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      FsiXKFOBT , 2 BlXRCB 27 . —The Emperor of Austria Las again refused to go to Toplita , and meet tfee Monarchs of Prussia and Xussia , which the latter proposed . The Czajr is most anxious to have a , kind of Congress or " meeting of Sovereigns , but Austria willi . oi . listeD ^ toaJiT&iiigof-gbelaiid . In ( ari ^ oehce ^ &elEmperor Nicholas seema to have g iveniip iE ? , 53 ea . J ; Ee luis just sent bis aide-decamp , Prince JEiaibanois de fios ' tof , to Statgard , to beg the King of "Wljteniberg " apd hi ? daughters , that are niece * ofNuibolaF , - to meetfiin at Berlin . It ia fhr > r % ht frrjm / this that t& Czar will not come at all into . South : jGerinany . 1

      BB-D 66 Ei ^ ,. MABCH 22 , —SNiJ" ^ 1 * 31 * WO * , ¦ a dly represented " at the coronation of Qneen Victona . Lie the 3 > ukes of Devonshire and Jforfhumberland / the Prince' de Xigne undertakes thehonourable mission at his own expense . —Courrier Beige .: ¦¦"¦ " ' .. : . Bbusski ^ -Hascs SSwrr-Mr . Willocks , - the Cabinet messenger , is gone fas has been stated ) to London with important , dispatches . It is asserted that they , relate , to the clause * jbf ike twenty-four articles in which our Government requires changes to be made . These clauses are tlwee relative to the debt , tq the territory ceded , audio tie free navigato the

      tion of the , So fc ^ fc ; Wi ^ h respect territory ceded by th ^ Wenty-four articles , it is objected that the King of Holland having-taken seven years to decide on accepting the terms to -which be now offers to aceade , it-would not be equitable to place in bis hands the fate of the population -which-has taken more er less part in the revolution and it » consequences , by the acceptance of pablie offices , by the exercise of political lights in different elections ^ and bv submission to the Belgian laws relative to taxes and the militia . The town of Virfloo : is' the subject of a distinct claim-for the arrears of the interest of the debt charged trpou -3 e ] ginzn j'itiB demanded that they-shall be balanced by the expense of the state of war in which Holland has compelled us to remain

      since the powers who signed the treaty of London bare guaranteed the neutrality of-Belgium . The exact tenour of the proposed modifications is not known ,- but they are in -substance such as we have stated ; and we are permitted to add that they have been drawn up according to the opinions of " the Cabinets of Paris and London , brought by the last couriers -from those capitals ; They have been prepared by tie Ministers ^ and communicated to influential persons . . Supported by the two Towers which are really our allies , the Ministry will perhaps have sufficient energy to persist in demands which obtain the assent ; « f tike country ; but if it is unhappily abandoned to itself , it is certain that it will give way . —Commerce Belg . . - ¦

      BKlTSSEiS , March 30 . —The SandelsShd contains the following article : —" 2 ¥ ew negotiations are not thought of . The King has merely declared that he is ready to- accede to the treaty of the twenty-four articles . His Majesty has resolved on tins step after all other attempts to settle the differences with Belgium or to open fresh negociatioiis had failed , and been rejected by several of the great Powers , especially , as it is said , by Austria and Prussia . These two Powers are reported to -have positively declared that they abided by the treaty of the twenty-four articles , and to have advised the King to accede to it . They are stated to have expressed their fears that if new negotiations were

      opened , new and greater difficulties might arise . The wise resolution taken by the King soon after the receipt of these resolutions is now known . His Majesty , ont of love for Ms- faithful people , has resolved rolistea to tht wish expressed as well in this country as abroad . The King has resolved to show that be is ready to mate this sacrifice for the consoli dation of the general peace . This resolution has been notified to the Conference . A s all the members of thatassembly were not in London , Lord Palmerston accepted lie declaration , ad memorandum , to communicate it nnmediateJy to the members of the Conference . So the matter stands at present , and every bodv is impatient to learn what will be the result" ' -

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      Hrxi . Pouce , Mosdat . A Preciotfs Tbeasfbe . —Ann Gibbon , a- middle aged female , was placed at the bar this morning , charged with being drunk and disorderly in that most respectable part of thetown , Mill-street , on Sunday . She said she was very sorry , bat that she had met with a friend , who gave her two glasses of liquor , and she would never do so again . Inspector Ludworth said she was a well known character . She , was married to a very respectable man , an engineer , on board one of the large steam packets , bat that when he went from home she sold her agparel and goods , and went to a bouse of ill feme in Mill-streets Mr . Parker

      gave her a severe reprimand , and said he was sorry to find that a decent mas was plagued with so bad a wife . The Mayor told her he had little hopes of her , but that he would try her this time , and he trusted she would amend her ways . —Discharged . Dbokdebly Apprentice . — -Alfred Witly , apprentice to Mr . Holderness , who has-been two or three times before the Jiagistrates , was brought up charged by his master , with having again left his ship . Prisoner admitted the charge , but said hedid

      so in consequence of ili usage . The Magistrates told him that he had no right to take the law into his own hand / that if he ba& cause of complaint , he should have gone to them , and they would have protected him . They bad the power to send him to hard labour for three months , but as be appeared to be sorry for his offence ^ they would mitigate the sentence to one month , which Tie would have to serve after bis apprenticeship was expired . —Committed for one month .

      Effects or DEr » rK .--Traiiam Onley , was charged by the police with having been drunk , and committing a violent assault , upon -iis wife .. Mrs . Onley , who appeared to labour-under severe illness , wa 3 desired , by the Magistrates to sit down ; and on been sworn said she bad no desire to press the charge . She had received a series ofeflfcteeatment from him during the last thirteen y ^ By hnt she hoped that be would behave better m fotSre . Onley

      too hnng < Jow » bis head , said he was Teally ashamed of himself , and sorry for his conduct , but drink was the occasion of it , and he hoped he should never do the like again . Mr . Parker told him he ought to be most era . te&i to bis - wife , and endeavour t » repay her by his future good eonductfor AIs past Ill-treatment of her . Onley , thanked the Magistrate for bis advice and the parties left the court We ad-rise the tee-totallers to look after this man , and try to reclaim him from his habits of

      intemperance . As Hokbst CoxFESSioif . —George "Western , a genuine son of the ocean was eharged with being drunk in the Market-place ; On being-asked what be had to say in bis defence , the honest tar leaning Bpontbebar and locking at the Mayor with the most perfect indifference , said , ^ . "Wh y , sir , I was fresh to a certainty . " I had met with ^ a few-friends and we iad a drop too much , that ' s j ^ fhayeto say , 2 know I was fresh , " Mr . Parker . Tljrved that he had acted like an honest fellow , ananeT hoped that bis ready confession . of his fault would have some effect upon the Mayor . His worship said , indeed , it would . He should discharge him this time , but if be was broogbt np again be should be bound to punish him .

      . Unwhoxesoxe ME-AT . r-Ofl Monday last , a tpantity of butcher ' s meat having been seized by th * authorities of Hull was consumed at the Gas Works , by order of the Magistrates . The frequency of this abominable afience against public safety , requires some much more -vigorous effort for its suppression than has yet been made use o £ "Nd / punishs&ent can be too severe , or any reprehension too "twag and public , for lie e ^ gmp ^ V disregard of life which ia manifested ' b y the " mercenary Wretches who was ty to make a lrttle-dishMfeBt earn bv tbe

      sufferag aad death , it may be , of hundreds o ¥ thousands of « ar fellow men . "We have now for many successive * j «* 3 receiTed accOTnts \ bf-a similar " nature to the awe , and it is really high tinie the practice was put *** ° a to . It seems that magisterial power is not Rfflnently effective for the purpose , for " notwith-•^ QiDg constant fee * and forfeitures , the offence !?* <»• A Bantsley - correspondent on the affairs r , rj ^ ggrthe ebort weight laker , observed that Kl 2 ™> when properly brought ^ to . bear , o ^ lftff « cmp&in ^ L object We think S £ S ^^^ . « ^ . ^^ . r * ° :

      * a ^ n SS . * SB .-Ann Stafford , . aa did * £ fcl ^ - T ^ - ^ ixxrj ,- Snieea ; but she WrST I " to °° " * eK again . The ttol&fS ; - - ?^ ** - - &ere aSaia , if &e police fc ftaSSSjJ ?* ?^ ^ wasthaf W «? tf 2 bW ^ ' ^^^ ^ lting her - » a ? iSn - However ' ** ^ odd rrv ha mee * 3 S ? i . * - 1 ) roii ? it ^ fore iim again he "waatend aer to prison . . " " .

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      Effects of a Litxib P » OP .- ^ Jnhn Shields was found asleep in Whifefriargate , and- on being awoke by the police , was foimd to be dmpk and incapable , of taking care of himself- He mi . he was goW to America An ; a steamer , and had gone to take a little drop with bis brother before parting , but hi ? got over much , and . conld get no . farther , and the ship ' had sailed wilioat . him . Tbe Mayor « aid ander these circumstances he should discharge him ; * a he thought the loss ' ofJus ship was a pun&ment sufficient , and be hoped that it would be a warning to him to keep himself sober in future . — -Discharged . - Csabge of STEAi . iNa .- ^ -7 rA ndrew Banter , a Yonntr man . was charged bv Mr . Joseph . Blundle -E ^^ rg » T aLtttxe Shields

      withhaving committed a felony under th ^ following extraordinary , cmlumstances : — -Mr . Blundle ; stated that on Monday "lastthe / beUmaB , W . " Levitt , came to ibeir office , and inquired if they bad losl . a parcel of bronze , about three months siuee , as a lad had brought some _ tb Mm to cry ,, paying that ^ hehad founditin "VV'iicomlee , when . the snow vras on the ground . Mr . Warteh , their principal clerk , made inquiries , and found that , . about jten days previous they had sent " a parcel which corresponded in . appearance and quality , wkh- that produced by the bellman , toMr . _ Wa ^ , ' of-Barnsley . ,:. S " nbseqaentlx the prisoner went with , the bellman , and iold the same story as at first to Mr ; . H . Blundle ; when ,

      bowevef , the wood between ; which the bronze was packed was indentified as that wnich was sent from Mr . B . ' s warehouse , he changed his tale , and said that be got it from a lad called James Smithson : who had been working on board the sloop . Mr . Warten bad written to Barnsley , arid had received an answer , stating that the bronze and two other articles mentioned in the invoice had not arrived . It also appeared that prisoner had offered to sell the bronze to Mr . Brooks , carver and gilifer , and was told by a son » f Mr . B . that be must get it cried , as no one would buy it without . This adviee being acted apon , ultimately led to the detection of the robbery . The Talue of the bronze was £ 2 . Prisoner said he

      found the packet , as he had stated . He was fully committed for trial . Loss of the Elvira Iitdi . * . m :. & . n . —We regret to state that this fine vessel , for Calcutta , which left this port on Friday last , in tow of a steamboat , having on board a cargo estimated , we believe at £ 80 , 000 , struck on the outward bar ia the new channel . Tbe captain and pilot then determined to return to Liverpool , but not having water to come back the way they went out , they bore up-for the Horse Channel , and the passengers then returned to Liverpool on board the steamer which had towed out the Elvira . Notwithstanding every exertion to bring the vessel into port again , the water gained rapidly opon them , and at half-past five she was telegraphed in . great distress near Spencer ' s Out Buoy . About ibis time she was ? eeo by the

      Messrs . Atherton , of New Brighton , with a signal of distress flying , and sinking ; and they proceeded , we understand , in their steam-boat with as little delay as possible , to endeavour to find the vessel and save the crew . After some difficulty , owing to tbe darkness of the night , they fell in with the wreck on the "West Wharf ^ the poop and masts only being above water . As it would have been dangerous , in consequence of the heavy swell , to have laid the steamboat alongside of the wreck , tbe Post-office mail boxes , ship ' s letter bags , seamen ' s hammocks , some luggage and stores were transhipped in boats without damage . Shortly afterwards , however , the water rose breast high in tbe poop and cabin , and all bands then left the vessel and took refuge on board the steamer , and were safely landed next morning at Liverpool—LiverpoolStandard .

      Medical Relief to the Pook . —At the meeting of the newly-erected Board of Guardians of the Driffield Union , Assistant Commissioner Revans in the chair , Mr . Harrison , the medical officer of tbe Union , stated hi » inSMhty to continue the arduous duties of his office at the preseat inadequate salary . He stated to the Board that he had to attend to the sick poor of 46 parishes , extending over 16 miles from his house . On the day of the meetiDg of the guardians he had to remain at the board during the sitting , and to supply all the

      medicines , for which he received £ 120 a-year ; in the medicines alone be was a loser by the contract , without taking into account the keep and salary of an assistant , and the expenses of an extra horse . After a long discussion , the guardians informed Mr . Harrison that they highly approved of bis services , and wished their continuance , but they could not increase his salary ; on hearing this determination he immediately resigned , and the Board ordered that tenders to supply the poor with medicine should be advertised for . —Butt Paper .

      Accounts . —The habit of keeping pr ivate accounts shows the importance of small sums . The practice of comparing our means with the expenditure is one of the purest sources of prudence , caut ion , and circumspection in other affairs of life . Being a good accountant is not only useful in itself , hut gives the mind a habit of accuracy in other matters . Nor does this apply only to the rich , but those who have no idea of the advantage of keeping an extra account of a very small income . A half-penny or a penny is a mere trifle , bnt it will surprise many to see how soon they will amount to shillings and pounds . "We are apt to think very little of small expenses , but these are more ruinous in tbe end than such expenses as are large enough to waken our attention . —Cot Yisitor .

      Explosion op a Powdeb Mill . —Last week one of those frightful occurrences , against whieb no human foresi ght can guard , and which seem as if expressly intended to mock the devices of human prudence , took place at Stobbs Powder Mills , belonging to Mr . Caldwell , a few miles from Edinburgh . About half-past six o'clock on , the morning of Wednesday , half an hour after the workmen bad assembled at the mills , they were alarmed by a loud explosion on . the premises , the fearful import

      of which , they too well knew . It was found to have proceeded from one of tbe corning houses , where the powder undergoes tbe process of being separated into particles or " corns" as they are termed in Scotland , which is nearly the finishing processs in the manufacture . In this bouse there were about twelve barrels ofgunpowder , each containing lOOlbs ., and two men were engaged in tbe manufacture The body of one was found at some distance from the bouse , the other within the house .

      DBEADFXii . AccrDE . NT . —Last night an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , 1 ^ be city coroner , at-the Anchor and Hope , in Xower Thames-street , on the remains of a young man , named Richard Stamford , who was killed by being drawn into the machinery of the Yorkshireman steam-packet , on her passage from Hull to London . It appeared in evi dence that tbe deceased was a passenger , and wag coming up to London previous to seeking employment on tie Great "Western Railway . During the voyage on Friday afternoon he was upon deck with other passengers , and made several attempts to get into the engine room , but was repulsed by the engineer and stokers , who requested him to keep on

      deck . Afterwards he placed his legs over the opening leading into the engine room , and he was several times m great danger of being injured by the machinery He was repeatedly cautionedby two otheTpassengera , named Powell and . Reams , riot to persist in his conduct , but in spite of their warnings he _ actually attempted to descend into the engine room for the purpose of warming himself among tbe machinery while tbe wheels were going round at the rate of 25 revolutions per minute . He got upon the iron bar or stay , which is placed between the two engines j and in stooping to descend lower , the' tail , of his coat was caught in the cog-wheel , and in an instant he was drawii among the machinery and his body

      was reduced to atoms . The engiaeer was called to ,, who stopped the engines immediately , and the mangled remains of the rash , and unfortunate man were collected from various parts of the engine-room and placedfiiacase .-- On the arrival of the steamer at the Hull Steam-packet Wharfj the mutilated fragments of the- deceased ' s body were removed to the Church , of > Allhallows Baridngy to Tower-street , Tbe accident occurred off- the fiaieborooghXighty about two o ' clock p . m . on Friday . There was no < me . ia attendance to speak teethe -identity of the deceased , but a parcel directed to Mr . Edward Stamford , lalcop Inn , Minster-street , Beading , was in bis possession when he took his passage , ; and was produced- -for the inspection « f the jury ; Tbe . passengErs who saw the dreadful occurrence said the person to vrhom the - parcel was directed , they

      -believed , was the brother of the deceased , and declared "that no blame could be jastly attached . " to the engines ™ , who bad warned the deceased to keep akay from the engines ; It was found that the opening where the deceased attempted to descend to $ t » ¦ engine-room was not the proper -passage , -b'irt ^ tfca ^ the grating baAbeen taken off . to admit air and light into the place "below , and for fhe purpose of oiling various-parts of the machinery . The Coronerl 3 aid it was impossible to identify the mangled remains of the deceased . A roore horrible and heart-sickening spectacle he had never ^ witnessed . That the deceased came to his untimely . end . by his own imprudence there could be no doubt , but on the whole be tiuanglit it " would be as well to postpone tbeiiflquest until ths , rrHrives of the unfortunate man were communicated with . The Jury acceded to the Coroner ' s suggestion , and adjourned the inquiry until Tuesday next , — ( J ! -jt / e of Sifhrrdav .

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      Poor Law Assault . —On Monday week , the master of the union workhouse , belonging to the Newton Abbott Union , situate at Chudleigh , was summoned before the magistrates for - the following assault on a young woman , an inmate of that bouse . The pauper bad given some ' - pffen . ee to " the . ' master , who bad her seized j and a strait waistcoat put upon her , in which she was confined for a considerable . time ; Thje" magistrates , Mr . A , Chicbester , and Mr . . C . H . Monf p ^ after a most patient hearing , adjournecitne caseto tW following day , in order to Poos Liw " As 8 A \ JLT .-6 n Monday ' week , the

      consider , the right claimed by the master , of a workbouse , to inflict such a degree of punishment upon its inmates . The defendant admtted the offence , and asserted that he was justified in , what he did , as he acted by . order of the :. board of guardians . ' The magistrates did not give their judgment until last Saturday , when they declared that neither the defendant nor the board of guardians had any power , under . &e Poor Law Amendment Act , to punish psupera at their discretion , and fined ' him £ B , the highest penalty tbe law allows . ^ - Western Lvimn

      Fibb . —On Sunday morning , about four o ' clook the extensive premises , of Mr . Halles , engineer , in Page ' frWalk , Grange-road , Bennondsey , were totally destroyed by fire . When ,, discovered the flames were confined to a omall portion of tbe premises , but on the doors being opened they extended to and destroyed the whole of the building . Mr . Halles is Insured in the Sun-office , but the amount of his insurapoe coild not be ascertained . The cause of the fire is also unknown . The Dorchester Laboubebs . —A dinner is to be given to the . . Dorchester labourers , on ^ Easter Monday next , at White Conduit House , the proprietor of which has received orders to provide for 2 , O 00 . There will be a grand procession of the Trades'Unionists on tbe occasion ;

      Stbjinge Accident at a Wedding . — "Marriage , like the marriage ceremony , " said Byron , in one of his cynical moods , . " begins with / dearly beloved , ' and ends with , * amazement . " This was verified to the letter in Braunstone Church , on Sunday morning , at the wedding of a young couple , who were married by the Rev . Mr . Fry . After the knot was tiedj the bridegroom marched his . " d « arly beloved" along the . aisle ; and the Rev . gentleman walked in the rear of the wedding party . Suddenly , the ears of the foremost were " stunned by a loud

      crash ; arid turning round , they saw , to their ¦ " amazement , " that the family vault of the Winstanleys , over which they had just passed in safety , had fallen in with the clergyman , who was almost buried in the tomb , and severely injured by the pavement which had accompanied him in his uriexpected and alarming desdent . He was reb' eved from his awkward situation , wounded and bleeding , and his injuries were so serious , that the services of the day , at Branhstone and Kirby Muxloe , were , of necessity , set aside . —Leicester Chronicle .

      Annoyance of a Lunatic—On Saturday , at the Kensington Petty Sessions , Dr . Glenn , of Brompton-row , accompanied by Mr . Gray , a solicitor , applied to the sitting magistrates for their advice . Dr . Glenn stated , that some time since he was called in to attend a gentleman named Nelson , of College-street , Chelsea , whom he found to be decidedly insane , and he accordingly recommended he should be placed under restraint . From that period Mr . Nekon bad taken every opportunity of annoying him ; and during the late severe frost had exhibited , while skating in Hyde-park and in

      Kensington-gardens , large placards , oh his person , denouncing him ( Dr . Glenn ) as a murderer , perjurer , &c , and duriag the last two days he had employed h mself in parading up aud down Broinpton-Tow with a large placard , cautioning persons not to go to Dr . Glenn for advice , or they would be poisoned . The bench paid , they did not see how they could interfere in the case . . It was matter for a civil action , unless some breach of the peace took place in consequence , and all they could do would be to send one of the police sergeants to Mr . Nelson , to induce kim to refrain .

      Suspbcted Murders .- —^ A circumstance occurred at Coleshill ^ n Saturday last , which has occasioned considerate excitement in that town aad neighbourhood . A boy was set to dig up some waste ground at the back of a bouse , for the purpose of sowing carrots , when he turned up two skulls and several other bones of a human body . Mr . Barker , the surgeon , was immediately sent for , who pronounced them to be those of a woman and child . From recollection of the circumstance , suspicion instantly fell on a man who bad formerly lived on the premises , and who had removed about eight

      years ago to Leamington , with his wife and child , but of whom nothing had since been beard , except that the husband bad married again . Inquiry wag promptly made , and he was traced ; to this town , in employment at the station of the London and Birmingham Railway Company , as a journeyman carpenter . He was © n Monday last taken into custody , and removed to Coleshill , to await the result of the coroner ' s inquest , which was to be held last night at tbe Swan ; but the resuU of the inquiry we have not been able to ascertain . —Coventry Herald .

      Extensive Fibe at Cheltenham . —Friday morning week , a fire was discovered on the premises of Sir . Marshall , an ironmonger in extensive business , in Clarence-street , Cheltenham ; and on the alarm being communicated numerous persons hastened to the spot , and tbe two town engines and the Protector engine were brought to the scene of conflagration . The latter engine was very effective , but the two former , we regret to say , from the piping baying become old and impaired , were comparatively useless . ; The . fire continued to rage with awful violence , and at a quarter-past five an express was sent to this city for the Protector engine stationed here

      under the care of Mr . Marsh ; and as a proof of the promptitude displayed we may mention that this engine , which we understand did most essential service , was in fall play upon the flames by half-past six . During the progress of the devastation , we are told that a female , a sister of Mrs . Marshall , escaped from the burning edifice over the roof of an adjoining house , which she entered by means of a sky-light ; she then retraced her steps , and with much courage and presence of mind succeeded in rescuing and carrying in safety by the same route the children of Mr . Marshall ' s family . Happily , no lives were lost ; but the destruction of property has been very great ;

      though there was a good supply of water , and the engines were plied with much vigour , it was impossible to prevent the flames spreading to an adjoining house , occupied by Mr . Streather , grocer , which was greatly injured and much property in it destroyed . The premises belonging to the Eight Bells were fr& > quently in imminent daDger , but were fortunately and by dint of great exertions r preserved without much damage . The residence of Mr . Yates , chinaman , was also In a great measure preserved from taking fire , but sustained a good deaf of damage to the windows , " &c . from tbe playing of the engines

      and the other preventive means which were resorted to . By about eleven the fire was completely . subdued , but the wreck of property which presented itRelr was most melanchely to contemplate . Various reports are in circulation as to the cause of the fire , which no doubt was accidental , and as to the amount of loss sustained ; we have beard the latter estimated at from 20 to £ 30 , 000 ; but no accurate calculation has as yet been formed . It is satisfactory , however , to add , that a great part , if not all , is likely to be covered by insurance in various offices , principally in the Norwich Union . -

      " New Poob Law .- ^ Cibencesteb Union . — Gar readers ar « aware , that the . Cirenoester Board of Guardians are distinguished for having out-Heroded Herod by the allowance of a dietary to the inmates of "their Workbou » e more meagre than any of the number , submitted to them for selection" by tile Commissionere ; these worthy Guardians are of opinion , and in' that opinien the Commissioners concur , that for an able-bodied man , wlto toils from morn to night , five ounces of bacon per week afford ample animal sustenance . 'Employers oflabourersj we are told by the Comntang ' Committee of last session , have , " an immedittte

      pecuniary ; interest in avoiding the expense of maintaining whole families in the Workhouse , " and the Ibliowing case , ' iextracted from the Glocestershire Chronicle of Saturday , will satisfy the , public that . th . eir treatment ; of the qut-door poor ; is , admirably . ' eilcnlated to serve the saine interest : — - ' f An inquest ¦ jpr as lately held oa thfe Bpdy jof Mary Hancox , at Ampney Crucis , , The deceased was . a poor woman j , ' aged 55 yearV the wife of James Hancox , a ] poor old cripple . Being destitute ^; the / deceased ap ) pBed to-the Cirencester Board of : Guaydiana on ; the jMoaday ( dis ^ nt from Ampnej about ithree mile *)

      The dayjHras piercingly cold , and-after waiting at the Board * long time ' without getting relief , she retarded borne in , a very . weak-and , * hiyering * ta , te , and went to bed ill . ' On theL ' Tuesday , application was made for medical assistanee and : medicine ^ was sentoii tb ^ e Wed nesday . OnjFndaj , she was j | gaia attended ^ and had more medipine , " * nd , ; " on SaWrday morning she died . After-a long ; aud ^^ ^^ jatieni invegtigatii . a , the ; jury returned a ^ iferdict-r- ' Thai the deceased died by ^ the visitation of ' G «| , and that Tier death wsi accelerated by : the intensi ^ r of the cold to which ibe was exposed in attending tbe Board of Guardians on the preceding Monday , '"

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      TfeE CApiTAt Convicts at SxAFFOBDi—We stated , in : our Jast , that Ann ^ ycherley , now lying under sentence of death iti our county ^ ison ^ for the wjlftd murder . ^ hef ^ child , aged upwards of three years , was respited wtil thei 5 th of May , in order to ascertain whether : or riot ^ -fe in a state pf' pregv nancy . Th ^ wirttch ed womaiivpewiste in decltiring that she is in that state , ands if that should prove . the casejj andafew weeks must determine the point neyond all doufct , ; a furtlter r « SDitej uritU after her delivery ^ wiU 'bf ^ icoui ^ e'be ;^ there' js npfc the least hope ,: in Her case ^ of the mitigalion of the heaviest penalty of the -law ; In' consequence of representations which have been made Ae of ; 'V *\ ¥ *™**** $ ? xy ^* jttAT * pnit ^

      to Mr . Bahm Gurriey . respectiti ^ oase , Hanr nah Hea&i' ^ nyicted ^ a tespjte ufttii the 5 th" pf May was recNetve 3 fQr : her from his Lordship at Herefpyd ^ cmji fire ^ nesdjijr last . Whether this extenaipn of tisje yriYL ¦¦ be followed by a . reinissioii of tne capital . pumsBmeny : wjilV depend altogefterj we believe , on the r ^ lt of ty inquiry which -will be made into' » ti the" circumstances of her case . With ; jreg » rd . to ; A ) Jdridge , cquyicted of r ap 0 and inces ^ there ^ e * e serious doubts 16 the mindsi of manypersons a ^; tbe ex ^ nt of his guflt . We believe the L ' earned judge received cbmmunica' - tions from various ^ quarters , ; , and amongst > |> tber applications ^ on bebalfofy ^^ the miserable man ,, was a

      personal one from Captain' Jiainwarfng , of Wbitmore Hall , who was ; on the' grandjury . Certain part 8 of the evidence on bistrial ^ bn 5 mature considtration , appear so perfectly : inco ^ grupu 8 : as necessarily to give rise to doubt as to the degree ofhis guilt . This was felt hy tne gentlemen who inters ested themselves on the part of Alldridge , and also on the part of the Learned Judge , from whom a repTieye for him was receiyedjon [ Friday last . ? The unhappy man was expecting to suffer the i next morning . We vte told that bV was in a stirte of mind becoming bis awful % ituatipnV iihougn he declared that he had been - unjustly convicted . 1 Nothing could exceed his thankfulness ' to God , on the tidings being communieatjed to hini thkt his life

      was . spared . His father-ih-laW and brother-iii-law had come to take a nnal'leave of him at the ¦ tiipe the news arrived ; and tjbe scene at their interview afterwards was truly affecting ^ Alldridge ; is ; a miner ; and we believe lias , led a very debaucned life ; he is ¦ extremeijr ignorant , though-he ^ has attended diligently to the instructions of ^^' the Chaplain since his conviction , and expresses great graH . tude for the pains that thpyhavo taken in enli ghten his mind . Ii ia prdb ' . a ^ le . Vi&kt : ; ne ' jiinl ]''; be ' 'tr > aiii 8-pbrtedfor lifei . '; In expectation of ' -. the execution this mornings ( Saturday ) of both Heath and AHdridge , or one of them ,, a great number of persons entered Stafford last night ; as many : aa one hundred ancl fifty came by the railway from Westbroomwich and the neighbourhood . ^—S / fl ^ brrf Advertiser .

      FATAi ^ ^ Impbisonmbnt fob D ^ bt . —Saturday Mr . Thomas Thorni _ a , respectable master tailor , who was rempved j ifrdm Wbitecross . street : to the Fleet on Thuredayj . died suddenly under the following distressing circumstances :-TfIta : piBeared that ' .. Ice had been in a declining state of health for Wine months past . He was then indebted to bis creditors in a sum of £ 140 . Since ChristmaB tbe unfortunate man paid £ 100 of the debt , and gave a bill ' for the balance , upon which he was arrested three days after it became due , and conveyed to Whitecross-street prison . There his health began rapidly to decline , and his spirits wer ^ e entirely broken . His young wife attended on him UHceasinglj ^ and , on Thursday be bad himself removed to ; the Fleet . The moment he entered the prison , it . ^ as qui te , . evident his days were numbered . With difficulty he was

      conveyed to his room , and on Saturday , about three , his wife having left theroom a few moments , ; on her return found him a corpse , This is the ^ ^ second ' victim within eight days . This unfortunate man ' s fatehas produced a great sensation > and manjr of the prisoners in the Fleet exclaim , if two deaths in eight days do not stimulate the legislature to the passing of the bill for the abolition of arrest ^ all hopes of relief from that measure vanish . The expenses of getting emancipated under the insolvent vact are so great , that many pine in prison for the want of means to do so , independent of the" imprisonment for two months , during which they are exposed to association with persons who feriiaio in prison in defiance of their creditors , and corisequehtly they leave the prison with a far less moral feelinsr than when they enteredit . , ' . •' . ¦ . " . ' : ^ - : ;

      Fatal Accident . —On Monday morning ) about two o ' clock , the chief engineer of the Topaz Gravesend steamerf belonging to the Diamond Steam Boat Company , and whose name is ^ Villiam Staridford , was unfortunately drowned off Fresh Wharf London Bridge . It appears that the ill-fated individual was in the : act of stepping from the wharf into the . Topaz , r which | was moored alongsidey when his foot slipped arid he fell headlong into the iriverv The alarm was instantly given , and in the course of ten minutes bis body wag got Out arid ! conveyed ori board the Topaz , where every ' exertion : was made by Mr . Fox , the captain , and the ; crew to restore animation , ^ but without success . He hae lef t a wife and one child to deplore his lossV :

      Respectable Ruffians . —^ - At Marvlebone-OrFicE .- ^ On ^ Tuesday Mr , Francis Sanders , Mr . Arthur BarclayV jMr . ;; . Henry Green , and Mr . Ed ward Richards , appeared before the sitting in&-gistratips , ; Messrs . Rawlinson rind Shutt aiid Lord Montford . the first-named defendant charged with haying in the most unmanly , irifampusvto-d indecent manner attacked two unpiotected : fer oalesj uamed Maria Rose , a wellrdressed ^ omari , wife of Wflliarn Rose , a respectable mechanic , residing at Sudbury , near Harrpw r and her aged mqtber-in-law , Hastley Rose , a vridow . They ¦ . . ¦ % etiEi '; V . al 3 o ; . i 6 uiily -.-. aipia severally charged with having assaulted the patrol in the execution of their duty . The two first-named

      defendant described , themselves as soucitow , residing at 14 ^ Gray's-inri-so ^ uare \ arid ^ the ^ tbirdlasa merchant generall y residing at Twickenhain ; but whose place of bnsmess was at C 3 j Chancery-iane . The residence of Mr . Richards did not transpire . The case excited a considerable ^ degree of interest , and . prior to its being called on the defendant Sanders presented to Mr . Sande ^ on the ; cardjpf a Mr . Stuart , to whom he . ( the piagistrate ) - was known , with the view , as . was afterwards admitted ^ of haying , if possible , the case , heard in the . private room ; but Mr * ; RawlinsoU ) who at all times ! very properly objects to leiid himself to the Stiflinj ? of matters in which the puhlic are particularly

      interested , and as a matter of course demanding , * ne fullest inquiry , gaw back / the card f ^ d- ej ^^ ssed his intention of going into the particulars in ; np other way than in the public office ; • : Mar ia Rose , the female first alluded to , said—LMtlogbt , about nine o ' clock , my motber-iri-law called at burbouse , and after taking supper with' : us , fyvent ) a jllttle way with ber towards her bptne . ;; at , Harrow . ! We had not get far befo ^ w © met ihe three ^ defendants Green ; Richards , and Barclay , who said sbniei thing whicn sourided like " you dear darlings , " and passed on ; we presently aftwwards -jnet Sanders and another , who is not herei ^ hen opth of them laid hold iof iriy clothes and polled them .: over

      myi bead , * " at the same time using language ^ of a most obscene and abominable ; description ^ and ill-using i me in a most" shameful ' manner . Mr . Rawlinson .- ^ Didthey appearydrunk ?; Complainant .--I can't say that ^ they " were dfunkj . but they bad certainly- been drmking , Mr , Rawlinson . —How long did they ; flse iU ^ aneuajge to yori bipfore they : raisied your ^ clothes ? \ CojmpIairiAnt . —They prilled up my clothes at $ fe same "moment they uttered me infamous words . 'Their / cpridrict altogether was so violent , that not only iny gowny but all my under-clothing was . torn , -and -my ;( :. person much injured . ' Although some distance ,, from ; any

      house , I called prit for my husband ^ ttbihkjnjg to frighten tbeiri , bnt tbeysaid ^ ^ we aon'tiare forbim j y 6 ainay caB nira ar long as yon like . " Tiey cpntinuedttb' ill * txeat n ? e indecentl y fpr some tune , and on : ; their making theiij way off , Ia $ A my mother made ; the ^^ bwt pf ^ 9 rir ' yray home . On reacbiiig the bouse I fell down exbansted with fri ght and l ; he ill-ucage I had experienced ^ and a 8 ' 86 p ^ tSI % . Mi . aBl ^' ta&aa (» ^ n 0 ^ n - ' / tnyvpa ^ 9 til ^ T to iriy nUsbahd , The patrol wfere tnad& acquainted with the . affair , and the defendants were soon taken . Inanswer to MT . Rawlinsont ^ ^ theivdoiripl&inanti said that the defendants were ; . wl .-. u toj ^^ lieyivyfc ? ' * ' * M e patrolVjameup . and , ; thatihe other person 'by vthpaa n * u wii

      ouc was so OTnnigeouaiy auacjieu ^ ; wuouc , «* ., «» gig . Complainant was rartb 6 r 4 neB % ned , as ;'' tbi " the precise nature of the , attackV ^ % P ^ ^ P ^ P ^ ' * 4 •• he Bad srifierefl mticapersonal injnry . frdifaitn ^ pUtrage * Hnstley Rose ( the motber-ia-iaw ) , who ; seemed to be abbat'Beventy years of ^ £ e ]\ atf « b wasr very fe «" BleV said— -The first three gentlemen , a 3 . we ^ ' ^ re ^ e going along vdid not fcaoleirt vs . at ? ^ D ^ bnt f e ;^ p «? 5 Rafter met . th ^ t per son ( pointing to ganders ) aid another , whp'is noi hei » . Onei ofthtswrX a $ i $ i ypf iuej and polled fliftabtnit , a ^ d they the ^ w ? njt to my daughter , whoin they . treated in the shamefnl . ? way sbe ^ has , descTib ^ di }¦ Thfe bt&sr threS ^ defendants ' mast Kave ^ HeaW ids call ' t )^ ftir tjieV ^ rtfre ^ ir o * « i * dC ^ e T&it hf tKn ' ovnminofi'An nrVi ^ Wil ' jt \ PTV \ htu / . vr # nt ItnTV jiTr 4 ^* %# a ^

      — vw ^^ A WMV H' ^ 1 TIM j ^ aa IT *^ ¦¦¦* ^ m ^ 'A w ^^ w ^» v ' « v ^ H W to the eitabUstotaerit of the identity and ^* tempto-W »< p oftb » pri 8 onew / togetherV with the c ^ mstances of their capture , conduotat . the , station hpuse , > Jieat ^ ag off % pffic ^ i ^^ aD ^ oJiejc ^ isitfi ^^ re ^ KcloWity of jcbOTactw . ^ . TCfliB conclusioni | 8 ' ¦ ¦ ' $ fpltows i -i-trotr . . Rawlinjjpjiii tto ; ^ ef ^ d ^ ifi )^ Tiiir case has occupied a considsrajwe tuae ^ and we "have taken grei ^ t pains ' m . order that vre ' niliiii , cbjne ftp a prppercdnbltiiion ^ Ourjndj ^ eht'l ^ -Mt Skiderk ball pay # S for ^ %# . asluift ; oft Ae ;^ 6 & »^ MAiii Ros ^ Snd £ 5 tor the ^ a ^ tfo 4 * te % pt >« taVte . | Barclay wjUl pay £ 2 ; 10 « . for resutinff the ; constable ; andGreett £ 6 vfor ; tb * ; assault . on : Uie inspector Richaidsis discharged . The foes amouctmg to £ 17 . 10 s ., were in . staritiy paid , and tUe parties tbt » lefttheoffice . * l '

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      r '' r ^ 3 ^ rX > IFFBBJSNCE OF 'JXTDGM E NT ^ The Lord of fte Manor of Rpchdate made a claim against the Leeds and Manchester Railway Company for the sum of ^ 31 ^ 200 , jfbr Ae losses be woulcL sustain W ^^ lwaj pa ^ g ^ brosg copyhpldv ^ ridB held &om byn , and-the jury returned a verdict or £ 1501 ^ StMkp ^ t-Heralj . " V- ' v' ^ ' ¦ > > V ' ^ : " ::- - ' ^ ¦ ; -: ¦ , '

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      ,: . ' .-:: ' $ A 0 B 1 JAX , APRIL ; ^; 1838 . : ¦ ¦ ;; ¦ ?;;

      THE 0 HSCON 3 CENTS OF -iriaE : WORKIN G ;^; :, ; . : i- ¦ - ' : Vc /^ rCLA ^^ ES ^ : ; - :-C-: / ^ - ? j : - V A lengthy articlej bearing thiirrtifle , in Jila ? k ivd ^ 8 ^ i $ zineti ; && present morithj seems to require ^ otne little passing ^ obseirvatiorii We have a ^ native ^ English love 6 t \ candour and frankness ^ weri ^ thpugV'Ic l ^ df ^ hate the paiit" of hypocrisy , under whatsoever form it may te manifesfod ; and heric ^ we l ? ave been Scdustomed J b 6 th toi think ¦; . and . to sia ^ r bf ^ the rival secjfcions pf the ^ robber-factiori ^ that of the two thieves the Tory was the more honest , because be

      s usually : candid enough to avow his real-purposes j wJiH ^ i the Whig-invariably r labours- 't 6 mislead and to conceal selfish ^^^ narrow ppHcy ' under the cloak of big wweb and' feigned philanthropy ;; With the antipathy towards « yery thing 6 f ;' good which is natural to the domination' of evil pririciples , the Tories are now getting rid '¦ * of this single redeeming feat&re'iri their hideous character . Seeing how their antagonists , the Whigs , have profited by practising uppii the confidence of a generdui people , they are endeavouring to turn round arid stem the torrent of

      adversity , by seiking the arms of their enemy , and nsing them as weapons ^ offensive and defeasive , at the same time ; This is an extremely difficult game to p lay j and Wo the Tories find it . Two things are necessary to be done to ferisure su ( in « . « a- — first , to show the people that the Wbrgs Have proved false to all their promises of amelioration arid popular advantage ; and secondly , to induce the people to submit , after having their eyes thus opened ,: to a repetition of the same treatment by their newly discovered " friends . " Ci ) For the

      accoiriplishraent of both these objects , the Tory is / under the necesMty of sustaining frequent changes of chafacter , " vaccjllating between the stern uncompromising hatdihoood of villany natiirai to his character , and the insidious cajolery which is the essential characteristic bfWhiggery . Hence in the last Election the Tories attempted to play the Whig game , 'b y affecting to be at least desirous of so far aiding the accomplishment of public right as

      might be done by the destructiori of the New Poor Law . Steeped to the lips in pledges to tear this blotted piage from our , statnte book , many Tory members ¦ were returned tbrbogh the influence of the masses , solely on account of those pledges , the people rightly judging that where there was no real difference as to matters of essential principle j the bestpolicy was to support the best men on matters of detail . Mr . FiBtDEK ' s motion shewed the value

      of these pledges . Out of 318 Tories riot more than about a dozen voted for the repeal of the Poor Law . Tbe party purpose having been gained by nattering the hopes and exciting the expectations of the people , they proceed like old yeterafig to ; maketbe best of the advantage thus obtained by stratagem ; and while Fraser points to the 318 Tories in the House as the evidence of a call on the part of Vnfv V \ tf ^ r ^ l ^ l ^ s Taw - ^ Vh n ££ f ^ *^^ * m ^> * ^^ J ~^*«^« ' ^ T _ « .: 3 '*^^^ L ¦ ' A' . the le for the Conservative Leaders to

      __ . _ peop " reassume the reins of Government , " Black wood coolly sits down and , as the representative of bis party , again lifts up the vizor , exhibits the usual rigidity of Tory feature , ascribes a large portion of the social evils now existing to the mischievous Whig doctrine of the peopled haying any right to the least option in the management of their own . affairs , arid asserts at once that : ~ ,

      "Power ^ 1 b&gjl , Jn the jgreatmaM of society will be exercised in foHy and converted to injoatice . An attempt must be made to place it in hands where it will be employed niore according , to tii

      conduct ; not of occasional exceptieus bnt ol' general rules . And in these poinU of view it cannot be bid that among the v « iijrpopr wemost expect to find those Tiolations of iaw ^ and those irregularities of feeling and conduct , that are moat dangerous to the fabric of society . Poverty a « it is exhibited iu our great towu 8 , when amounting to Actual want and pinching destitution , must inyolre active elements of vice and disorder . Vice , in many cases , > rill produce ' ppverty ;; poverty in many cases -will produce vice , and eitaer way they rauatgo , ; too generally , Sand in bandi" ! .

      The more closely we examine the characters of the Whig and Tory .. factions , / the more strongly we become coHvinced that '' they twain are irideeid one flesh . '' Nbtwithstandiri ^ the apparent ^ ^^ straight-forward Toryism of this par ^ aphj there is in ita great deal of Whig trickery and finesse . How carefully doe » the-writer ^ while hevexhibits the Connection which , he says , must subsist between poverty and vice as a reason for withhoiding political power from poverty , keep out of sight the least hint of an inquiry into'the why and the wherefore such poverty exists ,

      " amounting to actual want and -pinchingdestitution . " Not a single word of an inquiry whether this very " actual want and pinching destitution" be riot itself a consequence of the » ori-pp 8 session of political arid legislative ' powervN tion that this very state of things , which he affirms to gene rate ' erinie arid to' render unfit for the exercise of power , ' has beeh superinduced by the interyentiori of those V'harids '' into which that power has been placed , between tW aggregate wealth of the country , as it iibein ^ continually pfpducied , arid the aggregate

      population of the coun try , to' whom It lejgitimately belongs . Nof a single word does Blctcltioood say of the means by which ^ th ' is robbery is effected , and this " actual want and pinching destitution '' produced ; which means consist only in the single " power '' of law-making , for which be is so anxious to prove the , iribapacity of poverty froiri its association with crime . And then' the modesty of the assertion that I yitee and poverty must gii hand in band !" How immaculately virtuous must all the " better " classes of socie ^ r be ! -Wei dare swear that such a

      thing as- vice arid iriiinorality is unknown among them . They " are quite another sort of ; -thing ;; . The selfish passions form no pprttpn of their nature . ' ' If they ^ fceep back the hire ( it ithe labourer by frauds or bj ^ thti ^' eteon ^ arm of : ' ^ power , ' - Without even the cover of ^ fraud ^ it is p " niy ; lest h ^ should be led by it into : " habits oif interiiperance" Vbich might injure biarriorats . 'Seripu ' siy , 'thei"e is no man / riot a born idiot , who does : riot kriovr that vice and criine of

      every ^ ^ aesbriptioiiAsfaxisiorerifeamong the "better '' 'than r among ^ " the poorer ; orders of sicidiel ^ that v £% 6 £ ank ^ pf spbiety '' i 8 : the sts ^ dard df morality so bigh ai '' iniong 'the pobr-Mg none ;[ so lof , in reference & some sorts of crime as airiong the middle , in 3 in r ^ fe ^ mMs ' tb other -Bdrts of crime , ^ . among tE « i'lugile ' rCaJid ; highest ^ gra'des' of artificial society There " w no ' man * npt a born idiot , whd doies not Md

      l ^ w , wberiiefer th ? "better" classed Wfjsbcie ^ can' )( naketbe ! ? a 1 ) our ^ the ¦ properiy , the pejisons , the feuJfeHnga ^ ibr the ) & $$ pif ^ the lowet orders ^ dubaer . ' ^ rit to theif several' lustirigs after wealth- and ^ liftitfal efajbymenl , " ' e ^ HthetoJ pjun ^ er * he % "by wholesale ^ witb the greatest possible coolness and ^ esfactioni If ailtbis be : truej bow detestablemuat ' be the b | nocnte yifhp }^ n wbme but " actual want anfi pin ^ turig , ^ ra 4 ^^ 9 n 3 ' " J * W * - iiVplye . actiye ^ , de-: inents ' pfyice arid disor'der " asBigning that as a reason ; whyv"the power of law-malcirig ' sbcrnld bo placed " ill Ijands where it will he emp loyed more

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      according to the rujea of reason , and less under the influence of recklessness and passion ; " and if ife be not true , whejace arose the ^ actual want and pinchingdestitution ? " V . ;^ " > Jt is very hard for a man who seb" ont on a falsa arid bad pririciple to be consiatent . ; ; In the very next sentence we have this writer ? hprrpr pj the f' eleirienta of vice and disorder '' mv ^ ired in the " actaalyfant arid pinching ^^ de 8 titutibn '' pf the poor , converted , all at once , without ' the ^ assignment of

      any reason , into a burstof empty wonaerat their n ^ ral ^ orderiy , and peaceful circumstances-pf severe ag ^ rayatibn . ; :- ^ ^ i «» i " ^ V ^ ^ ^? ^ ** Wipw : nvaeh gdiaering ia en *» ed ; hp ? f many violentunpuWare ragJM amomiWoaa masses ofmen . whose ^ llective physical fo ^ ou ? dj » e sufficient to ^ ^ overpower all ^ that is proapcrcrtt anajieftlod ^ sociefrr , wemust ^ reinhle » t ^ be mystenona ^ nachiaery by which tte many ana the stroneare held ia subjection it , the fev / aad Se weak , and own-inA reverence arid humility Lftat onrkxaal like our bodily frame , ia , indeed , fearfully . and wonderWli made . , ¦ . - - . ¦' ¦ ¦;• . ' ¦ ¦ : ' ¦'¦ ¦¦ ' . ' •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '" .:. " ¦ ¦ , - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - -. — . ¦ - ¦ . -

      I "What is the ;" mysterious- macbinery" ' woiea excites the . " . fearful " and ^ reverent "; wonder of to none but those who , like ' Blju ; twood , ieek a Blackwood ? That " macbinery '' ik ^ mysterioui " pretext , or an apology feii the robbing " p ' rppensities andpractices of the"" better " classes . ' Thfe " maehinery " is simply the high state ot iaioraf feeling in the masses , wbp have not yet become ^ tho ' rpughlj debased by the operation of Whig and Tory doctrines of exclusiveness j and their superior intelligence , induced by an active acquaintance with , the

      real business of life . Their moral feelings , " teach , them rather to suffer wrong than to commit ! wrong ; their intelUgence ^^ showsi them ^^ that the princiiples of eternal justice are mighty enough :, to wori their own way ,. and that , . by the very / nature and constitution of society ^ i bex , hpldv > ithin their grasp , a' moral force ^ ^ infinitely . greater than ; vall . the ^^ physical ^^ violence ^ . that cbutdbe resorted to . This , and "this only , ; ii ^ Jhe " maebirieiy- ' br vyiiicli Uie masses are Tibwholderi" in peaceful subi jection to the laws . And does the gaping driveller dare to insinuate that the same " sense of moral

      feehng , and the same iritelligence which holds them now in subjection to laws' which ] they cannot respect , becariHe they have emanated from a . dominarit faction , would be Ies 3 effeehjal for that purpose when their operation had reference to laws which they must respect , because emanating from themselves !! Blackwood lamenfci pitifully the imprudence of the opposing faction , in having , as he supposes , awaked the people but . of a sound political nap . He seems to think the peopled would never have dreamed of having any busineiss in the matter , if the Whig leaders had riot been spiteful enough , for the sake of plaguing the Tory leaden , to conjure up the ghost of liberty , in the . shape of the Reform Act , ' and he hitteriy bemoans the ill-fortune of . the people in being able to guess eggs when they sawshells . ¦¦ ¦'¦ " ' ' ; . . ¦ '¦ ; : " . ' -: " :: ~ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .:

      ;* The Whigs succeeded in disseminating feelings of dissatisfaction and ; opposition to estaibUBhed thingB , among millions to whom , tney could not convey the limitations of ; meaning ,, or of ^ ^ : practical : ^ - y iews which ¦ : accompanied . the same feelings ' . in ;; taeir own minds . Their language : was assented to bV thb « e who : attached very difterent ideas : to the' troras employed , » nd who had very different notions , of the remedies to . be resorted to . Th e ^ Whig declaimed generally against tKe ¦ grievancea entailed upon the conntry b y the policy of Tory wars ani Tory-profusion . The labouring ana starving classes applied to . tb . eir own severe , but inevitable , hardships Urn reasoning which their . betters made us ^ of-as to ffrievarices , of an

      infinitely lighter kind . The feeling bas been propagated in ever / corner arid modified in each class by the circumstances of their situation , and the character oftheir minds . .. ' The Whij raued at the predominance of aniexelufflveoligarehyj whicn the mechanic understands as embracing every poyr « r of restraint vfhich may be vested in the minonty of society oree the ^ majority . The Whig denounced as an intolerable ^ oppression the monopoly enjeyed by a few persons in possession of Parliamentary influence ; and the poor man eehoes the same cry in the sense that erery sysfeui of representation which excludes his own class , is monopolizing and unjust . The Whig held out vague and undefined . benefits to . the country as th » sure result of his own political system ;; and all who suffer ia anv . form have been led to dwell unon this illuawe prospect ,

      and . to Took for a system , of governmeat"under , wiach . their own miseries are to be relieved . The effect of , aMl ibis is to produce - in each class that has occasion to be- discontented with their lot , a habit of repining at existisgiinsMtutions , arid of longing for political ameliorations ^ instead 6 f making th ? be ^/ oft £ efc condition , whethiw . by industrvcrbT resignation ; a habit of connecting-all eyilB . with jpolltical causes ,. and a correspondihg opinion that no pplittcarsystem has reached its acme of improvement * or ia entitled to popukr respect ' ,. under vrhich any socials whatever continue to ' ba endured by , the people . '' . L ; '" . ¦' " ' Nowf . mevery , ' single : woxd of . this we ' -eoncnr . We ; are as . - ^ ell ^^ aware as Blackwood that the Whigs , when ; they inveigh against grievances , always mean those only which affect themselves *

      . '; . We differ from hirnhoweyer , in the opinion that _ "Those agitators weee not aware , of the meaning onnann * r in Which their doctrines were to be received and acted upon . They - foolishly dreamed that they would be taken np , nearly in fhesame eenseby others in which they were-understood b y themselves . "' ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' . '¦ ¦ . " . ¦ . ' . '¦ ¦'''¦ : ' .. "' .. ¦ ' ¦ ' : : . : ' ¦' ' ' i \ ¦ ¦¦ - " - ' 3 ? iid they really ?! What a tiinneyhamnier this same' Blackwood ' s must be ; or wtat ninneyhammers be must suppose the Whigs to have been t For what purpose did the Wbig : Agitators appeal to the people ? To get the help of the people against the Tories , to be rarer 'Arid -why" should they expect the people to help thenr unless they had

      some interest in doing ao . Had they expected the' people to rinderstand their talk ^ bf ^ " "Reform " as they themselvesvunderstooil it— -thef never could have , expected—and , therefore , never ^ would have asted , the people to help tbeiri to get it No , no . The 'Whigs were not such ninnie < f . They intended their doctrines to be understood ; as they were uridersitobd . T ^ e ^ pose them " sincere 4 rj ^ seeKng to ; restore the principle of self-goveminerit ; just as the Tories intended th « people to think them sincere iri seeling ; the ^ repeal of the New Poor Law . The' people Imevr' the

      doctrines to be true , andj . tberefore ^ they received them gladly , even thotigKpTeaciied by Wbigs jjnstas tbejr triew that the New Poor Xaw ought to W repealed , and , therefore , they gladly teceiyed a ^ roinwe for its repeal-, even ^^ frbritthe Tories . They noW know them bptb to be the two legs pf the -same compass , stretching ^ ifrmay be , widely apart attimesjbut ever working upon br ; ¦ revolting , xbtirid the same : pivot . The ^ yet stiefcfo their ^ own reading ^ of the- Whig dbdtHneVarid for the -especial comfort of BiiACKvropB'Sj w «? begtoagsdrebiin that *' this generation shall Tttpt , pass till all ftese'things be fdlfilled . " the

      Speaking of the ^ arguments carrying of the Refi ^ m Bill , he say *^ - ' * v ' . ' " . The-people ' s rwi / # were - xnada a main ^ foundation of the contest : a plea as groun'dleis as it was mischievous . Men have iodsed a right to practical freedom ^ but no abstract right to political power . ' It is a quesfibn of ^ pure expediency in whom the fianchise shall be vested ; »« f no- . cl » l » ^> f peopU have aright tb demand it , except by first . proving that thenr excluaonftomiitm ^^ injurious , an ^ CbAt . th . e * : pOT ^* ion of it will besafe and salutary . Bitfenndeed are the ^ mte ; involve 4 in the priiiciple that any class J »* thu * soppeaed n At to aa extension of the fraochise . Jf toten- ^ uM ^ UMholdei had the riffht ' hbwcoulditbe denied to the niBe * onna , t * seven , nriixSn ^ on * , nnund occupant when ^^ he ; eaito to demand it ?

      Why should eny man be excluded ; ftoni such a right , who was to live nnder the laws , or to contribute i » the revennes of the country ? ^ pediency . ^ d ^ i ^ bfjtdjWtaienti Expediency of one kind iai balanced by expediency of another . But right , acknowledged rigto , admits of no eompromise ' , nor is any maa totind to sacrifice it , forany conaideration but bis own . choice- " - ; ' ¦ : '¦ : ' ;¦ ¦ : ; ' . : .. ' , - '; :- '' . , . ' ' n : , ' - ; : '¦ " ¦ That '' no class of persoris have '^' rigbt-tc ^ demand the franchiae , ' except by proving that ; their- eiclusi < m frorii it is injuribris ' , " we at oriee admit ; and the bare mentiprl of " actual : want and pinching destitution , " as existing ; anibrig those whbhate riot the franchise , whil ^ niisuiSbl lihirig ia ^ knowfl among those wfio have it , is : apro 6 f ^ that ^ their exclusion frolm it is injuen : for | ro vrri that thei

      ri < w *^?^ S (| th their g /' r possession of it would be safe and salutary . ^ It is alwa ^ " % e and ^ Jutary '' to redress injures : ; it is always . ^ sa ^ arid salutary" to ^ justice J » p tiiat , iajbn ^^^ flw ^ ow showing is ttade out for the right of the poor to Jthe possession : of Iflie franchise , arid especialilT ; jrf those who iue suffering " actiial want : arid ^ ncbing desti-¦ tutipn ¦ ¦; " arid'as ' "we perfectly agree with . him , that " IZigktj- ackiiowledged right ) admits of no compromise , nor is any rhari bound to sacrifice it for any ofber coTisiderariort ¦ tha ' n h ' i 3- / o ' yrbi " ctcnc . ej '' - -. sp : :. iro assure him that tbe people of England ) iave no intention either '; to .. 90 ' mproinis . e or sacrifice their ' ilIGBlf . - ..: "' . .-. .- ' . ¦ ' ' ' : ' : ' : ' - : ' . ' .: , v '" --: ¦ ¦'¦'' " .- ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct840/page/3/