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      Is or Gciltt , upok kt Hoxora . —A » ft penonage , whose tout-en * emble bore the stamp of aristocracy , ¦ Was the other day lounging down B » nd-Btreet , he ¦ was closely followed and beset by a little ragged urer-in . The great man appeared to fancy this sprig ¦ of canaille wished to abstract the cambric from his pocket , and , taming to the young scapegrace , thus addressed him : — " So you are trying to pick my pocket , you young ragamuffin , are you 1 " " Don ' t know what yon mean , Sir , " was the boy ' s reply . " And tell me , before I hand you over to the police , " corr . iEued he , " are yon guilty or not V * Here the urcbrn , laying his hand upon his breast , and bowing prv * undly , emphatically pronounced the following words : " Not guilty , upon my honour . " Sojcethisg is it . — " There is something in that , " is the gal said to her stocking Ten Ehe put her foot in it .

      A Cahefcl Scot . —A careful Scot , after taking his mother ' s corpse for burial into the Highlands , broui-ht back the hearse well filled with smuggled whisky ! Being joked abont it by a friend , hre replied * Hoot , man , what ' s the harm ! I only took awa ' the bddt and bronght back the spekrit . Society . —It has been told of a late nobleman , equal-y distinguished by his abilities and absence of mind , thai baring talked to himself in hifl travelling carriage the whole way from Brighton to London , he -ended , at Hyde Park corner , by inviting himself to dinner , as the pleasantesi companion he h&d ever travelled with . —Cecil ; or ( he Adventures of a Coxcomb .

      There are nothing but quadrupeds at Drury Lune , 1 this jear , even a Bucke lets the boxes , and a Tabby ! prints the bills . i J > Fucr-CBrs History of Madagascar there is I the following sublime prayer , raid te be used by the peeplewe call savages— " 0 Eternal ! have mercy ! npoD me , because I am passing away . 0 Infinite ! i because I am weak . 0 Sovereign of life ! beeaupe 11 draw n « ar to th « grave . 0 Omniscient ! because ! I am in darkness . 0 All Sufficient , becaase I am , nothing . " j Cossctitsces am > Beards . —It is related of Judge ! Jeffries , thai taking a dislike to an evidence who had a Jor . g b « ard , he told him " that if Mb conscience Were as long as Los beard , he had a swingen one : "— j to which the countryman replied- ** My LordJ if you measure consciences by beards , you have j Done at all . " i I j ! j j ! i I \ j i I I

      The boy Jokes is supposed to have entered the gaT-iscs of Buckingham Palace by sealing the walls . If h * should consent to go to ses , he will have " an opr > ortanitv of practising his ingenuity in other climbs . Tbeodoss Hook declares it was an act of perfectly superfluous liberality to bestow upon the lousy Germans a lietence . Thsss js sot x xix living ivho says so many incomDrehen ? it ; e things as ilister Joseph Hume . The oth- r evening , for instance , he presented a petition in the House of Commons , which he said wis signed ** by every medical man residing in the county of Kilkenny , except three , who didn ' t live there I "

      Two sailoss were one day sitting on the gunjya . V of their ship drinking grog , when one said-to ' the < .: h- r , " Thi 3 is meat and drink , Jack . " He happened at that moment to fall overboard , when his f acetiou 3 companion coolly said , u And now yo-a '^ e got washing aud lodging , Tom . " It is calculated that at the present time there are ifi'rtt / thousand Germans in London , aud more thari Jifiy thousand domiciled throughout England . Az < r .-unz now that each abstracts but £ 108 per asm-m from the pockets of John Bull—aBd we know tbai fonr out of ths nnmber receive , in one Tray or the other , something like half a million—we have thus Fivb Miixtoss Sterling yearly taken from ' . lie intiusmots classes of England to feed and fattrji a parcel of loathsome foreigners . Let the people of England ponder on this .

      A Liberal Offer . —A Erxr to toe Cloth . —A ; eleriiynsaB was presented to a liviig in the vicinity of G-a ^ -gow , who had a protuberance between his ' sbou-ders , arising from diseased spioe and a corres- ponding protrusion of the chest . The parishioners ; were opposed to a psrson of such ungainly appaar- : * nee occupying their pulpit . The presentee heard j of the dissatisfaction , and . being a personage of some ; humo ; ir and taet , convened a meeting of tbe malcon- ¦ tents in crder to ascertain their objections . " 1 havr heard , " said he , " that my settlement amongs ; ! you is not likely to be agreeable , Jiow , as I am not aware oi any objection to my opinions or practice— \

      my si u'ier abilities for sach a charge I admit—I Bhouid just like , as we are all friends and brethren , ; ana have only oue object to serve , that you -pro-aid ' tare Tc-nr objections . " One glanced to another , which wa ; significantly returned almost round th # Te ; oi-: s , ^ ni silence prevailed for some time . "Speak out , " jaid the presentee , "don ' t be afraid ; I am not ; reedy to take offence , " when one stammered out , ** S . r , you see , we—you see—Sir—sin' I maun speak for inj brethren here—dinna like your bodily appearaace . " ** Neither do I , " was the reply , " and if you can get it repaired , I'll be at half the expense my ^ elY '—Laird of Logan .

      The Prince ' s Hc . vtsbs , —One of the last hunUrs mmua-ed by the Prince , say the newspapers , ha * ; been called the Pawnbroker . This elegant appdla- ! tiou has been given , it 13 understood , in compliment ; to the pledge of affection lately brought into the ! world , and \ o whom thtre attaches , of coarse , the i greaies : interest . J Sinck the accident which occurred to Prince \ Albert at the dnck pond ia the rear of Buckingham j Palace , strict orders have been given by tht Q , aeen j that his Royal Highness must not be permitted ,. upon any 3 eeount , to be alone , lira . ^ Norton ssjs ] if iht Prince were a loan , there ia not the least ap- j prehension of his beiDg borrowed .

      05 K OF THB FINEST PlSASTBT XS THE WORLD . — j A pure speciiaen of the " finest pisantry in the ! woi ; d , " who has jomtd the raiiroad at Troon , ae- ! cost » d a waggish friend of ours a few days -ago , j whom he had seen noting down something in hia j tablets . " I see , xur , " said he . " that you can writer '] Our mend gave an affirmatbry nod . "Wou'dyez ! have any objections to write a lethur for me to send j home ? " None were started ; and Pat was invited to ! oar friend ' s lodgings , as soon as business permitted j his attendance . Accordingly he came ; and the j materials beins ; « hand ^ tha tether was begun . ; " } sow , what do you wi&h to be said ! "' " Why , " j says Pit , say bad lock to yez , Ballygawly , that j ever vez bred me , er rear'd me , to have me- come !

      over here m work like a slave , for a dirty ten sbillin' 1 & we * k . Tell Molly Carna « han it ' s dyin I am on j my ieet , an' I ' m heart-scalded to death , through j want of work , bekase of the frost . Tell Dory that ; I -wc-aida ' t be tne worse of havin' my onld brogues ; here for a change . Say to my father that I'll ntver 1 beh ^ me ra ihe worl '; but give Dory , my sister , & ] hint that 111 be home by midsummer . Your affec- ¦ tiona ' - e son and brother , Patrick M'Clownan . "The kthcr was folded , sealed , and addressed , " To Owid Joe M'Clownan , at the end of Tim M'C&be ' s whi ^ ky-shap , Ballygawly , or Molly Carnachar , whicnevsr of them mo 3 t convanient . " The above is a sruecopv , verbatim et literatim . —Ayt Advertiser .

      Up to Sjvxt ? . —An American editor remarks that he saw a man the other day with a nose so thin that Email print conld be read through it distinctly . It wouid be a good place to publish a snuff advertisement in . Petrarch ' s Opnao . t 0 ? Moxrr . — He who expends it properly , is it 3 master ; he who lays it up , its keeper ; he who loves it , a fool ; he who fears it , a slave ; and he who adores it , an idolator . Gone o ? f . — " My gun went off last night , " said Tim Trap lately to an old acquaintance . " ** Were you alarmed 1 " asked he . " No , bat much injured /' rep'ied Trap . M Ah 1 how did it ^ 0 off , at half--cock , " u No , " said Trap , "it went off at half-pas : eleven , in company with a tarnation scoundrel , who begged for supper , and a night ' s lodging . "

      ExpsvsB op the WiB SrsTEx . — Give me the nura-y v . ii . 1 has been paid in war , and I will pureha *< : every foot of laud upon the globe ; I -will clothe every nun , womaa and etiild in an attire that kiDgi Uid Q'ie £ Q 5 would bo prond of ; I will build a schoolhou-e upi > a every hill-side , and in every valley , over the whole habitable earth ; I will build an academy in every town , and endow it ; a college in every jtaie , aad fill it with able professors ; I will crown every hi l with a church consecrated to the promulgation of the gospel of peace ; I will support in its pulp :: as able teacher of righteousness , so that on ever * - J ^ obatb . morning the chime on one hill should answer to a chime on another , round the earth ' s broad cireasxference , aad the voice of prayer and % uS ; ^ ob » tb morning the % me on on ' e hill should answer to a chime on another , round the e » nhV broad circum ference , aad the voice of prayer and

      | ^ SjSSj ^ » h ™ « ThX v ! w ^ ™> t « , x- ^ « [ ^ 1 ^ 6 ^ £ £ ^ STto X ^ iS £ ( Colxa ^ and Bannister were dining one day with 4 tt * mP ** » divuion followed , the object of Lord Er ^ kine , the ex-chancellor , who , in con versa- which coald aot b « gleaned , except tiat the leaders of iioa on rural affairs , boasted thas he kept on . his tte I ^^ goe beckoned to their adherents to separate , pasture land nearly & thousand sheep . " I perceive | ^^ 8 ° the lower end of the yard -, the Chairman then , " said Colman , jour lordship has still an eye . calling upon tbe meeting to Hind still , to the woolsack " ^^ J » BS Goodman euayed to address the t" ^ at ir n . ' , _ ' . . . .-.. 3 Jr . Edwabd Baikes , Mr . Hobsom , aud the A Lssful ljiSTB . xntcrt . -A correspondent of the Mayoe held a parley together , which lasted for nme iionipcr . er Patriot ( American psper ) states that j time , and which ttm a complete dumb show . Cheer . Mr . Joka Demerett , cutler , of thai town , has made ^ juid counter cheers followed from the Ch artiati aid the * jick-kniie for himself , which he uses to cut ebony , " J ^ ymgj ^

      wnaleboiie , horn , » nd W the same time makes his peag and snaves bimspif with it-without grinding or toning \ A Ya > -k . i 3 Editob ' s Accoust 0 ? Hihselp . —I ' m ft real catasirophey-a small creation : Mount Yesu-Tine at the top , with red-hot lava pouring out of the crater , and routing nations below . My fists are roefcy mountains—my arms , liberty poles , with iron iprings . Every step I take is an earthquake—every blow I strike ig a ciap of thunder—and every breath I breaiho is a tornado . My disposition is lijpont ' s best gunpowder , aud goe ? off at a flash—when I blast , thereil be nothing left but a hole , thre « feet oeepand no end to it .

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      THE " LAST KICK" OF THE LEAGUE : DEFEAT AT XJEZCDS . Ob Tnesdtr !«* . a public meeting of the inhabitants of this borougfa , convened by requisition to the Mayor , was held in the yard of the Coloured Cloth Hall , " to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the Corn Lawa . " The meeting was one of the most numerous ever assembled within the Tralla of the yard , and coald not comprise leu than from tea to fifteen th 6 a » and persont .

      The original intention of the " League" was to have had the meeting in the Court-house , but finding that the Chartists bad their eyes open—that they were , in fact , wide awake to all thcix proceedings , it was determined , at the eleventh hoar , to issue a notice , altaring the place of meeting , under the prudent idea , that in the open air the Chartists would have no chance , on sccount Of the CXtra number of the che » p-l * bour . men which they would be there able to accommodate , and with whom , being market day , the town was literally swarming , not only from the Tillages r » nnd Leeds , but from Bradford , Huddersfield , Halifax , Dewsbary ,

      Wakefield , Heckmondwike , and all parts of the Riding , by -which means they hoped to swamp , any opposition irhieh might be offered to them . Tfce C'lartisU , however , were not behind in their arrangements ; they knew with -whom they bad to deal ; they remembered all the faithful promises of the middle-class men in former days ; and being now determined to be no longer gulled by a tricky faction , they reaolved to come boldly out , in imitation of their brethren at London , Manchester , Glasgow , Birmingham , and other places , and to carry the war at once into the enemy's camp .

      The League issued a bill on the morning of the meeting , calling on ths working men , " if they wanted " good wages and cheap bread , " to attend the meeting and support the Leaguers . But all their efforts were of no use ; " good wages and cheap bread" —at least the promts * of these—failed in their interest , and the working men were deaf to the voice of the ch&rmer . And we-sbould like to know what had become of all the requisitors . on the faith of whom the Mayor had called the meeting . Beyond half a doaen , thgy were no where to be found . Had the " cheap bread" cry lost its influence so suddenly , on thmi at is it that the " most intense interest , " which the Mercury U \ & its readers had been excited by the meeting , had fallen dead at their doors , and stopped them on the threshhold ? To whatever cause , certain it is , that beyond I Mr . Edward Baines , Jan ., and three or four others , ! there were none of the " 150 of the most respectable ! genUemen and firms in the town" present at the faouz for commencing business .

      No . no , the " most respectable gentlemen" have fuund out that the " fustian jackets , blistered hands , and unshoni chins , " are the real men of business , and may be " reasonably deemed" cabable of being entrusted ¦ with the management of their own afikirs . They are perfectly right in this ; Mr . Baises . Jnn ., saw it for himself , and in this day ' s Mercury the fact most be published to the world , except Mr . Baints ia still determined , to enjoy the titie c » nferred upon hhn by hia friend Cobtett Honour to the honest workies by whom he his bees thus convinced . '

      It was clear from tie first that the LeagM felt th « ground slipping from them . Tkey knew that all they h * d to depend npoa was to gnll the n&tives after their old fashioned easy way ; and when they were obliged to rub their eyts open , » nd compelled to acknowledge their own miserable minority , rage look possession ef their breasts , and , at some periods of the mteting , . it was doubtful whether they would not have asserted thtir right to the title of " physical-force men "—even the meek Edward Baines seemed almost tempted to use his fists . The " ragged regiment" at his right h&Kd seemed inclined to march op the steps , and forcibly eject the Chartists from them . Bat this move wonid not da The Chartists were awake again , and met this movement by a counter movement of their own , executed in the most quiet and best tempered manner possible .

      Bat tte are rosning away from the details of the meeting , -which it is our object to lay before the intelligent working men of the empire in as clear a manner as tho circumstance * will admit of ; and then , if they do not agree with us that the middle classes have lost all respect for themselves , we shall be very mnch mistaken . We proceed , then , to detail the circumstances as they transpired . About three miijntes past twelve O ' clock , the time advertised for the commencement of proceedings , Mr . Joseph Jones proposed " That Mr . J » shua Hobson do take the Chair . " This proposition -was seconded by Mr . ROBEBTS , and , when put to the meeting , was carried almost unanimously , only one or two dissentients holding np their hands against it . Previous to the motion being put , Mr . E . BAlSES . Jun . ** id that lie believed » oe Mayor -was coming , and would take the Chair . The Mayor , however , was not present ; and Mr . Baines moved no amendment , though requested by Mr . Stansfeld and others of his friends to do so .

      Mr . Hobsoh then advanced to the front of the step " , the position usually occupied by the Chairmen of meetings held in the Cloth Hall Yard , and rail , that having been elected to the chair by a large number of the inhabitants of Leeds , he had great pleasure in acceding to their request , and be would promise thit every speaker who offered himself to their notice , should be heard with attention . ( Here the Lsaguers ant their friends broke out into hisses , which were speedily drowned in Chartist chpera . ) That meeting was called foT the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning for a Repeal of thb Corn Laws , and calltd by the Mayor in pursuance of a requisition presented to that gentleman . ( Here the interruption , accompanied by cries of " Go on , go on , " &c were so great we conl < 3 hear no further . ) ^ ^ r ^ \* £ B V FT W VvkU ^^ ¦ 11 Tr ** V * ¦ h . ^ " ¦ w » j jStW

      The Hatos csme forward , In froid of tie iron railing on the steps , and was received with various pbrasea and noists , exprtfBive of the not very slight disinclination of a large portion of the meeting not te hear him , and -varying in intensity from a hiss te a groan . The ChaTBMAS ( between whom and the > Iayor a most lively dumb show was going on for some time , } here said , " Crsntlemen , I believe the Mayor is going to propose a resolution . " The Matob—As Msyor , I assert my right to preside on the present occasion . The Chairman said that having b # en proposed and seconded as Chairman , and that resolution having been sanctieuedby the meeting , he should insist on holding his offica . ( Hisses , accompanied With loud applause from tbe " lids" on b ^ th sides . ) . Mr . Edwabd Baines , Jan ., here eame forward , and insisted , but quite ineffectually , on being heard .

      Mr . Alderman Stansfeld appeared at the iron railing , and was received with partial cheers , proceeding from the " cheap labour" men at the lower end of the yard ; but met with more wide and prolonged greetings from the " lads , " of " Millocrats , " "Fox Stansfeld , " &c , ic . The Mat ob then cime forward again to spt » k , ¦ when The CHAIRMAN aaid that the Mayor h&d asserted that he had aright to preside . ( Cries of "No , he hasn't ") He did not think he had-The Matob—I ' m here by right of—( The confusion ¦ prevented the remainder of the sentence being heard . ) Cries of "Stick to thy p&ca , lad , " were addressed to

      The Chairxah , who proceeded—H « had been elected by a majority of the meeting to the chair , and he should therefore ctnsidex himself as fairly in the chair . The Mayor said that he considered himself in the chair by right of his office : bo ( the Chairman ) did not think he was . The Mayor and his party always professed themselves to be friends to tie freedom of election ; and ( he the Chairman ) considered himself in ths chair by the election of the mesting , bat the Mayor was net . ( Hear . ) He begged to tell the llayor that he had obtained his ofBce by means of a swindle , and he held it by * swindle ; and it was rather too much for him after that t » want to swindle them ( the meeting ) again . I Cheers , mingled with hisses , and confusion followed . ) He would again call upon any speaker wh » had any resolution to move , to com-3 forward . If any gentlemsn offered himself to rpsak , he would endeavour to procure him a fair hearing .

      remarfa conId not The Matob here came forward agiin , but could not be heard for some time . At last be retired , and we heara him distinctly gay , " I beg to close the buainess of the meeting . " ( Cries of " Hobson is Chairman " immediately followed this announcement . ) Mr . Edward Baines , Jun ., again presented himself , and endeavoured to secure a hearing , by the most strenuous exertion of his pulmonary powers , and the most frantic gesticulation . He was received with cries of " Three groans for the Queen , KedJy ; " "The Crown npside down ;~ " Red herring 8 OUp , ice . What

      Mr . Edwabd Baiwes , Jan ., then did his best , by " physical force , " to thrust the Chaieman aside , and by the most pertinacious and obstinate continuance in this gentlemanly line of argument , drew npon himself the jeers and laughter of- the meeting , until be had completely exhausted himself by his indulgence in this unusual , but ineffective muscular exercise . Various speakers in the crowd strenuously brightened up Mr . Baines ' s recollection of his proposing three groans for the Queen , and of his very economical recipe for a dinner in the shspe of a aavoury dish called " red herring soup , " above noticed . Others , in reference to his unsuccessful attempt to posh the Chairman aside , said " You can't do it , Neddy ; you caa't doit . " "Put thy

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      baton , Neddy ; go home and get tby dinner , Neddy . " [ Hera the meeting seemed animated , by universal consent to make all manner of imaginable and unimaginable noises , cat-calls , whistlings , groaniBga , hissings , & « . * c Every individual seemed to feel himself called npon to do bis best in bis particular line to excel hia neighbour in vocal music ] The Chaieuan ( to Mr . Baines)—This ia my place , Sir , and I shall keep it The Mayor tried bis hand at a " spoke" again , but it was of no nse . Mr . JOH . v Goodman made » similar attempt , with the same result . The Chairman—Does any gentleman offer himself to speak ? Mr . Alderman Btansfbld again presented hims « lf , and continued to vociferate most energetically to the meeting for some time , but we heard not a syllable of what he said .

      An attempt was now made to thrust the Chairman and his friends fr » m the railing , when the former Said the Chartists' bad been acciued of attempting to use physical force , but what would they call that—pointing to the parties who were rushing up the steps » n the aide nearest the Leaguers . A brief colloquy next ensued between Mr , Hobeon and the Leaguers , after which Mr . HitL moved the following resolutions , which he put in tile Chainnaa' 8 ii « r »«<« : — « ' That thla meeting , loosing to the manner in which former petitions and motions , upon the subject of the Corn Laws , and npon other subjects involving the interests of the working daises , have been dealt with by the present House of Commons , deems it inexpedient to petition that body for a repeal of the Corn Laws . "

      " That , in the epimon of this meeting , no partial measure of legislation can permanently benefit the people ; and that , therefore , this meeting disclaims all participation in any movement or agitation of s political character , -which does not recognise the right of Suffrage by tbe people , to at least the full extent of the principle contained in the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Aid . STA 3 SFELD also . put some papers in Mr . Goodman ' s bands , as the resolutions of the Leaguers , which have been furnished to us . The following is a copy : — " 1 . That the Corn Laws , being based on the immoral principle of benbiitting the landowners , at the expence of all the other claises of the community , tend to dissolve thd bonds of society , aad endanger the peace and safety of tlie empire .

      " 2 . That the moot severe and extensive distrew baa been produced by these laws during the last three years in this country , involving an immense destruction of mercantile and manufxeturing capital , cruel privations to the working classes , and a derangement of the currency , wuicb . has endangered botb public and private credit . That the Corn- Laws are yearly giving new extension aud stability to rival manufactures in oth * countries—are confirming the commercial hostility of the Government's of those countries , and are likely to lead to tie very early establishment of still more unfriendly tariffs on the part of our two best customers , Germany and the United Statea of At »* rica ; and tba > thus the commercial ascendancy , and even the maritime superiority , of this country will be put to hazard . 3 . " That this meeting believes perfect freedom of trade and ijadustry to be the most conducive to the prosperity « i nations , and it seeks the abolition of all restrictions , miscalled protections , on manufactures , as well as on the produce of agriculture . "

      4 . " That a petition , founded on the foregoing resolutions , be prepared and signed by the inhabitants , and that it be forwarded to the Right Honourable Earl FitzwilHar a , for presentation to the House of Peers , and to Edward Baines , Esq ., and Sir William Molesworth , Bart , for presentation to the H » use of

      Commons . 5 . That a deputation be seat to I « n 4 on , to watch the proceedings when the question comes before Parliumeut , and that the following gentlemen tee requested to afford their services , viz . Mr . J . G- Marshall , Mr . Alderman Stansfeld , Mr . E . Baines , jun ., Mr- John Goodman , Mr . John Wa < idingham , Mr . Peter Fairbairn , Mr . Joseph Bateson , and Mr . Thomas Plint . " Mr . PtiXT followed , bnt the meeting eould not distinguish any thing he said . Various voices shouted out " Whiggery 1 b falling , " " Down with him , " " Dewn with him , " 4 c . ke . Mr . Good Mi * then called tor a show of hands for the motion he held in his hand . The Chairman put Use Chartist resolutions at the same moment , when , as e . matter Of course all katida were held up , and he declared that they were carried unanimously .

      A vote of thanks having been passed to the Cnairmas , on the motion of Mr . Baines , seconded by Mr . West , and carried by the whole of the meeting , Mr . HO 1 . SON acknowledged the compliment in a few remarks , politely tendering his personal obligations to Mr . Baines , remarking that he did not expect as much from him . T-. ree cheers were then given tot the Charter , and for Feargua O'Connor and the incarcerated victims . Mr . Goodman , Mr . Baines , and the Ciiaibmax , at this time , declared the meeting dissolved , t and the Lt- aguers at once left the steps , followed in a short time by the Chairman , and one or two friends .

      The great bulk of the meeting , however , remained fixed to the spot , seemingly determined nott © leave the place , until tney vrere assured that the Leaguers would not return and attempt a" snuggery" ef their own . The absence of the obstructives had produced a calm , and the assembled multitude called out for the appointment of another chairman , and they would hold a Chartist meeting ; observing that it was not often they had a chance of doing so in the Cloth Hall Yard ; the liberal trustees of the property exhibiting their partiality for every tiling like fair dealing by refusing its use for any purpose with which they are not politically connected . Accordingly , Mr . Joseph Jokes was then almost unanimously called to the chair , when

      Mr . T B . 8 MITH came forward to address the meet-Ing . If he had never seen enough before , what he had seen that day h&d convinced him of the necessity for Universal Suffrage . He bad seen the people insulted by the middle classes of this town . He would only refer them to that , which it was notorious to th # m all was an understood tiling , that the people of England possessed the liberty , if such a thing existed more than in name , of choosing their own president at public meetings . That had been done to-day . The Chief Magistrate , however , bad be » -n so ill-advised as to tbiuk that he had ft right to preside at all their meetings . He had a right to preside at the Court House at the trial of prisoners , » nd in the Council Chamber , but when they met to discuss public grievances , or to enter

      into the consideration of public questions , then their Chief Magistrate was present only as an inhabitant of Leeds ; and unless they pleased to put him ia the chair , he had no right to be there . ( Cheers . ) It was not bis ( Mr . Smith ' s ) intention to appear that day in borrowed plumage . He was a most inveterate opponent of the Corn LawB , ( partial applause . ) and was prepared to support a motion that they eugbt to be abolished , but that the House of Commons must flr » t be reformed . He had , however , seen enough today to Batisfy him the repealers loved the Corn Laws . ( Cries of " No , no , " aud repeated hisses . ) They wore determined to do nothing for the working men unless they conld make it aubaervient for their own purposes . What was their pretence , however ? They said that

      unless the employer could give good wages the poor man wonld starve . He had watched them for two years , and they had convinced him there was no truth in the pretensions they put forth . It was an attempt on the part of the millown « rs and middle class men to drag the peuple into their net , that their machinery aud their capital might bring profit out of the blood and bones of the working classes . ( Loud cheers , with slight interruption . Some person having shouted to the speaker , he said , If there was anybody present who would not hear reason , let them ( the meeting ) mark them and placard them tbrough the town . ) They hud already seen enough of that that day . it those -wlio bad advocated the repeal 0 ! the Cora Laws had been sincere in their endeavours , they would know that

      there was no hope of obtaining relief for the poor families who were starving for want , in the present House of Incurables—they would be well satisfied they would not give the remedy . ( Loud applause . ) They had petitioned the House of Commons on this subject in 1839 , again in 1848 , and again in 1841 , without success . Hod they not had sufficient evidence in the last two years that it -was useless looking for a remedy from the House of Commons , as at present constituted ? What was the House of Commons composed of ? Landed aristocrats , chosen by capitalists , and middle men . There w * s either ad understanding amongst them that the Corn Laws should not be repealed , or there was not . If they ( the capitalists were fairly represented , and there was an understanding

      with the Heuse that the Corn Laws should not be repealed , their cry for the repeal of the Corn Lawa was humbug , for they had the power t « gain their object , but did not choose to effect it through their representatives . If there was a private understanding that the law would not be repealed , then they were men entirely naworthy of confidence or credit . He believed , whilst they were praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws , they were privately instructing the Members of the House not to repeal them . ( Cries of " No , no , " and slight interruption . ; Supposing that they ( the millowners ) wera represented , and that the House accorded with their sentiments , what b * d they < the meeting ) or he to do with the House of Commons ? They had nothing to do with

      it—they were mere nonentities—they were nothing . They had no voice in their election , and therefore they were mere ciphers . ( Loud applause . ) What had they ( the Cbartista ) said to the Corn Law Repealers—what did they ask them ? Why , "Help us to get the Suffrage and we -will help yon to get the Corn Laws repealed . We helped you in 1 S 31 and 1832 to get the House of Commons reformed , when we were promised that we should have what we are now seeking foi ; and we only ask now what was then promised . " One argument was , that they could not get the Corn Laws repealed by a Beroughmongering Parliament , and therefore Parliament must be reformed . He would take the Whigs on tbatgronnd . They well knew that the question of the Corn Laws was still further off the point of success than it was before the House of Commons was reformed . They must therefore turn them out £ gain , —( loud cheers ) .- —there was no chance bat

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      that now . If they had needed any evidence npon the subject , they bad bad plenty that day , that they mast have an extension of the franchise—that they must not only nave the power to make a bread loaf , but a key to ) o « k It np with . Let no one imagine that be ( the speakext was in favour of the Corn Laws , < becan » e be advocated Universal Suffrage . Itwa « , l > ecau « e ^ knew that if the present House of Commons repealed the Corn Laws to day , they conld , if they thought fit , as the House was now constituted , put them on . again tomorrow . ( Loud cheers , and cries of " hear , hear . v Thee ' s right , lad . " ) Let them first get Universal Suffrage , and then the Ballot , to secare themselves , and then thoy weuld not only get a cheap loaf , bat good wages too . It might be asked him " How do yoa'know that yon would be better off with the Suffrage 1 " He wonld answer because he saw the Whigs were better off . Let them get these things and take

      care for themselves . ( Here an interruption from behind the speaker took placed A friend there had said he was pouring poison into thai * mlnda . w . it were poison , he hoped the " poison"he had been giving them would sink deep into their mindf . He was not the enemy of any man , and be could assure them he wished the powers thoae gentlemen had exercised to day for evil might bo exercised for good . He had been at many scores of public meetings in his life before , bnt never saw a meeting bullied as It had been that day by th « middle Classes . It showed that they only wanted to treat the working classes like ciphers , and just get their names for their own purposes . Let any of . the anti-Corn Law Leaguers meet him in any r » om in Leeds , andj he would prove to them that instead of aBepealof the Corn Laws doing any good , under the existing state of things , it wonld only prove subversive of the remaining liborties of the people . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Jeuvis C 11 Aik here made an ineffectual attempt to be heartJ . Mr . Smith concluded In a few more remarks , and by moving a resolution strongly condemnatory of the New Poor Law , which he said would test the sincerity of tke middle classes in all their asseverations of desire for the increased comforts of the poor ; affirming , at the same time , that the Poor Law , infamous as it was , would never be repealed any more than the Com Law , nntil the people had the Suffrage . Dr . Smiles , having appealed to the Chairman for a hearing , next presented himself , and , in tad C 0 UT 96 Of his observations , called upon tbe meeting to unite for a

      repeal of the Corn Laws , as they were ail agreed that they ought to be abolished , whatever opinions they might bold on other questions . He . moved an amendment on the motion , to the effeet that the Poor L » w , unless accompanied with a repeal of the Cora Laws , was an inhuman and unjust law . He was of opinion that the mas who refused to petition for a repeal of the Com Laws , because he could not get tbe Suffrage , was like a man who would not eat bi » wpper , because he could not get his breakfast next morning . He appealed to them as rational honest men to petition against the Corn Laws . ( Considerable confusion prevailed throughout the speaker ' s address . )

      Mr . Wh . Hick was next introduced to the meeting by the Chairman , and said that he had nothing to do with the Corn Laws on the present occasion . They had already bUowq that they had no coniUlence in the parties who h&d come forward to procure their repeal—nor had they any right to put comtiilence in them . He would ask them what had Edward Buines , jun . done for them f And wliat had Edward Buiiwa , senior , done for them , with all his talk , ' since he eame to Leeds ? And now they were to have a second edition in the shape of Edvrard Baines , junior . $ JLaugbter and loud choiring . ) Thoy ( the meeting ; could have bo confidence is their agitation for the abolition of

      the ( torn Laws . He ( the speaker ) detested the poor man ' s tax , but it must be abolished by the power of the people , or they would not have uny repeal at all . Now for their confidence in the middle classes . Humor Stansfeld had told them in his Letters to the Editors ol the Leedi Merinvy , that when he and bis friends the members of the Anti-Corn Law League waited upon Lord Melbourne in London , tears stood in the eyes of many of theta when speaking about the distresses of the working classes , which proved their sincere desire to improve the condition of . tho working people . There was something sincere ia their tears , no doubt Tears were often a test of sincerity , for

      " Too oft is a smile But the hypocrite ' s wile To denote detestation or fear ; Give me the soft sigh When the soul telling eye la dimmed for a time with a teat . " i Cheers . ) But he would remind them that all tears were not sincere . He had heard of the crocodile shedding tears , and he had heard of ethyr aniniais shedding tears - but when a man came forward who was HTing out of the blood and bones at the working cIoml' 8 , who was enriching himself oat of their labour , —when he came forward aud said that their tears and bis tears were sincere , he ( the

      speaker ) would hurl the lie Lock in his teeth . —( Cheers . ) Their sorrow was only manifested because they felt that their trade was departing from them , because they feared their own destruction was coming , and because their ill-gotten gain was about to leave them . They pulled long facts , and , in tbe name ef religion , they bad expressed a good deal ot humanity for the blacks , for whom they had voted twenty millions ; but . who did they get it from ? From the labour of tUi working classes , and from the poor factory children at home , who were oppressed far more than the blacks were . They backed up all their proceedings with texts from Scripture , just as Hanier Stansfeld had done in his letters , it reminded him of King Kichard in the play , who says : —

      Bat then I sigh ! and with a piece of Scripture Tell thttn God bids me do good for evil ; ? nd thus 1 clothe my naked viJlany , With old odd ends stolen forth of Holy Writ : — I seem a saint when most I play the Devil . ' ( Loud cheers . ) They said they wanted to give the working man a cheap loaf , but they only wanted a little more elbow room to extend the use of their machinery and to obtain greater profits on their capital . Had not the working men ' s labour increased and the fruits of it decreased ?

      They wanted to make the working classes of England do tbe work of tbe whole world . He had now said sufficient to show that tbe working classes should not place any confidence in tbe League , and he appealed to tht-m to stand by their own order . ( Cheers . ; In Leeds they formed three to one of the other classes . If they were united they were quite able to carry out their principles in spita of the opposition of all tbe other classes . After stating that illness prevented him from addressing them at greater length , Mr . Hick concluded by seconding the motion .

      Mr . Richardson came before the meeting . He had for some time manifested morbid symptoms of a desire to unburthen himself of a long speech , which be had apparently concocted , and which was ready cut and dried for delivery , ia the course of a rambling , incoherent , and inconclusive address , wherein he introduced a pointless illustration about big cats and little cats , which nobody about him comprehended , he supported the motion of Dr . Smiles , and concluded by seconding it . Mr . Parker said Mr . Richardson had stated a deal about tbe cats , but he had heard of serpents which changed their colours , and which uttered a pleasing sound that lured travellers near to their own destruction . They bad had sufficient experience of the consequence of listening to those who might be compared to serpents , already . They bad been charmed with their colours long ago , and in this yard

      too—( cries of " aye , lad , ita true , we have , " )—and with their music too , but they had had enough of them . Let them listen to their music no more , lest they be again made their victims—let them depend no more on those who had already deceived them . and made them their victims . They had presented the National petition—did the Whigs and middle classes support it ? ( Cries of " ") Did they treat it with any respect 1 ( " No . " ) Did they attempt to redress the grievances of the working classes ? ( " No . " ) Look at their conduct only last week , when the question of a property tax was brought forward . What was the consequence ? They turned it neck and crop out of doors . Let them ( the working lasses ) depend upon it , do what they might , their case could not be worse than it was . He concluded , by advising them to do their best to get the purse strings of the nation , by wishing that every man would keep sober , and before long they would all have their own way , and by supporting the motion of Mr . Suritb ,

      Mr . Andrew Gardner said , bis friend Mr . Richardson bad talked a good deal about the big cats and tbe little cats , and the big boles and the little holes ; but all they wanted was to open the hole wide enough to get themselves in , and as soon as they could do this , they would repeal the Corn Laws , and all the other bad laws . ( Cbeer& ) The Chairman here called to an individnal , who was creating a little disturbance , to come forward like a man , and if had anything to say , let him say it . This mode the noisy fellow a little laore quiet

      Mr . Gardner went on to say that Mr . Richardion must know that they cotild . not repeal the Corn Laws , nntil the people obtained the power . Be moved as an amendment upon both the preceding motions , that th » meeting was of opinion it was useless petitioning Parliament for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , or any other bad laws , until the whole people was fairly and fully represented in the Commons' House » f Parliament The Editors of the Leeds Mercury said that all parties were now fairly represented , but they knew this was false . If the people obtained Universal . Suffrage , they could afterward * get all they wished . The anti-Corn Law league pretend « d they wanted discnasion ; but from their conduct that day , it was very evident they didn't want it , and that their saying so was all gammon . He concluded by repea ting his motion .

      Mr . George Sheridan Nussey next presented himself , and was received with eheers . He said that the Corn Law was a bad , a wicked , and a crntl law—a law revolting to every species of humamity , the organ of immense mischief , diabolical in every shape and form . Such a . law ought to be repealed—nay , it ought to be torn from the statute-book ; but a repeal of it would be entirely useless unless accompanied with a very wide extension of the franchise , and other sweep-Ing reforms—reforms which would make the interests of the representatives identical and coincident with the interests of a majority of the community . The speaker

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      then referred to the manner in which foreign nations had already superseded us in our manufactures , sad to the results which mast ensue . One thing , however , ( he remarked , ) was certain—namely , that we were at the present moment in a most deplorable condition . Tbe people of England never were in so forlorn a state as at the present moment A national bankruptcy was in tbe prospective ; our trade and commerce were Dearly annihilated ; the factories were closed ; the principal part of our manufacturers were insolvent ; tbe street * were filled with beggars ; and tho Jamentfitioas of children crying for bread resounded from one part of the empire to the other . Skilful artisans were unable to find employment—unable to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow ; and obliged , by stern necessity , to cross the briny deep , and bid farewell , a long farewell , to the green meadows of their native ountry , or else consign themselves to all the horrors of a bastile . The Corn Law ( he said ) was blamed far all the misery , the destitution , and the ruin in which the country

      was now involved ; and so the great capitalists aaid , " Come , and help us to get this mischievous law repealed ; then we shall be able to find you constant work , and you will be again in a flourishing condition . " Tbe Corn Law might be the origin of immense mischief , but it did not produce one-half of the evils which the capitalists said that it did . Clans legislation , bad government , and unjust taxation , were the cause . ( A voice in the crowd— " Aye , that ' s it" ) The speaker Went on , at great length , to contend that it was not a monopoly of the article of food , but a monopoly of the representation , which was tbe cause of all the evils the nation was afflicted with . He deprecated tbe system pursued by the advocates of progressive reform , and would go at once to the root of the evil , and p ^ as the Charter , by which alone would be done away with the Lurubug of anti-Corn Law agitation , and all other causes of poverty , bad trade , and no food . The speaker was repeatedly cheered during the whole of bis long address , which we are obliged to curtail Mr . Smith having withdrawn his motion ,

      The CllMRHAN put that ot Mr . Gardner , and the amendment by Dr . Smiles to the meeting , when tbe former was carried by an immense majority . Three cheers were than given for the Charter ; three for Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and tbe incarcerated victims ; three for Frost , Williams , aud Jones ; three dismal groans for the League ; three cheers for the Chairman ; and tbe meeting then peaceably broke up , at three o ' clock in the afternoon .

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      THE " ABUSES" OF THE NE W POOR LAW . Let us take one of the latest . It is the case of a poor wretch , a female , who had a bastard child , and who being prevented by this wise law from making her seducer pay for tbe maintenance of the offspring , was necessitated to apply to the parish for relief . Tbe relief she got was to- tie imprisoned , as- a vagrant , in Maidstone gaol . At tbe expiration of this term , she ana her baby wera toraed forth from the gates of the prison , where it -would have b « en a enmity to hare kept her—turned fortU apon the wide wojld to perish or to live as chance might determine . the miserable wretch shall tell her own story as to what became of her after this : —

      " When I was coming from Maidstone I was taken ill > -within eight miles of Chatham , and a policeman enjoyed a person to catty my child to the workhouse ; that was on Saturday , and I slept at the workhouse on Saturday night with an order from the relieving officer of Chatham , aud I was turned out with , ray child at seven o ' clock en Sunday morning . I was very ill , and unable to proceed on ruy journey , and I received another order from Mr . Farrell , and was admitted again , and thty kept me there until Wednesday morning , when I came out and walked as far as Stroud , and then I sat down on the step of a door , when a woman named Smith gave me a sight's lodging , and in the morning she persuaded me to go to Stroud workhouse , and I went and told them what distress I was in , but not tbat I came from Maidstone gaol , and they gave

      me 2 a ., and I walked part of the way to Gravesend , when a cab took me . to Gravesend . The money was givtm to piy my pasaage to London by steam . At Gravesend I took tbe steamer and came to London , and arrived on Thursday last , but bad only 6 d . in my poeket . It was dusk , and with the money I bought some food for my child , and wandered about tbe streets all night , and on the next morning ( Friday ) I went to Marylebone workhouse and saw the relieving officer , who told me that I should see the board . I stated my case to him , but omitted everything about Maidstone gaol . I saw the board , and they searched the books to see if 1 belonged to that parish or not , when they found the name of nif mother , but not mine . They said I did not belong to them , a » £ they turned tne out without either money or food . "

      They turned her out ivilhoxt eithtr money or food ! This is the system under the New Poor Law . Under the old they would have taken her iu and passed her to her own parish . It was shown afterwards that the poor wretch bad no milk to give her child—how could she , when she had no nutriment for her own sustenance ? Thus they were turned into the streets together , hungry , cold , and almost naXea—turned into tho streets to wander and to die . The next account we have of what became of Harriet Longley and her infant is derived , as might have been expected , from a coroner ' s inquest ; but it was an inquest not upon the mother , but upon her baby . During her stay in Maidutone gaol the girl ' s conduct had been irreproachable . She had been employed as a nurse , and she had been remarkable for the attachment which she bad shown for her child—Poor thing ! she had nothing else that she could love ; nothing else that she cenld even hope would ever love her . Hear the sequel from the mouth of the policeman : — .

      " Thomas Hobbs King , a sergeant , No . 22 , K division , having boen sw « rn , stated , that on Friday night last , about a quarter past ten o'clock , be was on duty at Ialiugton station-bouse , when the prisoner knocked at the door , and on its being opened , she said that she had come there to givo information thai she had murdered her own child . He inquired in what way ? and she replied , "I have thrown it into the New River ; it was three weeks old . " Witness accompanied her to Owen ' s-row , near Sadler ' s Wells Theatre , and on arriving opposite the house No . 11 , she said , " I had boen sitting down on that step for half an hour before I threw the' thild into the water opposite . " Witness asked her

      how long it was since sue committed the act , and she replied , " just before I called at tbe station-house . " Witness caused the river to be dragged immediately , and the body of the child was discovered . It appeared to be about a month old , and was dressed as sucb infants usually are . She informed witness that her name was Harriet Longley , but that the child was registered in the name of Eliza Harris , in Maidstone gaol , where she had given birth to it . After the body had been found , the prisoner said that her child had been crying for many hours for want of food . She was in great distress , and had no food nor milk for her child Her breast , she said , was dried up for want of nourishment , and that caused her to murder the child . "

      The wretched mother was committed , ot course , Jaud will probably be hanged—but who was the murderer ? Was it the poor frenzied creature who sat upon the cold stones with an empty breast and a foodless body , listening to her baby crying / or hours for food ? , or was Jit the agents of the New Poor Law , who thrust her forth into the streets , with the moral certainty that she must perish there 1 Who was the real murderer , we ask ? tbe men who doomed the child to die of starvation , or the mother who terminated its sufferings a little before they would have been terminated by the natural operation of the New Poor Law 1

      Pbo , this is a common case ; one of those numerous clap-trap stories which those damned newspapers make such a fuss about . Serve the b—h right , she shouldn't get bastard children . The Poor Law is an excellent law—it reduced the poor-rates of the parish Of Gruelen-the-Wash eighteenpence ia the pouad last year . Of course we sh * U vote for it . Very well , gentlemen , vote away , but—the tima will coma . —Satirist . A Female Highway Robber . —Elizabeth Loveall , a tall dirty woman in a very ragged condition , who has been frequently in custody for theft ,-was brought before Mr . Ballantine , at the Thames Police-office , on Saturday , charged with stopping a Polish refugee , named Casaimir Janikowski , and stealing a bag and twenty-five shillings in money from his person . The Pole , who is an elderly man , and a nobleman of high rank , was on his way home on Friday night , about

      eleyeu o ' clock , and was met in Cornwall-street , St . George ' s east , by the prisoner , who took his arm against his will , and wanted him to go home with her . To get rid of her he aaid he had no money , and attempted to get away , on which she began pulling him about , and put her hand in baa pocket , from which she took out a bag containing twentyfive shillings ; and to which a valuable ring and two keys were attached . The woman then endeavoured to run away , but was prevented by the Pole , who seized hex by the hair of her head , and twisted it in hia hands . Tbe prisoner shook the bag , and some of tbe money fell out . A aoufflo ensued between the parties , and the woman screamed out for help , which brought a policeman , named Cook , 174 K , to the spot , who apprehended her , and caused her to be searched , when part of the property was found upon her . She was committed for trial .

      Greenwich Pom « 8 . SATumuy . —HoBBiBts Attempt to Muhdbh . —A marriod woman , named Elizabeth Browa , was charged with attempting to murder her two thildren . The husband , a workingman being questioned as to the cause of the occurrence , said that some words took place between , him and his wife about her having pledged Borne of the things , and after some quarrelling she s «* ed the carving-knife , declaring that she would cut the throata of the children and then her own . They had been married abont'six yeara . She was a very passionate woman . The prisoner being asked what she had to Bay for herself , acknowledged th * t she u ^' j * 8 tate <» ! threatened the lives of neraelfand children , but it was ; in her passion , caused by the wo f ds die had had with her husband . The magistrate told her that he would take care she should nave ample time to get cool , for he Bhonld commit her to prison , in aefauit of bail , for three mouths .

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      The total valne of the monies coined % t the Mint from 1837 to 1840 , both inclusive , wmm follows viagold coinage , £ 4 , 612 , 762 ; ( m 1840 , however , there * was no coinage of gold whatever ) j silver coinaee £ 847 , 981 ; . and copper coinage , £ 14 , 330 ; makma altogether the sum of £ 5 , 475 , 079 . «« wng Re-spect-a-bilitt . —At Bow-streei Police-office a shoemaker of the namo of Richard Sandall was charged with assaulting one of the gate-keepers of St . James ' s Park . The gate-keeper refused to let Sandall enter the enclosure , as hia dress was not sufficiently respectabfe , and the latter resisted ' hnt

      no violence was alleged , the point in litigation bein * the question of right . The Magistrate , Mr . Twy . ford , thought Sandall ' s Coat quite decent enough and was persuaded that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests had no wish to exclude persons of his description from the enclosure . Neither Was tu 6 re anything in the manner of the defendant at ail objectionable . At all events , the law was one which it was difficult for a magistrate to enforce ; and Mr Twyford objected strongly to being called upon to " decide whit was or was not " respectable" in the dress of decently-behaved people . Sandall was discharged .

      A Peep into thb TEMPLE . —Mother Church , no doubt , gives her ohildren some very salutary advice * but , like many more spoiled urchins , they imagine that they have a right to chalk out their own course and do things in their own way . She tells them to come out from the world , but some of the elder branches of her family think it right to take a little of the world into the temple , in order to orn ament the same , as appears from the following fact '¦ : —On Ash Wednesday , as per custom , the bell suspended in the steeple of Old Washington Church , summoned the church-going parishioners to their devotional exercises . Mr . Amen was awake to the well-knewn call , and instanter threw aside his lapstone , leather , last , and awl , and proceeded to the ' tother shoo to

      discharge the duties of his more sacred calling But . having , in the earlier part of the day , been transacting a little business at the shop ot a neighbour , who is in the spiritual line , he was unable to keep time , or shoot the amen at the word of command . This enraged his reverence in the upper-tub , who reminded his brother ot tho " error of his way , " by giving a few powerful tug » by the hair of his head ; this only served to bewilder the sacerdotal snob the more , and he completely lost his lesson . The ire of "the other chap" now rose to ungovernable height , and he commenced an attack on po » r amen ' s head with the Prayer Book , on which the devout little man sung out , " You won't do thai again , will you ! " This insult and assault

      the man of mortal sole could not brook ; therefore , after struggling thromgh tbe service , they retired into the vestry , when and where the little maa demanded satisfaction , as any other gentleman would do ; this his reverence refused to give . Hence , amen brought his antagonist before "his betters , but the magistrates having heard the evidenes adduced , pro- and con , decided that the little maa could hav& no jwst cause ) to complain , he having been unable to discharge the duties of his important office , by his having previously come in too close contact with the " spirits" of his neighbour . Of course , the case was dismissed ; their Worships pronouncing his reverence justified in opening the attack on " ' tothur chap ' s" upper leather .

      The Devil » Ljlw iwm !—An investigation ha * recently taken place info the case of the poor woman named Longley , who drowned her infant , in consequence of her destitution .: Marylebone workhouse was one of those at which Longley said she wa » refused admittance . At a meeting of the Parish Board , on Friday , the 26 " th ult . a letter was read from Mr . Chadwick , the Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners , requesting information as to the correctness of Longley ' s account . Mr . Messer , the relieving overseer , attended at the Board , and stated that When Longley applied she said that she was born in the parish . Chi reference to the records , however , ' it appeared that her account was incorrect ; and finding that she had slept , on the previous

      night , in West Lane , Smithfield , he referred her for relief to the West London Union . Mr . Messer says that Longley did not tell him that she was starving ; and had no relieved her , she would have become chargeable to the parish . Thomas Read , an inspector of out-door jwor , who was . by when Longley made the application , says that she looked very weak , and the child seemed dying for want of nour ishment . A resolution was moved , and affirmed by the Board , that there was nothing unusual in the case , as it came before the relieving officer ; a proposition , moved as an amendment , simply to forward the explanation to the Commissioners , being rejected . [ There is something tolerably eool and exceedingly numane , either in the law or the officer . A poor

      woman is evidently looking very weak , and her child dying for want of nourishment , when the relieving officer refers her elsewhere , to be bandied about from place to place , because she uid'nt tell Aim she was starving , and she would have become chargable to the parish , had he relieved her . So a forlorn , destitute woman , on the verge of-seeing her child die of want , 18 thus to be driven to murder her child , because she does not tell ft relieving officer she is starving , and because she will becom * chargeable to the parish . No matter about murder and suicide , so long as a relieving officer does not pay a few pence away more than he ought , or an " additional burden" is not placed upon the backs ef the parishioners ! 1

      Shameful and Unfeeling Fhaud . —A few days since an advertisement was sent by post from hon * don , for insertion in the Manchester Guardian , and , being paid for by means of a post-office order , was of course inserted on that day . it was to the following effect : — " To engineers , Engravers on Copperplate , Joiaers , and Cabinet-makers . —Wanted , go « d bonds , to proceed to New York and Philadelphia . A free passage aad mess , with capital wages . Parties must forward age , particulars of family , if any , present rate of wages , fee . —Post free , with a stamp , to Washington Percivsd , 11 , Southampton-street , Euston-squsre , London , who will communicate all particulars . "

      In consequence of this advertisement , so tempting at a time when employment is generally scarce many persons made application by letter , as directed in the advertisement ; and , in the course of a post or two , each applicant received a reply , informing him that his services would be accepted , at a very handsome rate of wages ; but requiring from each a remittance of £ 1 , " to insure registration , and prevent disappointment . " The general character of these answers may be gathered from the following copy of one addressed to a mechanic , who had made application : — " 2 , Oxford-street , London , March 16 , 1841 .

      " Sir , —In reply to yours , I beg to say that you will be required to enter into an agreement to serve Messrs . Grafie and Tomkins , of New York , for three yews , at the weekly sum of 60 s . English money ; week 66 hours , including two hours per day for meals . Your two sons shall also be engaged , and receive proportionate wages . Your and their passage , with bedding and provisions of the best kind will be free . Your wife wilt be charged £ 10 , and your youngest son £ 5 ; the child under two yeara of age will not be charged . You must remit j £ l by return of post , to insure

      registration on board , and prevent disappointment , which will be returned t » you on your arrival up here , together with £ l 16 s . for your expenses . Tbe passage money for your wife , ice ., £ 15 , you will have to repay by instalments of 10 s . per week , ou your arrival in America . You must be in town on the 5 th of April . As your application has been so late , you had better remit tbe registration money to the above address ( No . 2 , Oxford-street ) by return of post , provided you make up your mind to go , as our list is nearly complete . " I am , &c ,

      " WASHINGTON PERCIVAL . " Thomas ¦—"On recoipt of the £ l , you will be considered engaged . " Several of the parties who received these letters had the prudence to make a little inquiry at the Weekly Dispatch office before sending tneir money , and were advised to have nothing to do with Mr . Washington Percival . Others , however , were not bo careful , and we have reason to believe that a number of sums were forwarded as directed , and some of them , no doubt , fell into the hands of the scoundrels who had devised this nefarious scheme of plunder . Amongst others , the party to whom the preceding letter was addressed , who had been

      sometime out of employment , and was m very poor circumstances , pledged his watch to raise the necessary sum , and sent it by post as directed . He would also have incurred the further expence of conveying himself and hia family to London if he had not , fortunately , had his suspicions awakened by what he heard from another applicant , who , instead or sending the money required , took the precaution « writing to a friend in London , and requested him w make some inquiries about Mr . Washington Percival , at the place indicated in his letter . The party entrusted with this inquiry found that No . ^ Oxford ^ treet , was * public-hoose , the landlord of which knew nothing ot iSr . Percifsi , except tiai he came there occasionally for letters . Onfurtner inQuirr . it was found that there were then two

      mechanics in the house , who had come from Winchester with the view of procuring engagement * A third person in waiting at the same place , turned out to be a policeman in plain clothes , who was waiting for Mr . Washington Perciyal , with the intention of giving him an opportunity of explaining his conduct before » magistrate . Mr . Pereival , however , had most probably received seme intimation that hawKS were abroad ; " and he did not make his appearance , though a number of letters , some of them evidently containing money and money orders , were waiting for him . We hope the publication of these facts will operate as a warning to all parties on whom any similar attempts at fraud may be made hereafter . No honest man wanting servants or workmen will ever require them to advance money ; ana whenever any demand of the kind is made ^ tne applicant may be quite sure that there is a design on loot to defraud him .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAB .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct700/page/6/