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      TO FEAMGUS O'CONNOR , £ SQ . T earless , firm , and faithful , too , E Ter -watchful , ever txne , A ccept Uub meed of praise from me , R ich in its pure sincerity ; G reat , grand , and good , let one and all U cite to stand , or by him fall ! S ens of toil , and wart , and woe , O Dward -with yeur champion go ; C ease not till Truth and Justice roams 0 ' er our land and in our homes ; If obly on yonr chieftain smile , JT obiy share his glorious toil ; O n with him year rights to claim , B t-joicing in his honoured name . F . G .. STOURBBIDGE .

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      TO MY INFANT DAUGHTER . They say that thou art like me—if ' t be so , pcrehance so much the worse for thee , my child I "Unless thy fate be diff'rent ; for defiled Jly mind has been by sins that rise from woe : Bat these thou kaew ' st not—may « thou never know ! Wistful thy looks are . artless , bright , yet mild ; And 8 OKiedaies , iike a little wave , thy glee . Maies tbee all noise and motion—now they gs I Arms , Lrgs , and eyes all dancing merrily , In tase to thy g > ad heart—Bad ! cjrne to me , ' Ana I wiil cradle thee within my arms j Ol would s : thou rather ride ? why , then , my knee Shall £ > e thy horse . —Behold tiy niuther , there , G az s trith 1 > y on thee , e ' en mid'a ; htr household care ;

      My classic babe , ¦ wor dless as yat art thou , Bat words axe wanted nut 'twist thee and me ; For , in thy every look and ECt , I see A meaning more ttan lan ^ uate e ' er couid show . Thou tryst to sp ~ ik my name , as on thy brow , I print the kiss of my patttnLry . Iso-w in thy gra ^ p 1 ftel my finders press'd . Ah , iittle reck ' si thou , my young A » ics ! how Thy tire is txil'd , outlaWd , ana proscrib'd , Btanse fcs loved the truth and lives onbris'd ; But , spite ut vain , one comlvrt still has bless'd , That thy small nestings are not circumsenb'd . ' Thy motbtr comes to husa thee to thy sleep , — One kiss!—now ga— "wniie I—no , tyrants ! I'll not Weep . BaUersea . J . W .

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      0 >* E A 2 iD ALL . " One ar . d all , " is Cornwall's cry—One and all , let na r < -p ! y ; Hasd to har . d , and heart to heart , L-i us act a nation ' s part ; L t u ; fr . e our native isle Pram the rule of despots t ' i , b ; . Aad Sin i apostles o cr the world TVi h the Cuaiiist ing uufjirl'd . One ni : d . ill , let us proclaim lie vhu bears a bondman ' s naae , Ana seeketh cot to cleanse its shame D-.-s-. rvts to ii ? e in scorn , and die Vi * b tie vilest things that iis G'oveiling on their mother earth ,

      'Aiid ' st the spawn which cave them birth-E-rtb wiil curse the dast-axi grave Of the mean and cringing slav * -. One and all I let tyrants quail Ho-b that sound 1 b on the gale . Who tiare mert a nation ' s frown ? Who can ietp a nation down ? iliiiirns claim their rights as men ; 2 diili « -ns brave corruption ' s dtn ; Millions shout , from sea to sea , " One and sH , " vre tri'i lefrte !

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      ilERKY E > 'GLA > D . ' Osce thou wert " Merry England -, " and , when Providence did feltsa , A 3 a bride decked for her marriage , thou hadst on a spi-ndid dress ; Tfcoa wtrt then thy people ' s glory , and the poet ' s highest I oist , And the shouts of " Merry England" did resound frcm coast to coast . Once thou wert " Merry Esgland , " but thy dress was laU aside , And the bard who once sang of thee sought arother source of pride ; And the minions who delighted thy illustrious fame to spread , HaTe left the-r much-loVd father-land , or repose amid the dead .

      Once thoa wert ' ilerry England , " and ibj fruitful soil was blest ; Thy oaughttrs then knef ? happiness , and thy sons had food and rest ; The blighting gu ^ is of poverty and want were then unknown , And the p-asant seemed as happy as the monarch on his throne . Once thou wert " Jlerry England , " tut that time is pas 3 "d sway ; And were it no : that history reveals a happier day , - ^ -e Wb » sil < i not for occa imagine then wert anything below ., But an isle of mortal wretchedness—an emporium of

      woe . Thon ' rt no longer " Merry England" —fairest island ef the earth , But a by-word to the children to whom thou gavest birth ; The yport of wDy stztesmen , and a prey to inward foes , ; While thy neighbours look with pleasure on thy heaviEg besom's throes . Thou ' rt no lender " Htnj England , " but a spectre- smitten fyrzn , ¦ ' , TTi £ b tiy bostm left uncover e d to endure the piercing £ t = im ; TTnile chiils of want and misery are breathed in every ' £ sde—The wiliowd a ^ d the fitherless their haplesa lot fee- wail '

      Thou'rt t , o lor-cer " Merry England ; " for thy merry days are fied ; That cry is weak and pow ' rless while thy children call for " bread ; " - i And thcugh eEployed , as God directs , six days oat of , the 5 STen , ; They camot get that God ' s reward—the food allow'd : by heaven . _ ; Tfcoa ' rt no locger " ilerry Eagl ^ Dd ; " -who wonld ^ are to cali thee eo , I Would but mock thy painful sufTrings , add thereto ; another throe : "

      Tet ity tor . s , though toiling fruitless , would conceal ; the glo-omy trnth , > WHlsi thy C 3 i 2 § tters in the fact'ries spend for nought J th = h- urs of youth . O = cs tfcou w ? rt " yi-nj E = ? land "—would that thon . ' Wtlt SO HOW ; ] That tte dsrcTnng stonns were past away , and the j cl ' ju ^ . B from eff thy brow ; t j Then wjnldst orce more robe thy gay dress—be again j the p ^ rs boast , j And the ' shuuts of " 2 > Ierry England" would be heard j frrrn c ; s = i » o ccast .

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      LETTER TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL , On Matters which deeply interest the Working Millions of Great Britain and Ireland . By Jahes Whhtet , Perth ; G . Baxter . This is a faithihl , earnest , and respectful admonition to parties by vrhem we fear it will be but little heeded . THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY , AS THE EFFEuT OF CLASS LEGISLATION , AND THE CHARTER AS THE REMEDY . A Lecture , delivered in the Chartist Room , Manchester , April l ( kh , 1842 , by Mr . David Ross , - Lecturer on Elocution ,, etc . Reported by Wm . Griffin , Reporter to the Star . Manchester A : Hey wood , 58 and 60 , Oldham-street . An . jenergetic and eloquent defence of the Charter , worthy of-universal reading .

      TOBACCO AND SNUFF : M * d 5 cal Testimonies and Essays , shewing their Injurious Effects and Demoralising Tendencies on the Health and Morals of the Public . London : J . H . Starie , 166 , High Holborn . A work which we very cordially recommend to tho reading and serions attention of every member of society . We axe quite sure that if its various and weighty reasons against the injurious , extravagant , and filthy habits of smoking , chewing tobacco , and snuffing vrere duly weighed and appreciated , an intelligent people would at once discountenance these habits .

      FINANCIAL REFORM . A Digest of the Reasons for and against a Tax upon Permanent Property , in lieu of some of the present Toxpp , especially tfcoss on commodities . I 3 y R . W . RUSSEXL . A moderately well-reasoned argument in favour of an ssdusive property tax . Dissenting from some of the author's positions very decidecly . we yet find mnch to praise ; and recommend the book as a whole .

      THE FLEET PAPERS . Vol . 2 , No . 25 . Oastler goes gaily on with his good work of scourging scoundrels . His prest m and some preceding numbers being devoted to a consideration of Sir Robert Peel ' s tariff ; he has been led into a dissertation on the tendency and effect of free irade principles . He shews most cltarly that their inevitable tendency is to make honest men into thieves . We state the case rather more biuntiy than he does , but -such is the fact . Mr . Oasilcr adduces some pretty anecdotes of middle cla ^ d t ; honesty" and ' religion" as illustrations of his arguments . We give one or two of them : —

      " Thus far had I written , when I was interrupted by a valued and Christian iiletid . I read the foregoing to him , when he said , ' How cor-trary are those prh ; - c plc 3 to the Truths of God . Wiiat havoc do euch theories produce in every Christian church !' " He then exemplified hiaravanin ? by two anecdotes , which are « o very much to the purpose , that I must dttain"yon while I relate them . " My friend , who is a h ; ghly respectable , intelligent , and very influential Wesleyan Methodist , said , ' The proceedings of some of our wealthy tradesmen a : o wicked in the extreme . I was ance transacting business with a persen who had formtrly been one of our

      member * . when we had settled our business , he pointed to a pile of ribbon-boxes , about a yard high , and toid me , Those boxe 3 contain ribbons which Wtj sell from one shilling and threepence to two shillings a yard . We generally give from one shilling to one shilling and eightpence a yard for them—I bought these to-day for threepence a yard . ' That bargain i 3 srorth vStJOO to me . ' 'Now , be must have kuotra . ' continued my friend , That no man could afford them at that price , and that he was , in effect , buying stolen go ' . ds . ' . I £ too many ribbor . s , unfitr the circumstances , had not been produced , such a robbery could nv ; t have been committed under the pita of trade .

      " My friend also said , ' I remember , that one of our members , who was shopman to a nitniber of oiirsocitty , once told me , that he should be obliged to kave his situation , he could stand it no longer ; ' and then he related the following fada : —* Our master has a rule , that a certain sum ought to bs taken in the shop every day ; if less than that sum is taken , we are employed , after the shop is closed , to look over ths invoices of goods wh ; ch are not paid for , and we deduct from tbein , for thort iergrhs , until -we haTe raade sp "RLat cur master charges as 3 f-Lr sum for the pr-. fi :, on tie amount we are short in thu day ' s sales . wb » n the day is Very rainy , and we have no customers , we not only deduct : or stcrt leDgths , but tre u : ± k ? abatttnvius for fiultsVhich ntvtr existed in the goods , until the amount of profit * fixsd fur tht day is made op . '

      " I rtiiuuked , ' Do not the sellers of ths goois resist such impciitious ? ' My fiieud answered , ' The poods are bought from agents , who cannot tffo-d to ofien < l punctual payers . They prefer to make txzxises to their pr i ^ eipa ' s in the country , w £ a are gentraily p&Kuid = d to be s-aiLsfied . * " I have sicce seen a very respectable London shopke = psT , v > ho assures me , ' that the tyst ^ in of making up pTofita by meb deductions is vtry common innerd . " The recital of this fact wiil explain to niacv a ptur

      weaver the reason why his raasUr is so often enraged and storming about the imponaioility of obtiinii . c ; i profit , ' and urging his taktr 3-in ' to increase abatt--ments and fines . ' This knavery in the roguish shopkeepers not cniy prevents their honest neighb-urs frcn thriving , but it destrsys all proper feeling between thu manufaciure ^ s and . their wt > ri-pe . "pie , and rentiers the whole ' s ? stem one cf unblushing -siilany and of crud oppression , for s&e , Sir , how the manufactursrs contrive to throw the fruit of this thievish system of the London shopkeepers upon the poc-r operative weavers .

      " It is a singular fact , but it is true , that a few days before the conversation I £ 3 Fc jast related took place , 1 was called upon by a very respectable operative , who is tn * first cousin of aa E . ir ) , and whose uncle and grandfather were also E . als . ( When my pcor friend toid me his pedigree , 1 thoxiguv of Eiil FHzwilliam , his grand-children , and the cual-pits . ) This aristocratic Liboarer wa 3 intending to emigrate , being &ick of the oppressions and villaDJea of the mannfacturers .

      He informed me , ' that he had left his last place , where he was a taker-la , [ whese occupation is to eximine tnn cotton calicoes as they come in fr-. m the weavers ] He ¦ was was required to make np , in abatements , a certain sum per week . His conse ; eaca would not allow him to da so . His master expostulated with him , and urged upon him the necessity of compliance , saying , That before he came , the bate-books , of which he had many , were aiway 3 , on an average , nine shillings a wetk more than he ; my informant ) had made his . ' "

      Such are the evidences of sympatay with povertysuch the proofs of high-iniadcdness and priccipl > .-given by the parses to whom tlie " intel ! cc ; uai " brawlers for union are zo anxious to hand over the people and their movement U ; a , for very spleen , because not allowed to do ii—ih ^ y move heaven and e-arth to split up the union already subsisting among the people I

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      C ENTRAL CRIMINAL CO URT , Friday ¦ , June 17 . The irial of John Francis came on this day . The court was full , but not overcrowded . Chief Justice Tindal , Mr . Baron Guruey , and Justico Pattsson , tcok their seats at ten o ' clock . The Attorney-General , the Solicitor-General , Mr . Adolphus , and Mr . Waddington , were counsel for the Crown ; Mr . Clarkson for the prisoner . Colonel Arbuthnot , Colonel Wylde , and some other officers of the Household , had seats on the Beneh . Francis was respectably dressed in a dark frock coat and trousers . He was dejected , and much altered since his examination at the Home Office . The indictment charged him with shooting at the Queen with a pistol loaded with gunpowder and a bullet ; and other counts put the charge in various ways , —such as , that the pistol was loaded with gunpowder and certain other destructive materials unknown , and simply that the pistol was discharged in an attempt on the life of the Queen . He pleaded " 2 s ot Guilty , " in a very feeble roice .

      The Attorney-General opened the case , laying down the law on the subject , and briefly stating the facts to be proved in evidence . He understood that no plea of insanity would be set up ; but that the prisoner would be admitted to have been in the full possessioa of his faculties at the time . The purchase of the pistol , and a previous intention of employing it , would be proved : but the Attorney-General acknowledged that he could not prove the purchase of a bullet ; nor , as it had been fired tcwards an open space , could it be foand . But there were thousands of substances that would serve tho . purpose of a bullet , —as a pebble , a child ' s marble , or any irregular piece of lead . If it were argued that that ; gave the prisoner the benefit of a doubt , neither the lite

      of the Sovereign nor that of any one else would be safe . It was , he understood , to be alleged in defence , that the act was a mere frolic : but the prisoner was adm-ited to be fane ; and no sane pevsoii could ba euilty of such heartless wickedness for the sake of a joke ; while to admit the plea would destroy all safVty for people ' s lives . The first witness callr . d was Colonel Charles James Arbuthnot , one of the Queen's Equerries . He £ avo the most ahtiJict account that has yet appeared of of the event of May 30 th— " My general position is about five yards ia iho rear of her Majesty . Before we left the Palace on Monday ,. I had received an intimation which induced me to ride as close to her Majesty as I couid ; and Colonel Wylde , Prince

      Albert's Equerry , rode in the same position on tho other sid ^; . Between sis and seven o ' clock , wo were coming down Constitution Hill ; when , about halfway down'the hill , I ob-erved the prisoner ; and on the carriage reaching him , he took a pistol from his side and fin d it in . the direction of the Queen . As quick ' y as I eoufd , I puiied up my horse and "& . ve the prisoner inio custody . The prisoner had b ' efure this caught my attention , as appearing anxious to see her iMajeiiy . " The Colonel went on to say , that the uimosi distance from the carriage when Francis fired was seven fuet . The pistol wa-5 fired just as the carriage was passing . The cor ; e '^ e had been

      going at the rate of eleven mues an hour ; but the Colonel had given instructions at this sp : > t to go faster , and tho postilions were driving as fast as the horses could go , and he should say at the rate of twelve or thirteen miles an hour . The Queen was sitting on the back-seat of the carriage , on the side nearest to the prisoner . The pistol stiuck the witness as being pointed in the direct line of her Majesty ; he heard the report , and saw the smoke and fire emitted from the Distol . A policeman stood within three yards of Francis ; the Colonel exclaimed , " Secure him I" which was done ; and he galloped on and resumed his post at the Queen ' s side .

      Htnry Allen a private in the S .-ots Fusileer Guards , « aid that he was twelve or fit teen pares bi-iiiud tho carriage . He had seen the prisoner leaning on the pump just before ; and as tho carriage cime up he i-a . w him step forward and present a pisrol at the carriage ; he heard the report and saw the flash . He had been m she Army eighteen month * , and had experience in firing with ball and blank cartridge ; aud he shou'd say that tho pirtol vrad loaded with ball—it makes a sharper sound than a bkek cartridge . Cross examined by Mr . Ciarkton , Allen said that lie was a tailor before he was in the Army .

      Here Colonel Arbuthnot was recalled and examined by the Bench as to the sound of the report—'" The report was sharp and loud , but I did not hear ihe wh : a of a b . ilJ , in consequence- of the noiso of the carnage and eight horses . My Opinion is that the pistol was loaded -with something more than the powder and wadding , frnm the sharpness and loudnc .= 3 of the report . That is a mere maUer or opinion . 1 do not ihiuk tnat powder only would made such a sound ; a blai . k-tartricige is a mere evaporation ol powder . This was the report of a pistol well rammed down aud charged . " Mr . Patrick Fitzgerald , who had served in the Spviish . and Portuguese armies' stated thnt he skz-d Francis on the kit as the Policcmau siiz-jd him on the right . Ju .-t as the carriage came up , he taw the pri-oner raise hi- ri ^ ht ar m , point a pistol a ' , tho open part of tho carriage , and fire : he saw the flash acd heard the report .

      Colonel Wylde , Fquerry to Prince Albert , corroborated Culonel Arbuthuot ' ti statement . He stated that the Queen always sits on the same , the light M ^ e of the carriage , lie stopped > his horse when Franci 3 fired , and alighted ; saw him in custody , and ordered him to bo tuken to ihe Palacs Ludtie . There the pistol was-= hown to the witneso— "It was taken frcm the pr-. ouer in my presence , and [ nm ab . ' e to recognise it . I am of * opinion , from my knowledge of fire-arms , that it would carry n ;; y or HXiy paces . So i ; ood an aim could not be taken wnh ii as with a larger pistol , but at a short distance it would be equally destructive . " " Allowing the d'i-tatice at , wh . c ' :-. it was discharged to be seven Jcet ,

      WGuIJtJie wadding of that pis' . ol be competent to do aiiy per ^ n a mischie f J "— " Certainly . It ' would cecioLdly woui . d the skin or face , or tho eye , and it wou . J be very likely ta set £ ro to tbe ' clothea of tho person as whom it wa 3 discharjied . From the report there mu-t have been in ii some very strong wadding to compress the powder or a bullet . That of couvb is oniy a matter of opinion . " " Jf it had not been a bullet , but menly an irregular piece of lead or a gtone , would that be calculated to do rqual mischief ? "— ' * Certainly ; more , perhaps , than a bu let . " Francis appeared firm ; thore . was only a iih ^ hs agitatiun aboa : lii-5 uose and lip . When asked hit ; name , he wjs Client .

      Wiliititn Trounce , a Police-constable of tho A divisifia , had seen Francis loitering about for half an honr before the Kccurrcnce . He observed that as ho looked at him , Fiaiic ; s went behind a tree . Trounce was noi more than one yard from the prisoner when he heard the tepon of a pistol ; he looked round and saw Francis in the act , of presentiug it . He te . z d him at once . Miss Lavinia liianchard , of Union Place , Lambeth , saw Frauds sbr > nt a quarter of an hour before in earnest roiivert-ation with a young man . William Riciiurds , a hhi = emaker , also saw the prisoner in conversation ; but was not sure that he said any thing . James R' -ujsel ! , the inspector of police , searched the prisoner : on him wpm found an old memorandum-book ' , a penny , and a little gunpowder . The pistol was still warm .

      Other evidmee reh . ' ed to the previous movements cf the . pri .-OL . er . George Puajson , a wood-engraver , saw him pre .-n , t a pistol at the Qur . enon the Sunday , . is the was rctui ii » j < from ihe Ctiapei Rojc-, 1 : l-. is eicla mei , ' Tiuy ma , y tike me if ihoy like—I cuii ' t , can- —1 was a loul I aid nut thoot her ! " Joseph Robert b-rrer , shopmau to Mr . Itavener , a j-awnbroker in Toihiil S ; rect ., sold to the prisoner ; hc pisiol tha hid uetn produced in court , on tne " 27 th May , ior 3-. He piid for ic with ihv-: o fourpenuypioots , a sixpence , and the rest ia copper . Kicliaitl

      Pritcnarri , an uiini - 'm in Lower Eaton Sireet , Pimii'jo , sijlci him u ft m on the w- ' xae oay . Thomas Gouid , of YnrK btrier , Westmiusicr , suld him a bai'pcni . y-v . Oith oi tun ]) owder on ihe 27 ch ; aim , \ nne Br . us . ^ cold him an oucco on the oOih , in Bre-v . r S . reet : he paid twopence for it wuhou ' abktug the price . Cecilia Fors ^ t-r , said thai Francis fi-j . il liad h ; wf a , bed iu her hou-e , Id 6 . Great Ticiifield Street , !(> r 3-. a we . !¦ : : he ltft ht-i io » : g-. ug on the ¦ 2 7 ih May ; havuig been out of work for some time before .

      Wiliiam Gore , one of the Queen's Grooms , who had been Minm ^ uta but notezummtu by the counsel forth-j Crown , wai-ercss examined by Mr . Clark .-mi ; he sa \ d that he wa > riding tix or seven yards behind Colonel Arbuihcot-. Tnc pistol was dischurgtd between them ; and it seemed to him to be pointed at the himi-wiR-cl of the carriage . For the i . i-f-nee , Mr . Clarksun commented on the evid :-. co \ vi : a a view to prove it incoiiclu&ive of the charge . He impressed some indtgttation that tit-.-houlu have b'j- n supposed rapub . e of sugt . estii , g that ihe pibt'jl Lail b ^ tn fired as a mcro fe u-de-joie : was not , the cusp disgusting and abhor-ent enough without that ? Francis ' s previous distress , and his

      cc-urniig deiecncn alter the attempt , would prove hi 3 in eat . Had the pistol bem Joadcd with any destruciive mi-sle it was impossible that it could have been . di-charged , without injuring the Queen , Colonel Arbutnubt , or his horse . Two years ago the moroid feehng and vanity of another person had induced him to commit the desperate act of firing two ioadea pisiojs : he had been taken care of and provided for : and vras it impossible that the prisoner , m the di-tressed state m which , he was proved to be , unable to pay his lodging , with only a penny in his pocket , should have committed the aci in the hope of being provided for in a similar manner ? He reiitd on the clemency and mercy of the Jury .

      The Solicitor-General replied ; contending that though there waano direct proof of the pistol's being loaded , and the Jury could come to ho other conclusion ; whatever Francis ' s motive , he musthave had a criminal design . Chief Justice Tindal summed up . He told the Jury that , if they were satisfied that the pistol was

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      loaded with a bullet , that would be proof of the criminal design j or ; even if it was loaded only ' . with wadding , bnt fired so close to the Queen as to do her Eevere bodily harm , an overt aoc ot'high treason would be made out . _ The Jury retired at twenty minutes to four o'clock . They returned into court at five minutes past five ; and the foreman stated that they found the prisoner Guilty" on the second and third counts { not that the pistol was loaded with a bullet , but rhat it was load e d with some destruciivo subBtance besides the wadding and powder . When he heard that statement , Francis turned very pale . Being asked what he had to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him , he made norepj y .

      Chief Justice Tindal , after a brief address to the prisoner , pronounced the following Eenteuce— " That you , John Francis , be taken from hence t » the plac 8 from whence you camp , that you be drawn from thence on a hurdle to the place of exei-ueionj and that . yoa . be hanged by the neck until you be dead , " that your head be afterwards severed from your body ^ and that your body be divided into four quarters , to be disposed of in such manner as to her jMajesty ehall seem fit . And the Lord have mercy on your soul . ' " At the conclusion of the FeDtence the prisoner fell fainting into ihe arms of the gaolers ; and he was led away sobbing piteously .

      Saturday , June 18 . TRIAL OF THOMAS COOPER , FOR THE MUBDJBB OF DALEY , THE POLICEMAN . This being-the day appointed for the trial of Thomas Cooptr , who stanii ' s charged with the wilful murder of Timothy Daley , a ; policeman of the N Division , the Court was cnW . led long before the usual hour of commencing proceedings . ' Precisely t . t ten o ' clock the Learned Judges , Mr . Justice Pu . tte . spn and Mr . Baron Gurneyt'ok their Beats un the beneb , and the prisoner was inune ; iiateJy placed at the bar . He ajipeared to be still very weak froiii the effects g £ the poison which he had taken . His Ci > uv . ti ; narxe was Vc-ry pa ' evand on his first entering the Dock , he looked rather anxiously round tne Court . He sat do ' . vri , for ' a short time , between two of tho turnkeys , but stood up when the Clerk of the Arraigns proceeded to read the indictments .

      The first indictment on which the prisoner wa 3 arraigned vras the one which charged him with having , on the 5 th of May last , in the parish of St . Mary , Islington , feloniously discharged a l «> ade < i pistol at Chailea . Moss , a policeman , with intent to kill and murder him . There was a second count , y ^ jhicb charged the prisoner ' s intent to be to prevent his ' . awful apprehension . To . this indictment the prisoner pleaded not guilty . He Was next arraigned on a similar . . indictment , which

      charged him with having feloniously , discharged a loaded pistol at Charles Mott ( the baker ) . / to which he also pleadeci Nof . Guilty . Ho was th « n atraii ; ned on an indictmev . t , which charged him with tha wiiful murder of Timothy Daley , a policeman , by finhv * a pistol . "it Lim loaded with l ); iH , and thereby v fL . uiiy . z a mortal v 4 « , und , of which he afterwards died . The crisoner again pleaded Not G-uUfcV : ; and lastly , he \? ua arraigned sui the Gorcner ' a Irquisit ' ion , ¦ which . -chaiged him with the wilful murde ? of Daley . To this he " alr-t * pleaded Not Guilty .

      The Jury were therefore eharged , and tke first indictment procec-ded with was thst which chiii- ^ d the prisone . with the wilful murder of Tiraothy . Dalay , the policeman . The prisoner , after having been g'ven in charge to the Jury , was allowed to resume his seat . Mr . Bodkin then rose , and stated the case on the part of the prosecution .. Ho commenced by imploring the Jury todinmisa from their liiiuds any statements which t '; ey min ' tit have previously ht ; i : d or ' read re « - pecling thu citse on which it would ih it iia , y ba tlioit iVaty to decii'e , nnd to be guided only by tha evidence which it wf > iilJ be- . his duty to lay b * -f- > rt \ rhe ' ni . The Ltarntd Counsel thtn fitated the '¦ facts of the case ; it great leng'h . and s-. id he 2 ; ad reason to hclitivo that there vran no intention on the »; irt of the prisoner ' s

      Counsel to dispute any one of those facts , but that the defence , which was intended to be set up . far him was , that he was nut . in a sound state of tuiud at tha time when bcc ' oaiCii ' . tcd the several offences imputoci to him . Sf . ' iiild such bo his defence , it must not rest on mere us * rtinn , hut must , in order to have any weight vrith thrt Jui-y , be clearly and satisfactorily proved by witmsses . In conic ' a-iioa , ihe liearned Gstuieiirip said he Lad l ' . eaTil that tho part of the dtf ^ n ce .-i > itended to be set up on the part of this prisomsr was , thatijuj atc-ased constaMe was not authorised to take the prisoner into custody at ths tim » he attempted to do so , on a mere ruiii ur that the prisoner had fired at a pi > lic ^ niaD > . He ( Mr . Bodkin > was confident that tho Ltitiiud Judges would be of opinion ttiat there was no ground for tuch an obji-ct'oiJ . After somo further observations the Learned Counsel called-. the following rfitiiisses : —

      Charles Mos . » , 162 of the N division of police , stated ih-. it on thv 5 . h of May , in the aft « rno « ta he v » as on duty r . tar Horusoy Wood , when he saw b gentleman walking in a lan « there , who wore a roassivu buncli of gold bus ' s , c ! : ain ic . He was followed by tbn prison « r . oj whom -witn ph took particuiar-iiotict ! , hntpeoiiug that it v . ts his i tent ; . m to rob the Eroiitfeintm . and ho was the nMre induced to do this because h « h : i i received information that some gentlemen had very recently betn stopped in that nui > l \ bt ; Yirlii ; o ^ , uti ' i lobbed ¦ ¦ by , a l ^ Tfon aus ' . vtrinsf tho description of t !* i- pri ¦• . iDf-r . ' The prisoner niaria no attempt to rob iho gw'tltman , but , went into an adjoining field , and witness followed bini . and steins that ho had a pistol , naked what he was d ^ iin ^ thei o ? -t : > which .-he repii ' d , iiothin : particular .

      Wuciss told him thai unlo 3 S he could Rive n more > , atUfartovy account of himself he should ftol it to be his duty to t : \ ke him into custody . Upon which the pri .-. ouer pitttnted a pibtol at him . arid wiacb , o ; i witness j ? o ; cg toRvnls him for the jitirpofcvi of apprehending him , he discharged , and thereby w < iundtd witness severely in th .- arm . He laid hold of Vh » j jiriaoner , but bton found himself so weak that he wa . f c ^ uipolled to i'jt him go ag : iin . The prisoner then , w ' a ' iked uway , feut ¦ witness f . illovvfd him , calling loudly fir asHistunce , on which the prisoner imaiediately pivst-nitd another pibtol , and sail ho Would shoot wiUie «< -dt .-a . il if he iolluwe ' u him any further . Natwithsvai : ciia « this threat witness f ' . 'llowea him across the Ji ' bisi as fist as he was abl . ; , and the prisoner tboreu ' pun divw a larj < Q

      carving knife apparently from his trowiers , and savd he wouid do for witness if he followed hi » u any farther . Witneas continued to call for assistance , a ; d f-iJiowed the prisjjnc :-until his excesbive weftfeu ' ess . p ' reventvd him fiovn g' -irg any further . Some persons , ri'ivrever . heard his cries , and wtnt in pursuit of tu « jrisunt-r . Several witDcSscs were than called , who p : ov < iu tli ;*! ., on hearing tho ali-. rni given by Moss , and . feeing the prisoner ruiH . 'iiK ; nwy without a bat , they went in pursuit of him across the fields , a distance of nearly two miles , and that whi . e so following him , they saw tho prisoner stop and re-l' > ad one of his pistols , after which he continued his flight , and tht-y i \ t length camp ud with him at a , place calitd Highbury Park South . ( Tnis portion cf the evidence it is unnecessary to « ive atleagtin . ) The

      next important . testimony was that relative to what occurred at Highbury Park Siiuth , on arrival at which place , and whnn nearly opposite the house of a gentleman named Warren , the . prisoner placed himself with bis back against s » rne . pailings , and puiliug out a brace vi pistils , « n < i holding one in each hitud , dared any of His pursutrs to approach him . J-. hn W . Young , a waiter at Hornp . ey Wood House , stated that on ht-ating the alarm given , ho and others f ' . / ilow . ed the p ' risjn . fr , and at length c »» me up with htm at Highbur ; ,-p ; irk South . Among the puvsuers were Howard , a bakur Mott , another baker , Turu'b ' ull and Smith , two « arii * i : e-s , employed in the neighbourhood ; and ail of whom wure subsequently txaitiin « U as witnesses , ami ibl-ir evidence , which did not vary in the

      eiiahttst degree , was to this effect that after the prisoner had put his back to the . palings : ¦ and pulled out the pistes , D > uv , ibe dtceased , t ; illt < i ujjou him to furrtiidtr , but which / however , herufusod l >> < 'O- That JXitty the naid that he did not thtn think the pistols the prisoner h-io in his hands were liiaced , on which treprisone said ib ; : t they were , and that if any person touched i . im ttiej should have . the contents . Tiiai ; Mote , the bi ' . kcr , stooped down , and , . ¦' rusb'jo upon the pnboiier . appin-ntiy with the intention of ts > xz \ ng him by ths lets and throwing' - him down ; but before Mott si'i'Cncnuii ' iirhiyim ! bold of Lim the prisoner fired one of the pis ; Is at tiinraud wounded him sbvereiy in the mm . Thiit ht-reripon the deceased rushed on the prisoner , tor thv i-urposo of securina' him , whtn the prisoner d ^ J-. berat •)> aimed another pistol nt him , and stwt b \ m thwuu ' b . the body . That tho policeuian fell

      und died auu it immedi itely ^ and thati \ s soon aa the prieoiier h . d flnd tue second pistol the bystanders cioseii in upon / nm ;< ud secured him . Hiwinj ; < JoiVe ao they took ircai iiim a hiTf . e carving knife which he bad iu liin trouatrs . On being diBannert , tho ' prisoner said , " now you navt > i . ikcn all my weapims from roe , I will make no iurtcitr ' rfcbi .-t . ance . I turrender vnystlf , but don't ub < 3 uiti ill" After being secured ami tied in a maiicer that pruvt-uted all posEUMiuy of escape , tho { . riBwntr wus cciiVt-ycfl to the station-house on Islington preen , 'and on ibe way there , being asted by . Tiirabdll how be carno to < iO such a thing , . he said , "I would hive served you : he same . " The evidence of Mr . Drury , a surgeon , who examined She deceased , and : who also attended the wounded persons , Mott and > loss , concluded the case on the part ut the prosecation . ' .

      Mr . Horry then rose , and addressed the Jury on the part of the prisoner , and after some pvcluninaiy remarks , said that the defence he had to urge on his behalf was that le Was insane at the time be committed the ofSnee with which he stood charged , indeed , he should contend that the very act itself was a proof of inBanityj Tiewing all the circumstances under which it was committed . In many cases a suicide where the object was to protect the gooris of the selfmurderer from bejng foifeited to the Crown , ywy slight evidence indeed had been admitted as proof of insanity , and sorely in a ' case where the life , and not merely the property of a felJow-creature was at stake , the Jury ought to be Batit-fled with that evidence which had been deemed sufficient in the cases to which he had alluded . The Learned ConnBel then alluded to the evidence in the cases of Lord Castlereagh , £ url Munster , and other persons who committed suicide , and asked whether any distinction aa to proofs of insanity ought

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      to be drawn in the case of a mau who murdered liimaelf , and he Mfho ruurdered any othar pswon , and . sa \ d if the Jury were allowed to come to a charitable conclusion in the one ' case ,, they . ; 6 . n «! ht to be alloweil to do so in the other . He tiien alluded to tbe slight proofs of insanity that had been a- 'mitted and acted upon in several cases where Commissions of Lunacy had been issued , and said that he was prepared in the present case with much stronger evidence , as to the insanity of the prisoner . The Learned Couosal the ' u went thvoiigh the evidence adduced on the part of the proseaidon , and said that the conduct attributed to the prisontr by the several witnesses showed more clearly tLjfc he was not in a sound stata of mind . After some further general remarks upon the wnole case , the Learned Counsel called . '

      Mrs . Copper , the prisoner ' s mother , who deposed to various acts on the part pf tha prisoner , which iniir cated that the prisoner was insme , but as her relation to the prisoner might be supposed to influence her evidence , we prefer giving that of other witnesses , by whom it Tfas conflraed . Hannah Southall stated that she had lodged with the prisoner ' s mother about eighteeu taonths . He was of a strange behaviour at times , and did not act at all like a sensible 3 oung man . He h : id many childish ways with him . She ha * i . frequently heard him complain-that ht > was weary -of . his lite . She knew of hia haying tukfen lauianum tor ths puppoaa of destroying himself , and saw his mother give bim srimn caster oil and walk him about the room , for the purpose o- recovering him .: H * was ill . fir a fortaight after . Wheu the prisoner had any money he spent it foolishly in p . istry and tacts , and su : h th'ugs , and not as a sensible fJtrson wouid do . He once bouj-ht a silver watch , and after taking it to pieces , sold it to a Jew for Is .

      Eilza Lloyd said she h id kuown the prisoner's mother for about eight years . Had lodged in the same house with her two ,-years ; that was about four yeara ai ; o . Know on one cccasiou * lw p . Uiiiieruied toh . » nghi' . iistlf . Witness afterv .-ards saw him lying on his motuer ' a bed , and quits black in th ^ fas ** . Ho vzh instinaihle for a long time . Warm he recovered , and was asked how he carno tJ do it , he said tiiat ho was weary of . hw-iifa , aud wished to dvttroy hiiu « vif . . he prisoner was much nffoctod on t ' no dtuth of his father . On hearing of ti : at eveuthu fainted , and vas Vns-nsibitt fur several iniimtes .

      He after Kurds taid tLat . ho had stun his father come out of his ^ r . ivt , . Witness rr : col ' oct * t seeing the prisoner burn two Dutch dock ;* . He said that they were castles which had bsen entruste to hiiii to dtftnd , suud that ' . lie Wi ; u ! d ni .-t allow any one to j . pproich them . WitntB 3 siid that if she were hi « mother she would noE permit him to bo at large . Hi I . heard him say that he had bush converted , and . th-t he was a child of God . Grcss-tianilned—Did iiot know of his gt'ing to any chapel . He was aniutluKtricms young man , and would work when he could get vt t > do .

      Mrs . tiarah Bowdiev statud that shehad lodged at the house of tbe prisoner's mother , an < 1 thnt on one occasi' ; . n the prisoner told her tha ' . he would hang himself . She repiied , " Why , you taa-t hj out of yen ' * ' mind to think of such a thi / 'g . " He wid , " Nover yen ini / id . if 1 ajii . " He on another occasion asked her to l ^ id him sixpence to purchase 8 ' > r . iH anenic , in order t ' iat he might make awa-y with tiimueif . VVitn ' tiSs refused t ' j ltt him have the inoaey , up ^ n which he said tCiit he would get 'it from someboviy e se . She had freqiit ; ntly beard him say that ho was v .-e . iry of his lifo . Once , when he was ill , he s . iid th : ; 5 thi Djvil was coming to fetch him . : .

      Rober t Bowdler , a son of the last witn ; is 3 , sis ted . that the prisoner bad ivquested him to purchase arst-uic fur him , but he refustu to do bo . Oa one occasion he produced a pistol , and asked-witness to let him shoot at him . Ho was frightened , zud rua away , on which the prisoner said , " 1 thought you was not game enough to let me do it . " Cross-examined—I never saw the play of William Tell performed , where-a fa * her shoots at an appfo on his son ' s hea < f . Haii frf queruly seen the priconev put out a candle with a-pistol loam .-d with- powder only . E ' . tw ' ard Cooper , a bio ; hrt oi the pri 80 i : er , Eged eleven years , proved that tne ptisoner had attempted to destroy hhiiesl by taking arstrtic about foui ' momhs boforo he was apprfcbundad on She present ch ; irge .

      James Cooper , another brother , eiated that the prisoner had onc « atterhptud'to coinmii ; suicide by ' banging himsil "; that was abou ^ five years ago . About six months sines witness uaw the prisoner suddenly drink Born- thing out ; of a bytUo , and auy on having done so that he had taLen enough to utstroy his life . His brother gave him so . iie c : istor oil , which prevented t . h ^ poison froaj tiiking ffEict Had fi * qawilly seea him with pistols in bis possession . He ban often threatened to shoot witness without any provocation . Mr . Bonkin replied upon this evidence , and contended at great length , that there Wiis nothing in it

      that wild warrant the Jury in coming to thy conclusion that the prisoner was insane ? but in addition to this , he said ha had witnesses to prove , not only that the prisoner was perfectly sAna at the time of the commission of the offencrt ch ; irgtd against him , but that he had been so for some time previously , ami had so continued sinco ho had bven in custody . The Learned Counsel then called two ladies , who bad b-sn stopped by the pri-f / iiL-r near Hornsey , shortly bftfora bis apprehtnsi < m on the present charge , and who svrortf that he presented ;; pisto . at them , und d-. 'mandi ?(\ their inont-y . They did not consider that ho txaibited any symptoms of inaunity .

      M-r . Macmurdo , tho surgeon 6 . f Newgate , stated toat he ha' 1 . attended , the prisoner daily since hia commitment to tiiat pripon fo . - trial . He had watched his . -conrluot narrowly , and had never observed any symptoms of msauity ahout bim . He hail do reason whatever for supposing that the prisoner v ? a . s a person of unsound ' mind . Cr ^ ss-fxamined—Had watched the prisoner more p ' artiRuIai'ly since be knew that hi 3 defence was to be that ho was ir . sant .-. Mr . Cope tha Governor < f Newgate , stated that he had visited the prisoner daily sii . ee he bad bVr ' en . in his charg ? . . Had never observed the slightest symptoms of ins-3 iiity about h >'; n .

      Geurge Waddington , the juiioj of the Clcvkenvrell Police-court , hta . teu that tha prisoner had bc ; en in his custody . soVi-rariimes . . on various charges . He had never observed any thing irrational about him . Prisoner wi 8 placed under his care when apprehended on tbe present charge . He was very talkative to witness . and when witness remarked that ttie present was h bad job , and the worst tht- prisoner had ever been engaged in , the prisoner replied it was , but that if : he ( witnebs ) had attempted to tube him into : custody , be would have shot him at once . Ho afterwards said that ke wished ' that it had been the Inspector Penny he had shot instead ' - of Daley , the policeman , because be ( Penny ) had once done his ( prisoner ' s ) mother an injury . Witness on asubsi-Qiientoccasionti . l'J him that

      Mott bad huffHted much fcom a quantity of grass remaining , on his wound , on which tue prisoner aaid that he was obliged to load the pistol with gras 3 iusttad of wadding , . because he had got no paper about him . Tho prisoner ' s mother was present at this time , and she advised him to pray to God for forgive ess of his sins , upon wh ' ch he said to htr " Dou't bother mo , I have hud preaching enough elready . " Cross-examir . sd — When the prisoner was in tbe lock-up he end ( .-avourcrl to take down a sword , but witness prevented him , and asked him afterwards what be intended doing with it , when ho replied , that he intended to destroy himseif , adding , " I would have killad you , George , if you had tried to prevent me . " bit . Horry replied upon this evidence , after which , ' Mr . Justice'Patteson ' proceeded to sum up tha whole of the case , and in dotn& so his Lordship said , that the facts oi the case were very Rh . rrt . The main question for the consideration of the Jury was , the- state of tba prisoner ' s mind at the

      time vvht > n he committed the oifence iniputed to ; him , and on that point they bad before them tha evidence of the prisoners ' .-mother , and several other . -person ' s . who had known him for some considerable time . His Lordship read over the whole of this evidence , and commented upon tho various portions of it as he proceeded . And , with regard to a remark that th « prisoner's Counsel had m : > dt . H that the very abt which the prisoner had , ' -committed was a proof of insanity , bis . -Lprd > bip said that it would be a most dangerous thing to eocieiy to infer insanity from the atrocity of m « n ' s actions . His Lordship then adverted to the manner in which the prisoner had conducttii hiniseif throughout the entire transaction , and asked if there w ^ s any thing in that cimiluct indicative of insanity . His Lordship concluded by te ! ' . ing the Jury , that if they entertained any reasonable doubt upon the matter , it was their duty to give the prisouer the benefit of it ; but if thoy did not , it was their boucdeu < . ' uty . to find the prisoner guilty .

      Mr . Harker , the usher of the Court , havine ; in tho usual manner said , "Coasii J ur your verdict , gentlemen , " the jury Vdse , grouped together for an instant , and then resumed their seats . The ckrk < at * the arraigns s ; ud , "Gentlemen , aro you agreed ? " The foreman answered ¦ ' Yes , " aud delivered a verdict of "Guilty . " The prisoner was thsn ordered to rise and stand at the bar . :. ' ' ¦ He did so with a lounging swing , and looked towards the bench-with a savage tsowl . When asked by the clerk of the arraigns , in the usual formi what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him according to law ? he made no fepiy : ¦ : ¦ .. ' - ¦¦ . -. . ' ' , ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . " . - The judges then put on the black caps , and Mr . Harfeer made the proclamation enjoining silence upon all persons in the court while sentence of death was passing upon the prisoner .

      Mr . Justice Pattisoh then , addressing the prisoner , said : —Thomas Cooper ,-. the jary , after a long and patient investigation , of your case , have found that you werei in a- ' sonad state of mind when you deprived the policeman , Timothy Daly , of life ; and no person who has heard the evidence given this day , and has attended to it with the same care or attention that the jury have given to it can for a moment doubt of their having cyme to ¦'¦' right conclusion . With ... resifect to the facts of the case itself , it appears that you went out on the 5 th of May last , arrned with loaded pistols , whether for the purposes of robbery or Hot I cannot say ; but yon appear to have before cemmitted two highway robberies , presenting pistols at the parties , robbing and threatening those persons' lives . Whether- you were out on a similar errand on tfee 5 th of May , I cannot say ; but it appears that on that occasion you met with the policeman Mose . On seeing him you ran away , and upon hla following you and exprewing bis deter-

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      miuation to' take yen into custody , you threatened to sLoot Mo . A strus>e took placa between yon , and wheu h $ . attempted to t » ka you into cuatbdy , yoa fired a pistol at him , and wounded him seribualy . You then at-. erupted to escape , but being overtaken and surrounded by the parties who followed you , amongBt whom was tha unfortunate deceased , you fired two pistols , with one of which you severely wounded an individaal , and with the other you deliberately shot Daly dead , The culprit , who had been leaning on the bar and scowling at tbs judjje , here looked ronnd the court , and seein ? Inspector Penny standing near the witness-box , just imd ? r the dock , he suddenly leaned over the bar . Penny , however , was out of hia reach , and the turnkey , who Lad been standing feebind him , immediately closed up , ajid laid their hands upon him at each side . Ho gave the insptctor a most ferocious look , and ahool ? hisfist Violently ut him . " ' ¦ - •¦ : . ¦ ' ¦ "' " /• : ¦' ? . '' . .- ¦' .. "

      Mr . Juitice Pattison gazjd at the prisoner for a moment in silence , and then said , ' . . _ You bad better listen to me . You had better listen hv my , priiuner , instead of shaking your fist at any one there . As I have bsfore said , you wounded dna of th © parsons who attemptsd to appehend yoa , and you sent tbe policeman , Daly , out of the world on a sudden , unprepared to meet bis M&ker . The act you have committed was one of great atrocity , one to the commission of which you have been led by a long course of cEta-Boluta habits , and you did it with the intention of resisting the ofiBcers of jastico when they were about to tako you into custody . You said to your mother , when she told you to pray to God to pardon yaur bquI , ' * that you did not want to be bothered with any mora

      preaciiihg ; you had had enough of that . " Whether yem have come to any better state of mind since that r do-Jiot .-fenow ; but I recommend you , during' the short tivne you have now to live , to do so—to address yourself to fervent prayer , and to try to obtain mercy and pardon from God , through the merits of our Lord aud Saviour . Your life has been forfeited to ' . your country , and L would not be doing mj duty . were I nos to tell yon that there i 3 no hope for yoa of . receiving pardon . I think it right to tell yon that yon have not the slightest hope cf pardon . I fear you are not in a proper state of mind at present : but 1 trust that you will try to obtain , by fervent prayer , the

      pardon of your Creator ; in another world I earnestly entreat ycu to apply the short time which you have how t » live in supplication-. t « ' the throne ef the Almighty who s ; jes and knows all things . It only now remaina for me to pass upon you the awful sentence of the law , which most undoubtedly . ' will be carried into effect . It is that you be taken back to the place from whence you came , and / that you be taken thence to the place of public execution , there to be . ' banged' by the neck until you are dear !; that . your b ody be buried within the precincts (< f the gaol ; and may the Lord have mercy On your soul . " Theusberreplied , " Amen . " ' . '¦ -,

      At the sound of the " amen , " the prisoner , with a look in sFhich the mosfi demoniacal rage and ferocity sesjiictl to be concentrated , grasped thelarse metal inkbottle -which is screwed upon the bar of the . dock , and muds an effort to wrench it off . Wliat his objdct could hiiva been , to are / fortunately , unable to ; tell ; for , luckily for the personal safety of the Learned Judges , or whoever else may have been destined for the salute , tbe iiikboitle was securely fastened , and the ' - ' . turnReya who had kept close to the prisoner , from tha momeat of bia threatening action towards Inspector Penny , immediately removed him from the bar . "' ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ The trial lasted a few miautes more than thirteen hours ; ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ' : '• ' . . . '• • . . - .. : - ' ¦

      Mr .. Justice Pattison , after the prisoner had been removed , iBtlmatcd to the counsel for the prosecution , that by a recent Act of Parliament , the Judges wera enabled to award a sum of money to the -widow and orphans of persons who had lost their lives in the performance of their public duties . They would therefore order the isnm of £ 50 to be given to the widow of Daly He regretted that the law did not recognise tha viab . t of Moss , the other policeman , as he had no direct authority for the arrest of Cooper in the first instance However , the great courage and praiseworthy conduct which he and the baker Mott had both exhibited were such that he ( the Learned Judge ) had no doubt but that an spplicatioi to the proper quarter would have the . effect of procuring them each a-.. handsome reward , which w : is tiui to them both for their admirable conduct , and for the severe and tedious sufferings they bad endured . The Court then broke , np . ''

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      Govebnment have issued a Special Commission for the trial ot persona accused of outrages in Tipperary and the Commission has been addressed to Chief Justice Penuetather and Chief Juatio « Doherty . Lifk is inexplicably dear , even after there ia least left to enjoy in it , more especially when the questionable boen of existence is sought to be forcibly wrested from our grwp . ¦

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      Aeisxoceacy . —It is related of General Poj , a distinguished . French orator , that ou one occasion as he was entering with much fervour into a political discussion in tha chamber , and had just pronounced the word M aristocracy , " a voice from the ministerial side asked him for a definition of it . V Aristocracy , " answered he , at once and calmly , " aristocracy in the nineteenth century ia the league , the coalition , of those who wish to consume without ( producing , live without working , occupy all public ' places without being competent to fill them , seiz ^ ' upon all honours without meriting them—that is Vnstocracy . "

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      THE VISION OF MYCHENOR . CAdapted from the French . ) . * * *¦ *¦ ' Oppressed with the labours and fatigues of the day , I threw . myself down to rest , aud behald ! while yet- sleeping , the : fallowing vision appeared unto me : — ' .. ' . ' . "¦ . ' . ¦ " ¦ .- ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' . - ' . . - ' : ¦ . Methoajfnt-I stood by a wide extended plain , thronged by an iiKHiense rouVtitude of human beings ; old men , grey with acs , striplings , and children of a year , were there ; and frsni out of the whole of this vast multitude arose one groan , of '' . suffer ing ' , one voice of weeping " . and iamentation , and my eyes were filled with , tears at seeing their gaunt and bony forms , anS the cry of their --complaint ' entered into my soul , and I turned to

      an aged man who leaned mournfully upon a staff ; wherefore , father , said I , do these people mourn ? . Is thlr king de ?/ . ? Do they weep for a chieftain , ot conqueror ? ' ' - . But the old man Bhook his hoary locks , and raising his hand , pointed towards the south- And behold . . ' a raist , as it were , fell from ray eyes ; and afar off , I beheld a mighty Form standing before a ui .-iur / tain ; and the Form ' a height was even from tha foot to the ' summit thereof . And passing through tha crr . wd , I drew near unto it , that I migkt look upon the cause of the people ' s . sorrowing . And I saw the Form was human , arid had features like unto man ; aud ha WiJre an iron crown ; and oil his forehead was written , " Grovemmect ; " and his eyes shot fire ; and in hia

      hands he held a whip of scorpions , on which was written . " Laws ; " and his SBpect was terrible to loofc upon . . And hehold ,: a 8 I drew nearer , I discovered that fhe Fcrm hal two face 3 ; and looking towards it , I beheld the second face , and its features were pleasing to behold , and it smiled sweetly ; and the tones of its voice were bland and musical , and the gaza of the second face was direttad to the mountain top . And behold , in the mountain top were gathered together a few men and a few women , and a sumptuous repast was spread before them ; and plenty seemed to abound with them ; each was dressed in purple and fine linen , neither seemed there any end of their , diamonds and jewels , and I heard no gruans or lamentations from thwra . ' . '¦ ' . ¦ ; . " : " ¦ " '"¦¦ : "• ' ' . •' .: ' '¦ . ¦

      And methought , seeing these things , I was puzzled , and astonishment kept : me silent : And behold , gassing again upon tha multitude upon the plain , I saw ail wera nut prostrate and weeping , some here and there were gathering together into groups , and organising them * selves , aV . d throughout the whole extent of the plain were signs of a mighty movement . And looking , I saw a great river running by the side of the mountain , and mauyjaden ships were on it , and the people looked ai . sioualy towards them , but the river was chained across , and the Form took half of all that passed . And gaz ? ng more attentively I perceived that the hands of the Fotm were iron , and its feet clay , and -I saw written on its breast in blood , " Class legislation . " And behold , in a short time , the features of the Form

      were convulsed with agony ; and foith from its brain arose an infant child , and ii stood on the iron crown , and its . appearance was hailed with joy from the mountain , but from the plain no sound of joy arose , and the Form seeing this waxed furious , and brandishing his whip , he spoke , ' ^ Slaves , behold your future king , fell down and worship him . " And behold suddenly I heard from one extremity of the plain even unto , the other one loud laugh of derision , and turning , I beheld the whole people gathered together and gazing with looks of hatred and contempt upoa the Form , and the people were calling , for ; leaders to show them how to overthrow it . And the Form seeing this , ' trembled , and said within itself , " If the pespla cwntinue thus I am undone , I must divert their gaze

      from my own depravity / ' Saying this , ' , the Form eenfi cumiing men . amoDgst the people- to shew them the eause of their misery ; aud they lectured them , and strove to niake ' them believe that too many people lived In the land ; and they published bookB , and taiked of -. jtas . and emigration . But the people hootect them out from the midst of them , and would not even so much as listen unto them . Then the Fotm sent rnild and meek-faced men to teach the people obedience ; and these men Went forth , and spoke of poverty and misery as btEefits from heaven , sent from above to prepare them for another and a better world They said it was sinful , and wicked , to complain ; and that "the powers that be , are ordained of < 3 od . " Bat the people scoffed at these tbingB , arid made reply , "If ye think poverty such a benefit , come share it with Us , why dress ye in purple and fine linen , and fare sumptuously every e ' ay , -whilst we are starving ? Ye ara hypocites and false teachers all . Depart out from

      amongst us" paying this the peaple unltsd inore closely . Then did the Form tremble with Idismay , rand gave himself up for lost , and in his peril he took connsel of those in ! the mountain top , and behold in a short time I heard a voice frnm the top , saying , Divide the people : spread dfsunfon , and you ' wiil conquer . ' And presently I beheld many well-fed men goin ? amongst the people and striving to directtheir sttention to Sie chain acroi ! 3 the river , and they . sald , Take that chain off our ttade and all will be ¦ welL" But the peeple rfcturned , "What will be the use of taking off the chain Has not the Form power to put it on again ? We will destroy the Form . " Then did the multitudes advance with palm branches in their hands , and singing songs and . bymns of jubilation , and at their head were five men , and the tramping of their feet shook the earth , and their cheers resounded to the very heavens ; and as Uiey approached the Form they became invisi ble to me , and a pealing shout , as of victory , woke me frommy vision . v ' "¦ - . / v ¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ ' :- ' V- ¦ ¦ : ' " ' :: " .: " : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - - - ; ';' - -v " - ' ' :- ' -: ' - - F . Rochdale , June 11 , 1842 .

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      ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE buDY ; provinj ; that Man is governed by his osvn iS ^ tural Laws of Action and Reaction , depmuiiijf upon their c mdhion and ihe substances in ex ^ t-uce that will accord wiih those Laws eternally , if they are not opposed by other subitaupes i hat have received a different consti ' iuilon . Bradiord : B . Walker , , - & 8 , Westgate . The genius of this author ha ? chosen a field of exercise calculated to excite much interest , if his alleged discoveries bore an air of plausibiiry ano i > racticabili ; y . This thej doaoi , in our e tuaanon . His great secret—nis principle cf matt-rial immortality , seems to be the negative . n- ± -. f uot eatiu < any thin « calculated to precipitate ph ^?; . 'hitc of lime , or in other woras to eainotning wiucii , viJ create boue ; he

      says" It is a -well-known f .-. ct tfcat if fowls are fed on substances that contain no iBipu . 'iiitd , aud in a place where there is no calcareous earm , tha > they will lay their eg ? s without shells . In tho saina njyiiner , if a female after cocception was to subsist upon substances that contained no carlhy matter , such as phosphate of lime , tc , the child would , bis entirely without bone ; its body TC-v-uld consist solely of a number of vts-iels SUed . -with a fluid substance , called blood ; aud so long zs ths child continued to subsist upon those suo Ela&ttes' so long wocld the fcloo-1 coctinue to circulate

      through the various ramification-- < -f the system , supplyins the waste eoing on in every } jo . ti of the hydy ; every EELSitive feeling -wou ' . d retain its capab : iit : t »; its perceptive powers vi-ouia convey eviiy object that ac . ed upon figa , vrith such facility and accuracy to tha rtfl ^ ctive powers , so as to j ; ive them evtry opportunity oi ascertaining their natnre and quulitied , in oriier to place them in harmony with them ; -ud , so loDg as i ; continued to suppiy tie tjtteui ~ ,-ti 3 niaieriais that would eltmenats from evtry p-rt of tLe " r . t . dy in the forma of fluid , vapour , and gas , eavirg no impurities behind , then life might tialy be called an unresistcd

      phenomenon . He forgets , however , to tell us bow the labr-urs and uses * ol life we to be peTSoimed v >\ thout bones , or whence this pure elemena ' . ing food is to be had . The pamphlet altogether javes evidence of a mind contending with a subject altogether too vast for its capacity , and of whichitsknowledgescarcely deserves the name of imperfect .

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      JUSTICE TO THE PRODUCER THE ONLY MEANS OF RESTORING THE PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY . A little tra--t of tight pa ^ es , printed by Wrigiey , R-chnale , in which all : he volumes of elaborated j sophi ? trj spoi-trd and vomited forth by the " free trade" men are cflctuallj answered in a fev ? lines .. DESCRIPTION OF THE NAVAL AUTOMATu . V , invented by J . A . Etzler , and lately ; Pattjn ; ed in Eatland , France , HojJaijd ,. Beigmm , and tha United States of . North America . ' .

      This isventioa is & gjstem T ? y which—1 . Or : e man is enabled to r : inage the sails in an ea ^ , quick , and certain me je , on any vessel , by the P- . 's-er of th £ wind its = if . 2 . The "SfST-. -s propel the vesfel , pnicp out the wateri " ar . d do the other heavy vrorfes ( a new motive power , much superior t o any ef steam ) , requiring but a cheap and timple machinery , and no fuel , r . , r further sttecdaEce of man beyond that of the man at tie helm , —applicable to the smaLtst as -well as the greatest vc = seL m 5- The same po-srer may b& joined to thosa cf wmd

      and of steam , and vessels may be propelled at the lowest average rate of twenty miles par hour . 4 . The same power is an infallible means to prevent sMpimcks , by driving the vessel from dangerous places under any circumstances . 5 . Is afforded a new motive power ( which coEts nothing but a simple contrivance ) , of any amount desired , even of tborxsand * of horses , tnthiD the ccjnpaas of fifty feet , to drive all aorta of stationary macliines ( mills , factories , &C- ) near the coast .

      London : Wxlssai and O ^ ilvy , 57 , Skmner-streei ., SnowhilL Tae title of this pamphlet is so full that we need &dd nothing to it as an indication of its purpose and contents . Not beisg praptic-ally versed in . scientific tt&tters -we fcazsrd no opinion on the weighty matters upon which it treats ; but the subjeot is one of bo much importance to the public generally that we think it tbe imperative duty of all -srho are capable of forming an opinion of its merits $ 9 fizamine and inspect Mr . Etzler ' s plan .

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      r ^ THE N C R T H ERN St k % . _____ J

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 25, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct604/page/3/