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    • THE SORTHEKJNT STAR SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1841.
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      S 0 > "G 3 FOB THB MILLIOXS . IfO , 1 . jEnion ! arouse ! the Yoiee of freedom cries , And liberty re-ecboe » back the call ; Ye sons of toil , from slavery arise I Unloose your fetters , and shake off your thralL Tyrants are slackening their mad career , Their guilty sods are par&lized iriih fear . ¦ pTith firm resolve your acred rights demand , In manly rectitude put forth your claim ; gho-w all your Iotb for home and fatherland ; Restore from infamy your country's name . Be -wise , be just , your holy cause is good ; Ye will obtain it without shedding Wood . Te are industrious , yet sore distress'd - ,

      Te are enduring , yet your grisf is great ; Tour generous hearts , altho' ye are oppreas'd , Seek sot the devastation of the state . Your soul ' s desire is pure , for ye irould fain Blot out base slaTery ' s ignoble stain , A nation ' s Toiee distinct , and dear , and loud . With mighty force is heard throughout the land It comes like thunder bursting from a cloud ; >" o tyrant ' s minions can the shock withstand ; Its theme is freedom—freedom to the slave , Food to the hungfcr'd , honour to the brave . 0 - ' Tirtuons liberty , thou shalt b « ours ; Terror of despots , tyranny ' s destroyer ; If ot usurpation , nor her thousand powers , Shall quench within us thy ethereal fire . We strangle nob ) y , for we pant for thee ; We writae in skackles , yet our souls are free .

      n e see before us all that gives us might , Sme harbinger of harmony and love ; Wisdom onfolds a gleam of glorious light , Refreshing as the rain from heaven above . The streams of knowledge , swift as rushing wind , Are pouring pure from out the human mind . Hop *! millions hepe ! for soon ye shall rejoice . ' Corruption" » enre already is applied . ' Tyrant * are deaf , but God hath heard your voice ; No lenger can your pleadings be denied . As sound of cannon o'er the « eean booms , By force uncheck'd the reign of freedom comes . Be . nj . lhi > " Stott 68 , Silver-street , Manchester .

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      3 BE ESQLISU CHARTIST CIRCULAR , No . 25 . J . CiixTB , Shoe-lane , London . This noble , though humb ] e , ally in the glorious cause of Democracy is , we are happy to perceive , pursuing its onward march , and , if properly encouraged , cannot fail most efficiently to aid in the eanse of right and jniriee . The somber before as , besides other highly interesting matter , contains the People ' s Charter entire . Thus every working man , for the chsreepf a si ng le h&L' penny , can procure for himself and his family an anihentic copy of this most—this all-important document ; acd we sincerely tra ^ i that the whole of the masses will gladly avail

      themselves of the opportunity . We perceive that the whole of the back numbers are in print , and can be obtained for one shilling ; a work , at the price , containing so large an amount of real nseful information , vre are not acquainted with ; and we hope iJias every Chartist will aid in it 3 circulation . We think that the separate numbers might be most excellent to be presented as rewards to the more idvLnefed scholars in our Sunday and day schools ; ind also advise that some person should have a few of each for sale at every public meeting . "We hope all engaged in the Chartist agitation will teach and practically carry out these suggestions .

      GOVERNESSES , OB MODERN EDUCATION By Madahs Rkxfket . June . No . 6 . London and Paris : 3 S ± 1 . We have received No . 6 of a work , bearing the xbo ^ e title , which , as far as we are able to judge from tie contents of & pan . havjrgTjeitDer oommencdttent or conclusion , appears well worthy of public encouragement . The authoTess appears endowed not merely with talents which eminently qualify her for the task she

      has undertaken , and wivh a correct and refined taste , which is evinced by ihe jadicions selection of her materials , bas also with those elevated , moral , and religious feelings , without -which the m ^ st xaiented instructor of the yonng must b * a curse instead of a klessing to the rising generation . While the work costumes to be what the number before ns warrants ns in believing it , we most cordially wis-h it success . There is an article upon " Conscience and Education , " to which parents and instructors cannot pay too much attention .

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      ELECTION QUIDDITIES . BT COLOXEL SIBTHOEPE . ifOTH John Knsseil cad better take care : for running hU head against tha Umber duties , bs ought , considering the -rast deal of property that Trill be Sacrificed , to be brought to th * liocV , like his ancestor , and if he depended en me he certainly would . At it waj he near-y lost his poll in the city . Touching the " timber duties , " what does he think is to become of the uvo&en trait of Oid England ? Does he fancy that foreign tiEbcT -srofild ieep out Trench cannon balls '

      Xorwiihstandiiig that I am a Tory to the backbone , led the spinal marrow , if that ' all , I must say it peaded no pftosi to tell how the contest must terminate in the Tower Ramleis . The Conservatives , more'B the pity , had not a shadow ef a ciiance . As sure as I shall one day or othtr rtfum to Clay , though never to eociaon mud I hope , so sure did 1 f «« J Lhit Clay ¦ we . nld be Tcismed 10 esiich the sol ] of Si Stephen ' s . It W&S * dl , kj-the-way , that Lvshinjton had no occasion to put up lor this district , as , \ i he had , he would have metwfch only half-and-half disciples , despite of all bis ¦ Willingness to advocate final tjine-aie \ " measures . " la&by relied mainly on the " beer" interest , bnt bis former sap-porters would have drunk his downfal with the greatest alacrity .

      11 is astonishing how eagerly " drowning men catch &t tfrairs . " Lord Jshn , d—n him , grasps at skezixs , as being that mo 4 e of carrying out his Corniim principles likeliest to tell , for Trfcicfl he was nearly » est "ntck and eroj > , " ont of the city , u \ s a conifer : to think that whea his harvest of iniquity is ripe , he will reap a devilish rich reward . Ministers got on pretty well in the boron ? hs , bnt » hra they came to the " dirty acres" the pods tell a Terr dinerent story ; inasmuch as in almost every mstaacs , a Tory is petered at the top of them . The ckzpslicTcs , thank God , are thraAisff them like blazes , acd really turn out to be fisei agricultural phiiosouherg than I cr . uH have anticipated .

      The press has bten daiiuuWe all through the elections . I am apt to swear , bu : lying I have long forsworn . Tory as I an , I confess that the Times is too bad , the Globe atrociously given to tuning ntcs . d , and the Sun , instead of never altering its course , as a " true Snir never sscn ] d , is tfce meat erra ;! c Inminary I inow of ; and * iti ill my predilection for tha Standard , I cannot contder : t as a model of tnr . h and honesty , but , to give the devii his due , exactly the reverse . In short , I am unable to tx-press those inward feelicgs which assure me o . the superiority of a Sibtharp to the scribes of the QifiweiL t journals .

      lt : s » great satisfaction to me that GuHy , tbonsjh he 'fought hard , " got his ¦¦ bellyfull" at Pon-. tfract . ' like atooiashewas , he expressed Mb readiness to support tes nsw-fiugled con , doctrines of the Government , but th&iBSttlt , 1 fancy , will prove such a blow in the "breadfca&iut , " as will effectually deter him from coming to the stretch-in a hurry again . Besides , mark the poeti-Cl ; W 3 C 9 of his defeat ; those who attempt 10 pud others , deserve to be GuS ( yjd ( . 'J themselves ft ith reference t * the election , we may truly say , in Uitiangnsgefef Scriptnre , "UsnvarecalledianytMngbnt grf ^ en . en . j bnt few are chosen . " il ^ y were there who ra ., cd , yet bet few , comparatively , arrived at the trinxtrgposl ; while , in adaitioa to their misfortune , they Sot Trell-acgfffd" to bo -i .

      I have _ studied the com questioH as deeply as most Eic Titre are , lo mj knowledge , hard corns aod soft nZ ' ^ ri , v cnis ar ( i ^ "P cc ™* t 0 8-y nothing of amendeff ; but may I never eat hot rolls a ^ rain , if I can understand what benefit is to result from importing our vtarUrn Loares from abroad . To ms . the contest between ffis nEfetturtis aud agricnltnrists , is a " pull devil Inker " wasess a . ^^ er . One thing is certain , peasi would « erainly ¦ ax . SuiiritL

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      LATEST FROM AMERICA . Two vessels have arrived at Liverpool from New lor * . tee packet ship England , Cautsin Waite , with ^ T . hrk pipers to the 23-1 ; and the packet ship £ ur ca , _ Captain Pa 2 mer , with dates from the same ^ z _} ° ! .- 2 / tb , tfce la .: ter ship having made her " ^ - " A- ia the eitraorainary short s-ps . ee of fifteen cays 1 ^ The England has forty-fcur passeng ( = rs . Id the proceedings of Cortress o » the 24 th ult ., a fiiscusson , relative to the ofiVcce of M'Leod . took place : — ^ Tie following resolntion offered by Mr . Floyd , was fa . ied for coisideration : —

      Reeved ,-That the President of the United « £ ies be requested to inform this house whether any « neei ' of the army of the Unired States hss , dnce ! b . * fv Marcl 1 Ia 5 t ' bieen direct < d t 0 T ; - sit t ^ e * r * - . ° i ^ ew"iork for any purpse connected with « e lnprisonfflent or trial ' of Alexander M'Leod , y ™** so to comtQunicate to this house copies of the M C r , 02 s tC ' acd repor . ' ^ officer- " ** a ' ?? ° > &Itex recapitulating the circumstances "f ° ^ h ; ch the proceedings s ^ ainst M'L « xi had Pr opeifed , raid it was the £ ? neral impression that a ^ a a-nnary c-Ccer had been despatched by the

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      treasury department to interfere in the trial . The belief had caused much excitement and indignation , which , would- however , be removed by a denial ofthefeoL if r . Inxersoll followed , and spoke for nearly two hours . He went over the whole ground of ihe M'Leod affair , the Caroline rebellion , and all other matters connected with it . He then fell upon the letter of Mr . Webster to Mr . Fox , and criticised it at great length . As a constitutional lawyer , he affirmed that the positions assumed by the secretary were grossly erroneous , and that without the least necessity he bad capitulated to the British . He

      ( Mr . Ingersoll ) said this capitulation was a stain upon the country which conJd only be washed ont by oceans of blood . After expatiating with much warmth against the heinous crime of Mr . Webster , he said there was one chance left , which was , for the former to acknowledge bis error . He next attacked the style of the letter , and contended that the beautiful structure of the sentences was incompatible with the nervous style of the statesman . He endeavoured to show that both the late and present execntive had acted with more firmness than Mr . Webster , and that the latter was the Bole cause of the humiliating condition in which we now were .

      Mr . Alford B&id t » at , however much be differed from the present Administration on som « points , on this he agreed with them . He approved of the letter of Mr . Webster to the British Fox , and maintained that the former had not stepped aside an inch from the course commenced by Mr . Poinsett . He thought Mr . Webster deserving " of the appellation of" Well done , thou good and fartbfnl servant of the Republic . " Mr . Cushing followed at great length , condemnatory of the subject being debated at that time , and the further proceedings were adjourned .

      Bask op the United States—The present officers of tbis institution give formal public notice that an application will be made to the next legislature , for certain amendments and alterations in their charter , by changing the name and style of the corporation asd body politic , and of the location thereof , and by redncing the amosnt of its capital , and for . such alterations and amendments as may be deemed advisable , all of which will be set forth in their memorial . That the name and style of the said corporation Bhall be " The Siate BanK of Pennsylvania , " to be located in the city of Philadelphia , and that its capital shall ba reduced to a sum not exceeding fourteen millions of dollars .

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      Meath Cocmt . —Mr . O'Connell , has been returned for the county Meath , with Mr . H . Grattan —Mr . Corballis , tae late Liberal candidate having retired in favour of the Learned Gentlemen . Gescine Blar ^ et . — Mr . O'C-annell , in a letter addressed to rh ? Dublin Electors , says : — " The enemies of Ireland have trinmphed , but be not daunted , my friends , a petition will unseat the exterminators of yonrselve ? , and your holy and sacred religion . Ireland cannot bear my absence from the House at this crisis , even for a moment ; I have therefore accepted the representation of the honest men of Meatb . "

      Sektous Charge !!—Herrard Prerard , a fine boy of 15 , was charged at Hattou Garden Police Office , by ill . Ocock , of the firm of Whidborne and Ocock , chemists and druggists , of Judd-street , Brunswick-square , with having stolen from the till three half-pence . The prisoner was apprenticed to the prosecators by his father , who is an officer on half-pay . A shjrt time since the prosecutor was fined by the magistrate for assaulting this boy . The prisoner decJared in his defence to the present charge that the half-pence had been given him by his master to- purchase milk for his breakfast , but he preferred laying it oat in another way . He waa , however , ' committed for trial .

      Teddt Flyx . n ' s Blia'd Pig . —Teddy Fljnn , a big Monster man , locating in the classic regions of Lower Shadwell , with a string of "retainers" as long as the tail of Daniel O'Connell , or the American sea-serpent , marched into conrt 30 on after the doors were open , at the Tower Hamlets' Court of Requests , apparently intent on something of vast importance . "Upon the names of " Flynn again ? t O'Donnell" beivg called by the crier , big Teddy and Jerry O'Donnell , ja six-foot coal-whipper , came in front of the bench . Teddy—Plaze yer Wurtchaps , it's a poor lone widdy I am , God help me , wid a family iv tree childhcr , widhout mentioning tke two pig 3 an the torn cat , an it's a murtbering hathen that same O'Donnell is , to be afther tearing a man's jacket to paces in this kind

      o' way . Teddy was requested by the Commisioner to state to the Court the particulars relative te the destruction of the jacket . Teddy having moved a large quid of tobacco from his mouth , and carefully deposited it in the crown of bis " fantail , " assumed the attitude of the ** Member for all Ireland" when about to hold forth , namely , h * folded his arm ? , and placed his right foot some half yard iu advance of the other . From his statement it appeared that he ( Teddy ) had provided accommodation for a couple of pigs in the rear of hi 3 domicile , on © of which , like the author of " Paradise Last , " was blind . The fences dividing the tenements , it seemed , were like Mr . Ferguson's " fonr-and-nine , " in a somewhat dilapidated state , hence Teddy ' s two grunters were

      enabled to visit their neighbours without restraint . Jerry O'Donaell , the defendant , occupied the premises next door , and his small domain behind exhibited a flourishing crop of " pratees . " It further appeared that Teddy ' s two porkers were in the habit of paying frequent visits to Jerry ' s plantation Of " Donovans , " and , by inserting their snouts in the foil , managed to turn many fine roots bottom upwards . Upon one occasion , while thus engaged , Jerry danced to espy them , and , seizing a mopstick , he rushed out , and inflicted summary punishment on the intruders . Jerry whacked away with his cudgel , the swine howiea lustily , and the row w > on brought out Teddy iflynn , between whom and Jerry a fight took place , wLich ended in the plaintiff ' s jacket being torn from his back , the alleged value of which ( 43 . ) he now sought to recover . Commissioner—I don't see how the Court can assist

      ton , for one seems as much in fault as the other . Teddy—Och , blood an' oun 3 1 only haik &t ihai ' . Sore . I'd jist sot down to me dinner , widthechildher , when , all in a suddint , I heerd a mighty screeching , an' wint out , an found that blaggara Jerry a wallopping me poor blind pig with a broomstick . " Aizy , Jerry , " stz I , " remiraber the crathur's g » t Chnsthian filings , like yerself . " Wid that , yer Wurtchip , he hot me a murtherin' whack , an' thin we had a bit iv a fight , an' he split my jacket . Jerry , in defence , said the plaintiff ' s pigs were continually rooiing np his garden , though he had often cautioned him to keep them on his own premises . The Commissioners were of opinion that Teddy had no claim upon the defendant , and dismissed the summons . The " lone widdy" and his friends left the office highly indignant at the decision , observing that it 'braed another strong instance of the necessity of " repaying" the Union .

      Hereford . —Som > ambclism Extraordinary . — A most extraordinary case of somnambulism occurred in this city on Friday week . We can vouch : or the fact 3 as we are about to relate them , as they transpired within our own cognizance , and all the parties are personally known to us . On Friday morniDg , at half-past fire , a resident in Widemarshstreet was awakened by the violent ringing of his door-bell . 2 s ot hearing any servant answer a second ring , he ran ft his bell for the man servant , which , howexer , was not answered . He then , jumped out

      of bed , and puiling aside the window-blind , saw what he believed to be his own horse , saddled and briiiled in the street , and held by a strange man , habited 33 a labourer . Marvelling what could have brought his horse so unexpectedly to his door at so early an hour , he left his chamber , and , at the bottom of the stairs , called aloud to his man servant . One of the female domestics replied that he had gone down at five o ' clock with the intention of going on the horse to WithiDgton , to see & cow which he was lo loi-k . ai for his master . The master then

      returned to his btd-room , threw up the window , and , ou inquiring the man ' s business , the reply was , " Your man , sir , has been thrown from his horse in the meadow ; I wa 3 just going by and saw him on the ground , his foot hanging in the stirrup , his face cat hnd bleeding , and the horse standing quietly by . 1 fear he is much hurt . 1 led him to my house nuar the turnpike , -and there he is _ now . My wife has lighted a fire , for he is sitting in a chair shivering with cold , and cannot speak , " The master immediately requested the messenger to lead the feorse back , and turn him into the meadow a ^ ain , and stated that assistance w ^ uld be forthwith sent . A surgeon amd one of the domestics were quickly in attendance . The man was found exactly in the

      state described . The surgeon carefully examined the body , and happily found that no bone of him was broken , and no other perceptible injury than the wounds on the face . He was then led home , apparently insensible , only answering to every question put to him , " I don't know . " He was conducted to his bed-room , undressed , and put to bed ; his eyei all the time being wide open , but fixed , and the pnpib being much dilated . At dido o ' clock he awoke , and ; he first question he asked , occasioned by his feeling bis cheek sore and bleeding , and observing his clothes not in the position he had placed them the over night , " Where am I ? What ' s the matter 1 " He positively had not , and he has not Dp to the present moment , the slightest recollection of a single Circumstance that had occurred frem the

      moment he dropped to sleep on the previous night to the moment he awoke at nine o ' clock in the morning . We may state that it was his intention the previous night togo to Withington , and for this purpose Le had put 6 d . in his pocket to pay the gates ; but he had not , and has not now , the least remembrance of rising , dressing himself , knocking at the girl's door , unlocking and unbolting the door , walking down the street to the meadow , unlocking the gate , catching the horse , saddling and bridling it , falling eff , being picked up , led to the man ' s house , being examined by the surgeon , led home , and put to bed—of all these events he is perfectly oblivious . We may add that he is a Eteady sober person , and we pltdge ourselves for the truth of the case as tto have- related it . —IIercfi > : d Times .

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      Vert ImpobtaJ ! . —J ^ -fi ' wrll be ' interesting to mothers , and , indeed , to All the Queen ' s loyal subjects , to know that the little " Princess Royal has passed two important epochs of her infancy—namel y " short-coating" and " weaning ; " the former took place & short time ago , and the latter within the last few days . —Globe . National Debt . —( From Tuesday ' s Gazette . )—The Lorda Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasnry haring certified to the Commissioners for the

      reduction of the National Debt , in pursuance of toe Act 10 th George IV ., c . 27 , seo . 1 , that the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland exceeded the actual revenue thereof , for the year ended the 5 th day of April , 1841 , by the sum of £ 1 , 851 , 917 5 s . ll ^ d . ; the Commissioners for the reduction of the Rational Debt hereby give notice , that no sum will be applied by thtfsa on account of the sinking fond , under the provisions of the said Act , between the " ta day of July and the 10 th day of October , 1841 .

      S . Hioham , Controller-General . National Debt Ofiice , July 6 . The Golden Goose . —That old age is not always accompanied with a proportionate amount of wisdom is a fact which is placed beyond all doubt by the following instance of gullibility : —Ona day last week a decrepit old farmer , seventy years of nge , ot Bradworthy , on whom Providence had bestowed more money than wit , was bamboozled by a gang of gypsies into the belief that his age and infirmities were the result of the malicious influence of a witch ; and

      persuaded him to advance them £ 53 , which would dispel the web of enchantment which entwined his existence , and restore him to the health and vigour of the comely age of twenty-four . The offer was eagerly accepted ; the farmer retired to his bed , and dreamt that the much-desired metamorphosis was already accomplished ; when lo ! on waking in the morning , " a change came o ' er the spirit of hia dream "—old farmer Osborne was as old as ever , and £ 53 poorer , his riches having " taken to them-Belves wings and flown awaj" with the gypsies . — Western Times .

      Impediments in Travelling fbom London to Dublin . —That large portion of the public which travels between London and Dublin via Liverpool , is made to sufiVr great inconvenience , to the extent , occasionally , of being kept in Liverpool twelve hours , by the private disputes between the Grand Junction and the Crewe and Chester Railway Companies . The Post-ofBce directs the Irish letters to be carried on the Crewe and Birkenhead Branch Railway , instead of as heretofore , on the Liverpool and Manchester line . By this route there is a saving of twenty minutes , which is of great importance in tho despatch of the Irish l 9 tters . Accordingly , a

      carriage with the letters leaves the London train at Crewe , whilst the passengers are carried oil to Liverpool , where they most generally arrive just in time to see the mail packet under-way—able sometimes in . open boats , with danger and discomfort , to reach it ; but often left behind to await the evening packet . Though the Post-ofBce can over ride the disputes of the railroad companies , and compel the conveyance of letters , it has no power to direct the conveyance of passengers ; and the public interest is thu 3 sacrificed to the wrangles of two companies , which , bliud to their own interest , are thus cultivating—not the good will , but the hostility of the public .

      A Snug BoRorGH . —Dungannon was the place where the volunteers of ' 82 held their memorable meeting , and it will henceforward be famous as the borough which , in these Reform days , can defeat a Reformer , and send the juvenile Lord Northland to Parliament upon the strength of seven ty-t ^ vo votes . Let us not be mistaken , the borough of Dungannon , although a large and tolerably thriving town , can just boast of 124 free and independent electors . Now . in the late contest , fifty-two voted for Mr . Falls , the Liberal candidate , which left the houseof Knox seventy-two votes , gi ving the promising peer an overwhelming majority of twenty over his Whig or destructive opponent . And this is what her little Maje 3 ty from the throne is schooled by

      her Ministers to describe as " an appeal to her people . " To continue this state of thinga the newborn foe of monopoly , Lord John Russell , promulgated his " finality" doctrine , and denounced further organie changes . Good right have Gallon and Old vjarum to complain that they have unjustly been consigned to shedule A , while Dungannon survives , " a prosperous borough , " for the convenience of the Ranfurly family . The possession of this pocket borough has been a fortune to the Knoxes—nothing ] ess than a mine of Potosi . It has been the goldon key which opened the portals where coronets and pensions were to be fouud . No wonder , therefore , that they should be afraid to let it slip from them ,

      and that they should contemplate with awe the prospect of losing a privilege which they have turned to such advantage . The people , however , are beginning to perceive that they can never expect any change for the better so long as this system is sulfered to endure . In every locality like Dungannon , where a mockery of representation exists , and the franchise is confined to a few individuals , the member will owe his seat to aristocratic influence , or else become the nominee of a set of jobbers , who , upon condition of allowing him to prosecute his selfish designs , will secure bribes—either in money or places—for themselves and their relations . Dungannon , with its 124 electors , is a bitter satire upon the immortal Reform Bill of Lord John Russell . —

      World . The Nomination at Glasgow . —Tho Scottish Patriot , speakinK of the spirit-stirring proceedings connected with the Glasgowelection , says , " thehometruths brought forward on the occasion , were , we daTe say , ra ; hcr unpalatable to our fashionable corrnptionists , and , therefore , the mercenaries who pander to their taste , thought it more consistent with their interest to suppress sentiments so unpopular with their patrons . Thanks , however , to the progress of intelligence the elite of our Glasgow aristocracy were compelled for once to listen quietly to addresses which they would have yelled down in their assembly rooms . The whole of our speakers spared neither Whig nor Tory misrule—they laid

      bare the injustice and rapacity of the 'ixclusives ' with a fearless hand , amidst the plaudits of at least fifty thousand of their fellow-citizens . But it was during Mr . Moir's extraordinary speech that tho scene became intensely interesting . The thrilling eloquence and powerful satire of that distinguished advocate of freedom , while he exposed the duplicity , extravagance , and tyranny of the Whigs , told with irresistible effect on all present ; tha multitude rent the air with bursts of acclamation . The Whigs at first 11 looked scorpions , " but latterly the rueful aspect of tke crest-fallen liberals betrayed the mortification they felt , while the loud laugh of the Tories , excited partly by the wit of the speaker , and the castigation he was iuflicting on the hypocrites , and partly by the long faces which they had assumed , added much to our amusement . It was , however , when the show of hands was taken for the respective candidates , that a deep lesson was taught to the

      philofopner and the stafeman . There stood a dense mass of discriminating men who felt that they had a right to be recognised as freemen ; consequently , when Mr . Oswald wa 3 put , the handheld up for him were ' bke angela visits few and far between . ' The people knew him to be an old narrow contracted Whig , half a century at least behind tho spirit of the age . Mr . Dennisloun had a show considerably larger , because be is believed to he much more democrats than his antiquated colleague . Those exhibited for Mr . Campbell were still fewer than llr . Oswald's ; they were like the grey hairs in a joung man ' s head , ont ; here aud there , because the people knew him to be a politician of the feudal school ; but when llr . MilJs and > Jr . Moir were respectively put , thare was a forest which the haughtiest Tory or the proudest Whig in the empire would have envied . Upon the whole , this was 3 glorious day for Chartism , and one which neither its adherents nor opponents will soon forget . "

      Ihe Boy Jones . —The boy , Edward Jones , who , it will be remembered , has on three different occasions effected a mo 3 t mysterious entrance into Buckingham Palace ( and , according to his own account , a fourth , but on which occasion he escaped without detection , ) wa 3 , on the 24 th of last month , liberated from Tothill-strcet gaol , his period of imprisonment having expired . Whilst in prison , we are told Jones behaved remarkably well . He was quiet and orierly , and even exemplary in his conduct ; so much so that the governor had uot in any ono instance cause of complaint . Since the liberation of thi 3 youth , who has gained so much notoriety , he has beeu frequently seen on Coustitution-hill and in the immediate neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace ,

      which being communicated to the authorities , orders were given to the police to watch his movements , which wa 3 accordingly done , but there was nothing in bis manner or behaviour different from those who daily frequent the parks in hopes of obtaining a sight of royalty . Still , it appears , he wa 3 deemed a dangerous character , and meditated another entrance into the palace . Without , therefore , going into details and rumours of suspicion , we may state that be has bten taken quietly in hand by the proper authorities and placed on board the Diamond emigration ship , bound to Australia , we believe , or some other of . he English colonies . We hear that this adventurous youth left home in good spirits , and not altogether against his consent , but on leaving ,

      repeated his wishes tbat something should be done for him iu this country , as he would rather remain at home than go abroad . Jsnes has written on more than one occasion to Mr . Hall , of Bow-street , requesting that worthy magistrate to prevail on the Government to do something for him , but his applications to Mr . Hall were not answered . It is thought these applications were in consequence of the boy being desirous not to be a burden to his parents , who are poor but industrious and honest persons . On the day Jones left the prison , one of the agents or managers of a minor theatre ( his father says ) called and offered him £ 4 per week to appear on the stage for a fortnight , and , at the end of thai time , a " becefit , " but the boy declined exhibiting himself for so short a period .

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      A Desirable Co ' M- « ague . —Sir Frederick Pollock , in canvassing hia constituents th * ftthe * day at Huntingdon , called upon a publican wbo e&tae to him across a yard , hia hands filled with ft quantity of pint pots . Being thus encumbered , the elector was unable to receive the usual aaluation , and made his apology ; upon which Sir Frederickgood-humouredly remarked , " 0 , never mind , my friend , you are a greater man thau Lord John RuBsell . You can carry your measures , I see . All the world knows Lord John cannot . "

      Dreadful Fire at Deptfobd . —On Saturday a de 9 truotive fire broke out in the workshops of Mr . Knott , builder and agent for the Kent Fire and Life Assurance Company , near St . Paul ' s Church , Deptford . Ihe fire first appeared issuing from a quantity of shavings in a workfihop at the rear of Mr . . knott ' s dwelling-house , at ten minutes before four o clock , and by a quarter past , the flames burst from the front windows of the house . Mr . Burton , usher of Greenwich police-court , who was passing to the railway on his way to London , rushed into the house at the risk of hia own life to save that of Mr . Knott , who was confined to his bed with the gout . Mr . Knott refused assistance , and seemed indisposed to leave the house . He was , however , removed by Mr . Burton and another person out of

      the house to that of a neighbour opposite . Mr . Burton then went back to the burning house , and succeeded in seonring the caah-box , valuable papers , and a quantity of plate and other property . There were fifteen houses between the railway and an opeuing whioh separated the buildings to the northward . Four of them are destroyed—namely , the extensive premises of Mr . Knptt , Mr . Blake , an oil and colourman , Mr . Brown , a painter , Mr . Martin , a carpenter , and Mr . Cockle , a cooper iathe London Docks . A good supply of water was immediately procured , and four engines from her Majesty ' s victualling yard were promptly on tho spot . One engine from the London Fire Brigade , No . 20 of the We * t of England Office , and No .

      22 of the London Fire Establishment . The engine I > 16 was the first from London , and reached Deptford in thirty-five minutes after the fire was discovered . A large body of the H division of police was immediately on the spot , followed by a strong detachment of the 15 th Regiment of Foot . These , assisted by the parochial officers , preserved a vast deal of property , and gave full tffeet to the operation of tho engines . The churchyard was made available in depositing vast quantities of property belonging to the houses ( eleven in number ) where danger of fire was likely to reach . Several of the houses were full of lodgers , and the seen © was most distressing . About seven o ' clock , however , all danger of the firo extending was at an end , and . the goods were being taken back to some of the houses .

      Thuswing a Pio ' s-Head at a Jew . —A powerfully-built Leadenhall slaughterman , named Perkins , was charged before ihe Lord Mayor , on Saturday , with assaulting Aaron Benjamins , an old Jew clothasman , by flinging a pig ' s head at him in tho purlieus ot Leadenhall-market . Aaron , who cultivated a beard like a horse's mane , having been sworn on the Old Testament , stated that as he was progressing homo to Petticoat-lane with a pag" full of treasures on Friday afternoon , in passing Leadenball-market , the defendant , who was accompanied by two or three other slaughtermen , bailed him ; complainant immediately went up to them with the hope of picking up a bargain , when the defendant produced a pig ' s-head from under hia apron , and

      asked him what he would give for it , he ( complainant ) refused to have anything to do with it , and was walking a way when the defendant thrust the abomination into his face . He took no notice of this and went away , but before he got the disUanco ol twenty yards , tho pig's-head struck him a violent blow in the back of the neck , and upon turning round he saw the defendant laughing . The Lord Mayor asked the defendant what he had to say in his defence ' . The slaughterman said he could not deny having thrown the pig's-bead at the Jew , but he made use of bad language , and called him infamous names , which aggravated him to do what he

      did . Tha Lord Mayor—You hear that Mr . Benjamins ; you used bad language to the defendant-Complainant—S'help ma Cheovah , yer Lordship , I never shpoke a vord , not a shiDgle v ' ord . The Lord Msyor requested the parties to Step outside and try and settle the affair ; after the lapse of a favr minutes they returned , not having b « en able to make the matter up , the Jew wanting too much . The Lord Mayor then fined the defendant 103 . and the costs . Aaron , upon hearing the decision , pushed forward and held out his baud for the money , bat , upon being told that it went to the Queen he looked dreadfully crest-fallen .

      Dublin Election . —We will be expected to say something about the City of Dublin Election , and we therefore hasten to fulfil our duty . The contest has been an extraordinary one , and given birth to an extraordinary concatenation of circumstances . When the tidings first reached us that Pierce Mahony had taken the helm in his own hand , it did not require tho intercepted Clarendon letter to indicate hew matters were hkely to terminate . The concocter of the Leinster Declaration and the chum of " West Briton Rice , " whose progress through life , or fee is much belied , ha 9 been tortuous and time-serving , was not exactly tho person to mako the best champion for a repeal candidate . The gasconade of Mahony iu seeking the " extirpating

      Grogan " in the halls of Green-fctreet , that he might make him "eat hia leek" is oiily a little less ludicrous than tho anxiety of the aforesaid Grogaji to convince the town by issuing a green paper ukase that he had no intention this season of exterminating tha Roman Catholic subjects of Queen Victoria , and that all the blame of having reported so foul a slander should remain at the door of the penny-aliner of Saaders . Bribery and uuduoinfluence , with the unpopularity of the Whigs , have also tended to place ministerial candidates beneath their Conservative adversaries ; but all these circumstances would not have conspired to have had this effect but far the prevalent opinion that the contest had moro to do with men than measures , and that it involved

      not so much rights to be achieved as places to be procured and protected . To be caudid , except high-sounding professions , and past services , the candidates who stood upon the liberal side gave us little to hope . They were evidently bo hampered with ministerial manacles that they found themselves unable to be explicit or definite upon any subject , and we could only gather that they were likely to sustain the Whig ministers . We trust that the present defeat will prove a useful lesson , and warn those who enjoy the publ c confidence that it is dangerous to surrender to party the energies which ought to bo devoted to the regeneration of a nation . The following is the state of tho poll at the close : —

      West ( Tory ) 3060 Grogau ( Tory ) 3051 O'Coanell ( Whig ) 2977 Hutton ( Whig ) 2953 Majority of West over O'Connell li ' d Grogan over Hutton ,.... 98 The excitement during the election has been tremendous , and many outrages have been committed , we regret to say , by tho mobs of the respective parties , and we fear that consequences more fatal might have been looked for but for the admirable arrangements of the efficient Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police , who are entitled to the thanks of the community fer their untiring exertions . — World .

      The Chesterfield Union . —We have heard , with equal surprise and disgu 3 tj , of an instance of petty tyranny in the Chesterfield Union ( Derbyshire ) , which has escaped the notice of the Times , buc which we , the opponents of the Times in its wholesale and undiscriminating attacks upon the New Poor Law , beg leave to recommend to the instant attention of ike Somerset House Commissioncra , if they wish the country to believe that they are oppointed for other and better purposes than the receipt of their salaries , —aad that one of those purposes is to make amends for the occasional harshness of their own minutes , by the repression of harshness in others , when perpetrated at the expeuceof the unfortunate recipients , of public relief .

      We are told that , at Chesterfield , all women entering the workhouse are stripped of their St » y 8 , and that a room is set apart for tne receipt of those essential articles of female attire , where they are hung up , and ticketed , —the unfortunate owners being condemned to do without this necessary support to the female frame , during the whole time of their residence in the workhouse , in the barbarous hope of shortening their stay by this ingenious refinement of persecution . We are told that women , who have been accustomed to wear stays all their live ? , are to be seen crouching in every possible position that can afford a momentary relief from the inconvenience which they experience—resting their heads upon their hands , and their elbows upon their knees—or

      leaning agam 3 t the walls in silent suffering . And all this for what object ? By what authority ! Not by the law . Not by any legitimate exeroise of the authority of the Guardians—for they would have just as much right to make people sleep in Short bod >' , or to stretch them out till tuey fit long onesor to order them to stand upon one leg while eating their dinners , as to rob them of any accustomed , and innocent , comfort . It may bo necessary , in justice to the working population , to couple a provision for persons out of work with conditions sufficiently irksome to prevent people from throwing themselves upon the rates , and living at the exnence of the

      poorer ratepayers , when by proper exertion they could earn a livelihood for themselves—but confinement , work , restrictions as to diet and hours , are all that the law contemplates , or allows . Much even of this is harsh and unjust , under a system , which denies to labour that free agency , which the Jaw , by one of its least justifiable fictions , assumes it always to possess ; but as to tormenting poor old women , iu the hope ef forcing them to quit that homo , which ought to be a place of refuge to tho aged , the fact is so moastroos , that we should not have given credence to it ,, had we not received our information frora psrsoas , vihoae accuracy . - Tr-e cannot doubt . — Weekly Cfcroaide .

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      The Easterw Question . —The new treaty for the settlement of the affairs of the East was signed , on Tuesday afternoon , at the Foreign-office , by the-representative ? of the five powers—Austria , France , Great Britain , Prussia , and Russia . Poor Lord John .- —It is confidently stated that the Tories mean still to oust Lord John Russell and Alderman Wood from the city , on the ground that the polling books of some particular ward were wholly kept back at the election for party purposes . It is moreover rumoured that "Litfclo Finality" is to be pitch-forked into the House of Peers .

      The late Census . —A Bath paper states that Ihe Census has caused considerable annoyance in that fashionable city . Several ladies , hovering on the shady side of thirty , have endeavoured to evade it by abruptly retiring to ihe Continent ; and one elderly dandy , hopeleaa otherwise of escaping the inquisitorial scrutiny into his age , actually took up his abode in a hackney-coach , in which he was driven about the city throughout the obnoxious Monday night ! We understand that the Bath census reveals one astonishing fact—namely , that of all the unmarried spinsters there , scarcely one has grown a year older since it was last taken I Not a few bachelors , too , still stick at the same age which they owned to in 1831 !

      More Poor Law Atrocities . —The Times of Wednesday last , publishes the following letter : — " Sir . —An unprecedented sensation having taken place in this neighbourhood respecting the examination of females at the Union-house in Downhamtnavket , Norfolk , and upon inquiry finding the same to be true , I wrote to the Poor Law Commissioners stating the fact , and also transmitted a copy of the complaint to the Bishop of Norwich . An inquiry took place yesterday before Mr . Twistleton , an assistant commissioner , at the Union-house , before a full board , and the result is that I fully proved the case beyond a doubt . Very great efforts have been

      made to hush up the matter , otherwise , instead of two cases , I have no doubt many others might have been proved . It appears that the young man , Ward , who assists the Union surgeon , aud the Rev . E . J . Howman , have been carrying on a system of examining young girls , as soon as ever they have been admitted , in the most indelicate manner . This Rev . Gentleman , who speaks and talks so highly of the beauty of tbis Poor Law , is the very man who wrote a letter ( I think in the Globe ) reflecting ou some observations made in The Times some short time since . I now lay the whole examination before you to publish what part of it you may think proper . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , Henry Palmer . "

      Whig Household Appointments . —The Earl of Surrey has been gazetted captain of the yeoman guard . The absurdity of these household appointments is exquisite . Why , his lordship wont even see the corps he has just been appointed t-- > command , before he will be called upon to resign it , and his pay wont pay for his new uniform . As for Lord Marcus Hill , he having been in ofiice before , will be spared the expense of getting a new embroidered coat . Joking apart , the recent change is ona of tho drollest blunders that tho Whigs havo made . It is uudoratood that in order to spare the Queen any mortification in contesting the point of the " ladies iu waiting , " de novo , that immediately on Lord John Russell ' s being out-voted in the Commons , all

      the wives , sisters , and cousins of the present Ministers will send in their resignations , to be replaced by the "friends of her youth , " the Duchess of Northumberland , the ladies Jenkinson , and others . On dit , that if the Tories are successful , the Earl of Liverpool and the Duke of Beaufort are to bo tho lord steward and the lord chamberlain , and that most probably Lord Castlereagh will again be vice-chamberlain . The matter which is most discussed is whether Prince Albert's household is to bo held pnlitical . Tho Whig ? 1 , of course , would declare an attempt to make it so , the most infamous , cruel , unjust , tyrannical , unconstitutional thing in the world

      —a thing so bad , that no one , not even a Tory , could intagine ii even in a dream ; but what if the Tories should follow the Whigs' own precedent , with Lord Grey at tho head of them T Hi 3 lordship , in spite of William the . Fourth , and in defiance of Qieen Adelaide , would meddle with the household of the Queen Consort , and compelled her Majesty to dismiss her chamberlain . It was in vain that the QUOGQ appealed to the King—the Minister was too powerful lor the Crown , aud both King aud Queen were obliged to submit , though the latter resented the interference so much that she did without a chamberlain rather than receive one of the Premier ' s appointing . —Cheltenham Looker On .

      Brutality exercised tjsdek the New Poor Law Act—livery day brings clearer proofs to litfht Of the uecessity of abridging , or rather taking away altogether , the despotic powers reposed in the Somerset House Bashaws , by tho infernal Poor Law Act , and of confiding the direction of Unions to locally appointed Guardians . Lord John Russell , it is known , introduced a , Bill to continue the services of the flint-hearted Potentates for a period of ten years longer ; but finding the House and the country against him , he withdrew it , thereby throwing out a fciiminering of hope that he would , in another Session , listen to tho voice of humanity , aud give to every district the right of managing its owu paupers . Should , however , the Tories succeed to office

      from what fell from Sir Robert Peel , the iniquitous Act will continue to operate with its present frightful severity . The Hoa , Baronet was for continuing the services of the Magnates , for a period of five years longer , so that he would have all the horrors of the system maintained , and with the leaven of Toryism infused into it , who shall tay that it would not work with worse effect ! The once independent spirit of the industrious classes is already gone . A labourer , tor instance , who needs perhaps but trifling assistance to enable him to rub through a protracted winter , is denied relief . He is told— " There is the Union for you ; you and _ your children will be received . " The applicant is pennyless ; he has no work ; and at length ia compelled to part with the

      few scraps of furniture he has been scraping together for years , and go into tho bastile , from which the appliance of a few shillings would havo saved him . Tho result is obvious ; ho became a confirmed pauper ; his spirit is cowed ; for he knows that , let him leave the Union when he may , he has no home , no furniture , and that he must become a wanderer . This is one of the evils of the Poor Law Act . But let us complain of , or rather point out other grievances , in order to show the ferocious spirit in which the aocursed Poor Law Amendment Act is- carried out . No later than Monday last , au inquest was held at Doptford touching the death of a woman named Skelton ( Skeleton would have been by far more aDoroDriate ) . whose death it was alleged , had been

      caused by starvation—starvation in a land that has been called " the admiration of the world and the envy of surrounding nations . " This poor creature , it appeared had not even a bed to lie upon . Shu lived with a man named Dew , who was as badly off as herself , and who exerted his utmost to procure for her the means of subsistence , but without success . Latterly a little tea and dry crust were all the poor creature had to support her enfeebled frame . At length Dew applied to Harman , the relievingofiicer , to obtain admission for Sk « Uon into the Union . By this man Dew was sent before the Board , when oueof the" gentlemen" ( Heaven savo the mark ) , brutally said— " I am sure you won ' t have it , " ( meaning , we suppose , an order for admission . )

      Poor Daw was then told by the " gentleman ol this beautiful Board , to go to a hospital , and named some party who would give him a recommendation for Skelton . In fact , it was clear that they wished to get rid of the woman , and cared not whither she was sent , so that fahe did not trouble the parish . The woman , it is true , was diseased , but she required nourishment rather than medicine ; and here the relieving officer aud the " gentlemen" of the Board—the humane gentlemen—violated the oi-ders of the Commissioners , which expressly direct that relief shall be given first , and inquiry made afterwards . Harman , however , inquired first as to whether deceased was the wife of Dew , and finding that she was uot . he would do nothing lor

      her ! So the woman was denied relief beeauseshe lived with a man in a state of concubinage . Why , if all persons were to be denied admission within the pale of' r ; ght , who live in a state of adultery , aoma thousands would cut a very sorry figure , if they were called on to show their ** marriage ceremony . " Harman informed the Coroner , that if " Dew had stated that he was not married , the caso would have been different . " So that , believing deceased to be the wife of Dew , he refused her admission to the Union , and the presumption is , that if he had known that she was only his trull , she would have been admitted Ob , Mr . Harman , get up a better tale when next you appear before a coroner . The jury were disgusted with the evidence to meet the case , and very

      properly begged for an adjournment of the inquiry . One witness , a woman in whoso house the deceased and Dew resided , told tbe Jury that the latter almost starved himself to supply the wants of the deceased ; that he was a man of excellent character , industrious and sober ; albeit , he waa driven froia pillar to post , and at length tbe eoBaciated partner ot his misery died at hia- side . Is it not scandalous that the pnor should be thas treated , tbat they should be thus insisted—deliberately insulted bs parish officers 1 There rarely was , before tho isstitntion of the Bastil& in England , a case ot' a hiaaaan being dyingfor ~ want oithen » oessaTie 3 othfe , whohad made appl&ation ftr relief . To those good old days of pauper management , vre hope the country will in to

      return . Thera is another case -day ' s paper , affordia- > a beautiful illustration of Uuiou management . Atan inquest heldon two children who were suffoc ? ted in bed in Lambeth workhouse , evidence was . ' civen by a woman named Scott , tbat she had not wily suckled the two infants when alive , but two others also in the same establishment I The worr an confessed that she was not compelled to sucf lo all the infants . This may be the case ; but out ht euoh a thing to be suffered \ Could the unfo . ' tunate children—four children— have received sr fficient nourishment to sustain life from the breast f f one woman ! The thin # is impossible , and the ca affords a delectable specimen of modem workhouses i management . —Weekly Dispatch .

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      Canvassing on the Moons . —" Feyther , " and * farmer ' s strapping wench , on his return last week from Kochdafo market to bis sheep farm in the moors of Spotland , " Fey ther , there's bin a telley hecrsin yo' wen ' n off this mornin . "Well , an' wot did ho want ? " asked the farmer . " Want!—he sed he wauted yo'r suff'tin ' s for a member o'Parliament . " The dule he did 1—but yo' gan him none I gewsel " " No we , mi mother sed wo hadno' one i'th' heawse , for yo ' d'n ta ' en ' em o'to Roby Bank , at RatchdaV ' ' Well , an' wot Bed he then ! " " Sed!—he set up a gurd o'laighin' az ir he'd ha' brasted , till Ileetth * doc lose , an'then he ran like ewd Nick ; but he laaft bwoth cwot laps be'ind him !"—Manchester Chronicle *

      New American Printing Machine . —The Philadelphia ( United States ) Gazette notices a new printing machine , now in operation at Hanover , New Jersey , the invention of Mr . Thomas Trench . The rags are taken to the mill and made into paper , w ' aich is run on a reel and taken to the printing machine , whioh prints six spelling-books in one minute , and three hundred books in an hour . The types are set on an iron cylinder , and one revolution pr int 3 » book . The sheets are printed on both sides at one operation , and the ink is supplied by a roller moved by machinery . The inventor is no ^ r engaged on a machine that will print two common Bibles in one minute . [ They could , perhaps , invent a machine for compressing moonshine , and moulding it into farthing candles ; or for solidifying tho colours of the rainbow to supersede Aokennan ' a water-colour cakes . l

      Two Children Suffocated . — A few days ago , an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at the Jolly Gardeners , Lambeth , on the bodies of Jane Elizabeth Reeves and Susannah Ellis , each aged about two months , who were smothered in bed in Lambeth Workhouse . A female named Martha Scott had suckled the deceased , as well as two other ohildren . The deceased were placed in a bed with a girl named Sutty . On Friday night , Scoti ; having suckled the deceased , they were both pui to bed , and then appeared in good health . The following morning they were found quite dead , and Sutty lying between , them . They had every appearance of having been suffocated . It appeared that there was only one

      sheet on the bed , which had been turned over tae deceased , and Sutty Was lying between the blankets . At this the Jury expressed much surprise . Sutty always behaved kindly to the children . Mr . Duke , the surgeon , stated tbat the reason , why Mrs . Scott suckled four children was that , it having been found bad to bring children up by hand , and the mother of one being dead , the mother of the other , who 13 only sixteen or seventeen years of age , being very ill , Mrs . Scott very kindly undertook , in order , if possible , to save the lives of the two children , to give them what suc « ur sho could . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict , " That the deceased children died from suffocation / ' but no blame was attached to Sutty .

      Three Hours after Marwage . —Thomas Tyne was brought before Mr . Maltby , at Marlboroughetreet , under these singular circumstances . The defendant was givfen into custody for being drunk and disorderly at a wedding party the preceding evening , and tho charge was sustained by the following evidence -. —Policeman Fox , C 117 , stated that his attention was attracted to No . 3 , Thom ' s-court , Duke-street , Hanover-square , by a quarrel , and the cries of Murder I ' On going to the house he was told there had been a wedding that day , and that the prisoner , who had acted in the morning as father to the bride , had in the evening been found in a very questionable situation . The constable inquired if the bride was a consenting party to this novel

      arrangement of matters , and not receiving a satisfactory reply , he said he could not interfere . The landlord of the house then gave the defendant into custody for being drunk and disorderly . When this was done , the faithles 3 bride declared she would not be separated from her deputy husband for she Jiked him better than her legal spouse . The bridegroom said he had met with his fickle rib not more than about four days before he committed matrimony . On tho evening of the weddiDg day he went out to made some purchases , and to take places for the honeymoon trip , leaving his wife and her friend together . When he came home , to hia great grief , he found hi 3 bride and the defendant in a situation that no husband could tolerate . The

      shock was so great Chat he swooned away , and did not regain a sense of his miserable lot for three hours . As soon as ho came to himself he charged tho defendant with attempting to seduce his wife from him . Notwithstanding % vhat had taken place , such was his lovo for the faithless fair , that if tW prisoner would consent not to interpose in his family matters , he would forego the charge , la answer to some questions put by the Magistrate , the complainant said ho did not " disadmit that he had been drinking , " as was quite natural on such a happy occasion , but ho certainly was not drunk . Tho fit occurred through " study and grief . " All he wished

      was to have undivided possession of hi 3 ownlawful wife , and to prevent the defendant from coyingher away . If the defendant would make that promise , he would forgive him . Mr . Multby put tbe question to the defendant , and . he having giving a promise to keep away from both wife and husband , was discharged . The wife soon afterwards made her appearance , and on hearing what had taken place , said the wouli not part with her friend , for she was not aware when taken to church that she was to bo married to her present husband , and she was so much taken by' surprise tLat she allowed the ceremony to proceed .

      The Sorthekjnt Star Saturday, July 17, 1841.

      THE SORTHEKJNT STAR SATURDAY , JULY 17 , 1841 .

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      THE MANCHESTER MASSACRE . In reference to the vote of thanks , which was moved in the House of Commons by the present Lord Melbourne to the " Bloody" Yeomanry who on the field of Peterloo , indiscriminately cut down with " newly sharpened sabres" men women and children , when peaceably assembled to petition for a " redress of grievances , " the Whig Manchester Guardian has the following paragraph , which is &Q amusing specimen of lying by isuendo . The paragraph is going " the round" of the "Whig Press . To get rid of the odium attachable to Lord Melbourne for his memorable exploit , even though it should be by lying , is an object worthy of being attained even by such means . Here is the paragraph : —

      " It sppeara from the report of the Leeds Mercury tbat Mr . Hardy , in bis speech at the Bradford nomination , made the following observations : —• Look at Lord Melbourne . Lord Melbourne was Home Secretary at tbe time tbe people of Manchester were cut down , and moved * vote of thanks to the yeomanry . ' This statement is a direct falsehood . The Home Secretary , at the period in question , was not lord Melbourne , bnt Lord Sidmouth ; and this i 3 a fact which , if Mr . Hardy ( iid not know , a very slight investigation would have

      « hown him ; and that investigation be ought in duty to ha ^ e made , and not have come forward without it to endeavour to blacken the character of a political adversary by the utterance of a downright untruth . It is nothing to say , as possibly may be said , that Mr . Hardy believed the statement Tbe man , who , to disparage an opponent , makes a statement , which ordinary inquiry would have shown him to be without foundation , is only one degree less culpable— he is not at all lew malignant—than the one who invents and propagate * a naked and deliberate lie . "

      What " statement" i * it , that the writer calls " a direct falsehood ! " The reader will imagine , and the writer intended tbat he should thug imagine , that the " statement" of Lord Meijjocbne ' s moving the vote of thanks in question was the " falsehood . " But . this is uot so ! He does not dare to- say this ; he © nly applies the terns " falsehood" to that part of tha " statement" which represents Lord MKLBOOfcNB to > have been Secret&rs of State at the period named & * d yet this is done ia such a manner as to lead the reader to believe thafcihe whole of the " statement " w "false . " Cunning . Isaac . ' Sse the gravity with

      which he reproves Mr . Habdv for endeavouring to u blacken the character of a political adversary by the utterance of a downright untruth , " at the very moment he is lyiag by inuendo for the purpose of whitewashing Lord Melbourne ! What a" lecture' * Mr Hxudv gats . « ° *¦ & » enoimity < yf th « sin of lying because Mr . Hardy happened to say , or happens to be reported to . have said , that Lord Melbopbse was the Secretary ofSiate . wheu Lord Sidmouth occupied the stool of office ! ' To make this mistake is an attempt to " blacken the character" of Lord Melbourne !

      The facts are these . Lord Melboubne -was not the Secretary of State at the time of the Manchester massacre . Lord SrDMouTH was . But Lord Melbourne , ( then called " the Hon . Mr . Lamb , " ) was a member of the House of Commons ; mi . in that capacity , acting under instructions from the then Tory Government , moved that vote of thanks to the butchers for murdering the people , which was passed by the " Hon . House" ! Dare tho Mundieder Guardian eay that this " statement . 13 ia a '' directfalsehood V

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . . 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct715/page/3/