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      Siekious Charge Aoaisst Thb Authorities ...

      THE KEFEAL , ASSOCIATION . Drmuir , Sept . 7 . Mr . O'Cossm . ma < * e his eatrw at Conciliation Hall today at one o ' clock precisely , and having experienced the customary cheering , requested Mr . Charles O'Connell , of -the county Clare , to take the president ' s seat . Mr- N . Maheb . M . P ., having seconded the motion , Mr . Chablbs O'CosjreiL ascended to the chair , and laving returned thanks for the high honour paid him , announced th . it" Clare' * was steadfastin tbecause of Old Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) They would have nothing to do with the advocates of physical force , and were determined to abide entirely by tbe advice and direction of their anjmst liberator . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mb . Steele adverted to the fact that he ( the ''head pacificator" ) was" also a Clare man , and took occasion to pay some compliments to their worthy chairman , as a Staunch patriot and a powerful assistant to a sanctified and patriotic clergy in all their exertions for the political good of their country . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . R & V having read the usual minutes , Mr . OToxnell requested Captain Broderick to read an address from the corporation ol Tfaterford to himself , approving of his exclusively peace policy . He then read another address to the same effect from Dr . Foran . the Roman Catholic Bishop at Waterford , and his clergy . He observed that " he did not hear of any addresses being presented to the Tonng Ireland or war party . " ( Cheers . ) These documents were ordered to he inserted in the minutes , with special thanks to Dr . Foran and bia clergy .

      Mr . Clements , the barrister , who has been for some time absent from the meetings , and was reported to have obtained a colonial perfennent , appeared to second one of the propositions . There was another" adhesion" to the Oldlrelandparty from Dr . M'Nally , Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher , and bis clergy . Mr . 0 'Cosseix said , that evidence of approbation from such quarters was invaluable , and made him quite careless about the loss of the gentlemen of Young Ireland . Adverting to a passage in the address by Dr . M'Xally , he said that the subject of education was one in which he and the young Irelnnders differed essentially , for he never could sanction the doctrine of" mixed education . * Mr . Clements read certain resolutions of " confidence " In the Liberator ; and bis son , the member for Kilkenny , from the Town Council and inhabitants of Callan .

      Mr . O'Connell eiulted in these evidences of approbation of his peaceable , virtuous , and moral force system of obtaining repeal and regenerating the country . Alderman Gabdineb handed ia £ 13 , collected in St . Paul ' s ward , and designated by the contributors " moral force m- ney . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Coxnem , rose to make lis speech for the day . He adverted in the first place to the potato failure , and deprecated all violence on the part of the people . He enjoined npon them the most peaceable submission , and then proceeded to detail how relief might be obtained nailer the -ecent Act . He said that the Act would suffice for any emergency , and then went on to show how tbe Act was to be carried out . There was to be an application to the Lord Lieutenant in the first instance , then a proclamation from his Excellency—a

      proclamation , by tbe way , for the first time , not against bnt for the people . ( Hear , hear . j The extent of work or payment forit was unlimited . Ho ( Mr . O'Connell ) thought it vrould tike thirteen miUions of money to feed the Irish people this year . The money was to be repaid , but not this year—to be repaid , but not by the very poor classes . Tive-eigh ' as of it should be repaid by the landlords , f Hear , bear . ) This law would teach the absentees a lesson . There was no donbt the landlords would grumble a good deal , hut he had a remedy for them , let them come to Conciliation Hall , and look for repeal of tbe union . ( Hear , hear . ) Thns good will arise out of present evil , and a jewel would be found in the head of this hideous toad . We now rejoiced more than ever in his peaceful policy . They were not pretended—they were real R ? pealers . He never in his life was more

      convinced than now of the necessity for repeal . He admitted , indeed , that the present Government was doing all the good ihey conld for Ireland ; bnt he knew they would he nnable to accomplish all that was necessary . In the meanwhile , he and his association would give the Cerernment all the support in their power . He was about to visit his mountain home , and during his absence , would receive no communication on matters of business except through Mr . Kay . He wished to have iris holidays * uninterrupted , ( Hear , hear . ) Meanwhile , lie won'd not he altogether 'idle . Daring his six weeks ' absence , he would write weekly letters to them . ( Hear , iear . ) He next repeated his various requirements for the effectuating of "justice to Ireland "—the enlargement ofthe electoral franchises—and of the Municipal Act . He adverted to the Xixtion newspaper , which he pronounced to be worse than any of the Tory papers . They uttered lies and calumnies concerning him : but he

      • wouldnot answer them ; he was used to abuse , and always throve npon it . ( Hear , hear . ) If the Young Irelanders persisted in coming here , they should be turned out as often as they presumed to come . ( Hear , hear . ) "They ( the Old Irelanders ) were not to be imposed upon . The physical force principle should be put down . Tbe moral force principle would gain new triumphs every day . lt was winning its way in France , in Prussia , and -would be ultimately triumphant in Ireland . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) He must now take his leave of them for 6 ix weeks . He would in the interim entrust the association to the management of his son , the Hon . Member for Kilkenny —( Hear , hear . )—( who was to-day attending upon tbe Lord Lieutenant in his yacht in the hay ) . He would return tn them as lie left , a thorough Hepealer . ( Hear , hear . ) He was taunted with his support of the present'Government hut he cared not . He would support them , and do his duty to the people of Ireland . ( Ch ? er .=. )

      Mr . RaV then read a letter from Mr . Michael Joseph Harry , who requested his name might be struck ot ? the roll , but declint d entering into the merits of the late question of physical and moral force . Mr . O'Connell said the letter was a most proper one —it was the letter of a gentleman whom he was sorry to lose , hut tnsra-ne was already off . Mr . Rat was i nceeding to read a letter from Mr . D . Lane , expressing a similar wish , when Mr * O'Connell said—Oh ! he ' s off too . Mr . O'Connell having announced the rent for the wefktobe ^ £ l 42 15 s ., Counsellor Fitzpatrick was called to tbe chair , when a vote of thanks was passed ta Mr . Charles O'Connell , and the meeting adjourned for a week .

      „ The Northern- Star. Septsmsks 18, 184b

      „ THE NORTHERN- STAR . Septsmsks 18 , 184 B

      Letters Of Richard Oastler. The Cobden D...

      LETTERS OF RICHARD OASTLER . THE COBDEN DINNER . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MOKNXVG POST . Sir—When Mr . Cobden dined with his hospitable friend ? in Paris , he assured them that H was not any arguments of his own . or of his friends of the League , that had carried the Free Trade measure in England . He tild them , that it was by instillinir the doctrines of Adam Smith and of Monsieur Say into the minds ofthe legislators and the tteople of England , that the great change had been effected . In this matter Mr . Cobden contradicted Sir Robert Peel . The addition ofthe name of Say to that of Smith -was rather unlucky ; it was . no doubt , intended a * a compliment to his hosts .

      A mo-e Inappropriate selection could scarcely have been made . If there be one nnu who , in a few words , has demolished tho theory of the advantageousness of Free Trade , it is th ' s same Monsieur Say , who asserts ( see 1 'rinsep ' s translation , 1 st vol ., page 248 ) that " The British Government seems to have perceived that the most profitable sales to a nation « re those madi by one indicidtiai to anotlter tcithin thena ' ion ; for these latter imply a national production of tico values , the value sold , and that given in exchange . " Uow stranjre that the author of this sentence should have been represented in Paris as one of the two agents in converting tbe inhabitants of this country to a belief in the unchristian doctrines of universal competition , " unrestrained freedom of actiiiii "—Free Trade !

      in a former letter I demonstrated from Dr . Adam Smith ' s "Wealth of Nations , " that he maintained the aimi opinion , in favour of internal exchange , as 1 have now shown to be entertained by Monsieur Say . I think Mr . Cobden should have been satisfied with thesuccess of his hoax upon his own countrymen , without endeavouring to deceive Frenchmen respecting the principles of a French author . It must be granted , that words more explicitly asserting the superiority of home trade cannot be ¦ n sed , than those which I have quoted from the pens of Dr . Adam Smith and Monsieur Say . How singu-Jarthat these authors were selected and especially named by Mr . Cobden , as the men who had fully developed the advantageousness of a system directly opposed to that which they had so clearly recommended !

      ilere , it is true , the deception has been successful . English legislators have embraced the idea that Adam Smith has demonstrated the superiority of Free Trade . Let ns hope that Frenchmen will read their author , and nat be deluded by the false representations of a foreigner . AViiile I am writing on this subject , it may be as well to state , that notwithstanding the strong testimony of Dr . Adam Smith in favour of internal exchange , he endeavours to show that the princi ples of Free Trade are beneficial . _ He attempts to prove this assumption—fails in his effort—acknowled ges his inability — and ventures to risk the whole question on the mere assertion of a principle that is atvarience with every man ' s every day experience , and in direct opposition to that fundamental Christian truth , the fall of man . ' The assumption on which Br . Adam Smith is forced to found his theory of Free Trade is stated hy himself in tbe following words : —

      " Every individual is continually exerting ; himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capita he can command , It is hU own advantage , indeed , andnotUiatofsocietg . Uialhehasinvieio . llur the studi OF BIS OWX ADVANTAGE , NATCHALLT , OR BATHEH , KECISSAMLT , LEADS HIM TO 1 'BEFEE THAT EMPLOYMENT WHICH IS MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO SOCIETI . " This , sir , is the sole foundation on which Dr .

      Letters Of Richard Oastler. The Cobden D...

      Adam Smith rests his defence of Free Trade . On this wild and irrational assumption , the great apoaUe ofthe League founds his system . . And there are Christian statesmen , bishops , priests and people , who have adopted that principle . v » i , h . This is a subject that cannot be treated lightly . If the theory thus propounded by Adam Smith be true we have no need of either law or gospel , statesmen ^ Bishops . On this as sumption , man is perfect and his very selfishness is his highest virtue . , < Tner none that doeth good ; no , not one ; " so saith the Scripture . Not so Adam Smith ; if his

      dogma be truth—there is none that sinneth . Sir , I have quoted the Doctor corrrectly ; he rests the scheme of Free Trade on no other ground . Let the Bi shop of Oxford , and every other Free-trader who professes to be a Christian , read the groundwork on which that scheme rest * , comparing it with the Christian doctrine of man ' s fall , and consequent ignorance and sinfulness . Then let them manfully , if they believe in Dr . Adam Smith , abjure the Christian faith . It is in vain that they attempt to reconcile these discordant principles ; they cannot make agreement between God and Mammon .

      Does he exist who cannot discern that , in practice , the assumption that every man ' s individual action must necessarily lead to that which is most advantageous to society , is erroneous and false ? If I have made a mistake—If I have misrepresented Adam Smith—if there be any other foundation for the scheme of Free Trade—let the Bishop of Oxford , or Sir Robert Peel , or Mr . Cobden , or any other believer in that doctrine point out my error , and , on Christian principles , justify Dr . Adam Smith . How monstrous I The study of a man ' s own advantage , in Unemployment of " whatever capital he can command , naturally , or rather necessarily , Heads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to society !" "Why . Sir , some " employ their capital" at dice in drunkenness debauchery , seduction !

      There are those who "employ whatever capital they can command " in the purchase of instruments of death , to murder their victims in the hopes of plunder ! Others prefer to seek " their own advantage" by the purchase of burglar ' s instruments to break open doors , and boxes , and drawers , and walk off with their contents . Some men do . indeed , compass the same ends more " respectably , ** These build mills , fill them with machinery , and thus " find out the most advantageons employment for whatever capital they can command , " by demoralising and crippling tens of thousands of their fellow-creatures . Their victims having been " used up . " become the inmates of prisons and workhouses , or find an escape in a premature grave .

      If Adam Smith ' s assumption be true—if Free Trade be founded on just principles—all these are , "in studying their own advantage , naturally , or rather , necessarily , preferring that employment of whatever capital they can command which is most advantageous to society !" Believing , as I do , that selfishness is a sin , that covetousness is a crime , and that "the heart of man is deceitful above all things , and desperately wicked . " I protest against the introduction of a

      system that is founded on the assumption that man is perfect . I plead for restraint on the strong , protection for the weak , and regulation to all . I remain , Sir , Your most obedient Servant , Richard Oasiler . P . S . —It would be well if our statesmen and bishops would , during the recess , analyse the "Wealth of Nations , " comparing it with the formularies ofthe Established Church , and with the word of God . London , September 4 . R . 0 .

      -^^- S Christian Triumphs In India . _ 0...

      - ^^ - s CHRISTIAN TRIUMPHS IN INDIA . _ 0 f course every one must acknowledge the humanising influences of Christianity , the peaceful history of the human race for the last eighteen centuries attest the reign of " peace on earth and good-will to men 1 " Jf amongst our readers there are any heterodox doubters , they have only to read the following letter ( extracted from the Brighton Herald ) from ( a Christian British soldier , and they will at once have their doubts settled . Of course God is always on the side of Christian armies , as witness the British retreat from Cabull Query , when armies on both sides happen to be " Christian , " as is usually the case , which side does God take then ? The winning side we suppose . " We slau ghtered them by thousands in the river , which was RUNNING RED WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR ENEMY . It was awful work ; OUR SHELLS AND ROCKETS SET FIRE TO THEM IN HEAPS . AND THEY

      LAY HUNDREDS TOGETHER BURNING ALIVE 1 " All this bloody murder , this hacking , hewing , rending , tearing , burning of " God ' s own image" in "thousands , " all effected by God ' s help ! " The murderers have each won 76 rupees , a medal of silver , a gold cross , and "immortal fame " (!); and last , not least , the " mild , peaceful , and brotherly" Christian faith triumphs , the Gospel beats the Koran , " and we perform Christian worship in the mosque that has been sacred to Mahommed 200 years . A PAIVATE SOLDIER'S LETTER FROM

      LAHORE . During tbe progress of the late war in India , we published a letter which a private in the 80 th regiment sent to his friends in this town . We are glad to say that the brave fellow escaped all the dangers of the campaign , and has again sent news to his friends . lie writes as follows : — City of Lahore , Capital ef the Tunjaub , June 4 th , 1 S 1 C . Since my last great changes have taken place , and the victory of Soubraon , on the 10 th of February , has been the final downfall of the proud , and , until this period , never-conquered Sikhs . In a short space of time , four engagements have been fought , and 220 guns have fallen into the hands of our victorious army . It is unparalleled in the annals of history . But it has been attended with severe loss .

      On the 10 th of February , mV Excellency Sir Hugh Cough , K . C . B ., attacked the Sikh camp , which was strongly entrenched and defended by 70 , 000 of the flower ofthe Sikh army , out , as all Christian armies are , by GocCs help , victorious , on that great day we were successful . The river was their onlv hope , and WE SLAUGHTERED THEM BY THOUSANDS in the river , which was RUNXING RED WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR E . VEMY . It teas awful tcork .- OUR SHELLS AND ROCKETS SET FIRE TO THEM IN HEAPS , AXD THEY LAX HUNDREDS TOGETHER BURNING ALIVE . They also had women in their camp , and many fell , which could not be avoided—but all were saved that were seen . It is their final downfall , and now we

      are in possession of their city , Lahore . A treaty has been signed , and the young king placed on the throne of his father , by the Governor-General . We are the only European regiment left here , and we are guarding the city against the rebels , who are still not quite disbanded . One of the chiefs held out , and the other day his fort was taken by storm at Kangea . There are eight Sepoy regiments with us , and two trains of artillery . We are lying in the Royal square of the Xance , or Queen-Mother . Lall-Sing is here , the commander of the Sikhs in the late war . He is a fine man to appearance , but cowardly in his actions : he is the Queen ' s paramour . They requested us to stop here until they can organize their troops for the protection of the country .

      Lahore is like all Indian cities , filty and dirty , with some splendid buildings . A fine wall encompasses the city , wich is fortified and seven miles in circumference . When we leave here , which , I hope , will be soon , We are to have for our reward , for hard service , tbe pick of any station in India , and the colonel told us he would not pick a had one . * Meerout , I think , will be tbe place , as the barracks are splendid . We are nearly started here ; for , by the treaty signed , we must not kill beef in the country , as the Sikhs worship the bull , and it would cause an immediate rising if

      we did it . We j * et what they call mutton , but it is more like greyhound ' s , and niueh thinner ; it mates the mai siefc to look at it . I have seen cats larger at home . The 50 th regiment are gone to Loondianah , and the other day the barracks blew down in a typhoon , which are dreadful here , and killed forty men , twenty women , seventeen children , and two hundred wounded . Awful to think of , after escaping the enemy to meet their deathsin ( runrters . I got your letter in the typhoon that did the mischief . We are to get a medal of silver and gold cross , for our service , and twelve months' field allowance , which is 7 G rupees , or £ 7 12 . per man .

      The place we are lying in is where the Sikh's cannons were stowed round the palace ; but they were all captured in the late war . In the Mosque the officers live . Mahometanism is no more here , and ice perform Christian worship in the Mosque , that has been sacred to Mahommed 200 years : a uxmderful change in a few months . They have lost all and humbled to the British . I see the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel give our regiment great praise , and Sir Robert says we have gained immortal fame b y the night attack on the batteries .

      Born At Madrid The Spanish'royal Mauiuaces— Queen Isabella

      born at Madrid The Spanish'Royal Mauiuaces— Queen Isabella

      Was Born At Madrid, Oct. 10, 1830, And, ...

      was , Oct . 10 , 1830 , and , consequently , is nearly 10 years of age . Don Francisco dc Asm was born on May 13 , 1822 . and is , consequently 2-1 and nearly four months . The Duke de Montncn-SiC-r was born atJfeuiliy , on July 31 , JS 2-1 , bein" it present a little more than 32 years of a ge . Donna Maria Louisa Fernanda , Infanta of Spain , was born Jan . 30 , 1832 , and therefore is aged 1-1 years and even months . Messrs . L'bsdelland Co ' s of Oxford-street , plan of doing business , their punctuality as tradesmen , th « ir good and excellent workmanship , and their moderate charges , has commended them to a large connexion , and is daily extending the list of their very numerous friends . Persons of limited income , will find this emporium of great advantage . Incut , quality , and fashion , Messrs . Ubsdell are not to he surpassed , i

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      The Coal Kings Again. To Ire Coiiok Of T...

      THE COAL KINGS AGAIN . TO IRE COIIOK OF THE MOBTUEBK STAR . Sir , —That the working classes of this country are subjected to the most cruel and heartless oppression from the master class of capitalists is an axiom too gene * rally true , too extensively prevalent , to admit of the shade of a doubt in the mind of any well-informed and right disposed person . Among the manifold and manifest grievances to which the various trades and professions are subjected , the peculiar burdens of that most industrious class , the coal-miners , stand out in bold relief , as the following recent circumstance will serve to illustrate . It appears that at a certain colliery in one of the largest in Northumberland , the master has for a long time previous to the last month made it a rule , and took

      credit for his humanity in so doing , that in case any workman sent to bank any considerable quantity of stones among the coals , ( that instead of fines and forfeitures , as was the practice in the trade generally , ) that workmen should be served with a notice to quit the colliery . This plan has been acted upon for a long time , and the men at that colliery have become accustomed thereto , and it was never objected to on their part , hut from some circumstance or other . the master has thought fit to alter the plan , and without giving any notice whatever of the matter , he hat pounced upon some of the workmen's last fortnight ' s pay and deducted from their wages siapence per tub , for as many tubs as he thought fit , ( the men get fourpence-halfpenny for working a tub , ) and fined them five shillings per man besides . These

      ¦ re fines and forfeitures with a vengeance for a workman who toils all day in the dark and dreary mine ; each tub brings him in fourpence-halfpenny , and his master is empowered to make him pay sixpence for the same , and fine him five shillings besides ! Surely this added to many other of such like acts ofoppresnion will arouse the miners of tbe North to a sense of their duty , and once more to rally round the flag of their association , and thut put a wholesome check upon the growing rapacity of those coa ! masters . It is no use attempting any palliation of the system , we must have the organisation completed ; the miners must bestir themselves , work out their own salvation , or rest contented with the prospect of eternal slavery . Tours , & c ., Mahtik Jcm . Newcastle , September 3 rd , 1846 .

      To The Members Of The Chartist Cooperati...

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . FaizNDS . —It appears to me that Mr . O'Connor ' s exertions and untiring zeal in our cause , demand something more than gratitude , and I would , therefore , propose that each locality take into consideration the propriety of subscribing one shilling from each of the 10 , 000 members belonging to the Society , so as to enable our worthy treasurer to travel through the country in search of land , as I do not think it is at all to our credit that he should expend his own means when attending to our pecuniary affairs . One shilling from each member would realize a sum of £ 500 . Yours truly , W . C . SMITH . Sub-Secretary to the Halifax branch ofthe above Association ,

      To The Members Of The Chartist Co-Operat...

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Brethren , —Having seen a letter in the Star of Saturday , September 15 , signed G . W . Wheeler , to the Chartists of Great Britain , making an appeal on behalf of the Veterans and Law-made Widows of our exiles , the same was laid before the Glasgow branch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society . The opinions expressed by the said membere { was to the effect—that we are perfectly willing to follow out the recommendation ofthe late Land Conference of Subscribers , to purchase shares for them ; but while we are willing to do so , we are decidedly opposed to the plan recommended of locating them on the Land , without tho ballot , for various reasons—Brat , that it is entirely opposed to the rules of the association , and the understanding on which all have entered , that any person can be located without standing the chance of the ballot .

      And also , although we feel deeply for them , and would be willing at all times to subscribe towards the support of these helpless and persecuted individuals ; still we do think that they have a decided claim on the Chartists of Great Bri'ain , as well as the members of the Land Society—and cannot see bow the members of the above society ought to forego andjalter the standing rules of their Society , to do an act ot benevolence to individuals whose claims rest on the whole country , both for their sympathy and support . It certainly would be a benevolent act to place them beyond the reach of want , but we are engaged in a scheme which will require all the caution that can be used , to keap a strict confidenee amongst the members , and without that we fail .

      It is our decided belief that the society is partly composed of persons who have not taken an active part in Chartism , and many who are not Chartists in principleand we would just ask what would be the effect of such a proposition on the minds of the individuals of this class , as that made by G . W . Wheeler ! We would call the attention of the members to tbe fact , that there are many members amongst us whose condition in life is not the most enviable , and who are looking forward with great anxiety to the land , as a means of reclaiming them from their present miserable condition ; and if they by any means he put back in their chance , it will he tho cause of much grievous disappointment , and a vast amount of dissatisfaction ; a thing , if we intend to progress , we must guard against , and also it is our intention to give all the opposition we canto any infringement ofthe rules ofthe Society , and we would have the members to weigh well the effect that a departure from the principle on which we set out would have on the Society , before they come to a decision on the proposition made to them by G . W . Wheeler .

      Signed on behalf of the members ofthe Glasgow branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , September 7 th , 1840 . Thomas Gordon .

      A Miserablk End.—Mrs. Harriet Pounder Was

      A Miserablk End . —Mrs . Harriet Pounder was

      On Bunday Touna Dead In Her House, Lying...

      on bunday touna dead in her house , lying on three chairs , tier husband , a pilot , was sitting near the body , with his head resting on a table , asleep . They had both been seen during the afternoon drunk , and it is supposed she died from suffocation . Sudden Death op a Centenarian during the Storm of Sunday . —On Tuesday , an inquest was held before W . Carter , Esq ., at the King John ' s Head ' s , Bermondsey-siuiare , on the body of Thomas ilarbut , who used to say he was in his hundredth year , Thomas Uarbut , the grandson ofthe deceased , of No . 3 , Long-wall , Bermondsey , stated that the deceased was formerly a tanner , but of late years an inmate oi Bermondsey workhouse . He always went

      to church on a Sunday , and afterwards witness or his brother took him for a walk , previous to going home to dine with them . On last Sunday he met him at his brother ' s and was in excellent health and spirits . When they got home to his lodgings , deceased had some beer and a pipe , and while sitting at the door a very heavy storm of thunder eame on , and a gentleman said , " Look how that poor man liaa been struck by the thunder , and is turning up his eyes ?" Upon looking at his grandfather , lie found it w ' as so , and removed him into the back yard , where ho was very sick . He got better , and laid down ; and when witness returned in half an hour he thought he was asleep , but it was afterwards discovered he was quite dead . The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . "

      The Alleged Robbery of Nineteen Bn . \ ss Guns from Woolwich Arsenal . — A considerable time since , nineteen brass howitzers were missing from the stors of the Royal Arsenal , and although a strict inquiry was made at the time , they were not traced . Suspicion , however , fell on two privates named Freeman and Champion , of the Royal Sappers and Miners , who were apprehended , and taken before Mr . Grove , the sitting magistrate , and undcrwenta rigid examination , but were ultimatel y discharged , nothing being discovered to impeach their character . The Board of Ordnance then offered a reward of £ 100 for the recovery of the property and apprehension of the thieves . It has since been discovered that the guns were not stolen or lost but " that they had been cast into a portion of the Nelson

      monument , and that through an error they were omitted to be entered in the official returns . " It is but justice to state that these innocent men have been discharged from the service , after twenty-one years ' service , upon a liberal pension , and are now employed in the same establishment . § Cons Riots . —A second corn-riot has taken place in the department otthc Deux Sevres . Onthe 2 dth ult ., a band , composed principally of women " and children , beset a load of corn brought to the market of Chatillon ; but , as the interference of the mam . tracy was prompt and firm , they were dispersed ' beforc any damage was done . A coin-riot , similar to those which have occurred in France , took place on the 22 nd ult ., in tho market of Lausanne , in Switzerland . The armed police was required to quell it .

      The Exd or a Puiilic Plunderer . —About six years since , under tho presidency of Van Buren , two Government officials , namely , M . lloyt , collector of customs at New York , and Mr , William Price , an attorney in the same city , embarked incognito for Europe , leaving behind them an aggregate deficit of from seven to eight millions of francs . They came to Paris , and in a short time dissigated tho entire sum in pleasure and wild speculations . After having consumed the entire sum they returned to the United States , with an impudence by which they made the Jaws ofthe country an accomplice of their crime , for having lost so large a sum . by their villainy , it was not judged advantageous to commence a suit by which a still further loss would have been incurred in the useless attempt at the recovery of tho treasure . We know not what has become of Mr . lloyt , but Mr . Price has put an end to his existence by committing suicide . On the 11 th of August , he blew out hia braiBB at New York . —La Frtm .

      On Bunday Touna Dead In Her House, Lying...

      SUPPOSED MURDER AT CHESTERFIELD . A most awful circumstance has this week been broug ht to light , which has excited in Chesterfield aud its neighbourhood fe » lings of the greatest horror and alarm . The appalling discovery of a mangled human body amongst . ome night soil In a vault in the heart of the town , has wmied this universal excitement . From the exposed and dangerous place in which the body was found , it was at first surmised that some unfortunate wretch had wandered by mistake into the horrid p lace , and falling In , had been , Fhortly suffocated ; hut when the severed head was discovered , and a large fracture showed itself across the skull , a more terrible suspicion entered the mind , and that murder had been committed becatme the universal apprehension . Subsequent discoveries leave little room for doubting that a foul and horrid murder was committsd on the 7 th of December last , and that the mangled remains were those of the victim . But we will proceed to ghe a narrative account ef tfci '

      dreadful affair . On Friday last some men were employed in emptying tbe contents of a large hole or pit upon the premises J ointly occupied by Mr , Banting , corn-dealer , and Mr . Towndrow . grocer , at the bottom of the market placet and which was used as a place for the reception of night soil . During their labour they perceived a substance which they conjectured to be the decayed carcass of a sheep , and it was carted to a field of Mr . Bunting ' s , in the parish of Hasland , along with the manure , and no further notice was taken of it at the time . Subsequently , howev . r one ofthe men who had assisted mentioned to

      a fellow labourer , named Green , that he had doubts respecting the putrid ma * s , in consequence of which Green examined it on Tuesday last , and found it to be the trunk and entrails of a man . Mr . Bunting , accompanied by Dr . Walker , afterwards examined it , and were of a similar opinion . This led to further search , and the benes of the legs and arms were also found separate from the body ; the garters were round the legs , as worn by the man when living , and this circumstance led to the body being Identified . A good black coat , black silk handkerchief , and a silk pOcket handkerchief , marked " G . C . " were also discovered among the heaps of manure which had been carted to the field , as well as a pair of

      trousers with braces affixed to them . These discoveries led to renewed search iu the pit on the premises of Mr . Bunting , at the bcttom ofthe Market place , when a human head was soon found , having on it very little flesh , but the whole of the teeth , and a portion of the left eye , and showing a fracture about four inches long , extendiag from the top of the forehead nearly to the crown of the head . A silk hat was also found with a Urge incision in it . The whole of the remains were consigned to the care ofthe authorities of the township of Hasland , and the body was soon identified to be that of George Collis , tbe son of Mrs . Mawkes , of Brampton , b y a former husband , and of whom nothing had been heard of since last December . He was about 24 years of age , about 5 feet 6 inches in height , and good looking , and had been in the domestic service of the late

      Mrs . Lucas , of Hasland House , but since the death of his mistress had for a timfc been carrying on business as a butcher in conjunctiou with a person named John Platte . There were several circumstances which made the sudden disappearance of Collie little regarded . He had for some time been acquainted with a female named Beresford , residing in Beetwell street , Chesterfield , who had become pregnant by him , and it was thought this might have led him to leave the town , more particularly as hs had arranged with a young man to accompany him to Manchester on the Monday after he was last seen ; he had also told his mother previously he should not write . But it appeared that he entertained some fears at to the safety of his person , by stating on an evening sometime previously to the female alluded to , that he was afraid of being murdered as he went home that night , on which her brother accompanied him home .

      A cwoner ' s inquest sat on the remains on Thursday last , which was adjourned to Thursday next , when the evideuce of Ellen Berfieford proved the identity af the body , she also produced the fellow to one of the garters which deceased had given her . On the following day , Jobn | Plntts , a butcher , of Chesterfield , was taken into custody on suspicion of being the murderer , and against whom there is the strongest suspicion . The mother of Plntts , who is a widow residing at Durrant Green , hat also been apprehended , as well as Henry Knight , his brother-in-law , the possession of Collia ' s watch baring been traced to them .

      When Collis nnd Platts carried on business as butchers thev rented a shop in the shambles , not far from a dwelling-house , from an inmate of which we have received the following sickening detail . Our informant states that he was going past the butcher ' s shop in question , about half-past seven on the night when the unfortunate man was last seen , and that when he got near the cross gutters of the shambles , he heard three or four tremendous blows struck in the butcher ' s shop occupied by the prisoner , and which were Immediately followed by loud groaning , which gradually became fainter , and then a snorting as if some one was suffocating . He is certain that the sound of tbe blows did not proceed from any

      solid substance . He returned for his wife , who also heard the groans . They requested the parties inside the shop to open the door , which Platts , from within , refused , saying that he had had a glass of brandy at Mr . Franks ' s which had made him sick . There was no light in the shop at the time , and informant thought he had a female with him , with whom he was intimate ; this suspicion he named to Platts , but when the church service was over , Platts took tbe female to their door to convince them they were mistaken , saying she bad been to church ; at the same time he requested permission to wash his hand which was bloody , and which he attributed to Iiaving cut his finger . He appeared to have been down on one knee . — Derby Courier .

      Murder By A Poacher. The Neighbourhood O...

      MURDER BY A POACHER . The neighbourhood of Newton Abbott , ( a town , sixteen miles from Exeter , on tbe Plymouth road ) , was on Saturday night the scene of one of those fatal conflicts , which have too often resulted from armed men being detected in an illegal act . Fcstus Harris , the gamekeeper , and James Norman , the gardener of Sir W . P , Carew ( the High Sheriff . ) of Haccombe House , were on tbe wateh , and ascertaining that poachers were in the grounds , they called to their assistance six other persons , amongst whom were Mr . Robert Rendell of Nethertou , and William Setter of Coombinteignhead . Those parties met in a field , called Blendficld , between 11 and 12 at night , and surrounded the place where the poachers were . Messrs . Rendell and Setter went to the gate of Kiln Field , and whilst there

      heard the rest call out '' pate" —a signal previously arranged . They perceived some one running towards them , with a gun in his hand , and on approaching within a few paces , discovered it was one Henry Warren , They ran into the field , and Warren raised his gun as if to fire . Mr . Rendell called out " You'd better not fire , ' but immediately Warren fired at Setter , and without taking the gun from his shoulder discharged the other barrel at Mr . Rendell . The shot passed by the side of Mr . Kendell ' s head ; but the aim at Mr . Setter was more deadly ; he received the whole contents in his body , causing a wouud two inches in length , from which the bowels protruded , and from the effects of which the unfortunate man lingered until it quarter past two o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon , when he expired at the house of Mr . Elias Rendell , Buckland , where he had been taken immediately after the occurrence .

      On a post-mortem examination , a number of small size shot were found , lacerating most frightfully the lii'er and injuring tho bono . The surgeon also found a piece of deceased ' s watch-chain , which had been carried into the wound . The prisoner was , after a scuffle , secured by Mr . Rendell , and the next day , taken before H . Cartwright , Esq ., who committed to take his trial at the next assizes for wilful murder , and also for shooting at Mr . Rendell . The prisoner ' s companion , who was out with him , has baen also committed to goal on tbe charge of poaching . There was some fear of a rescue by the " navvies , " but Mr . Flamank , the magistrate ' s clerk , very wisely kept the men at Newton until Monday morning , when they were sent off to Exeter , and there safely lodged in the County Gaol ,

      Death From Alleged Starvation . An Inque...

      DEATH FROM ALLEGED STARVATION . An inquest was held at tho Thurlow Arms , Brighton , on Monday , on the body of James Allen , a labourer , who died on the previous Thursday . He had lately under , gone an imprisonment of eight months' duration with hard labour , nnd occasional solitary confinement , in the House of Correction , and the inquest was held in consequence of his relatives alleging that he died in consequence of bad treatment in the prison . The first witness examined was Robert Allan , his father , u labourer , at 33 , John-strcet , Brighton . He stated that his son was ' 11 years of age , and up to the time of his going to prison had never had a day ' s Illness in his life . He saw him in prison at the end of six months , when he appeared very ill , and said be was very weak . He came out of the prison six weeks ago last Saturday very ill . He was attended by Mr . Verrall , but he died on Thursday evening .

      Martha Eliza Simpson , wife of a blacksmith , sister of the deceased , corroborated the evidence of the last witness . The deceased had told her that while in solitary confinement his bed was taken from him from four o ' clock in the morning till six at night ; that when he could not sit on the side of the bad any longer he was obliged to lay on the cold stones of the floor of tho cell ; that he thought he should have died ; that he asked the doctor for something for the weakness in bis inside , and thathe gave him a box of pills , which did him no good ; and that when he went to the chapel he was so hungry that he could not listen to what tho chaplain said .

      Mr . William Ten-all , surgeon , deposed that after ho came out of prison the deceased complained to him ofthe bowel complaint and a bad cough . Insufficient diet , in the case of a man with diseased lungs , would be likely to CallsC lliai'rhCull . A man with diseased lungs was not a lit subject for either hard labour or solitary confinement . Paucity of food would tend to aggravate the disease . Disease of the lungs and diarrhnoa require a generous . in < l nourishing diet . Witness had that morning , in conjunction with Mr . John Lawrence , jun ., made a post mortem examination , the result of which was merely » confirmation of the opinion which he had previously formed .

      The Jury returned a verdict , " That the rigour of the sentence being fully carried into effect , and the insufficiency of food , destroyed the c onstitution of deceased , in consequence of which he died , "

      Death From Alleged Starvation . An Inque...

      FATAL ACCIDENT ON TOE NOTTINGHAM AND UNCOLlt RAILWAY . On Monday last a fatal accident occurred on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway , at Gonalstone , a distance of eight or nine miles from this town . At twelve o ' clock the train left the station at Nottingham for Lincoln , and proceeded as usual till reaching tbe portion of the line near tbe village of Gonalstone , when a spring underneath the forepart of the engine snapped , and caused the engine to oscillate , and jump up and down in a fearful manner . The engine driver in a moment of time shut off the steam , and at the next instant he was precepitated head foremost off the engine upon the ground . The ito . ker , a young man of the name of Henry Glover , unable to keep his feet , fell , and was caught by the tender ,

      which had flown up , and was returning to its place , between the tender and the engine , upon the upper part of both bis th ighs . Here he was transfixed , and could not extricate himself , the engine and tender at the same time being whirled « ff the rails , and as tt were actually doubled up ; but owing to the chain attaching them to the engine suddenly breaking , and there being two or three trucks and a large luggage van between the engine and the passenger carriages , the mischief did not extend to the passengers , and the train came to a * tand without any other Individual sustaining damage . The alarm was alraostunprecedented ; the shrieks and cries of the passengers rent the air , and were heard many hundred yards distant ; directly afterwards numbers were seen running in all directions across the fields for safety , and they could not be induced to go near the train again . The poor unfortunate stoker could not be removed from his

      awful situation by human strength , and horses were obtained at Gonalstone to separate the engine and tender to set him at liberty ; he remained in this deplorable condition for more than a quarter of an hour—some of the passengers think half an hour must have elapsed from the first moment of the accident to the time when he was removed . Many of the passengers returned to Nottingham on foot , and would not again venture in the train . The stoker waa ' oonveyed to the General Hospital , with his thigh bones protruding , and with the flesh smashed to atoms . On leaving his engine driver the dying man shook hands and bade him farewell . On ar . riving at the Infirmary , at half-past two o ' clock , it was found that the injury was so close to his body , that amputation was impossible ; and he only survived a few hours . He was 26 years of age , and has left a wife but no children .

      Embezzlement By A Confidential Clerk. At...

      EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CONFIDENTIAL CLERK . At the Liverpool Police Office , on Monday , a respectably-attired young man , named Victor Lecour , was charged before Mr . Rushton with having received a great amount of money from various parties on account of his employer , an extensive merchant in Liverpool , arid not duly accounting for the same . It appeared that of £ 19510 s . lOd . paid to the prisoner by Mr . Warren , between May and August last , at four different periods , only £ 114 7 s . 8 d . had been accounted for . The discovery was only made on Thursday . At Lecour ' s lodgings a quantity of letters were fount ) , which had been addressed to his employer , but which had been intercepted by the prisoner , and kept entirely from his employer ' s knowledge . They revealed the the fact that the prisoner had been from

      time to time making application to various correspondents of Mr . Dorrington for large amounts of money , in some instances , due to Mr . Dorrington ; but , in two of the cases , application was made for £ 30 , where in one only £ 8 was owing , and in the other , £ 10 , The presiding magistrate said that the case was a very shocking one . The secret correspondence . in which Lecourevidently had been engaged ' with Mr . Dorrington ' s customers , was not only intended to have the effect of robbing that gentleman , but calculated to destroy his credit . The prisoner was remanded until Tuesday , when a gentleman from the firm of Sykes , Schwabs , and Co ., proved the payment of £ 93 , and some few shillings to the prisoner , a few weeks ago , which had never been accounted for to the prosecutor . Tbe receipt of this sum , as well as those proved on Saturday , had been merely acknowledged

      at the foot ofthe respective accounts , and Mr . Rushton observed that such receipts constituted in themselves no legal evidence ; lut as the parties could swear to having paid the amounts to the prisoner , he should coramit . him for trialjto the sessions . Mr . Dorrington said that he could prove the prisoner having received a variety of other sums without ever having accounted for them , but the receipts had all been g iven in the same way . If the prisoner was remanded for two or three days , he thought he could bring still more conclusive evidence against him , Mr . Rushton thought there had been sufficient proved to constitute one indictment against the prisoner , and if anything more important should be discovered , another indictment or indictments could be framed hereafter . The prisoner was apprehended by a police constable in a splendid bouse , kept by himself , in Everton . He declined to urge anjthing iu his defence .

      Failure Of The Potato Crop.—Apprehension...

      FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP . —APPREHENSION OF AN OUTBREAK IN IRELAND . Cork Cobstt , Sept . 3 . —Having been for some time in this county 1 can confirm from personal observation the accounts which you have already received , as to th » failure of the potato cr ^ p . F or miles and miles on every side of the county of Cork , vou see fields through which the plough will be driven , the chance of obtaining a few potatoes here and there not being considered by the owners worth the expence of digging . You are , perhaps , aware of all this already . My chief object in writing to you is to warn the Government that unless they are provided with ample stores of provisions , and either give food or work to the people , there will be an outbreak within a month . I know . that the consequences of a rising are openly canvassed . The answer of the labourers to the observation that the public peace must be preserved ,

      even at the hazard of calling out , is " we'll rather be shot than starve . " I know parts of the county in which tho labourers have openly avowed that they would proceed in a large body to the workhouse , and if refused admission there , would immediately proceed to billet them , selves on any man in their neighbourhood who had cattle or corn , which they were determined to seize on for their support . Before the getting in of the harvest , the labourers were driven to pawn every article of furniture in their possession , to ward off starvation . The corn is now nearly ail cut , and the poor being no longer in the receipt of wages , have no resource to fall back upon . During all this time the landlords and the government seem to be looking at each other , and each unwilling to take the initiative step in relieving the people . The

      greater part of the landlords are disposed to act fairly ; but while there is a hope of getting the labourers em . plojed by government , and thus relieving the farmers from the burden of their support , they are unwilling to make that abatement in the rent which the tenants everywhere insist upon . The labourers , however , are now within a few days of that starvation point when they will no longer be reasoned with , but enforce their right to exist on the soil on which tliey were born . Tliey reason not according to the dicta of the political economists ,, but still after a fashion , not wholly irrational— "there are a million of people in this county , of which the landlords do not number a thousand , is it right that 999 , 000 should starve in order that the remaining 1 , 000 should live in comparative nflluonco \"

      The £ 50 , 000 grant is universally considered ns miserably disproportioned to the wants of a crisis which is approaching . 'T would not be a farthing too much for this county alone . The only way in which the people can be brought through this dreadful calamity is , by the landlords forgiving the greater part , and in some instances the whole of the rent , while the labourers are at once set . to work by a government advance , either on public works or what I think would be much better , on agricultural improvements . —Unless the government and the landlords show themselves willing to act in the most liberal spirit , depend upon it the people cannot be kept within the bounds of law and order . —Jfornina Chronicle .

      Dublin , Sej \ 7 . —In some few districts tho resident landlords are endeavouring to grapple with the awful difficulties that beset them ; but , almost without exception , they appear utterly to despair of accomplishing anything effectual with their own unaided resouveos . In almost every case they turn to the government , imploring succour , and tho government declares— "We cannot help you unless you help yourselves . " But it is only in a fow counties that the landed proprietors appear at all alive to the formidable embarrassments of their position . To save millions of people from stavva . tion , and the country from convulsion , employment must be provided , as tho best means of obtaining food , and the land must bo taxed to the requisite amount . There is uo alternative . Tbo destitution is terrible , and daily the prospects are becoming still more alarming . At such a time it is lamentable to think that some landlords are

      distraining for their rents , and thus aggravating the difficulties with which benevolent and well-disposed landlords have to struggle . A Conservative paper , the Ballinasloe Star , says : — " The fact can no longer be con . cealed—thousands , and tens of thousands of tbe people are starving . There is no middle term to describe their condition : starvation is the only applicable word . Want and hunger are stalking through our unhappy land , and dessolatioa is every where around us . And things are not yet at tbe worst . Vast numbers are now employed at the harvest at home , in England and elsewhere : when this employment is , us it will soon be at an end , what is to become of them ! At this moment while we write and while the wretched people are prostrate in their depth of misery , move than one landlord is distraining for his rent ! Distraining at such a time as this ! Is this a lime for man to crush his fellow-worm « Shame , shame upon ye •"

      Tim 1 ' ortroE Rot in Fuance . —The Reform states that the potatoe disease continued to make considerable progress , and had now extended to the north of Paris . A letter , dated Provins ( Seine and Marne ) , says , " Pota . toes are likewise attacked iu this country . At present all are not tainted , ' but thu desease is making progress . When they are extracted from the ground , if the diseased are not separated from the sound , all become unfit for uue . " A » econd letter , from Valenciennes states that " the malady amongst potatoes has declared itself here about 15 days since . The progress it is making is terrific . Almost the entire crop is attacked . "

      Failure Of The Potato Crop.—Apprehension...

      DEATH OF LORD METCALFE . This Nobleman expired on the 5 th instant , after a lengthened and most painful illness , . at Uiglshangerhouse , Basingstoke , where he had been stayisg for some months previous . A cancer , with which the Noble Lord was first attacked in Canada , was the prelude to a tedi . ous and painful illness , which hat at length terminated fatally , after committing the most frightful ravages The melancholy event had been long expected , even by the deceased himself . The deceased , Charles Theophilus Metcalfe , Baron , of Fern-hill , Berkshire , in the Peerage of Ihe United Kingdom , and a Baronet , P . O ., C . C . B ., was born Jan . 30 , 1785 , and consequently died in his 62 nd year . He was the son of Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe , Esq .. of Fsm-hill . The raising of the deceased to the

      Peerage is a somewhat recent event , having taken place in 1845 . Lord Metcalfe ' s career was a remarkable as well as a brilliant one , tbough almost entirely confined to a service in the East Indies , and the colonies ( Jamaica and Canada ; . Our Oriental dominions were , however , the scene of his early days . Thither he proceeded at a very tsnder age , and did not permanentl y return home until he had completed a service of thirty-eight years , a period during which he passed through various gradations , acquitting himself with great credit and discrimination in each , and finally retiring with the approbation of all parties . He was for a considerable period a member of the Supreme Council of Bombay , at well as Governor of Agra , and British Resident at Hyderabad . Lord Metcalfe was the schoolfellow of Lord Auckland , and during that nobleman ' i stay in India as Governor-General , he was his constant companion , and

      ready to afford him that advice on the affairs ofthe mighty empire of the East , which his experience as a long resident , rendered so valuable . In Jamaica , bis administration was , if possible , still more successful . He was chosen Governor at a most critical period ; one , indeed , when the island was in a state of severe commotion , when the elements of discord prevailed around him , hut his moderation and perseverance in a temperate course succeeded , and he left the island in a state of profound tranquillity : peace , contentment , and obedience , particularly among the natives , being everywhere visible . His departure from Jamaica was witnessed by all with the deepest regret , and addresses reached him from all parts . In January , 1813 , the Prime Minister of the period , Sir Robert ¥ ea \ , fixed - upon Lord Metcalfe as theperson best calculated to carry out his views in that , for a lengthened period , discontented British possession . Canada . His arrival in British America witnessed the

      commencement of a line of policy which conciliated the discontented , though , at the same time , it met with the determined opposition of many . Lord Metcalfe returned I home owing to the progress of ths dreadful malady to I which we have already alluded , and tbe last few months of his existence might well be termed a melancholy struggle between life and death . In politics , strictly speaking , Lord Metcalfe was a Conservative ; but , notwithstanding , he was chosen , such was the estimation ia which his abilities were held , as tbe officer of the one great party as well as ofthe other . He is succeeded in the title and estates ( never having been married ) by his eldest surviving brother , Thomas- Theophilus Metcalfe ( born in 1795 ) , who was formerly judge in the Delhi territory of India , —Jfornimjr Adverliter ,

      Monster I In Tne Ot Tne Lecture The Moon As Been Throuoe Lord Robse's

      monster i in tne ot tne lecture The Moon as been throuoe Lord Robse ' s

      Elescope.— Course On Lord Rosws Monster ...

      elescope . — course on Lord RosWs Monster Telescope , delivered a few days ago at Whitby by the Rev ; Dr . Scoresby , of Bradford , the rev . gentleman described the appearance of the heavens . He remarked that the nebuke already observed were between on 4 and two hundred , which was a great deal , considering how ' -often observation was prevented by cloudy nights ; and that the telescope , although erected about eighteen months , had not yet been in complete operation more than three or four months , already several of the nebula ) hitherto not fully examined were discovered to be a collection of suns ; and with regard to the moon , the Doctor stated its appearance to be magnificent . It appeared like a globe of molten silver , and every object of the extent of hundred yards was quite visible . Edifices , therefore , of the size of York Minster ,

      or even of the ruins of Whitbey Abbey , might be easily perceived if they had existed . But there was no appearance of any thing of that nature , neither was there any indication of the existence of water nor of an atmosphere . There was a vast number of extinct volcanoes , several miles in breadth : through one of tliera there was a line in continuance of one , about MO miles in length , which ran in a straight direction like a railway . The general appearance , however , was like one vast ruin of nature ; and many of the pieces of rock , driven out of the volcanoes , appeared to be laid at various distances . The Doctor said he expected it would soon be competent to daguerrotype the image of the moon upon the speculum , which could not be done at present , as the moon was not stationary , but the Earl contemplated a piece of mechanism to move the telescope to a certain distance , with a motion corresponding to the movement of the moon .

      Discovert of a Portion of tbs Old Palace er Bbideweli .. —A few days since , as the workmen were excavating on the site of Cogers' Hall , Bride-lane , they came to a vault or dungeon belonging to the Old Palace of Bridewell , which , in the reigns of William I ., John , and Henry III . , was used for holding their courts . Stow , in his " Survey , " makes mention of this place , as extending from the Thames nearly to Fleet-street . The portion laid open , and now nearly destroyed , consisted of a series of six grains , of elegant construction , supporting the roof ofthe apartment , thirty . four feet long and seventeen

      feet broad , on the west side of which was discovered a window , completely blocked up with rubbish ; but , by the judicious suggestions of the British Archseological Association , the work of removal proceeded with care , and , by their well-organised plans , draw-i ings were made of the mire interesting- portions or the building . The window proved to be of very early work , and retained portions of the iron bars . In the rubbish was found a leaden bull of Pope Nicholas V ., a small jutton or abbey piece , besides vast quantities of pottery , glass , and tiles , all of early construction , with , human , bones , as well as those of animals .

      Driffield . —The " Girsy King in Trouble . — Last Saturday , Peter Boswell , alias the " gipsy king , " was taken by Mr . Samuel Haigh , the police officer , of Cranswick , before the sitting magistrates , at Doncaster , charged with stealing a mare belonging to Mr . Darley , brewer , of Thome , near Doncaster , on the night of the 20 th or the meming ofthe 21 st of May , 1 S 45 . The mare was seen in Boswell ' s possession at Norton , about six o ' clock in the evening- of the last named day ; was traced to Ause , ia Westmorland , and finally restored to her owner about three weeks after . On the 14 th of August last , information of the case was forwarded to Mr . flaiah , who apprehended the itinerant king at Driffield fair last week , and conveyed him to Doncaster , where he awaiti examination thi sday , ( Monday ) . —Yorkshire Gazette .

      • SwufMLvo Feat . —On Monday afternoon , at a quarter past four , the announcement that Leeson , of Somers Town , would leap from Hungerford Bridge , and swim to Waterloo Bridge , in five minutes and twenty-five seconds , attracted a large concourse of persons . Several policemen were in attendance to prevent Leeson from making the dangerous experiment , but his friends having put the policemen on the wrong scent as to the place from which he was to leap , he succeeded in evading them , and gallantly leaped from about the middle of the bridge into the

      river . He fell somewhat awkwardly on his side , and it was the opinion of the spectators that he must have hurt himself , but he showed no symptoms of having received any injury . He instantly emerged from under the water , and bore away in excellent style towards Waterloo Bridge , which he reached in four minutes and forty-five seconds , thus winning his bet of £ 15 to £ 10 amidst the cheers and congratulations of his friends . It ought to be mentioned that it was full tide at the time Leeson performed the feat .

      Fortunate Escape of two Drunken Dutchmen . —On Monday morning , about two o ' clock , two men were found lying on the pavement in the Westminster-road , in a state of insensibility . Two officers of police endeavoured to rally thorn ! but a strong suspicion , of hocussing being entertained the men were conveyed to Tower-street station-house . About seven o ' clock , however , they recovered their senses , when they stated that tliey had been drinkin <* ** above proof , " which caused their tetnporarv infirmarv A considerable sum of money was found on their persons which contrary to their expectations , was handed over to them on their discharge .

      Suspected Murder of an Infant .-On Mondav , £ r - ; , ^ klej > iUF " helcI an "' luest at the Vestry Hall , Church-passage , Chancery-lane , on tho body of a newly-born female child , discovered under the tollowing mysterious circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses , that on tho morning ol the 4 th inst ., a small rush basket , tied and directed to a gentleman at No . 95 , IIollmvay-road Vii V as „ W . ' " 1 stl-an S « ' at the receiving-house otthc Parcels Delivery Company , in Charles-street , Westminster . The parcel was in due time taken

      to its destination , and upon application being made it was ascertained that no one of the name lived there . It was then returned by the carrier and deposited at the company ' s ofliee in Holl's-buildinn- ' s Fetter-lane , where , on being opened , it was found to contain the body of the deceased , wrapped up in . a piece of linen rag . Mr . Lovctt . the parochial surgeon , said he could not state positivolv whether the deceased had been born alive or not , owing to its t ! ecompositiou . After a protracted deliberation , the Jury returned an open verdict of " Found dead "

      A Sllll * AGROUND OVER THE TllAMES TuSSEb . — On Sunday morning last , the tide ran out so low in the Thames , that the Venezuela , steam-ship bound to Havre , soon after leaving the St . Catherine Dock Steam Packet Wharf , being deeply laden with passengers and goods , grounded rig ht over tho tunnel , where she remained for two hours , when tho tide llowed , and she got under weigh again . Some alarm was felt for the safety of the tunnel , but pot a brick was started , although the Venezuela , which is a very lar ^ e ship , laid right over the tunnel , and no damage whatever was done to the works .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 12, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12091846/page/6/