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      USES TO WILLIAMS AKD BINNS , ON THEIS ^ RETURN FROM PRISON . -tCrrCOME , ? e patriob ! ye gems of creation , r ndaunted and free , from a prison ' s lone cell ! ve whohave fought for the right * of & nation , ^ nd frept at the tale that oppression doth teU ! - ' « , P tvranU shall know that the gloom of a prison—^ cna ^ - Death Those weight Btrengthfbendeth its V-ripfi Tkanis not those patriots who for justice have risen , En thralls not those bouIs -who lore to be free . Tears , that now spring at your coming in gladness , Shall imp 6 " the bright laurels your mem'ries shall claim , , , .,.. TTheii rtyatty bo more can sink millions in sadness , " Nor tyriisiij threaten the brave with , its chain .

      Yes ves ! thrones shall totter to £ h' verge of oblivion , r ' nir-owB to mankind , but as things that have been" ; Part fbarish again " neatb the smiling of Heaven , k ^ jd jK ^ d from inj ustice , a paradise seem . - fitni oE -srarii t-J & § bt ! the tyrants subduing , lill victory proclaims " the people are free "Till b&se-borti oppression shall ffnk into ruia , And m = D tyrants' slaves ao longer shall be . Tin those who have toiled until life ' s dsy is closing , No sore in » bastile their misery bewail -, IDl pa . acc-bred rogues , amid plenty reposing ! . Vo more can mock freedom ( our right' with a gaoL "W . A- Thompson . Risfcopwearmotith , January , 1841 .

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      A FRAGMENT . Those are not always of tfce lowest ranks Of aitE , whom dire mischance assails , 01 binds TTiih twverry ' s unconquerable bonds . TVsei for a time enthralls , but cannot mar Or shsie the brightness of th" ennobled mind . Bonds , such as these , are but external ones ; Tis those -whom poverty afflicts in mind , Although arrayed with proud magnificence , And shielded from the rankling shafts of lank And pile-faced penury . ; those only feel The utter weight of hopeless poverty . Ail oatward wants , if in their fiercest mood And longest day , must yield to time , and close "With life ; but when tlie mad is shackled with Gaunt fetters , it wears the unblotted mark Of slariih bonds throughout eternity . J . Yek . nos South Molton , 11 th January , 1841 .

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      A SECOND LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON . LORD JOHN RUSSELL , on the Piaa of the Society for the Civilization of Africa . By Sir George Supaen . London . ; Smnders and Otley . 184 $ . This very able and well 'written pamphlet is in reply to " . Remarks by an anonymous writer , " who , H seems , is not inimical to the objects of the African Society , bat dissents from the plans proposed by Sir Fowell Boston and the Committee . To shew . the fallacy of ; he author of the " Remarks , " Sir George Stephen , one of the Committee , has given to the

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      world , the publication before us , not as official , but as his own views on the designs of the African Society , and of Sir Fowell Buxton , with whom it originated . We think Sir George has at least the merit of placing before them a statement which every body who will may understand , and as we are confident that we owe an immense debt to Africa . we shall present our readers with a short statemen : of the objects of this Society , and adviBe all who take an interest in the question to buy the book . The generous exertions , and the costly sacrifices which this country has made for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade , are well known : but we , in common with all right thinking men , must rtgret that to a vast ext-ent this generous effort of

      British benevolence has proved in vain . Sir Fowell Buxton , impressed with this fact , some time since published a book , calling the attention of those who had the power to more in the affair to the subject , and the response to which was the formation of a Society embracing men of all political parties and religious creeds , under the name of the Society for the civilization of Africa . To this Society Eome zealous parties have opposed themselves ; first , on the grotmd that the first step to be taken , was the introduction of Christianity ; and second , that the plans of the Society are not clearly defined . To both these objections Sir George has , in . thi 3 letter , undertaken to reply . He shews that from the nature of the enterprise much expenoe must be incurred , and that a uniou of purpose and action was

      indispensable to the insurance of success , and that from the conscientious differences which exist on the subject of religion , such a union was altogether impossible , that to have made the introduction of Christianity a leading object of the Society would have destroyed it altogether . On the other subject he shews that it would have been imprudent in the Committee to have laid down definue plans of action b * fore they had ascertained exactly the positions they might be ab 2 e to occupy , yet that their general object was well defined , and likely to succeed . He also shews that the Committee had no intention of beinx either a missionary or a commercial body , but that , by their efforts , they should , without question , prepare the way for all who felt disposed to employ their energies on . the African soil . '" Is it nothing ? '' he

      asks" Is it nothing to simplify the acquisition of language ? —to obtain for it a written character , aud thus facilitate the circulation of the Scriptures ? Is it nothing to discover new means of easy communication with countries , to which even the missionary has not as yet found access ? Is it nothing to promote the health , as well as extend the migrations of those excellent men , -who , for tfce love of God , txpoEe themselves to the pestilence of the undrained swam ; g and the uncleared jungle , careless of climate , and defying danger , where a soul can be found in darkness ? or to provide the easy and sure supp ) y of those European necessaries that may secure their comfort , and sustain their strength in pivsecating their arduous labours within the tropics ? And above ail , is it nothing to propitiate the unwilling ear , by drawing the African to us in grateful affection , as the instruments of his release front bondage and the slave trade , and of bis introduction to the intellectual as well as the physical advantages of civilised life ? -

      , That the civilisation of Africa , injured as her sons have been , is an object that ought to be dear to every British heart , there can be no question ; and we cordially wish the African Society success . At the same time , we beg to tell them that a sincere and honest effort to extinguish all kinds of slave trade , in professedly Christian England , would be the most sure and effectual way to secure cordial support to their benevoleat endeavours lor the civilisation of Africa , or of any other portion of the globe .

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      ( The folhiclng were set fur our paper last week but emitted for want of room . ) HUIiX » . —Holy Catholic Guild . —The members and friends of this important and flourishing institution celebrated their first anniversary by a public tea party aud meeting , in the spacious Music Hall , Jarratt-Btroet , on Wednesday evening , the 13 th inst ., the R ? v . J . Render , chaplain to ttie Guild , the chair . The Rev . J . Conaty presided as vicechairman . The room was decorated with various rich and beautiful banners belonging to the society ; and when lighted up , and filled with company , » large proportion of whom consisted of elegantlydressed females , the scene presented to the eye of

      the spectator was one of the most brilliant and fascinating that can be conceived . The entertainment was provided under the superintendence of Mr . Bwhop , of the public rooms , and gave , truth compels us to say , general dissatisfaction . Though we haTe had many opportunities of attending tea partie ? , wenevermet whh one , the arrangements of which were so defective ; the tea and its appendages ( except the boef and ham , which were excellent ; were of the commonest quality ; and the quantity provided was not more than sufficient for 400 persons , and had to be shared amongst upwards of 604 . We think a good substantial tea ought to have been furnished at Is . ' 61 . per head , which was the sum paid to Mr . B ., exclusive of the hire of

      the Hall ; but , doubtless , the ruling motive was a good one . The meeting was to be of an intellectual character , and the provider doubtless has found out that an overloaded stomach is unfavourable to mental enjoyment . We heard many persons remark , that the tea was a perfect contrast to that provided by Messrs . Glover and Curtis , at the Victoria Rooms , on the previous anniversary . After the repast , the National Anthem was givon in excellent etyle , by a most efficient orchestra , Mr . ' Sigmeut presiding at the organ . During the evening the company were entertained with a choice selection of music , both vocal and instrumental , Mr .

      Philips , and the Signors Valentine , having , in the moat Handsome manner , volunteered their gratuitous services oil the occasion . No intoxicating drinks nurred the pleasure of the evening , but as a substitute for toasts , the Rev . Chairman , after an introductory address , breathiug the purest spirit of Christian benevolence , gave several appropriate sentiments , which were responded to by the Rev . J . Conaty , the Rev . P . M . Kaye , of Bradford , the Rev . H . Newsham , of Hedon , and Mr . T . B . Smith . Altogether the evening was one of the most delightful we ever spent in a public assembly ; all seemed desirous of contributing to the happiness of the rest . —From a Correspondent .

      SUNDER 1 * ANT > . —Specimen of Magisterial Justice . —A Jew weeks ago , a boy , while passing along one of the back streets in Sunderland , on an errand on which he had been sent by hiB master , was assaulted by a dog , belonging to Mr . G . Booth , one of the aldermen of the borough , and so severely bitten , as to be unable to work , and to be under medical treatment for a week . The father of the boy having in vain sought for redress from the owner of the dog , applied at length to the magistrates for a summons to bring Booth before the bench . On the application being made , Kidson , the clerk to the magistrates , who it appears is a relation of Booth ' s , requested the business to be loft in his

      hands , and undertook to effect such au arrangement as would give full satisfaction to the complainant . To this proposal complainant readily acceded ; but hearing nothing , either from Booth or Kidson , called upon the latter , a few days afterwards , to ascertain if he had performed his promise , when he was received with a torrent of abuse , and told by Kidson , that he had something else to do than seek redress for such petty grievances . Next day complainant again appeared in the court , and renewed his application for a summons , when he was called upon to swear that he saw the dog bite the boy . He replied that ho did not see tho occurrence himself ; that all he wanted on that occasion was a summons

      to bring the owner of tho dog before the court , and that he would then be prepared , with competent witnesses , to depose to the fact . The magistrates still appearing disinclined to grant the BummoBB , complainant observed , that he apprehended the case would have been very different , had it been the reverse of what it was ; if the dog had belonged to himself , and the boy to Booth ; upon which he was called a drunken , dissipated vagabond , and ordered to be immediately put out of the court . By this mean , arbitrary and illegal conduct , the magistrates , no doubt , imagined that they had quashed the complaint . Complainant , however , was not a man to bear tamely the indignity he had Buffered . On the following day , he appeared

      at the Mayor s chamber , accompanied by a young woman who had witnessed the occurrence , and the master of the boy , who stated that his boys had repeatedly been bitten by the same dog . Mr . Backhouse , one of _ the magistrates , who nad not been present when complainant was put out of the court ou the preceding day , stated that he bad known the complainant for a period of twenty-one years , and that he was a sober , industrious , and peaceable man , the very reverse of what had been stated from the Bench on the day previous . The Mayor , R . White , Esq ., also observed , that he had learnt something of the complainant ; that he understood

      he was one of the leading Chartists in the town , and that , no doubt , when he behaved himself bo rudely in the court on the preceding day , he had thought himself in one of the Chartist meetings . Mr . Backhouse indignantly replied , that they were not there to inquire into complainant ' s political principles , but to grant him justice . After some altercation between Mr . Backhouse , aad the rest of the Bench , a warrant was granted for the apprehension of Booth . On Monday , the case came before the magistrates , when the facts being proved , Booth was fined 2 s . 6 d . and . costs ; . the complainani giving notice of his intention to commence proceedings against the magistrates for illegal ejectment from the court .

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      BISHOP AUCKLAND—No PROTECTION FOB Peopebtf . —At Bishop-Auckland , some time ago , a person of the name of Wheatley Morgan , had an aes Btoleu from him . Tbe other day he found it in the possession of a man at South Helton , of the name of Richard Walker ; Morgan not being able to obtain any satisfaction frem Walker , took out a summons , aud had him before the Bench .- Morgan- was able to prove that the ass was hia , by marks which ware to be found on ( Ue animal . Walker could not tell of whom he bought the tea ; neither could he tell when he had bought it , and the magistrates very properly decided that Morgan should have the ass . But this was only conditional . This Walker not being able ( we presume ) to pay the expenses of the summons , &c Morgan was

      told that he must pay the expenses , amounting to thirteen shillings and sixpence ! Now , supposing that Walker ( which is very improbable ) had bought the ass of "he didn't know who ; " is i ( j not clear that his negligence prevents all clue being obtained to the real thief ? Why , then , ought he not to have been made to pay the expenses arising from his negligence , instead of the man from whom the ass was stolen t But why , we ask , was this sutpicious Walker allowed to walk off unmolested , without being not only made to pay , but also to take his trial ? When a thief is caught with stolen property on him , how often does he tell us

      he bought the goods of " he didn't know who ! . " What will the people of property think in this neighbourhood ? Suppose a shep to be broken open—and gutted by thieves ; suppose a suspicious character like this Walker , were caught with the stolen property in his possession , and , on being brought before the Bench , was liberated , because he said he bought the goods of be " didn't know who , " and the honest tradesman left to pay all the ' . expenses ; what would they think ? Verily , this decision of the Bench , smacks of honour amongst thieves . They may have a head full of conceit , but they know very little of law . Can any one tell us the difference between an ass and a Just-asa ?

      OtDHAItt . —Fihb at Oldham . —On Monday night , the 18 th inst ., a few iniuutes before eight o ' clock , a fire was discovered in the Commercial Mills , Rails' Gate , Oldham . The fire engines were brought immediately ou the spot , from the fireengine station , and with great exertions on the part of tho work people in the neighbourhood , the fire was got out without doing much damage to the premises ; though it was the opinion of every one present , that the whole of them would have been burnt down , when first discovered . Tho workpw > ple received the thauks of the owners of the premises , Messrs . Collinge and Lancashire , for their exertions . How the fire originated is not known . — C Correspondent . )

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      Dr . J . Bokthwick Gilchrist died at Paris on the ttth , at au advanced age . The Royal Standard Theatre , from a licensed theatre , has become a duly registered Baptist Chapel . It is said that Mr . Macready received for his services , during tho past season , at the Haymarket Theatre , tho sum of four thousand threo hundred pounds . The next meeting of the Wesleyan Conference will be held in Manchester next July , and it is geueraLiy expected that the Rev , James Dixon , of Manchester , will be elected to fill the office of president . During the past year tho Wesleyan Methodists have erected no fewer than 130 chapels , at a cost of £ ( J 0 , 000 , aud boiny a larger number than in any other year during thuir existence as a body .

      Dviusu the late / rose , the train on the Hall ana Sslby railWay was on one occasion two hours in running two uiilod ! Fatal Accident . -Two poor men ware killed last week , at 1 'addiugton , by the falling-ia of the roof of au oven , upon thorn . The oven had beeu built during the frosty weather , aud therefore inaufficieutly cemented . Upwards of . £ 40 , 000 has been made in St . Ires thin year by tho pilciiard fishery , the fish selling at lrom £ 4 to £ 4 lid . per hogshead . Anti-Tketotalism at the Palace . —During her Majesty ' s residence at Buckingham Palace , the large quantity of 140 hoKbheads of strong beer in moutiuy lurtttuueu Hum Cuuion a Uievvtrv , at Burb&&t } .- ~ Devixes Gazette .

      Admiral Sir . Robert Stopfokd has accepted the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital . Admiral Stopford is a number of one of the most Tory of the Irish noble families—tho Courtowns . He is expected in England about March . New Penny Pieces—Specimens of new coins have just been issued from the Mint , consisting of penny pieces . M . Zellar , director of the Agricultural Society of Darmstadt , in 1839 , planted two plots of ground , of the same size , with potatoes . When the plants had tlowei-od , the blossoms ware removed from those in one plot , whilst those of the other were left untouched . The former produced 476 'ibs . ; the latter only 37 < Jlbs .

      Mu . Eliua . BuRRvrr , of Worcester , Massachusetts , a blacksmith , has made himself perfect master of moro than fifty languages . He is not yet thirty years old ; but is thought to know as much of the languages of the earth as any other man . Murder of Mr . Westwood . —It has been ascertained that the story told by Roberts , the convict sentenced to transportation from the Hull Sessions , is a fabrication , having the double object of saving himself from transportation , and revenging himself on his paramour , who had been instrumental iu procuring his conviction . Abusive Language . —On Fridy , Robert Reed , a master blacksmith , was fined in the mitigated penalty of twenty shillings , at the Lambeth-street office , under the New Police Act , for using abusive language a gentleman named Fisher . Ttie defendant seemed quite astonished , and declared tbat the new Police Act was a bad law .

      Railwat partlt Destroyed . —A part of the rails , on the Midland Counties line , near to Loughborough , was washed away last week by the flood . The station was also injured . Fatal Effects of Drunkenness . —A woman named Mary Ana Stones , drank herself to death , on Sunday week . The Jury , on the Coronet's inquest , returned the absurd and impious verdict of ' Died by the visitation of God . " Liability op Cabmen . —On Thursday , in last week , a cabman , named Thomas , was fined 40 s . by Mr . Greenwood , at the Hatton Garden Police-office , for refusing to convey a fare , and using abusive language .

      Female Suuggler . —A "lady , dressed in the first-rate style , has been apprehended by the authorities in London , with a large bundle , containing black silk , and thread lace of French manufacture , to the amount of £ 250 , for which no duty had been paid . The suspicion of the officers was excited from seeing her in company with a known smuggler . Total Loss of the Philestrus . —The Philestrus , of Greenock , from New Orleans , with a valuable eargo of cotton , and with a crew of nineteen men and three boys , has been wrecked in Dundrum Bay , on the Irish coast . The vessel was a perfect wreck . All perished save the second mate aud two boys , who were washed ashore on a spar , to which they had lashed themselves .

      Fatal Accident . —On . Saturday , a poor fellow driving a cart , in the neighbourhood of Limehouse , coming in contact with a steam-boiler , drawn on a truck , was jammed in between his own cart and the wall , and killed . It is said that tho Portuguese Government have concluded a contract for 2 , 000 sets of saddlery , 12 , 000 sets of accoutrements , and other military stores ; and that the English Government has agreed to give them on credit a large quantity of muskets , pistols and other arms . —London paper . T » e . Truth *— -At Sheffield , the Chartists have both strength and organization sufficient to impede the proceedings of any public meeting , in wnich they choose to take part . — Weekly Chronicle . English Taxation . —We are told by Bulwer , in his work on England , that the taxes in that country amount to just about one-third of the earnings of labour . A skilful mechanic , who earns £ 60 sterling a-year , or nearly 300 dollars , pays to the government £ 20 , nearly 100 dollars . —American paper .

      Remarkable Occurrence . —During the past ten days two or three whales have been seen in the channel , one of which , described as being sixty feet in length , was so near Plymouth , that a trawler waa in great danger of losing her nets by the huge mass becoming entangled in them . —London paper . Suicide of Mrs A . Grant . —Mr . Alexander Grant , of Carnousie , tbe Ministerial candidate for the Elgin burghs , committed suicide on . Monday last , the 18 th instant . Deep speculations in tea are said to have turned out unfavourable , and to have prompted the unfortunate gentleman to this rash act . Buying the Cinders . —We hear that certain contractors have eont in , to the . vestry of- Marylebone , tenders ( which have been accepted ) , to theamouut of £ 4 , 150 , for permission to cart away the cinders ( breeze ) of the inhabitants . ,

      News prom China . —It is asserted that the Government is in possession of important » nd favourable news from China , Which is kept back either for announcement in the speech from the throne , or to give effect to some explanation or statement from one of the Mwisters . —Hampshire Telegraph . . Ma . John O'Conneu . at Liverpool . —Oh Saturday evening the repealers of Liverpool invite 4 Mr . John O'Connell to a public dinner , at the Queen ' s Theatre , in that town . It was a poor affair , and as regards numbers , and respectability a wretched failure . The company broke up at midnight . Corpse foumd in the Thames . —^ On Saturday morning last , a corpse was found floating in the Thames , near the Towtr , which is sapposed to * have bean that of a murdered seaotsn , < from the cute and injuries apparent on the body . Various other articles were found upon him , and the boots , with cloth tops , were marked " Captain Collins , Leith . "

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      Cruelty to the Poob , —The poor of the parish Of Combe , in the county of Hants , had the right of cutting wood upon the common of the said parish for upwards of sixty years . Tho Provost and fellows or King ' s College , Cambridge , to whom the parish belongs , tried the said right with the poor , ana were beaten . The College theu gave five families notice to quit their houses . The notice having expired , they got a notice from the magistrates under the Tenement Act . On Monday , the 4 th of January , 1841 , these five families were turned into the road , and their neighbours took them in , or they must have perished from the cold during this inclement season . One woman haa been in fits ever since , and is not expected to recover . A gTeat deal of their furniture was on Sunday , the 10 th inst ., still in the road , and nearly buried in the snow .

      Increasing Distress among the Poor . —At the Marylebone Board of Guardians , on Frid * y , the master of the workhouse stated that 10 , 471 lbs . of bread had been given to the outdoor poor during the preceding six dayp , aud that the total quantity of bread given to both out-door and in-door poor , during the above period , was 166 cwt . 3 qrs . 8 ib ., or nearly 5 , 000 four-pound loaves . It would , it is apprehended , be somewhat difficult to carry out , under these circumstances , the New Poor Law teat of poverty—namely , no relief except within the walls of the workhouse . Besides , there are , at this moment , nearly two thousand persons in the workhouse . " Physical Force" Arrangements . —We are happy to hear that our army is to be increased to the extent of 10 , 000 men . There is also a rumour ( how true we know not ) that an addition is to be made to the Marines . —Briuhlon Gazette ,

      Shipwrecks . —We loam from Bilboa that , on the 5 th iust ., tho steersman of the English ship , Jemima , laden with . cloth , wishing to get over tho bar , and misunderstanding or disregarding tho sigual of the port pilot , struck upon it , and was lost . On the same day , a schooner , called Le Jeune Ruffin , was wrecked on the bhore near Guecho , aud the captain aud one sailor were drowned . A female passenger got to the m&iu-topmast , and there cluug . Twi young men of Algarta determined to save her , aud succeeded , although thoy had no other means than by swimming to the ship at the imminent risk of their own lives . She is said to be tho wile of a soldier quartered at St . Aader , whom she came to join . — London Paper .

      Effects of Cold . —The effect of cold on life in poverty and want is thus exemplified : —Iu the week ending November the 28 th , the total number of deaths from all causes was eight hundred and sixtytwo . Just at this time the temperature fell to thirty degVees , at the Royal Society ' s apartments ; and the immediate effect of its descent below the freezing point was au increase in the weekly number of deaths from eight huuared and sixty-two to one thousand and eighty-seven , being the greatest amount registered this year . The next week pre-Bented a similar result , the total of deaths being one thoutaud and fifty-nine . [ Think of this , ye who have 8 oft bods , warm fires , aud food enough ]—Atlas .

      A Live Snow Ball !—On Sabbath evening last , while going through one of the squares here ( Glasgow ) our attention was arrested b y an immense snow-ball . We at first thought it to be tho handiwork of boys , but , on a closer view , we were truly astonished to see a man ' s head peeping out from the centre of the ball ! We could scarcely credit the evidence of our senses . It certainly was au outlandish sort of a creature we had stumbled upon . After a very cautious scrutiny , we , with some assistance , and with a great deal of difficulty , > jot the young gentleman divested of his snowy shell , and so far recovered as to learn from him where he resided . He was immediately conveyed home , and

      overy means used to prevent any fatal effects that might arise from his lying in his snowy mantle . It appears that a number of young men had been eujoying themselves , and partook of more Glenlivet thau they could well carry . For a " lark" they had thrown down one of the party , covered him up with snow , which stuck to his clothes , and then proceeded to roll him round the square , till the immense mass which had attracted our observation accumulated . Iu ihis miserable plight they left him , unable to do anything for his own preservation , and but for our timely notice , he must inevitably have perished . We are happy to learn that he is nearly recovered , and blessed our curiosity as the means of extricating him from his coffin of snow . —Glasgow Paper .

      Disgusting Treatment of a Child in a Union Workhouse . —The cruelties recently perpetrated in the Hoo Union , by Miles , the Governor , and tho rascally treatment of a female pauper in the Eaton Union Bastile , were sufficient to excite in the breast of every human * man , a thrill of horror . But w « have met with a parallel case ; aud thai the miscreant involved in the business may not escape exposure , we lay the particulars before the public . It would appear that some time since , a fellow , named Thomas fotmau , ( to call him a man would be a degratiou of the title ) , was appointed to superintend the education of the children in Warwick workhouse ; and this scoundrel was on Monday taken before K . Greenwayand Richard Hiorns , Esquires ,

      at the Coun-houso , charged with misconduct , iu ill-treating a poor , friendless child , named Thomas Hewins , aged about two years and a half , the son of a widow at Budbrooko . We are not so squeamish about things as to prevent us describing the nature of the offence , for so gross an instance of inhumanity ought not to be concealed from any false delicacy towards Totman , whose own delicacy may be estimated by his actions towards a poor , helpless , aud unoffending infant . Tho child in question was a temporary inmate of the Bastile ; and , unfortunately , was placed under the care of the monster Totman . The child was in the habit of" dirtying itself , " most probably its bowels being affected by a change of diet , or from natural causas ; and for this , what does

      the reader suppose was the remedy inflicted on the poor innocent by this infamous scoundrel . ' It is with utter disgust that we describe it ; the child , an infant two years and a half old , was punished , by having its own excrement forced into its mouth The beastly act was made known to the master of the workhouse , who communicated the affair to the Guardians , and the schoolmaster was dismissed from the office he had thus disgraced , and the Board ordered him to be taken before the magistrates above-named sitting iu petty session , "to be dealt with according to law , " pursuant to the 93 rd clause of the New i » oor Law Act . When Totman was ushered into the presence of the Justices , he held down his head , and looked as sheepish as a

      convicted felon ; and when tbe chargo was read , he , in humiliating tones , at once admitted his guilt . 01 course , the magistrates visited a sin of such vast magnitude with severe punishment—of course , they held the filthy blackguard to bail , to take bis trial for the offence ! No , they did no such thing ; th » y treated the case with leniency ; they made the crime an affair « f the breeches pocket . Instead of obliging him to pay the penalty for so detestable an offence in person , Totman was fined 10 s ., with 10 s . costs ; and being thus set at liberty , he may get appointed to some other Union , and repeat his nasty practices , seeing that persons without character are uow elected to the control of those places . — Weekly Dispatch .

      Thief Hunting . —Au occurrence of rather a ludicrous character took place at Watford on Monday . Two fellows , strangers to the town , watched an opportunity , when no one was iu the place , to go into the shop of Mr . Fulvvood , a corn-chandler at Watford , and they were in the act of rummaging the till when the servant accidently came in , and asked them what t [ hey wanted . Tuey made some evasive reply , and attempted to get out of the shop , and , when the servant endeavoured to stop them , they forced their way past her , and ran off . An alarm was immediately given , and West , the constable of Watford , soon came up , and , having ascertained that the two men had gone down the town in tho direction of Rickmansworth , he set off after them , accompanied

      by about forty or fifty men and boys , dogs , &e The fugitives took to the fields at the back of the town , and ran , for two miles , like deer ; they then began to flag , and , hearing the pursuers close in their track , they doubled back again , and endeavoured to conceal themselves under a hedge . Their followers , however ,, were too keen for them ;—they were quickly driven out , of course , and they again started towards the Hempstead-road , and when they came to the fencing round Cashiobury , tbe Earl of Essex ' s seat , they sprung over and took to the wood , hoping that they should be able to conceal themselves id it . The constable , however , was close upon their heels , and when they had got some

      distance in the wood , they took separate paths , and the officer followed the one nearest to him , and . just as he was in the act of climbing up a tree , he caught him by the legs , and pulled him down , and secured him , in a nearly exhausted state , and he was escorted back to Watford , and safely lodged in the cage . The prisoner was . subsequently taken before the Rev . Mr . Capel , a magistrate for the county of Herts , when he gave his name , William D-iwkiua , and said that he came from Windsor to look lor work . Th © charge of felony waa clearly made out againBt him , and the magistrate committed him to St . Alban ' s gaol for trial . The fellow ' s companion succeded in retting away from his pursuers .

      Worth Knowing . —On Friday a gentleman named Walker , a solicitor in Lincoln ' a-inn , appeared before the Excise Court to ' solicit the return of £ 11 J **» being Auction Duty on some property sold nnder the following circumstances : —Mr . Schenberg , a foreigner , died a short time ago . leaving a number of leasehold houses , which he directed , should be sold , and the money arising from such sale to be equalljf divided between certain . relatives . . Ihe property was sold by publio auction , and fetched a very large sum ; but the purchaser refused to complete his bargain , by advice of Counsel , on the ground that tao deceased had not been naturalized , and consequently could not bequeath property of th » description specified . The Court held the objection of the purchaser ' s Counsel to be good , and the Commissioners returned the duty .

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      Canterbury . — Novel Plan fob Dj : t £ CTJ £ g Theft . —A person not far from here , being much annoyed by frequent depredations of his fences , and . unable to discover the offenders , resorted to a novel expedient to satisfy himself . Ho had some large hedge-stakes perforated with an augur , an > i the holes filled with gunpowder . Like many before , the stakes were stolen , by an old offender , we suppose , aud a little time brought intelligence that a certain person ' s chimney-piece had been blown out , and the furniture disarranged , much to the alarm of the inmates of the house . Inquiry convinced the owner of the stakes who had stolen them , nor was the fright produced to the offender on the occasion of his ma-mel-piece ornaments dancing about tbe room without effect .

      The , Catholic Church . —Contrast between the salaries or sums now paid to the dignitaries of the Catholic Church in France , and those paid to th © archbishops and bishops of the Church of England : —The Cardinal Archbishop of France ha ? : 25 , 000 francs , or £ 1 , 041 13 s . 4 d . a . year to live nprn ! The Archbishop of Canterbury has annually to live upon £ 15 , 000 ! A French Catholic archbishop has annuall y to live upon 15 , 000 francs , or £ 625 . The Archbishop of York has annually to live upon £ 10 , 000 ! A French Catholic bishop has annually to live upon 10 , 000 francs , or £ 4 l ( i 13 s . 4 d . An English Protestant bishop has annually to live upon i . 0 , 000 . — True Scotsman .

      The Ice turned Bird-catcher . —The iuhabitante of Saint Just Antoigne , and other communes aloug the Canal de la Divo , in the Maine et Loire , are accustomed , at this time of year , to catch an immense number of larks on the plains , but had been deprived of their sport by the fall of snow . The Viccuraevar de I Ouest , of Angers , relates that a slight thaw coming on some evenings back , the sportsmen went out the followiug morning , assured of finding plenty of their small game . To their utter astoiiishment not a feather was to be seeu—not the sound of a wing , not a-chirp was to be heard . Spreading about

      to ascertain , it possible , what had become of their intended victims , the mystery was solved by another still more surprising , and altogether without a precedent . They found hundreds of birds taWy encaged under their feet by a net-work of ice , sufficiently strong to retain the little flatterers , but not to resist the force of their own hands , and they \ v « ve able to take as many of them as they pleased without using any of their usual arts . The fact was , that , while the poor birds were busily employed iu seeking their food through the snow , a cold breeze came on and froze them into the small cavities they had mada in order to reach the ground .

      A Law Suit for a Penny . —At the Sheriff Court , EdinDurgh , the followiug case came on for trial , before Sheriff Taifc . — A farmer's wife and daughter had lately occasion to come to Edinburgh , which they did in one of their own carts . Tho carter , to pro : ecfc tho clothes of the ladies , took th « - precaution of strewing the bottom of the vehicle with two small bags of straw , for which , on entering the city , Messrs . Bdyd and Latta , thotacksmen , insisted upon charging one penny in name of custom , whioh waa p aid ? The farmer , however , being persuaded of the illegality of the charge , brought an action before the

      Small Debt Sheriff Court for the recovery of the penny . The case was argued on both sides " at great length . Oh the one hand , the tawksmei ! contended that straw was an article subject to custom , however small the . quantity ; that even a straw seat , or a chaff bed , was liable ; in support of which they hand ^ ni up the new Act of Parliament , which the Sheriff carefully examined . The purbuer , on the other hand , maintained that straw was only subject to custom , if brought to the market for sale . The Sheriff was clearly of the same opinion , and adjudicated for the recovery of the penny , with expenses . —Scotsman .

      Prison Hwmanity . —A married -woman was sent up on the I 4 lh from the New Prison , Clerkemvoll , to the Thames Police-office , to be examined < . n a charge of receiving stolen property , fourteen days after her confinement . The poor woman begged to be allowed another week , saying she was very ill ; the matron of the prison also interceded with the doct r , but the fellow was inexorable . The matron tcited that during an experience of eighteen years she has never before known such a case . The doctor ' s name is Wakefield .

      A . Washi . vg-tub Rebellion . — Monday week being the washing-day at the Chesterfield union workhouse , seven female inmates began to wash at the usual hour , and continued their work until about eleven o'clock in the forenoon , when the governor sent them a small allowance of bread iv . id cheese , ready out and weighed . Monday was a soup day , and the women not being satisfied with their fare , refused the bread and cheese , and instantly " struck r the consequence way that they were all of them locked up by tho governor , all reeking from tha wash-tub as they we « , in the refractory hole , where they continued till about seven o'clock in tho evening , when they were released on several of them promising not to offend again . There are nearly 2 oU paupers in the house .

      Mr . H . Vincent . —The Marquia of Normanby signified , on Friday , to Mr . Serjeant Talfourd , that he had advised her Majesty to remit the remaining term of- imprisonment of Mr . H . Vincent , " on condition of his finding security , himself in £ I'W , and two securities in £ 50 each , for his good lehayiour for the period required by his sentence . " It will be Tecollected that Mr . Vincent is now in Oakham gaol , and the report is , that Judges' warrants from the Wiltshire magistrates are lodged there against him * Will these now retain him ! We shall see ILondon paper .

      Inquest os a . Mother and her Child . —An inquest was held , a few days ago , in London , oa the bodies-of a woman and her child . The following evidence was elicited . The woman was a widow , and had been seduced by a milkman , resident in NoeWtreet . She had lived about five months with the landlord of tha Horaely Dowu , as housekeeper } and nothing was known of her pregnancy , though she had had for a few days before her death , medical attendance , for a sore throat , of which she complained . * The body of the child was discovered in her box , after her death . The surgeon stated that he had made a postmortem examination of the body , and was of opinion that over-excitement having produced conjestion of the heart , was the cause of death . He believed the child bad never br . u , thed « Verdict as to both , " Natural death . "

      A Church Struck by Lightning . —On the 13 th instant the church of Prayssas , in the Lot et Garonne , was struck by lightning . The covering of the steeple was almost entirely torn off , and immense blocks of stone were thrown down into the body of the church . The electric fluid , after damaging the dock and its tower , descended into the nave , nearly destroyed the high altar , and then , returning to the tower , made its way out by the aperture which had been covered by the dial . The commotion was so violent that not only all the windows of the church , but those of many surrounding houses , were 3 hatterea into fragments .

      Joseph Ady and the Post-office . —Sir Peter Laurie and the press have nearly put an end to Mr . Ady ' s benevolent intentions of informing per ~ sons of "something to their advantage , '' for the triflingfee of a sovereign . Like some other publio benefactors , his name had become somewhat notorious , and of late nearly all his obliging letters have been Teturned . The Post- office authorities , finding a great accumulation in the returned letter department , directed their solicitor to take the necassary steps for compelling Mr . Ady to take back his letters , and pay the double postage owing thereon , which was found to amount to £ 230 . Several

      applications were made without success , and Mr . Peacock , the solicitor , probably conceiving that legal process would be equally unavailing , the suit , haa not been pressed , and the Post-office abandoned the claim , upon Mr . Ady ' s promise to prepay all * his future correspondence , thus insuring to the department a considerable increase of revenue , and relieving the public from future annoyance . Ady complains bitterly of Sir Peter Laurie for having impounded his books , owing to which circumstance he asserts that he has already lost between £ 2 , 000 , aud £ 3 , 000 , whilst many other individuals have lost the opportunity of succeeding to handsome fortunes .

      Wholesale Plunder . — Abscondment o * a Whole Board of Directors , with £ 200 , 000 . — At the Mansion-House « n Wednesday , Sir Peter Laurie read a letter which had been sent to him by the editor of the Scotch Reformers' Gaxetle , at Glasgow , respecting the abscondment of the " West Middlesex Assurance Company , " with £ 200 ) 000 , which they had obtained from various persona who had purchased annuities and insured their lives at the Company ' s office , and are now ruined . -The offices were in Baker-street , Portman Square ; and it seems curiqus that the announcement of ths Sight of the Directors should come via Scotland to tho Mansion-house . It appears , however , that .. the Scotch paper , having some knowledge ot the iparties , had previously exposed tb « m : when actions for libel were brought to vindicate their , characters . The proprietors of the Reformer ? Gaxette had ' sent

      an agent'front Glasgow to London to institute tho closest enquiry ; and it had been ascertained that all the Directors had absconded , taking away with them upwards of £ 98 , 000 of annuitieB , cash paid to them * exoVusive altogether of the amounts paid for polioiet for fire and life assurance , the whole amounting to not less than j £ 1 S » , 000 . Alderman Pirio Raid , h « understood the Directors of the Company had Jived in handsome houses and kept up splendid establishments . Sir Peter Laurie regretted that he had not tie opportunity of punishing them , but he boped this exposure would at least servo aa a warning to the public There are , be said , several fh : < k establishments in London at t the present time , - *> ot » inicg large sums'of money fraudulently . a Tiu > Wes * Middlesex Assurance-Company" pretended to have beea « stablishJjdinthe ^ ye « rl 69 « , witb' » capital of £ 1 , 00 * , 000 , having reallv existed no more lUan fost Sears , during which pened it wa 3 engaged in pittite ering ta « public—Spectator .

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      THE CHARTIST WARBLER . By Thomas H . mg , Kinross , Perth . Printed at the Chronicle Office . 1841 . ThiB is a collection of patriotic songs , recitations , Sec , by a Scotch Chartitt , who is desirous that justice aiid truth hhould be universally diffused . We hope the prtseut . generation will learn to discard the foolish ditties whkh have hitherto been the appendage of the nursery anJ tho workshop , and substitute for t ' leni the effusions of men who write aud live to promote their country ' s good .

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      THE DOOM OF TOIL ; a Poem , by an Ambassador in Bonds . Sunderland : Williajna and Binns . This isflH dfjrt of the imprisoned muse of one of the bast hearted Cnartists of whom we know any thiDj ; . A man may who has large claims upon the gratitude of his countrymen , having persevered in a course of patriotism against opposition , through much persecution and at ihe cost of much suffering and los * . Its poetic merits are nut on the whole equal , we think , to some shorter pieces , which wo b&ve seen from the came pea , and soiuo ot wuicuuavu appeared in the XtrLhern Star ; yet are the sentiments such as become a patriot , and it has many passages which ¦ would sadly shame many of the " educated" and ** higher" class of poetasters . In reiemioe to the cursed Factory System , he exclaims : — My curse upon the mercenary soul That climbs to wealth , regardless of tbe means ; May heaven ' s thunder o ' er him -wrathful roll ;

      And dash to dust his base ambitious dreams . There's not a obild , however ragg"d and bare , ¦ Who 6 e early years are spent in yonder mill , But ' * dearer than the wealth thats gather'd there ; Though ev ' ry brick were gold , and eVry wheel . The tear that falli iu silent sorrow there 1 b register'd by God ' s unerring eye ; The pooreit slave ' s despised , neglected , prayer Will some day seal the doom of tyranny . Ye mard"ring Cains ! ye avaricious few , Who flourish o ' er your wretched country ' s grave , A day of ieirfal vengtance loo : na for yon , From -which no tyrant ' s arm nor sword can save . There is a just estimate of circumstances , as well as the expression of a natural preference , in the following lines : — Is there no flowret on the mountain brow As swetrt aa grows upon forbidden ground ? Is there no maiden in the cottage row

      With charms as winsome as in palace found ? Yea . ' there is one who rests within this breast , Whose flowing ringlets I delight to curl , Whose ruby lips I oft have fondly prest , Wiikoui a crown , she is a queenly girL Let gaudy gems around a monarch bleom , Give toe Uiat lovely eye ' s enchanting hue 1 We think it tbe duty of tbe people to support talent in their own " order" under any circumstances ; aad if so , the circumstances we have staled give the author of " The Doom of Toil" a . double claim upon them , which we doubt not they will readily acknowledge .

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      THE CORN LAWS , AND THE NATIONAL DEBT ; or the Parson ' s Dream , and the Queen ' s Speech . By a Someksbtshibe Clergyman . iJoadoa : John Green , 121 , Newgate-Street . 1841 . This is a well written and sensible li ttie pamphlet . The worthy divine has evidently thought much upon the subject upon which he treats , and has not been induced , like too many of his surpliced brethren , to discard the precepts of the Bible for the infamous doctrines of modern expediency . The author states

      that his attention bad been especially directed to the subject of the injustice of the Corn Laws , by reading aa extract from our old friend Tail , and that that , in connection with other matters , gave rise to a vivid dream , in which ne imagined he sent a statement relative to the mischievous operation of those lavr ? , to the Q , aeen , and that , in reply , he received the followiug communication from Winasor Castle . We sincerely wish that her Majesty would be as attentive to the real appeals of&er subjects , as ihe parson ' s fancy represented her to be .

      " Windsor , January 14 , 1841 . " Rev . Sir , —I thank you for the extract from Tait I was not previously award of tbe injustice practised upon my people . I laid it before tbe Privy Council , but my Lords declare that in consequence of the iVatiocaJgDebt , domestic agriculture cannot compete with foreign agriculture without the protection of the Corn Laws . My Lordj tell me that tbe empire over which I reign is a mertgaged estate ; and that high prices and high rent * are necessary in order to enable them to pay the interest « f the mortgage . I will direct my attention to the subject of Free Trade ; in the mean time I will impose a task upon you : —Write for my inspection the speech which you would desire me to deliver from the throne , on tbe opening of the ensuing Session of Parliament " VlCTOBTX . "

      In obedience to this royal request , the Rev . Gentleman transmitted to the abode of royalty a speech such as he conceived it wonld be her Majesty ' s duty to deliver from the throne , and which certainly does credit both to the head and heart of the writer . In it there breathes a spirit of pure benevolence and genuine patriotism , such as we fear will not , for some time , be found either iu royal speeches or in royal hearts .. Palaces , revenue , and the trappings of royal foolery will , we opine , be long preferred before the comfort , happiness , and prosperity of the

      people ; and if the so-called . National Debt be never liquidated till tha means recommended in this visionary speech be adopted voluntarily by the Queen , cer illustrious pensioned relatives , and tbe mushroom nobility , who fatten upon public plunder , we believe the time for the removal of thiB incubus from oar shoulders is very tax distant indeed . We should indeed rejoice if our costly chief magistrate would bethosoareful to . secure the nation ' s interest , and shall be glad to see the day when the following royal recommendation shall be carried iato full and practical effect : —

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      , THE SUNDAY SCHOLAR . Published Monthly Heywood , Maachest-er . This is a new candidate for public favour , and , as far as we can judge by a single number , is calculated to do considerable service in giving a right direction to the minds of those for whose especial benefit it is intended . It contains " Little Wiliy , " The wrong step , '' " What is death ' . " Poetry aad the Scrap Book , containing various articles . The work is for the most part of a practical tendency , and is free from that sectarian bias by which similar publications are frequently disfigured . We learn from a note by the publisher , that 3 , 000 copies are in circulation . The work is printed on a good paper , and with a clear type . We wish it all the success it merits .

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      " As head of the Church , I further propose that the property of all chapters and cathedrals , all incomes of deana , canons , and prebends , and of all living * , the excess above £ 300 a-year , be deYoted to the same great object ; and as it is one of the first lessons which the instructors of youth should instil into their minds to ' owe no man anything , * and as that precept is equally true of men in their collective as in their individual capacity , I would suggest to the masters , tutors , and fellows of all colleges and endowed schools , to surrender one half of the estates of such colleges and schools . ' . •¦' ¦

      " Thepwperty of the Lords Temporal , an $ of all wealthy Commoners , I propose to set free from all entail , and , by an act of the legislature , to abolish the law of primogeniture ; and I recommend that your Lordships vie with each other ia the extent of property that you Kill dedicate to this great object ; and let it henceforth be deemed a crime against tbe state for a wealthy man to leave property to those who are already wealthy , instead of bequeathing it to provide for the reasonable expenditure of the country to which he owesiiis birth , hU many privileges , and the protection of his property .

      "Ism credibly informed that the less respectable portion of the aristocracy are in the habit of violating the laws , and committing breaches of the peace , by wrenching off knockers , breaking windows , and assaulting the police , for which the punishment -which the laws provide is utterly inadequate ; I therefore propose tbat a flno of £ 1 , 000 for each offence be paid towards the liquidation of tbo National . Debt ; and if the offence be that of endeavouring , by bribery or intimidation , to influence an elector in the exercise of his franchise , that the fine in such case be the forfeiture of one half of tbe estate to the same purpose ; and if the person so oftvniling bs in hia minority , or not come into possession of his ( state , one half of the estate of his father , who has brought up a son In principles and practices to diBkonourable . "

      We regret that the Rev . Author of this little work should be so indefinite as to the extension of the suffrage ; his heart is evidently in the right place , and we thiak when next he dreams he will Eoe the propriety of recommending Universal Suffrage as the only one likely to . secure a fair representation of the wnole people . The various effeots supposed to be produced by the delivery of this address are so graphically drawn , that wo cannot withhold them from our readers , to whom we cordially recommi'Ud an attentive perusal of the work .

      " This speech was delivered from the throne amidst the consternation of tbe selft&h and the delight of the patriotic : its contents were spread with railway speed throughout the kingdom ; the hearts of the people were brought back to their Queen as the heart of one man . The Chartist declared that he would wait for the Queen ' s promised Charter ; tbe Socialist that he would wait for the new order of things ; the Republican declared that even if there were a republic he would vote for Victoria as President ; but that with such principles , ho should be quite reconciled to the monarchy : the proud priests and prelates frowned ; but the words of Scripture , as in letters of fire , condemned thtm for their greediness of filthy lucre ; all faithful pastors and their flocks rejoiced ; England laughed in every valley and on every hill ; every town was illuminattd , and in the midst of tbe shouts of ' Gad save the yneeii , '' Long live the Queen , ' i aweke and behold it was a tlreani !"

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      ¦ J THE NORTHERN STA R . 3

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      THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN : exhibiting her Natural , Civil , and Political Claims to a Share 4 u the Legislative aad Executive Power of the State . By R . J . Richardson , Author ot" tbe Black Book , Rkh := of Eairlishmca , < fcc . Sec . Edinburgh . John Dtincau , ~ lU , Hi ^ b-srreei ; John Cleare , Louiion ; Heywood , Manchester . This is a most able publication . The various rious grounds , natural , civil , and sacred , on which tromciino ; only may out ou ^ ht 10 interfere in political affair ? sre here set forth , with a lucidity and clearness wiiich nothing bat the most determined obstinacy aad blinded seliisliHess will be abie to resist .

      The-sTriier , ic the most forcible manner , falls back ¦ upon the B : blt > , and proves from tha ; unerring Bandard'of truih tfre na ' . uril cqaahty of woman , and her iuraluable r ^ g ) it to a conjoint rule wiih T p ^ ti otst t he thins ? oi' the earth . He shows that ihe is uoi , by the Divine institution , placed under domimoa »> a womaa , bat only as a wife , and that en ; ia a luniiel degree . Having e ^ tablisked her claims : o equality from the divine bw , be strengthens his poshijii by au appeai to the civil law , aud by argu lica -a which , for cogency and force , canr . Qi bt furpa ^ -od . He answers int- quesiioa ** Ought woman to interfere ia the political saairs of ihe couuwj 5 " iu the aiicnuuve , for t-ic foliowiu ? reasous : —

      ' Fiis :. B = e&aie sis has a nilur . il right . " Sieond . Because she has a civil right . " Third . Because sbe has a political right . " F Hirth . Because it is a duty imperative spon her . " Fifth . Because it is derogatory to the divine will to neglect so imperative a -inty . " All of which he ably supports . We invite the especial attention ot * eur readers to the five propositions by whicn the third reason is supported , * ad which we her * Eubjein : — " Is * - Because , by the ancient laws of the English etmsrituticn , she is admissible to eTery executive ofice In the kingdom , from the monarch upon the throne to the parish overseer , the village sext « n , or tfce responsible office of post mistress , which is jlill common In small to-ims .

      " 2 nd . Baca ^ . 3 e , by the present law of tenures , of powers , of connects , of bargains and sale , of inheritance , ol wilLs , and every other matter or thing touching the rigtts of property and transfer , woman ' « rcept in femme covert ) is qaali £ ed to be , and , therefore , is admissible , aa a contracting party , save during her minority or a ward is chancery , then her affairs are managed by trcsi . " 3 d . Because , woman is responsible in her ewn per-Ba for any breach of contract , for any offknee against the peace and laws of the land . In the church , by the penalties of imprisonment , excDmnmaication , and premnnire ; in the stale , k $ fine , imprisonment , banishxcent , and death . " lih . Because , she is taxed in the same degree with rthers for the maintenance of tbe stat « and it * appendajes under all circumstances .

      " , &ad lastly , becaase , bhb contributes directly and indirectly to the -wealth and resources of the BatiDn by her labour and skiiJ . " In the latter pari of the pamphlet we have a most appilling detail of the numbers of females who are employed in various agriculmral , mining , aad aanufaeturing employments , many of which are of a nature so ntterly unsuited to the nature of " lovely woman , " with all her aae and tender sensibilities , a ; , if we were not a nation of apostate Christians , bowing down at the shrine of Mammon , would not be tolerated for a moment . We give the statement of the employment of females in mining departments in full , as we apprehend the facts are very little knawn to a majority of our readere . On a future occasion we will return to this important snbject : —

      " Let us examine the mining population , ( Lei ) these *" h 3 p .-odace , by their labour eut of the bewels of the earh , all the iron , lead , eopper , tin , and other metals ,, besides coils , salt , slate , stone , < fcc There are fewer ftnisJes employed in this department than either of tie j others , because of the greater strength of body ai > d- ; Blind required to undergo the fatigue and danger of < mining ; but I may fairly say , that one third of those employed in mines are women , more especially ' in the / coal mines , which are the most numerous of any other , j la the coal mines of Staffordshire , Lancashire , Durham , j aad Northumberland , women are constantly employed ' ^ — w » ~^ H 4 A * w m ^ . ¦ im ¦ ¦ k * j rs v ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ - * m ir v / - |_ ^ j' up trim m ¦ r * J v & ^ 4 r ~ l ~ Y W U '

      tbe same m tbe men , earning from four U twelvethrinngi per week . It is no uncommon thing to see them suspended by a rope in the act of being lowered , several hundred feet below the face of the earth into ] the mine , where they draw wapjoiu laden itiih coal to j the bottom of the shaft ready to be raised up , and also j » here they squat down on their knees , and sometimes j ia a half-recktiing position , for tbe purpose of hewing j ¦ Kith 3 , small pick , six or eight pound weight , the ecal ; froia the seam . In many instance * the seam or stratum of coal , being oaly fourteen , sixteen , eighteen , twenty , j or t-ffeaty-fcur inches thick , and in this narrow space , j women , tht fairest and tenderest of God ' s creatures , i

      are found with a salitary candle , or Divy-latnpr * trct : hedat full length , hewing out the coal , and this , k > o , for little wages ; as thsy are paid for by weight , oi cour » e , where it is so diffieult to get , ltn will ba got To see them at meal times rising from the month of the shaft , more " like demons from tbe lower deepg , " than those angelic creatures , our poets call woaien , is a sight that would " harrow ap the souls of men , " if they possessed the feelings of humanity , and create a fetling of disjust for tha institutions that can allow

      'woman , lovely woman , " to be forced , by poverty and distress , from her domestic duties down these hell holes of coal mines . And yet , such ia the apathy , such fce cold , jelfish indifference of the women of these Clauds , that they will sit by their hearths , eDjoy the CQEiort of that fire made from coals dug out of tbe bowels of the earth by their poor countrywomen , and yet breathe no sigh of pity , speak no word of sorrow , nor ask of their husbands and fathers why are these P oor collier women thus abused , degraded , and enslaved by their country's laws ?

      " Who will say the poor women , who , at the haaird of their lives contribute to our comfort when the icy bonds of winter , and tbe cold biting blast of December compels cs to seek refuge from the cold in the artificial heat arising from coal got by her hands , have no right to a vote in the legislative power * of the country ? Koae ! not even the savage ; bat , should one be found tfcat will dare to deny or withhold that right , he is lets than man , he is a nothing . " We sincerely hope that thiB unprelending little pamphlet may find its way into « very cottage , middle class residence , and palace in tbe land ; and we recommend all those who sincerely wish to preach the truth of God , rather than the fancies of men , to take it with them into the pulpit , and for once seek to edify their flocks , by making them acquainted with its important contents .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct534/page/3/