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      DEATH OF EARL GREY . In our later editionsof last week we announced the fact of-the death of Earl Grey . This week we present the reader with a some what lengthy notice of the man , and of the stirring events in which he had « hand and lot " : — ^ Lord Grev ' s character lias been before _ fl » world for a longer period than that of any other public wan If tl * c question be asked , —who were his colleagues in office , with whom was lie accustomed to act or against whom was his opposition directed ? _ we might find at one" extremity of the lise the names of I'itt , Burke , Wyndham , or Fox ; atU « other mar be seen these of Lord Stanley , Sir James

      Graham , " or Sir Robert reel . Amongst the maoy remarirJblc peculiarities which distinguish . tJjc < strecr « f Lord Grey , not only frwu ^ all other Ministers , but frem most other men , is its extraordinary -duration , lie began life a \» wl the-commenccaicnt-of the . American war ; lived through the wliole of that 3 neii » rablc conflict ; gave liis sanction , to the early proceedings of Uic French Revolutianists ^ -epposcd - the war gainst republican France ; lived to-see that ¦ war brought IftA-sucecssfal issue by England . ; took a ieauiiiif part in the defence of "Jucen -Caroline ;; supported the emancipation of the Roman-Catholics . became Prime Minister -, carried tbe Reform -Bill- ;—and retired .

      He was born -at Fxllowden , near Alnwick , -ix Xorthumberiaad , on the 13 th < £ MaroK HCi . Ma went to Eton at a very early age ,-and was in "tke same clsss with Mr . Whitbrcad . From Eton he v-os transferred to King ' s College , Cambridge , while yet Tinder thcs « e of I 64 and he kft tue-UEivcrsUy UeSsre lie reached his IJNJivear , with the view of making -what was then called "the grand tour . " TuisUc contrived 4 o complete in leas than two years , though lie visited France , Spain , and Italy , Ilcjeined the suite of the Duke aud Duchess of Cumberland , who were then at Uciae , and was present at the interview whicht «? k place between thoDukeand the Pope . But political circumstances soon induced him to return to England , lie bad been somewhat

      distinguishedthough not eminently so both at school aud college ; lis friends naturally cxpeetedfrom him the display of great talents ; and lie , at all events , was not the man to balk their expectations through any waari ; of confidence cither iu his gifts or his acquirements . Nothing loth , therefore , he came home to stand the chances of a Parliamentary contest ; aud , although then only 20 yeavs of age , he was returned for the county of ^ Northumberland . Jt was rather inconvenient that lie should be a minor . It was not quite correct that a great county should be encumbered with a member -who could neither speak nor vote It was not an auspicious begining that the great Reformer—himself so sensitive on the subject of perfect representationshould commence his Parliamentary life by assuming

      a trust which the law forbade hint to discharge , and laying claim to a scat iu the Legislature which the immaturity of his age rendered it impossible for him to fill . But this was not the only strange circumstance which marked the commencement of his political career . The first occasion upon which lie addressed the House of Commons was for the purpose of opposing Mr- Pitt ' s well-known treaty of commerce with France . Peace , economy , and reform were words which in bis youth , as well as in his old age , entered largely into the composition of his speeches ; but with reference to the occasion bofore us he had not found it expedient to take them up . It is to be remembered that bis father bad been actively engaged in the American war . This probably induced him to look

      mm on America and France with deep suspicion and distrust ; he , therefore , strenuously contended that one of the objects at which France aimed was to monopolize the trade with America ; and thereby — * imongstotkcr results—to raise Lcr own navy , while she limited the operations of ours . lie disclaimed any aversion to commercial treaties in the abstract ; but he contended—as men usually do when they wish to run counter to their professed principles—tliat the present case fonned au exception to the general rule . The nest eoeasion on which he came forward in Parliament was one more in accordance witli his natural character ; and the disposition which he usually evinced to back up his relatives showed itself

      even at that early age ; for his boasted consistency was as manifest in his nepotism as iu every other feature of his character . lie is , therefore , found at tliat period bringing a direct charge against the Minister for having dismissed lus cousin , Lord Taiikci-ville , from the office of Postmaster-General "Whether the grounds on which that dismissal took p lace happened to have becn sufficient or otherwise , it might be supposed tliat the accusation against the Slinistcr wculd have proceeded with more eifect , ferfciiuly with a better grace , from any member of the house rather than from a relative of the party Implicated ; but Lord Grey always made it a point of conscience to support a kinsman .

      The most memorable event in the early part of his career was the agitation of l * arli . -uncntarr reform . Uut even at that remote period , almost fifty years since , the question was no novelty . More than 1 « G years ago Mr . William Bvuvaky , TAcmocr for Norwich , brought forward a . motion for reform ; and from the time of Mr . Bromley down to tlie days of 3 Ir . Grey there were motions for a change iu the representation of the people , made at intervals of greater or less duration , according as the circumstances of the country might be more or less disastrous . In the year 1793 we had entered upon the most gigantic struggle in which this country bad ever been engaged ; and that was deemed by the democratic party a fitting opportunity for tlic formation

      of several societies through the agency of which io work the various engines of political opposition . Amongst i * ic ? c was one called "the Friends of the 2 'eoplc . " This association included many eminent } Vkig / , though Mr . * , Fox did not think proper to join it , and many men also connected with and even behjaging to the House of Peers ; of this latter nuraber Lord Grey was the last survivor . On the Mtk of April , 170 * 2 , he brought forward lis first motion on the subject of Parliamentary reform , the principal petition in favour of it liavlng proceeded £ rom the society called "the Friends of

      the lcople , " the proceedings of which association lad already very seriously alarmed the Government- This petition set forth the incongruities in our systeai of representation , and prayed for their remora ' ,.-is rell as for the restoration " of triennial Parliaments , and the enactment of laws for diminishing the expenses at elections . IJpon this and other pctiticss he founded a motion for a committee of inquiry , -priich was opposed by Pitt , Jcnkinson , lVvndll . -iiii , astl Burke : the numbers on a division being 283 to -33 . After this the question of reform was not broirgai under the consideration of Parlia-3 nent for mai * years .

      That Mr . G . « y was a leading member of one of tlie « ariiestreforai societies ; that he presented the most xeuuukablc pci ' "aion on the subject ever laid before Parliament ; tl « s * S . he originated a motion for reform tkirty-suv . 5 S years before any reform whatever was accomplish aS , are facts respecting which there ¦ can Its nodispui er but to represent him as the father of reform is too * erlooktkc long list of members of Parliament who brought forward that question at various intervals Between the days of Mr . Bromley and those of Mr . L trey himself . Prom this time ibrwavd wc find hint doing tlie usual business of 03 iposltion , making the same sort of motions for which \ fjhigs out of office have long been remarkable and wit fc pretty nearly the same sort of success that appears " £ o attend them in the present dav .

      In the year lSOO the -father of Mr . Grey becoming jancarl , tliat gentleman : assumed the title brconrtesv of Lord Uowiefc . On 1 lie death of Mr . Pitt the Tory party found it necessary "tor a few months to withdraw from the conduct of pub lie affairs ; and an Administration waj formed iu w kick Lord llowick filled the post of First Lord of the * Admiralty , the leadership of the House of Commons tfcvol y ingon Mr . Fox , who Icld the seals « f the Forei ^ ta-offiee . In a few months after bis accession to power ihe earthly career of Mr . Fox was unexpectedly brouj ^ bt to a close , and Lord llowick became die Foreign Secretary . The Will 0 " Jdinistrr of thLs . j-erlod was juifr destined to be of YCrv long : duration , " fhe views which they took of the penul laws affecting the Roman ¦ Catholics were quite

      sufficient to ensureiheir downfall at the earliest moment that the King could jossibly dispense with their services . It is well known that they laid claim to the Privilege of suboEitiug their . advice to his Majesty on ibis subject from dime to tiim *—in fact , whenever they might , in the exercise of their discretion , deem it expedient so to do . As the -King would not hear of this he . gave them to . abrupt dismissal ; tlie Portland M ' o ' strrwas formed , aud for twenty-three years afterwards Lord Grey remained in Opposition . ' lie ceased to 0 e a Minister on the 25 th of March , 1307 ; on the Lttkof Xovcmberin the sar . ac year lie succeeded to bis father ' s honours , and toak his seat in the llouse of Peers , having becn for nearly twenty years a distinguished member of the llouse of Commons . It rarely happens that public nicn . considered

      merely as orators , prove equally successful in both Houses of Pai-Lament , and probab ly this circumstance arises , not SO much from any " nut-rent differences in tlic qualifications required for cither , asfrom the fact that the majority of those who have been most eminentin the lower house are transferred to the upper at a late period of life , when ambition Lis perhaps somewhat cooled , and the power of moving the passions and prejudices of their fe ] low-n > en has been considerably abated . This , however , was not the case with . Lord Grey ; lie was only thirty-seven years of age when he found himself a member of the house Of Lords ; and , ifle bad not previously prepared his Mind for the task of faking a lead in its proceedings , he was now in a condition to avail himself of all the advantages which opportunity and experience could

      The assassination of Mr . Perceval in the rear ^ 2 T * % nte $ amjther opportunity of which many SKP toft * tbat the ? " & ™* H arail tuem - eneTwitb t l ? eLP ° S ^ SScd nei , tuer sufiicicnt "flu-Sttrv T ?? £ " * " *«? or the people to form a SL ? 1 and l h f ^ bV of attempting to induce ttx ^ tt & TjsTr r *

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      and unite the elements of a Government . Immedi ately on the death of Mr . Perceval , lord Liverpool made an attempt to form a Cabinet ; this failing , the next step taken by the Regent was to send for Lord Welleslev , who opened with Mr , Ca-aivag and others a series of lengthened negociatksis . Pending these , the House of Commons came to a resolution to address the Recent , praying that he would form an efficient Government ; and it was generally supposed , from the tone of the discussions which took place on that occasion , that the Hoesc of Commons were not unfavourable to the formation of a Ministry « pon principles of moderate liberalism . Neither the Whigs- © a the one hand , oar Lord Livtti-poePs friends on the flther , would consent to act audcr . Hike Premiersfcep of the Marquis "Welleslev . The to

      Maro , nis « f Hastings v Lurd Moira ) was next ; intrusted with authority to attorepttbe formation of a Cabinet , and from his known coincidence of sentiment with tlic Crcy and GreirciUe party , it was thought that every obstacle 00 their acceptance of office would be Tesuoved ; but tucsenoble lords , not content with the concession tothemvsf full political power , demanded ' dismissals fnsn itl : e Royal household to an extent vliich had never before , under similar circumstances , fteen required . It may , however , be doubted that Lord Grey e-rienSained a sincere and earnest wish to become , it -that crisis , one of the responsible advisers of the Crown , lie had denounced the principle , and frooueutly censured the practical operations , of that cif-antic warfare in which the nation

      was then engaged ; consistently with his political creed it woold have been difficult for him either to bring it te an abrupt termination or secure its eventual success . To a concession of the Catholic claims aivl to a reform in Parliament he stood irrerocaWy pledged ; but in the year 1 S 12 no project could lie more chimerical than that of attempting to carry cither the one or the other ; and , therefore , whatever may have been said respecting arrangements in the Royal household , nothing can be nibrc evident than that the utmost amount of concession on the part of the Regent would not have enabled the Whigs at that juncture to carry on the business of the country ; his Royal Highness was , therefore , obliged once more to have recourse to the colleagues of Mr . Perceval .

      These negotiations began in May , and the month of June was far spent before Lord Liverpool found himself authorised to announce to Parliament that he had formed a Cabinet . This Ministry lasted for fifteen years , and during the whole of that period Lord Grey offered io the greater part of its measures the most strenuous resistance ; but the triumphant close of the war materially enfeebled every effort of the patty in opposition , and the hopes of the Whigs were then at the lowest point of depression . An alliance with the Reformers , however , raised them to a less desponding condition . In ISIS Lord Sid mouth issued his memorable circular addressed to lords-lieutenant of counties , informing them that the law officers of the Crown were of opinion that magistrates possessed the power of holding to bail

      persons found selling writings which were deemed , though not by a legal adjudication decided to be , seditious or " blasphemous libels . The circular requested each lord-lieutenant to notify this opinion to the magistrates within their respective counties . This was a golden opportunity for a man like Lord Grey ; the circular had been principally directed against bis friends , the Reformers ; he was an accomplished rhetorician ; he quite luxuriated when called upon to deal with any question of constittttionallaw , and , of course , it was alike agreeable to his feelings and his interest to place his ancient enemies in the wrong . In the attempt to do this he was by no means unsuccessful , and the fact that the circular was never acted on may iu part be imputed to his exertions .

      The next memorable proceeding in which Lord Grey took any very activesharc was the Bill of Pains and Penalties against Queen Caroline , the consort of George IV . lie was accustomed to reserve himself for great occasions . Unlike some noble and learned lords , it was not his practice to descant upon every question , or address the house sixteen times upon one subject . On the contrary , he never assailed au object unworthy of his hostility , or trifled with topics beneath a statesman's notice . That proceeding which has been popularly designated " the Queen's trial" was an event which shook the empire 10 its centre . Through every stage of the extraordinary conflict io which it gave vise Earl Grey stood forth as the champion of that unhappv

      princess , debating questions of law , which he understood rather better than her Attorney-General , and cross-examining witnesses with a skill approaching that of a professional advocate;—one moment launching denunciations against the King ; another , more than hinting at an impeachment of the Ministers;—sometimes leading the arguments of counsel , often backing them up with authorities and precedents ;—110 weapons were more bright and keen in that well-fought field , no spirit more undaunted , none whose blows fell upon the foe with more deadly execution than did those of ihe man who has just departed from amongst 11 s . The result of those proceedings was too remarkable to be even

      yet forgotten , though the details are too distressing to be remembered without pain . In the period which elapsed between this great event aud the dissolution of the Liverpool Ministry few occurrences seemed to call for the interference of Lord Grey , fie sanctioned the recognition of the South American Republics , and the commercial pojicy of the Huskisson school . It was his practice to make annual speeches in favour of what was called " Catholic emancipation , " and in 1 S 00 had been a StVChUOUS opponent of the Irish union ; but when in power he was greatly addicted to bills for Irish coercion , llcnce , though less variable than Lord Brougham , his rules of consistency admitted of very many exceptions .

      At length the Ministry , which had continued since the death of Mr . Perceval , gave up the ghost when it lost its head , aud the lung sent for Mr . Canning . The Duke of Wellington , Lord Eldon , Sir 11 . Peel , and the rest of the higher Tories threw up office : it therefore became necessary to make overtures to the Whigs . But Lord Grey was impracticable . It is difficult to imagine that he was influenced by any other motives than these : —Mr . Canning , though disposed to Roman Catholic relief , to freedom of trade , and to a liberal foreign policy , was deeply pledged against Parliamentary reform * ; and the public , though pretty well accustomed to political tergiversation , would be scarcely prepared for a coalition between the most redoubted champion of reform and the man who often exerted his unrivalled eloquence to make the house rally round Gatton , Old Sarum ,

      and llazlcmerc . But assuming that these difficulties could have been surmounted , there were personal considerations which rendered the prospect of coalition hopeless . Lord Grey had by that time attained a station in the political world which , according to his own judgment at least , entitled him to reject any subordinate situation 111 the Cabinet ; Mr . Cauuuig already held the chief office , aud had been commissioned to form a Ministry . The short-lived Government which that gentleman was enabled to orgauisc did not , however , enjoy the support of Lord Grey ; but the accusation brought against him of bavins joined the Tories was at least unjust . When the Wellington Ministry soon afterwards came into office , Lord Grey certainly assisted them to cany the Roman Catholic Relief Bill , but upon that occasion he did not adopt tftar doctrines ; on the contrary , they were converted to Ms .

      The -secession of William IV ., the declaration of the Duke of AVcllfegton against Parliamentary reform , the unsettled slate of England , tlic revolution of the barricades , and the oft-repeated complaints against rotten boroughs and aristocratic influence , led to a demand so general and so peremptory for a change in the representation of the people that Lord Grey was enabled to -dace himself at the head of a Ministry pledged to " reform , to retrenchment , and to uon-iaterfcre « cc . " § Titli respect to the last of these , however , it may teuly be said that England was never more intimately connected with tlie internal affaiis of jSpain , IWtugal , Poland , Turkey , Holland , and Switzerland , ihan during the Ministry of Earl Grey . Ho meddled in the domestic

      concerns of almost every Eurof ^ an state , without conferring obligation or exciting cespect . His rctrencli-B 13 it—exercised upon the salaries of over-worked cierks—left in a great measure untouched the larger branches of the public expenditure ; and never for a moment interfered with the exercise of that patronage which filled almost every department of the state with Ms sons , his brothers , his nephews , and Ins cousins . In his administration the Reform Bill was carried ; but so likewise was the New Poor Law . For the one hce & ained some applause ; for the other he aud his coheagues receive the undying maledictions of the poor . Of his three great pledges he left two unredeemed . Ilespecting the third , he certainly never showed any unwillingness to perform

      his promise , though that perfon * taucc wis stripped of some portion of its grace by the circumstances of the times . It could not be said that he gaee reform ; the people took it . Political unions thundered at the gates of the constitution , and he , in surrendering the citadel , made terms which were designed to give perpetuity to Whig domination ; but which , in a few years had the effect-of restoring his opponents to the undisputed plenitude of power . On the 22 nd of November , 1830 , he kissed hands as First Lord of tlw treasury , and on the 9 th of Julv , 1 S 3-. 1 , he finally withdrew from the service of the Crown ; but in the nmnth of ilay , l $ 32 , he was for a short # nie cut of Oflice , Offing to the successive defeats on ihe snhject

      of reform which he experienced in tlie House of Lords . Ike failure of all attempts to organize at that . time a Conservative Ministry , and the olear understanding that the King was prepared to cn ' ate as mziKf veers as would carry the Reform Bill , replaced Lord Grey offi ^ enabled him to aecomi ^ lfeh one out of his three great undertakings . The abolition ot negro slavery was doubtless effected dunV £ lus Ministry but it was not one of the measures to ' which be bad specifically pledged himself . At a cost to the country of £ § 00 , 000 a-vcar ic emancipated the Uacfc population of the West Indies ; and as to the restraints which his Cabinet imposed on the pauper population of England , the public have been

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      furnished w . jth ample means of estimating those during the last ten years . The session of 1834 commenced with pretty plain indicatiojis that the days of Lord Grey ' s Ministry -sevc wambered . Mr . Ward ' s celebrated motion , made o « the 27 th of May , for appropriating the surplus revenues of the church , decided the fate of the Cabinet , though its ultimate dissolution did not take place for nearly two months after the resignations to which that proceeding gave rise . The character of Lord Grey ' s administration , and the measures it adopted and passed , affecting the real" liberties" and interests of the people , will be best learned from the following extracts from the " address" with which the "Poor Man ' s Defender " greeted hi ; retirement from eflicc : — TO LOUD GBCT . Normandy Farm , 28 th August , 1831 .

      Mr Lord , —I was in hopes that I should not so soon have had to count the eleventh Prime Minister , who had figured on the stage sincclhave becn asnectator of their at once stupid and mischievous acting . The time of your strutting in buskins , not with a dagger of lath , faith ; but with a real sharp instrument : your time of strutting has , however , I thank God ! been short , though full of mischievous measures ; full of hostility to the best rights and interests of the people ; marked at once by extreme imbecility , and by arrogance extreme . There have , I perceive , been found creatures in Northumberland so silly , or so base , or both , as to present to you addresses , expressive of approbation of your conduct as Minister . This address of mine will be of a verv different

      description . When the savage sentence was passed on ffiC in 1810 , you expressed vow pleasure . Since you have been in power , you hare endeavoured to give mc a second chapter , on a similar subject . You arc now a fallen Minister , and I am what I always have been . You deserve no sparing at my hands , even on my own account : that however , would not have induced nio to take the trouble of writing this letter . It is what the working people have suffered under your sway ; it is their wrongs , and not my own , that fill me witli resentment against you ; and that induce me now to exhibit your ministerial career in it ? true light to the world . I had rubbed out the old scores ; I had done justice upon you and your associates , as far as related to myself ; and the account

      was squared up to the month of August , 1 S 31 ; and I have nothing to complain o \ with regard to myself ; but a great deal to complain of with regard to the people of England , and especially the working people , to defend whom against powerful wrongdoers , is my very first and most sacred duty . First of all letnie remark upon your pretence of old age and infirmities . " Old age ! " Why I am as old as you ; and have done more work in every year of my life since I was ten years old , than you have ever done in your whole life-time . Old age , indeed ! why , I am just on the eve of setting off to make the tour of fertile and unhappy Ireland ; and perhaps that and the north of Scotland , too , to which I did not go before ; and , it is possible , and not altogether

      improbable , that if you creep to the roadside in the first or second week of November , you may see me brushing along by the " boothies" in the neighbourhood of your home , and hear mc swearing that I will perish rather than see the labourers of Sussex and Surrey and Kent , brought to the state of those of the border . " Old age , " forsooth ! You arc not much older now than you were when you became Minister . There is , indeed , all the difference in the world between a sheep or an ox that is four years older than another sheep or ox ; but , then these have got their full growth ; the sheep is full-mouthed at five years old , and after that begins to lose his teeth : and it is pretty much the same with the ox : but it is not so with man ; four years out of seventy are not what four years are out of five . But , ' after all , the strange thing is that you should become so old

      and so feeble iu so short a space of time . When you became Minister you were all "vigour . " In your very first speech there was " vigour , vic-our , vigour , " at every turn . You began your career by a vigorous augmentation of the number of bayonets . That was your first specimen of vigour . Your next vigorous step was your special commissions , the history of which is written in the hearts of three or four hundred husuandlcss wives , and three times the number of fatherless children . In short , you were all " vigour ; " all "vindication of the law ; " one instance of which latter was the prosecution of me by that Denman , who has now becn made a lord . Cvrious enough that y « u should be all vigour , until your relations and dependents were provided for , and that then you should become , all at once , so old and so feeble !

      However , old or young , strong or feeble , I thank the Lord God that you are no longer Minister : and I thank the King that ho has graciously given you time now , in your old age , to reflect on the acts of your administration ; to reflect on the ^ case of poor Cook of Miehcldever ; to reflect on all the circumstances attending the affair of Thomas Goodman ; to reflect of the state of the husbaudless wives and fatherless children in Hampshire , Wiltshire , and Berkshire ; to reflect on the case of the Dorsetshire labourers ; to enjoy for the rest of your life the sight of the " boothic " and " burgoo" system ; to study tlw feclosophy of the north ; while we , here in the south , bless God Almighty that we shall never sec or hear more of you or your " vigour . " Y our administration with regard to the press

      has been far more hostile , more severe , more destructive to the liberty of the press than that of any administration of four times the duration , since tho time of Ellenboroiigh and . 'Gibbsand Perceval . Your taxing officers have had three or four hundred men put into gaol in a year for selling papers unstamped . This was to " vindicate the law . " What law ? Why a law which you , and your whole party , particularly Brougham and Lord Althorp , opposed with all your might . You called it unconstitutional ; you called il tyrannical ; you divided against it again and again ; and , not only have you suffered it to remain in full force , but you did what your Tory predecessors had not done : you have put it into execution to the very letter , and with the utmost vigour , calling yourselves

      all the while , a reforming and liberal ministry . This law , which you vindicated so vigorously , and which you had opposed with equal vigour , as being unconstitutional and tyrannical ; this law was one of the Six Acts , two of which have expired of themselves , while the four worst remain in full force . The act under which all these writers and publishers have been crammed into gaol , was passed along with the rest of the famous Six Acts , in the extraordinary session of the year 1819 , about six months after tlic passing of Peel ' s Bill and about five months after the Manchester slaughter , and just about the time that the clerical magistrate , Parson Hay , was preferred to the great living of ltochdale , in addition to his Jiving in Yorkshire . This act , Mr . Hume has alwavs

      called " Cobbett ' s Act , it being manifestly , and almost avowedly , an invention for the purpose of extinguishing my Register . This act forbids the publication of any paper , containing news , or intelligence , or political discussions , oftenerthauoiwea month , if it be in numbers , or in a series of any sort . Once a month was not enough for mc . But the act graciously allowed a publication once a week , or of toner , provided the publication contained twosheets and a quarter of paper , each sheet Icing twenty-one inches long , and seventeen and a half wide , and not containing any advertisements . There was another condition ; namely , that if the thing had not a stamp it shovM not be sold for tos than sixjxnce . Before this act was passed men might publish at any time , at any price , on any

      subject , and in numbers , and without a stamp . The only disadvantage of such unstamped paper was , that ic could not go free of postage . The Tories seeing that this act did not succeed in its object ; that is to say , that the Register lived and thrived in spite of it , very sensibly suffered it to remain a dead letter ; but , tbe liberty-loving Whigs , who had put on the semblance of opposition , tooth and nail , to this act , not only suffered it to remain in full force ; but such was their desire to " vindicate the law , " that they availed themselves of this very net to cram tlie gaols full of those who were endeavour ing to oppose them ; not by open trial by jury idid you proceed , but by your taxing men at . Somerset-house , and by yourpolicc-magistrates , who punished wi ' ihont any trial by jury . In one instance , indeed , the case

      was suffered to come before a jury , in the caseef the Poor Man ' s Guardian , published by Mr . Ilctheriugton in the Strand . The jury decided that the sale of the publication was legal , , and they acquitted the -defendant ; though , 1 believe , nearly five hundred men had been put into gaol by the magistrates , when their only crime was the vending of this publication I And yet you have been a mild Minister 1 You talk of your good intentions 3 You talk of your love of liberty , and your anxiety for the happiness of the people . In the case of Mr . Cleave , editor and proprietor of the Police Gazette , your Attorney-General pursued him in the Exchequer , while he was suffering in gaol , committed by the magistrates for the same offence . Your last act was truly characteristic of your whole

      career ; I mean your praises of the Poor-law project , and your volunteer offer to move its second reading , which was so admirably sneered at by him who has been your real swamper . There was something iu this last act of yours , of which , upon my soul , I have too much mercy to speak of in terms in which it ought to be spoken of ; and , therefore , I will only say of it , that , in all the tame acts of all the tame men , of whose conduct I have ever been an observer , this was the very tamest , and the very lowest . About that act I shaft say nothing more to you , having , as io that disease , anothernoble patient under mj'lianils , the benefit of whose treatment , will , I trust , be extended to those of his whole order , who may be similarly afflicted .

      But * will I allow you no merit as a Minister ? Faith ! not one particle : not one particle of merit . You have repealed not one bad act , and you have passed not one good one ; and a great number that I think very bad . To be sure , there have been some repeal of taxes ; but these are not sufficient to be felt sensibly by the country , while the encroachments m the rights and liberties of the people have been ¦ , * eater , and far greater , than during any twenty Ch -rs previous to yourcoming into power . But have lot ^ given us the Piefom Ml ? You jiw us the

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      Reform Bill ! You Give ! We look it , it you please ; and you held back as much as you dared venture to hold back . In the first place , you could not have kept your place for a week , if you had not pledged yourself to a reform of the Commons House of Parliament ; and , what is more , -that pledge would not have got you into power , had not the Duke of Wellington ( for what reason God only knows !) volunteered that declaration , which made him so odious in the country , and without which he might have remained in his place the people always hoping , even I ( the last to have hope in such a case ) hoping , that a good worrying would , at last , make him tack shortly about , as he did in the case of Catholic Emancipation , and do the thing at once , and effectually ; and until lie

      actually made that declaration wincli sunt out an nope , 1 had more reliance on the Tories than 1 had on the Whigs ; because , if the former did it , there would be no " shufning ; no deceit ; no perfidy ; no pretending to give , and withhold at the same time : and , God have mercvupon this people ! what shuffling , what complexity of trickcrv , what a showing of the ginger-Oread , aud then drawing it back , have this people had to behold during the last four years ! , what projects of reform , and what veal aggravation ot abuses ! Thus , then , no merit had you in entering upon the object of reform . You had abandoned the cause of reform several years before : the 'reform was forced upon vou . or you ' were forced to keep out of place ;

      reform and Downing-strcet ; or no reform and the " boothies" and the " burgoo "; this was your choice , and you chose the former . And , having entered on the subject of reform , did you not give as little as you possibly could ; and were you not prepared to give less ; were you not prepared to confine the suffrage to tweaty pounds instead of ten , when the detection took place , at the time when tlic Pis-alkr Pavkcs was carrying his whispers about ? Nothing was ever more clearly proved than the fact , that you were prepared to assent to the raising of tho suffrage to twenty pounds , when the remonstrances of the great towns in the north scared away the project . A twenty-pounds suffrage would have made tlie House of Commons infinitely worse than it wasbeforc ,

      scarcely any man would have had a vote , except the immediate dependents of the aristocracy , and the taxdevourers of various descriptions . That this was your intention is beyond all doubt . Whatever fools " may do , I take the will for tho deed , and deny you any merit at all , on the score of the Reform Bill . And now , my lord , in what plight do you leave the country , over which you have been ruling for pretty nearly four 3 ears ? You leave it more heavily burdened with debt than you found it ; you leave Ireland witli a Coercion Bill , which was not thought necessary when you came into power ; you leave men ' s minds totally unhinged with regard to the municipal governments of the country , and , which is of much greater importance , with regard to the fate of fhe

      established church . It is your Ministry which has , for the first time , ventured to put forth those opinions relative to the revenues of the church , which must inevitably lead even the labouringpeoplc to inquire into the origin of property ; you have passed an Act , which totally abrogates a great branch of the ancient con , stitution of the country ; your colleague Brougham and you by fair implication , have appealed to the law of nature from the law of the land , and also from the law of God ; you have set the working people to discuss the question of ivho ought to have the land . Instead of bringing us back from the point to which we had been misled by the boroughmongcr Parliaments , you have hurried us along into additional innovations ; like Jack , in the " Tale of a Tub , " instead of

      carefully selecting the abuses and removing them , you have becn engaged in tearing the garment to pieces ; so that at this moment you have brought us by what you sillily call following the " spirit of the age ; " a phrase so foppisli and so foolish that , after hearing it , one wonders at nothing that comes from the lips of the same man : by pursuing this jack-o ' - lantern , which you call the ' " ' spirit of the age , " and by dragging us along after you , not a man of us knows what is going to take place ; and in the minds of all ranks the won \ property becomes to be a subject for examination as to its true meaning ; which , of all

      things in this . world , is the most menacing to the peace of a community , and the stability of a government . You complained of the difficulties with which you were surrounded , and who was it that made the difficulties . You yourself made the difficulties . The people wanted a parliamentary reform , but they did not want one that would throw the voting into the hands of the monied-aristocraey , the sister-services , the pensioners , the sinccurc-pcoplc , the tithecaters , and all the swarms that live out of the labour of a people . They wanted a House of Commons that would take off their burdens ; you gave them one , a majority of which were interested in keeping the burdens on .

      Iu dismissing you for ever , I have to observe , and I trust that it will be remembered by the nation , that you resigned your office because the Irish Coercion Bill was made softer than you wished it to be ; and that your very last act was , your unqualified approbation of the Poor Law Bill . Go , then , with the recollection of these upon your head ; go , and whenever your name is mentioned , let the people recall these things to mind ; you will say that you had a right to want a harsher Coercion Bill for Ireland ; that you had a right to praise your Poor-Law Bill : true , and I have a right to hate you for it , and to rejoice that you no longer have power : and thus ends my address to you , forming so striking a contrast with the addresses- which you have received from the fools of Newcastle and the fools of Morpeth . Wm . Comiett .

      For one or two years after he ceased to be Minister , Lord Grey occasionally attended the House of Lords ; but about ten years ago it became evident to his friends , and but too manifest to the world , that the time had arrived when he ought to seek a repose suited to his advanced years . His latter years were not embittered by much bodily pain or marked by any great diminution of intellectual power ; and at an age exceeding four score he sank into the grave , having survived long enough to led that his reputation was beginning to fade , and the events of his life to become matters of history .

      The proximate cause of his Lordship ' s death was an attack of paralysis ; but for some time past his health had been visibly declining ; the greater portion of his numerous family were therefore in attendance at the moment of his decease ; and it will be a melancholy satisfaction to his friends to learn that he quitted" this life with as little of corporeal suffering as could reasonably be expected to accompany the last struggle that human nature is called upon to endure .

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      WOHSIIIP-STltEET . Monday . —Foiuuddikg the Banks . — A respectable young man , named lliehard Gowcr , who stated himself to be a muster butcher , lately carrying on business in Kent , applied to Mr . Uroughton , the magistrate , under peculiarly embarrassing circumstances . The applicant said that be had hail the banns regularly published some time since , at Shorcuitch Church , for his marriage with a young woman , resident in that parish , but he had since met with an accident which bad caused the postponement of tl « we Wing until now . On Sunday morning , however , lie lejairjd to the ehurch with his intended and friends , but , to his utter astonishment , the minister refused to marry them , alleging ; as iiis reason that some person , said

      to be a policeman , hud in the mean time been there and given notice that applicant was already a married man . This lie declared to he utterly false , for he had no wife , and never had been nan-ied , and they could not tell him tlie name even , or anything ; about the person , who ivas said to have now forbidden the marriage , except that he was in the dress of the police . He now wished to come before the magistrate here to have the matter cleared up . —Mr . Broughton did jiot see how he could assist the applicant , but it was strange that the person who had for . bidden the marriage sbculd be so wholly unknown . Tlic applicant , he supposed , was aware that if alroidy married aud his wife living he \ v « uld be liable to transportation if he married again . —The applicant repeated that he never had been married , but he said he had lately discharged sevarnl men from his employ in Kent , and it was possible

      that one of them might have turned policeman , nnd practised this malicious trick against him . —Jlr . Breughton said toe had-io jurisdiction in the matter , but he desired Fitzgerald , one of tho warrant officers of the court , to go with the applicant to the church and ascertain if he could who the policeman was that was said to have interfered to prevent the uianiage . —Fitzgerald , upon his return from the church , reported that the marriage had been solemniscd in his presence by the Ecv . Mr . Matthias , the bridegroom solemnly declaring there , ns he had done ' before the magistrate , that he had never been married to any other woman . He could not ilearn tiie name or any description of the n-. au who had forbidden the marriage , for the clerk said that when he came to the vestry and gave the notice there were many people waiting , and in the hurry no particular notice was tal « en of him .

      MAllLBOfiOUGH-SWlEET . M < 5 xda . v , _ CiuitoE ojp Feuisy . —¦ John M'Carthy was brought up iu custody on a . warrant & r feloniously receiving one gold bracelet , of the value of £ 00 , the property of the Hon . Colonel l ' epye . Thcprisonei'wasapprchended yesterday , on his being discharged from ttesieiv Westminster Bridewell , where he had been imprisoned for fourteen days for drunken and disordely conduct . Tt will be recollected that about three weeks ago a quantity of plate and the bracelet in question were discovered to have been StolCU fl'Olll Lord Cottenham ' s residence , Xo . 10 , Tarlilane ; and ontheSth instant a man offered for sale the bracelet , broken into pieces , at the shop of Mr . Louis

      Keyzor , of tottenham-court-road , dealer in gold and silver , who , suspecting that it had not honestly been come by , told the man to wait in the shop , and went for a constable to give him into custody . The man , however , during his absence , decamped . In the course of the day a female , who has since given the name of Mary M'Carthy , and proves to be tho prisoner ' s wife , went to Mr . Keyzor ' g shop , and asked for tke money for the bracelet , ou which she was given in charge , and beinbrought to this court has since stood remanded . The police tracing out that the male prisoner was in Westminster Bridewell , Mr . Keyzor went there , and immediately identified him as the person who had offered tlie

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      bracelet for sale . The prisoners have for some considernble time past kept a petty marine-store and rag shop in Peter-street , Soho . Tho police having obtained sonu clue to tke parties who actually committed the robbery , there will , as a matter of course , be a further remand .

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      IXQUEST AT STRADONE . In reference to the man who was shot by the police , in the county Cavan , on the night of tlic 12 th , under the impression that he was one of a party ot " Molly Maguires , " the following is the verdict of the Coroner s Jury on the body : — m "We find that the deceased , Thomas Tierney , came by his death at about half-past seven o ' clock on the night of the loth of July , 1 S 15 , in the townland of Lavy , parish of Lavy , county of Cavan , by a gunshot wound inflicted on him by Constable William Farmer , of the constabulary stationed at Stradonc , and that there was no sufficient cause to justify him in so doing . " The Coroner immediately after issued his warrant for the arrest of Constable Farmer , and he was com mitted a prisoner to Cavan gaol . _

      Repeal Association . —At the weekly meeting ol this body on Monday last , Mr . O'Conncll read an advertisement which appeared in a London paper , signed-bv Thomas Daly , calling a repeal meeting . Now , as this Thomas Dalv , and others , had refused to abide by the decision of the Repeal Association in Dublin , they had no longer any connection with it . He then moved that the name of Thomas Daly , of London , be expunged from the books , and that he be considered no longer a member . Motion passed . Mr . O'Conneli rose to make his . speech for the day . lie at onco intimated that as he would not be here for some time again , lie should , at the risk of repeating some of his recent remarks , take a review of the rat'liamentarv proceedings in tho present

      session , and then the hon . and learned martyr did inflict another edition of his stereotyped list ofgrievances on the assembly . The Parliament , he told them , had done nothing or next to nothing for Ireland . To be sure they gave Ireland the Maynooth Bill , but after all what signified it ? Let them see how that measure was received by the Enplish people . The dissenters in a body exclaimed ' against that trifling act of justice ; tliey exhibited their bigottcd hatred to the Irish , with which ho had frequently charged them . The shouts raised in England over that bill showed that the government were actually move favourable to this country than the people of England were ( hear ) . The dissenters received no less than £ 30 , ( 100 a year as Ileqium donum ; but when was one of them heard

      objecting to it" on principle ? " Ah , he held them in thorough contempt , with a little admixture of execration . Nothing had becn done for Ireland . Mr . O'Conncll next adverted to the Ballinhassig massacre which he denounced in unmeasured terms . He concluded by giving notice of his intention to go off to Dcrryiiano , and there draw up no less than 11 Actof Parliament to be submitted to the committee for approval . One of the threatened acts is for repeal of the union and another for the taxation of absentees . Tom Steele delivered a curious speech , in denunciation of Mr . . Nicholas Murray Mans / icld , the proprietor of the Dublin Evening Packet , whom he called an " assassin , " an " instigator of assassination , " a modern " old man of the mountain , " Ac . The week ' s rent was announced to be £ 319 . ISs . Id ., and the meeting adjourned .

      MURDER . On the night of the 9 th instant , two men , named John and James Cleary , went to the house of a farmer named Patrick Dtinphy , living at Rahard , in this county , and were in the act of stealing his pigs when Dunphy heard them . He then went out and told them he would prosecute them ; upon which the two Clearys attacked him , and beat htm in so unmerciful a manner that he died on the loth instant . The two Clearys were arrested in Watcrford on thclGth instant , where they were concealed for the purpose of escaping to America .

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      KxAnusnonouGH "Weavers . —This ill-used body of workmen are still on strike . The masters arc still obstinate , and the men as determined as ever . This strike is perhaps such a one as seldom occurs ; wo have not had even one " black sheep , " and the men remain as firm as ever , although the masters have tried every possible dodge to intimidate tlie men to take work out , but all to no purpose . These men well deserve till the support that can bo rendered them by all sections of the Trades of this country . The committee return their sincere thanks to the Tailors of York for their liberal subscription . Bar . vslev Timdes . —An adjourned meeting was held in Pickering ' s room on Monday last , when it was resolved to send a letter to the forthcoming Conference , setting forth the views of the Lhu-nslcy Trades ; together with the remaining amount of the levy in hand .

      Framework-Knitters' Movement . — A delegate meeting of this body was held at the Barkby Anns , Leicester , on Monday last , io discuss the hill introduced into Parliament , entituled the " Masters and Workmen's Bill ; " when it was agreed that they receive it as an instalment of the debt due to the working classes . In the evening a meeting of one thousand throe hundred Framework-Knitters was hold in the large Amphitheatre , which was addressed by Messrs . Winters , Buckby , and others , when the following resolutions were proposed , seconded , and

      carried unanimously -. — " That this meeting is ot opinion that the present bill is sufiicicnt to meet the evil complained of for non-delivery of a ticket to tho workmen employed in the Hosiery trade , " " That this meeting is of opinion that it is the duty of all Framework-Knitters to join in one consolidated union lor their protection against reductions ,, and for the carrying out of useful measures passed by the Legislature . " Votes of thanks were passed to the press , for their assistance , and to Mr . Briggs for the use oi the Amphitheatre .

      Leigh . — Aggregate Meetixo oi > _ Trades . —An aggregate meeting of the Trades of Leigh was held in the Follcy-lield Cliapcl , on the evening of Thursday last , for the purpose of manifesting disapprobation at the conduct of oue of the master Tailors of the town , whose tyranical conduct towards his workmen has compelled them to strike ; and also to take into consideration the propriety of the trades forming a grand national compact for their mutual support . The meeting was for eight o'clock , at which time the building , which is capable of accommodating 1500 persons , was filled . Mr . Wm . Dickinson , Silkweaver , was unanimously called to the " chair , and the following resolutions were passed : —1 st . " That this meeting is of opinion that the claims of the Tailors

      are just . We therefore pledge ourselves not to support any employer who docs not pay his workmen the same wages as the other masters of the town are paying . And we further publicly declare our disapprobation of the system of out-door working practised by some master Tailors , believing it to be opposed to the health and best interests of the public generally . " 2 nd . " That it is the opinion of the Trades of Leigh that one of the master Tailors , by his opposition to the just and reasonable demands of his journeymen , has rendered himself unworthy of thu confidence and support of the tradesmen of this place ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to cease purchasing any article from him until sueh time as he complies

      with the journeymen ' s reasonable rcr-ucst . 3 rd . " That it is the opinion of this meeting that there arc certain manufacturers in Leigh who are the first to reduce wages , and the last to advance ; we , therefore , are of opinion , that if Weavers would leave those employers , and seek work of those masters who will pay the prices , it would be the means of preventing uncalled-for reductions in the Weavers' waccs . " itii . " That we , the Trades of Leigh , hereby deekr ; ouv determination to aid and assist each other whenever an innovation is made on the rights of industry ; and that wc will do all in our power to forward the work of amalgamating the Trades of tlic countrv . "

      Bradford Woolcombers . — The strike at Mr , Rand ' s mill has terminated by an arrangement of the firm to meet the demands of tho men by an advance on some sorts of wool , and to better the description ol other sorts of wool to be combed . On Wednesday the men resumed work . Lancashire Misers . —The next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place tit the house of Mr . John Yates , Pickley-grccn , Wcstlcigh , near Wigan , on Monday next , the 23 th of July . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will Ik addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and other gentlemem The levy for tlic fortnight , is Is . 8 d . per mem ber , including general contribution .

      The Bri , tuoiin Mixers . —Previous to tbe commencement of the Miners' Union , the Miners of Bolthorn and Bradford collieries , in the employ of Messrs . Simpson and Co ., were earning about 9 s . per week on an average , since which they have received two advances of Gd . per day each , with which the men were satisfied .- but tho Messrs . Simpson and Co . soon contrived to take back in fines tlie advance which they had given . In order to effect this , they engaged a new manager , a Mr . Waddington , well known in Lancashire , though wc cannot say that wc know anything good of him . This fellow commenced his se . vvices by extracting a portion of the men ' s earnings , ia the shape of fines , without

      the least provocation ; a . nd , in the second place , in order to have them ingrea'ter subjection , he partially stopped the sale of the coau to get a stock on hand . This he effected to a certain extent ; and when tinmen refused to submit to his . repeated robberies , he gave them a month ' s notice to q m ' t . The men thereupon held a consultation , and agreed to restrict their labour so low as mcrelv to be reeo " misod at the collieries . This scheme fully fmtroteu * Mr . Waddin <* ton ' s design ? , for before the wen ' s servitude was out , all his stock of coal was gone Then commenced tbe work of defamation and sla'mlov . The walls of every town and village , for nu es round

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      were placarded with advertisements fora ^^ good colliers , the old men having been . lil 1 " * of " insubordination . " In order to ^ u' ^ j other places , a promise of 4 a . Cd . per „ ., '' * ,, « M tbrtable houses , etc ., was held out to ' th ,, ; tC ( "H . succeeded by this bait to draw sonic in ^ V Bentam , who , on arriving , found their " p « ., ? fr < "n houses" to be a Blacksmith aml Carpei t ° ^ in which they were locked up and » i-wiUi v % police ; and instead of their Is . Cd per -h y " « were paid at so much per score coiUuS'A men tire going away in quick succession 8 pv le families have been discharged from the ' facto * ^ nobly refusing to send their boys into tlie pits " w arc receiving the benefits of the funds for their i . *• conduct . . Notwithstanding that the men ! , «« i ' ° out upwards of twelve weeks , thev are as dcti . w n as at lirst to conquer . ' lu , l 'nicd IIvde Mixers . —Rascally Doixgs of the "t asses" of Hyde . —The annoyance and hmlh f which the Miners late iu the employ of Messrs S and Lees have becn so lorn- subjected , stilfconhm " Every stratagem is made use of by the blat-k- ] 0 ' " - * excite the men on strike to commit breaches of .-peace , when , if the poor fellows venture ( 0 sL ihey are instantly pounced upon , and broit"lit IVr ' the magistrates . On Monday last one n icmaies

      nvc were urougnt before Tim . ; ,. Ashton , Esq ., and - Sidebotham , Esq ., CCSJ ! with "riot and intimidation . " Mr . Brooks ? pcared for the coal kings , and W . P . Robert-- ] V * for tbe prisoners . Mr . Brook-s , in opening the ^ t described Dukonficld as having been for a n ' Zl length of time in a very excited state . Ile tlien called witnesses to depose to the state of the tow on the evening of Wednesday , the ICth of j ,, ]" Joseph Little , special high constable of 1 / vde , ilcnowj that Ralph llolden , the male prisoner , had had si « me drink , and was amusing himself by giving a j * cw scores of children who were following him " bits of " Toffy , " which he ever and anon threw among (|| Cni causing them to shout "huzza , " and otherwise to be very riotous , "thereby creating great alarm in the breasts of the respectable inhabitants . " Little proceeded to describe the way in which he induced the male prisoner to promise to go home , nnd the slianip .

      ltd manner in winch he broke his promise , by a"ain pulling out the " Tolly . " However , lie again reinonstvated with him , and again the prisoner promised to go home ; but a second time he violated his promise , so that he was compelled to take the prf . soner into custody ; when behold there was a cry raised , " Will you let him go to prison V and fore most , from amiMig the ranks oi the little " Toffy suckers , " rushed the prisoner ' s wife , who cried OUt , — " If you take him , you must take me ;" aud struggled with the constables to get

      h . r husband from them , becoming so violent , that the officers , who by this time had been aug ' meiitcd to three , secured both husband and wife by putting the handcuffs on . Subsequently , Mr . special high constable Little , at the instigation of sonic of the bystanders , agreed to take oil' the manacles and allow them to go peaceably home , determining to p .- ocurc warrants for their apprehension , in conjunction with four others , who , from the evidence of the policemen , were shouting most vociferously , but not committing any acts of violence . Mr . Roberts made

      a most powerful appeal on behalf of his clients , tearing to pieces the flimsy statements of his opponent , as to the case being one of " riot ; " and in the course of his remarks alluded to the joyous feelings usually manifested by children when released from the factories , which he designated * ' dens of iniquity . " On this , the chairman , who has concentrated in himself the triple functions of magistrate , coal king , and cotton lord , stood aghast , and seemed to have been shaken from all sense of propriety : for , laying asielc his magisterial dignity , he entered into a defence of factories , stoutly denying they were what Mr . Roberts had termed them ; and for a time , hig whole soul seemed absorbed in defending what to him has been a source of immense wealth . Mr . Roberts

      having concluded his address ou behalf of the prisoners , called Mr . Charles Parkinson , who materially contradicted the evidence of the witnesses for the prosecution ; showing clearly that the disturbance , such as it was , originated from a woman Of the name of Shaw , who is connected with the black-legs , having hung out a handkerchief on a pole through her window , as a token of triumph in a law case which she had at Ashton ( though , by the bye , it was dismissed from her non-appearance ) . Little or no notice was taken of this till the children came from , the factory , who began to flock round the door , inquiring the cause ; and on learning tho case had been dismissed by the Ashton magistrates , they set ill ) a

      shout . One , of the knobsticks then commenced liddling , tind the women dancing ; but , strange to say , tnepoYicemei ) , though they saw the dancing , knew iiotbing about the fiddling , nor did they know anything about the handkerchief being suspended from the window of Shaw ' s house , although it was seen by hundreds of others . Mr . Brooks having replied , and stated that he should be satisiied with the prisoners being bound over to keep the peace , the magistrates consulted together for a short time and ordered each of the prisoners to find sureties to keep the peace for six months , or in default to be committed

      to Knutsford llouse of Correction for one month . The whole of the prisoners having stated they wcro too poor to pay the costs , which amounted to £ 0 , were removed , and are now in durance vile . There were several other cases summarily disposed of by fines of £ 2 10 s . each , or imprisonment for one month . One man was discharged , there being no evidence against him , although he bad been kept in the lockup nearly two days . 1 may just as well state that convictions have been obtained for gross assaults by the knobsticks , but the fines have not exceeded five shillings !!

      Accmssr ox tiik Great Westekx Raimvav . — Bkistoi ., Satciidav Morning . —An accident occurred on the Great Western Railway , yesterday , to the two o ' clock down train , which it is marvellous did not lead to the most fatal results . The train , which was driven by the Maznppa engine , left London at the ordinary time , and arrived at Bath without the occurrence of anything of an unusual character . After leaving Bath , it proceeded onward towards Bristol , till on its arrival near Salford , when it ran into a timber waggon , which was overturned on the down

      rail . The shock , as may be imagined , was a very severe one , and the passengers were thrown against each other violently . The utmost confusion and alarm for awhile prevailed . I am happy , however , in being able to state that , with the exception of a gentleman named Kennett , who was slightly cut over one of his temples , none of ' the passengers experienced any injury . The stoker was less fortunate , as , in attempting to escape by jumping off the train , he was dashed with such violence against the ground as to occasion a fracture of his shoulder , lie was immediately picked up , and medical assistance promptly sent for .

      iiiv . late Fatal Accident ox the ErosBimon and Glasuow Railway . —Wc understand tbat three officers of this company were on Wednesday served with indict . iucn . ts iv \ CiUvsgow , to sVauel trial before tlie ; lligh Court of Justiciary here , on the 1 st of August , on charges of culpable homicide . Two of these are in connection with the accident which , on the night of the 19 th of May last , so unhappily cost tlic life of Mr . Cooler , of Bridcgate , Glasgow , in a special train , which be had hired to bring him through to Edinburgh . The third , we understand , is indicted in reference to the accident which took pliico sonw weeks previously , whereby an engineer of a locomotive was killed , ' the vehicle being overturned on the Almond Viaduct . On this occasion the rod connecting the engine with the train fortunately snapped , and thereby saved the passengers . — -Edm * ottriift Evening Post .

      AxoTiit'tt Fatal Accident ox the Lancaster axd ) Caiimsli * Railway . —Kexdal , July IS . —lie regret fc to announce that another accident litis taken place C on this line , attended with fatal consequences . Yes- itenlay morning , the tfth hist ., a buy named Savage , 3 , about fifteen years of age , whilst following his em-1-ploynicni as a driver , on the Lancaster and Carlisle lo li'ailway , in the neighbourhood of Burton , was driving ig a horse attached to a train of waggons , Jadcn with th earth , when his foot tripped upon a stone , and he fell jll across the rails ; he was pushed along the line by the lie train , for a distance of forty yards , after he fell , in in ihe course of which two of the waggons ran over tho ho lower part of his body and killed him . This after- jrnoon an Inquest was field on the body . The verdiefciefc was " Killed ' accidentally , by being run over by the lie wheel of a railway waggon . "

      Dr . Cm-Fix at ToDMOiiDKx . —The walls of thlslilsi town have been placarded with a public challenge to : to > Ur . Collin ; Mr . David Ross havingclialleng « Kl ° himiimi to meet before the public in the Mechanics' In-Institute , when he would prefer certain charges , aiufentll would give bun an opportunity to reply . The roonoonil was crowded to excess , but no Dr . Collin made his hiss appearance . Mr . Ross went through his chargftrgcis seriatim , and completely astounded the people wittvittt his revelations . At the close , a resolution was was , t passed , with only one hand held up against it , to thci tk < eifect that Mr . Ross had their entire conmlencc , am anil that Dr . Coffin had lost it by not attendins tlie mceticeU ing . What was most remarkable was , that EnoclnocLl Uovsfati , Dr . Coffin ' s agent , moved the resolution , n .

      Chaktist Water Trip—The Marvlebov . c localitjalityj rcspcetiully invite their friends to take a trip witUvitM them to Greeiiforel-gi'ccn , near Harrow , on Sirau » mu » S morning next , starting from the Weigh-bridge .

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      street , Haymarkct , in the City of Westminster , atrtatrt * Office in the same Street and Parish , for the Trfe Proprietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Ew ^ and-puMisUed l ilied lil " William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Hwuidoiwidoiw street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , NewiniewiW tor- in the County of Surrey , at the Oflice , Xo . Mto . M Strand , in the Parish 0 St , Mary-lc-Stwud , u d u tW City of Westminster Saturday , July" 26 , 1815 . S ? $ S ? 5 v

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 26, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26071845/page/8/