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      TO ENGLA 2 JD .- ~ Oh , Englanl , if thy mighty powers Were "wielded by the free , What a "Star" nnto the nation *—What a Saviour then mightrt be . ' The Sub in his eternal course Ne ' er sets npon thy name ;* The "winds of Heaven echo foitii Thy glory and thy fame ! Yet , * mi&Et thy fame and glory proud , What pictures do we see , Of noble beasts and honest worth Condemned to misery . The blessings sent by God to all , Are plundered by a few ; And poverty and grim despair S&li all the empire through-The red blood of thy bravest sons Is shed in foreign wars , To put down rising liberty And aid the tyrants' cause . Where ' er we tnrn , where ' er we gszs , Oppression still is plain , The AfFghan and Canadian Curse England ' s galling r . h-sin . Bat let the slave uplift his eye , And Tiew the coming light ; Oar crael tyrar . ts soon ehail die Confounded in their might . And God will visit them ere long , With retribution sure ; Por he hath curs'd from tiis high seat Oppressors of the poor . p The san never sets npon the British Empire .

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      ^ PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION HOSDiT , MAT 2 > 'D , 2842 . Song—The Chartist Gay Bay . It was Nature ' s cay . day Bright smiling May day , Each heart was yearning our country to free ; Thy banners were bringing , The people were singing Of ths days of their fathers and sweet liberty . Jlerrily bounding , Banners surrounding , Each sl&ve dash'd Ms chains on that happy day ; To meet thus delighted By all invited , To join the brave thrcng " neath freedom ' s bright ray .

      Thousands were marshall'd , The throng forward marched ; The burden of miliions was borne onward too , From the field to th = Suand , With banners and band , Themkhtyassenu-iaija o' Chartists doth go , Their foes fill with wonder , As proudly they thunder Theii Eb . out 3 for their Chatter , their hearts with hope

      filTd . To St . Stephen ' s they bear it , By the table they rear it , - A monument to testify their woes and their wilL The evening descended , Thair freedom was ceded , The lads and the lasses walked throughtf ully away . SiUl the hope brooding Of freedom forboding , The enfranchised , th ^ ir promises , yet would repay . The day is passe-d ever , And row they discover The Whigs and the Tories just answer them so—Oh , slavias , "believe ye , We will not deceive : ye ; Te sTiatl not t-c heard 3 our grievance to show . S . J Bristol .

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      SELF CONCEIT . " Thsy conquer who believe they can . " Well , would you believe it ? You may ; It's really a fact , net a dream : — I have bea ^ -d self-coEC--iS talk away . ' And what do you think wa 3 the theme ? AfteT musing awhile , she exelaim'd , " Pagh * I don't ec-c , btcause I am poor , I ' m dcScieEt in ta ?? n : or merit . At least , so was not Hsiuiah More ; She had talent , yea , gerius and spirit 1 Tisongh bens in the va ' e , a real poet . Well , I protest , If my hcaj t i ^ n ' i smit * I , too , have a spark , a : d I'll show it ; A sparlr of trna feeling of son ! , Which for the Qasen ' s crown I'd not barter ; I s . m resolved to contsnd for the whole ;

      I'll not rest till we get the whole Charter I ' ve staiied the Democrat race ; I'll make known my political creed ; 21 ] mge sU to jo ' siis ilia cia&r ; And by Heavens , I'll never recede ! Women's influence is po—erfcV says nnn ; Their Ziai tSicta wonders ; if true , I vow I'll do all tha : I can , And provoke rctn to act as I da 111 use no excisestles ; no , Thourh dear as s rgbt eye they be ; Those of course , then , the men must forego , Or own themselves weaker than me . How fiittery iswarbling a-a-ay I

      Just this moment she cau'd me a Queen ; A- ~ d the vows I all Chartists can stray ; Huih . hush : thi : remains to be seen . I am fond of the praise . of tie brave , I value the praise of tie good ; ilsy I aci so that o ' er rus niay -wave , The fiig " she hath doco what she could . " For Justice , I'd scorn me to wheedle , - " TIs only my risers that I c'sim ; An 4 I'll have , should . 1 stand ^ n a needle , " A niche in tie Temple of Fame . Caboxise iliEijk Williams Brutol , May 24 . 1 S 4 I .

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      IT V , rJHS Wi-ra V / oees Company . The feseral ar ^ rmsl m ^ e :: ^ =: of the ¦ :: r £ ctors and Ehareclders of 'k , s Cor ; r any was held at the Court House , on Monday k-t , at noon , George Goodman , Esq . in the c ; , ^ ir . Th-- reports of the retiring directors , 22 'i of Missrs . L 23 *>; er and Son , the engineers to the C < 5 Ei - any , vr-ve read ^ and adopted . B-jih documents repreSrEisi tiie affairs of the Company , and th- progress and prospects -of ihe works , as being of a very ss \~ astorv ch araerxr . The following were appoliiu-d the Board ci Directors for tie ensuing year 1—Mr . William Ii . ;" t-jtt . Mr . Richard Bramley , 3 Ir . Thotzis Clat-has , -Mr . Thomas Lupton , Mr . VV M . " Mr . ade , 35 r . Jerm j-lciKilfe , Mr . John Gsrland , Mr . Thomas Charles-. ?' - rth , -ad Mr . Edward Rooke . It api .-fared to be ihe conriJe ^ - opinion of the engi-Eeers zi . d of the d ' . iec-ors ferine z > z ~ i vear , that the

      Cornpiny will be h !! - to coiiunne a constant and plentrui supply c-f vr . v .. r to ice vrhole town of Leeds , and tLat the uudcrtsking -n-iil prove of general adva 2 : 2 ge to the rul ' ">; c , and ore or ' fair profii to rht Ebaie ' ati ' -Ms . Thaws were vtted to the directors for the pair year , and to the- Cha : rman , and the meeting brdt np . Pocket t-icKixc—O . i Monday , a notorious prosihuie ; : zmcd Ji 2 J-y G-AizgyvT , was charged before the m ^ g ^ tniLcs 3 . 1 the Court He-use , on a charge of haviri ; absri 3 C"ed the ! sq of 7 s . 6 d . from the pocket of s ir .- ^ , vrho . on Suniay mcht , rappsned to be Etancirrf in Call Lane , ihst the Airo and Calder Warehouse , when ihc i-ii-OL-er run ap to him , thrust her hand in his pocket ?! id 100 k : he ca ? h , with which she made on . She was taken dircc 3 y , and 5 s . od . found ned in her sbawi . She was sen ; to Wakefield fer three mcn : iLi .

      Ex 3 rZZL"EiiE > T . —On Monday last , a middle a ^ ed aan r ^ med Jor . a Po :: ^ , who las been for the last two \ -: j r . < -j . bookkeeper in ihe employ of Messrs . Coeptr , Y-.- ] n , and iiorn , ironmasters . Pottery F or ^ e , was brought op at the Court Bcuse , on £ chaTge r . f hiving < mbezz " . ed various sures of laoEry , i-njoai . riae to ^ 43 28-. 7 > i ., beJonging to his employers , ilr . Ho-jd Et-at ^ rf , that from Ispss oT time hei =. at a It tf-r . on the -9 th of April , to Messrs . Bower , Llid-ik-ton , Wiir-cc , and Co ., of iiiddleton Coiiiery , ccmplsininsj ci ' tse non-settlement of the r accou . 1 . w ' 'i < _ -2 . according to their books appeared to be £ 45 14 > . ' 9 :. This letter it afterwards appeared had i ^ ver b een received by Messrs . Bower and Co ., but cu the Zrt 31 ay he received one , which pnrp-jrtcd to be un aTir ^ rer thereto , apologizing for the Eon-T ) avaeui : chcr circumstances , however ,

      tran ? p : redj which ltd to a suspicion thafe all . was not quite right , and an irquiry taking place the former amount was discovered to have beea received bv Potts , between the months of January , 1841 . and ' February , 184 * 2 , for which he had failed to aceffa ^ t . He was therefore taken into custody ch a wan-art * aken out ssaiust him by Mr . Hood . Mr . Tbomss "Wordswonh , from the Middletoa colliery , proved having paid the prisoner the mor . ey , and Mr . Hood that he had never sccounted for it ; and , when apprebendtd , he = nid he had taken the money for the r-o of his fmro ' r . as his salary was not ? i : Sciei : t ; ? . rd adinutad to Mr . Hord tbat he had ab-Etra- ~ ie < i ihc letter whi-h o . gr . i 10 have been sort to i ' essr ? . bi-Trer , M : ddio . i . D sxd Co ., aid cziissrl an ar ? v-. r :- ¦ b * trr --en f ? ^ :,: ¦ crrn ilictsticE . _ Ht vr ;> r ¦ .:. - ¦ - >'• ¦ q : < r •; . \ . Tuc p : rOii-r ax-plied icr LiU . \ . \ - _ .:- \; ? l ; i- ; j :. :- ; . ru Ci- 'IciVii ; :: ! '• : & : h-i Cv .-- "J HC-: t : r- ; -:: to . a u . l-1 £ _ : 5 c ! . i ::.

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      [ Stealing Wood . —On Monday , a young man ! named Joseph Hillam , lately in the employ of I Messrs . Maclea and Marsh , engineers , Holbeck , was ' , charged at the Court Hous 9 with having stolen j several planks , the property of his employers , it j was proved that on the Thursday previous , the pri-I soner was seen by a female to take three planks from I ihe yard of the firm , and afterwards to fetch another . i These he curried to the hoDEe of a man named i Kitchin , from whence they were fetched by another j man , named Denton , whom Hillam had employed . 1 The planks were identified , and the prisoner was I committed for trial . Denton , theinan above referred I to ,, and a youth named John Leeman , were also i apprehended , on suspicion of b « ng concerned in the j robbery , but there being no evidence against them , , * hey were discharged .

      j Eire . —On Saturday evening about six o ' clock , i considerable alarm was felt at a report that a fire j had broken out in the premises of M > . Ellershaw , I oil-merchant , Albion-street . The smoke certainly j hurst forth in terrific volumes , and a powerful body -. of flams was also emitted . It arose , however , from J a source where it was ea sily subdued , and fortunately 1 it ivasa . ll got out with very little damage , and be-¦ _ fore the arrival of the fire engines , which were soon j upon the spot . The fire-plugs in the neighbour-| hood were drawn , and an abundant supply of water , was at oncost hand , had it been needed . Mr . Eller-¦) shaw has been arching over some cellars in the yard i of his premises , and had erected a temporary boiler I to . prepare coal tar , to spread over the brick work . I This , from some neglect , was suffered to boil over , t and wa . s at once in ablaza .

      j Burglahy . —During the night of Sunday last , the dwellmg-house of Mr . John Brown , of Scarcrofc , ; near Leeds , was entered by thieves , by removing two iron stancheons from a window . The family were I not disturbed , and the burglars got off with four . silver tea spocD 3 , marked E . T ., a quantity ot wear" mg appxrel , and other articljs . No information has ' been received calculated to lead to a detection of 'theihieves . ; Cbueltt to Animals . —The manner in which calves are brought to Leeds on a Friday morning , : and the cruelty which is exercised towards thorn by : being tied with their Je ^ s together , and laid one ! upon another , has for some years at this peason

      attracted the attention of persons of humane mind , and through their representation ? , the police have been sent by the magistrates to lay informations against those thus offending . In consequence of this , two policemen went out on Friday mornings last , to watch the carts on their progress to Leeds from Otley , by whom the carts were inspeoted , and summonsea were taken ont against eight individuals , all of Otley . Their names are Stephen Foster , William Weare , John Marsden , John Nicholson , John Bell , John Carswright , Wm . Jackson , and Thos . Thompson . These all appeared before the West Riding Magistrates at Leeds , on Tuesday last , and were convicted in ths penalty of 03 . each , and the oost 3 , amounting to 12 s . 6 d . more hi each case .

      Felony . —Oa Tuesday last , a young man , named Robert Stocks , whose connections are said to be respectable , but whose appearance indicated a pretty close acquaintance with the enemy which 13 said to steal away the brains , was brought up at the Court House on a charge of having stolen oue of Suiter ' s spring balances , from the bar of Mr . Hir ^ t . the Dckc William Inn , Water ; 00-street . Mrs . Hirst stated that the prisoner was at their house on i ' nday evening last , aud for a short time was left in the bar by himself . He went away about half-past seven , paying he had to attend the dissection room . Th * balance was not missed until Monday , vrnen , in consequence of it having been told to Mrs . H . that Stocks had been seen leaving the house with it iu his Land , he was apprehended , and the balance was found to have been pkdged by a woman of the town , to whom he had givon it for tha « purpose . He was committed for trial .

      HTJiXIFBJES . —Ridi . vg of the Marches . — In the beginning of the week it was announced in the local newspapers that , on the anniversary of the birth-day of the Queen , the magistrates and town cou&cil had resolved to revive the cus : om of going in procession round the royalty , to join- in which all the inhabitants were invited . On Monday , a profusion of hand-biils were circulated , intimating the the route , and detailing the order of procession . But" Tie best laid scfcemss o ' mice and men gang aft ' agley . " And so it proved on this occasion , for , thanks to the spread of Chartism and common sense , both among the working and middle classes of our good tosvn

      although the civic functionaries , as might be gathered i from their ai nouncemtnts , evidently anticipated a , ' general muster 01 the iraues , and other inhabitants ; j they vrere fated to be mirer&bly disappointed . The ' eor * t £ ce presented the following spectacle : — First j C 3 tne a bevy of ragged urchins , carrying handker- 1 chiefs displayed on' ticks ; next followed the town j Tats , or burgh officers , with their cocked hats , ¦ square-skined coats , and toy haiberrs—then seven or eight of the mauivtrates and council , flanked by : a strong posse of c : pmns , and about tvreu'y oi' the . no . 't dissolute of the old freemen brought up the ' rear , bearing four or five shabby flas * . The whole sc ^ ne strcD ^ ly reminded one oi the March of Jack , Falstaff and his ragged regimeut through Coventry , j Abcut a mile out oi' town , when they were about to pa ^ s through a wb < at fiel . i , tho ' whole of the ' cavalcade was brought to a stand , anci finally pat to ; the rout by a stouf couurryman , who , armed with a ;

      whip , disputed the pa-S 3 t ; e . On arriving at that part of the route where the bonndary line of ibe i regality enters the extensive morass of Locli 3 rmos ? , [ there was a hah and a mutiny among the forces for ! liquor , but it- was quelled by one of the Bailiies , who mounted an omnibus and harangued his followers , \ promising them abundance when they reached the j end of their journey . The magistrates then turned ; and went homo in the Bailie's rostrum , leaving their ' dupes to make the best of their way through the ; moss 3 S they best could . On arriving in town , their , worships spent their time much more agreeably in i carousing at the expense of the burgh till about two j o ' clock , when they ajrain started for the extreme , bcandary of the burgh ro&ds . Here the most disgr . s : ing part of the business began . The magi > trates "; commenced to distribute ale and whiskey to about a hundred of the most abandoned of our population , both male and feEa ^ . It was not long till the j whole field presented the appearance of a bear gar- j

      dm . . Altogether , while the entire proceedings reflect deep and indelible di-grare on tho ? b who , aii ' rcngh by their cfSce the guardians of the public peace srd the conservatives of the public morals ,

      wantonly infringed : he one aud attempted to damage the other . It is much to the credit , of the great mass of the operative and middle classes that thi-y kept

      aloof from scenes so little in accordance with the spirit , of the a ^ e . —Correspondent . ETiS ^ rSFilHiD . —The sti : o > of guff . ring and priv-itku under which our townspeople have ! or months been libouring has at length reached somethi « g iike its ciiinax . The various depanme . ' its of silk work have been carried on in a most tautaiisiug i manner since the la ^ t panic , the men having from one to two and thtee days' work per wctk ; ai : u sametimes a w ; ik aud a fortnight without any : and j

      ihe whole of the knotted , anu most 0 ; the fan :- }' , si / k haucs , together with somo oi u . o co ; ton hands , aiiii the prospect of a many more bc-ij ^ added to their number , hava been some weeks totally unemployed . In this stase of things a m . e-tiug of the starving operatives was calk-a at tho Jiiack Sivia , and a commit : ee was formed . The mcciiu ^ was spiritedly aiid eloquently addressed Ly a i ; ip . ibtr of sp < . aiero j and the miseries we tiiJurc vrtre traced to ihcii- primary c . uie—the cruel mid corrupt i ! i- > : .-tu : ioiia of our couijt * y . An address was agreed io oii Saturday , calling iipon the possessors of tho products of our iabcur to * ive us back a littlo of it to form a general relief fund . The men ha . vr paraded soue of the principal streets of tho town in a body ,

      • Tii .-n a spectacle 01 v ? Ja and "rant—of pzuent suffering—and countenaucps that evinced th j derp working of the most agonising reflectioi : f , such as is seldom seen , induced some of the idle g-z-rs from the shops and windows to enquire into the state ot heir uestit ^ t ? and wrsiched ne ; ghbcurs . The town is decidedly worse off now than it has been for a long * time , and the employers hold out , no hopes of any alteration in our prospects . Mar . y o those who are in work are almost as bad as those will * . out it , for the iruck system prermls to a m-- ^ l scundalou * extent ; and I know of many who never receive any monev from their employers . The bliguiirg effect ? of this ta ^ t-spreading evil are everywhere sern . I is impossible for those who are at work to prociirv any money , 3 rd scores of them work all the \ csr round and have but one ? ui » of clothes , and even ihcy are the refuse of some consequential being vfhc

      never yielded society an equivalent for a meal ' s meat in his life . The food of these people is of the \ coarsest descrip ' -ion , and the quantity of it just sufficient to enable them to exist . Socn cf the ucimpioyed have been driven to the most t-trriblc j sh its—two of th-m have lived for three days to- j aether up ;; n horse-beap . 5 ; and w 3 : a * with the mental : anxiety they feel in consequence of their starving j cbiiur . cn not haviug anything to eat , and their own ; physical suffering ;? , they are most piritbk- suejects ; of distress . At the meeting tomorrow morning the ; a Jdresses will be distributsd , and deputations will I be appointed to wait- upon those called the middle and upper classes . It is expected that there will he i an accession of some hundreds to the number now j out in a few days ; and the factory lords are going : to take a penny out of the shilling from their hands to meet the income tax next week- — Correspondent ..

      POLMOKT , ( by Falkirk . )—Total Abstinence . —Mr . Lowcry delivered a lecture on tho principles of Total Abstinence in Polrao . st Hall , on the eTcniEg of the 27 ' -h ult . The audience was but small . The lecture was such as wou-d have beer expected from such an a / . verate as Mr . Lc revv has repeatedly shewn himself to be ; and r " ' - } ' it is ' rha * * :. e r-co--Io cf Polmont are ? o far forr' . 'fn } of th ^ ir own :. ra 6 interests as r . et to cvail th-mselves of ti ^ op : onur . r :- 3 -llv "" c- : " : ¦ : :: : oi' heir ::: t ; i :-.- b r .. i {[ .-• . ¦ : il : is ra' :: e i " v ..- " -i : ; H . A vc : e vi tl ..: ; . ki w ^; iriTcii to ilr . Lcwery a ; the close 01 * the lecture .

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      At the window of a shoemaker's shop , in High Holborn , a paper is exhibited on which ia written , — " The New Inventted Victorier and Prince Allbert Epsum Race Boot for the Derby Day—to be had within , only 10 s 6 d a pare . " : A Red Rain !—A red rain is stated by the Courrier Grec , to have fallen reoently at Tripolitzi and elsewhere ; and it is added that the minister of the interior has collected information respecting that extraordinary phenomenon , which would be submitted to the examination of the medical board . An Example . —Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh has increased the wages of his Sussex labourers , and given each a quantity of malt to brew their own beer—upon condition they abstain from frequenting beer shops and public houses .

      The Attempt to obtain a church-rate at Newport in the Isle of Wight does not succeed . At a Vestry meeting last week , Mr . Pring , the senior churchwarden , complained of the delapidated state of the church , and his own unpleasant situation , " sitting in a church exposed to the wind and rain ; ' ' . bus his plaints did not move the vestrymen . The motion for a rate of lOd . in the pound was negatived , by 100 toll . Fatal Accident . —A fine little boy , about three years of age , being latoly p ' ayiDg with his little brother in the house of a neighbour at Blackwood , in the Township of Sowerby , near Halifax , was unfortunately burnt to death .

      The Tariff . —A county meeting was held on Penanden Heath , on Thursday , convened by the High Sheriff of Kont , to ccnuider the portion of tho Tariff relating to hops . Th-: Hi ^ h Sheriff presided ; and among the speakers were Viscount Torriugton and Mr . T . L . Hodges . The County Members . aud the Ministers shared the indignant reprobation of the meeting . Resolutions were passed against the Tariff , declaring that the consumer would not benefit , because the culture of hops would merely be transferred to foreign lands ; suggesting that the " real interests of the consumers as well as of the hop-planters , would be best consulted by reducing the malt duty ; ' and complaining of the mode in which hop-growers are singled out for assessment under the Income-tax Bill .

      Nottingham . —Mr . Walter has come forth as a candidate for Not / ingham ; responding , ho says , to the friendly di&posHioa evinced towards him—'* In the hope that I may unito all voices in my favour , and with a resolute determination to exert all my faculties for the best interests of the town and the general good of my countrymen , I intend to appear among you on the day of nomination ; whm I trust that I shall shako saany an honest , friend-by the hand , and find the hostility of tlnse who opposed me appeased by the perseverance with which I seek the favours of all . " —Mr . Waiter says nothing , as Joseph S . nrgo does , about the necessity of abiding by purity of election , and of using no wcapoti 3 but tho = e of truth and jusiice .

      Stage Coach Travelling across the Deseht . — The daily papers aunounce , by advertisement , the establishment of a stage coach communication between Cairo and Smz ! Here is the march of civilisation . But a few years since it was supposed that camels or dromedaries , from their power of enduring thirst , could only traverse those arid plains and penetrate the solitude cf tho desert . Nuw we have hotels established at regular intervals , with relays of horses and a coach running , which performs the journey regularly in about eighteen hours . The announcement at the close of the advt-nisuiiient is amusing— "Refreshments and provisions supplied iu the desert at very moderate charges . " —Atheuceum .

      Foueigs Asscrances at Hambukgh . —The following , according to tho Prussian State Gazette ^ was tho real amount of property insured at Hamburgh in foreign assurance tffi ^ s : —The Sun Fire-office had policies out ia Hanibn-h to tbeamiunt of 3 , 300 . 000 marks banco ( £ 236 , 000 ) , of which about two-thirds will have to be paid ; the Phoenix and the Royal Exchange , it is believed , will be heavier losers than vhe Sun . The Cologne Company had not more than about 400 , 000 marks banco ( £ ' 28 , 000- insured in Hamburgh , and the Aix-la-Chapelle and Munich Company about 700 / 100 mark ; - banco . Of all the foreign companies ths Gotha Bank will be the heafiest lo&er . Its losses , according to tho most moderate estimate , mil exceed 4 . 000 , 000 marcs banco or £ 28 , 0000 .

      " Any Thing for an Honest Penny . "—Last week Mr . Bradley , acting ihe part of Bombastes Furioso , attempted tho msgnaniraons work of enforcing bludgeon arguments upon the Socialists , and instilling into their minds by the same mild means , the meek doctrines of Christianity . He has assumed a new character this week , and in it commenced a warfare last Friday night against tho Phrenologists . The scene of combat was the AdelpLi Theatre , and the charge for admission to witness tho hostile exhibition , varied iroin the small charge of 6 d , to that of two shillings . Poor Briadloy was not , however , as for- ' tunate on the la&t occasion as w ' iif . n he showed off at the Hauover-square rooms . In imagining that those varied charges would not , ozily bni , £ " grist ti >

      his mill , but that they would also enable him to hsve every thing his own way , he reckoned without his host , as the Socialists and Phrenologists set at naught the expence , provided it gave them an opportunity of " chowiug up" wi at they term him , " a humbug speculator . ' The subj-jcl of the lecture selected by Mr . Briudley was no less a per .-onage than the miscr ^ -au Good . It nould appear that Brindley ' s object was to prove thtit , tne murderer ' s skull exiubitud all those devoiopt-rneu ' . s which are indicative- of au ^ ht but a d-sire of blood-shedding . He had no ? , however , proceeded far before ho was openly accused by Mr . MatLcivs with practicing a

      cneat upon his auditory , by exhibiting what he ( Brindley ) stated to be t '; e * cast of tho culprit *' skull , t ^ keu in tho same ' manner and with the same accuracy as Dr . Eilioiaon took his cas * of ; he wretch ' s haad . Mr . Mathews also denied thiit the cast tak ^ n by Dr . Eiliuison hr * d the traits or caaracte-rLtics giveu io it by Mr . Brindley . Mr . Lo ^ an , a phrenological lecturer , further conmpiained that ihere had 2 , 0 s been made that eveuiag any development of the organs of the murderer . These unexpected exposures had for poor Biindiey , a most taiismanic tff > ct upon the auditory who , as if convjuctd that a trick hati bci . n played fl ' at . their expence , rose simuituniovsiy , aiid eviiiced tho moot unaquivocal inteutious pt takir , » revenue in their hands . This , tho lecturer qjidkiy perceived aud as quickly averitu , by calling iu , ay usual , to hi 3 aasi-iauc-j the potse comitalun ^ the only available argutiiem he aaopts . T / iUb closed t ! io humbug , the aud ;~ ory being ni ' . st uuceremouiously huduitfd outofttiu theatre . It is pr < Uy clear iVoiu Mr . Brindlty ' s ek- mo .-yuary appeal to tho pockets of his dupes , at Haiicver-fequare , on Friday week , and his adniis-iun charges oi ; last Friday , that he is no * , tha disinterest el apostie ho wiahes to make himself appear , and it . is also < vidciit that £ s . d . is tho Trinity ab wheec shrine ho " m .-ikcs his devotion ; , " a ^ j zeaioucly as any other trader in q . tackory and hcLabug ; ar . d it . is . al-o tquaiiy cl ur that Mr . Briiidiey will Etop at nothing " to ruaka au houect penny . ' Attempted MuitDnn i . \ Portsmouth Dockyard . —Portsmouth , Su . vday . —At an eariy hour yefterday moruiug the famiij 01 " Ros . r-Admiral the Hon . D . P . Bouvcrie , ihe AUairnl Superintendent , residing in this dockyard , wcr ^ co : i = i'Jerably alarmtd by tho information tha : J ; -s :- »; h P . ~ l ' on , a footman in the service or tho Aomiral , had atten-p ' ted to take the l .: " e of ihe lady ' s maid , Ly . ii-a Petlis , by cuttiugher ; hrr \' : * . It appears t ; - ^ t ilolion , \ vh <> h is supposed ha . i been oatal ! n ' ^ fct , and ! : aJ bc-an driuk'ng , went O !; his return h .-me , betwev-. u fivo and bix oVlcck ,

      ; ihto the bedroom of ms i ; : to : c ( : d vic . im , with a kii ' . fe in his ban . ' ., with which , whilo « ho was : sh-rpiirg , hn cut her throat , l'h ¦ . ; ] i . rj > iou , honvv ** -, ' was uos buffic . e-t ' y deep to deprive her of life . ; Upon being wounded she awoke , and after strusrj tjiiug desperately with the atiiroin " , succeeded in rcathiiig the rooru of son :: of iho olber servant ? , enfsuaoc

      i though not without ree ' .- 'vin ^ some . evtre -r i her ciiin and upon her should-r and breat . Aft ? r i having made this auc-mpt- ir-cm iho poor woman's j li' . o , Bolton imm'duitrly proceed ; . J to tho room of ths butkr , Beijj . Payne , whom he .-. v ,-oke , and said , I " I have cut Louisa Pi-it ' s ' s throat ; 1 give myself ; up as your prisoner . " Rear-Admiral Bouverie and ; the h < usehold were imrned : a ' . cly aiarmed , and the : . irrairol ordered Bokoi * . tobe . givtu into tho custody of ihs policeman who Kndbecn called in . The Ad-Eifral also despatflud laesscn ^ c-rs ti > the nearest medical gentleman ,. so that no time mi ^ ht be kit in . procuring proper assistance for the unfortunate suf' fur-. r . Dr . Hen -i : rM . n fh .-rlly arrived , aud rendcicd ; such immediate aid : » s tse case required . It is not , at present anlicipat d thai tho wounds will prove

      fatal . No rea = on ha * yet been assigned by the prisoner for makinH this atrocious attempt ; he tclrl ihc bntlar it % 7 as b ecause ch < r was always agyiavatir : g him . In the cour ? e of tho day the prisoner ( Joseph Boiton ) was examined be-uro the magistrate upon the charge of having ai tempted to murder I . oui ? a Pettis , lady ' s maid to Lady Bouverie . Benjamin Payne stated that he was butler to Admiral Buverie , and that the piisoner was a footman in the sar 3 c service ; tbat between live and sis o ' clock this morning ( Saturday ) ihe prisoner came into the room and av . oke him , and said , " I give p-. yself up to you prisoner . I have cir . Louisa P ^ ttia ' s throat . " Ha immediately dressed himself and -veirr . down into the pantry . acccmpai ; ied by tho prisoner . The prisoner

      wtnt out the previous evening , and said he nhoula be back again by hall-past ten to at ' . ecd on the ladies . Ho looked for the prisoner at that hour , but was not able to fed him . Did not see him again until tho morning , when he came into the room , and gavchim ? e ! fup . Supposed that the . prisoner had been ou : nil ni .-: hf , and drinking . Had heard the pripfirur rav some nine buck that tho lady ' s maid owed him a grudge . A co . i- ' iSca . tc , signed oy Dr . Hencer-? t .- ; 7 . % v -j > put in , pw . '];; , ' rhat L ; an-a Penis was so thucIi \ v . :: *< - -red by the lor ^ of . faieoi , that it . wan : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ i-.- ^ lor-hfc cu . ' o !¦ . ;¦ < y . Jitiin ^ d . Iu : that : d pre ; ¦ = . ¦ ; ' : i .-. re ' -1 as 1 : 0 siiin ;; ¦ ? . ' .: ¦ . \ c J :. ugtr . The prisoner vras ibcu rcuu-: ^ ei uuiil Thursday .

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      Church Rate . —A vestry was held on Friday last , m the National School-room of the parish of Hay 09 , Middlesek , for the purpose of making a church-rate , a subject which has for goine time past produced great contention in the parish , and the mempers orv the E : tablis ' h 8 d Church , from their dishke _ to their late curate ' s coudact in cohnexibn with the stabbiag case of Medhursfe , have united with the JDissenters and refdsod fcb make a rate ^ so that no church-rate has been made for the last six years . On the present ; occasion the Rev . Mr . Hale , who has Isince been appointed to the ouraoy , was unanimously voted to the chair . Mr . T . Shackle , the parish churchwarden , briefly stated the riceessity which existed for a rate to be made , from the

      extensive repairs required in the belfry and other' parts of the ensreh . He humorously obserred , that he would only ask for a 4 d . rate ^ but seeing how Ptrongly his dissenting friends had rallied , he thought , ^ hey would volunteer a 6 d . ono . Mr . Wilshore , the other churohwaTden , seconded the motion . Mr .- -Josiah Huut moved an amendment to the effect , That . all cumpulaory enaotm . nts for the support of religious institutions were contrary to the principlos of Christianity , and that the question be adjourned for a tweivemonth ^ Mr . W . Bardon seconded the amendment . Mr . vVoodruffe obseryed , that chapels were in general private property , and might bo shut up at the caprice of the owners , and u the churcn were not opened , the poor would have no place for religious worship under such

      circumrtances . Mr , Mason would remind the vestry , before they voted , of the precept— " Whatsoever ye would that men should do toyou , do ye also tr , them . " He considered the repairs should be paid for by a voluntary contribution , and he had no doubt the fun is might be raised . Mr . Shackle said , he was disposed to try a rate first , and then , if that failed , ho waswill'njr to * try tho voluntary principle —( a laugh ) . Mr . Fleet said , Mr . Bardou and Mr . Hunt had both formerly failed in their attempts to collect the sum requisite , and he would therefore vote for a rate . On the votes being taken , thero appeared for the rate , 42 ; for the amendment , 21 ; being ; two to one in favour of the rate . On the suicgcstioh of Mr . Newman , the sum inserted in the estunate for coals and caudles - -vas struck put , and Messrs . Willshere and Brrggs ' undertook to provide them .

      WAM ) SwbiiTH PotiCK . -rOii Tuesday , the Reverend Mr . Stephen Aldhbuie \ lectnrer of AlUiaUows Ohurc . h , in rho City , was charged before Mr . Ciivo , with deserting his wife and children , and leaving them chargeable to the parish of Clapham . Mr . Williain Tupman , relieving overseer of the parish of Ciapham , stated that on Tllursday the defeudant'a wife , Elizabeth , came to him and 'representedthat ehe and her two children had been lef c destitute by her husband , tho defendant . Ho made inquiriG 3 into her cass , aud ascertained that she was iruly desiUute , and gave her 2 s . He , by direotion of the Board ot ' Guardian ?" , obtained a warrant against tho defendant . Elizibeth Aldhouse , a lady apparently much younger than her husband , said she was the wife of

      the defendant , and had borne him two children . Sho had left him two years and five months in consequence of his ill-u . sngo of her . He had strtick hor once or twice , and in apprehension of his doing her more serious injury , sho left him . Latterly he had iicgJec ' ed to support her , and she was obliged to apply to the parish '' officer s for '' relief for herself aud two children . . Police-constable New , 136 V , proved that he apprehended the defendant at his lodgings iu Wine office-court , Flcct-streot . He told tho defendant why he took him into custody ; , and the latter said he did not leave her , but ehe him , arid that she was a veritable vixen . The defendant then entered into a long statement , tha greater part , 01 which was of an uninteresting nature . He said , however , that instead of his being charged with leaving hid wife destitute , sho ought to have been charged with leaving him . About two years ago he was unfortunately arresfed for debt , and remained in custody of a Sheriff ' s officer--three days . When he was released ,

      he was surprised to find his house , which' -was'in Nelson square , Blaekfriars ' -road , deserted , snd upon inquiry lcarat that his wife had remoyeti the wholo of his effects to the residence of her faOier . Tho youngest of his children had been born sorcn months sinco iiis wife loft him , and although he had repeatedly applied to his father-in-law and his wife to see the child , he was refused . His wife had . done her best to starve him , for she had kept possession of his orders , and in eonsequ&nCeit was only where ho was previously known thai lie could preach , The defendant finished his statement by _ observing that his wife and children were not deficient of a home , for he had one to take them ty if his wife ' would go with him . The defendant ' s wifo declared that she would not again live witu him . Some recriminatory conversation followed , aud afterwards it was arranged that tho defendant should be discharged from custo'iy , and tha - the matter should be-left ; to the decision of the parish officers .

      DiSGRACFFUi ,. —James Watt , a tailor , living in North-street , Newington , was brought before Mr . Cottenham , at Union Hallj charged with cruelly illtreating his son , a . young man twenty years ot ' age , by keepm ;* iiim withwu food ov rainiLut . Tho yovuig man , who was-bf-nt double frein infirmity engendered by the filthy condition in which he vvas kept by his unnatural parents , his weakness of body such that he could not walk erect , was obliged to be rupportid into court , and accommodated with a scat while giving his evidence Rob ' crt Branke ^ , xho vcHeviug officer of Ncwington , Htated that in consequence ot a report in tho neighbourhood wliera the ( iefetidant ii >»« d , that he hud a son whom he kept , without the common ' nrce ^ saiios of litV , he ( tho relioviiig officer ) went there nu . Satin-day morning to mal . c inquiries

      as to the truth of the rumour . On . going into a room on the first floor , which the prisoner and his family occupied , lie found o *) 0 cbnierot' ii boarded off , and behind the board or screen he witnessed a f-ceuo which could not be easily forgotten . The young man above alluded to he found crouched up in iho corner , hing on the bare boards , without a ptitch to cover him , and his body wa- ; covered with filth and vermin . In reply to the qn ' c ' - 'tions put to him on the occasion , it was evident he was dosiro-is of sUieliing his family from any blame as to the co : jditio . n in which he was found , but ho admitted that ho had had no clothes upon him for tho lust twr > years , during which period he occupied the corner of the room where he was discovered . There were

      S'ime hard crusts of bread and cold potatoes found within his n-aoh lying on the floor . The witness , finding the prisoner was not at home , went to where lie was at work , aud askod him why lie tvc-it « d hia son in such a -scandalous manner , and his reply was that he was in distress and could not afford to give him clothe ^ and ' that ho preferred lyi ' nsc ; on the boards to a bed . Tne witness added that the other children of tho prisoner were decently-attired , and th * : t they had decent nccomaiodaiion to . sleep ,- unl'iko their brother , tho subject of the inquiry . As it was ; i case of gross inhumanity , as far as the father was concerned , the witness sent for a po ! imri »" i' » iid gave him into custo' ! y . Charlotte Jones stated- tnat she lodged in the-fam- * 'he-use , and that fhe saw the

      defendant ' s son in February la ? t , at ¦ which time ho was lying as 'described , without -clothes ,, in a corner of tho room , Siio was given to understand at the time that he was weak of intellect ; but on finding that there vrs . 3 -such '' -a marked distinction made by his parents between him and tho other children ; and that lie was evidently dwindling away from want of common attention , she considered it her duty to give information of the fact 10 the parochial authorities . The unfortunate young man was here interrogated by the magistrate , and in reply to the qiiostions-put to him , lie said that ho was twenty ' year ' s of age , and that ho •??? . < brought up to his father ' s ; trade , that of a tailor , but that he had not worked at it for tho last tour or five , y cars . That for the last two years

      he was kept without clothes , and occupied the corner of the room where ho was fomid by the officer ; He h : id no bed to sluop upon , as ho prcli-rrnd lying on the boards , but he had a piece 0 ? carpet under him . To of her questions rela'ing to the thmnient which had reduced him to his present emaciated condiciow he evinced a dessir . a to ¦ withoid any inforihution , fearful , no doubt , as the .. ' ri-a . --i 8 tra . te observed , that kis " 'father would be answerable for 10 , and thereby manifesting a fueling towards (¦ . hat parent which was not shown to himself . : When a * ked , however the cause of his stooping , he said , that leaning forward became go habitual to him , owing to his being kept , without clothes ., -that he now found s difficulty in keeping his body up straight .

      He also said that tho reason he was kypt without clothes was in consequence of his fatlier bch'm . so poor . Another witness stated that she was . living in the same house since the 'lOi . h of la , 3 t Septeaxbev ,. but that fh-3 had never seen the young man ( jutillast Saturday , but heard that his -. parent * ha ' . ' an-idiot sou , whom they were compeiltxi to kosp at home , and that the , mother told her ho tore hiacloiht : ? , and would not sleep la a bed l ' ike the . rest of the cialdi-en . The wiijicsa . added that she was ¦' shock . fd on seon-g him for tho firot . ¦ time on Saturday . Ivif . VViitiaui B-11 , a ? urgeon , stated that he v / as csl' 1 ^< i on to oxauiine tho young-man on Saturday , ami that h « nc-vtr behold such a miserable -sppctaolcat ) he was at that time . He ' was parfec'ly naked , and his body was in a most filthy condition from din and vermin , and there were sores upon it , productd'by ' -continuai scratching . H '« body was bent forward , and he was .-0 * 7 Cik and emaciated , that he could not move or

      stir without he ' p .,- It was evident that he had been treated with great inhumanity , and h « must in a short time have been totally deprived of the use of his limbs if such treatment had been . ' " persevered -11 - The prisoner , in reply to the charge , said tha ; bi . tw- > ci ) three , and four years ago his son ¦ '¦ fell .-down stairs snd cut his head , ever since which period he had been of WRak intellect , and . was obliged to bo treated as a ehiW . That he ( prisoner , ) being in very indigent circumstance , could not afford to buy him clothes ; aud that rather than suffer him to be " taken from under ihe roof of his parontsj Uvey niuna ^ ed with hiic as well as they could , but never kept him without foe'd . Mr . Cottenham having made gome strong observations ch tli 8 conduct of tb . Q prieoner toirards his . unfortunate son , which he characterised as of the most unfeeling dcponption , -afijndged him \ o er . fi-r into his o ' . vii rccogiitzanooin the sum of £ 2 G 0 anc iind ' - wo sureties of £ il-l ' , to dyfoud tho char .-. e at tliu se-iicn- " .

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      Birds' Nists . —— At Colliiigbeume Kingston Church , in Wiltshire , on the 13 th of April , the clerk , on ; looking out the lessous for the aa , y , peroflived' 6 omsthing under the Bible in the Teading deskV and in a hollow place made by the Bible resting on ai raised ledge , he found a tabin ' s nest , with two eggs in it . The bird , not having been disturbed , laid'four ' vmijroj - wh ^ May . ^ Thecock-bird brought food in its bil ^ and fed the young brood during the service ; and none of the parishioners , riot even the boys , interfered with the birds , ; or attempted to take away the eggs . —Devizes Gazelle .

      OtDHAM . —Awful Accident . —About noon on Wednesday last , as a youug woman , named Mary Taylor ^ tho wife of Thomas Taylor , a cotton-spiiiner , of Hope-street , was a * , her work in the card-room of Shore Mill , Greenacres moor , Oldham , aud , ' ¦ -whilst in a stooping posture , her clothes were caught by an upright shaft , which was moving at the rate of 90 revolutions per minute . The poor woman was instantly snatched by the fearful machine , aud her head coming in contact with tho iron , she was immediately killed . Her head was dreadfully injured , the braiii ' being shattered to fragments ; one of the arms was nearly cut off ; and the body much mangled . The greater part of the shaft is cased , and it is not precisely known in what way she was caught by tha lower part . The-deceisott-was 27 years of age , but had uo children . —Manchester Courier .

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      ATTEMPT ON THE £ IFi 3 OF THE . . ¦;; . queen . . On . Monday « . f ternob ' . i , at about six o ' clock , an attempt was made td assassinate her Majesty as she was returning from btr afternoon riile . Her Majesty tras . in a barouche and four , -which was proceeding towards Buckingham Palace from the Green Park , when , on tho way down Constitution Hill , -aml-at about ten or twelve yards from tfee spot at which Oxford made a similar attempt , the fl ish of a pistol was observed in the crowd , and a young man who held it whb immediately seizid and committed to custody . Fortunatsly he missed hia aim , and before a second attempt could be made , he Was in custody . Iudeed , he did not appear to make the attempt , for be pui the pistol hurriedly into his breast , endeavouring to escapo . detection .

      His Royal Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace shortly before three o ' clock in tho afternoon , fox the purpose of attending the Stannary Court , SomeT-Pothouse , to give judgment as Lord Warden of tb « J > ucliy of Com wail , and shortly after his return to tho Palace , Her Majesty , accompanied by his '' Royal Highness , proceeded in an open carnage and four horses , preceded by outriders , for her accustomed drive in Hydepart , die , the royal equerries , as usual ; iccorapauie . i the cortege on horseback . On Her Mnjesty ' s rtitiirh , about tea minutes or a quarter past tiix o ' clock , down Constitution-hill , when within a short-distance cf tho spot at which the former attempt ¦ -at Her Majesty ' s assassination was made by Edward Oxford , a young man . who had previously bsen notic-jd standiiia with

      his back against the brick wall skirting iho ' . gariiena of Buckingham Palace , was observed to advance towai'da the carriage road along wh ^ ch the Kbyal cortege was passiD ^ . anti npon tho carriage containing Hi . r Majesty ., and her illustrious consort approaching the spot at whieh ha Btood , he was seen by police-coDstable Tanner , A 53 , to advance within thr .. e yards of the carriage , and at the Siiuie instant draw out , apparently ' from his waistcoat pocket , a pistol . Tanner instantly ru 3 hed towards him , for the purpose of knocking it out of his hand , seeing that it was aimed at her Majesty , but at tho Kiomcnt hs seized him the pistol went off , without injuring her Majesty ' s person or that , of Prince Albert . Tho i-. stanfc the report was hoard a soldier of the Foot

      Guards , who happened to be near , rau to the assiistanco j of the puiicenian , as did several other persons , -who j came rapidly up to the spot . Tha Royal carriage ^ , which was , at the moment of tho attempt , proceed ir ; g at a quick pace , continued its course towards Bucking-1 ham Palace , and the prisoner was conveyed to the lodge j adjoining , where he was searched : by Mr . Ru ? sell , the ; inspector en duty at the time , who found in hw j pockets a bui . ' et and some powder , as well as > he J pistol , whicb was still war hi , and aflfording convincins ; proof ef its recent discharge . A cab was immefiiateiy j procured , in which the prisoner was conveyed by Tan-1 ner , accompanied by the soldier , to tha station-house of i the A division , in Gardiner ' s'lane . He was thyre ques-1 tioned by Inspector Hughes as to his name , for the i

      purpose of entering the offence in the usual manner upon the cbaigc-sheet , when he refused to give his name 1 or make any statement , and maintained an extreme sullenness of manner . Tho intelligence of the desperate attempt flew like wildfire through the metropolis , and in a very short i time the vurious members of the Royal family , as weli as several of the foreign Ambassadors , besides large 1 numbers of the nobility , < 5 cc . . bastaned to the palace < for the purpose of congratulating the Queen and Prince Albert on their providential deliverance , am " , throughout the evening a tieuse concourse cf persons of all classes , amongst whom we noticed a iiumbar of elegantly dressed females , surrounded- , the gates of tho palaee .

      Ttte'prisoner , upon being •¦ int « rrogatad , refused to ? ive either his name or refiidenca , or to lii . tka any a 4 wissiou on ihe . subject of the charge . ' . During the cxaminutioh , however , of ihe persons wh : > witnessed the transaction , it appeared that d , youth who hapoenod to ba in the Park at the moment of . the-prisoner ' s apprehension had followed him to the St&tiua-houso , and subsequently to the Hi . m « -office , and h-id recoHuidiid him to be ., a person of tbe name of Francis . Oa tbo prisoner bang pressed as to whether that was not hia name he , after considerable hesitation , admitted the fact . The youth was than questioned as to his knowledge » f tW pri&ontr , whon he stated that the prisoner ' s father resided at No . 100 , Titchfield-fitrcet . ' ¦ ' ¦ . "

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      condescend ' to their request ; and we d » hereby direct these our letters be communicated by yoa to the several suffragan Bishops within your province , expressly requiring them to ' take care that publication foe mr . de hereof on such Sunday in the present or In the ensuing month , and in such places within -their respective dioceses , as the said Bishops shall ; appoint ; and that upon this occasion the Ministers in each parish do . effectually excite the parishioners to a liberal contribution , which shall be collected the weefe follbwing at their respective dwellings by the churchwardfns or overseers of the poor , in each pariah ; and the Ministers ' of the several parishes are to causo the sum so . collected to be paid immediately into the bands of the Bank of England ^ Jo be accounted for by them , and applied to the carrying : on ! and promoting the above-mentioned good designs . And so we bid yoa very heartily fare * well . . Given at our Court at St James ' s , the llfeb day of May , 1842 , in the fifth year of our reign . By her Majesty ' s command , J . Ri G . GraHaM .

      •• To the Mo 3 t Rav . Father in God , our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Baloved Councillor , William Lord Archbishop of Cartterbury , Primate of all England and Metropolitan . Then follows the Bishop of London ' s letter to ti » e Clergy : — : ' ' .- . ' . - ' -..- . - " . - ¦ -: : " ; . ' ..

      " London-hense , May 20 . " Reverend Brother ,--In obedience to the commands of . her'Majesty , I require you to read from the desk in your cLnrch or chapel the . Queen ' s Letter , \ a copy of which I have caused to be tranamitted to yon , on such Sunday before the 1 st day of July next as you nvay judge most convenient , immediately aft 9 r the Mominsf ot Evening -Praysr . s . You are also dosired to cause the Queen ' a Letter to ; be read in like manner In every piaca of worship belougin ^ to the Established CfanrcbJ ia your parish ( if there be any besides the parish charch ) , and to communicate this letter to ; the minister or ministers thereof . The accomp ; vnying statement will supply authentic information in regard to the idistress which

      prevails ; in places therein mentioned , and which unhappily extends to mauy other populous districts similarly circumstanced . I trust , therefore , that you feel it your duty , as a minister of Christ , to give fnil effect ; to her Majesty's gracious intentions by earnest exhortation from the pulpit , and to make known and enforce , as widely and strongly as possible , the claims of the sufferers on the charity of their Christian brethren . i ' L ' e " amsunt collected is to be paid , within three wetifcs aftur the collection , into the Bank cf . England , or its branches in the country ; or by PoEt-oflB . ee etders addressed to , and made payable to , the cashieia of the Bank of England , London . V . . " From your affectlonata brotheri . «' C . J . London . "

      We could have had ; no objection to this begging letter , provided the clergy had not already fleeced the pockets of the church-going people , for the purpose of building ' -. now churches and creating new colonial bishoprichs . Distress , even to a greater extent than at present ; - prevailed at the time tho collection was uiade ; the Arclibishops and Bishops were perfectly aware of it ; but they had neitlier heart nor . disposition to rtlifeve the suffarings of their distressed brethren , until tiiey had first made a descent upon the pockets * f the libsraliy-ri rsposed ; in order to carry out their own darling fclieme of rendering the Church omnipotent , by extending her power and throwing more vfealtli into her lap . Speaking of the exhibition of folly ( the Queen ' s fancy ball ) one London paper says-- : .

      " Her Majesty left the ball-room about a quarter to three o'clock , but dancing / was continued for about an hour afterwards . The expenditure for this one night ' s entertainment ' . was- 'enormous .. ; One Noble Lord pays £ 150 for the hire of diamonds , and ladies of rank expend * a far greater sum . A li the great jewellers in Londob , down to the Jew diamend merchants , were laid under contribution . Her Majasty wore but one diamond , on her head . This gem , value £ 10 , 000 , looked , at a distance , like a star , by its vivid brilliancy . " ...- -.. .--... -. ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦' : ' ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ . .: ¦ -. ¦ . ' ¦ . ' . - ' :: ;¦' : : ¦ -. " ¦ :

      The most detested tyrant whose deeds history hands down to posterity , set fire to : Rome that he : might enjoy the sight of a city in conflagration , and while the flames were raging , he amused himself by playitij * on the violin . We know of no nearer approximation to the unmatched ; cruelty ' . of the monster Nero , than the conduct of the British Court and aristocracy , in . thus revelling amidst the most superfluous waste , while the more bumble of their countrymen are . doomed to starve for bread , by the laws these same Nobility have frame * for their own advantage . The Britisti aristocracy have enforced the provision laws to secure themselves a monopoly in food ' whatever may be the consequences .

      Because of this monopoly , the whole commercial world is turned upside down ^ and the poor are left to beg or perish . Yet , in the midst of the unprecedented sufferings of , . -millions which now exist , the nation has been intiulted with this childish display of the waste of thous ' anda , for the most part wrung , either in the Bhape of taxation or monopoly , from the very classes who have been ruined , and who now saffar . By Cria illtirned and ill-. advifisd display , double the money will have been literally thrown away , under the patronage of the Queen , than will be collected , in the shape of charity , , by the Queen ' s letters , and by the letters of all the Bishops of Ecgland and Ireland into the bargain . " ¦ ' . " . ' . : : ¦ , " . "" '¦' . ' ' - . -. ' ¦ . . ' ¦ : " ¦ . - ' . ' - . . '

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      " GENIU ^ AND INTE 51 PERANCE . In our last publication , we referred to the disastrous ii Suehce of alcboholio drinks upon genius—we affirmed that the excitement thus produced , is the most deadly crummy of genius—aud we referrad to the deplorable degradation which ifc has iufliijted upon many who luight havs been the bie ^ sings of their friends , the ornaments of their country , aid the instructors of the WOrld . ¦ . '' . . ' ¦ . ' . ; .. . ' . ' " . '' . ' ' . - ' . . . ¦' : 1 ' " ' " ¦'¦•¦ ' ' , ¦ '¦' . ' ' ' : *' .- ¦ : . / : "¦ ¦¦ Ttva following scene which was witnessed at Marlborougl ; --street , on Tuesday last , displayed most fnlly the accurate j ustice cf our representations . 11 exhibited a Clergyman , a maa « £ Mgh classical attainments , and we havb since ascertained , ot nataraliy commanding intellectual powers , prostrated in the very dust by this abominable agency . The account requires no comment from-m ? . It will appeal at once to the understandings and the feelings of our readers . ¦ ' .-, ; . , ¦ ..

      An emaciated young mm , in a miserable plight , was brought before Mr . Matoy , charged with having made an attempt to commit suicide . : . : , A p ;> t-boy of the George -public-house , Castle-street , s * id , the defendant came into thu house that morning , and after being in the tap-room a short time , asked witness to lend him a knife . Wituess gave him a amall penknife , and kept his eye on his movements . The dtfendimt taking aa opportnnity when he thought he was unpercoived , of raising the knife to his throat , and was about , to plunge it in , when witness rushed forward

      and arrested his band . A struggle ensued , and witness with ilifncu ty legaineg posee 3 sion of the knife . After a short period tbo defendant was allowed to leave the houstvand .-he tben went over the way into a publichouse immediately opposite . Hue his agitated manntr having excited suspicion , he was ajjain watched , and secured , while in the act of strangling himself with hia neckerchief . In consequsnee ef these swo attempts , he-was , considered to be . totally unfit to be any longer at largo , anfi a polkem ^ u baing called , he was given into custody . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' . '¦¦ . V ' . : ¦ : ' ¦! - ¦ .- " . ' / '" ¦ : ¦

      Mr . Maltby asked tfco first witness if be -was sure that the defendant intended to do himself some injury with Iho knife ? ' ';¦ ¦ " . . ¦ : ¦ -. ' . ^ ' . ; '" ; : ' . ' . ; .: v : - ; -- ' . - ' " V' ^' Witness 'said , he had no doubt whatever that such wag th 9 defendant's intention . MK Maltby—You hear the charge against you . Is it true . ? . ' ; : ;¦ ¦' . •¦ '¦ . - ¦' . . ' ' . '' - ¦ . -. ¦ '•"' . '¦ •¦ . " - ; - " " . ¦¦ ¦"" ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .. ¦' ¦ Djfendarit—Partly . My intsntioiis were misconceived Mr . Maltby—Then you did not iriteaa ; to couimit suicide , ' according , to the charge made against yon ? Defendant ( hesitatingly )—No . My spirits were much depressed . .- ' : ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ .: ¦ -. " ¦ <'¦' .:: . ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . Maltby—What is the cause ? - ¦ ; i ' . .: ¦ . Defendaat—Owing to tnydestitute circamstanc « 3 . Mr . Maltby— -What is your name , and what have you beeaueedto ? . : ; . ; . ;; . ;' - Defendant—My name is Theopbilus Cnrry . I am a teacher of the classics . . ' . , , '

      Mr . Ma 2 tby- —Where were yoa laab employed in that capacity : ? :: .- ' - ¦ .-. - .. -..-. / . . ; -- ¦ " ...- ' .- " ¦ . " . : Defendant- ^ At Braintree , about nine months ago . Since tbat I have sold a faw publications . Mr < Maltby—Where do you live ? .- ¦ JDefendahitr ^ I havp lived at Mrs . Hennessey ' s , in George-streeti and afterwards in Short's Gardens . At present I have no h 6 me > arid for the last two nights have slept ata place in the city . ;^ : Mr . Maltby , —Have you any friend ? . -,: Defenrlent—Not in London . I have a brother , a ¦

      su rgeon , at Bungay . Mr ; Maltby . —Where were you brought up ? Dffsndeiit— At Cambridge . I entered at Emmanuel College . ' ¦ " ¦ . ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ - ¦ ' ' ¦'' : ¦ ' ' ' . -- ¦' . ' Mr : Maltby . —Did you take any decree I Dsfundent . —Yea ; BMheloro ? Arts . M r . Maltby . —Have you eaten anything lately ? Defendent—No food , except a piece of bread yesterday . I have had two pints of porter which was given me at tbe public house . f ^ - ; Mi , Maitby , after putting a few more questions to the unfortunate man , directed that be should te supplied with refreshment , and also requested Clements , t&a chief usher , to go to various places named by the defendent and ascertain if hi 3 story -was true , and afterwards to call at the St . Uartin ' a workhouse to ask-the overseer to step ^ to that nourt .. . . - ¦ ¦" ¦' - .-.. : ¦ ..-- ¦ -- ¦ . -. ¦ ¦ : •¦ - , > : ¦ ¦ ¦

      Clementi , having made the necessary inquiries , came back and reported that the defendant' s statement was correct . Ha hnd been , as he Ba'd , in Westminster Hospitil , and had lodged at Heanessay's , from which litter place he ( Clements ) learned that ; the defendant occa sionally received sums of money from , his brother , but he immediately apent the caah iu drink , and that such was his routed propensity ' . for that vice that he had dranjj hims 3 * f into ^ a state ot delirium tremens . In tho outer , office the defendant further stated thafc he had beta in orders , but left bis curacy to adopt the profession of teaching . While speaking , fa ? was seized with a shivering fit , and he began to gibber like an idiot . In this condition he continued for en hour , afFording a hideous picture . of the consequences of indulging in a cravitig lot drink . ¦ ¦ ; ;

      Mr . . ' Tilal ' tby desired tha defwi-ifli -tto be removed to yf , > Ti £ ri : n ' x workhouse for a fsW day ? . — -Nicholson ' s Comnwciai Rtjidcr . _ . ¦ :: ,: ' ¦ ...

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      E xAMINATiON OF THE PRISONER AT THE HOME-OFFICE . Immediately on tha diiboiical outrage being knewn , infoyniation was sent to tbo principal Ministers ,-who ' were at that time in their places in Pdiliaiaent . In the Lords , as soon as the intelligence was known , there was au immediate suspension of business , and the House at once aUjourued . la the Commons iho ^ reiitoas interest and sympathy -was created , and after a few words of explanation from Sir R . Peel , the House ac-jjurned . Notice was . immediately given to thosemembfrs-of'the Alinistry , aud those leading . . uiQtuber . 8 of th ^ Privy Council , who cad hot been . previously ' made acyuiinted with the e 7 er . t , and an investigatiou was' ordered - at tha Home-office . Sir Jr . m ? 3 Gnihaui had gone dirtot third from the House of' Coniinocs , as also ha 4 Sir R . Pdel ; and at a few m \ nut « 8 b fa fore 8 o ' clock stvetai Hiembers of tha Privy Council assembled in the room of Sir . J . Graham ut the Home-office . The prisoner had been previously brought from the Gircliner's-luna Btation .-

      liouse to tho if cnue-oflice , into which he was'convuycci by tho back entrance , from the park , an imiiiensu concourse of persons having assembled at the front entrance opposite Whitehall . Tae principal , Ministers pi-tseuc , besides the Home Sacrttary and Sir li . Peal , were , 1 I 10 Duke of \ Veiiiiigton , Lord Stanley , the Lor : 1 Cli-ancellor , the Earl of Ha ^ dingtpu , the Eatl of Jersey , Sir E : 'Krutchbull ., Lord Fifz ^ erai'd , t . h ' oEurl of IHaiibigh , the Cliancollor of tho Exchequer , the Eurl cf Ripon , the ' -JS . ir . 1 of Aberdeen , and Viscouut Lowthei . . Thi ; AUorat-y-G ^ ntral was- ' present ; - as a < so were Mr .,. Maulo , lha Secrttary of the Treasury , end Colonel Rowaa ^ the Police ¦ Gi / iu ' m'iss . io ' ner . ' ' Mr . Ha . 1 , the chief magistrate at- Bow-street ; , was also present The investigation \ vi \ 8 , of course , strictiy private , and no . particulars . what occurred at the Home-offics transpired officuiliy . As soon as tha inveBtigiition ( which lasted till ten o ' clock ) was over , the prisoner was remandtd to Tot . hiii-Qetds prison . ¦¦ ' . '• -. '

      • The priaouer , John Francis , is tho son of a respectable in&ii of that name , living in -Tottenham Coiirt lioad . Ho is iib ' out ' , twt " .. ty year 3 » f a ^ e , nbbut five fett five iaches in--height , and at present rather shabby iu appearance * He h : i 3 a foreign cast of -countenance , " though f . y no int-ans such-. as to warrant t' ) e belief at flrsb entfertaiued tliat ' ho Was a Gsrman ; His hair is very dark , and he has O . firk whiskers .- ' His complexion is sallow , aud , allowing for the paleus-s natural to him iu such a situation , rather of a light olive . It appears that he h-. isbeeu iibseut from his family for more than six months past . His father had not heard of him for nearly that time .

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      COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER . On Tuesday , tha prisoner , Jjlin Francis , underwent a long private tx tminatkm at tho Home Office , ths result of ¦ which -was that he yta . 8 fully committed to Newgate , to take Ms trial on a charge of High Treason .

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      THE QUEEN'S BEGGING LETTER . It will seen > by reference to tha debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday , ' that L « rd K-nnaird asked the Government , -whetUer they bad not thought it expsaieat to advise hei- Majesty to issue a begging letter , soliciting subscriptions tor the reli .-i of tho 'prevailing iHstre £ 3 . The Eal of Ripon w ^ a understood to ryply that Governmtnt know , nothing whateverLofjthe lettw in question ; and the Duke of" Wellington also said , that he knew nothing of the existence of such a docume'it . One noble Peer , who attended church last Sandsxy ( Lor ( iColboni ) 'said , heharihtiirditread . So much for the a ' -t « ntion of Government ; and here is the Qaeen ' a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury , directing collections o barnacie from houso to house by the churchwardens : — ' -. . . ¦ ' : ¦ - ¦

      " ViciOErAB . —Most Reverend F 4 ther in God , our . tefcr . trusty and right entirely be . lpyed counciilor , we pf ( eb you well : whereas in some districts in Eogland aiid Sco . tl . tnd m : my of the working classes have sofi'ersd , and continue to suffer soveie distress ; and whereas niuny of our snhjects have entered into voluntary subscriptions for their rolitf , an A have at the . sam ' a time Immhly prayed u-3 to issue our Royal letters directed to tho Lf'rd- 'Archbishop of Cantiirbui-y , and theXorJ Archbishop of-York , authorising them to promote conu-ibutions Witiiiii ¦ their ¦ several proyiuces for the --sanie . bt-n-vt > l--ot purpose , we , taking the premises into our H-yu . e-. ns' . 'v-ratioj , andbeini ? nl ways-ready . t- > s ' i 7 < j ' . the : I't-fct- « iic'Aur ^< -. ' . ;< .- ! : t ; : ih < : 1 couiiv-iiiciivce to ' ¦ such Iiuwans aud cLlrLUUo uti-iertakings , aro graclou . '; ly pleased to

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      . THE N G R T HER N S t A R 3 — ' ~ i " ~~—~ ' : ' - " ' --- = ' . ''" , ' ,,. ¦¦ . "" . ' .. ¦ ... - ¦ . ¦' , ' . '' . —— ^^ .. w— . — ~—~ ' " ' " ' ~« - ~ ° - ^ - ' - '"' » . ' .. ' . ^ a - . ' ;

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct433/page/3/