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      _»— - — — - ¦ IBB WORDS OF BELIEF . tCorda "wiD I name—around and about , p& * IL «„ the lip . f uH of mewing , they flee ; **? Su £ «* flaSr Mrth 5 atS » being without , J * * Xil » eart , not the Up , must thsir oracle be ; ¦^ nVorth in the mansfaaU for ever be o ' er ** mtosseThree Words he believes no more . - -m » de TB . TB ' -t Msd , 1 ) 7 birthright , is free , jgJj 2 , V » taa » dean Mm bat bom for his ^ 5 bwb «* <»» ihe ra ttle may

      bej ! jar not the Slave , -when he fereakjB from his * ^ thsin . , . .. ^ 3 taB mads s ^ reemsn grows safe in Ms gain . YisrinB a n > o « & ** * Bds OT a ~ aomiA > . J jdaamsy ierToice , in this being , obey ; iM& eTer ha dip tm the stony ground , * rXn «»« ^» *** * odUfee ™ y- . J ^ j , in TOdom rar ' j may not perceive , ^^ ctSdBie sp&ii can still believe . i «? i GO D ihere is!—otst Space , otet Time , *^ 2 e ^ e Human Will rocks liie a reed to and r -, tba Win of the Holy—A Parpose Sublime , i fljonzht Toren over creation below ; ^ t ^ Tand shifting the Ail we inherit , g ^ g ^ ea thronxh all One Immutable Spirit 3 ijst the Three W ^ rds of Belief —though about t l aihe iip to the Up , full of meaunig they flee ; t tfcev take not tbeir Lirth from the being "withoh !^™ ¦ g-jaToice from irithin mnsi their oraele be ; i ^ ssTa il " * ortiv ™^ ^^ can ** > tI » ^ ia those Three W-or ia he believes no more . g ^ ET -B PoeoJ ^ nd Ballads .

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      iX SWEB TO M . EL'S ENIGMA . sncscl nre ** companion to the Erasing breast , Sri dsiabled hummou of tha blest ; ffionflmaiBy thcngata tby magic spell , gW ^^ J ^ f **^ tljj to flKSd «> d &irfnl form > 5 pU . ite "ips are locked in passion ' S-Storm , i ^^ s hart iB vain wonld seek relief , 7 \ adi 5 i 3 * 'bBnl Md thoughts that speak . TLttoatt k */ beanty thy magical power , SLj fla wsW *¦ asieep in " eve's" stilly honr ; I ^ gg oxscnbeani is glancisg o ' er mountain and to

      ^ isiefrl aia hath Sown neat main . irZaihuaisea of heaven . shed their tenderest light , Ljw wod intrudes oa the " stfllnes 3 of night ;" ¦ vhsuB •' motion * is seen save the courtier clouds , 5 > £ TOildpthe moon and its beauty enshrouds . ¦ jfj sa jass 0 D and " turmoil" with tixe winds are unfrf ' d , 2 s 2 hesnty ana sifesa sre alone in the -world . Ersajb loving hearts " " Death thy potent sway , " EitrJEu'd and wil'd svsj the live long day ; jaiid 2 io » a language , a silence that speifca , US a read in thB eye thai is seen in the cheeks . Has iast loots so expressive , so timid , bo kind , I ^ srBjB naue in an instant they speak -to the mind ; isi "Then life ' -s passions Icui and clamorous prove , " » 0 r dtati ^ ebill threads are o ' er our senses "wove ;" JaasuBt flasire , most lovely is tiy face , g »^ BBg ocr « are » within thy calm embrace ; Sree : sa a lovirg nwajer to whose breast , Tit 2 / iiie wearied children to their re » U * TThen the thicdeis sleep in their airy deep . Awl the silver moon her beams has strown ;" 3 £ rBsrttfeK » fonnd with those who weep , CCir hopes and promises for ever flown . g 3 Bi 5 thai hearts with dreams of ease , tiannia the gloomiest to the brirhteist day ; EJ the cbannM broke by the " whistling breeze , ** And daik reality resumes its chQIine sway .

      3 k « last been from tirns of eldest da'e , i jtlije to trcth from * ' tyrannocs 11 hate ; Efl dajair hs 3 forced she avenging ery , ¥ iai * i 3 ffiger"bid the mjiiad 3 di& « 351 ga gander ' s venom alms its polson'd dart , " lij Bbii 3 d aronnd my actions throw ; let its li ' jiKe of liisdiin impart , TfcsJpcace which honesty alone can know . Jfifli " * fiisant priGe ™ enaVle me % o greet , B Hx *? z loaoat ciamonrs as a thm 2 of nanght ;*' lioatne " -braggart railer ' s" voice retreat , lid sDtte scenis with envy taught iKSsrth tuia cshn , the tempists have their sleep , lai Baa iTsia ihK his fellow-man may weep .

      Anr tfcrme&aa charm thon still dost hold , Wlatbiaii& ^ t&OQlboys" e ? r ir often told ; "When tos assart voice doth loud prodaim , Eai sSose in the school must reign . TboBghDO ejastence thou canst rightly claim , " E jB ie true which ancient poets feign ; TbcBarttbs eldest kora of nishr , iB 2 ssst a godesis en : pitEeval light ; iidoSefi from Ctact " all that lives and grows , " "¦ Bla&now then aadlest icio swe * t repose . " Thosas M . Wheeler lanple-Bar .

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      THE WISH . Hiss be a cot berideahill ; A DeddVE ' s fawn shall soothe mine ear , 1 w 2 iowj brook tiiat turns a mill , With nany a fall shall linger near . IhsrwjEcnr ort , beneath my thatch , ShiUt » itter from her clay-bnilt nest ; Oftihia aBpa ^ rin ! lift the latch , Teihsreisyinesl , a w-Icome guest . ixsvui my ivyd pprch , shall spring ~ Eieh fiagiast fl _> wtrthat drinks the dew ; AidXacy , at her wheel , shali sing , lamsset ^ own and apron bine . Esvffiigschardi , amid the trees , _^ Khere Srst oar miirriajfe vowa were given , neb vnxrj peals shall swell the braza , - kri point , iriQi taperBpire , to Hea-. cn .

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      THE FLEET PAPERS . J ^ 8 resnne onr extracts from Mr . Oastler ' s ^^ of the proceed ass of the League , in their fZV **** Twg * s . " His description is ^ f ? v f * tTQe "» and tie manner in -which Sif ^* » as been appropriated , wiU be tWinthnmfiinitEres : : — toS-5 ? ^ « I ^« tellins you of the aespon " ¦ &SZ ~ * Z Cr € r * hirllssd the Lmsvtrt after the com-^ O ^ too ir ofawr allies , the Compete Svfragists , " * ?

      Bgr - ^ f g da ? sss : aBdho ' w the -Z ^ a ? a «« , in g-J Knw appEed ro J 0 EI oidfriead ^^ ^ ^ j ^ sa ^ t ™ 1 *» and ECTice . fctt ^ hS ^? ! . ™*™* * BDd ' J 051 now ' toW * - Sas ^^ £ * 'Wi £ bont fnr ^ er delay , give yon Txgj ^ f ^ ^ a 3 ytu are aware , quite an adeDt in ^ t ^ sr < ETrr' * -i £ itows where the shoe pinches . ttoaBoT ^ be ? i : ! bj contriving to gtt rid of Ie ™* ^ Mjl - ¦**> eagerly embraced by the Wre-w . * ^ ^ r ation was , How ? Expence vsr feT ^ L -J * " ^ ' Orfj pat as in the tea h * £ f ^ " ^ sn 33 ' " ^^ * i ^ i ^ s , a « M ^* . *¦»»¦"— By m ^» <»» * e Press / ¦ nasj ^ T ' * &er ? E-tablish a new Chartist " ^ bj Ab U inttftlle market , aad then you ^ tejart fefi naa - ^ i ™ 1111111 ' 3 " ^ Sn ^ lly destroy , " Trt ia ^ lT ^ ' ^ rawriKg down his paper . "—^ & * j £ B « * / CwI ' " ' aEd tmr frilrE ' - - tfae Stvrgeita ^ aaad t TT - srViist - c = nEot tbosi- tewj-papers be bo

      ? afe-i s T ' ~ a bu t » f it . ' sjsao : g } y rpjoined s cS i /^ T TSB ^ erstand ? oni p Kt-on . Ton tcani Xisst&xL n ^ ' ' *^ bosses—you musi have the ^¦ as . Th ** ^^ " " ' l ^ r < = £ tIit . r ^ a « « -Uher of those ^^ n s ^ l ^ ^ tke fcr ! Be r as t " se ra ^ an of the ^ 'clb ' f ' '"'* ^ ppp »» d to the femaucipation of IS ?»» Sr ! ™ f " : a : fl £ S " - ' — e 3 aU ' T ' ^ t ? iB 0 W i 4 S s &t * . TrtT a 6 e £ ta ^ P ^ rtJ- the Complete * & * & >¦ ll ¦ rol ? « ccgn-z- merely as a sec-^ ^ j ^ - 6 tt 3 ll « i f »! ni the body , in the hope ' ^ sTte-Wv ^ " Tjlp ¦ B ^ rV fc-. e classes , the ^ J = JWb ^'" e eJ 'tS * r Ccmpfiie Saffrace . Those > 5 ?? Sijje ^ 7 1 &tfaI " tbeir W * J » i > c ' ^ o ^ tsin the % *)^^? Ce 5 ^ Kttsi ** ta > -lish a > urtly Chariisi ^ T ^ nfl ^ " * - ' lavist ts siontly and con-^ J « £ i o . " . 1 ^ ' ^ ord 6 r * o obtain the support of ^ ^ ta > hJS ~ ' cll :: " cl * sses ""i *^> ect benefit ? 5 » a » toT » al iibOT : r ' ' ^^ cy csll it , yon mast

      >^ -- *^ S ? nisI ? fet 0 Ter ^ e ^ " ^ poo' l » w as S ^ " *« ?^ £ adiE « f £ Elt «* ^ nJe of its v ^ > ^ is ast always be lh ked with high v ^^ SaSr ? * hilits on tte benefit tote derived «?^^^ aaitets for the produce of labour ES ^ sJS * " * ^ Cfattr- ' the sis points , * S ^ O a ^^ ssiiBiiBii oi Cfear&t movements , and te > J ** J ^ , ^ " ""^ ^ ^ E 3 ain ^ Pira ° * wl ^ " ^^ * inteEd ^ « et r of O-Gonnor «^^ . ^ or , lisre jj J . Q ottier pj ^ for yonr ^^ " ^ eeisS ^ ^^ ^^ thoTssana ponnds fe ^ ' ^^^^ ^ *• i 5 s ^ Poal . -and ^ £ * OiifeSf ™ * J ? taiethe mansgement of ^• "WSrJ ^ fS * - " ^ , ^ ^ can = e necessary ^^ * a ^ rr ^ ntbiel ** connexion ! -2 a ; i * aKi » is---- »• SSssi- ^ rafiMEttr ^^ 9 aaa " ^ appointed , find w be mtm-

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      ben of a society which they call The Reform AssodatioV Intended to be undentood by the worling danasinthe conntry as The " -orking-man ' s Association , ' which has been established many years in London . This , it is expt-cted . will decoy the unwary . These committee-men are Ltagvers , not working men . " The went employed in Lancashire and Yorkshire to establish The Sadind , is recognised by the Ten Hours Bill men as in eornexioa with Lord Ashley , whose conscience is quieted by an assurance from Mr . Place that he will--write a fsw articles in The Sentinel in favour of the Ten Hours Bill ? Thus auspiciously launched , The Seatfnd is expected to be eagttly patronised by the masses , no one suspecting that the League has any connexion with it

      " The agent-is known to be opposed to the Leaguen , and Tery favourable to ' the rights and protection of labour "; he , not being in the secret , may sincerely recommend The Sentinel as the best working man ' s paper . Great pains will be taken to persuade the masses that the Leaguers have nothins whatever to do with The ScntineL It will , however , soon be discovered , that where they have itfluence , they will recommend that paper to their work people . The plan is well laid—I shall , however , be surprised if it sneceed . "In all the consultations with the Leaguers , Mr . Place Beriously believed himself to bs acting the part of

      a fnend of the working classes- He is persuaded that J " ree Trade , and the destruction of our monarchical government , and the institutions founded upon it , are the only means of benefiting the prodncers of all wealth . He knows how strong the prejudices of tha masses are in fav&nr of the protective system and cf our Christian and Constitutional icstitnt ons , and he therefore fancies that he is justified in adopting snch measures to overcome , by degrees , the foolish prejudices jas he conceive ? them to be ) of the working classes , and leading them to adopt such views as he conceives are essentially necessary for their own interest

      "Theagent of The Sodintl Is now in the North engaged in his mission . He is well-appointed , having a good salary * unlimited power , plenty of money for necessary operations , with orders from the committee who are never to be styled Leaguers ) to adopt every ( plan sdA pursue every course h& thinks most liktly to promote the circulation of The Sentinel . Expence is not to be considered—snecess must , if possible , be secured . ' The obj = ct of the proprietors of The Sentinel being to catch tha ear of the masses , for the purpose of eventually securing iheir influence for the Leaguers , its arguments must b « directed to chime in wish the

      prejuaicesof the former . It will stoutly maintain the six points of the Charter , ' take a great interest in the promulgation of the different rites of wagts , sometimes venturing to attribute their fall to the want of more Free Trade—it will evince much sympathy for the teilins millions , find fault with some of the workings of the New Poor Law , and now and then contain an article from Mr . Place himself in favour of a Ten Hours Factory BilL All those points will , howbver , be so managed as eventually to establish the necessity of Free Trade , and a more Liberal Ministry , as a stepping-stone for further changes in our institutions .

      " Tims do tiiB Leaguers hops to gain the favour of the masses , extinguish the Northern Star , get rid of O'Connor , replace OConnell , reinstate the Whiss , annihilate the Aristoeraey , * scattering them ( as O'Connell has it ) like chaff before the wind , destroy the Church , and finally , abolish the existing form of < 3 oveiranent ! "D ) not start—in private some of the Leaguers scruple not to avow such intentions . " Do you doubt . ' Ask your old friend , Mr . Francis Place—he is en uncompromising Rspublican ;—ask him if 1 have not told the

      truth" The anxiety of the Leaguers to obtain the sweet voices of the cr «« vd , is perpetually tic-zing ont On * of them asfctd a friend of mine , for how much money the hungry SpitalSel . is weavers could be hired to line the road all the way from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords , when her il » jesty should g ® to open Parliament , the poor weavers being engaged to shont tke whole time , from one end of the line to the other , *• Bread , Bread , Bread j" Other considerations rather than the expence prevented that indecent and hired attempt at revolution . " Mr . Oastler , in his number for the present week ( Feb . 18 , ; after reading Sir James Graham a severe lecture on prison discipline , turns from him to the gentlemen of the House of Commons , whom he thus addresses : —

      " I am an Englishman . I was a prisoner in the Fleet Prison for debt—now I am the victim of the Secretary of State for the Home Jtepaitmtnt , in the Queen's Prison . I am not . at present , about to discuss the right of one Englishman to imprison another , ad leave him there to die , merely because he owes bis fellow subject , his brother man , a sum of money !—it is enough that I suggest that si ?; h power Wi * s denied by the great Charter of onr liberties ; and that I hint at the folly of thus preveatinsr a man from ever being able to satisfy the claims of Mb creditor . Custom having established that breach of the law and that folly , 1 never complained whilst I had to pay that penalty .

      " Now , 1 think 1 have can * e of complaint ; and seeing that you- have bten , as I believe , the innocent instruments through whom I have suffered . I am bound to urge on yon these strong grounds of remonstrance . For it is most probable , that although you were the agtnts , you were perfectly 'ttnesnEciouB of the injury yoH were inflicting : it is , thpn , my duty to inform you " I was arrested on tht 9 lh of December . 1840 , in the county of Middltatx . 1 should have been token to Whitecross . Street Prison , had I not been informed , that , by expending a certain sura of monty , I ccnld obtain my committal by a Judge to the Fleet Prison , where , I wastold , I should hav « more liberty , and consequently , more comfort 1 paid the money rtqnired , fxay friends provided me with the needful ) , and was . by a Judge , committed to the custody of the W&rden of the Fleet Prison .

      " On my arrival there , 1 was informed that 1 could not have a separate room , unless I paid the fets . I instantly complied—a room was given to me , which I enjoyed until tbe 12 th of November . 1842 tchet } against my solemn protest , J tr-os forcibly taken away and lodged in this prison . When 1 was committed to the Fleet , I found myself under the protection of the Judges , who , by ctrtain Acts of Parliament , were empowered to make miss for the regulation of the prison . Of those rules I was always observant I was never reproved—I never complained .

      " Havirg purchased the rights which I thus enjoyed , I was enabled , by the kindnets of my friends , to l ay ont a sum of money in making my room comfortable . Having also purchased my privileges under the sanction of the laws and the Judges , I deemed myself as much entitled to enjoy them in security as any of yourselves can be to the erjoyment of your property . The only condition of observing them was obedience to the Rules —that I scrupulously paid . " During the last session of Parliament , an Act , called the Queen'svPrison Act , was pissed , which authorised the removal of the prisoners iu the Fieet to this place , and constituted the Secretary of Stita fcr the Home Department the governor of the Queen ' s Prison .

      " It is pretended that I was under that Act Bnt first , as to the Act itself . 1 cannot believe that injustice was intended—tfaat it was enacted is seif-evident . I cannot dispntr your power to rob rue of my purchased legal rights , or to add to the severity of the final sentence of the law ; but I do dispute ycur right . As well might you claim the right to confiscate the estate ? of every Er . gli > hman except yourselves , or to add transportation to the sentence of those who are condemned to imprisonment , and drstb to those who are condemned to tro . neporta . tion , as tbus assert the riyht to confiscate my property , deprive me of my nnforfeited richts , and alter mv 5 ent *? Dce under the law .

      " Mo 3 t Tespeclful'ij , bv . m-m urgently , J can your attention to these facts , rememb . rinjf , that "when the Act of Parliament destroys my rights , it has shaken your own . Power ¦ wh ; clj is not fonnded in justice , is Titcessarily , of uncertain tenure . Remember , also , you arena : authorized to assume arbitrary power—you are merely the cbosen protectors of constitutional rights . But , Gentlemen , this is not the whole of my case . It was enacted in that statute , that when 1 was removed , my name * l > onld be inserted in the warrant . ? f o name was written therein . The warrant was a single abeet of paper . When I asied to » fn my name , I was referred to a separate book , of many pages , which seemed to contain the names of all the prisoners in the Fleet .

      " Jfay , mere . It was enacted that this prison should be made ready to receive us . No such preparation was made . I , for <_ ne , was placed in a filthy loom , without any furniture—the room sicanned tcilh bugs , it having been , that very week , ruJed by tbe Lord Ch : ef Bsrcu . and dfcCMled by & jury , tha * o house infested trith bugs teas not tenan / able Fur four r-ishts 1 wandtn d about the prisen , without any rest—for two nights 1 was inctbted to a brotJ-er prisoner for his bed . " I was put to the expeDCe of TemoviDg ray furniture , and making tny room habitable . I underwent all this suffering , and incurred this expence , without eveD beir ? charged with misconduct It is true , that when I had thus suffered , I -was offered £ h by the Prison Inspector , which , of course , I refused . The afer proved that the Government was in the wrong .

      " "Still , I have not told you alL I am no longer under the protection of the Judges—I have witnessed the diff > rence between the guardianship and the keepersbip of ihe Home Secretary of State , by the lavish expenditure of the public money in iron ba . -s , gratings , spikes , and , above ail , in a dark , dismal , separate yard , in which the ' female prisoners are to be confined , and in maiiy contrivances for the express purpose of adding sever ity to imprisonment . What the Rules to which I am hereafter to be subjected may be ,. I am , as yet , only able to guess . Knowing , however , that Sir James Graham prevents debtors in Carlisle gaol eating a luncheon with a Mend and relative , or playing on a flute for amusement , and that he is so unmanly as to subject tbOBS debtors , even xohen they are teith iheir wives , to be intended upon without Die courtesy cf knocking at ttt door—knowing all this , and seeing the vast accumulation of iron in this place , by his express order , I am led to expect that cruelty , not Justice , will be the pervading Epirit of his Rules .

      * ' Under the regulation of the Jcdges I was allowed the free ingress and egrt a of friends— safe cu tody , entirety free from personal annoyances , was all that their Rules -required , I have bees honoured by the visits of aieinfceisof your Herourable House and of . tie House

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      of Lords , by foreign ministers , and gentlemen of the highest literary a-. tainn . ents and the greatest political influence , both English and foreign . We haw often partakes together of re freshment ; but now it wsuld seem that , without any fault of mine , I am to be condemned to suffer tha loss of their socitty , except on terms so degrading , that the pleasure , if not the opportunity , will be withdrawn . " Gentlemen , since you are , I believe , the innocent instruments through whom I have thus been wronged , I appeal to yen—15 cleroc ] y a * k you to restore my rights —those rights which I have never forfeited , - they are i as Bacred as your own , and ought to be held in violate .

      "If you require more" information , I am ready to appear at the bar of your house—I will answer any and every question , and shall not hesitate to plead my own cause ; when , if the sacred principle of justice has not departed from your assembly , you will hasten to restore that which , I believe , it was never YOUR intention to take away . " If you refuse this request , bo reasonable , I ask you to supply me with means for appearing before the Judges of the realm , there to demand the restitution of those rights which , under the sanction of the laws , / purchased from one of themselves .

      " I cannot believe that the Legislature of Eng ' and intended that a man who refuses to a debtor the enjoyment of eating with a friend or relative , or of amusing himself on the flate—that one who would ruthlessly invade the sanctity of the privacy of married life —I cannot , until you have forced the conviction , either by not amending or erasing from the statute-book this stealthily obtained Act , believe that it was your intention to empower such a high State functionary to oppress those who are already suffering from the malicious revenge of their fellow subjects . Nor will I believe , till the conviction is forced on me , that you intended to deprive any subject of her Majesty either ei their property or their rights . " If in this I am mistaken , I shall regret that tyranny has usurped the throne of justice !—but I shaii never despair , because I know that oppression always dijjs its own grave , and that He in whom I trust has declared that He will break in pieces the oppressors . *

      " Perhaps it may be requisite that I should explain why I adopt this mode of communication to you , the representatives of the people , instead of adopting the right of petition . I have pthtioned—you were deaf to my entreaties . That is why I Tesort to this mode of

      address . Now you know , Sir James , as well as I do , that ex post facto laws are unconstitutional , and thai no penal Ad of Parliament can be retrospective But , not content with being the Minister of cruelty under the Queen ' s Prison Act , you have dared to add torture to injustice , and have refnsed to comply with its enactments . ' If a law were made to alter tha sentences of prisoners already condemned to imprisonment to transportation , and you , in the gratification of your vengeful spirit , were to hang them , that crime wouid only differ in decree . •¦ If the spirit that , in dayB of yore , animated the heart of Englishmen , were not txtiEct , you would be impeached—now perhaps a btfl of indemnity may b 9 passed . But remember , no bill of indemnity can heal the wounds already ii flicted—they will rankle till they burst .

      •• We who have been drugged from the Fleet to this place , contrary to the letter and spirit of the law , know that by the lew we are free- we are held in prison because , just now , you are powerful , and can , at present , defy the law . That power which is not founded in justice cannot long exist—it mast be restrained by the return of justice , err fall by its own inherent weakness . I pray God that th « former may be the case . Do not deceive yourself—I have met with those in prison who have been schoolmasters to the mind of EDgland . We know how to be patitrt , but we have not yet learned to yield , in silence , to injustice and tyranny . " Lay not the flattering unction to your soul that England will never know . The eyes and tae ears of trne Britons are attentive to your prison deeds . Those deeds of darkness will be brought into the blaai of

      day——•• One word on our Indian affairs . How can impeachment be refused ? If the Whigs were justified in invading Affghanistan , the Conservatives were guilty of treachery when they evacuated the conquered couDtry . If the Conservatives were justified in relinquishing possession of Afghanistan , the Whigs were lawless plunderers in the attack . "Either there must be impeachment , or responsibility is a farce . if the treasure , blood , and national honsur which England has sacrificed in that invasion , conquest , end retreat , do not call for the impeachment of the guilty authors of so much loss and disgrace , every natian in the world will ridicule our notiou of England's responsible governors , and despise the name of Britain ' s greatness . Then , it will be proved that the very kernel of the Britiso institutions is rotten , and that the sun of Britain ' s glory has set Well , we shall Bee .

      * ' What a woeful figure you cut on the Tth instant , when Mr ., Walter posed you so awfully respecting the atrociena New Poor Law ' secxet ' -public document j — ' I have a faint recollection ! ' —Hem \—• I hardly know } . ' "—Hum . ' Ha . ' Non mi ricordo ! Hem !) Hem !— I am not prepared to consent to ito prwduction !* Sir JameB Graham , it will not do ! A Minister of the Crown should not thus disgrace himself ! " That Bcene is too rich to be disposed of with this hasty glance . In my Bext letter you Bball hear more from me on that most important exhibition . How many speeches have l > een made , how many books written , to discover and explain the principle of the New Poor Law . We have it no » , proved by an official document —starvation ! Yes , that is tbs word , and that is the principle ! Well , I think my friend Walter , has , at last , given the hideous monster its death-biow . "

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      On WEKiESDAT night , the neighbourhood of St . Aiban ' s was the scene of a tragical and distressing occurrence . Two men were found struggling in ajrony on the steps of a Louse in Hancock ' s-yard , occupied by a man namrd Williamson . Williamson , ii wouid seem , had grown jealous of his wife .

      who is a fihopwoman iu tho town , in consequence of his having observed a too familiar , intimacy existing between her and a man named Brigg , who worked in the same shop . On Wednesday , Williamson concea led himself to watch for the supposed paramour , who came soon after ten o ' clock , and as he was about to knock at the door , Williamson rushed to the steps and fired a pistol at Brigg 9 , the contents of which lodged in his cheek . Williamson dropped the discharged pistol , and drew out another , which Briggs succeeded in wrenching from him . Williamson then iBblantly took a small bottle from iie pocket , and drank off its contents , which pio ? ed to be oxalic acid . At thiB moment several persons rushed forward , and conveyed the sufferers to the infirmary . Slight hopes are entertained of their ultimate recovery .

      Yam Ahbuhg , the Lion Tamkju—If it be trne that a certain celebrated unguent—wherewith Mr . Van Amburg anoints himself , is the means of taming the ferocity of the wild beasts ¦ which surround him , it is not the lees certain that in the event of their using their teeth , the ungaent alluded to , ( Holloway ' B Ointment , ) would effectually heal the wound in an incredibly short period of time ! . Our observation has for a basis , the great variety of external disorders , snob as goat , rheumatism , scrofula , glandular cemplaints , all kinds of wounds , cancer , . paralysis , &o ., to which this highly reputed Ointment is applicable . Were it only to oiminisb khe anxiety whica all parents must feel respecting their children and housefcoldva supply of this Qiawnent in families ought to be universal .

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      Mb . Sergeant AxcHEBLEr is appointed to go to tha ensuing Western Circuit as Judge of Assize , along wr . h Mr . Justice Cre 33 well . The Hebefohd Protestant Association has been discontinued in consequence of the biehop of the diocese having stated ibat he could not give his sanction to its existence . The Great WE 8 TBaw .-r-The Great Western sailed from Kingroad , Bristol , between four and five o ' clock , on Saturday afternoon , on her voyage to Hew York , via Madiera . She takes with her 53 passengers , and a fair cargo oi manufactured copper , silks , &o . Death of Mr . Richard Carlile . —Mr . Richard Carlile dieo on Friday morning at twenty minutes past four , at bis resiaeuce , Bouverie-street , Fleetstreei . He was born in Ashbunon . Devon , Dec . 8 , 1790 .

      An old woman named " Nell Gwin , " althooiP ^ at the age of 98 , actually walked from Swansea to Carmarthen , a distance of thirty miles , one day last week , in less than nine hours , We believe this feat to be almost unequalled in the annals of pedestrianism . —The Welshman , A Comfortable Borough . The Plymouth papers announce ihe entire extinction of the borough rate in that town , the corporate property having so increased in value as to be equal to all the necesai ties of the council .

      Filey . —Melancholy Accident and Lpss op Life . —It is our painful duty to record a most distressing case which occurred on Thursday last . On that morning the fishermen launched out into the deep with their boats , to lollow their usual occupations , the wind blowing fresh , but not to excite alarm . About ten o ' clock the crew of one of the boats observed , at a distance , a sail suddenly disappear . Supposing that one of their neighbours had carried away a mast , they hastened to the spot to render them assistance ; but when they arrived nothing was to be seen save a few oars and empty dishes . It was soon ascertained the boat had been upset under sail , and immediately sunk with her unfortunate crew , consisting of three men . The names of the sufferers were as follow : —Thomas Hunter , aged 25 , leaving a young disconsolate widow , who had only been married three wpeks ; Thomas Cannibh 26 ; and Robert Cannish , 23 , brothers , both unmarried .

      WllFCK OP ANOTHER InPIaMAN , THE HaRMONYFour of the Crkw Drowned . — Letters received by t&o underwriters at Loyd ' s , on Thursday week , announce the total wreck of another Inriiaman , cailed the Harmony , a vessel upwards «{ ' 7 'JO tons burden , and commanded by Captain Richard Smith , laden with a valuable cargo , consisting of 12 , 0 e 0 bugs of sugar , 120 cases ot silks , besides other merchandise to a considerble amount , the whole of which was irrecoverabl y lost . The catastrophe took place at a late hour at uight on the 27 ih of October list , while on her passage to Bombay , and , unfortunately , four fine fellows belonging to the crew met with a watery grare . At the time the ship had all sail standing and a stiffish brefze blowing from the westward , when suddenly she struck heavily upon a sunken shoal , eicuaro in

      lat . 12 , long . 11-3 , h . So severe was the ahock , that those who were upon deck were thrown down , and the mainmast instantly give way and fell overbeard . The utmost terror aud confusion now reigned throughout the veBsel . All were soramblrog over the bulwarks for the boats , which wore no sooner filled before they were pushed off , and , before they had reached many yards , the ship gave a lurch , and went down in a great depth of warer , carrying with her the four seamen , who were supposed to be in the torecastle , endtavouring to 6 ave their clothes . The survivors , after rowing to the southward for some hours , were picked up by a vessel which took them to Manilla , where they are reported to remain . None of the passengers were able to save any portion of their luggage . The loss by the wreck and her cargo is very heavy .

      Royal and Parliamentary Telegraph . —We are enabled this week to nuke a communication interesting to men of science , curious and most important in itself . Mr . Cook , the joint patentee with Professor Wheatstone , of the Voltaic Telegraph , has been commissioned to lay down a line from the Paddington station of t /; e Great Western Railway to Windsor Castle , and carry it thence to the Parliament houses and Buckingham Palace . The effect of this will be , that on important occasions , when the Sovereign may be at Windsor , any intelligence of extraordinary interest can be transmitted to her Majesty in a second—nay , in less time . The voltaio electricity which governs the motion of the telegraph travels at the rate of two hundred and eighty-eight

      thousand miles a second . This has been proved by the delicate instrument invented by Professor Whcatgtone . This now and most singular arrangement will be of great value iu connection with the public service . When cabinet councils sit on momentous questions , her Majesty can be acquainted with the result of their deliberations as instantaneous y as if sbe were present ; When the Queen pre-&ides over the meetings of her ministers iu person at Windsor , it not unfrequently happens that information on a particular subject may be required from the departments in London ; aud hitherto , when this has been the case , it of course became necessaiy to send an express to town it > obtaia what was called

      for , before tne business could satisfactorily proceed . Now it , in most cases , will be procured while the council is bitting , and , indeed , in the course of four or five minutes , which before would have caused , a delay of as many houra . Thia will not only be of use on great occasions , but in a common , way its everyday value will be considerable ; : During the session of Parliament , for instance , on every question of interest her Majesty can learn the division , or the progTess made in a debate , one moment after the house has divided , or any particular orator has risen to speak or resumed his seat . Thus , a more rapid communication between the sovereign and her ministera for the time being will be established than has ever been known or thought of before . —Mirror .

      Hydrophobia —A remarkable case of death from hydrophobia has this week occurred in Newcastle . The sufferer was a labouring man , named Richard Oxley , residing iu Bank-sido , Castle garth , who about two years ago was bitten by a mad dog in two places on the left arm . Ihe wounds were at the time dressed by Mr . Walker , a surgeon and in due course healed . No further inconvenience was tell by Oxley until Saturday last , when he suddenly hScamo ill , and during Sunday manifested decided symptoms of this dreadful disease , falling into

      violent fits whenever water or any other liquid was presented to him . Medical assistance was procured prior to the exhibition of these symptoms , but without effect . He expired in great agony on Tuesday morning . A post mortem examination of the body took place by Mr . Turner ; surgeon , in the presence of several other professional gentlemen ; and the conclusion unanimously come to was , that the deceased really had died of hydrophobia , all concurring aiso in the opinion thai tho effects of the bite of a rabid dog might not bo developed until two years afterwards , or even longer . —Durham

      Advertiser . Leith . —Dreadful Shipwrkck , —All Hands Lost—Intelligence has ju » t r eached us of tha loss of the schooner Rob Roy , of this place , which sailed from Sunderland a few days ago . This unfortunate circumstance occurred on Wednesday morning , at two o ' clock , on Newbigeen Rocks , near Blyth . The details are dreadful . Tae cries of the crew were heard amid the roariDg of tho storm , and on persons going down to the beach , the vessel with her unfortunate crew was discerned in the utmost distress .

      The vessel went to pieces immediately , and a female was fceen among the surf with her hand stretched out for aid , waving a glove ; as a signal for assistance ; but uo human efforts could help her , and the back sweep of the sea carried her away . 1 he rest of the crew were all drowned . Two of the bodies have been washed ashere ; and a quantity of female and child ' s clothing , together with two silver spoons , have also washed up . It is supposed that the crew had been exhausted and worn out , and had run the vessel asbore to save their lives . —Caledonian

      Mercury . Melancholy Death . —On Monday morning the workmen at Dalketty quarry , in the neighbourhood of Brechin , on entering their bothy for ihe purpose of preparing break f ast , weve alavrai'd to find a human boay in the chimney , within two feet of the ground , quite stiff . It Was completely fixed in the vent tho Ieg 3 being on each side of an iron rod t used as a crook tree for suspending their pot ; and they had to pull down a part of the inside wall to get out the rod , so as to relieve the body . It was discovered to be the corpse of a young man named Mills , son of Mr . Mills , dentist , aud clerk to the Messrs . Anderson , writers in Arbroath . The poor lad had left ihat Dkce on the afternoon of Saturday , with the

      intention of visiting his father , then in Brechin , and he had got within a very short distance of his destination when thus mysteriously called to enter upon a journey from which there is no return . The bothy is almost close upon the road , and the top of the chiinuey stalk is said to be nearly on a level with the surrounding rubbish of the quarry . It is conjectured that he had lost bis way , and having got benumbed with cold , had resolved to take shelter in the bothy until the next morning . From tha marks oa the deor , he had evidently tried first to break it up , and being unsuccessful , had attempted to get in b \ going down the 1 chimney , which was a ver y uarraw one f however , he had descended , with , aie until

      bands npwards or over his head , he reached the crook rod , where he had become perfectly helpless . Poor Fellow ! he had straggle * dhard for life , as the backs of his hands wer e very much broken and bruised . It is supposed ihp . ; he may have been suspended for aearly thirty ^ jix hours before life was extinct , as a surgeon wy , o saw the body thought he felt somo heat about tb a pit of the stomach afttr he was found . A pre < " o&nuion into the melancholy catastrophe was instituted by the Sheriff , who found that it waa pv . rely acoiaental . He waa an amiable youth , of quif t , sud inoffensive manners , and apparently of wtsr , k fcodily constitutioa . —Monlrose Review *

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      Horrid Outbagi ' —On the night ofiSuuday week a nju ? t barbarous o nrage was committed on the person of Samuel P ^^ pet , an old niiti ,. 60 years ot a ^ e , who resides m a s ' v i&U cottage ia j Montgomeryshire , near Priesi Wes » "n , and who is not expected to recover from the inja y he has received . It appe ars that on the nighi ii question : wo men broke into the old man ' s dwelling , and after packing up the following property , viz ., a smock-frock , a . J > ° * trousers , a pair of stockings , . a shirt , about 2 uibs . of

      bacon , a knife , and razor , th ey made a fire , tied a handkerchief over his mouth an d put him on the fire ( one of the men kneeling on his left eye ) , they then made a fire on his chest with son . ^ ok linen , when he became insensible , in which a tate 1 ha remained several hours ; he afterwards era wlcd away from the house , and was found by a labov ireir going to his work , in a most shocking state , the nosh being completely burnt from his head to the lower ribs , both on the back and front part of the body . —Eddowcs ' s Shrewsbury Journal .

      Fatal Accident on the London and Brighton Rail wat . —An accident , attended with loss of life happened ou the Landon and Brighton Railway last Friday . A loeomotive engine , driven by Goldsmith , was proceeding up the line with a train of ballastwaggons at one o ' clock , just as a number of labourers , who had been to it inner , were returning to their work , near the seven-arched bridge , between the Redhiil and Horley stations . As the train approached at the usual speed , one of the labourers , named Thomas Andrews , stepped in front of the engine when only about ten yards off , and hia companions immediately called out lustily in him ; but , in an instant , before there was a possibility of

      stopping the engine , he was knocked down , and the vrhota Wain passed over him , completely severing bis head from hia body , and mutilating his trunk in a frightful manner . The deceased waa a 1 man of extraordinary penurious habits , and had contrived , ' -from his wages as a common ( labourer , to amass a considerable property for his station in life . He has often we hear , been seen making hia dinner from the beans given to the horses . He was conversing cheerfully with his companions just before the accident , and the only way in which his actions can be accounted for is by supposing that he waa sudden l y taken with a h ' fc , which cau «? d him to stagger on to the rails in front of the train .

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      ^ RIOTS A . C OPORTO , Lisbon , Feb . 6 . —On the 3 d instant ; the Oporto steamer arrived here from that City , bringing intelligence of a rattier alarming nature for the Government aud certainly of very bad augury for the success of the new contrivances about to be resorted to for , the improvement of tht ) revenue . Tbe Committee of Assessors of the ( iecima tax having concluded thu assessment of tbe quota which tacta inaividual was to centribute for the present year , a list of the persons to be taxed , with the sums charged to them set opposite to thui- names , was i ffixed at the 'foura ot the Municipal Cbambor . This having been , as usual , eagerly examined by the parties concerted , it was at ouce remarked that the asses uients were much greater than they had been for tbe preceding year . A murmur of indignation immediately began to arise which soon spread throughout the whole city , anil great numbers of the inhabitants began to assemble in the square before tbe chamber , expressing

      their determination not to . » ufemit to so fl igraut an actof injustice , originating , as it notoriously did , from the rapac ty of the commissioners Ibemsolves , who being allowed by the new regulation a per centage upon the sums assessed , bad an interest in surcharging as much as possible . In the coarse of the day these angry feelings were further stimulated by the appearance of priuted declarations from the subordinate parochial assessors , protesting against the general committee , for having , contrary to their rtportand recoiniutsndation , augmented tha cbarge payable by each individual , and tbat too , to what they consider an exorbitant rate . The ferment baving become still greater the ntxt day ( the 1 st iiist ) , tbe obnoxious lists were taken down by tbe authorities , and a conference with cloged doors took place between the civil governor , the officer of the municipality , and the ether magistrates , the result of which wasil proclamation from the governor , of which the following is a translation : —

      " Oportonians , —For some days past this heroic and ever loyal city has afforded a striking proof of the facility with which men fall into error , . wbtn they suffer themselves to be led away by first impressions , without allowing due time for reflection . The publication of the decitna assessments , which tbe | aw ordains , in order ihat each ekiz-.-u may know what , he is called upon to contribute , and may , if he should consider himself surcharged , be enable t to remonstrate accordingly through the proper channel , has been j erroneously

      viewed by many citizens in tbe light of an irrevocable decree . It is not for me to pronounce any opinion as to tbe justice of tbe cemplaints tbat have been made ; but it is my duty to declare tbat the only ] proper and legal course to be pursued by the parties is . that of addressing petitions to the competent authorities . These means not having been resorted to , no person h-an any right to complain of injustice ; and tbe clamour that has been raised must therefore be ascribed either to ignorance of th&l&vr , or to machinations of the insidious enemies of the Contitutional ObarttiT .

      " Fellow-townsmen , becalm I The lists bave already been withdiivwn in order to' be re-cousidsted , and your complaints bave been communicated to the Government , nfoosti superior decision it behoves yon to await tranquilly . ; iSignedi "Antonio Luiz dabued . " This proclamation , instead of preducingiits intended sedative effect , added fuel to florae . The ; people tore it down wherever they found it affixed , apd trampled it under feot , with loud cries of " Down -with the taxea . " "Down with the Ministers , ' " "Down with tbe robbers who want to plunder us . ' The police at first attempted to interfere , and having seized a man in the act of tearing down a proclamation ; were about to convey him to tbe guard-house , when the mob came

      to the rescue , and the soldiers scampered j off , leaving their prisoner behind them . Things continued in this state till five in tbe afternoon , when a strong picket of Dragoons entered the Praca de Doni Pedro , and drew up in front of the Municipal 'Chamber . This demonstration , however , instead of intimidating the people , exasperated them still further . [ With one general rush they closed in upon tbe Dragoons , se a ; d their horses' bridles , and compelled them to decamp . A detachment of infantry which appeared soon after , met with a similar reception , and was in like manner obliged to retire . At night the people withdrew to their homes ; and beyond this stage of the nff . iir the intelligence received by the steamer does not extend . I will , however , add in a postcript whatever further accounts may be received ,

      There is every reason to believe tbat the grievance complained of is not the ao ? e cmse of the outbreak , bnt that at tbe bottom there is a strong feeling of indignation in tbe breasts of the Oportonians at the sacrifice which tho Government seems determined ; to make of their interests to those of the manufacturers , by refusing to agree to the arrangements proposed by Lord Aberdeen . The enormous rate at which the people are taxed is , however , quite sufficient to produce a popular insurrection throughout the country ; and ii bave just beard that alarming symptoms of discontent have already begun to manifest themselves amongst tbe people of the three districts to which the octroi duty ia to be extended . This is very likely to lead to something serious , considering tbat wine , for instance , is not worth more in those districts than about eight milreis per pipe , and tbat na the active duty is twelve milries per pipe , the consumer will be obliged to | pay for his pint of liquor from two and half to three times as much as it costs him at present . i

      On Saturday last the Minister of War applied for permission to tbe Cortes to employ Count St . Maria ( a deputy ) on a particular service of great importance ; which permission waa granted , and the Count started yesterday in the steamer to take the command of the troops at Oporto . The Oportouiana , however , aro uot a people to be joked with , and if any attempt at coercion should be ventured upon , I am much inclined to believe thai the first shot fired will sound the Knell of the present Ministry , and perhaps of the Charter too .

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      London Corn Exchange , Monday , J Feb . 13 . — Fresh up , to-day , scarcely any Wheat came to hand ; in the few transactions reported , the ; currencies noted on this day se ' nnight were supported . From abroad very little Wheat has been imported . A good , but by no means brisk , inquiry was apparent for the finest Wheats , at quotations about equal to those of last week . Barley went off at ! lull prices . Iu Malt , no variation worthy of notice * In Beans and I ' eas , little appeared to bo doing . London Shithfieu > Market , Feb . 13 . —The steadiness in the demand for Beef , has not induced the graziers to send forward any material increase in our supplies of Beasts for today ' s jmariiet . A great falliug off has taken place in the supplies ot in

      slaughtered meat . We had a much better feeling the B-aef trade . Some oi tbe best weighing Scots were taken off at 4 d . 6 d . per 81 bs ., buf we cannot enhance our top psice of Beef beyond ; 4 ^ . 4 d . per 8 ibd ., at which a good clearance was effected withov . i difficulty . Not a single head of either Beasts or Sheep was on sale from abroad . Thej numbers of ' Sheep on the market were moderately good , but by no means large . On Friday last the currencies of Mutton rose 2 d . per 8 lbs ., and to-day jthat amount of improvement was supported by the salesmen The inquiry for Veal was rather firm , and last week ' s improved rates were well sustained . About ninety large Hogs were received by sea from Dublin , but they moved off at low figures—those of the neatest small Porkers being fairly sustained .

      Borough Hop Market . —The supplies of hops brought forward in our market being ) on a very moderate scale ; we have still to report a steady , but by no means brisk , general demand , and last week ' s prices are readily maintained . \ Potato MABKETS . —The receipts of potatoes having been comparatively email , within the last few days , aud the weather proving more seasonable , we have to report a fair demand , and late quotations are steadily maintained . :

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      Tallow . —Since our ^ last the * price of Tallow on the spot has declined 1 b . per cwt ; this is accounted for only from the extreme anxiety of several holders to realise . The demand has been pretty good throuffhou ; the week . For the autumn the price is about 44 s . deliverable in the last three months , but not much disposition to buy . Town Tallow is said to be scarce , and not much to be had at 47 s . netfc cash . Wool Markets . —The declaration of several public sales of Wool has bad the effects of producing considerable heaviness in the private contract demand , and previous rates are with difficulty supported .

      Liverpool Cattle Market—Monday , Feb . 13 . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day . has been much the same as last week , both with respeet to price and quality , the number being small . Beef 5 ^ d to tfd . ; Mutton 64 . to 6 $ < i- Number of Cattle at market : — Beasts 675 , Sheep 2106 .

      Liverpool Cotton Market , Monday , Feb . 13 . — There is no change to notice iu any respect different to the close of the week . The sales to-day amount to about 4 , 000 frags transacted in the same dull manner , but witheut any change in prices . Exporters have taken 500 Americas . —On Saturday the sales were 3 ^ 00 bags . Liverpool Corn Market , Mondat , Feb . 13 . — The imports for Gram , Flour , and Oatmeal , for tho past week , are of very small amount . Since the declaration of the Government that no farther

      change in tho Corn Laws waa at present contemplated , holders of Wheat hare shown somewhat more firmness ; the millers and dealers , however , have not bought freely , and any advance on our previous quotations has been only partially obtained . Flour has been held at foil prices , but has met only a moderate sale . Notwithstanding tbe scanty supply of Oats , so few have been wanted that we cannefc report any improvement in the value ; 2 s 5 d per 451 bs is an extreme rate for Irish mealing . Oatmeal has moved slowly at 213 to 21 s 6 d . per load . There is nochange to report as to Barley , Beans , or Peas .

      Manchester Corn Market , Ffb . 11 . —Although the accounts received from most of the leading Wheat markets , during the present week , have noted an advance in the value of that grain , y - t no similar improvement could be realized in the price of Flour here ; but a fair consumptive demand has been experienced for this article , &t fully tbe rates obtainable n the preceding market day . In Oats or Oatmeal there was only a limited business , without alteration from the previous currency . Influenced , probaoly , by adverse winds , the imports into Liverpool and Runcorn since this day week , both Coastwise and from Ireland , are altogether unimportant ; and there are no arrivals f rom abroad . Supplies of Flour from the interior are only moderate . At our Cora Exchange thi * morning the business dono in Whe » t was without variation from the quotations of Saturday ] a 8 t . *? Tlour was in fair request , and prices steady : Oatmeal , with ouly a limitid sale , was the turn lower . No alteration was observable in other articles .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Feb 10 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Pearson , of Liverpool-road , Islington , builder , February 22 and March 30 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . GeoTge Gibson , official assignee , 72 , JBasinghall-street ; and Messrs . Roy , Blunt , and C » -, solicitors , Lothbury . James Whitelaw and Thomas Wbitelaw , of L chfield-street , Soho , and of Store-street , Bedford-square , carpenter , February 21 , at twelve , and March 14 , at one , at tbe Court cf Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Green , official assignee , 18 , Alderinanbury ; and Mr . Johnston , solicitors , Chancery-lane .

      Edward Tribe , of 12 , Bedford-street . Bedford- * qnare , money scrivener , February 25 , at two , and March 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London , bit . James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurchltme , Lombard-street ; and Mr . William Henry Ball , solicitor , 25 . Ely-place , Holborn-hill . Joseph Cooper , of Sutton , near Macclesfleld , Cheshire , mercer , February 22 and March 22 , at twelve , at tbs Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . Richard Powdrell Hobson , official assignee ; Messrs . R . M . and C . Baxter , solicitors , Lincoln ' u-inn-fields . London ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington , solicitors , Manchester . Richard Shepherd , of Liverpool , boot and shoe maker , February 24 and March 24 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . James Cazenove , official assignee , Liverpool . Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , solicitors , Temple , Lundon ; and Messrs . Brabner and Atkinson , solicitors , Liverpool .

      J jhn Barraclough , of Bradford , Yorkshire , timbermerchaut , February 32 and March 15 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George William Freeman , c . ffici&V assignee , Leeds ; and Mr . John Clegg , solicitor , Bradford . John Spivey , of Lepton , Yorkshire , provision dealer , February 25 , at ton , and March 16 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry , Philip Hope , official assignee , LeedB ; and Mr . Heap , solicitor , Huddersfleld . . . .. William Cmt Thornton , of Cleckheaten , Yorkshire , machine maker , February 21 , at one , and March 14 , at eleven , at the Court ot Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Charles Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; and Mr . Humble , solicitor . Cieckneaton .

      Aaron Brain , Ot Bedwellty , Monmouthshire , shopkeeper , February 27 , at twelve , and March 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Mr . George Morgan , official assignee , Bristol ; Mr . Q . Hall , solicitor , New Byaweil-court , London ; and Messrs . Protheroe and Tawgood , solicitors , Newport . Nathaniel Dickenson , of Manchester , dyer , February 24 a d AJareh 15 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . James Staosall Pott , official assignee , Manchester ; Messrs . Makinsoo and Sanders , solicitors , 3 , Elm-court , Middle Temple , London ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Launders , solicitors , Manchester . Thomas Joyce , of Bristol , woollen-draper , February 27 and March 20 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Mr . Alfred John Acraman , official assignee , Bristol ; and Messrs , Shattock and Cracknell , solicitors , Bristol .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . William Ambler and Mary Merton , of Wa&efield , stonemasons . John Littlewood and William Littlewood , of Sheffield , grocers . Sarab Eadell and Alice Bowcock , of Warrington , Lancashire , confectioners . Joseph Walker and William Elam , sen ., of Huddersfleld , Yorkshire , livery stable keepers . John Turner and Ruberc Wood , of Cbetham-hill , Laucashire , joiners . Caleb Dawson , Samuel Potter , and John Krauss , of . Manchester , calico printers ( so far as regards John Krauss ) . Samuel Marshall Bailey and Samuel Bulley , of Liverpool , cotton brokers . William Baker and William Smith , of Salford , Lancashire , plasterers .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , February 10 . BANKRUPTS . Henry Jamea bmith , coal-merchant . Old Kentroad , to surrender March 2 , at two , and 28 , at halfpast twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghallstreet . Tnrquand , official assignee . Coptball'buildings ; Jordeson , solicitor , St . Mary-at-hill . Daniel Button , pawnbroker , Albion-place , Battlebridge , February 21 and March 31 , at half-past twelve , at the Court at Bankruptcy , Basinghatl-street . AIaager , official assignee , Birehin-lane ; Pain and Hatherly , solicitors . Great Mariborouuh-street . Thomas Norrington , wheelwright , Writtle , Essex , Feb , 27 and March 28 , Bt half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Graham , official assignee , Basingbail-street ; Treherne , solicitor , Tjeadenhail-streafc . . .

      Henry Marklew , innkeeper , Henley-upon-Thames , Oxfordshire , Feb . 27 , at half-past two , and March 28 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basiogballstreet Graham , official assignee , Basingball-street ; Dirumocb , solicitor , Sise-lane . Henry Cooley and James Thompson , tea-dealers , WH ! e .-b > rough , Kant , Feb . 27 , fit three , and March 28 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghal .-street . Turquand . official assignee , Copthallbniidinss ; Dangeruuld , solicitor . Chancery-lane , London ; Danger&eld , solicitor , Ashford , Kent . John Bromwell , builder , K- ; ttering-road f Northampton , Feb . 21 , at twelve , and March 17 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Belcher , official assignee ; Thompson , solicitor , Northampton ; . Wrentmore , solicitor , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields .

      John Beck Gibson , linen-draper , Northampton , Feb . 21 , at half-past eleven , and March 17 , at hatf-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghati-street . Pennell , official assignee ; Thompson , solicitor , Northampton ; Wrentmore , solicitor , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , - London . George Greatley , jeweller , Hatton-gardeo , Feb . 17 , at half-past one , and March 10 , at one at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Lackiagton , C&lemanstreet-buildinga , official assignee ; Miller , solicitor , Abchurch-lane . Robert Slimman , li . ien-draper , Victoria-place , Hoxton Old Town , Feb . 22 , at three , and March 15 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingballstreet Johnson , official assignee , Basiaghall'Street ; Goddard , solicitor , Wood-street , Cheapsiiie .

      George Fendall , butcher , Woodstocfc * Bfcreet , Feb . 24 , at eleven , and Much 15 , at one , at the Court oS Bankruptcy , BaainghaU-street . Laekington , official assignee , Coleman-street Buildings j Mixfin , solicitor , Gray ' S'inn . Thomas M'Entire , merchant , Li verpool , March 1 , at twelve , and March 28 , at eleven , at tbe LWeipool District Court of Bankruptcy . Follett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Knapper and Woolwrigbt , solicitors , Liverpool ; Armstrong , solicitor . Staple-bin , London . William Ward Hatvey , Sal ^ and William Ward Harvey , Jui ,, coach-makers , Mansfield , Nottinghamshire , March 2 , at one , and March 18 , at twelve , at tbe Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Fearne , official assignee ; Walter and Pemberton , soIieitotB , Symond / s ion , London ; Flower . Bolicikr , Hwtt&elg ,

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      The "Pensioners" akd the New Poor Law . — The New Poor Law Act , contaiuing provisions which tbe pensioners consider unfair , and as pressing hardly upon men who have done the good service , those residing in several districts have signed a petition to parliament on the subject . Similar petitions , we understand , are aboat to be signed in other pans to be ready for presentation at the beginning of May , the public generally are not aware of tbe nature of the complaint , we insert the following copy of the petition : — That your petitioners beg leave to call the attention of your Honourable House to the poor law as regards the payment of poor rates by the out p = nsiones of Chelsea Hospital .

      That should any pensioner fee so -unfortunate as to require parochial » lief for himself a family , or shonld he suffer his family to become chargeable to the parish , his pension will be payable to the parish officers , accordirg to the provisions of tbe Acts of bStix Geo . 3 d . cap . 12 th . and 6 th Geo . 4 th , cap . 27 th . Tbat whilst sneb pension has been paid to the parish officers , your petitioners are alsaliabie to pay poor rates , and in several other catfea distress warrants have been executed against y our petitioners' effects , and in one instance imprisonment for three months has been inflicted , when it has not been in tbeir power to meet such payments . That your petitioners consider the funds raised by the poor rates are tho proper monies from which relief onght to be available , and not from the pensions of your petitioners , which have be ^ n earned at the rbk of their lives , and after a long hard service io tbe defence of their country .

      Your petitioners also beg leave to call the attention of your Honourable House to tha fact of your petitioners being liable , on any emergency , to be called up by an order from the Horse Guards , to perform garrison duty , or act as special constables , which latter duty your petitioners bave recently performed on the late outbreak in the Staffordshire Potteries , to the entire satisfaction of the magistrates acting on the occasionsevtaaJ serving fifteen successive days and nights . That many of your petitioners are very old and infirm from the service they have faithfully rendered to their country , and with families ; their pensions are not snfEcient to provide them with the necessaries of life .

      Your petitioners therefore , humbly crave that your Honourable House will pass such a law as ia its wisdom shall think beat , for the purpose of relieving your petitioners and their bro'her pensioners , either from the payment of poor rates , or to repeal the provisions of the raid acts of 59 tb George 3 , cap . 12 , and Ctb Geerge 4 , cap . 27 , so as to prevent the pensions of your petitioners from beiDg liable to be assigned over to the parish officers on parochial relief being required .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 18, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct638/page/3/