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      THE CHARTIST TRIALS . CRIMINAL COURT-THURSDAY . THE TRIAL OF WILLIAMS AND VERNON . ( Continued from our £ i &( h page J Josenb . Williams , aeed 40 , a baker , and William John Vernon , aged 40 , lecturer , were indicted for unlawfully in the presence and hearing of divera subjects of our Lady tha Queen , uttering certain seditious words against our Lady the Queen , and her Government , & s , The Court was not bo crowded aa jesterday , Tho prisoners pleaded Not Guilty . Sergeant Allen and Mr Ballantyne appeared for Williams ; Mr Parry for Vernon . Williams , who had not been bailed , was in the dock ; Vernon , who was out on bail , was placed below the dock .

      The Attorhet-Generil stated the case against the prisoners . After saying that he was the last man who would suppress temperate public discus sion in the slightest degree , tut that he would never countenance acts of violence , which were adopted for the purpose of menacing the government , be proceeded to say that the prisoners were charged with being present at an unlawful assembly . The meeting was held by placard , calling the people to assemble at all bszirda ; it was held late nt nii ? hfc , at Clerkenwell green , in defhnce of the warnings of the government and of the administrators of the law , and at a time when the whole of Em ope was in n state of commotion . In holding it , co doubt , the parties who took an active rat in it , the heads

      ofthe Chart * t body , imagined that they would be enabled , by disturbing the public peace , to obtain their ends by violence . Williams was the chairman of the meeting , and Vernon was in the van , and though he did not take an active part in it , he did in the subsequent proceedings . Williams began by saying . * My friends , the bloody aristocracy baa done i ( s work . ' and went on to say . ' that if hey were assailed he hoped they had sufficient energy to defend themselves . ' Ha bade them fall into marching order , four abreast , aud he would take them to a place where they wonld meet ten times as many , and where they would ba advised what was the best thing to be done . ' The meeting was principally composed of Irishmen ,. who

      suffering from distress , composed an excited assembly . They were epoken too at a time when John Mitchel had been recently convicted , and the words that were spoken by Williams were these— 'The Gagging Bill had b * en brought in to murder that honest patriot John Mitchel , by tho' base , brutal and bloody Whigs , ' who had accomplished their ends by means of packed juries and partisan judges . ' From the speeches made on the occasion ( all of whioh he read ) , it was obvious that the people were advised to arm . As he said yesterday , all present at meetings of the kind were responsible for the consequences . The people did march four abreast for some time through the

      principal arteries of the metropolis , causing the at most alarm . Williams marched at the head of them , and Vernon took an active part in the proceedings . In Redoross-Rtreet tho mob halted at a coffee-house , from which Vernon addressed them , saying the time had arrived for acting . Sjme one in the crowd eaid * Come down amo & g us , and we will do it to-night . ' A perion named Macarthy said , ' No , came again tomorrow night and bring your guns and pikes with you . ' The mob separated after being told that meetings would be held from night to night , at Stepneygreen and other places , The following witnesses were then called : —

      Mr R . Kbumis , who produced the conviction of John Mitchel , ior felony . It was handed in , aud the words in whioh Mr Mitchel waa convicted were read by the clerk . Mr F . T . Fowlbb examined by Mr Bodkin—He e & ii he had been a reporter to the press for five years . Was at the meeting in question , at which 2 , 000 or 3 , 000 persons were , present . Took up his position in a van , in the centre , in which Williams also ocenpied a place . He first addressed the meeting . Took a note of his speech which was now in

      the same condition as when he wrote it . ( The witness here read the speech from his notes , together with those of Macarthy and Fussell . ) Williams , at the close of the speeches , said , * Now , my friends , fall into marching order and follow me . ' The speeches were much applauded by the meeting , which oansisted of the lower orders , a great proportion of them being lads and boys . Tfae people fell into marching order four abreast , and proceeded from tbe i reen . At every point where he noticed the procession , he saw Williams at the head of it .

      Mr Parky objected to any evidence being taken with respect to the procession cut of the parish of Sfc James ' s , Clerkenwell , on tbe groand that the indictment charged the defendants with having committed the offence imputed to them then and there , meaning Clerkenwell-green . # Barom Parse saw no force in the objection . The offence was a atatuteable one , and the venue was laid ia this court . The Act constituting tbe court gave it jurisdiction over the whole of Middlesex . Uv Sbkgbant Allev here interposed , and said , as he was unable to cope with tbe evidence adduced yesterday , and as the same woald be adduced to-day , and not being in a better condition to cope with it , he had advised h ' u client Williams to withdraw his

      plea of not guilty , aud to plead guilty of attending an illegal assembly . He trusted tha acknowledgment of the defendant that he had transgressed the law , now he wa ) better informed , would entitle kim to the indulgence of the court . TheAiioRNBT-GENSBALhad no objection to this course , if it were sanctioned by his Lordship . It was important to know that the determination of the prisoner bad resulted from hia own conviction , with tbeadvieeofhiscooEsol , that he had acted in contravention of the law . Mr Sergeant Adams assured tho Attorney-General tbat he had put the proper construction upon the matter . The Attorney-General said it bad been his intention , in the event of the offence imputed to the defendants being proved—attending an illegal assembly—to have abandoned the ether counts of the indictment .

      Tbe defendant Williams was then directed to retire . He was accommodated with a seat in the dock , and the evidence of Mr Fowler against Vernon wan proceeded with , He said he saw Vernon in Finabury-Equare , near tbe front of the crowd , walking arm in arm with two persons . Before the procession started three curses were given for either tho ' b—Wbigs ' orthe'b—aristocracy , ' he could not say which . Vernon turned round to him . and said , ' I don't like that ; curses break no bones . ' Sergeant H . Hardy , 15 C . corroborated that

      portionepf the evidence of Fowler . Vernon said at the coffff ; honee 'We have had a rsesting to night in spite of finality Jack , and we will have meetings night after night in Clerkenwell and Stepney , ' He began by saying 'Myrmidons , myrmidons , myrmidons . ' He also said the proceedings that night had cheered hia drooping spirits ; he should say little , as ho was pre pared to act . Some one said ftom the crowd , ' Oome dorcn amongst us , and we will do it to-night . ' Macarthy eaid , ' No , not to-night , come to-morrow nigbt with your guns and pikes , and we will do it . ' The City police came up and dispersed the crowd .

      Cross-examined by Mr Pabbt . —Was not a member of the detective force , but was present in private clothes . The time was half-past eleren at night . I took notes of some of what was said . I took notes of Vernon's speech , but shortly afterwards destroyed them , not , however , until after he had sent in a espy to his inspector . Stood in the middle of the street . Was not near a lamp . ( The witnew . at the request of the Learned Counsel , wrote a sentence on a slip of paper ; he said he appeared to write with great facility . ) He ( witness ) was on the pavement in Finsbury-square while the procession was parading round it . A good manj respectable persona wero in the crowd . Saw Vernon amongst the procession in the square .

      Mr FowL ^ a -waa recalled , and said he had reason to believe that the cro * rd waited lu Finsbury-equare for reinforcements . He then described the route ofthe procession . He walked for some distance at the head of the procession ^ and saw that the shopkeepers were eo alarmed that taey closed their shops before they came up . There was much noise . Cross-examined by Mr Parrt : From Vernon ' s way of saying he did not like curses , he considered that he wished to depiecate such expressions . Went to the meeting as a reporter . Could not say whether Vernon got into the van to avoid the pressure . A good many got up behind and tried to get into the van , bnt he ( bowler ) knocked them down , in . rder the better to enablo him to pursue his own avocation . ( Laughter ) He could positively undertake to say that Vernon walked in the preceEsion in the square . He ( Fowler ) was not there the whole time aa he went away to see a boy piok a pocket . ( Laughter . )

      Cross G 211 , corroborated the eykence of Sergeant Speck , City police 119 , said he assisted in dispersinff the mob m Redcross street . They had great difficulty m doing so . The police were attackeu and a brickbat was thrown at him whioh cut throueh his hat , injured his head and cawed him to be confined to his bed for three days . Williams spoke from the windows of a coffee-house . Sergeant Williams , 47 , City police , corroborated the evidence of the last witness with this addition , Vernon asked the crowd if they wanted a Republican government , towhich they replied in the affirmative . He told the people to go away peaceably , but if the police interfered with them to avenge such interl ^ Jft ^"' ^^ * « 8 Uwab 0 U * B / Mr FARRT-Was about fifty yards off ; he did no ; take notes . '

      . Price , a constable gave similar testimony-An iron pot , ha said , was thrown at him from a window n RedcroBMtreet while the speaking was going on , aad struck him on the head . There were also brW ftS'Ji'S ?!!*" Jug , ' u tone 8 ' •*« "tides thrown at the reo ? of the policemen who WOfuftt . tempting to disperse Hie mob .

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      James Coixiks , another police-constable , also gave evidence to the samo effect . . . Mr Parry took an objection to the Attorney-General ' s examining the witness as to the words used try Williams snd Fussell when tbey said tbat they adopted » U that had been said by John Mitchel , unless the grounds on which Mitchel waa convicted wisre proved in the ordinary way . The ^ bjeotion wa ? , however , after some discussion , CTirtuiedj the court observing that the indictment of Mitehel ' s conviction , which had been put in , was ^ u ^ fiBfficient . Tto . jrecord of Mitchel ' a conviction waa then taken Wraad , and fbis being tbe case for tbe prosecution , the ' j ? ry retired for refreshments , Oh ? the return of the

      fury-Mr Parry proceeded lo address the jury on behalf of the prisoner . I * , be said , be could believe that the minds ofthe jury were entirely unprejudiced against the prisoner , tho duty which he had to perform on the present occasion would have been much moreeasy , and of more pleasant nature than he anticipated it would be . It ' , however , he was compelled to occupy much of their time , he trusted that the importance of the ca * e would be a sufficient excuse . It had been said that if twelve Englishmen wereempannelled and placed in tho box , , ' and an 'Attorney-General were to appear , before them as a prosecutor , and say that the prisoner had been guilty of disturbing the peace and speaking seditious language , the fear of panic wassogreatin this country , in consequence of tho

      late events on the Continent , that the jury were cer . tain to convict the prisoner . He trusted , however , if they were embned with any prejudice that they would wrestle with it and expel it from their minds , A great deal of abuse had been heaped upon thQse who were called Chartists , but did they know that Charles James Fox , who was one of the most enlightened men of his day , gave his consent and support to the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , including the Payment of Members of Parliament , which part of it was considered bo absurd ? That wes in 1780 , before Mr Fox became contaminated with the conduct of Lord North , but he lived to redeem the errer he had committed by assisting in pacing many measures of political reform . The Learned Counsel then referred to the Reform Bill

      agitation , and quoted passages from speeches delivered by Lord John Russell and others , to show that equally seditious and inflammatory language as that alleged to be used by the prisoner was then utterd with irapnnity . He admitted that ( he mtebw on Clorkenwoll green was an unlawful meeting , and he regretted that under such circumstances it should have tiken plaoe , believing that instead of promoting the progress of reform it had . in a great degree , tended to retard it . But during the time of the Reform Bill agitation there were repeated instances of monster meetiags taking place and

      marching in procession through the streets of London to the King ' s palace and thellougo of Commons , without any prosecution being instituted by the Attornsy-General . Indeed , if the Whigs , instead of being in power were on the opposite aide of the house , tbey would in all probability have given their support to the par ties now under prosecution . The jury would no doubt remember the trial of Mr O'Connell—the enthusiastic manner in which that eminent man was received by the Whigs in this metropolis , after his trial , and the fact that the Dake of Bedford and Lord John Russell subscribed towards defraying the expense of his defence .

      The Aitobnet-Gbkebal took an exception to this statement . Mr Parry said the Attorney-General might take what exception he liked ; but he was speaking to a matter of fact , and not to a point of law . aad he again repeated , in spite of what had fallen from the learned Attorney-General , that tbe Duke of Bedford and Lord John Ruasell did contribute towards Mr O'Connell's expense . Ihe Aiiorney-Gekkral appealed to the court whether tbe learned counsel ought to persist in a statement that could neither be proved nor controverted on that occasion . The Court thought the learned counsel ought not to persist in such statements .

      Mr Parry said their lordships did not slop the Attorney-General yesterday , when he was alluding to Communism iu France , and the horrors which had resulted there from the advocacy of such principles ; and whatever interruption he might meet with , no matter from what quarter it oame , ho was determined to persevere in the course which his deliberate judgment might dictate was for the benefit of his client The Lord Chief Justice insisted that the learned counsel was moat irregular in making such a statement . He was desirous to give every possible licence to counsel for the benefit of a client , bnt if counsel persisted in following the dictates of his own mind , however irrelevant and opposed to the practice ofthe court , he for one would protest against such a course .

      Mr Parry said , no doubt the court had decided against him , but there were numerous instances at the bar where counsel had pursued a course which tbe bench bad pretested against . There was the well-known ease in which Mr Cocklurn was engaged on the Western Circuit , when he told the jury not to pay any attention to the law which made duelling murder , and was not interrupted by Mr Baron Parke . The learned counsel then proceeded at some length to observe upon the evidence for the prosecution , and contended that there were no eafiioient grounds to criminate Vernon . Hbhby J , Potteb ( tbe reporter ) was then called and examined by Mr Metcalfe . — He attended the meeting oa Clerkenwell-green , on tho 29 th ef May ,

      as a reporter . The witness Fowler was also there . He saw Vernon get into the van . When the meeting broke up Williams told the people to fall into marching order , and the persons in the van all got out . He ( witness ) waa the last who remained in the van . The procession then moved off , and in Red Lion-strpet he saw Vernon and his three friends who were with him go into a public house , and there he lost sight of them . He met the procession again at the corner of Wilderness row , and followed it as far Finsbury-equare , where he saw Vernon and his friends again He was not able to swear whether Vernon was at the head of the proceBnon . They remained some time ia the square , and he followed the procession afterwards to Dean . & treet , Soho . Ho saw Vernou again in Holborn .

      Cross-examined by the AxroaNET-GENBRii .: Vernon end a man with mustachios got out of the van together . Vernon was present during part of tho time tbat Fussell was speaking , but he could not say whether he Was there when ho spoke about private assassination . When he saw Vernon in Holborn he was near Little Turnstile , walking by the side of the procession . He tried to speak to Vernon , as beseemed to be the most respectable man in the mob , for the purpose of knowing what their object was , and whero they intended to go . Saw him again opposite the Land and Labour Bank , at the junction with New Oxford street . Re-examined by Mr Fabry . He was unable to get any answer from Vernon .

      Charlhs Smith , picture dealer and bookseller , in Wardour-streut , said on the day in question he went to the meatiag at Clerkonwell-graen . He arrived a few minutes past seven o ' clock , and saw Vernon get out of the van , and did not see him again until ho was in Old-street . He was then walking with another person about 500 yards behind the stragglers of the procession . Saw him again in Finabury-square ; but he did not appear to be in the procession . Witness then took Vernon ' s arm , and they walked together to a public house in Chiswell-street for some refreshment , where they remained a quarter of an hour . He

      parted with Vernon at tbe corner of Cbiswell-itreet , and he then appeared to go in the direction of Moorgate street Witness then went ahead of the procession to Sraithfield Market , where he saw it pass , but did not see Vernou with it , although he looked in all directions for him . Mat the procession in Leicestersquare , but did not observe Vernon . Cross-examined by the Atiorney-Gensrh .. —Had only known Vernon as a public man . ( Lmghter . ) He meant he only knew him as a lecturer on phrenology " aud mesmaritm . Had not seen any placard calling the meeting , and attended at the invitation of a person named Dairy mple .

      John Dalrtmple , carpenter and builder in Pulteney-street , Golden-iquare , who was also present at the meeting , gave similar testimony , Willum Godfrey , a police-constable , stated that ho apprehended Vernon in Sussex-street , Tottenhamcourt-road , whiah he understood was his residence . Tho witness waa cross-examined by tha Attornkt-Gbneral with the view of showing that the route it was proved Vetnon took was net in a direction towards his residence . This was the caae for the defence . The AiioRHBT-GBNBnAL then addressed the jury for the prosecution , and Mr Baron Parke charged the jury .

      The Jury , after a short consultation , desired to retire , and after an absence of three-quarters of an hour returned a verdict of Guilty against Mr Veruon on one count , that of attending au unlawful as ? emb ! y . Mr Vernon will be arraigned tomorrow ( Friday ) morning , at nine o ' clock , to plead to another indictment for sedition , delivered at Daan-Btreet .

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      ar ^ fcu oasei whejpj EOTsrer , the crowds must be exse « i ? e , fartrielpjupcr children have all been re . ' aamd frsS we house snd located in various parts of Ihe village . Many , peraans , such is the pressure of , the poot r » te , who are able to pay eveu the last rat ? , are bow ttamsslveo fieeking admission to tho workhouse- Abundantraployment could bs found for all Jhs able-bodied , and maintenance would be affardad their families , if tbe landl irds would improve their land * in tfsis qatfisr , whew the wastes are very ex . ten sive—hut tbey will do nothinc they can avoid . of

      The Okbih ^ s Northern Tipperary appears to fe p lti * bly dwt ^ aeted ? , ud distressed . It s-ems there are in Nenagh Union no * less than 16 . 000 persona receiving oul'dtwr relief daily , and yes wa learn from local sources that the town is every day ove-fbwed with paupers who are in so wretchedly destitute a etkie , tfe « t they commit trivial larcenies for the purpose of be " ne committed to prison . The poor-law union , a ? may be we ! l concluded , is io deep embarrassment . The expenditure ia food alone iu the union is £ io 2 oi 44 . weekly , and the weekly receipts of rates do r- o ; exceed £ 350 ; the consequence is , that the . debts of the union , on the 3 ht of May , were

      £ 3 , 102 exclusive of those doe for primary advances anduaser the Relfef Act- The uncollected rates amount to £ 6 . 000 . and the guardians have recsived aa iatiraation tkst they must forthwith strike another , which shali cover net tn ' y the estimated expenditure of the union , but also the 3 < . in tbe ponud unlalmsnt on the relief advances which were postpoaei collection in onaideritim of the di « tress . The guardians do not apoesr ready to deal with a Cass of each difficulty , and i : 15 nat unlikely that paid guardians will be sent 11 tbat union also . As might perhaps b 3 expected in such a condition of society , there have been three nocturnal attacks on houses

      within the- week—a serious number in Bummer period . The fearful state of the poor in the Ncnagh union may be inferred frjtn the fact that sixteen thousand of the laboring classes are a' this unmeet in receipt of relief under the second section of the Irish Poor Rslief Extension Act . Yet , notwithstanding this , and the overcrowded state of tho workhouse , tha streets ot Nenaga are daily thronged with crowds of po r , several ot whom c ? mniit petty offences for tb . only purpose of bsing committed to gaol . The Mayo Telegraph gives tha following fearful description ofthe stst- » of Ca » tlebar : —

      ' Oa approaching the workhouse wa found it necessary to use much force to make an entrance into tseva ' st mass of half dead human beiags , _ whose screams were sufficient to strike terror into the heart of the'norchera bsar , [ were he an eye and ear witness of " tha scene . At that tima , though an eirly hour , there could not have been less than 3 AGO applicants for food ; but what contributed to fi'l up the space along tho three angles of road in front of the workhouss wag the numb r of asses with baskets filled with children , drawn up in regular

      array . The nurabsr of those quadrupeds on on side of the road were found , on counting , to ba eightysix 2 Owing to the great pressure on the opposite side , we could make no calculation of the number of asses drawn up there . We really did not believe that eo msny of those animals survived that starvation which has committed such havoe in the Castlebar Unien , from , the number slaughtered for human sustenance . Oa ! God . look with Eiercy on the psor , thus driven to tho desperate alternative of eating ass flesh .

      ' We afterwards , at the dead hour of night , siw hundreds of those victims of landlordism acd GregorviBui sinking on ourflae-KajV ; We saw the inhabitant ? , with lighted candles in their hands , administering stimulants to the wretches , as they lay on the streets , emitting green froth from their mouth ? , as if after misticsting soft grass ! We have beheld this sight , reader ! aud it has made an impression on our mind which must be lasting . ' Again we ask , when and where will this end ? Surely net until the present race of paupers are

      numbered with the dead . We are unfortunately in a position to prove this to the satisfaction of oar readers , from the fact of thoujands who hitherto uaM poor-rate payers . " now houseless fcejgats I and wandering skeletons , lying in the strests" aid in tbe fields . Others will be soon aided to the list We will now conclude with stating , tbatoa Thursday e-va & ing there could not have b : en lea than 4 . 000 applicants for relief at the workhouse ; and tbat this number , .-arge a ; is may appear , is bnt as a drop of rain falling to the ocran to those who were there on tha folbwintday . '

      ( From our own Correspondent ) Dublin-, Jar 3 , 1843 . Poor Tom Steele . His remains arrived here on Tuesday evening from London , and have been 'lying in state' all the w «? ek in Conciliation Hall . About fca-f past nine o ' clock on the above-mentioned evening , the body of the po-ir enthusiastic , ill treated , unfortunate Steele , arrived in the Liffay , on board the Dake of Cornwall steamer , commanded by Captain HLjginson . Tha vessel left London on Saturday morsing , and had a rough ani disagree ible passage . It was nit expected on thatevenicg . sotbatvery few ¦ witnessed the ' landing' of the remains of the dead ' Pacificator . ' On Wednesday morning , about eleven o ' clock , the cofin was removed to Conciliation Hall ,

      where tbe arrangemenlsfor the * lying in state , ' had ten nearly all effected . Temp ted by the giving descriptions of the newspauer havkerers afW ' . he Hall , ' I went down to Bargh Q , iay on Thursday evening , to set a oeep a * this much-bruited * lying in state' I found cf > difficult ? in gaining admission . On entering the * House of Mourning , ' I found the arrangements for the solemn occasion respectable easazb , certainly , bnt 'tell it not in Gatb . '— who did I find around the coffin of the gallant poor Steele , acting as' mutes' and mourners , and keeping watch and ward , bet , twelve or fifteen sturdyjcoal porters ! in all the grim and dirtv paraphernalia of their every day avocations , Was not this scandalous ? After this who will « blush to speak of Conciliation Hall

      patriots 2 Why were not the remains of poor Steele committed to the dirty waters of the Thap . s or left to moulder in Ssxon clay , rither thaa bring them over here to add fresh ridicule to the country , and pile additicnal odium on the people still connected with that disgraceful Conciliation Hall ? This day tbe facers ! wi'J take place : . Thara will ba a public procession , bus I think if those who are getting up this exhibition would best consult thsir own interests , or tbe respect which is due to the memory of the dead , they would not parade thair own meanness and imbecility through the public street * , where poor Steele , not long ago , walked , the honestest and the most disinterested amongst the whole fraternity . ...

      I mentioned , I think , in my last communication , that tae name of our U ' . ustrious countryman Carleton , Bad just bean added to the public pension list , aud that he is henceforward to receive an annuity of £ 200 from government . Few in Ireland do not rejoice at this , as there are few better entitled to reward , cr shoss name sheds mora lustre on Ireland than the inimitable novelist Carieton . The World newspaper is the only public print in Ireland which fcas jpoken disparagingly of Carleton on this occasion . This filthy feUow " ( who , by the way , loses no opportunity of pouring his frothy s'aver on Feargus O'Coanorand the Chartists ) , has been availing our illustrious cjuutrvman in his last publication , and , as far a' in him " lay , holding Mm u ? to public dierepute .

      , „ ,, The preliminaries for the formation of * The Irish Leazne * go on swimmingly . Tbe public voice is for Union , and everything augurs well for the future . Most of the Catholic clergy hive already given in their adhesion , and this is the best guarantee for tfae sccciss of the ' Irish League . ' Until the Catholic clergy , era majority of them , would came into the opiai . 'US of tae Confederation , tb . it gallant bjdy eould not , and never would , possess thai influence on the eauntry so essentially necessary to the attainment of their objects . Bat now this obstacle will be

      removed , and tiready the adhesion ofthe pnestg ia striking terror into the enemy ' s camp . Ia a few days I hspe to see the * League' in active _ existence , acd though all the people may not come inls this as-BocktioB at mce , a tew desks' trial will canv ' tnee the- public that there ia no hope , nor remedy , nor safety , for Ireland , but in the ' Lsague . '_ Everything premises well , and the new organisation , as it will be the only honest or efficient one which we ever had , will ba fully adequate to the performance of the gigantic task which it is pledged to

      perform . . JoxvirE . —Thos . Steels is in hisllast resting place . Tha funeral ef the ' Hsad Pacfaator' took place yesterday—and , oh ! such a funeral ! Were there nothing eke to ba urged against Conciliation Hall and Old Ireland . 'Tem Steele's funeral would be enough , and more than enough , to damn them before tbe world . In my letter of yesterday I gave a brief outline ofthe « Lying in State '— vulgo , the wake of poor Steele . ' I often was amused with , often laughed at , the vagaries and simple bombast of the' Pacificator , ' but I always considered him as an honest , sincere , < fiithfui . heart 9 d and enthusiietio creature , total y . devoid cf the low trickery , the selfish chicanery which : marked : he character of too many of the Conciliation

      Ha'i schemers . Steele had a sonl above meanne 5 B ; ' , Isknss- nottloe ol the » dodgery' oi B « ^ h Quay ; hs : believed it to be the fecus of all that was great , and glorious , and promising , and he clung to O'Connell with the raost romantic devotion and undying fidelity . Bere poor Steele betrayed the imbecility ol his jadg-: ctent , and his ignorance of tha worst features of : publie character . But , nevertheless , though a mis-1 taken disciple , he was an honest rsau -, and I fetl not IS doubt , that had the O'Connell policy b ; en of the ] Mitchel sebOJl , there would not have been a bnver iermore chivalrous man felhw the ' lelon'flag than 1 be ; and Tom Steele wou'd as cheerfully grasp pike i er rifle as ha did the olive branch or the roll of ] kambug Tjsrchmeni from the head-qaarters of ' fforal '—deluHori .

      Holding these opinions , judge of my disgust at i tbtOoz the ridiculonssanner in which the brave fel-1 loVa remains * ere treated . I often saw a more rei fpastable and more decorously conducted funeral in i tks interior of the ' eoontry . At one o ' clock , or therel atwcUj the proeesRioa reft Burgh-quay , and after j gssasg tflWBgu KB 3 ef tbe pruwipai etrestf , J Bet

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      it in Dime-street * near the foot of Cork hill . It was arecodedby perhaps fivahundredlittleragged urchins , jf both sexes , screeching laughing , and jostling , jach othsn The body came next , in a small hearte , Jrawn by sir horses with white plumes , as the deceased waa unmarried . After the hearse came two mourning coaches , and then cime exactly eleven private carriages , including those of the Lord Mayor , the O'Connell ' s . and Sir Simon Bradstreet . Some few momhera of the corporation wera there too , but with these exceptions , there were not fifty persons with nwnti ' ena & Ze names in the procession . After those few carriages ( the FsEKMis ' s Journai . reckons tweaty . five of them , ) oame fifty or six : y jaunting cars , two-thirds of which wero had for hire on the ' car-stands' of the city . The whole passed by at a sling-trot , causing much confusion , and some danger

      in the streets , from the rushing of the pedestrians to shus the carriages , or get a glimpse of the raree procession . In this manner they reached the beautiful Roman Catholic Cemetry of Glasnevin , where at one ofthe principal entrances the body was taken from the hearse , and , as thsy said it was too heavy to be carried by men , it was relied on a machine like a grocer ' s handcart , to the vault where it was finally deposited . The burial service of the Churoh Of England was then read , by the Rev Mr Maturin : the audience conducting themselves very reverentially . Thus ended the farce , and the disgrace which attaches to those who should ' do better' by the' Head Pacificator' is as universal a ? it deserved . Nothing could mark the ruin of Conciliation Hall and the worthlessness of its stnff more conspicuously , than the ' Wake and funeral of hosest Tom Steele . '

      The Co amission of Oyer and Terminer opecel on Saturday last inGreet-Et'eet . Amongst the most ramarkab'c convictUns which have as yet been effected is that of a joans man , named Patrick Alcock , a batcher by trade , who was sentenced to 15 gears imnsportalion forstabbiac Sergeant Kinggley , ofthe detestive police ! with a pile , on the night of the 26 h of Jane last . A riot occurred in Bull-lane , a low , depraved locality , at a late hour on that night , in which Alcosk was a principal . The * detectives' were on bait , and having interfered with the rioters the butcher ran in for hia pike , and stabbed Kings'ey in

      the head and leg . The man was but very slightly maimed , and is now quite recovered , but poor Alcock must ' pay the piper' during fifteen years exile in another land . Thomas Devin Reilly , the principal editor of the Felon , js on his trial ttwlay , true bills having bean found against him yesterday for ' marching and drilling' a large b 9 dy of rren through tha streets of Dablin on the occasion of the great Confederate mealing at Bell-view , on the 20 ; h of May last . It is supposed he will be convicted , and punished , tos , with the utmost rigour which the jury-packers have power to inflict .

      True bills bave been also found against Andrew EnglUh aud thirteen other young men , for unlawfully drilling and practising military evolutions in a house in Ship stiest , on the night of tha 16 th of April last . Tkey are on their trial to-day likewise . There is a rumour that Mr Maorioa O'Connell will be put in nomination for the Lord Mayoralty of this city _ for the fortaeoniine year , and thsro is no doubt of his election , a ? the Conciliation Hall clique have preponderating influence in the corporation . Two o'Ci . ocK .- ! -More news ! more ' felons '—another job for perjured ehsriffj and packed juries I Warrants for the arrest of John Martin , and J . D .

      Reilly of the Felon , are in the hands of the police . At an early hour this morning the office of that journal in Trinity-street , was invaded by a posse of poiics iu quest of Mr Martin . That gentlemen did not sleep in town last night , and he is , as yet , at large , the police not knowing where to pounce upon him . The letters of J . F , Later , E . < q ., are said to contain the matter on which the informations have been based . I saw Mr Lilor this moment at the dcor of the Feloh office . He had but just arrived , and seemed eorpriaed at the crowd who thronged Trinity-street . He could give no further information on the subject than what I here relate .

      j A report is in town that the types and print ng materials of the Fswr have been seized on by the authorities of the government . This rumour I know j is incorrect as no law can justify the carrying away j of a man ' s property on mere suspicion of his being I even a Fewn . ! I have just heard tbat Mr Reilly was arreated in | the Court-house , in Green-street . It is very probable . The pike of the unfortunate Alcock has been this day transferred from the witness table at Greenstreet , and deposited in the castle ! Glorious trophy of a glorious triumph ! Thbeb o'Clock . —The crowds have retired from the neighbourhood of the Felos office . There is a ' icettdressed' 'detective ' standing opposite the door . He sports a jaunty silver-chain guard across his breast . He ia as ugly-looking a do , j as the detective force csu boaat of .

      [ We have beea compelled to " abridge the letters of our correspondent on account of the length of the Chartist trials . ]

      S The Vnntftf Trk Ft Tar. July 8, 1848.

      S THE vnnTftf tRK ft TAR . July 8 , 1848 .

      A Lovb Srori.—At Guildball On Wednesday,...

      A Lovb SroRi . —At Guildball on Wednesday , a resp ectably-attired lemale . named Ann Hayes , was charged with assaulting Mr Thomas Sparkes . of 25 , Whitefriars-street , Fleet-street . Mr Sparkes said that for some time past ha had been acquainted with tbe prisoner , and on the previous evening , between the hours of 1 and 8 o ' clock , she called and seated herself in his shop . He told her that if she created any disturbance he would give her into cuftody , and sent his yeuag man out to fetch a constable . In the mean time he said to her that it would be better if she walked with him to the station-house , instead of going with a constable . She consented , and they walked there together , when the prisoner struck him on the road . At the station , he stated hia case to the

      inspector , who allowed her to depart , at the same time sautioning her not to annoy him any more . He returned home , and about five minutes afterwards sfie entered his shop , and taking up a shoe brush , flang it at him with all her might , and cut his forehead very seriously , inflicting a wound from which a great quantity of blood flowed . She had several times threatened to murder him , but he was willing to look over the assault if the alderman would bind her over to keep tho peace . —Alderman Salomons wbhed to know if the prisoner had any claim on him . — He replied that she had not . — -Henry Mills , 352 , said , that he was sent for by the complainart , who was bleeding rather profusely , and he took tha prisoner into custody . Oh the way to tha

      station house she said she hoped he would die , and then she should hang happy , for he was an old rogue . On being searched . 3 ? . lOd . was found on her , bssidea aduplicate and some keys . —The prisoner here exclaimed that . she did not wish Mr Sparkes dead ; what she said was , ' that she hoped he would not die , as he was not worth hanging for . '—Alderman Salomons wished to know what answer she had to give for assaulting the complainant . — -Hayes replied that she bad been intimately acquainted with Mr Sparkes for the last two years , and about eight months ago he promised to marry her , but latterly she had found out that he was about to take another wife to his bosom and cast her off , which certainly excited her feelings , ao she was really much attached to him , although it

      turned out that ad his professed love was anything but true love . She certainly went to his shop to wish bim good by , and see if he would give her some money to purchase a change of clothes to enable her to obtain a situation , as what she had was detained for rent . He offered her \ 0 s ., at the eame time saying that he could ne ? er many her , but he would always be a friend to her . She told him that was not enough . He refused to give her more , and the previous evening she called at hia phop , and he treated her as if she had ken a stranger to him—asked her what she wanted , and then gave her into custody . — Alderman Salomons asked her hew she came to throw the brush at the complainant ' s head ?—She replied that the did not throw it at hia bead ? she

      did not do it wilfully . —Alderman Salomons : But suppose yon had killed him ?—Prisoner : Then it wenid have been accidental . —Mr Sparkes here observed that ke considered nis life in danger . —Alderman Salomons said that the prisoner had no right to cemmit the assault she had done . —Prisoner ( warmly ) : If yen had beea deceived by a lady , would you not feel hurt and indignant at her baseness t—Alderman Salomons : Perhaps bo . —Prisiner : iam truly eorry for what has occurred , and wish to drown my thoughts by employing myself in some kind of way . —Alderman Salomons : But you should not have struck him . —Pru-cner : But he has struck my heart , if I have struck his bead . ( Laughter . )—Alderman Salomons said he should require her to find

      bail , or he must remand her . —Upon hearing this she dropped upon ber knees , and implored the alderman not to do so , at the same time begging Mr Sparkes not to press the charge , as she would sign her band to anything , but could not get bail . —Tbe ease was allowed to stand aside for a while , and in the meantime the prosecutor had an interview with hia once intended wife , when he came forward and eaid that he was willing that she sheuld be bound over in her own recognizance to keep the peace . She was then boana over in the sums of £ 20 to keep the peace for twelve months . Hayes , upon hearing the alderman's decision , left the dock , and , going to the witness box caught hold of Mr Sparkes ' s hand , shook it affectionately , and most devoutly praseed it to her lips , after which both parties left the court .

      Mr Feikcis Looney . —A large meeting of Confederates and Chartists was htld at the S uth London Chirtist Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , on Wednesday evening last . Mr Maher ( Davis Club . ) was called to the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Rooney , M'Sweeney , Bsrry , Talbot , Lindsay , Sheridan , and Crowe . Resolutions , pledging the meeting to support Looney , in his defence against the Whig Gagging Act ; and ia favour of the projected League , were carried unanimously A voteot thanks having been passed to tbe chairman , and a collection having been entered into for the de ' ence of Mr Looney , the meeting separated .

      Cheltenham . —A pubic meeting will be held on Monday evening next , in the Chartist room , Queen ' s Buildings , to take into consideration the means to r * Ue a subscription for fl # Liberty Fond .

      Serious Accident.—On Wednesday Morning A...

      Serious Accident . —On Wednesday morning at a quarter to ten , a boy five years old was clinging or playing , round the lamp . post opposite Bailey's trussmaker , Oxford-street , when one of Meux ' s dra , s passing crushed the poer boy ' s head against the lamopiftt . He was taken to the University IIosDital where he shortly after expired . He lived in St court , close to where the accident happened t , hn !!! 0 LKY * ~ W . u Unde l . rstandtllat Kilverton , against whom a warrant hal beeH i } 3 u ( id for tra . . . a drjllm ? was arrested on Sunday morning last . A he Electric Lionr .-On Thursday night we had KTO ' , . «»««»?««* another exhibition of «^ i S »? l , . ! ' thc Baz » a * Baker , street . Although the light itself was no larger than the size of a common pea , we could distinctly read sma ! print at tha farther end of th j coach galierya distance of about 130 feet from the light . Coloured objects appeared aa diatiaot as they would by light of foy--Meehanic ' 8 Magazine . *

      Latest Foreign News, France. M.De Girard...

      LATEST FOREIGN NEWS , FRANCE . M . de Girardia was on Tuesday relieved from secret confioement , and allowed to communicate with his family and friends , It is now stated that , since his arrest , he has only undergone one interrogatory , and no search has been made either in his house or offices . M . de Girardin baa aiace been set at liberty . # The newa of the entry of Cabrera into Spam , coupled with thc fact that the Madrid mail ov & not reach Paris on Wednesday , had created treat excitement , and great anxiety to have intelHganCO from beyond the Pyrenees . .,,... ,., M . de Lamartme is ostracised I A portion or nia luggage has already proceeded to Marseilles , ' whence he is going te cross the Mediterranean , accompanied by Madame de Lamarune , on a second pilgrimage to Palestine . SPAIN .

      A letter from St Jean de Luz , of the 1 st , says — Toe Carliets are mmcering very strong between St Sebastian and Duranso , and , from all aceunts , appear to ba well supplied with arms and money ; they are continually on tbe look out for some ship , which is anxioudy espected . It has baen blowing & gale of wind since last night , at eleven o'clock . ' Cabrera effected his entrance into Spain on the 24 th ult ., by the Pla de Salinas , aad immediately issued a proclamation , in whioh ha announces that his object is to prevent the fiae ? t ci'own in the world from passing to the head of a foreigner . He exhorts ) the troops who j oin him , and the people , to energy , but with disoiplino and clemency . We may expect to hear soon of a rising at Burgos and Victoria , where the Constitutionalists are disposed tojoin the Carlists , the agents ofthe Pretender having declared that in the event of success the people of Spain shall have a free constitution and their ancient rights .

      NAPLES . The civil war still ravages the kingdom from one extremity to the other , without any prospect of its speedy termination .

      Bucharest, June 17.-—The Cholera.—By A P...

      Bucharest , June 17 .- —The Cholera . —By a proclamation of the Minister of Justice , all the courts of justice excepting the criminal and the commercial had been closed for an indefinite period , in consequence of the raging of the cholera . —Prussian tate Gazette , The Cholera . —Letters irom St Petersburg announce the appearance of the cholera iuthat capital . The Police Gazette of the 24 th ult . officially proclaims the fact , and states that six hospitals were open for cholera patients , and that others would be opened . Moscow was also ravaged by that dreadful scourge : 222 cases occurred on the Uth and 12 th , 122 of which proved fatal ; and twenty governments in the south of Russia were visited by that deadly pestilence , which had disappeared since the political tempest of 1848 , but now seems to be about to add its horrors to those aroused on every side by the passions of mankind .

      Manufacture of Pikes at Glasgow . —From information communicated to the police during the week , we understand they were led to make an inspection of a house m Anderstou , where was found a number of pikes , newly manufactured , and of the most formidable character , the blade being upwards of fifteen inches in length . The manufacturers of these deadly weapons have in the mean time absconded , and continue at large . —Glasgow Paper . A Live Toad Found in a Piece of Coal . — Parkgalistone , 30 th June . —A few days ago , our

      servant roaidbadoccasion to go to the coal-bingto renew the fire . She had to break a large piece of coal , of about a cwt . After a great deal of hammering it was broken up , when , lo ! in the very centre of the piece of coal , a full-grown toad popped out in quite a healthy state . I ordered it to be preserved , which was done for some time , when unfortunately it made its escape . I will leave it to the learned to declare how it became a prisoner in such a place . The coal was quite hard and solid , and not the least opening could be found , except the small space occupied by

      the animal . Fatal Omnibcs Accident . —By Mr Bedford , at tho Westminster Hospital , on tbe 6 ody of Mr W , James , a surgeon , aged sixty-eight . The deceased got into one of the Waterloo omnibuses , in Wellington-street , on Monday morning last . The omnibus went on steadily until it reached the other side of the bridge , when the driver was seized with a fit , and the horses , left to themselves , started off at full gallop . The deceased , seeing the danger , endeavoured to get out , but in doing bo he waa thrown violently , the back of his head striking the ground w . th great force , He was taken to the surgery of Mr Brooks , in the Waterloo-road , and then to the hospital , where he died tbe same day from fracture of the skull . The conductor was thrown from the roof , and much hnrc while endeavouring to assist the driver . The latter was subject to fits , and in

      order to save himself from falling in ease he were attacked suddenly , always took the precaution to str & o himself to his seat . This strap held him on until the omnibus reached St John ' s Churoh , when it broke , and he fell . He is now in the above hospital , but not in a dangerous state . It further appeared that the omnibus company knew that the driver had beea subject to fits , bat before tbey engaged him made him produce a medical certificate that he had entirely recovered . —The coroner remarked that as an action fer compensation might be brought before another court , he recommended the jury to return their verdict without expressing an opinion whether it was an accident or not . Verdict— 'Died from fracture of the skull , caused by falling while getting out of an omnibus , the horses at the time running away aud the driver being in a fit '

      Tag Flight of a Goybrnmbni Tax and Local Rate Collector from Saliord has given rise to a good deal of gossip in the neighbourhood , pnd it is supposed that'he has taken with him a large sura of money . The name of the person is Geoigo Curtis , and he has , for a short time past , kept a public-Bouse in the central part of Manchester , called the Slip . He had resigned his situation as collector , or at least given a month ' s notice ot his resignation , in consequence of a hiat tbat his new basihrsa was inconsistent with the efficient discharge of his duties as collector , and his notice would expire | on Saturday . It has since been ascertained that on Saturday , the day on whioh he should have given up the whole of his books , but did not , he embarked with his wife and children on board the Niagara steamer for the United States . There had been no suspicion of any

      dishonesty , and having sent oil nis wife and family oa pretence among his friends that they wero on a visit to Liverpool ha encountered no obstacle . An awkward affair happened when he went on board , notwithstanding , for he did not go till the steamer was at the Sloyne , off tho Coburg Dock ,. and he then approached from the Cheshire shore in a boat , containing his wife , family , and a great quantity of luggage , and the first person he encountered on deck was a Mr Lane , of Manchester , a tradesman who had merely stayed on board till then to bid adieu to his partner , and was going ashore . Mr Lane was well acquainted with Curtis ' s circumstances , and not only ^ spressed surprise at meeting him there , but hinted certain suspicions to him and also to his partner , but did not feel warranted iu taking any steps to stay his flight . It will be some time probably before his accounts can be thoroughly investigated .

      Dasratfcrns op a Ship at Ssa by Fiss . —On Saturday last intelligence reached L'oyd ' i of the total loss by fire , on the 22 ad of May last , in lat . 34 , long . 63 , of the ship General William Nott , bound from Cuba to Swansea with copper ore . The fire had been burning several hours when the Liverpool , Irving , master , hove in sight . The crew wero found clinging to tho wreck in momentary expectation of death , the boats being damaged , and all escape eut off ; they were rescued . Shortly after being taken off , their vessel blew up with a terrifio explosion . The loss sustained , partly cavered by insurance , ia £ 30 , 000 . The crew were haded at Liverpool cn Friday .

      Suicidb . —On Wednesday Mr Mills held an inquest at the Marquis of Hastings , Osaulston-atreet Somora Town , upon Ueorge Fleming Richardson , assistant in tho mineral department of the British Museum , aged fiity-two . Maria Obery stated that she found deceased lying under his bed with his head nearly severed from his bady by a razor , which lay near bim . A few days previously he told her that he fell down the Museum stairs and severely injured his head against the spikes that were at the bsttom . Dr Wakefield was called in to attend deceased but he said that deceased had been several hours dead . Mr Edward Clark , solicits , Featberabne-buildlngs , said that deceased had been his client , and was so desponding that witness was not surprised at his having committed suicide . Deceased was the author of several books . Further evidence proved that deceased had deliberately sat before the looking-glass andcut his thnat . The glass , chair , and r & i ir were covered with his blood . Verd iot— ' lnsani ty . '

      A PAuoKirHFOR Lord John Rub ell . —What ever be the majority against Mr Hume ' s motion ( savu the Kelso Chronicle ) there are certain facts which no man can dispute , and no reasonable man will trifle with . Lot it be ever remembered that nothfo" is more dangerous than a satisfied parliamentary ma . J > 'rity and a discontented nation . They are two wheels that have caught . One oannH stop without breaking the other . ' This was the reply of a wellknown French Journalist , last JVoveraber , to these who icqutred his opinion regarding the state of public affairs iu France , at a time when M . Goziot seemed quite as Btronnly entrenched behind hia par'ia me ; . tary majorities as Lord John Russell is at pre SiSt . K

      SuiTOK-iNT-AsnpiBLD . —All members belonging to the branch held at Charles Meaki ' ns , are requested to attend at his house , on Sunday , the Viu , at six o ' clock , on business of importance .

      France. {From '/Ur 'Third Million Of Las...

      FRANCE . { From ' / ur 'third Million of last Keek . ) Thfl Ast « , / ibly wm oe / jupied on Thursday with the ballot tor tbe i ' tmUlent , in place of Citisen Senar . l , v /\><> has tw . tiplei the Ministry of the Interior . Citizen Marie , lat / s member of the Executive Comrnianion , was elected President . of the ' Assembly . Citiz-in Hastido baa been appointed Minister of Marine instead of Admiral Lebianc , who has declined to take office : and General Bsdeau replaces Citizen Bastideas Minister of Foreign Affairs . A pension of ' 3 , 000 r ' . was voted to the Widow of General Negrier , and promotion is granted to his son in the army . M . Ledru-Rollin was in tho National Assembly yesterday , after having been absent since Friday .

      At a meeting of the members of the moderate majority , it was resolved to support any ministry who would adopt the following measures : — 1 . The rigorous disbanding and disarming of those National Guards who refused to co operate in resisting the recent insurrection ; 2 . The maintenance of a garrison in Paris string enough to resist such attempts as those of May and Juno ; 3 , The immediate diFsolution of the ateliers nationaux ; 4 . The temporary closing of the clubs ; 5 , The provisional maintenance of restrictions on the press .

      THE KILLED ASD WOUNDED . There is as yet no official account ofthe killed , bat common report estimates it at 18 , 000 . The number of wounded is , it is eaid , double that number . No possible conjecture can be formed of the loss tho in-^ argents have sustained . The following is the latest report of the superior officers killed and wounded in the insurrection : —General Negrier—killed ; General Brae—assassinated ; General Francois—killed ; GeneralRegnaud—killed ; General Bourgoa received a ball in the thigh ; amputation is impossible and bis recovery very doubtiul ; General Corte wounded in the leg ; his state ia satisfactory ; General Damesme—his leg has been ' amputated ; there are some hones of his recovery i General Duvivier wounded in the foot—more serious than was first supposed : Geoeral Foucber—wounded in attacking a barricade in Faubourg du Temple .

      Thus nine general officers have been killed or wounded . The number of colonels and superior officers put hors de combat is immense ,

      THE PUIjOHERa . Citizsn de Cormenin has made the following repert as to the prisoners taken in the lata insurreo .

      tion : — ' At the Luxembourg there no longer remain any prisoners . At the barracks in the Rue de Tournon there were at first about twelve hundred , but all have been removed except about three hundred . Citizen de Cormenin went unattended in the midst of them , they are all working men . Yesterday , for the first time , they had seme soup distributed to them ; up to tbat time they had had nothing but bread . What they most demand ia power to write to their families to inform them of their safety . They also demand to ba examined as promptly as possible . An additional number of eisaminine magistrates have been appointed for that purpose . M . da Cormenin has demanded that the children of twelve years of age

      and under should be the first examined . The prisoners in tho Rue de Tournon aro being removed as quickly as possibleon other points . In the Tuileries about 800 were at first placed in the subterraneous passage leading under the river terraca . They are forbidden to approach the bars of the windows , and several have been shot for non-observance of this order . M . de Cormenin has caused the dead bodies to be removed , but he did not enter the place himself , for the place was in too dreadful a state . In consequence of their confinement in this place many of tho prisoners were in a state bsrdei iot ; on insanity . Orders had been given for their removal , fearing an infectious fever may bo generated . The number of wounded in tne Tuileries is c insiderable . They

      consist of National Guards , Garde Mobile , and insurgents , and are all treated with the same care by the medical attendants . Amongst the number is the violent clubbist , Daplanqae . 'Theprison of St Lai : ire contains 240 prisoners whose wounds are only slight . Tdey occupy the ground floor , tbe women having been removed to tho upper stories , there are also many wounded National Guards and Gardes Mobiles in this establishment . Citizen de Cormonin has not yet visited the Hotel de Ville or the Conoiergerie . The prisoners who were taken to the former place declare that they suffered more there than in any other place of confinement . ' It is said tbat an officer has died in tbe Rue Vivienne of a poisoned cigar .

      STATE OP THE DfPARTMSNTS . A body of from 1 , 200 to 1500 nr . ned insurgents have assembled between Dreux and Erreux , in the neighbourhood of St Andre . Troops hare been ordered to march on that point . Order * have been dispatched by telegraph to close all the o ' ubs , and the order has already been carried into execution in many departments . A letter from Lyons , dated in the afternoon of Tuesday , the 27 : h inst ., says : —' We are not yet without disquietude as to tbe disposition of the workmen . The Voraccs have still even pieces of cannon at the Croix Rtm & o , aud will not give them up . General Gemeaux has given them till this evening . It is feared that this disarming will coat dear .

      Middle Class Honesit.—No Less Than Thirt...

      Middle Class Honesit . —No less than thirty-eight persons , the majority being snnli shopkeepers , were brought before * tho Mayor of Liverpool , on Friday week , for having unadjusted weights and scales ia their possession . . ' A ' Spkcial . ' —A person who appeared / before the magistrates of Liverpool on Saturday , to answer a charge of using improper language to a £ officer , said that , ' being a special constable , he woufy not commit a breach of the peace . '

      On The Concealed Cause Tha.T Preys Oh The Health And Shortens The Duration Of Human Life.

      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THA . T PREYS OH THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE .

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      Office , in tho same Street and Parish , for tb' 'Proprietor FEAltGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and published by William Hewitt , of Ko . 18 , Charles-street , Brar . don-street , Walworth , in the parish oi St . Mary , Nokb ington , iu tha Couuty of Surrey , at thu Office , No . l « Great WiudmUl-strcet . Haymoeket , in the Cityot'ff est ! minster . —Saturday July 8 th , 1848 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 8, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08071848/page/8/