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      WORSHIP STBEET . _ K 0 KDM .-ASUD 1 . T 0 * the »««* rJt ! SS ? ii tardy beggar , of teen-toed aspect , wmrf Darnel DavSw ^ c ^^ D ^ brforejrr . ^^^ irM ^ vrngcwzmtitted a murdatras assault upon several p ^ TccnrtaHeTofSc H ** f ° * ™* ° JjTiS ^ 5 « ni . k ^« ' , < m leave I « t raint nopes 01 tas recoyay . «! £ & SSfi «_ fthe StoOT that about seven o'clock on tSSd ^ vem ^ e iafconerentered lhe White Hart St ^^^ Wenteortltsteet , mit ^ and , and iS ^ e ^ t mto ^ te ^ tion witt a nianiiamed Crawto whom he challenged to fight Mm , and ™ s ** " >* «» _ 3 _ d _ ** en one of the bystanders cautioned Crawley to _ YoHhis antagonist ^ as the latter had a knife concealed in thesleeve of bis coat Observing the pointed end of a knife protruding from the prisoner ' s caff , Crawley lnunediatelv called a Doliceman , and gave the prisoner into

      custodj * hut DaveUin declared Ik would not DetaKen , anu offered tbe most determined resistance , in the course of which the knife dropped *>» the ground , and was carried off by a woman . A large mob of the worst characters in fiat Ion- district speedily collected and assailed the officer , who was iilaced in such jeopardy that the landlord of the public-hoiiss . who came to Ms aid , bad the greatest difficulty in keeping thiol <> ff -with a bayonet until the arrival ef farther assistance . Two other constables then came up , and by their united exertions they succeeded in getting the prisoner «¦»« - distance on towards the police-station ; but be then suddenly turned round , expressed his determination to go no further , and successively dealt each of the officers such terrific kicks on the lower part of their persons , that one of them ( Miller , HI 12 ) was instantly -tretched upon the pavement in a state of total insensibi-: ity , and was afterwards carried home upon a stretcher .

      Ihe prisoner continued fighting in a most furious manner , dealing blows and kicks about him in all directions , and after inflicting numerous injuries of a similar description upon other constables that came up , was at length overpowered and lodged in the police-station . A certificate nom Mr . Mean , the division surgeon , describing the dangerous condition of two of tbe officers , Miller and Lloyd , was produced by Inspector Harris , who stated that he had Seen the men that morning , and that one of them was so seriously injured as to leave bnt slight hopes of his recovery , while the other was in a condition wluch would , it was feared , render him a cripple for the vest of his life . In answer to the charge tie prisoner , with the characterurtic whine of a beggar , exhibited a bandage round one of Ks arms , and stated ! that the police had treated him with such brutality that ins wrist had been fractured by one of their blows , and that one of the witnesses against him ( a Stan named Connor ) was a convicted thief * , and that no credence , therefore , should be given to his testimony . In answer to this , Inspector Harris said that the prisoner nad comiikiiaed at the station about his arm , and that in

      consequence it had been examined by the surgeon , who proiiuuncod it to be perfectly sound in every respect ; and with regard to the witness Connor , although it was certainly true that he had been connected with a gang of naoH & reakers , he had upon this occasion rendered tiie most important assistance to thepjHce , and deserved the higher ct > mmendation for his courage . —Mr . Broughton said thi- evidence clearly proved that two of the constables were In ihe greatest danger from the injuries they had received frynTthe prisoner , and he should therefore order him t « be brought up again next week ; by which time something positive as to their condition might be ascertained . — U'illiara Chadwiek , another beggar , was then charged with attempting to rescue the first prisoner from custodv , and threatening tbe life of one of the witnesses . TVJiile Davellin was being taken to the station , the prisoner made several violent attempts to rescue him , aud at that time escaped , but afterwards waylaid a witness named Crawley , and drawing a knife threatened to stab him . upon which he was given into custody . The prisoner in general terms denied the charge , and was also ordered to be brought up again nest week .

      Tuesday . — Imfobtahi to Housekeepers . — Sarah Parker , a well-dressed widow , attended before Mr . Bingham upsu an adjourned information preferred by Mr . Tiros . Spencer , a surgeon of Swke-Newhurton , under the Act 11 th George IT ., cap . 19 , which charged her with ha-i-aiifrcudulentlyandclandestinelyremoved and secreted a quantify of household furniture to evade its seizure for rent , whereby she had incurred a penalty of double the value of the goods so removed , or six months'imprisonment in tbe House of Correction . The goods had been seized , but the man in possession was induced to leave , and ihe goods were removed at one o'clock iu the morning . Mr . Bingham said he should avail himself of the poticr uf commutation vested in him by the - " will section of the Police Act , and award her one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction , with hard labour .

      LAMBETH . Tc £ sr- < . 5 . —Cbceltt to Anihals . —John Gordon , a ourncysaan in the service of Mr . " Eaton , butcher , of Moorepiac ^^ Vttitnmister-road , appeared before Mr . Henry , on asusnsiioss tluu ^ inj htm with wantonly aud cruelly ill * uaiiu a . bullock . The case was gone into at considerable lengiii : and , after hearing tlie evidence , Mr . Henry adjudged tht defendant to pay afineof 30 s ., or to undergo thirty dr- i imprisonment .

      MAKLBOROCGH-STHEET . Moss "Abistochatic Mokamtv . "— On Monday aivelldrrsssd ycang woman left an infant , with a letter , on " the step of the doorof Kb . 74 , Lower Grosvenor-street , a house occupied at present by the Hon . William Lucas Boos , having previously knocked and rung at the door . - -men the l'i ! t * er opened the door , and found what had been deposited there , he made the circumstance known to Mr . Rous , to whom the letter was directed . ' - The letter was as fbuVva : — " Mr . Boos , —I have had no answer to the letter of ye . -. i « ilay , therefore I leave yon your child ; The last thing 1 did for Mm I gave him the breast , and then fell on my kct-te and implored Heaven to protect bun . If my feeble limbs will support me so far , I am now going to Ko . 40 . T < ttbiIl-street . I have eaten tiie last piece of bread , and drank flic last draught of water that shall enter my fins till Ihnis seen both him and you . I diein peace with

      you aud all the world . May God my Saviour protect my child . —Sjbah Fcxcbeb . " —A police-constable was seutfor , aud the child and the letter directed to be taken to the workli' -use . The infant was received and carefully attei . iU-d to , and Lacy , tiie messenger , was despatched to maie inq-jirits after the mother . Lacy with , great difficulty at length obtained a clue to the mother , and succcrui-d i-s apprehending ber on Tuesday , after which , by the i & r . trdoa of the board , he brought her to this court , — Tfuca asked by Mr . Maltby why she had left the child at the it-Mcnceof Mr . Sous , she said she was ready to swear that Jlr . Kous was the father . Shehadbeenin the service of Mrs . Sous as lady ' s-maid , at Worsted-house , Norfolk . She u-Ji seduced by Mr . Kous , and tiie result of tbe intercourse was the child , now ten months old , which she had left ou the step of Mr . Rous ' s door . Mr . Kous had given her money to cover the expenses of ber confinement , and & r Uu- support of her child , but recently he had withdrawn all fuppari . and she bad been obliged to tran-l up from

      the country to take the only step in her power in order to compel the father to do something for his offspring . —Mr . jlaltby recommended Lacy to take the young- woman back V » the ' workhouse , and the nest day to make application to ^ br . Kous on the subject . —On Wednesday Lacy informed fr . Maltby that he had called ou Mr . Rous , and Mr . Rous fad refused to du anything for the child , on the plea that Bwasnotthefather . Lacy added that the overseers were Titling to leave the case in the hands of the magistrate , so : ir as concerned the desertion . —Mr . Maltby inquired ' heiher it was the desire of tiie parish authorities to press - -c charge of desertion against the young woman \—Lacy id they had no . desire , under all the circumstances , to -- » thct charge The young woman and Mr . Rous ' s idtor tv- 're in court , if the magistrate chose to go on - ilk the case . —Jir . Maltby said the regular course was to . - -iceeu by summons against the alleged father . —Lacy ' sen , on behalf of tiie young woman , applied for and ob-: : incd a summons for Tuesday against Mr . Kous .

      CLBBKENWELL . * Thcbssat . —The Lovebs' Poisoxisc Case . —Daniel John Cock , a young man , was charged with having attempted to poison himself . It appeared from the evidence , which was voluminous , that on Monday night the prisoner and a young woman named Hannah Moore , who has since then died from the effects of poison , hired an ajiartiseni at 26 , Cross-street , Hatton-garden . They pais . G as man and wife . On the following morning both seemed is very low spirits , and left the house without eatia ? or drinking anything . They said they were going to the west end of the town , and would be home early . M srvsz , o ' clock they returned to tbe house and appcaii-d much agitated . They entered the parlour , and tbe woman soon after complained of illness . They proceeded to the bedroom , and the womau complained of violent pain in ber head , exclaiming

      she was very ill . The prisoner endeavoured to sooth iter . She appeared as if she had been crying . About an hour after they entered the bedroom , tbe prisoner came down stairs and asked for a pot of boiling water . It was supplied to him , and he hastened upstairs with it . He soon after came down again in the tame haste , and anxiously inquired for the residence of the nearest physician . He went tor Mr . Pollock , a surgeon , who returned with him , but the woman was Quite dead on their arrival—foam was oozing from her mouth , aud all the appearances exhibited of death from poison . "When the prisoner found she was dead , he fell upon his knees and cried bitterly . He exclaimed , after a moment ; "We have both taken potions alike , " and , taking little packets from Lis pockets labelled " poison / ' gave them to the doctor ; the papers contained a white powder . He also handed the doctor a letter . The

      doctor gave him into the custody of a police-constable , 7 * G , whom the prisoner asked , on bis way to the station , if he thought he would be hanged , aad admitted that he bought some of the poison . He exclaimed , " What & very foolish young man I hare been . " He was very ill at the station ; the stomach pumps were , however , used with effect by the police-surgeon , after which he was conveyed to tin hospital . Upwards of £ 2 in gold and silver were found upon him , and a paper containing some of the same white powder , and marked "Poison . " To Inspector Penny at the station-house , the prisoner said that the deceased had told liim what sort of poison to bay—raying her father was a Doot-maker , and mssJ oxalic acid to clean the tops of boots . The prisoiuv . lifter tho usual caution , having been asked ii he v . i > -. Q to say anything , made a long and rambling stav . mcnt , of which this is tiie substance—that both lie

      acl the deceased nad been servautsat the Bell and Crown , in Holbora , whence they were summarily discharged on Monday ; that they went to the Horse and Groom , where the deceased tuok out her money , laid , it ow the table , and declared she was going to make away with herself . She then ran into the room ; he pursued , and caught her : lipun uhich she said she would throw herself into the Thames . He told her she should not , and they walked into liolboro , where they went into a cuff :. e-shop and had some coffee ; they were refused a bed there , and went to the Coach aud Horses , where they were accommodated . In the morning she jumped out ol bed , and seizing a knife which lay upon the table ,

      attempted to stab herself , but he prevented her . They went out to a coffee-shop and had breakfast , where they rod a » a newspaper the account of a young woman having destroyed uerself by oxalic add , which made a deep impression upon her . They ' walked up towards Islington ; he asked ber if they could do nothing else hut destroy themselves . She said not , and that she was resolved apon it . They bought four pennyworth of oxalic acid at dmVreat places ; went into a public-house in the City-«»< i , -ma had some gin and water ; here he wrote a Jetui which he gave to Doctor Pollock . It was at wc « . « ach and Horses they took the poison , where we ceased mixed it in two tumblers . He asked her w ¦ »>•<*! down with bim aud pray . She said she could

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      uot pray , aud drunk of the potion , which he likewise did , saying he would pray for her , and much of the poison came off his stomach involuntarily at the time . When he found she was dying he went for a surgeon . ( The prisoner was frequently convulsed with grief whilst making this statement . ) He was remanded .

      *^ BOW STBEET . SxTtJSDjr . —A Sow in a CoFFSE-uooee . —A tall young man , rather smartly dressed , who gave his name us Frederick Tomlinson , was this morning charged before Mr . Twyford with breaking a quantity of earthenware in a coffee-house in f ovent-garden , and otherwise creating a disturbance . The defendant , according to the evidence adduced , had been drinking during the night at the Gat-rick ' s Head public-house , opposite Coventgarden theatre ; and , upon leaving there late in the morning , he adjourned to a coffee-house in the neighbourhood , which is generally open all night -, there he had some refreshments . While partaking of the viands , some

      cabmen , who were in the next box , began to jibe him about his mustachios—a smart pair of which he sported—when he got up very irritated , and offered to tight any one of them for £ 5 , providing they bad the pluck to " set-to . " He then made at one of them , but missing his blow he staggered , and fell against an adjoining table , which he overturned , destroying a quantity of crockery and damaging some eatables that were placed upon it . He was immediately set upon by the coffee-house keeper for payment ofthe damage , when he swore "he would go to the d—1 before he paid . " In consequence , he was given in charge . This morning he expressed great contrition , and the matter was compromised by his paying the damage and expenses .

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      Baccp . — A meeting will be held in the Chartist Room , Bochdale-road , on Sunday nest ( June 8 th ) , at nine o ' clock in the morning . Oldham . — On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . Daniel Donov an will lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horsedge-street , at six o'clock in the evening—subject , " The Maynooth Grant , and the relative difference between a State Church and a voluntary one . " Leeds . — A camp-meeting will be held to-morrow afternoon , at two o'clock , in the Vicar's Croft , when the Rev . W . V . Jackson , Shaw , and other friends , will deliver addresses . —Mr . Jackson will deliver a lecture in the evening , in the Bazaar , Briggate . — On Sunday , June 15 th , Mr . Stephens will deliver a lecture in the Bazaar . Rochdale . —On Sunday , June 8 th , a public meeting will take place in the Chartist Room , Mill-street , to take into consideration the Land question , as hud

      down by the late Chartist Conference . Asniox-irsDEB-LTNE . —A meeting will be held in the National Association Room , Bentinck-street , on Sunday , June 8 th , at two o'clock in the afternoon , for the purpore of enrolling members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . BijanxcHAM . —Mr . Thomas Clark , of the Executive , will deliver alecture in Duddeston-row , on Sundav morning , June 15 th , at half-past ten o ' clock precisely . He will also lecture on " The Land and its capabilities , "in the Democratic Chapel , Thorp-street , at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . Dewsbcbi District . —A meeting of this district willbe held on Sunday next , May 8 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when all parties wishing to become members ofthe Land Society are requested to attend . —The District Delegate Meeting-will be held in the same place , viz ., the Chartist Room , Dewshory , on the same dayat three o ' clock in the afternoon .

      , Maschesier . —A meeting of the South Lancashire delegates , local lecturers , and others , who have taken and are still willing to takean active part in the Chartist agitation , will be held in the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday next , June 8 th , at ten o'clock in the forenoon . —A meeting of the shareholders of the people's Institute will be held in the Carpenters' Hall , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , to take into their consideration the necessity of building a hall . — A lecture will be delivered in the Carpenters' Hall , ou Sunday evening next , June 8 th , at half-past six o ' clock in the evening , by Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham .

      Mn-Doxta ' a Route job tiie Eksijix & Week : — Sunday , June 8 th , Carpenters' Hall , Manchester ; Monday , 9 th , Ashton-under-Lync ; Tuesday , 10 th , Stalybridge ; and Wednesday , lltb , Mottram . —Mr . Doyle begs to state that he mil be prepared with the cards and roles of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and also those of the Chartist Association , flelikewise requests that the Council of each locality will make every necessary arrangement to ensure good meetings . West Ridlng Delegate Meeting . —This meeting will be held on Sunday ( tomorrow ) , June 8 th , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Bullclose-iane , Halifax ; to commence at twelve at noon . Me . Uaxbos , of Elland , will lecture at Cinderhill , on Sunday ( tomorrow ) , June 8 th , at six o ' clock in the evening . Mk . B . Rushtox will lecture uvtke Working Man ' s Hall , Bullclose-iane , at six o ' clock in the evening . Tbe Lasd . —The members of the National Land Association will meet in the above room on Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock . w / jv --s- _ -w > H _____» --s-S * jr * j-SS * ¦

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      jLumtuisi .. . * ,. aj . . . . "" - At the Bromsgrove petty sessions , a shocking instance of the effects of jealousy came before the bench on Wednesday . It appears that Israel Harris , a labourer , at Stoke Prior , who is naturally of an irascible disposition , and who , since Christmas last , has been constantly twitting his wife with infidelity to him , on the night of Sunday last committed an assault on her , which ior atrocity we can scarcely think has ever been surpassed . The circumstances will be best conveyed in the evidence ofthe unfortunate woman herself , as taken before G . F . Iddins , on the following day . She deposed—About half-past 9 o ' clock last night I went up stairs to put the children to bed . My husband followed me in a few minutes and struck me several blows on the head , and knocked me down ou the bed . lie held me by the shoulder , and kept beating me on the head with one hand . I tried to get away from him , but could not . At last I struggled and got off on the floor , and he knocked my head against the side of the bed . He kept beating me on the head , neck , breast , and shoulders , violently ; he jolted my head on the floor with as much violence as he could . lie caught hold of one of my legs and I pulled me along the floor , and said he would tear my

      inside out . He then jumped with his knees on the lower part of my bowels with great violence two or three times . ( The evidence here was of a most revolting character , setting forth that the prisoner , after malririgafake accusation to her , and wmlekeeping her on the floor , with the most fiendish barbarity , ripped her up , and a gush of blood flowed from the wound . ) Prisoner then left her and went down stairs , but presently returned and pulled her along the floor into the other room , and asked her if he had given her enough ; he then shut the door and went down , after which the poor woman crept to the bed with her hands and knees , where she lay till Mr . Fletcher , surgeon , arrived ; she closed her evidence by saying , " lam very ill , and I do think

      in my breast I shall not recover . This morning ( Tuesday ) it was stated to the bench that the poor woman was somewhat better , though it is far from probable that she will recover . Under these circum stances the bench thought it best to remand the case till Thursday next . It was stated that Harris had five children . The immediate cause of the assault it would seem , was this : —Prisoner had been to church , and on coming home he found a man and his wife paying a visit to his ( prisoner ' s ) wi & v This was the man of whom he had been jealous , although he is a married man . The parties all drank together , and it was after tho departure of the man and his wife that the assault took place . It wasthe prisoner himself who first went to the neighbours , and said that

      Lis wife was very ill . —Worcester Journal . Tbul or the Monstek Gos . —On Friday , and again on Saturday , the monster gun , recently manufactured at Messrs . Faucett , Preston , and Co . ' s foundry , in this town , for the American war-steamer Princeton , was repeatedly tested on the sands about three miles beyond Waterloo . The gun was conveyed from the foundry to the place selected for the trial at about four o'clock on Friday morning , when very few ofthe inhabitants were astir in the streets . About half-past five o ' clock it passed through Bootle , almost unobserved , most of the good people of that locality being in the enjoyment of their morning dreams at the time . It was drawn by nine horses . On arriving at its tui : - ; - ' : " : irv destination it was firmly

      imbedded in the ; . uid , and the muzzle , which was pointed out to sea , was slightly elevated in a line above the sutfsuv uf tlie water . The first ball , weighing 2191 b ., wast ! -. '/ a "drivenhome ; " 301 b . ofpowder was poured into the touch-hole , and the first shot was fired at ten o'clock , in the presence of about 500 spectators . The result was most satisfactory . The report was deafening , and was distinctly heard nine miles off . At the distance of about three miles , as nearly as could be judged , the ball was seen bounding on the surface of the wato occasionally dipping and and springing up again , until at length it became wholly lost to view . The second was the trial-shot .

      Two balls , each ** e * g » i » g 2 Wlb ., were then " driven home ; " and 45 lb . ofpowder was put in . This shot was equally satisfactory . The report , of course , was terrific , but the gun withstood the shock , and thereby proved that it had been manufactured on a principle , and with a material , which render '' bursting" almost , if not altogether , an impossibility . A great number of single shots , with balls of 2191 b . each , were fired during theafternoon of Friday and the whole of Saturday , with the like successful result . Vfe understand the gun will be shortly shipped by a vessel for America , there to be taken on hoard the war-steamer for which it was manufactured . — . ZH'fl-jM » J Albion .

      On Wednesday Week, Aged 58, Of Apoplexy,...

      On Wednesday week , aged 58 , of apoplexy , Mr . William Hurdes Harborne , president ofthe Stratford-upon-Avon Chartist Cooperative Land Society , and landlord ofthe Stratford Arms Inn ; a man respected by aU classes of society , a good democrat , a kind friend , and an excellent neighbour . His funeral took place on Sunday , June 1 st , audw , vi followed by all the members of the society , and by numerous friends and acquaintances > vho arc left to deplore his sudden death .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS , Tuesday , June 3 . The Lord Chascellob took his seat on the woolsack at five o ' clock . On the motion of Lord Brougham , the Small Debts Bill went through committee proformd .

      UAVSOOIH BILL . The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Maynooth College bill was resumed by the Earl of Habdwicke , who admitted that a strong feeling had been raised against the measure , which , however , it was somewhat difficult to understand , for it involved no new priciple , and only extended to Ireland those measures which had already been adopted in many of the colonies of this country . He was friendly to the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland . Athough it had been called an antagonist Church , its endowment might tend to strengthen the position ofthe Protestant Established Church , evenif the fundsforthatpurpose were derived from the ecclesiastical revenues of those 151 parishes ,

      amounting to £ 58 , 000 per annum , m which no Protestants were to be found . He was opposed to any inquiry into the system pursued at Maynooth ; he gave no spiritual sanction to its dogmas ; indeed there was much in them that withoutotfence he must say he abhorred , but he hoped by raising the standard of education at Maynooth to make those educated there repudiate many of those absurd doctrines and opinions which men of taste and learning must disown . The Earl ofCAHNAKVON considered it the duty of Parliament to maintain the Protestant Church in Ireland ; but it was impossible to deny that it formed themost anomalous , and therefore the most endangered , part of our Irish polity . But if that establishment were to be shaken by the mere breath of

      toleration and kindness , having no strength in itself , it must be , not of God , but of men . The question now was , whether the spiritual instructors of the great body of the Irish people should be well pr ill educated ?— -whether they should be for or against us ?—• whether they should beattached or hostSe to British interests ? They had already sanctioned the principle of appointing Roman Catholic chaplains to prisons and workhouses ; and if they refused their approval of this measure , their Lordships ought not only to retrace their steps in that respect , but to withdraw the grant to Maynooth altogether , and repudiate the kinder polic y so long pursued in our colonies . He vindicated the priests from the charge of disaffection , and commended them for the part

      they had taken in times of danger to preserve the loyalty of the Irish people . There could be no assured safety for our institutions in Ireland , unless we not only consulted Irish interests , but Irish sympathies too . He hailed this measure as a good omen , and he sincerely trusted that a just and e qual policy would efface the wrongs of past misrule in that country . The Earl of Wotchosea reprobated the measure as the most deadly blow ever aimed at Protestantism —our national Christianity— -the foundation of our long-cherished civil and religious liberties , and the true source of England ' s greatness . Were these to be cast away for the purpose of conciliating an ultramontane priesthood ? If their lordships passed this measure in spite of the respectful remonstrances of

      between 1 , 200 , 000 and 1 , 500 , 000 people of this country , they would forfeit the confidence and respect of the nation . He protested against this bill as a national endowment of Popery , and in contravention of tho oath taken by her Majesty at her coronation . He reiterated the charge that anti-social , disloyal , and intolerant principles were taught at Maynooth , and called special attention to the fact that in France they were making laws to exclude the Jesuits from all interference with education , while the Parliament of England was insanely throwing it into their hands . He concluded by solemnly entreating their lordships to reject this measure , which he warned them , in the excited state of Protestant feeling , must produce an outbreak , not in Ireland , but IU this

      country . The Marquis of Nokmanbt reminded the house that they were now legislating for 7 , 000 , 000 Roman Catholics , whom they , « mld not help continuing Catholic . Though Protestaiitism had done much for England , yet after all the ingenuity of Legislatures and tie severity of Executives could do , in three centuries nothing had been accomplished by Protestantism in Ireland , because it had not been in accordance with the sincere convictions ofthe vast majority of the people . They must judge of the tree by its fruits . There had been 11 a complaints whatever of the moral conduct ofthe students educated at Maynooth ; and as to those whom they instructed , was it nothing to say the Irish were the most honest , the most modest , and the most temperate people ? It

      was said the Catholic priests had stimulated crime in Ireland ; on the contrary , he must bear his testimony that no body of men had ever exerted . themselves with more energy and success in detecting and preventing crime than the Catholic priests . It was true they had often expressed themselves strongly , but what did their Lordships say who heard last night the speech of the Bishop ot Cashel with reference to vehement language ? The noble Marquis strongly condemned the spirit of that right rev . prelate's address , and read , an extract from a charge said to have been delivered by the Bishop of Cashel , in which some very vituperative expressions occurred . The Bishop of Cashel declared the entire document to be a false and impudent fabrication . The

      charge had been printed and circulated at the time ; he should send a copy of it to the noble Marquis tomorrow , and advised him to read a portion of it to their Lordships tht next time he was in want of a speech . The Marquis of Noruauby explained that the document he had quoted purported only to be a report written by a gentleman who heard the charge . For himself and those with whom he acted , he would say , they gave a humble , sincere , and he trusted an effectual , support to the policy of which he hoped this was ho isolated measure . The Archbishop of Dubllv had often felt and expressed that the system of education at Maynooth was imperfect—scandalously imperfect ; but it never occurred to him that , wishing for its improvement , he should be considered inconsistentIf

      . they gave the Roman Catholic priests the best education they were prepared to receive , one great evil would be cured . _ He protested , on the part of many . of the most sincere , best informed , conscientious , and active , though not the most clamorous , of his clergy , that they were not to be held indifferent to their own faith on account of the perhaps mistaken toleration and indulgence they might snow to that of others . He claimed no jurisdiction over the Roman Catholics , although he had spoken and written against their errors ; his dutj ; was to drive out erroneous and strange opinions in his own Church , and no one on the episcopal bench had exerted himself more assidu ously and energetically than he had publicly to censure those who held the principles of one Church and the emoluments of another . He avowed himself the

      advocate of expediency in this matter , and he denied that expediency and duty were at variance with each other . He believed the bill , though it might not satisfy agitators , would do much good in Ireland . Lord De Ros supported the bui , and stated , with reference to the doctrines taught at Maynooth , on the authority of the head of that college , that he was opposed to the agitation for Repeal . The Bishop of Exeter insisted that the recluse mode of education practised at Maynooth was wholly inconsistent with the growth of manly character-During the seven years the Students WCte akut UJ ) to their superiors in rank or station , and could not , except occasionally in the vacations , even take a walk in the country by themselves . They were mere slaves , and the only consolation they had was , that at the end of their servitude they were to go forth , uot as the ministers , but as the representatives ol

      their God . They were educated as spiritual despots , and they became furious agitators , unlit to be the guides ofthe people . Instead of one great monastic establishment , he wished , in addition to the bill in another place for founding three academical institutions in Ireland , there were a fourth , or rather , the one branch in connection with each of those institutions , in which a liberal education might be given to Roman Catholic priests , with a proper system of discipline , consistent with fair opportunities of mixing with tiie gentry and other educated youths of thi country . They would thus create in Ireland a bodj of priests such as they had in this country . The present measure would perpetuate a curse in Ireland It would be easy before a committee of inquiry to prove that intolerant and anti-social doctrines were taught at Maynooth , of which he cited various instances .

      Lord Brougham felicitated the opponents of this bill who had spoken before the Bishop of Exeter on the remarkably discrepant support given to their amendment by that right rev . prelate , who , strongl > as he was opposed to Maynooth , had yet no objection to the establishment of four colleges , where , in addition to the teaching of science and letters to lavpnpils , there should be ecclesiastical seminaries for the express purpose of fitting forth Roman Catholic priests on their mission for propagating Popish errors . Letthe pictures of Maynooth , its defective police , habits , discipline , and education be as unexaggcrated as they might be , the real question was how those evils should be remedied ? The system of visitation prescribed by this bill furnished an effective cure for

      those mischicfe . He admitted the errors of the Romish Church , and tho evil tendencies politically ol the policy engrafted on the Catholic system . Intolerance was not confined to the Romish Churclij or popes or priests . Just in proportion as any Church was armed with secular power by an alliance with the State , was its tendency to persecute other sects . Even the Anglican Church had . its minatoi'v service . The Dissenters were the loudest in their opposition to tbis bill ; but had the Independents and the Calvinists no persecuting doetrims ? John Calvin was himself author of the most elaborate treatise on the propriety of putting heretics to death ; and had , by the most atrocious proceedings , uot Servetus condemned and burnt f < r beinc suspected of Socinian or Arian doctrines . This

      House Of Lords, Tuesday , June 3. The Lo...

      was no question of conscienoe , but of policy and expediency . TheGo ^ wmn eht had been most unjustly and heedlessly calumniated in reference to this measure . It was a pure anachronism to allege that fear of America had counselled it ; for "the message of peace" was sent to Ireland before the Oregon question was referred to by Sir R . Peel . He cordially approved that policy which tended to allay agitation in Ireland , agreeing ; with the Prime Minister in thinking that agitation could not be put down by force until it broke out into open violence , which that right hon . gentleman had triumphantly quelled . Thepopularity which followedgreat actions was infinitely more precious than that which was run after ; and if the Government performed such actions , he assured them they should receive that applause . The adjournment of the debate until Wednesday was then put and agreed to .

      Wednesday , Juke 1 . Their lordships met at five o ' clock . the AVJonnvEn debate on the matnooth bill . The debate was resumed by the Burl of Clancaeti , who supported the amendment with the view that the doctrines taught at Maynooth might be made to harmonise , which at present they did not , with the institutions ofthe country . He praised the course pursued by the Catholic peers , from whom no proposition hostile to the Protestant Church had emanated . . They strictly adhered to the obligations they undertook on their admission to the house under the Act of 1829 , and every measure brought forward since that period , injurious to the Established Church , had originated with Protestants . The DukeofCiEVULAiiD regretted being obliged to differ from , many of those with whom he had been in tho habit of usually acting , but he felt himself called upon by a sense of duty to support the bill which recognised no new principle whatever .

      Earl Spencer thought it only fair to her Majesty's Government , as well as to those with whom he formerly acted , that every one who had occupied a prominent position in public life should , entertaining the opinions he did , openly avow those opinions , and thus by sharing , dilute tbe burst of disapprobation which this measure had culled forth against its advocates . It was for this reason , and not from any hope of being able to throw any new light upon the subject , that he thought it right to intrude himself upon their lordships' attention to give his most cordial support to the bill , which , however , he hoped would be only the precursor of ulterior measures . The Bishop of Norwich said the measure had Ms cordial and sincere approbation , considering it as a religions measure associated with justice and equity , aud a Christian measure as carrying out the principle of doing to others as we should wish that others should do unto us .

      The Earl of Morninqtos thought this measure the first step of all that could be adopted with the view of conciliating the grout Catholic body of Ireland . Lord Colcuestee opposed the bill on the ground that it was not right that the funds of a Protestant state should be applied to the maintenance of such an institution as that of Maynooth . Lord Monteagle considered the measure as the most important which had been presented to Parliament since the Emancipation Act of 1829—if not since the union ; and he bailed it as a proof that all parties were at length united in the wish to do justice to Ireland . The noble lord dwelt strongly on tho fact that this country had endowed Mahoraedan Churches at Calcutta and Benares , aud asked if they would be less considerate to their fellow Christians and countrymen in Ireland . The Bishop of St . David ' s supported the bill .

      TheEarlofCBABi . EVii . iiE asserted the impossibility of reconciling Mr . O'Conncll ' s conduct at the Repeal Association with the oath which he took the previous year as Lord Mayor of Dublin , and argued at considerable length against the measure ofthe Government , contending that Maynooth was a Jesuit college , under the orders of Jesuits j that many of the pupils had been received into the Society ofthe Sacred Heart , contrary to a clause iu the Catholic Belief Bill , and that therefore tbe inquiry asked for was necessary . The noble lord concluded by charging the Government with negligence in not affording sufficient protection to the inhabitants of Dublin on the occasion of the recent display made in honour of Mr . O'ConneU in that city .

      Lord SiAMMr said that the assumption of want of caution or care on the part of the Government was altogether gratuitous . In fact , every precaution was made by the Irish authorities , and nothing occurred which could render any one amenable to justice for any violation of the law on the occasion referred to . 'With respect to the introduction of pupils into tho society of the Jesuits , it was a misdemeanor , and the parties were liable to banishment . The law was therefore open to be appealed to , instead of resorting to a vague inquiry leading to no useful result . He could not see that the endowment of the Catholic priesthood must necessarily follow the endowment of Maynooth . He saw great difficulties in the way of any

      such eudowmentybut he frankly confessed that those difficulties were by no means of a religious character . The noble lord concluded an able speech by saying that he had no hope that the bill would satisfy the fanatical firebrands in the Catholic Church , still less the political agitator , whose trade it was calculated to destroy , but it would conciliate a people whose worst enemies never charged them with ingratitude ; and if even , owing to agitators , the appearance of ingratitude should still , remain , it would ere long be disarmed by kindness and peace , and contentment would be restored to the country , Their lordships then divided—For the amendment ,

      Contents 59 Non-contents ... ... ... .,, 155 Majority against the amendment ... 96 For the second reading : — Present contents .,, 144 Proxies ... 82 22 fi , Non-contents present , ,,. 55 Proxies ... ,. 14 63

      Majority for the second reading .,, 157 THURSDAr , Junh 5 . After a short discussion in tho House of Lords , the Ec clesiastical Courts Consolidated Bill was , on the motion of the Bishop of Exeter , referred to a select committee . The Small Debts Bill and the Calico Printing Bill were then respectively raed a' third time and agreed to .

      House Of Commons, Tuesday, June 3. The H...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , June 3 . The house sat at four o ' clock . Mr . Hume moved an address to her Majesty , praying her to grant a suitable pension to Sir Henry Pottinger , in rewalfd for his eminent public services The hon . member reviewed these services , and complained that , in leaving them unrewarded , the Government . was acting -contrary to the wishes of a vast majority of the commercial men ofthe country . Lord Sahdon seconded the motion , and in doing so passed an eloquent eulogium on Sir H . Pottinger . Sir J . C . Hobhouse could not forbear taking part in the debate , because the official station which he had formerly held had made him specially acquainted with the distinguished ability and noble disinterestedness in the cause of his country displayed on every occasion bj * Sir Henry Pottinger , whose extraordinary services in China deserved an extraordinary reward .

      Sir Robert Peel , fully concurring m all the praise given to Sir Henry Pottinger , said , it might be supposed from Mr . Hume ' s speech that the Government had withheld from that gallant officer some distinction which it was in its power to confer . So far was this from being the case , that the Crown had already granted him all the honorary distinctions it could bestow . With regard to the pension prayed for , the Crown had no power to grant it , owing to a resolution of the House pressed on it by Mr . Hume himself , which prohibited any grant for diplomatic services , unless the recipient had been engaged ten years in active service . It was very dangerous , when well-merited claims were daily made upon the Government , that a precedent should be established for sucii appeals to the Crown * , and he

      thought , as a general rule , that public services were best rewarded by a continuance of employment when the servants of tlie public were in good health . Still , as this was an extraordinary case , he was ready to take the responsibility on himself of advising her Majesty to make the proposed provision for Sir H . Pottinger . liord John Russeli thought there was no ground for reproaching the Government in this matter , and gave his cordial support to the determination expressed by Sir R . Peel . Lord Palmersion also testified his satisfaction at the course pataued hy the vight hon . baronet , and hoped that Sir H . Pottinger might long retain his present health for the service of his country . Mr . Hume denied that he had any intention of saying anything personally offensive to Sir R . Peel ; and the motion was unanimously agreed to .

      Mr . Ward then moved for a select committee to inquire whether there are any peculiar burdens specially affecting the landed interest of this country , or any peculiar exemptions enjoyed by that interest , and to ascertain their nature and extent . The hon . gentleman , in the course of his arguments , asserted that it was necessary to have an inquiry in order to expose this the last fallacy behind which the agriculturists entrenched themselves—in order to clear the "round for the motion which would bo subsequently Brought forward by Mr . Villiers for the repeal of the Corn Law . Mr . S . Herbert opposed the motion as unnecessary ,

      contending that the extreme partisans of free trade were just as wrong as the extreme protectionists , aud that the Government was correct in keeping the mid dle course , affording considerable latitude to the manufacturers , while protecting the agriculturists from very sudden and great changes hi the value oi agricultural produce . Mr . Cohbek contended that there were no peculiar burdens on the landed interest , but that there were a great many peculiar exemptions in its favour from the ordinary burden of taxation to which the other interests of the country were exposed . Mr . N ewwgate entered into a variety of statistics in order to prove that the land was exposed to peculiar burdens not pressing to the same extent on the other classes of the community .

      House Of Commons, Tuesday, June 3. The H...

      - After some observations from Mr . V . Smith , Sir John Tyrell , and Dr . Bowring , the house divided , and Mr . Ward ' s motion was negatived by a majority of 182 to 109 . Weonesdat , June 4 . There not being forty members present in the house at four o'clock , the Speaker adjourned it to Thursday . Thursday , June 5 . The principal business was the Scotch Banking System , which , after a preliminary discussion , was carried into committee , and after a desultory discussion , several ofthe clauses were agreed to .

      Horrible Case.—Another Private Investiga...

      Horrible Case . —Another Private Investiga tion . —When we received a communication revealing the following facts , which , we believe , are beyond contradiction , we asked ourselves this question" Do we live in a Christian country ? " So tar back as Sunday , the 6 th of April—the hushing up process was so effectual as to prevent us from hearing of this affair before last week ^ -a man , named William Gregg , was arrested in Park-street for being drunk and assaulting Setjeant Devine of the B division . On this charge he was locked up in the Lad-lane station-house , suddenly front which , having been taken ill , he had to be removed to Baggot-street hospital , where he remained until the 24 th of the

      same month . He was then brought before the magistrates of College-street office to answer the charge of the serjeant , but set at liberty in consequence of having made this awful disclosure : — " That on the 6 th ol April he was passing along Park-street , accompanied by John Morrison , between four and five o ' clock p . m . ; that they went into the School of Medicine ( to light a pipe ) , where there were a number of students , who asked him to drink whiskey , and after having drunk a good deal he was conducted by them to the dissecting-room , where they gave him more whiskey and made him drunk ; they then caused him to sing and dance , and play cards on the body of a dead man ; that they * * and forced part of the liver of a corpse into his mouth , beat him

      severely ivith the limbs of the dead bodies , and threw him out , when he was discovered by Serjeant Devine . " Gregg further asserted that his companion , Morrison , was also beaten by the students , but being a teetotaller did not drink any of the whiskey . The police traced out Morrison and produced him before the magistrates , when he fully corroborated tlie statement of Gregg in all its hideous particulars . What course should have been pursued by the magistrates under such circumstances ? Verily , to take the informations of Gregg and Morrison against the students , and lay the onus of producing them upon the police . But not so did the Solons of the Collegestreet bench act ! Betraying a leniency for wretches , who—if a tithe of the above statement be true

      —must be a libel upon human nature , they wrote to Sir James Murray and Dr . Carlile to bring forward the students of Park-street School of Medicine in order to have the case investigated 1 Of course so polite a method of dealing with beasts in the shape of men was properly appreciated—Dr . Carlile waited privately upon Mr . Tyndall , and the matter was dropped . We trust , however , that tho Executive will not allow so grave and suspicious an affair to be thus cushioned , and that immediate steps will be taken to have the criminals brought to justice , and a lesson read to the police magistrates , whose practices have now become perfectly intolerable . [ We give the above statement from the Dublin World of Saturday last , just as it appeared in that paper . It is evident that something still more beastly and abominable than what is detailed above is known to the writer in the World , but properly suppressed by him as being too horrible to appear in

      print . Our sole object in giving publicity to this enormity is to aid the Dublin World in its efforts to bring to justice the miscreants who have been guilty of the abominable outrage alleged against them . We must , however , take this opportunity of protesting against the infamous calumnies against England and Englishmen to which certain Irish journalists lend themselves . We allude nob to the conductors of the World , but to those of the Nation and Freeman ' s Journal , who have for their imitators all the smaller fry of Repeal quill-drivers , iu such papers as the Belfast Vindicator , Lvogheda Argus , & c . If a murder is committed in this country , forthwith the appalling fact is heralded in the Irish journals as " another barbarous English murder . " If some case of ruffianism occurs , itis announced as " another specimen of English brutality . " If a case of rape or seduction comes before our courts , it is forthwith introduced to the Irish reader as a " horrible case of English immorality . " So long as the "Liberator "—

      " The saviour of the nation not yet saved , " confines himself to humbugging his countrymen and countrywomen with his precious blarney , that they are the bravest , ablest , most intelligent , most industrious , most beautiful , and most virtuous men and women on the face of the earth—in fact , the only "true Caucasian breed , ' * and that their country is the greenest in all creation ; so long as King D , i . v thus says and sings ; Englishmen have no cause for complaint ; on the contrary , they have much food for mirth in these ; miserable egotistical displays . But when the said King Dan belches his foul-mouthed calumnies against the women and the men of England , and is imitated in his disgusting diatribes by his wretched sycophants , the Repeal press-gam * ,

      Englishmen are bound to protest against their odious imputations . Wo protest against those imputations , not because they can harm Englishmen or Englishwomen , but because we hold in abhorrence the vile object for which those calumnies are fabricatedthat object being the prejudicing of the people of Ireland against tlie people of this country , and so to keep the two nations eternal enemies and slaves , instead of being as they would be , did they once understand each other , brethren and freemen . Were we to act in the diabolical spirit which appears to actuate the rabid writers in the Nation and Freeman's Journal , we should retaliate upon Irishmen by charging the crimes committed in Ireland upon the Irish people generally , and as being damnatory to the Irish character . This is what the writers in the above papers do with respect to England . Would it be j ust

      to Irishmen—would it be in accordance with truth , that we should head the above shocking statement with the words " Horrible Irish brutality ?" or " Diabolical specimen of Irish immorality ? " or " Infamous case of Irish bestiality ? " Yet this is j ust what is done weekly in reference to England by the Repeal newspaper-men . There are good and tad in all countries , in Ireland as well as in England , but far be it from us to impute the crimes of a few to an entire people . The writers , who pursue the opposite course of slandering an entire people , aud inventing their liedious calumnies for the purpose of setting nation against nation , instead of being the best are the worst possible instructors society could have . There are too many such in Ireland , and their influence is the most malancholy sign ofthe present state of mind of the public they address . Ed . N . S . ]

      Alleged Ikcexdiary Fire at Birkenhead . — About hall-past two o'clock on Monday morning , the office of Messrs . John and William Walker , builders , Hamilton-lane , at the rear of Hamilton-square , Birkenhead , was discovered to be on fire . The two engines belonging to the township were immediately conveyed to the spot , but in consequence ofthe saddletree over the water plug adjacent to the premises not admitting the stand-cock , neither of the engines could ha got intft play for some time , and then only by obtaining water from a plug in Cleveland-street , a distance of 200 yards from the fire . The office was

      completely gutted , and the whole of its contents destroyed , " with the exception of the books , which were locked up in one of Milner's patent safes . The damage to the building alone is about £ 200 , but it is impossible to estimate the probable loss to the Messrs . Walker of an immense number of plans and specifications of buildings , erected and in process of erection , which perished in the flames . The parties were , of course , insured . Mr . M'Harg , the active superintendent of Birkenhead , who investigated all the circumstances , has reported to the Watch Committee ofthe township that there can be very little doubt that the office was maliciously set on fire .

      Shocking Accjde . ni at Nottikgiiam . —Nottingham , Monday . —Several highly-respectable families in this town have been plunged into a state of distress by a shocking accident which took place here to-day . A very fine young man named George Fish , of the firm of Fish and Sous , builders , had been amusing himself by firing at a mark in the back premises . At noon , tiie workmen went to dinner , requesting Mr . J . Fish to lock the doors , in case he retired before their return . On entering the workshops after dinner , tlie men found Mr . Fish lying between two of the benches , on a heap of shavings , and ill an almost lifeless state . There was a pool of blood around him , and on lifting him up they were horrorstr icken at the spectacle . While in the act of

      charging his gun , he incautiously nut on a detonating cap , and neglecting to secure it from going off , so soon as he attempted to force down the wadding the gun went off , and the ramrod passed through his upper jaw , on the leftside , going along the nasal organs , and protruding through the top of his skull , so as to make about nine inches of the ramrod visible above his head . Such was the force with which it was driven that two men , in attempting to extricate it , broke the rod close to where it passed iu at the jaw ; and it was ultimately forced out by means of a heavy mallet . During this process the shrieks of the poor fellow were heard a long way off . Surgical aid was instantly called in , but there are no hopes of his recovery .

      Suicide vrom Hungervord Sust-ensign Bridge . — On Tuesday morning , about three o ' clock , a man of apparent respectability was observed by the tollkeepers to deliberately spring from the centre of tho bridge into the river . A boat with some persons therein was passing at the time , but from evident alarm the parties rowed away ; and although boats put oft' from the shove , no trace ofthe deceased could be discovered , who , it is supposed , was carried down the tide , which was then ebbing rapidly .

      Murder of an Officer and Eiobt Men oj ihk Wasp by tub Crew of a Slaver . —A most distressing circumstance has occurred in the African squadron . The Wasp , 18 , Commander S . H . Usher , took a prize which was sent to Sierra Leone ' . to be condemned On her way this prize fell in with and took another slaver ; the lieutenant in command still keeping charge ofthe first vessel , put a midshipman , name d Banner , with eight men , into the other . The vessels then separated . Unfortunately , Mr . Banner allowed a strong party oi the slave crew to remain out of irons , and at night they rose and murdered every Englishman on board ; and when daylight broke , exchanged signals with and fired at the other prize , and then bore her away . In a day or two afterwards she fell in with the Star , 6 , Commander Dunlop , who took her , and brought the whole of her murderous piratical crew to Ascension . The villains willshortly be sent to England in the Heroine , 6 , Lieut . Com ' maader Foote , and the Rapid , 10 , Commander Earle

      Manchester Corn Market, Saturday, Mai 31...

      Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Mai 31 . — The weather , since our last report , has been variable changing from a warm atmosphere to one of an op ' , posite character , but cold easterly winds have predominated , under the influence of which a fair but not extensive business was transacted in flour , at an advance of Gd . to Is . per sack on previous prices . There was but a moderate demand for either oats or oatmeal , without alteration in value . With a moafc favourable change in the weather , the wheat trade , at our market this morning , was exceedingly languid ' and no improvement on the currency of this day se ' nnight could be realised . In flour there was very little passing , bnt holders firmly demanded the rates current during the week , and we raise our quotations accordingly . The inquiry for both oats and oatmeal was limited , and sales were with difficulty effected at previous rates . Beans in moderate request only without variation in prices .

      The Land-Plan Abroad

      THE LAND-PLAN ABROAD

      Bcrchem , near Antwerp , May 2 fi , 1815 , Ma . T . M . Wheeler , —Sir , You will no doubt think it strange to receive a letter from this place on the Char tist Co-operative Land Society ; but being a subscriber to the A * i » -t *! cr » Star from its commencement , and an ardent admirer of Mr . O'Connor ' s small-farm system , I wish to know if you will admit three of us , who are working here , in the £ 2 12 s . class . If we arc admitted wc will forward you our first year ' s subscription immediately . I have been here about fourteen months . I formerl y worked at Leeds , and once had the pleasure of seeing you at Ross ' s Coffee-house . The " small-farm system" is in operation here , and a contented race the farmers are . Berchem is about three miles from Antwerp ; a nice country district . The gardens are laid out in the most tasteful manner . In this district there are very , very

      few , who have not a small plot of land attached to their houses . The people of this part of Belgium have their eyes open to the value of the land ; but there is a set of greedy , grinding capitalists , who are ever on the watch for a sale of land . Listen ! Previous to a sale of land taking place , placards are distributed over the district where the land lies . On the placard a plan of the estate is lithographed , the estate being divided into portions , from two acres down to a quarter of an acre , to give the people a chance of buying ; but at the time of sale a sivarin of these moneyed gentry pop in , and generally succeed iu purchasing the whole . Then they re-let it . I will give you an instance . About seven months ago a particular friend of mine died , and his land was put up iu

      allotments . One allotment was adjoining to a small farm , occupied by a very industrious man ; one who had by his industry scraped together 500 francs . He fully intended to purchase the lot , the sum he had being thought quite sufficient for the purchase . I attended the sale ; and when the lot was put up , these gentry run it up to 900 francs , and got it . The curses on these fellows' heads were long , loud , and deep , I have my house hung round with the plates given by the . Northern Star . We have a feast every Wednesday evening when the Star arrives , and are right glad to sue that the trades of England are on the move . Hoping you will fovwavd mc an answer as soon as possible , I remain , yours , most respectfully , 17 m . Gbiffi . v .

      [ This is not the Manchester Griffin—though bearing the same name . ]

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      THE TRULY-WONDERFUL CURES OF ASTHMA AND CONSUMPTION , COUGHS , COLDS , dx Which are everywhere performed by DR . L 0 C 0 C 1 CS PULMONIC WAFERS , HAVE long established them as the most certain , per . feet , aud speedy remedy in existence for all disorders of the breath and lungs . It is not possible iu the limits of this notice to give any great number of the immense mass of testimonials which are constantly received by the proprietors . The following will , however , be read with interest : — . CURES IN LIVERPOOL . From Mr . P . Roberts , Chemist , Ranelagh-strcct , Liverpool . "January 2 nd , 1845 . " Gentlemen , —I send you two cases of cures which I have received since my last , and I think it would be doing good to advertise the Wafers in Liverpool , as they give very great satisfaction to all who take them . They are quite the leading article for coughs and colds this winter . " Yours , & c . P . Robebts . " RAPID CURE OF COUGH AND DIFFICULTY OF BREATHING . " Hale , near Liverpool , Dec . 10 th , 1841 . " Sir , —I write to inform you ofthe great benefit I have received from taking Locock ' s Wafers , which you recommended to me . I was so much oppressed at my chest , that , ' when I lay down , a coughing fit came on with such violence that I have often thought I should not live to see the morning ; hut now I can sleep a whole night without coughing , after taking only two boxes of the Wafers . ( Signed ) "J . Hates . " To Mr . P . Roberts , Ranelagh-strcct . " ANOTHER CURE OF COUGH AND HOARSENESS . " Parliament-street , Liverpool , Jan . 1 st , 1845 , " Sir , —It is with much pleasure I hear testimony to the extraordinary power of Locock ' s Pulmonic Wafers . I had been troubled > vitu a cough and hoarseness for nearly two years , without relief , when I was induced to try Locock ' s Wafers , the effects of which were soou visible , for one large ho- ( 2 s . 3 d . ) has quite cured me . I have since recommended them to several of my friends , aud they have also experienced the greatest relief from them , " I remain yours , ever grateful , "John Wiluams . "To Mr . P . Roberts , Rauelugh-street . " ANOTHER SURPRISING CURE OF ASTHMA . The Declaration of W . Wright , coachman to A . Spottis . wood , Esq ., Hockley , near Dorking , Surrey . "January 16 th , 1815 . " My wife laboured under an asthma for upwards of four years . She had the best advice to be procured , but without receiving the least benefit ; but , on the contrary , she continued to get worse . Her suffering from her breathing and cough was dreadful ; and I never expected she couldpossihly recover . The first week she commenced taking Locock ' s Wafers , she found more relief than from anything she had ever tried before ; and she is now , I am happy to soy , in the midst of winter , as free from cough or ailment as ever she was in her life ; in fact , she is perfectly cured . " I shall be happy to reply to any inquiries ou the subject . " The purlicuUm of many ' miidred cu « s may be had from every ajjoit throughout the kingdom and on the continent . Db . Locock ' s Yv " Ar _ ua give iustatvt relief , and a rapid cure of asthmas , consumption , coughs , colds , and all disorders of the breath and lungs . To Sinoebs and Pcunc Speakers they arc invaluable , as in a few hours they remove all hoarseness , and increase the power and flexibility of the voice . They have a most pleasant taste . Price Is . lid ., 2 s . 9 d .. and Us . per box . Agentff-DaSUvaandCo ., I , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , Loudon . Sold by one dr more agents iu every town throughout the king , dom . CAUTION . —To protect the publicfrom spurious imitations , her Majesty ' s Honourable Commissioners have caused to be printed on the stamp , outside each box , tho words , " Dr . Locock ' s Wafers , " in white letters on a red ground , without which none are genuine . Sold by all Medicine Venders .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan , Of 17, Groat Windmillstreet, Haymarket, In The City Of Westminster, At The

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 17 , Groat Windmillstreet , Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , at the

      OiSce in the name Street and Parish , for tho Proprietor , i- 'BAROUS O'COSSOR , Eeq ., and published by WtuiAH Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles ^ treet , Brandonstreet , Walwwth , in the Parish of St . Mary , Newing . ton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . 810 , Strand , in tho Parish oi St , Mary-h ' -Strand , in '"» City oi' Weitmiuster Saturday , June 7 , 1848 . - '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07061845/page/8/