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      TO THE REV . BAPTIST NOEL . THE BRITON ! a , FATHERLiLirD . go dry the cbildleas motbert teats , Betriew tbe baart by frief unstrung j gecjH the witlrtiiw mite of years , j __ i o'er oar brightesVhopes have Hang __ ar dead * nlng biflamee ; there command , ] £ i \ re 11 forget ourfaiberland . no tef * * e priBon'di « Wot *» breast , T © Weed not for his co 8 ntry * s xrmng ; Bring bact the barest and tbe bast , To home and Mends who ' ve w « = f > t i £ =: u long T ( fc lra « l and virtas hand In hand , ^ well forge * on fath trUrtd , qo uk tfa » exiled Briton ; ere

      Is some some strange land unwept be dies , For wbom be breathe * the soul-frit payer ; yfiaX tender thought invokes ht « sighs . -io , the * W * withering k > ok withstand , i , proud be cries " my fctherland r Qoloftk upon tbe meanest slave , Hat caWd oppression * laws have made ; And know the only boon he'd crave , Tbo - joy be fled and hope decayM , H still to toil amid the bud , ' fiktt ftrsggle for their fatherland . ec besrtleu dolt l the blood that ruts , In Teins like thine , no country own * j Bat tempt no more old England * sons , Xo leare their home , tho' tears * a& gromna , Are blood ' . be there , yet band to brand Xb ^ H battle for their native land . JOHS A . I _ AW 50 N Sheffield , Not . 12 th , 1 S « .

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      SCRAPS FOB RADICALS . I . I . CLANCY . yo . til I eonld tell thee a tale that would strike thee with ^ nur—yea , in fact , that would « hOl the Tery blood in gj ¦»«»« . — Rqmobk . - Poor Erin stakes her native lyre , IflngsQent and untuned ; ' list Britons . ' list , and , now admir * , Her lays m oft impawned . Forgetful of each trembled year , Whig friends , or Tory foe *; She cans upon 70 a now to heir The harp resound her woes .

      0 , when is danger who defied ,-The foeman * foremost wing , Aloof with "Briton * , side by side , True to their cause and king . Poor Erin ' s sons . ' fall many a year , They fought old England's foes ; Then safe her , Britona , now yon hear The harp resound her woes !

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      No . VIIL OjEria ! no wonder that taoa art complaining , WiSe cormorant patriots pillage thy » ua *; Aai thcasa- « J of famishing serfs are-sustaining He norron of life by the weeds on thy shore ! . ' . ' _ wke then , my Erin . ' too long then hast slumbered Aid roD back the stone that entombeth thy fame Pa the Star whish proclaim * that thy dark dayi ; jaUaixar-wnisa proaauns mat uy aarc days

      are ¦ umbered . Precedes the glad sun-barst of liberty ' s flame ! 0 H _! no wonder fhakthoe art « wnplafa&ig , Ttsj deep cup of sorrow has lasted too long ; ltd its dregs hare beoome so poignantly pftftring , &at no rebel arrow can stir more strong . -.-TThj tp » S the Tile goblet ; shall tyranny tell thee , fte land of Fitzgerald and Emmettia dead ? Sal peace with her olive can trinmpb toseQ thes , lad cause thee'to worship the golden calf ' s head ? . ' . '

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      ^ THE TOICE OF THE PEOPLE . , ta the voice of the people I hear it on high , - It peals o ' er the mountains—it soars to the iky ; Brough wide fieids of heather , it wings its swift flight ; Iika tan-den of heaves arrayed in their might . Brashes Kill on , like the torrent ' s load roarj " HA besn on its surges the wrongs of the p / Mb > in shock like the earthquake shall fill with dismay , Qts hesrts of the tyrants and sweep them away . W . H . G

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      A SONNET Ci file receipt of some letters from a gentleman of TJniversiiy College , London , in whieb eaaet-poateoce be tot feelingly informs me that the di * ea * mder which I labour is curable .

      TO THB HCMA 5 E A 5 D BBJTETOLE 5 T . I me day wrote a sonn&t in the Star , On a " wbeel-cbair" that Mr . Smith had giTen ; I late receird some letters with the karen Of kbdneai ; in answer , why soeh a ear Wu needed to propel me short or far , I told liia I wm paraJy rd , « ad rirea Oi hope , tiw young ; to ta « te the air , was driren 04 in the chair ; my loss of power the bar Whereby I ' m eonfin'd . ITe lost all feeling ; Action ' s departed ; so I am immur'd Ialrriag tomb ; I was not born thai *»'" t ; - Ibe doctor writes that I may yet be eor * d ; Btt raehasoond to me is nnaTsiling . Pet lacik &f uttcpis thd bi £ 3 sing * j zmisssr * d * JJ . MBS VS&-V 0 * . SoBthmolton , Not . 28 th , 1 S 41 .

      Jttaost earnestly commend the abore tonfihicg appeal to the notice of those to whom it is addressed"the humane and beneroleat' * The author is a poet of nature's own nursing ; bat in the midst of porerty , » nHirw « g the beart-&iekeaing helpleaxness tf paralysis . IX , indeed , cure be attainable , we irest that a Christian people -will not permit soeb & object for the exercise of the'r kindly fwiUngs to 3 Kk ihe HBaaE . 1—Ed . N . S .

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      v « LasGrOW . Tmpobtast Mebtisg is thb w Crrr Hall . —A large meeting of the trades of ] = g ow was held in the City Hall , C&ndleriggs , on I 1 way nytht , the 23 rd inst ., for the purpose of Bptmaig their gympatlij for the m&ooas norr on «» at the New Houses of Parliament , Nelson ' s «« B » ent , and Woolwich Dock Yard , and ako to BJRw their public detestation of the inhuman , 2 * 1 ,, and tjrannic *! condnct of Allen , the foreman . •¦ ae rapercilions and oTerbearing eondnet of ** = s . Peto and Grissell , masters . The majority " welBaetingwascompceed of decent respectable !?* ttg trdesmen , belonging to different Trades ' ! : «« , wbo all appeared to take a deep interest in Soft WVM r \ f «• % . « . « .,. » :-. CM _ iT . A ^_ . ; . V * *) . 1 a . U ^ ect of the meetingSiortiy « Aer eight ' lock

      g ' . oc **• ^ o . j ? h Graham , secretary to the Power Loom i * ers Union , and a Teteran in the cause of right past ttighi , was unanimouElj caUed to the chair . •^• PCOed . ihfi bnsiness of the meeting in a neat , Sh ind effeetiTe cpeecb . He said he had often £ ¦¦• 0 « rer large aad powerfnl meetings of the J ^ a aiHi the working classes in geaeral , bat in «| ? pauon he had nerer pressed over a more imr ^ m eeting than the present , and fer a more * *•*>* principle than the one they bad met to eon-«« i < iiseuBs , and decide upon . It w » B ft questioa r ^» ost of th « noet TitaJ importmee to every j ^ tt gaan in the empire , and required their mo 3 i ^• m , consideration . He concluded by reading the

      C *** aanoandng the meeting , and after calling **" Mr . Hamilton , secretary to the United Stoner **» M Glasgow to more the first resolution , he r wwp amid ioud cheering . Mr . Hamilton began ¦ 2 s **** 8 » be indoJgence of the meeting during the C ™ J «« e of the task which had been giren him ^ PrpfBi , for h « eonld assure them thai uoihiBj ; g « e anportanoe of the meeting oonld hare induced WsJL . " 0016 foiw «»< i before bo respectable and in-^ ° t » Basting of Mb fellow tradesmen . He 2 J « erred to toe causs of their assembling tog" ^ ttflthe unprincipled conduct of Allen , the g " ** a orer the masons employed at the New . *« eg or Parliament . It is Dissine rtranee , said

      7 fcr ? & wireasooable as the condnct of this man £ r * 2 f J ^ be iB not without friends , and will it be ££ ?* > «[ tfl among the working classes . It is J" *™ ja bad omen of the times , and a air * proof £ «* tyranny and crneltj of that indiTMual , when ¦^¦ tt cMttpeikd to strike at this season of the £ ~\ *« then , read « Ter the different ebarges ^^ Jj against Allen by the men now on stake , J » w MTe already appeared in the Star , amid the g ^ execration of the audience . He also read r £ *»»* lej s Bpeech at the Crown and Anchor r" ~«» fi m which be described AUstn as a fitter ??««» mhabit a felon ' s ceU loan bare ft command fif ktEt **** ra ^ stnous men ; ia fact , said Mr . tv ? : * *? ppears to be a nronar tool to snoerintoid

      Sffir ? . ^ ^ W 6 e 8 whid »« " « H " ! to be occopied j ^ nrst mttance by persons deaf to the cries of j £ « ni g hnmudtj and the national demands for £ " •**> and whose one-sided system of legislation huaT 1 ¦ na ^ aery , and desolation orer the ^ and bread th of oor lMid . CCheen . ) He con-^? by reading the resolution :- " That in the u& ofthM J ^ « " » « asons now on strike ^» don and Woolwich , merit the sympathy and * & £ "" r 5 w « tiBg man in the country for the ^" fwuj stand they hare t * kea against th » ^« « oie arrogance , despotism , and tyranny of ^ . foreman at the New Houses of Parliament . " £ " * *« steonded by Mr . John Gardner , secretary kuLVrf i Powet ioom Weayers , in ft most powertSt ^ hy ^^ ^ P eeca of conBiderable len gtli . - ° isolation was put and carried unanimously .

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      Mr . Dennis M'Millan , delegate from the dyers , moYed the second . resolution , " That this meeting approre of the conduct of the masons lately employed at the new Houses of Parliament , who stand against the tyrannical conduct of their foreman , George Allen , and also approve of the disinterested conduct of those masons employed at Nelson ' s Monument and Woolwich Dock Yard , who spontaneously turned oat in defeooe of their brethren against Griseell and Peio , for . their inhumanity in retaining Allen in their employment . " This resolution was seconded in a brief speech by Mr . James Wales and carried unanimously . Mr . Russell moved the thirdfeaolution . He pointed oat those persons who went in upon the work which the masons now struck

      had left , as destitute of either principle or hamaaity and exhorted the meeting io jtun together is the holy bond of union and brotherhood . u That this meeting expresses its hearty disapprobation of the base conduct of those' masons , who , in defiance of honour and equity , hare aided and abetted the proceedings of the tyrant Allen , by going in upon the labour of their fellows , at the new Houses of Parliament , » ad call upon tiia public to stamp with execration , the conduct of men who thus riolate the rights and interests of their brethren . Mr . Murchie eeeonded this resolution , which was put and carried without a dissentient Toiee . Mr . Malcolm moved the fourth resolution , That this meeting reprobate that portion of the press who , in the genuine Bnirit of servilitT

      and injustice , hare refused all statements famished by the men , and inserted exclusively those of ths employers , whose interests it was to blindfold the public , and pledge themselves to support those newspapers who advocate the rights of the working men . " This resolution was seconded by Mr , M'Qfl . een , a stone mason , and author of the " Muirland Minstrel , " and carried . Mr . M'Farlane , a cabinet maker , moved that a committee be appointed from that meeting to watch orer the inter * e&ts of the working classes , which was seconded by Mr . Miles , a Btone mason , in a speech of great eloquence and ability . A committee W&s then appointed , and cheers were given for the masons on strike , and for the chairman , when the meeting dissolved .

      BKl » UK 6 TOlf .--0 n Thursday last , the members and friends of the Loyal Order of Druids held their annual tea party and ball , in the large room belonging to the order , when ninety-seven persons sat down to an excellent tea provided by Miss Beawiok . Dancing commenced at ecren o ' clock and was kept up for many houra with great spirit . Several new members were initiated . BKAJrCHESTEB . —Christian CoKMtmm . — A meeting of the members of the bbove society and public was recently held in the large School Room , under Christ Church , Every-street , Manchester , which was freely granted by Dr . Scholefield , for the occasion . Captain Barlow spoke for upwards of an hour on the advantages of Christian union , and of

      toe community which is now being established on Chat Moss . A small plot of fourteen acres is now in possession of the associated , -who anticipate greater things as accession of new members to the cause is now of frequent occurrence . The society has been formed upwards of twelve months , but nut wishing to waste the funds on speculative meetings , the public is not generally aware of its existence about fifteen members in the mean time have subscribed about two hundred pounds , by far the greatest part of which is the subscription of working men , a sure token of their earnestness to get posses sion of the land , These are no frequenters of the traps of the destroyers of social and political regeneration , as I am Borry to inform you we have many

      thousands here who do to theirs and others hart , and who are the Tery men that are the greatest obstacles to the obtaining the People ' s Charter . Many thousand acres of England's best land would be in possession of the operatives in less time than our society has been in existence ; if they would but act as is their bounden duty and interest . The chairman , Mr . Sixsmith , read to the people the printed rules of the society which seemed to be generally satisfactory , numbers of which were sold at the close of the meeting . It is the intention of the associated to have meetings in different parts of the town to irons © the people to a mindfulness of their duty , and of their power , when united , to redeem themselves from the evil circumstances of this and preceding generations . —Correspondent .

      SOUTHAMPTON . —A meeting was held at the Royal Exchange , on Monday evening last , to take iuu > consideration the best means to obtain such g npport as is required by the masons now on strike % t the new Houses of Parliament . The meeting , altuoagh . not called by any public notice , it being only preparatory to a great one abont to be holden , was nevertheless most numerously attended , and evinced a strong feeling in behalf of the masons . The following resolutions were unanimously passed ; and , if carried into effect wuh energy and perseverance , by the persons appointed , must ultimately end in doing of a deal ot good , not only in eradicating the prejudice crested by the venal public press , bat in raising sucb subscriptions as are needed . Mr . Woeks

      haviDgbeen calledtothe chair , madcafewpreliminary rematks explanatory of the objects of the meeting . He then called upon Mr . Turner to explain the cause and reasons of the strike , which he did in a clear and laciri manner , evidently much to the satisfaction of the meeting . The Chairman then called on Mr . Dew to move the first resolution , which was briefly seconded by Mr . Warran : — " That this meeting folly justifies the conduct of the masons lately employed at the new Houses of Parliament , in having struck against the arbitary conduct of their late foreman , Allen . " The second resolution was moved by Mr . Watson and seconded by Mr . Tomer— That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that the masons now on strike in London

      and at Woolvrich , merit tbe gratitude and support of the country , in haricg so manfully made & stand aeainstVae crael and relentless inhumanity under Tvkich they snfiered . The third resolution was moTed by Mr . Greenl&w and seconded by Mr . Alexander- ^ ' - That this meeting pledges itself to use erery means in its power to render tbe masons that assistance * hicn their exemplary conduct bo justly merit ? . " The fourth resolution was moved by Mr . HutcbiniOn , and seconded by Mr . Hulbert : — M That thiB meeting hold np to public censure the unprincipled condnct of a Mr . White , maaon , of Southampton , in so far as he has willingly become the tool or agent to Messrs . Grissell and Peto ,-by endeavouring to procure m&song to supplant our fellowworkmen in Lomion . " The Chairman { hen introduced Mr . Barrieit to the iceeting , to move the fifth resolution . Mr . Bartlett said , that when , he entered the room , he was not aware he should have had to

      move any resolntion . He merelf came there to listen , and obtain correct information as to the strike of the masons . He , however , was never backward to assist in a ? ood aiid just cause , and therefore he willingly moved the resolution put into his hand , which he begged to read before he made any further observations : — "Thai a Committee of fire persona be appointed , with power to add to their number , to correspond with the other trades of Southampton , relative to the best mesns to be employed to enable our brother operatives in London to bring to a satisfactory termination their present struggle of right against might , to receive subscriptions , and to make the necessary arrangements for a publio meeting , iu order to remove the prejudice raised against the masons on strike by the vtnal press . " Mr . Bartlett then continned . He did consider it honourable on the part of the masons in having struck , because it would' hare been dishonourable for them to have

      remained * 4 work unaer such degradation . It Wus highly creditable to the men fcr the moral 6 tand they had taken ; it was disgraoeft . ' ! to the proprietor ? - , Me .-srs . Grissell and Peto , in upholding the conduct of Allen . He could not h ° ! p adverting to a fact , although it might be digressing from tbe purport of the meeting , yet it most be evident to all , that until they were represented they wenid be unprotected , and that they would have no shield from the like insult and oppression . ( Cheers . ) Until they obtained the People ' s Charter , which embodied the whole of their political rights , they never would be respected as men . After a few observations from Mr . Greenlaw , in explaining the objects of the masons for fining a man for "chasing , " which he said was equivalent to a reduction of wages , » nd a rote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman , the meeting broke up , apparently much delimited with its proceedings .

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      The Soits . ce of true Patjuotish . —Th ; re is , perhaps , no coarse of study calculated to afford in itself so great a degree of useful " knowledge , entertainment , and delight , " as that which makes us acquainted with the history of the rise and fall of ancient and modern empires , connected , as it inevitably mast be , with the history of human passions , and the effects of culture upon the human mind . It is not only a graceful accomplishment , without which yonng people of both sexes must feel oppressed by a sense of inferiority when in the presence of those who possess it , but it carries out , with telescopic effect , a view beyond the limited circle of our ow » operations , aad encourages us by examples of the past , to set about securing advantages for the future . Our indignation is roused by the sad monuments left nj of the tjranny which has been exercised over countless millions by a lew wretched individuals 5 we are told how blood , and treasure , ties of kindred ,

      and the holiest affections , nen laid waste by that few , in their hot thirst for dominion , ana trampled upon by the galling strides of despotism ; bow enormous and dazzlingly magnificent cities were built , pyramids raised , and rivers turned from their course , to gratify the pride , or vanity , or caprice , reigning in a single breatt , regardless of the myriads of Blaves who supplied the eostiy materials , and p erformed the labour of achieving those and many other profitless wonders ; aad how even civilised Rome tamely submitted to tbe gross enormities of her Domitians , her Caligulas , and her Neroes ; our indignation , I say , fa called forth by the numerous atrocities we read of , % nd in proportion to our knowledge of their perpetration and the means progressively adopted for their preveEtion , will be our love of liberty and consequent attainment of free institutions , —Parley ' s Penny Library .

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      Wobth Knowing . —A chimney on fire was ft day or two since effectually put out in the following easy and expeditious manner : —In the first place , a largo piteherful of wafer was thrown into the grate , which of course generated a considerable quantity of steam . A sheet was then fastened ap in front of the fireplace , in such a manner as to prevent a current of air from ascending the chimney , and in less than five minntes all signs of blaze or fire in ths chimney had entirely disappeared . Committal op Two Banking Clkbks for Felony . —The investigation into the affairs of the Chichester Old Bank , which ensued upon the failure of that establishment a few days ago , has led to a result which has vastly increased the consternation

      and distress that unexpected event had previously produced , vis ., the apprehension and committal for trial of two of the clerks of the late firm for defrauding it of money to a large amount . The delinquents are William Styles Goodeve , the chief clerk , and Mr . William Williams , a jinior clerk . It is understood that tbe frauds which have already been detected as committed by these two persons nearly amount to £ 20 , 000 . The means by which they carried oh their nefarious practices was the surreptitious reissue of the notes of the bank after they had been cancelled . So reoently as the 28 th day of October , Goodeve fraudulently obtained by such means a sum of £ 5 , 000 , and on two former occasions sums of £ 3 . 500 and £ 8 . 000 . He always

      bore a high character , and was universally respected ; but he had , by himself and his immediate family connections , largely embarked in extensive mercantile transactions , which had ever been deemed inconsistent with the situation he filled of confidential clerk in a banking-house . Both he and Williams were apprehended , and on Saturday , after an examination before Dr . M'Carogher , the mayor , and other magistrates , which was striotly private , were committed for trial . Bail to a large amount was offered for Mr . Goodeve , but was refused . The whole affair of the bank and its failure seems to be involved in mystery . Althoagh a fiat has been issued , it has not been acted on , and the late partners are still in uncontrolled possession of the moneys , books , and other property of the bank .

      Stbange Histoht op a Needle . —A Fact pob the Faculty . —The following account of the re-appearance of a needle , after its having been upwards of sixty years in the body of a human being , may be relied upon as correct : —Mr . J . Bridges , solicitor , oi No . 9 , Parade , Islington , aged 72 , swallowed , whilst at play , when between nine and ten years of age , a needle . The occurrence created great alarm in his family , and the most eminent medical practitioners of tbe day having been consulted used every effort to expel the needle , but in vain . The fears of Mr . Bridges' parents were allayed when they saw him grow up to youth and manhood without sufferiDg . Mr . Bridges arrived at ( he age of 60 , seldom or never suffering from ill health , but not

      unfrequently he has felt great pains in various parts of his body , which hare always been attributed to rheumatism . On Wednesday night last he had , as he thought , an attack of that disease , and retired early to rest , encased in fiinnel . About three o ' clock in the morning , a strange priokling sensation , felt about the right ankle , awoke him , and , putting his hand to the spot , he found protruding from the flannel a small bit of wire . In tho morning he discovered , comparing all the circumstances , that it was the self-same needle he had swallowed 62 years ago ! A punctured mark just over the anole shows where the needle has made its egress . The needle is a strong button one ; its colour a dingy blue , and the eye shows that it is of ancient fabric .

      The Advantaoe of being Robbbd . —On the night of Saturday last , a poor industrious labourer was proceeding homewards orer Kelvedoa Common , with the produce of his earnings , eleven shillings , when he encountered four fellows with more impudence than honesty , who plundered him of the whole of his earthly treasure . Misfortune made the poor fellow eloquent , and he so strongly represented the evils of an empty cupboard and a supperlesa home , that he touched even the seared heart of hardened guilt , and one of the villains directed hlB companion with an , oath to refund a Bbilling Of tho booty . This was dene ; the shilling was handed to the labourer .

      On reaching his cottage he flung down the coin upon the table , exclaiming to her who had taken him for ever and aye , with eleven shillliugs or without" There is all I have to give you of my week ' s earnings , " when , lo ! plebian silver , as if by a touoh of the philosopher ' s stone , was changed into aristocratio gold ; and there lay & real sovereign . Tfa * fact was , the thief had been so accustomed to dip his hands into other people ' s pockets that be kept rather a loose account with his own , and by a lucky mistake he handed over a sovereign instead of a shilling , leaving a balance of nine shillings in favour of honest Rodxe . —Chelmsford Chronicle

      An Hospital for Drunkards . —An hospital has been recently opened in New York for drunkards who are resolved to reform . Throwing ftside the inconveniences , iu the medical point of view , attending a sudden change in the use of stimulating drinks , it is obvious that there is nothing more difficult than to renounce habits of indulgence ; and , as to leaving them off by degrees , it is morally impossible ; to indulge at all , is to relax self-control , and to abide the consequences of such relaxation . The only

      cban « e for the confirmed drunkard is to change scene , change associations , to quit , as far as possible , tbe routine of his life , bo as to weaken those ties which bind him to any particular habit . This is no easy task ; and without tbe advantage of aa institution like that just established m New York , there are but few who can accomplish it . An asylum for tbe cure or amendment of bad habits in general would meet , we think , if skillfully managed , with more encouragement and Euccess than might be at first imagined .

      Pile-driving Machine . —A very simple , yet very admirable machine for driving a double row of piles , has very recently been imported from the United States . It was built at Utica , and has the nationa name " Brother Jonathan" inscribed on it . It is now in operation at Smith ' s timber-wharf , Pedlar ' sacre , where it can be seen driving the piles for the causeway and abutment on the Surrey side of the New Hungerford Market Bridge , now in progress . The hammers , or weights , or , as they are more usually called by pile-drivers , the " monkeys , " are elevated the height of thiry-five feet or thereabouts , along grooves in perpendicular leaders , by means of a locomotive steam-engine of ten horse power , fixed on a platform , on -which the -whole of the machinery is

      placed . The power of the blow given by each of these hammers exceeds 600 tons , and drives a pile of twenty-seven feet long , and aa thick as the thickest piles used in embankments and for coffer-dams nearly its whole length into the earth in about eight minutes , or perhaps less . It drives two piles at the same time . A circular horizontal saw is worked by the engine , which in a few sectmds cuts the tops of the piles even , and enables the trucks , or Email wheels on which the platform is supported , to come forward as fast as the piles are driven , and cut them even at the top . The platform is propelled by a onehorse power engine . The power of this machine is absolutely astounding . It is an important

      application of steam power , likely to produce very beuficial results in public works , in the formation of sea-banks , and in all operations on a large scale where rapidity of execution and precision are required . Tho machine was used in America for driving piles for railroads , and travelled by its own power upwards ot two hundred miles , driving piles aud making its own road through swamps and districts' heretofore impervious . The machine has , moreover , the power of drawing piles out of the earth as quickly as it drives them in , and can be applied to the raising of blocks of stone and all heavy weights that require an extraordinary power .

      Fires at Manchester . —Three serious fires have occurred during . the week , involving the destruotiou of considerable property . The first was on Wednesday afternoon , when about four o ' clock , the oilcloth manufactory of Messrs . Hampson and Knight , Pickford-street , Alum-strset , Great Ancoats , was discovered to be on fire . The fire originated in some oil-cloihs hung out of one of the windows igniting from the heat of a fire in the yard , into which some oil had been spilt from the boiler . The damage done W& 5 about £ 3 D 0 worth , but—as covered by an insurance iu the West of England Fire Ofiiee . About hal ^ past four o ' clock , on Thursday morning informaiioa was given of a fire at Messrs . Peter aad Thomas Wood ' s timber-yard , Oxford-street ,

      opposite the bottom of James ' s-street . The fire originated in an open shed , in which was a saw mill , and communicated with a building of two stories over it , used as a workshop for joiners . The roof and property in- 4 he upper story were destroyed , and the property in the shed , but there was some Balvage in the story immediately over tbe shed , and in the engine house to the amount of about £ 300 . The total loss is about £ 1 , 000 or £ 1 , 200 , including building , stock , and machinery . The whole property ia insured in the West of England . The fire is supposed to have originated from the over-heating oi the saws , by friction , which having communicated with the saw-dust , it was supposed to have smouldered all night and broke out in the ffloraing . The third fixe broke out early on Friday morning , in the warehouse of Mr . £ . Bancroft , straw bonnet

      manufacturer , which is situate on the north side of St . Anne ' s-street , at the-corner of Bick-equare . The building , which i * four stories high , with a frontage of about twenty yards to St . Ann ' s-street , has recently been partially rebuilt . The ground story was occupied as shops , four in number , and the other three stories formed the warehouse of Mr . Bancroft , to which access was given by avdoor at the corner of Back-Eqoare . The shops were in the several occupations of Messrs . G . Scott , and Co ., seedsmen , Mr . Briodley , fishmon ger , Mr . Harrison , hat manufacturer , and Messrs . Dixon and Bell , cigar and tobacco dealere . Owing to the exceedingly light combustible nature of Mr . Bancroft's stock , the building was gutted and unroofed to ft very short space of time . Had there been a proper supply of water from the first , there is no doubt that most of the property would have been saved .

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      A Coraxar Came . —A countryman was shewn Gamsborou / ih ' s celebrated picture of " The Pigs . " To be sure , " said he , " they be deadly like pigs / but nobody ever saw three pigs feeding together but what one on ' em had a foot in the troagh . " -s /« M « rtj GUamngs . Box iNPtTOMCB . —What boxes goteni the world ! asks a New York paper ; and it answers the question thuB :-The cartridge-box , the ballot-box , the Jurybox , and the band-box . Con . —Why has a clock always a bashful appearance 1 Because it always keeps its hands before its face . A . Certain Method TO BEHOVE Imk-BTUHS SfiOlt Paper . —Dip the feather of a pen in muriatic acid , and gently pass it over the part of the paper which is inked ; this will turn it to a red colour : afterwards dip the feather in boiling water , and pass it over the same part Beveral times , and all traeesof the ink will begone .

      t ^ b Royal AaTr 3 T . —The Q-ieen , we understand , has already sketched a likeness of the infant Prince , which will immediately be lithographed . The resembiance is said to be perfect , atd the oircumstanoes under whi h it was made cannot fail of giving to it an interest peculiarly its own . —John Bull . —( . budge 1 } Distress i « Blackbuhn . —The sitnation of the poor in this town aud neighbourhood is at present truly deplorable . Even when ia fall work , the con * dition of the hand-loom weaver is such as to excite commisseration ; but . at the present moment , whan

      wages are unusually loir , labour scarce or unattainable , and the season the most inclement , their sufferings appear to have reached the last stage of human endurance . We are glad to learn , therefore , that steps are about to be taken with a view to afford them some temporary relief . A meeting of our more affluent fellow-townsmen ia about to be held , to open a subscription to alleviate their Bufferings , and the prayer of thousands who are On the brink of starvation will ascend to heaven in supplications for a blessing upon those whose philanthropy may lead them to aid in this good work . —Blackburn Gamette .

      Distbkss in Scotland . —The iron-masters of Scotland have resolved to blow out for six months oner-fourth of their furnaces . This is ft resolution Of dire necessity on the part of the masters and Will , ot ' coui 8 e , be felt with great severity by the numerous body of operatives in connection with this braneh of industry in the west of Scotland . Again , the early severity of the winter throws completely idle , considerably befere the usual period , that industrious body , the masons , and other outdoor workers in connection with them . The city missionaries , secretaries of the different charity societies , and clergymen in populous districts of the suburbs , are all soliciting aid of every description , to relieve the distress th > y daily come in cod tact with . Thecilicoprinting business is in the most hopeless state , and we are certain we do net exaggerate when we say that in the west of Scotland one-half of the workers

      are idle , and that the same \ umber of masters would be bankrupt had they hot capital to fall back upon . As to the weaving population , they have for so long been reduced to a state of misery , and we have so frequently had occasion to state the helpleBS State they aro come to , that we do not feel inclined to say more about them . The distress is now taking a general direction , and it is to thia fact that we wish particularly to direct attention . The small dealers ia many of the manufacturing districts now find their capital represented by debts owing by idle operatives , who are utterly unable to pay , and in these circumstances to realize money or snut up shop is in either case hopeless—they must 'hold on " tilt both money and credit are gone , and then their next step is—ruin . How long this state of matters will continue is now the question asked by every one . —Glasgow Chronicle .

      Attempt at Assassination . Bibmingham , Saturday Evening . —Last night , between eight and nine o ' clock , as Mr . John Prince , of Tipton , in the County of Stafford , was returning home , he W&S met near to his residence by a man named Edward Bridgowater , licensed victualler , of this town , with whom he had had some money transactions , who presented a pistol at him . Mr . Prince struck him ou the arm and the pistol fell upon the ground . Bridgewater tben drew anothor pistol from his pocket and fired it at Mr . Prince , which happily did not take effect . Bridgewater made his escape and returned to Birmingham . This evening he was apprehended , and will be brought up for examination before the Magistrates , at Bilston , on Tuesday , morning . Mr . Prince is an extensive coal-merchant .

      Bebna&d Cavanagh , the " Fasting Man . " —The following is an extract from a document from Mr . Builey , the anrgeon of the gaol at Reading : — Friday morning , twelve o ' clock . —Bernard Cavanagh , at this date , completed bis ninth day of entire abstinenoe from food and drink . Alter the closest watching and the strictest care on the part of myself aud the turnkeys of tho prison to prevent the possibility of his clandestinely taking food , I feel satisfied and convinced , in my own mind , tbat Bernard Cavanagh has not tasted food or drink during the nine days he has been an inmate of the Kaol . He remains , notwithstanding the privations he has voluntarily endured , in a state of perfect bodily health , and I cannot detect the slightest alteration in his appearance or Bpirits . He is extremely anxious to undergo any trial I may think fit to make of his powers of abstinence , without regard to time , and expresses himself aa unwilling to leave the prison

      until such fair trial has been made . "—Saturday Night . —This evening completed the tenth day of Cavanagh ' s imprisonment , ' On Thursday and Friday his pulse declined , and this morning a small quantity of the gaol allowance of gruol was missed from the vessel in which it had been placed , while the whole of the remaining quantity was much thinner than when it was sent in . Bis frame bad become evidently weaker ; his pulse very feeble ; and this evening Mr . Builey , the surgeon , was called in . He ordered some giucl , with a glasa of port wine in it , which Cavanagh gladly swallowed , as the means of restoring him to health . He was clearly in a state of great exhaustion , scarcely able to more one foot before the other , and much alarmed at his sinking Btato . Whatever Cavanagh ' s powers of endurance may be , it is clear that he cannot exist ten days without food , nor has he that retentive power over the seoretious to which he pretended .

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . HANCHESTEB . —SHOKMAKEBS AND TAILORS . Mr . Andrew Bren , cordwainer , Myer ' s Court , Back Queen-etreet . Mr . Samuel Pciabertun , cordwainer , 80 , Hardman-street . Mr . John Fletcher , cordwainer , 2 , Austin Court , Cumberland-street . Mr . Edward Drummond , cordwainer , 28 , Back Quay-street . Mr . Richard Duneon , tailor , Holgate-street , Chairman . Mr . John Joynson , cordwainer , 80 , Hardman-Btreet , treasurer . Mr . Andrew Melville , tailor , 11 , Silver-street , sub-Secretary .

      BURNLEY . Mr . Benjamin Southworth . block cutter . Meadows , Mr . John Burrows , weaver , Keighley Greeiu Mr . James Crabtree , warper , Lane Bridge . Mr . Emanuel Beaumont , weaver , Lane Bridge . Mr . Edward Riley , blacksmith , Royal Road . Mr . Thomas Hartley , weaver . Club Houses . Mr . James Gregeon , printer , Westgate . Mr . Edward Pats , Bethesda-street , Treasurer . Mr . Christopher Webster , currier , Rodney-street , sub-Secretary .

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      ^ THE LAST CENSUS . The total population of England , according to the census just completed , is 7 , 321 , 875 males ; 7 . 673 , 633 females—total , 14 , 995 , 508 ; that of Wales , 447 , 533 males ; 463 , 788 females—total , 911 , 321 j that of Scotland , 1 , 346 , 427 males ; 1 , 382 , 630 females—total , 2 , 628 , 967 ; and that of the Islands of Jersey , Guernsey , Alderney , Sark , Herm , Jethon , and Man , 57 , 598 males ; 66 , 481 females—total , 124 . 079 . These numbers , including 4 , 003 males , and 893 females aausTtained to bave been travelling by railways and canals , on the night of Jane 6 th , make the ({ rand totals 9 , 077 , 436 males , and 9 , 587 , 325 females , The population , therefore , ot Great Britain amounts fc > 18 , 664 , 761 persons .

      The returns include only such part of the army , navy , and merchant seamen as were at tbe time of tbe census within the kingdom on shore . The increase of tbe population , as compared with the returns of 1831 , is at the rate of 14 . 6 per cent , for England j 13 per cent , for Wales ; for Scotland , ll . l ; for the Islands in the British was , 19 . 6 ; waking the Increase for the whole of Great Britain 14 per cent , being less than that of the 10 years ending 1831 , which was IS per cent . In 1811 thd laereate dating the previous 1 « years in England , was 14 j per cent ; In Wales , 13 per cwifc ; » ad in Scotland , 14 per cent In 1821 , the increase for England was 17 1 per ceBt ; for Wales , 17 p ^ r ctnt . ; and for Scotland , 16 per cent . In 1831 the increase was for England , 16 percent ; for Wales , 12 percent ; for Scotland , 13 per cent ; and for the Islands in the British Seas , 15 . 8 percent .

      The number of houses In England is , inhabited 2 , 758 , 295 ; uninhabited , 162 , 756 ; bullaing , 26 882 . The number in Wales , inhabited . 188 , 195 ; uninhabited , 2 0 , 133 ; building , 1 , 769 . In Scotland , inhabited , S 05 . S 57 ; uninhabited , 24 , 307 j baHdinar , 2 , 760 . In tbe Islands of the British Seas , 19 , 153 inhabited ; 865 uninhabited ; and 320 building . Gram ! totah for the whole of Great Britain , 3 , 464 007 inhabited ; 198 , « 61 uninhabited ; 30 , 631 building—altogether 3 , 682 , 699 houses . In 1831 , the number of inhabited houses was 2 , 866 , 595 ; uninhabited , 133 , 331 ; luiltMiig , 27 , 553 j total , 3 , 027 , 479 houses .

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      Tbe population of the English counties is respectively as follows : ^ -Bedford , 95 , 483 j Berkshire , 145 , 389 ; : Buckinghamshire , 146 : 52 »; Cambridgeshire , 143 , 955 ; Cheshire , 334 , 891 ; Cornwall , 300 , 038 ; Cumberland , 16 * 9 , 081 ; Derby , 337 , 170 j Devonshire , 494 , 478 ; Dorsetshire , 169 , 252 ; Durham , 253 , 910 ; Essex , 317 , 407 ; Glemeater , 387 , 019 ; Hereford , 111 , 211 ; Hertford , 143 , 341 : Huntingdonshire , 53 , 192 ; Kent , 479 , 165 ; Lancaster , 1 , 336 , 854 ; Leicester , 197 , 003 ; Lincoln , 317 , 465 ; Mlddlesax , 1 , 358 , 308 ; Monraouth , 98 , 13 3 ; Norfolk , 890 , 064 ; Northampton . 179 336 ; Northernberland , 222 , 912 ; Nottinghamshire , 225 , 327 ; Oxfordshire , 152 , 160 ; Rutlandshire , 18 , 385 ; Salop , 222 , 938 ; SomtTaeUbuf ) , 404 , 209 ; Southampton ( Hampshire . ) 314 , 280 ; Staffinrdahiie , 410 , 612 ; SuffoJi , 296 , 317 ; Surrey , 486 , 334 ; Sussex , 272 , 340 ; Warwickshire , 336 . 610 ; Westooreland , 65 , 041 ; Wiltshire , 240 , 155 ; Yorkshire , 1 , 591 , 584 .

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      FRAUDULENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURESCHEATING THE POOR . The following tradesmen , residing within the parishes of Hammersmith and Fulham , have , during tbe past week ; been summoned and convicted at . the instance of Mr . P . Reeves , one of the County Inspectors , before Messrs . Flood , France , and Button , County Magistrates , Bitting in petty sessions , at Kensington : — William Belton , a large marine-store-dealer , in Kingstreet , Hammersmith , for having two 14 lbs . two 4 lbs ., and two 2 lbs . weights which were unjust . It appeared tbat one of the 141 bs . was two ounces light , white the other was lib . 16 jozs . too heavy ; as was also one 4 ibs ., I 3 £ ozs . ; another , 7 £ czs . ; and the 2 lb 3 . two ounces heavy . The Bench said it was a Very bad case , and fined the defendant 50 s ., and 6 a . ed . costs .

      Mary Warren , coal-dealer , of King-street , Hammersmith , was charged on two informations for having a false balance of I 5 J 023 ., by which every purchaser ef I 4 lba . of coals lost a pound ; and also with having two 28 lbs . weights and two 14 lbs ., one of which was 100 Z 3 . light , making , with tbe false balance , 25 £ ozs ., or nearly a pound and three-quarters . The Bench fined her 10 s ., aad 6 s . 6 d . cosU , for the false balance ; and 2 ua . fine , and 6 s . 6 d . costs , for the light weights . Thomas Lewis George , of the White Hart beer-shop . Brook , Green-lane , Hammersmith , for having two quart and five pint measures deficient , waa fined 35 a . and 6 a . fid . cost * . William Weatherly , of the Jolly Gardeners , King , street , Hammersmith , for having two pints and one half-pint measures deficient Fined 15 s . and 63 . 6 J . costs .

      Hercules Wright , of tbe Old Ship , Water-side , Hammersmith , pleaded guilty to having two quart measures deficient , and was fined 10 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Thomas Gore , of tbe Cross Keys , St Petar ' s-road , Hammersmith , fox having three deficient quart and three pint ' measures . Fine 30 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . John Rainbow , of the Black lion , St . Peter ' s-toad , for a simiiar offence , was lined in a like penalty . Charles Moore , of the Square and Compasses , beershop , St Peter ' s-road , for having three measures deficient , was fined 16 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . William Brpwngobie , of the White Hart , Hammersmith , for having six measures deficient . Fined 30 a ., and 6 a . 6 d . coats . Henry Bray , keeper of a beer-shop at starch-gram , Hamidenmitn , for having four measures deficient , waa fined 28 s ., and 6 s . 6 d ., costs .

      William Shepherd , of the Three Jolly Gardeners beer-shop , Oorviile's-row , Hammersmith , for having eight deficient measures . Fined 40 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . William Taylor , of the Seven Stars , Starch-green , for having seven measures deficient , was fined 30 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . cost * . Sqolre Pegot , of tbe Swan , Broadway , Hammersmith , for having two quart and six pint measures deficient Fined 60 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Thomas Fariow , coal dealer , Brook-green , Hammersmith , for having a false balance weight , gave llozs . against the purchaser . Fined 5 s ., and 6 * . 6 d . coats . James Seats , provision and coal dealer , Portlandstreet , North-end , Fulimm , for having eleven weights . all of which were deficient . Fined 22 s . and 6 a . fid . costs . Thomas Clark , lead merchant , Hammersmith , for having seven weights , all deficient Fined 35 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs .

      Henry Porter , of Waterloo-street , Hammersmith coal dealer , for having a 71 bs . weight lOozs , deficient . Fined 5 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Sarah Eatnes , coal merchant , Hammersmith , for having two 251 b . weights light . Fined 10 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs .

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      MISERY OF THE PEOPLE . The wail of distress throughout the manufacturing districts , becomes louder , and yet louder still , and will , we hope , awaken even a Tory Ministry from their slumbers . In Nottingham , the unemployed operatives , whose frames and machines ate standing aad mating , are forming processions at noon « day , and exhibiting their meagre forms and tattered garments in the public streets , to excite the sympathy and commiseration of their fello ^ -townsmen . The Mayor and Magistrates , and the Clergy of the town , have held meetings ; the distressed operatives have also met , and another meeting is to be held en Monday next , to devise means for

      the relief of those who are deprived , by unjust laws , ot food and work ! The relief list at the Union workhouse contains 3 , 600 recipients . The house itself has 909 inmates crammed within its walls- Dr . Maeauley , who is stoppiug within a mile of Nottingham , has addressed a letter to the meeting , advising the same plan to be pursued as at Edinburgh—namely , to establish a large soup kitchen , which will cot , t about £ 100 pei week . Besides those receiving parish relief upwards of 2 , 000 are starring . Distress and gaunt misery haunts the whole town . Trade is dead—not a bingte master employs full hands .

      The meeting at Derby on Thursday next , of the merchants and manufacturers of the midland counties , will be attended by 100 each from tha towns of Nottingham , Derby , and Leicester . Important revelations will will then bo made . At Belper , the stoekiagera have determined to petition the Queen to cause knee-breeches to be worn at Court , ao tbat a particular sort of hose may come into fashion . At Leicester , trade is horribly dull -. in short , if something is not done shortly , the consequences will be frightful .

      The sound of distress from Paisley has gono through tbe length and breadth of the land , In Stockpork , the work of depopulation is proceeding with rapid strides , and nnmbers cf the houses are deserted , unoccupied , and shut up . In Sheffield , there has been a public meeting , in which the lamentable condition of the workmen has been bewailed by both manufacturer * and artizang . The iron trade is so bad , that the masters are about to blow out every fourth furnace , and to reduce the wages of their workmen , from utter inability to continue any employment at the present rate of wages . From every quarter we hear complaining in ear streets ; and it is impossible to deny that tie trade and , commerce of the country has arrived at a most important crisis , and that unheard-of and unspeakable distress

      pervades almost all branches of our commercial industry . A meeting was held at Manchester , on Friday , attended by men of different political opinions , and presided over by the Mayor , for tbe purpose of makiug a piblic manifestation on the birth of an heir to the throne . The difficulty was how to manifest their joy , when thousands around them are starving , and they resolved — " That in place of the usual festive demonstrations , considering the present depressed state of tbe poor Of the eommututy , by which we are surrounded ; it is desirable that % loyal fund , as commemorative of this joyful event , should be raised , to be expended in the purchase of warm clothing , for distribution amongst the post of this borough . " Yes , it has come to this 1

      the rejoicing is subdued and smouldered by the loud wail of distress ; the rejoicings and bonfires , the illumi nations and sheep-roasting , are all put aside , to provide clothing for the perishing ! The wealthy men of Manchester Tery rightly judged , and under the desperate circumstances of the case , made an extremely wise choice . But what a state of distress does thiB bespeakl To provide warm clothing for the destitute is an excellent thing : we only wisb that the gentlemen at that meeting would hare followed their humane and benevolent plan , by calling upon the Government to repeal the taxes on food , and to abolish those commercial restrictions which prevent the poor man from earning warm clothing and a plentiful supply of food by bis own exertions .

      The very great reduction of wages during the present period of scarcity , affords the best refutation of the doctrine so confidently broached by the Tories during the summer and autumn , that the price of food determines the irate of wages . It appear * from a paragraph in the Hereford Times ., tbat notice hat been issued to all the workmen engaged in the ironworks of South Wales , that a further reduction of wages must take place . The extent of the reduction is not named , but it ia supposed that it will be at least tea per cent .

      At Oldbam Petty Sessions on Saturday , upwards of two hundred persons ware summoned for poor-rates ; with the exception of a few aged poor , the parties were all required to pay as soon as possible . On Monday , upwards of one hundred more eases of poor-rate defaulters were heard . A great number of new mmmonies hato also been granted . Pool rates were nave * before known to be so bad to collect as at present A respectable correspondent has informed us that a day or two ago he was in a retail shop , in that borough , and saw two persons purchase five articles , apparently to make two meals from , and tbat they only spent 2 £ d . upon them . That sum was , no doubt , every fiurthing tho poor sufferers from the famine laws possessed . The first expended her mite in the following manner : — Meal , jd .: pepper , id . ; onions , i d . ; bread , id . —Ijd . The second bad simply to lay out , in meal , Id . These , though thus noticed , are by no means singular or solitary cases .

      A large aad influential meeting of gentlemen connected with the Yale of Leven , in Dnmbftrtonabire , was held in the County Buildings ^ to devise means for alleviating the destitution and distress now for some menths likely to bo prevalent in that populous Tslley among ito operative population . At a meeting of the parish of St Matylebone , statement * were made of the alarming distress consequent on fittf M " Corn and Provision Laws . Mr . Sodon said

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      they had now upwards ef 1 , 800 persons in the parish wo / khouse , and sickness amongst the poor had increased tosach an extent that tbfre ^ ore 1 , 700 moredocura ' orders issued from the pariah infirmary thr . n at the corresponding . - period Jast year . Persons who had formerly been most respectable ratepayers were now reduced to sack relief at the parish workhouse . At Bradford , spinners do not work after dark , an * prices de net decline . At Bolton prospects are mere cheering . The trade of Holmfirth gets worse , and the number of unemployed increases . At Leicester tho demand for goods is slacker , but prices remain the

      same . At Manchester the cloth market has greatly declined , prices are fearfully low , and ih . * gloom increases . At Middleton not one-half of the sUJc-weavera and dyers are at work , and , indeed , in every direction tweuty miles round Manchester , distress and starvation prevail . There are no fewer than 1 , 751 paupers in . tho Cork workhouse at present It was stated , the othtr day , to Mr . A . H . Wylie , the gentleman sent from tbn Home office , to make inquiries Into toe distressed state of stockport , that in 18 " 5 , there were fifty manufacturers in that borough alone , thirty-six of whom have since become bankrupt , or have given over manufacturing altogether . —WeeUy Dispatch . ^^ S ^^^^^^^^^^ SBB ^ BBM ^ i ^ O ^^^ A ^* - *

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      FRIGHTFUL PICTURE OF THE FAREHAM TJNION WORKHOUSE . Tbe following frightfnl picture of the Fareham Union Workhouse , has been sketched by a most respectable gentlemen named Ekless , residing at Buraledon-bridge * Mr . Eklees dares the authorises to come forward and strip the picture of its colouring . Mr . Efeiees , it appears , wrote to the Guardians to be supplied wittt attested copies of certain examinations . The bearer of the note was ordered to wait , and the Board replied , there was no answer . "I will tueiefove , " says Mr . Ekle&s * " give the public a faithful statement of two cases frem memory and notes taken on the examinations , talcing especial care tbat the allegations are substantially correct I » lare him to the proof . "

      First comes the case of John Hughs , late of Porchester , who was 93 years of age , when taken into the Farebam Union-house , afflicted with rupture . About the middle of last August , the bed on which he lay was accHently found rotted through the covering , and ——of si veral days ' accumulation found amongst the "hulls " Of Which the bed was made . It was taken away and buried , and H . Smith , of Southwick , ( who buried the said bed ) says , that " it stank worse than dung out of a pigsty f" At a subsequent period an inmate of the honae saw Hughs crawl oat of bis bed , found ft ins most filthy state , and the poor creature ao sore and ths filth ao congealed on him , that he could scarcely bear to be touched . A few days after this sceno occurred ths same man was called to assist Hueha , who had fallen

      out of bed , who stated " I found him between two bedsteuJs , on bis hands and knees , maggots were crawling over his person , and the bed on which he had lain was swarming . " Thia waa on Saturday , the 4 th o £ September . He continued to get worse , the stench became almost intolerable , and on the Tuesday following , when put into a bath to be cleansed , pieces of fl&ii dropped from him , which one of the witnesses described as having the appearance of " carcioa which dogs had been gnawing ; " he was put back to his bed , mortified , and died en tee following day , Wednesday , the 8 tb . Whatever attention might have been paid to the unhappy man tto last four or five days « f hia life—pre vious to that time no regular nurse attended him . 'Tin

      true John Dunaway , au afflicted imbecile old man , of filthy habita ( as Dr . RicVetta , of Tiicafleld , can testify , ) who " happened" to sleep in . the same room , now and then " happened" to attend to him , but iu what manner , one of the . witnesses for the defence will best describe , \ rbo said , "I have known Hughs lay on bis bed for tbxee days and nights in bis Clot&es Without getting out" The Board , after hearing the evidence , decided that the officers of tbe house vrcre blameless in this affair , but not unanimously , for one gentleman , a British sailor , Lieutenant Q . T . M . Purvis , honour to his name , with that humanity , the characteristic of true bravery could not agree to that decision . This case was heard before the Board , at the house , on Friday , October tbe I 5 tb .

      On Friday , Oct . 29 , the case of the boys of " weak Intellect" under their treatment for tbe itch , came on at the same board in the presence of the assistant Poos Law Commissioner ; who took the evidence of the diffiwent witnesses on oath . They were put into the " probation ward" with the itch ; they were locked up , their food pat ia at window , and not looked to fox several days , until their neglected state excited the sympathy of the Inmates of the house , who , having procured a key , Went in company with Carter , the schoolmaster , to see what condition they wexe in , and f pnnd them in such a wretched state as would be too dis ^ ustine ; to describe j but which may readily be conceived when by reading the evidence of Emery , one of the witnesses , who deposed that" tliey never na-0 nothing done for eight daysv I mean to say that the room waa nob cleaned out for that time ; and that no ointment was rubbed in the eight days , towards the beginning . " 'Xixey were still

      kept in thia place and casually attended ( but net by any express order from any one in authority ); for , aftec the " stuff" had been all used , aud application mads fur more , none was furnished for several days ; andl these poor helpless creatures of " weak Intellect" were kept under this wretched treatment for nearly a month , left entirely to the voluntary and casual attendance of the puupera in the house ; for the master , whsn etoaaexamined by the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , reluctantly and hesitatingly admitted— " I did not viaitt the bojB every day : I visited them -bout—abont—about five or six or seven times ; I trusted entirely to ths paupers to attend them ; I never told the schoolmaster to do so ; I candidly state that I might have erred from a mistaken sense of duty , and I do , therefore , throw myself on the clemency of the Board , and promise , should it be looked over , that nothing of the kind shall again occur . "

      Such are tbe brief and correct outlines of these dlsguating cases ; but , shocking as they are to the common feelings of humanity—disgraceful as they are to man as a Christian , philosopher , or cit : zeo—they fall short of the moral turpitude of certain doing * iln that "house , " tbe details of which are far toa disgusting to meeu tbe public ear , could such revolting effects of inhumanity and neglect have befallen these hapless victims of this centralising , brntaliaing law , had they been under the " guardianship" of their ancient legitimate protectors , within the precincts of their own parish , where they would have been accessible to not only the sympathies of their relatives , neighbours ! and connexions , but under the management of men who would feel a due sense of their individual responsibility ; and , above all , within reach of those consoling and comforting attentions ' which the wisdom and piety of cut forefathers bad secured and made imperative on the pastors of our " poor man's church ? " Incredible I Impossible !

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      EAST AND NORTH-RIDING LECTURER . Market WEraHTON , Wednesday , Nov . 24 , 1841 . —The bellman having announced that Mr . Stallwood would lecture at the Black Horse Inn * Market-hill , at seven o clock ; a considerable numher of persons of both sexes attended . The subject was " fallacies of the Corn Law Repealers . " Mr . S . Laister was called to the chair . A gentleman of the repeal side attended , and asked , previous to tba lecture , a number of Questions , which Mr . S . very

      readily answered . During the lecture the greatest attention was paid while the lecturer tore to shreds the fallacies . Tho above-named gent ., at its olosey did not ask a single question , or make a single observation in favour of repeal i bat , offering hii hand to the leoturer , he said—well , I hope you m $ L soon get the Charter . Mr . T . M'Kenning then read and made some excellent comments on the National Petition ; a-great addition of signatures was obtained , and several new members enrolled . Tho newly opened reading room is well attended on Sundays . - ..

      Bridiinotor . —After a walk of twenty-sight miles . Mr . Stallwood arrived here on Thursday , the 25 th last . The magistrates were in terrible affright Despotism followed their fears . Orders were issued to the publicans , that if one of them dared allow tho Chartist lecturer to lodge in their homsiu he should lose his licence . The constables 1 ana specials were all ordered to bo in readiness to keep the peace . Mr . Trotter's large Eehool-roota being engaged , a lecture on the principles of the Chartex was announced for Friday evening , at six o ' clock * At that time , notwithstanding prejudice , threateu . &o ., there was a large attendance of both sexes , ana a sprinkling of the middle classes . The lecturer mounted the galleryand rivetted the attention of

      , his audience for at least one hour and a half . At its conclusion , he was loudly applauded . He invited opposition , but none was offered . He then read the petition ; after which he thanked the meeting for their patient herring , and said he was sard he need not ask a meeting , consisting as it did of ft majority of total abstainers to retire peM 0 « ably and orderly to their homes . ' Several of the friends being desirous that Mr . Stallwood should remain and deliver a second lecture o » Saturday night , funds were quickly supplied kt meet expences . The bellman was sent round ox * Saturday . The prejudice that had prevailed at th 8 lecture of the preceding night appeared to have bees

      allayed , and notwithstanding it being Mamomia Saturday , a good meeting was ttft result . Tbtf lecture was on the absurdities and fallacies of th © Cora Law Repeal , and the CkarWr as »¦ remedy . It was listened to with awe-inspiring silence , and at the conclusion greeted with acclamations of applause . Discussion was invited , but no one earns , forward . A vote of thanks was given nnammousljr to the lecturer . Three cheers for tte Charter 5 three ditto for Frost , WilHams , and Jonew . A larg < S quantity of Chartist Publieationa was sold

      to the Petition . Thus is the demoll # |^ BKf » , fairly unfurled in Bridlington . jPstrV ^^ f ^ PJBJ ti . Standard stands erect . PallitdoyWhptogjiA ^ y SC&BBOBOUGH , SUNDAY , NOV . ' m ^ j ^^^^ S l Mr . Stallwood arrived here , to * 4 wS&&& * 3 B ^ l $ was held in the Dumplc-atreet ro WjjffiWS ^ B ^ H necessity of a political , moral , wPTO ^ iSlw iO TK an admiring audience . A leoturfllT ^ BjtW 8 Wl sM > gw &i ^ for the following evening . ^~>*^** jmmm £ f 7

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct731/page/3/