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      , .. . ; ... IBRAHIM PAGQA . I A few particulars concerning this remarkable per-> -SjB . age > now on a visit to this country , may , at the present moment , be considered interesting . Whether he is really the son of Mehemet All is -doubtful , some travellers having asserted that he is merely a son by adoption , and others that he is the son of Mehemet Ali ' a wife by a former hu ^ hand ; but there appears to be no real foundation for this statement . His birth , is supnosed to have been in 1797 * Durin ? the lifetime of Yussuff Pacha , his elder brother , but little attention was j aid to him . In the East , as in England , elder brothers are more highly regarded than their younger brethren . Yussuff died in 1818 . 3 >;< 3 the native energy of character ef

      Ibrahim Pacha having then developed itself , he at once became the favourite son of the Pacha , and was by ilim adooted as a partner in the toiJs of state , and as his ultimate successor . Bis personal appearance would stamp him asth * true son and representative of the great ruler of Egypt . In person and features he has a striking resemblance to his reputed sire . Stern and unbending to all others in the earlier part of their career , they were always , according to the report of cr

      old Pacha is said to indicate the same feelings of regard , almost of fear , for the energetic character of hi-5 fiery son . Circumstances have endeared , and possi bly rendered them indispensable to each other . When the task of suppressing the Greek insurrection was assigned t « Mehemet All , and death had deprived that prince of his eldest son , who moreover was said to have been of a mild and gentledisposition unsuited to the purpose , noone seemed so fit to aid him as the ready and ruthless Ibrahim . He was accordingly at once despatched , with the Capitan Pacha , from Constantinople to the Morea with a powerful fleet ; and , though inferior in years , he soon proved himself to be , both in stratagem and action , superior in the cabinet as well as in the field . When the two admirals met at Mannorice , the Capitan Pacha who had previously been afraid to expose himself alone to tbe Greek . fleet in ill- * Dardanelles , endeavoured to persuade

      Ibrahim to sail along with him , and considerately proposed to allow him the honour of leading in the van . Ibrahim , however , who knew that the other loved htm not , sagaciously interred that where there was honour there must be danger too ; and When on inquiry he found that it was his own vessels that might be first exposed to the dreaded encounter of the Grecian fircships , he took precautions which at once redounded to his own fame , and proved fatal to that of his opponent . He acquiesced , or seemed to acquiesce ; but instead of sailing direct upon the enemy ' s fleet , he weathered it . and proceeded in the first instance to Saraos , and having taken this , he assailed the Greeks in rear , without encountering the slightest risk from their fireships at the opposite extremity , and dispersed and destroyed the whole , after one of " the most decisive actions recorded in that long and disastrous warfare .

      His subsequent course and career in the Mor . a was stained by massacre , devastation , and atrocities to which our pen refuses to give a name . If any one could have restored the Morea to the Ottoman * race , or redue d it to order at all , it would have been Ibrahim . But fate willed it otherwise , and the allies interposed . The issue of the struggle is wet 1 known ; tie united British , French , and Russian fleets met in the Archipelago , and at Navarino crushed the Turko-Egypiian host . But , though defeated on this occasion , Ibrahim lost no reputation . The fleet brought against him was overwhelming , and commanded by officers against whom the followers of the Crescent have never been able to make head . Throughout { he action his conduct was most courageous . Daring the whole of it he remained

      conspicuously on the poop of his ship , issuing orders with promptitude and calmness ; and , when all was over , he was found by the British officer who hoarded him smoking hU pipe with the same serenity . He had been defeated , but was not subdued ; and had not the Ottoman Porte wisely seen the expediency of discontinuing the struggle , doubtless he would have maintained it with the same imperturbable coolness whilea ? hlp or a gun remained . Syria was the next field of importance in Ibrahim ' s martial career ; and here he evinced , as a . general , -abilities still greater than those which had marked lis conduct as a naval , commander . The two services are , in modern days , deemed incompatible ; but it was not so in the older annals of English and European warfare , and it is not so at present in the Turkish system of hostilities . The leading Pasha there is still expected to take the command of the Sultan ' s forces by sea or land , or both , as occasion mayrequi : t \ as did our old English commanders .

      Howard of luSnghara , the Earl of Essex , Raleigh , Drake , < fcc . in the days of Elizabeth . But utility as well as custom seems in favour of the separation , and Ibrahim has undoubtedly shown greater abilities as a general than as an admiral . He has to be sure had inferior foes to contend with , or at least has not had to encounter the disciplined forces of the East . But all reports concur in representing his campaign tohave been very able , and the troops over which he triumphed were amongst the fiercest of tbe Eastern population . France has long exhausted her strength - with inferior forces in Africa , and Russia has for many years attempted to put down a similar race of men in Gireassia ; but Ibrahim in two campaigns completely accomplished his task . The battle " of Ivezib was memorable for its importanceas well as its sanguinary character ; and for many years secured Syria to Mehemet All ' s sway , until the country was again torn from his grasp by the English , under Sir Charles Xapier , at St . Jean d'Acre .

      Ao other part of Ibrahim ' s career calls for notice here . His and his father ' s magnanimous conduct in allowing free transit to our Indian , mail and passengers while we were dealing deadly blows at their power is well-known , and has already called forth the strongest expressions of esteem and respect . In so far sis regards his personal appearance , this very remarkable individual is no less striking than past events have entitled him to be considered . His age is said not- to exceed fifty , but there is a general air of lassitude and of wear and tear , which bespeak either a more advanced period . of life , or else that he lias used the gifts of nature somewhat freely : combined with grave affability which may be said to

      zharacterise the manners of oriental potentates , there is aa occasional severity in the cold , stern glance of his small grey eyes , that tells forcibly of the past , and which reminds the observer of the terrors attributed to the aspect of the man before hitn during the memorable campaign in the Morea of 1826-7 . Solyman Pacha , who had accompanied Ibrahim Pacha to England , is a Frenchman who greatly distinguished himself in the field under the Imperial Dynasty . His name is Selve , and he held the rank of colonel mider the Emperor Napoleon . He went to Egypt in 3315 , and by his military talent and high conduct there attained the elevated rank he now holds .

      PoRTSiioi-Tn , June G . —This illustrious Egyptian ( the Pacha of Mecca ) arrived here yesterday morning in the Erench yacht steamer Gomer , fmm Treport , and according to instructions from the Government , bis Hig hness was received with every distinction becoming his exalted rank . At half-past six the Gomer dropped her anciior at Sp ithead , and as soon as the Egyptian standard , a large red flag with three silver crescents , could be made out to be flying at her main royal mast head , the garrison immediately saluted it with twenty-one guns ; the Canopus also Saluted the Egyptian flag , which the Gomer re . turned . Mi . Brown , the Assistant-Master Attendant , went on board to pilot her into harbour , and soon after seven she weighed and steered in . As she

      passed the platform the garrison again saluted . The "Victory , now bearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief , dressed in colours with manned yards , also fired a royal salute as the Gomer passed ; Ibrahim Pacha and his suite being on the quarter deck apparently takint' flinch interest in the interesting scene . As soon as tho < Jomcr was fast to the buoy in tho harbour , the Commander-in-Chief , Admiral Sir Charks Ogle , went on board in his state barge , and ¦ was graciously received by Ibrahim , on the quarter deck . At bali-past nine o ' clock Ibrahim and his suite , arteadod by Captain Gnobion , of the G > raer , and Cap .--in Pasco , landed at the dockyard from the Gamer s barge Sunday . Etexisg .

      On Saturday ihe Pacha was out by half-past nine , his first vis- ? heiuz to the dock-yard , where the Admiral { Sir C . Ogle ) was in attendance with his barge . Ibrahim aud his suite , including Soliman Pasha ( Colonel SelvesV Major Dickson , R . A ., and M . Zohrab . visited in guft-ession the Victualling Yard , the Dock Yard , tne Excellent , practice ship ( when the manual of sHip-sun exercise was gone through to the great delight o f the war-loving Oriental , ) and the Victory , three-decker . After this , the Prince went to the copper ndling ' mills , and the-foundry , where he witnessed the operation of hammering an anchor into shape by . he huge machinery invented by Nasmyth . Thiiiioe his highness procedeed to the Other parts of this public establishment , and if the accounts oi an eye-witness may be credited ,

      heap-Searc :. to comprehend the different wonders that he eheld very suiTicIently , for he made several highly pertinent ror .-. ; rks , which were translated into the vernacular for the benefit of the unlearned in the oriental fc . nj'ties . This species of entertainment , though a-ea » rc and unsatisfactory to the ordinary run of sitbt-seevs , must have had great attractions for a juacih-a ] umn , whose counsellors are mostly engineer .- , and craftsmen , and who at this moment , I * occupied with a gigantic scheme for closing in the mouths of the Nile , and for fertilizing a » ain alter the lapse of a thousand years , those barren samk where the cam fields of Egypt fonnerh offered tlicir rich harvests . After the Pacha bad seen all ths objects of . eurioaty which presented themselves in ilm -dockyards , he repaired to Portsea Common , whereabout 1400 infantry of the line , consfetin" of the 74 th Highlanders , the 3 rd Buffs , and

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      the 13 th Light Infantry , were drawn up in revieorder . ^ Highness inspected the men very nar rowly , and made a remark or l ™**^*?™ stature and accoutrements to Sir Hercules Pakensmmre auu earrison . which shewed ham , commandant ui - ™ . » * !' "i . . * ... how shrewdly he appreciated the pomta -of this branch of the service . After going up and down the ranks twice in succession , he requested that the band of the 74 th would play some Scotch airs , which was immediately complied with . The regimental pipers afterwards indulged the Prince with a "lilt " upon the pibrochs , much to his gratification . At seven o'clock the Pacha and his suite of attendants went in three carriages from the George Hotel to the Admiral ' s official residence , where dinner was -erved toa numerous party , including Sir Hercules

      Pakenham and a few of the ^ princi pal naval and military authorities . On Sunday morning , at about half-past ten . Ibrahim and his suite were conducted by Major Dickson on board the Canopus lying at Spithead . On Monday , before noon , Ibrahim Pacha , and the distinguished personages in his retinue , arrived in London , from Portsmouth . The Earl of Aberdeen , Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs , came about half-past two o ' clock , and was conducted to the presence of the Pacha , with whom the noble Earl had a lengthened interview . Sir Robert Peel came on horseback about half-past four to inscribe his name in the call book kept at the hotel The Right Hon . Baronet was recognised by tho crowd of persons assembled in the street , and was warmly cheered .

      The Pacha , accompanied by Major Dickson and several members of his suite , went out late on Monday evening for ' a carriage drive . Oa leaving Mivart's , the carriage took the direction of Regent street , and went by "Waterloo-place , along Whitehall , to as far as Westminster Abbey , and then returned by Regent-street to the Regent ' s-park . The Pacha there got out of his carriage and walked some dig * tance in the enjoymentof a cigar . On Tuesday morning the Pacha , in company with the Duke of Wellington , Prince Albert , and others , inspected several bodies of troops on the open space in the park facing the Horse Guards , anciently known as the tilt yard . The troops assembled for inspection arrived from their respective barracks and

      took up their positions punctually at half-past nine o'clock . They consisted of a squadron of the 1 st Reeiment of Life Guards , and twelve companies of the Foot Guards , four from each ot the regiments of Grenadier , Coldstream , and Scotch Fusilier Guards . An extraordinary number of the aristocracy were present , and the assemblage of spectators extended on each side of the mall from the palace to the place of inspection . Ibrahim Pacha was the great object of attraction . His Highness wore the superb military costume of his country , a gorgeous uniform of deep scarlet velvet , sumptuously embroidered in co'd , with a cap of scarlet velvet . The left side of his breast was covered by several decoration ' s , and he wore the riband and decoration of the Legion of Honour , recently presented to him by Louis-Philippe ,

      in Paris , together with the diamond-enriched scitnetar . The other parts of his equipments were equally splendid . The troops went through their usual evolutions . ^ transpired , from a gentleman holding ahigh position in the army , that Ibrahim Pacha expressed his admiration of the infantry corps to the Duke of Wellington and Prince Albert , his Highness concluding his observations by saying that they were the finest troops he had ever seen , as a body , and tho best equipped . His Highness seemed to participate in the spirit of the inspection , for he watched the movements of tbe troops with a keen eye , as might be expected from such a redoubtable commander . The Pacha on retiring from the parade was cordially cheered by the populace .

      We understand that the Pacha and snite intend to leave for a tour in the provinces and Highlands of Scotland , towards the close of the ensuing week , unless any unforeseen circumstances should arise to alter the contemplated movements . The Pasha visited several of the principal objects of interest in the course of Wednesday . The carriaaes were ordered at twelve o ' clock , and his Highness , accompanied by his suite as usual , was driven by the route of Oxford-street , Holborn . Cheapside , fee ., to the Liroehouse entrance of the Thames Tunnel , which he descended into , and inspected from end to end , traversing each of the causeways , and putting , as is his wont , innumerable questions to the sentleman who . at a moment's notice , undertook to

      represent the chairman and directors of the Tunnel Company . . Some sort of apology for tbe absence of these functionaries was offered to his Highness through the medium of Major Dickson , upon which the Prince very readily said , that it Was perhaps lucky no trouble had been given by his visit , as be preferred takiig an uncrowded walk to being stifled by curious spectators in so narrow a spot . From the Tunnel Ibrahim drove to the Tower , where , likewise his presence was unexpected . After a short delay the Prince was conducted into tbe jewel-house where the Regalia of England are kept . The sight of so rich a collection of jewellery excited the lively attention of Ibrahim , who , more suo , assailed the elderly lady in charge of the crown diamonds with

      ao many questions , that she was at length obliged to resign her functions , and to suffer some one else to be the cicerone on the occasion . Ibrahim grasped with both hands the rails which enclose the glass ca < e containing the Royal insignia , and , leaning leisurely against them , eyed the glorious ruby in the crown of state with an admiring gaze , talking volubly all the while to Nubar Effendi , his secretary . From the jewel-house he proceeded to the horse armoury , and thence to the vaulted chamber in the White Tower * in Which the Anne Boleyn block and hatchet , together with the Spanish instruments of torture , are kept . The Prince and his immediate attendants regarded these relics of past barbarities with an indifferent air .

      The Mint was the next place of resort for the illustriou s visitor , and the Prince went first into the metal rolling-house , where the operation of preparing the strips of c . pper for cutting blanks was going _ on . Ibrahim stood by the ponderous rollers watching them for some time with great interest . He went leisurely through the whole establishment , making enquiries and putting searching questions . After having successively seen the operations of cutting blanks , of striking the dies , and of sorting the coppers , ( for it was a copper coining day , ) with the result of an experiment on the accuracy of the moneying department , he was shown a certain weight of coin taken freshly out of the receivers in the stamping-house , and being told that there was an exact number of pieces of money in the heap , be took the trouble to

      verify the monyer ' s assertion by telling over the cash , when he found that Sir Jasper had rightly informed him . It was nearly four when the cariages conveyed Ibrahim from the Mint to the bank of England , where , it being likewise a premeditated visit , the goyernorand his deputy were in readiness to receive their illustrious visitor . The Prince was conducted at once to Mr . Heath's reception room , where a collation of fruit , ices , and confectionary was prepared , after partaking of which , the tour of the vast establishment was commenced by the Pasha being conducted to the vaults , wherein their are stored some ten or twelve millions ( perhaps more ) of gold ; thence Ibrahim was ushered through the issue offices , the rotunda , the national debt department , the " private account shop , " & e .

      The fatigue of the continuous examination of these various objects , at length induced the Pasha toorder his carriage , and at half-past five he returned to Mivart's where he remained during the remainder of the afternoon . Itiss ' atcd that the Chairman and Directors of fhe East India Company intend to invite the Pasha to a grand entertainment , prior to his quitting this country for Egypt .

      Death Bt Drowning At Brixton.—On Wednesd...

      Death bt Drowning at Brixton . —On Wednesday an inquest was held before William Carter , Esq ., at the Hope Inn . Acre-lane , Upper Brixton-hill , respectin-the death of William Galton , aged twenty years . Willam Voules , a bvickmaker , deposed that the deceased was a labourer and worked for the same master as witness . On Saturday evening last , witness , deceased , and two other workmen proceeded to a pond in a large brick-field , near the Bedford Arms , Clapham-road , for tbe purpose of bathing . They all undressed and walked into the water . The deceased , after a few minutes , struck out towards the opposite bank and when about three parts across he suddenly disappeared . Witness swam to the spot and dived down after him , and brought the deceased up , and made an attempt to climb up the bank with him , but the deceased clung so tig ht that they both fell backwards again and sunk . Witness finding that the dc

      ceased could not swim , caught hold of him , and broug ht him to the surface of the water a second time . The deceased then sank for the third time , and although greatly exhausted , witness dived to the bottom again . Deceased caught hold of witness , when a terrific struggle ensued between them , until the deceased became senseless and relinquished his Mold . Witness rose to the top of the water and with great difficulty managed to reach the shore . The two yonng men who were in the water were no swimmers , therefore were unable to render little or no assistance . The drags were brought soon afterwards but the body was not recovered for three hours . The Coroner and Jury spoke in high terms of the conduct of the young man , William Voules , and at the close of the inquiry raised a sobscription for his intrepid conduct . The Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .

      Fatal Fall . — On Tuesday Mr . W . Payne held an inquest in Guy ' s Hospital on the body of . John Kcllaway . aucd sixty-two years , a painter , lately in the emplov of Mr . Boulter , a builder . The deceased was engaged on Saturday last in painting the front of the Blue-coat Boy Tavern , Walv-, orth-road , and while ascending the ladder he slipped , and fell about forty feet to the ground . He was picked up and carried to a surgeon ' s ami subserjuehjily to the above hospital , where he died in four hours afterwards , from concussion of the br ? . in and other injuries . The jury returned a -verdict of " Accidental death . "

      The Marrying Scoundrel. Extraordinary Di...

      THE MARRYING SCOUNDREL . EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES At the Guildhall Police-office , on Saturday , Joseph Mortimer , who assumed to be an American merchant , and obtained neatly £ 70 . from Eliza Loyer , under the pretence that he intended to marry her , was brought up for further examination , and again remanded . Respecting him the following romance is abridged from the Liverpool Journal . In June , 1834 , just as the Woodside boat was about to leave the Cheshire slip , a well-dressed female hastily approachrd , and was assisted on board by a well-dressed man , who afterwards entered into conversation with her . The lady having stated that she had liv . din Panama three years , as housekeeper to a rich merchant , the stranger spoke to her in Spanish , find she replied in the same language . In the ten minutes

      occupied in crossing the river they had become acquainted , and , on landing , he wished to escort her home . This she declined , but he persisted in accompanying her 0 part of the way . * ' I am , " he said , * ' anxious that you should think wel' of me . My name is Bainbridge . 1 am the captain of a vessel now lying at Havre , belonging to Messrs . Cropper , Benson , and Co ., and I am here for a fen-days on business of my own . I am a widower , have two daughters—both very young ; and 1 would willingly provide a mother to look after them . It may seem strange that I have taken a liking to you j'l am sincere ; you are just the kind of person I could wish to place over my children—not too young for such a charge , not tOO Old for companionship . " The lad y smiled , Washed , and told him her name was Carson , that she was keeping house for Mr . Broad , in Shaw-street , but as he was about

      to marry a beauteous and accomplished lady , she would soonbe out of place . That did not , however , give her much concern ; she had respectable friends , and had some money . Captain Bainbridge was at once deeply in love , and so earnest were his entreaties , that she consented to meet him next night in lord-street . Both were punctual . She took his arm , and during their walk the captain again alluded to his daughters , and being a man of businets , " popped the question" at once . She referred him to her brother , an esteemed gentleman who then filled ahigh office in the customs . The brother was pleased with the frank manner of the captain , but being a prudent man , he went to Cropper , Benson , and Co . "Did they know Captain Bainbridgei "— " Very well : be sailed in one of their ships , and had their entire confidence . "

      This was enough . The brother held a feast that night . All friends were invited to meet the captain , and were delighted with him . He . was full of fun and anecdote , and was moreover a religious man . Before going to supper he proposed family prayers , and his extempore devotion was so ardent and touching that he drew tears . After the departure of the guests , a family eouneilwas held , and the unanimous conclusion was , that tbe weddinp should take place next day , which it did , add the happy pair ' started for London , the lady having given a quantity of plate , doubloons , and about £ 400 to her husband to "take care of . "

      On their way to theSwan-with-two-Necfcs . she told him that she had arranged to dine with her relatives on Sunday . " I am sorry for it , " said the captain , " Sunday is devoted by me to my wife and my God ; I can't go . " On arriving at the hotel , he found a letter , urging his instant departure for Havre . They arranged to start for Southampton in the morning . The morning came , and the captain was up early removing the luggage to the coach-office . "Maria" was dressed for the journey , but the captain did not appear . A waiter entered with a message , that the gentleman had run to the bank , and could not go that day ; he would he back to dinner at

      one . One came , but no captain , Four o ' clock arrived , but no captain . Night passed , and the lady gl'CW inquisitive ; she had discovered that the captain had opened the trunks ! Here was a discovery . The plate was gone , the doubloons jjone , the £ 400 gone , and the captain gone I The shock prostrated her mind ; she grew gloomy , di-jected , and died in a local asylum a few years afterwards , las' autumn one of her bridesmaids met her betrayer in Byrom . street . He recognised her , and darted up Hunter-street , disappearing before she could give the al . irm . On inquiiy , it turned out that the real Captain Bainbridge had been at Havre at the time specified , hut had not been in Liverpool .

      In 1842 , a Yankee-looking person put up at the Bearinn , Dale-street , and , in conversation with the landlady , mentioned that he was a planter in America , was a widower , and had two daughters , for whom he wanted a iroverness—a staid , elderly female . The landlady know just such a person , Miss Lovejc . y , who supported herself in credit and respectability by keeping a "ladiesschool . " She had just commenced her daily toil when Mr . Mortimer was announced . lie came , he said , from the White Bear Inn , and explained the purport of his visit . She was flattered by the proposal , but declined it . In 1843 , he renewed his proposal , was excepted , and they spent

      the honeymoon in a house in Belle Vue , Woodside . Whilst here Mrs . Mortimer sold all her furniture , an d proceeded to New York with her husband . They sailed in the Roscius , Captain Cobb , and when out a few day * the lady grew ill , very ill , hut her husband would permit no one to see her but himself , and his language was harsh and brutal . When seventeen days out she died , and was cast overboard . Mortimer affected great grief ; and he gave a proof of it by seizing n lapdog belonging to the deceased and pitching it into tho ocean . On arrival at New York , he transferred himself to a ship about to sail for Liverpool , where he was recognised , as already stated , by Mrs . Carson ' s bridesmaid , as Captain Bainbridge .

      The fact being made public , it was discovered that Mr . Mortimer was a blackguard from Armagh , who lived by hawking braces in New York and the other cities of the union . Is not truth stranger than fiction ! At Guildhall , on Saturday Mr . Alderman Musgrove reft letter , which he had received from Mr . Hart , of SI , Lord-street , Liverpool , from which It appeared that the prisoner got acquainted with a young lady who kept a respectable seminary for young ladies ; and he told the same story of being a great man at New York , and exnecting a remittance in flour . He induced her to become his Wife . They were married by license , which Mr . Hart saw , and he sold them the wedding ring . The consequence was , she broke up her establishment and went with him to America . Believing the prisoner to be a very dangerous fellow , Mr . Hart thought it his duty to state the matters within his knowledge , The alderman also read another letter he had received from Mr . Dawson , a solictor , in Bloomsbury-streeet , Bedford-square . It stated that Mortimer became acquainted with a Mrs .

      Langhorne , in June , 183 D , and proposed to marry her , agreeing that she should settle her property ( £ 1 , 200 ) upon her two children by a former marriage , With this concurrence . the deed of settlement was engrossed , but at the last moment he refused to sign it , and ultimately he married the lady , and got hold of her property . It was subsequently discovered that he had a wife living in Ireland , and one or two in America , and a clerk of Mr . Dawson followed the prisoner to Liverpool , and made him give up some merchandise purchased with Mrs . Langhorne ' s money . Notwithstanding the exposure , the poor woman accompanied him to New York . There he treated her in the most cruel manner , even beating her , and finally deserting her . The writer concluded , " the prisoner will well remembermy name , and also the name of my client ' s mother , Mrs . Col . Hind . " Mrs . Brown , of Westmoreland , place , ' City-road , has also sent a letter stating that in answer to an advertisement for a housekeeper ' s place she received a call from the prisoner , and she also received a proposal of marriage .

      Sudden Death At A Railway Station. — An In-

      Sudden Death at a Railway Station . — An in-

      Quest Was Held On Tuesday, At The Black ...

      quest was held on Tuesday , at the Black Horse , Kingsland-road , before Mr . Baker , jun ., Deputy Coroner , on the body of a man apparently about fitly years of age , name unknown , who had died in an awfully sudden manner in the booking-office at the Shoreditch terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway . One of the railway officers stated that about a quarter before eight last Thursday morning , the deceased entered the booking-office for the purpose , it was supposed , of taking a place by the Norwich and Yarmouth train , but he had hardly entered the office when he staggered and fell forward upon his face , in a fit , it was thought ; but a Burgeon being immediately sent for , found that he was dead . Mr . Ilancora , the surgeon , said the deceased had died

      from disease of the heart . Sergeant Price , 15 K , said , on searching the deceased he found in his pockets a purse containing 9 s . Cd . in silver , 7 d . in copper , a pair of black kid gloves , a case of needles , aud a paper containing snuff ; and he had with him a basket , in which were some bread and meat , a blue cap , a pair of white trowsers , and a striped shirt . He had no papers or anything to show hia name or address , but his linen was marked " W , S . " lie seemed to have been above the labouring class of men , was of good height , had dark-brown hair , with rather sandy whiskers , and was dressed in an invisible green frock coat , a Valentia waistcoat , with white spots , and lavender-coloured trousers . The Jury returned a verdict of— "Died by the visitation of God . "

      Fatal Accident on the River . — On Sunday , about twelve o ' clock , a ; young man , named Gregory , lost his life , and two other persons narrowly escaped the same fate . The parties were proceeding up the river in a small skiff from Hungerford , and when off the place above named , they rowed athwart a barge that was lying at anchor , when their frail bark instantly rilled with water and went down . Gregory instantly sank . The bargeman rendered every assistance , and succeeded in rescuing the other two , who were clinging to the cable oi the barge . They were much exhausted .

      Fatal accident on the Clvde . —• Greenock , Juke 8 . —A new steam-vessel , built by M'Nab of Paisley , made an experimental trip from Renfrew down the Clyde , on Saturday evening , and on her return from the Battery Point , near Greenock , going at the greatest speed , and within fifty yards of the shore , ran over a small boat , in which two English gentlemen were sitting smoking cigars . The bodies of both were soon after recovered , very much lacerated , and the boat cut from the gunwhale to the keel . The names of the unfortunate sufferers are Ilbery and Howell . The former held a respectable appointment in the Railway-office here—and the hitter was superintending tho works now in progveSS for the formation of an extensive new dock on the east side of Greenock ,

      Quest Was Held On Tuesday, At The Black ...

      DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POLAND'S IREGENERAT 10 N .. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COMMITTEE . Collecting Book , £ - I * ' d . Mr . , Keen ... 0 3 0 lowry ... ... ... 0 0 0 Michelot 0 15 0 ¦ Wheeler .. 0 3 9 Milne 0 0 10 Ross ... 0 3 0 Moy 0 2 11 Schapper ... ... 0 16 0 Ford 0 4 10 Claik 0 2 6 Cuffay ... 0 10 Ditto ... 0 16

      Harney ,. 0 7 0 Milne ( 2 nd account ) ... 0 3 11 Ditto ( 3 rd account ) ... 0 16 Dunnage ... . * . 0 4 0 Grassby 0 6 0 Livesay ... ... ... 0 19 Nobbs 0 2 3 * Greenwich Chartists 0 5 0 Whittington and Cat , per Randall 0 7 1 Mr . Rathbone 0 2 6 Caughlan 0 2 8 Fletcher ... ... 0 5 0 Eagle ... ... - ° J " Shaw ... b U 0 Knight ... 0 10 Bloomfield 0 3 4 Sunn ... ... ... 0 16

      Browett ... ... ,... 0 6 0 Doyle ... ... ... 6 2 0 Rowland , „ ., 0 13 Dear ... ... ... 0 . 4 6 Grassby ( 2 nd account ) ... 0 16 Drake ,,, , „ ... 0 0 9 Ridley ... ... ... 0 2 0 Rogers 0 0 9 Dron , „ 0 6 Collected at the ' Crown and Anchor Meeting , March 2-5 th ... 4 13 6 § Ditto at the South London Chartist Hall ... ... ; .. 0 12 10 J Monies received by Mr . O'Connor , as per Northern Star , A Lady ( Sunderland ) ... ... 0 10 . Bilston Chartists ... ... 0 0 0 A Manchester Mechanic ... 0 2 0 Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , per D .

      Donavan ... ... ... 13 0 S . Hencliff ... 0 10 "Worcester , per Mr . Griffiths ' ... 0 3 0 A few Friends , Wellington Foundry , Leeds ... 0 10 0 Norwich , per C . Springall ... 0 10 3 Oldham , per W . Hamer , ... 0 12 0 Ct . S ., Leeds ... ... ... 0 i O H . Frisk , Gloucester ... ... 0 0 6 Chartists , Ship Inn , Birmingham ... Ill 0 J . C . Ingram . Abergavenny ... 0 2 6 H . Roberts , York 0 10 M . Paulhase ... ... ... 10 0

      C . Thome . Chepstow ... ... 0 10 Madame Sampson , and those in her employ , Lowther Arcade ,,, 1 16 0 J . Newsomo ... ... ... 0 0 6 T . Drurofield , „ ... ... 0 0 6 T . Thredden ... ... ... 0 0 6 Rachel the Jewess ... ... 0 0 1 Filkington ... ... ... 0 6 6 Sheffield , per G . Cavill ... ... 0 5 0 Sunderland . „ „ , ... 0 4 0 Wilkes ... ... ... 0 0 6 3 . tt ., near Leigh ... ... 0 0 11

      Monies received by Mr . Wheeler , as per Northern Star . Leicester Shaksperians ... ... 0 2 0 Preston . perR . Marsden ... ... 0 10 0 The German Democratic Society ... 10 0 The French Democratic Society ... 10 0 The Fraternal Democrats ... 10 0 Collected at the National Hall Meeting ... ... ... 0 U 4 J Total Receipts ... ... £ 26 14 4 EXPENDITURE . Crown and Anchor Meeting , Hire of Room ... 14 14 o National Hall Meeting , ditto ... 3 0 0 Placards for Meetings at the Crown and Anchor

      and National Hall ... ... ... 1 12 6 Ditto South London Hall ... ... 110 Hoardmeu and Bill-Stickers on three occasions 2 1 9 four dozen Collecting Books ... ... 0 0 o Paper , Postage of Letters , Books , & c . ... 0 C 6 Stars ( containing report of the Crown and Anchor meeting ) sent to Paris , Hamburgh , & 0 . ,, 020 Engrossing a petition ( adopted at the Crown and Anchor ) ... ... ... 0 5 0 Minute Book , Cash Book , and 500 Circulars . ' 0 12 1 Stationery ... ... ... ... o l lo Total Expenditure £ 24 2 8 Total Receipts ... 26 14 4 Total Expenditure ... 24 2 8

      Balance in hand 2 li 8 { John Mot , Financial Secretary . Audited and found correct , this 8 th of June , 1816 . John Milne , 1 William Youmo Sowter , j " Audltors

      Third Quarterly Account Of The Income An...

      THIRD QUARTERLY ACCOUNT Of the income and expenditure of the Veteran Pa trlots' and Exiles ' , Widows' and Children ' s Funds quarter ending Sunday , June 1 , 184 C .

      MONET SUBSCRIBED FOR THE TWO FUNDS JOINTLY . Lindon : Mr . Knowles , Wliitechapel , 3 s 6 d ; £ . s . d ; - •• Mr , Marriott , Bow-street , 8 d ; Mr . Tobin , 2 s 6 d Mr . Wilks , 4 d ; R . W ., 6 d ; P . W . Bourne , Commercial Road , 2 s 6 d ; Lover of Justice , is ; R . Wells , is ; F . W . B ., Is ; E . Truelove , 2 s ; Greenwich Chartists , Is Id ; Mr . Live , sey , fid ; Mr . Marratt , Is ; J . Moring , Is ; E . M ., 6 d ; T . S ., 6 d ; J . George , Windsor , 3 d ; Mr . Wilks . ls , R . G . B .

      2 s ; Mr . Dunn , Is ; Ruffy Ridley , 10 s ; Julian Harney , 0 s . ... ... 119 8 Net proceeds of CooperTFestival ( the whole of which sum , however , was handsomely contributed by the Chairman , Thomas Wakloy , Esq ., M . P . ) £ 5 ; net proceeds of a few lectures , by myself , during the quarter in London , £ 2 3 s 9 i , at Colchester , 7 s lOd ... 7 11 7 J Liverpool : W . F . P ., 2 s 6 d : Chartist Associa-* tion , 5 s ; ditto , 5 s 0 12 6 Leicester ! W . Stafford , Is Mr . Knox , Is 0 2 0 Brighton : Chartist Asssociation , per W .

      Flower ... ... ... 0 10 0 Bilston : Chartist Association , per J . Linney ... ... ... 0 4 0 Exeter : . . . Chartist Land Society , per T , Clark ... ... ... 0 3 8 Manchester t Chorlton - on - Medlock Chartists , per M . Lambert ... 1 0 0 Scotland : Denny , in Stirlingshire , 19 s . * Alva , 5 s . 5 d ., J . Fildes , Glas- i to u gow , 5 s . Bonhill , Dumbar- ( ton , 3 s . Cd . Hull : Thos . Jameson , Drypool ... 0 6 S

      Sloucester ; Mr . H . Fink ... ... 0 2 0 Scarborough : Mr . Kneeshall ... ... 0 2 7 Stafford : Mr . W . Peplow ... ... 0 0 6 Sheffield ; Chartist Association , per Mr . Cavill ... ... ... 0 1 7 Loughborough . Chartist Association , per Ml ' . Skevington ... ... 0 1 9 Newcastle . on-Tjne : Chartist Association , per M . Jude ... ... 0 7 0 Warwisk ; Chartist Association , per Mr . French . „ , „ ... o 2 o £ 15 0 4 J

      VETERAN PATRIOTS' FUND . Income : —Half of the above named sum 7 10 21 In hand at close of lust quarter 4 IB 1 } _— 12 6 3 | Expenditure : —John Richards , 12 weeks at 5 s . per vreck 3 0 0 T . R . Smart , do . do . 3 0 0 Thos Preston , do ., do . 3 0 0 A . Davenport ,, do . do . 3 0 0 — 12 0 0 — Balance in hand o 6 H

      EXILES , WIDOWS AND CHILDREN'S FUND . ' Ineomt : —Half of tha above-named sum 7 io oj In hand , at close of the last quarter 4 19 4 J , 12 0 G-l . Ktjiendituve : —Mrs . Ellis and chil- « dren 12 weeks , at 10 s . "per week 0 0 0 Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham , and children , ditto ditto 6 0 0 — . 12 o 0

      Balance in hand .,, £ o 9 GJ P . S . —Is . from Mr . Ingram , of Abevcavcnnv since the ioregoing was drawn up . Owing to iffis and Press of engagements I have not beon ab e to call the committee together before going out - and ; a ° f - intthe foregoing quarterly statement , mtnl yl ? T t 0 * ? ave U ai , dited ' NotnifiS *» so n nous as delay m presenting public accounts . J mere is my account-let the public be its auditors .

      Third Quarterly Account Of The Income An...

      One word to my fellow-committee ' inen ; I trust they will immediately call a public meeting , get the officers elected for the next quarter , and be doing something noble towards collecting funds in London , ( which has always demonstrated its cheertul willingness to help , ) while I draw attention to the state of these two funds , in the country . I promise them that though poor Frost ' s case chiefly draws me into the country , I shall not forget to plead the cause ol the Veterans , and of the Widows and Orphans THOMAS Coofek , Secretary . ( Letters to be addressed 53 , Goswell-road , for the present . )

      The Ten Hours' Bill. (From The People's ...

      THE TEN HOURS' BILL . ( From the People ' s Journal . ) The Ten Bburs'Bill has been again lost , but only by a majority in favor of Ministers of 10 . Another intro . duetion will probably carry it . Public opinion is fast travelling towards its triumph . If nothing else had been gained , it were worth the whole trouble which the bringing forward of the question has given to those concerned in it , to have produced the speech of Mr . Macaulay . That is a speech which will spread a wide conviction on the subject . - It dealt at om-e with the great principles of the question—whether governments had a right to interfere in the restriction of the amount of labour ; to interfere between the employer and the employed , and if so , on whatgrounds ; audit declared—as it appears to us according to the best of all philosophies , ( common sensethat it has a right , and is called onto interfere , where the

      health and happiness of the subject clearly demand it . Tho right honourable gentleman showed that this interference had long been recognised and acted upon , and that clearly to thepablic advantage . He said we bad interfered to protect hares and partridges , and that surely we might extend that interference to human beings . He might have added that we had interfered to prevent dogs from overwork , and had , by Act of Parliament , abolished entirely their drawing in carts ; nay , by the Act against cruelty to animals , we have intetferred to protect all lorts of brute creatures from abuse ; surely , then , that must be a singular argument which would seek to establish a bar to such protection for our fellow-creatures . But he showed that we had interfered repeatedly , and in factories too . We had , thirty years ago , reduced the hours in factories from fifteen to twelve . We had again

      interfered to reduce the hours of youths under eighteen , and females . They were not allowed to work in the night ; and children between the ages of . eight and thir . teen were restricted to six and a half hours per day . Had these regulations produced injurious effects to trade ? Nobody pretended that they had , There the right and the benefit , too , were established . He might , also , have instanced the restrictions and prohibitions respecting females and children working in mines . He" reminded the House that by their Buildings' Act , and Health of Towns' Act , they interfered essentially for the public health . People were not allowed to build houses without certain conveniences , nor streets less than of a certain width . If people would not whitewash their houses , Government would do it for them . The case and the bc ' . cesgity of interference were most logically established .

      The right honourable gentleman put the question again on its right basis , by the doctrine that the health and happiness of tho people must be made paramount to all other questions that of interest , our mere trading interest must be secondary , This doctrine was well maintained . We have no right to allow men , for their private profit , to overwork their fellow-creatures , merely because they are not their property , when they would not overwork their horses or asses , because they are their own property . Mr . Macaulay , however , observed that the doctrine of a loss to the manufacturers , by the reduction of undue hours of labour was a fallacy . He showed that two hour ? a * day , or one whole day in every seven , had been taken from all labour throughout the Christian world for these eighteen hundred years , or , in other words , a period of fifty years had been taken from labour during that time , and was the world any poorer for it ?

      On the contrary , he believed it was richer ; inasmuch as unceasing labour exhausts the finely constructed human frame , which he happily termed the machine of machines . That was the case as it regarded . days' works . If it was not a fact that as much work could be done in ten hours as in twelve hours of any given day , it was true as applied to a series ef days . And this is the fact , as it regards the manufacturing districts . The system of forced labour and close confinement is deteriorating the race , and shortening human life ; and there is a frightful idea started when we reflect on Mr . Macaulay ' s assertion , that though a man might do more work in twelve hours of one day than in ten , he could not do the same througli a course often years ; and that when one ten is put to the end of another , and this operating from one generation to another , the consequences become fearful to contemplate .

      "We feel satisfied that tbe triumph of humanity on this question is not far off . The alarm of reduced profits and unequal power of competition with other countries , we believe to be utterly groundless , On tbe one hand , unlimited working of factories only leads to a keener competition amongst manufacturers , to the production of far more manufactured produce , and thereby to reduced prices , bringing with them reduced price of labour . On the other , men—and still more , women and childrenworking fewer hours , will avoid exhaustion , debility , and disease ; while by checking over-production at one period , it tends to spread it more regularly overothers ; and thus manufacturers , as men of foresight , wiU be induced to work more at Black times , a circumstance particularlf favourable to the working class .

      Out-Door Relief In Ireland. Mkktisg At B...

      OUT-DOOR RELIEF IN IRELAND . Mkktisg at Babnslbt , — -A public meeting of Irishmen resident at Barnsley was held in Mr . Acklam ' s large room , on Thursday , June 4 , to petition parliament in favour of a permament system of outdoor relief for Ireland , Mr , Michael Deane . was called to the chair , and opened the business of the meeting . After which Mr . Poulet Scrope ' s fifth letter to Lord John Russell on the subject was read by Mr . Swanny . Mr . MlCHABl . Segiute proposed the first resolution—That this meeting is of opinion that the British legislature have of late years enacted laws calculated to elevate the middle classes of Ireland in the scale of society , whilst at the same time they have totally neglected the wants and sufferings of the starving people ; that this meeting therefore agree to petition p & vliameut in favour of a ptrmament system of out-door relief for the Irish

      people . He said that as the millowners and manufacturers of this country were combinJnjr together for thepurpose ofcrushing labour , as the aristocracy were endeavoring to maintain their falling privileges , as the monarchs of Europe are leaguing themselves together in order to stay the march of republicanism , and last though not least , as Daniel O'Connell and his tail of plaeehuntera were endeavouring to starve the working people of Ireland out of existence , by declaiming against the very measure that would relieve them , it was high time that the worlcing classes should look after their own interests . Mr . W iuusson seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously carried .

      * i ' Mr . UniAH Smart proposed the adoption of the petition . Mr . Jonit Lbart rose to second * he adoption of the petition . He spoke at great length , and depicted the wrongs of his country in an eloquent manner , proving to the meeting that the mock patriots of Conciliation Hall were the greatest enemies of his unfortunate countrymen . The * psalter , - in a thrilling and effective manner , drew a picture of the maimed , the decriped , the aged and infirm , sitting at the chapel doors begging with all the eneray oi their souls from the passers by- to give them a small mite in order to relieve their miserable condition

      _ r v r _ J , * , yet Mr . O'Connell , calling himself a Ohristain and a philanthropist , conies over to the Saxon House of Commons , as he terms it , raised his -voice and proclaims that those spectacles of human misery and wretchedness have no right to a living in the land of their birth , whilst he has aggrandized himself and family at the expence of his much betrayed and impoverished countrymen . The speaker made a heartstirring appeal in behalf of his starving but yet noble-minded countrymen , and sat down amid the plaudits of tbe meeting . #

      t f I 1 t c 1 t s ] The petition was put from the Chair , and carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was proposed byRiciuno Mackey , and seconded by Andkew Coylk , to P . Scrope . Esq ., M . P ., for his advocacy of a system of out-door relief 1 ' or the people of Ireland . Another resolution was unanimousl y agreed to , that a report of the meeting bo sent to the people ' s only advocate , the Northern Star , for insertion , hoping that other towns will follow the example . A . vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , each denouncing in ' the strongest terms the great juggler of Conciliation Hall .

      ' ¦ « The Strike In The Building Trades....

      ¦ THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADES . TO THE MITOB OF THE NOKTHERN STAR . Liverpool , June 9 th , 1 S 4 G . Siu ,-. Ibos to acknowledge , through the medium of your columns , the receipt of 18 s . from the Block Printers of Campne , near Glasgow , in aid of the Building Trades ' of Liverpool and Birkenhead . I need hardly inform you that the local press here , during the past week , has been pouring forth abuse with , out limit upon the masons for having , as thej state ., broken faith with the employers , and repudiated an agreement come to before Mr . Rushton , on the 27 th of May , and as many of your readers have no doubt seen the garbled statements they have put forth , I have to solicit the favour of a corner in the Star for the following communication , which is a correct copy of a letter I sent to the Times ill reply to a correspondent . who expanded himself through n column and a half of that paper on Mondav , the 1 st lust . ; - —

      THE TURNOUTS IN THE BUILDING TRADE . TO THE ED 1 TOU OF THE TIMES . " Sib , —In your paper of Monday , the 1 st inst ., appears an article ' from a correspondent , ' dated ' Liverpool , May 29 , ' rclatmg to certain tiogotiattous'hetween thetna & tev Builders' and their workmen , before Mr , Hushton , the

      ' ¦ « The Strike In The Building Trades....

      Stipendiary Magistrate of this town . ; I have before m 6 written copy of the resolutions agreed to on that occtl sion , which 1 received from Mr . Rushton ' s own hand , and finding the statements of your correspondent are not cop rect , I beg , on the workmen ' s behalf , the favour of I little space in your columns , to lay before your readers a brief but true Statement of the case . ; "On the 30 th of March the master builders turned nearly 3000 workmen out of employment , for refusing tn sign ^ a document pledging themselves to give up all eon . nection with their various Trade Societies . The nunt ' her of those workmen who signed that document Ian " not prepared to say , but none of the masons did so , and after a lapse of eight weeks * cessation from labour , public opinion , urged onhy a portion of , the press , became so

      strong , that it was evident the employers could bo longt * persist in retaining the declaration , and the intervention of some impartial person appeared to be all th-tt was wanting to bring about a settlement . Mr . Rushtoa , with his usual care for the public interests , took upon himself the important task , and requested an interview With a deputation Of workmen , who met him at his . oira residence at nine o'clock in the morning of the 27 th uH . The deputation being admitted , Mr . Rushton entered into the subject , aud from questions put did elicit answers from the joiners , bricklayers , plasterers , and plumbers , that ^ tho declaration they were required to sign was tb only obstacle which prevented them resuming their employment ; but on the part of the masons , 1 distinctly stated ' that there had been a proposition sub . mitted to the master masons for a reduction in the hours Of labourand I was not prepared to say that the masont

      , would resume work on the withdrawal of the declaration , but , that having been the cause of the dispute , Iliad no doubt if It was withdrawn , the masters and the men would soon settle the other matters amongst themselves . ' At the meeting in the magistrates' room the same day , four resolutions , submi tted by the employers , were read by Mr . Rushton , the second of which was to add as additional hour per week to the present hours of toil , and referring to this resolution your correspondent says , To this the masons strongly objected , and after a long discussion ll was agreed that the hours of labour should remain as heretofore . ' The written statement I received from Mr . Rushton says : — ' After u protracted discussion , which elicited much difference of opinion , the masters agreed to withdraw the second proposal as to the hours of labour , leaving that matter for adjustment between the masters of thestreral trade * and the men . '

      upon this condition the masons considered that they were quite at liberty to make any proposition to their employers in reference to the hours of labour , or rate of remuneration they might deem advisable , without , in any way , violating tbe resolutions come to , and accordingly they waited upon Mr . Tomkinson , to propose to him , 'thatin consequence of the great sacrifice the employers had caused the men to make without any just reason ;' they would expect one shilling per week advance on their wages , making 27 s . per week , and be allowed half an hour each day at four o ' clock to take refreshment fnot ' for recreation' as stated by your correspondent . ) This was the extent of the proposition , and In the presence of Mr , Rushton the same day , with Mr . Tomkinson , the re . quest was lowered to half an hour at four o ' clock for refreshment , ( which is allowed all over Lancashire , except Liverpool ) and the question of wages was set aside ; therefore the statement of your correspondent in that respect is also untrue , to which Mr . Rushton can bear testi .

      mony , I will now leave you to judge whether any agreement has been violated by the masons , and whether , after nine weeks' privation and loss , forced on them . 6 j » their tm . ploym , they are notentitled to some compensation , The insertion of this letter will confer a great favour on the workmen , and oblige "Your humble servant , " 39 , Shaw ' s-brow , Liverpool , " Thomas Caeteb . " June 3 rd , 1848 . Since writing the foregoing , I see that the Editor of the Dispatch is "fiddling on the same string" as the Times' correspondent . He says the workmen " sought the mediation of Mr , Rushton . " Why , sir , I have before

      me , at this moment , in the worthy Magistrate ' s own icriting , a list of the names of ten individuals that he requested le wait upon Urn , which 1 received through the worthy proprietor and editor of the Lhierpool Journal , therefore not one of the deputation were elected by the body they are set forth to have represented . Nevertheless , all , except the masons , were prepared to enter into a final ar . rahgement ; and the masons not being thus prepared , insisted upon keeping the question of time and wages open for future arrangement . How far they succeeded in doing this I will leave you to judge from the following conversation , which passed between one of the masons and Mr . Rushton , in the presence of the employers , which I extract from one of their own organs , the Liverpool Mercury .

      Mr , Steadman , one of the working men / asked , was hfl to understand that he was to go back to work upon tbe same terms as those existing before he left employment ? Mr . Rushton said , according to the condition of the ar . rangimieut , if a man chose , upon leaving that room , to go to Mr , Tomkinson , or any other employer , and could make a bargain with him for work ; he was at perfect liberty to do so upon whatever terms he thought proper . Mr . Steadman . —Suppose we were to go and say that we had been out of work for a length of time , and wish to have compensation in the shape of an advance of wages f

      Mr . Rushton said , what they ( the building trades ) , as working men , had wanted , was the withdrawal of a certain document which had been an obstruction to their continuing at work ; and upon certain preliminaries being settled , which had been placed upon paper , the masters had agreed to that withdrawal , and thus the cause of the men going out was removed , and the terms upon which they were to resume work wag a matter to be settled between themselves and the masters ; but tbe presumption was , that the terms heretofore existing would be considered as satisfactory , and if the men chose to ask for greater remuneration tor their labour they could do so . Mr . Itushtou remarked that the present dispute would have the effect of showing that there was but one common interest between the industrious or working classes and their employers , and that it would be b . tter for all parties concerned that disputes which might arise between them should be settled by amicable arrangement .

      After the foregoing , I am sure it does not require one word more from me to show that the masons have vio . luted no agreement , it being proved by their own reports that there was no agreement as to time or wages made . There is just one point more 1 have to notice before I conclude . It is stated , by some of the papers , that the delegates " pledged themselves not to join tbe National Association of Trades . " I most emphatically deny this . No such pledge was taken by any one ; they only having stated that they then had no connexion with the . National Association . W / hattheir future connexion would bs was never stated . This I also prove from the Mercury ' s report , which states :

      " The workmen present having declared that the trades whom they respectively represented did not belong to the National Trades' Union , the masters , on this distinct understanding , withdrew the first proposition . Peter Young , for the labourers , having at the same time stated , that the society he represented did belong to the National Trades'Union . " As I have already taken up too much of your space . I will now leave the matter with yon and yoar readers ; and conclude with a hope that the proceedings of the master builders , during the last ten weeks , will have the effect of arousing the working classes to a sense of their duty , and adding thousands to the ranks of those already in union , and beg to subscribe myself , Yours , in freedom's cause ; Thomas Casteb .

      P . S . —The masons are f till out , and are determined either to have a reduction in their hours of labour , or a corresponding advance of wages . This information will be sufficient for the trade . When the matter is settled , due notice will be officially given in the Northern Star and the Liverpool Journal ; no other reports must , therefore , must be depended upon .

      Death Under Hydropathic Treatmb33. —Verdict

      Death under Hydropathic TREATMB 33 . —Verdict

      of MAKsiAuciiTEn .- —un luesday , Mr . Payne resumed , at tho George , East cheap , the inquirv respecting the draft , at Dr . Ellia ' s hydropathic establishment , Sudbrolw Park , in the " parish of Petersham , ot Mr Draper , of No . 8 , Eastcheap . Mr . Pramlergast and Mr . Hawes , the barristers , appeared on the part ol Dr . Ellis . The following suminarv of very ilitiuse evidence will enable tlie reader to ' perceive the chief and material points of the case :-Mr . Draper , suftenng from sciatica , voluntarily entered , on hnday week last , the hydropathic establishment of Dr . Ellis , in whose skill be had great confidence . His treatment was dailv immersion for bye minutes in a bath of the temperature ot" 85 . ileg .

      lie was then placed in bed , covered with blankets , and had cloths and bandages , moistened or dipped in wat » , applied to him . It was not distinctly p ' roved whether the water was cold or tepid . Ills food was tapioca made with water and milk , and Utad and butter . He died in the establishment oa Tuesday last . Dr . Ellis , aftei his death , gave his widow a written diagnosis of his disease , which ho said was nofc seiatiea , but inflammatory and suppurated disease of tlie liver . Mr . Watevworth , a surgeon of the New Kent Road , who had , in conjunction with his partner , M . llicka , opened the bod y , said deceased died of congestion of tho heart and lungs , caused by some sort of external violence , such as exposure of the bod y to cold , whether air or moisture , lie bad disease of the j ; , yC 1- _ iio disease resembling in any point tho diagnosis t > f Dr . Ellis , and if he had the hydropathic treatment

      to which he had been subjected would ha . vo been highly improper . Mr . Prendcrgast could not , bv a long and rigid cross-examination , shake the credit of the witness ' s testimony . The Coroner summed up , and said there could be no doubt that deceased died trom the effects of the hydropathic treatment . The question the Jury had to decide was , whether -Dr . Ellis had been guilty of gross rashness and iintl «« caution in his treatment of the case , or whether he had only been guilty of an error ofjinhimejit . If they found him guilty of the former , their veviVict would be manslaughter ; if only of the latter , they could not find him criminally responsible . Verdict , " Manslaughter against James Ellis , " who was i hound over in his own recognizance of £ 500 , and of two suveties of of £ 250 each , to appear to answer tll 6 I charge at tho Central Criminal Court .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 13, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13061846/page/6/