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      S 05 " ( f . . . . / Air- ^ £ « fr «* a 4 a «/ " ¦ . : . * ¦ ¦ . 5 y onib » TC O * Connort seal , In * bandaged people '* waal , By the g »* ffhnh > we fad , v We ahull kil t * free . By oar lnjurier and woes , By a murder'd Clayton " ! throe * , ' By tb « aeorn we bear osr f oes , W « Lallan be free . Los ; "we ' re won the aervile chain , Soon ahalltt be burst in twain ; Soon anall we the Charter gain , Tben jre jball be free .

      Free from laws , unjust , wnWnd , Fona'd the working elan to grind ; Whilst the great onei era find Boom for tyranny . Long hare we been paafre led , Bending " neath the yoke our head , E ' en whilst tyrants triumphed In our i&Tery . Ignorance had closely booed Her dark aoarf our eje » around , Telling as , with -words prof sand , We were amply free Bat at length a ladd light , From Northern Star so bright , Downing on oar mental sight , Shbw * d our slarery .

      Then we saw stem tyrants stand , Wringing from tadttkry ' i hud , For the wealthy ones and grand , . The sore hard-eam'd fee Days of darkness , now farewell ; Broken is the sombre spell , By the Chartist ' s dauntless Tell , Who weald hare as free Tkoogh no freedom '* banner wares , O ' er us ton-degraded stares , Losg the dopes of titled knave * , Yet we shall be free . For the Charter meets oar Tiew , Sending energy anew , To each heart as we pursue The way from slavery .

      Brother Chartists , onward press , For oar wrongs aast btn nireeM ; Equal laws , and nothing less—Chartists must be free . '

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      TO DEMOCRACY . " God said let there be light , and there was light . " Gen . 1 . 0 ! who can stem thy giant tide ? Who beat baek thy dashing foam ? Where is the mortal , Canute-like , To bid thee to thine bobe ? like the rash of armed men them oom ' st , Like the simoon gathering near , And the despot-heart , and the iron hand Are palsied with sodden fear . Time was , them wast a gentle stream , Meandering thrragh the * ale j With scarce a breath to stir thy comae , With scarce a passing

      gals-Bat the despots of earth woold stop thy tide , They enmson'd thy placid brow ; The tears of the poor then swelled thy flood , And ~ betaSa . ' vrnowHl dare tfceeaow ? ? ? * » Where are the mighty ones of earth , Who cursed thy eaase of yore ; Who Tow * d thy hated name should be , A bye-word ever more ? Go ! seek in yon ranlt of marble , and stone , Emblazoned with many a crest ; Wbare the storied mn , and the tzopMed serol ]* Betoken a ptaee of rest They are there ! they are there ! the mighty , the '

      With the worm for their banquet store , f tf ffirng within the purple shroud . In the diamond wreath * they wore . But tfem ! "bat than ! art in sprbur-time yet , Pure and bright a » the «* w-bcrm day ; K&tiofis may &Q , aad piond empires fall . But thou never wilt know decsy ! like the rainbow thou beam ' st on high , Bringing hope to the fettered slaye ; Thy mission from heaTen above Is raised op to succour , to save . Then joj . ' then joy ! to the pnwtzate earth—But -woe to the tyrant ' s power ; When thy gathering rage of a thousand years Shall burst forth in an awful hour J Rochdale . F .

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      LINES " \ Tan ia Ytin own ensl&Ter : i £ he "wilPd , Free as yon soaring eagle , he eonld roam ; Then , would no HvWa sweets for tyrants be distffl'd ; And Trmn would loTe his brother man , and make the world Ms home . TniTnmnii « te nnrt free , Tn » n from his maker sprung ; To adorn creation and obey his law * . He with wild nature lived ; and from her mighty tome Drew inspiration , happiness and bliss . How changed I The cause HI to deine . Man never shall be that which once he was . 0 what a doom is his who strives to better man ' s estate , And nobly in Philanthropy's frail bark does Tenture far ! Proud his beginning ! bright his short career ! The heat , The enthusiastic heat , wkicb spurr'd him on , "wars With tbe interest of the grovelling crowd ; clouds gather from aJax ; The tempest lowers ; but where to steer , alas ! he knows not . Man and bark drive on : procrastination throws her bar , The uncorquerable bar to Freedom , and perchance , the cxrsE Sinks once again and leaves man where he was ! Habold .

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      PITT'S TE > ' COMMANDMEMS . Put inio Verse ly John Home Tooke . Thou shalt not either read or write ; Thou shalt not have thy hair made white ; Thou shalt net with thy neighbour meet ; Thou sbalt not bread untaxed eat ; Thou shsJt not dogs or horses keep ; Thou Ehalt not through thy windows peep ; Thou ehalt not keep a watch or clock -, Thou Eh 2 . 1 t not auction off thy stock ; Thou shalt not wine or braudy drink ; Thou ehalt not speak or hardly think .

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      THE FLEET PAPERS . No . 47 . In the present paper , Mr . Oastler , leaving tbe deputation from ihe Sbon-time Committees and their interviews with the several members of Government , renames his battle with the Poor Law Devil ; taking a keen , though hasty , and brief survey of ihe never-to-be-forgotten speech of the infamocs Whig slanderer , political mountebank , and state pauper , Brougham , on introducing that accursed Bill to ihe House of Lords . The tene of Mr . O . ' s strictures , though perhaps quite as stringent 3 £ may be palatable to the " rich oppressors , " is much milder than the occasion warrants .

      THE WREATH OF LIBERTY . " Respectfully dedicated to Feargn 3 O'Connor , Esq . . By David Weight . Aberdeen : G . JIaekay , Thomson ' s Court , 61 , Broad-street . A small volume of Chartist Poems , by a youth not yet nineteen yeais of age , a . nd who makes no pretensions to vrhat is called " learning" or " education . " Katnre has , with our present poet , done her omi work unassisted , Bare by the promptings of poverty and the consciousness of thraldom . The enthusiasm almost necessary to the youthful Epir it shews itself through nearly all the pieces , in the exhibition of & somewhat impatient spirit . At this we ao not at all wonder ; there is cause enough ; but we opine that continued endurance and more extended observation will teach our poet practical philosophy .

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      The Abmsteokg Lives Fills are recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilions complaints and indigestjos , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessary to see that the stamp Las " Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no one put you off with any other pills . ^• B . —The Pills in the boxes enclosed , in marbled paper , ; nd maj ked B ., axe a very mild aperient , and are particularly and universally praised . They are admirably tcapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confineiucnj to the house , nor restraint in diet .

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      CKLAJffGOW . —The heart-rendinj ? cries of misery destitution , BtoT ^ oiivand . despair nag through tra streets , lanes , ud suburbs of our eitjT Thousands of hungry , naked , shivering wretches meet bb at every tarn , and implore us with every look , asking a , in the siknt aaa » wip ^ n—fa * l «» gw * ff » of goffering nature , where is humanity ?—where is jwtfee ! and wh * t is Christianity ! Wnj are we starving in % lud teeming with erery luxury and necessary of lifet How fi it that oar hearths are cold , our beds In the pawn-shops , and onr backs uncovered during this piercing weather , and that , too , while we ton from early mem to late at Bight I And how is it that we suffer ourselves thuB tamely to be plundered of the honest fruits of oar virtuous industry by ( he

      iron-hearted souls of onr legalised oppressors ! Ah ! the reason is too obvious to be misunderstood ! The laws made by oar combined tyranti hare proclaimed tu Blaves , outlaws , and aliejts in the land of our nativity ; we crouch , we loil » we starre , we tremble while we tread on the ashes and graves of our virtuous , brave , and patriotic progenitors . The insane and peevish mntterings of imbecile hypochondriacs and the envenomed Blasg of traitors lull us to repose , and thus the enemies of liberty and mas feed , fatten ^ and triumph amid the stately ruin which their hellish machinations have created . Oar Lord Provo st , and" other mnnicipal authorities , have jttst now squandered upwards of one thousand pounds in treating their . friends of the law , the army ,

      and the Church , on what . tbey call the " glorious event" which has given them' a Prince and an heir to the throne of these realms ; while these same sage and Christian authorities , during list summer , could not afford the tenth of the above sum to save from starvation hundreds of industrious families , thrown oat of employment by the gambling , fluctuating system produeed and kept np by commercial . pedlars , royal princes , hypocritical parsons , hired panderers , aristocratic pimps , legal plunderers , human tigers and reptiles of every form and description , whose various propensities are fostered by a system of laws the most inoongruoos and accorsed . The man . of homanity ghnddered when he heard the loud Bacchanalian jell—the loy&l scream of exultation which iBsned from the City Hall , on last Monday night , while he knew that at the same moment thousands of inoffensive children in the immediate neighbourhood were shivering over the dying embers

      of a miserable fire , and tearing with hungry avidity the scanty contents of a potato pot ,, the all which their class-ruined , heart-broken , and toil-worn parents could produce . When shall this infernal system cease to exist V and when shall we hail that glorious sun which shall rise and shine on our newborn liberties , and our chartered rights be procla i m e d in c i ty hall and vill age s chool , on mountain top and flowery vale 1 " Where is the man who breathes the heather-scented air of brave old Scotland , that would join or mix with the miserable , crawling , trembling things , who , under the mask of thin-skinned morality , are aiding and abetting the cruel and relentless oppressors of the poor , and endesTooring ( though , thank God , without effect ) to paralyze the generous efforts of one of God ' s own nobles of nature , in his powerful and unbought efforts io ^ erush the tyrant , and rend asunder the shackles of the slave I—Correspondent .

      " STALE OF ' IJEVEN . — Alexandria . — The state of trade in this place is really distressing . About three months since Mr . William Thomason gave an . address in Bonhill , and urged the appointment of a committee to investigate into the state of the unem p l oy ed , and laying it before the heritora and ministers and manufacturers of the parish . The committee was selected and the following facts will give the public some idea of the state of the Vale , including Alexandria ' and * Bonhill ; Cawdross parish is being canvassed'by another committee . This Statement includes twelve hundred and eleven perbobs , their wages were as follows , averaging a period of twenty-eiflbt weeks . There were persons

      Per day . d . Per day . d . 4 at the rate of ... 74 10 at the rate of ... 34 I - . - . 7 89 3 6- €$ 31 23 1 L ~ 64 151 2 , 9 6 £ 5 3 21 Si 135 2 11 ' 5 | 126 13 13 5 128 ; U 14 „ „ i | 31 Ol 16 U 28 „ 01 II _ 4 | 9 „ Of 31 4 65 0 28 35 96 3 i 1211 persons .

      This is a pretty view of things m a spot full of churches and chapel-goers ; our great men are turning away journeymen and filling their places with apprentices . In this way the hopes of many a family are sacrificed before the altar of Mammon , Tho working men are beginning to see that they can have no shield 0 / protection but in equal laws , and universal representation . Our association is increasing in members . AIJESLANSSLXA . —Anotheb Victim to the Game Laws . —On Wednesday , the 17 th instant , the funeral of Mr . John M'Kinley took place . The circumstances were as follows : —On the evening of the 2 nd of November , ho and a companion were standing in the highway , holding a musket in his

      hand . Two gamekeepers , in tbe employ of Mr . Campbell , Tillichewen Castle , near Alexandria , came up to them , and , looking deceased closely in the face , some altercation arose between the parties . Deceased , being irritated at the gamekeepers' interference , struck one of them with his gun , and broke the stock of tbe fowling-piece over the gamekeeper's » rm , and used the barrel in self-defence , which was loaded . While scuffling , the nipple of the barrel , on which was a cap , hit the stone wall : the musket went off , and the contents entered just above the left elium , passed immediately over the lower part of the back-bone , fracturing it , and came out on the opposite side , just over the right ehum ; the distance between the entering in and coming out of the shot

      being about twelve inches . He lingered in great agony until Sunday last , when death put an end to his agonies . The day before interment the body was opened by two medical men , who gave it as their opinion that death was caused by the contents of the gun passing through the body . A precognition had been taken by the Sheriff of Dumbarton and the fiscal the day following the accident . BeiDg a member of the Rechabite order , & laree procession of his brethren attended his funeral . A linle before two o ' clock they assembled at the Independent Chapel , about forty comiug from Dumbarton and Renton , and about a hundred members of the Order in Alexandria . After formmg three deep , earh wearing a white sash and black rosette upon it , they marched to the house of th £ deceased ; the t > treris of Alexandria were crowded with Ecores besides of the

      inhabitants and the acquaintances of tre unfortunate youth . The funeral procession moved slowly to the Kew Church , Alexandria , attended by ihe abstainers in the abore-mentioned Order . After arriving : at the grave , the coffin was placed upon the grave side , and the Rev . Mr . Swan delivered a very impressive prajer ; after which , the mangled corse was let down into the narrow house , to mix wiih its kindred dus : amid the unbroken silence of the trave . Aitnough not a year connected with the Rechabne Order , and not euutieu , by the laws of the booy , to the funeral gift , yet the Order had a meeting of its member ! --, and , " with a generosity which does honour to it , entered into a .--ubscripuon , and handed over £ S towards the funeral expences . The event has made a deepimpressior ., aa tbe young man seems tohavc been generally ann deservedly respected .

      BIRMINGHAM . Mason ' s Strike [ Rece iied loo late for our last }—A public meeting , called by placard , was held at the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening last . Mr . Peter Bishop was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman opened the meeting in his usual clear and perspicuous style , and introduced Mr . Boag , the delegate from London , to address the assembly . Mr . Boag gave a clever and highly satisfactory description of the real ca-ise of tbe strike of the Bifcuemisous , and was warmly applauded . Several resolutions , similar to those passed at tho Crown and Anchor meeting , were unanimously agreed to . The meeting was addres .-ed by Mtssrs . Williams , Lloyd , Gosling , Bamforth , Gray , Beck , Ryland , and Hinds , in clever and appropriate speeches . Eight pounds was handed in from the first society of carpenters , £ 10 from the second society of carpenters , and

      14 s . 6 d . from the curriers . Mr . George White addressed the mee ' . ing , and urged them to unite in the National Charter Association at the £ ame time , notiJjii'g that a lecture would be delivered in the Chartij-t Room , Freeman street , the proceeds of which would be handed over to the fund for assisting ihe London masons in their struggle against tjranny . Mr . Beck , the Secretary , then declared the sums received from the various bodies in Birmingham lor the last fortnight , which amounted to £ 32 ) 9 i . U 6 . Air . Pettr Bishop afterwards delivertd a neat addre ? s , in which he passed a high eulogiuci on the NorlJiem Star , for the manner in which it had supported the mason ' s strike , without waiting to be solicited , after which Mr . Gosling was called to the chan . aud a voteof thanks unanimously given to Mr . Bishop for his upright conduct in the chair and for his zealous support of the mason ' s strike . The meeting then separated .

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      Mr . Egebton Smith , the founder and principal proprietor of the Liverpool Mercary , died , on the night of Thursday last , at the age vt' seventy-three . Distress . —The Mendicity Society of London have made an appeal to the public for asiktance . They state , that at " this immediate period Ibe applications are very numerous , being treble in amount of those at any timilar stason in former years ; wh'le the prospect of accumulated cases of destitution during the winter hts excited a degree of solicitude in the Committee regarding the adequacy of their resources . "

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      Dublin . —It is a . cnrioia fact , and thou g h a trifle , worth notice , that the tailors and robe-makers of Dublin have not been able to supply the demand for conrt-dresses and professional costume * to be worn t the Levee . Many additional hands have been employed in London , aad large oonsignBients of those articles have been shipped for this city . —Dublin JBv&tutff Mail . Hspostep Attempt at IwcBirr / iAsrsif . —It is Teported that a ball composed of some explosive material was thrown into the court of ihe Horse Guards , on Wednesday . It fell at the feet of a' soldier , and exploded like a cannon . The soldier ' could see no one in the street that appeared to haVe thrown it . A simil ar b a ll w as thrown 'r ato thebirraefc- ' yard at Charing Cross . r - •¦ •

      Dsath i . \ the Flket Pmson . « r » On Thursday evening an inquest was held-in , the Fleet prison , before Mr . Payne , conocrniqg the death of Mr . E . Baker , aged seventy-eight , woo died in-that prison on Tuesday evening last . Jrlr . J . Morton , assistant to Mr . Cooper , surgeon to the prison , staled that he had attended the deceased since May last " . * He was very corpulent man , and bad been bedridden for sose weeks . He wae afflicted with the usual symptoms attendant upon old age . Witness was not aware that he was in want of any thing . He had been attended gratuitously . There was no reason to suppose that death arose from any other than natural causes . Sarah Pearce , nurse to Mr . Baker , stated that she had livea in the service of the

      deceased for many years . Her master had been in p rison about fourteen years altogether . He was liberated after six years'confinement , and was again arrested in May , 1833 . He had contracted a disease during his first confinement , and had ever since been attacked with dropsy and erysipelas . His only means of living tor two years , past was 5 s . a week , which he received from a gentleman named Watson ; out of that he had Is . 3 d . to pay for his room , and witness herself *» d also to be kept out of it . She had received no salary for eight years , and had latterly waited on other prisoners for a trifle per week to assist in supporting her master and herself . He often complained that he could npt get food enough . He bad a fall a few weeks sgo . and since that time

      bad been unable to Ret out of bed . He had formerly lived upon his property at . -J 2 , Bro&d-Btreefc , Goldensquare . Mr . G . P . Andrews stated that he was a prisoner at the time tho deceased came in ( 1833 ) , and had been acquainted with him ever since . Deceased evidently had not sufficient nourishment to support him . The Coroner inquired of Mr . Oastler ( who had been sent for ) if he knew of any circumstances connected with the deceased ? Mr . Oastler replied , that he was not at all acquainted with deceased , and knew nothing of his circumstances further than having heard thai he was dependant almost entirely upon charity for support . Mr . Oastler said he would ask whether it was fair in a Christian country

      that persons should be incarcerated for debt at the will of others , and left to depend on charity for support . The Coroner said he agreed with Mr . Oastler that imprisonment for debt was an unchristian practice . Imprisonment was a punishment , and it was certainly to be lamented that a man who was anfornate should be punished for it . In the present case it appeared that debt was nut the only cause of deceased ' s imprisonment . He would leave it to the Jury to say whether they thought confinement had any thing to do with his death , and if so they would express it in their verdict . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes . "

      MrjRDER AND SUICIDE BT A DEAF AND DtJMB MAN . —A dreadful murder and suicide were committed at Wincolmlee , Hull , by a deaf and dumb man , named Robert Hickson . The wretched man ha 4 quarrelled with his wife , Sarah Hicksoa , about some domestic matter , upon whioh he seized a poker , and struck her a dreadful blow on tbe head , and afterwards destroyed himself , by cutting his throat with a razor . An inquest was held on the bodies on Friday night , and after being sworn , the Jury proceeded to view them They werojfrmad lying side by side on a slight raised platform , in a small , neatly-furnished room * in Owen ' s Square , New George-street . Tho sight was a most appalling one , the throat of the man being cut from ear to ear , whilst the woman ' s akull was

      literally smashed to pieces . The floor was deluged with blood , but partly covered with saw-dust . Immediately overthe corpses wasa portrait of Hickson , paiBted in oil by himself , la another part of the room was a painting of Christ , in the same style as the portrait , and executed by the deceased . Selina Hickson , daughter of the deceased , deposed—1 am going on for eight years old , and lived with my father and mother . They quarrelled yesterday about marrying . My father went out soon after breakfast this morning . He was deaf and dumb . He came back at twelve to-day , to his dinner . He came in dripping wet , and mother said she was so poorly she could scarcely wash for him . He was angry because thero was not a dry waistcoat for him to put on . Mother

      talked to him with her fingers . Father seemed in a passion when they were quarrelling , but I have seen nim worse before . Wo were getting our dinners , and so was mother , when he came in . He took up a poker from the fireside , and struck mother four or five times . She fell down on the hearth , and I never heard her speak again . Father took a razor from the cupboard top and cut his throat . Then I ran out . Hickson was in the employ of Mr . Binning , a coal merchant , as a coal porter . It appeared , from the evidence of Mr . Binning aud other witnesses , that he had latterly become jealous of his wife , in consequence of a man named Charles Richardson having been seen walking with her . Mr . Binning had spoken to Richardson on the subject , when he said , ' He had walked with Hickson ' s wife , and

      wonld do so again . " On being called before the jury , Richardson said that Hickson h&U once accused him of being connected with his wife— " but very little . " He had never repeated the accusation , and he ( Richardson ) never met her at Mr . BinniDg ' a stables . Had spoken to her in the street , but nothing more . Never met her by appointment , and nad only walked the length of the street with her when they met accidentally . Several jurymen said this witness was morally guilt ; of the deaths of the deceased . The jury , in the case of tho buicide , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity , " caused in their opinion by the improper conduct of one 01 hia fellow-workmen with reference to dectased ' s wife . In the case of the murder , the jury returned the extraordinary verdict of " Excusable Homicide . "

      Egregious Rejoicings— Richard has best deserved of all my sons . " The authorities of Glasgow have "done the polite thing" to the new-born Prince after the most delicate fashion . As soon as the tidings of her Majesty ' s accouchement arrived , " Captain Millar conveyed the joyful news to the authorities . In order to acquaint me Lord Provost with the fact , the city-waits were put in requisition , and took their places opposite his . Lordship ' s door , where they serenaded his family with the national air of God Save the Queen . '" Sentiment must be progressing when this romantic method of insinuating glad news is adopted by the chief thief-catcher of a Scotch town in his communications to his superiurs . The next refinement will be to announce to condemned prisoners tho approach of the hour of execution by sending the city-waitB to serenade him with " Macpherson s Rant . " The Lord Provost , however , seems to have been rather obtuse on the

      occasion—to have proved himself a sort of Triptolemus Muddlework ; for our informant , the Glasgow Argus , add ;—'" This circumBlance ( the serenade ) apprized his Lordship that something unusual had taken place ; and certain intelligence of the event was immediately afterwards conveyed to him by a special messenger . " The allusion was too refinedthe musical head of the police had to call in the aid 01 an interpreter . However , to do " his Lordship " justice , after he had been got to understand what was going forward , he displayed his loyalty most valour .-ly . The reformed Town Council has been somewhat lax in its observation of loyal ceremonies ; but the Provost has not forgotten the days of his youth , when " George tho Third was King , " and Magistrates drank the Royal health on the Royal b . rihday in the opeu air at the market-cross . He rememberp , too , the showers of dead dogs and cats with which the rabble ased to salute them

      o-j fcuch occasions . He therefore took due precautions before proceeding to renew those public expressions of devotion to the throne . " According to an arrangement made in the course of the morning , the Tenth Regiment of Foot and two companies of the Seventeenth Lancers marched into the vacant space in front of the Public Offices , and formed into square . Two pieces of artillery were also in attendance . " Moreover , the front of the Courthouse was '' guarded by a strong detachment of Police . " And thus supported , the Magistrates and Sheriff , " greatly daring , " drank the healths of the Duke of Cornwall and his mother at a range of tables fitted up under the portico . On Monday evening , the same functionaries entertained the elite

      of the city u : a great banquet in tho City-hall . The City Marshal promulgated beforehand a series of regulations "to be strictly observed ; " some of which , we must , take" the liberty to remark , are scarcely in keeping with the Arcadian character of the city serenade . Gentlemen having ladies with them are requested , " after conducting them to the eastern stair , to return and pass into the hall ; " and they are told that " gentlemen accompanying ladies to the eastern stair , will be supplied with tickets , which they aro requested to preserve and produce when they return for the ladres . " A ceremony of this kind is observed with umbrellas and creatcoats

      at the entrance of the National , Gallery and the library of the British Museum ; but it does 6 trike us as treating ladies with slender ceremony , to deposit them in &u antechamber , on entering a feEtive hall , to be delivered np again to their conductors when they leave , " or . producing" the ticket . " Do the modern Baik-y Jarvies still take " Mattie and the iantern" with them when they go out of a dark evening ? and is this startling arrangement made for the accommodation of the handmaidens while waiting to light their matters home 1 Mattie might in one sense have been called a lady : " she was good blood—first cousin to the Laird 0 ' Limmerfield . " — Spectator .

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      J ) eath from Machinery . —At Bold factory , n e ar Urawshawbooth , a boy received a severe injury , from Borne part of the machinery , one d a y la s t we e k , from which he died on Saturday evening . . Comilbtion of THi Thames TraNB * .- ^ - On Thur ^ day , tuts stupendous undertaking may be said to ha **^ copP kiipn , « " > enormoiw bora being ended > y the arrival of the shield at the shaft on the Wapping Bhore . Tho shield now , therefore , has Pfi « ° « &ed its work , and henceforth the operations will be confined chiefly to the formation of the apt proaches on land for the general traffic . Four feet and a half of tunnelling were completed within the last week by means of the shield .

      Turkish Advebti 3 Embnt . —{ From th e Djeridee Havadis of . the 13 th October . ) "For sale , a black female slave , > ho is unique for playing the fiddle , lute , mandolina , and dulcimer ; and is , moreover , a beautiful dancer . Price 3000 piasters ( about £ 27 sterling . ) Apply , " &c . _ WkeAN . —Much curious gossip has been caused in Wigan by the extraordinary circumstances attending the death of a person named MaryAspulJ , who lived by herself in Soholet never having married . Upon the death of the old lady a search was made by one or ; two persons who were , ne » t of kin to the deceased , ihey being , however , only second cousins .

      Ihese parties , with one er two other persons who had been requested to attend them , found in their s earch , in the most obscure and unlikely parts of the house , no less than £ 5040 ; the whole of whioh , with the exception of about £ 40 or £ 50 , consisted of guineas . The deceased Was with some difficulty prevailed upon to make a will a few days before she died , wherein she direoted that all her property shall be distributed in equal shares to certain parties therein mentioned ( her second cousins , ) and to all others who are equal , and nearer , in degree of relationship . Of course many are the claimants , one of whom is Mr . John Roby , of Rochdale . —Manchester Guardian .

      An Ambwcan Patriot . ^ - " Feller-citizens 1 " s a id as Arkansas orator , who mounted the stump a short time since , " Feller-citizens ! didn't I aid in ridin Bill Poker , the blackleg , on a rail ! " " You did ! you did 1 " said his auditory . H Didn't I , fellere itizens , lick that bi g '¦ pedlar from the Jarseys , as spoke disrespectfully of onr state ? " u Yes—yon did ! you did 1 " unanimously shouted the meeting . " Feller-eitizenai when Jim Jenkins was prosecuted by his political enemies for horse-stealing , didn't I , as foreman of his jury , write his vardict' Guilty of assault andhattery' recommendin g him to m e r oy ? " Cries of "You did I you did I—you ' re a buster 1 " " Is there a man in this crowd , feller-citizens , that doesn't owe me a drink 1 " ' No , not one . " "Havn't you always seen me willing to stand treat !" "Always , always I you ' re a horse . " M Well , now , you all know I voted for old Tip and Tyler , at the last election ; but if ever I do it again , I'll be ! Let ' s liquor . "—New Orleans Paper . .

      Error of supposing the Whalb to be a Fish . —The whale , though an inhabitant of the depths of ocean , and invested with amasing power in swimming and directing its course , with bo legs to walk and no capacity to exist out of water , its proper element , —the whale , notwithstanding these fish-like qualities , is not a fish , but belongs to the ordor of mammalia—of animals that bring forth their progeny and suckle them with milk ; and its fins differ in a singular manner from those of fishes ; they nearly resemble the human arm , and terminate with a hand , having four fingers . The whale is thus enabled to clasp its young , and carry them in its arms , and perform many of the acts of dalliance and

      affection for wrnch the mother is distinguished amongst terrestrial animals . The tail of the whale is also a curious combination of mechanical powers ; and , in addition to the great strength bestowed upon it , the muscles allow it tu be turned any way , with as much facility as Ihe human arm . The blood of the whale is warm , like that of terrestrial animals ; Us brain is much larger in proportion than that of the fish ; its eyes have a remarkably intelligent expression ; and its sense of hearing is so acute as to lnorease very considerably the difficulty of approaching it near enough to inflict the stroke by which its great strength is finally overcome . —Parley ' s Penny Library .

      Alleged Discovery of Valuable Jewels at the Exchequer . —Our readers will remember that a few weeks ago certain mysterious whisperings were current concerning aa alleged discovery , at the Exchequer , of jewels to a very considerable amount—jewels it was said , whioh had been empawned to meet the exigencies of the extravagant King Charles II ., and had lain there so long that their existence had been forgotten , and that their discovery was the result of accident , a bit of good fortune , a sort of set-off against the defalcations in Exchequer Bills . The matter was delicately alluded to in some of the papers , but all seemed to lack information on the interesting subject . One paper did , however , ventur e to confirm the report , but to say that the matter had

      been exaggerated . Exaggerated , indeed , it was . In fact , the affair was what is vulgarly called a " mare ' s nest . " A belief had , however , existed in a high quarter that property to a large amount had lain by for a long period , the value of which it would be desirable to ascertain . It appears that in the year 1797 a box containing jewels had been sent from the Exchequer-office to the Bank of England , to be deposited in the Bullion-office ; and au order was recently sent down to the Bank to have the mysterious casket examined . A day was accordingly appointed , and tho governor of the bank , Mr . Marshall , the ohief cashier , and several gentlemen connected with the Government , assembled for the purpose of

      making an official inspection , and reporting upon the same to head quarters . They were , moreover , attended by several jewellers called in professionally to decide as to the " water" of the diamonds , and the value of the other gems it contained . The conclave assembled—the box was brought in ! But to the surprise of all it was nothing more than a lozenge box tied with a red tape and sealed on tho top . It was opened and found to contain a pair of diamond earrings , and a garnet broocb . A general laugh was excited by the appearance of the ridiculus muss , and one of the jewellers said he should be sorry to give £ 40 for its contents . These are the simple facts of tho matter , which excited much merriment among those engaged in the investigation . —London Paper .

      Fire in Woolwich Dockyard . —On Saturday morning last , about half-past three o ' clock , one of the dockyard police , observing smoke issuing from a building used for the purpose of making Grant's patent fuel , on a close approach to it , found it was in flames , and immediately gave the alarm . Th © dockyard engines were promptly brought to the spot , and the alarum-bell being rung , the engines of the royal marines , royal artillery , and royal sappers and miners , were soon present , and an excellent supply of water being obtained from the basin almost close to the building the spread of the devouring element to the engine-hoaao was prevented , but no exertions could pave the wooden building in which the fire originated , and consequently it was burnt to the ground . The firo is supposed to have originated from one of the iron pipes under a portion of the wood having become overheated on the previous day , and that the wood had , from that cause , such a

      degree of heat communicatod to it as ultimately to ignito . It is worthy of observation that the fires used at this work are always put out about four o ' clock in tho afternoon , immediately after the convicts leave work , so that thofire . if it originated from them , must have remained twelve hours undiscovered . During the fire a fatal accident took place in the basin . A young man , feventcen years of age , named John Johnston , a seaman on board the James and Elizabeth , of Sunderland , schooner , lying in tho river alongside the wharf wall of the dockyard , delivering small coal for the purpose of manufacturing Grant's patent fuel , on hearing the alarm of fire came on shore , aud the fog was so thick at the time that he walked into the basin , and striking his head , it is supposed , upon an irou chain , was so stunned , that , although a good swimmer , he was drowned , and his body was not recovered until about half an hour afterwards . Two marines also fell into the water

      from a similar cause , but they were promptly taken out . The officers and crew ? of the Devastation and the other vessels in her Majesty's service in the river and in the basin were promptly on the spot , and by their able assistance were of great Bervice in checking the spread of the fire . The loss will not be very great , as the building was only constructed of wood , and , fortunately , it was in a manner detached from other partis of the yard .

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . STRAND-STREET , MANCHESTER . Mr . Lawrence Dunn , weaver , 8 , Boothle-streefc . Mr . William Walker , printer . Mr . John Bavanalgh , spinner . Mr . Thomas Orrid ^ e , carder . Mr . Joseph Eastforth , cordwainer . Mr . Duncan Bean , printer . Mr . Lawrence Money , printer . Mr . John Redfern , porter . Mr . John Jones . Mr . Bernard Quinn . Mr . Matthew Suttiff . Mr . Joseph Lomas , weaver , 14 , Thompson-street , Secretary . Mr . John Smith , weaver , 18 , Love-lane , Treasurer .

      FINSBURY . Mr . William Balls , 13 , Back Hill , Hatton Garden . Mr . Richard Cameron , 10 , Dorrington-street . Mr . Philip Johnson , 6 , St . John ' s-Fquare . ^ Mr . William Martin , 1 , Charlotte Terrace , White Conduit . Mr . James Knight , 39 , Baltic-street . Mri Daniel West , 34 , Chatham Gardens . Mr . William Moody , 118 , Brittania-street . Mr . John Carey , 14 , Pear Tree-street . Mr . Henry Smith , 11 , Aylesbury-street , sab-Treasurer . Mr . John Watt ? , 17 , Graham-street , City Road , sub-Secretary .

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      ¦ limehouse . J osi ah H o rnblower , 18 , Margaret-street , Commercial-road Samuel Squiers , No . 3 , Limeklin-hill , Limehousehole ; > William Bassage , No . 3 , Cottage-street , Poplar ; Isaac Wilkins , Engineers' Arms , Mill Wail , Poplar ; Thomas Peawe , 44 , Parfc ^ treet , L i mehouse ; Henry S q u i ers , 1 , Prospect-place , East In d i a roa d , Poplar , aub-Treaaurer . Thomas Spencer , 1 , Victoria-place , Commercialroa d , Limehouse , sub-Secretary ;

      BILSTON . Joseph Nioholls , screw-turner , Green Croft ; James Mosely , shoemaker . Pipes-Meadow ; Miohael Jaffa , tailor , High-street ; Jose p h E va ns , miner , Hall-street ; George Dudley , tinplate-worker , ProudVlane ; William Smart , miner . Hall-street ; J o hn Davi s , ditto , High-Btreet ; Francis Ferreday , furnace-man , Walsall-strect ; Samuel Draper , miner , Pipes-Meadow ; John Fen ton , ditto , Hall-street ; John Stiran , grocer and tallow-ohandler , Green croft , sub-Treasurer ; John Cadley , ooa d wa i ner , sub-Secretary . MERE , WILTS . Henry Mills , weaver . Stephen Mills , ditto , sub-Secretary .

      DAVENTRY . James Lawsone , tailor , High-street . William Askew , cord wainer , Victoria-street . Thomas Norton , joiner , Dog-lane . Daniel Dawson , green grocer , Brook-street . William Tallet , oordwainer , Church-lane . Thomas Webb , oordwainer , sub-Treasurer , Unionplaee . < George Ashwell , cabinei-maker , sub-Secretary , High-street . ,

      SOUTH-SHIELDS , BAMKS OF TYNE . John Doaglas , shoemaker , Waterloo-vale . John Strickland , ditto , King-street . William Cory , bootoloser , Salem-street . John Bnnn , bookbinder , Waterloo * vale . William Dalrymplo , shoemaker , East-street . William Wilkinson , shoemaker , Thames-street , sub-Treasurer . Thomas White , cabinet-maker , Dairy-lane , sub-Secretary .

      MONCKTON-DEVERILL . John Maslen , Brixton-Deverill , labourer . Noah Pranglen , ditto , ditto . Peter Payn , Monckton-Deverill , ditto . Thomas Ganet , Xingston-Deveriil , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Stephen Tudgey , Monckton-Deverill , cordwainer , eub-Seoretary . LONDON EAST , STAR COFFEE-HOUSE , GOLDEN-LANE . Mr . Prior . Mr . McCarthy . Mr . Picta . Mr . Richards . Mr . Langwith . Mr . Waters . Mr . Smith . Mr . Kenns , sub-Secretary , pro . tern .

      DEVONPORT . John Gin , cooper , 35 , Clowance-street . William Edwards , shoemaker , 37 , Tavistockstreet . Joseph Grose , ditto , Sambell ' s-court . Sampson Randel , ditto , 9 , Doidge ' s-well . Richard James , ditto , 5 , Cross-street . William Edwards , jun ., ditto , 37 , Tavistock-street . Benjamin Cane , labourer , 23 , Geak's-alley . William Trimblett , shoemaker , 32 , Queen-street , sub Treasurer . Andrew Cummings , whitesmith , Stafford ' s-hill , sub-Secretary . MYTHOLM-ROYD . William Greenwood , weaver . John Ferror , ditto . James Pollard , ditto . Samuel Magson , cordwainer . Samuel Crowther , woolcomber . William Robertshaw , sub-Treasurer . James White , sub-Secretary . CLITHKROE . John Slater , block-printer . John Birch , ditto . James Robinson , ditto . John Johnson , natter . James Dewhurst , weaver . John M'Carm , gardener . Thomas Smithies , block-printer . William Pinder , sub-Secretary .

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      EAST AND NORTH RIDING LECTURER . York . —Charter Association Rooms , Fossgate . —On Sunday , the 21 st iust ., Mr . bcallwood addressed a numerous assemblage ; Mr . Cooper in the chair . At the conclusion a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer . It was also moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , ou the motion of Messrs . Gill and Crofts , that Mr . Stallwood be recommended as the most fit and proper person to fill the office of lecturer for the ensuing month . Thanks being passed to the chairman , the meeting beparated . Impoetant Proceedings . —On Thursday , the 18 th inst ., the Lord Mayor having pledged his word to grant the use of tho Guildhall , to the industrious classes for a day meeting , a most respectful requsition was drawn up by Mr . Burley , and signed by a large number of householders and freemen , and presented by a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Demaiue , Inglis , aud Burley . His Lordship having read the requisition , said , " We congratulated the

      Queen on Monday last ,. " Deputation— " No , my Lord ; your address and resolution were lost by a great majority ; we are desirous that her Majesty should be inado acquainted with the sentiments and wishes of the industrious ciasses . " Lord Mayor" You introduce politics , in which I differ with you . I might talk on this all day with you , and then be beat ; you have your representatives in Parliament . " Deputation— "My Lord , we are unrepresentedthat is our chief complaint . " Lord Mayor— " Your requisition speaks of distress ; there is no distress in the city o ( York , aud you have nothing to do with the distress existing elsewhere . " Deputation" Your Lordship is wrongly informed ; great distress at present prevails in onr City . " Lord Mayor " I cannot grant the use of the Hall for such a purpose . " The deputation then retired , and drew up a handbill , containing the original and the amended address , a copy of which was forwarded to the Mayor , and each of tho Aldermen , and widely distributed through the city .

      A meeting was convened by the requisitionists , originally intended to be held ia the Thursday market , but in consequence of the severity of the weather it was held in the Association Room , Fossgate . Mr . Halton was called to tho chair , who , in a few brief preparatory remarks , called on Mr . Ssallwood to address the meeting . Mr . Siallwood rose amid the most cordial greeting , and said , we are told we are disloyal and traitorous . Had we not exhibited our loyalty \ Had we not offered , in our amended address , to congratulate her Majesty on her safe delivery ! Had we not shown our ljyalty by giving to her Majesty daily tho turn of £ 164 . 7 s . lOd . wrung from our own sweat aud blood , besides the use of four splendid palaces , and the

      immense grounds thereto attaohed , and this too at a time when the wives of our bosoms and the children of our affections were dragging out a miserable existence upon a wretched pittance of less than threepence per head \ ( Loud shouts of hear , hear . ) Yes we had shown our loyalcy to the sovereign , although her Majesty had broken through the Malthutiau philosophy of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill—got married when a giddy girl—and had two children without herself or her husband having the means ot supporting them . ( Loud cheers . ) We had exhibited our loyalty by paying in hard cash to our mo ^ narchial executive £ 449 , 885 . ; while in America , where loyalty was paid to the sovereign people , the Presidential or Republican executive only cost

      £ 15 , 000 per annum . ( Hear , hear . ) We carried our loyalty still further ; we found her Majesty's husband penniless , and wo gave him £ 80 , 000 per annum and a commission in the army , whila we toil and sweat in rags and wretchedness . ( Hear , hear . ) Another proof of our loyalty was the giving to her Majesty ' s mother the sum of £ 30 , 000 per annum , while our toil-worn brothers and sisters existed in a miserable garret or wretched cellar apon less than twopence per head per diem . ( Shame , shame . ) Our address was offensive to the authorities , because it asked for mercy for Frost , Williams , aud Jones ; if justice bad prevailed , they never would have been transported ; had not Frost ' s talents , virtues , and patriotism won for him the affection of a grateful people—had they not loaded him with honours—had they not made * him councilman , alderman , lord mayor , and guardian of the poor—had not my Lord John Russell recommended him to her Majesty as

      a fit and proper person to be a magistrate i But , alas ! Frost loved the people ; ho was a . tender father , an affectionate husband , and a faithful friend , an upright magistrate , and an excellent ma / or ; he was beloved by the people for his many virtues , and for the same hated by the Whigs—( loud cheers)—and denuded by them of his official robes . ( Shame . ) Williams and Jones were alike respectable and respected ; they came into Newport in hopes of saying the patriotic Vincent from the fangs of his merciless oppressors —( hear , hear , )—and were entrapped by the Whig spies ; by the machinations of spies was tbe Newport affair brought about , and by them were we deprived of their services , but only for a time , we were determined to have them back again ; we would never cease our exertions until we had effected that object . ( Enthusiastic applause ) We also asked for the release of all our political victims . Let the case of Peddie suffice ; he was convicted upon the evidence of the felonious wretch

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      Harrison , who admitted be received large sums of money for his brutal employment , and was now undergoing two years imprisonment for horse stealing ; he would ask , ought such good men as Peddie , Holberry , and oth e rs , to be hourly murdered on the evidence of such a wretch as this ! ( Loud cheers . ) But we demanded the Charter as a remedy for the existing evils , distress exists through the length and . and breadth « f the land . "We are indeed a numerous people , and want strength . We have an excell e nt soil , and are destitute of ^ roTiaona . We are active and laborious , and lire in indigence . We pay enormous tributes , and are told they are not sufficient . " We have tried the Tories for a century , and become worse ; we had mock reform , a n d tried t he Whigs for ten yean—our miseries and wretchedness increased . We hare now discovered the enemy that devours us to bo class legislation , ( Loud cheers . )

      Yes , we find the law makers and administrators well fed , well clothed , well housed , while the unrepresented , although their labour is the source of all wealth , h a ve no wh e re to l ay their bead , ( Cheers . ) We demand , then , the abolition of class legislation , and the substitution of the People ' s Charter , —( load ch e ers , )—and when every party and class shall be thus fully and fairly represented in the Commons ' House of Parliament—then , and not till thep , will a national remedy bo found for the national disease . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Stallwood then ably refated the c r y of dan g er , and appeased the fears of the timid ; then , said he , let us have the Charter—that education may be promoted—industry fostered—commerce increased——wealth protected— -morality shielded—happiness engendered : —and onr fatherlands of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales ; rendered— . ;

      " Flowers of the earth , gems of the sea , At once great , glorious , and free . " Mr . Stallwood resumed his seat amid the most livel and enthusiastic demonstrations of applause . Aa immense number of cases of distress were reported . Upon the motion of Messrs . Cordeux and Crofts , ifc was also agreed to call a meeting of the unemployed and distressed , and thus disabuse the minds ef the public functionaries of the city . Air . Cooper moved and Mr . Judson seconded a resolution .: — " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to Mr . Stallwood , for his talented , persevering , firm , and consistent advocacy of the rights of the industrious millions . '' Carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was then moved and carried to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved in peace .

      Knabesbobough . —On Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., notwithstanding it was fair-day with us , no . sooner was the announcement made that Mr . Stallwood , from London , would address the people , in the National Charter Association-rooms , than thither flocked the people . Mr . John Doaker was called to the chair ; and , in a brief , pithy , sensible speech , introduced Mr . S . to the meeting , who , in a speech of considerable length , vindicated the claims of the industrious millions . His efforts were crowned with the most triumphant success . Another visit was earnestly requested ; and a vote of thanks unanimously passed . The petition will be more numerously signed than ever petition was in the Borough of Knaresbro ' . The brave lads have determined to wait on the Members for the Borough , and request their support to the petition .

      Maiton . —Although the rain poured down in torrents , Mr . Stallwood arrived ; the news spread like wild-fire ; a boy was sent out with a placard , and a bellman set to work to anounce the glad tidings that the means of our political salvation would be preached in tho evening ; thanks to the enthusiasm and kindly feeling of the middle classes in this close pocket-borough , a large granary was engaged , and an audience of at least 660 collected together . Mr . Stallwood addressed them in his usual convincing ; strain , much to their satisfaction ; at the conclusion , a large number of Chartist publications was disposed of , several members added to the association , a / rood sum collected at the door , and it was announced that the lecturer would be with them again on the 30 tfc . O'Connor and Vincent would meet with as enthusiastic reception here . This will , in a little time , be one of our very best Chartist localities .

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      BERNARD CATANAGH , THE TOTAL-ABSTINENCE KNAVE , CAUGHT OUT AT LAST ! Reading , Saturday . This fellow , whose plausible and successful dnpl ' alty completely deceived some of tbe most eminent scientific and medical bodies in London , has , at last , been detected in his imposture , and he is now serving out the term of his imprisonment of three months , with hard labour , at the treadmill in the gaol of this town , ss a roKue and vagabond , to which he has just been sentenced by S . Chase , Esq . the mayor . Cavanagh arrived here on ' the 12 th instant , taking up his quarters at the sign of the Black Boy , n publichouse ia Broad-street , accompanied by the same man , named Tiernan , who assisted him in pursuing hia various systems of hypocrisy and imposture , while he was levying contributions upon the public in London . The knave , immediately after his arrival , issued a catching handbill , of which the following ia a copy : —

      , " EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON . " The celebrated Bernard Cavanagh ( from the county of Mayo ) , who has excited so much attention from the medical and scientific world , on account of his excessive powers of abstinence , which are attested beyond all doubt is now in this town , and invites all inquirers into the cause of bo singular a phenomenon to pay him a visit at the Black Boy , Reading , during his stay . A few of his philosophical friends in London , ¦ wishing to gain soma additional light upon this case , have advised him to give this general invitation , and make no distinct charge for admissions ; but as the expenc . 99 of travelling about the country with his brother { who eats like other men ) will be beyond their means , any friendly donations will be thankfully received . "

      Things went on swimmingly for some days , and the fellow and his companion were reaping a pretty plentiful harvest , although there was nothing charged for admission to see the * ' fasting man , " the impostor leaving the gratuity he looked for to the " liberality of the curious ; " and there is not the least doubt , had it not been for the timely and , indeed , extraordinary discovery of the cheat , that he and his worthy coadjutor wonld , before they left the town , have walked oft * with a very handsome sum gathered from the numerous visitors who flocked to the Black Boy to see this " eighth wonder of the world . "

      He was apprehended with his " Man Friday , " Tiernan , on Thursday , through the instrumentality of a Mrs . Hatt , the wife of a labouring man , residing in Crpwn-street , by Mr . Houlton , the Superintendent o £ tho Reading police , upon the charge of being a rogue and vagabond , and a rank impostor . He was then taken before the mayor , and the following evidence was produced against him : — Harriet Hatt being sworn stated , in substance , aa follows : —On tbe preceding evening , she went , accompanied by some friends , to see the fasting man , ab the Slack Boy . She asked him several questions on the subject of hie abstinence from food , which he answered very unsatisfactorily , except that he stated he had not eaten a morsel of auy ene thing for the last live years and a half . Witness bought one of his books , containing an account of his life and abstinence from food , for which he was paid Gd ., and her friends gave him another 6 A . before they left . Tbe next morning witness

      had occasion to go to a chandler ' s shop in Southamptonstreet ( which is a long distance from the Black Boy ) , and while she was sitting in a room behind tbe snop she saw a man enter , who , notwithstanding trs disguise , she was certain was the prisoner . He had a handkerchief tied round his forehead which nearly covered his eyes , and a larjre patch upon his nose . Aa soon as he came in he asked for a saveloy and a quarter of a pound of ham , waica he particularly -wished to be cut pretty fat , and a small loaf . He was served with these articles , for which he paid , and then went away Witness then directly proceeded to the Black Boy , where she discovered that the prisoner had been gone out a short time before , to take a walk ; and after waiting there for upwards of an hour she saw him return , but he had then doffed his disguise and appeared as usual . She mentioned her suspicions to the landlord of the bouse , who then communicated witlt the police .

      John Croaker , the landlord of tho Black Boy , stated that the prisoner came to his house very late on Friday evening , and inquired if his brother ( describing Lun aa a man who carried a pack ) had arrived . Witness told him that a man , answering that description , was in the house and in bed . He then shewed witness 01 : 3 of bis bills , and said that he was the man it related to . He asked if he could be accommodated with a bed , and he was told he could . He and the man Tiernan had been living in witness ' s house from that time until they were apprehended . The bill witness saw in the room ( exhibited by the prisoner ) was placed there without his consent The impostor , upon being called on for his (' ; fence , said it was of very little use his saying anything , as after what had taken place he supposed he should not be believed ; and therefore , perhaps lie had better say nothing . At last he said , "I did eat , for the Lord caused me to be hungry . " ,

      The Mayor then addressed the prisoner , pointing out to him the disgraceful conduct be had been pursuing in deceiving and gulling tbe public by gross artifice and imposture , and telling him that it was bis determination , at least for a time , to put a stop to his deceptions upon the public . ' \ The "fasting" impostor was then sentenced te three months' imprisonment and hard labeux , as a rogue and vagabond . , The fellow ' s worthy colleague , Jobn Tiernan , was also sentenced to ene month ' s imprisonment for . hawking without a license . The man with the pack , whom Cavanagh called his brother , had , very fortunately for himself , taken his departure from Reading , and thus escaped , very probably a similar punishment .

      It will now be seen it the tread-mill will not bring an appetite to the "fasting" man , and , at the same time , the Impostor to his senses . What will the Times say ?

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct870/page/3/