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      TO ENGLAND . Ob , EDglanI , if thy mighty powers Were -wielded by the free , "What a " Star " unto the nations—What a Saviour tbou mightst be - ' The Sun in bis eternal course Ne ' er sets upon thy name ;* The -winds of Heaven echo forth Thy glory and thy fame l Yet , * mfisl thy fame and glory proud , What pietnres do we see , Of nobls hearts and honest ¦ worth Condemned to misery .

      The blessinp sent by God to all , Are plundered by a few ; And porerty and grim despair Stali all the empire through . The red blood of thy bravest sons Is shed in f ojeign wars , To put down rising liberty And aid th 6 tyrants' cause . Where'er we turn , where'er we gzzi Oppression stiH is plain , The ASgban and Canadian Curse England ' s galling r . hni ^

      But let the slave nplift his eye , And Tiew the cosiing light ; Our cruel tyrants Eoon shall die Confounded in their might And God will visit them erelong , With retribution sure ; Por he hath cara'd from his high , seat Oppressars of the poor . P * The sun never sets upon the Brittah Empire

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      PRESENTATION OP THE NATIONAL PETITION MONDAY , MAT 25 D , 1842 . Song—The Chartist Gay Day . It was Nature ' s saylday Bright smiling May day , Each heart was yearning © nr country to free ; Thy banners were bringing , Tne people were singing Of the days of their fathers and sweet liberty . Merrily bounding , Banners surrounding , Each slave clash'd his chains on that happy day ; To meet thus delighted By all invited , To join the brave throng 'neath freedom ' s bright ray .

      Thousands were marshalled , The throng ferward marched ; The harden of millions was borca onirard too , From the field to the Strand , With banners and band , The mighty assemblage of Chartist 3 doth go , Their foes nil with wonder , As proudly they thunder Their shouts for their Charter , their hearts with hope filTd . To St . Stephen ' s they bear it , By the table they rear it , - A monument to testify their woea and their wilL

      The evening descended , Their freedom was ended , The lads and tha lassts "walked throaghtfully away . Still the hope brooding Of freedom forboding , The enfranchised , their promises , yet would repay . The day is passed over , And now they discover Tbs Whigs and the Torie 3 just answer them so—Oh , slavies , believe ye , We will not deceive ye ; Ye shall not be heard your grievance to Ehow . S . J Bristol ,

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      SELF CONCEIT . " They conquer who believe they can . " Well , would you believe it ? You may ; It's really a fact , not a dream : — I have heard self-conceit talk away ! And what do you think was the theme ? After musing awhile , she exclaim'd , " Pugh ! I don't see , because I am poor , I ' m deficient in talent or merit At least , so was not Hannah More ; She had talent , yea , genius and spirit I Though born in the vale , a real poet Well , I protest , if my heart kn't smit I 1 , too , have a spark , ard 111 show it ; A roarfc of trns feeling of soul ,

      Which for the Queen ' s crown I'd not barter I am resolved to conUnd for the whole ; I'll not rest till we get the whole Charter . I ' ve started the Democrat race ; 111 make known my political creed ; I'll urge all to join la the chase ; And by Heavens , 111 never recede l Women ' s infinence is powerful , says man ; Their Z 3 al effects wonders ; if true , I tow I'll do aU taat I can , And provoke men to act as I do . I'll use co exdseables ; no , Though dear as a right eye they be ; Those of course , then , the men must forego , Or own themselves weaker than me . How flattery is warbling away !

      Just this moment she call'd me a Queen ; Asd she tows I all Chartists can sway ; Hash , hush I thi 3 remains to be seen . I as Icmd of the praise of the brave , I value the praise of the good ; Hay I act bo thai o ' er me may wave , The flag " she hath done what she could . " For Justice , I'd worn me to wheedle , Tis only my rights that I claim ; Ang I'll have , should I stand » n a needle , " A niche in the Temple of Pome . Caroline Maria Williams Bristol , May 24 , 1841 .

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      LEEDS . Waxeb Works Compact .- —The feneral animal meeting of the directors and shareoldexs of this Company was held at the Court House , on Monday last , at noon , George Goodman , Esq . in the chair . The reports of the retiring directors , aid of Messrs . Leather and Son , the engineers to tie Company , were read and adopted . Both documents represented the affairs of the Company , and the progress and prospects of the works , as being of a very satisfactory character . The following were appointed the Board of Directors for the ensuing

      year : —Mr . Wiiliam Beckett , Mr . Richard Bramley , Mr . Thomas Clapham , Mr . Thomas Lupton , Mr . W . M . Maude , Mr . John Metcaife , Mr . John Garland , Mr . Thomas Charleswona , and Mr . Edward Rooke . It appeared to be the confident opinion of the engineers and of the directors for the past year , that the Company will be able to continue a constant and plentiful " supply of water to the whole town of Leeds , and that the undertaking will prove of general advantage to the public , aad one of fair profit to the shareholders . Thanks were voted to the directors for the past year , and to the Chairman , and the meeting broke nD .

      Pockzt Picking . —On Monday , a notorious prostitme named Mary Gollagcier , was charged btfore the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of haying abstracted the Hum of 7 s . 6 d . from the pocket of a man , who , on Sunday night , happened to be standing in Call Lane , near trie Aire and Calder Warehouse , when the prisoner ran up to Mm , thrnsi her hand in his pocket and took the cash , with which she nude off . She was taken direc lj , and 5 * . 5 d . found tied in her shawl . She was sent to Wake-Seld for three montb . 3 .

      E > iBizzLi 3 rE > T . —On Monday last , a middle aged Ean named John Potts vh . 0 has be ^ n for the last two years a bookkeeper in the employ of Messrs . Cooper , Field , and Hood , ironmasters . Pottery Forge , was brought up at the Court House , on a charge of having embezzled various snni 3 of E 2 oc ? r , amounting to £ 45 18 s . 7 d ., belonging to his onpiojers . Mr . Hood stated , ihat from lapse of fane he sent a ktter . on the 29 th . of April , to Messrs . Bower , Middleton , Wilson , and Co ., of Middleton Colliery , complaining of the non-settlement of their account , whieh , according to their books appeared to be £ io 14 s , 9 d . { This letter it afterwards appeared had never been received by Messrs ^ Bower and Co ., but on the 3 rd May he received one , which purported to be an answer thereto , apologizing for theTson-paviBent : other circumstances , however ,

      transpired , which led to a suspicion that all was not- quite Tight , and an inquiry taking place the former amount was discovered to have been received by Potts , between the months of January , 1 & 41 , and February , 1842 , for which he had failed to account . He was therefore taken into custody on & warrant taken out against him by Mr . Hood . Mr . Tbcinas Wordsworth , from the Middleton colliery , prcTed having paid the prisoner the money , and Mr . Hoed that he lad never accounted for it ; and , when apprehended , he said he had taken the money for ihs use of his family , as bis salary was not sufficient ; and admitted to Mr . Hoad that he had abstracted ihe letter which ought- to have been sent to MesEri . Bower , Middleion , and Co ., and caused an answer ro be written from his own dictation . He vrzs committed for trial . The prisoner applied for tail , v . hicli was granted , on condition thai he could procure it go ^ d and sufficient .

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      Stealing Wood . —On Monday , & young man named Joseph Hillam , lately in the employ of Messrs . Maclea and Marsh , engineers , Holbeck , was charged at the Court House with having stolen several planks , the property of hi 3 employers , it was proved that on the Thursday previous , the pri-Boner was seen by a female to take three planks from the yard of the firm , and afterwards to fetch another . These he carried to the house of a man named Kitchin , from whence they were fetched by another man , named Denton , whom Hillam had employed . The planks were identified , and the prisoner was committed for trial . Denton , thelman above referred to , and a youth named John Leeman , were also apprehended , on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery , but there being no evidence against them , they were discharged .

      Fiee . —On Saturday evening about six o'clock , considerable alarm was felt at a report that a fire had broken out in the premises of Mr . Elierahaw , oii-merchant , Albion-Btreet . The smoke certainly burst forth in terrific volumes , and a powerful body of flame was also emitted . It arose , however , from a source where it was easily subdued , and fortunately it was all got out with very little damage , and before the arrival of the fire engines , which were soon upon the spot . The fire-plugs ia the neighbourhood were drawn , and au abundant Eupply of water was at once at hand , had it been needed . Mr . Ellershaw has been arching over some cellars ia the yard of his premises , and had erected a temporary boiler to prepare coal tar , to spread over the brick work . This , from some neglect , was suffered to boil over , and was at once in ablaze .

      BcuGLAav .. —During the night of Sunday last , the dwelling-house of Mr . John Brown , of Scarcroft , near Leeds , was entered by thieves , by removing two iron Etancheous from a window . The family were not disturbed , and the burglars got off with four silver tea spoon 3 , marked E . T ., a quantity of wearing apparel , and other articles . No information has been received calculated to 2 ead to a detection of the thieves . Cbueltt to Animals . —The manner in which calves are brought to Leeds on a Friday morning , and the cruelty which is exercised towards them by being tied with their legs together , and laid one npon another , has for some years at thi 3 reason

      attracted the attention of persons of humane mind , and through their representations , 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 morning last , to watch the carts on their progress to Leeds from OUey , by whom the carts were inspected , and summonses were taken out against eight individuals , all of Otley . Their names are Stephen Foster , William Weare , John Marsden , John Nicholson , John Bell , John Cartwright , Win . Jackson , and Thos . Thompson . These all appeared before the West Riding Magistrates at Leeds , on Tuesday last , and were convicted in the penalty of 5 s . each , and the cost 3 , amounting to 12 s . 6 d . more iu each case .

      Fkloky . —Oh 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 is said to steal away the brains , was brought up at the Court Hope on a charge of having stolen one of Salter ' s spring balances , from the bar of Mr . Hirst , the Duke William Inn , Waterloo-street . Mrs . Hirst stated that the prisoner was at their house on Friday evening last , and for a short time was left in the bar by himself . He went away about half-past seven , saying he had to attend the dissection room . Th ? balance was not missed until Monday , when , in consequence of it having been told to Mrs . H . that Stocks had been seen leaving the house with it in his hand , he was apprehended , and the balance was found to have been pledged by a woman of the town , to whom he had given it for that purpose . He was committed for trial .

      DTJoIFBIES , —Riding 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 conccil had resolved to revive the custom of going in procession round the royalty , to join in which all the inhabitants were invited . On Monday , a profusion of hand-bills were circulated , intimating the ihe route , and detailing the order of procession . Butli The best laid schemes 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 town

      although tLe civic functionaries , as might be gathered from their arnouncements , evidently anticipated a general muster of the trades , and other inhabitants ; ihey were fated to be miserably disappointed . The cortege -presented the following spectacle : —First camea bevy of ragged urchins , carrying handkerchiefs displayed on stick 3 ; next followed the town rats , or burgb officers , with their cocked hats , square-skirted coats , and toy balberts—then seven or eight of the magistrates and council , flanked by a strong posse of cyprians , and about twenty of the most dissolute of the old freemen brought up the rear , bearing four or five shabby flags . The whole scene strongly reminded one of the March of Jack Falstaff and hh ragged regiment through Coventry .

      About a mile out of town , when they were about to pass through a wheat field , the whole of the cavalcade was brought to a stand , and finally pat to therout by a stout countryman , who , armed with a whip , disputed the passage . On arriving at that part of the route where the boundary line of the regality enters the extensive morasa of Locharmoss , there was a halt and a mutiny among the forces for liquor , but it was quelled by one of the Baillies , who mounted an omnibus and harangued his followers , promising them abundance when they reached the end of their journey . The magistrates tnen turned and went home in the Bailie ' s rostrum , leaving their dupes to make the best of their way through the moss as they best could . On arriving in town , their worships spent their time much more agreeably in

      carousing at the expense of the burgh till about two o ' clock , when they again started for the extreme boundary of the burgh roods . Here the most disgusting part of the business began . The magistrates commenced to distribute ale and whiskey to about a handred of the most abandoned of eur population , both male and female . It was not long till the whole field presented the appearance of a bear garden . Altogether , while the entire proceedings reflect detp and indelible disgrace on those who , although by their office the guardians of the public peace and the conservatives of the public morals , wantonly infringed the one and attempted to damage the other . It is much to the credit of the great mass of the operative and middle classes that they kept aloof from scenes so little in accordance with the

      spirit of the age . —Correspondent . MANSFIELD . —The state of suffering and privation under which our townspeople have for months been labouring has at length reached something like it 3 climax . The various departments of silk work have been carried on in a most tantalising manner since the last panic , the men having from one to two and three days' work per week ; and sometimes a week and a fortnight without any : and the whole of the knotted , and mo ? t of the fancy , silk hands , together with some of the cotton hands , and the prospect of a many more being added to their number , have been some weeks totally unemployed . In this state of things a meeting of the s : arving operatives was called at the Biack Swaa , and a committee was formed . The meeiiiitr was

      spiritedly and eloquently addressed by a number of speakers ; and the miseries we endure were traced to their primary cause—the cruel and corrupt institutions of our country . An address was agreed to on Saturday , calling upon the pos . sessor * of the products of our lab&ur to give as back a little of it to form a-general relief funtf . The men have paraded some of the principal streets of the town in a body , when a spectacle of woe and want—of patient suffering—and countenances that evinced the deep working of the most agonising reflection * , such as is seldom seen , induced some of the idle gazers from the shop 3 and windows to enquire into the state of their destitute and wretched neighbour ? . 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 . Many o those who are in work are almost as bad as these without it , for the truck system prevails to a most scandalous extent ; and I k ' now of many who never receive any money from their employers . The blighting effects of this fast-spreading evil are everywhere seen . I ; i 3 impossible for those who are at work to procure any money , and scores of them work all the year roand and have but one suit of clothes , and even they are the refuse of some consequential being who never yielded society an equivalent for a meal ' s meat in his- life . The food of these people isof the coarsest description , and the quautity of it jusc

      sufficient to enable them to exist . Some of the unemployed have been driven to the most terrible shifts—two of them have lived for t ' iree days together upon horse-bean 3 ; and what with the mental anxiety they feel in consequence of their starving children nof having anything to eat , and thpirown physical sufferings , they are most pitiable subjects of distress . At " the meeting tomorrow morning the addresses will be distributed , and deputations will be appointed to wait upon those called the middle and upper classes . It is expected that there will be an accession of some hundreds to the number now 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 .

      FOIiMONT , ( bt Faxkirk . ) - —Total Abstinence . —Mr . Lowery delivered s , lecture on the principles of Total Abstinence in Polmont Hall , on the evening of the 27 th ult . The audience was but small . The lecture was such as would have been expected from such an advocate as Mr . Lowery has repeatedly shewn himself to ba ; and pity it is that the people of Polmont are so far forgetful of their own true interests as not to avail themselves of the opportunities allowed them of hearing the benefits of this cause elucidated . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Lowery &t the close of the lecture . t

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      At the window of a shoemaker ' s shop , in High Holborn , a paper is exhibited on which is written , — "The New Inventted Victorier and Prince AUbert 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 Greo ^ to have fallen recently at Tripolitza and elsewhere ; and it is added that the minister of the interior has collected information respecting that extraordinary phenomenon , which would be submiited 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—apon condition they abstain from frequenting beer Bhops and public houses .

      Thb Attempt to obtain a church-rate at Newport in the Isle of Wight does not succeed . At a VeBtry 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 ; " but 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 lately playing 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 Tabiff . —A county meeting waa held on Penenden Heath , on Thursday , convened by the High Sheriff of Kent , to consider the portion of the Tariff relating to hops . The High Sheriff presided ; and among the speakers were Viscount Torrington and Mr . T . L . Hodges . The County Members and 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 Nottingham ; responding , he says , to the friendly disposition evinced towards him— " In the hope that I may unite all voice 3 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 ; whni I trust that I shall shake many an honest friend by the hand , and find the hostility of those who opposed me appeased by the perseverance with which I seek the favours of all . "—Mr . Walter says nothing , as Joseph Siurge does , about the necessity of abiding by purity of election , and of using no weapons but those of truth and jnstice .

      Stage Coach Tkavelling across the Desert . — The daily papers announce , by advertisement , the establishment of a stage coach communication between Cairo and Suez ! 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 of the desert . Now we have hotels established at regular intervals , with relays of horses and a coach running , which performs the journey regularly in abont eighteen hours . The announcement at the close of the advertisement is amusing— " Refreshments and provisions supplied iu the desert at very moderate charges . "—Alhenceum .

      Fokeig . v Assurances at Hamburgh . —The following , according to the Prussian Slate Gazette , was the real amount of property insured at Hamburgh in foreign assurance offices . —The Sun Fire-office had policies out in Hamburgh to the amount of 3 , 300 , 000 marks banco ( £ 235 , 01 ) 0 ) , of which about two-thirds will have to be paid ; the Phosnix and the Royal Exchange , it is believed , will be heavier losers than the Sun . The Cologne Company had not more than about 400 , 000 marks banco ( . £ 28 , 01 ) 0 ) insured in Hamburgh , and the Aix-la-Chapelle and Munich Company about 700 , 000 marks banco . Of all the foreign companies the Gotha Bank will be the heaviest loser . Its losses , according to the most moderate estimate , will exceed 4 . 000 . 000 marcs banco or £ 26 , 0000 . "

      "Ant Thing for an Honest Penny . "—Last week Mr . Briadley , acting the part of Bombastes Furioso , attempted the msgnauimons work of enforcing bludgeon arguments upon the Socialists , and instil ! in » 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 the Phrenologists . The scene of combat was the Adelphi Theatre , and the charge for admission to witness the hostile exhibition , varied from the small charge of 61 . to that of tico shillings . Poor Brindley was not , however , as fortunate on the last occasion as when he showed off at the JIanover-square rooms . In imagining that those varied charges would not only brine " grist to

      his mill , " but that they would also enable him to have every thing hi 3 own way , he reckoned without his host , as the Socialists and Phrenologists set at naught the expecce , provided it gave them an opportunity of " showing up" what they term him , " a humbug speculator . " The subject of the lecture selected by Mr . Brindley was no less a personage than the miscreant Good . It would appear that Brindley's object wa 3 to prove that the murderer ' s skull exhibited all thoso devolopements which are indicative of aught but a desire of blood-shedding . He had not , however , proceeded far before he was openly accused by Mr . Mathews with practising a cheat upon bis auditory , by exhibiting what he ( Brindley ) stated to be the cast of the culprits '

      skull , taken in the same manner and with the same accuracy as Dr . Elliotson took his cast of the wretch ' s head . Mr . Mathews also denied that the cast taken by Dr . Elliotson had the traits or characteristics given to it by Mr . Brindley . Mr . Logan , a phrenological lecturer , further conmplained that there had not been made that evening any development of the organs of the murderer . These unexpected exposures had for poor Brindley , a most talistnanic effect upon the auditory who , as if convinced that a trick had been played off at their expence , rose simultaneously , and evinced the most unequivocal intentions of taking revenge in their hands . This the lecturer quickly perceived and

      as quickly averted , by calling in , as usual , to his assistance the posse comilal-us , the only available argument he adopts . Thus closed the humbug , the auditory being most unceremoniously huddled out of the theatre . It is pretty clear from Mr . Brindley's eleemosynary appeal to tb . 9 pockets of his dupes , at Hanover-cquire , on Friday week , and his admission charges on last Friday , that he is not the disinterested apostle he wishes to make himself appear , and it is also evident that £ s . d . is the Trinity at whose shrine he " makes his devotions " a 3 zealously as any other trader in quackery and humbug ; and it is aUo equally clear that Mr . Brindley will stop at nothing " to make au honett penny . "

      Attempted Murder in Portsmouth Dockyard . —Portsmouth , Sunday . —At an early hour yesterday morning the family of Rear-Admiral the Hon . D . P . Bouverie , the Admiral Superintendent , residing in this dockyard , were considerably alarmed by the information that Joseph Bolion , a footman in the service of the Admiral , had attempted to take the life of the lady ' s maid , Louisa Pettis , by cutting her throat . It appears that Boltoa , who it is supposed had been out all night , and had been drinking , went on his return home , between five and six o ' clock , into the bedroom of his intended victim , with a knife in his hand , with which , while Bhe was sleeping , he cut her throat . The incision , however , was not sufficiently deep to deprive her of Jife .

      Upon being wounded she awoke , and after struggling desperately with the assassin , succeeded in reaching the room of tome of the other servants , though not without receiving some severe cuts under her chin and upon her shouldtr and breast . After having made this attempt upon tho poor woman's life , Bolton immediately proceeded to the room of the butler , Benj . Payne , whom he awoke , aiid said , " I . have cut Louisa Pettis's throat ; 1 give myself up as your prisoner . " Rear-Admiral Bouverie and the household were immediately alarmed , and the admiral ordered Bolton to be given into tne custody of the policeman who had been called in . The Admiral also despatched messengers to the nearest medical gentleman , so that no time might bo lost in

      procuring proper assistance for the unfortunate sufferer . Dr . Henderson shortly arrived , and rendered such immediate aid as the case required . It is hoi at present anticipated that the wounds will prove fatal . No reason has yet been assigned by the prisoner for makine this atrocious attempt ; he told tho butler it was because sh ' . wa 3 always aggravating him . In the course of the day the prisoner ( Joseph Bolton ) was examined before the magistrate upon the charge of having attempted to murder Louisa Pettis , lady's maid to Lady Bouverie . Benjamin Payne stated that he was butlei- to Admiral Boverie , and that the prisoner was a footman in tho same service ; that between live and six o'clock this moraing ( Saturday ) the prisoner came into the room and awoke him , and said , " I give myself up to you

      prisoner . I have cut Louisa Pettis's throat . He immediately dressed himself and went down into the pantry , accompanied toy tho prisoner . The prisoner went out the previous evening , and said he should be back again by half-past ten to attend on the ladies . He looked for the prisoner at that hour , but was not able to find him . Did not see him again until the morning , when he came into the room , and gave himself up . Supposed that tbo prisoner bad been out all night , ' and drinking . Had heard the prisoner say some time back that the lady ' s maid owed him a grudge . A certificate , signed by Dr . Hencerson , was pu 5 in , stating that Loui .-a Pcttis was so much weakened by the loss of blood , that it waa impossible she could be examined , but that at present there was no immediate danger . The prisoner ¦ was then remanded until Thursday .

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      - Church Rate . —A vestry was held oa Friday « st f 1 Q * 2 , National School-room of the parish of Haves , Middlesex , for the purpose of making a church-rate , a subject which has for some time past prod uced great con tentiwn in the parish , and the members of- ft * Established Church , from their disltke _ to their late curate's condact in connexion with the atabbmg case of Medhurst , have united with the Dissenters and refused to" make a rate , so that no : qhurch-rate has been made for the last six years . ^ On the present occasion the Rev . Mr . Hale , who has Ismce been appointed to the curacy , was unanimously voted to the chair . Mr . T . Sbacklo , the parish churchwarden , briefly stated the necessity which existed for a rate to be made , from the

      extehsiva repairs required in the bglfry a , nd other parts of the charch . He humorously observed , that he would , only asfr for a 4 d . rate , but seeing how Ptrongly ¦ . his dissenting friends had rallied , he thought they would volunteer a 6 d . one . Mrv Wilshere , tae other churchwarden , seconded the motion . " £ ' * ™ mu i , , moved an amendment to the enect , Inat ' all cumpulsory enactm nts for the support of religious institutions were contrary to the principles of Christianity , and that the question be adjourned Jor a twelvemonth . " Mr . Wv Bardon seconded the amendment . Mr . Woodruffe observed , thaVchapels were in general private . property , and might be shut up at the caprice of the owners , and if the church were not opened , the poor would have

      no place for religious worship under such circumT stances . Mr . Mason would remind the vestry , before they voted , qf the precept- " Whatsoever ye wouldthat men should do to you , do ye also to 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 was wiling to try the voluntaTy principle —( a laugh ) Mr . Fleet said , Mr . Bardon and Mr . Hunt had both formerl y failed in their attempts to collect the sum requisite , andI he would therefore vote for a rate . On the votes being taken , ttWe appeared for the rate , 42 ; for the amendment , 211 ; being two to one in favour of the rate . On the suggestion of Mr . Newman , the sum inserted in the estimate for coala

      and candles was struck out , and Messrs . Will shere and Brigga undertook to provide them . Wanbsworth Police . -On Tuesday , the Reverend Mr . Stephen A tdhouse , lecturer of A J 3 ba J lows Church , in the City , was charged before Mr . Clive , with deserting his wife and children , and leaving them chargeable to the parish' of Clapham . Mr . William Tupman , relieving overseer of the parish of Clapham , stated that on Thursday the dofendaht ' s wife , Elizabeth ^ camei ; o him and represented that she and her two children had been left destitute by her husband , the defendant . He made inquiries into her case , and ascertained that she Was trul y destitute ^ and gave her 2 s . He , by direction of the Board of Guardians , obtained a warrant against the

      deiendaut . Elizabeth Aldhouse , a lady apparently much younger than her husband , said she was the wife of the defendant , and had borne him two children . She had left him two yeaTS and five months in consequence of his ill-usage of her . He had struck her once or twice , and in apprehension of his doing hor more serious injury , she left him . Latterly he had neglected to support her , and she was obliged to apply to the parish officers for relief for herself and iwo children . Police-constable New , 136 V , proved that he apprehended the defendant at his lodgings in Wine office-court , Fleet-street . He told the defendant why he took him into custody , and iho latter said he did not leave her , but she him , and that she was a veritable vixen . The defendant then entered

      into a long statement , the greater part of wrnoh was of an uninteresting nature , lie said , however , that instead of his being charged with leaving his wife destitute , she ought to have been charged with leaving him . About two years ago he was unfortunately arrested 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 , Blackfi iara ' -road , deserted , » nd upon inquiry learnt that his wife had removed the whole of his effects to the residence of her father . The youngest of his ohildren had been born seven months sinco biB wife left him , and althowgh 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 hadkept possession of his orderB , and in consequence it Was only where he was previously known that lie could pniach . 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 to if his wife would go with him . The defendant ' s wife declared that she would not again live with him . Some recriminatory conversation followed , arid afterwards it was arranged that the defendant should be discharged from custody , and tba * . the matter should be left to the decision of the parish officers .

      Disgraceful . — -Jaines Watt , a tailor , living in North-street , Newingtoii , was brought before Mr . Cottenham , at Union Hall , charged with cruelly illtreating his son , a young man twenty year 3 of age , by keeping him without food or raiment . The youug man , who was bent double from infirmity engendered by the filthy condition in which he was kept by his unnatural parents , his weakness of body such that ho could not walk erect , was obliged to bo supported into court , and accommodated with a seat while giving his evidence Robert Brankea , the relieving officer of Newington , stated that in consequence of a report in the neighbourhood where the defendant lived , that he had a son whom he kept without tho common necessaries of life , he ( the relieving officer )

      went there on Saturday morning to make inquiries as to the troth of the rumour . On going into a room on the first . floor , which the prisoner and his family occupied , he found o * ie corner of it boarded off , and behind the board or screen he witnessed a Kctne which could not bo easily forgotten . Tho young man above alluded to ho found crouched up in the corner , lying on the bare boards , wifhout a stitch to cover him , and his body was covered with filth and vermin . In reply to the qnestions put to him on the occasion , it was evident ne was desirous of shielding his family from any blame as to tho condition in which he was found , but he admitted that he had had no clothes upon him for the last two years , during which period he occupied the corner

      of the room where he was discovered . There were some hard crusts of bread and cold potatoes found within his reach lying on the floor . The witness , finding tho prisoner was riot at home , went to where he was at work , and asketi jiim why he treated his son in such' a scandalous manner , and his reply was that he was in distress and could not afford to give him clothes , and that he preferred lying on the boards to a bed . Tne witness added that the other children of the prisoner were decently attired , and that they had decent accommodaiion to sleep , unlike their brother , the subject of the inquiry . As it was a case of gross inhumauity , as far as the father was concerned , the witness sent for a policeman and gave him into custody . Charlotte Jones ; stated tnat she

      lodged in the same house , and that she saw the defendant ' s son in February last , at which time he was lying as described , without clothes , in a corner of the room . She was given to understand at the time that ha was weak of intellect ' . - '; but on finding that there was such a marked distinction made by hiB parents between him and the other ohildren , and that he was evidently dwindling away from want of common attention , she considered it her duty to give information of the fact to the parochial authorities . The unfortunate young man was here interrogated by the magistrate , and in reply to the questions put to him , he said that ho was twenty years of age , and that he was brought Hp to his father ' s trade , tha , t of a tailor , but that he had not worked at it for tho

      last four or five yeara . That for the iasttwo years he was kept without clothes , and occupied the corner of the room where ho was found by tho officer . He had no bed to sleep upon , as he preferred lying on the boards , but he had a piece of carpet under him . To other questions relating to the tr « atmcnt which had reduced him to his present emaciated conditioK be evincod a desire to withold any information , fearful , no doubt , as tho magistrato observed , that his father would bo answerable for it , and thereby manifesting a foeling towards that parent which was not shown to himself . When . asked , however , the cause of his stooping , he said , that leaning forward became so habitual to him , owing to his being kept without clothes ,- . ' that ho now found

      a difficulty in keeping his body up straight . He also said that the reason he was kept without clothes was in consequence of his father being so poor . Another witness 6 tated that she was living in the same house since the 10 th of last September , but that fh . 3 had never seen tho young raan until last Saturday , but heard that his parents had an idiot son , whom they were compelled to keep at home , and that the mother told her he tore his clothes , and would not sleep in a bed like the rest of the children . The witness added that 6 ho was shocked on seeing him for the first time on Saturday . Mr . William Bell , a ¦ uirgeon , stated that he ; was called on to examine the young man on Saturday , aud that he never beheld such a miserable spectacle as he was

      at that time . He was perfectly naked , and his body was in a most filthy condition from dirt and vermin , and there were sores upon it , produced by continual scratching . His body was bent forward , and he was s . o weak and emaciatedj that he could not move or Btir without help . It was evident that he had been treated with great inhumanity , and ho must in a short time have . beeH totally deprived of the use _ of his limbs if such treatment had been persevered iii . The prisoner , in reply to the charge , said that between three and four years ago his son fell down stairs and cut his head , ever since ; which period he

      had been of Weak intellect , and was obliged to be treated as a child . That he ( prisoner , ) being in very indigent circumstance , could not afford to buy him clothes ; aud that rather than suffer him to bo taken from under the roof of his parents , : ttrey managed with him as well as they - . could * but never kept him without food . Mr . Cottenhara having made some strong observations on the conduct of" the prisoner towardshisunforcunate son , whioh he . characterised as oltV , e most unfeeling description , adjudged him to en ' . er into his own recognizsmoeinthesum of £ 200 and find two sureties of £ IQ % to defend the charge at the session ? .

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      ., — ,. _ . — . ... -. — — jjj ^ jff y ^ Birds' Nfsts . —— At Collingbourne Kingston Churcli , in Wiltshire , on the 13 th of April , the clerk , on looking out the lessons for the day , perceived something under the Bible in the reading desk , aiid in a hollow place made by the Bible resting on a raised ledge , ho found a robin ' s nest , with two eggs in it . The bird , not having been disturbed , laid four more , which were hatched on the 4 th of May , The cock-bird brought food in its bill , and fed the young brood during the service ; and none of the parishioners , not even the boys , interfered with the birds , or at tempted to take a way the eggs . —Devizes Gazette .

      Oldhasi . —Awful Accident . —About noon oh Wednesday last , as a young woman , named Mary Taylor , the wife of Thomas Taylor a cotton-spinner , of Hope-street , was at her work ia the card-room of Shore Mill , Gresbacres-moor , Oldham , and , whilst in a stooping posture , her clothes were caught by an upright shaft , which was moving at the rate of 90 revolutions per minate . The poor woman was instantly snatched by the fearful machine , and her head coining in contact with the iron , she was immediately killed . Hor head was dreadfully injured , the brain 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 wa 3 caught by the lower pan . The deceiseo ; was 27 years of age , but had no children . —Manchester Courier . . ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ . —?** - ——^ - — -- ^ - — 'u * v- < " « 4 i ^^^^ - % ^ ww ^\^^^^ v ^ - ^ j %# > I « w

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      condescend to their request ; and we do hereby direct these our letters be communicated by you to the several suffragan Bishops within your province , expressly requiring them to take care tnat publication be made hereof on such Sunday in the -present or in tne ensuing month , and in such places within their respective dioceses , aa tba arid Bishops fehall appoint : ami thaV upon tbia occasion the -Ministers in each parish do rffsctually excite the parishioners to a liberal contribution .

      which Baall be collected the week following at their respective dwellings by the ¦ churchwardens or overseers of the poor , in each parish ; and the Ministers of the several parishes are to cause the sum so collected to-be p-iid immediately into the hands of the Bjnk of England , to be accounted for by theni , and applied to the carrying on and promoting , the above-nieutioned good designs . And so we bid you very .. heartily farewell . Given at our Court at Si . James ' s , the 11 th . day of May , 1842 , in the fifth year of our reign . By her MajtBty ' s command , J . K . ' <* ..- oR , nA 3 r ; ;

      "To tho Most Kev . Father in God , our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Councillor , William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury , Pximats of all England and Metropolitan . . ^ - . Then follows tie Bishop or London's letter to the Clergy :- * - : ¦; . , ¦ " London-hnuse , May 20 . " Reverend Brother , —In obedience to the commands of her Majesty , I regime you to lead from the desk in your cLurch or chapel the Queen ' s Letter , a copy of which I have caused to be . transmitted to you , oneuch Sunday before the 1 st day of July next as you may judge most convenient , immediately after the Morning or Evening Prayers . You are also desired to cause the Queen ' s . Letter to be read in like nianner in every place of worship belonging to the Established Church in

      your parish ( if there be any besides the parish charch ) , afld to communicate . this letter to ' "the minister or ministers thereof . The accompanying statement will supply authentic' information in regard to the distress ¦ which prevails in places therein mentioned , and which unhappily extend ^ to many other populous districts similarly circumstanced . I trust , therefore , that you feel it your duty , as a minister of Christ , to give fall 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 ihe amount collected is to be paid , within three weeks after the collec'tion , into : the Bank tf Engla nd ^ or it 3 branches in the country ; or by Post-office erders addressed to , an < l made payable to , the cashiers of the Baiik of England . London . ' ¦¦; ,-.

      • •' From your affectionate brother , . .- ' . ' " a J . London . " We could have bad no objection to this begging letter , provided the clergy had not ; already fleeced the pockets of the church-gpirig people , for the purpose of building new churches and creating new crlonial bishoprieks . Distress , even to a greater extent than at present , prevailed at the time the collection was made ; the Archbishops and Bishops were perfectly aware , of it ; but they had neitUer heart -nor disposition to relievo the sufferings of their distressed brethren , until they bad first made . a descentupon the pockets of the liberally-disposed , in order to carry out their own darling scheme of rendering the Church omnipotent , by extending her power and throwing : more wealth into her Jap . Speaking of the exhibition of folly ( the Queen ' a fancy ball ) one London paper

      says—¦•¦ ' . Her Majesty left the ball-room about a quarter to three o'clock ,: but dancing was continued ( or about aa hour afttirwarJs . The expenditure for this one night's entertainment was enormous . One Noble Lord pays £ 150 for the hire of diamonds , and ladies of rank txpend a far grvater sum . All the great jeweibrs in Lindou . down to the Jev iHamond merchints , were Jaid under cqntribvifwn . Her Majesty wore but oria diamond , on her htad . This gem , value £ 10 ^ , looked , at a distance , like a star , by its vivid brilliancy . "

      Tho most detested tyrant whoso deeds history hands down to posterity , set firo to Rome that he might erjoy the sight of a city in conflagration , and : while the flames were raging ,- he amased himself by playing on the Violin . We know of no nearer approximation to the unmatched cruelty of the monster Nero , than tho conduct of the British Court and aristocracy , in thu 3 revelling amidst the most superfluous waste , wfai 2 e the more tumble of their countrymen are doomed to starve for bread , by the lav ? s thVse same Nobility havj framed for their own advantage . The Britisk aristocracy have enforced the provision , laws to ; . secure' themselves a inonopuly iti food whatever may fee the consequences . Becatise of this monopoly , tho whole commercial world

      is turned upside down , and tho poor are l ' -ft to beg or perish . Yd ' , in the midst of thu unprecedented sufferinga of mil ioiia which now . exist , the nation has been insulted with this childish display of the waste oT thousands , for tha i « o « t part wrutig , either in ' -thd' shape of taxition or monopoly , fmm the very classes v ? ho have been ruined , and who how euffar . By tais iUtitned and jll-advised displaj * , double the ' nioiigy 'Will have been literally thrown away , under the patrpnyge of the Quoen , than ¦ will ; b 9 collected , in '" the ; . shape of cliarity , by the 'Queen ' s letters , and by . the letters of all the Bishops of England and Ireland ! "inEo the bargain . ' * . .- ¦ •' -. . ' .

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      ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE O . UEEN . On Monday afternoon , at about six o'clock , an attempt was made to assaasiiiate her Majesty as she was returning from her afternoon ride . Her Majesty was in a barouche and four , which was proceeding towards Buckingham Palace from the Green Park , when , on the way down Constitution Hill , and at about ten or twelve yards from the 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 was immediately seizid and committed to custody . Fortunately be missed his aim , and before a secoiid attempt could be made , he was in custody ^ Indeed , he did not appear to make the attempt , for he put the pistol hurriedly into his breast , endeavouTing to escape detection .

      His Royal Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace shortly before three o'clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of attendingthe Stannary Court ; Somersethouse , to give judgment as Lord Warden of the Duchy of Cornwall , and shortly after his return to the Palace , Her Majesty , accompanied by his Royal Highness , proceeded iii . an open carriage and four horses , preceded by outriders , for her accustomed drive in Hyder park , &c , tha royal equerries , as usual accompanied the cortege on horseback . On Her Majesty ' s . return , about ten : minutes or u quarter past six o ' clock , down Constitution-hill , when within a short distance of the spot at ¦ which the former attempt at Her Majesty ' s assassination w ; is made by Edward Oxford , a young man , who had previously been noticed standing with

      his back against the brick wall skirting tho gardens of Buckingham Palace , was observed to advance towards the carriage toad along which the Royal cortege was passing , and upon the carriage containing Her Majesty and her illustrious consort approaching the spot at which he Stood , he was seen by police-constable fanner ,, A 53 , to advance within three yards of the carruge , and at the same instant draw out , apparently from his waistcoat pocket , a pistol . Tanner instantly rushed towards him , for the purpose of knocking it out of his hand , seeing that it was aimed at her Majesty , but at the Riouient he seized- him the pistol went off , without injuring her Majesty ' s person or that of Prince Albert . The instant the report was heard a soldier of the Foot Guards , who happened to be near , ran to the assistance of the policeman , as did several other persoHS , who

      came rapidly np to the spot . The Royal carriage , which was , ac ' tna moment of the attempt , proceeding at a quick pace , continued its course towards Buckiugham Palace , and the prisoner was conveyed to the lodge adjoining , where he was searched by Mi . Rttssoll , tbe inspector en duty at the tilna , who found in his pockets a bullet and some powder , as well as the pistol , whicb wa 3 still warm , and affording convincing proof of its recent discharge . A cab was immediately procured , in which the prisoner was conveyed by- Tahuer , acconipanied by the soldier , to the station-house of the A division , in Gardiner ' s-lane . He was there questioned by Inspector Hughes as to his name , for the purpose of entering the offence in the nsual nianner upon the charge-sheet , when he refused to give his ^ name or niake any statement , and maintained an extreme sulleimess of manner .

      The mteUigenco of the desperate attampt flew like wildfire through the metropolis , and in a very short time the various members of the Royal family , as well as several of the foreign Ambassadors ^ besides large numbers of the nobility , &c ., hastened to the palace for the purpose of congratulatuig the Queen arid Prince Albert on their providential deliverance / and throughout the evening a dense concourse of persons of all classes , amongst vruom we noticed a nuaiber of elegantly dressed females , surrounded the gates of the palace

      The prisoner , upon being interrogated , refused to give either his name or residence ^ or to make any admission on the subject of the charge . During the examination , however , of the persons who witnessed the transaction , it appeared that a youth who happened to" be in . the Park at the moment of the prisoner ' s spprohension had fOilowed l . im to the Station-house , and subsequently to the Home-office , and had recognised him to be a parson of the name of Franci ? . On the prisoner being pressed as to whether that was not his name lie , after corisidorablo hesitation , admitted the fact . The youth was then questioned as to his knowledge of the prisoner , when he stated that the prisoner's father resided at No . 100 , Titchfield-strtet .

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      EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER AT THE HOME-OFFICE . Immediately onthe divbolical ontvaga being kn » wn , information waa sent to the principal Ministers , who were at that time in their places in Parliament . In the Lords , as soon as the intelligence was known , there was au immediate suspension of business , and the House at once adjourned . In the Commons the greatest interest and sympathy was created , and after a few words of explanation from Sir R . Peel , the House adjourned . Notico was immediately given to those members of the Ministry , and those leading members of the Privy Council , who bad not been previously made acquainted with the event , and an investigation was ordered at the Home-office . Sir James Graham had gone direct there from the House of Commons , as also had Sir R ; Peel ; : and at a few minutes before 8 o'clock several members of the Privy Council assembled in the room of Sir . J . Graham at the Home-office . The prisoner had been

      previously brought froin the G ; irdiner ' s-lane stationhouse to the Home-office , into which he was conveyed by the back entrance , from the park , an immense concourse of persons having assembled at the front entrance opposite Whitehall . The principal Ministers present , besides the Home Secretary and Sir R .. Peel , were , tha Duke of Wellington , Lord . Stanley , thejLoid Chancellor , the Earl of Haddington , the Eirl of Jersey , Sir E Koatchbull , L 6 rd Fitzgerald , the E : » rl of Denbigh , bhe Chancellor of the Exchequer , the Earl cf Ripon , the Earl of Aberdeen , ; ind Viscount Lowther . Th-J Attorney-G > nerai was present , as also were Mr . Maule , " the Secretary of tte Treasury , and Calonel Rowan , the Police Commissioner . Mr . Hall , the ctaef -magietrate at Bow-strtet , was also piesent The investigation was , of course , strictly private , and uo particuiars of ¦ what occurred at the Hom ^ -offioe transpired plliclully . As soon as the iiiveetigation ( which lastnd till ten o ' clock ) was over , the prisoner was remanded to Tothill-fields prison .

      The prisoner , John Francis , is the son of a respectable man of that name , living in TottenbaJij Court Boad . He is about twenty years wf age , abjui . iivo feet fi ? e inches in height , and at present ra ' . Uer shabby in appearance . He haa a foreign cast of counycnar . ee , though by no ineans such as to warrant the belief at first entertained that he was a Gd « nan . His hair is very dark , and he has dark whiskers . His complexion is sallow , aad , allowing for t ' ae paleness natural to him in such a flisuation , rather of a light olive . It appears that he has been absent frofii his family for more than six months past . H : a father had not heard of him for nearly that time .

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      COMailTTAL OF THE PRISONER . On Tuesday , tbo prisoner , John Francis , underwent a long private examination at the Home Offioe , tba result of 'tthich was tbat ha was fully committed to Newgate , to take his trial on s charge of High Treason .

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      THE QUEEN'S BEGGING LETTER . It will seen , by reference to the debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday , that Lord K naaird asked the Governnient , whether they bad not thought it expedient to advise her Majesty to issue a begging letter , soliciting subscriptions for the relief of tho prevailing distress . The Eari of Ripon was understood to reply that Government knew nothing -whatever of the Ictcer in question ; und the Duke of Wellington also said , that be knew nothing of the existence of such a docuinent . One noble P * e *> who attended church last Sunday ( Lor ^ Coiborn ) said , he had heardit read . So much for the attention of Government ; and here is the Queen's letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury , directing collections o bamade froni hoasa to honse by the churchwardens : — . ' ¦ ¦ ' . V . ; .- . ' '¦ - . - ¦¦ . : ¦ / :. ¦' ¦ ; -: '¦¦ . ¦ ¦ .

      «• ViCTOitiAB . —Most Reverend Father In G id , our right trusty and right entirely beloved councillor , we greet you well : whereas in some districts in England and Scotland many of the working classes have suffertd , aud continiia to suffer severe distress ; and whereas many of our subjacta have enteTea into volantary subscriptions for their relief , and have at the same time humbly prayed us to issue our Royal letters directed to the Lord Ai-chbishop of CanterViury , and the Loxd Archbishop of York , authorisinE ; them to promote contributions within their several provinces for the same benevolent purpose , we , taking the premises into our R&yal considerat ' on , and being always ready to give the best eucouragemtnt and countenance to such humane and chatUaile undertakings , ara graciously pleased to

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      GENIUS AND INTEMPERANGE . In our Iaflipv \ blicali 6 n we referred to tlie . dJMst ' rons influence of alchoho'fc drinks upon genius—w § afSrmod that the . excitement tons produced , fs the most aenaij enemy of genius—and -we referred to the deplorable degradation which it fcas inflicted upon many who might have beea the biessings '' of thejr / riends , tbe ornaments * of their country , and the instructors of tao world / 1 .: . ' ;• '¦ ¦ . '; ¦ ;¦ ¦ •' ' '¦• ; ... ' - . ; " -, .. " : : : '~ The following scene which was witnessed at 5 Iar ! - borough-s * reet , on Tuesday ! ast , displayed most fully the accurate justice cf our representations . It exhibited a Clergyman , a man ef high classical attainments , and we have since f » sc 2 rtainedi of naturally commanding intellectual powers , prostrated in the very dust by this abominable agency . The account requires no comment from UF . 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 . Maitby , charged with having made an attempt to commit suicide . A pot-boy of the George public-house , Castle-street , said the' defendant canio ir . t 3 tha house thatmorning , arid after being in the tip-room a short time , asked witness to lend him a knife . Witness t > ave him a small penknife , and kept his eye on his movements . The dtfendant taking an oppdrliinHy when he thought he Was unperceived , of raising the kaife to his throat , and wa ' i about to plunge it in , when witness rushed forward

      and arrested his band . A struggle 6 nsued , and witufess withdiffiau ty regained possession of the kaife . After a short period the defcniiant was allowed to leave tho house , and he then went , over the way into a publichousa immediately opposite . Htie his agitated manner having txcitod suspicion , he wa 3 again waicheit , and secured , while in " the act of strangling himself with hi 3 neckerchief , in consequence of theso two atteinpta , he was-consider . *! to be totally unfit to be any longer at large , and a policemin buing called , he was given into custody .

      Mr . iMaltby asked the first witness if he was sui-e that the defendant intended to do himself some injury with tb . 8 ; knife ? , Witness said be had no doubt whatever that such was the defendant ' s intention . Mr . Jta'tby—You huar the charge against you . Ia it ttue ? . . " . ' . ¦'• . ¦ . ' : . "¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' - . ¦ .. ' . , - ¦ Defendant— Partly . My intentions were miHconceived . Mr . 'Maltbv—Then you did not intend to commit suicide , according to the chai # > made . against ycu ? Defendant ( hesitati : igly )^ No . My sj > irits were much depressed * Mr . Maltby— "What is the cause ? Defendant— Owing to-my des-itute circumstancss . Mr . Maltby—What is your naiiie , and what have yon been used to ? Defenj 3 aut—My name is Tlieopailus Curry . I am a teacher of the cliis .-ies .

      Mr . Maltby—Where were you Ia 3 t employed in that capacity ? ' [ ' . " . ' . .. . ' Defendant—At Braintree , about nine months ago . Since that I ¦¦ hav * sold a f j w pubiicatioas . Mr . Maltby—Where do you live '? . ' . . ' .- ¦¦¦ . _ ¦ ' Difeudant—I have lived at Mrs . Henneesey ' a , in George-street , arid afterwards in Short ' s Ganlena . At present I have no liomu , and for thela 3 t two nights have alopt at a pVice in the cily . Mr . J-Ialthy , —Havd y . u any friend ? Dcfen < ifnt—Not in London . I have a brother , a sur ^ eoii , at Bungny . Mr Maits - y- — -Where vrere you brought up ? Defrndent—At Cambritigt ! . I entered at EtmnaEuel

      Colitge . " -.- ¦ ,-. ¦ . Mr . Maltby . —Did you tike any degree ? Dcfendent . —Yes ; Bachalor of Arts . Mr . Maltby . —Have you eaten anything lately ? Defendeut—No food , t-xc ^ pt a piece of bread yesterday . I have had two pints of portar which was givtn me at the public house . , Mr . Maitby . alier putting a few moTe questions to the nrifortuuate man , directed that he should ba supplied with refreshment , and also requested Clements , tbe chief usher , to go to various places named by the dependent and ascertain if his story was true , and afterwards to call at the ; St . Martin's workhouse to ask the overseer to stig to that Court . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ . . - ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ / . " . ' .: ¦ - . ' ¦ ' ' ¦¦¦ . ¦¦ , ¦ " . ; .:-. ¦;;

      Clements , having made the necessary inquiries , enme back arid reported tbat the defendant ' s statement was correct . He bail been , as he sa , id , in Westm : n 3 tirr Hospitil , and had lodged at Kenneasey ' s , from which latter place he ( Clements ) learned that the defendant occasionally rbseived sufris of moaey from his brother , but he immediately spent the cash in drink " , arid that such was his rovtod propensity for that vice that he : had drank hi : n < iaif into a « t : itd of delirium ttemens . In the outer office tc . 3 defendant further stated tbat - .. he had been . in ordeiH , but left his curacy to adopt the profession . of tench ' iug . While Bpsaking , he was seizid with a Buivering fit , aiin he begin to gibber like an idiot . In this condition ha continusd for an igur . affording a ; , hideous pictutb <> i " viv .- > ccsiseqaences ^ ^ aNfi 3 wQ § p 3 t | i ^ J ^ craving tor'drink . . ' : '' > " *~ T ^''__"" ' j ' , LJSj- ' ' - » . '• . . Mri-Maltby « ies ! r-jd the dafendan / rtoW ^ BWP ^ gK * , ^ Sk . Martin ' s . worki-ousa for a fe / te ^ i ^ slra ^ wS ^ CommircialRv ' ste ,:

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      , - _ THE NORTHERN STAR 3

  • 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-ncseproduct601/page/3/