indiana . hoosiers ; Kentucky , corn crackers ; Ohio , bnckeyes , Ac . The Senitnelle da Pyrenees says that " twelve hundred of our brave National Guards were affected with sincere regret" at not having been called upon to fight ihe Spaniards on the question of the disputed territory . The town of Ham was thrown into consternation on Friday , by the unexpected arrival of cavalry and artillery , which had made forced marches to repel , as it y > as rumoured , a projected attack on the citadel of Ham , for the delivery of Prince Louis Napoleon .

      Ckonstadt —Since the opening of _ the navigation there have arrived in the port of Cronstadt up to the 20 th of May 174 ships , sailed 12 ; up to the 13 th of May the number of ships arrived at Riga was 267 , sailed 26 . The Rhone ha 3 again broken through its bank near St . Denis , into the plain of Beaucaire , being the fifth time since the aummn that such a disaster has taken place . The toreign arrivals of Saturday morning were of rery little importance . Some Republican disturbances had taken place in Seville , which were put down by iae Captain General , after the civil authorities had been pelted and stoned . At Boulogne an Englishman , who came by the steamer Magnet from London , was arrested for having an infernal machine in his possession ; it had fifteen barrels , and was so constructed that they would all go off at once . He is now in

      prison . A i-AKTT of the Thibty-Focsth Regiment , on their return to Dover on Thursday , from Sandwich , were much intoxicated , and the corporal of the guard was found shot , and near him a woman . How he came by his death has not been ascertained . A pastrt-cook at Bologna has produced a very novel substitute for a newspaper . It is composed of delicate paste leaves , on which witty articles are printed , nos with ink , but with chocolate juice . Thus , after its literary contents are devoured , the reader may devour the production itself .

      How thb Tokles GET PaoPfiHTT . —The Marquis of Salisbury , it appears , rents the " Lammas Lands , " belonging to the parish of St . Martin-in-the-Fields , at £ 2 lus . per annum , although bis own rental from them is £ 10 , * 00 a year I The parish is , however , on the look out to obtain a more equitable arrange * ment . The annual show of chaffinches at Haiebronck , in the Nord , took place on the 23 d sit . Four birdB each were brought into competition by ten different societies . Those of Cassel gained the first prize , consisting of a silver bird ; those of Hondwhoote gained the medal , and also a prize for the best songster , the latter being won by the performance of 900 perfect chants within an hour .

      Dxligstful Pkospkts fob Settlers i * Ni \ t Zealand . —Mr . William Wilton , formerly of Maisemore , near Gloucester , who emigrated to South Australia about three years ago , and subsequently to New Zealand , has lost bis life in a conflict -with some of the natives of the latter colony . It is Btated that five of Mr . Wilton ' s friends were killed atthe same time ; but the matter remains at present in a tUte of obscurity .

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      Wit loses its respect with the good , when seen in company with malice ; and to smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another ' s breast , is to become a principal in the mischief . The Moniteur Parisien contradicts the statement of the Univers , of the island of Candia having declared itBelf independent , which , it says , is at least premature . The Wativbs of Guernsey keep themselves very secluded ; they have three classes of society—the sixties , the forties , and the twenties . The first , ia their evening visiting , carry a lantern with three lights ; the second one , with two ; and third , one . A Great Rogue . —Judge Jefferies , of notorious memory , pointing to a man wkh his cane , who was abont to be tried , said , " There is a great rogue at the end of my cane . " The man to whom he pointed , looking at him , eaid , " At which end , my Lord 1 "

      As American gentleman , lately from Canton , tells 113 that the city is doomed to the flames , if we spare it . He says there are 200 , 000 Chinese starving in the neighbourhood for want of employment , who are as ready to sack the place as our sailors are . Some French journals state that that the King would have pardoned Darmes but for the Ministers , who , in a cabinet council , insisted upon the execution of the sentence of the Court of Peers , as a warning ti others . _ The census of the United States is at length officially announced , The number of inhabitants is 17 , 100 . 572 , included in which are 2 , 369 , 553 slaves , and 371 , 606 free coloured people . The population in 1830 was 12 , 856 , 407 .

      The following is a statement of the effective force of the French army on the 1 st of March in the present year , as given by Baron Dupiii , in his report to the jChamber of Peers : —Men , 425 . 909 ; horses , 91 , 878 . Auxiliaries and native iroops in Algiers : — Men , 1 , 321 ; horses , 1 , 840 . Savings' Banks . —From a return lately moved for by Mr . Hume , M . P ., we fiud that the number of individual depositors in Saving Banks , at the close of the quarter ending November 2 O ' -h , 1840 , amounted to 782 , 374 , the sum total of whose deposits , including interest , was £ 21 . 979 , 757 , averaging upwards of £ 28 each depositor . A Table of enfranchisement of slaves made in the French colonies , additional to the last list published in March , shows them to be as follows : — Martinique , 133 ; Guadaloupe , 139 ; French Guyana , 32 ; Bourbon , 59 ; including men , women , and children—making a total , since 1830 , of 37 , 549 .

      Wonders of Steam . —Two gentlemen left Brussels at three o ' clock in the afternoon of Friday , and arrived in Liverpool at a quarter before seven , p . m ., on Saturday , being a distance of upwards of 430 miles , performed in the short space of 27 $ hoars . The whole of the jouruey was performed by steam . The travellers left Brussels by railway on Friday afternoon , arrived at Osvend in time for the packet , were landed at Blackwall , proceeded from thence to London by the railway , and just caught the tram frum London to Liverpool as it was starting . —Liverpool Times .

      Marlborough-street Police-office , London . — On Thursday week , Mr . Vincent Daniels , woollendraper , No . 23 , Brewer-street , Golden-square , was charged with having bitlen off one of the fingers of a gentleman named John James Duncan , of the Union Hotel , Cockspur-street . From what was gathered on examination of the witnesses , it appeared that Mr . Daniel , with two friends , Sir F . W . Dunbar and Mr . Arthur Scurry , were in Coventrycourt , about four o ' clock that morning , when th « y encountered the defendant and a friend , who appeared to be engaged in a dispute with some cabmen . A remark was made by some of complainant ' s party which attracted the notice of defendant , and words having ensued , Mr . Duncan and Mr . Daniel

      ultimately came to blows . Mr . Scurry stated that he went to assist his friend Duncan to rise from the ground , upon which his friend called out that he had lost one of his fiugers . Oae- of the bye-standerf , named Piner , subsequently picked up the severed finger near the spot where the parties had been engaged in conflict . Some policemen having heard the disturbance went into the court , and ultimately took the defendant to the Station-house . Mr . Duncan made the charge , and the defendant was locked up . On examination of the injury it appeared that Mr . Duncan had lost the first joint of his fourth ringer of the left hand , and the little finger had also been nearly bitten through . Policeman Andersou , C 85 , produced the finger . One of the complainant ' s friends said that Mr . Duncan was then ill in bed

      and quite unable to attend . A medical certificate was produced , which stated that the complainant had been so seriously injured that his life was iu danger . The defendant , in explanation , said he did not bite the complainant . He bad been insulted and attacked by several persons , and he had been obliged tosund in his own defence . Mr . Maltby said he should remand the case until Tuesday , in consequence of the certificate , and he should further require a daily certificate from the medical attendant to l > o laid bcfWo him , in order that the state of tho sufferer might be ascertained . Mr . Humphreys applied for permission to put in bail . Mr . Maltby said he could not allow the defendant to go at large on bail . The witnesses were then requested to be in attendance at the next examination .

      Co . "* flagration at Dunstable . —Late on Saturday afternoon the principal insurance authorities in the city received intelligence from Dunstable of a most destructive fire happening in ihat town on the morning ot Wednesday week , by which twenty-one houses were entirely destroyed , and property to the exteat of some thousands consumed . It was discovered at about five minutes after one o'clock raging furiously on the premises occupied by a Mr . Thomas Fossey , a confectioner , which stood in High-street , ou the west side , near the corner of Church-street . The premises were three stories high , and were constructed principally of wood , having a white frontrge , and several small outbuiidingB at the back . The flames in less than seren minutes after the

      discovery shot through all the apartments in the dwelling-house , and were blazing from the numerous windows with great violence , and , within a quarter of an hour , the destruction of the whole premises was complete . The adjoining houses to the east , occupied by Mr . Clark , chemist and druggist , and on the opposite side by Mr . Halifax , boot and shoemaker , and Mr . Cheshire , upholsterer and cabinetmaker , next became a prey to the devouring element . It had , in addition to the above houses , enveloped those belonging to Mr . Bti'gess , tailor , Mr . Ches ' niie , wholesale gToeer , in High-street , and communicated to a range of dwelling-houses in Churchstreet , tenanted by labouring men and their families The distress amongst these poor creatures was truly heartrending . They had barely time to save their wearing apparel , before the terrible work of devastation burst upon them , and ere many minutes had

      elapsed , their habitations were reduced to a heap of ruins . Such was the fury of the flames , that in two hourB tweuty-one houses and several outbuildings were burnt to the ground . The amount of damage in High-street is stated to be , Mr . Fossey , £ 800 ; Mr . Clark , chemist , £ 1 , 000 ; Mr . Burgess , £ 700 ; Mr . Cheshire , grocer , £ 1 , 500 ; Mr . Halifax , £ 300 ; Mr . Thomas Cheshire , cabinet-maker , £ 500 ; Mr . Young , £ 300 ; and Mr . Oliver , £ 200 . Some of these are insured iu several fire-offices to the extent of their respective losses . Most of the families who are burnt out in Church-street are straw-plait makers ; they are great sufferers , none of them being insured . During the ragiug of the fire , which was without exception the largest that has taken place in Bedfordshire lor several years , the flames illuminated the adjacent country to the extent of many miles . Proridentiallv no lives were lost .

      Whig Purity of Election . —In the House of Commons , on Wednesday in last week , Mr . Godson said he had to present a petition , which claimed the interference of the House . It was a petition from Edward P . Cox and other persons , electors of the town of Nottingham , complaining of the system of bribery which had been pursued towards them by parties in favour of the Whig interest at the last election . The petitioners stated that they were friendly to the principles of the Charter , and that they had advanced the interests of Mr . Walter , the sitting Member ; that they had been requested to receive £ 50 to get over the Chartists to the Whig party ; that they refused to accede to the proposal , and were then requested to go away for a short

      time ; to which proposition they had also dissented ; that they were then told an alteration had taken place in the views of the particular parties , and that instead of keeping out of the way , it was wished that the petitioner , Edward P . Cox , being a good electioneerer , should go to any two Boroughs—of of the Boroughs of Bassetlaw , Newark , and Walsall— and endeavour to bribe the electors , and that he Bhould have £ 50 and his expenses at each of those places , as compensation for bis services ; that he received a portion of money for the purpose of showing they were Berious in making the offer ; that he afterwards went to London , requesting ihat a letter might be sent to him there ; and that he afterwards received the following letter , which he ( Mr . Godson ) would read to the House : —

      " Dear Coxe , —Enclosed you will receive £ 20 ; not having received any supplies , I have forwarded this from my own private stock , and will forward the remaining £ 10 in the course of a few days . " The petitioner further stated that he brought thoaa allegations under the notice of the House , witk a view ot showing to the country at large the extent of th « iniquitous practices resorted to for returning Whig candidate * to that Houe ; and in order that such offences should be visited with punishmeat by of

      the authority of that House , to that * roeunaee such eril praetieee might be discouraged and prevented at the ensuing elections . The petitioner , in conclusion , stated that he hoped the Matter contained in the allegations in bis petition , would be brought before the House ; and that he was not only prepared to prove those allegations himself , but there were other witnesses who would confirm his evidence . He , therefore , prayed that the House ! would institute an inquiry into the same . ( Hear , ihear . )

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      Blubgowsie . —Punt Despotism . —Doings of x Liberal (?) Town Council . —A meeting : of the Town Council was held on Thursday last—present , the Biilie , Messrs . Young , Robertson , and Johnston . After some trifling business was disposed of , Mr . James Robertson presented a petition from the Blairgowrie and Rattray Democratic Association , praying that they may be allowed the use of the Town Hall for their public meetings , 8 oire " es , &c . on paying the ordinarv fees . The Bailie , without leaving the chair , or without condescending to urge a reason why , moved that the prayer of the petition be aot granted ; seconded by Mr . Young , and acquiesced in by Mr . Johnston . Mr . Robertson attempted to

      say something in support of the petition , but was very unceremoniously interrupted , and authoritatively told by the Bailie , that a 3 it was quite evident that he was in a minority , he bad , therefore , no naht to speak ! Mr . R . endeavoured to show the absurdity of acting on such an intolerant principle , but without effect ; he was not allowed to proceed ; and seeing that h was vain to strive single-handed against such a dogmatic force , he immediately gave in hia resignation , and so the matter ended . The Town Council , witfcout a single word of discussion , refused to grant the prayer of the democrats' petition , for this great , weighty , convincing , and logical reason , " just because they did I" —Perth Chronicle .

      LiJfBETH-STBEEr . —CHA » GE OF FELONY AGAINST a Policeman . —On Thursday week , John Giddmgs , a police constable belonging to the K division of police , was charged' with stealing a shawl from the person of Maria Crow . The prosecutrix , a girl of about fourteen yeara of age , stated that between the hours of three and four o ' clock , she was proceeding alsng Wellington place , Stepney , when the prisoner camo towards her , and , being alarmed at him , she ran away . He followed hor , and , catching hold of her shawl , drew it off her shoulders . Serjeant Yeoman , K 6 , deposed that the last witness informed him that a policeman had robbed her of her shawl , and he in consequence went with her , and she pointed out the prisoner a 9 the person who hau

      taken it . The prisoner , on his questioning him , denied being up the place where tho robbery had been committed , and also denied knowing anything about the shawl . He ( witness ) , however , seeing a part of the shawl hangiug underneath his great-coat , took it from him , and ho then said the girl had dropped it , and he merely picked it up . The prisoner , in his defence , said he had picked up the shawl when the girl dropped it , and that it was his intention to have taken it to the station-house . The girl , in reply to the questions of Mr . Norton , said that , when the robbery took place , she was going to her father , wl : o keeps a ceffee-stall in the Commercial-read , and swore positively that the prisoner dragged the shawl off her shoulders . Inspector Rutt said that

      tho prisoner , who had been in the force for about two yvars , and who had frequently beeu reported for irregularity , was not sober when taken into custody . Tho prisoner said there was another constable with him when the girl had dropped hor shawl , and who saw him pick it up . The constable alluded to was sent for , but he denied the statement of the prisoner . Mr . Norton observed that he did not think the prisoner had taken the shawl with a felonious intention , but still his conduct , as a policeman , was highly improper . It was his duty to protect such persons as the girl he had assailed , and not commit such an outrage upon them . Mr . Pelham , who attended on behalf of tho prisoner , here observed that

      there could be no doubt , from what feu from Inspector Wright , that the prisoner's days in the police were numbered , as he would no doubt be at once discharged from the force ; and as his worship appeared to have made up hia mind to inflict a penalty , he hoped he would take this circumstance into consideration . Mr . Norton said it was quite impossible he could overlook such gross conduct on the part of the prisoner ; but taking into consideration the fact that he would be discharged from the police , ho would merely impose a penalty of twenty shillings . The prisoner , on whom six sovereigns were fouud , instantly paid the penalty , and was discharged .

      Jealousy . —Attempted Murder and Suicide . — On Friday , the 4 th , an inquest was hold belora Mr . Wakley , at the Richmond Arms , Richmond-street , Lisson-grove , on the body of James Seare , agad thirty-three , greengrocer , of No . 42 in tho same street , who , after a desperate attempt to murder his wife , by beating her across the head with a poker , destroyed himself by cutting his throat , under the following circumstances : —Matthew Saville deposed that he was a gardener , and lodged in deceased ' s house . On the previous afternoon , about three o ' clock , witness asked deceased if he would go out for a walk ; to which deceased replied " not then , as he was having a few words with his wife ; but if witness would go and wait for him at the Phoenix

      pubhe-house , Harrow-street , he would come to him . Witness accordingly went to the Phoenix , and , in a few minutes , was joined by deceased , who , on entering , said , •* I'm dying for half a pint of beer . " Witness called for half a pint , and deceased having drank it observed , " I shan't be ten minutes before I ' m back , " and immediately left the houeo . Wittwea saw him no more alive . In the morning of the same day deceased told witness that he meant to kill his wife before night . His wife was then present , and hearing wbat he said , observed , " You ' ve not pluck enough . " Witness had no idea that he intended carrying his threat into effect . Deceased did not appear to him to know what he was about half his time , and during the last fortnight had repeatedly

      got out of bed in the middle of the night and walked out into the street . He had lately neglected his business , and told witness that his mind was so hurt he could not attend to it . Deceased , some time ago , joined the Teetotallers' Society , but on Tuesday last broke the pledge , and got drunk . He had since drank a good deal , but not to excess . He was not drunk on Thursday . Henry Scales , an omnibus driver , residing in the neighbourhood , stated that about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon , hearing screams and cries of murder proceediug from deceased's house , he went there , and findiug the door

      of the shop locked , forced ic open . On entering the parlour he saw the deceased lying on his face on the floor , deluged in blood , issuing from a fiightful wound in his throat , by which his head was nearly severed from his body . In another part of the room lay deceased ' s wife , covered with blood . _ She was insensible , and witness placed her in a chair , expecting her momentarily to die in his arms . Other assistance arriving , Mr . Lerew , surgeon , was sent for , who pronounced deceased to be dead ; and , from the nature of the' wound , expressed his belief that death was instantaneous . Mrs . Sears was found to have received three severe wounds on the

      head , inflicted with a poker , which had caused concussion of the brain . It further appeared that deceased , who was a very passionate man , was jealous of his wife , not without cause , and six weeks ago attempted to strangle her , but her cries bringing the police to her aid , he assaulted them , for which he was taken before the magistrates at Marylebone Police-office , and fined £ 5 . He had subsequently sworn never to lay violent handi upon her . Deceased ' s wife was stated to be in great danger and not expected to recover . The Coroner having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

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      NEWPORT , ISLE OF WIGHT . —On Thursday evening , June 3 rd , the Whigs of this place held a meeting of the electors , to cbooae some person to stand for the borough , instead of hawkjing the government hack , who has had two or three public notices to quit . Their choice fell on Thomas Gisborne , Esq . who is stated to have said he would go as far as any one would shjw him the way in theextension ot the suffrage ; this was thought not sufficiently explicit ; and a question was put as to how far he went without any showing him the way ? when , after some hesitation , it came out he was a household suffrage man , and was for no property qualification of members . These were tho two neat hooks that were to link the Chartists to the

      Whig car , to carry this substitution ( for a man who would rise in spite of himself ) to the arena of humbug It wu no go . Just as the sapienta were bringing their abortion of a meeting to a close , in walked a bill-distributor , handing , with much coolness , among the concoctors of the meeting , a placard announcing that Doctor M'Douall would deliver a political address at the Grapes' Tavern , on the morrow evening . From the lengthening out of their faces , it might have been thought that tke Doctor's name bad communicated an Indian-rubber quality to their phizoga . — -The morrow came , when the Doctor , to a densely crowded audience , poured forth in thrilling eloquence , for an hour and a half , such clear explanations of , and such cogent reasons for , the glorious Charter—demolishing with giant

      ease the triune humbug clap-trap of the base , brutal , and bloody faction , who are now seeking popularity with those they have so cruelly victimized—that the room echoed with the repeated cheers of the blistered bands . The leaders of the Whige were presei . t ,- while some sat with a deep and sullen scowl on their faces , others writhed and twisted in perfect misery , under the merciless lashings of the lecturer , but many more acknowledged the truth of hia arguments , and frequently gave proof that the power of truth will rise above prejudice and make even a Whig acknowledge a Chutist u a very clever man . —Previous to the commencement , our worthy Chairman , a working man , atated that any penon would be at liberty to put any question to the Doctor , or enter into a diBcuuion with him at the

      coneluioa of the address , and at tho conclnsion the nme ¦ tatemeat was nude ; although the *> its ot the Whigs were present , » o one ahowed fight—Saturday had scarcely dawaed wken the courage of the Whig * began to ris « , and with it their old practice of lyiag aad alaadering . Oae said the address wu all lies ; another that he ctuld auwer every part of it ; no doubt , thinking the Doctor would leave , and that they should have it all their own way . The Doctor heard of it and sent them a challenge to meet them in the Lecture Roam , to etiaam the topics of the address . They took an hour to consider of it , and then sent a note declining the contest Hurrah for the Charter , Universal Suffrage , and no humbug !—The Doctor and his friendi met in the Lecture Room in the evening , when tha Doctor , in a

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      soul-stirring address , gave the factions such a dressing as will stick to them for some time to come . Many , who could hear his first address , thus had an opportunity of hearing him . The impression made is deep , and will be lasting , for truth shall prevail . —Monday , the Doctor proceeded to Portsmouth , to sow more seed and water that already growing . —Correspondent . DEPTFORD . —At the weekly meeting held on Sunday , the business was chiefly that of appointing a sub-Treasurer . Mr . Morgan was proposed by Mr . O'Bryan , and seconded by Mr . Jenner , and carried . It was resolved " That Mr . Stall wood be desired to attend to lecture on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , and Mr . Rose ( if in town ) be requested to attend to assist the meeting , The meeting-house to be converted into a reading-room spon Wednesday afternoons ; and that no books be read but those that will further the people in political knowledge , and assist the Chartists . "

      MIDDLESEX . —At a special general meeting of the Middlesex County Council , held on Sunday , June the 6 th , at Lant ' s Coffee House , Clerkenwell Green , Mr . F « rd in the chair : it was moved by Mr . Fussell , seconded by Mr . Hyatt , and carried unanimously , " That Messrs . Saunders , Wheeler , Fussell , Andrews , and Mills be appointed a committee to draw up a plan for the better organisation of the metropolis , and to take such other steps ( not interfering with the prerogative of the JExeeutivej as may be most expedient to ensure the speedy and triumphant attainment of the glorious principles contained in the People's Charter ; the Committee invite the co-operation of any persons who may feel interested in the attainment of this grand object They will meet at present on Thursday even-Ing , at the Dispatch Coffee Rooms , Bride-lane . " Moved by Mr . Hogg , seconded by Mr . Saunders , and carried , ¦ That the County Council meet in future on

      Sunday afternoons , at three o ' clock , at the late Convention Rooms , fro . 55 , Old Bailey . " Moved by Mr . Hogg , seconded by Mr . Fussell , " That a committee consisting of five members of the Council be appointed to superintend tho raising of the O'Connor Banner Fund , and" that the assistance of one person from each of the localities ba requested to assist in carrying out the same . " The committee meet at 55 , Old Bailey , on Sunday afternoons , at five o ' clock , where any donations will be duly acknowledged . Mr . Duncombe , M . P ., having presented the Council with a quantity of pamphlets , containing his speech on the 17 th of May , 1841 , the Secretary was instructed to convey to him the thanks of the Council for the presentation of the same . After the transaction of a variety of other business connected with the settlement of the late Crown and Anchor meeting , and the London Delegate Fund , the Council adjourned till Sunday , June the 13 th , at 55 , Old Bailey .

      NORTHAMPTON . —Chartist Total Abstinence . —On Wednesday evening , June 2 nd , at the Town Hall , the Rev . J . Jenkinson delivered an excellent lecture on the above subject to a very attentive auditnee , amongst whom a very gre < it interest was excited , which manifested itself by frequent cheering during the lecture ; and that much good was done we have no doubt , for many , who before had imbibed the prevalent notion that the Chartists are a wicked set , now declare that they believe the Chartists are right , and that the Charter is founded on truth and justice . Eight persons have since taken the pledge of the Assosociation , and no doubt many more will shortly enrol themselves amongst us .

      HECKMONDWIKE . —At a recent meeting in Mr . r Djbson ' s school-room , at which Mr . Harney was to have fc been present , two members of the association delivered two lectures . One maintained that a repeal of the c-orn Laws would relieve the country from the evils now I in existence ; the other asserted that nothing but a system of Universal Suffrage would effect this end . j Upon subjecting the opinions of both parties to the meeting , in tho form of » motion , nearly tho whole held up their bands for the latter , whilst only two held t up their hands for the former . 1 t b

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      THE iYORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JUNE 12 , 1841 .

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      DUTY OF THE PEOPLE AT THE COMING ELECTIONS . So ! the Tories have again triumphed ! the Whiga aro once more defeated ! Peel ' s no confidence " resolution is carried ! Parliament must be—wiil be dissolved ! What ' s to be done ? The answer is clear . Let the great principle of Universal Suffrage be practically asserted . How ? In every city , and borough , ( and county where practicable , ) let the people select their man , or men , qualified to Bit—making the following the test of principles : —

      The Charter—That is , Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , Equal Representation , and Vote by Ballot . Tha immediate liberation Slid restoration - » f « 11 political prisoners and exiles . The total Repeal of the English New Poor Law , and the veritable amendment of the Scottish laws for the relief of the poor . A Ten-Hours' Bill , and a complete reform of the child-slaying factory system . The annihilation of the rural police , and the placing of town and borough police under the controul of the inhabitants . The repeal of ail laws and taxes fettering the prest .

      Chartists ! the man who will vote for , and do his utmost to accomplish the foregoing list of reformshe is your man ! Wherever , by splitting with the Whigs , you can return your man , do so . Wherever , by splitting with the Tories , you can return your man , do so . But where you cannot find a qualified person to start as your candidate , or where , owing to your poverty , you dare not risk the expenses of a contest , what is then to be done ?

      Do what you were told to do seven years ago by Bronterre . Do what Fearqus O'Connor ha 3 laboured to impress you with the necessity of doing . Have your candidates ; elect them by show of hands , as your veritable representatives ; and leave to God and your own resolute hearts the future . Remember you will get the Charter when you can take it , not before ! The recent decision of Baron Abinger in the case , Muktz v . Sturoe , shows that the " respectables" cannot compel you to pay any portion of the expense of hustings , &c , provided you withdraw your man , or men , upon the show of hands having been taken .

      But where will you find your men ! Nearly every locality has its leaders ( to say nothing of the " tramping demagogues ";) select ye the honest and best talented . Let integrity be the first qualification—ability the second . A word or two on " the men ;"—Glasgow has Moir , and a host of others ; Dundee has honest John Duncan—and John must stand on the hustings to batter Parnell . Let Lowery tackle Her Majesty ' s " devil , " " plain Sir John , " and give the

      Whigs of "Auld Reekie' their dressing 1 John M'Crae is just the man for the " Paisley bodies ;'> let John be there . By all means , some " fellow of the right sort" should be at Greenock to unmask that two-faced humbug that in hid odious carcase desecrates the name of Wallace : and wherever that incarnation of all rascality , Fox Maule , shal ] dare to shew his villain ' s face , there let Abrah Dvncax be to maule ihe reptile . No man ia Scotland is so well fitted as Abrau for the work .

      What are the friends in Newoastle-upon-Tyne about ? Let Mason and Byrne go to work ! What are the " whole hog" friends of South Shields doing ( O ! for a shy at Inohah !) And ye Ia 4 & of " canny Carlisle , " no time is 16 be lost ! come Arthur , Bowman , up ! and down with the Whigs ! You must have your Universal Suffrage man ( or men ) for the city ; and for the county too ! remember you have WiGTON and Dalston to back you . Men of Sunderland , ye have the gallant enthusiast , George Bi . nns ( Williams is engaged elsewhere ) . York , bo mindful , and do your duty \ Leeds , many thanks to yoa for your noble choice . God pity poor " brown bread" Joe , when honest Leech gets him within his iroa grip . Williams , too , doea honour to your

      choice . He is quite up to the mark ! Again we thank you , men of Leeda I Ye bare selected men ot talent—men whose integrity equal * their abilitiesnliose incorruptibility of heart ia as well known as their iplendid acquirements of mind . Bradford , we ka ' o ' ir , will do its duty ; h « re the principle of Universal Suffrage will be asserted . Halifax , to * , is safe . What ' s Hudderafield doing ! Ye hare a noble choice , men of Hudderafield ; an absent , or a present friend—your " good old King" Oasiuse , or . Pit- , kkthly , both Bworn foes of Whiggery . By all means Pitkethly Bhould be started somewhere and carried 1 Men of Bolton , ye have Richard Mabsden , than whom a more honest man , or sterling { . atriot treads not God ' s earth ; he is truly ihe representative of the hand-loom weavers ; let himS

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      in Heaven ' s name let him , in the teeth of the plunderers , plead for his suffering order ! Will Preston do nothing ? Is Henry Hunt forgotten ? Men of Manchester and Salford , shew that you are not to be bludgeoned into slavish submission—return blow for blow ! Out ! out ! out ! with the " bloody - Whigs I" Oldham will " return its present members . Sharman Crawford is' sure to go for Rochdale .

      Now , men of Birmingham , give the sham-Radicals a lift . Surely you may find your men . Nottingham , glorious Nottingham , most again return Walter , not as a Tory , bat as an enemy of the Whigs . ' but Nottingham must have its Universal Suffrage man too—there is Sweet , Black , and a number more all good and true , fit , well fit to scourge that unblushing renegade Hobhousjs ! There is Cooper , too . for Leicester .

      And men of Northampton you have made a glorious choice ! hurrah for M'Douall ! on the hustings he must be ; elected by show of hand 3 he must bo ; and returned by voters , if possible , he must be ! Never mind by what means ; unite with the devil himself to get the " Republican Doctor" into the tax-trap , there to physio the rats of corruption In the South and South West , the Isle of Wight , Brighton , Bath and Stroud , should be made battleground . In Brighton , there are able men ; in Bath , Philp is the man . If " Fihality , " the destroyer of Frost shall appear at Stroud , Vixcejit must be there !

      O Brien must not be forgottsn ! as the great instructor of ihe people , the untiring advocate of Universal Suffrage his claims upon your suffrages equal those of any man ! let the Islo of Wi ^ ht , Brighton , or Newcastle-upon-Tyae eay which is to have the honour of his-return—for returned he must be by Universal Suffrage ; and if his friends do their duty ho may be actually returned by ten pound voters for the Isle of Wight : Let us also in conclusion mention the names of Vjlliers Sankey ( now ) of London , and Butterworth of Manchester ; men whose integrity and talent should be called into requisition at this crisis .

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      THE RECKONING DAY ! Chartists ! let us impress upon you the necessity of ousting the Whigs at the ensuing elections—no matter at what cost , at what hazard I "i ' s true both factions are our implacable enemies , and the destruction of both we should labour to accomplish ; but this at the moment is impossible . Let us , then , set one faction to destroy the other ! Vengeance is sweet ! and let us have vengeance of the . Whigs ? Be their deeds remembered ! ! and the just reward of those deeds be theirs ! ! 1 Who came into office pledged to "Peace , Retrenchment and Reform I "—The Whigs . Who have wasted the resources of this country in disgraceful and wicked wars !—The Whigs .

      - Who expended two millions of money , and caused he death of thousands of the people of this country y their wicked interference with the civil wars of Spain and Portugal—interfering for the purpose of establishing the rule of loan-mongers , fund-holders , and money jugglers in those countries I—The Whigs Who drove the people of Canada to rebellionlaid waste that land with fire and sword—and committed the most fiendish atrocities \—The Whigs . Who carried death and devastation through the the East in support of the accursed principle of " legitimacy" and " divine right V '—The Whias .

      Who are engaged at the present time in coercing the Chinese Government , for the benefit of the ruffian-poisoners % —The Whigs . Who have humiliated us in the eyes of all nations , and made the name of Britain stink in the nostrila of the whole earth X- ^ -The Whigs . Down with the " base , bloody , and brutal faction . ' " Who have added millions to that wholesale swindle , dignified with the name of the " National Debt V' —The Whig * . Who have iucrfi" - ^ ? - —*»« " r-me Whigs . Tvrno have wasted the two millions of surplus revenue left by their predecessors , and have now a deficiency of eight millions to meet their profligate expenditure % —The Whigs .

      Who gave twenty millions of money to the slaveholders of the West Indies , whose only " compensation" Bhould hare been Uo each ) a rope 1—The Whigs . Who gave to a German woman one hundred thousand pounds per annum % —The Whigs . Who proposed the giving of fifty thousand pounds per annum to another German pauper—the Queen's husband!— The Whigs . Who voted seventy thousand pounds , to build stables for royal horses I—The Whigs . Whose career has been one of unblushing extravagance , and unmitigated profligacy 1—The Whigs . Down ! down with the '' base , bloody , and brutal faction ' 1 "

      Who gave us " The Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill ?"—The Whigs . Who gave Ireland a " Coercion Act , " to quell , by military violence , the natural discontent of that iong oppressed people \—The Whigs . Who , by their hellish Poor Law , robbed the people of England of their right to subsistence from the soil , and have punished the poor for their poverty?—The Whigs . Who have sacrificed the unfortunate factory children at the shrine of Mammon !—The Whigs . Who have refused to legislate for the suffcrisg hand-loom weavers X—The Whigs .

      Who crowded their dungeons with the advocates of free knowledge , and imposed new laws to fetter the press , more tyrannical , despotic , and damnable , than anything concocted by a Sidmocth or a Castlereagh V—The Whigs . Who are attempting the establishment of an odious system of centralization , and have filled the country with rural police , Government spies , and Iscariot traitors to their fellow-men X—The Whigs . Who have , for the last ten years , been engaged in deforming , instead of reforming , the institutions of the country t—The Whigs . DOWN ! DOWN ! DOWN WITH THE " BASE , BLOODY , AND BRUTAL FACTION !!!"

      Who issued the bloody special commissions of 1830 , employed in transporting and hanging our brethren tho agricultural labourers \—The Whigs . Who , under those special commissions , hanged poor Cooke , of Miteheldever , lor " striking at " Bmgham Baring ; doing him no harm !—The Whig * Who had the " getting-up" of the prosecution against Lord Cardigan , for deliberately shooting at , with intent to kill or maim one Ha&tby TucKBTit and who " managed "' to get the Lord clear off!—The Whigs . Who incited the . deluded multitude to commit acts of violence and outrage at Bristol and Nottingham ! and then , by the sabre and halter , murdered their victims!—The WhLs .

      Who let loose their ruffian police upon a peaceable and legal assemblage of the people in Calthorpe-street , in 1833 % -The Whigt . Who attempted the suppression of Trades * Unions , and transported the Dorchester 'labourers and Glasgow cotton spinners r— The Whig $ . Who kidnapped . and exiled Frost , Williams , a » 4 Jones 1—The Whig * . Who have crammed their vile dungeons with the wise and the good , turned their prisons into inqnia * { ions , and made a science of lortars I—The Whigi . Who have degraded us , robbed us , tram / yled upon us , treated our petitions withsMra , a ^ oar oonplai&U with ••¦ tempt X—The Whi g * .

      Down ! dtwnl dowm 11 down IJ WMk Vbm " but , Moody , amd brutal" Cttttr * j j j | The day of reckoning is eom « i * The hour ff f' 0 \ V ^ K-i retribution is fast approaching I JVi thaM ^ V ^^^ J ^ . ^ rf an indignant people be heard in . t huade / £ ^^\ Ji ^^ % \ f the lightning-bolts of a nation ' * -wrath tf ^^^^^^~^/ lowest depths of perdition . ' * pit tha f » fafcfm ^^>^? ^'( Hafl \ has insulted the afflicted . * r . d betray ^^ % 3 & *^^| r / plrf pressed ! Chutists ! down " with the t ^ ii ^^ S ^^\^^ M / . : ¦ .. - . ^ Wj ^ MaHSff ^ ' ¦ -i-. i ¦ . ¦; .. / ffl ^ v . ; : ^ .

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      —^—FRAGMENT ON Hotr Trizard envy , - with her spleenful eye And Tenom-cover'd tongue , vratches thy steps In trne nobility , in hopes to throw gome vQe malicious taanta athwart thy way To stay thy zealous speed to "Virtue ^ gosL Bat all their puny tricks are Tain ; fcr none Chi tarnish truth—can Teil the nooa-day sun , Orstnt the devry eye of Orient morn , Which ushers tie bright beams of summer's day Envy , "with rueful blast , did ever wait To Bc&tter blights , so as to nip or check

      The bud of honest fame ; bat oft the means It uses to repress serves to impel . Justice and truth will serve to show Their heaVn-bom strength and power hovr unimpaired Br all the slaod'rocs aims of "jrily spite , Whose poisoned shafts so oft reverberate , And strike the miscreants who dare to poise So dire a deadly blow . This thought refits , Asi is a stimulus to greater deeds , feoag aspersion seldom mocks the base , While calumny surrounds the good man ' s path . i . Tebsos . SoathmoltoD , May 22 .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct383/page/3/