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      TW HVXLB BitiMUnaiX . MR . BAXTER , of Bolton , wha has restored to sight so many individuals , many of whom have been blind for a number of years , and pledges himself to core the Ophthalmia , or Inflammations , Films , Scams , SpeckSj&c . AmanrosiE , Dimness of Sight without blisters , bleeding , seton , issues , or any restraint of diet . Cataracts I cannot cure , as I make no use of an Instrument to any Eye . In cases of Amaurosis , 1 « atell if there be any hopes the first application that I make to the Eye , and I will not detain anj pwieat longer than one hour .

      a . B . In answer to the numerous letters received , Mr . li . respectfully iuforms his poor conn try friends fcoat where a personal interview is impracticable , a letter pre-paid , enclosing a remittance of one pound , and minutely describing their case , and hGw they hare been treated , shall hare medicines back by return , with every directions for use to any part . Domestic Materia Medica Eye Medicines for the core of the above diseases . Mr . B . may be consulted Daily at his home , Bridgeman ' s Place , near to Cockerhill Spring , Bolton , Lancashire , until Easts * Tuesday , tbe * 21 stday of April i and then he will aisit the principal towns of Cheshire , Derby , and Staffordshire . Th -places of Residence will " be stated in this-Paper , and in Hand-bills .

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      STANDARD NOVELS . —A LIBRARY FOR A SOVXIUrlGN . NOW PUBLISHING , ^ S oid by all Booksellers in Town and Country ,

      THE NOVEL EETOPAPEB , In Parts , imperial Svo ., each Part containing a complete Novel , stitched in a handsome Wrapper , and in Weekly lumbers , Twopence each , forming -i STANDARD L 1 BRAE . T EDIT 10 . N OF THE HOST POPULAR S 0 VE 1 S , FBOM THEIR ORIGINAL TEXTS ; Thusgivmg , complete for Tenpence , Works published by the Booksellers at a Guinea and a-Half ! The following Novels are already pnblished : — complete for Part coo fee ' s . s . d . 1 Pilot , 3 vols 0 8 2 Spy , 3 vols 0 8 3 Pioneers , 3 vols _ 0 10 4 . Last of the Mohicans , 3 vols 0 10 5 Lionel Lincoln , 3 vols 0 10 13 Prairie , 3 vols 0 9 16 Red Rover , 3 vols y 10 18 Water Witch , 3 toIs ...:..:.. 7 a 10 miss porter ' s . 6 Hungarian Brothers , 3 vols 0 8 7 Don Sebastian , 3 td 1 » 0 10 ds . bird ' s . 8 Peiei Pilgrim , 3 vols 0 8 9 Kick of the Woods , 3 vols 0 8 17 Hawks of Hawkhollow , 3 vols .... 0 10 22 Abdalla the Moor , 4 vols ] 9 23 Infidel ' s Doom , 3 vols 0 10 kenkedt ' s 10 Horse Shoe Robinson , 3 vols 0 . 10 15 Rob of the Bowl , 3 toIs 0 9 ixgraham ' s . 11 Captain Kyd , 2 toIs 0 8 14 Pirate , 3 vols 0 8 Smollett ' s . 12 Peregrine Pickle , 4 vols 1 4 3 IRS . RADCLIFFE ' S . 19 Manfrone , 3 vols 0 8 pauldwg ' s . 20 Koningsmarke , 3 vols 0 8 BROCKDE . V * BROWS ' S . 21 Ormond , 3 vols . 0 8 tract ' s . 24 Undine ( from the German ) 0 8 CHARLOTTE SMITH ' S . 25 Old Manor House 1 2 And to be followed in succession by the Works of the most popular Authors . Allberal allowance u > Country Booksellers , enclosing a remittance with their orders .

      Private families and individuals who may not be able to obtain the Works through the medium of a Bookseller , by transmitting , per post , a sovereign , ¦ will receive the whole of the above collection by any conveyance they may direct . London : Pnblished by J . Cnnningb&ra , Crown Court , Fleet Street . Sola by J . Cleave , Shoe Lane , and all the ag « nts far this paper in Town and Country .

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      'PHE remarkable properties of Medicines have JL engaged the attention of mankind in all ages , and to the sagacity , ind . ustry , and good fortune of inquirers , the world is indebted for many valuable discoveries . Among these are some which have maintained their claim to distinction fora long period of time , and have commanded approbation as real additions to the general stock . The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM lays claim to this distinction , as no remedy has hitherto been discovered which proves so generally beneficial ib disorders of the nervous system and of the digestive organs . In trembling of the limbs , palpitation of the heart , vertigo , flautulence , lowness of spirits , and general debility , and in the symptoms of a cold .

      bilious , and consumptive habit , its efficacy is very great . Whether used to give relief to those who have reason to repent aa excessive indulgence of the passions or the habits of fashionable life , too neat attention to business , or juvenile indiscretions that strike at the rotft of health and vigour , it will be found an invaluable bracer and invigorant . Nothing perhaps weakens the mind bo much as penucion 3 practices , which take possession of the whole mind and attention , and prevent its votaries from following their respective vocations , by engrossing their ideas , even when they should be employed in devotion or business ; rendering them stupid , dull , and thoughtfnl , and destroying their vivacity , eaeerfolness , and health , by bringing on

      consumption , and ail that dreadful train of complaints which make them timid , whimsical , and ridiculons . Such as these , under Divine Influence , the "Cordial Balm of Syriacim will restore to the enjoyment « f all the comforts of life . It is universally admired , being pleasant to the taste and smell , gently astriages the hbres of the stomach , and gives that proper tensity which a good digestion requires . As nothing can be better adapted to help and nourish the constitution , so there is nothing more generally acknowledged to be peculiarly efficacious in all inward wasting 3 , loss of appetite , indigestion , depression of spirit ? , trembling or shaking of the hands «» limbs , obstinate coughs , shortness of breath , or eeasumptire habits . It possesses wonderful efficacy

      m all nervous disorders , fits , head-aches , weaknesses , heaviness and lowness of spirits , dimness of sight , confused thought , wandering of the mind , vapours and melaneholy , and all kinds of hysteric complaints are gradually removed by its use . In acknes of the stomach , fiautulencies , or obstructions , it is safe and powerful ; and as a purifier of the blood , it has not iss equal in the world ! This Balsamic Cordial may be justly enumerated amongst the foremost ef those happy discoveries which medical research has procured aa the blessings of the hnman race , and greatest counteractive to human misery : thousands at this moment in the United Kingdom , live to praise the day they first made trial sf this Restorative .

      This Cordial is highly esteemed in the East and Wesi Indies , for nourishing and invigorating the nervous system , and acting as a general restorative on debilitated constitutions , arising from bilious complaints contracted in not climates . The studious as well as the sedentary part of the community , should never be without" the Cordial Balm of Syriaeum , which removes diseases in the head , invigorates the mind , improves the memory , and enlivens the imagination . Those who have long resided in hot climates , and are languid and relaxed in their whole system , may take this Medicine with the happiest effects ; and persons goiug Abroad cannot store a more important article of health and life .

      In Bottles at 11 s ., or four quantities in one family bottle for 33 s . duty included , whereby one 11 s . bottle is saved . Sold by all Medicine Venders in this Town ; also , every other Town and City throughout the United Kingdom , America , and tine Continent of Europe . Prepared only by Messrs . Perry and Co ., Surgeons , No . 4 , Great Charles-street , Birmingham , aad 23 , Slater-street , Liverpool . 4 $ » Observe . —None are Genuine without the Signature of

      R . & L . PERRY ASD CO . impressed on a Stamp , on the-outside of each wrapper , to imitate which , is felony of the deepest dye . Messrs . Perry and Co-Surgeons , may be consulted as usual at No . i , Great CWles-street , Birmingham and 23 , Slater-street , LiverpooL Only one personal visit is required from a country patient , to enable Messrs . Perry and Co . to give snch advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual care , after all other means have proved ineffectual . Letters for advice must be po 3 t-paid , and contain the usual fee of one pound .

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      ADVICE . MR . WILKINSON , SURGEON , H AVING devoted his Studies for many Years to the successful Treatment of Diseases where Secrecy and Experienced Practice are required in all their various Forms , may be Personally Consulted from Nine in the Morning till Ten at ' Night , and on Sundays till Two , at 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds , and everv Thursday , at No . 4 , George Street , Bradford , from Ten till Five . In recent cases a perfect Cure is completed within a Week , or no Charge made for Medicine after that Period , and in those Cases where other Practitioners have fuileri , a proper perseverance in his Plan ol Treatment insures to the Patient a safe , wellgrounded , and permanent restoration to sound and rigorous Health .

      COPT OF A LETTER . This i 3 to certify that I , 11 . Da vie , have been labouring under afflictions for upwards of twelve months , and have been under hospital treatment , without rsceiving any relief , for the space of nine months . I was afflicted with ulcerated sore throat , and singing in my ears , diseased nose , pains in the head aad tones , eruptions in the skin ; in fact , I was literally covered with blotches , but hearing of Mr . Wilkinson ' s Purifying Drops , I applied to him , and after taking three of his bottles , I was perfectly restored to health . As witness my hand , this 10 th of December , 1839 . II . DAYLE . Marsh-Lane , Leed 3 .

      For the Accommodation of those who cannot conveniently consult Mr . W . personally , they may obtain his Purifying Drops , Price 4 s . 6 d ., at any of the following Agents , with Printed directions so plain , that Patients of either Sex may Cure themselves . Mr . Heaton , " , Briggate , Leeds . Mr . Hartley , Bookseller , Halifax . Mr . Dewhibst , 37 , New Street , Huddersfield . Mr . HARRisoN . Bookseller , Market Place , Barnsley , Mr . Hargrove ' s Library , 9 , Coney Street , York . And at the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , Hull . An Agent Wanted in Doncaster and Sheffield , address 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds .

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      BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . Cure of Rheumatism of Forty Years standing , at Malmsbury , Wilts . To Mr . Prout , 229 , Strand , London . SIR , —I feel that I am performing a duty , to acknowledge publicly the very great benefit which I have derived from taking BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS , after having been afflicted with Rheumatism in my lefv hip , thigh , shoulders , head , and arms for forty years—for a long period the pain was so great that I frequently started up

      in bed—in fact , for seven years before taking Blair ' s Pills 1 had little or no rest night or day , although I had the best medical advice , both in and out ol the army . I now am happy to say that I am free from this painful disease , and have been so for three months . These Pills were recommended to me by « ny brother in Bath , who has been cured by them of Gout and Rheumatism of long standing , and advised me to lose no time in applying for them to your Agent , Mr . Walker , druggist , Malmsbury , which I did , and after taking five boxes am completely cured . Witness my hand this 22 nd Feb . 1838 .

      HENRY WILKINSON , Upwards of Seventeen Years of the Royal Marines . Mr . Walker , chemist , Malmsbury , will testify respecting the authenticity of this letter . The above is another proof of the great efficacy of this excellent Medicine , which has called forth the grateful thanks and approbation of all classes ol society . From many of the highest branches of the nobility to the poorest peasant , they have happily been the means of giving a degree of health and comfort , which in most cases have not been enjoyed for years ; they effectually relieve the most acute fit of Gout in a few hours , and seldom fail to enable the patient to resume his usual avocation in two or three days , and if taken on the first symptoms , the patient is frequently left in doubt as' to the reality of the attack . And there is another most important effect belonging to this medicine—that it prevents the disease flying to the . brain , stomach , or other vital

      part . Sold by T . Prout , 229 , Strand , London ; and b y his appointment , by Heaton , Hay , Allen , Land , Clapham , Tarbotton , Smith , Bell , Townsend . Baines and Newsoae , Smeeton , Reinhardt , Leeds ; Brooke , Dewsbury ; Dennis and Son . Moxon , Little , Hardman , Collier , Hargrove , Beilerby , York ; Brooke and Co ., Walker and Co ., Stafford , Doncaster ; Linney , Ripon ; Foggitt , Thompson , Coates , Thirsk ; Wiley , Easingwold ; England , Fell , Spivey , Huddersfie d ; Ward , Richmond ; Cameron , Knaresborough ; Pease , Darlington ; Dixon , Metcalfe , Langdale , Northallerton ; Rhodes , Snaith ;

      Goldthorpe , Tadcaster ; Rogerson ; Goldthorpe , Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford ; Brice , Priestley , Pontefract ; CardwelL , GUI , Lawton , Shaw , Dawson , Smith , Dunn , Wakefield ; Berry , Denten ; Suter , Leyland , Halifax ; Boet and Son , Rochdale ; Lambert , Boroughbridge ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Waite , Harrogate ; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the kingdom . Price 2 s . 9 d . per box . Ask for Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , " impressed on the Government Stamp affixed to each Box of the Genuine Medicine .

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      SPAIN . ( From the Morning Herald . J INSURRECTION IX THE BASQUE PROVINCES . We received last night the Paris papers of Sunday . The following official account is given , in the Aloniteur Farisien , of disturbances in the Basque provinces : — " An attempt at a Carlist insurrection has taken place in several parts of the provinces of the north of Spain . This demonstration has been foreseen for

      some timo , and the French Government , advised of the part which several Spanish refugees were likel to take , used precautions to prevent their return into the Basque provinces . The strictest watch was kept up on the frontier , and many of the would-be chiefs were arrested and sent into the interior of France . In spite , however , of all precaution , the insurrection has taken place ; but everything shews that the bands are but indifferently organised , deprived of the influential chiefs whom they expected , and so feeble that they cannot long trouble the repose of the country .

      " The movement commenced the 26 th April , when several bands were in Navarre and Guipuzcoa . " In this latter province , a priest , called Amaliba put himself at the head of about twenty Carlists , and went into the vicinity of Zavia , calling on the people to rise . He then fled to the mountains . Guerillas were also seen in the same quarter . " Similar manifestations took place in Navarre . The Aonescuas , Zugaramendy , Estella , and other localities , are cited as the principal theatre of Carlist operations .

      " In Biscay there have been some " slight disturbances , but nothing that can alarm the public mind . " The Spanish military authorities have lost no time in taking energetic measures . The troops are already pursning the rebels . General Aleala , at the head of several battalions , was , on the 28 th , at Andoin . The Viceroy of Navarre ordered from Pampeluna several companies to watch tbo Bast&n , and it is thought that by this activity the growing spirit of revolt will be put down . " A Carlist chief , taken with arms in his hands , had been shot .

      u The insurrection , which has no other promoters than the Carlist officers who are left without resource , and the monks , irritated by the loss of their privileges , find no sympathy among the masses . " Tbe _ people join in numbers to pursue the rebels . The latter are in want of arms , ammunition , and money ; and every thing leads one to believe that , reduced to their proper level in a few days , they will speedily abandon a desperate cause . " We have received at the same time , by express , all the frostier journals of the 30 th , from which it would appear that the insurrection continues to hold good its ground . The Phare de Pyrenees says that Zabala and Arrayo hare Dlaced them &t the head

      efthe band at Zugaramurdi , and that the various partizans that had assembled on the frontier had marched into the country without encountering that resistance which the friends of the Queen might calculate oh . It also says' that the insurrection at Estella has acquired a certain degree of activity-General Sgpelana , and other Carlists of note , are at the head of that moremeot . Letters from Iron Bay that ; a great ferment prevails in that town on account of the news received from the interior , and that Caa ^ ist bands have been seen at Urniatta and at Aya . 1 Wzaba ) , one of the principal Basque chiefs , was arre . \* ed « e the 29 th at Bayoane .

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      NAPLES . ( From the Semaphore of Marseilles of the SOtkvji . j The French steamer Sully , which , arrived at Marseilles on Wednesday evening , the 29 th ult ., brought intelligence from Naples dated the 25 th ult , REPRISALS STILL CONTINUED . The British cruisers having captured seven Neapolitan vessels , the King of Naples had ordered an embargo to be laid on the same number of English vessels at anchor in the harbour of Naples , and caused the British merchandise deposited in the Custom-house to be laid , under sequestration , together , it was said , with the public stocks , the property of British subjects . These measures on the part of his Sicilian Majesty had occasioned general surprise , as they were adopted subsequently to the arrival of the French steamer Papm , the bearer of the despatches relative to tho mediation of France . On the 24 tb , immediately on receipt of those despatches , Baron D'Haussonville , Charge d ' Affaires

      of France , forwarded them to the King , who was then at the Palace of Cassaro , at some distance from the capital . His Majesty having taken into consideration the offer of the French Government , instantly called for his carriage , repaired in all haste to Naples , and summoned a Council of Ministers , at which , it appears , it was resolved to resort to the above measures , which were enforced on the following day . This conduct of the King was construed by some into a refusal of the proffered mediation of France , and considered by others as more measures of reprisal adopted as a guarantee fur the Neapolitan vessels captured by the English , and in nowise implying an intention on his part to decline the mediation , Avhich it was thought in the best informed quarters would be accepted . Nothing positive , however , oa the subject had as yet transpired .

      At two o ' clock in the afternoon of the 23 th , tho Papin received orders to get her steam up , and hold herself in readiness to sail with the despatches of the Charge d'Affaires of France , and no doubt the reply of the King of Naples . On the 28 th that vessel had not yet returned to Toulon . ( Our Toulon letters announce her arrival on the 29 th . ) According to the despatches brought by the Sully the commander of the Hydra had proposed to the

      Neapolitan Government to give up the crews of the captured vessels , but the King would not accede to the offer . The captain having , however , insisted on his furnishing them at least with provisions , he was permitted to se ^ ftd for a supply to Naples . The British cruisers approached the , coast : so losely , that one of the Neapolitan vessels was carried from under the very ramparts of the fort of Procida , " the batteries of which , " says the correspondent of the Semaphore , " observed the most absolute silence . "

      When the Sully left Naples , the oils were quoted at 24 . 80 . ; wheat at 1 . 82 . ; and the public stocks , at KM . The Duke of Montebelle was still at Marseilles on Wednesday evening , waiting , no doubt , for the answer of the King of Naples , which was expected in Toulon on the 29 th .

      INDIA . The following intelligence appears in a Third Edition of the Times of Tuesday . " The Bombay mail of the 31 st of March has arrived . All was still hostile . The Emperor of China had approved of all Governor Lin ' s measures , and had distinguished the Admiral of the junks who had engaged with oar vessels . Our military preparations were proceeding .

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      The Archixedes . —We bare of late heard frequent inquiries made respecting the important substitution of the screw for paddles , exhibited in the Archimedes . We understand that she is now at Dover , with the view of competing , in an amicable way , with the Government packets at that station . The Archimedes beat the Ariel both to Calais and back , by about a mile , and ran the course in two hours and twenty minutes . She has since been to Ostend and back against the Beacer . packet , and beat the Beaver to Ostend by five minutes * bufrwaa beaten by that vessel on ber return by nine minutes .

      owing to a head-wind directly against her . The weight of her masts , spars , andriggiag , was , under such circumstances , a formidable drawback . The result would have been very different had she been allowed to use her sails . The log on all these occasions was kept b Captain Burridge , R . N . The saving of fuel by this invention is a matter of great importance , and we understand that in all the trials the screw has never once been out of order . While the A rchimedes was trying ber engines at the first start last week , she beat three large Irish sea-going steamers about Gravesend . —Dispatch .

      Sunday Trading at Windsor . —Tae Churchwardens of Windsor , who , it will be remembered by our readers , unmercifully prosecuted , a abort time since , three tradesmen for Sunday trading , got expelled from their offices at the last election of parish officers for the ensuing year . Mr . Adams , the prime mover in the saintly crusade , was reelected as Rector ' s Warden , by the Vicar , the parishioners at large having no power to interfere in this appointment , it being solely in the hands of the Rev . Isaac Gossett . Had it been otherwise , Adams would not again have been permitted to hold the office ; but the parishioners were determined , at the vestry , to show their disgust : at the conduct of the other two ( Messrs . Cobden and George ) , b y kicking them out . Mr . George was proposed to be reelected as Churchwarden for the ensuing year . In

      opposition to him , Mr . Newman was proposed , and when it was put to the vote not a single hand was raised against him . Mr . George was courageously turned out . When the other Churchwarden ( Mr . Cobden ) was proposed for re-election , not one person in the vestry stood forward to second the motion , and the nomination , consequently , fell to the ground . Cobden was , therefore , turned out , and Mr Perkins chosen in his stead . Thus the inhabitants of Windsor embraced the firet public opportunity which offered itself to show their utter detestation and disgust at the doings of the saints in the matter of Sunday trading informations and prosecutions . They have been taught a lesson which , it is hoped , they will not soon forget . We shall never more near of a repetition of this Sir Andrew Agnew foolery at Windsor .

      A Drunken Policeman in Trouble . —A fellow named George Warr , of the Sdivision of Police , was , on Friday , charged at the Marylebone Police Court , with a violent assault upon three young ladies , named Taylor , whose parents reside in Edward-street , Regent ' 8-park . It appears that on the preceding evening the females were proceeding homeward , when they were unceremoniously seized by the prisoner , who drew his staff , and behaved in the most outrageous manner towards them . Miss Georgiana Taylor , who was first seized , escaped his ruffianly grasp , anjLran towards home ; the brute followed her , and just as she had reached her father ' s door , the prisoner overtook her , and again seized her . Caroline Taylor corroborated her sister ' s evidence

      relative to the outrageous assault above referred to , and added that she was dreadfully ill-used by the defendant , who , without the slightest provocation , dragged her to the station-house . Elizabeth Taylor , the third gister , proved that the defendant struck her on the back of the neck with his truncheon , when she attempted to prevent her sister Georgiana from being choked by him . Atkinson , 67 S , said that on hearing cries of murder he went to the spot , and found the defendant in the act of pushing the young women before him . Mr . Hardwicke-- Did he make a charge against any one at the station ? " Witness-He did , Sir ; but it was not entered : and while Serjeant Moody was listening to his evidence , ha pulled out hi 3 truncheoD , with the intention , ao doubt , of striking me , but it was wrested from him , and after that he gave me two severe blows on the head . Mr . Hardwicke ( to defendant)— "This is a very serious charge against you . What have von to

      sayF' Defendant— "Your Worship , I met with a mend , whom I had not seen for neatly four years , and we had some whisky together . I don't recol-I <» t any thing that might have taken place . " Mr . Hardwicke ^ - " It is my duty to punish you severely for your misconduct , which has been of a most flagrant nature ; you are not only found drunk while upon duty , but you assault , in a most shameful and vioieat w » y , » young female , -who is proceeding quietly home with her sisters , and , after taking one of them into custody without any reason whatever for so doing , you attack in the station-house a brother constable . A man like you is quite unfit to be a member of the police force any longer , and I shall , therefore , punish you to as great an extent as I can . lnere are no palliating circumstances whatever in your case , and for this effence you are fined in the fall penalty of . £ 10 . " In default of payment , he was committed to the House of Correction for a month .

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      Dreadful Conflagration at Dettfobd . —About half-past six o ' clock on Sunday morning the watchman belonging to the extensive ehemical works of Messrs . Brandram and Co ., Lower-road , Deptford , discovered a fire issuing from the rooms near the machinery . He instantly spread an . alarm , and several police constables of the R division hastefle ' to the spot , while one officer was despatched to the Rotherhithe brigade station . An engine and men quickly arrived , but such was the inflammable nature of the property that it was comparatively useless in

      arresting tfteprogrebs of the flames . The fire spread with uninterrupted fury till about ten minutes after seven , when Mr . Braidwood , with the powerful engine from the Watling-street station , as well as five others and the West of England , arrived in rapid succession . Notwithstanding this assistance , and the good supply of water that , was readily obtained by the firemen from the ponds in the yard , the whole of the extensive establishment was reduced to a heap of ruinB by nine o ' clock . The machinery , with the stock , are entirely destroyed . The loss is estimated at about £ 10 , 000 .

      Fatal Accident at the French Embassy . —On Friday night , the following shocking . accident occurred at the mansion of the French Ambassador , in Manchester-square . Several men were employed in preparing a grand illumination in honour of the birth-day of Louis Philip . About eight o ' clock , the carriage of the Portuguese Ambassador drove in , and , his Excellency having alighted , the coachman was in the act of going out , when the near hind wheel came in contact with one of the ladder ? , by which a young man , named Gibbs , was precipitated with fearful violence between thirty and forty feet . No time was lost in conveying him to the Middlesex Hospital , where he continued in a state of great suffering until five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , when he expired . The deceased , who was in his twenty-second year , was to be married in a few days , and had just fiuished furnishing a house for that purpose .

      Murderovs Weapons Prepabing for the Rural Police . —Not only have the truncheons , which were made of box-wood , and with which that extremely unpopular force ( the Rural Police ) were supplied , been exchanged for oak bludgeons , heavily loaded , but the latter will have in the loaded end spring daggers . There are patterns of these murderous weapons making at the present moment in London , for the inspection and approval of the Commissioners . These spring daggers are so constructed that on the first blow being given by the Police , the dagger ( ten

      inches in length ) will dart forth , so that the unfortunate man who may excite the ire of the blue bottles , be he in the right or wrong , will , after the first blow , come in contact with cold steel , and this when ho will not be prepared for it . It is true that the Police at Winchester carry swords , but they do so openly , hence the people are warned of their danger , which will not be the case when the Police carry daggers concealed in bludgeons . This is encouraging the brutal uu-English , knife-and-dagger system with a vengeance . —Dispatch .

      St . Andrew s and Clerkenwell Charter Association . —On Monday evening , a meeting of this Association was held at Lunt ' s Coffee House , Clerkenwell Green , Mr . Cameron in the chair . The subj ect of discussion was the absorption of the Association in the Metropolitan Charter Union . There was a good attendance , and a deputation from the Metrapolitan Charter Union attended . There were several speakers , who handled the subject very ably ; but owing to the lateness of the hour , the subject and discussion was adjourned until Monday evening . It was understood that the Metropolitan Charter Union was very desirous for the junction . The subject of discussion raised is , whether the St . Andrew ' s and Clerkenwell Association shall still exist as a distinct Association , although it join the Metropolitan Charter Union \

      Suicide . —Os Sunday morning last , a painful sensation was created at Thetford , near this city , by the suicide of Mr . Hazlewood , farmer . It appeared that his daughter , upon going into her father ' s bed-room , found him gone , but that his clothes were in the room . She immediately went in search of him , and , melancholy to relate , found him suspended by a rope from the top of the cow-lodge , and life extinct . Mr . Hazlewood was a fine built man , and , being unable to stand upright in the place where he effected his dreadful purpose , he was found in a sitting posture . An inquest was held on the body , and a verdict of" temporary insanity" returned . —Cambridge Advertiser .

      "Three . "—The following important coincidences ! i ! were observed by a French journalist at the concert in the Garden of the Tuileries , Paris , on the evening of the King ' s fete ( May 1 );— The tricoloured flag and cockade of France everywhere met the eye . The Marseillaise' was played three times . The ladies of the Royal family present were threethe Queen , her daughter , the Princess Clementine , and her daughter-in-law , the Duchess de Nemours ; and the gowns of Her Majesty and the Princesses had respectively three flounces !

      Lambeth Joint Stock Co-opbrative Society . — This Society had issued an address to the Working Classes of Lambeth and its immediate vicinity , in which they state that the depression of trade and ther circumstances which have occurred for some years past among the productive classes of society have rendered it not only necessary , but imperatively 8 p , on their part , that they should direct their attention toward the adoption of some course calculated to render the very limited means they possess adequate to their immediate and pressing necessities . The great object of the working classes is to obtain the greatest amount of the comforts and necessaries of lU ' e at the lowest prices , and at the same time of the most genuine quality . To carry this object into

      practice many courses have been suggested , and many plans have been adopted , but none nave proved themselves equal to the object desired but the system of Co-operation , by which they mean the Combination of the intelligence and exertions Of men for their individual and collective benefits . Iu order that the increasing intelligence and powerot ' the productive classes may be reduced into practical benefits this Society has been brought into existence ; and it only remains for those for whose benefit it is established , by their exertions to render it the means of adding abundantly to their happiness by the advantages certain to accrue from uniting to carry out its principles . In order to establish thi 3 society upon a proper and firm basis , the Committee , in framing the laws , have directed their particular attention not only to prevent the possibility of diBhonestv . or

      the introduction of any impediment to the wellbeing of the Society , but to dispel all doubt , mistrust , or suspioion , even in th « minds of the most sceptical , by observing , throughout , a perfect system of equality . The following are a few of tie principles and objects of the Society : —The dealing in all articles of consumption and convenience ; the purchasing all articles upon such terms as shall be the most advantageous to the objects of the society ; the selling all articles free from adulteration , at the smallest remunerative profits , thereby increasing the trading funds of the society , and also the value of the shares . The society will consist of an unlimited nnmber of shareholders , at ten shillings per share , payable by instalments ; no shareholder to hold more than one share . All accounts will be open to the shareholders at all meetings of the society .

      Bronterre O'Brien . —The following resolutions were unanimously adopted at a numerously attended publio meeting of the Radicals of Brighton , holden on Wednesday se ' nnight , in the Assembly Room , Brewer's Arms Inn , Church-street , in that town : — Resolved , " That this meeting deem the convictions of the persecuted advocates of the' People ' s Charter ' as incompatible with the principle of justice—subversive ot the freedom of public opinion—disreputable to trial by Jury ; and the abominable cruelties to which the victims of despotism have been subjected as disgraceful to this vaunted age of civilization , and characterised with the most iniquitous brutality . —That the Democrats of Brighton in public meeting assembled , hereby express the warmest Bympathy towards the persecuted , long oppressed , amiable .

      and indefatigable patriot , James Bronterre O'Brien , aad consider it a Bacred duty to endeavour to support the wife and family of Mr . O'B . during the period of his unjust incarceration for eighteen months , for advocating the rights of the enthralled millions—they , therefore , pledge themselves to subscribe towards a fund for such purpose—to enter into a regular individual subscription of one penny or more , per week , and by all means in their power to testify their- attachment towards their noblehearted friend . —That the Committee of the Brighton Radical Association be requested to adopt the necessary measured for the collection of the proposed fund in this town , and that the democratic admirers and political disciples of Bronterre O'Brien in every portion of Great Britain be earnestly and immediately appealed to for their co-operation . "

      London and , Birwinqhau Railway . —On Thursday evening week an accident , which was likely to have terminated seriously , but for the activity and exertions of the Company * s servants and others , occurred to the mail train down , which : leaves London at half-past eight . Tha following axe the particulars : —Thursday being magazine night , a portion of them in addition to the passengers' luggage was placed on the top of the first-class North Union carriage . When passing between Leighton Buzzard and Wolverton , the guards perceived flames issuing from the top of the carriage just mentioned . The

      breaks were immediately put on , but the wind blowing from the , north-east ,-andthe train going at an accelerated speed , this portion of the line being on the decline , the flames got ahead before the engine could be stopped . So soon , however , as that was accomplished , the passengers , ten in number , were assisted out of their perilous situation , and happily without any injury . Some of the property is saved , but a much greater proportion of course destroyed . The cause or the fire can only be conjectured , but it is presumed to have originated in a spark from the engine penetrating the tarpauling , « r lodging immediately under it .

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      Presence of Mind . —A few afternoons ainoe , a stranger , of elegant address , and announcing himself by a name known to be honourable , presented himself at the chateau of Count de Contades , near Orleans , and demanded hospitality on account of his carnage baring broken , down * He was cordially received , invitea to take a seat at the dinner-table , and was ultimately lodged in the best bedchamber for the night , after displaying , during the evening , much animation of conversation and amiability of manners . Sometime after the Count de Contades

      was in bed , he was surprised by the entrance into his chamber of his distinguished gueBt , with a pistol m his hand , with which he threatened to murder the Count , if he did not instantly deliver up the key of his money box . After a parley the Count got up , and led the intruder to his secretaire , which he opened , and displayed a drawer full of cash . Upon this the robber transferred the pistol to his left band , in order to leave the right at liberty to grasp the treasure . This movement was watched by the Count ; who instantly wrested the weapon , from the weaker hand , and laid the thief dead at his feet .

      Incendiary Fire at Fulham . —Between twelve and one o ' clock Sunday morning the neighbourhood of Fulham was thrown into a state of considerable alarm by the sudden outbreak of a fire on the premises of Mr . William Bagley , an extensive market gardener , situated on the side of the high road . The flames when first discovered were proceeding from a large stack of straw , situated close to Mr . Bagley ' s dwelling-house and stables , and so rapid were their progress , tho wind driving the burning flakes towards

      those buildings , that within a few minutes after the alarm was given the stack was one body of fire from end to end . A strong party of the V division of police were promptly in attendance , who , with the neighbours , rendered essential assistance in pulling down some wooden palings which communicated from the stack with the stables , by which means the : adjoining buildings were preserved . The straw stack , which while burning reflected a strong light for miles round for upwards of an hour , was , however , totally consumed .

      Disease among Cattle . —On Saturday evening , the teehngs of tho numerous passengers through Aldgate High-street , were much excited by the sufferings of three fine beasts , which were being driven to the yard of a slaughter-butcher in Butcher Row . It appeared that the poor beasts , which were evidently labouring under the worst species of the disease at present so prevalent among black cattle , were driven from the marshes for tho purpose of being slaughtered ; but on reaching the High-street they became so exhausted , that they fell to the

      ground several times ; but , after great difficulty , two of them were got to the premises of the owner . The third was in such a state that the hoof of one of the hind legs fell off , and the blood flowed in great quantities from the wound , and it could not be got up . Several persens expressed their astonishment that cattle in such a state should be allowed to be slaughtered for human food , as their flesh must be in a very unhealthy condition , and , at all events , that they should have been slaughtered in the country , and saved the torture of walking along the streets in such a state .

      Israel Ferment . —The name of this old man is well known to the public . He was a witness against the Chartists in the Newport affair ; and since tke trials has been residing in one of the most depraved localities at Bristol . At Newport he obtained , a living as an astrologer and quack , and he is now practising the latter system of humbug , as will appear by the following notice . The fellow ought to be kicked out of the town for his impudence : — 4 Notice to the public : —Mr . Israel Ferment engages to cure king ' s evil , cancers , asthmas , ulcerated sore legs , gravel in the kidneys , and sore eyes , if the candle is not gone , cramp in the bone—he also draws pam from the head , without leeching , cupping , or blistering , if the linea are not too much decayed , he Will tell their complaint because he is a wormdoctor , residing m Greyhound-court , Lewin ' s-mead , Bristol .

      . On Saturday evening an inquest was held at the Grange Tavern , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , before Mr . Higgs , the coroner for Westminster , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of a female named Margaret Isaacs , aged S 3 , who died at King ' s College Hospital , Portugal-street , on Friday last . Policeman Ratley , 128 F , deppeed that on Thursday evening , as he was going down Bow-street . Covent-garden , he saw the deceased lying senseless in the road , arid instantly procured a stretcherfrom , the station-house , and conveyed her to tbe King ' s College Hospital . She remained all the time perfectly inanimate . Mr , Henry Lee .

      surgeon of the above hospital , stated that the deceased was received into the casualty ward on Thursday , and that she expired on Friday afternoon ; it was his opinion that her death had been caused by an overflow of blood to the brain . In answer to a question put by a coroner , the witness stated that the heat of the weather , so unusual at this period of the year , had caused an extraordinary number of sudden deaths lately , by driving the blood up into the head . Other witnesses having been examined at great length , the jury consulted together for a few moments , and returned a verdict of " Natural death . "

      Attempted Highway Robbery . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . E . Masters , of Great Raneley , oi his return home , was stopped by three men near the way-post at Ripton , who seized his horse ' s bridle . Jne first man that laid hold of Mr . Masters was felled to the ground by a tremendous blow from a heavy stick , when the other two fellows attempted tojinhorse him , one pulling at his coat tail , the other lifting up his leg . The stick was again vigorously used upon the head of the man within reach , who also fell senseless to the earth , and the coat at the moment giving way , Mr . Masters put spurs to his horse and escaped , leaving his coat flap and hat in the hands of the highwaymen . Mr . Masters had only an honr before he was attacked removed from the pocket which was torn away from his coat a very large sum of money which he had that day been receiving , of which fact it is supposed they were aware —Liticoln Chronicle .

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      CORN LAWS ! VERSUS TAXATION III In Twelve plain Questions and Answers , suited to all . classes of Society , and containing as much information on the subject , as any Book or Pamphlet ever published . Question . —Why is corn so much dearer in England than in Poland and Russia ? Answer . —Because in . England there is such a large National Debt , and the taxes are so very heavy . J Q . —Are all the necessaries of life , such as tea , coffee , coals , leather , candles , sugar , malt , and hops , &o . &o ., as dear in proportion , in England ! A . —YeS j and the same cause makes them so ; for eXamDle—if a nanum - hnva a . nnnnd nf tnimit .

      nnahalf of the price goes towards the payment of the interest of the National Debt , in the shape of a tax or duty . Q . —Who are the parties benefited by the taxes ? A . —The persons called fundholders , and all Government officers , such as the army and navy , Ministers of state , and the tax-gatherers , excisemen , &c . &c . Q . —Did England ever grow sufficient corn for her own consumption % A . —Yes , and formerly a bounty was given for the exportation of corn , thereby giving a stimulus to agriculture , and even bo recently as 1834 and 1835 , the production considerably exceeded the consumption ; but on au average of years , the farmers cannot

      grow corn under 7 s . 6 d . to 8 s . per bushel . Q . —Is there any prospect of corn on an average of years being grown cheaper in England ? A . —Not unless some means are discovered of paying off , or greatly reducing , the National Debt and the taxes . Q . —Is the price of corn a real or a nominal grievance to the working classes of this country ! A .-rIt is more nominal than real , for in the countries where corn is nominally cheaper the people are worse fed , and their wages are lower . Q . —Who would be benefitted , supposine the Corn

      Laws were repealed 1 A . —For a time , the fundholders , and all persons receiving their incomes out of the taxes , because their money would be of so much more value , but in the end , their incomes would fall short , because the taxes could not be raised by the productive classes . ^ Q . —Do wages always bear a relative proportion to the value of corn ! A . —Not quite , on account of the competition in the labour market , from the increase of the population , and also from the unlimited use of untaxed machinery , and which displaces manual labour .

      Q . —Do the taxes bear heavier on the wages of the labouring classes , than on the incomes of the richi A . —Yes , the labouring classes pay a much larger proportion of the taxes than the rich . <* . —Can these grievances be removed or redressed ! A . —Not unless the masB of the peeple can obtain a greater share of the representation in the House of Commons . Q . —Would the labouring classes be benefitted by a repeal of the Corn Laws ? A . —No , certainly hot , for the manufacturers

      state , that , by a repeal of the Corn Laws , it would lessen tae cost of production , by a reduction of wages . Q . —la there any similitude in the present state of England and any other eonntry at the present time , or in former history ! A . —Yes , England very much resembles France , previous to the great French revolution in 1798 , before the appearance of Bonaparte ; for Sir Walter Scott , in bis History of France , affirms , that the revolution was mainly produced by the financial difficulties of the country ; and England ' s revenue is now two millions short of the expenditure , or thereabouts .

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      LONDON POLICE . The Countryman and thb Buix-Tbrribb , —A jnan named Lamb , who keeps j * public-house called the Cock , on Cock-hill , Biehopsgate-street , charged a country lad named Samuel Glover , under the following circumstances : —! : Glover , who appeared to ba an unsophisticated country man , stated that about six months ago , he had a fine bull-teriier , which he kept in WedgeburW where his &ther owned the first inn in the place , which everybody knowed roight well . Well , this bull-terrier was keeped in a outhouse , fastened hp , but one morning him and his fastenings were clean

      missed out of the place . He meant that the do « was regularly robbed away out of that part of the country . Well , him and Jim Cox went about all over the places they thowt the dog might be taken to . At last they saw a Lunnon paper that told im he was going to fight up in town for £ 5 a side , and up he corned to see whether it warn ' t the same bull , terrier as he belonged to . ( A laugh . ) T > e Lord Mayor—What ! Did y « u come all the way from Wedgebury after a dog ! Ees , Gentlemen , I corned every inch of the way . and I ' ve travelled many a hundred mile after the dog , for I ' ve been after him ever since I lost him , without stopping , cause I thowt I'd find him

      somehow . ( Laughter . ) The Lord Mayor said that such a master desenei a good dog . Glover thowt he did desarve the dor , and he knowed the dog desarved him . Well , when he corned up , he went to the Cook , and who should ha see when he walked into the parlour but bis bull , terrier along with about a dozen other p eople "Hillo , " said he , "isthat you ; " and he raTand seized hold of the dog . The Lord Mayor—He knew you ! Glover—Knowed me . God bless thee , he couldnt know me better if I'd been of the same breed , ( Laughter . ) , The Lord Mayor asked him if the landlord was mixed up in the business ! Glover thowt that as the landlordtook the do

      ^ ; g from mm . and all the other gentlemen in the room asmsted , he had a right to look to Mr . Lamb , particularly as it was a determined thing that the dog was to tight . ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ Xamb—No sich a thing . I know nothing of a light , and I know nothing of the dog neither . The hammal cut away in the scrummage , and the Lord knows ¦ where he is . . £ lover ~ S ° * ca 3 X yon look me in the face and talk that ! Didn ' t yon offer me half the winnings to let the dog fight ! Why , Gentlemen , I wouldn't give the dog for 20 pawnd . The Lord Mavor ( to the police)—What sort of a house is this Cock , on Cock-hill !

      9 ne ? f j offic « r 8 said it was a sporting house , and he had no doubt that the dog was kept tied up for the fight . The Lord Mayor—Let the police have their eye upon it , and mark the sporting there , and rive notice to the Deputy and Common Councilmen ofthe Ward . I regret to hear that there is a sporting-house in the City , Come , Mr . Lamb , yon must give up the dog . Lamb—I do assure your Lordship that I don't know inhere on earth the hammal took himself to ; besides , how should I know that he belonged tothis here man !

      . Glover—Why , Gentlemen , if the dog warn't my dog , how could I take the liberty to run aad eaten hqwld ef a Dull-terrier ? I knowed the dog was mine , and the dog knowed it too , for he leaped ap upon me and licked me all over . Tne Lord Mayor—Did he seem to know the landlord as well ! j' . Glover- —Why , Gentlemen , you see he ' s been away from me fifx months , and he knowed the landlord , in course . I ' veknow'd a dog to be so fond of two masters , that when they was fighting for him , the only thing he done all the while was howling as though his heart would break : ( A laugh . )

      me . Lord Mayor—Do you swear that the dog is yours ? Glovers-Swear ! why , Gentlemen , you see I am respectable . My father keeps the head inn at Wedgebury , which everybody knows roight well , and I know that it was meant to steal my dog and totight him . The Lord Mayor—I think I shall prevent that , and I therefore assure the landlord that if he does not . restore yon ? dog to you without fighting him , I shall do all I can to prevent him from obtaining a licence next year . . Daniel" Forrester said that probably there were £ 50 o * £ 10 © upon the battle , and that untO ft should come off the bull terrier would hot to returned . *

      The landlord denied that his house was a sporting crib , and said that he did not know where on earta the dog was , but he solemnly assured the Lord Mayor that he should at once advertise the hanimal

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      The York Chronicle , a Tory paper , died of inani tion on Wednesday last . The deceased was moon respected b y a small circle in the vicinity ofthe cftihBdxvJ . —YoTTcshireman .

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      GETTING OP THE TOLLS OP THE FREE VABSET IN USED * . THE LEEDS IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS hereby give Notice , that the Rents or Tolls of the above Market , will be Let for One Year , by Publio Bidding , on Wedsesdat , the Thirteenth of May instant , at the Court House , in Leeds , at Twelve o'clock at Noon , subject to such Conditions as shall be then produced , which may in the meantime be inspected at the Office of BARR , LOFTHOUSE , and NELSON , 1 , Park Row , Leeds . Leeds , 1 st May , 1840 . N . B . A Deposit of £ 50 will be required from each Bidder at the Time of Bidding .

      Sfovtigpi Ana I3om*J3fttt £Nt*Nt3roce.

      SFovtigpi ana I 3 om * j 3 fttt £ nt * nt 3 roce .

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      Psunrs Pckiftikg Specific Pills , famous ttrouhont Europe for the Cure of Scrofula , Old Wounds , and far Lues Venerea , are mild and speedily efficacious , in recent as well as the most obstinate » ses ; priee 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 & and 11 s ., and with each Box is given A Theaiisb os Syphilitic Diseases . No bad Symptoms , the frequent consequences of ignorant treatment , have ever followed their nie , » d their efficacy which is now established by v ^ V ?* ! ^*" P *« sof Enropeand America . Jf & » S 8 » JWt 4 ft 2 sags sf Bsw&grgss s , jr ^ JjP b J ^ - H&itok , Bookseller , Briggafe ,

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      RRE 8 T AND IMPRISONMENT OF MR . BINNR MB . BHAGG , AND OTHERS , r - ' At the conclusion of Mr . Thomason ' s address on tha Corn Laws , at Sunderland , Mr . Williams rose aad addressed the meeting on the last malignant efforts of tke base Whigs , in arresting , convicting , and imprison , ing Mr . Binna , Mr . Bragg , grocer , of Darlington , an * three others , on the trumpery charge of obstructing tbe thoroughfare , by holding a public meeting on Easter Tuesday , in Darlington ; Marketplace , On Monday last , the chargea were heard before Messrr . Warren Maude and John Allen , Esqra Inspector Hotton and another policeman , proved that a meeting was held , that there was a good number of persons present but admited that "there was room for two waggons abreast , to pass between the outskirts of the meeting

      and the thoroughfare ! " Mr . TV . Backhouse affirmed that he was " annoyed , " although he was proved not to Have been at the meeting , and only heard of it . Jir . Mearet also considered the meeting an " annoyance ¦• and therefore the parties were fined—Mr . Binns and Mr . Bragg , the sum of £ 5 each , or in default of payment to be committed for three months to the House of Correction . Three others were fined £ 2 each , or ia default of payment , to be committed for one month each—one of the latter paid the fine , the others refused to submit to the legal or illegal extortion , and were accordingly at once handcuffed and conveyed awayifo felons to prison—an immense number of people assenj . bled to witness their departure , and gave three heartv cheers , to the great " annoyance " of the croaking oil women of both sexes .

      When they arrived at Durham , they were all stri pped to the skin and clothed in the prison dress , blue striped cotton shirts , grey woollen clothes , and large wooden cl « gs . They were placed amongst the lower class of convicted felons , and set to teaze oakum , &c . ; they had coarse brown bread and skilly for breakfast , but the latter was so nauseous loeking , that Mr . Binns and Mr . Bragg begged to be allowed water instead , which was granted ; they had potatoes and Bait for dinner and the tea was similar to the breakfast These are the means , in addition to the Rural Police , by which the magistrates of Durham county expect to extirpate Chartism \ ke John

      . L Campbell they have great faith in their pinchinjr laws , and if all worshipped the same idols , as winerbibbing gentry , the plan wouia be m 08 fc efficacious ; but Chartists are men whose brains occupy a higher region than the belly ; they are men of simpler tastes and sterner "virtue , and therefore it will be found a very difficult task to eradicate by such means the conviction of their minds , and the feelings of their hearts- They will leave their prisons with a deeper and mere enduring hatred ofthe " system , " and should that hitred be smothered for a while , it will be all the more likely eventually to burst ont with a fury on the heads of the tyrant few .

      Immediately after Mr . Bragg ' s departure , a meeting of the Darlington Co-operative Store , was held , and the sum of £ 5 voted to pay the fine , which was at once done unknown to him , and Mr . Bragg was liberated early on Tuesday morning . Mr . Binns was liberated on Wednesday , a gentleman of Bishop Auckland having paid the fine . Tha other two prisoners , it is expected would be liberated on Thursday . ' The prisoners were all ob the " silent system , " and it was intended , it appears , to prevent them from seeing any friend during the period of their csnfinement this being contrary to the " prison regulations . " On receiving the intelligence ef their imprisonment , Mr Williams went on Tuesday -to see them , but was told he could not unless he eould get an order from a visit ing magistrate , which he was assured it was very

      unlikely would be granted . The only magistrate Mr Williams could find "in town" was Mr . Shepperdson ' who , however , not being a " visiting magistrate , " could not grant the order . Mr . Shepperdson sent a message for Mr . Williams to " come up stairs , " when the for . mer stated he wished to have a little conversation with Mr . Williams oh the subject of his application . Mr . Shepperdson then , in » friendly manner , conversed fot the space of half an hour on the Chartists , their objects , and proceedings , in which he proved how little ofthe character of the latter is known amongst the higher classes . If , however , all would freely enter Into convenation upon the subject , as Mr .-Shepperdson did , far more would be done to restore peace and order , and establish justice , than Is now accomplished by the powers of the law . . :

      On Wednesday morning Mr . Williams obtained an order to see Mr . Binns , from J . Spearman , Esq ., « f Netrton Hall , but when he arrived at the prison with it Mr . Binns bad just been liberated . Advice has been taken on the propriety of coramencing an action against the magistrates for felBeimprison . ment , and a strong opinion is given that there are good grounds for it ; and the professional gentleman only waits the possession of further materials tb give a positive decision upon it . Should that opinion be , aswa have little reason to deubt , in favour of an action , we are confident the men of Durham and Northumberland will provide the materials for carrying it on . Subscriptions for the purpose , and also for paying the fines , are now on foot . —From a Correspondent of the Nerther Liberator . - - - - i ii i | ^^^ fc ^_ , _ * _ ....

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      Statue to Liberty . —The statue of the genius of liberty was raised last week to the summit of the column on the Place de la Bastille . As soon as the day dawned men were engaged in making preparations , a « d at seven o ' clock the operation commenced . The globe on which the figure stands was placed on Tuesday . The Minister of the Interior , and M . de Malleville . came to the BDOt at twelve

      o ' clock . M . Vatout , director of public monuments , arrived afterwards , and remained two hours . The statue had reached the top at twelve , but was not finally brought to its position till four . The whole was upder the direction of M . Due , the architect , who displayed much talent in conducting the operation . The figure is thirteen feet in height , and weighs between 3 , 000 lbs . and 4 , 000 lbs . It is winged , and bear 3 in the right hand a flaming torch , and in the left a broken chain . One foot alone rests upon the globe , the other being in the air . A great number ef spectators surrounded the column during the whole time ; but perfect order was preserved , and all took their departure as soon as the termination of the work was announced by a tricoloured flag being placed in the hand ofthe figure . —Galignani of tbe 30 th ult .

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      2 THE NORTHERN STAR . ' ' . ' * :. ¦ ¦ ' -V ¦ : " /¦'¦ ' "j \; : ~ 1

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2683/page/2/