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      Beauties Of Btron. Bo. Xxxix. "Makfhed."...

      BEAUTIES OF BTRON . BO . XXXIX . " makfhed . " We now cometoBvRos ' a dramatic poems , the first * oo the fist being that strange , wild , wondrous , beautiful creation—Jfan / red . This poem has won the lavish praise of such princes of criticism as Jeffbet , professor Wilsos , and Goethe . Shasspeabe and Milton , if not matched , are at least nearly approached in many parts of this composition . Goethe gays " Manfred was to me a wonderful phenomenon , and one that closely touched me . " - Jeffrey says " In the tone and pitch of tlie composition , as well as in the character of the diction in the more solemn parts , Manfred reminds us much more of the * Prometheus * of JJschvlus than of any modern

      performance . The chief differences are that the subject of the Greek poet was sanctified and exalted by the estab'isbed belief of his country , and that his terrors are nowhere tempered with the sweetness which breathes from so many passages of his English rival . " Professor Vyosos says " There is in the character of Manfred nnre of the self-might of Byron than ill all his previous productions . He has therein brought , with wonderful power , metaphysical conceptions into forms—and we know of no poem in which the aspect of ex-ernal nature is throughout lighted up with an expression at once so beautiful , solemn and majestic . It is the poem nest to Childe Harold , -which we should give to a foreigner to read , that he might know something of Byron . " Our extracts must necessarily be few , brief and imperfect- TVe commence with the "Voice" of the Spirit ef the

      mountains : — Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains , They crowa'd him long ago . On a throne of rocks , in a robe of clouds , With a diadem of snow . iboundhis waists are forests braced , The Avalanche in his hand , But e ' re it faU , that thundering ball j Must pause for ay command . The Glacier ' s cold and restless mats Moves onward day by day ; But I am he who bids it pass , Or vrilh its ice delay ; I am the spirit of the place , Could make the mountain how , And quiver to his caverned base —• And what with me wouldst Thou *

      The opening of the following lines will remind the reader of Samlet ' s soliloquy , with which , they are not unworthy of being classed : — We are the fools of time and terror ; Bays - Steal on us and steal from us ; yet we live , Loathing our life , and dreading still to die , In all the days of this detested yoke ; This vital weight upon the struggling heart , Which sinks with sorrow , or heats quick with pain , Qr joy that ends in agony or faintness ,

      In all the days of past and future , for In life there is no present , ire can number How few—how less than few—wherein the soul Torbears to pant for death , and yet draws back , As from a stream in winter , though the chill Be but a moment ' s . I have one resource . Still in my science—I can call the dead , And ask them what it is we dread to be . The sternest answer can hat be the grave , And that is nothing . * * * * *

      Is there anything more ^ beautiful the glish language than the fo'lowing thrilling appeal by Manfed to the spirit of Astarte ? Hear me , hear mo —• Astarte ! ray beloved ! speak to me : 3 bsTe so-much endnred—so much endure—Look on me ! the grave hath not changed thee more Than I am changed for thee . Thoulovedstme Too much , as 1 loved thee : we were not made To torture thus each other , though it were The deadliest sin to lore as wehave loved . Say that thouloath'st me not—that I do hear This punishment for Doth—that thou wilt he One of the blessed—and that I shall die ; For hitherto all hateful things conspire To bind me in existence—in a life Which makes me shrink from immortality—A future like thepast . I cannot rest . I know not what I ask , nor what I seek :

      I feel but what thou art , and what I am ; And I would hear yet once before I perisi The voice which was my music . Speak to me ! Tor I have call'd en thee in the still night , Startled the slumbering birds from the hush'd boughs , And woke the mountain wolves , and made the caves Acquainted with thy vainly-echoed name , Which answerM me—many things answer'd me ! Spirits and men ; hut thou wert silent all . Yet speak to me ! I hare outwafehed the stars And gazed o ' er heaven in vain in search of thee . Sp ; ak to me ! I have wandered o ' er the earth , And never fonnd thy likeness—Speak to me ! Look on the fiends around—they feel for me : 1 fear them not , and feel for thee alone—Speak to me 1 though it be in wrath j—but say—2 reck not what—but let me hear thee once—This once—once morel

      Beautiful as is Jfen / raFs speech to the Sun we are -Compelled to omit it , with many other beautiful things in the poem . We conclude our extracts with the hist soliloquy of Manfred : — The stars are ferth , the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains—Beautiful 1 I linger yet with Mature , for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shsdt Of-dim and solitary loveliness , I leara'd tbe language of another world . I do remember me that in my youth , When I was wandtring , —upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum ' s wall Midst the chief relics of almighty Home ;

      The trees which " grew along the broken arches "Waved dark in fhe hlue midnight , and the . stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and ilore sear from ont the Csesars' palace came The owl ' s long cries and interruptedly , Of distant centinels the fitful song Begun and did upon the gentle wind . Some cypresses beyond the time-worn breach Appear , d to skirt the horizon , yet they stood " Within a bow-shot—where the Ctesars dwelt , And dwell the tuneless birds of night , amidst A grove which springs ' through levell'd battlements , And twines its roots with the imperial hearths , Ivy usurps the laurel ' s place of growth - ,

      But the gladiators bloody Circus stands , A noble wreck in ruinous perfection J While Ctesai ' s chambers , and the Augustan halls , Grovel on earth in indistinct decay . And thou didstshine there , rolling moon , upon All this , and cast a wide and tender light , Which softened down the hoar austerity Of ragged desolation , and fill'd up , * : As ' twere anew , the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so , Aud making that which was not , tin the place Became religion , and the heart ran o ' er , With silent worship of the great of old—The dead , bat spectered sovereigns , who still rule Our spirits from their urns .

      Soxgs For The People. So. Xviii. A Chart...

      SOXGS FOR THE PEOPLE . so . xviii . A CHARTIST MARCH . Here's to that gallant hand , Zhronghout oar English land , That calls each freeman , brother true ! and joins him heart In hand . Confusion to each knave "Who loves to meet a slave , But fears to face an honest man , or battle with a brave

      "We are the same race still , Who at the loom and mill , Outmatched the marts of Europe with fhe mastery of oar skill . Who trimmed the Tictorj's sail , Aud cast upon the gale The sounds that made Trafalgar great , and turned old Egypt pale 1 "Who dashed our bayonets true The cloven column through , And drove the electric charge along Poitiers and "Waterloo .

      " Who made old Marston ting , The ruin of a king , 'When faith and truth were trodden down beneath a sceptred thing . And would ye make us slaves ! Temiserable knaves ! "Who sink in silken revelries what starving labour cravesI Is this the fruit to yield , For each red harvest field , "Where we threw round onr tyrants' hearts the people ' s living shield ! Oars were your -rictories , — . Kot ours your enemies , — And ours sliatt be—a nation free—our chartered liberties . .

      Then — ruin to each-knave , Who loves to meet a slave . Bet fears to f . ce an honest man , or battle with a brave . And — hce ' s that gallant band , Thronghont our English land , 3 hat caDs " each freeman , brother true ? and helps him heart in hand . -Sa « n » steaa ' ja « 'j 30 tfi , 18 « . ERNEST Johes

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      Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine. Jvm...

      DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE . Jvm . London : Punch Office . 85 Fleet Street . We cannot say ranch for this number , we miss ^ l « . « . ^ « " »*!*»*•» . inciting the author of the "History for Young England , " and except rag the editor s contributions , always excellent , the articlesi generally areof an inferior character . From the editors story of "St . Giles and St . James '" we extract the following picture

      of—THE tfSUBER ' s TEHprAT « Hf 3 . When Snipeton turned his horse ' s head from Dovesness—he resolved , as he rode , upon closing his accounts with the world , that freed from the cares of money , he might cherish and protect hb youthful , blooming partner . Arrived in London , seated at his books in St . Mary Axe , the resolution was strengthened b y the contemplation of his balance against men . He had more than enough , and would enjoy life in good earnest . Why should he toil like a slave for gold-dust , and never know the blessings of the boon ! No : he would close his accounts , and

      open wide his heart . And Snipeton was sincere in this his high resolve . For a whole night , waking and dreaming , he was fired on it ; and the next morning the uxo . rious apostate fell hack to his first creed of money-bags . Fortune is a woman , and therefore where she blindly loves —( and what Bottoms and Calibans she does emhrace and fondle !)—is not to be put aside by slight or ill * usage . All his life had Fortune doted upon Snipeton , hugging him the closer as she carried him up—no infant ape more tenderly clutched in ticklish places , —and he should not leave her . And to this end did Fortune bribe back her renegade with a lumping bargain . A young gentleman—a very younggentleman—desiredfor so mnch

      ready metal , to put his land upon parchment , and that young gen tleman did Fortune take by the hand , and , smiling ruin , lead him to St . Mary Axe . In a few minutes was Snipeton wooed and won again ; for to say the truth his weakness was a mortgage . Tho written parchment , like charmed characters , conjured him ; put imagination into that dry husk of a man . He would look upon the deed as upon a land of promise . He would see in the smallest pen-marks giant oaks , with the might of navies waiting in them-, and from the sheepskin would feel the nimble air of Arcady . There it lay , a beautiful bit of God s earth—a sweat morsel of creation—conjured and conveyed into a few black syllables . This number concludes the third volume of this deservedly popular and successful publication .

      The Cojsnojsseur.-London: E. Mackenzie, ...

      THE COJsNOJSSEUR .-London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet Street . —June . This number opens with an excellent article on " Patronage of Art and Art-Unions ; " with theviews expressed therein we heartily agree . ^ Most of lhi > number is occupied with critical notices of " The Royal Academy Exhibition , " and the exhibitions of the " Old" and " New" Water C-lour Societies . A short but smart critique on Mr . Macready ' s Machetk , has much interested us . Thecritic says , " We have always considered the Macbeth of Macready to be not only the rery best of his 0 W 11 pereonations , hilt the finest erabodyment of thatcharacter within stage

      memory . " The critic complains , and justly , of the *• getting up" of the play at the Princess ' s , the scenery and machinery , was in some parts most wretched ; but this was not the worst , a greater drawback to Macready's excellence , was Mi-s . Tcrnan's incompetence to play the part of Lady Macbeth . We experienced tho pain of witnessing this lady ' s performance , and we agree with the critic in the " Connoisseur , " that Mrs . Ternan not only stripped the Lady Macbeth of all dramatic attraction , but operated as a wet blanket on Mr . Macready ' s best efforts . When depending npon himself alone , his performance was magnificent . We agree with every word of the following : —

      The whole tumultuous sceneofOunsinanewassustaiued With " continuous energy . Study had been applied tiU study was masked from observation . When the soldier shook his confidence in fate with the tidings of the moving wood" As I did stand my watch upon the hill , I look towards Birnham , and anon , methought The wood began to move !" "Macbeth . — liar and slave !" was given with such intense exactness of truth In attitude and expression , as created for the time an example of high art which would immortalise the painter who could reproduce it faithfully on canvas . It was one of those bits of perfection that are seldom to he witnessed .

      To the fight at the end we have some objections to offer . If actors were occasionally to set-to , even with the sticks , for a bellyfoll , they would he more alive to the absurdity of two . -men about commencing a mortal conflict , excited by hatred and received wrong , standing in such a position , that either may at once , without risk to himself , put the other horsde combat . This is called stage attitude , and get applause sometimes from the ignorant ; but it is absurd . There is no attitude good that is not true ; and the true attitude for commencing a

      fight is that in which the parry is as little expesed as possible to his enemy . It may be urged in reply that Macbeth bears a charmed life and is consequently careless . This would not push aside the habitudes ef a soldierhe would be instinctively on his guard . But although Macbeth is aware of this , it can have no effect on Macduff ; that he , with all his motives for revenge , should not strike at once when he could strike with advantage , places him in an unaccountable position , that is a bhmisb in the scene of which Macbeth has a share , and he cannot escape his portion of the mischief .

      This number is embellished with a portrait of Madame Castellan . After the noble portrait-gallery of illustrious paintersgivenin the preceding number- ) , it is only fair that nature ' s gentlewomen should be cared for ; we bail this , therefore , as the first of ( we hope ) a long list of the , portraits of distinguished women of our own , and past times . We shall be grateful to Mr . Maguire , if in some future number he will favour the readers of the " Connoisseur , " with a portrait of the angelic Malibran .

      The Family Herald. Part Xxxvii. London :...

      THE FAMILY HERALD . Part XXXVII . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . This part forms an excellent commencement of the fourth , volume . The several writers appear as fresh and racy as if they had but just started , and the editor is even niflre than asua )) y happy in his choice of subjects , and his truly unique and pleasing method of treating them . There are two articles on the"Titles of both sexes . Different modes of address in writing and conversation , " which are not only entertaining and instructive , but which also will be found exceedingly useful to many who , having occasion to address public and other personages , may be IlOt Quite SUre a § to the proper terms to be adopted to steer clear of rudeness on the one hand , and servility on the other . The first of these articles is on the titles , & c , of men ; the second , on those of women . From , the first we give the following extract—¦

      The two words , sir and madam , are the standard terms of compilation in England ; and etymologieally or synonomically speaking , in Christendom also . The Frenchman says " MoH-sicur , " that is , my lord , to every man of respectable appearance . ThissUilr , in France , is even more universal than sir in England ; for if it is given to all classes , nobles , and burgesses , and is only varied when addressed to majesty , by being used in the more Simple form Of Sire- Sire is the term of compellation to the king in England also , and is precisely the same word sir , or sieur , in its etymological meaning . Seigneur is another form of the word , and monsc ^ nctir is addressed to the heir apparent , archbishops , bishops , marshals . && , in France , In France , therefore , all men are lords , from the king on the throne down to the humblest operative ot

      respectable appearance or character . In speech , at least , the sovereignty of the people is there established . 'Tis the same in Italy , signor ( pronounced seenyore ) is precisely the same word as the French seigneur . It is Lord , and it is addressed to the humblest burgess or tenant farmer . So that all the Italians are lords . They call each other lords ; and we call them lords , when we style them Signor Sivori , Signor DragonetS , or Signor Fornasari . This lordly style of address also prevails in Spain and Portugal . In Spain , the word takes the form of senor ( pronounced senynior ) and by this word all the Spaniards are ennobled . Kay , they even address one another by the form of " your majesty , " if " vuestra merced , " as some affirm , is ori g inally synonimous with this . Even the grave Germans have followed the

      ambitious and aspiring custom . Berr is lord in German ; the very Lord of prayer and of praise to God ; and every man Is hen- in Germany , and is addressed mein herr , or my lord . There is no hig her title than this , even for the Saviour himself . Thus in translating the 110 th Psalm , " Tie Lord said nnto my Lvrd sit thou at my right hand , & c ., " Martin Lutbci ' s Bible renders it , " Der Herr sprach zu meinem herrn , & c . " You would say nothing less to a farmer or a vinedresser on the banks of the Rhine" Guten morgen mein herr , "— " Good morning my lord . " The grave and lowlier Dutch , who not only speak thelow German , but inhabit the low or Nether lauds , even they have adopted the same ambitious style of address'• Goeden morgen myn heer , "— "Good morning mj lord , " says one simple Burgher of Amsterdam or Rotterdam to another .

      Por nie multitude of good things contained in this sixpennyworth of eighty pages , wc must refer the reader to the publication itself , which is truly the Herald of useful information and amusement for the million .

      The Musical Hlirald—Part I. London: G. B...

      THE MUSICAL HliRALD—Part I . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . The sight of the first number was sufficient to enable us to predict the worth and success of this puhiication . The Musical JJerald proclaims the downfall of the musical monopolists for . when twentyfour pages of music , together with sixteen pages of letter press , can be had for tenpmc , of course only those who have more money than wit will give halfa-crown for a solitary piece of music—the old charge of the monopolists . Without speaking of the merits of the music we may say , that in this part we have anisic " wedded to the "immortal verse" of such poets as Ben Joxsox , Bgkxs , and Brnox . A musical and literary curiosity is contained in this part—

      The Musical Hlirald—Part I. London: G. B...

      the famous " Son ^ of Roland , " of which . eywy one has heard , but which few , eoroparitively , bar © been hitherto acquainted with . The curiosity of all may now be gratified ; for here it ia , in the original French , with an English translation by Dr . Bubsey , accompanied by the music . In the literary portion , we have Biographical notices of SinAnEiLA , Mauhran , and Dr . J . Clarke . We give the following brief extracts : —

      MALIBRAN 8 BEnTtVOLKXCE . The year before her death , an Italian musician had a benefit concert in London . He had engaged her to sing for him on her usual terms of twenty guineas . The concert failed , and was attended with loss to the poor artist . He called to pay her , or rather to offer her , half of the stipulated sum , which she refused to accept , saying she must have the whole . The Italian ruefully counted out twenty sovereigns . " So—another sovereign—my terms were guineas , not pounds , " He put down the sovereign , ejaculating to hims If , " My j » or wife and children !" Malibran lookup the money , and saying , " I insisted on the whole that the sum might be the larger for your acceptance , " put the gold into the hands of the astonished musician , and , with tears in her eyes , hurrried out of the room . The following is quoted ( by the Editor of the Musical Herald ) from Hogarth ' s " Memoirs of the Musica Drama" - —

      CHARACTBR OP MALIBKAK . "MadameMalibran , " says one of her biographers , * " possessed in an uncommon degree the affection and esteem of those who knew her ; and we speak from our own knowledge , as well as in accordance with the general voice , when we say , that few women have been more richly endowed with the highest virtues of the female character . Plunged at a tender age into circumstances of deep adversity , her sacrifice to integrity was heroic ; and she remained uncorrupted by the prosperity of her latter days . Her feelings retained their primitive warmth —her tastes their primitive simplicity , Notwithstanding the seductions of her profes " sion , her pleasures lay in the occupations of domestic life , and in acts of generosity . Large as was the revenue which she derived from the

      exercise of her transcendant talents , it was as worthily employed as well deserved . Perhaps there never was an income earned hy the exertions of a public performerexertions which broke her constitution and brought her to an early grave— -of which so large a portion 'wondered , heaven-directed , to the poor . ' She was devoid of ostentation , and her beneficent deeds were known to few , but they were of daily occurrence , for they constituted the greatest happiness of her life . Living among the sons and daughters of p leasure , her only luxury was the luxury of doing good ; and , in the midst of wealth her ¦ wily profusion consisted in beneficence . The regret felt by the world for the los ^ of an admired nnd cherished artist was unquestionably feeble , compared with the grief with which many a humble family lamented the untimely death of their benefactress . " A sight of the Musical Herald will be its best recommendation .

      The Reasoner. Wo. L London ; J. Watson ,...

      THE REASONER . Wo . L London ; J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster-row . This is a new weekly twopenny publication , Communistic in Social Economy—Utilitarian iri "Morals —Republican in Politics—and AnU-theological in Religion . When , in addition , we state that the editor is Mr . G . J . Holtoake , we have said sufficient to explain the principles of the ' Reasoner . " From an article on " Theological Controversy , " we give the following extract : — Prom abjuring false date we shall proceed to adjure false diction . What we mean we hope to write down in unmistakable language . The grand effort of our public

      writers and teachers ( we speak of those no longer shackled by the popular superstition , nor superstition of any kind )—their grand effort in the majority of cases is , and long has been , to produce that literary 'fit which shall fit everybody . ' They hare reached the summit of their glory when they have clothed the discoveries of science , the teachings of philosophy aud the brilliant conceptions of poetry in the rags and tatters of worn-out creeds . This they call making truth respectable—while , in fact , such is their poverty or parsimony that they cannot afford new garments for their new thoughts . Yet these are Progression ' s sons ! If Freedom had " Ragged Schools" the teachers of this age would be found in

      crowds there . We have read ( we think In Spence ' s anecdotes ) of a clergyman whose duty it was to repeat prayers to Queen Elizabeth . Her Majesty wishing to lose as little time as possible with affairs of heaven , used to ' order the reading to take place while she was dressing—the good chaplain kneeling in an adjoining room . But the Queen , during some changes ' of her attire , would direct her maids to close the door . The Chaplain on first perceiving this , at once stopped reading . Her Majesty , indignant at the immediate cessation of prayers , demanded the reason of it , when the chaplain , to his eternal honour , had the dignity and spirit to reply , that "he could never consent to whistle the words of God through a keyhole . " "We would that the teachers of this age had half the spirit of this court pastor , an 4 as much respect for the revelations of nature as he , had for his litany—we would that they would refuse to stoop to proclaim the mandates of truth through the ignoble media of an obsolete and parasitic diction .

      Endless Is the uncertainty thus generated . Wehave thought enough among us , was it but plain spoken and courageous , to annihilate error and put sophistry to everlasting confusion . As it is , many of our new thinkers only increase our perplexity—raising only fo disappoint expectation—and , hastening to comply with the fashion , put their new light of reason £ n the dark lanthorn of theology . Was it otherwise , who can doubt that we should soon put cant , wrong , and ignorance out of countenance , out of power , and almost out of existence . We recommend the " Reasoner" to all who dare to reason , who proving all things , will hold only to that which is good .

      Destitdtios And Sincrob.—-On Saturday, Mr.

      Destitdtios and SincroB . — -On Saturday , Mr .

      Baker , Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the London Hospital , on the body of Jeremiah Beech , aged 64 , a poulterer , who committed suicide at his residence , in Eizabeth-street , Hackney-road . It appeared from the evidence that he was formerly in good circumstances . Since Christmas last , in consequence of an asthma , he was unable to obtain a livelihood , and depended upon the assistance lie derived from his friends , and during the last fortnight he had relief from the parish . That morning , about five o ' clock , He asked his wife to go out for some gin , as he was very faint . On her return , she found him sitting in a chair and covered with Wood , which was gushing from a wound in his throat . He had razor in his hand . He died about eight o ' clock . Verdict " Temporary Insanity . "

      Attempt to Mvbdbr . —At the Tunbridge Wells petty sessions , on Monday , Thomas Cheesman , a waiter at the Camden Hotel , in that town , was charged with cutting the throat of Frances Saunders , a servant in the same hotel , with intent to destroy her life . It appeared that the prisoner was desirous of paying his addresses to the young woman , but as she refused to receive them , he frequently vowed that if she did not , he would either cut her throat or use some other means to destroy her life . On Sunday aitemoon he saw her walking with a young man through some fields , and followed her , and pulling a clasp knife out of his pocket began to sharpen it upon a stone , declaring that if she did not leave go the arm Of her lover and go with him he would kill her . She , however , as well as the young man she was with , thought that he only said this to intimidate her , but alter repeatedly following them about , he at length made a rush at her , and cut her throat .

      Dr . R . H . Powell , surgeon , was immediately sent for , and succeeded in dressingthe wound . He stated that the cut was about five inches in length , on the leftside of her throat . It was a ragged incision , and extended from below upwards . And from behind forwards . It nearly severed the jugular vein , but the carotid artery was not touched by about a line . It appeared to him that the incision was made with a hooked or hollow-bladed instrument , for if it had been a straight one , the carotid artery must have been cut , and then death would have' taken place in a very few minutes . The knife shewn him by the police constable , a hook-billed knife , he thought was such a knife as would inflict such a wound . It would he extremely dangerous to remove the young woman at present to come and give evidence , but she would be in a fit state , be thought , in the course of eight or ten days . The prisoner was then remanded for a week .

      Metropolitan Improvements . —A government bill has just been brought into the House of Commons to enable the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to construct a new street from Spitalfieids to Shoreditch , and for ttnt purpose , to raise a sum of £ 120 , 000 on the " Metropolis Improvement Fund" account . By an act of last year ( 8 and 0 Victoria , c . 101 ) for regulating the vend and delivery of coals in the port of London , it was provided that the duty of Id . per ton from the Slsfc of December last , should be invested in government stock , to create a fund to effect improvements " for the opening of poor and densely populated districts in the metropolis , and for keeping open spaces in the immediate vicinity of the same , " Money has been invested under the act , and

      Parliament is now called upon to sanction its application , and to charge tho fund to £ 120 ' 000 to construct the new street from Spitalfieids to Shoreditch . It is to commence at the north end and in continuation of Commercial-street , crossing the west end of Fashionstreet , and the east end of White ' s-row , and to pass northwards , in or nearly in a line with and along Red Lion-street , crossing the ends of Unioii-street and Church-street , and the ends of Lamb-strcet , and Erown ' s-lane , and thence to run in a north-west direction across Vine-street , Vine-place , Wheelerstreet , Fieur-de-Lis-street , Maidenhead-court , Elderi-treet , and Blossom-street , to Shoreditch , south of and adjoining the present terminus of theKorfchern and Eastern Counties Railway ,

      Alleged Murder In Sfiadwbll, On Monday M...

      ALLEGED MURDER IN SfiADWBLL , On Monday Mr . Baker , Jun ., deputyv ^ oroner , and a jury met for a third time at the Half Moon , lower Sbadwoll , and proceeded further to investigate the eircunvatan ces attending the death of Ann Slornan , who met with her death at a house in Labour . in-Vain-street ,. Shadwell , where a private still had been in operatiom A , man n » med Gibbins is in custody charged with the wilful murder of the deceased . William Darlow , of Jamaica . place , Limehouscj scumboiler , stated that the deceased had worked for' him in that trade for two months up to her death . On the-mornu ingof Monday , the 1 st of June , witness proceeded to the house in Labour-in-Vaia-street , with his cart , and © ibbins assisted him in removing some coke and treacle from , tbe cart into the house . The witness admitted the still was his , and that his wife generally worked it . The treacle WikS brought into the house for the purpose of illicit distillation . He knew very well he was liable to a penalty of £ 50 under the Excise laws . On tbe afternoon at Mnn .

      day , the 1 st of June , witness again called at the house-in Lahour-iii . rain-street . The deceased and her mether , the wife of witness , and his child were there * Gibbins had previously left , to fulfil an engagement , to turn a swing up-and . down in Stepney Fair . When he last saw the deceased he gave her , at her own req \ i « st , 2 » ., andshe handed one of them to her mother . The deceased said she . would go to Stepney Fair , and see if her husband ' ( Gibbins ) had anything to eat . The deceased was allowed 5 s . per week , to keep the house clean and keep inquisitive people out of the house . He removed his wife

      and child from the house on Monday evening , and the deceased was th « n from home . He returned in his cart to High-street , Shadwell , at about nine o ' clock , and sent his wife to tbe house in Labour-in-Yain-strcet . She returned in about ten minutes , and said the deceased had not returned . He then went home . On Tuesday morning about seven o ' clock , Gibbins came back to his house and said "My wife is dead ; I sent her home atone o ' clock in the morning , and I came home at three o ' clock myself , and found she had fallen down stairs and broken her neck . " A Juror . —Are you certain as to the time ?

      Witness . —Yes , I am . I then asked mm if he had told any body of his wife ' s death , and he said only one party , and that he was going to make his wife ' s mother acquainted with the affair directly . Just as he was going ont at the door he said . " Bear a hand , get the things out ; I don't wish to do you any harm . " I immediately proceeded wi-h my horse and cart , accompanied by my wife , to the house in Labour . in-Vain-street , and a woman who was standing there admitted us through her dwelling , No . 7 . [ The witness Lewis , who was examined last week , was here called up and identified by the witness . ] He proceeded as follows :- —I got over the palings into the yard of the house No . 6 , and a voice said , " Make haste , make haste , the police are breaking open the door . " I then got in at the window , and handed the still out to my wife . " A Juror . — -Did yo get it out easy ? The witness . —Yes , very easy .

      A Juror . —Are you aware cf a watorbutt being under the window ? Witness . —I can ' t swear whether there was a waterbutt there or not , there was a small ladder raised against the wall . I forgot to state that when Gibbins came to HIV hOUIC he Said he had left the door unfastened . When I heard a noise at the front door I made my escape through an empty house . My wife came to me half-anhour afterwards , and I went to Tooley-strect , and left my child . The witness was Interrogated by the Jury at great length . He said he came to speak the truth and would doit . The still was at woik un Monday afternoon at 3 o ' clock , under the direction of his wife . Gibbins appeared liks » mad person when he came to him on Tuesday morning . He did not see the body in the passage . He was in ton much of a hurry to remove the still .

      Martha Darlow , the wife of the last witness , confirmed the evidence ot lier husband . She contradicted Mrs . Lewis hi one material point . That person swore that Mrs . Darlow ran up the stairs ef the house , No . 7 , with the copper in her hand . Mr , Darlow swore she gave the boiler to Mrs . Lewis , and that person assisted in the re * movai of tha still and apparatus . At the conclusion of Mrs . Darlow ' a evidence , tho in . quiry was again adjourned until to . niorrow ( Wednesday ) at ten o clock . The Jury desired the Coroner to forward a requisition tO Sir James Graham , the Home Secretary , to have the prisoner Gibbins brought before the Court on the n & Kt Inquiry . The Coroner said he would comply with the requestor the Jury . It was very desirable the prisoner should be present to hear the evidence .

      On Wednesday , an inquest was Jhold by aojsurnment , before Mr . W . Baker , Deputy Coroner , and a Jury , on the body of Ann Slowman , who was found dead in a house , 6 , Labour-in-Vain-stteet , Shadwell , under suspicious circumstances , on the morning of Tuesday , the 2 d inst A private still , removed hastily while the police were breaking into the house after the alarm had been given , had been in full operation only the day before , and n man named Darlow admitted upon the last inveitigation that he was the owner of it , and allowed the deceased 5 s . por week to keep the ' house clean . ' The Deputy Coroner informed the Jury that agreeably to'their request ha had written to the Home Secretary relating to the prisoner Gibbins , and had received a letter from the Home Office stating that Sir Jawes Graham considorod that it would be improper to interfere in sending the prisoner Gibbins before the Jury .

      The Jury regretted tbe prisoner was not sent before them . If Gibbins had been present the witnesses would have expressly identified him , and facilitated the inquiry . The inquiry then proceeded . Evidence of the same character as that already published was given . TheJuryhsvingeeea sitting from ten o ' clock until tiro , and the Deputy Ceron * r having other cases to attend to , it was agreed that they should adjourn until half-past seven In the evening .

      At eight o ' clock the inquiry was resumsd , and several witnesses were called , who added no few facts to those already stated , with the important exception that the key of the tenement , No . 6 , Labour-in-Vain-street , was found in the pockets of the deceased , together with a number of duplicates . The production of the key by Parramore , a police constable , was in corroboration of the evidence given by two women , that when the prisoner Gibbins knocked at the door and asked the deceased for ihe key of the strset-uoor , she refused to throw it out of tho window .

      Mr . Robinson , a surgeon , agreed with Mr . Ross that it woald not be possible for the injuries to the back part of the head , and - the ' marks on the face of the deceased , to be produced by a fall down stairs . The injuries might he inflicted by a blow from a blunt instrunu-nt , by a fall against a projecting surface , or by a blow from such apieee of iron as was produced to him , provided that the blow was struck upwards , in such a posttionastobe powerfully acted upon . ( The witness alluded to a piece of iron found by the police in the yard of the house . )

      The Deputy-Coroner summed up , and the inquest room was cleared . The jury deliberated , and at one o ' clock returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown .

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      Mm-mcnoLY OccunnnscE at Mk . Warbo-rtox ' s Lunatic Asylum . —On Saturday night a jury was empanelled before Mr . Wm . Baker , deputy coroner , at Mr . Warburton ' s Lunatic Asylum , Bethnal-green , tQ investigate the circumstances attending-the death Of Robert East , aeed fifty-two , a lunatic , which took place at the above institution , in consequence of injuries inflicted on him by another unfortunate lunatic , named George Pearson . Thomas Jones , one of the keepers , said that deceased was a pauper lunatic from the parish of Great Marlow . Ho had a delusion that he was a saint . He was at times troublesome , but was never under restraint . He used to Sleep in a ward called the " Long Civil Room , " of which witness has the management , and where there were thirty-seven other patients . On Friday morning , about five o ' clock , witness was in bed , when be heard a noise at the end of the room . On getting up

      he found deceased on the floor , and a lunatic named George Pearson kicking him about the head with great violence . Pearson was dressed , and had on a pair of thick shoes . Witness pulled him away and and was struck by him . Deceased was taken to the infirmary , where * he was immediately attended by Mr . Miller , the surgeon of the establishment . Pearson never before behaved violent to any other patient . He used occasionally to knock himself about , and lias been under restraint . He has been at work lately , at his trade ng a painter , in the ward , accompanied by another man . Witness asfced him why he struck the deceased , ile replied that he did it for his own ( Pearson ' s ) good , lie did not seem to be aware that he had done wrong . Vcrdiei . — ** That George Pearson , not being of sound mind , did kiek the deceased about the head , but not feloniously nor of malice aforethought , giving him a mortal wound , of which he died . "

      Murder and Aiiemwbd Suicide . — -Hvju ,, — A wretched mother is now under the-surveillance of the police ( being too ill to be brought before the Magistrates ) against whom , the double charge of wilfully taking the life of her offspring , and attempting to terminate her own , will , upon her own confession , supported by other evidence , shortly be made . The facts were brought to light early this morning , when a man named Green , and a constable , who were near the watchhouse , at the harbour side , saw something like a bundle of clothes floating down the river . They took it out . and found it to be the body of a

      woman , insensible , but not quite dead , which was supported on the surface of the water by the air that Inflated her dress . On being taken to a neighbouring house , and medical men called in , she recovered her speech , and said her name was Jeffries , and that she had thrown herself and her child , aged three weeks into the river . This fact was confirmed by the finding of the body of the infant , an extremely wellproportioned one , about four hours afterwards , oi course quite dead . Tho mother is unmarried ; tho father stated to be " highly respectable , " and residing in this town . The inquest will be held as soon ; as tlie female ia able to attend ,

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      The Lk ague . — -Letters from Manchester state that the principal members of the Anti-CornJaw League held a meeting on the 3 rd , and decide d , on the bill for the importation of corn bein ; passed by the legislature , their staff should he disbanded , w statement of their funds should be rendered , the Leagtm ^ houlfl be abandoned , their number should be reduced to wx , ana a subscription by the general public shouilii . be set on foot to raise £ 100 , 000 for Mr . Cobden . An Ahkmcan Witness . —When I entered the Court , the principal witness . was under examination , in the course of which the counsel observed ,, that in the earlier part of his evidence , ho , the witness ^ had stated that such and such was a fact . " No , 1 guess not , stranger , " said the witness . The counsel ; however , persisted that he had , and referred the matter

      to-the Judge , who , after looking at his notes told the witness that in the earlier portion of his evidence he certainly had said such and such was the fast . " ¦ Di d I say so , Judge , " replied the witness , with , the most imperturbable coolness ; " then PlI stick to-it ; d—4 if I don't . " Muhoek of A Fbbnch Traveller . —A letter from the Isle of Bourbon gives details of the death of M . Maizan , a young midshipman , who towards the end of 1844 , set out to explore central Africa . He left-Zanzibar on April 21 , 1845 , and arrived safely ati Grande-Terre . He was provided with a firman from Sultan Said for the principal chiefs of tribes in thecountry . Having learned that one of them . named Fazzy , had hostile intentions respecting him , homade a circuit to avoid the territory of this chief ., j He arrived after twenty days' march at the village of '

      Baguelamahor , which is only three days' journey from the coast , and determined to remain there and wait for his luggage , which he had confided to an Arab servant . This man , it appears , was acting in concert with Paazy , and had informed him of the route which his master had taken . The chief and some of his men came up with the unfortunate traveller at Daguelatnahor , and there tying his hands and feet ,. e « t his throat . These details were given to the French Consul at Zanzibar by another servant of M . Maizan , who had been forced , after his master ' sdeath , te enter the service of Pazzy , and had afterwards been purchased from that chief by tho Sultan for IfM ) piastres ( 600 fr . ) A part of M . Maizan ' B luggage , and particularly the instruments placed at his disposal by the Government , have been collected by the French'Consul .

      Fa , tai Effects of Hot Weathek . —On Monday evening Mr . Joseph Payne held an inquest at the Swan and Sugar Loaf , Fetter Lane , ou the body of Martha Ann Valentine , aged fbrty-thtee , wife of a cutler , residing at No . 6 , Plough Court . The deceased , her husband , and six children , the eldest being a lad of sixteen , had but one room to lire in , and she was a delicate woman , subject to dizziness and pain in the head , which hot weather aggravated . Last week , in consequence of the uncommon sultriness of the weather , she continually complained of her head , and particularly on Saturday last . She attended to her business , however , and was cheerful up to eleven o'clock at night of that day . She was then seized with a violent pain in tho head , and Whilst Undressing to go to bed , she fell down upon it , and almost immediately expired . Verdict—Si atttrai death .

      Dkbpejutb Cash of Stabbing on Toweb-Hili ,. — On Sunday morning , at an early hour , considerable alarm was created on Tower-hill in consequence of a man named Thomas Stead , aged thirty years , of No . 30 , King-street , Cheapside , being stabbed by two foreign sailors . It appears that he | was on his way home with a companion , and while passing through Postern-row , Tower-hill , they met two drunken sailors , who began abusing them . A fi ^ ht at len gth ensued , and in the struggle one of the sailors inflicted two deep stabs on the person of Stead , one On the breast and the other in the left groin . An alarm was raised , but the two ruffians escaped before the arrival of the police .

      Destruction by Fire of thh Floatikg Dock at ILiyjiE , —About midnight on the 3 rd instant , the floating dock at Havre was perceived to be in flumes ; the alarm was immediately given . In less than half an hour the flames were put out by sinking the dock . Happily , but one small schooner was in the dock at the time , which escaped without injury . The fire originated in the carelessness of a workman . Mammoth in Switzebiahi ) . — -In the excavations for the new road at Kaiserstuhl ( Aargen ) the jawbone of a mammoth , in excellent preservation , was found in the chalk stratum .

      Points of Honour . — -Colonel Montgomery was shot in a duel about a dog ; Captain Ramsey in one about a servant ; Mr . Fetberstone in one about a recruit ; Sterne ' s father in one about a goose , and another gentleman about "an acre of anchovies . " One officer was challenged for merely asking his opponent to enjoy asecond goblet , and another was compelled to fight about a pinch of snuff ; General Barry was challenged by a Captain Smith , for declining a glass of wine with him in a steam-boat , although the General had pleaded as an excuse that wine invariably made his stomach sick at sea ; and Lieutenant Crowther lost his life in a duel because ho was refused admittance to a club of pigeon-hunters .

      Public-House Piety . —On Sunday mv a printed notification might have been , and was read by thousands of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects , in passing along the Lower-road , Islington . It was pasted on the outside of the house of . a licensed victualler , and stated in effect that in future the said house would not be open fo ? business at any hour on the Sabbath-day . As the Bishop of Calcutta is at present on a visit from India , and residing at his own house in Islington , bis presence may have exercised some spiritual influence . on the mind of tlie good woman by whom the public-house in question is kept , so as to induce her to forego her Sunday profits , for the sako of improving morality .

      Shakspeabe ix America . —We were just in time to visit the theatre ; which was well attended , but I can't say much in favour of the performance . The play-bills { called it a . tragedy , but I laughed more heartily than I have done at many a comedy ; and well I might , for the ghost of Hamlet ' s father , had its left cheek so full of Virginia , that it could scarcely speak for expectoration . It is only those who have seen a ghost in such a fix , that can form any adequate idea how very ridiculous it looks . Corporal Punishment . —Tlie system of corporal punishment , which hag been practised , to a great extent in the French Colonic ? , is about to be partially abolished . It is stated that on the report of the Minister of Marine and Colonies , a royal ordonance wilt shortly be promulgated abolishing corporal punishment as regards women , and restricting Us application to very lew cases with' regard to men . it

      is also state- ! , but with what truth we cannot say , that while the French are attempting to do away with the disgusting pra .-tice of personal chastisement among slaves , the local legislature of British Guiana are submitting to the English government a measure for the re-establishment of that punishment amongst the recently emancipated population of that colony . Outrage . —The Kewry Examiner relates the following outrage : —At Lnragh , county Monaghan , about twelve o ' clock at noon on the 29 th ult ., two men dressed in women ' s clothes with false faces , entered the house of Mr . M'Kinley ( manager of a spinning mill ) and , in his absence broke his furniture and beat Mrs . M'Kinley , his wife , who was alone , in a most cruel and brutal manner . She is confined to hev bed from the injuries she received . Mrs . Ai'Kinley called on several persons to arrest or pursue these monsters in human shapebut not one would interfere .

      , The ObeoON . —Tlie Crocodile troop ship , Commander Gower Lowe , was to be taken out of dock at Devonport oa Monday , and as soon as rs-cQ-uipcd will embark a detachment of artillery under the command of Captain Blackwood , for service at Ilud .-on ' s Bay , where also a wing of tlie Ctfi regiment of 300 men , under the command of Major Croftou ,, Is to be sent . The latter are to embark at Cork in the Blenheim transport . These detachments are destined for Fort Guerrier . a settlement of tin ; Hudson Bay Company , to the Westward of tlie Rocky Mountains , near and around which there is a population of 5 . 000

      to 6 , 000 hunters and trappers , trained from childhood to use the rifle ; and which the military aucleus now under orders for Oregon will soon bring into a highly efficient state of tactical organization . A large force of excavators , for the purpose of cutting round the portages which Impede the navigation , of the river , are forthwith to be sent out to the tesritory of the company . These , in case of need , will be also rendered subservient to military purposes . Thus Fort Gurrier will form an advanced base from which , in the event of hostilities , a point with a numerous , and highly efficient force will he matte on the AmeuicaQ territory .

      Status of Sir Waiter Scott . —This beautiful white marble colossal statue , from 6 the chisel of our eminent sculptor , Mr . Steel ] , is now in such a state of forwardness , that we understand it will be ready to be placed on its pedestal , in the monument in IVmce ' s-street , on the 15 th August , the anniversary of the natal day of the great novelist and poet , on which day there will be a grand procession and inauguration of the statue , at which the public bodies here , and the masonic lodges here and from many parts of Scotland will give thoir attendance and as--sistanee . The procession altogether is expected to exceed in numbers and external show that which

      took place at laying the tbmidauon ot the monument six years ago — Caledonian Mercury ( Edinburgh ) , Warlike PnKrAuaTiosBi—¦ The guns at the top of the keep at the castle are to he dismounted , and others of a larger calibre mounted in their place ; and the fortifications round Dover and the line of coast are to be placed in the best possible state of defence . We hear the Royal Artillery are to be greatly augmented . The detachments round the coast are to be reinforced , and companies to be sent to Sboerness , Pembroke , die ., these ports not having bad any of tlie Artillery stationed at them for . a considerable period .

      Free Cm 7 i . cn Assembly . —It . is admitted by the leaders . of the Free Church of Scotland , that she has received some £ 3 , 000 . from individuals er Churches in the United States implicated in slave-holding . Mr . George Thompson Sftys , all © shall send back tuo

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      money ; Dr . Campbell says she will ; for our owtf part , we can only say she skorM ; and wehave already assigned what oven the banner of . UUier , an' avowed and distinguished ally of the Free Church , seems ' tit "egardas weighty reasons for that opinion . — -Patriot , A Wolf Shot at Battle-Bbidoe . —For several days past some considerable alarm has been , occasioned amongst the residents in the vicinity of Maiden Lane , Camden Town , by the knowledge that a wolf had been observed prowling about that neigh , bournood . IheanimaJ , which had no doubt escaped trom some travelling menagerie , had been observed to have its lair in a larae field , about Yl ' terw . belonging te Mr . Rhodes , " and about midnight , brt Sunday , several workmen belonging to the latte *

      gentleman , armed-with bludgeons , dec , as also several gentlemen . with fire-arms , repaired to . the spot , and after waiting for a considerable time , thr short quick bark and growl of the animal was heard , attended at the same time by the squalling of a cat ; a view of the dreaded wolf having been almost instantly obtained , one of the party levelled his piece and fortunately hit the animal , but without causing immediate death , as it was found necessary to strike it several blows on the head before it could be finally destroyed ; it was then discovered that it had made a prey of a large black and white cat , and which tha ferocious creature had held with such tenacity as noteven to relinquish it in death , the cat actually remaining in the mouth of the animal when tha

      body was conveyed to the White Swan , Maiden Lane , King ' s Cross . It is a female , not of a very large size , but in excellent condition , weighing upwards of 46 lbs . InnAHiH Pacha ' s Diamonds . —The diamonds that Ibrahim Pacha has brought over with him are of enormous value , some of them are as large as the half of a hazel nut . The state robes of scarlet and gold are gorgeous , and the hilt , of the scymitar is ornamented with jewels of great value . The trumpets , drums , and other military emblems with wMch it is ornamented , being brilliants of the finest water , and in the centre of the hilt is a diamond of very large size . His pipe is : of great size , and studded with diamonds .

      ; Captais Stum ' s Exploring Pabtt ^ Intelligence has-been received at Adelaide , South Australia , from Mr . Piesse's party , which was on its return to Captain Sturt with supplies . The letters are dated If 0 T . M , and they were then at a distance of 350 miles from Adelaide , and had not been visited with , a gfiower from the day of thoir departure . They had-fallen in with an overland party , twenty-one in number , so much distressed from the exhaustion of their provisions , that they had killed some of their own beasts for subsistence . This party had lost between 200 and 300 head of cattle , out of about double the number with which they started frem the pasturage of New South Wales . The number of wild cattle in the interior of New South Wales , the

      descendants of estrays from the herds of settlers , would appear to be countless . Mr . Piesse ' s party ? had met with innumerable herds , in the highest possible condition . The writer of one letter says that millions , ' rather than thousands , would most adequately convey an idea of tlie vast numbers of these cattle , who must have had the advantage of some extensive ,, rich , and uninterrupted pasture . Tumom ix a Cfukch . —A letter from Jerusalem says : — " A deplorable scene occurred in the church of the Holy Sepulchre , at Jerusalem , on Good Friday . ^ 'Ihe Latin priests were engaged in the ceremonies of the day , and a procession was passing through the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , when a carpet happening te be placed in tlie part of the

      church set aside for tho use of the Greek schismatics , gave rise to an extraordinary tumult . The Greeka insisted that the carpet should be taken away , the Latins insisting upon its remaining . An exchange of abusive words ensued , which were speedily followed by blows . A tremendous battle was the consonsequence , in which the wax candles were upset , the candelabra destroyed , the banners pulied down , and their poles turned into pikes for the use of the combatants . A •• reat number of persons were seriously hurt , and some were killed ; but at length the i ' ftchacame with a body of troops , and chared the church of both parties , It was then found that not only bud a great deal of damagd been done to the church , but that some of the most valuable and pop .

      table objects had beer" stolen by the pious and pugnacious pilgrims . " TllB POLISH Ball . —dn Monday evening the grand Polish Fancy or Full-dress Ball , in aid of the funds of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , took place at Willis ' s Rooms , under peculiarly favourable auspices . It was very difficult to ascertain anything approaching the truth as to the numbers present , but those who had the best nieansof judging , stated they could not be fewer than 1 , 000 . Among the company were Lord Dudley Stuart , tlie son of Dwarkanauth Tagore , Sir William Molesworth , th & Earl F . irteseue . the Lord Mayor , Lord Fitzgerald , Earl Pomfret , Lord Portarlington , & c . The dresses of the ladies were remarkably splendid and elegant ; and , indeed , tho whole scene was at once most gratifying ( as to its sure results ) and most uriUlanfc in itself . Political Rumours . —We may state , on good authority , wc believe , that the Duke of Wellington will send in his resisnation very shortly , even should the

      present Government not he broken up in a few days , as is confidently expected . It is said that the Marquis of Normanby will be sent to Paris to replace Lord Cowley , when the Whigs come into office .- — Evening paper . Sufposkd Inpahticidb . — -An inquest was held on Tuesday evening , at the Vestry Hall . Uorsolydown * on the body of a new ) y-born male child , found under the following circumstances : — -On tho afternoon of Sunday , as a polico-constablc of the M division was on duty at D . ickhead , he saw a parcel lying in aplnce called St , Saviour ' s Dock . On opening it , the body of a child presented itself . The covering consisted of black cotton velvet . A surgeon made a post mortem examination of the body , and he was of opinion that the child had been born alive . There were several marks of violence on the body , and tho Jury , in the absence of more decisive evidence , returned a verdict of '' Found dead . "

      An Attempt was madb at Manchester on Fri » oat to shoot a Pouch Opjicku , by a young man about eighteen years of age . Police-officer Russell stated before tho magistrate that he saw the prisoner a little before twelve o ' clock at nij ; ht in Barlow-lane , putting a shirt on over his clothes , and asked him where he had come from , and he said from Somerset , and was on his way to Liverpool . The officer observed that it was very strange that he should be putting the shirt over his clothes in that manner , and having a suspicion that all was not right , from seeing his person rather bulky , said he would feel in his pockets , lie ( the officer " ) was about to search , when the prisoner drew forth a pistol , saying , if he

      uttered another word he would blow out his brains , at the same time pointing the deadly weapon towards Willi TllC Officer , with great promptitude , knocked him down with his staff , and afterwards succeeded in taking him into custody , and lodging him in Bridewell . On a search being made , a quantity of powder was found in his pockets ; tlie pistol was loaded , but contained no ball . He bad also upon him Inciter matches , some pawn tickets , dated at Bristol , and a small book with the significant title of "A liistory of a Highwayman . " Tun CoaouATios op Oscar lire First , and his consort Eugenia , daughter of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais , as King and Queen of Norway , is fixed to be held on the 15 th of October next , on which occasion the Storthing will b « convoked .

      SkuiOUS Accidhnt io a Poop . Woman neauly Oxe Hundbio . I ' ears Ou > . —Oo Tuesday inoruinsj , as » poor wom . ii ) , named Ann Perry , upwards of nineiyeight years of age , residing in North-street , Whitechapel , was in the act of crossing tlie road of the High-stl'Cet , at the moment a cab was coining alone , at a moderate pare , and hearing the » oise of whu-h , and her vision being indistinct , instead of avoiding the course of the vehicle ,, she became so confused , that before the driver could stop his horse , she ran against it , and was knocked down , by which she sustained a severe scalp wound , from which the blood flowed profusely besides oilier inu-wial injuries . She was . ultimately conveyed to the hospital , where , from her advanced age , her recovery is

      precarious . Expulsion op a Repealer .. — At the weekly meeting o ? the Repeal Association , in Conciliation l-atl * on Monday last , the Secretary md a corrvspoiidence between a Mr . xkchdeaeon , of Liverpool , and Mr-O ' Connell , towhing certain seditious lasgungcinade use of by the former at some public i »? eting . Mr » Archdeacon refused to . Guy out pece ^ vi , and Air . O'Connell recommended that Mr . Archdeacon should bo expelled from so peaceable , loyal , and ant ( -physical force a , body , asthe- " Loyal NiUiunnl Ucpval Association' * of lrelantL The dictum afthe " Liberator" was immediately acted upon , and tho expulsion of Mr ., Archdeacon carried into , effect . Messrs . Steele and Barry enlarged upon the entotnitih and dancer of the members of the association indulging in physical force language .

      A DEsmiiCiiT-B Fikb occurwa in Birmingham on Saturday morning , between cvac and twn o ' clock ,, on . premises occupied as a manufactory by Mr . William £ Uiott , ' papier tray and buUcn-maktr , situate in the Regent Parade . Tho premises on which thefiro took p lace , were used for the papier manufacture , aa « it is supposed that some sparks falling from the furuaeo or chimney of a steam-engine caused iha conflagration ; for two hours tho flames raged so violently , and spread so rapidly , that property to the extent of many thousands of pounds was placed in j eopardy ; the fire having , however , reached a room which haw

      been recently plastered , this served to check its progress , and a plentiful supply of water being at hand , the fire was got under Jit four o'clock . The damage is esUmatetllat £ 700 , which tho proprietor is insured . Fatal Accidknt o . n thh Kasteiu . Counties Uailw . \ v . —On Saturday , afternoon a due robust youtisj man , named Thomas Turner , aged SC , years , a plate-, lavcr , was engaged with several men . m laying down n turn-tiiWe , wi-iphiug about 12 cvft .. vrtwn }>>; »'¦«* moans it slipped , and the pom-emus woight { el upon him . lie war-extricated as speedily as possible , and eo-vevrtl totho- London Hospital , where ma few minutes he expired .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 13, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13061846/page/3/