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      OUR Uf _ASalK G . BI EEKS 5 T JONES . Ye lords of golden argosies ! And prelate , prince , and peer ; And members all ef Parliament , In rich St . Stephens , hear ! "We are getting op through England , All the bravest and the best ; From the heather-hills of Scotland , To the green Isle of the West . Irom the corn field and the f actory , To tbe coal-belt ' s hollow zone ; From the cellars of the city , To the mountain's quarried stone _. We want no courtiers golden _. And ye no bayonets need ; If tales of ages olden

      Arigbtlj ye will read . 'lis justice that ensnreth To statutes , they shall last ; Anil liberty enuureth "When tyrannies have passed . "We seek to injure no man ; "We ask bnt for onr right ; "We hold ont to the foeninn The hand ihat he would smite 1 And , if ye mean it truly . The storm may yet be laid , And we will aid yoa dul y _. As brothers brothers aid j—Bnt , if _pefalsely play us _. And if ye bnt possess The poor daring to betray as , -

      xfot the courage to redress ; Then jour armies shall be scattered , — If at lis their steel be thrust , — And yonr fortresses be battered , lake atoms in the dust ! And the anger of the nation Across the land shall sweep , Like a mighty Devastation df the winds upon the deep ! Hampstead , July , 1 S 46 .

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      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . XXIV . THE "PEOPLE'S FIRST ESTATE , -Or , Anticipations of the 17 th of August . Air , — - " The days that wc went gipsying . " Come let u » leave the murky gloom , Tha narrow crowded street ; The bustle , noise , the smoke and din , To breathe the air that * s sweet . "We'll leave the gorgeous palaces , To those miscalled great ; To upend a day of pleasure on Tha People ' s First Estate ! Chokes . — -On this estate the sons of toil Shall independent be , Enjoy the first fruits of tha soil , From tyranny set free ! The banners waving in the breeze _.

      The bands _ahaR cheerfully play , Let all be mirth and holiday On this onr holiday . _X 7 nto the farm—" O'Connorville , " That late was " Herringsgate , " We go to take possession of The People's First Estate ! On this estate , & c . "When on the fenn ! tbe People ' s Farm ! This land of liberty ! "We'll join the dance and rural games , "With joy and _sportire glee . Our gambols play , throughout the day , ( Te scoffers you may prate , ) And leave at night this lovely scene , The People ' s First Estate ! On this estate , < kc .

      3 fay nature shed her choicest stores , On this delightful spot ; Bach occupant be blest indeed , And peace attend each cot . And may our brave Directors with The funds ihat we'll create _. Lire long to purchase hundreds more Like this onr first estate ! On our estates the sons of toil Shall independent be ; Enjoy the first fruits of the soil , From tyranny set free ! Somers Town , Jons Abnott . 3 uly » _7 _tk , lS 4 _B .

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      THE TRUTH SEEKER , _Nos . l _, 2 , 3 . Vol . H . Leeds : F . R . Lees . _Burmantofs ; London : Chapman Brothers , 121 , "Newgate-street . Some two or three weeks back we received tbe above numbers of tbis Magazine ; ths numbers of the first volume never reached us . The Trutft Seder appears to be nnder the management ofDr . F . R . Lees of Leeds , whose very talented publications in advocacy of the Total-Abstinent e cause have often been noticed in this journal . Tbe Editor has some Tery able assistants whose contributions would do credit to higher-priced publications . "We confess we do not understand some of the articles , they are too mystical and transcendental for our comprehension ; but on the whole the contents of these numbers have much gratified ns . From an article entitled " The Land Problem " we give the following extract : —

      The land still tied np in the hands of the ancient lords ofthe soil , and twenty millions of people crying out for employment and bread ! And mark espec ially that the land is virtually exempt now from the support ofthe people . Feudalism in that sense also , is not ! Monasteries are not ! Call it a tax which God has imposed upon the popular enfranchisement , if you will— a philosophical necessity rushing outof the freedom and indiTdinality of man—I care not what you call it—such tax haB now become au insufferable , unpayable burden . That is clear . Another necessity , equally as philosophical , is rushing oat ofthe new elements which hare come into being , and the * people proclaim , with terrible emphasis , that they must and will be fed .

      Atto * jetuer these are momentous matters ! To proserve the form and appendages _andpossessions of feudalism—now that feudalism is extinct and has no hold npon the people—is questionable . Nay , I will say , it is unwise and wrong . Primogeniture and Entail may make a . splendid outward Aristocracy ; bat they impoverish and begger the People . I hope that the nobility of England will one day see this , and forego the pomps of rank for ihe pomps of humanity . I believe it will be found incontrovertible , thatthe Condition of the People is always

      regulated by the Tenure of the Land . The doctrines of the political economists of theday seem to me altogether fraudulent and holloir , I speak of them now , essentially as matters connected with the Present Society ; for any higher society they are infernal—utterly incapable of doing any thing otherwise than the work ofthe Devil . 2 f ot only do they disunite the famil y of man , and rear a fabric of pride to mock tbe modesty of the heavens ; but they ¦ end in this—starvation * O terriblest ofall terrible sights , is that of a willing man refused the privilege of working , and condemned to starve !

      "We recommend the writer of this article from -which we have given the _abwe extract , not to thunder against " revolutionists , " and " demagogues , " bntfor these the " land problem" would never have become subject for public investigation ; besides , this writer is himself a ' * revolutionist , " and asserting good motives for his own actions , he should b 3 cautious about misrepresenting the motives of others . From another article we give the following paragraph : — The _IticiiT to the Ia « cd . —Ilowever unwelcome the doctrine may sound , the common right of man to the soil , is the foundation upon which all the other rights of humanity ar & based .

      The poetry in this Magazine is of a very superior character . We have read with much interest the " _BalladHistory of the "Norman Conquest , " by _JaxuaKrS * 5 AKi . n , The ballads are excellent—excellent because they present in stirring poetry a pictured history of the time when Harold fell and the bastard tyrant established his bloody despotism on the ruins of Saxon _frc--doin . "We should be glad to know that the author ' s first intention was carried out , that if circulating his production as a sheet-ballad , with the "view of raising , if possible , the character of our djiporalising street literature . The name of the autalffof the following lines is not given—they are most beautiful : —

      _LTKE 3 _AMOSC THE _XEAVE 3 . Save ye heard the west wind sinning , where the summer trees are springing ; Have yc counted o ' er the nsany tunes it knows ! For ths wide winged spirit rangeth , and its ballad metre changeth As it _goss . A plaintive wail it raakeih nhsn the willow ' s , tress it _shakclh , Like jiuw-boni ir . far . t sighing in its sleep ; And the branches , low and slender , bend to list the strain so tender , Till they weep . Another tale ' tis telling , where the clustered elm is swiiYmg

      With dancing joy that seems to laugh outright ; And ihe leaves , all bright and clapping , sound like human fingers snapping "With delight .

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      The fitful key-note _shiftetb where the heavy oak un lifteth _, _*' A diadem of acorns broad and hi gh * Audit chants with muffled roaring , like an eagle ' s wings in soaring To the sky . Now the breeze is freshl y wending , where the gloomy yew is bending _. To shade green graves , and canopy the owl ; And it gives a mournful whistle , that remindeth ofthe missal And the cowl . Another lay it giveth where the spiral poplar liveth , Above the cresses , lily , flag , and rush ; And it sings with hissing treble , like the foam npon the pebble , In its gush .

      A varied theme it utters where the glossy date-leaf flutters , A loud and lightsome chant it yieldeth there ; And the quiet , listening dreamer , may believe that many a streamer Flaps the air . It is sad and dreary hearing where the giant pine is rearing His lonely head , like hearse plume waved abont ; Aad it lnrketh melancholy , where the thick and sombre holly Bristles out . It murmura sort aud mellow mid the light laburnum ' s yellow , As lover's ditty chimed by rippling plash ; And deeper is its tiding , as it hurries , swiftly gliding Thro the ash .

      A roundelay of pleasure does it keep in merry measure , "While rustling in the rich leaves of the beech , As tho a band of faeries were engaged in Mab ' s vagaries , Out of reach . Oh ! a Bard of many breathings is tha Wind in sylvan wreathing 8 , O ' er mountain tops and thro tbe woodland groves _. New fifing and now drumming—now howling and now humming—As it roves . Oh ! are not human bosoms like these things of leaves

      and blossoms' , Where hallon'd whispers come to cheer and rouse t Is there no mystic stirring in our hearts , like sweet wind whirring In theboughs ? Tho'that wind a strange tone waketh in every home it maketh , And the maple tre « _rt-sponds not as the larch ; Yet Harmony is playing round all the green arms swaying "Heath Heaven's arch .

      Oh ! what can be the teaching of these forest voices preaching 'Tis ' hat abroUier _' s creed , tho , not as mine , May blendabout God ' sjiltar , and help to fill tht psalter That ' s divine _. We recommend the Truth-Seeker to all lovers of truth , and friends of progress .

      Second Anniversary Of Tiie Engineers And Machinists Union

      SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF TIIE ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS UNION

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      The above event was celebrated by a public dinner , a ball , and other amusements , at Highbury Barn Tavern , on Monday , July 27 tu , 18 iG . __ About six hundred and fifty sat down to a dinner which appeared to give the highest satisfaction to all present . On the cloth being removed , Mr . John _Heppel waa called to the chair , and Mr . Francis Dobson acted as vice-chairman . The Chairman said , the object of their society and ofthe annual commemoration of its foundation , was to create a better feeling amongst the working classes . Twenty years ago only one small body of engineers , called the " Old Society , " had an existence ; Lot from tbat period tbeir trade had progressed , and soon was another body rendered

      necessary , and the " "New . Society" sprung into existence , and again he congratulated them on their increasing progress , for they now boasted a Liverpool Society , a Manchester Society , and many more . ( Loud cheera . ) We hare cease 1 to view our sister societies with jealousy and suspicion , and now looked on their increasing importance with pride and satisfaction—( Cheers)—and he bad the pleasure of informing them that " a National Association of United Trades" had been formed for the " Employment of Labour , " and although the engineers , as a whole , had not yet given it their support , the body to which he immediately belonged had done so ; and he trusted the other portions would speedily do the same . ( Loud cheers . ) Such an association must cause the lowest producer to be as well cared foras the queen upon herjthrone . ( Hear , hear . ) There was also the National United Trades Association for the Protection of Industry , the founders of which had broken through old

      prejudices , and admitted women and children to tlie benefits and advantages of the Association ; the women and children had long been calledon to work under and on the ' earth , and such being the case , he thought they were duly entitled to the advantages and protection of a trade society . ( Loud cheers . ) He hoped soon to see the whole bodies of trades represented in one great national confederation . ( Great cheering . ) The first toast he had the honour to submit to them _was— " Our Employers , " and if we in a measure depended on our employers , they in their turn , depended on us ; for without the men ' s aid tbeir orders would go unexecuted —( Loud cheers ) he wished some of their employers had been present , and then they would hare had the opportunity of seeing that the operatives were uot mere drudges , but men of mind , who only required what they were justly entitled to , viz . a fair remuneration for their labour . ( Much applause . )

      The Chairman again arose , and gave— "Our managers and foremen , " and reviewed the position of the managers and foremen as compared with that of the workmen , and said , when the managers and foremen treated the workmen kindly , yet acted justly as regarded the employer , they invariably found such conduct conduce very largely to the interest and well-being of both employer and employed . ( Hear , hear . ) He looked forward with hope in these progressive times to a realisation of his fervent _aspfrations , when men would say with truth—our brethren—our shop—our trade—and when all lands shall be our own . ( Great cheering . ) The next sentiment was , " Prosperity to the variond Trade Societies in London . "

      Mr . John Reid in responding , said—Looking at man as an intelligent rational being , we find present society not constituted ia a way worthy of such a creature ; governed as we are by avarice and ambition . The higher orders , as they are called , combine and league together ; yet they appear to look with contempt and scorn on _aecieties of working men—( hear , hear . ) Members of Parliament had their societies , Lawyers had their societies , ( and exclusive ones too , allowing none but members of their society to plead , be they ever so able , ( Lear , hear ;) the Clergy had also their societies , and all these parties would tell you that they combined for the benefit of the working classes —( laughter . ) Yet are there very large portions of those they profess to protect in the

      lowest state of degradation —( hear , hear . ) Well , it it was right for these classes to combine , it must be equally Tight for the working classes to unite for their own protection —{ much applause . ) The church professed to combine for the purpose of educating the people , but after a very long peiiod of their union ' s existence , the people were still said to be ignorant ; therefore the clergy must have been wanting in their duty , and heavy charges of immorality and gross delinquency hung over their heads , consequently they were no longer worthy existence as a Trades Society _, -- ( loud cheers . ) He believed the sole object of the clerical union was to controul the mind of man , and make it subservient to tbeir unworthy purposes —( vociferous cheering . ) The "Times" and "Weekly Dispatch" had recently attempted to _^ run down Trades Societies , which rendered union amongst

      working men more imperative , and pointed out to Trades Societies ihe necessity of supt-orting only those Papers which supported them —( loud cheers . ) If any law was to be repealed , what was the first step taken ? "Why , a public meeting was called—did not this show the necessity of union ?—( loud cheers . ) He recollected some twelve years ago , when the men wanted a reduction ofthe hours oflabour , ( and tliey were not then , strictly speaking , united , ) the masters treated their request as a drunken frolic , and told the men they had better have it nut ; but since then the men have " had it out . " by forming themselves into a temperate Trades Society , the result of whie _' j was . their periods oflabour were reduced four and a half hours per week , whilst their wages bad increased some two or three shillings per week .

      ( Great applause . ) Mr . Charms Mosroe said , he felt highly honoured in being called on to speak to such a sentiment . He thought the fountain from which their society had sprung , was the " Great Strike of London ; from that period we had gone on progressing , and had now become a constant flowing stream , a mightv river with many tributaries , ( loud cheers , ) yet there were some , he knew , who looked on such societies as so many bodies of destruction isls , levellers , and anarchists , and who would ask , is the mau mad to propose such a sentiment , but the answer lie would give , to those men , was , come and sec how our meetings aro conducted , and you will no _longer deem us madmen , as members ofsocfefy— we have property—our labour—vc have also tiie privilege—Ihe right—to dispose of that labour to the best advantage , and we will not submit to be robbed of the oiw , or deprived of the other . ( Ti _-cmcndous cheering . )

      "Mr , _Jonx _ITosriscs said , _thetoasthchad the honour to respond to , was , " a Speedy " Union ofthe Societies of our Trade in Great Britain and Ireland . " The _asTsoeiathrc princi ple was tbe true sign of progress , he looked upon the exploded doctrines of strikes , as both foolish and detestable , and thought that _f-tbe-r means less injurious io both employers and employed , and means far more likely to benefit anil improve the condition of the operative , shoula End

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      would be henceforth adopted . ( _Tj oiacI cheers ) M an was a progressive being , young men _emerging fro" * their _appren-icehips -were like new fled ged " birds , and it was our duty to have societies in every town , as harbours of refuge to welcome them . ( Hear , hear . ) He contended that every man , in the trade . hadaduty to perform , and should P „ t hi , shoulder to the wheel , and push on t ] . _„_» ' „„ _,. _<„> ofreform . ( Loud cheers . ) Workin g _^ mfn ' bad _? oo long laboured under , a great di 3 ad vanta _& _^ not enjoying ihc fru its > ° f tlie own labour hut he didhopeV time _would- „ _^ _gtfj ducers of wealth wrald also be the consumeri of we i _W _. _i | f r tSS _nof •> Whv "hould they not ? Why should they not enjoy _^ _£ _, which their ingenuity . _peraev erance d ; _„«»«* --

      so pre-eminently entiuectiie , ( vociferous cheering , ) but in order to accom _phs _,, _- > we must _ u ) h labour in strict unity , and then shall ire consummate so glorious an object . ( Loud cheers . ) No man had a right to withhold from his fellows similar privileges to those hehimself claimed . ( Hear , hear . ) lie feared that there were some yet , who looked on their present glean of prosperity as though it would last forever but he warned them by the-fate of ancient great nations , of Rome , of Troy , and of other states , and to come nearer home of the cotton spinners , that once flourishing trade , now reduced to nought . ( Uear hear . ) ne hoped these things would induce them to persevere , _alwavs remembering that _England expects the engineers and machinists of London will do their duty . ( Great cheering . )'

      _^ 4 — XT tc . . - » .... . _ . _ _ _^ . . Mr . Newton ( Secretary ) said , it would be his duty to shew the advantage of general union over tliat oi sectional unions , and it was important that the engineers should shew the world , that they were capable of keeping progress with other societies . _^ in favour of " National Associations for the p rotection and employment , of Labour . " ( Loud cheers : ) We are charged withcombining for the pnrpose of fixinc tbe price of labour ; well , _suppose we do . have not tbe capitalists their Corn Exchange , their quarterly meeting of Ironmasters , & e ., & e ., for the regulation of the price of goods ; and if masters had the right to meet and regulate the price of goods , we had an equal right to meet and regulate the price oflabour . ( Loud cheers . ) We have been termed monopolist " , but he did

      not think the term applicable . We certainly did say a man shall undergo acertain probation before he slinil be deemed qualified to follow the trade , and wliich he thought essential to both employers aud employed . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , if union was necessary , it was so . not only partially , but as a whole ; hence , he supported the proposition for amalgamating the several societies into one mighty whole , in order ihat so mig ht y a phalanx might be brought to bear in-resistance to all agressions attempted on the Trades' bodies . ( Great cheering . ) Our trade has been the means of bringing towns nearer to towns , nations to nations , and thus extending civilization to all parts of the globe , and he trusted that we should thus continue , until we hud extended civilization , and happiness throughout this great universe . ( Immense applause . )

      Mr . Booth ro ? e to respond to " Prosperity to the Iron Trades , " in doing so , he said they were only proposing prosperity to themselves ; society was much indebted to ihe Press , ihere was a time it was called the fourth estate , but now , he thought , it might claim the high privilege of being the first estate , and happy was he to say , that this mighty monarch was HOW inclined to favour ihe millions f ( cheers ) ihere was the Morning Advertiser , ( cheers , ) Punch , ( laushter and much applause . ) and last , not least . The Northern Star , ( loud cheers , ) which had for a long time devoted itself to the interests of the million , —( great cheering . )—it might have been mistaken in

      some things , but no one conld doubt its main purpose was the elevation of the millions . —( Great applause . ) —He ( Mr . Booth ) had long been a labourer on their committep , and happy was he to witness their progress : bigotry and prejudice was receding rapidly , whilst virtue , truth and justice , thanks to ihe "Iron Trade , " was progressing at " _Railway Speed . "Mr . BARXAnn , would merely remark , whilst drinking success to the " Iron Trade , " that its produce had been for the last two years , as three to two over that of the gold mines , wliich shewed the great increase of mineral wealth ; but neither Iron , Gold , Lead , Copner . Earth , Air , or Sea was any advantage without the labour of the husbandman .

      On the motion of Mr . Gearing , a vote of thanks was given by acclamation to tbe Chairman , Vice-Chairman and Stewards , far the handsome anil able manner in which they had conducted the Festival . The Chairman responded , and a Band stationed in the Gallery , which had enlivened the proceedings of the evening by playing many spirited popular tunes , concluded the evening by playing in excellant style , the all-inspiring Marsellaise , which wa 3 greeted with much applause . The several Rustic Games were carried on with

      much eclat in the Grounds , and at ei < rht o ' clock the Bali , commenced , and was carried on with great spirit and good humour until two o ' clock , when all took their _departure _, much _gratified with the pleasure attending the Engineers' Anniversary Festival .

      Loss Or Two Lives Ox Thk River.—'On Saturday

      Loss or Two Lives ox thk River . — 'On Saturday

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      evening a none nalt-pnsc six o clock , ucorgc Maynara , the Vauxhall pier man , observed a large skiff in which there were six men , three women , and a child . As it was attempting to pass through the fourth arch of Vauxhall bridge , it struck against the buttress ol the arch , and afterwards came into collision with the triangular piling driven in front of thc dummy . The tide was then running down very strongly . The rowers instantly jumped up and fell upon thesitters The skiff swung round , fell against the curtain board

      or bottom ofthe paddle box ofthe Lightning stcamei and immediately filled . Captain Sherman and the crew of the Lightning saved three men and two women . The Captain of the Citizen , letter G , by the judicious use of his life-lines saved two more men , and the Bachelor rescued the sixth ; but , unfortunately , one of the women , Mis 3 Rathbone , of No . 436 . Strand , and the child , the infant daughter of Mr . Wyld . the map-maker , perished . Miss Rathbone was in her 25 th year . A reward has been offered for thc recovery of both bodies .

      Suicide op an Axti-Pkedestixarian . —An inaiiest was held on Saturday evening at the West London Union _workhouss . West-street , Smithfield _. before Mr . J . Payne , the deputy coroner , on the body of George Clayton , aged 62 , a butcher . According to the evidence of the witnesses , the deceased was very fond ot metaphysical and philosophical argument , and not long ago , while engaged in a controversy of this kind , one of the company argued in support of the doctrine of " predestination , " a doctrine whieh the deceased strenuously opposed wi th the principle of' ¦ free will . "

      The discussion growing warm , and the deceased becoming excited , he pulled out his butcher ' s knife and stabbed himself in the side , in order to gain his point that man was a " free agent . " lie had been for a long time past living with a woman of had character , the wife of his nephew , and on Saturday week stabbed himself in the same place as before , in conse qnence , a 3 he said , ofthe woman robbing him of all his goods and running away . He remained locked up in his room until Tuesday without food , and was then taken to tho workhouse , where he did on Thursday , Verdict" Temporary Insanity . "

      Frightful Accident to an Ixfaxt . —On Monday evening a female infant , not quite 12 months old , fell from the third floor window of No . 11 , Langley-court , Long-acre . Tho child w as heing nursed at the time by a juvenile sister , when it sprang from her arms into the court below . It was taken up in a frightfully mutilated state and conveyed to _Kind ' s College Hospital without any hopes of recovery . Supposed _Mordrr and _Scicidr . —At North Brierly , last week , a considerable sensation was created by the discovery of the bodies of William Bywater , and his . son , a boy of seven years of age , in an old coal-pit . It appears that on Monday morning Bywater got up and roused his son . telling him tliat be should take a walk with him . After _preparing his wife ' s breakfast , he left with the boy and proceeded along the road to Bradford . They went over a stile leading to the pit , which issituated on elevated ground , and on reaching

      a platform which surrounds it , Bywater was seen to stoop under some rails round tlie mouth . They were then lost eight of by two men , who noticed them walking to the pit , and a few seconds afterwards the cries of a child were heard . The men hastened to the spot , and en looking down the pit saw nor heard nothing of them . The bottom of tlie pit was then searehed , and tbeir bodies , dreadfully mutilated , were found . At the inquest it was shown that the father was much attached to his son , and was never heard to expressing any intention of destroying him . In a conversation he had , however , with a _neighbour , he manifested much uneasiness , and his peculiar observations led to thc impression that he meditated suicide . Thejury returneda verdict , " That the deceased were found dead at the bottom ofthe pit ; bnt how or by what means they came by their deaths there was no evidence to show . "

      Capture of a Supposed _Murdkrer . —In the month of September last , a soldier named MThcrson , of the 61 th Regiment , then stationed at Richmond Barracks , was found in the Grand Cnnal . Dublin , with his hands tied behind liis back with a black silk handkerchief , and his pockets turned inside out . No money was found upon him , although it was well known he hail Gs . put into his pocket on the night of his death . At that time an inquest was held ou the body , and a verdict of " wilful murder " was returned . A navigator , mimed John Convoy , was the last person seen with deceased , a _* nl V . c immediately absconded from his loil » in « s and his employ at a late hour of theniuht ofthe murder , leaving liis

      boots behind bim , and c » mc to _England , lrom information gh'en to tbe Stavley-bridgo police , this person was apprehended at Staylej ' -brhige , on Wednesday night last . When ' -barged with thc murder , the prisoner admitted that he knew tiie dcccas _« d , and had been drinking with him on thc _nisj _ht of his death at a late hour . lie wag brought lid ' orc the magislr . ues on Thursday , when a serjeant of the 56 th Regiment proved seeing the _prisuv-cr with _tludeceased a short tinio previous to his death . 1 > was remanded until the police , who arc in _pi-ase-ssio .. of some _important information , had m : \ di some ! ur tbeir inquiries . The Commissioner of Police , . Dub iiu , has . been written to upon the subject-

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      CHARGE Of RAPE . At the Durham Assizes on Monday last , John Bell , _ajed 2 G , wns indicted for having committed a rape upon Jane Stephenson , _hisonnserraiit , a girl of 17 years of age . Mr . Otter appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Bliss and Mr . Matthews were counsel for the defendant , who is a married man , carrying on the business Of a master coachmaker , in the ' town of Barnard Castle . The prosecutrix said , that she west into the prisoner ' s service on the 23 rd of last May , and that on Sunday , the 2 _Sth of June , her sister , who liros atStaindrop , had been over to Barnard Castle , when , in the afternoon , at about lour o'clock , the sister being on her return home , she i the witness , went ahout two mill's with her on the way .

      Having left her to coma back to Barnard Castle , she met the prisoner , who had followed them , and he , after soaie persuasion , representing that there was a nearer road across some fields , induced her to accompany him that way . She soon found , after thoy had got _; some hundred yards from the road , that he was leading her where there was no publio pith . He said , however , that they should come to one a little way on , and that induced her to accompany liim int 3 some fields , where , taking advantage of the loneliness of the place , he hegau , to take liberties with her , and finally by violence accomplished his purpose . She said that she had a long struggle with him , which wasperceptiblefrom the state of the ground , in a grass field where this happened , and in which the grass was . beaten down for about five yards . He afterwards forcibly detained her there for as much as half an hour . But in the meantime she had once made her

      escape for a distance , having run into a corn field , and there trodden down a good deal of the corn in her en . dcavours to get away . The girl , who is a person of respectable appearance for her station , then said that she had mentioned the matter immediately on getting to the town , towards which the prisoner accompanied her , She had not told it to the first females she saw , but did to a Mrs . Raines , with whom she was better acquainted . That she bad done so , was proved by Mrs . _Kainea and others . A sur . geon was called in to see her the same night , and an officer sent to look at the spot , confirmed her as to the condition of the grass field and the corn field .

      In her cross-examination tho prosecutrix admitted that she had stolen 3 s . about two years ago , from a Mrs . Kailton _, having , as she proceeded to say , obtained the money by breaking into the window of the hou 3 e . She had also been charged with stealing 2 s in the same way from another person . She now admitted that she had committed that theft also , in the same way , by getting in at the window . Mrs . Kailton , one of the -witnesses called for the defence , swore that she would not believe the girl upon heroath .

      It had been asserted by the witneises for the prosecution that the girl was much disturbed and distressed , and that her bonnet and dresi bore evident marks of violence when sh « came home on the Sunday . Other witnesses , for the defence , denied both theBe , and several of the prisoner ' s witnesses stated that they had previ . ouBly seen the prosecutrix and the prisoner upon such terms ot familiarity as to occasion jealousy between the hu 3 band and his wife . After his Lordship's summing up , the Jury were about nil hour in deliberation , and returned a verdict of Not Guilty ; adding , that they entertained a doubt , and _gavo the prisoner the benefit of it .

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      : SHOOTING A GAMEKEEPER . At the Stafford Assizes on Tuesday , Zephaniah Hull was indicted for the murder of John William Norris , at lliraley , on the 30 th of Juue last . Mr . Godson detailed tlie circumstances of the case . It appeared that on the 30 th of June last , two men were at work in a turnipfield , in the parish of llimley , in this county , occupied by Mr . _longueville ; that they had with them a sp . _iniel dog , and the deceased , head gamekeeper to Lord Ward , met near to this place the prisoner Hull , an under gamekeeper , also in his lordship ' s employ . Norris remonstrated with Hull on the impropriety of allowing the dog to run about in and near to the preserves ; a quarrel ensued ( in tho course of which Norris got oft * his liorso ;) Hull became much excited , and raiaed his gun and shot Norrii , who lingered till ih _« 20 th of July following , when he died . Tbe learned counsel read a deposition made

      by Norris the day h 6 _. receired the shot , the purpoit of which was , that he said to Hull he should be glad if he would look after the dog—thatit was continually running about the premise . * , to which tho prisoner replied _, that he never saw it hunt in bis life . Deceased pointed out that itwas doing so then , on which Hull said " I'll be ( j—fl jf it ever dots hunt , " and be further told deceased to look after " the other tenants' dogs , to which the latter replied , that he ( Hull ) dare not say anything about Longueville ; tbat be . was _undur his lash because he Kept pointer puppies for him in the last summer in the name of Lord Ward . Prisoner asked what he ( Norris ) had to do with that , on which tbe latter told him to do his duty . Hull , as lie alleged , then commenced bullying bim . lie told him he didn ' t want bullying , but that he was to do liis duty , or he should be obliged to put some one else in liis place , on which the prisoner presented tbe gun at liim and punched him with it , it _buinghalf . _coclccd at the

      time , and deceased deposed in conclusion— " I then told him to be quiet , but he ( Hull ) drew hack , levelled his -un at me , and said , ¦ " 1)—n your eyes , I'll Wow your brains out . " He then fired . The discharge went into my shoulder and left side . -1 told him I was a _dei _< d man . I then saw him put another charge of powder into his sun , but recollect nothing after that . " _Trom the learned eounsel _' a sluleuieivt it further appeared that a boy named Smith , who was standing in a meadow adjoining , saw the piisoner raise his gun to his hip ; he heard it go off and saw the deceased the . fall ; another underkecper , named Chambers , shortly after came up , and found Norris lying bleeding , the prisoner went away without rendering any asistance . but afterwards made a statement respecting the transaction , to a great extent confirmatory of that averred by thedeceased , although he subsequent _, ly declared that the gun went off in a scuttle . Several witnesses were called on behalf of theprosecutior .

      Mr . F . V . Lee addressed the jury for the defence . The chief ground of this was , the gun had gone oft * by accident in the scuffle , and that , consequently , the prisoner could only be said to have committed homicide by mis-adventure . Mr , Justice Maule summed up very _elaborately and aiinutely . In the course of his observations his lordship said , that if they believed the evidence of the | witness Smith , that the prisoner deliberately levelled his gun at thedeceased , then he was undoubtedly guilty of murder , because he ' could not expect that he should

      by such an act , inflict a slight injury . Referring to the matter out of which the quarrel arose , his lordship said that nothing gave rise to so much bad and malignant feeling amongst men , and nothing created more dispute ? , in the cours e of which blood was shed , than tbe warfare springing out of and engendered by tlie attempts to preserve game ; there was every species of strife _pprln _^ - uii out of poaching and other such matters ; nothing was ( he said ) in his mind more lamentable than thc existence Of this state of things , Thejury turned round in their box for a few minutes , and then returned a _vor . dictofNotGudty .

      Charge Of Murder. At Tne Stafford Assize...

      CHARGE OF MURDER . At TnE Stafford Assizes . —On Monday last , Hannah Edwards , 2 G , a poor idiotic-looking creature , was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Edwards , at Wolverhampton , on the 25 th of _Mey . The prisoner was allowed a scat in the dock . Her appearance seemed to excite deep commiseration , in a densely crowded court , amongst which were many res . pectable females _. It _nppusired that , on the 29 th of May , a person , named Davis , while walking along the towing-path , saw the body ofa ehild in the canal , which he took to the

      workhouse . It seemed that , on the ' - ' 3111 ot March , the prisoner was received into the workhouse , where she wns confined on the 2 Gth of April , of a male child , which was ' baptised Thomas . Tho things found on the body of the child , Mr . Wildbure _, the _master , identified as belonging to Madcley Union . On the 2 Sth of May , the prisoner " and a girl hamod Mary Ann Pe : kes , left the poor-house together , and went to Wolverhampton , wluwe they parted at ahout a quarteiito eight thu same ev . ning , Edwards having the child , whicli was then well , with her . When Porkes left her at the corner of

      Temple-street , prisoncrsaid she was going to her father's house , On the 27 th , two days after , _Ferkes met her , and said , " Well , Hannah , how ore yon ? " She replied , "Very well . " Perkes _asked , "How is the child " She replied , _« ' It was taken ill , and . is _di-ad . It died in my father ' s house at two o ' clock the next morning , and I am going to get a coffin for it to be buried . " A person , named Stewart , deposed tbat , on the evening of the 25 th of May , prisoner came to her house , having a blue and white bundle with ber , Mrs . Stewart said , " "Where is your bnhy ? " Sim said , " It is dead ; it died in the Bastile a fortnight ago . Itwas a girl , and I called it Emma . " Witness said , "Why did yt > n call it Emma ! " She replied , "Because that if

      the name of my father ' s sister , and sh _cproniisedto give me a frock . " Mrs . Stewart said , " What would you have done if it had lived , as you are a poor weak crea . turc _, and not fit to take care ofa baby 1 " The prisoner _SIlid _, " "My father must WOrK for it , " Mr . Stewart went to the prisoner's father , told him she was at I is house , and she went borne on the following evening . Tlie child wns found about half a wile from Stewavt ' s house . The Clothes found on the child , and some found ftt tbo prisoner ' s father ' s , were identified as those takrn with the baby from the Union . The child was ilisin erred , an iiujucst held , and the unfortunate woman _committed by the coroner , on tho 2 nd of June , on the chat gaof Wilful murder .

      Mrs . Stewart stated that she lia known the pi isonc-r for eighteen years , and she was _alwa-s n poor halfwilted _creutviva . Sometime ** she wmi'd b'i quiet , und sometimes violent . She could never be taught her alphabet , nr made to urnlcrstnml what other people were reading : ibout . Her mother was in the same way after ihc _bii-ili _ol'lic-riii-st ehild . Tha prisoner ' s father deposed that she could not be It-Ct alone in the house , or trusted : _Shr , knew sometimes what she was doinir , and at _others did not know rigl ' _-t or wrong . She luid hud fits . The Jury consulted together nbivut ten minutes , ami then returned a _verit _' iet of " _N ' ot _Guilty , on the ground ol insanity , *

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      Disfranchisement of 1 , 600 Electors bt non-payii isst op Taxes . —On Saturday ,- at the meeting ofthe Marylebone vestry , Mr . Daniel said he was desirous of cat ling the attention of the vestry to a subject of Tery _grsat importance / which was ¦ that in consequence of the rate paying clause in the iteform Act , no less than 1 , 669 persons in the parish of Marylebone had been disfranchised tbis year , by reason of their not havi » g paid their taxes . Wkstminbtkk BBiDOB . ~ Ifc is stated that this bridge had sunk on Wednesday considerably . Sir t _^ _Sw _?^ _P'Hwted that it would sink , io a pamphlet whichfa ( published some time ago , but the _? o m _ra _mS _? _ft _^ thCT than he antidite _* . The Singitdown . Said ' haTe _^^^ _anLously on

      liiB _SotDiBB P . . Whisk . —A letter in the _\ North ampton Mercury supplies the following facts relative to the late unfortunate soldier , F . White of the 7 th Hussars , whose father was Postmaster of Nottin _g - ham . - After leaving Mr . Roper ' s academy of Nottingham , and where I ought to state he met with sons of the most rcspectaWe families of the town , and one who is now art able barrister , he was apprenticed to Messrs . Barker nnd Adams , large wholesale hosiers . I believe he continued with them about two or three years j and about the same time that his respected parents had to give up all that they possessed , the above house either stopped , or they decreased their hand ' s ; poor White was then out of employment , and he tried , in vain , in Not _linglwm , to obtain a situation . He went to London .

      there met with disappointment after disappointment ) till ho was driven to enlist in the 2 nd Life Guards . He did not remain long in this regiment . He met with an accident—put his arm or bis shoulder outand was discharged as being unfit fbr service . After this he was in the London police , and was one of that body who was sent to Birmingham to quell tbe riots there in 1840 . At this tewn he tells me in his letters that he enlisted into the 7 th Hussars , being iii liquor at the time . This account he gave me when at York Barracks . Poor White was a tall , rather slender young man ; and I remember , when he was 3 bout 17 years of age , that he stood nearly six feet high . lie was ofa kind , affable disposition , gentlemanly in his deportment , and respected by all who knew him .

      An Imsh _Nonos op _ItoGuKnr . —E . Lonegan was found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation at Waterford , last week , for burglary and robtery . The prosecutor , a poor farmer , stated that two men , the prisoner and another , broke into his hou e at night , and demanded his money . Oue of them , wint over to the bed where his wife lay , and took , a spraneen ( a little purse ) from under her head ; but , r . o" satisfied with what it contained , fell to _beatirg the prosecutor with a stick , to force him to discover where the rest ofhis money was concealed . The ot ler thief , who was armed with a "blunderbush , " went ' _' mouching about" till he found in a hole in the wall , £ 5 5 s ., with which they decamped , telling the lawful owner that he was " a devil ofa rogue t hide his money in that manner . "

      This _Eiiuoxiiic _Thaquktii between Birmingham and Der _iy has just been completed , and a most succewful trial of . the instrument has been made by MessiB . Cooke and Wheatstone , " . The distance between Birmingham and Derby is forty-one miles . This completes the telegraph on the entire ofthe Midland line from Leeds to Birmingham , and from Derly to JNottingham and Rugby . With the exception ot the want of a few instruments on the road stations between this town and Derby , the communication is perfect , and the estimated cost of the telegraph is about £ 40 , 000 .

      Conviction fob Murder . — Patrick M'Mahon , who , with his brother , Cornelius MMahon , had been on tiial for some days at the Limerick Assizes , was found guilty on Thursday , and sentenced by Dr . Stock to be executed on tbo _6 tb of August . Tbe unfortunate convict was removed , protesting his innocence . The other brother is to stand bis trial next assizes on the charge of firing at and wounding the police at Annacotty on tbe night of the murder . The murdered man was a respectable farmer , named Laurence Leahy .

      ' 1 hk Wellington Statue . —On Saturday , the further erection of the scaffolding over the triumphal arch at Hyde-park Corner , intended lor the raising ofthe colossal statue of the Duke of Wellington , was suspended by order of Lord Morpeth , the new Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests . Jt is now fully believed that the site chosen by the Committee , upon which several hundred pounds must have been expended , even in the present scaffolding erected , will be giveR up , and that the parade in St . Jamcs s-park will be the place on which this trophy to tbe merits of , the illustrious Duke will ultimatel y be raised . _Pauis . —Workmen have commenced the demolition of the elephant in the Place de lu Bastille , The figure is composed cbieHy of wood and plaster , very little iron being used about it . At the first blow ol the hammer a number of rats ran out , no fewer than 200 having been destroyed .

      Dkath of Colonel Macihone . —This distinguished but unfortunate officer expired suddenly on Saturday morning last . He was born at Manchester in ITS ? , and was sent by his father to Italy in 1 S 01 lor commercial objects , and was detained at Naples ou the breaking out ofthe war . __ Having attracted tlio attention of Mnrat , then King of Naples , from a certain likeness he bore to Buonaparte , as well as by hia success in experimental science and athletic exercises , ho entered the Neapolitan service , and in a short time was appointed one of the Aides-de-Camp of Murat , with the rank of Colonel , * he was also decorated with the cross of tho Two Sicilies and of the Legion of Honour . Jlis "Interesting Facts , " published in London , concerning that ill-starred

      monarch , were so eagerly sought in Italy , where the book was prohibited , that manuscript ' copies of it sold at a very l \ ii > h price . In 1 S 20 and 1 S 21 Colonel Macirone sent several hundred men to the Spanish settlements in South America , and received the fruitless rank of-Brigadier-General from tha republic ol Columbia . lie afterwards , served the Liberal pavty in Spain , until the retreat of the Cortes to Cadiz . During the agitation of the Reform Bill he printed his "Defensive Instructions for the People , " of which many thousand copies were sold ; he subsequently published two volumes of autobiography , intending to follow them by two others , had not the

      death ot his bookseller prevented his design . Of lateyears he dedicated himself' to mechanical pursuits , pricipally to the establishment of steam locomotives oh common roads , but tailing in this undertaking , he _bectroc much _cmoarassed , and never recovered any part of the money he embarked . He was the contributor of many useful suggestions ia the Mechanics ' Magazine , and other scientific periodicals ; anil among these suggestions may be mentioned the Archimedes screw , fur the impulsion of steam ships , many years before it was adopted . lie died suddenly , but calmly , without a murmur , we are afraid in utter _dig ' . Uution , leaving a widow and two daughters , of cou _-se quite penniless .

      Revival of Johanna Soutiicotism . —For some time past the most active exertions havo In en made by thc surviving followers of Johanna Soutlicotc , and several rooms , termed chapels , been opened in various parts of town ; and numerous preachers , chieily females , holi forth every Sabbath on li . cnnington Common , and other publie p laces , iiitimadn < : the near approach ot tho only true Shiloh . The Kino and Quern of the Bhi . _oians are in London on a visit to the British Queen . The Cuiustesixo op tub Is past _PniscKsa , third daughter of her Majesty and his Royal IJishuc-s Prince Albert , took place on Saturday evening , in the chapel , _Buckingham Palace . The little lump of Royalty receired the names of " llclciut Augusta Victoria . "

      Importation or Fruit ash Cattm _* . —On Monday the Columbine steam-ship from ltottcrdam arrived in the Pool , with . 700 _baskets of fruit consisting ol * enrrants and apricots . The stesm-ship Rapid , from linrlingcn , arrived on Sunday afternoon , with eighty bullocks and 101 sheep . Thc Neptune steam-ship , from Hamburgh , also _brought fifty bullocks , eleven calves , and a largo , quantity of yeast . _Dkstbuctios op a Dutch Wak Schooner by Pirates . —Letters from Singapore have been received , dated 28 th of May , communicating the particulars of the capture of the Dutch war schooner Chamelion , on the _Bnnka coast , and thc massacre of the officers and « _-rew by thc horde of privates that in'Vst that part ofthe globe . She was on her way to Minton . when she was attacked by forty boats , each

      boat armed with a long gun , and manned by sixty men . Alter plundering the schooner , and destroying all on board thev _sankjher . Theylandcdonthe island of * Bimka , sacked the village , and killed all who offered any resistance . They then re-embarked _, earning with them a number of men , women and children , as slaves , and a quantity of treasure . It is stated that they ave under the command of a Dutch renegade officer , who waa dismissed from the service of the Dutch government some years ago under circumstances of peculiar disgrace . He fled to 111 awoon , and married the ( laughter of one ot * the chiefs , and has since been active in training tha pirates for sorvice against the country am ! trade . On thc receipt of the intelligence , the Mcrapi steamer , after landing her mails , went in nursuit of them .

      _Toi'Oobapiibbjj _LasdmahKS . —The old half-way house in thc Kensington-road , which For many years hits stood between the pathway and the road , looking as if it had straggled there by accident and - conld _notjmulgc further , is going—nay , _^ one . Tb o builder of _Eiiiiismoi-e-gardcns , a pile ot houses about to rise opposite to the building alluded tu lias purchased it , tuul will form a handsome entrance to thc park in its place . Honest waggoners , who inherit _traditioi's of this ancient _resting-place from i ! c : ul and _i-oiie grandfathers , shake their bonds and say things arc coming to an end .

      A _Cuan Suffocated nr * ts DituNivi _:: t Mother . — On Monday an inquest was held _lx-1 ' ore Mr , W _, Garter , at tho-. Windmill Tavern , "Windham-road . Canibcrwcll , on the body of James _"Bridgden , aged four wool's , whose parents reside at No . 1 , l . _uvecourt , Bo'vycr-lnno . The deceased was thc son ofa

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      o _*? l _fj el > had latterly led a life of dissipation ! Sam _. _" a T ? ' 8 to * - » 6 bis f 8 ra _> ly . and leaving v „ _, _™ thou * the necessary food for days together . near f iff « y last the mother _*»«>* ' _*» Peckham Fair , _wherfswr , rrej ; , _9 anal . » n search of her husband , rnvmi / ° _^ ' but she was unable toobtaia _Zfi f he subsequently met somo friends and went to £ d wm * _'W' At a Jate bour the parties Sw £ _^ r t _. _* ? _^ oea 9 ed _*? nd afcfive o ' clock the _JnffiSM _<« £ _^ SdSs- Jury returne < i a verdict Pawning a _Ciuld . _—A mother having parted with all her moveables to procure whisky , _wswted to the extraordinary expedient of pawning her chid , _aeed about eight years . She was left in the _pawnshep" aU night . —EdinburghHerald .

      Fbmale Coobaob . —On Sunday , the 12 th nit , whilst the chief pari ofthe family were preparing for church , a person attired as a sailor approached the house of Mr . "William Board , Tillhouse Barton * Broadeli 9 t , for the purpose of begging . He left , and shortly afterthe family were gone , the same person _wasseen in company with another man attired as s navigator , looking in at the kitchen window , thero being no one at this time in the house but the servant girl . The sailor demanded refreshment , saying , ifthis were not given him , " he would' break down tho house about her ears . " - The girl naturall y became much alarmed , and threatened to call her master , whom she said was up Btairs . But to this tlie man replied , ' . 'T saw vour master in the car

      witn the family , " and again demanded entrance . Ihe girl imniediately laid hole of the fowling-piece , and presenting it threatened to shoot them , which caused them instantly to decamp Dntm prom b _^ lt _Wbaniso . — On Saturday afternoon , Mr . William Baker , deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Jolly Weavers , John ' _s-row , St . ii \ ° 5 _' tl ebody of JaneCarpenter , five months old _^ who died from starvation , in consequence of having been too early weaned . It appeared from the evidence thatthe deceased was the offspring of a single young woman , mraed Rebecca Carpenter _, btie , about two months after the birth of her child , went into service , on which she put it out to dry

      nurse , in the care of a married woman of the name of Mitchell . About five weeks subsequent to it being there , as she found it almost always asleep , sho went with it to Dr . Reece , who remarked that some sleeping medicine had been given to it , which was denied by the nurse . The deceased , however , continued in a similar state , was always * fretful , and from being a fine healthy child became painfull y emaciated , She then took it to a Mrs . Aruold , where it died on that day week , and was buried on the following Thursday . Mr . J . Courtenay , surgeon , Finsbury Terrace , made the post mortem examination . He found all the vital organs in a healll jr state , but much emaciated . He attributed death to

      starvation , from the deceased not having its na ural diet ; or to exhaustion from diarrhea , consequent upon too early weaning . Verdict , * ' That the deceased died through exhaustion from diarrhea , consequent upon too early weaning . " _Robubry of an Insurance Company . —The City Mid _Metropolitan police have been for the last two or three days busily engaged in endeavouring to apprehend a clerk belonging to the Imperial Fire and Life Insurance Company , who has embezzled a very considerable amount of property from the company . Up to the time of this discovery the accused had borne a most respectable charaoter , and his absence from office was the sole cause of the company ascertaining their , yet unknown . loss .

      Inquests —On Monday night Mr . Payne , theDeputy Coroner , held an inquest at the King ' s Arms , Hounsditcli _, on the body of Dr . John Christian Ubeni , aged 79 , lately residing at 19 , Duke Street , St . Mary Axe . Catherine Ubeni said that the decessed was her father . _ He was a doctor of divinity in the Church _< f England , and also a doctor of medicine _, _ilo had been for many years one of the governors of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . On the night of Saturdaylast , about half-past ten o ' clock , whilst she was sitting on the bed , she called to her father , but , receiving no answer , she went and shook his head , and then found that his face was cold , and concluding that he was either dead or dying , she immediatel y

      procured assistance , and then ascertained that deceased waa dead _. Verdict , ' * Natural Death . " On Tuesday evening an inquest was t _.-sken before Mr . Payne , at the Newcastle Tavern , St , Mary-at-Ilill _, Billingsgate , on view of the body of a man unknown , found the previous morning , between 7 and 8 o clock , in the Thames , off Nicholson ' s Wharf . Deceased who was about sixty years of age , was dre 33 ed in a blue jacket , light waistcoat with a small flower , black trowsers , and laced boots , much worn . Sixpence , three-halfpence , and a farthing , were in his pocket , but no memorandum . The inquest was adjourned till the 11 th of _august , for the purpose of the boh * being _indeatified .

      FiMoiiTFix Accident o . v the London asd Birmingham Railway . —On Tuesday evening , an accident of a most _frightful character occurred to a man named Win . Hailes , aged 53 , a gentleman ' s poachman , who was coming up from Wolverton , in the train . Having ali g hted at the Harrow station , he was about to resume his sent in the carriage , and in so doins ; he missed his footing , he fell down , and had wellninh _"imc under the wheels of the train wliich wa * just about to start . The _p-wr fellow was picked up quite insensible , bleeding from the forehead , and was placed in the carriage and brought on to the terminus at Euston-square . He was conveyed to the University College Hospital , where it was discovered that he had sustained , besides a broken leg , a fracture of the left clavicle , and other extensive injuries , so as to render his ultimate recovery extremely dubious .

      Death of a Female rrf a _Sf . dax GnAiR . —Lastevening Mr . W . Garter held an inquest at the Cooper ' s Anns Tavern , Russell-street , Bermondsey , respecting the death of Sarah Kendall , aged 94 years , lately residing at No . i , Whites _' -gardens , _Uerinonilseyv The deceased was the wife of a Greenwich pensioner , but for some years had been in ihe receipt of parochial relief . She was very infirm , and had heen confined to her bed for the hist fortnight in consequence of her bodily weakness . The deceased _consented to he removed to the workhouse of St . Mary Magdalen , Bermondsey , and on Saturday last the medical officer

      Mr . II . T . Tiwcy , yranted a . certificate for her removal . Alrut 4 o ' clock four men proceeded to her residence with a sedan chair , in which she was placed by her daughter and others . They proceeded with safety to the workhouse , aud on opening the door of the sedan chair she was found to be quite insensible . The deceased was carried into the house , suid was seen by one of the surgeons , but life was quite extinct . Thu dece . _'isod had died on ber way to tlie workhouse _fi-nin her extreme age and infirmity of body . The Jury being satisfied that every care had been taken by the parochial officers in the removal , unanimously recorded a verdict of " Death from natural

      cause ? . Miss _Maotisisau bas just finished the building ofa delightful residence in thc lake district , —Cumberland _Pacquet . Anoth' _-h _Muiider is Maxciikster . —Intelligence was received at our Central Police Station , on Sunday morning , timt a man named James Hunt , a _tassel-maker by . trade , about thirty-five ¦ years , of age , nmi of shabby , genteel appearance , killed his wife on Saturday nij-ht , about seven o ' clock , by striking her violently on the head with his fist . He immediately absconded , and , we _bclitvo , has not yet ; been found . The bright ornament of the aristocracy , Lord [ Iuntin & tower , who has appeared twice before the Insolvent Courts , applied for the protectiun of the Court , which Inn been refused him for the last twelve months . Tho commissioner decided that he micht _npj'ly again on thc 12 th November .

      This is the wor . st fruit season that h _.-is been J » _aoiva for several years past . All the growers in Ktnt hivi ; had their crops _blighted .. The scarcity is general . Sunvivou or Tu ** Royal _Gkohor . —Several aged seamen havo died , for whose memory it has been claimed tbat each waa the last survivor of the fearful tragedj * of the _gini-iii _: ' of the Royal George at SpUhead _. in 1 TS 2 . _Not-vithstiuulim * so many " la > t survivors , " however , * . _> e ( Poole Herald J have the satisfaction to state that another yet lives ; that a . hale and worthy tar , S 7 years of age , named Michael Gould' now residing in * Poole , was un board the lloya . 1 George at the moment ol her going down , and , with several others , was moat providentially preserved by escaping through a port-hole ,

      Fatal Coal-pit _Accidknt at _Cauuurad . — Two * _Mkn _Killkd . —On Thursday morning last a fatal accident toek place at theTownhead coal-pit , wbcrby a father and son lost their lives . They were both working together , when about eight o ' clock a _p- . rt of thc coal above fell upon them . The _boilii-s were got out without delay . The _fat-lier was alive wheu bvouahtto the t'ip ofthe pit , but expired almost immediately afterwards . The son was killed on the spot . — Caledonian Mercury . _Woniii-on Waunkk . —As thc great stumbling block to the trial of Captain Warner '') Long _ittinge , ia the expense cimncctcd with thc _destiuctibn of a nian-ofman , wc beg leave to propose certain _subjeets , the demolition of which wonld be hailed ss an immense boon to the communit _y . There 1 * _ihufc _Hi-e old _specimen ot ' crnziness , Wp . _srmiMst-j ! - Uriikc *; we arc sure

      old bather Thames would lie unspeakably grateful Ibr having such a load taken oii" his bosom , " and no one would be _dissatirfied but . _«¦ few _walevmv-n who _niKeiate as cockney _Ohni-oji . _a _, in ferrying oror Jho timid souls who prefer , iu crossina tho river , the safety ofa wager boat to tho _dansicv of a _bridge . There is also liat tersoa bridge , and Us _wnvtl-. v brother Putney , _Imth of wh ; mi _, * u tried bv their _\\ ert , would have bren eonileincd long . _'i :: i . _? " It _i-s lime that their knells were tolled . Let ' _Ciipt-uin _Wanicr Iave a " shy at these nuisances , mul if lie mwc _- vW in kiiOfklllgdownnny one of them , his _"lr-in \\ msc" should he immediately _bronnht > n > bv t * _; e ctiimii'SMoners tor the _impl-OYcinei- ' _i of ihc mctrop-lis . Such a besom haB long been wanted to sweep tho ""• ¦ t _roi't-lis-clean of its many | _unsightly ob _* _tructioi-s . _Wlie : i it bad _li-iUiim , ' better ( _todcT . it might have a _iCiille blush at _Tocipie-bar . — Punch .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 1, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01081846/page/3/