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    • THE NORTHERN STAB, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1841.
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      THE PATRIOT . ± ir . ~ " In a cottage near a tnod . " All hail the patriot!—sacred name ! la freed « B crftdUd , nxnx'd by fame ; Though tyrants' thunders round him tqTL , Tfrsnovea fail betrt , nMttth'd Mi soul ; In eossdoonfiita ' s giant might , He mocks the rtorm , like Anda height What holy feeling mkes his son ! ? Tis truth * eternal principle ;

      chorcs . Then hall the noble patriot ¦ see The guiding star of liberty . He marks baa irsepirtf conn try's tears , Obeys the voice his sool reveres , Though ahiooded in a dungeon ' s gloom—The tyxanVB plea—the patriots doom , Bis spirit droops not ; if it burn , lie not f os » elf , bat those that mourn ; Oa ' . these an asplrafcloBS kind , The minor of a master mind l

      Then hail the , &c TTiat being's he of mortal span , On whose frail heart fate ¦ writeth man , Enthroned en blood , by carnage crovrn'd , In murder's annali long renowned » "Tis he , the great terrestrial God : Though millions tremble at hia cod , The patriot itsads from terror free , Id nature's tnie nobility . Then bail the , &c

      Hath heaven bequeathed those powers sublime , Enabling man to sleep through tise ? Ask Hampden ' i spirit—ask the bravo "Who rent the chains that cura'd the slave ; Oh ! they alone of peerless worth , "Who spurn the inglorions thrones of earth ; Disdaining faction , love the whole , Can lead to freedom ' s hallowd goal Then hail the , &c .

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      SCRAPS FOB RADICALS L . T . C—No . III . Hail my nreei , my gentle lyre , To thee my muse responds again ; Let colder hearts invoke thy fire , Give me thy Lydian languid strain . Breathe that I may sooth 9 thy sorrow , Let thy murmurs softly break On my heart and from it borrow , Si £ h 3 that cannot , dare not speak . Yet , 0 ! yet , my gentle lyre ,

      Proudly shall thine eaho ring ; Micst a glorious nation ' s choir , Whose rtsurgevm tb « y sing . 2 f oi in strains ef smothered sorrow , Bat thy joyouB notes shall break On my heart , and from it borrow ? . All my scul could wish to speik .

      > -o . IT . 10 THOSE WHO CA . N BEST UNDERSTAND

      THEM , D * ep are the notes that Nanta sbgs , And Erin her memorials keeping -, As from h « r ebon throne she Bpricg 3 , At midnight hour when heaven 13 sleeping . Amidst the tombs she weeps for one , In vain for thrice twelve years she weepelh ; For freedom dare not raise a stone , To tell the worth of him who sleepeth ; Still may she seek that lowly mound , And seak in vain till thst bright morrow , TThen freedom ' s sun shall halo round , That Baaed shrine of silent sorrow . TCI then no monument we raise .

      Our hearts » hfr ^ fold his tragic story 1 i » not yet time to ssund his praise , His warth , his eloquence , his glory

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      A SONG POB THE LADIES . Tone— " FarevreU io the Mountain . " PaRETvell to each folly , each love-telling tali , Tie gay hopes of life * m 5 d pleasure ' s s ^ veet vale , An bo false , ail so fair , that my bosom did swell These pleasures are fled , farewell ! 0 , farewell : Farewell ! far more ustfully time 111 employ , The ranks of the Chartists I'll enter with joy ; Hark ! th * ir voice is resounding o ' er mountain and dell , And in thuder proclaiming the tyrant ' s death koelL Farewell to each foily , each love-telling tale , The cay hopes of life " mid pleasure ' s sweet vale ; In no othtz cause shall my bosom e ' re swell . Bat the cause 0 ! the people ; farewell ! 0 , farewell 2 .

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      THELUSX"S DEATH WABBAXT . ( Frotn his new unrk on Canada . ) With me , in the prison , things remained in the same state , until a little after one o ' clock , on Monday , when the Sheriff , accompanied by some officers and citizens , entered my apartment , and ., with a melancholy shake of bis head , handed me a letter from the Governor to him , as Sheriff of the home district : it was , in fact , what they termed there a death warrant ; but was enly an official letter , saying , that his Excellency and Conncil , having taken into consideration the prayer of the prisoner ' s petition , eould see no good reason why he should interfere with the due course of the law ; and concluded by saying , " Ton are , therefore , commanded to have the Bentenra of the law carried into effect en the body of the prisoner , to-morrow morning , at seven o'clock . " As Alderman , whosa uains was Dickinson , I think s

      nAdlei , &sd mastei of one ef the Orange lodges , begged my forgiveness for the insult he hs < l offered me the day I entered the prison . He was the person who had expressed the wish that I might never come out untQ the morning when I should be executed . He said he felt Eorry for what he had said , and that he had done all be eould to atone for it by making intercession for me—that he would still strive to aid me , and leave nothing undone that might aid him in accomplishing hia object . The man was trme to his word . I afterwards learned that he was indefatigibls in his exertions , and , Orangeman as he was , 1 can say with gratitude to him and others , advocates of that , to me . loathing system , that they forgot every difference , political and religious , and looked upon me only as their countryman , and with snei feelicg they joined their C-tholic cotmtrj-nien to save By life .

      "Would to God it eould ever be thus , that there conil be union of sentiment and interest , and that they wouiii be to longer the dnpss of deigning traves , who keep them at variance , that they day rale , and ride over tieii necks with cars and chariot whte j of their own creation . Seated in my eell , and writing rcy List Irishes to my family and friends , I was aroused by an rJarm , the belli ringing and the drums beating to anr s . What could it be ? Could there be Eny train in the report that had been circulated , that an attempt would be made hj the patriots to land and rescue us , or was it like tie other rumours that had been brought to us every day .

      At this period , rumours of new and threatening aspect had been sent over by the paid spies 0 / the Government , who were placed along the frontier towns of the United States , that duiia * tl :-it very week a formidable attempt would be Eisde on Toronto , is well for the purpose of gftttirtg the metropolis into their hands , as for our rescue ; and cow , in open dsy , a steam-boat of the larger cks 3 plcu ^ hirg her way intu the bay , with the American £ 2 ; fioatir . r at her topmast appe&red to them indicative of *^ e reality , ar . d that assuredly their hour of battle waa at hand ; and the troops were roused from the ' r merrin . ent , their grog acd " bacchanalian song , to m « : their invaders . The shouts—the wild hurra—succeeded tb « discharge of cannon , after an hour or two passed in conjecturing what ail this could amount to , or what it "meant , my door was opened , and my friend , JsniesE . Small , E ; q , came in , whose agitation sesm ' . l z < i ms ta omen something disastrous .

      Out with it man ; what is i : ; whit rasar . s this outcry ; " I demanded . " Nothing , nothing—atieiit nothing yet—but it may be turned to aivantM ? , nn American vessel is arrived , and in tei is your wife , whose reception by the troops has been enthusiastic , aid I have Lroucht ber btre to » ee you . " He knocked—the door w ^ s opened—and the o 5 j « ci of my rnos ; intense acsUty , my wife , Wis in -my arms I was not a little shocked at her appearance . 1 ' eui mentis c ! arxiety and n . rnta . 1 distress had made aid Kvages upon a-r health , and she prt ? ested herseii before n ; e sH but the wre . k of her former self . To ker I arpeortd equally broken in health , vet net in spirit ;

      for r . ^ tfcoBgh a-x&r ~ of whst I h 2 d ta exinei from my eneniifes , and that every thing Gepeaded mj my own energies , uever repining , and wbistlir . g that grief thr . ngh the nevlcrt of belts and tare , -ahich Falstaff E ~ . il blew a tr . tr : up , " yet the conSncO . air and darapLiss of ny prison wrought a paie ani sickly ap-Pesrance . I had striven to let ia iny atrtngth of bocy for the last effort that I might be called to make for my freedom ; but the weighty chains I wore , the want cf exercise , and the breathing ptstiterce about me , had Eis £ e me blaattd ; and althcngh I \ rdii ai : owed , by the gottrr-vctzi , but a pound of bread aai a pint of iniserable E-up per day , I cenfe&s that I fisd all the arpearr aucs , tbargtd by the Tory press , of beicg " fattened for the galio-srs . "

      TLi acccua ; which my wife gave rae cf jp . j family and frieros , psrfic ^ lariy of the kind attri tions cf the Jattei to htrseli , and Uieir hear ^ elt sympathies for icy situation , ^ is scothiBg to my agitated mind ; and 1 was most grateful to them for the means they -were pursuing to coiLp .-l the United States gOTereraeat to interfere in niv -brhalf , although , even if Rscctfcfnl , thzt interfer ence eight come too laie . It ar-ti « that they had

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      bees depending «« W rtpiesentatiens of John Prince ana otters ; tiat nothing would be done with us or the other Americas prisoners , further than detaining na until the troubles on the frontier should cease , when we would all be liberated . On this account , and , in fact , with the solemn pledges of Tories high in office to that effect , our friends ceased hostilities , laid down their arms , dispersed , and exerted their influence to reetore- ^ ttiei amongst the enraged inhabitants of the frontier , who appeared resolved on " carrying the war into Africa . " One corps of iron nerved men , some five "hundred strong , of the brigade of my friend , E . J . Roberts , Esq ., wall armed , equipped , and provisioned fora campaign , breathing eursaa upon the necessity , bat consenting to the policy , disbanded , and retained sullenly to their homes , on the pledge that everything

      that could be done on the part of the authorities of the state of Michigan , either with the powers in Canada , cr at the seat of government of the United States , should be done to effect our teleas * , and Joha Prince , and other Tory magistrates , and even Clergymen , on that exposed frontier , were parties to it by consultation , and the ( very men to humbly solicit it , pleading for the patriot ' s mercy . Bnt the news of my trial , conviction , and sentence , accompanied by a printed copy of my remarks to the Judge , pnt to flight their anticipations , and the testimony of Prince on the stand , and his lying description of the affiiir , and of the situation of matters on the frontier , in his place on the floor of Parliament , told them bow false he and his associates were to their pledge , and redoubled their fears that I would be made their victim .

      T 7 nd « r this state of feeling had ilrs . Theller Itf t Lsr home , resolved to come to ms . From the few days yet unerpired , on the receipt of the intelligence , before I was to have been executed , it was feared she could not , by any possibility , reach Toronto in time to see me alive ; but altb » ngb the news had been received but in the evening , before the dawn of next morning she was on the road , and hurried on night and day by extra conveyances , until she reached Lewistou , N . Y ., where there appeared to be an insnrmounVaWe obstacle in the way—ths steam-boat Transit tha only boat running to Toronto , bad jast gone . But no , the American

      Etaam-boat , Oneida , was lying in port , and the nobfeh ear ted , generous , aad disinterested citizens of Lewiston had no sooner learned whe it was , and the errand she was upon , thin that boat wai chartered , and she again on her way , under the escort of a gentleman , and lady , and several yonDg gtntitwex of that patriotic town , wh * had volunteered to accompany her , and protect feei from insult , but the latter precaution was unnecessary , inasmuch , as she remarked , that , as ray wife , none dared to insult her , particularly in Toronto , where there wer-j regiments of Irishman in arms ; but , nevertheless , words can never repay the obligation we both felt for this unlooked-for kindness .

      To continue her narrative—As the boat neared the port , she was surprised to see the streets lined with armed men , and that they should fixe a cannon across the bows of the Oneida , inducing the captain to stop her , ^ nd run up tha Amsricia nig . Shortly an officer usd guard cau < . e on board , and ascertaining the cause , treated her with much kindness and politeness ; one young officer telling her he had just seen me , that I was well , and encouraging her by assurances that although the Government would mate the attempt to cany their sentence into txscution , still the guards would not allow it .

      On her landing at the wharf , and it 3 bsing annonnced who sae was , she was enthusiastically cheered by the troops , as they opened their iles to let ber pass , and observing some of the offisera approaching to render her B ^ sie civilities , they became rather load in thesr whispered cousolition . * ' IXm't be c& 3 t down , ma ' am ; keep up your heart ; your husband is our countryman ; and they shan't hurt a hair of his head as long as one of us can bould a bayonet . " Cheered by this exhibition of national feeling , she thanked them &s my countrymen , and , as the Toronto Patriot , the official paper , said , " turned up her nose , and said that she knew the goverment dare not bang him , " that she was going to the governor with documents , and was desirous of going forthwith . Many immediately volunteered to go with her , which Eome discreet friend observing , advii = d ber to lel-tfeem go alone , which she did and whilst she was on her way to my prison , they were on theirs to the government house .

      A deputation of their own choice presented the petition . The-council was called , and afur some time , Sir George informed thtm how gra' . eful her Majesty was to the loyal Irish ; that they had saved the province , and that he was happy to have it in his power to do an act which would be gratifying to those brave men , who , in thek-our of peril , had so gallantly rallied around the government : that as there was a great legal question involved in my trial , it had been decided that 1 should be respited until her Majesty's pleasure should be known ; that at present I should be reserved for her Majesty ' spleasure . Yes , there wssa great legal questioninvolved in . my trial , and that question was whether , in the absence of aae or two more regular regiments , he csuld carry the sanguinary scheme into effect ; whether he

      dared brave the bold and fearless volunteers , who did nof hesitate to tell him to his teeth , that they would never be passive lookers-on at the gibbettisg of their countryman , arraigned as he had been on a false issue , unjustly condemned , and illegally and in * humanly sentenced . Here was the grand secret at the great question involved . The open air threats of a loyal party , and the anonyznoui letters of the reformers to the chief justice and the members of the council , carried nsore terror to the soul of Sir George , th < -n would a thousand legal questions to bis seared qpaseenee , or the execution of myriads of freemen , to his bloated heart . The tyrant , and his minions of the perjured woolsack and the council , knew that they bad been tried and condemned , and tkat a conditional sentence was hanging over their hesds , from which they murt seek a reprieve before the rising of another sun .

      They trembled lest they took my place upon the scaffold , and the guillotine be placed there instead of the knont The " legal principles J-nvolved , ™ had already been discus 3 © d for tiajs , and finally coldly dismissed , with the assurance that 1 need not hope for mercy from their hands . That it was fear , guilty trembling cowardly fear involved , was made evident tr every rational man who read their official , the Toronto Patriot , the next morning , when Sir George Arthur himself—for none other could so eloquently describe the horrors cf the wretch doomed to ' Van Dieman ' a Land , as the late brutal master of that devoted colony —after alluding to the means which bad been resorted to to save me from the gallows , painted in glowing colours the doom which still awaited me ; although 1 was respited immediate death . —WiUiaTnsburp Democrat , f American paper . )

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      [ The following report was received Ia > t week , after the pipers for Carlisle tcere posted . } CABXISLE . —Great a > ti-Corn Law Soiree or Tea Party . —The League a > -d Five Priests "WORSTED BY A SOLITARY HaND LojJI WEAVER ! !—Va . Tuesday evening iast , there vris a strong muster of the League , to hear an account of tbe mission of several priests , who had beer . st :: t by them to the Conference a : itaachester . Every means had been resorted to lor several days previous ( such as master manufacturers giving their workpeople tickets at \ half price , & :. ) to make the compaay as large and j imposing as possible . About 2-10 persons sat down ' to tea , in t ' m Ccifee House Assembly Room ; after [ whicb , Sir Wilfred Lawson , Bart ., Peter l ) ixon ,

      Esq ., ace impa : ; : ed by several dissenting clergymen , and &ome of the leading members of the League , ascended the platform , on each side of which was a sheaf of vrhea ' w wnh large placards , bearing the f ^ U ovririg UX 13 from S : npturc : — i 4 He that withholdeth corn , the people ? hall curse him . " " They take away the sheaf from lbs hungry . " " The bread of tha needy is his iit ' s ; ha that deprivaih him thereof is a man of biood , ' &c . Sir Wilfred Lawson wa 3 called on to preside . We were grieved to ste him in the company of ihose who hsvo become rich bj grindicg the iaca oi the poor , for we believe he is a good man . The following il > . v . Gentlemen severally addressed the meeting : —Mdfsis . Wolsenho ] in , Dabie , Chester * . M'Gill , and C ' -rruthers , all

      of whom , we uudeistood , had attended ihe Conference La jlanchister . With the exccpika of the address of Mr . Dobie , which was a very feeling appeal on behalf of tbe poor , the whole of the speakers betrajed the grossest ignorance of the subject of which they were the professed advocates , fhe data they laid down was incorrect , and their reasoning and conclusions equally erroneous . These men would be much more usefully employed in performing their religious duties among iheir flocks than becoming the tools of a selfish and overbearing se : of mea , wiio only seek to Lci . cSt themselves at the expeocs of the working classes . After these Rev .-Ger !! ienie : i had ranted until they were tired

      the Chairman said as lucre was no other person to address the meeting , it was accoTJ . rglj dissolved ; on wh : ch , a Mr . James M'Keczie rose and said that he and Mr . Hanson had been sent to the meeting a 3 a deputation from the ir ^ nd-loom weavers , and if the Cbairznftn would allow him , he would state , as briefly as possible , the real .-tste of that body . Tie Chairman wished bita to have a hearing , and he ascended the platform . Mr . M'Kerzie then read several statistical table ? , shewing ihe ra'e of wages 3 ; ihe time tha Commissioner , Mr . Mnggeridgo , was in Carlisle , in 18 ^ 3 , and the great reduction which had taken placs since that period . It appeared that a hand-loom weaver cannot novr earn mure than

      iron threo to four shfllwgs per week J Us then read several extracts from a printed address , showing the absol-Jte necessity of a Board of Trade to afford protection to the workmen against the cupidity wf the master .-. He then said , there 13 no man iu this meeting , more opposed to the present Com Laws , than i am . I marched to put them on at the point of the bayotci ; and I would do as much to have them repeaJeJ , providing I thought that the workirg man would receive any portion of the benefit . The master manufacturers have no feeling for their work people ; for instance said he , one cf the masters in Carlisle , had etated to himself and others ; a . » one time , when they had waited upon him , ti&t ; f he had any fabric of work , less paid than the other masters , he would immediately advance it . But when shown that this was the case , Le cordially replied— " Oh i the wearers are cow

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      doing pretty well , for potatoes are very cheap ( Great confusion and icnea of -question , question . Several members of the League here interfered to pat down Mr . M'Kenzie , who after making some other observations , quite as unpalateable , was obliged to conclude , when Mr . Joseph Uroome Hanson mounted one of the forms , and was proceeding to address thrtnefting , when tfae < greate 8 . t uproar prevailed . THs priests and members of the Leagne were evidently frightened , least Mr . Hanson should be heard , and , they being vastly the majority of the meeting , it was utterly impossible to hear Mr . Hanson from the discordant" yells and clamour which were set up . The priests here began to leave tbe platform determined , that no one should be

      beard in reply to them , thus violating the divine precept which they had been preaching—** Do unto others , as you would have others do unto you . " The priests and their employers here left tbe room amidst the greatest noise and confusion—tbe Chartists challenging them to discuss tbe Eubject of tbe Corn Laws at a publio meeting . Though tbe Chartists were few in number , they now had full possession of tbe place , and as the other party were retiring , three cheers were given for Mr . O'Connor to tbe groat chagrin of the League , whose disgraceful conduct on this occasion , will never be forgotten . We shall on some fitting occasion analise the ingredients of wJXch this body is made up , and intersperse it with a running commentary , which will tend to the better understanding of our analysis .

      The Habvest rx Cumberland . —Up to the 21 st of the present month , and for ten days previous , the weather has been remarkably favourable , for the performance of the harvest operations , which have been going on with the greatest rapidity . The crops are very abundant , and have been very little injured by the late rains . There is every prospect of a plentiful season . GLASGOW . —The hand-loom weavers in Barnside factory , at a meeting the other day , determined upon joining the procession to accompany tbe " uncaged lion" in triumph to Glasgow . A committee has been appointed to make the necessary arrangements , and to solicit subscriptions to enable them to engage a band . Let the men in other factories go and do likewise , and the reception of the incorruptible patriot will be an honour to the ' Glasgow bodies . "

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      . 9 . Extraordinary Accusation against a Shipowner . —At the London Sessions , on Saturday , Mr . Alexander Thompsw , an extensive shipowner of Shields , was charged with assaulting George Frederick Cleme » t , with intent to excite him to commit an unnatural orfeece , and there was a second count in the indictment for a common assault . Mr . C . Phillips defended the prisoner . The prosecutor Etated that he lived at No . 10 , Gravel-lane , and was a shoemaker , and worked as a broker for his father . On the 20 th of August he was coming into the city to fetch some tool 3 and a great coat from No . 26 , New-street . He stopped in Tower-street to look into a picture shop , when the defendant , who carried a walking-stiok , came and rubbed his hand against

      his ( prosecutor ' s ) person ; he folt confused at such treatment , but not knowing whether it was accidental or not , he moved off to the other shop window . Prisoner then deliberately caught hold of him with one of his fingers of his hand , * in which he held his stick , and prosecutor called him a beastly vagabond , and several persons who were present advised him to give tho prisoner into custody . He afterwards called the prisoner a miscreant , and upon a policeman coming up he pave him into custody . At the Station-house the prisoner asked prosecutor if he intended lo prosecute , addiDg that he had children as big as he was . He denied having touched prosecutor , and at the Man 3 ion-house be declared that he was a single man . —Recorder : Are any of the

      persons here who saw you give him in charge !—Prosecutor : Not that I am awar » of . —The Recorder ( with surprise ) : What ! you said several persons advised you to give the prisoner in charge . Are none of them here ?—Prosecutor : They followed to the Station-house , but it was impossible any of them ceuld gee the assault , from the position in which I stood . —The recorder : Why , if you were advised to give the prisoner in charge by the bystanders , it appears most extraordinary that it did not strike you that they would be required as witnesses!—Prosecutor : Why , I thought the Lord Mayor would hare punished the prisoner , and that the case would not have come to trial . —Mr . C . Phillips : To be sure you did ; that is exactly what you wished . —Cross-examined : He had stated all his avocations . He was never a potboy ; he had lived at three public-houses , and had been a potman . He did not call that being a potboy , as he was twenty-three years of age . He did not mention this before , because he knew that the counsel would ask

      him the question . He was sot called a " skitlesharp / ' that he had ever heard of . He was oat until twelve o ' clock on Thursday last , and , when he met a policeman on hia way home , he did noWell him tbitJ » was alanaed farthe Jesuit of the trial ; bat , if he had known the trouble attending it , he would not have had anything to do with it . He told the policeman that ho went before Alderman Pirie , and , because the prisoner was engaged in the shipping trade , he ( prosecutor ) was not allowed to speak . He afterwards went before the Lord Mayor , and the prisoner was ordered to find bail in £ 200 to answer the charge . —Mr . Phillips , at great length , commented upon the evidence of the prosecutor , and callod a number of shipowners and coal factors , who gave the prisoner a most exemplary character . — The recorder summed up with great minuteness , * nd the Jury found the prisoner not guilty , and added , that they had great satisfaction in expressing their opinion that the defendant left the court without a stain upon his character .

      GBASD Dj ! tti £ B TO LOBD MoBMTH BT THE IllISH Reformers . —A grand banquet was given to Lord Morpeth , in the theatre at Dublin , on Tuesday week . The price of the tickets was fixed at thirty-two shillings ; and the cumber of individuals who sat down at table amounted to 600 . The most noblo the Marquis of Clanricardo presided on the occasion . The cloth having been removed , and Non Nobis Dominie having been sung , the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drunk with enthusiasm . The chairman then-ealled for a bumper , and having in a very neat speech eulogised the services which Lord Morpeth had conferred upon Ireland , gave as a toast , — "Lord Morpeth , who has won and wears the gratitude of the people of Ireland . " Lord

      Morpeth then said , " i am here to night , gentlemen , having filled for a longer period than any of my predecessors the office of chief secretary of Ireland ; and knowing now , by my personal experience , the responsible difficulties and delicate duties which it involves , remembering the feelings of anxiety , and even of misgiving , with which 1 first entered upon their discharge , and conscious , abovo all , of the many errors and imperfections which a retrospect of tho whole intervening period canuot fail to conjure up before my mind , I own that I cannot fully suppress the thrill of pleasure and exultation with which I look at this brilliant scene before me , and say as I look at it , ' this is my rich reward . ' ( Loud cheers . ) But , gentlemen , I must not forget that 1

      come before you to night as a member not of a standing , but of a beaten ministry ; and although I have happily proved to-day that I am not yet excluded from your streets , from your places of public concourse , from your halls of pleasnre , from the warm Krasp and the friendly greeting —( loud cheers)—from the social board and the flowing wino cup , yet into the guarded precincts of the castle of Dublin I am no longer privileged to go . " His Lordship then adverted at considerale length to the mcasurea adopted by the late administration in favour of Ireland , and the happy results which had followed tho adoption of them ; and continued— " I am preparod to assert that , viewed as a whole , the state of society in Ireland , giving soaie cousideratioii to ail the

      causes which stir its depths and trouble its springs , has exhibited a gratifying and cheering contrast with almost every former period , chooso it when you may , and under w 2 iat circumstances you will . Called upon to resign our hi # h trust into other bands , I feel myself entitled to say to our successors—Impiove upon our management , by all mp . ans , in whatever way you are able , avoid such errors and mistakes aa we have not been able to guard againstcarry the fortunes and welfare of ihe country fuller and higher than we have been able to do ; but do not let ihe sacred trust be tarnished in your keeping ; aveit frorn it , above all—knowing some of the oompanionship by which you will be surrounded , and the

      enticements by which you may bo uucompassed—tho blighting breath of bigotry , keep alive eke precioua seed of religious pence , which , sown yet but at rare intervals through th ^ land may , under friendly and prudent culture , fill all her lurrows with increase , and crown her heights with gladness , and may render a united people grtat , virtuous , and happy . And now , gentlemen , Slaving beea ltd to say thus much by tho psculiar circumstance of tbe time and the occasion — in taking leave as the member of a political party of thosa now here with whom I have acted , and by whom I have been supported , I have now to express my unshaken reliance on the strength and advance of the rrain links which connect and

      cement our union . I believo they may best be resolved into an axdeui attachment to the cause of civil and religious freedom , not in the cold letter , but in the liriDg spirit—not in the formal homage of the lip , but in the deep devotion of the heart . As such , our cause is grounded on immortal principles—and you maybe well assured it wiLI bring to ii 3 adherents 120 shame . As for myself , individually , I feel that it is now my painful , yet al&o my grateful office , to bid farewell to associates , whose prompt

      and active zeal has lightened the load of busmen , and shared and smoothed the responsibilities of office ; to friends , whoso warm and steady kindness has gladdened the hour of recreation , and encircled the storehouse of pleasant aud lasting recollections ; and to the Iri .-h people , who will command my respectful attachment , sympathy , and gratitude , wherever I may have the means to serve as long as I haTe the power to remember . " Several other toasts having been disposed of , the company broke up at half-past twelve o ' clock .

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      Dbkadfox Mtodkr at Eskdaleside , neab WHUBT j —It has never before been our painful daty to «« ora bo foul and atrocious a murder , committed within the above quiet and peaceful district , as the one which was perpetrated at the dwelling of Mr . Wiiliam . Robmson * yeoman , at Eskdaleside , on tho forenoon of Tuesday last . Mr . Robinson , it appears , left Jus home jwjkhe morning of that day , for the purpose 1 of attending Egtou fair , and hia servants for the harvest field , leaving Mw . Robinson alone to manage the domestic concerns of the house . At MMMft-tni o'elock , Mr . Hill ; miller ,-of Thnrndale , made niBBsnalcallTo * orders , when he found Mrs . itownson choerfuUf- pursuing her avoeations , and apparently in perfect health . wishiDC him cood

      morning when he took Mb departure . On the return of the servant ^ however , to dinner at coon , a scene the most horrifying presented itself-they discovered their mistress lying upon her face on the floor , surrounded by a pool of blood . After they had in some degree recovered from their alarm , they raised the body and discovered heV head nearly severed from the trunk , and in a rigid state . The kitchen floor , on which the deed of darkness was committed , appearod to be in confusion , and , on a closer examination , they found that the drawers , &o ., had been broken open and ransacked , the murderers leaving traces of their guilt on the various articles of furniture whioh they had touched during their pilfer . Messengers were immediately despatched to Mr .

      Kobinson , atEgton , and to the police at Whitby . We will not attempt to describe the agony of the bereaved husband . Mr . Wilkinson , the head of the Whitby police , accompanied by two vigilant ofnoers , promptly attended , and after exnnini /» £ the premises , and obtaining all the information relative to the foul crime which those around were able to afford , commenced a pursuit after two suspioious characters , who bad been seen near the house during the morning . Some clue to their supposed destination was furnished by the finding of a pocket-book , which was identified by one of Mr . Robinson ' s servants , and which had been lefc in safety in his box iu tha morning . Mr . Wilkinson , having discovered that tho men had

      taJcefl the road ioadiag to Lyth , immediately proceeded to that village , and succeeded ia capturing them . They proved to bo Irish reapers , travelling in search of employment . On searching them , not any evidence of their participation in the crime could bo found on their persons . They stated they were going to the neighbourhood of Mickleby for work , at whioh place they had been engaged last autumn . Mr . W . felt justified in their detention , and removed them to Whitby , where they underwent an examination before C . Richardson and J . Chapman , Esqrs ., and ( were remanded until after the coroner ' s inquest , which was then sitting at the Tunnell inn , which , after a lengthened investigation , was adjourned until Thursday morning , at nine

      0 clock . During the whole of Wednesday the town of Whitby and the surrounding neighbourhood were in a state of the greatest possible excitement . The police and the neighbouring farmers were unremitting in their exertions to discover the assassin ; rumour upon rumour was greedily received as fact by the multitude , and wo regret that one name was most unjustly connected with this mysterious affair . Unfortunately at a ' ate hour no information could be gained of the murderer . On Thursday morning the adjourned inquest mot , the coroner ( John Bachannan , Esq . ) . being accompanied by tho Whitby beech of magistrates . The Irishmen were removed to the Tunnell inn , for the purpose of being present at the investigation . We much doubt if any evidence can

      be adduced to criminate them . They were recognised by several farmers ; and from their testimony we judgo them to be quiet and inoffensive men . The deceased was tha wife of a highly-respected farmer , and aged about sixty-one yearB . Though the transaction of tho tragedy is as mysterious as it is alarming , we fancy we should deceive ourselves were we to imagine that it had been committed by the hands of a perfect stranger . It is supposed that the deed had been done with a shoemaker's kni'e , one having been fouud in tho fire with the handle burnt off it . There is no doubt but booty alono has led to the crime , although we have not as yet ascertained that more than £ 33 in gold is missing . Up to the time that our account left Whitby , the jury were still sitting , and we , therefore , are unable to give the

      result of their patient inquiry . —York Herald of Saturday . Nothing since has transpired to lead to the discovory of the murderer , but it appears he had concealed himself in an out-house , and removed a tile from tbe roof to have a full view of the kitchen door . The opinion we ventured to give , that the murder had been committed by no stranger to the house , appears now to become quite prevalent , from tha various circumstances which have since presented themselves . Wilkinson , the active police-officer , is still out ot > the search . One hundred pounds reward has been offered to any person not actually concerned in the murder for the capture of the offender . The bereaved husband it is 6 aid » Jia&r ^ lTj&iti |* £ jy | miil to rieep iii tho house although hia own ^ aaA ffiffift qE to sell his stock and crop and leay » ttofKMgteel . *

      Extensive and CAtAicirocs Fire at St . John ' s , New Brunswick . —At half-past one o'clock on Thursday afternoon , tho 27 th of August , a fire commenced in thetthip-yard of Messrs . Owens and Duncan , ia the adjoining village of Portland , and before it was stayed , it had extended its ravages over the principal part of that thriving place . The sad catastrophe is said to have had its origin in the firing of 3 quantity of chips , and sprinklings of tar , at the bows of a new vessel nearly completed in the ship-yard , by a red-hot bolt which fell from the hatijjk of one of the workmen engaged in enlarging a hole in a portion of the ship ' s rigging . The fire immediately communicated from the chips to the

      bottom of the vessel , which had been newly tarred , and soon spread to all parts of the yards and ship , defying every attempt to extinguish it . From the ship the flames extended to the workshops in tho vicinity , and from them to tha dwelling houses fronting on Portland-street , aud so rapid was the work of destruction in this vicinity that a great quantity of tho contents of tho dwellings near the ship-yard were consumed iu the houses , the dense smoke which arose from the yard contributing to prevent all ingress after a short time . From tho side of Portland-street , adjoining the ship-yard , the names crossed to the opposite side , destroying all the houses on that side from the house occupied by Mr . Blackburn , tailor , and others , to the foot of

      Fort Howe , and extending to all the houses Bituated directly in tha rear of those last-niemioned , on the side of the hill , and which have their front on the road lending round Fort Howe , iu the direction of Jenny Spring-farm . Returning to the place where the fire originated , ic extended up Portland-street to the street running south past tha Mothodist meeting-house and engiu « -house , which formed the western boundary , and consumed everything in its course , reaching back the whole depth of that block . Tha methodist meeting-house , the only houso of tho block hi which it stands that was burned , was the last building that caught fire . The wind was from the south-west , which drove the burning cinders , &i 3 . into open fields in rear of Fort Howe , and did

      not endanger the safety of property so much as would have been the ca 3 e had the wind been from any other quarter . One building ; , however , in that district , tha old sun house , on Fort Howe , took fire from cinders falling upon it , and was consumed in a few minutes . Tbe number of buildings destroyed cannot be less than 60 , and among them were many large three and four story houses , several newlyerected dwelling-houses , aud a Wesleyan Methodist meeting-house-. There was also consumed , a superior vessel of 900 tons , ready for launching , together with all their ship-building tools ' , implements , &j ., belonging to Messrs . Owens ar . d Duncan , on which , we regret to learn there was no insurance . The meetibg-houso was insured for £ 600 , and taking the

      remaining houses generally , we believe we are safe in s » yiog that the amount of insurance effected is comparatively nothing . The fire companies , with their engines , axes , &c , from tho city , were present , as were also the officers and men of the 36 th regiment , and the royal artillery , together with Lieut . Elliot , and the gallant tars from her Majesty ' s brig , Racer—all of whom were most active- to savo property and provont the extenbion of the flames . The want of a sufficiency of water was felt during tho whole afternoon , tho tido being out at the time . Teariag down houses was resorted to at last as a m . ; ans of stopping the progress of tha element , and herein , the officers and men of her Majesty ' s brig Racer shone conspicuously . The loss , we are sorry to say ,

      has fallen chit-fly upon persons who are quite unable to bear it . Many of tho owuers of houses had their aJJ invented iu their property , and were supporting themselves . by their own honest industry—and th » grtater portion of the tenaV-3 were persons in poor circunistar . ucs , depending upon their daily earnings i for maiKianance . This misibrtune , added to the lata suspension of work iu tho principal ship-yards iu Portland , must prove of serious injury to tho industrious portion of out suburbs ; " and the distressing circumstanced of many of the sufferers call aloud upon the more wealthy portion of our citizens for temporary relief under this afflicting catastrophe . With this laudable intention iu view , a public meetiDg was called last evening by the High Sheriff oJ the county , at which a large number of persons were present , when committees were appointed for collecting funds and affording assistance to those most

      requiring immediate aid . IWe trust the benevolent object of the committees will sommaud such success as will enable them to relieve from present want all the industrious people who have been thrown out cf work , and are left destitute by this melaneholy occurrence . The fire raged without intermission for nearly five hours , and consumed property , of the value of which no correct estimate can yet be formed , but which is supposed to amount to £ 25 , 000 . We have been banded the following egfcimateof tho losses , &c .: —53 houses burned and pulled down , valued at £ 17 , 50 »; WesWan chapel burned , £ 2 , 000 ; ship on the stocks , partly rigged , £ 7 , 000 ; rigging , &c , not in the Bhip , £ 7 , 000 : furniture , poods , &c destroyed , £ 2 , 500 ; making a total of £ 30 , 00 ft . 200 families , containing 1 , 150 peop ' . o , have been turned out of house and and home , 600 of whom may be said to be io distress .

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      A . Mathematician . — " O dear , " blubbered out an urchin , who had just been suffering from tbe application of the birch—** O my ; they tell me about forty rods making a furlong , but I can tell a bigger story than that . Let 'em got such a plaguy lickin ' as I ' ve had and they'll find out that one rod makes an acher . —New York American . A New York Paper publishes the following , under the head of " London verms New York" : — In In , ' London . New York . Murdered ... ... „ .. 1 - ,.. 17 Poisoned ... ... ... 6 . „ 14 Killed by accident ... ... 171 ... 83 Killed in various other way ? -. 0 ... 28 Drowned ... 76 ... 86 Burnt to death 0 ... 53

      Suioides - ... 29 ... 45 Unknown deaths , probably murdered 12 ... 179 Still-born 432 ... 5 S 2 Intemperance ... ... 19 ... 33 Total 740 ... 1 ^ 30 Why is it that the murders committed in New York are seventeen times greater than in London , whilst tho population of the latter city is five times greater thati' that of the former ? and why are the number of deaths from other causes above-mentioned so disparaging to our metropolis ? The answer isthere are in New York five grog-shops where there ia one in London !

      The Uatortunate Cipher . —The Marseilles Gazette , a few weeks ago , tells us a curious anecdote relating to one of the first commercial men of the town . This gentleman , having a business correspondent on the Afrioan coasts , bethought him some time since , that , as some members of his family had shewn a partiality for monkeys , he might gratify them by sending for one or two specimens of these animals from Africa . Accordingly , he » vrote to his correspondent to procure two or three of the finest and most admired species , and transport them to Marseilles . Chance so ordered it that the merchant , in putting down the w ( in English or ) , between the figures 2 and 3 , made tho 0 very prominent , while the u remained scarcely visible .

      " What great events from trifling causes spring !" Some months afterwards , a ship-porter came in all haste to the old merchant , and announced to him that his menagerie had arrived . "Menagerie !" cried the merchant . " Yes , a menagerie ; a whole cargo of monkeys had arrived to his consignment !" The merchant could scarcely credit the announcement , until the letter of his correspondent was put into his hands . In that epistle , the African negociant , a man of the most uncompromising exactitude .

      excused himself very earnestly for not having been able , with all his exertions , to procure more than 160 monkeys , in place of the 203 ordered ; but promised , as soon as possible , to fulfil the entire demand . The feelings of the honest merchant may be guessed , when , on moving down to tho quay to satisfy himself on the subject by ocular inspection , he Doheld his 160 monkeys , all duly caged aud littered , and grinning at him with the most laudable pertinacity . It was a moment when a man might reasonably doubt whether il would be best to laugh or cry .

      Scandalous Feap » s . —In constquence of the suspension of payment at Messrs . Hobhouse aud Co . ' s Bank at Bath , some persons yesterday took advantage of the railway conveyance to come to Bristol and pass the notes of that firm at shops in tho purchase of small articles , receiving the difference in coin . We have the names of three respectable tradesmen who were thus victimised , eaoh in a £ 5 note , by two ladies ; but one of them , by due tact and activity , overtook the Iadie 3 at the railway station , and recovered his meney , and tbe two others coming up soon after , had equal success . One of the persons defrauded went in the same train as the ladies to Bath , and there traced them to the heuse of a tradesman , considered to be of great respectability ,

      who , on being questioned , acknowledged that they were his daughters . In one part of the city , however ( Redcliff-stroet , ) we believe , several tradesmen were more effectually cheated . A person went to a highly respectable snuff-manufacturer and changed a £ 5 note ; after which he went to two shops iu the neighbourhood , and actually had the effrontery to fay that the gentleman whom he had just cheated had sent him to them to ask if they could change him a £ 5 note ! The trick , we are eorry to say , succeeded . A linen-draper , in Wine-street , was let " into the secret" by a fine dressed lady to the tune of £ 10 . Two young ladies , probably those first mentioned , have also defrauded a respectable grocer at Clifton with a £ 0 note . —Felix Farley ' s Bristol Journal .

      Railroad Rascalities . —Tho treatment to which the poorer class of railway travellers , in the thirdclass carriages , are subjected upon some of the lines jftf communication is most insufferable , and must , if continued , have the effect of prohibition , as far as travelling is concerned , to all who cannot afford to pay for the accommodation of tho second or first class trains . Not only are the third-olass passengers treated with excessive insolence , and , as regards accommodation , with utter neglect , but every petty annoyance that is likely to render the trains required for their accommodation unpopular , is resorted to . A person travelling from Mae cheater to Leeds , ono day last week in one of these carriages , says , " A bag of soot was placed among the passengers when

      tbe train left Manchester , and a liitla further on a dozen of empty flour sacks were thrown very uncere moniously upon the heads of the people in the vehicle . One young fellow had his Sunday coat nearly ruined by the collision with the bags , and it seems must put up with the damage , because he could not afford to ride by a first class train . About midway between the termini of this Hue , a large board is placed , with the following insolent and most unnecessary notice , unless , indeed , it beneces 3 ary to remind the poorer class of tr » velleis that they aro an inferior race of beings . This board aays— The porters aro not permitted to wait upon waggon-traiu passengers J" Js the insolence of the understrappers of the company to bo wondered at , when such an

      example is Htt them by their employers f "I have seen ( says a correspondent of a recent date ) a poor but respectable old woman vainly attempting to lift her basket into the train , in whicn she has been , at length , necessarily assisted by the passengers , while three or four brawny porters have stood idly by looking at her , laughing at her fruitless exertions ; or , perhaps , over-busy in assisting a cigar-smoking jackass in the first class to adjust his carpet-bag . " One weald think cornmon . decency , to say nothing of common humanity , would have prevented so offensive a regulation . However , &uch exists , and most probably , if pubiio attention is not vigilantly directed to the coadua ; of the railroad authorities , other regulations , equally stringont and

      offensive to tho second class passengers will gradually creep into practice . The public must arouse itself from the disgraceful ind ' iSorence it manifests to the question of tho railway monopoly , before it is bouud hand and foot , and completely placed at tho mercy of those who liava taken tlie travelling affairs of the country cut of its hands , aud appear to ba invested with power to impose laws without consulting those who aro to be governed by them . Petitions are of little use , certainly , whtn popular convenience is the subject of them ; but it wight be worth while to try the experiment , and pray the Legislature to take into consideration the various codes of regulations adopted on the several lines , and enact one judicious scheme for the protection of tho traveller ? , which should be imperative on the whole .

      Bernard Cavanagii . the Fasting Man . Oa Thursday , this pcrsoji , in tho presence of many medical men , w ; i 3 liberated from his confinement . It was tha eleventh day since ho had submitted himself to the custody of a gentleman , who , in the first instance , doubted hiB powers of abstinence , but who is now convinced , that though there may be some causes , yet unexplained , which enable him to live for so long a period without food or drink , still that the power which he possesses of fasting is extremely remarkable . There were present Sir J . M . Doyle , Dr . Kennoy , Mr . Reynolds , Mr . Coulson , Dr . Richmond , I > r . Brooks , and many other medical men , who questioned Cavanagh without eliciting anything that is worth repeating . He looked certainly thinner

      than when ho was connuod , aud this he attributed to want of exercise . The room in which Cavanagh was confined is 15 feet by 9 , and 7 feet high . It i 3 a garret , and is situate in the most busy part of Lamb ' s Conduit-street . Ha wished to bare tho window as well as the fire-place sealed , but the ^ ntloman who made the experiment , fearful of the ill-consequences of shutting up a man , in so small an apartment , refused to accede to this request , which he now understands is made a cause of cavil . Any one , however , who knows tho locality of L 3 nib's Conduit-Htrcet , and the continual thoroughfare , must bo aware that no food could easily have beeu conveyed to him by the window . However , throwing this doubt overboard , it cannot be denied that this is a- very singular case . We are awaro that Ritson has given some curious instances of the power of fasting , and that many others may be found in the Philosophical Transactions , but still we have not of the

      bad for many years an opportunity tenting truth of those who profess to be enjoying such extraordinary powers of abstinence . That Gavanaga may be able to fast ten , twelve , or oven fourteen days , we have not tbe slightest doubt . But the statement that he has fasted fivo ycar 3 is what we cantot , in the present state of our knowledge , believe . Before Cavanagh was locked up , he was entirely denuded of his clothes , shoes , Ac , and was searched by Dr . Konney , in the presence of a medical man . He was again on the seventh day denuded in the presence of Dr . Kenney , and several other gentlemen , whose name wo need not f ; i ™ , but who are well known in London . He was then allowed to go to chapel in custody of a physician and a solicitor .. On his return he was locked up , and so remained until Thursday . We have at present no remarks to make upon this case , it being the intention of the gentleman to extend his inquiries further , not being as yet perfectly satisfied with all be bad seen . —Times .

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      VIRTUE OF THE FACTIONS . The principal fact detailed in the following placard appeared , shortly stated ta a portion of' our impression of last week : we now print entire the document , whioh has been put forth by ** the lads" of Sunderlanri , to whom the infamous offer was made , and by whom it was spurned with virtuous isdigntion : — " £ 125 BRIBE ! "To conceal the proceedings of a pick-pocket , or permit a Thimble-rigger to practise bis swindling arts upon bis unfortunate dupes , would , by every man of common sense and honesty , be regarded as a gross

      breach of duty , and a virtual participation in thosa crimes . But what ia the crime of a pickpocket or a thimble-rigger to that of the roan , or the party , that would buy and sell the rights and . interests of a Nation i destroying all public integrity and patriotism ; blasting all faith between man and man ; and dooming to endless , toil and misery , a poor , becanse a plundered and misgoverned , people ?! What is the crime of a pimp and procuress , seducing female virtue to minis ter to lust , compared with the infamous conduct of those who wonld seduce the virtue of our citizens , and indue * them to sell to a base and plundering faction , that franchise which they are solemnly bound to see for the beat interests of the entire people ? t -

      "Justice to you requires that those wretches would be exposed , and therefore we proceed at once to acquaint you , that a fellow brought from London , wearing Pickwick spectacles , and carrying a huge Aldermanic care ase , representing himself as the friend of a friend ot Mr . Wclveriey Attwood ( mark tbe fellow ' s cunning and caution ) did , yesterday , wait upon Mr . George Binns , and make overture to him , to induce the * Chartists to act so as to promote the return of WoJveriey Attwood . Mr . Bimis , in order to have the fuHow ' s vill&inons Bcheme fully developed , and wit * nessed by others , appointed a second interview with him yesterday afternoon .

      " This interview took place in tbe presence of Mr Williams and several others , who succeeded in drawing him to embody his proposals in a definite shape , which were , that the sum of one hundred and' twenty-five pounds would be paid , If the Chartists should actaB he desired . -. ¦ ¦ ;•; < 11 He was requested to call again at eight o ' clock yesterday evening , and in the meantime arrangements ¦ were made for giving the fellow a good tarring and feathering ; Jbut , for the sake of the peace of the town ,

      tbe latter ceremony was dispensed witb . He came at eight o ' clock , when , having reiterated bis promise , and offering to deposit the money , be waa then suddenly and terribly convinced of the folly , as well as the iniquity , of his conduct He got such a rebuke as he will not readily forget , and was told to go and tell Sir . "Wolverley Attwood , that the Chartists of Sunderland , though poor , were yet honest ; while he , though a * highly respectable London merchant , ' was yet a most unprincipled scoundrel .

      " Electors and non-Electors of Sunderland . ' this statement of facts needs no comment When such deeds can be practised with impunity under our reformed ' Constitution , ' and the man practising such acta still be recognised aa a gentleman , tbe foliy ot finality and the worth of a gentleman aro evident Let tha franchise be given to all and its free exercise secured by the Ballot and virtue only recognised a « true nobility ; then , but not till then , will England be free from respectable knaves , and Englishmen be truly happy . "

      Now , what will the enemies of an extension ' of popular rights say to this ! Will they dare again to tell us that the people are too ignorant to be entrusted , with political power i or too venal to exercise that power witb virtue and genuine independence t At « tha •* respectable" merchants , mill " owners , and shopocrates to be longer tolerated in talking of the sordid corruption ^ tho working x&ent ! Even could it be shown that a majority of the working classes are as corrupt and aa easy to be seduced from the paths of rectitude as their base traducers would represent them , still it is most

      illjudged in those advocates of moral purity (!) to drag such matters before the publio gaga . Suppose the whole of their accusations to be true ; to what would it amount ? simply to this , that they have been apt scholars in the seals of middle-class corruption ; and that , if a readiness to be cor * rupted be- a sufficient ground for disqualification , ( and we admit that when the crime is proved it is so , ) a readiness to corrupt is a still greater crime , and ought not only to disqualify from voting , but to close tho door of respsctable society against tho rascal who thus deliberately seeks the demoralisation of his fellow-men and every one who aids , abets , countenances , or encourages him .

      But how stands the fact ? Why , the working men who are unfit to ba trusted with the Franchise , are yet deemed worth being bribed ; and the magnificent sum of £ 125 is offered by a member of the respectable ctrps as the price at which the Chartists are to sell their cause ! We cannot but admire the boundless liberality of this truly generous offer . , £ 125 foraseat in Parliament ! £ 125 for the . power to pick pockets according to law !! £ 125 for the chance of realisingas many than sands from stout John Bull ! I ! Well , this is noble and generous in the - . extreme ; and the nsenof Simderland mu 3 t be hopelessly mad not to have caught at the golden bait trheu they had nothing to do , in order to secure it , but abandon principle , and nothing to lose , but the approval of their own consciences , and the approbation of all honourable men !

      Again we must not forget to look at the value to the purchaser of the commodity thuB songht tobo purchased . That commodity was the votes and influence of the Chariots of Sunderlund . Now why did Mr . Wolveblet Attwood or Mr . Wolveelev Attwood ' s friend ' s friend evince a desire to purchase tha support of the Chart : st 3 of Sunderland ? Because such influence it was known would , if exerted in avour of either of the factions , turn the scale of the election . This it was , and this alone which induced , the magnificent cSer to Mr . Binns , their influence was deemed to be , cay , waskaown

      to bo invaluable to the party who could secure it ; so the cunning ro ^ uss , conceiving no doubt , that the Chartists were but green-horns in election tactics , resolved to come down with a &wince , and intended to pass themselves off as mighty generous fellows ; but found to their discomfiture that the lads had some knowledge of their owa value in the national market ; and , moreover , that .. not having karnt tha " gentleman's coda oi" honour , " which would have kept this little affair quite private , they 1 st the ihing come out , and raised the hue and cry about the curs of their unprincipled seducer .

      We tell fha dolt ? aud fools wiio go to work to bribe the Chartists , that , in order to succeed , they must come down handsomely . Nothing but a promise to do justice to the whole peoplo , by the enactment of the Charter , accompanied with good and snrHcient securities for the fulfilment of the bond , will induce us " -to 12 : vc an inch . Lat them proceed in that traek , n : J we promise them our warmest support ; we will eond eomo of our wisest troop 3 to lead them on , lost their ignorance should lead them into mistake-, and we will place our bravest in the rear , lest in a ' panic they should be disposed to turnback ; for when we have once got them into their proper place , we mean to have no such thing as sounding a retreat . Wo will move for Universal Suffrage ; that is , for universal right and justice , and we will proveut every movement that i § of ft contrary

      tendency . They have tried £ 125 , and failed . Wheunesfe tho mmis > ri 3 of either faction ava disposed to offer a briba to the Chartists , let them multiply the bribe by at least one thousand . Let them try us with £ 125 , 000 aud see how they would then succeed . Onward ! onward ! and the suffrage ia won !

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      " The Chartists have proved themselves mobs accubate calculators thaw the middle classes Whether their nostrum would have mended matters is not now tub question ; but the result has shews that they wekb correct in their opinion—that in the present state ob the representation , it was vain to think op a repeal of ths corn monopoly . * * * * * * * POLltlCAI , POWER IN THIS OOrNTRT , THOUGH IT RESIDES IN A COMPARATIVELY SMALL CLASS , CAN OSLY BE EXERCISED BY THE SUFFERANCE OF THE MASSES . "Morning Chronicle ( organ of the Whig MinistersJ t Friday . July ISih , 1841 .

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      THB WORTHIES STAB . ¦

      The Northern Stab, Saturday, September 25, 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAB , SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 25 , 1841 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct398/page/3/