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"James Kirkrood—rou have been convicted at the last seat to judge according to law, ought not to command his'
assizes of uttering a forged note, and I have allowed in this brethren to be •• smitten on the mouth," contrary to law
ease the 'tartlet to be recorded, by which your life will be (Acts 23 ; 1,3) ' • and,
saved." : Gthly. That the Itiahop of Ozford, in depriving me of
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THE WIGAN Rrtyrens.—James Thompson and Richard
Meadows, two of the Wigan rioters, were then brought up,
and his Lordship said he had, with some reluctance, for-
borne passing sentence of death, and had acceded to the re.
commendation of the jury, on account of their youth. It
was melancholy to see two such young men, one of the
age of 16. and the other 17, engaged in such a transaction ;
and he did not know that he had ever witnessed a more
horrible affair than the attack on the houses of Rice and
Smalley. IF they had been of more mature age he should
have felt it necessary that they should expiate their crimes
*tth their life. Their lives would certainly be spared, but
they must not expect to remain in this country.
James Conway, convicted of stealing two gowns from the
house of J. H. Kieraley, sentenced to two years' imprison-
ment, and hard labour; Henry Duffy, two years; Wm.
Hunt, John Ewen, and James M'Garry, transported for
seven years; Thomas Fairhurst, one year's imprisonment
and hard labour; Ellen Hunt, six months and hard labour.
John Wareing, Peter Hoosey, George M'Cann, William
Cooper, James Fairhurst, Margaret Catterall, and Elizabeth
Prescott, who had been convicted of rioting at Wigan. on
the 234 of May, were then brought up, and his Lordship,
after remarking on the highly criminal nature of their
offence, sentenced them as follows :
Peter Homey, two years and hard labour, in Lancaster
Castle; Joobn Wareing, George M'Cann. and James Fair.
burst, eighteen months; Margaret Catterall and Elizabeth
Prescott, six months ; Wm. Cooper, a boy only 14 years of
age, to one year.
We are delighted to learn from several of our contempo-
raries. in both town and country, that numerous meetings
have been recently held in various parts of the kingdom, for
the purpose of establishing reading-rooms. for artizans, me.
thanks, and others of the working classes. As a proof of
the people's eagerness to obtain useful knowledge, we need
only remark, that when, at a meeting held in Glasgow, last
week, for the above purpose, a master tradesman present
offered an immediate subscription of 51. and his influence to
raise 51. more amongst his friends, the room literally rang
with deafening applause, and cheers from all the workmen
assembled : and that (according to the Scotsman) upwards
of seventy individuals became subscribers to the rooms
before they retired. This is a cheering example, and ought
to be zealously Imitated by the industrious classes
in every city, town, and village of the united kingdom.—
Let these classes be assured, hat to themselves alone
they must ultimately owe their deliverance from po-
ll teal thraldom ; and that no measure of parliamentary
reform, however extensive, can permanertly benefit
them, unless they possess knowledge and wisdom to
take advantage of coming events. Without political
knowledge, every change in the government will prove
to them but a change of masters—it will be for them but a
transfer of vassal allegiance, from a feudal aristocracy of
landowners to an insolent mushroom sub-aristocracy of
ironmongers and cotton-spinners, who, themselves the
slaves of competition, will (for their own protection) be
driven to make abject slaves of their workmen, by grinding
them down to starving wages. Without political know-
ledge, our ingenious and bard-working artizans will be ever
liable to become like degraded Irishmen—either unavenged
victims of a sanguinary yeomanry, or the credulous prey of
designing demagogues, brief-hunting lawyers, and rapacious
" patriots,"—men who would use them as tools of their
own ambition and aggrandizement; and their sinister pur-
poses once accomplished, would, like Sbakspeare's " young
ambition," turn round upon the ladder on which they
climbed, or dash it to the ground, and leave the multitude
gaping, and begging and crawling in the mud, and starved,
as well as despised, into the bargain.
Anxious as we ever are to encourage every invention
which tends to abridge the time and labour necessarily em-
ployed in teaching, and, of course, the expense of ac-
quiring a competent knowledge of any useful art or science,
we cannot help adverting, with feeling, of peculiar plea.
sure, to a system invented, or at all events greatly im-
proved, by a Mr. Templeton, a respectable and intelligent
teacher, of Preston, in Lancashire, by which arithmetic
may be taught in much less time than is now usually de-
voted to that purpose, by the aid of a number of small
pieces of wood, on which figures are marked, and wide!
may be removed, altered, or increased, at will, and which
are called arithmetical rods.
al A RRI ED—At Prestwich, F. M'Connsche. Es ti
Miss H. Dalton, only daughter of the late W. Dalton,
of West-street, Oldham—James Murray, Fag. merchant,
Glasgow, to Anne, daughter of James Houston, Esq. of
Lloyd-street.
DIED-77, Mrs. Slack, of Stockport, widow of the lam
John Slack. Esq. of Slack hall-75. Mr. Charles Gratthrof
Hale Barn Cottage—Elizabeth, wife of C. Webster, Ras.
—At Gigg, near Bury, Mr. James Wrigley, cotton spinner
and bleacher, 72.
PLYMOUTH JOURNAL, Sept. 1.
DEVONPOILT AND STONEHOUSt GIIION.ID conse-
quence of a private letter addressed to some of the leading
characters of Devonport and Stonehouse, a meeting took
place on the evening of Friday last, in the Town•hell, for
the purpose of considering the benefits that might likely to
accrue for the formation of an union ; which, beside em-
bracing some of the objects of the Birmingham Political
Cnion, might also be rendered instrumental in promoting the
best interest of the inhabitants of those towns. E. Abbott,
Esq. baying been called to the chair, T. Husband, Esq. jun.
addressed the meeting at great length, and said, that he had
no doubt that many persons might consider that partiality
had been used in sending the circulars, but he could assure
them that such had not been the case. He was convinced
that great benefits would be derived by these towns from
the formation of an union, as it would be the means of more
closely connecting their interests, and this was the more
needed now, as the Legislature were about to confer on them
the united right of representation in parliament. Mr Hus-
band was successively followed by 31r.Williarn, Mr. Coady,
Mr. R. Burnet, Mr. Symons, Mr. Buchan, Ideut. Somer.
ville, &c. and it was finally agreed that the present meeting
do form themselves into a committee for furthering the
establishment of the proposed association, and that they do
again assemble, preparatory to calling a public meeting on
the Monday fortnight from that day.
The following letter has been addressed by the Rev. Sir
Butted, to the Editor of the Oxford Herald, respecting his
dismissal from the curacy of St. Ebbe's
" On Tuesday, August 9, I received a letter from the
Bishop of the Diocese, stating that he had withdrawn my
licence, on no other charge than that of preaching the
Gospel : his words are as follows:—" After your admission
of having, in many instances, preached in Dissenting Sleet-
ing Houses, and la the open air, it becomes my duty to
withdraw your Licence to the Curacy of St. Ebbe'r" And
the very next day I received the official communication of
the same, bearing the Episcopal ar.ns. seal, and signature.
As the law of England giv.s bishops a right to turn out
curates from the walls of their church just at their will and
pleasure 1 could, therefore, do no other than submit to the
Episcopal decision, thinking it right, however, before ser-
vice, last Lord's Day, to protest, in presence of the church.
wardens and officiating ministers, then in the vestry, against
the arbitrary measure of the bishop, but as there is no law
which invests bishops with the power of gagging their cu-
rates outside the church walls, I therefore gave notice that
divine service would be performed in my own garden at six
o'clock in the evening. The whole number of hearers in my
own and the adjoining gardens may have amounted to more
than a thousand ; when, having commenced with a hymnil
and having read a portion of Scripture (Acts 4), and put up'
an extempore prayer, I preached front Acta 20, 24, and in
my discourse, 'hewed first, what I had always taught my
people to be the Gospel of the Grace of GOD ; and secondly,
the hardships we must undergo in testifying of the same.—
In speaking on the latter clause. I alluded to the circum-
atsnce which caused them to meet together on that spot, and
taking in my hand the notification of my dismissal from my
curacy, I spoke to them, as near as may be, in the following
words :
Dear Brethren—Seeing that in my late proceeding of
going forth and preaching the Gospel every where, I have
met, ly followed the plan commenced of my Lord (Mark 16.
15), and have done nothing contrary to the word of GOD,
nor, as far as I can see, to any one canon of the Church of
England ; and seeing,
2dly. That it is plainly the duty of a Christian Bishop
to promote by all means in his power, the preaching of the
Gospel, and rot his duty to prevent it by all means in his
power; and
341 y. That Christian Bishops are commanded by the Hay
°hos,' not to be " u Lords over GoD's heritage," but
examples to the flock (I Pet. 5,3), not to rule in an arbi-
trary manner. but with mildness and moderation ; and,
4thly. That it is by the Word of GoD, and by the Ca.
none of the Church of England (where they are not con.
trary to the Word of Gott), that a Bishop ought to acquit
or condemn any one of the ministers against whom a charge
is brought ; and,
5011 y. That the High Priest who sits in the judgment

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my curacy, solely on account of preaching the Gospel
ever y when, has been guilty, in every one of the articles
gerified ;
I, therefore, feel myself called upon, in the sight of GoD,
and in the face of his people, to protest most solemnly
against this iniquitous and tyrannical mending; and do
pronounce it from the Word of Goo, to be the act of an offi-
cer of Antichrist's Church, and not the act of a true pastor
of the flock of our great shepherd.
I also protest most solemnly before Gorr, and before you,
his people, that the act I am now about to perform is not
the result of anger, malice, or revenge, GOD is witness;
but that all men may know how I abhor such tyranny, under
the mask of religion, and how that I will not give place by
subjection—no, not for an hour, where the welfare of the
Gospel is at stake ; I therefore take this man's sin in my
hand, rend it in pieces before your eyes, and scatter it to
the winds of haven; I pray GOD it may not be laid to his
charge.
I have thus, Mr. Editor, given you the substance of the
transaction, without note or comment of mine. The Bishop
has done what he thought to he right and I have done no
less : to his own master must every man stand or fall. I
only think it necessary to observe in conclusion, that the
Rev. W. Tiptaft, vicar of Sutton Courtney, Berks, the coo.
panion of my travels, and the partaker of my crimes, (I
write this with his most full concurrence.) as yet remains
unscathed by the iron hand of Episcopal authority."
TazmExuotra ENGINE OT DeSTRUCTIOX.—A recent
discovery has been made of rendering fire-arms tremend-
ously destructive. It has already been practically tried.--
lat. A pistol. either for cavalry, for the defence of breaches. ,
Or for boarding, which can be loaded and fired ten times in ;
one minute, projecting at each discharge twelve missiles in '
one horizontal line, diverging laterally from 12 to 18 feet,
and with an elevation of six feet, at the distance of 30 or
40 yards. Each man discharging 120 misfiles per minute,
100 men in ten minutes are enabled to discharge 120,000
missiles, each equal in effect to an ordinary pistol-ball.—'l
Suppose that a squadron of 100 men charge an enemy's I
squadron of equal numbers, and that 75 direct their aim so'
hazily that not one of their missiles took effect, there still re-!
mains 300 well-directed missiles at the first discharge ; or,
even imagine it possible that only one in 100 was efficient,
100 men in ten minutes could put 1,200 hors de combat.— .
2d. A short carbine, capable of being discharged with the
same rapidity as the pistol, but propelling 16 instead of 12 ;
missiles, and particularly applicable to naval warfare, as 50
men directing their fire on the enemy's deck, while the fire of
50 more was directed against the men on the masts and rig-
ging would in one minute pour a shower of 16,600 missiles
over the whole vessel, thus rendering her defenceless, and
the boarding and capture consequently easy and almost in-
stantaneous. The invention is applicable to cannon as well
as smaller arms.
PLYSIOUTZ Coax RETURN, Aug. SO.—Average-1
Wheat 64a 5d ; Barley, 33s 4d ; Oats, 24s 7d. Currency
—Wheat. 60s to 725; Barley, 275. to 341; Oats, 225.
to 30s.
The corn trade, since this day se`nnight, has been fluctu-
ating in price. On Thursday, as advance of from 2s to 3s
per qr was demanded for fine wheat, and generally obtained,
but the sales effected were not to any extent. At this day's
market (Monday) the farmers were still demanding higher
prices, with which the buyers would not comply, conse-
quently, the business transacted was very limited.—
For all descriptions of inferior grain, there was very little
demand.
TRUSO.....Wheat, average, 235. Od. Barley, lOs 6d.
Oats 84 6d.
fizaarox—Wheat, average, 23s 6d. Barley, 12. 6d.
Oats, 8s 6d.
DIED.— At Deal, Capt. Leath, R. N.—At Deal, Capt.
Richard Budd Vincent, R. N.—At Hutu Hospital, Mr.
T. Elizeus Jessep, eldest son of I'. Jessep, Esq.—At Star.
eras, 86, Capt. Nathaniel H0ne....-At Appledore, Copt. T.
May, Fore-street, Devonport, 78, Mr. John Rad-
More.
DUBLIN MORNING REGISTER, Aug. 31.
In despite of all the machinations of the fanatics—of all
the canting and drivelling of " the Saints,"—the Mustcm.
FESTIVAL has been much more successful than its most
sanguine supporters had anticipated. During the last thirty
years, such an assemblage of rank, beauty, and fashion has
not been witnessed in Dublin as was congregated at the
grand miscellaneous concert witch commenced the festival
on Tuesday evening.
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by
several members of his family, and attended by some offices
of his staff, appeared in the vice regal box, and was very
warmly greeted. In the boxes adjoining were his Grace
the Duke of Leinster, Lord and Lady Cloncurry and several
other distinguished fuhionables.
The Concert commenced with a Grand Sinfonia, com-
menced by F. Ries. The enchanting glee of the Earl of
Mornington, " Here in Cool Grot," was admirably sung by
Mrs. W. Knyvett Messrs. W. Knyvett, Bedford. and E.
Taylor. A rant:ale, on the flute, by Mr. Nicholson, was
the next portion of the performance. De Begnis next ap-
peared, and, in his own inimitable style, gave the Aria
" Largo al Factotum." The Recitative ed Aria, " Dove
Sono," from the opera of Figaro, was given by Mrs. W.
Knyvett, with much sweetness. Doctor Callcott's beautiful
air, " Angel of Life," was given by Mr. Phillips, with all
the effect of a rich and powerful bass. Madame Stockhausen
next came forward, and gave the Recitative ed Aria, by
Mozart, " Non Paventar," in the most touching *and de-
lightful strains. Braham, who, we were delighted to ob-
serve, looked as blooming and healthy as when he was last
amongst us, neat advanced, and was greeted with enthusi-
astic applause. He sung, as well as ever, the Scent from
Oberon, .‘ Oh ! 'tis a glorious Sight." At its conclusion.
the house rang with acclamations.
Paganini was no sooner recognised than plaudits burst
from every part of the house, and were repeated as he ad-
vanced. As soon as the aka of his entrance had somewhat
subsided, he turned abruptly to the Orchestra, and made a
sign with his bow, with the air of one whose magic com-
manded the elements, and then raised his violin as sud-
denly, but not his bow. The piece selected for his debut
was a Sonata Militaire, composed by himself, and de-
signed for one string (the fourth.)
The Signor seemed to feel a just pride in the applause
he excited, and retired from the stage after testifying his
sense of the honour done him ; but he was recalled by a
unanimous and irresistible cry of " encore," and he re.
pealed the allegro part of the piece in a manner that drew
forth increased plaudits.
The second part commenced with the Grand Overture of
Oberon, which displayed the astonishing power, and va-
riety, but exquisitely harmonized combinations of the mul-
titudinous orchestra. Braham followed (accompanying
himself on the piano forte, with the very pleasing air,
" There was once a golden time," which he executed in the
most captivating style.--" Cease your funning," by bliss
Ashe, was one of the most successful efforts of the evening.
A Duetto, "I due Pretendenti Dellis'," by Madame Stock-
hausen and Signor De Begnis, was a splendid effort of scien.
titic skill. A delightful air, "The sea, the sea," composed
by the Chevalier Neukomm, was next given by Mr. Phil-
lips, in admirable style. "The Herdsman's Spring Song,"
a charming Swiss air, was sung by Madame Stock-
hausen, accompanied on the harp by Mr. Stockhausen.
Signor De Beanie and Mr. E. Taylor next gave a du.
etto from Cimaroaa, "Se fiato," which was much ap-
plauded.
It may readily be supposed Paganini's second appearance
was greeted with marks of admiration proportioned to the
effects of his first. He selected for this effort what he is
pleased to call a Variasone, Sul Tema, "Net Cor ;"
it was composed by himself, and performed without any or-
chestral accompaniments. Bursts of uncontrollable ecstacy
were repeatedly elicited by the witchery of his skill, and if
the rapturous delight of thousands demonstrate ability, then
Pagan in i's success has transcended all our previous experience.
Unaffectedly, we declare, that the utmost praise that has
been bestowed upon it by the musical enthusiasts at the
ether side, falls beneath its deserts. In fact, it cannot he
described. It is like nothing else one has ever heard be.
fore. Tt cannot be said that its worst parts arc as good as
the heat efforts of other performers on the same instrument.
Ilfor it has no bad parts at all—and here, indeed, may be said
to lie its great power of producing astonishment. It is per.
fection all through. Bowing, fingering, shifting, sliding,
shaking, piazicato, staccato, all arrive alike at the utmost
stretch of the art. Of the Yaneiwitunt, Spagniolettis. Mori*,
some will be good at one thing and some at another. The
same performer will be beneath and above his average efforts
on the same night. The distinction of Paganini is, that he
has more than the combined excellencies of all of them, and
that he is always the same wonder whatever he attempts.
The chorus of Mozart, " To Rome's immortal Hero,"
which terminated the concert, was given in a most magnifi.
rent style.
The Marquis of Anglesey was so highly pleased and in-
terested by Paganini's execution of tbe Sonata Mililairt,