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      THE NEW " SHOT HOT . " aib— rt Piiy Poor Jarvey . " Only listen fclnd friends , while my tala I relate , And I know when you heir it you'll pity my fete , fin John Arthur Koehaek , the member for Bath , ¦ pTiio was climbing to fame , but have slipp'd from the p-th . I loc&'d on the Chartists , who on me look saur , As tie ladder by which I might clamber to power ; Bat aiss I 'was feted my climbing t « stop , Per I kicfc'd it away ere I got to the top .

      CHOUVS . 3 hen pity poor Arthur , kind Tory lords pray , ¦ ftTio js resdy and willing to enter your pay . In ike £ rst Tory session ( though then I was coy ) I shewed myself fit for the new Scoy-Hoy . " Ihe Suffrage test I endeavour ed to chouaa , And when Crawford tnov'd in , " I mo ? d out" of the House . On Sir Robert ' s new Budget I nest play'd the toady , Which startled , yon know , the constituent body . " Jhis put me in iatb . tr a longing condition To have a foul slap at the " People's Petition . " I caTi'd Fearfus a coward , tbongh he was siandia ^ by ; When I knew he could not even dare to reply-You'll admit twas a good plan to save life and limb ; Thongh I own itprov'd me what I dar'd to call him

      J confess I ¦ was shock'd and astounded to see Such a glorious monument got up -without me . Jly brain felt on fire and my optics grew dim , I felt quite " malignant" and thought it was him . Tie Whigs all disown me , each Chartist derides , And says I ' m cot fit to play " Jack of both si ' des . " 2 Iy speech was " the mountain in iab-mr , " they say , Though so Well it was studied to mske a -display . The Northern Star , in its course I ' ve b&en vxiiching , It has preyed me a ' bat" that is scarcely w . orth catching ; . This surely of all is the most bittsr pill ; For the " labouring mount" to be " floor'd by the " TTni . "

      The Whigs down to Green ^ icb have sen t Dicky Shiel , A pretty plain proof they had bosoms to feel For Din ' s pliant" tail , " who were eagerly bent On the interests of Ireland and not on the rent . In ccEdusion , then , pity your poor Shoy-Hoy ! Send me oui to s . joh , it trill S 1 I me with joy ! let the sal'ry be good—my finances are low : Don't say " go to Bath" pray , for thfre it ' s " no go . " Jokx Fbazeb , Limthouse .

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      A BARD'S ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS SON ' G II . CHARTISTS WE ARE . Chsitists , in Paine aiid Cobbet read , Chartists , O'Connor long hath led , Welcome to year serriia bed Or to gloricu 3 Liberty . Xow ' s the day and no"s- ' s the hour , Sts gold attempt to gull ye o ' er , See the Tories now in poorer ! After years of Whiggery . Hear ye how tbe tricksters raae ! ^ lanixood , & = n ' rs ! , Cinplete Suffrage . ' And would in their wiles mizse

      To perfect slavery 1 Who -wculd be a traitor knave ? Who to wealth would crouch , a slave ? Who their Charter now would leave ? With mushrooms to be ? We ask for equal rights and laws : "United in the glorious cause , "Well gain these , and a world ' s applause , In glorious victory . By oppression's woes and pains , Behold us all in servile chains « We will drain oui dearest reins , But we will , we will bo free .

      Bear on the proud usurpers now—Morally "well beat the foeliberty ' s in every blow , Onward for the Charter we J . S—

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      SCENES OF JOY AND WOE . Bt Eyes Rhtsb . Scene First . The Blessed Apparition . London ; SimpMn and Marshall . Edinburgh : ilaclachlan and Stewart . Glasgow : . David Robertson . 1842 . This is the first of a serias of tales illustrative oi the joys and woes which chequer this changing state of existence , and produce the vivid lights and deep shadows of human life . It will , S 3 we learn from the preface , be followed by others of a similar character , annually or oftener , should this first attempt njesc the approbation of tee public . We know nos how the psolic may receive the work , but we axe perfectly satisfied how it ought to be received . — Seldom indeed Las it been our good fortune to meet

      • Riai a iale &o thrilling in interest and so correct m principle and sentiment as the one before us . Ii speaks ' at once to the head and the heart , and while it 3 reasonings and reflections will be new to the generality of readers , we T ^ ntnre to think that it , will produce in many a throbbing bosom , elevations ; of thtn ^ ht , and gushings of aficctioa onfelt and unimagined before . LoTe is in this delightful narrative divested of every crossness of earth , and robed in the pure drapery befitting her native skies . This is not the only charm of the tale . We have here the everwatchful care of Providence vividly portrayed , and i parental , filial , and fraternal afficrion displayed in their most attractive tints , ennobled and sanctified by religions principles . We subjoin a specimen of

      the author ' s style : — i "As Haldane reclined on that silent grave , his . thoughts became gradually more visionary and absorbing . " The place "was very solitary , and there was no ' Bound to disturb his reverie , or break the current of ! his imaeinaticn , that flowed , stream-like , through many a devious track . He thought of all those sweet days of sanDy joy that were never to return—when he was not alone on his earthly pilgrioage—when bright spirits were with him on the way—but he felt it to be ! eaouih that such j > ys had once been , for their remembrance , like the redness of an everlasting dawn , Etill glartd before him . He believed besides that those dear ones , whose hands he had often pressed in his , and whosa beautiful forms he had embraced with his

      mortal arms would yet be his companions in Heaven ; for even on eaith his sen- and theira bad discovered thtir congeniality , and been partakers in the same love and in the sams faith . And now be fancied that he beheld that very home where the departed already were , and where ie hoped yet to coma But it is onlj by earthjy images , the imagination can pcurtray the Eplrusal kingdom . He conjured up every object that cou-d ba supposed to add grandeur and beauty ta a tcTXfcsirls ] paradise , and then half hidden in a tcmuit of glorious clouds , on which they reclined as they 3 j ^ ttd along , he behtld Elizi and Jessie , clothed in ¦ white garments , dinting to each other in a fond embtz . cz , and singing , S 3 he imagined them , in the -words ol jirs . Henoans : —

      ' ' We have loved with earth ' s excess—Past is now that weariness . We tava known the dreamer ' s woes—Ail is now ene bright repose . "We hoDD the work will obtain extensive patronage

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      CTEMISTRY OF THE JOUR ANCIENT ELEMENTS , FIRE , AIR , EARTH , AND WATER ; an Essay , founded npon Lectures delivered before Her * Most Gracious Majesty the Qneen , and dedicated , by special permission , to h-r Majesty , by Thomas Gbiftiths , Lecturer on Chemistry sad Medical Physies , - a * St . B&nholo jb { w » sHospital . London : Samuel Highley , 6 ^ Fieet-street . This is beyond all dispute the best popular scientific treatise that we have yet seen . Simple and "unpretending in style ; -without any parade of-eruditioa . ihe aaiiior proves hicisslf to be perfectly master

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      i of the important subject on wh ; ch he vrrites , —and j . what is much betwr , able to communicate it to j others , in terms that may be apprehundad and ; understood by every mind of even the most ordinary : capacity , without any preparatory education , and ! comparatively without exertion . Instead of load-, ing his work , as ia usual on such subjpets , with ; a _ hcsp of technicalities , which are of necessity to | nine-tenths of ordinary readers mere jargon , Mr . ' Griffiths conveys to his readers an acquaintance j with most of the important bearings , many of the ; minB- a ? . and a great number of interesting experi' ; m ?™ > . appertainiKg to chemis'ry , in a style which while it involves

      ; none but words in most common , nse , is yet as pleasing and correct in its construction I as it is effective for information . We know not when we have been more pleased with a book than with this little treatise , which we heartily commend to universal reading . | The " getting np" of the book is as creditable to its j publisher as the book itself is to its author . It is . beautifully printed upon much batter paper thau is : usual , aud the illustrations ( of which , there are a ; great many ) , though of the simplest kind , are weU [ -calculated to give an exact idea of the experiments i to which they refer , and of the apparatus necessary : to be used in those experiments .

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      IiON&TON . —At the Cztholic Church of St . Gregory , London , two sermons vrtre preached by the Rev . J . Boardman , from Manchester , on Sunday last , for the benefit of the day and Sunday Schools connected with the above church . CO 7 ENTE 7 .-0 n Monday fast a public meeting was held to petition the House of Commons not to include this city iu the Poor Lav ? Amendment Act , bnt to let the poor be governed by the local actSj as has been the case for the last forty years . BEADFOED . —Waxes . A correspondent complains that there is a great scarcity of good water in Bradford , and he hopes those persons concerned about the new -water works will lose no time in getting them finished .

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      Loss of a Ship by Fiue . —On Wednesday afternoon intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s of the total loss of the ship Barbara , belonging to Leith , bv fire . The unfortunate catastrophe took place on the night of Sunday last , in the German Ocean , about three miles from the Bell-rock Lighthouse , and the fire is described to have spread with such fearful rapidity , that those on board , amounting to fifteen persons , were unable to save any property whatever . Happily they escaped by taking to the boats and reached Hontrose in safety , though much exhausted , the following morning ( Monday ) . The fire commenced amongst the cargo in the hold of the vessel , but the circumstances under which it originated are at present unknown . She is stated to have been a fine sailing vessel , and is reported to bo Tally insured .

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      Extraordinary Folly . —On Thursday last , Mr . J . Bennett , of the Pheasant Inn ' , Brampton , undertook for a wager of £ 20 to go in ' a sack from Baslow to hi 3 own house , a distance of six and-a-half miles in twelve hours . The sack was to be two-anda-hali fees in width , and Mr . Bennett to be allowed to be liberated from his confined state six times in the whole distance , if he chose . At eight in the morning , Mr . Bennett , who is Bixty-one years of age , started irom Baslow amidst , a Urge con ^ course of persons who had collectedfto witness the

      feat . On arriving at Robin Hood he rested half an hour . He then proceeded to Mr . Gregory ' s New Inn , and here , haying time in his favour , he rested two hours . Starting again on bis toilsome journey , under the fieorohm ^ rays of a burning sun , he proceeded to the Rufil > rd inn , where he again halted half an hour for refreshment , and to get his fourth sack changed . He then set out on the last stage of the distance , and arrived at home about five o ' clock , thus winning his wager , with three hours to spare . —Derbi / shire Chronicle .

      Moeder neae _ Leominsteb . —The quiet and romantic hamlet of Westbope-hill , about four miles from Lecminsier , has been the scene of a fatal attempt ou the life of a widow named Lvicy Farker , who resided on the common , and kept a grocer ' s shop , by the hands of her nephew , the sou of her sister , all of whom resided together . The circumi-tances , as detailed al the Coroner ' s Inquest , betray a course ol gross cepravity , and its fatal consequences The deceased had , it appears , resided with her husband in London , where he carried on the trado of a market-gardener , and amaEsed sufficient money to enable him to leave Londonabout tour years since , and spend the remainder p f his own and his wife's day ? , as he hoped , in happinesss and

      ease . On hi 3 setting down at Westhope , he purchased houses , &c , and as a mean 3 of a-ding something to Itis income , but more as an employment , he kept a fh > p lor grocery and other articles . His nephesv , Wm . Powell ( the accused , ) resided with his mother , an aged woman , at Westhope , and shortly after Mr . Parker ' s settling there he became jealous of his nephew , and , as subsequent eycnt 3 showed , not without ample cause . In February last Mr . Parker died , since which period Powell and his mother resided with the widow , with whom Powell is said to have cohabited , aad to whom , it was said , he was to have been married on Tuesday se ' nnixht . Un Sunday morning , however , it was discovered that Mrs . Parker had been murdered , aud ihe

      nephew was apprehended , to await the result of t . l : o Coroner ' s inquisition , which was held , and continued by adjournment until Friday . From the evidence adduced it appeared that tho prisoner was seen on Saturday ee ' nnight in the room wi ^ h thd deceased with a piece of paper in his hand ; blows were shortly auerwards heard to pass , and the prisoner to say , " You should not have kept this from me . " The pri-oner then went up stairs , declaring that he would kill her . Mr . s . Parker almost immediately after rushed out of the back door of tho house and called cut " Murder I" four or five times , but was pulled back again into the house by the prisoner . Un some persons going to the house the deceased

      was found to be quite dead , and the prison * r on bemg apprehended was found to have blood about him . A post mortem examination of tho body being made , considerable extravasation of blood was found on the brain from the bruises and blows received by the deceased , the general appearance of which indicated ihat they had been ii , h \ cted with some blunt instrument ; a hammer -was ionnd in the house , on ' which there were marks of blood , and tho bruises were declared by the medical testimony to bo such as would be produced by such an instrument , and Tvere the cause oi death . The Jury , believing that there had been a quarrel , retnrned a verdict of ; "Manslaughter" against William Powell and his i mother , both of whom were committed ibr trial .

      Tomfoolery . —The Lord Lieutenants of coanUes are iiow ordered to wear a uniform on Court days , and as the coat is to be blue , with a Jittle silver sprig- ] gmg on tho collar , we need not say that they will , be mistaken for Inspectors of Police . Hitherto these Lord Lieutenants , although civilians , have been obliged to wear military dresses , because a Lord Lieutenant of a county is its military commander . These civilians at Court , in military uniforms , certainly cut the appearance oi' very odd soldiers ; but instead of dressing them as Inspcctoro of Police , why not abolish them altogether ? In ancient time ? , under our baronial system , and when feuds between Barons led even neighbouring counties into party , strifeor civil war , a military commander of a county , ' appointed by the Crown , mi ^ iit have been necessary , ' bnt now all such necessity has ceased , and tho office ¦ -.

      ought : o be abolished . In war , when tho miliua , i * out , the Lord Lieutenant , by way of pitrona {( e , has in his gilt the appointment of persons to commissions ; but even this has vanished , and with it very nearly has vanished his interference with yeomanry corp 3 . There ia not a singlo pretext for retaining these Lord Lieutenants . The business of the counties i 3 done at tho Home-office , and this Lord Lieutenancy , like the chief Lord Lieutenanry of Ireland , ought to be immediately done away with . We have now military commanders of districts , whose duties entirely supersede those of the Lord Lieutenants . I < is i . i contemplation to abolish the title , wkh that of Sheriff , and why in » he _ interval should we have Court orders for the new uniforms of a e ! as 3 of nominal public servants which is so speedily and so properly to be annihilated ?

      Discovery op another Suspected Regicide . — Singular and Mysterious Occurrence —It appears probable that tho Home-office authorities will have sufficient " secret" investigations cut out for them , connected with public outrages upon the invaluable and revered person of our beloved Sovereign . Another would-be regicide has been having Borne li i > ye-pJay " in the metropolis , and the information of his pranks has been forwarded to the Secretary of State , but up to last night his hiding place had not been discovered . We subjoin a narrative of the facts as they were detailed by the persons whose names are introduced ta our reporter , and add a description of the rascal ' s person , with the view of brinuing him to justice , and making him account for daring to

      throw into a state of effervescence the Joyalty of her Maj .-sty ' s liege subjects . —On Sunday night last , a young man of dashing exterior , came to the bar-of the Peacock tavern , Maiden-lane , Covent-garden , and applied for a glass of porter , which on being S ' rved him , he enquired far a bed , at she same time stating that he was a strangor in London , and had just arrived from Liverpool . Mrs . Honey , the landlady , made arrangements for his accommodation , and upon hi 3 reaching his sleeping apartment , he handed over to Mrs . Honey ' s 8 istcr a new pocket pistol , and a bullet mould , desiring her to take great care of it , as he should have parii u ' . ar usofor it on the morrowj Mrs . Honey ' s sister communicated to the landlady this circumstance , and the luttersaid that

      if she had known the stranger had had fire-arms in his possession , she would not have allowed him to sleep in the house . Her alarm , however , was abated upon her sister stating that she refused to take the pistol from the stranger until ho first snapped it to convince her that it was not charged . This he did ; and Mrs . Honey ' s Fister then took possession of the pistol and mould . Upon the following morning the stranger breakfasted with Mrs . Honey , and she asked him how he came to have the pistol in his possession ? He replied that he only kepc it for " self protection . " ( These , it may ba remembered , were the very words made use of by Oxford , and it is a remarkable coincidence that the stupid fellow here spoken of , and Oxford , bear , according to the deto each and

      scription—a stror ^ resemblance other arc about the same ag * . ) Mrs . Honey told him that there was not the slightest necessity for such a precaution iu London . He then conversed in a . suspioious strain about the late atteipt upon the Quecu ' d Isfe , and said he had tho greatest curiosity to ste the man vrho fired ai her Majesty ( alluding to Francis ) . Perceiving that , he was exciting the close attention of those at the breakfast table , he Added that he did not intend to fire a ; the Qieen , upon which Mrs rtoney remarked that if such a thought had entered his head , he might depend upon it that he would not be treated as Oxford was , and expressed her opinion that Francis was sure to be hanged . He made no reoly but left , the house , and did not return until tho

      subsequent Wednes-day morning , when he stated ihax be had been robbed of seven sovereigns at the Strand Theatre . Upon his second visit he remained but a few minutes , and then hastily quitted the house . Mrs . Honey having consulted soina friends , gavo information of the occurrence to tho police , and Mr . Sandrack , the superintendant of the F division , immediately waited upon her , and after inspecting the pistol aad bullet-mould , he took it-to the commissioner of police , in Great Scotland yard , who , itis understood , promptly reported the circumstances to the Home-office authorities . The pistol and bullet-mould weru brought back to Mrs . Honey , and the superintendant regnesied her to mark them , and not auifer them to pass out of her possession . Thi 3 she did , and

      upon our reporter examining them yesterday , he discovered that the pistol wag a new one of Birmingham manufacture , and did not bear the name of the maker upon it . The bullet-mould has stamped upon the handle the figures " 38 , " and both were left in a blue and -white striped worsted pistol case . The stranger has hkewiso left behind him a mahogany walking-stick , leaded at the too . He stated among other things to Mrs . Honey , that he was an articled clerk of Liverpool , and that he had come to London on a spree . " He is of gentlemanly bearing and polished address ; he was attired in light striped trousers , a black surtout coat , and nearly a new black hathis complexion is fairand he is

      appa-, , rently about 19 years old . The police are making active exertions to discover the place of his retreat , which cannot remain secret unless he is a resident of London as he had no money with him when he called the second time npen Mrs . Honey . It has been suggested that if greater cars was adopted by the manufacturers of fire arms to ascertain the addreBS of ench juvenile mountebanks before concluding a sale with them , tbere would be less danger of the public mind being disturbed be the wicked and diabolical attempts that have latterly been Raid to have been made upon the life of our august and lonely Que ^ n . —London Fopcj * t ^ ad ^ oU

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      Presents for her Majesty . —An Arabian man of war , the-firsj ^ that ever appeared in English waters , cam 6 up the river on Sunday in tow of a steamer , and was moored in the afternoon off the victualliug-yard , atDeptford . On Monday she was towed into the St . Katharine ' s Dock . The pennant was flying at her main topmast head , and she had a red ensign hoisted at her mizen . This Teasel , which excited much curiosity , ib from Zanzebar , and has brought over four valuable Arabian horses and other presents , from the King of Muscat , : to her : Majesty 0 , 'ieen Victoria ,. The vessel presents a similar appearance to that of one of our merchantmen of fiyo hundred or six hundred tons burden , except that she carries ten guns .

      Fhom a PARLUMENTARr Papeb just published , it appears that the total annual cost of the ecclesiastical establishment in the West Indies is £ 20 ^ 300 , and that tho aggregate amount since the passing of the Act 6 th George IV . is , £ 341 , 261 . Loss op Life FRoji Bathing—On Friday last no less than six persons lost their lives whilst bathing in tho River Thames . - Remarkable Escape . —On Monday last two workmen were engaged to repair the pump of the Stroud Union Workhouse . It was found necessary that a man should descend to the bottom of the well , a depth of 60 yards , and also that , in order to keep up a verbal communication , a boy should be placed on sort ofi

      a platform , fixed for , the purpose in the centre . When descending ( the boy being in tho man s lap-v the rope broke at about 90 feet from the bottom . Taemaa . had presence of mind to try to save himself by putting his foot againbt one side of the wall and hi 3 shoulders against the opposite wall , and thi 3 he accomplished after falling a few yards , with a boy 15 years old in his lap . Tho other workman , instead of applying to the governor , ran a couple or miles in search of a rope , " : and before the man and boy could be rescued , that had continued two hours in their perilous situation . When rescued the boy was found to be without the least injury , and the 'man only slightly bruised . —Bristol Mercury .

      Singular Incidents—A few days ago a series of casualties which we should be disposed to term whimsical , were it not that one of them at least was attended . with f . bmo decree of danger to life , took place at ; Greenock-quay . A smart , cleanlylooking servant girl , about to enter upon a " new placo , " appeared at tho qujy witha largo and heavy trunft , for the purpose of going on boai-d a steamer , which was about to cross tho Guirloch . The trunk , whilo being hauled on deck , by some means or other , got out of the hands of its custcdiers , and tumbled into the sea . Thia was casualty the first , and steps were promptly taken to remedy , it . The trunk was raised out of the water , and while slowly ascending by the steamer ' s side , it * owner eagerly stretching out

      her arms to dutch it , the lid suddenly gave way , separating from the body , and the trunk once more fl ^ atod in the water . With the same promptitude as before the devoted chest was seizsd , and again it was in tho act of being swung oii board , when , as casualty the third , crash went the bottom , and into the 6 ea tumbled , in " most admired disorder , " tho body habiiiraenti of the unfortunate serving-wench —here a gown , and there a petticoat , here a shoe , and there a dashing Sunday shawl , with aprons , caps , stockings , and shifts of every variety—while a large catalogue of small articles were covered by a huge blue umbrella , which unfurled itself in all its amplitndo , as if to protect them from the rain above , deeming them , no doubt , wet enough below . By

      dint of exertions , for which tho half-frantic maiden felt she could never be sufficiently thankful , the scattered articles of drss , including the blue umberella aforesaid , were gathered up , and with the bottomless trunk , pu * safely on board . It was now hoped by tho bystanders that fortune had done her worst , at least for that occasion , on the ill-fated girl ; but no , a disaster more serious still was in store for the hapless Abigail . The stcamtr was about to sail , and our heroiue was standing pn one' of tho wings adjoining the paddlo-box , talking to a friend on shore , when a sudden jerk of the boat threw h \ r , in imitation of her trunk , right into the water . This most unfortunate of all t > o casualties which had occurred

      changed the current of feeling from laughter to alarm , and those who had been most amused at the former mishaps were now the most active in rendering assistance .. when life was at . stake- Providentially , the poor girl was got out of tho water moro frightened and wet than seriously injured j and h « re , so far as is known , did her misfortunes for the day terminate . Tiie-.-circumstaaoes , as may be supposed caused no small amusement osi . board ; and those who witnessed them will not soon forget the scenes enacted by " the woman with the trunk , " -which almost equal , in point of ludicrous etfeoi , tho more iimed adventures of " the carpet bag . "—Glasgow Argus .

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      PROSECUTIONS FOR BLASPHEMY . i . - ' ¦ ' ¦• . ¦ ' . TO THE EDITeit OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the Slur pf last week appeared a lttttr fv&ja Mr . W . J . Call ton , of -Birmingham , giving an account of the avrtest of Mr . < & . J . Hulyoalra , aud his committal to Gloucester Gaol ou a cinirge oJ biJisplitsniy . : ¦ ¦ In that letter your readers wcro informed that Mr . Holyoake was arrested without a warrant , and on his committal vrps desputefaeii to Gloiicthter handcuffed , a ia Chartist ! To this 1 -inay add that bis Christian (?; persecutors , having clutuiitd their victim , intend to make sure game of him : to that , end- they refuse bail , unless tendered by parties they deem sufficiently " respectable , " residing ivithin seven miles of Gtoitcesler ! Poor Holyoake is friendless in that part of tho country ; bail therefore on such terms is not to be thought of . This ia not all ; they ' hiivt- dtiprmd him of his books ami papers , thus debarring him of the means necessary ior preparing his dejence . Truly , the teudor mercies of tho saintiy wicked are cruel . '

      Mr . Kolyoako'a trial will take place at Gloucester on the 29 th or 30 tti of the present . month . Ho has a wife and two children , whosa unprotected situation , claims the ' sympathy and assistance ot all friends of freedom . Having iht-. honour to rank on the list of Mr . Hdlyoake's personal frien « s , I can bear my testimony , to hia high mural worth and sterling honesty of heart . Tho Chartists of Sheffield know iiow ever ready Mr . Holyoaka was to-serve them while a xettideh ' t in this town ; so far aa ihey have iho means , I believe I may bespeak their sympathy in hio behalf . lam , dear Sir , Yours , faithfully , ' G-goiige Julian Harney . Sheffield , No . 11 , Hartshead , June 13 th , 1842 .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS ' —Monday , June I ' d . Lord WllAKNCLIFFE , in answer to squib observations by Lord Beaumont and the Duke of Cleveland , fctated . that Government were about to ad pt como measure t « facilitate the exchange of 2 / glit flo » ereij ( ns for those of full weight . JMuch imposition had been pract'sed upon the more , ignorant holders of light coin , but from the average of that which had been received at the Bank , the actual deficiency in weight , appeare » J to amount to not more ' -taan from one and a half to two per cei . t .

      Lnrd Brougiiam gave notice that he should to-day move the suspension of the standit . g orders t » 'facilitate the passing of tba Witnesses * Indemnity Bill , and on the motion of the Duke of Wellington , the second reading of the Income-Tax Bill was postponed uutil Thursday . Lord CaUPKELL then , pursuant to notice , brought on his molio for certain paptrs rslating to the trial bbfote Lord Justice Cievk at the last Stirling Assizes , on which the evidence of th'V pro-ecutor was , ; it the recommendation if the Judgo , ¦ withdrawn as being unworthy of cre « lit , on the ground that ' 'the man was an

      Athe ' . st ; and this too after he had succeeded in clearing himself , at least partially , of tho imputution , Tho Kob ! e Lord entered at muoh length into the suJ-jf .-pt , of evidence , aud after ' citing , a . ' number-of ' authorities to provw that tbe course which had been taken was contrary--to the law both of this country ana of Scotland , cunciuded by tiXpresBJnjj ; his intuition , if there were any ambiguity , of bringing ia a Bill to remove it Tl ; e LORO Chancellor defended the couree which had been adopted by the ' Luarn ' td Judges who had presided at-tho ' trial ,- and after a prolonged discussion the motion was withdrawn .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , June 10 . Sir H . ijiGUS moved the issuing of tbe writ for Nottingham . ¦ ' " ; Sir Q . Obey objected that this motion was one of those which : had dropped on the preced : nff afternoon for want of a quorum , and that the convenience of tae-House required a renewed notice . Sir R . lNGLis expressed his readiness to comply with the general wish of tne House ; but did not believe that the House had any general wish for the postr ponement . He saw no reasen for continuing the suspension of this writ . Nottingham had not been proved to be guilty , and was entitled to the beuefifc of the general rule , that till gnilfc be proved innocence must be presumed . As against that borough , the House bad

      nothing to proceed upon but Mr . Itpebuok'B Voice alleging corruption , and Mr . Roebuck ' s finger pointing to particular members / Sir G . Larpent had , during many weeks , been confined to bis housa by ill health , and therefore no unfavourable inference ought to be drawn from tho fact , that for some time before the compromise he had been absent iroin the House , If the mere retirement of a Membeir charged with bribery was sufficient to laise a ; presumption that bribery ' was general in the place , represented by him , a goodly list of other boroughs ought to have been included in the ifcfttience to Mr , Roebuck ' s ' 'Coinmlttea . - ; . These modern inquiries into compromise were like the ancient ordeal by water , where death ensued in either event—the accused being taken out find executed if his guilt was evWericftd . }> y Ma a ^ iraui ' iugj aiid lef t to dru wu if his

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      innoct ince was established by his sinking ; and so here , if the Member answered , he was convicted by his own confeesl on « '' obe refused to answer , he was condemned by hia V « Ience . Many hundreds of the Nottiijgham electors a " spKwaly stated by petition that they had not partaken l a any degree of the imputed corruption ; and they urged . that the right of representation , as it was not given to th& . . ^ 7 » -resolution of the House , ought net to be taken t , ' ° ^ etn by Buch a resolution . .. This . suV pension went to pun ^ a hundred innocent that ten guilty-might no t escape . What fie now askod was not a favour , but a i igbt . = Mr . ( Jally B . NIGHI seconded the motion , and-ri'diculed Mr . Roebuc , V as a person who was always teliing the House that he was the real Simoa Pure , and the only honest man in **•

      Air . ' Roebuck ' - d . ' 'nie < l ' - thijs with much bittsrr . rss He . had said net on a word about Mmself ; aud that being , the fact , what was Mr . G-. Knight ' s statement worth ? As to the al . ' eged waut of le ^ al proof , he knew the value of legal rules in their proper piaca ; but in that House he was not a lawyer , but a 'legislator ,- and would act upo n moral evidence . Ho had deliberately absented himsOlf from the House on the preceding day , in order that be might avoid the debate upon the issuing cf the wr » t ^ -a subject in which " he had never taken part . He hnovr not why he had beta attacked : he had had no influence in deterihining the votes of the House upon any of the writs ; they had been guided by Sir Robert Peei , their master , whoj he doubted not , had azted siacerelj , tbpugh , as ho thought , not consistently . Mr . Q . Knight explained , in ' ¦ 'terms' of courtesy , toward Mr . Roebuck .

      Sir R Peel 'disclaimed all influence oh these judicial jatstions , except that of reason . . He did iiot consider the decision of an election '' ¦ committee to bo conclusive on the House respe < 3 tmi < the disposal of the borons ? h , but only respecting the title to the seat . But each cass must be decided on its . owu ' grounds , an *' , no one general rule could be laid down for tbe reRuintion of a ! J . la this instance , tho sudden abandonment-of the seat by \ he member to whom it hi-d been adjudicated , and tha alleged deposit of a sum of money in order to secure tha return of a candidate entertaining opinions opposite to those of that mnjTity by whom tho late member was elected , did appfcar to him to require , for tbo sake of the honour of the House , that further investigation ehould be made before the writ should issue . Mr . ShaRIiiam Ciuwfoud wag for continuing the suspension .

      Mr . . Wynn took the santo line , and quoted a precedent . Colonel RQLLESTOX , as an elector of Nottingham , expressed on his o-vn part and that of a la ? g « botiy of his brother electors , tkc-ir auxio ^ v tfjJtt Mr . Roebuck's enquiry should p . iocecd sejrchingiy and speedity . Sir K . In . cl . is , for himself aad many other consnrvativc meiiibera , denied the right of Mr . R jebuck t-j call any man th « ir master . Sir R . PEEL . tsxpLiiu ' erl , and tho Houso c ?; vid ? cl—Apainst issuing the writ .., 13 G For it ^ ... ... ... 41 Majority against-Ih ' o writ ... , —05

      Mr . Roebuck then moved the third reading of tbe bill for indemnifying witnesses who should give evidence before his Committee He urged that the o >> ject of the bill was not to punish for the past , but to legislate for the future ; and that ,. therefore , the ordinary reassns against compelling witnesses to inculpate thfitiiseives were not propwly applicable . The Attorney-General objected that this Bill went further than any similar measure before it had gone . This Bill - offered indemnity , not only for all bribery commuted by the witness himseif , but for the like acts of all persons whom the witness might inculpate ; and ife indemnified the witness himself for all bribery , not only in the particular instances involved in

      his evidence , but in all other instances at all elections whatsoever and wheresoever . He feared such a Bill was more Hkeiy to make witnesses than to elicit truth , He would not , howovei , oppose this measure if limited to the objects provided for in former Indemnity Bills ; but he yielded his assent not so much to any experience or conviction of a y good ever effected by these enactments ; as to the course of the precedents ^ T-yhJch he enumerated by name . He would propose , therefore , merely to strike out tho second clause , which contained the novel enactments ; and if Air . Roebuek should consent to this alteration , he wished him all success with his new and somewhat dangerous instrument !

      Sir B . IXGHS disliked the principle of a measure which went to change the general course of law , and to break through the confidence between clieuta and professional advisers . Ha donbted a . good attempted by means so had . Hawever , ho felt that he was bound by the . precedents . Mr : HAKDY . observed , ' that by tLis Bill the witness , in order to be effectually protected , must have a caitiflcate from the Committee ; but as he could not be secure of thnt certificate beforehand , he would still be entitled to refuse his testimony wherever it should tend to . criminate himself .

      Mr . O'Connell admittea the argument of the Attorney-Qeneral to be unai'sweTable , and hoped-Mr . " Roebuck would accede to the Learned Member ' s suggestion . He , however , had no great value for those rules of law which so anxiously protect guilty men against criminating themselves . Mr . C . W . Wynn objected to the second clause . Mr / KOEBUCK intimated his willingness to omit that part of the Bill . After a few words from the Recorder , Mr . C . Bvller remonstrated against tbe withdrawal of the second clause . Unusual powers wipre created for disclosing to Parliament , with a view to leKisltition and not to punishment , offenders not otherwise to havo been reached . Justice , then , and the dignity <» f the House , required that no new peril should , be brought upon any cla ^ a of persons .

      Mr . Darby questioned the expediency of this Bill . He believed that the act of last session , for allowing proof of bribery , without previous proof of agency , would have been a very effectual one , if it had been left to work by itself . Moreover , the prssent measure would have a very unfair effect upon persons who would be attacked behind their backs from the animosity of local politics . The persons bo attacked would not be before the Committee , and the Committee would be imposed upon by witnesses brousrhtup at tbe public exnenco , who would swear an > tbi ; ig and everything when the persons attacked were nos there to check ami cross-examine them . Mr . Watson was favourable to the bill , and would have preferred the retention of the second clause . The bill having been read a third time , Mr . C Buller proposed to include Biidport , which was agreed to .

      The enactments whieh had been objected to were then struck out . Before the House went into Committee on the Customs Acts . Mr . Hu ME expressed his hope that Sir R Pf el would reconsider the duties upon wool and cotton , as being upon raw materials . Sir R . Peel admitted the expediency of reducing the duHes on raw . materials , l . ' ufc felt that fee should not be justified in risking so large a revenue as these duties yielded . The House then , rfsolv ' . iig irito committie , proceedtd with the discussion of the tariff . :. Oq the artictfi of thrown silk not dyed , Mr . GuiMSDiTCH moved , as an atucndiTicivt , the continuation of the prf ? ent tiuty , instead of tlio reduction proposed in t ! ie tariff' . Mr . Brocklf . uukst second « l th ? 8 motion .

      Mt . AttWOOD contended tha ^ the silk trade hnd sufferedUnder the hands of tha free trade theorists . He was desirous of adhering to the old principles of profect ' on Mr . Gladstone proved in fi « ur ? s , that th ^ pilk trade , had been more flourishing under tho iiipaern xeeu ations of Mr . Huskisson , thnn in thamo ^ t prosperous years of the prohibitory system . Mr . STRUTT corroborntfd the ' opinion of Mr . GVa < 1-stoTie . His oven conatituer . ts liad raado no objaztions to the prlDciplesr of tree trarle ni app ! i *;( i . by this tanif to manufactures ; Thpy comple-ined only that the fame principles were not applied " also to articles of subsistence After a few words from Mr . ~ E ^ ertr , n , and some explanations from Mr . Erockikhubst and Mr . Grimst > ITCH , the Committee divided , amrrninr , by a very large majority , the duty as proposed by Government .

      The next item of discussion was tbe duty on manufactures , of silk , which the tariff proposes to raise by weiebt , but which Dr . Bo wring moved to levy ud valorem . ¦ ;¦ Sir R . Peel said , th ? . t , givipa ; no opinion \ rhttlicr the afimission of French sjiks would fea expedient for this country withwufc some reciprocal admission of British goods into France , at any rate he strongly felt the benefit which wpuld flow from reciprocity of intercourse ; that reciprocity Enshnct waa strivin /? to obtain ; and he trusted that the Hoaee wouhi not weaken tkn hands of Ministers by presbing them hastily to concede the boon without compensation , Mr . Labouchere exhorted his friends to support ; the Government in this duty , with the view exDlaihed by Sir R Peel . " Mr . HuMp concurred . y Dr . BOWRING consented to withdraw his motion .

      Mr . WtLtiAMS made some observations , of which the tcnour was noV distinctly heard ; Lord HowifK questioned / whether England would accomplish so good a reBiilt by makingf bargains about reciprocal duties , as by acting on an independent prinefpie . After the declarations already made by Si * K . Peel in favbur of the principle of cheap purchase even without reciprocal remlsaipn of duty , France : ¦ ¦ . would see that she bad only tb : he obstinate enough in order to secuse her object without concession in return . B . ut if , after a full redaction on eur part , she should still coatinue to keep up her duties the smuggler would step in to correct her error , and circulate English manufactures throughout France , at a heavy loss to the . French exchequer . ¦ ¦; ' '¦ '¦ ' ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦ v ' . •' .. ¦ : . ¦ ,: ' : ' Mr . Mangles wished for some further reduction unon the silk manufactures of India / to which Sir B . Peel briefly objected . Mr . Brocklehurst said a few words , and the duty passtd au ptoppstd by Government . .

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      ^^ mmr . ^^ v «^ - ^ " - « - -w ^ --. ^ - , 7 r _ L-m- j ^ * ¦ 'TJ ^ t ^* 'lf ^ " *^ ¦ ^^ n- ^ p ^ On the articles cf ladies' dresses , on which , by the tariff , the Customs officers have an option of charcin ^ j an ad va ' orem duty of 40 percent ., Mr . Hnnio linri the momentary gallantry to proposa a reduction ; bnt be made no . fight , and theladies wero k-ft . wh « ie the tariff had placed thorn . ; \ ; . ' . ' . " ¦ The schedule of silks vras prssed , and tlio Cocmiittse atfjoarn < jd . ' "' ¦ -. ' . . '"

      ' . ; -. ; . Monday , June 12 . . ¦ .: -. . ¦" . Incompliance -with the recommend a tina u \ ven by Sir Robert Peel on Friday eveaing :. ; tho House ' besrati business Jialf an hour hfftiro ; t 3 n « 5 al time , and- w . ont into Gomnjiitr-8 on the tariff by fi ve o ' clock , wfcrn Mr . Mitchsll , the member for Bri'ipprt haVin ^ a pet pro ? ec tioh for his own eoristituents , rnovscl that tbs' dv . ty on foreign cordage sliimld he tMght shillings instead of s-. x shiiiinss , and the duty on foreign . 't-v ' ine twenty . s"hV !« Hnra , instead often shi ' l- 'Jnsa . Mr . Gladstone exhibited his . accustomod iTicxorabih'tr . Mr . A , Chapman , an ; l Colour ! Wood , of Middlesex , spoko shnrtiy , the lattev ,. as far as could he sro-the-Tert amid ? he noise of a disorderly House , c > nnsel ! ing Mr , Mitchell to withdraw his motion ; but Mr . Mitchell , so far from r . ( 'qnle-eir > % , made a s ^ or . d speech , and was worsted with dns- form by a- majority in '•» division .

      Wben the committee arrived at tlis schctfufe reiTinhs to stones , brkbs , a-nd tiles , Mr . G 15- ^ kp . i nis ^ r a Strneple for tha Portlandcr ^; imme ? the Hous > to continue the exi . stips protection upon Portland , s'tone , on the . gmarid that ife "^ . 13 n ot an artioJe pnteriri K into the consumption cf the poor , and that it fnrrsiirhvd labour to a happily circumstanced population-, of alraoat two thousand persons pa the coast of Dorsetshire . Mr . CHRIS-3 JE snpportrdthf ! reduction propnspd in the iariffj and stated tli t the population was ono among which the truck system "* ras extensively pruvalent . . . After a f > iT 7 T ? orda from I / ird Ashley ,

      Mr . GlaS . T . 0 ^ 3 . sc . -re his opinjin that tfeeprotric'ion proposed in t ^ e tariff , tv . t = qvito snfff ;! ent , a ^ no ? irir : ' n < r , as it did , to an ad valorcra dutyof ten per cent ., tbe present duty was t ^ vuty p > .-r cent , whicU he thought too much , for so rude a iniiteriaK V A little mora conver ? i ' - > on ensued , and th ° n Mr . 'BANKES . advertinsr to the ilJ-. wcc « ss of all tho former att-eni ' pts to alter the rates proposed by the G y vernnifnt , witMfa ' w his motion . On tho . article of foreign coffee , I / ird Howicic moved thtit -the . impp « t"dn ' ty , set down \ n tto tp . tiff at 8 ^ .: per pound , should he reduce ^ to 7 » T . At Si ! , per pnuri'l th . a hettof kiuda of c- !{ TVo from -fi / rfisgn' plahtationa vrcn'd pay about one hundred per cent ,, and the inferior kinds a vastly Urtjer per cftntn : TO ; and these

      w ^ ro duties upon an- articla entt-rinj ; largely-ii-to the eon unir > Hon of tho per . Tflia h < t ; h impost culi not b » justitif . d on the fore of di . scour . -tJuirisiit {( i'tbe ' sture trii - . le ; ' for the n ; re ; it fon" ! cn cofR-o ¦ : country ' was t ] mt of Hayti , vv-hifh is cul'i ^ at . 'd by ~ -fiv < j labour ; If tMe : infti&t . wtire' to bivjeflt our planters , h « woiil . d sny- that the people of this country wcul'I not lung endure bueh a cost fir su : h an object and tha sucner cur ' --colonists ,, arrfve-i at , 1 more nafural state of things , the better would it be even for thems'lves . Thu reduction ho now-sought , bfina f only one penny' per pound ,. could not . l > v » important to the revanue—nay , 'lso . beliaverl it-woiiM be fully ma ( fe up ' . 'by tha inereiv" *? ; of consumption , to say- ' nothing of the advantage which would be produced in the discouragement of adultbrati < Vn . ¦ - . - :

      Mr . Gladstone urTf-d the House to maintain the bijher duties . for . the j > res ' -nt . . mainly on the gTrmnd that in some of the now panuinc ; tTe . ' . iea with fi > reiiti s * t : ' , ea , the re ' misnion of thesa dntits might be made tho cr .: u *! . derations for important concessions to the trutio of this country-. . . Mr . Hume thought that n 'mailer duty . than 81 . would ' still Ic .- tve this country stroug enough in negotiation with for e '^ n ^ rs . ; . ; . "'¦¦' . ' . ¦ - . .. Sir R © . ijerT'Peel- admitted' the nreat advantaee of

      encqurashigcciT .-e as against spiritubr-s liquors . Bat het entreateii t'oe House iiot . . to . throw , away too liberally airiii ' etrum ' snts of negotiation . Nest to the .. object-of cheopVuing : piiiics to cur own consamt rs was that of ex ^ fer . riing our owii iuiir * : ~ t 5 . Our av ?; unisnt 3 of mere philos . fphy , - . ' sound as tiaey migbt be , would not weigh so effectually with some foreign : states , as ouv potsession- of a quid pro quo . It was vtry material that wa should-nxiike it the . is-. t ^ rwt of ' various classes abroad to press their own Government for a relaxation ; of their restrictions . ¦¦¦ ' ¦'¦' .

      Mr . IT awes oVj < : ct . « rl that the effect of the per cer . tige propesf-d in the tariff would ' be- to ht the rich have their ccrffet ; at a lower proportionals duty than tbo poor . A still greater reduct'on than Loyd Hbwick had proposed would be quite safe to the revenue ; for ifc . vouid' increato the . consumption .- tf the genuine articlo which p ; - ' . ; fs .. 'duly , and diminish the use of tho itifireukiits ejupioyetl in adulteration , which pay no duty at all . . " . " ¦ '• . \ . ' ¦' . ' ; . :.-. ' : ' . : : Dr . Bow-Ri . yp was persuaded , th :: t in order to cone 51 i ; . t 3 F / .-iiiCf ) . tho best instrument r ,-p could uso would be a diminution of the duty .. on her wines . ' .. . - ;; .- ; : ¦ ¦ Mr . Baking said , ha should hava understood Sir R . Peel ' s argument about ueyotiation , if fcc had let coiFeiynlone altogether ; but Sir R . Peel had taken , off 2-i which he seemed to think quite harmleaa to hi 3 dipVoKiacy , nnd yftt enteitained a great apprehension fro , 13 the one penny which Lord Howick desired to reduce . ¦¦¦ ' . '" -.

      Mr . Villieus apprehended , that we should always have sufiicient power in negotiation , by simply threaterjing "' to ' reimpo * e our'duties . Ti . e best way to begin was by sattine ; the example of free trade . ' Lord KOWICK did not believe that the bargaining system had been found to answer in practice . Of the jr-duction proposed by Government , the chief benefit would . !? ' - to the growers and hoiJers of cofite , and not t ' 6 'tht ? consumer ? . Tiie c'liniiiittte tben divided , rejecting Lord Howick's amendment . Lord Sandon moved that certain allowances shsuld be made on the stock of naturalizsd . coffee how in » jond , or on ir- » way io this country . Those stocks , ho said , hadfuilen fireatiy in price , and would suffer heavily from the reduction of dutiss made by this tariff .

      Mr . Gladstone considered the fall in pnee to have arisen only from over-specuiation in that particular branch of the coffee trade . Tha change in the duties mis ; ht be disadvantageous to "these holders ; but so it must be nlso to the holders of very many other kinds of stock , who , nevertheless , must submit to-ici . 1 ivid . ual ineonvenience for a measure of general b ' eneGt .. He intimated , however , that as Lord Sandori had aUeted the language ef hia motion : from the form of this notice , the subject might be further considered by Gpvernmeht . Lord Sandon said ho did not wish to pres 9 for a division at that moment . / Lord Howick remarked , that the general objsctioa to nllowancea . on stocks in hand , which was the danger pf fraud , did not apply to that :-. ' -stock . which was actually in bond ; and even that which was in iransi / u . ' seemed to feim to deserve favourabie consideration . ¦

      Mr . Pivetfc , and Mr . Mark Phillips , . atid . Mr . Huine were in favour of tae , motion ; but Mr . JBarin ? saw no snlljcient distinction in favour of these particular speculators . ' Sir R . Peel ? aidr that the speculation , tbonrh not literally illegal , had baen contrary to the spirit of the law , and that no long since . as in the Session of 1840 there bad . been public cotico that ¦ Parliament' intend e d to correct the slips in tho statute of wliich ¦ ¦ theisb traders' had taken advantage . fiJany other classes of dealers , purt' -culatly in the timber trade , were ^ affected by this tariiF , who-hid no such two years' noticetoset rid of . their stocks , and be could discern no valid ground . far an exception ia fnvcur of this particular adventure . S .- ^ eral othfcr -Memb : fs adrled a few words ; and the Comriiif . teo dividing , negatived the motion of L ' rd

      Mr , Lindsay and Mr . Mangles prsssed Sir R . Peel to cormider tho practicability of lowering tho auty on te& ; bat Sir R Peel resisted that suggestionI on tno score of rovHiiue . . . ..: '¦ ' . ' . .. .- '' On the article of books . Sir R . Peel , in answer to a question , fn . im Dr . BOWKiNG , expressed his intention to reconsider t . e duty with retereaco to its efftCfc upon copyright . ¦ . - The item of tsllow candles attracted the nttention of Lord Worsley , who bfgaed that the protection , in-Kte- ; d of 10 a . per ewe , might be 20 s . ; but Mr . Gladsto . ne adhered to the lower sum . Ween the committeb . came to cork squared for rbundin / .

      Mr . T DUNCOMBE propoeed tiat the duty should be reduced from 5 d . per pound to the iioniihal ' : ( . uiy of Is . per ton , for the sake of protectine the industry of our . native corkrcutters , who , without fu ^ h ' . a reriuctiyn , v ,- i-iild be dooined to seo tbo raw . ' nin ' S ^ rial Carried wholesale into France , and with it the tiada thty lived by , , Mr . Gladstone declared the sincere desire of tho GoT ^ rnment t >» - bestow on tho cork-cutters eveiy advimtage . not repngnant to cenerRl pris . 'cipls ; but added his belief that the duties to be levied under this tariff vere such as fully to consist with tbo prosperity of their trade . He entered into various details of tne business , for the purpose of illustrating his opinion , ' ^ . ' Mr . BARiNG supported tbe motion of Mr . Duncombe . The latter addressed the committee by way ^ cf reply ; and shared , on a division , the fate of all who had preceded him in resisting any item cf the tariff . ' . ; . '¦

      Dr . Bo . wp . ing pkaded for an ad va ' orem of 20 per cent on straw hats and- platting—a reduction due , in hia opinion , to Tuscany , whenca these articles are principally imported . = ' " Mr . Husie supported this motion . . Mj . Gladstone admitted the liberality of the Tuscan Goveyiimenti ; but felt that something was due to the ''¦ friendless and hopeless itcto of the home labburers in this branch . Still , hoirever , a very large boon in the Bhape of reduction on these articles was given to Tuscany by the present tariff . Dr . Bowring forbore to press hia amendment . Onforeignwrnesandsplrits Dr . JBowRiNG asked for an asauiance from Sir R . Peel , that when Franco should indicate ^ a reciprocal spirit , the English Government would accede to a a diminution of the duties .

      Sir R . Peel hail eo difficulty in giving this assmance At a few- . ' jjniiiute ' s after midnight , tbe comuiittee adiournea . ¦ - -, ¦ ¦ ¦ : . ' : ¦/ . ¦ ¦ ¦ -: ¦•; - ; ¦" : ¦ . ' - ; : ¦ ¦

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      THE HANDBOOK OF THE ELEMENTS OF PAI ^ TI >' G 1 ^ OIL , with an APPENDIX , containing Sir Joshua Reynold ' s Observations 2 nd InstrQCtions w Stndenrs . London : ^ arke and WilEOn , 66 , Old Bailey , 1542 . This mil be f < mnd an exceedingly useful little rtaima . 1 for the juvenile Totaries of the pencil Ice subjects tfeateQ of are—the materials for painting ; preparation of colours ; method of preparin ^ m e ^ lip ; preparation of gTonnds ; choice of a subject ; on portrait painting ; landscaps painting , &c ; on all of which it treats in a clear and lucid style , well calculated to further the yonng beginner in this woris of Ibis

      delightful arr . We are # ! ad to see description issue from the press . They tell us of advancement , and let us perceive thaJ the antiqaated raVbi = h which has for s ^ e-i enveloped the rndiments of the arts and sciences in mystery , is loosing its hold upon the mind , and that , a new and better system is on the eve of introduction . We hope the spirited pnblifihers will find such encouragement as maj induce them to prepare other works of a similar character the want of whieh is often seriously felt , especially by those in whom the fljme of genius is Slowing , but whose energies are cramped by the limitation of their means . The work » elegantly got-ap , and deserves extensive patronage .

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      POEMS bt Robert Nicholl . Edinburgh , William Tait ; London , Simpkin and Mar-hall . A volume of sweet " sonsie sang " that should be in ev ^ ry one's hands ; the overflowings of a native . g-vnius filled alike wivh tho fire of poetry and patrio :-i ? ni ; and coctendicg against such diffieiifcies as . -will ever conspire to cramp the energies , and devroy : or pervert the usefu ! n ; ss of poor men ' s minds , so I long as the infernal system of society exist ? , against . vrhieh Robert ISk-hoii Traced a Fhort- but spirned j and glorious vrarfaro . The present edition or' these p ? ems contains a memoir of th * -ir author ,

      caleulatefgreatly to enhance the vaiue of his productions in ; the estimation of every right-judging mind . We ! have no room for extracts , and if' we bad , where all j is excellent , we might find some d-. fiiculty in select-! ing . The homely sweetness and unpretending beamy ¦ of mneh of this Scottish poetry , fully equals , in our ! estimation , any of its predecessors , not even es-| cepting even that of Robert Buni 3 .

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      ! SUSAN HOPLEY , or THE ADVENTURES OF i ' A MAID SERVANT . E-iiubun ^ : William j Tsiit ; Glasgow , John Me . Leod : London , W . S . j Orr and Co . _ A ch-ap edifion of this deservedly popnlar novel , ; in srrekly numbers , at three-halfpence , is now being ' published under the supervision of the Author , -who gives as his reason for its publication the previous [ publicai . on of several cheap bur trashy imitations . Ii ! seem ? , therefore , that these trashy things have doua ! at least one good thing , they hive induced the author ! of Susan Hoplry to give that to the many which the oriirmal price of the work restricted to the few ! We havs only one rinmber of it te ^ oie us , and can ! therefore say lut ? about the ' getting out" oi" the ! thing , further than to express our hope that th- suc-| ceeuiug enmbers will be equal to it . If they be so , tho work will be valuable .

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      jTHE FACTORY SYSTEM , ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ASHLEY , M . P . By William Dodd , a Factory Cripple . London , John Murray , AjOemarle-street . j The author of this little work , himself a victim j to the hornble syv . em of which it is a very mild and : unexaj : gerated expo e is well able , from sorrowful | experience , to corr « borat-j many of the appalling i iacis given as the result of his personal observation . ; Intais simple narrative of a tour through the manufacturing districts in 1841 , ihero is no effort at

      : enect ; facts are simply stattd as they came to the ; acquaintance of the writer ; but they tell a tulo to I make the fl-.-sh creep , and tne blood curdle . We defy ant man of Christian principles to read this ] book without shuddering at the picture of cold ' hearted , bloodless , soddened selfishness which it \ everywhere unintentionally exhibits of the middle j clas 3 , monied , manufacturing cormorants who have : so long C 3 ten up every green thing upon the land , j and destroyed our national resources , and pJied down iho greatness of our character , and filled our < la . i : d with weeping , and desolation , and wrttchedj ness , that they might make unto themselves wealth from the spoiling of the poor .

      I Mr . Dodri ' s book ought to lie upon every rich man ' s breakfast tab ;? , to remind him of his duty to society : o ex ^ rt his ir . fluence and power for the ann ; - ; bilation oi' a system which d-. 'stioys his countrv and : must ultiDjately . make his wealth & curse io him- It i phouid be conned by every poor man , andspelk-d by | every poor man ' s child , w show them that th-y j have no hope , humanly speaking , but from them-Helves ; and that the system , of which 3 few features ! are here la ; d before theni , ail revolting as it is to ; coni * mp ; ate , must and will conunue to grow worse ; and worse , aud more and more horrible , until iho ; exercise of theirpowers temperately , wisely , mildly ,

      but nrrnly snd uuanimously directed , shall bid the sordid monster cease to prey . It should lie upon " the pulpu-sheli" of every minister of God ' s word , lhas the sin of covetonsnes ? , in all its speciour but damnable forms of social arran ^ -menc and " commercial enterprise , " may be constantly rebuked by him whose hoiy office leads him to " maintain tbe cause of the hfHicted and the right of the poor ;" that he may deliver his own eou ' i by the warning of the wicked and the uplifting of his voice against those whose hands are full ot blood , and because of whom the land groaue ; h under the visitation of a righteous Gea ' d displeasure .

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      THE LONDON PHALANX MONTHLY MAGAZINE , No . 1 . Thi 3 periodical , the organ of a sect of philosophers aid philanthropists , deserves to be extensively known and read : we question , however , tha : the spirit ; of tha age is as y-. t , capable of appreciating g-. ntraiiy it 3 calm reasoning and deep investigation and lcquiry . There is an air of bold beuevoience in many of its disquisitions , which would not merely stariie , but horrify , what is called the religious world ; wuile there is a becoming reference to spiritualities , and a sober estimation of the powers and tendencies of human narare , not less offensive to the self-styled Socialists and Rationalists . We are net by any means prepared to assent to all the

      teachings of the Phalanx , while yet , as the organ of a . sect , we cannot but admire its charitable and conciliatory tone , aa well as the deep thought of many of its articles . One thing , however , will militate greatly again et its fucces 3 as a magazine ^—the utter absence of light reading and poetry . A monthly magazine is usually expected to be a sort of literary feaat , in which a variety of dishes shall be served up to suit the differing or changing tastes of those to whom it it presented . Tne Phalanx is a succession of di .-hes all of one sort . The grave , xhe philosophising , the invesiigating , seem to be alone sought for as its readers . We question that it will fiad enough of those to susiain it ; though we heartily wish it may .

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      THE REGISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY CONTESTED ELECTIONS , containing the uncontented Elections since 1830 , compiled by He > 'hy S Smith . London : S . mpxin , Marsiiaii & Co . Tins wort , to those who feel an iaterest in tho qa- ^ -ion of Par'iinu-n ' ary Representation , or who at-sire to frnonr by which parry in the state th-- various counties and boroughs in England , Wales , Scotland , ami Ireland , have been hitherto represented , is a mo . ' t useful vide mccum I : furnishes ,

      ai a cheap ra-. ^ , and in convenient arrangement , a vast , zna-s of tabular informanon , comprising the names of tbe successful and uii ^ uccessful candidates in alt eonu-ircu elecnons since 176 G , with their politics j ' siid , tince the first edition of lhs work was published , it bas been amended by the insertion or a-Mirion of the names of the candidates returned without contest since 1830 . It contains also a list of lhc present Parliament . The compiler ( Mr . H . S . Sruith , of this town , ) has been at great pains in the arrangement and use of his materials , and has rendered his work in every way worthy of general support .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 18, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct758/page/3/