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      A > " INVOCATION TO THB SPIRIT OF HOLBERBY . Bail ! mighty spirit of tfee dead ! 0 ! fill each tyrant heart with dread , And freedom ' s sons inspire ; That they may gain the glorious cause For which thou felTst to class-made lairs , A sacrifice so dire . Tho' bnrst thy chninn , theu ' st not forgot , Tie proud man ' s « corn—the poor man ' s lot S ' reedom tliine eye ones fired ! Icjnstice qu&fl'd before thy gaze ; ^ ud mons ter tyrants stood amazed ; Whilst liberty admired ! In merey sere the summons came Prom high , to quench that coble flame , When justice stood apart ; Tfcy godlike soul too strait confln'd , For each a bold capacious mind , Now animates each heart . And insy it still pursue its flight , Dispel the mists and gloom of night , And shine lie mid-day ' s sun , Till free-bom Britons own thy worth . And shout , -while despots crouch to earth ; Oar nation ' s freedom won . Ed win Gill . Shield .

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      CHARTIST SOXQ . I said to my father a Chartist I'd be , He said if I was he would never own me ; " Farewell then , " I cried , " to the old honse at home , Far away o ' er the hills for the Charter I'll roam . " I left all my friends , who now had tum'd foes , I left my cezx love for the sate of the cause ; There was never a tear , but a smile in my eye , For I thought of the Charter and sweet liberty . I spoke to o ur lads , and I said " come with me , You ' re been slaves long enough — 'tis time you were fres . " Their eyas spark ' d with fire , said it made my blood warm , So I cried oat ,- at once— " to arms , my lads—arm . '" '

      Oh God , all I ask , before I do die , Is to strie & good streke for sweet liberty ; " Sd come !—who'll be first?— 'tis time to begin ; Caxe d .-riw yonr good swords lads—come draw and strike in . " J . W .

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      IHE SCOTTISH PATRIOTS INVOCATION TO FREEDOiL 0 cose like a soft breeze , emb 3 lm'd with the breath - Of the pine-scanted groves of " the land of the free ;" A jpriar . d of heath-flowers our maidens shall wreath , A tribute , fair daughter , of heaven to thse . 0 come not with war's blooey banners unfurled , The grisf of the widow uad orphan to share ; To the dual , from h : 3 might , Itt tha tyrant be hurled , Nor unk our fona Lap-s in ths gloom of despair . No fleers of the " sunny south" * garnish our plains , No pale drooping lily the rude clif t adorns ; Where nature enthron'd in sublimity reigns , With the eagle's dark brood in the - legion of storms .

      Oar mountains are bleak , and oar moorlands are wild , Where the dun-deer unfettered bonnda fearless and free ; But the hands which the bonds of the tyrant have foiled , Shall rear , lovely freedom , an altar to thee . No bngis shall wake from the heath-covered cot , The sons oi the mountain to carnage and blood ; Batsof : as the sighs of love's vot ' ry shall fl ^ at , Tie soul-stirring strain sreand freedom's abode .

      And fondly our children shall kneel at the shrine , That their fathers ha-3 reared on the soil of the free , And miling , the love-breathing maiden shall twine , A ehsplet , fair daughter of heaven , to thee . CLriHj . A 1103 , April , 1 S-J 2 .

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      THE LADIES' HAND BOOK OF KNITTING , KETIING , AND CROTCHET , containing plain directions by which to become proficient in these brandies of useful and ornamental emp ' oyment . By the author of " The Ladies ' ± Llxd Bock , of Fasct Xeedlewokb . and Embroidering . " London : H . G . Clarke and Co ., 66 , old Bailey , 1842 . This little manal is a worrhy successor to its companion , the Ladies' Hand Book of Pancy Needlework , and promises to be of ? as : utiJiiy . Tiie former work has already reached its second thousand , though k has not been much more than one month before the public , and we doubt not but that the Hind Book of Knitting . &c ., will find an equally favourable reception . The plan is one well

      calculated to effect the desired object , and the directions for the various kinds of work , plain , concise , and forcible . The introdncion and the first chapter are also MgbJy interesting for the amount of general information they contain , and trill be read -with interest , not only by those for whose use the book is specially intended , but by others in more advanced Et&ges of life . One feature in these little works is peculiar ; the author considers that all accomplishments should be directed to the attainment of some moral end , and in accordance with this view of the subject he has introduced here and there moral reflections of an highly interesting character . The following extract will be read with interest by every pareat who is at all anxious for the improvement of oar race , and its advancement roa state of moral excellence .

      " But there is yet a higher kind of use to which we would apply them . We would have the young lady who i » becoming expert and clever at her needle , to Ttflrct , as the beautiful fabric grove becesth her forming band , that her work , and the power and skill to plan and execute it , is an emanation of the immortal mind ; of that mind , whose creative powers are a faint , but legible transcript of the omnipotent wisdom of the Diity . This thought gives a permanency to what wcnld , in any other light , be only transitory as the summer cloud . It is omnipotent wisdom and power , which has

      contnvea and executed all the beautiful wonders of creation ; and that wisdom and power were called into Ee'ivity by omnipotent love . "We wish to impress this robhins truth upon the mi-d of onr young readers , btcscse we wish them to place their Heavenly Father before them , as their pattern and example , in all tha > they take in hand ; and , to remember , that as He formed the universe by wisdom , from love , bo all their actions and elegant contrivances should be the result of judgment , guided by affection , that they may thus become like their Father who is in Heaven .

      Indeed , it is only , when accomplishments are rendered EuVservient to the development of moral goodness , that they become pursuits at all worthy of an Mccuttable bein ; . We were not sent into this world wetter through life like the gaudy bntteifly , only to be seen and admired . We were designed to be EssJui to our iellow-beijgs , and to mate all our powers * zi capabilities in some way or other conducive to the cappiness and welfare of our co-jaumeyers on the path of time . To t&is egfrre wish our fair countrywomeii to Gtvote their best attention , and in its attainment to exert every energy which they possess . We wish item to make all the knowledge which they may seqaire subserve some noble purpose , which will outjive the present hour , and to do this the well-Bpring of t-s purest affections must be ocensd in the sonl : aad t

      _ e t ! egant productions of taste and genius become * K 3 lis 3 d and animated by the spirit cf love . Thus , ana thus only , can the occupations of a leisure hour , te coaTtrted into efficient ministers of good , and such ti-fy trill assuredly be found , if practised from right Soiives , and placed in due subordination to the right dcrr . ss of more important duties . Let then tie young T ^ &r-ss o ! the neeale , of drawing , or of musie , ever bar a nind , that the time employed in those pursuits " ¦ be _ accountedlostor improv-. dbythe impartiilJudse ci&n , ju ~ t in proportion as they have been made to s ^ rs tae purposes of selfish gratification , or to minister * ° tie development of an elevated moral character , ? ec :-rccs ana warm affections , and the cultivation of i-ose virtues , -Bkich as essentials of the Christian cha-J" * ttf , -jhall outlive the ravages of time , and qualify t-e Nul fcr all the beatitudes of a coming eternity . "

      Tie works are got up in an elegant style , and will lorm appropriate presents as tokens of affection and ?? teem . "We w ~ sh them all the success which their intrinsic va ' ae merits .

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      Tew > eiu . 5 ce is a sober reality . If men are tem-P ^ rate they will be industrious—if industrious they * m be economical—if economical they wid save Eoney—if they gave money they will have a wherewithal on a rainy day , including economy , industry J ? 11 temperance , the exports will always regulate " * mselves , whatever the revenne may be . Eledtokk , Sm . 38 . —The Ehip William , Captain ^ oppen , from Dundee , which clecred cut here to-day on her voyage from Dandes to Narra , picked up , J «* r Lindesnac , Dine Bcss- ' an sailors , part of the ° jw ofa Russian slip of the line , who had been cnniiig about at sea for forty-right hoars on logs of ood . The Captain saw the ship at the distance of ^ smiles , ana observed nine men , who had claai-~ sd up the sides . A Norwegian , steamer was W&g to save the people , but it was probable that greater part of the men composing the crew fere drowned . —Hamburqh paper .

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      HUPDEBSFHU * D . —Cbicket . —On Monday last a match at Cricket came off on the Dalton Groaod , near Haddersfield , between the Heckmondwike Commercial and the Haddersfield Britannia Clubs , / or ten Bhillings a man . The following is a eorrect statement of the game . Heckmondwike went in first , and scored twenty-fire . Haddersfield next took the bat and scored fifty-one , when Heekmondwika again took the bat and scored fortyseven , leaving the Britannia twenty-one to get to win , which they did with nine wickets to fall . The day was cloudy yet favourable for the game . Only one event happened which tended to mar the plea-Bares of the day , and it was one of so aggravated a nature that to pass it over unnoticed would add to the crime . The front room of the White Hart

      ( belonging to Mr . G . Berry ) was occupied by the members of both clubs , to which it was understood no other persons could haro access . It farther appears that many members of the Britannia had provided themselves with food for the day , and after the first innings they repaired to the room to partake of the same , but on examining their pockets they found all gone . Who the hungry visitors were could not be ascertained ; yet if none but plsyers had access to the room , the conclusion is inevitable ; if , on the contrary , straDgers were allowed , in the absence of any member or members , whicb was quite possible , then the proprietor of the house was highly culpable for such gross neglect . However , as ' ¦ experience makes fools wise" more precautionary measures will be taken in future . —From a Correspon dent .

      A Max fousd drow . ved . —On Saturday morning , a man named Joseph Bentley was found near St . Paul ' s Church , laid on the ground , with his face in a well of waier . Life was quite extinct when he was found . An inquest was held over the body the same day , when a verdict of " Found Drowned" was returned . BRADFORD . —SEEiors Accident . —On Friday an old man of the name of William Pyrah , of Clayton was going down hiB chamber steps when a dizziness took him and he fell head foremost thereby injuring himself in a shocking nanner . He now lies in a dangerous state . Robbesy . —On Friday night last , the outhouse of Mr . John Riley , farmer , Clayton , was broken into and all the poultry was taken away .

      BHiTiTrTGHAM , kkjls Stocktos-oton-Tee 3 . — The inhabitants of this pleasant little village were thrown into a state of great confusion on Sunday evening last , by the Rev . Gibson , vicar of the parish , being suspended from an ash-tree in his own garden . The Rev , Gentleman read the service , and preached a sermon , in the morning , but seemed at a Io 33 how to proceed ; in short , it was the leading topic of conversation in the parish in the afternoon . He said to some of tha inmates of his house , I havfi taken some pills , therefore , must go out . " This

      wa 3 about ten o cioek ia the evening ; it , however , appeared clear enough afterwards that it was merely a pretence ; he had not taken any pWs . His brothers , in conjunction with his mother and sister , thought he was longer than he need be in coming in , they , therefore , went into the garden , and to their surprise and sorrow fouud him as above stated , quite dead . The jury sat on Monday , and returned a verdict of Insanity . The doctors say that the insanity has been produced by too deep and laborious study , he being a man of bat weak intellect . — Correspondent .

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      The King of Hanover , who hss recovered from his late attack , left Dusseldorf for his capital on the 16 th .. It is said that the Queen and Prince Albert , with the iniants , will go to Brighton at the end of October , to remain at the Pavilion for a month or six weeks . A Fibe took Place at Whitbread ' s brewery on Wednesday morning , in consequence of the gasometer being overcharged . It was got under after considerable damage had been done . At the Council at Windsor on Saturday directions were given to the Archbishop cf Canterbury to prepare a form of thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest and favourable season . —Standard .

      Shoeing . —The moment a man takes to a pipe he becomes a phelosifer : it is a poor man ' s friond—it calms the mind , soothes the temper , acd makes a man patient under trouble . It has made more good men , good husbands , kind masters , indulgent father ? , and honest fellers , than any otner blessed thing in this universal world . —Sam Slick . The United States—The packet-ship Independence , Captain Nye , which sailed yesterday for New York , carried out moie goods than any of tke packetships for some time , yet her freight did not exceed £ 170 . With passaee-money , however , Captain Nye would have nearly £ 1 , 000 ; a large sum , as times go . —Liverpool Albion . We have heard that the military force in Canada is to be reduced immediately , and that , should the war in China continue , several regiments will proceed from America to the east . —A aca / and Military Gazette .

      A Gband Basquet to Sharman Crawford , Esq . M . P ., and Joseph Stur ^ e , Esq , in honour of the principles of complete suffrage , will be held in the City Hall on the 3 rd of October . Several members of Parliament , Mr . Vincent , and other friends of the people , will be present . Mr . Hfime has likewise been invited , but no answer has yet been received from him . —Glasgow paper . Special Commission . —The Rioters . —An official communication was on Snnday received at the Town Hall , from Sir J&mes Graham , staling that a special Assize ib to be holden at Liverpool for the . trial of the prisoners now in custody on charges connected with the late disturbances in the neighbouring portions of the manufacturing districts . No day is named . —Liverpool Times .

      The Rail and the Tcrf . —A horse belonging to Lord Eglintoun ran at Doncaster on Monday , was transferred to Leicester by the North Midland and Midland Counties Railways , and won a race at the races of that town on Wednesday , and was afterwards transported back to Doncaster to run a third time there on Thursday . —Doncasler Chronicle . The King of Pbussia . —The King of Prussia has had a gold medal struck in his owe dominions , for the parpose of presentation to the most distinguished artists who may come under his especial approval . Jt is of solid gold , weighing 20 dwts ., and is very tasteful in its arrangement . Loss of a RnssiAi ? Man of War . —A Russian ship of the line , a . new 74 , going from Archangel to the Baltic for her stores , was lost last Sunday week , on the Coast of Norway , off Christiausand , with about 400 men . The wind was a high northerly gale , off the land , and it is not known whether she spraDg a leak or was ont of her reckoning .

      On Saturday evening last , the cner at Wisbech was employed to annouEoe that a certain tradesman in the town had received a quantity of foreign pottedbeef , which he could sell at 4 £ d . per pound . The crier had no sooner finished his round , than be was eDgaged by a butcher , 10 inform the public that he was selling good potted-beef at 2 Ai . per pound . — Stamford Mercury . Fora Beautiful Spanish stallions arrived at Windsor on Wednesday , presents from Isabell the Second of Spain to Victoria of England . They have ! ar {; e heads and iiecks , fiowiag manes , more * than fourteen inches long , and very large and lorg taih . The queen kept two , a cream-coioored one and a skewbald onej and &ave two to the Prince , a bay and a brown .

      The Frekch Papeks said lately thattheresistance of the natives in Algiers was almost entirely subdued ; but the last accounts , to the 10 th instant , state that the autumn campaign will be on an extensive scale ; a number of tribes who had made their submission having evinced hostile dispositions since they had secured their crops . Singular Accident . —About half-past eight o'clock on Thursday night , Henry Maine , a child two years old , whose fat-her is a respectable master baker , and resides at ? so . 7 , Chichester-place , Gray ' s Innroad , attempted to swallow a halfpenny , which stuck in his throat , and he was seized with violent convulsions , and became bl ^ ck in the face . It fortunately happened that Mr . Lister , the surgeon , was passing as Mrs . Mayne , was rushing into the street wiih the child in her arms , after many attempts , at leegth succeeded in extracting the halfpenny from the chila s ¦ throat .

      Mcsdfiu—Oa Saturday the village of Hoagley , near Oikham , wa 3 throvra into excit-emsnt at the discovery of a murder oi" the most atrocious description . For some tima past an old man , named Reynolds , who hadno visible means of existence ( but was supposed to have been afarmer in tbo neighbourhood ) , had resided in thev ' illage . Hi 3 house was observed ior several days to bs closed ; at leEgth it was thought advisable to entr . r it , when the poor old man was discovered on the floor of his bed-room literally soaked in his blood . His face was so beaten as almost to defy recognition . Numerous articles of clothing were lying about the floor .

      Desperate CoxFucr with Poachebs . — On Friday morning , about one o'clock , a desperate affray totk place on Lord Gage ' s estate as West Firle , near Lewes , between two of his Lordship ' s gamekeepers and two poachers , named Day and Harvey , living in two of the adjoining villages . Poaching having been carried on most extensively of late , in the preserves , the keepers had been instructed 10 keep a sharp look onfc for the marauders , and at the time named two of them found the poachers in tru * act of taking game by meanB of nets . The keepers attempted to taks them into custody , but met with a determined resistance from the poachers , who laid about with their bludgeons in such a manner as to disable both the keepers , one of whom , named Turner , has sustained such serious injury that his hie is considered in jsopardy . The poachersjiken made ofE ,

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      Hail Stobm . —A drtedful hail storm , accompanied by thunder and l-ghtning , visited the neighbourhood of Egglestone , near Middleton-in-Teesdale , on Wednesday last . The electric fluid struck the chimney of the turnpike-gate-house , which it descended , and forced out two of the windows . Eight members of the family which inhabited it it were in the room at the time , all of whom escaped unhurt , except a little boy , who was knocked down and suffered a slight bruise on the face . A dog lying by the fire-side was killed on the spot . Oar Wsrespondent adds that snow , eight or ten inches thick , was lying at the hedge sides at the above plaoe yesterday . —Durham Chronicle ,

      Doveb . —On Saturday lasb , a large anchor , weighing about nineteen or twenty cwt ., and supposed to be from a Dutch foundry , was brought into Dover hirbour . It was found four days before , about fifty miles from thit place , in the German Ocean , opposite the North Foreland , but at some distance out at sea , by some fishermen , in whose nets it became entaDgled . Having obtained assistance from some other boats , they lashed a cable to it , and it was finally brought on shore . From its appearance at present , it is thought to have been sunk for a period little short of twenty years . It is , however , still in good preservation , the arms , which are of wood , being apparently as Bound as when fir ^ t cut . —Kentish Observer .

      Singular Occurrence . —A few davs ago , as a person of the name of Chariesworth , o . ' Darley Dale , was crossing the moors on his way to Chesterfield , he stopped to rest himself on a heap of stones by the road side , during whioh time he chanced to cast his eyes on a viper or adder , within a few yards of his restirjg place , coiled up in folds upon the road . There being something , he imagined , rather singular in the manner of the reptile , he watched its movements for a few minutes . The trareller ' s curiosity had nearly proved of serious consequence , for the poisonous vermin , having partially raised itself , darted at him with all its force , though it luckily passed over his shoulder , with only slightly grazing his hat , and afterwards escaped into an adjoining plantation . The people of that district of the moors denominate these attacks made by the adders as " adder bolts . " —Doncaster Gazette .

      Watekspouts . —Sunderland , Sept . 22 . —Yesterday several waterspouts were seen off this coast about ten or twelve miles from the land . They assumed the appearanoe of inverted cones , and ultimately burst ; an immense body of water fell from each ; the lower parts totally disappeared , and the summits amalgamated into a dense body resembling a thick cloud . Thunder-stobm . —This city was visited yesterday by a violent thunder-storm , which continued , with some intermission , for about two hours , beginning about half-past twelve o ' clock , and being accompanied throughout with a tremendous fall of raia

      and hailstones . Several of the flashes w <; re extremely vivid , and the thunder burst immediately over the city , and at no great distance from the surface . The electric fluid struck a chimney on Summer-hill , and slightly shattered its wail , but we have not heard of any serious injury inflicted by it . The rain fell with great force , a : id some of the hailstones were of enormous size . We trust that the fine weather whioh we have just passed was takes due advantage of for the business of the harvest , as the weather would now appear to be effectually broken , and much damage must have been inflicted by the hail aud rain of yesterday on any ripe and heavy corn exposed to its fury . —Dublin Freeman ' s Journal oi Thursday .

      American Packets . —Three American packets , the Cambridge , the Siddons , and the Mouongahela , arrived at Liverpool on Thursday . By all thesa vessels the number of emigrants returning to this country i 3 very great . The Cambridge brought 200 steerage passengers ; the Siddons had 240 in the steerage and 34 in the cabin ; and the Monongahela- had 100 in the steerage . The return of these persons , many of them in a state of great destitution , is sufficiently indicative of the prosperity of the United States at tho present moment , or rather the absence of it . -The freights , from the same cause , are Email in amount and low in price , the Cambridge having only brought £ 460 on freight , the Siddocs £ 420 , and the Monongaheia a still more trifling amount .

      Death from Hydrophobia . —Yesterday ( Friday ) afternoon , an inquest was held at the New BaiJey prison , before Mr . Rutter , the county coroner , touching thu death of William Tankard , of Salford . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that the deceased was imprisoned for ona month for the non-payment of the penalty aud costs for aa assault , of which he had been convicted before two magistrates at Heap . On Monday last , whilst washing his hands he was suddenly taken with a shaking and shivering . He was taken into the hospital , and attended by Mr . Barton Swtt , surgeon of the prison , whom he informed that he had been bitten in the hand by a dog about six weeks ago . Mr . Stott ordered a basin of water to be brought , and he was convinced from the shock which the deceased experienced by

      the sight of it , that he was affected with hydro phobia . Mr . Stott procured the assistance of Mr . Jordan , and they administered some emetics to the patient , cupped and blistered him , and used every means in their power to afford him some relief . They visited him frequently , and two of Mr . Stott ' s pupils remained up with him ail Wednesday night . During that night the patient was perfectly tranquil , aud the paroxysms were slight , but he did not sleep at all . The medicines operated as the physicians wished ; and the patient continued in a composed state till about half-past three on Thursday afternoon , when he was sdzsd with violent paroxysms . At four o'clock he was visited by Dr . Hulmeand Mr . Thorpe , Mr . Jordan having previously obtained permission of the mag : 3 trtes to call them in . Mr . Stott and Mr . Jordan administered more medicine to the

      patient after whioh tho attacks became less violent . At a quarter-past twelve o ' clock on Thursday night another severe fit came on , and he expired immedidiately afterwards . During Wednesday he took bread soaked in hot water , but could not tako it in cold . He also drank ( though with great difficulty ) cofi'ee from a teapot . During some of his severe paroxysms it required six or eight men to hold aim . He stated , before his death , that the dog that bit him had a chain and part of a ropo about his neck . He appeared to have broken loose from his owner , and when tho deceased attempted to lay hold of him . he bit him in the hand , a little above the second joint of the thumb . The dog barked afterwards at some children in Tunning away from tke deceased . Verdict , * ' Death from hydrophobia , produced by the bite of a dO 2 . "—Manchester Guardian .

      Serious Riot in Aikdrie . —On Thursday evening , a riot tcok place in Airdrie , which for a time threatened the most serious consequences . The military , it appears , were withdrawn from the town that forenoon , and during the dcy more bustle and excitement were observable in the streets than usual . No disturbance , however , was for a tira 9 apprehended , as the colliers in the neighbourhood had partly resumed work , and , as no disposition to outbreak had been manifested by the great body of them , still on strike , since shortly after the commencement of the dispute . Still no breach of the peace had taken place , and all might have passed over quietly enough , b it on the arrival of five pri-Eoners in the afternoon , on their way to Hamilton gaol , in custody of a party of Sheriff ' s officers , who

      had been apprehended at Ballochney for a breach of engagement with their employers , or accused of intimidation—the story is told both ways—tho excitement increased , and tha shopkeepers , apprehensive of a riot , shut their shops . At this time a meeting of the idle coiiiers was being held at the Potteries , in the vicinity of Coatbridge ; numbers of them were likewise congregated in various pans of the town of Airdrie ; and it waa , from ciroumstances which had been allowed to transpire , uuderstood that tbe rescue of the prisoners had been resolved upon . Upon the prisouers being brought to tha town , application was made to have them lodged in one of the inns until they could bs examined by tho authorities , but this , it is said , the innkeeper refused , from fear of the mob

      destroying hi 3 x > rem : se 3 . About this time a band of about 400 strange colliers , apparently from the east appeared in tho streets , and the officers ia charge of tho prisoners immediately took them to a public-house adjoining tha inn . After some consultation amongst the mob tho result was ; that a rescue wa 3 determined en , and accordingly the house where the prisouers were confined was aitackeo , and , us great rc-istance was offered , it was some tima before an entrar . ee was effected and the prisoners liberated . The door of the house was torn down , and aU the glass in tho windows broken . Tne premises were completely gutted , and the liquor , furnitorei glass , &c , carried off or destroyed . Before this was accomplished the magistrates met opposite theplac-: where the crowd—ultimately amounting to upwards

      of 1 , 500—had collected , and read the Riot Act ; but as they had no military force at their command , they had just to look passively on during the time the disturbance wa 3 going forward , witboiifc being able to take a single effective step towards putting a stop to the lawless proceedings . Several shots , we are informed , were fired by persons in the crowd during the progress of the riot ; and before tho honse was gutted , the Sheriff ' s officers repeatedly fired blank out of the windows to intimidate the riotous assemblage . To this , however , they paid no attention , but proceeded determinedly to effect their object . While this was going forward , the

      magistrates sent expresses for aid to the Glasgow Policeoffice and to Sheriff Alison ; but before the Sheriff , accompanied by Captain Miller , arrived , the rioters had dispersed and the town was quiet . The military did not arrive till yesterday morning . We are informed that the secretary of the Colliers' Associa tion was apprehended in his own house late on Thursday night , and committed to g 5 ol , but we have not heard upon what charge . The town was guiet yesterday . Two of the policemen who assisted fhe officers in repelling the attacks of the mob were slightly wounded . The affair , we understand , is undtrgojpg a Qost rigid investigation ,- — Glasgow Courier .

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      Conflagration in Rossia . —St . Petersburgh . Sept . 16 . —We have received here the melancholy news that tho greater part of the city of Kasan , has been destroyed by fire . It is stated that 1 , 200 houses ( 400 of which were of stone ) 12 churches , the extensive magazine , aud the university aro reduced toashe ? . The details are not yet cume to hand . The Second St Petersburgh Insurance Company is a great loser by the fire . The shares whioh were lately sold at 410 to 415 rubles , are now sold at 230 rubles , haveral houses and forty warehouses , with goods , ! have been destroyed by fire in the city of Jaroslaff .

      ParIs . —tt is said that there has not been for many years past so few English residents in Paris as during the preBent summer . The hotel keepers oonipl&m bitterly of the absence of their best customers , and many of the shopkeepers have no cause for rejoicing . The improved facilities for travelling on the Continent cause tourists to explore Germany and the Rhine in preference to France , and the ' war fevr-r'V caused by M . Thiers has not yet sabsided snifioiently to induce th 9 English to make Paris their abode as of old . The absence of our countrymen is , however , in some degree supplied by the Russians , of whom tharo are great numbers in the French capital . They are not , howaver , very popular with tha Parisian ? , their habits and customs being so widely different to those of our gay neighbours . —London paper .

      An Uninvited Dinner Partv . —A Staffordshire gentleman , or rather his lady , had an unlookcd for visit tho other day . When the dinner b < - ! 2 raDg , some score or more of unemployed men responded to the call , and the master of the house being from homo his wst ' e was afraid to dismiss her unexpected guosts . Dinner was therefore scrred up to thom , and consumed with an excellent appetite . On the following day , encouraged by their good cheer , they again " answered the beU . " taking . with them a number of their friends , but tha husband was now at home , aud atnt shem off without ceremony . —Gateshead Observer .

      United States—The New York packet-ship Cambridge has arrived and brought intelligence to the 1 st , one day later than that received last week . The papers oontain a message from the President to the House of Representatives , which , constitutes a protest agaiiist tne report of tho Comsahieo of thirteen on the" late veto . Mr . Tyler says that ho holds the Executive Government in trust for the people : he shows that , however unprecedented the mode in which he attained the . ohiuf offioe , it . was in a perfectly regular course , and therefore he had not " usurped" any power ; and he maintains , that however unusual , his exercise of 'he veto was also performed in a regular manner , an- 'l in strict accordance with his eense of responsibility for the duties intrusted to him . Ho says , that had he been impeached before the Senate , he would have met the a cusation with firmness ; but he protests against the unfairness and " unconscicuuonality" of Mr . Adams ' s report , adopted by the Honse . Congres 3 was to re-assemble iu three months .

      A Female Sailor in Cardiff . —On Thursday week , just as the Lady Charlotte was about to sail from Cardiff , attention was drawn to a person in a sailor ' s cress , who was exhibiting raouoy rather carelessly , and expressiuji great , anxieiy fortho sailing of the packet . Perkins , a constable , accosted him , and on refusing to iiive auy account of how he got the money , or where ho camo from , took him to tho Station house . Mr . Superintendent Stockdale , after asking a few questions , subpectea the apparent sailor boy was a girl , and charged her with being so , whioh she resolutely denied . A woman was made to search her , and the young sailor turned out to be a pretty looking Welsh girl . Finding disguise to be useless , she gave an account of herseli " . Her assumed name as i . he sailor was Edward Williams , but her real one is . Mary Davis . She is twenty years of age . tihe lived with her father , who is a decayed farmer ,

      about nine miles from Mertiiyr , and between that place aud Neath . Having a brother away from home ; she determined to go in search of him . She had received a letter lately from him enclosing £ 5 , and it contained a request that she should come to him ; this letter she had lost , and s > entirely had she forgotten her brother ' s address , that she did not know whether the letter came from America , Australia , or Ireland . Her purpose ia the present instance ¦ was to go to Bristol , and frum thence to America . She was taken every care of at the Station-houso , and visited by the won-hy mayor and the Rev . T . Stacey , who , after hearing her statements , were oonvinccd she was of weak mind . She was direoted to be sent to the Union House , until her friends could be communicated with , and her money was left iu Mr . Stockpile ' s hands . She cannot speak a word of English . —Silurian .

      A Cargo of Wild Beasts . —Early on Monday morning the powerful steamer . Monarch arrived at her moorings off the Custom House , London , hor decks being almost covered with cages containing an extensive collection of wild animals , a trans-shipment from Hull . Among them were a remarkably fine young lion from Zinzsbar , - a pair of stripad b . \ seaa 3 from India-, a very beautiful pair of the Sasin antelopes from the borders of Persia , the horns of the male nearly two feet long , forming a perfect spiral , a most interesting specimen of the gnu antelope , from the Cape of Good Hope

      called by the Dutch boors of Sauth Africa the Baas or MuSier , from his great strength ; and one of the most , formidable of the monkey tribe ever brought to this country . The last animal stands nearly four feet iiish , and appeared to be a distant relative of " Happy Jerry , " of departed memory . He inhabits the mountains of Araoia , and is the DerriaS or Wood Baboon , known by the Arabs by the name of " Rebah , " or Child of the Suu . The whole oi' the car ^ -o was lauded at daylight , and forwarded in vaus toi their destined resting-place , after all their wauderiugs , at the Surrey Z > olotncal Gardens .

      Tinmen's Strike . —A general strike for new prices , has taken piace among the tin-plate workers in this town . We have not yet been able to make ourselves so fully sensible or the merks of the contending parties as we could have wished . It appears , however , that , in 1825 , there was a general strike , in consequence of which a list was drawn up aVid agreed to by the men aud matters . Since that period many new articles , not included in the list , have been made , and , it is said , a considerable depression in the trade has existed . We are informed that , there being no list price for these articles , some masters have paid for their manufacture at a higher rate than others , and all the workmen now claim the same price . Many of the masters do not consider themselves justified in signing the new list , and consequently , their men remain out . A similar strike exists to a considerable extent in Birmingham . — Staffordshire

      Exan . . Accident by Lightning . —During the severe thunder-storm on Tnursday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the Great Weston Cottou Works , St . Piiilip ' s , Bristol . At about twenty minutes before fivo o ' clock the electric fluid Rtvuck the meter-house , and completely < ies : royed the large Ra 3 meter , the erecv . on of which had just been completed by the company at a cost of £ 130 . The iron face of the meter was split in pieces , and the gas which wan iu the cyiinder ( fortunately h was turned off at iho main ) being ignued by the electric fluid exploded , and large pieoes of iron , one of them weighing above lOOib ., wore thrown with such

      violence against a wall tweuty-fivo feei , chslaut as to produce considerable indentations in portions of the masonry . The meter house is erected in front of the weaving-room , iu which , bet ween 500 and 600 gifls were at work at the time . . Tiie main gas-pipe , which is attached to the meter , pa 6 svs through the wail , and descends beneath the floor of this room , anu as a lar « a portion of it was blown off it seems almost a miracle that no lives were lost . As might bo eipcoted , tho utmost consternation was produced ; sevural of the girls fell fainting on the floor , others rushed to the door to escape from Lhe factory , and all was confusion aud alarm . We axe happy to fciate , however , th-it no one was hurt .

      UNROLLiJiG of an EGTPriAN Mujiimt . —On Thursday a- remale mummy , presented to the Natural History Society of Shrewsbury by the lafe Dr . Butler , was unrolled in the presence of about two hundred highly respectable spectators , a grea 5 part of whom ¦ were ladies ? , it having beeu stated that there would be nothing whatever indelicate in the interesting operation . Mr . Birch , from the British Museum , superintended the unrolling of tha mummy , previous to which he described the process of embalming smoagths Egyptians . The outer coffih in which the present remains were deposited announced that it contained the body of " Tenuor-en-Rhons , Priestecs of Amon , " who wa 3 " dedicated to Oairia , Presiding in tha West , Lord of Abydcs , that he would giva ( .-ff . riuKS for the sake of tha deceased . "

      Tho lecturer bogen at the ieet of the ccrp ? e to untie the linen bandages which enveloped it . These con--irted of severai hundred pieces , of the hue of washleathc-r , butcapitaliy woven cloth , and in some parts i : or , much < H ? coloured , and pretty strong . On one of the pieces was an inscription stating it . ; age to be twenty-one years . Oa unlappiag the bandages round the neck , the head fell off , and was found quito perfect , several of the teeth in front being still fixed in their eookets , one of th 6 m loose . The cartiliages of the ears were perfect , the dried flesh having the semblance of dark gingerbread . The body wai disclosed with a vast deal more difficulty than

      the head , the embalmers having dipped it into the bitumen so long and so frequently as to destroy the flesh and render tho skin and its envelope one mass . Gradually , however , the toes appeared , all perfect , except tne nails , the feet being small and very attenuated . The muscles and the sk'n of the legs , and the cap of the knee next became visible , and the hands , crossed on the abdomen , were traced after great labour . The hip bones , the shoulders , and the ribs , were exposed one after another , till at last the fully developed frame of a human being , 3 , 000 years old , lay exposed to the gaze of the company . Upwards of three hours were occupied in the process .

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      Death of the Marquis of Wellesiey . —This event took place at his Lordship ' s residence , Kingston-house , Brompton , between three and four o'clock on Monday morning . Early RisiNG .-In the will of tbo late Mr . Jas . Bryau , of the borough of Leicester , is the following singular clause : — " As my nephsws are fond of indulging themselves in bed in a morning , and as I wish them to prove to the satisfaction of my executors that they havo got put of bed in the morning , % ad either employed themselves in business or taken exercise in tho open , air , from fivo till eight o'clock

      every morning , irom the 5 th of April to the 10 th of OctolJ 6 r , being three hoars each , day ; and f com . scvea till nine o ' clock in the morniDg from the 10 th of October to the 5 th of April , being two hours every morniug ; this is to be done for some years j during tho first seven years to the satisfaction of my executors , who may excuse them in case of illness , but the task must be made up when they are well : and if they will not do this , they shall not receive any share of my property . Temperaueo muke 3 the faculties clear , and exercise makes thom vigorous . It is temperance and exercise united that can alone insure the fittest state for mental or bodily exertion . "

      Tralee . —A firo broke out in Mr . Walpole ' s hotel on Wednesday night week , bv which a gentleman stopping at the hotel has suffered severe personal injury , Mr . Richard Walter Agar , solicitor , of Killarney , who arrived that evening . The family of the house had all retired to rest , and in the middle of the night , betweou one and two o'clock , Mr . Walpole was roused from sleep by loud screams . He at once jumped out of bed , and ran in the directioa of the screams , which he found to proceed from the room occupied by Mr . Agar . The door being looked on the inside , Mr . Wa 2 po 2 e burst ; it ia , and by the force of the concussion knocked down Mr . Aear , who , it would appear , was unable , through fright , to unlock the door . Mr . Walpole found the bed , th « curtains , the chairs , and all the furuijare ia the room enveloped in flames . Mr .. Agar has suffered severe injury by the fire , his chest , face , arms , and hands being extensively burned , but thcro is no apprehension of fatal consequences ensuing .

      The Blessing j of Peels Income Tax . —According to the Act of Parliament , strict secraoy in on joined on the commissioners and subordinates appointed under this inquisitorial law . A striking illustration is afforded by the knowledge that the % l West-ond" collectors' are io be heard freely canvassing the returns of tho " city" merchants , instancing that a well-known firm have returned their profits as £ 60 , 000 a year ; two others at £ 40 , 000 ; and several more at £ 30 , 000 ; also , that a highly influential body have stated their average

      probts to bo upwards of half a million annually!—So much for secrecy . Another practical illustration is given , by the fact that an old and respected inhabitant of Pimlico has very recently broken up his establishment , dismissed his servants , and sold off his household furniture , alleging , as the sole reason , tho cruel operation of Peel ' s odious iucome tax . His income ranges to nearly £ 200 per annum ; and he is now compelled to retire to furnished lodgings , with his family , and to debar himself of many comforts whioh he had previously enjoyed .

      The Birmingham Railway Church . —A . church , \ he first of th « kind in co : inexion with railways , is to be ereoted on a site of groand near the London and Birmingham Railway , for the religious instruction of the servants connected with tho company and the neighbouring population round their central s : ation at Wolvertou . Tho proposition was first made at a general meeting of the shareholders in 1840 , when it was resolved to establish a Church of'England chapol at Wolverfcon , so soon as the sum of £ 4 000 . required to erect it , ehould bo raised . Within £ 300 of that amount has already been subscribed , including £ 1000 from the Railway

      Company , with an annual endowment for the minister ; £ 2 ; 00 from the Radcliff-i trustees , and sundry other sums . A temporary reading-room , capable of holding 200 persons , licensed by the Bishop of London , has been opened until such tima as the church shall be erected , which it is expected will tako place early ia the spring . It is to be built in a plain , substantial ttyle , and to contain 600 sittings . There is to be a burial ground , vrith a house for the residence of the Rov . Georgo V / rjf ; hfc , the minister , who has been appointed to offiubi : * as Chaplain . Mr . Glyn , the chairman of the railway , has pressnted the trustees mch a handsome communion service of plate . !

      Dreadf cl Death . —Wo regret to learn that an aggravated and fatal case of assault , if not a case of murder , took place in Calton of Glasgow on Wednesday last . It appears tbat on the day in question two men , named Robert Campbell and Wiliiam Smith in the employment of Mr . Neil , nailor , in Main-street , Calton , had had soma differeuoe or q ' . iavrel , when Campbell seized the red-hot rod of iron with which ho was working , and by thrusting it against the abdomen of Smith inflicted several severe wounds or burns . In consequonce of thi 3 assault the unfortunate man died oh Thursday afternoon . Campbell has been apprehended . —Caledonian Mercury .

      Astronomical Clock . —After four years labour the repairs of tho astronomical clock at Strasburgh are completed , and it will bo Bet iu motion on the meeting of tho Scientific Congress on tho 28 th . In this curious piece of mechanism the l-evolHUona of the suu , ihexnoon , and tho planets are marked down with scientific exactuesB . Seven figures represent the seven days in the week , each appearing on ' us turn on the day allotted to it . The four s ^ es come forward to strike the quarters , and the skeleton Dcaih strikes tho hours . At noon the twelve Apostles advance in succession to beud down beforo the figure of our Saviour , who gives them the benediction . At the same moment a cock claps its wings and crow 3 three times . It is said to be one of tiie most curious pieces of clock-work in Europe .

      Destructive Flood at aberystwith . —A few days ago this town was visiic-d by a terific flood . At eleven o ' clock in tho forenoon , a noise was hi ; ard resembling that of distant thunder , and the inhabitants wero soon apprized ot the cause by a tremendous body of water rolling Eeveral feet above thewateis of the river Rhydol , carrying with it cavts , wheelbarrows , forks , rakes , and various implements of husbandry . On its reaching the harbour , the force was so powerful as to raise the shipping which were lying aground , and daah them on each other with such fury as to smash tho masts , yards , aud bowsprits of several of them to splinters ; others sunk to their anchors , and were nearly covered ; Eeveral boats were instantly dashed to tho bottom and hurled to tho ocean . The waters continued to increase for

      upwards of two hours , stripping the fields adjoining the bed t-f the river , of hay , wheat , oats , and barley ; and although the waters were increasing and coming down , dashing and foaming headioug , yet the children in Trefechan wers to bo seen up to their middles in the midst of tho stream , endeavourin ^ to catch the spoil borue on the bosom of tho apparently infuriated element . The most singular circumstance connected with this phenomenon was , tha ; although tho wind was blowing west , with a trcmrndou « heavy eea ; yet tho waters of tho river forced the ocean back to the apparent distance- of a mile , filling the bay extending i ' roin Gra 5 gla 8 point to the pier with iresh water , and for upwards of eighi hours no amalgamation oi the fresh and briny elements took place ,-the bay remaining as free from salt- as if it had been a mountain lake . —Hereford paper .

      Belper . —Death from Fighting—We have this week to record the awful death of another victim sacrificed at the shriue of'druukenneaa and pugiiifia , who has been suddenly sent beforo his God , k-a ^ iuir to penury an industrious wife and several childwii . The persons examined at the inquest wero *» htrtha Stone , J . Green , John Walker , Matthew Huns , r . v . a John Spencer , who deposed to the following i—Tl . ni on Saturday night last , George Miite , tho dtccaheJ , and James Troth , were liriukitig together at tho Maltsters' Arms , at the Gutter , Helper , with several othors . Some angry words having passed between them , about half-past eleven o ' clock deceased got up and went towards his home ( which is at the Whitemoor Hail , near Beiper ) , aud when he had proceeded about ISO yards , James Troth came up and struck

      at deceased , but hit one of the witnesses , Martha Stone , in tbe face ; he afterwards procured a stone , an J , it was supposed , struck deceased with it , which caused a figlii to ensuo in a channel leading from a gutter to the Derby road , ana afterwards ia a . field near that placo , belonging to Sir . Litchfielu , called the Home Close . About thirty or forty rounds were fought , and the manner of fighting was this , James Troth for the most part butting with his head , at . the same time usinj ; his fists , and always ( until the three last rounds ) havfu / if ' tho risin . ijgrosind ; Tho deceased fell several time 3 with the buck part of i his head on tho ground . After ; he fi ^ ht had continued about an hour deceased way butted down with great violence , and was t&ben rip insensible . Moans were resorted to to restore animation for more than

      three hours , but to no purpose , and about four o ' clock } he died . A post mortem examination ; of the body was made on Monday morning , by Mr . Erane , stir- ; gcon , of Belperi and several ounces of coagulated blood were found upon tbe brain , and nearly a pint ' of blood in tho back part of th 9 head , which was , stated to'be the cause of death . Mr . Evans stated < that be believed the repeated knocks do-vn the ; deceased met with ' enlarged-and filled the blood- ; vessels of the head , until at last they burst , and in- ' sensibility and death would immediately ensue . The j man being in a state of intoxication at the timo <

      materially facilitated the fatal event . After a very I careful inquiry and patieut investigation , a verdict of ' manslaughter was returned against James Troth as j principal , and Edward Troth and Jeffery Jowett as j seconds . Four others , named Samuel Parkin , John , Robinson , EdwaTd Ford , and Samuel La&der , were : proved to have assisted , and will be prosecuted for j trespass . Gcorgo Mills , the deceased , was in general i a hard-working man , s . id bore a good character , but being overtaken in liquor , he ha 3 paid his life as a forfeit for his indiscretioa . The principal , ! James Troth , has absconded , and the other two ^ were committed to Derby County Gaol , and wih j take their trial at the next March &ssizoa . —NoUing-1 ham Review . _ '

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      ON THE PROPRIETY OF THE WORKING CLASSES JOINING THE CORN LAW REPEALERS AS A MEANS OF OBTAINING THE CHARTER . Mowbray . —Is this proceeding just and honourable ? Westmoreland . — -Is your assembly sa ? York . — Will you thus break faith ? Lancaster . —I pawned you none . Second Part , Henry IF . Sir , —When meiThwve a great object to attain , it is usual for them to endeavour to obtain tbat object by whatever moans present themselves ; and , although it may be more con .-onant with the better and higher feelings of humanity to uso none but thosa which are strictly honourable , still , if the partis ^ with whom we have to do keep no measure of faith ; if they resort to anything or everything no matter how tricky or baae . to prevent us obtaining our just ends ; 1 think the end would sanctify the means , even if we did rt . turn tho contents of the poisoned chaltOL- to their own lips , and hoist them from their uujust position by menus of their owa petard .

      Such , I contend , ja the situation of the working classes in regard to the two great factions which , at present , rule over the destinies of this country . Let them disagree upon whatever else they may , they always agree upon the great point of insulting and trampling upon thai , oiass which produces aU the wealth in which they wallow . If the working class attempt to reason with them , and tell them that God hus made all . equal , and that therefore they have a richt to have , a voice in the making the laws by w ; ioh they are to be governed , one of the factions laugh in f-heir face , tell them at once there 13 no right but tt-. a " . t > f cor . quost , and , with all ihe modesty imaginable , point to the buU ? t " aud bayonet as the tenure ot' thoir authority . If not satisfied with this , they tell them that , at least , as they have

      produced all the food , they have a right to what will keep body and soul together in sic ' &nefcg or in age ; the other faction , more wily , but not ! ess deadly , with 'all the canting hypocrisy ot a Maworra , tells them that "Nature's table ia full , " and that" none have a right to food but those who have got patents for . it ; " that "they must practice moral restraint ; " that " they must take caro and not breed faster than capital has occasion for them ; " and that they will , by those means , prevent the over-stocking of the labour market ; but that above all things they must " practice frugality , " and " accumulate as much in health as wilt maintain them in sickness or age ; " and that by those means

      they will become '' indepandent labourers' and that when they hav * j become moro " educated , " and consequently moro "intelligent , " they will be fully competent to understand theso sublime discoveries of political econ « ruy which prove that misappropriated machinery causes more labour , and consequently better wages ; that taxes , although they fake a third of his earning !' , retnrn in fructifying showers : and that a repeal of tho corn laws would make a complete [ favadisR of this country . But let tho workiag olass once appoa . r to doubt these beautiful theories , and talk about having controul over tne products of their own labour , this hypocritical faction point with evident gusto at tho bullet and the bayonet , as the last reason in their politicnl economy .

      Such being the situation of the working olasses , and it being evident tbat the middle classes will not assist the working classes to obtain that voice in the making of the . laws whicht alone can permanently better their condition , until they , the middle classes , become alarmed for their ovn situation , I contend that is is the ducy of the working : classes to endeavour 6 y all means within their power Jo bring about a cbiisammation so devoutly to bo wished . And I contend that one of the greatest of those means , which would make the middle classes alarmod for th ^ ir own situation , would be the repeal of the Covn Law 3 ; aa it is their , own pet maasiire—as they expect

      from it to have prosperity for ages—as they hopo by if to get their ieifc permanently upon our nocks , aud as it will ( I am as certain of it as I am thatJire burns ) assuredly trundle thuns into the streets—iet us by all means asfisfc them to obtain it . ^ By that course we should obtain one of two good things ; either the thing would be set at rest , or , which is more probable , ( as in my opinion the Repealers are not sincere , they , knowing too well what would be the result , ) they would give up the agitation ai -once , terrified at thoir own prospect of success ; and thus we should put them to a test which would settle tho matter cither ono way or the other .

      But you will say how could the Chartist assist the Repealer ; or how could we advise them to it , seeing that both the Chartists aud we have repeatedly denounced the agitation ! It is true that you both havo denounced it when proposed as a measure whicb . waa to bring effectual relief . But I advise the Chartists to assist ' the Repealers as a measure which would either test the Repealers , or which would greatly add to the ma < s of ruin and discontent . To the ruin of ihe muuu'acturers thera ic not the elightvst doubt but it would add the ruin and discontent of the agriculturalists . Therefore , although y > ii may bs satisfied , tfiao the repeil of the Corn Laws would completely fail as a remedy for our national difficulties , ' still that doen noc prevent tho t ha . rti . sts aS : js T ing , or you from a ^ visiiit ; them to assist , tho y ^ it .-ition , provided that you be convinced that it would either test one set of enemies , OB HARASS BOTH OF THEM .

      But it will be said , that it would be unjust to the agricjiuurist to repeal the Corn Laws with the present-amount of . taxation . 1 grant that it would be unjust , if the taxation was at all necessary to the security of the-country , or it' the present tiebt had been incurred for the servico of the people . But what are tbo facts i For what , or how , was the debt contracted I The only ostensible object for which it would be pretended to be contracted waa the protection , of property . Thus it is decidedly unjust to tax a whole community for the paying of that debt which w ;; s avowedly contracted for the bencfb of a few . If foreign produce can be brought into the market a : ha-lftfte present price in England , that would cau ' sc prices ' here - to fall to tho Continental price ; that would cau ^ e the farmer to be unable lo pay their present amount of rent , wages , anil taxes , wb . kh w ^ uld ruin the farmer , humble the aristocracy , and aid vastly to the mass of diecwikm , and co : i& qucatly cause all to cry aloud for tha Charier .

      Bus I > iiall very probably be told here that the repeal . would give such an impetus to trade that it would cause our capitalists and labourers to be contont wuh their situation ; in short , as one of them paid to the writer , " it would destroy all agitation for the suffrage , by causing us to have prosperity for ages . " Never was idea more fallacious J How could it cause an in crease in the consumption of manufactured articles ? it is easy to talk in loose and general teams in ihis way ; but will they toll us how it is to effect this ? By causing the prices of all articles of consumption to fall , say fifty per ceat ., u wcula cause the receivers of taxes to receive double the am onus of goods which they now receive for the same nominal araouct of taxes ; but how the deuce that is to b « a benefit exceeds my

      comprehension . But still this ia not tolling up how this repeal is to caus . ; an inerca-. e of tbe consumption ot wauut ' ue-tured articles as a whole . Thig still remains to be proved . I shall b- - ; told , in loose term ' s , that ihvio- wiil b ) a va «? t quantity more eora iaported , a .: id that they will take pay ir , goods .. Tub , even , is contrary to ! acf , Lrjvvuvvr pretty in theory ; for the Repealors nn-m ^ eive-s h :. v > i cooa ; -iaineri ifca * . the c » ii . "s of our ( 1-fiiuiiliita has been that v / e had to pay tho foreigner ., for thtt ' . r wheat in yold . Bat , however , I will a < imiu thft f ' ai 5 t , tl at liioy would take pay in goods , for- 'the eake of ' comii . K fairly at the argument . Then how should tli « Repeal cause us to want an extra quantity ofcrnl Suppose that we had been yeariy receiving . ' a nniiioii . quarters to make up our deficiency , how woi ;!< i ; h ? R 2 j > eal cause ustr » want a

      greater quantity 1 . But tapposo"that we import even two million quarter .- - , O ! what foreign trade it would create ; pu ; shoula yin not want one mi ! lion lers from the home . grower ? And suppose that wo have bden exuhangirig'a yard of cloth for a bushel of whe : ir , and that wo had be ^ n in the habit of givng one million yards of cloth for the one million bufhels of wheat which * ve got from * h 3 home grower ; and suppose that ; , by v /» y of " extending our commerce " we got cur million busbpi .-i ot tori ; from tiie foreigner , for which-we'give him the one million yards of cloth we had used to give to the ln ; mi ; grower , how , pray , in this case , " had we inoieasaa our commerce Ah ! tho whole- thing is JaUaci'JUb from begining to end . The thing woni'J produce nothing but misery , and constquoiitiy discontent , as long as the present taxes remain ;

      But it will . be said that wear' ' , inconsistent ; that we are making a sacrifice oi p ' rhipu-its : that we have pledged ourselves to "tho Charr . T , the whole Caarter . and nothing fcnt the Charter . " Trie , we have ; and I woulc 3 tanu to thai pledge , name and all . But what then ? Aro wa bou'iu to follow one course in order ' io r ^ ciefric that pkd # e 1 Can we make no bye-play 1 Are we to make no diversion ia favour of our object ; or even aro we not to take advantage of diversions when raadc by other parties ? Let us not play such a' foolish p ; rt ; bnt let ua

      rather take advantage of the mine themselves have sprung , and by it blow both factions at the moon . Then if they should eommenc-j an agitation again , let us push them on to tho obt : > icinj ; . of the measure , or compel them to recede , terrified a *; ihe prospect of their own success . 13 ut let us uo . t giro up our own agitation : let us persevere with that in order that we may form a public opinion to be alwaya ready whtn the day of trial comes in order that wo may bo able to take advantage of every circumstance which offers in our favour . If anything is said in answer to this , let it be argument , and not abuse . W . P .

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      THE NORTHERN STAB .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct966/page/3/