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      THB PATJPEBS DRIVE . f fjSE ' B a grim one-horse hearse in » jolly round twt ; OMoad it Si rough , and tbe hearse has nofprings , And 1 ^ to tbe dir $ eth * t the sad driver sings : «* SUttie his tone * wer the stones ; He * only a paaper , "Whmn nobody owns !" < Jh , * here aw the mourner * ? alas ! there are none ; Be has left not a gap in the world now he * gone ; Kot * tearin the eye of child ,-woman , or nan . fothe f » Te wish his carcase as fart as you can : « SUitle hit bones over the stones ; Hei only a pauper , -whom nobody o * i » r * Wbjt a jolting and creaking , and splashing and din ! fieVnip how it cracks ! and the wheels how they

      Sow th » dirt nght and left , o ' er the hedges is Oe paa ^ r at length makes a noise in the -world I " BatHe hit benes over the rtones ; ; He ' s only a p » per , whom nobody owns ! "J Poof warper defunct 1 he haa made some approach loiyK aSrttathe ' s stretch-d to * coach t 2 nt n * m * ot he long , if he goes on so fast » Battle Mi bones over the stones ; He * only a p&nper 'whom nobody owns F '

      yon bmspkins ! wfco stare at yonr brother conTeyd , Behold -what respect to a cl » ddy is paid , Ind be joyfnl to think , "when by death youie laid lo -w , yonTe a chance to the gr&Te like a gemman to go . " Battle his bones over the stones ; He's only a pauper , whom nobody owns !" Bnta trace t « this strain ; formy sonl it is Bad To think that a heart in humanity dad ghonld make , like the orates , such a desolate end , And depart from the light without leaTing a friend I Bear softly his bones over the stones ; Though a pauper , he ' s one whom his Makes yet owns !

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      " WHO STOPPTJ THE CLOCK ?" X SOCTH SAXOS LBGEKD . "Who stopp'd the clock ? " bawled a wictod young wight After fcae Ticar with all his might , "Who heard the cry , As , rMingby , The beautiful pile of St Peter ' s drew nigh . The clock looked down , And its sable face Wrinkleditself to a terrible frown At fiewfog the author of all its disgrace . Tot the character jtood of a dock yon must know Is not to stand aflent , hut constantly go . . The Vicar be beard the words it mutter'd , And which , he affirms , are not fit to be nttert—Breathing of vengeance , oaths , and spite—Quite & shock to the ea s ot a Ticar polite .

      No word did the Ticar deign in reply , But spurred his gallant mare Cntil that church he had quite passed by , "When he thought upon that dreaded cry Which lingered still in air Who stopp'd the clock ? Was a thundering shock Enougha-staid Tn * n fromMs saddle to knock * Again and again did he hear the sound—Dared mortal intrude With such language rude In a place too where parsons and police abound ?

      Twas impossible quite , It most be a sprite , Who owed to the Ticar a derfllish spite . The Ticar his trusty horsewhip grasp'd And waited to see if any one pass'd , For his spirit was reused I trow—The offending mortal is doomed to feel What the Ticar intends for his carcase ' s iceal , Or else to experience "Solomon ' s seal , " To make him wiser grow , And not to give Tent to direst malignity , Jfor dare to offend Tlcarial dignity .

      Ha ! what does he see ? Who ' s this passing by ? By bell and by hook ' tis a boy , And in the young vagabond's visage and eye , A mfechieYouB gleam does the Vicar espy ! Yes , * tiB he that has dared to annoy TheTkar of B , that mild , pious man . No Christian would bear it , and no parson can . The thrashing is over—the Ticar goes home . ' £ e is silent sod sad , and he dines all alone . He thinks of the dock , And then sips the hock , And the terrible words still run in his head , — And the Ticar betaketh himself to his bed :

      But hfisleepeth net , for a motley crew Disturb Mm slumbers quite—Of various forms , sad ef sisoy » hue "Were the imps that the Tieaf s curtain drew , And gambolled in his sight , — And tcey mouthed and they jsoberM , they snng and tbeypray'i , Aid the heart of the Ykar was sorely dismayed , For at his bed-side In chorus they cried Rose terrible words that his spirit did Ehock , " You xaly tcermuzl ! " " Who stepp'd the dock . *" Le-sres .

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      THE CHILD AT HOME . Ko . 1 . Talboys and Co ., 1 , Si . John ' s-courtj St . Martin ' s-le-GrancL A very proper , innocent , amusing and interesting tompanion for litUe folks of both sexes . A valuable KcesaoB to the religions Juvenile Library .

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      KEIGHLE ? . Disghaceful Comjtxct of a Jack is Office . —On Wednesday week an adjourned « se was disposed of before William EU 13 , and £ dwin Greenwood , Esquires ^ ai the Conri House , Atighley , at the decision of which we are certainly saprised , especially when we recal to mind a remark js ade at a special meeting of magistrates recently teld at Wakefield , for the purpose of appointing a EDp ; nQary magistrate as chairman , at the Pomefoci Sessions , namely , that " it would reduce the respectability of the bench by having a paid chair-Ji&d . " But it may be asked , would it reduce the , rcspectaWiiy of ice bench" whicli consents to hare & mandates executed bv an individual who -attempts

      S 2 eh ontrageous atticks on faaale delicacy a 3 are derdoptd in the following statement of facts ?—The * ife of a working man of the name of Carr , being in Sts « i of her husband , who was at a neigBbourmg Psi-iioiise , was met by a preserralor of morals in the ^ pe of a deputy constable , who accosted her , and &ade proposals to her of a mosi indecent nature ; Keisdigiiastly refused the offers of the brute , on * £ « & ir e threatened to c-anfine her in the lock-up . •* & * fflunediately eommttnicated the circumstance to ^ e Im sbajid , who lost no time in in procuring a ^^ sicfas for this guardian of morality . But to the * omshment of all acquainted with " the Tacts , the ^ agJKrates adjourned the case on the plea that she

      ° " o * not the irife of Carr I How that oouid affect the *** Tre axe at a loss to divine . However , a copy ? f ite marriage register wa 3 produced , after a josrney or twenty milea to procure it . The case was then resumed , and disposed © f , the magistrates oaly mulcting the disgusting wretch in the bujb of ten killings , with an admonition conched thus—" we c ** flot a 2 ow such conduct !'' Though we may differ Politically from , we , nevertheless , feel the greatest respect for the sitting magistrates , and cannot refraiB &wn making the enquiry , why the monster was not W onceaismisEed from the office he has so much ^ graced ! Thai ought to have been the least Penalty iiflieted on the unblushing violator © 1 the * sks of common decency—Correspondent .

      BEBJONQHAM . —Usekploted Oekkatitks . n ^* T £ EFsB £ 5 CE op ihx Pougs . —A meeting of de » - g We workiBg men ma inteaded to be held on ?* sta Green , last Monday , and U ten o ' clock , the «» appointed , there was a small sprinkling of « £ © ird-looking heingB standing round * banner *« Mjn caled on the unemployed operatives to meet Miosta Oreen , every Monday , at ten o'clock . A * ap « ary hustings was erected for the occashm , and « fc of the party , with a printed paper on his hat , ^ T ^ I that he was unemployed , stc » d on the eas ts offer » few remarks , when Beveral polioe-

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      men , headed by an inspector , entered the meeting , and insisted on its immediate dispersion . Some hesitation was evinced by the poor starving men , who expostulated with the inspector on the inhumanity of his conduct , bat to no purpose ; they were compelled to move off . Mr . Edward Brown and Mr . George White ' protested against the interference aad proceeded the magistrates , at the Public Office , where Mr . Brown laid the eaae before them . He depicted the distress that existed amongst the working men , and pointed oat the penalties thai would be laid on them if they broke the law by either stealing or begging , which would be their only alternative in case they were Dot allowed to bring their case before the public . The magistrates " declined interfering , and referred the ease to Mr . Burgess , Chief Commissioner of Police . Messrs . White and Brown ttiea waited on the Chief

      Commissioner , and had a long conversation with him on the subject . They were informed by him that Gosta Green was & public thoroDgbfare , and that meetings of any description would not be allowed . The depntation complained -of the injustice of the ease , and pointed out the fact of other meetings being held on the Bame spot , and other u obstructions" which were not interfered with by the police , after which they left the office . The starving operatives afterwards paraded the town with their banner , and collected contributions from all who chose to assist them , in tin boxes , the proceeds of which were afterwards divided amongst those who walked in the procession ' The next meeting will be held at the Hail way Station , Duddeston Bow , at ten o ' clock on Monday next , when all who are out of employ , or only partially employed , are requested to attend , as they will not be interfered with at that place .

      BXSSTB 7 S TYDV 1 L Walks —Commkmo-Ri-noH op Thomas Paine ' s Bibihdat . —The admirers of the writings of this " noble of nature " commemorated his birth by partaking ef a plain but substantial supper , on Saturday night , Jan . 2 ° cb , at the Travellers' Rest , PenysheoL The number that supped amounted to forty . After the cloth was removed , a great many entered the room to hear the toasts and speeches . Mr . Matthew John was unanimously voted into the chair , when the following toasts were drunk : — " The Sovereignty of the People ; " " The American Revolution , and may the other nations of the earth goon imitate so glorious an example f " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world f u The People ' s Charter , and may it soon become the law of the land ; " w The memory of our famous countryman , Thomas Paine , the noble of natnre , tbe child of the Iswer orders , illustrious from bis unrivalled talents , and still more illustrioos

      from the employment 01 those talents in the cause of the oppressed of all nations f " The Liberty of the Press ;"" The Northern Star , the only real organ of the people ' s wishes f ** The speedy return of yrost , Williams , and Jones f " Feargus O'Connor , the people ' s advocate ; " " The memories of the patriots of all nations f " Success to UHganCymru ^' vi The absent friends of Thomas Paiue ' s writings f and other appropriate toasts . The greater number of the above toasis were responded to in very able speeches from- Messrs . Miles , Ellis , Thomas , Williams , Taylor , Bavis , Richarde , and others . Several appropriate song 3 . were sun ? by Messrs . Williams , Roberts , EvanB , and Richards . Thanks having been voted to the Chairman and landlady , the company broke up , highly delighted with the spirit shewn by the persons present" at the second commemoration in Mertayr Tydvil of the birth-day of tne immortal Thomas Paine . "— Correspondent .

      SAZJ 8 BuH 7 . —Rejoicings for the Chri ? thsing of thb pBiscE of Waies . —As usual every attempt by tne _ satellites of power has been made in this ancient city to cause great rejoicingR to take place on the very important ceremony . Mr . John Wilkinson testified tbe great joy he felt in the following appropriate manner : —He left a shutter up at each end of his "window , from which were suspended the portraits of i ' rost , Williams , and Jones ; in the centre under them was written in capital letter ? , " Friends to the cause of equal laws and even handed justice cannot rejoice whilst these patriots are iu exile . " It has caused hundreds to think that otherwise would not . 0 that there were a bandied thousand Wilkinsons !

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      The tiices are so hard ia New York , that the sharpest person in that city has not been able to '" cut away" from prison . —PuncTL Quite Enough . ^—Xewsfbom E > glam > . — " Queen Tictoria has got a boy baby ! Quite news enough to be brought over in one ship ! ' '—American Paper . A Bhight Example . —The paper of another editor has been of great service to the poor , as it entirely supersedes the uee of candles , it is so luminous . JoxATHANiSM ? . —As a proof of tbe hardness of the times , there ' s a man a ! Ohio who only kills half a pig at a time . An epicure , down East , has his game dressed so high , that he ia obliged to get out of his garret window to cat it . —Punch .

      A Yankee Paper states , that there " is a sick debtor in the neighbourhood of New York , whose creditors paid him a visit , but found him so feeble , that he warn't able to raise a siDgle pound . " This species of sickness is very infectious ; and we fear there are many English debtors in the same distressing state of debility . Is the course of the late inquiry into the condition of the working population of Stockport , it was ascertained that the head ? of no less than 1 , 150 families , who are destitute of work , were brought from the agricultural districts . —Stockpert Advertiser . A Tuts Akeweb . —Colonel Greene of the Boston Post is a very apt scholar , as every body knows . Can he tell us where the fire goes when it goes out 1 Vermont Spirit of the Age . —It- goes to lucifer matches , we reckon , because we can always find it on the end of one . —Boston Post .

      , A man named John Hobson suffered a dreadful death last week in Manchester . He fell into a brewer ' s cooler , containing one hundred and forty gallons of bailing li qnor , and was so much scalded thut he died in a few hours in the most horrible

      manner . A gcttxexan travelling in Ireland asked a fillede-cbambre at Belfast if she was s-jre the railway from thence went no further tb » n Lisburn ; she replied , " Indeed it does not , but it come 3 back again . " Talk of slaves in the West Indies , or any other foreign eoumry ! Last week a brute who claims to be a ' respectable' shopkeeper , - was found guilty of floggiijg a female * Sferyi-nt on the head and shoulders with a thick rope , Entil she fell down on her knees before him , and screamed for mercy ! Her off-nee was that she could not prevent the child from r q oalling .-We find , in the Sheffield Almanack , the following pithy and useful bit of advice to its readers : — "Expect ice abaht nab , an dooant walk wiere ' tlads has been slurrin ^ or yo'l be laid in a position for cahmia ' t stars . " "

      An Old Welshwoman ' s Ccre for a Scald . —Take thin green turf , suffimnt to cover the place scalded ; lay the green part on , without removing any of the cloths ; there let it remain for two hours , and the scald will be cured . 1 have prjved this in my own family and to othtrs several times , even on those scalded with boiling water out of the furnace . R . Arnott . State of Trade at Dundee . —Wo make no alteration ia our quotations this week , but prices of the raw material are on the whole firmer , and we would say looking up . Linen yarns still go off pretty freely , but no advance has been obtained in

      prices . Tow yarn 3 are firm , and oar spinners are endeavouring to obtain an advance , ¦ whi ch on some fine qualities has been conceded . In linens we have had no great business doing ; but as the manufacturers hav » reduced the production , stocks do not accurauiaie very much . The advices from Riga state that at the 13 : h instant the market had become firmer , and the respectable dealers declined to sell under Ro . 30 for P . T . R , sorts in proportion . From Archangel the dates are to the 29 : b ultimo . Nothing had been done in fiix , but some contracts had been made for first acd second tow at Ro . 20 , and Ro . 16 , or £ 24 6 s . aad £ 20 per ton .

      Distress in Cbompton . —The alarming distress in this township has induced some of the humane among = ! the working men to travel it through , vi&it the kcus 3 of every operative , and inquire into the st 3 te of the wretched inmates , who are in a # roat many instances literally starving . The following is tbe result of thtir inquiry : — Population 7522 OpcraiiTes * ... 32-4 Number of persons in full employ 1680 i ? 6 rtially employed , ? 98 "Wiihou ; employment 786

      Tha average earnings per head , per week , of those who are infuii employ is 5 s . O ^ d . and the average wages of those who are partially employed is 3 s . 8 d . We give the following as an instance , out of many , of the diiiress that exists in some families . Abram Wilde , Leonardine-cfoss , has a family of five children , besideB his wife , two of whom are in full employ , whose anited wages are 83 . 6 d . weekly , out of which rent , coals , &o . have to be deducted . The two who have work went on Wednesday morning last , without any thing to eat , and when the mill stopped for breakfast got soma porridge , bat nothing

      more to eat on that day- On the following morning they went to the mill again , but when they returned at breakfast-time there was nothing to eat ; the bell rung again , and again they went to work without anything to eat , and this kind of suffering they frequently endure . —rJohn Cooper , Leonardine-cross , made application for relief , on Wednesday l » st , to tbe overseers of Thornhwn , but instead of relieving , the Overseer kindly offered him work in Jarrat Wood , at wages not to exceed fourpence per day , and for this he was to attend before day-break on the following morning , thus giving him the alterna tive to die of want ot work at fourpenoe per day ,

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      Thb Stockport Advertiser says , "The following facts , which we have received from an authentic source will enable our readera to form some idea of the pressure of distress in Bolton . Daring thefour weeks , ending January 22 , 1842 , the number of applications for relief to the Bolton Benevolent Society amounted to 6 995 ; and the average income > tf the applicants was only 13 d . per head ' per week . Of these , 828 , have been rejected ., as not coming within the limits fixed by tbe Bociety . Of the remaining 6 , 157 , who have been relieved , the averge income per head per week was only 113 d . All this

      is in addition to the relief granted by the guardians , which has increased enormously with the dolness of trade . In the year ending March , 1836 , the total sum paid for the relief of the poor of Great Bolton was £ 1 , 558 . In the year ending March , 1841 , the sum paid for the relief of the poor of Great Bolton was £ 1 , 558 . In the year ending March , 1841 , the > um paid for the relief of the poor was £ 6 , 268 ; an increase of 300 per cent . Aad yet we are told every day that the New Poor Law system costs less than the old . !

      United States . —The packet-ship , Roscoe , Capt . Huddleston , which sailed from New York on the 9 th instant , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday . The papers brought by this vessel are six days later than those previously received . The proceedings in Congress reported 1 a tbe journals come down to the 6 th inst . The Senate had been engaged duriag six days in debating the President ' s plan of finance , and the debate was expected to occupy several days more . The speeches were dull and heavy . The Houbcs of Representatives had not closed the debate on the nuw tariff , whioh had-extended over fourteen days already . When it would end nobody could tell , so abundant are the resources of the American orators .

      The Bath and Bristol Post-offices . —It having been discovered that numerous robberies of moneyletters had lately taken place at the Bristol and Bath post-offices , information was conveyed to Lord Lowther , wbe despatched Mr . John Ramsay , postoffice inspector , to make inquiries ; and suspicion having fallen on two clerks , police-inspector Attwood was directed to search their houses , and in one of them found articles of plate , fcc , quite beyond tbe means of his salary to procure : which the clerk said be could not account for , but that bis wife must have got them . Both the clerks are suspended , and Mr . Ramsay left Bristol on Friday , to take Lord Lowther' instructions on tbe subject . It was discovered that upwards of fifty money-letters have been lately stolen from the Bristol post-office .

      Bentlet s Miscellany for February will contain the extraordinary number of Twenty-one cha-Tacterisno Illustrations , by Ripp ' mgillo ; Leech ; Paul Pindar ; Alfred Crowquill , engraved by Cruikshank the younger ; and George Cruikshank ; and among tbe contributors to this popular periodical will be found some of the choicest humourists as well as ablest writers of the day , including the immititable Ingoldeby , Father Prout , Dr . Majjinu , Alfred Crowquill , Paul Pindar , Mrs . Romer , Sterling Coyne , Albany Poyntz , Whitehead , fcc . &c . Among the humourous article ? , with which it abounds , we ought to m < ntion " Phil Flannigan ' s Adventures ; " "The Philosophy of Drinking ; " " Malachi

      Meagrini , a cautioii to Teetotallers ;"" Jonas Grub ' s Courtship ; " "Some Account of a Great Singer ;" " The Standard Footman . " Thomas Ingoldsby ' s " Dead Drummer" alternates , like most of his now famous Legends , from grave to gay , and will be pronounced , we think , one of his best , perhaps the very best of his productions . Of another character will be found ** The Sultan Mahmoud and the Georgian Slave ; " "The Bullet ; " a narrative of Roman banditti ; " The Redbreast of Aqaitania ; " " Richard Savage , " &c . &e ., each of which is remarkable either for power , beauty , or pathos . We have never seen a number of Bentlcy ' s Miscellany richer in variety and interest ; or mote exquisitely

      illustrated . Suicide of a Magistrate . —An inquest was held on Saturday , at the Red Lion , Laytonstone , by Mr . C . L . Lewis , coroner , en view of the body of Mr . Jacob Simms , one of the magistrates for the county of E ? sex . It appeared from the evidence of Stephen Steffin , deceased's butler , that , about half-past five o ' clock last Thursday afternoon , deceased , having assisted witness to bottle wine in the cellar , went up stairs into his dressing-room , soon after which witness was alarmed by Mrs . Simas coming down into the kitchen greatly agitated , and requesting witness and the cook to go up stairs into deceased's dressiog-room and see what was the matter , as she

      ( Mrs . Simms ) had heard the noise of a heavy fall on the floor there . Witness and the cook accordingly went np , when they found deceased's dressing-room door locked , and instantly proceeded to burst it open , as deceased did not answer when called to . Oa entering the roam deceased was fonnd lying on the floor in a pool of blood , with his throat most horribly cut . The razor with which he had committed the act was lying on the dressing-table near him . Surgical aid was immediately obtained , but it was found that life was completely extinot . It further appeared that deceased had lately been

      subject to fits of mental aberration . About a week » K <> he , without assigning any cause , gave the witness ( StefSu ) notice to quit his service , and afterwards expressed his astonishment wh « n he found that the man was preparing to leave , declaring that he never had the lea * t idea of disMi ^ sing him , and that it was utterly impossible he could ever have -told him to leave . It further appearing that the unfortunate gentleman had for some time be « n suffering under great depression of spirits , so as to excite the notice of every one about him , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insaaity . "

      Extraordinary Work . —David Squire , smith , of Bamstaple , undertook a short Ume since , in order to decide a small wager , to n « ke four dozen horseshoes , in a workmanlike manner , in the short space of three hour ? . The wager came off on Monday , and he accomplished his task in the unprecedented period of two hours and twenty-five minutes , including seven minutes lost time occasioned by a slight accident . We are informed that he made twenty-two shoes within the last hour . A competeat judge was called in to examine the work , and he pronounced it properly executed . — Western

      Luminary . A Husband for Anybody . —The following communication , with which we have been favoured , is inserted exactly according to " copy : " — " Deare Sur , —1 hope you will oleas to a blige Me and I will cal when I do cum to Hereford andSattu 9 ! fty you I have been disappointed having a wife I went to bristol last weak to be marred and the gurl was marread to another man and If you will pleas to put my name In your paper as soon as you can for any yung woman that will have Me and She Mast bring her carriter with her and that is all I do want for I have pleanty for we boath to live om . Timothy Powell Stretton Sugwaa . Neere Hereford . "—Here ford Journal .

      hoTEL Mode of Proving Identity . —When the last overland mad arrived from India , a Eon of Neptune , stili in receipt of her Majesty ' s pay as purser in the Royal Navy , and eow a flourishing shipowner and merchant at Liverpool , happened to be in London . He was most anxious to take time by the forelock , and % ei possession of his letters without waiting to travel to Liverpool and back . For thi ? purpose the son of the deep presented himself at St . Mariin ' s-le-Graud , and made known his wishes . The letters were found , and tendered to him on condition of the payment of the postage , with the fee for stopping them in transitu , and proving that he was tke real veritable person he represented himself to be . The latter point was the difficulty . Ho knew

      plenty ot people who coald easy do this if the Postoffice would allow time , but the clerk said , "Twenty minutes , Sir , and tha letters must be re-bagged , and on the way to Liverpool . " "Twenty minutes !' echoed the merchant purser , " if I were to set all sail I could not fetch a friend and be back in time . Twenty minuses I" he exclaiofd again , striking his hand against his forehead . Af : er a moment ' s pause he triumphantly cried out , " I have it ! 1 can prove my own identity ! '' when he forthwith drew out and presented to the astonished man in office the tail of his shirt with his name and address thereon in clear and distinct characters ! The clerk couid not deny such evidence , and the letters were immediately delivered .

      Pojsoxs . —So many accidents oecur from persons taking poison through njistakeor otherwise , that it is right and proper tha ' , every person fehould beposseBsed of a list ol antidotes to be used in case of necessity till medical advice may be had . The following , in the interim , should be diligently employed . If the poison taken has been—Corrosive Sublimate . —Administer immediately white of eggs beat up in water , or milk , if eggs cannot be procured . Arsenic . —An emetic , which maybe made by mixing a large table-spoonful of flour of mustard in . a tumbler of warm water . The mustard pot may be used , if the flour is not resdy . After the emetic , and while preparing , take milk .

      Oil of Vitriol , or aqua fortis , or oxalic acid , called also salt of lemons , and often mistaken for Epsom salts , take chalk or magnesia mixed in water , or if these cannot behad , soap euds . Laudanum , or any kind of opium . The mustard emetic , the same as in case of taking aresnic Take care that tbe patient be not suffered to sleep , bnt Bhould be constantly kept walking . Prussic Acid . —Dash cold water freely on the head , and give > the mustard emetic the same as arsenic . Carbonut Add , or fumes of burning charcoal , the foul air in wells , pits , graves , &c—Remove the sufferer into pure fresh air , and dash the head , face , and ohest freely with cold water . Poisonous Mushrooms ^ or fish , ( as mussels ) . —The mustard emetic . In any case , if the surface of the body be cold , apply warm flannel ; or , what is best of 11 , put the body into warm water .

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      Absence of Miwdv—A . girl once blew her lover out of doors , and then kissed the candle . —Boston Post . , ¦¦ . - . ..- .: ¦ ¦; . . ¦ ,. . ¦ . ; ., ¦;¦; :. .. : ¦ ... . ; . ; .. y On ^ WBDNfeSDAY , the 72 d Highlanders were presented , at Wmdaor , with a handsome stand of colours , in honour of the christening of the Prinpe of Wales , by the Duke of Wellington . His Grace said , «» the colours were consecrated by one of tbe highest dignitaries of the church !! " ,. Several Shops were closed in Birmingham , in honour of the Christening of the Prince of Wales . A Mr . Perry , grocer , of High-Btreet , who , we be . heve , has the honour of being connected officially with the Baptists , in Canon-street Meeting-house , as if for the purpose of ehowing a reluctant compliance with the feelings of his better disposed neighbours , placarded , in large characters , the following notice upon his shutters : — " Closed for be . CREATION , HOT TO SANCTION AN UNSCUIPTURAL CEREMONY 1 . ¦ - ' ¦¦; , V ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦ • ¦ . ' ¦ ' :. - ¦ - . :. ¦¦ ¦ .- : ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦

      When the Apostle of Temperance was administering the Pledge in W&terford Great Chapel on Monday last , a degree of mirth that scarcely beseemed the sacredness of the edifice , was caused by a tipsy man , who , after taking the pledge insisted upon kissing Doctor Mathew ! The gentlemen interfered to prevail upon the man to withdraw , but neither threat , force , nor entreaty , could induce him to desist until -Dr . Mathew , with great good humour and affability consented to receive the man ' s embrace . — World . The ^ urders ia En gland which have been registered and noted in the abstracts on the authority of the verdicts of corouera' juries amounted in two years to 156—males 103 , females 53 . The proportion to the population is five to a million annually , or one in 200 , 000 .

      The origin of the discovery of gold in the county of Wicklow is -Variously- told . Tradition attributes it to a schoolmaster , who , in consequence of his perpetually wandering ab 6 at the streams , was contidered by his neighbours to be insane . He grew gradually rich , however ; bufc , at length , the secret of his wealth became known , and a similar madness seized upon the whole population for many miles round the place where nature had deposited her treasure . ; ¦ ¦ . '¦ ' y ¦ . - . ¦ - ¦¦ -.. ¦ ¦ . : / . . .. y Gross Extortion on the King of Prussia . —the Indcpendanl ' of Brussels says that the owner of the Hotel des Bains , at Ostend , has had the unconscionable impudence to charge the King of Prussia , for stopping one night an < i breakfasting with his suite of twenty persons in that house , 5 , 000 f . ( £ 200 !) It adds that the King could not , of course , stoop to bargain aboutthe matter , and thereforesubmitted to the extortion .

      Not many nights A « o , aman at Gateshead , who bad laid down quietly in bed a few hours beforei awoke and found himself at the bottom of a well seventy feet deep , but fortunately with only about four feet water in it . He had been dreaming that his landlady called him to draw some water , and obeying the supposed request in a state of somnambulism , he had fallen feet foromost down the well , almost miraculously escaping destruction . He was discovered in the morning by some one going to the well , and drawn up by the rope . A Gateshead paper is the authority for this tale .

      The u Fasting" Man . —PrevioHsly to Cavanagh ' a departure from this town ( Reading ) , on Monday , to appear at the Queen ' s Bench , this worthy was allowed an unlimited quantity of food ; on which occasion he proved that his appetite is at least as pro digious as hia much-boasted "fasting" powers ; and on his arrival in London he made another meal ,, which would have astonished any of the credulous believers * ' in his total abstinence from mortal food . "—Berkshire Chronicle . March of iNTELLECT .- ^ The following extraordinary effusion is the literal copy of a note addressed a tew days since t # one ot the assignees of an extensive bankrupt estate in this county : — " fcjiryr-I '' shall think you to Inform nie the Last Day of proving the Dcptsof the Totness of which you are aseneeto theEfects , I shall ve verry much obliged if you Could dew it for my sister , as she is a fool and Verry Old . —I am your Obedat Bovent .. ?¦———''—Western Luminary .

      Subterranean Passage onb Hundred and Fifty Miles Long . —While travelling lately in Central America , Stephens visited the rained city of Ooosingo . When tkere , he was told that there was a communication by a subterranean passage from those ruins with the city of Palenque , that was diBtant abeut one hundred and fifty miles ! This is a very decent addition to the wonders of the New World . ; ' - ; , - ¦ . y yy . y . ¦' ' ¦ ¦ . ; , ;¦ ' . , /¦ \ Recent Intelligence from New South Wales furnishes hb with some information as tothe

      employment of Bolara , the assassin of poor Millie . It appears that he is in good health , and that he has a situation which much resembles that of a washerwoman ' s assistant . He is employed to take away the foul linen from the barracks at Sydney , to a . placo of some miles di ? tanc 6 where ii is convenient to have it washed . He then brings it back clean , and returns it carefully as to quantity to the proper authorities . Oar informant does not state whether he does anything in the ironing or mangling dopartmenf . — Tyne Mercury .

      Strange Coincidence . —There is at present living at Taxholes , near Blackburn , a woman named Agnes Brindie , to whom the following extraordinary incidents have happened during Tier progress through life . She has been the mother of twenty children—ten sons and ten daughters- ^ of whom two were born in one day ; two were christened , . ' arose day ; two were married in one day ; and two were buried in one day . Shortly after her marriage this said female planted in her garden an apple pippin , which grew in the course of years into a tree , from the wood of which she supplied herself , uot many years since , with a wooden leg , having had the misfortune to lose one of the props which bad supported her for many years . y

      Distress is Bolton . —The following facts , which we have received from an authentic source , will enable our readers to form some idea of the pressure of distress in Bolton . During the four wt-efcs , ending January 22 , 1842 , the number of applications for relief to the Bolton Benevolent Society amounted to 6 , 095 ; and the average income of Ahe applicants was only thirteenpence per head per week ; Of thpse eight hundred and twenty-eight have been rejected , ' as-not coming within the limits fixed by

      the Society . Of tha remaining G , 157 , > vho have been relieved , the average income per head per week was only elevenpence three-farthings . All this is in addition to the relief granted by the Guardians , vrhich has increased enormousl y with tho dulness of trade . In the year ending March . 1836 , the total sum paid for the relief of the poor of Great B-olton , was , £ 1 , 558 . In the year ending March , 1841 , the sum paid for tho relief of the poor was £ 6 . 2 G 8 ; an increase of 300 per cent . — Manchester Guardian .

      State of the Hosiery and Lace Trades . —There if ) , as yot , no improvement m the demand in any of the numerous branches of the hosiery or ihe lace trades ; in fact , if we are to believe the workmen , the demand is decreasing , instead of increasing . This state of things extends equally to silk , cotton , or worsted hosiery , in the latter of which there is nothing , in any part of the world , in the shape of competition , yet the distress at Leicester is such , that tho population are begging iu mobs of 2 G 0 or 300 . We are pained to state , that the silk warp blond hands , who have been advancer ! in their wagos by one house for some mouths , have been a ^ ain reduced the eighth of their wages . At the same time , blond nets have been lowered in the market considerably , aB the rest of the manufacturers absolutely refused to advance the wages . The excitement in the villages still continues respecting the abatement of the price for making cotton hose . The

      damage done to the frames at Westttiorpe , it appeais , was not very serious ^ aquafortis having been poured upon the needles and sinkers during the night . The needles , in most cases , are rendered unfit for work ; but tho sinkers will , most of them , be made to work again , after the roughness is taken off . A meeting of deputies , from about twelve of the villages , was lield on Monday , who came to the determination of reBistinx the reduction . A list of prices given by the other houses oS , the trade has been presented to tho house in question , which they object to , on the ground that the document only states thoso that are yivina a high price , and not those that are giving low prices , and-consequently it is not satisfactory . In the meanwhilo , some of the villages , such as Arnold , in which about 80 p frames are employed , are in a state of great excitement , and gome acts of violence and insubordination have occurred .

      Mysterious Affair at Makfield . —On the 24 th jnst ., a coroner's inquest was held to inquire into the circumatanceB attending thd deaths ¦ of Elizabeth Holmes , the elder , Elizabeth Holmes , the younger , and Elizabeth Holmes , an infant . From the ev > dence produced , it appealed that the younger woman was the cause of her owii death arid that of the others ^ although the motive cannot be conjectured . It seems that on Tuesday morning the old woman was employed in rolling up Bomb paste to make a , pudding . Her daughter Handed her a jar of preserved currants , which the old woman used for a pudding . Tfte mother and daughter dined together on mutton broth and the pudding . ; Two hours after dinner tbe old woman was takeu ill , and died at

      four o'clock . The daughter was » I 8 O taken ill , but lingered till six o ' clock the next morning , when she expired . Early on that day she told one of her siBters , who w ag attending her , there was some preserved dumpling in the closet * and that she could take it . and give it to her children , which she did . After partaking of it all her five children were taken ill , and one , a baby , died . On a post mortem exainination of the bodies , the presence of arsenic was detected by the usual testa * and the cauee of death attributed to that poisoD . The Jury rfltHrned a verdict , " That the three deceased died from the effects of arsenic , but by whom it was placed in the dumplinics no evidenee appears / 7

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      On Friday evening , before eigQt o ' clock , the Hall was filled in every corner , and th >» anxiety visible on almost every countenance composing the vast assemblage , which could not be less than 5 , 000 , clearly indicated that something decisive was looked for . At eight o ' clock the Lecturer , accompanied by Baillie Hamilton , and many other leading men of the League , ascended the platform . Messrs . Aloir , Proudfoot , Ross , Lang , Henderson , &c . also took their seats on the platform .

      Mr . MoiR moved that Sir . Georga Ross should take the chair . •' . ' , To this Mr . A eland again objected . Rather than lose tho discussion ( Acland having signified his deteimuiation to leaw the meeting to themselves , should a Chairman be appointed ) , the discussion was again allowed to proceed without a Ghaitovau . Mr . Mukchy , of Anderston , presented himself , and was received with strong nwrksof disapprobation . After several attempts to be heard , he was obliged to retire , without being allowed to finish one seutence . Mr . Buciianan rese , and after cdnimenting on a few points formerly advanced by Mr . Aclaad , he concluded bis first quarter of an hour by calling on Mr . Acland to state what guarantee he could give that the workins ; claseea would be better after a repeal of the Corn Laws than they are . . y ¦ .

      Mr . Acland—All the guarantoe Mr . Buchanan could expect vaa the probable result . ( HissbS and confosion . ) That a repeal of Uie Com Laws would be a benefit without other ehangea , he was . not tho man to assert . The only guarantee was probability ; one thing , it would guavautea more foodanil more labour . Mr . Buchanan contended the Manchester : League would never get these laws repealed by tho present £ 10 House ; and not till it was a House appointed by the whole people . Mr . Buchanau then went into a lucid ( itscriptlon of the factory syMteiii , shewing how manual labour was superaeded by machinery , the machines l > eing now wrought by women and children . While factories rose like mushrooms , the men were laid on the BUfilf . He denied that a repeal of those laws would confer substantial benefit on the people , if they had not a yearly power over the deliberations of the House of Commons . He concluded by cal : ing on Mr . Ac and to shew oa what grounds both parties could join .

      Mr . Acland—The Corn Laws . ( "No , no , " and disapprobation ) It ia more probable they will join on the Corn Laws than on the Charter . ' (?* No , no , and hisses . ) '¦ : .. ¦ '¦ .. ' ; ' ¦ ' : ¦ :. •'¦ - . . - . -. ' . " ¦ '¦' . ; ' Mr . BuGHANAN condemned the paper money and banks as injurious to . the people . Mr . A et and—He never knew of any who got credit who called it a bad thing . ( Hisses and strong disapprobation . ') '; ¦ ' ¦ -:. ¦ ¦ ¦ - - " ¦ ' : ' : ¦ . ' ' ¦ ' .. ' ' . ¦ ' ' Mr . Buchanan in this and his fourth or last speech completely fla ' uihed his opponent . Acland lost all hold of the ineeiing . He was looked upon during the last hour inora a * an object of commisseration than as the antagonist , Mr . B . demanding of hJni to show'how an

      peopk weie to be beii ' . fltted , and what pledg 9 could be give on the part of those whom he ^ presented there ( thA League ) , that should the people join the middle clase just now , the middle class would not act towards the peopla u they did in the case of the Reform Bill . Mr . Acland coald only say , that were the middle Class to de # ert the people again , he would have nothing more to do with tbem . Yet he could not see how any man could euauntee what might be done 1 in future . To tbi « point Mr . Buchanan held Aclsnd throughout , and n that be llMated him . Mr . Buchanan said we could , only caloalate th » future from the experience of the put . That man , b « he middle class man or an firlstocrftt , who d « ny that to his fellow men which he hunaelf enjoys , la uvoirtby of such priTilege .

      Mr . Aolard acknowledged the Charter : would do more good , bmt thought tbe people Bhould join for the Con Law ftpwl . He would advise the people not to abmse the Middle classea . ( Cries of Question . ) At fiv * nimates to eleven o ' clock the discussion closed . Actacid sat lite » man who had fought determined toidle name . Ho certainly made the most of a bod ttui The result of this exhibition and all the shams of th * LoagM , front the Clerical conlereoo * at

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      Edinburgh up to Friday night , wiil be better read in the vote on Mr . Moir ' s- resolution . Whtn Mr . Aclan 4 sat down , y y . ; . ' .. ; C , ¦ . : ¦ : - ;¦ " ¦ . ¦ ¦ .. ' " '¦ ¦'¦'¦ ., .:. ¦ ¦ ¦' . . , ;¦ Mr . Mom rose and MoTed the follewing' resolution , seconded , by air . PROVUFoot . ; " That this meeting haling heard the lectures of Mx Acland and the discussions consequent thereon , on this and the previous evenings , is of opinion that , nnjoet in principle and cruel in operation as the Corn " and Provision Laws are , it aees not the shadow of a hope of thes J aws being repealed till the people possess full political power ; and farther , it deems it proper to declare its conviction that the People'B Charter should be first made the law of the land , in order to ensure to tha people .-the ' full benefit of such rep ^ l when effected . " The reading ef tbia resolution -was reeeifed with deafening cheers . ; : ^

      » fr . Moia , in movinit this resolntion , referred to Mr . Acland ' s suggestion as to treating the middla cSases civilly . He < Mr . M : ) would ask how were the people treated by the middle classes , and their organs , the Whole press in the interest of the party from the Morning Chronicle down to the Loyal Patter , traduced and insulted the people . Was this to be home with impunity ? No . 80 far as he was concerned he would continue to tell the truth of the men . If the truth was hard , he ceuld not help it , the fault was their own . not his . . . ¦ . - . "" : ¦ ¦ . . ¦ : ¦ ' \ ' - ; . . ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ; ' . . . ; : ¦ ' -. - . ' ¦¦ ' ¦

      Mr . Mom then took a show of hands for the resolution , when in the vast multitude , which could not b « less than from five to six thousands , the Hall being crammed full in every corner , a forest ; of hands was held tip . Mr . M . said , in order that public opinion might be fairly tested ipn this important question , he would now call on those who were opposed to the resolution to hold up- both hands . Froai two to thre * hundred hands were held up —« ay three hundred . Acland held up both hands against it . So much £ 01 the great change in public opinion ! Let n » man suppose this was the vote of a faction ; it was the Whigs' own meeting . A fairer fight and a more decisive moral 'victory never . , was obtained . Tkxa was : i eool and deliberate ' vote , calmly come to * af tec six hours' lecture , and ' nine hours ' ' discussion . Aj £ , and it was the vote of many a statving man .

      The fallacies of the League have never been so clearly exposed as in thisy case There is but one opinion as to the resvslt < They feel it themselTes ; they are bound to acknowledge it Some of them since have declared that had they a repeal of the Corn Laws , they did not care if t ! ie Chatter was not obtained a hundred years hence . We -knew that , and we treated iham accordingly . , ' : They iare making superhuman exertions to get their petition numerously signed- here . The sheets are sent to every Whig shop in and around the town . Every same , man and boy , unless peremptorily refased , is put down , and many without consent In some shops it has been kicked out , yet many , afraid to offend , do sign it . . / : ¦ ' ¦ . "¦¦ ' . ' .. ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - . . ' - ¦ ; . " - ;• ¦'¦ - - v . ; - ¦ : /¦

      The cry of " cheap bread , plenty to do , and high wa ^ es , " will not do here any ' : longer * Wages are being shamefully reduced . One of our own city Members 5 Baid to have made a ^ demand on his spinners last weefe of ten per ceot . Another M . P ; for a Western Borough has actually reduced his weavers ten per cent , and many other of the mock philanthropists have done the same within the last month . They are now Been through .

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      From me London Gazette of Friday , Jan . 28 , ¦ BANKRUPTS . V Henry Holt , Peckham , booftfieiler , to-surrender February 4 , March ll , at two , at the Courb of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Soliciior , Mr . Dover , South-square , Gray ' s Inn ; official assigaee , Mr . . Belcher . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - .- ¦ -. . " . ¦¦' . y . '" • ; ¦" ;/ ' - . ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ . /¦ ¦ ' : ¦ . ' ¦; ' — :.. y ' Jobi Sanders , Manor-place , 'King ' s-road , Chelsea , ' baker , February 8 , at half-past eleven , March 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baaingball-street . Solicitors , Messrs .- Harrison , Walbrook ; official assignee , Mr Belcher . ;

      Edward James Ssofie , of Belle Sauvage-yard , Ln&i gate-hill , card-rHanufacturer , February 4 , at one , March 11 , at twuive , at the Cuurt of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Davlson and Coombs , Bread-street , CheapsitJe ; official asaigaee , Mr . Pennell . ¦ ¦ , . : ¦ ; ¦ • ; .. - " ¦ ¦' ; '¦' . ¦ . ' . - ¦ - : ¦ ' : ¦ ' ' .. ¦ - ; . Gerge Berkeley Kirkwood Ccssidyi Buckl 9 rsbury # merchant , February 8 , March 11 * ac eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitortt Messrs . Buckley and : Sanders , Gruy ' s Innaquare ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson . BasineiuiU-street - . ' : Frederick Sharmani '' BaTge , * ;'; BucklerB ^ ry » '' , 8 hoe » factor , ; February 8 , ' at half-past \ one , March 11 , a * twelve , at the Court of Binkruptcy , Basinghall-streek . Solicitor , Mr . Gale , Basinghall-street ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick-place , Oid JeTry .

      Thomas JWodster ; . ' -Jan .,- Liverpool-street , City , mer « chant , Feb . 11 , at two , March 11 , iit eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-street . ; Solicitor , Ma , Stephen , Basinghall-street ; Omckl assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane , Lombard-street . Samnel Robert Geoige , Loiaclon-wa \ l , Qity , -vlcbialleir , February is , at two , March 11 , at eleven ^ at the Court l < BanXjruytoy , Sctetugbdll-ntroot . efOllCltO . r ; "Mi . DJ 1-iing , Cheapside . " ';¦ , official assignee , Mr . Johnson , ' BOf singhftll-street . '¦ ¦' ¦ ' ' ¦ '¦ " ' ¦ ¦'¦' . ' . - . ' ¦ ¦/ . '"¦ ¦ ¦"¦' . /[ ' . ' , . : ' : . ' ; y .. ' .-Arthur Collds and Alfred Thompson , BrightoiV augar-mannfacturer 8 ,: Ffl > , 5 , Match 11 , at two , at thai Town Hall ; Brighton . Soiicitbr , Mr . Penkivii , Weafr * atreet , Flnsbnry-eircus . :

      James Thompson , Newcastle-npon-Tyne , jloineq Feb , 18 , at two , March 11 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt Commission-toom , NewcasUe-upon-Tyne . Solicitors Messrs . Crosby and Compton , Church-court , Old Jewry ; and Mr . Hoyle / Newcaatle . uppn-Tyne . " . ; John Arthur and David Arthur , Neath , Glamorgan shire , ironmaaters , Feb . 18 , March 11 , at eleven , at tha Bush Inn , Swansea . Solicitors / Messrs . Egan , Wateeman , and Wright , Essex-8 tr « et , Slrand . William Edward Bayle , Neath , Glamorganshire plumber , Feb . 18 . March 11 , at ' eleven , at the Bush Inn , Swansea . . ' . ' Solicitors , Messrs . ^ taka and Waldron , Bs inghall-street : and Mr . Hargreaves , Neath .

      Richard Wilson , Blyth" Tile-flhed , Northumberland , brick-manufacturer , February 23 , at eleven , at tha Bankrupt Commission-room , Newcastle-upon-Ty « e Solicitors , Messrs . C r oaby and Compton , Church-court , Old Jewry ; and Mr . Hoyle , Newoastle-apbh-Tyne . Robert : Davies , Mallwy * , Merionethshire , flannel * manufacturer , February 1 « , March 11 , at eleven , at the Eagles Inn , MachynUeth . Solicitors , Messra . Price and Bolton , New-square , Lincoln's Inn ; and Mr . J > s . yiB , MachynUeth . . . William Chambers , Oxford , organ-builder , FebrtarJ 5 , March 11 , at ten , at the Roebuck Inn , Oxford . Solicitors , Mr . Rackatpw , Oxford ; and Messrs . Philpot and Son , Southampton-atreet , Bisomsbury .

      Georg ; e Barnard , * Poiteea , HautB , coal-merchant , Feb . 11 , at ten , March 11 , at one , it Totterdell ' s Cemruercial Hotel , Portsea . Solicitors , Mr . Clare , Sifid * lane ; and Mr . low , Portsea . ; Peter Stephenson , Manchester , meroer , February > " , March 11 , at ten , at the Comniissioners ' -rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthintjton , Manchester .

      PARXNERSHIPS DISSOLYED . N . Salisbury , J . H . Turner , and H . Eatle , Liverpool , brokers ; as far regards N . Salisbury . E . L . Bouserand H . Parkinson , Bradford , linendrapers . J . Robinson , jun . and W . Robinson , Oldham , cotton-spinners . J . Norris and W . Sleddon , Liverpool , chain cable manufacturers . A . Scmith , J . Shwerer , W ; Tritsebler , and M . Ketterer , Leeds , German cleckmakers ; as far as regards J . Shwerer ; -

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      From the Gazette 0 / Tuesday , Feb . 1 . BANKHCPTS . Henry Adolphus Buber , maltater , Lindfleld , Sussex , to surrender February 18 , at one , and March 15 , ak twelve , at the Town Hall , Brighton . Solicitors , Ysrral and Lewis , Lewis , Millard and Adams , Cordwainer ' ahall , London , ¦ - ' ' . /• . ' v ; : ' . .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦' . : :- \ .. y ' - ' - ' - '' . - :. ' . ¦ John Span ton , cheesemonger , Bermondsey-street , Surrey , February 8 , at half-past one , and March 15 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptijr . Green , offlciai assignee , Aldermanbuxy ; Catlin , E . y-place . J « hn Deane Wells , commission-agent , George-streef , Mansion-house , February 17 , at half-past twelve , and March 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alsager , official assignee , Birchin-lane ; Heald , Austin * friars . ' .. ¦"¦ •• . ¦• '¦ ¦ , ¦ . ; : ' . : ¦ -: '¦'¦ , ' ,. -.. . ¦ ' ¦ : ¦"'

      Samuel Owen , innkeeper , Conway , Carnarvonshire , Feb . 15 and March 15 , at twelve , at the Castle Inn , Carnarvon . Solicitor , Abbott , Jenkins , and Abbott , New Inn , Wycb-atreet , > Strand , London . James Jolley , builder , Saint Alban ' s-place , Haymarket , February 8 , and March 15 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . ' Gioaon , official assignee , Basinghall street ; Allen and Nicola , Cheapside , London . John Wates , Victualler , Old Kest : Road , Surrey , February 8 , at half-past twelve , and Match 15 , at eleven at the Court of Bankraptcy . Green , official atslgnee Aldermanbury ; Lucas and Parkinson ; Argyle-Btre « Middlesexw : ' \ " ; y : y ... ., ' / . ¦' . ' - Edward Stratton , corn-desler , Longcot , Berkf , February 18 , at twelve , at the Red Lion Inn , and March 15 , at eleven , " at the Bear Jan , WantaM Solicitor , Bamea , Chipping Lamborns , Baki .

      Charlei Nichols , flannel-merchant , Shrewabur , February 12 , and March 1 * , at elerea , at the CWldhalt Solicitors , Powjoal and Crow , Staple Inn , London j Cpop ^ , Sbrewtbiuy . ¦ " y . y " yy . ¦ -y ' . ; , - :: y . _ Richard Haeell , eon-dealer , Ranubvy , Wiltshlni February ' -il , at eleTen , at the Red Lton Tnn , Lambourn , and March 15 , atone , at the Bear Inn , Wantag * Solicitor , Edwards , Aldbourn , WUtdurei Norton and Son , N « w-at 359 et , BUhop » g » te , London , y ^^ ; - John Holt , giboer , XiTesey , Uncashire S ^

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      A " PLEA FOE . THE POOR , by an Evangelical Reformer . Ipswich : Scoggins , Orweil-place ; London : Higham , oi , Chiswell-Btreet . A patnphlet that should be read by every one . A T » fo&b ! e digest of many testimonies as to the preseot stite of society , apd as to the efficacy of the system of Home Coloimzation in curing the evils with which it is flaiTersaliy allowed 10 be afflicted .

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      A TOICE PROM THE FACTORY ; OR A FEW WORDS IN DEFENCE OF THOSE WHOM THE WHIGS AND TORIES SNEERIKGLY TERM "THE LOWER CLASSES . " By P . Pendcrgashshelly . Manchester : Leach , Tib-stree ;; Lenney , Hart-street , Thk is evidently the production of one who feels the pressure of tbe evils against which he writes . xhere are some shrewd and valuable rejections in tMs liule book which if well attended by " Whigs * &d Tories" woald greatly improve their wisdom and iaeir honesty .

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      GLASGOW . Wehavebeen treated to a course of three lectures on the Corn Laws , during the past week , by Mr . Acland ; tbe first in the Trades' Hall , the two last in tbJBCit ^ HaHv ¦ ¦ y--y . ' . . ¦ , - ¦¦ ¦; : ' . '' - ¦ ' : - ¦ ' - ' - - ^ . - , ¦¦¦ : ' ' Nothing of importance occurred till the close of the last , except aome sparring between' the lecturer and Mr . Miles about machinery . At the close of the last lecture , on Monday , the lecturer called on Mr . Miles , as his opponent , to come fomard and disouas tfie queatlon now . Mr . Miles rose and spoke for a quarter of an hour , the time allowed by the lecturer , showing the enormous increase in our manufactures with comparatively little increaseyin : the . '"' cost of production , thus demonstrating the condition of the people to be fast deteriorating , notwithstinding the vast increase in our commerce . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ '' . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ' : ¦/ ¦ ¦ '• " - ''• ¦ y .. '' .. ' ¦¦ . . ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ . . ' -

      Mr . Acland replied , contending that to atop machinery here we must be able to atop it throughout the world , and denounced the Soeial ayatem as a nursery for the indolent , the immoral , &c &c When Mr . A . eat down -. .:. ' . ¦ ; . '¦ - '¦¦' " :. ;' ; , .:. '¦ . . '' . ' . '¦ ¦ ::. " ¦ ¦'¦ .. " - . ' . ''; - Mr . Miles rose to reply ^ hut the meeting objected to a discussion bet ween the two gentlemen , y Mr . Acland said he only allowed Mr . Miles to rise a secoud time , because no one else presented themselves , here ' , •; ¦ . ¦ '"¦' : ' .. ';¦ :-. y '¦ ' ' ¦ : ' ¦ : .. - ,- ¦ y ¦ , Mr . J . COLQUHOUN rose , and said he wished to say a few words on the subject He said they were not there to discuss the subject of machinery , that would ; ba ; an ' after ' -question . ! The legitimate Bubject before them was the ; Corn Laws , and how to get quit of them . Mr . C . condemned the Corn Laws , and said be

      wiisfor a total and immediate repeal ; but he denied those laws could be repealed till the People ' s Charter is nrst made the law of the land . He challenged the lecturer to discuss the question as to the beat means to ensure the total repeal of those laws . Mr . C . spoke with considerable effect , contending that the parties at present : agitating that question dare not repeal those laws , - . tinder ' existing circuniataiices , as in that case the whole monetary syBtem would be deranged , the Bank of England become bankrupt , and with them the whole banks in the country , without . -whose aid no manufacturer , or merchant , in this country could carry- . oii for one month . Mr ; C . retired amidat loud cheers , again challenging the lecturer to discuss the best means of obtaining a repeal of those and all other bad laws / : ; "'¦ ' ¦ " . ' ' '¦"' . ' '¦ ¦'• ' . ¦¦ ¦'¦ . ' " '• ¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦ ¦ . ' . .

      Mr . ActAND replied ^ saying public opinion would repeal the Corn Law , afl'l tliat the samo public opinion would gain the Charter . It was now eleven , o ' clock , and according to the lecturers arrangements , the discussion was adjourned till the Tuesday , night following . Tuesday night , Mr . Miles moved k "That Mr . GRoss , should tako the chair . " - ¦" -. ¦¦ ¦ ' : ' To this Mr . Acland objected , stating the meeting was his , and they were there merely from courtesy . ( Strong disapprobation . ) He then signified i ! a chairman was appointed he would leave the meeting to themselves . ' / ' . ¦ ¦ ¦' - - - '~ - " - ¦ ¦ - ' . " ¦ ; . '• ¦ ¦ " '¦ ' ' . ¦ ¦ . :: "' . -: ¦ It was considered the nest course to allow the discussion to go on , being satisfied principle would triumph over class expediency .

      Mr . R . Buchanan came forward amidst loud and continued cries of * 'chair , chair . " At last , Mr . B . was allowed to proceed without a chairman . The speaker took up the factory systeui , which he exposed in a manner that placed tuo Whigs in a dilemnia from which they will not in a hurry extricate themselves . Mr . Acland replieii , contending the repeal ef the Core Laws would relieve our manufacturers from their present emborassments , and procure plenty of food for thousands who are at this present time in actual starvation . - y . '¦ ¦' ' . ' ' ' .. - . '" " y ' ¦ '¦""¦ ' : ; The two gentlemen continued speaking fifteen minutes alternately , when Mr . Robert Malcolm rose to reply to what he called "the Whig arguments of the lecturers and the Tory arguments of Mr . Buchannan . "

      The moment . Mr . Malcolm attempted to speak he was met with a general '' storm of hissesi which continued for about ten minutes , notwithstanding the utmost endeavour on his ( Mr . M . 's ) part to command a hearing . Matters were beginning to assume n rather ssrfoas aspect , when Mr . iloir stepped forward t » the front of the hustuigs , and was received with lond cheers .. "' -On Jtr . Moir presentiug himself Mr . Malcolm retired .. ' . '¦ ¦; . ' . .. ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . '¦ . . .. - : ¦ ' . ¦ ' . ' " ' ; '; Mr . MoiHsaia he presented himself before them as as unconiproniising Chartist . ( Enthusiastic cheers . )

      Mr . M . bnt fly referred to the treacherous conduct of the conduct of Whigs towards the people . Look to the the disseDting clergy in Scotland in reference to this question of late . These fellows are as selfish as the EstaHished Clergy can be . The one whose stipend is regulated by cho price of wheat wishes to keep things as they are ; the other ( dissentiug ) who is paid at a fixed money rate wishes to secure ' a cheap : loaf . ( Here one of the Whigs on the p ' . atfi > rm ciied , Put hini out . " ) Moir turned round , and in a stern voice , staring the : iellow in- the face , said , " Come forward , ' you coward ; and do not ask anoihor to do it . "

      Here the Rev . Mr . M'Jsan ,- ' ;' who was sitting beside the young gentleman to whom Mr . M . was administering this caetigation , rose , and was in the act of running at Mr . Moir with a large bludgeon , when Mr . J . Colqahomi sprerig furwanl ^ and seizing Mr . M'Jeo n by the collar , set him . dewn on hiacUavr . ¦; ' " :,. ' It is unnecessary to add , that but for the tjnmly to . terference of iMr . Colquhoun , the consaquences might have been seiious . . •• .. ¦ ¦ " ' Mr . Mom resumed amidst the plaudits of the meeting .. He gaid the pt . ople were always opposed fo the Corn Laws ; in proof of which the people of . GHasgow burned in tfBgy the notorious Kirkman Firilay . oppoaite his own door in ' 1816 ' , after the passing of ttie present Corn Liws , Kirkwan Finlay being then Member for Glasgow . ;¦' . ¦ ; ¦ . ''¦ ' ¦ , ' . . - ¦ ¦ ., -.- ' . . Mr . Acland replied , contending for a repeal of the Corn Laws .

      Mr . PftOUDFOOT followed , urgmg the People ' s Cbarter as the onlyy means calculated to ensure the repeal , not only of the Corn Laws , but all those bad laws inflicted upon the people under class legislation , udding that no man who was not a Chartist could be a good man . . The Lecturer replied . It being now eleven o ' clock , the debate was adjourned till Friday night .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct740/page/3/