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      THE MIXJ ) OF THE PAST , THE PRESENT , AND *^ THE FTTTTJRB . c ^ om of mind , Sr « gift « r God to man , ^ Thtil thy pro * r <» " * % bt a-far ; e __ ron 5 ctie mists ° * prejudiceud donbt , **!! _ rt t » us a beacon and a star ! B # o *^ * ? -w , elood * rf ignorance hare sb&dow'd o ' er £ * . a ^ fc ^ t gloo m the eyea , and aoult of men ; a thtf l » Te trander * d in the mass of tin , ¦^ Jaffcr wfo ta error ' i deepest den . ioaca have they made , and rais'd aloft , f ^ power , and strength haTe given unto it ; 1

      f _ i lrnt it & 5 G in Wood and orphanstears , ^ h » ve ^ y faUeB doira > *""* » onWp'd it f ? ar their otra sho-lders have they fonn'd the laah ; Tat their o * rn fimhs have forged the galling chain ; i their own necks hare plac'd the despot ' s heel ; no their brotrs tare bnrnt the mark of Cain . And why ? Id i * 110 ™ 06 men toil'd and bled , — ¦ wj h , and h £ r sbter Tirtne , wae nnknown ; For sbTO * ° parasites had banished them , iod placed tie demon thkb on their throne .

      V » D » led ? e and wisdom mock'd and langb'd to scorn , tv _ ft » w 37 t 0 more ^^ Seni&l sphere *; ndi hrntish vice nsnrp'd their chosen seats , ** _ * sngelH sigli'd for man , and mourn'd in tears 5 Tjen depots rrinmph'd and Mjoicd , and tbonght , jiTnly secured , _ ad safe , their Hi-got poorer ; jot jgnoranee and vice aw royal pillarsj ^ jjjtrei of them fevr throaes co _ ld stand an hoar . 5 ( 3 ! did the cry go forth— " Bow dovn the bead , < 5 ~ _ i , act , more , li « , and think as tee direct ; Parw were made by God to rnle , —and ye , — To tafet > ^ « M > d mtoiste * w * peet . "

      Aud natioBS boWd , and sin , pall-like , o ' er spread The vrcid ; the miods and souls of men shrunk up Tjfce ptrehine&t scrolls before a burning flame , * nd __ -o " erflo * Tng seem'd man ' s bitter cnp . _ 5 _ i tboe . oh God ! had'st pity on mankind , jrom tfaj bright seat on high tho * saWst their iroe , ± x& bope sent down to Booth their drooping hearts , j 8 miniate the good , to raise the low . 3 , 3 , __ e a brilliant star through gloom of night , gj ^ e forth fair troth to the bright world ; £ ^ i assy faaed Trith ] oTe npon it , lad aoa ^ bt it loDg , through clouds asd tempests vhiri'd .

      2 nd tyracto strove to gnencfe its light in blood , i , d aide it death to gsis upon it * sign , jsj jboue it brighter , purer , lovelier ! i __ men and nations worship ed at its shrine . j ^ e la * down-trodden serf , -whose life had been Cm sBene of misery , want , and woe ; ? e 2 BCV emotions thrilling through his frame , Aihii eoal warm'd vrith its celestial glow . Bj looked aboTe , and saw the heaTens bright ; Bt looked around , and saw all nature gay ; Jim , oclj man , of all the works of e © d , Seemed to the worst of ills an hopeless prey .

      « And why is this ?"—be then would a * k his heart" Are m £ B for ever doom'd to toil aod bleed , For base-born courtier * , and kingly __ i * t _ s , Aad weep , and mourn in woe , and * - , and need ?" And ha heart nswer'd— " No ; mankind shall rise , Ard break U » image they haTe bo-w'd before . jfea fae » sot yet their strength , bat thought goei forth , Asd at a mighty tide shall it pass empires o ' er . " Biise op ytHxr eyes , ye lowly ones ; look up ! Acd Tiew the eomin ? &ght ; your miseries , yoar lroei Are registered in EeaTcn ; each tear ye drop . As molten lead , shall pour down on your foes .

      And not a rich bet shall be meted back , Is breath of flame to your oppressors' lips ; For mankind thick , and dream upon their wrongs , Asd truth beams brighter for its long eclipse . Jit , men are thinking ; God be thanked they think Oh what a rloricus world this earth will be , la usb yet t * come , the mind untrammel'd , Eii faculties , bis will , his actions free . ' It * eye grows dim before the golden beams , TCach halo round the future to the mind , Sit heart exults and bounds with hidden glee , And joy comes rushing as a sadden wind .

      Waios comes down ooce more to bless TnnnHw /^ Tbne and Truth descend to earth again ; lad cations with one utterance chorus forth , — Bcrr to God on bieh , and peace to men . 594 April , 1543 . F . M . F

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      The " Old Kinfr has this week come < rat more fc * n w&mirilj warn ; and who can wonder at it ? Tbe mcsllfed-for severity inflicted upon the fatal * prisoners who are entombed alive in fl » B Qaeeo ' s Prison" has arou 3 ed his sensitive siisd to the quick , and has led him to read tin Borne Secretary & lesson before which even the fcwbbood of a Camber ! ind baronet must quail . Te Hiodd cot haTe considered that we had done Mr . Oisler Tnnice had we orerlooked this letter : —

      10 THE EIGHT EON . SIR JAMES GRAHAM , BABT ., M . P ., HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HO 2 dE 3 > £ PABTME > "T . Srs , —If erer I desired to ebtain yoar Meriotu and » S' » id « attention , and that of my reader * , it is now . I am called to witness that at wfcich my heart recoilstile profras of unconstitutional tyranny ; or , as the * oteu phrase terms it , of *• liberal and enlightened Pawples . " I wiP not be a silent spectator—it nsver wuinjiaKitokeep secrfct the tale of wretchedness . I ha- » e Eot feared to grapple with the oppressor , " of whstem rank , nor will I spare the tyrant now , though « te soariag ia the highest regions of the political » teo ? T . b € re . '

      Id ! Be B » t that jm are not responsible—that " the ? e » Bale * of thi * prison axe la . d upon the table of the * £ * , " itat Job may bs sbfciured by the sanction of "nJamtnt . Throush jcur own eerkh ; g , yon hare been ^ 7 ^^ to &e cSce of Ketper htrt—what you propose , sueertaiB , owirg to the great power of Minister * , Jf »* a » House" will p-ss . Hence , Sir , I hold you peraaE y , indiTidDaUy [ and constitutionally ;] respon-^; sBd , uriike ilr . Cobdz . n , I wJl Dot eat my wo . The hiitory of my con-try fnmiibes me with k » miry iMt&ncea of the fact to rtoubt the power of waatr-KJonal pricctle when e-fen the highest om « ers « ^¦ sfe tmngrtss . I : a irigh tim * io speak out—silence would note be cnaiEiL

      a-j kr ° * iitat CD < ier 'he sanction of law we pur-*»«« tte prirnegesefthr Fleet or the Bench , as the wnty hare U * n _ y&n know that by law we were oae the Euardianihip of the Judges . You bare per-Sr ^ S * UBeBt ' > retaining the pnrchase-money , to £ ? £ * i « of the price of vm comparative liberty , Ja-V ^ ^ yt U < r a * " frotn tbe V ^ 'tection of the - ^ r » , icd tramfcrred , nay , dooiLtrd ns to yonr own iJ * v ^» e f <* actiths witnesse d the inn preparations t- « lrflic ^ on of tout tyranny—we now see the e rf yew reign cf error . croe ] shall cot

      ^^ disposition be indulged withou t w * . . hough you baxe sfclected a prison for the eipefaarf « , VT ' f ^ ' " ^ of InMeUty , as they are perkaffTi ^ ttple , shall be detailed—England shall ¦ r cowjajMt , cruc ] , and unmanly the Home Secre-T rt ^ C ^ * tUaU ^ P r 0 Te him self . M tnowtha : I wa * tTer before so much shocked bJ ?* ^ -7 . 1 am writing on the 1 st of May . ) I jb q ~ * £ f t * ^ Philosophy , Ce . Infidelity , exliibited ae »^ L ' ^ first Ume » ^ e female prisoners , S ^ ^ femaJ * 71 &T \* t youi term Ibj , were ( jj j ^ TOucr ^ § B 2 ; of a crowd of men , to and from

      • Si * *! * ^ frorn their cl 05 e - co 11 ^^ Ja ^ ' p ^^ woaeuiy Uihered into the presence of the male kksBvTv ^ Waifee d to cfeurcb . and were afterwards fcbTtS * ^^ to laot Gbaham s Nurnery , there bnSatfrlf . i ! nf xt Sunday ! The son was shining » ir ^ " * the broad frort cause-sray was inriting—the >« . ^^ tf ^^ Jfcfmbicg . They were ptrmitted to •* s atd « jT ^ ^ J * ly ^^ mfcn - ^ privileges of PMts « l ""' P ^^ eces for which th ^ have paid the *^ ent , ! ^ r demanded ; but they were instantly 8 * k « " » v " SJ ^ cniy offenrive yard . When Wi c . that hole wm turned , I wished that all beat ^^ felt " ^ P ^ l wbicb rent my

      h toB *!^* Fri * o the heart-string of Engkud may \« H tn \ ' ?* * ' h& 8 vibrated to ay own . I aanl ^ Tr ** 8 tul ^^ e be sympathy in the breasts « 7 «* mtrjmtD _ if their nature be unchanged . ^ ' i ^* *^ V" * right yon taTe ^ e *^ a » te LL of the Premises for the finales , and & <* * ¦ ^ 11 * Uo ' ^' ^ lrbe- ^ y so to or return ^ tta \ n , they ttBIt haTe ^^ feelingg uj ^ fcee . j ^ earse of God will rest on sneh a measure—a ^ T *« ' hit 1 gives a creature ( and in human form la ^^^ af ««« to cheat , inmll , and degrade the ^^ -1 s » w thv ^ g « tle females walk from the ttoij *» » thtii 7 itt } . the /« uile iwoirr following , I <* d * Bri , * ^ y my . Vindred—my mother , or sister * , tegTTrr ? - " ^ bculd lN justified in wreaking rengekrak ~^ * had " ttaicuxi such wroug . When the fijB ^ L ™ ^* office , I c * . ^ 'd not restrain my inmuu . j g ^ g Tfca sclemnlT warn

      you—Peri ^^^ J-paticECi has M » bound * . •" e priswi ^ i ^ 3116 si EC * 1 camfe i 0 P riB 011 . obaerved Uk ai ^^ Jr ^ 1 from church . Sh «? i « entangled in j kau&lZj * Chancery , and has been , as I am in' ^^ y «* n confined , —&be sf eaka to 8 f one .

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      The wroncs the has suff-rf d seem to have seared her heart ag&inst mankind . But she had been regular in her attendance at church . She had been constant at tfee Lord ' s Table ; there seemed her only comfort . Her privations have often been unusually severe . She is the danghier of a clergyman , unimpeachable in her character , aod otherwise respectably connected . A more proper object of Bympathy and kindness I know not—the more fit , therefore , to be selected as an objeet on whom to exhibit your new system of tortuie . Until that day ( the 30 th of April , ) she had formed one of the congregation with whom , t » years , 1 had worshipped in piison . She could not endure the indignity which your "New Rules" imposed—she remained in her cell , as did three others , who , since I came to this place , have always attended church . No honours the world can give will be to yon a recompense for the curse your crime ensures .

      The privations you have now inflicted on the unhappy inhabitants of Ljidt Gkaham ' s Nunnery , are greater than those to which the female felons in Newgate are subject If you are aware of their conditioi , and persist in continuing your harsh regulations , you have not the heart of a man . The felons in Newgate are provided with the necessaries of life , but the female prisoners here are debarred that sort of communication , without which they are unable t © provide for themselves

      If I could but make my readers sensible of the agonies of mind , the undeserved tortures , which your " New Rules" have already occasioned to the unhappy female prisoners , { some of them as unoffending as they are defenceless , ) and which is most likely to issue in saadnesa or premature death , I am sure that a voice would be raised from every corner of the land where woman is honoured aid beloved—a cry ttat would be echoed in the Queen ' s Palace . Thep , he who had been the author of so muck wanton injustice and cruelty towards Eome of the weakest and worthiest of her

      Majesty ' s subjects , would feel the weight of Royal displeasure , and ever after carefully bide himself from the gaxe of man . It has been the habit of my life to raise my voice in defence of the innocent , the helpless , the oppressed . I cannot be silent bera Depend upon it , Sir , you are hastening the crisis—yon are paving the way to yonr own fall—you are her * providing a ftdenan on which I can rest a lever that will be your overthrow . Strong as the Government may be , Justice is stronger . I am not dismayed . My body only ia in prison;—at no former period of my life ba * the influence of my pen produced bo great an effect on pnblie opinion . - Be warned in time ; repent , restore to those poor female prisoners the rights , the puirhmsed rights , of which you have harshly and unjustly deprived them .

      Perhaps you will be regardless of my warning , as wtre yonr predecessors . They despised the dsy of small thing *—they langbed at the little / octory-cloud , which , twelve years ago , hovered over Fiby , no larger than a man ' s band . They went on , and are pnniahed . If , like them , you turn a deaf ear to the voice of warning , in their fall you may see your rate . The factories and the bajrtiles -wen their graves—Lady Graham ' s nunnery will be yours , I am told that these brutal wrongs on the female prisoners were suggested by a Clergyman > If it be so , well may the church be in danger , not so much , however , from her open enemies as from such clergymen .

      Once more I appeal to you . Fancy that your wife and daughters , being innocent , having been deprived of their purchased rights , were pent up in that offensive yard—shut out from air and exercise—unable without personal degradation to attena the House of God . Remember who featb . said— " All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you , do ye evan so to them , for this is the Jaw and the prophets . " I > o that , Sir , and when you are again tempted , follow the example of Christ , who said to your tempter ' s master"Get thke behij « dmb , Satah . " * ? Having detained you so long on these prison matters , perhaps you would be glad if I change the subject Excuse ma There is another point on which I will discharge my conscience- I must be plain , and speak in language befitting the fetlings of my heart . Ere new , I have wept for others' wrongs and sufferings , and have strove for redress—I have a claim on Christian sympathy—I will assert that claim .

      I am a married man . I am told , on good authority , that the " New Rate , " which , I am informed , have been drawn up by stMslergyman and adopted by you , will very shortly be enforced , ar . d that they tri / l sepa rate man aad tci / e . I am led to txpect th * t th » t infliction of unbearable tyranny—that outrage upon Christianity—that unendurable torture , will shortly fall upon myself- I shall not envy you . Sir , even then . It may be that this rule has aforetime been enforced . If so , it is obselete , because of its brutality . Since I was a prisoner , Mrs . OaSTLEK has never been refused admission and residence , nor has the wife of any otker prisoner , to my knowledge—the only condition imposed being propriety of conduct

      A clergyman , ( not that one who has drawn out my divorce , bm still a clergyman of the Established Church ] who Is called the amfeassad » r of the living God , once declared at the Altar , in the name of bis Divine Master , respecting MaRT and Richaed Oastleh— " THOSE WHOM GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER . " He was quite serious " upon that occasion—1 wa » serious to *—ao was my wi / e . Twenty-six years have ratified that deed—many trisls have sanctified it . It shall cot be needkssiy nullified . Recollect , that God sanctioned , and tbe Church sealed that contract . That was not one of your modern liberalized " unions "—thai was a church marriage , solemn ' -zad by a religious ri ' . e . God kas declared that man stall not break that b » nd . If you dare to do so , I warn you , I warn you most solemnly . If you are invested with a power to tear my wife from me—that powna IB NOT OF God . As his follower I am bonnd

      to protest against it . Most solemnly , in Bu name , I do . Before God and His Church I have vowed that " Death alone shall part us . " God and the Church have sanctioned that vow , and pronounced thai tee be man and wife " tosetheb . "— ' » ( o remain i » perfect love and peace TOGETHER , and live according to His laws "— " to iolive TOGETHER in thulif € , that in the xeorld to oomevn may have life everlasting , " Mark , "together / ' not sepa » rate— " together according to God ' s lawa . " Will yea dare , by a prison-rule , at the instance of a clergyman ? to break tbe law of God ? Recollect , Sir , debtors are not criminals . Bethink yon of those righteous , holy sayings^—of the authority of tbe Church . They were not spoken in jest ; they ara linked to the finest and holiest pririciples^—to tbe strongest tits and feelings of lature . They are net sport ; nor will it be sport if they are ruthlessly invaded .

      There is a point beyorjd which " passive obedience' ' would he criminal . Be careful not to reach that point-You have sometimes professed a strong attachment to the Church of England—how then dare you issue an order to sever her stronge&t , her holiest ties ? Well , then , if a demo . n , { man iaferbidden to do it ; God , ' * own words are— ' Let do Jf an put asunder ' ) —I say , Sir , if a demon , in tbe custume of a clergyman , basdaTed to ad-vise you to be tbe instrument of separating me from my wife , if you listen to that suggestion of Satan , you will have given eanseof quarrel , p « rJo « o / quarreJ , between me and yourself , the consequences of which I will not predict The Constitution will furnish me the means to maintain the strife . If the premature death of my wife should follew our forced . separation , ( as in her feeble state may be expected , ) on your head her blood wiJl rest , and you will anrwer for it .

      I will say nothing now about wrenching from me a right I have purchased—for which tbe State has received the price . I will Bot now plead , that which is truth , that I have not tbe means of maintaining my wife out of this prison . Beparate from myself . No , Sir , thtse are now minor affairs . But I will remind you that God has ferbidden I should quiescently Bnbmit to that unchristian , nnnatnral , barbarous act of wanton tyranny . If what I have herein said be a libel against the law , that law is a libel against God—an outrage upon nature no Fnch law can be of force in a " Christian land . "'

      Who is aggrieved by Mrs . OaStlers residence with me ?—wno ia inconvenienced thereby ?—who is even annoyed by her presence here ? No one . I appeal to every prisoner , to every officer . No charge can be brought against her . Does the public suffer thereby ?—is her residence here any cost to the state ?—No . Then why this wonted outrage on our feelings ?—this trampling on the laws of God and man ? Why!—I will tell you . To make way for the advance of Infidel principles —to promote tbe establishment of Centralization , tbe great bane of England . At present 1 will leave ^ you solemnly to pondtr over these facts- Place yourself in my situation—let Lady Graham be snhject , in your imagination , to be torn fr ^ in yon by me , and say , " Would your arm be stayed ? ' Remembfr again the words of Him who will be yonr Judge and mine—" All things whatsoever ye would that men s-hould do to you , do yon even so to them . "

      The cfiicers who may r » commissioned to force my wife from me , may do it with impunity—respcaNftQity rests in a higher qcarter . Is it to improve thffsworak cf the prisoners that wives are to be excluded ? Monstrous . ' I can easily conceive that a Government which faveured morality would rather encourage tbe residence of wives in debtors' prisons than forbid it . Is it then for sheer punishment only that you would tbua outrage every religious , moral , and social feeling ? Tbe wfa custody of tbe debtor ' s person is all that the law demands—our pvTiishment is not part of tbe law ' s office . But if so- it must be , I am not sorry that I am called to feel the iron o * Infidelity piercing my own soul , inasBmeb as I shall be able more feelingly to sympathise with the victims of tyranny , and more efficiently

      to plead their canse . I had intended that this letter should have conveyed to yon ay thoughts on yoor Education scheme . The remaining space is too small for the consideration of that most important subject . I will , therefore , occupy it with a few cbsfcrvatUns on the clauses in your Factory Bill , on which I bad not space to remark in my last . I perceive , by tbe second clause in that Bill , that yon havfc entirely txcepted " the manufacture of lace , bleaching , printing , and calendering" from its operation . These exemptions are unjust Ton know them to be so . The Reports of your own Commissioners affirm thfi neceaaity for t&eir introduction . Then why

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      exempt tbem ? You kuow that ycur reason is tbe powerful int . rest of the Tkh capitalists engaged in those works . You have thus permitted wea . th to trarupla upon justice—yon have given a verdict against evidence—you have ruled , that money shall buy the law . Argument is unnecessary—you know that the factB are as I have stated . Do you hope thus to satisfy England , Christian England ? Ah , sir , yen are but a schoolboy in yonr office } ClauBe 11 th gives the power in water mills to work up lost time . That is uojust . The owners have a vested interest in their property , bufc Bot in the lives of the factory children . Their property is liable to fluctuate in value by floods or drought—it is not just to injure the children in order to give greater value to water-mills . Clause 13 th—The times fer meals should vary to suit the customs and habits of different districts and different countries—Scotland and England to

      wit-Clause 23 rd—Wages should be paid to the operative during bis confinement from work occasioned by accidents ; so also should the doctor ' s bill be paid by the employer . Clause 30 th—There is no limit to the number of sub-inspectors ; Thus a wide door is open for patronage . The whole scheme of inspection is unconstitutional—to prescribe no limit to the number of sub-inspectors is most dangerona . Clause 40 th—The degree of relationship between the magistrate and mill-owners should be extended -le . father-in-law , son-in-law , &c Those * magistrateo should be excluded from all interference under this Act Clause 43 rd—Children should not be taxed with the payment of the surgeon ' s certificates .

      Clause 49 th—This is a wanton fraud upon the children . Having once paid for the surgeon ' s certificate , surely it becomes the child ' s own property , in which he has a vested right It is manifestly unjust to require the child again to submit to a tax on changing bis place of labour . Clause 107 th , as it appears to me , gives a license in very large concerns to break the lay almost with impunity . The gain in such cage mills might exceed the penalty . After the third offence imprisonment should be awarded . Let these observations suffice ; but remember , no Factory Act which includes tbe system of Relays can ever answer tbe ( benevolent purposes of Michael Thomas Sadler ; nor can any snob Act be productive of that amelioration in the condition of the working claaaes which the factory people deserve;—nay , such an Act will ba an aggravation of the evil it is intended to remove

      Delay as much as you choose—pervert , prevaricate , and perplex as you will—nothing ia more certain , than that to have efficient law on this subject , yen must adhere to simplicity—io be efficient , O !» E OF TWO PRINCIPLES MU 3 T BE ADOPTEDEITHER THE IMPRISONMENT OF OFFENDERS , OR THE SUSPENSION OP THE OPERATIONS OP THE MOVING POWER . How many more years shall be lost in the contest between Truth and Wealth , between Justice and Covetonanesa ? It is for yon , not me , to answer that question .

      I will , in my next , if I have opportunity , discuss the subject of Education as propounded in your Bill , premising that a useful national education n . ust have reference to the body as well as tbe mind—to the physical , as well as the mental developeinent And also , that such education ought to be accompanied by the provision of proper , useful , and profitable employment to tbe instructed in after life . If you educate 1 , 000 children in factory labour , you must be careful that thera flhal ] afterwards be profitable and regular employment for all those ckildren in their adolescence , else of what use ia that part of their education ?

      If , after providing 1 , 000 factory labourers , you only provide employment for 500 , the result will evidently be , that the unemployed , after pressing down the prices of factory labour to tke lowest pitch , will be forced into other employments , honest or otherwise , as the case may be ; thus disorganizing society , preventing prosperity , and proving that their factory education waa a national evil . Snch a state may , for a time , answer rery well for a few large houses^—Free-Traders and Anti-Corn-Law men—whose harvest will fo * awhile be moat bountiful in that monopoly of misery which produces low wages . if you omit this precaution , your education will , as I conceive , become a national curse instead of a bl&asiog . I am , your Victim , Richard Oastler .

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      BAS . V 8 hETT . -A public meeting of the weavers of Barnsley was convened on May-day Green , on Monday , to give efficiency to a strike of tick-weavers of Messrs . Haxworth , Carnelly , and Co ., the ; having offered and still are persisting in reducing the wages of that fabric about three shillings in the pound ; Mr . Richard Taylor was called to the chair . The first resolution was moved by Mr . Frank Mirfield , seconded by John Shaw , and carried . It was " That it is opinion of ( this meeting that the attempt made by Messrs . Haxworth and Co . to reduce the price of tick weaving ia unjust and cruel in the extreme ,, and highly injurious to both masters and workmen , as reductions of this kind are in general followed by a more than

      corresponding reducement in the manufactured article , thereby reducing the profits of the former and increasing the privations of the latter , who , with the present rate of wages when fully employed , are scarcely able to procure a scanty subsistence , and are daily sinkirjg lower and lower in misery and destitution . " Proposed by John Grimshaw , seconded by Robert Garbnt , " That this meeting is of opinion , that it is their boanden duty to use their utmost exertions to prevent the offered reducement in the prices of tickweaving aad to maintain the present rate of wages as stated in the manufacturers' arranged list . " A vote was then given to the chairman , and the meeting quietly separated .

      CABIiIbIiE . —Anticipated Election fob the Borough . —A rumour is afloat that William James , Esq ., M . P . for the Eastern Division of this county , ib about to leave this country for France , and that he intends giving up his seat for Cumberland . In this case an election will take place , and it is said that P . H . Howard , Esq ., M . P . for the Borough , retires from it , to contest the county . The desire of Mr . Howard to retire from the representation of Carlisle arises , we are told , from the great annoyance which be has met with from the Anti-Corn Law party , who have lately been badgering him to support Mr . Yilliers ' s motion for a total repeal of the Corn-Laws , to which , we believe , he is wholly opposed . Should an election take place , the Anti-Corn Law party intend bringing forward either Col . Thompson or Mr . Bright .

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      Ladt Franks has made an abatement of 20 per cent , to the occupying tenants on her estate in the county of Kerry , to enable them to meet the present agricultural depression . Galwat . —Two boats aud their crews , coming from Connemara to Galway , &unk ; the one at Furbourjih , the other at Spiddle , when all hands perished . On the wbomg side of FcRiY . —We notice that the House is always adjourned unless there are ftfiy members present . Is not this number on a Son suspicious parallel with that of the Forty Thieves A Prosperous Measure . —A startling fact was announced at the mtttiug of the Poor Law guardians at Cork last Monday—that they were £ 30 , 000 in debt , £ 10 , 000 of which was due to their treasurer ; the fact bciug that the collectors cannot get in the tax .

      Law op Bastardy . —At the late Devon Sessions for this county , an order of affi iation was refused , on the ground that the mother had five pounds in the Savings' Bank when the went into tbe workhouse , which had not yet been Bpent , The Court held that the child had not become chargeable "by reason of the ability of the mother to maintain it . ''—Devonport Independent . Beetles . —Dr . Horner , of Hull , recommended patatoes and arsenic as the most effectual means for the destruction of beetles . We have tried it in our house with the most triumphant success ; and now , I may say , we have not one . This certainly is " a secret worth knowing ; " and I therefore speak it advisedly , when I add , probaium est .

      A regretful result of the opening of the railroad at Wellington was experienced in this town on Monday last , in the discharge from their employment of about eighty individuals , consisting of assistant clerks , porters , ostlers , and drivers , until then occupied in the various coach and other conveyances from the western parts of this county and Devon . —Taunton Courier * Jsewlt-married Ladies . —It has been said that many yonng ladies , for the first year after marriage , can never look at one of their own sex without a peculiar sort of expression on their conntenance of a compassionate enriosity , arising out of a conscious superiority , as much as to say , " Are you a married woman f or if you are not "—Harry

      Mwbray-Limerick . —Dr . White , inspector-general of prisons , in the report of his inspection , describes the six bridewells of this county , viz ., Glin . Newcastle , Rathkeaie , Kilfluan , Croom , aud Bruff , to bo the worst he has seen m any county of the south of Ireland ! They are old buildings , small in proportions , damp , cold , insecure , and badly ventilated , without proper furniture . Of the six , Newcastle and Rathkeaie are , it appears , comparatively the wont ia every respect . The Qpekn's Visit to Ireland . —The Dublin Mercantile Adveriizer says : — An ofBcial intimation bas been received respecting the contemplated visit of the Q , ueen and her illustrious cousort to this country in the course of the ensuing summer . Orders for certain arrangements connected with the royal visit ha \ e been-received at the Castle , "

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      A Noble Employer . —The Marquis of Exeter , on Saturday \ mt , reduced by 10 per cent , the waues of all the workmen and labourers in his employ at at BunJiJey and tho other estates of his Lordship . Tiie plea is , that the reduction is to meet the Incoma Tax on the one hand , aud the reduced price of provisions on the other . The savin * to Lord Exeter , it is Btated , will be £ 500 a year . — Stamford Mercury . Imperial Presents . —The presents which have been sent to Queen Victoria from the Emperor of China consist of golden bedsteads aad a quantity of si \ k of a sort which has never yet been seen in Europe . There was likewise two ear-drops worth £ 1 , 000 each ; and a f > havrl worked in needle work , with every kind of beast on it known to the Chinese ; besides 14 large cases , each weighing 14 owt , and a small box of jewellery .

      A Deccnt Fortune . —We are assured , upon what we consider a good authority , that the head of the A . rkwright family , who has jii 9 t departed this life in his 86 th year , has left behind him a fortune quite unparalleled in the annals of ancient or modern accumulation . To each of his » ons he gives a million and a half , besides £ 40 , 000 a-year in land , which goes to the eldest son ; and , to each of'his fifty-one grandchildren , aud greatgrandchildren , £ 14 , 000 , —making £ 700 , 000 more , for this single item . We take it tor granted that the daughters , one of whom is the Lady of the Vice-Chancel lor , Sir James Wigram , are not left wholly unprovided for , but we are not yet informed whether they have one , two , or three hundred thousand pounds a-piece .

      Brotal Murder of a Magistrate . —The Lexnster Express gives the following horrifying particulars of one of those shocking murders which are disgracefully characteristic of the southern parts of Ireland : — " On Thursday night last as John Gatchell , Esq ., of Coolegegan , a magistrate of the King ' s County , was returning home from tho Rev . Mr . Ridgaway ' d , of Clonbuiiogue , where he had been dining , be was waylaid at Cloaad , aad brutally murdered . HiB body was found next morning on the side of the road , with bis ribs completely beaten in , and his throat cut , and mangled in a shocking manner , but up to the time information was received at our office it had not been ascertained whether by ballets or by a blunt cutting instrument . No clue has yet been ascertained as to the perpetrators of this horrid crime . "

      Dreadful Accident on the Brussels and Liege Railway . —Brussels , May 4 . —A dreadful accident happened yesterday on the railway . When the train which left Liege at half-past seven in the morning was near to Landen , two guards who were in a waggon carrying light goods , the second in the train , saw the carriage full of smoke . They removed the parcels in order to discover the cause of the fire , when the flames burst forth , on which they gave ( he signal to stop . Most of the passengers , hearing the sound of the whistle , looked out of the windows , when a violent flame , driven by the wind , seemed to touch the carriages . Two passengers and two guards preserving their presence of mind , held tbe doors fast , to prevent any person from getting out .

      In a few seconds the train stopped , the waggon that was on fire was detached , and all tbe passengers alighted . Fourteen passengers and a guard were killed . Some linen waa at hand , an& the wounds were dressed as will as circumstances would allow . The most Baverely wounded wero sent back in the carriage to Liege . Some wero able to proceed on their journey . The cause of the fire is at present unknown , but tho inconceivable rapidity with which the flame spread gives reason to suppose that pome boUle or jar of highly inflammable spirit was broken , and that ie communicated with the fire of the engine , lt is remarkable that the sufforers by this disaster were victims to the first impulse of fear , for all those who kept their seats escaped without

      injury . " Good Health is one of the greatest blessings in human life ; without it , success in any undertaking must be of doubtful if-sue , and at best cannot be secured with pleabure . To those of sedentary habits , and whose employment is necessarily more of a mental than of a physical nature , good health although seldom possessed by them is nevertheless an almost indispensable requisite . Some constitutions and dispositions require an active uso of the muscles of the body ; deny them this , and nature resents the offence by sinking into melancholy aud

      repiningmental vigour and elasticity droops and decayshope dies , and frequently a premature and rash death is chosen rather than life . Students , teachers , clergymen , and others , whose care and mont anxious thought is constantly being called forth , can hope for but little pleasure in their high and important undertakings , unless seconded by a proper buoyancy of spirit and vigour of mind . To seoure this , then , becomes the first consideration of every individual ; and the fine balsamic preparation , Parr ' s Life Pills , of all medicines , is without dispute the best calculated to produce a fine flow of animal spirits , a clear head , and a ready perception . "

      Robbkrtand Murder at Bury . —We regret to have to record a murder which has caused a great sensation in this neighbourhood , having been pprpetrated apparently for the sake of robbing the poor victim of some monoy , which he had incautiously displayed . This murder was discovered about haltpast six o ' olock on the morning of Thursday last , by two labouring men , who wero going along a sort of footpath , by or throush a gravel pit , in some waste ground , lyinjfbetwoeu the back of tho New Market and the now Catholic Chapel , Bury . The men were passing along when , on looking a little on ono side , in a retired ? pot . near a hed ^ e which bounds some gardens , they saw an old man lying on the ground without his hat , and on going up to him found

      that he had evidently heen treated with great violence , for his face and head were cut and bruised , and his face was lying close to the ground in a small pool of blood . His hat was stuck on the thorn hedge near which he was lying . The men immediately hastened towards the New Market , and there seeing Sergeant Shiel , of the county constabulary force stationed at Bury , they called to him , and ho accompanied them to the spot . Ho found the old man lying as the men first saw him , on his face and left side ; his feet towards the hedge , and his right breeches pocket turned inside out . Tlic Sergeant turned the body face upwards , and then eaw the pool of blood in which thd face had been lying , and which appeared to have flowed from the nose . The right

      breeches pocket had been forcibly torn out . His hat , as we have said , was on the top of the hedge ; it was stained with blood , and in it were some pieces of bread and cheese , and a red worsted comfor'able . In his coat pocket were two papers containing salves , and a large clasp knife , such as is used by country people . When the body was removed , Serjeant b'heil found beneath it an empty calico bag or purse with the tape strings undrawn , and an empty black bottle which had apparently contained some cattle medicine . At a littlo distance frotn him , oh the ground , was lying a roll of diachylon plaster , crushed flat . Near him , on the ground , was a white handled pocket knife , with two blades , one a Wbarncliffe , and the other a pen blade . The

      deceased wore a red cotton neckcloth , and between u and the neck was found a broken thorn twig , with two spines upon it , which had pierced the skin . The thorn hedge near where tho old man was lying was splashed with blood , and was very much broken , a number of twigs having been snapped off , and the whole hedge presenting the appearance of a violent struggle , in which Fome pen-oti had b « ea forcibly pushed or thrown upon the hedge . The ground was also much Uampled , as if several men had been treading about the &pot in various directions . Sergeant Shcil left the two men to watch the body while he proceeded to the house of Mr . John Foster , aurgeou , Union-square , who followed him to the place , and under his inspection the body , which he was of

      opinion had been dead some hours , was removed to the house of Mr . Wright Greenhaugh , the Gray Mare public-house , near the New Market , where it now lies . As soon as the body had been conveyed to the public-house , Serjeant Sheil reported the supposed murder at the police-office , and Mr . Superintendent Henshall , Inspector Ilemer , Sergeant Shiel , and other officers were promptly and actively engaged in investigating the matter . The deceased was Boon recognized as a small farmer and cattle dootor , named James Hey wood , redding at Siinister Hall , Simister-lane , Unswortb , in the townshiip of Pilkington , from two to three miles from Bury . The following particulars respecting him we have collected from his eldest son and other parties , and

      believe they will be found correct : —The deceased was a widower , having two sons and two daughters , all grown up . The sons work on the farm , and the daughters reside with their father , who , besides carrying on his farm , practised as a cow doctor . On Monday las , beittg in Buty , be called at the shop of James Rimsbottom , butcher , Fleet-street , and wanted to sell him a pig . Ramsbottom declined ro buy then , as his wife vas from home , but said that if Hey wood would come to Bury fair he would give him a " graidly order . " At breakfast on Wednesday morning last , Mr . Hey wood said to his daughter that he thought he should go to Bury fair , and that he would buy a cow if he saw one he liked . He usually kept bis money in a drawer in the parlour , and on Wednesday there was a sum there in gold and silver , and when information of this robbery and murder reached home this sum was examined , and it

      was believed to be deficient of the amount that was there before by £ 11 or £ 12 ; and this sum , it is therefore supposed , he took with him to buy a cow , and had it in the puree which was found empty under his body . He had also with . him a silver watch , ( maker ' s name Thomas Lee , Bury , No . 302 , ) with a brass chain , to which were appended a brass seal and key . As there was no watch found in his pockets or near him , in all probability this was carried off by tbe murderers . Among other things thai were ascertained as tending to throw some light on the transaction , and to furnish some clue to the murder , it transpired that a young man , named James Ho war th , had been offering a silver watch for sale at an early hour on Thursday morning . The watch answered the description of that belonging to the drceased , and of course due search was made for Houarth , but it was iound that he had absconded . He is a weaver or a blacksmith .

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      Tick " Lancashire Jew" Outdone !—A man in Duieck on Easter Saaday last , lor a wager ate fifty ej » as a two-penny cake , a quarter of butter , and a pound o . ' bacon , and said he was prepared to eat a few dozen more . This is a fact . A Hint . —On Thursday evening week the box of a commercial traveller connected with an extensive house in London , on his return to Scotland , was seized by an exciseman who awaited the arrival of the ooach , and who , on examining it , found that it contained ten bottles ef whisky . Next morning he was summoned before a magistrate . He said ho had offended through ignorance of the law , being under tha impression that any quantity not exceeding two gallons might be brought to England without a permit . The magistrate convinced him of his mistake by fining him in the mitigated penalty of £ 25 , the full penalty being £ \ W . —Carlisle Journal .

      Execution op Betty Eccles and Wilmot Bockley , at KirkdaLe . —The execution of tnese unfortunate ortminals , who were convicted at the late assiz -s , took place on Saturday at tho north-west angle of Kirkdale gaol . Tbe time Sxed was twelve o ' clock , long before which the approaches to the scene of death were thronged with a gaping multitude . The female convict , it will be remembered , wan tried for the murder of her step-son , a boy about thirteen years of age , at Bolton , whom she had poisoned for the purpose of getting a trifling sum of money out of a burial club ; and , from the disclosures on the trial , it was too clear that she had also poisoned two children of her own by a former husband for tho same objec ; . The atrocious and cold-blooded brutality of

      her crime left no hope of mercy , and none was held out to ber . But with respect to Buckley , his offence belonged to a milder category , and the jury seemed strongly inclined to reduce it to the worst species of manslaughter . Even after they found him guilty of murder , they recommended him to the merciful consideration of tbe Crowu . He cut his wife's throat , in a field near St . Helen's , while they were taking a walk on a Sunday evening , she being at the time eneiente ; but , from his own confession after the act , and other covoberative circumstances , it was evidently the impulse of a frantic moment , done in the heat of passion , and produced by the tantalizing upbraidings of his wife , who was jealous of her husband , and viewed his attention to other females with

      distrust . Many persona , therefore , were inclined to believe that in his case the extreme penalty of the law would not be enforced . Baron Parke told the jury that their merciful recommendation should be forwarded to the Home Secretary , but at the samo time he intimated his belief that it could not be entertained . Arrived at the press-room , the prisoners were seated in chairs , where they were pinioned , and Mr . Carson , asked them in a low voice and subdued tone whether they had anything further to say Both replied in the negative . The Rev . Mr . Appleton then read the burial service , at the termination of which Buckley was ied to the scaffold , where the rope was placed round his neck . During this process the female prisoner remained in the chair , her

      eyes fixed intently on the awful preparations which the other criminal was undergoing . This completed , the executioner led her forward ; she rose without any seeming agitation , and walked on , her lips moving in prayer . Mr . Appleton attended the dying penitents to the scaffold , still reading the service for the dead . At the close the facal bolt wa ^ withdrawn , and the prisoners in a few seconds ceased to exist . Owing to tbe pressure of a number of persons on the wooden bridge leading to tho ecaffold , wo were unable to to ascertain whether they strut ; jjiedmuch , but wero Gubsequ 3 ntly informed that the struggles of the female-were soon over , while those of Buckley were more severe . Buckley made a nearly breakfast , but the other wretched sufferer was unable to eat . In a conversation with Mr . Appleton , Buckley repeated

      in substance the confession which be made immediately after his appreheusion , that he committed the act under excitement , because his wife upbraided him with infidelity ; and on being asked why he had a knife in his hand at the time he struck his wife , he replied that he had been cutting a stick with it . Betty Eccles acknowledged that she had poisoned her step-son , but would not say , though she hardly denied , that she bad disposed of the other two children in the same manner . The roads to and from the execution were densely crowded , and from the number of persons in vehicles of every description , it resembled a visit to the race-course on some attractive occasion . The nuuher present we have heard variously estimated at from 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 . —Liverpool paper .

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      CHINA AND INDIA . EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS . The Indian Majl of the 1 st of April has arrived . It brings a confirmation of the brilliant successes of Sir Charles Napier in Scinde , in the capital of which treasure and jewels to an amount considerably exceeding one million have been discovered . Doubts have been entertained if this treasure trove is to be considered prize money . Lord Eilenborough has declared , according to rumoav . in favour of the gallant army that won the city of Hyderabad . The matter has been referred to the Queen in Council . In the meantime the Governor General has declared Scinde to be a British province , abolished slavery therein , and appointed Sir C . Napier to be the Governor ; aud alao declared all transit duties abolished , and the I-dus open to the ships of all nations .

      Lord Eilenborough has also ordered that the useless cannon taken at Hyderabad shall be cast into a column o commemorate the memory of all the soldiers who distinguished themselves in the battle of Mrtanee . Scinde is said to bo a most fertile district , which , when cultivated , will repay every cost tenfold , and render the territories of the Indus something like the banks of the Ganges . The position of Sir Charles Napier in Hyderabad required to be attended to ; for the population of some districts , led on by some of the disaffected Ameers , wore preparing to renew the conflict . The Bombay Government was most active in its efforts to send every succour to the gallant General , and troops had been sent from Forezepore to Sukkur , in order to co-operate with those lower down the riv « r .

      The Governor-General was at Agra , where he has taken up his residence ia one of the palaces , and in which he had held an investiture of the Order of the Bath . He has orderod the celebrated Somnauth gates to be locked up there , and the officers employed in escorting them have been sent back to the regimental duty . The declaration of Sir Charles Napier , that the Indian army is too scaruiiy officered , has attracted attention , and has become tlu > subject of general comment . The Ameers of Scinde , who are prisoners , will , it is said , be placed for safety in the fortress of Ahmednuggur or Asseerghur .

      Some disturbances st'll exist in the mountain ous districts of Bundeikand , but they are not of any great importance , ladia is otherwise tranquil . Tae moat conflicting Recounts wctc circulated respecting the state of Cabul . Ukhbar Khau is no longer popular there , aud another wass * idto have seized the government . Dast Malioinme < i was going back from Lahore to Cabul , but it was not known how he would be received thero . Ho wished to be aided hy the Sikhs , bu ' t they did not fceem inclined to give him any acsrscance .

      The uews from China extends to the 21 st of February . The latest waa brought to Bombay by an American schooner—the Z : phyr , which is now plying as an opium trader from Bombay to China ,, and is remarkable for her swift sailing . The Emperor has oriitred an investigation into the murders of tho crews of the Ann and Nerbudda at Formosa . Nothing had been done in the arrangements of the commercial treaty , for the British Plenipotentiary appeared to be waiting for the treaty as ratified by Her

      Majesty . The Chinese Commissioner and h ? were on good terms . Doubts are said to exist of tho durability of any arrangement now entered into . The Chinese were busy in repairing aii their forts and in strengthening their portions in the diff rent places attacked last year . Trade was dull , but expected to revive speedily . At Canton some dissatisfaction still prevailed . The immatme n volt at Manilla had been put . down , and tho rebels executed . It had for its object to declare the independence of the islands of the Spanish yoke .

      The Hindostan arrived at Madras on tho loch of March , 60 houraafttr the mail had atrived at Bombay . This rapidity promises well tor the steamers from Calcutta- to Sufz : her arrival at Calcutta took place on the 23 rd , before the express from Bombay with the mail had reached that city . Tho Hindostan was obliged , on going up the Hoogly , to anchor at Mud-point from want oi' water . The Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India arrived ia Bombay on the lltb of March , where he held his primary visitation , and presided at the founding of the Great Medical College . A magnificent comet was seen through India from the beginning of March , and engaged the attention of all the astronomers , one ot whom actually declared it had become a satellite of . the earth—a proposition which set thousands a laughing . . <

      Dwarkanauth Tagore has been excluded from his family caste , in consequence of his repeatedly eating with " the unclean Europeans . " The Captain of the Belvidere , which ship was burned some months ago at Singapore , was tried at Bombay for taking goods out of tbe ship while in harbour . He was honourably acquitted . A steamer had arrived at Bombay from Knrraohee , which brought intelligence to tbe' 28 ih of March , and mentioned that a fight of three days had taken place between Sir Charles Napier and the Ameers , in which the British were successful . There was great loss on both sides . Report said that the British General was slain , but this part of the report was not credited .

      The Belochees had thrown a ch ain across tho Indus , which they intended to defend by fortifications on both sides . Her Majesty's ship Nimrod and two small steamers were about to force the Beloochecs to retire and leave tbe river open .

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      Robert O'Donnell , E-q ., of Ma ^ anstown , Carrick on Suir , has made au "t ' i ' jiieat o ; 2 o per ctnt . ia the rents of his tenants at Husseytown . Fire at Liverpool —About ihrce o ' clock on Thursday afternoon a fire broke oat in one oi' the pile of ten warehonsps , belonging to the trusueso ! the Duke of Bridgew ^ ter , and situated between the Duke ' s and King ' s Docks . The flames were first discovered by one of the workmen in the top story of the third warehouse from thee ~ 8 t end , and thao and the wro Btoros below \ % be >\ na fiUed wtth , cqtt . ou . th . fire soon com nnmicated downwards and to the warehouses on both sides . When the engines arr < red , the second , the third , and the iburth warehouses tien

      were on fire , and the smoke was issuing m 3 a masses from the windows of the fifth . The exeruona of Mr . Hewitt and of Mr . Dowling ( Mr . Whitty b ^ ing from home , in consequoace of indisposition ) were at at once directed to subduing the flames in the warehouse in which thefirooriginated , and , theneighbouriug docks yielding an abundant 6 Uppiy of water , they feucceeded in a short time in making a visible impression on the flames , and at about six o ' clock 'hey were comoletuly got under in all the warehouses . The four top stories of the third warehouse ana ; iieir contents have been entirely consumed , with th « exception of some little cotton , which will be saved in

      a damaged state . It is supposed that upwards of a thousand bales of cotton hare been destroyed , a * the three top-stories of this warehouse were filled with that article . The fire in the second warehouse extended to the third atory , bat entirely consumed tae two stories at tha top , aad about a similar amu'int of damage has been done to the fourth warehou-re . One of the firemen . Ball , No . 380 , was severely injured by the breaking of a ladder which ho had mounted for the purpose of carrying up a hose to onp of the windows . He fell from a height of a ??<> ut thirty feet . It is not known how tbe fire originated . The loss is estimated at from £ 15 . 000 to £ 20 , 000 . —

      Tbe property was insured . Buenos Ayres and Monte Video . —Accounts to the 9 th of March have been recieved from Buenos Ayrea by the CarlotU , a Danish vesseJ , w / iioh landed her letters at Falmonth on Saturday . It appears from these , that , up to the latest moment , Oribe , who commands the Buenos Ayrean army before Monte Video , had not made any attempo to gain possession of tbe town . A considerable number uf heavy guns and mortars had , however , been embarked at Buenos Ayres , for the purpose of enabling him to bombard or to besiege it in form .

      Overdone . —A New York paper of the 6 th ult ., states , that the American distresses have been produced by over-banking , over-trading , over-spending , over-reaflhing , orer-cheatine ; , over-borrowing , overeating , over-drinking , over ? praying , over-sinning , over-thinking , over-playing , over-riding , over-tippling , over-fiddling , and over-actin ? of every kind and description—except over-ploughing , winch a ' one is the foundation of society , and the corner-sto&o of civilization . The London City Mission . —Mr . Plumptre , M . P . is worried out of his life now that the Saints hive commenced holding thctr May meetings in Exeter Hall . Religionists of all oiveds demand his nervees , and . hc works like a mill-horse in the sacreri cause .

      First he presides at the Wesleyan Mi ^ iouary Society ; other sects then crave his services ; a . nd , lastly , the City Mission ; and , really , the proceedings of this Society , as reported in the columns of the Morning Post , are most amusing . The aietrcpolttaa Police , it appears , have been furnished with libra ries , consisting of tracts and holy books ; and the " agents" have been actively engaged at those periodical evils ( where the Devil plays his crauks ) , the fairs , and more particulrly daring the Easter recess at Greenwich , which had been visited by 140 , 000 Londoners , bent on the soul-damning sin of esjoying themselves in the fresh air . The report expressed a determination to put down , if possible , all fairs . The " agents" had also visited the Almonry , in Westminster , and the low brothels belonging to the Dean and

      Chapter ; and they had also attempted to reform the inhabitants of York-square , and other places of profligacy ; they had held 8 , 606 prayer-meetings ; converted two stupid Mahomedans , who bad brought the giraffes to the Zoological-gardens ; and they reported , moreover , that an elderly lady had presented 365 farthings , the result of her savings during twelve months . The Society ' s income is about £ 6 , 000 a-year , and all they have done has been to convert a couple . of extremely ignorant foreigners , who will renounce Cristianity the moment they return home , and laugh at the missionaries for the pains they h va taken to shake off their original faith . Tho amount subscribed at these meetings is really surprising ; and yet , when money is wanted to relitvo the destitution of the poor , what is given is yielded grudgingly .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , May 5 . BANKRUPTS . Robert Noyen , of 1 , New Church-street , Lifson Grove , plumber , May 16 , at twelve , and June < J , at two , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Gret a , official assignee , 18 , Aldermanbury ; and Mr . Jonn Casley , solicitor , Guildford-street , Russell-square . John Adoum , of Dorrington-street , Clerkenwell , upholsterer . May 19 , at twelve , and Juue 7 , ut two * at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Lackington , official assignee , 3 , Coleman-street-buildings ; and Mr . Meyrick , solicitor , 4 , Farnival ' s Inn . Alfred Stocken and William Utton , of Halkenstreet , Belgrave-square , coach-makers , May KS'h . at eleven , ami Jirne 23 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Lackington , official assignee , 3 , Coleman-8 treet-buUdin

      James Farren , of Nine Elms , Surrey , eorn-Jtaler , May 16 , at twelve , and June 20 , at half-past sleveu , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Tnrq'jand , official assignee , 13 , Old Jewry Chambers ; and Messrs . M'Leod and Stenning , solicitors , 13 , London-street , Fenchurch-street Joseph Naylor Ryalla , of Sheffield and Elsicar , vessel owner , May 16 , at twelve , and Jane 13 , at ten , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Philip Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Palfreyman , solicit ot , Sheffield ; and Mr . Blackburn , solicitor , Leeds . John Thomas Nash and John Tomlinaon , jun ., of York , mustard-manufacturers , May 16 , at eleven , and June 6 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds , vi ' r . Charles Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . W . Smith , jun ., solicitor , York ; and Mr . Bulmer , solicitor , Leeds .

      J * sepb Lewis , of Diwley , Shropshire , grocer , May 12 , at half-past one , and June 21 , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Birmingham . Mr . Valpy , official assigns . Birmingham ; Mr . C . M . Robinson and Mr . Thomas Srnaliwnud , solicitors , Wellington ; and Mr . Slaney , solicitor , B rmingham . J jstiph Humble , late of Trindon , Durham , iron- ¦ f ¦ under , May 22 , at one , and Jane 29 , at two , at tbe Bankruptcy Court , Newcastle-upon Tyna . Mr . Thomas Biker , official assignee , Newcastie-upon-Tyne ; Mr . A . Bam , solicitor , Doctors' Commons , London ; and Mr , A . T . Stevenson , solicitor , Darlington . Kichard Almond , of Orrell , Lmcashire , coal-dealer , May 23 and Jane 16 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . James Cazenove , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Woodcock and Co ., solicitors , Wv& » : and Messrs . Gregory and Co ., solicitors , Bedrow , London .

      PA-RTSEHSHirS DISSOLVED . Thomas Naylor and William Henry Garbett , of Leeds , tailors . Jumes Carter and Ralph Carter , of UppertbonR . Yorkshire , manufacturers . Bei . jarain Syddall aud James Francis Watchurat , of Manchester , silk manufacvurers . John Binge , sen ., and John Binge , jun . ot Sheffield , pawnbrokers . Richard Sandham and Edward Kicbardson , of Garstang , Lancashire , joiners . Thomas Kaffield , George Raffield , jun ., anrt Peter M " . st « rs , of Liverpool , shipwrights ( so far as regards P < jter Mantels ) . Tbomas Vernon and John Baker Hodgson , of Liverpool , engineers . William Dowse and Samuei Djwae , ot Mold Green , Yorkshire , silt manufacturers . Joseph Hardcastle , William Hardcaatle , Thomas Aked , and John . Collins , of Four-lane-ends , Yorkshire , coal merchants ( ao far as regards Jobn Colline .

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      ^ From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 9 . BANKRUPTS . HowaTd Hall , pawnbroker , Falbam , to surrender M iy 19 ai twelve , and June 20 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , L- > ndon . Mr . Whitruore , official assignee , Basingiiall-Htreet ; aand Messrs . Kiss and boh , solicitors ! Fe church-street Wiliiam D , wis Hart , tailor , Ballingdon , Essex , May 23 . an . 1 June 20 , at twelve , , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Turquand , official assignee , Old Jewry Chambers ; and Mr . Gade , solicitor , Georgeyard , Lombard-street .

      Abraham D . ivis , dealer in glass , Tottenham-eonrtroad , May 20 , ivt ba ' . f-paat eleven , and June 20 . at eiev , n . at the Court of B 3 ukruptcy , London . Mr . Groom official assignee , Abchurch-Iane , Lombard-street and Mr . Lewia , solicitor , Wilmington-square . ' Richard Taomas Hicks , wine-m « rchant , Cooper ' sronr , Tower-bM . May 18 , at half-pMt twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; London . Mr . Groom , Abcbnrchlane , official assignee ; and Mr . Macy , solicitor , Borystreet , St . James ' s . . ' Joseph Spatding , ironmonger , Lincolnshire , May 18 at one , and June 19 . at half-past eleven , at the Bi > Jningham District Court Mr . Bittteston , offici % l assignee . Birmingham ; Air . Carter , BoHcitor , Sgalding ; and Messrs . Gem and Son soHoitors , B . rmicgham . Jobn bee

      Burgess , r-seller , Manchester , . May 26 , at one , and June 18 , at twelve , at the Manchester District Court . Mr . Fraser , official a-signee , Manchester ; and Messrs . Gregory , Faulkner , Gregory and BrutfKlJtoMta K v ^ . citora , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . Cbew ^ s ^ EB •¦«* lw Manchester ¦ _ h 8 X-A . R . Sarah Chapman , siil-Hiaker , Liverpool . iffay ^ BRBMNp ^ ^ -y Jane 22 , at twelve at tbe Liverpool 9 ifewH £ | £ Ll i ^ L ^ \ Mr . Follett , official assignee , Livarpoo ^ as ^ HHS ^ V ^^ i V ^ X Birk&tt and Foster , -ohcitots , r . igO > rJFV ' tJ jJjflwC t # ^* ff ^ f ** 1 Vincent and Sherwood , solicitors , K ' - ffii * twKSwgj'laTT ^*\ j *\

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 13, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct933/page/3/