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    • TWE&TT-FIFTH KUITI OS. . _ | ttuttrated by Twenty-six Anatomical EmrraviHgs *« j
    • Cacti w.—A correspondent of en eveninz pant**
    • tH^tnrtiil ii«dtoen«
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      TWE & TT-FIFTH KUITI OS . . _ | _ttuttrated by Twenty-six Anatomical _EmrraviHgs _*« j

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      * _Rsik * _"tKtS ***** T \ tapoS _^ aTflLENT FRIEND ; ' - « lie A _workon the exnausUon and - » hf sicaldecay of _- ? _JSs"S £ - _** dl * _excesaiv- _ted-dgeace . _tteconse- 1 _^ etrf ' _iKn . _ortheabuteof-moroury , _vatiobser-i _Sn _^ _ea _taTniarriea auto an * , fee _fc- _^ _nabficatton . _^ ch prewat it ; illustrated by _t-wt-ty-o-x coloured _^ n . l _^___ Tani by tke detail of cases . _ByR . audL . __ R _ Y and _Ce ., 19 , _Beraers-slreet , _Orford-street , London . PcMUhed by the authors , aad -sold by Strange , 21 , _li _tan-ster-row ; Hanney S 3 , and Sanger , 160 , Oxfordstreet * _Storie , it , TichMrne-street , Haymarket ; and _fiordoo , ItS , _Leaaenhall-street , londoa ; 3 . and B . Batmes , and Co ., Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , _Argylistreet , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , end T . _Sewten . Conch-street , Liverpool ; R . H . Ingram , r _fs-rfcet-phtce , Manchester .

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      FAMED THROUGHOUT THE QLOBE , _hollowIts pills . A CASE OP DROPSY . Extract of a Letter from Ur William Gardner , of Hang _, ing Haegbton , Northamptonshire , dated September ltth _, 1647 . To Professor Holleway . Sot , —I before informed yen that my wife hadbeen tapped thxeo times for the dropsy , but by the blessing of God upon your pills , and her perseverance in taking thtm _, tbe water has no w been kept off eighteen months by their meant , which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) _Willia * _Gaxdbeo ,

      Tat: Sxaooo Kcana^-In Coukquenoe Of Some...

      Tat : _Sxaooo _Kcana _^ _-in _couKquenoe of some iafor-WJtiou respecting this horrid _ofE-lr having been obUtned _vF 1 * L EaUo * _-J . ¦ te _*** " * *» _H'QUI . E . Clements , 1 _^" * i » - * * _B-plnasse , _Eiq , J . Nightingale _ _*¦> and other magistrates proceeded to _Mold-• _rtauejpi- _^ on Stttirdsy , where the ease was re-opened ' sad the witness examine ! before the prisoners . The ftp-airy was private , but it Is reported that although ihe _eriSeao _. U »« , _» t complete _sgaisat tba prisoners , fhr . _Jt'aOItaStrwdcath .-J _thtof'iemaic-T . *

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      _/^^^^^ S - ¥ T ' ffl _& EM' _^ _- ' N _^ S _^ - _>\ _MEDiaiNB Thia medicine _^ _hos been before the Bri « th _pubto | uls _*» tew years , andperhaps ta _^ _-W _^ Se . of never seen success equal to their Vfo grem , » ° _^ this Medicine _werert once acknowledged _*«« " *; _ _£ dredshadsoontoacknowledge _&* _" _£ ! _ _Thestartlu-f _* saved them , and were loudin _theU-praise . _™*** __ _ factathatwerecontinnally brpugh _^ _± _^ _Mtt ftta — _-- _~—— __ A — - _iiNiin _'ii-nwhichsomemay nave ien , " _¦«

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      UNDER ROTAL PATRONAGE . PERFECT FREEDOM PROM COUGH , * Ib Ten Minntes after use , and a rapid Cure of Asthma and Consumption , and sU Disorders of the Breath and Lungs , is insured by DTt LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful powers of tbis remedy have called forth testimonials from all ranks of society , in all quarters ofthe world . The following hare been just received : —

      Cacti W.—A Correspondent Of En Eveninz Pant**

      Cacti _w . —A correspondent of en eveninz pant **

      Makes The Following Atatemen* , Which, F...

      maKes the following _atatemen _* , which , from its imp _ntsnce to the publio generally , cannot be _toa widely « roaIated :- _* lu the Kennington R- » d . between North Street and Riohmond Street , a female child _, rtoai six years _ofags . decently clad , is to be seen at eight time importuning men for almi , carrying on ner _armaabjaketwhich she _represente as contain"f laces . & o . rhia child i- most assiduous in her calling , and by her plausible manner fails not to eni _« t the attention of the ' male' passengers , f o whom 8 tt e » toueaddreaeMhtt _*« lf . < eu * foliy shunning aU S ° _fl iS !« M _^ An 6 . «! y _^ tleman was _accosted on Weduesdav _evewni * by this child , and who , from a feeling of sympathy , betore responding to her appeal , commenced making inquiries as to the causa i

      of her being out at that hour _wekiqg cbarity : but ere the gentleman had put the question , a _tcau and woman pounced open him from the dead wail at the corner of St Albaa ' s Street , wbere _theylhad placed themselves to receive the proceeds , and accused him Of having made improper overtures to the child . The ¦ . en _Jetnaa wae compelled to call forward persons who were passing at the time , some of whom atated that they bad on former occasions b en similarly solicited b y , and gave alms to , thiB very child . Bat for their interference , a groundless charge would have been established against one who , ont of kindness , was ab tut to relieve tbe child's _tuppoted necessities , and he would have been made the viotim of th ; se design * ing characters , whose mode of living seems to be this infamous _ty-tem of extortion . ' .

      A Hah _Stabbid bi a _Woiai—At the Salford _Boroog _* i Court , oa Monday last ,-a yonig Irish woman earned Julia . Fi zjtmes , a _hat-blader , who resides In _Baetle Street , D _* aosgste , was charged with stabbing ' a young man named Thomas . Poole , a _eslendercr , who resides in Coronation _Ssreer , Salford , and who kept com pa & y with _Fi'ij tires . It appesred that between ten and eleven o ' clock on Sunday night last . Peote , accompanied by the _prisoner , went into tbe beer bouse of _Dennis tfaddtn . Critter Street , _Sslford ; and after sitting there a abort time lie went oat , laving the prisoner there ,

      and on returning he brought « ith him another young woman and treated her to eome beer . On seeing this , Fit-james became jealoui , and quarrelled with Poole , who atrack her across the table . S _* ae tben got up and went round the table to Poole , and puling out a knife _stsbbsd him four times in tbe back , the ksife inflicting a deep wound esch time . Inspector _Castlion , on recelving information of the e ' _-cuHsUnc * , _apprehended ber at a quarter to twelve o ' clock tho same night , Oa being : told the thane against her , she said , Yea , I have done it ; I Intended to fioiih him . ted then finish _mistlf _fter-rards' ' j

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      AanTocBATic SroaT . — _Cokhitta * or a Captain ee tub RiFfcE Bbioabc fox _Fmoks :. —An uauiual sensation was produoed at Bristol on Saturday week townee _, quence of its belag understood that a captain of the tin * brigade statlored at the barracks at Horfleld , near tbat city , had , been _sppreheaded , land would be examined before the _msgiatratea at their sitting at- tho council _, hosts , upon a charge ef felony , _Kumeroas _coraplaln's had been made to the magistrates by persons who had had their bell handles , knockers , and _doorplates stolen , or the palisades in front of their houses tern dot _* n , and as these outrages were most commonly perpetrated in the Use of road leading to the barracks , suspicion fell on the privates of the corps and tbeir friends , Iu ' _conniqience I _ofthlt _, the « _ommandtr of the brigade bas . nightly sent

      out patrols , which led to the apprehension on Friday night latt it Capt . John Peter Need , and the Hod . Cbas . Churchill officers in the brigade , both of whem wer < > lodged for the night in the statlon . _houte , and were ou Saturday takea before the magistrates for examination . One of th « m was habited somewhat in the garb of a navigator , and tbe other at a gentleman _. There wtre two charges of wilfal _tr-gpa-s preferred againat the two ; and Captain Need wm former charged with _stsallsg a door . knooker , the _prsperty of Mr R . M'D-nald , a wholetale tea-dealer , residing ia Queen Square . It appeared from the evidence of _polloe-constable Davis , No . 03 of ths central _dlvitlon , that at two o ' clock that mointog , while oa duty lb Water Street , Bt Paul '* , he saw the pit * toners , Capt . Need and the Hon . Hr Churchill , aad

      another who escaped , nnder circumstances which excited his suspicions , and Induoed bim te watoh thtir movements . He taw them go to the bouse , No . 2 . Ctve Street , Portland Square , where they palled down the Iron railings , after which they proceeded to the retidtnee of II : _rtulllpart _, a professor of the French language , at the corner ofthe square , where tbey pulled a marble deor . plate down , the constable after sating thtm commit _several cff : nces , _selred hold of Captain Need sad Ur Cburchill and conveyed them to the station-bouse . When there he searched them , and found in Captain Need's coat pockets part ef a brats deor knocker , Fr « m information he afterwards received he was induced to go into Q en Square , and examined tbe prem _ises there , and at the honse No . 12 , occopled by Mr _M'D-nald , he

      found that a portloB of the knocker hsd been _"talen _, and upon fi . tlBg that found upon Captain Need to what remained on the door It fitted exactly . —The Mayor _sal 4 that it often pained the magistrates to hear complaint ' made of the conduct of tbe privates of the brlg *< e , became the great duty of the military was to protect life and property . How could it be expected that the tubal _, tetns of * force would be nellcooducted while their officers set Them a dluolute example ; the duty of the _magistrates was a _p-lnful one , but they would _discharge it faithfully . The prisoners were thea fined ln penalties ofl 5 » . and costs , and 20 s . and cos ' s for the wilful tret _, puses ; and for the felony , Captain _N-jed was fully com m ' . tted to take his trial at the nest quarter sessions , Ths prisoner was admitted to bail .

      _AYBSUIBK . — -WBF . CK 01 tub _Babqde _Ssmibahis OF _GacEBoc . K—This fine _vesael , of 3 S 0 tool burthen , Capt Welsh , master , was wrecked at Saltcoats on _Mjbday w * ik . She was ballast laden , bound from London to Greenock , and from siren of weather attempted to put Into th * harbour of Saltcoats , following the wake of a small brig , the _Fitraham , which mtde the harbour before her . It was at the time blowing hard from the south west , and hot keeping a steady conns she struck on the north side of tbe entrance , and then csme over on to the prroh at the potat of the harbour oo the south aide , Ijlng In a

      very had _poilttou , The crew , ilxtetn in number , chit fly runners , " wtreall landed safely by meant of ropes swung over tbe snd of the qiaj—the whole crowd of people assembled having cheered heartily wfeen the last wss taken off . The vessel was entirely broken up In about an hour _afterwards—planki , boxes , barrels , & :., floating on shore . Whatrtmalat of htr It now off the perab , the principal portion of her lying Inside of it . The _Semlremis bad arrived lately at L > _udon from ; the Baft _Indies , with a cargo of auger , and wat proceeding to Greenock to undergo a thorough repair _.

      Tug _MotDta of the Pomceha ** BaioHT . —At the Athton . under Lyne Petty _Settlons , on Wednesday wsek _, George Whatmore , a youth , wat brought up , charged upon hit own statement with _bt-ing an _acceatory before the fact to the murder of Bright . It appeared from the evidence that tba prisoner had taid that ' be knew aa much as aoy one about the murder of Bright , and bad mads otber statements with respect to Bright ' s ' _dsatb , which caused Mr Newton to apprehend bim . After be Ing lodged in the lock-up a short time , he requested te tee Hr Newtcn , the chief _cinttable , to whom he offdred to tall all he'knew of tbe murder Mf he would forgive him . ' Mr Newton , of course , told him he could make

      no promise ef any description , and * the prisoner then taid be had bean a lodger at _Stott _' s house , and bad dried the cartridge cases for Stott , and had afterwards taken them upstsirt to him . On the nlgbt of the murder , Stott and _Rstcllfft led the body of Chartists down Oldham Rosd , and thence down Catherine Street , to the top of Bentinck Street , and they then assembled near the Ranters' Chapel , abont eleven o'clock . Ths prisoner then stepped suddenly , _sajlog that he knew no more . — The Bench called upon bim to find two luretiet ef £ 10 _caeb , and to _entsr into his own recegn _' tancei in £ 29 . to an wer any charge that may be preferred against him , —The sureties were found , aud the prisoner was then discharged . '

      Thi Mubdek at' St _Lsonabd _' _s . —The first public examination o * J . Pier-on _, Who has been in custody sinoe 8 _undey W * ek _, on suspicion cf being the murderer of Mary Aon Newman , cook in the family of Miss Moore , of Catherine Villa , St _Leonard's , took place at tbeTonn Hali . Hastings . Tbe circumstance * connected with the murder have already b « n made public . The prisoner was apprehended by the police at Hastings on the evening of the robbery . —J . Campbell , iu 6 pectorof tbe Hastings polioe , stated that he apprehended the prisoner at eleven o ' clock on Wednesday night . He found him in public-house , aad , calling him aside , tald , ' I _tsppone you have heard about the circumstance et St Leonard _' a ? ' The prisoner aatd hehad , bnt he knew : nothing about it ; the cook had been good to him , and

      had ofiea givtn bin food . He said he left London by train , and went to Tunbrir ' ge ; that he left Tunbrldge at four o ' clock on Sunday morning , and on his way to Hasting he called at Jtsse Htok ' s , at Holllngton , and tben went oa to Hasting * , which he reached at dinner lime , _Litltis Piersoo , the prisoner ' s mother , proved that her ton had hot b-sa at her houte since he had left the service of Miat Moore _tiu the Sunday , when he arrived a » the wat taking up dinner . He pat on clean clothes , and asked , fur a clean pocket handkerchief , but did not re tare a dirty one . —This latter circumstance is a strong link in tbe chain of circumstantial evidence . — H . S : reather , a constable , deposed that , heating ofthe robbery , be , the same day on which it was committed , examined tbe premises and found _foet-marks . Oo Tuesday following he examined tfae neighbourhood of Jesse Haek ' s house , and _fouod foot-marks leading into and ont of a ' sbaw , ' evidently made by the same

      boot * . The prlioncr s boots _txaotly corresponded with themarks . —J , _Ashdowne , of Holllngton , a sawyer , deposfd tbat , after the police had searobed the shawl he , on Friday , m « d' a farther search , and , finding a small atb , barked , as If tome person had gnawed i > . with bla teeth , he swept away the rubbish from the fott of it and fonnd the handkerchief produced , containing property identified as tbat stolen , —Several wit . nei-. es were _eia-alned to . show that the handkerchief wat precisely similar to one belonging to the _prlsvtur . —W . Hwrenoe , postman _between Mountfield and Hurst Green , _deptaed thst the . prisoner wss at Harst Green oa .. Saturday . evening . Hurst Green is about midway between Tanbridge aud . Hss : ings . —The prl . soner who on being atked wbat he bal to sty in hit defence , replied , < Netbiag at present—not ustil an . other time , ' and was . committed for trial at the _A-i- _'i- 's . —

      COLIISIOK OH THB BBIOHTet * AUD SOUTH COAST RAIlwav , —A collision took place ' on this Hue on _Monday . A goods train which had left Brighton at helf . pnt _ils for Pert-mouth , was stopping at the Kingston station , about three miles from Brighton , when a passenger train , which left Brighton at five minutes past seven came , up , and though the stop signals were exhibited and a red li ght waved to intimate , imminent danger , the trsla ran Into tbe goads train with great violenoe , smashing tome of the carriag-s of the . Utter . S . yeral ef the passengers were hurt b _; tha shook and some bird , but none sustained

      serious injury , The Hue wat strewed with the wrecks o _' broken csrriages , end two hours elapsed btfore the traffic could be _resnmtd . Jobn P-rabirton , the driver of tbe passenger train , was apprehended and brought u ? before the magistrates , sit tip g at tbo Town Hall , Brighton , and charged with misconduct . Evidence was given that the stop-signals were _holtted , and red lights wared , wbich conld be seen , and wore seen half a mile off by tke guard ofthe train ; and that the train when first perceived was going at from ' forty to fir ,. ' , ifi an hour , wbioh wss much beyond the usual pace , He was fined £ 6 or a month ' s Imprisonment . . * J

      _.. n _^" . ! * CCIDE _" - Amon «» _dltatters o _^ stone * , by the heavy gale of wind qa Monday week one of the most extraordinary occurred on , the North British Rallw _,,, which was fortunately not vety serious ln Us _reialts . I'appears that a . a luggage train from _Berwick-upoB-rweed was proceeding along the line near _Cuckborn . p . th , where there is . high _mbankrm " t _, Zl t a _^ _fV . ' _T V " " *¦• fo ' _« d open by the Wind , Which tamediaUly ttt « , W ard . carried the root awsy , withi the _gnard , _wheseseati . placed at the front , and _precl _plUted them over the . Ine and down " the em ! bankment . Tbe accident was observed a . the time , bnt as thei train was due from London , it was deemed expedient , to prevent collision , to proceed to _Cckburns . path , to allow it to pats . Assistance was Immediately afterwards despatched tothe unfortunate men , who was found lying on the embankment , having sustained serious injury on tbe back .

      _InosuDuaT _Fiais—LutTxawoaTH _, Nov . 26 —The Inhabitant * of tbis town were thrown into a state of great excitement last night by the discovery of a fire in tbe _stack-yard , adj _slnlng the _raotory-house and grounds asd abutting on Church Street . Upon proceeding to t he place , It was found that some miicreant had dellberately set fire to the that'll ot ene of tbe buddings with the evident intention of des troying the whole the fire having beta applied to the wind-card side , ' An alarm _beltg given , and asiUtance rendered with _PrempttUdo and activity that deserves > the greatest Praise , and tbe engine being well supplied with water . ihe firs was confided to the building where it _origlnaUd

      Aantocbatic Sroat.— Cokhitta* Or A Capta...

      aud-an _adjblning' _-ftne . _TheipremiesB > are ; the _propany of tte _Riy . R _-H . Johnson _^ the reotor _. bf the _ptrlah , end occupied by Mr luois , veterinary surgeen . This . Is tbe second fire of a similar character that has occurred In the town within the last few weeks ! Violent Assault ahd High wai _Robbext . —A despera te attack and robbery was committed ou Saturday morning , at half-past three o ' clook , on Mr Tho .. Bav ! ns , oirrler between Stabbing , Danmow , and London , sn In . _dus triout and respectable character . When on bis return from London tilth his waggen heavily laden , fce-¦ ween _AbrldgeandOhgar , and about tbree quarters ' ef a mile oa the Ongsr side of the Talbot Inn , in the parish of Stanford Rivers , he was walking betide bit hones , when , before be bed time to peredive any one approach . — - i ¦* .- _!' . __ ..

      log him , or to make the least alarm , he wts pounotd upon by three _ruffitnt , oae of whom , from behind , strnek hiin a vi » lent blow on the head with % bea * y stick , which wts Immediately followed by a blow from the flit of a stoend , having his face black * ned _; Thus suddenly felled to the ground , two of them threw themselves upon him , held him down , and confined his mchtb , while the msn with tbo blackened faoe ransacked bis breeches pock't- , from whioh he took ebont £ 30 in gold and silver—tht gold being ln a purse , and the silver loose . Tba robber the-: / alt for Bavins' watch , font he carried nono , and hading there _wseno more _baoly _tobsob . tafned , they all three _icsmpered _cu- * hastily across the

      fields , there Is bnt little doubt that the parties knew the carrier well , ' tnd hsd be been on bis wai * - . on Instead of walking they would have had tome difficulty in ef footing their purpose , as his men was In the vehicle asleep , and heard nothing of the outrage . A ysung woman waa also _loaUe , a passenger , bnt knew nothing of It , sb the thieves never spoke , and tffwCtually pre . vented their victim from nuking any noli " . A waggon with twoDunmow men , In the ler » loe of Mr Poilbrlck , _carritr was in tke rear a short distance , which , doubt lis * , wasthereaion the fellows did not retreat by tke rosd . Bavins , as toon as be arrived at Oogar , informed Superintendent Flood of tbe particulars , and be Immediately Instituted an active pursuit .

      _RlPBEKHTATIOK OF 80 UTB DtViU . —Mt Kekewlcb has formally declared that he will never consent to _m-ke any provision for the roinisttrs of the _Rumai Catholic -religion ih Ireland , taken either directly or indirectly but of the revenues of tbe Protestant church , or out of the public revenues of tbe state . Sir Ra lph Lopes hss eipreised' his determlnatlen to abide by tbe _r-ithes ot the county , aBd to contest the _retresontatiori li it be their _pieaanre . ' _MANBltCOHTia bt A Bit . — On Thuraday week ; the boty of a little boy , named James Bituop , four years old , was found floating In the canal at Hereford , and it ts . rn _; d out that the poor child bad been dro « vued by t boy named Rook , aged ten yeart . An inqiest was _subseqmniiy held , when Mrs Gardiner , vtlf- ofMrH .

      Girdiner , printer , stated that sbe saw Rock and : th * llttlo girl _. Willlsms itandlng upon the bank of the ctnal bj themselves * , Rock took hold of the girl's Bim a * If about to push her In the water , but did not do so . She ( Mrs _Gsrdlner ) was mnoh frightened , bnt did aot say anything to Rock , ts just as thls . momrnt the deoeased oame out of Mrs Williams' and calles * her daughter wbo rep'Ud , ' I won't come . ' Deceased said , ' I'll hare none of your won ' t—I'll make you : ' at the _ssme time walking towards them , In about a q tarter of a hour afterward * the body of tbe deceased wss taken out of the ctnal . Mr * A * me Bowen , wife of a tailor , living at tha _Bnrcott , de . posed tbat about nine o ' olock that morning John Rock was inter house , acd she had some _connr-nilon will ! him about tbe death of little Jem Bishop ; Rock said ,

      'if I tell who did It they will bang me ] ' Sho replied , * Yon had butter tell the troth , the ; are sure not to hang you , ' R -ck then tald , ' I was by ibe side of the canal , and I took bold of htm ( deceaied ) acd puttied him . ' H « did n't say into the water or tbe ctnal , but the exact words she had given , to the best of herreoolleetlon . —George Ev * ns , machine maker , deposed that shout half-past eight o ' clock tbat morning he was talking te JohnR ck respecting the death ofthe little hoy , and atked him why he ( RoeV ) wmt the contrary way , wh n all the neig hbours , old and young , ran to tbe canal the moment the body was found ; he _denied having _( . _ushed tbe deceased into the caual , saving , ' I ' ll be ¦ If I did it , ' About half an hour afterwards ,

      _htviao- heard what R * ck had ssld to Mrs Bowen ho again sa v b ' m , and said , ' Why did you tell me such an latttmous lie about the ohild V He replied that be did not think to push him in , but that h « full In . The _Jurj briefly consulted , and _retnrned a verdict _of'MantlauRover _againtt John Rook , ' ,, whe has sinoe been committed te prises . The parents of tbetmfor _nnatet * _eceased are poor labouring people , living in a miserable _ahedor hovel near to Wentfs house , and on Thursday left their child under tbe care of a nslghbour , named Ann Williams , the father following hU daily occupation asa labourer , and the mother going to Sntton te see her owa mother , who was _unwill . They are in great distress .

      _Deitbdction of a Rioe Mill , by FiBB . —The rice mill of _Moiart Smith and Hill , of Edmund Street , Li . verpool , wts totally destroyed on Saturday morning latt by fire . It does not appear that there wat a heavy _ttock on hand , and a considerable portion of tbat wss preserved . Th « building and _-nachinery were the property ofthe _ocoapsnts ; thtir lots is estimated at £ 5 . 000 , tbree tbonssnd of wblob it covered by an _lasarance is he _YorkthIre > Union ; there ore also Insurances in the Royal and Norwich Unions . The fire , whioh raged with great vloltnce . lasted about three-quarters of an hour .

      _Atbshibe , —Singula * Fataiitt . — The death of Dr Jobn _Steirart , took place at his house at _Cuam-ck , on Monday , the 20 : h nit ,, after a week's _lllnsss . He bad accidentally burnt his wrist some short time previously , by letting fall upon it a drop of melted wss , but the injury waa to alight that he paid little attention to it at the time . In a ten days , however , it became inflamed and painful , end _notwithstanding all that medical skill could devise , the _isfltmmation _incretsed , inducing a high degree of fever , till , after a . week of severe _dlstreis , _exhtustes nature gave way . Dr Sttwart was possessed of much professional skill , and was particularly not * d for the dexterity and _sueoeis of kis _sarglcal operation * .

      Melancholy Death or W . J . Johnstone , E 4 , Bed _rosD . —Oa _Thar-dny , the 23 rd alt ., ae Mr _Jjbnttone , of Bedford , merchant , was hunting near Newport Pagnel , hit horse rushed at a feces and threw its rider , but , at he mounted again immediately , no one _expsctrd ne was hurt . On his return heme In tho evening , when at the top ofthe hill on the Bedford side of the Bron * _hsm Bridge , he full frem his horse , through , it is thought some injury from bis first fall , and was killed on tbe spot . He wts brought to Bedford by Mr Djdley , of _aahwood , in his gi g . An _Inqutst was held on the body the next day . when it was MO'Ma _' . ned that de & _'h wa » csuaed by _apopltxr . arising from an tffutloa of blood on the brain . Verdict accordingly _.

      Murder neab _Baicon —Oa the morning of Friday , thsl 7 thult „ acold-b ' . ooded murder was perpetrated at a farm called Cmngf-dy , near Pfrydgreob , about three miles from Brecon , upon a farm-servant named _Thomot Edwards , In the employ of Mr Jehn Powell , of the above place , Edwards , tnd a . fel ' ow-Bervant named Thomas Williams , were left together In the stable by a eon of Hr Po Mil ' s , at five o clock ln tht morning , and about an hour afterwards a _mald-s < mntliving in the house ia * Williams star-ding at tbe garden door , in thefold _* y * rJ , and heard _grotnt proceeding frcm the sam * spot . She rttarocd to the houte for a lantern , accompanied by Williams , but on going to the deor again Williams _w-s net to ba seen , and bas not since been beard of . Edwards was found in tho fold-yard _wl-h his _f-oe and head covered wiih blood , and in a state of Insensibility , from

      which- he never recovered . He lingered _un-tl the even _, log of the same day , » _hea he expired . On a _postmodern _txamlnatlon several frlghtfal wonndswere discovered od the bead , apparently Inflicted by an axe , which was found secreted near the spot where tbo deceased was feund _, and covered with blood . It was ascertained that WU llsras bad absconded with a coat , a pair of trousers , and other articles of clothing belonging to tbe murdered man , who bad received 30 s . from his master as wages , in tbe presence of Williams , a f « w daya before . Williams had bten in Mr Powell ' s tervloe only tbree _montVt . and Is supposed to be a native of Herefordshire . An inquest was held on the body of Edwards on Saturday , the 18 h ult ,, when a verdiot was returned of Wilful murder against Thomas Williams . ' Aotlre exertions are being mtde by the police to capture the perpetrator of this fenl deed .

      A Novel _TT-tDESTiinwa at Cosoieton . —L * et Christmas , Messrs William and Samuel Boll , lilk _tbrotrster * , boujht a large etlk factory , forty yards long , nine yards wide , aud four stories high , which had bten built npwar's of twenty years . The uppnr storey had keen bent cr _juttsd ont by a strong wind toon after the _factory waa erected , so that the top of the front wall projected over the centre of the building fourteen inohes . The brick wotkln the top storey being In tome parts im a very de cayed and dangerous state , _iadaoed the new proprietor * to deolde on lowering the factory one storey . How this was to be _doue requ red some consideration . Totakf c ff the reof , which was estimated to weigh fifty tons , and replace it on the thl-d storey , would not only be very inconvenient and likely te injure the machinery in tht > lower rooms , but would cott an immense -urn . Tbidiffioalty , however , was overcome by Thomas Sbepley , an Ingenious mechanic , who bad long wo * _kel for Messrs Bull , He undertook , with assistants , to take out the

      top storey and lower tbe roof without removing It off tbe building . In the first pi ice he made two Inclined planes , with four long planks on the edge , supported by poles , out . ide the butiding , aad had waggont to 'lido down the hrloae , & o ., tha full WSggOM W pull tho tttipiy _OntB Up by means of a rope and pulley . He tben lifted with long levers , alternatel y , the beams which supported the roof , and topported them with _imall blocks ef wood , whilst he lowered the walls one coarse of bricks at a time , so tha * : the roof was gradually and Imperceptibly lowered about eight feet tothe top of ths thtri storey , without ttuletst accident occurring , or _i-ithont the breakage of a single tile , or crack la tbe roof , to the astonishment of many who saw the work in _progrcat , and of others-tho , although patting frequently , had no Idea ofwhat was going on . so gradua ly was It brought to Itt retting place . When completed , people coold _sotrcely 'believe their own eyes , ' that so Urge a factory should have been reduced from four to tbree storeyt _, as though it had been effected by magic .

      Chatham Nov , 27 . — _Oobfobat . _Pchishhemt ok a _Sotnua . —Thlt afternoon tke 17 th _R'glmtnt _attembled in marching order , on tbe parade ground of the bar-. _reobt , to _witntis the _unteaoo of a eourt . martialca _»'« d outon private William Cub , who waa tried latt week for absenting bimislf from tattoo , on the fitb inst ,, and alii for Heaping from _nMportanditilk ' _jigbiapay . _afrgetDt

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      i -, - fyj f '—SfS * u '' 'Vi * i and'for h « j | Bg _^( wh ~ en brbognt tovthe _bsrrackt as _^ _prls 6 _rier ) _Btruolr-and daBg « _% osly | _Uked thecorporaUf the re ' _glmenialvguard intd _* hose ; oiiitody h « was give * . The court , . of which Cold el ElH » , Royal Marines , wss president _^ found the prliomr guilty , and he was _sobtenoed to _recelvo fifty lashes , and , further , to be _Imprlsoaed , with hard labour , for twelve months . The ptrt of tho sentence of fifty lashes was commuted to twentyfive , by the Commander-in-Chief , which were inflicted to-day . Tbe prisoner bore the _pusiohmtnt wi'h fortitude , and wben released from tbe _balberts was taken to tho hospital ; from thence he will be removed to Fort Clarence , the military prison . : : — -r~— _?' - _•»»• i TT- 7

      _Makblacobtbb . — An inquest was held at tbe house of Mr Henry Johnson , _We llington Arms , Liverpool , before Mr John Hsyes _, en view ef the body of _Robert Leicester , aged seventeen years , wbo was struck with a poker by hit father ,, on Saturday , the 8 h ultimo , and lingered until Thursday , tke 23 d , when he died . It appeared , from tho evidence , that _dtoetsed was quarrelling tvitb his father , John Leicester , about some money wbich bis father had refused to give him to spend . Leicester bsoame very angry in consequence of the III language he had received from bis son , and , in a moment of excitement , threw the peker at deceased ' s head ; which fractured his shall , and he never afterwards spoke . L-1-Cettlf , who was present cutting the examination , _appsared to be much affected . He was committed to take bis trial at tfae next Liverpool _assize .

      Melabcholt Occcbbehcb . — The _daughtirofa labourer , residing at Bridge of Shtelhill , in the neighbour _, hood of Kirriemuir , having been troubled with worms , her parents had been advised to give her a dose eftorpentlno . O- Sunday evening last , her father took her on bit knee to attempt to pour tbe medicine down her throa t , g the wat uawllliBg to take it . In ber straggle , the liquid found its _wty into the windpipe , and the poor cbild almost _Instrntly expired . Tbe distress of the iffl ' icted parents can hardly be conceived . Tbe girl was about nine years of age .

      _Boaor . _abies ik Noith _BccK ' . —A _number of daring burglaries have of late been oommltted in the northern _part-ofB ' _u-ks , and In the adjoining counties of Oxon and Northampton . To such a great extent has ic bet n oarrled , and eo daring have the burglars become , that no lone bouse Is _coasldered _taff , and a great emouot of uneasiness bat beta or ° attd . Parties go to farm houat * In tbe dead of tbe nlgbt , armed , and boldly insist on haviag the cash tbat is on the premises , if they believe that all has not been given them they ransack tbe drawers , & o ., vthere they think It is likely to be secreted . A few n ' _ghtt since the houte ef Mr G . _FrtnoV , of Finmere Warren farm , was plundered of about £ 50 , by three men who went to his bedside and io _* . Ute < i on hiving bis cash . He gave tbem tha _contents of hli part * , but this did not satisfy _th ; m , and tbey broke open bit c-th dtawer and helped themselves . Tbree

      nights previous the bowe of MrPrltohett . ef Ch'p'ha * farm , Stowe , was entered by burglars , tbree of whom went upstairs and with _oatbs and threats _demanded th * mon- y , The farmer and bis _s _* na tamed out from their beds and resitted , and tie former jumped Irom a window aad went to the village of _Dadford and gave an alarm . Another ton , who had been to a neighbouring vilage . eame homo at the time the thieves were ia tbe h use , and be alio gave an al rm . In this case the burglars mado a r < treat without money . A meeting has been held at Baekingbam to adopt means to pnt a s'op to thU state of thlnga , Sir H . Vcrney , M . P ., presided over a _Runerous and Influential assembly . A mutual _aesoclttlon was formed , and It was arranged that a reward f £ 100 should be offered fer the conviction of the burg * tars at tbe house of Mr Frenoh , and tbat if any further _co * et _Gccoxrfid _ha-idaome _. reward * * thoula be offered .

      _Milahcholt Accident . — _GarEdoei _* . . Nov . 25 . —This morning about three o ' clock , moans were beard by tbe ivaiobmsn in ' _attendance atthe new dry deck , proceeding apparently from the bottom , and on _descending be found a young girl lying on a ledge about half way down . She was taken to the police office and the polioe surgeon was promptly la _attendance She was too far exhausted to be taken to tke Infirmary , but means wero used in * - mediately for her restoration , which seemed likely to be attended with success , as ber pulse , wbich had been exceedingly low , wat becoming vigorous . A reaction ,

      however , toon tookplacs , aud at ten _tklt morning tht expired . Sho wat af * rmservant , named B-tsy Cunningbam , and _yes'erdsy bting feeing term she had come to town in ssarcb of empleymeat . She was _apperently a _* : out 19 years ot age . This ls the _seoond life lost at tbe ame place within tho last few months , and itis a wondir that not mora meet thtir death In this _dangsrons looality . A barricade of a ifngl * _chtla , with moveable pott' , would be quite sufficient to prevent peoplo on a dark night from tumbling over and getting ftelr bra ' . ni dasbed out , while during the day it oould be removed , so as not to _obstruot op-rations going en inthe deck ,

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      TRIAL OF THE LONDON STONE MASONS AGAIN ADJOURNED . IHK _ftUKKN V . ORAT AND OTHERS . —NOVBHBKR 27 . Ia this cose , which stood over from the last sess ion , the defendant Roderick Gray , and a namber of ot her pe rsons , were indicted for unlawfully conspiring together to intimidate and prevent other workmen from entering the servioe of the prosecutor , Mr Trego , a builder . Mr Bodkin , for tbe proiecutor , now applied to the Court to postpone the trial on account of the absence , fromillne-B , of Mr Guon , the olerk at the Lambeth Police Court , who took the depositions of some ofthe defendants upon another ioqairy , and whioh depositions it was absolutely neoessary , for the purposes of the present inquiry , should be proved on tbe present occasion ; and , as he believed he could not , as coun- 1 _ael for tha prosecution , safely proceed with the trial

      in the absence of that gentleman , he trusted the Court wonld postpone the inquiry : MrCuRK « os said , be appeared for six of the defendants , and he mint , on their behalf objeot to their being compelled to attend again npon this charge _, lie begged to remind the Court tbat in the firat instance a charge of assault was preferred against only one ofth e defend a n t s , a nd in co n s e q uence ofwha t took place upon tbat inquiry ; twenty other persons were now indicted for a conspiracy . They had been already put to great inconvenience , and rather than the trial _shou'dbe again postponed , he was ready to admit all that could be proved by the absent witness . Mr Bodkis . in answer to a question put by the Recorder , aaid , that he desired _t- > preve the evidenoe given by the witnesses who were examined at the police court for tbe defence upon their _crosMzamination . The persons who were bo examined were now defendants .

      The _Rscobdkr , after looking at some of the depositions referred to by Mr Bodkin , inquired whether any other object could be expected from this prosecation than to vindicate the law and make the defendants and the publio generally aware that such proceedings were illegal and _unjustlfiiWe . Upon this point he had no hesitation in saying that auy attempt by violenoe and intimidation to prevent workmen from continuing in the service of their _smplayer , wts dearly an illegal act . and subjected the parties committing it to be punished under the statute . With this understanding he wonld suggest that a course might be adopted whioh would rende further proceedings unnecessary .

      Mr _Baixanti-ie , who appeared for ethers ofthe de _fendaots , said they wete now aware of . the effect of the law , and , having been already put to very great expense , he _considered that the _purpeses of justice , would be quite answered by the coarse _suggteied by the Court , and that it would bs vary advisable , under the circumstances , not to waste the public time in an inquiry which would probably occupy two days for no purpose . Mr Parrt said that be was also instructed to defend some of tbe defendants , and , oh their parts , he was requested to state , if any act of indiscretion _vete proved against one ot two of the parties who were indicted jointly with them , and which he believed was tbo case , that they utterly repudiated such an

      act , and were perfectly aware that the resorting to _aiy act of violence or intimidation was illegal and unjustifiable , and were , . therefore , quite willinr to accede to the _tuggestion of hi 9 lordship . The defendants were all hard-working and industrious men , » nd wben bis learned friend took into comideration the inconvenience they had already suffered , and the _enormous expense they had been put to , be trusted he would feel that he would not be _neglecting his duty as counsel for the prosecution in adopting the course pointed out by his lordship . Mr Bodkih said he entertained as much respect for persons in the position of the defendants as any one present , so long as thoy conducted themselves with propriety in the position i _*> which tbey were

      plaoed , but , if they committed what appeared to him to be a serious infraction of the law , they must abide by the consequenoes . The _prosecutor waa not in attendance at that moment , but he felt that he was quite justified in stating that he bad no vindictive feeling towards the defendants , and his only deute was to vindicate the law , and to show persons in their position that suoh proceedings would not be countenanced . As tb the _miBohievons character of tfae offence of endeavouring by violenoe and intimidation to prevent ] an employer from carrying on hia _busings ai he pleased , it was unnecessary for him to make any remarks , but , alter what had fallen from the Conrt , he would take care to communicate with the prosecutor , and npon the next ocession he should have further instructions upon the subject .

      The _Rccosdbr then said , that the case should -land over until next Monday , aud , withont giving any opinion upon the facts , he oould not help Baying , considering the position of the _parties—workmen to be employed , and a master requiring their services , —that the sooner they should oome te an amio & ble wrangement the better . * . The whole of the defendants , who had been outon bail , then left the _' eourt . _'Dbbbi _Swbifi . '—Charles _LIptham and Thomas Worcester were indicted for unlawfully obtaining meney by falsi pretences .

      Mr & . ABKB m in opening the oaie said , that before he informed thejury ofthe circumstances under wbich the ( targe waa preftrred , he t ' ettit his duty to tell tbem that the * _offdDoe alleged against the prisoners was connected with * one ef those proceedings termed ' Derby , or xacinj iwwps ; . ' Which , l ( not dearly laid down to be Illegal ,

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      were certainly considered to be very _misckltTous snd _de-oorallslogJn their tendency , Tbe prosecutor of the Indictment was Mr William Harris , _aretpeclable _llctnud vlctnalltr in South * ark , whohad been extensively en gaged in carrying out ' sweeps' of this descri _ption but he should state to the jury , that since tbe publio * e _prestlon , by the magistracy of lendon , of the _Illegality of _ihese proceedings , ne bad resolved lo have _noiM more to do with them .. The fraud imputed to the J * toners w" < s committed in June last , aod there cauld t very little doubt tbat a sum of money was obtsined fr * tbe prosecutor by means of a fraud ; and he an ° * bended thst whatever op ' _nlon might be enter tained _gardlog the _legality ofthe ' _tweep' or racing iolt _" " system , that this would afford ao justification for th conduct of the If It should ¦ :- _^ ' - '< _y ., uUi _x _.-i . _.,- .

      prisoners ,- be _ss . tlaf- _. ctorll established that they were the authors of the fraud Th learned counsel then proceeded to _' state the clrcnm ' tflB under which tho oharge was pnfVrred . It ap peared * that in June a ' sweep' was opened at the houte _ofth prosecutor , the Equestrian Taverp , ia the _BlackfrUf , rosd , for one of the roots to be run at Aicot , each _chsne * In which was os ., end the holder of the first herse w to be entitled to £ 7 . Two perions , named _Csckley aad Davldge , _pnrcbaiel _ajelotehance in this ' _swvep * _ J _ toe ticket numbered 34 , referring' to a horse name _j _Vatoplr » , was drawn for _ihsm , and this horse turned one to bo tbe winner of the wee . The deftndsnt Lip-bam acted aa cleik to Mr Harris , and mtnsged the _diff-rent ' _s-reeps , ' aad it was bis duty to have given Intelli gence to the persoas whe were the winners ofthe pr z 8- w _ins ' ead of doing so , it seemed that he marked the ' name

      ofDivIdge npon the ticket of a horse named _Fwrga- * and retained the winning ticket ln his _posieidon , y i soon after the _raes the other defendant , Worcester , went to the prosecutor ' s house , and tendered the ticket re . ferrlng to Vampire , and Mr Harris having no suspicion paid him the amount ofthe _prlt * . It turned out upon Inquiry that Worcester wss brother-in-law te the other prisoner , and the latter , when he wat _apprchtndes * admitted that he had bad the money from Worceite / but tald that he had been ' _picked up' the tame night and had loit tbe whole of it . The learned counsel having concluded bis statement of the faots , laid tb at the question to be decided in this case was quite apart from any _consideration as to tbe prudence or propriety of carryiBgon this sort of proceeding , end was simply whether a servant could bave any _jattifioatloh for obtaining _poites-ion of his matter ' s property by a falsa pvotenop .

      Mr Habbis , the prosecutor , was then examined , and he proved the tacit as stated by the learned conmtl . Ur Hobbt submitted to the Conrt _thit the charge _, conld not be _sustained . Inasmuch at tbe whole t ran sac . tion wat one of agtmbl ' og and illegal character ; and that tho _protecutor hai no tuch legal Interest in the money as would enable him to the protection ofthe law . _Somedlscujslon ensued upon this point but at length the IUcobdi * ssld that , alihoogh the . transaction mi ght be of an _illegtl character , yet he'did not think tbe ob . tion would apply lo the oharge of obtaining money frora t !< e prosecutor nnder false pretinceo . H * wonld , however , be said , reserve the peint fcr further consideration if snch a course should become necessary .

      _Wiiuah _ReMAVNB , the constable who apprehended Worcester , was then examined , and he _dsposed that : when he took him into custody he denied all knowledge of any fraud , and ssld that he merely _preieuted tha tloket ot tbe request of his brother-in-law , and that he handed him overall the money . The RrcoBDK expressed hia _oplaion that th _» et ' . dence dH not support the charge of conspiracy , Thi evidence just ss much tended to show that _Worcetttt was the instrument merely of Llpsham as that ht was a conspirator with him . Mr C _*> AB £ _sotr said , he felt the difficulty suggested b y bis lords hip , and as he had no farther evidence to con . nect tbat prisoner with the transaction , he thonld with draw frem tbe prosecution .

      The Bkcobdek then addressed the jury , and explained fo tbem tbat , by . tbe law , a charge of conspiracy could not be supported unless two persons at least wera shown to be concerned in it ; and , therefore , at the evidence failed la this case to establish that faot , they must ae . quit the prisoners . Ee at tht same time said , he could not help stating that this wss a most u-eful Iet , _* on for p-. _rons who wera connected with suoh Illegal and ci * . honett proceedings at these racing sweeps , in his opinion , clearly were . It was a _proceeding merely for the pur . _po . e of gtt log cus _' . om and profit In tmoit Improper nan * ner . There was no _pretencs for nylng that it promoted the Interest of the tnrf , and it had _noae of the jasttfi .

      cation that wat extended to hotieraelng , at tending to improve tbe breed of horses . On the oentrary it wu entirely mischievous iu Its octlon , and only had the _effect of indaoing perions to gambls and speculate imsl snms of money in the hope of obtaining a larger amonnt and had , in f *< it , nothing to do tilth racing . It bsd btp pened to bim on several oo * aiiooi io hear parsons whe had beta convioted of _laroeny in that court asorlbe tht commission of tbe crime to tbe temptation held out to tbem to join theie miserable lotteries or ' _tweeet , ' as they were termed , and he was not tony to tee tint thoie who encouraged sucb _prossedtngs were ultimately mf , fcrera themaelve _* .

      The jary then , under bis lordship ' s direotion , returned a verdict of ' not guilty . ' _, Tht _Ricoioek . on handing back to the prosecutor the tickets conneotid with the sweep , observed , tbat he hoped he should never again see suoh things in a court of justice . He , at the same time advised the prosecutor aot to have anything more to do with * Derby sweeps ' in fatare . Mr _Daisi * ssld , he had given them up entirely . The _Recoxdek ssld , he acted wisel y in so doing , for ,. independently ef the risk he ran with regard to hut license , he would he liable , under a psrtfoalar statute , to & penalty of £ 500 ., If hi * _connexlom with suoh a lottery , as thete 'Derby eweeps' clearly were were mtde out .

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      AN ADDRESS ON BEHALF OFTflE FORTY * SIX INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED UNDER COLOUR OF CONSPIRACY—VICTIMS OF WHIG MISRULE .

      'We , the Chartist _Defence Committee , _appeal ( as in duty _botud ) in the name of common humanity , in favonr of the abive unfortunate persons , nearly all of whom are _wwkitig ' men . It will be recollected that many of these men were dragged out of bed in the dead hour of night , and torn from their homes and families , as prisoners , without warrants , or legal authority . __ The polioe selected whom they pleased ; their caprice was substituted for law . These poor helpless baines were arraigned at the Manchester Borough Court—no charge was preferred ; they were therefore ( thanks to their attorney , MrW . P . Roberfs ) liberated npon bail . The magistrates saw their dilemma—they occupied a false position , and knew tha

      consequence , and likewise tte illegal transactions of the police . The orown _lawyers were required—indemnification contrived—so indictment hastily dram np—ithe grand jury purposely detained—Beswick , superintendent oi police , dispatched by _sresial train with the work of the lawyers—tbe grand jury immediately found a true bill , ( all of a piece . ) During this time the soldier ? and police were all nnder arms , in readiness at the Tewn Hall . The paid agents of our local government conveyed by eleotrio telegraph , the moment the bill wae fonnd , the names of all the parties contained in tho indictment . The polioe im ° _mtdutely _saliied out sword in hand , and recaptured their victims , along with many of those who wera known to take an active interest in the cause of Chartism . These Whig viotirns were transmitted by railway to the _Assiz * Conrt in Liverpool . Tho Attorney General , as well as tbe prosecuting attorney at the Borough Conrt , refused to enter into the cases ,

      even though ssme of the prisoners , presuming their innocence , desired to be tried during tbe then pending _assises . The Judge fixed heavy bail , and in default committed them to Kirkdale gaol . You will observe , the government agents were unprepared , evidence was wanting , time wae needed te concoct , the number of Powela was incomplete ; newspapers must be reviewed ; speeches carefully examined ; detached sentences selected , * a brief made out ; _jeoand much more must _badone , in order to blacken the prisoners' characters , insure conviction , damage the cauae of humanity , and secure a victory , and thereby uphold the system of fraudulent government a little longer . Oh , friends , tbey who have penned these lines , are somewhat acquainted with conrt intriguer *' . Bitter experience hs « taught them tha almoit insurmountable difficulties of obtaining justice in politioal trials . Stratagem , prejudice , party and aristocratical bigotry , are all put into the scale , and balances tbe fate of the accused . These politioal trials are more a display of publio opinion than » manifestation of principle .

      These _unfortunate men , throogh the exertions of their Caartist friends , are now restored to their fa * mil'e * , and have" to appear at Kirkdale en the 12 th of December , 1 S 4 . 8 - _Eighty pounds in bail fees ' , clerks' feeB , and _conveyance of the viciims to their homes , has been expended ; and three hundred pounds moro will be required to employ Couaoil , aud pay witnesses in favonr of onr friends . We are unable to raise amongst our Chartist brethren , the requisite sum , in due time ; and vte therefore obliged to appeal to all our neighbour * and friends of hu * mamty . Icisa jell-known faot , that tho English Courts of Law are very costly and expensive . Poverty is an obstacle in the way to _juatioe ; whilst wealth often buys eut the law . We trust you will generously respond to thisa _*> plication , and enable us to make an effort to save

      these poor men from the _morciless grasp of Crown lawyers , and unprinoipled spies , and informers . Let not their families , withont an effort , be bereft of husbands , f a t hers , song , and brothers , mereljr to crash the cause of those who advocated the universal rights of all mankind . Several nnjust and uncalled for assertions , in reference to the acts of other individuals , have been made , in order to prejudice the minds of the pesple against the Chartist body generally . In _conolosion , permit us to solicit yonrprouniaryaidon behalf of theso helpless individuals . We trust we Bhall not make our appeal in Tain . Humanity has bath its duties and rewards . — -We remain the uncompromiting advocate ! ot truth , By order of the Defenoe Committee , G . II . Suwh , Hon . Secretary , Wu Kkmhaw . Chairman .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02121848/page/2/