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      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . XVII . A CHARTIST CHORUS . Co ! cotton lords and corn lords , go ! Te live on loam and acre , Bnt let be seen—some law between The giver and the taker . Go ! treasure well yonr miser ' s store "With crown , and cross and sabre ! Despite jou all—we ' ll break your thraU , And have our land and labour . You forge no more—you fold no more Tour cankering chains about us "We heed you not—we needyou not , Bnt you can't do without us . You ' re lagged too long , the tide baa tumed _.

      Tonr helmsmen all were knavish And now well be—as hold and free , As we ' re been tame and slavish . Out lives are not your sheaves to glean—Oar rights jour bales to baiter :

      "So. Xvrn. Ctjb-Esake , Let's Agree. (Fr...

      "So . xvrn . _CTJB-ESAKE , LET'S AGREE . ( From the _Peoples Journal . ) Am—M 3 ler of Dee . Some eighteen hundred years ago , Man ' s noblest Teacher said , "A house divided ' gainst itself * Maun prostrate sune be laid . " "Now , frae this text to puir folk a * Gude counsel I wonld gie ; Join hands , fling discord to the winds—And Gudesake let ' s agree . The thraldom dire of priest and kins We a' ower Ian ; hae Some ;

      The meed of a ' our care and toil , * Insult and bitter . scorn . But , had my text been borne in mind , Sic wrangs we wadna dree ; Fell discord breeds us a' onr wae—Then Gudesake _let ? s agree . * We sow , and ithers reap the fruit ; We weave and ithers wear ; "We ' re scrimpit baith in canp and cog , That knaves may hae good cheer . But were we to ilk ither true , Sic wrangs we wadna see ; 'Tis discord fell breeds a' ourwae—Then Gudeske let ' s agree . Save in _« bated beggar voice ,

      Our richts we danrna name ; They ' ve _bluidhoundsluree frae poortith ' s ranks Ilk wae-wild heart to tame . But were we to ourselves a'true , Sic tools uae "king wad see ; Oar discord is the tyrant ' s ' power , Then Gudesake lefs agree . The priest , wrapt in his mis ' y creed , The chainless mind may bann ; Lordling and Mng bar Freedom ' s path , And mar the weal of man . Bnt gie _? s yonr hand , the day draws near These nicht-birds sune maun flee ; Tbe pnir man yet shall hae his ain—We ' re learning fast t ' agree . Hugh M'DosAin , Paisley .

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      4 S _= 0 _ur nsual FEAST OP THE POETS will be given in the Star of June 2 _* _/ th and will contain one or more contributions from the pen of _Essest Joses , Esq ., and a solace of ihe works of Robert Nicol , the Scotch Poet . All communications intended for insertion must be at the Star office by Monday the 15 th inst .

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      Tatts Edinburgh Magazine.—Edinburgh: W. ...

      _TATTS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . —Edinburgh : W . Tait , Prince's Street . London : Simpkin and Marshall . Ths "English Opium Eater / ' continues his dissertation , on" Christianity , asan organ of political movements , " but we cannot say -we have derived much instruction or entertainment from its perusal ; it would befeasy to pick holes in his arguments , bnt we are SOt disposed io indulge in criticism on _fnch a subject . " A Ramble in North America in the Summer of 1844 . " consists of extracts irom a tourist's manuscript journal and very amusing they are . The conceit of onr Yankee friends is very laughable ; for instance our tourist says , " One day when I was inhaling a cigar , ' my _cnstom always of an afternoon , ' a _manwith a cheek full of Virginia , who had beeu attentively regarding me for some time previously , at last abruptly said , 'Well now , stranger , I reckon you ' re a Britisher . ' I admitted tbe soft

      impeachment , and observed , ' What a splendid country yours is 2 ' ' Oon-siderable , ' said he after a prolonged pause , "It whips you ' rn all to smash / At a public dinner on the 4 th of Jul y , the Vice President ( ofthe dinner party ) in the course of Ms speech said , ** Our great grandmother England , is pretty well used up now , I reckon , and I do calculate some , that although we are descended from the old country , we are an Almighty improvement upon the old stock . " * ( Tremendous cheering . ) " The interesting Romance of "Truthand Falsehood , " by Mrs . Col . Thobsiox is continued . Amongst the reviews are " Grote's History of Greece , " and " Marshall on tbe Condition of Soldiers . " This -work appears to be one of the most valuable ever -written on the Army , from the extracts therefrom , * we give the following 2 illustrations of

      _intTIAET _TTRAXXT ASD _CEUELTT . Private "Flanagan , - — reg iment , was a fine-looking soldier , about six feet one inch in height . He had excellent natural talents , and had rece ' . ved a tolerably _jood education . He had acquired a knowledge of Latin , and could speak the French language . When the regiment weat to _Tni _* _, _* , he was in a short _tims able to communicate with the natives , in several of ihe languages of the country . Although Flanagan wasa smart clever soldier , he was liable to commit slight breaches of military discipline , and his name was consequently sometimes entered in the Defaulter Books . Being a man of high spirit and violent temper , he could ill bear the reproaches ofthe Adjutant , who repeatedly censured him for his irregularities . On one occasion he becareesoin-itated with the rebakehe was receiving , thathe impatiently pushed the

      -Adjutant from him with the hack of his arm . Flanagan was forthwith _tritdbya court-martial for offering via . fence to the Adjutant , and sentenced to suffer death _, when the sentence was communicated to him , he simply observed that he thought the award of the court _Tras severe . On the day of the execution he preserved the most remarkable firmness , and conducted himself with the strictest decorum . The square having been formed , he . by permission , addressed the company to which he belonged . Having reached the fatal spot , the Fort-Adjutant commenced to read the _proceedings of the court-martial ; but having lost self-possession , his tongue filtered , which being observed by Flanagan , he addressed bun by _sajing , " I see , sir , that you are agitated ; pray allow me tor-ad the proceedings for you . * ' Xo notice wasof coursetaken of this offer . He t hen begged tha t

      , , he should not be blindfolded , _jind that he might be permitted to sire the word uf command to the execution party ; both of which requests were granted . He finally gave the word of command with as firm a voice as a _Sergeant-Majoris accustomed to do on a drill parade . Flana " an ' s untimely fate took place in June , _182 S at Triehinopoly—he , having , in all probability , fallen a victim to the unwise , injudicious , and harassing treatment of a _superior " offcer . "We learn from Br . Hamilton , that private Anthony Gregory , efthe 10 th Foot , was punished with a hundred lashes , for suffering the queue of Ms hair to drop off when on duty , which , perhaps , he had rather carelessly tied on ; and I

      have as late as 1811 , seen an African recruit , who did not know a word of our language , brought to a drum-head court-martial , and flogged , in _consequence of some of his appointments being less clean than they ong ht to bave been . Unsteadiness in the ranks , caused , perhaps , by a man brushing a ny from his face , and the disgracefid offence of _sfraUngfrom a comrade , met with a similar chastisement , differing , perhaps , a little in the amountof infliction , but the same in ignominy . Ey these means the moral judgments of officers were in some measure confounded , as offences which received the same kind of punishment come to be considered as ofthe same guilt . _

      _...-..-Colonel Dickinson , when he commanded the 42 d Reg iment , was one day superintending the punishment of an old soldier , who had been sentenced to receive corporal punishment in consequence of his being , as he himself said , a " uxefou . " The man complained much under the infliction , and begged frequently to be taken down ; but the Colonel showed no disposition to remit any ofthe sentence . He made another _appeal to the Colonel ' s bunamt-j , and exclaimed . "Oh , Colonel lake me down ! for jckeu 1 ' ra just a puir auld drunken bodie like _youTsel . " The justice of the remark was universally admitti-d , and military discipline could hardly restrain the _xislhle _iaculties of the officers and men . The soldier was uinhttith taken down , liis punishment evidently did much more harm than any benefit whieh could have baen espicttd from it .

      _Tiih number _conch-dis with articles oa the polities of the _ins . nth ; the first _iseatuled " The Lords » a their trial : " Hi-: second is or . the suljeet of our * ' Colonies and Dependencies . " This last is a valuable article , _contaialhs _sugucitiens which statesmen would do well to ponder on , if ihey _ivould maintain that empire on which " the sua never sets . "

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      THELONDONPIONEER . PahtI . London-B D . Cousins , 18 , Duke Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . The first part _ of this " _weeWy and monthly journal of progression in Science , Literature , and all that tends to instruct and amuse the human race" is before us , and Mails the expectations we were led to entertain from the appearance ofthe firsfcnumber . Itismifeed a most interesting aud amusing _niiseel lanyof knowledge imd entertainment . It is quite impossible for U 8 to particularize the numerous and varied contents , but we give the following from the pen ot an old and respected friend , Allen Davenport .

      SAINT GEORGE . Most people , I believe , are somewhat acquainted with the order of the garter , instituted by Edward III . from the trivial circumstance of that monarch ' s picking up Lady Salisbury ' s garter in a ball-room . His courtiers , who considered the lady tobenot one who wasover scrupulous in bestowing her chari tyJJ set up a laugh ; on which the king , with great gallantry , held up the garter , and exclaimed , " fi > ni soit < _pd tnal y pense" evil be to him who evil thinks . Such was the origin of one of the most illustrious orders of knighthood in the world ; and , as King Edward predicted , the greatest roonarchs in Europe are proud to fall on their knees and receive , with joy and exultation , the representative of lady Salisbury ' s garter _. But tbe origin of St . George , I think , is not so well known .

      Therefore , as I love . " to trace every stream to its source , I will endeavour to trace this illustrious knight from his birth to his death ; and this I shall do as much as possible in the words of the faithful and admirable Gibbon , in bis 'Decline and Fall ofthe Roman Empire . ' In 361 , during the reign of the Roman Emperor Julian , there sprang np in Capadocia a . man of the name of George . He was of obscure origin , having been born in a fuller ' s shop . This man made his way in the world in a most wonderful manner . His patrons obtained for him the office of serving the army with bacon , in which capacity he outraged all honour and honesty , aad for his peculation and corruption he was obliged to fly irom the pursuit of justice . Some time after this he turned

      Christian and embraced the doctrine of Alius ; and , by some extraordinary _contrivance he managed ( or fhe friends of corruption managed for him ) to become ultimately the Archbishop of Egypt , where be practised oppression and villany to such a degree , that he was at last massacred , and his body , when dead , was dragged through the streets of Alexandria , and at last thrown into the sea ! And , lo ! —can it be believed !—this very identical George , this martyr , this saint , this Christian hero is transformed into the renowned St . George , the tutelary saint of England , the patron of arms , chivalry , and the garter , whose precious image , during tbe reign of his namesake , George the Fourth , was exhibited with his long spear in the act of "killing the dragon on the gold sorerigns ! We again recommend the London Pioneer .

      The Almanack Of The Month June. Lftttdon...

      THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH JUNE . _Lftttdon i Punch Office , 85 , _1-leei-sfa-eet-. This Number completes the first volume of this capital Review of everything and everybody , and a " richt merrie" little volume it will make . No lover of fira should be without it . We again extract from the admirable

      POLITICAL MAXIMS . ' A la Rochefoucauld . ) It is very difficult to argue with the Protectionists about Free Trade , For they will not admit anything , Uatuer _* s nohflity has the advantage over England ' s ; it has no dukes . The revolutions in Spain and Portugal are so frequent , that we beg in to believe tbe world cannot go round without them . Germany is the great European mart for lings and sausages . The Lord IAeutenant of Ireland , who receives £ 30 . 000 a-year , may be called the largest drawer in tbe Cabinet . The sovereignty of the people is a poor mockery / when they bave scarcely a crown amongst them . The Millenium will be when there is a Happy FamUy made up ofthe British Lion , the Gallic Cock , the Russian , Austrian , and American Eagles , all

      living in the same cage together . Statues are the caricatures of the present day ; to mate " a great man ridiculous , you mHst run him down in bronze . NothiHg in England can be * discussed without a dinner ; it would seem as if an Englishman ' s mind had taken its seat in the pit of his stomach . The best berths on board a Vessel of State are generally secured for the Ministers' families . The Press is called the Fourth Estate ; how pleased "Sicholas , Loniis Philippe , and Co ., would be , if they could get George Robins to "knock down" this Estate ! It takes six horses to carry the Queen ' s Speech to the House of Lords . The Royal Family will be in want of a catalogue shortly , as badly as the liritish Museum .

      Money bus been called the sinews of war , but Ministers make small bones of it . The motto ofthe Fuseyites is , "Every road leads to Borne . The greatest gentleman in Europe now sits on horseback in Trafalgar Square without any trowsers ! The Agriculturists have been sowing lately nothing bnt the seeds of dissension . A glorious bit nf stuff lasts for a long time ip England ; look at the British flag , which has been braving for a thousand years the battle and the breeze , and is not worn ont yet . Bat the greatest bit of stuff we know , is the wisdom of onr ancestors , which itis time should be nulled to pieces " We consider the wisdom of our ancestors to be the greatest _foDy ofthe present day . People only reverence it , because they have so little wisdom of their own .

      Pu2jch Part L1x, London: Punch Office, S...

      PU 2 _JCH Part L 1 X , London : Punch Office , S 5 , Fleet-street . The illustrations this month are superior to those ofthe preceding Part , but the literary matter exhibits no signs of improvement . Even " The Snobs of England" are but snobbishly pourtrayed in the last two or three numbers , the "Clerical Snobs" b .-ing but very gently handled , as though the writer feared to touch the black-coated tribe . The following is not amiss : we copv it for the use of the admirers of the "Liberator , " the "Irish Moses , " the " Saviour ef the nation not yet saved . "

      KING DAN . A SEW VEBSIOH OP " KISC HEATH . ' King San was a rare old fellow , On cash he was always bent ; He called for the gold so yellow , And t hey forked out the Irish rent . Hurrah for ihe Irish rent ! There came to him many starving , Who 'd forgotten the word content ; And widows , their last mites halving , To add to the Irish rent . Hurrah for the Irish rent !

      The workman gavo half his earning , Thoug h his children wanted clothes ; And the peasant , a penny turning , To the rent-fund a farthing throws . Hurrah for tlie Irish rent ! All came to the royal old fellow , Who laug hed to his heart ' s content—As he took up the gold so yellow , And promised Repeal for fhe rent _. Hurrah ! hurrah ! Hurr _« h for the Irish rent ! In to-day ' s Punch , ( not included in the Part un dernotice , ) we find thc following :

      A liEEK _BEMONSTRANCE . To die Editor of fhe "Liverpool Journal , " in tiie matter of his " London Correspondent . " Mr . Eoitob , Some falsehoods may be made as like to truths as toad-stools are ilike to mushrooms . And folks who really beliere they have au excellent eye to choose tlie healthful from the poisonous fungus , have , nevertheless , gathered and cooked the s _' aam mushroom—and all with the best intentions—to the passing inconvenience of the partakers thereof . Your London Correspondent , Mr . Editob , has placed me in a like dilemma . He has—I am sure , unwittinglyin his basket of metropolitan gatherings , sent you certain toadstools with bis mushrooms . Here is on e ; a very large toadstool indeed . "Douglas Jebboid is off Punch !"

      _Uow , Mr . EniTOB , I can contradict this , on I believe the very best authority—my own . And inasmuch as tbe erroneous statement has been very generall y copied throughout the provincial press , I herewiththough solely in compliance with the wishes of othersformally anil tripl y deny it : Douglas Jerkold is not off Punch . Has not been off . _Pimcfc . Aud will not be oft Punch In truth whereof , I subscribe myself , Mr . Eoitob , Tourobedient and humble servant _, POUGLAS JERROLD . West Lodge , Futney Lower Common . June 1 st .

      .. The statement of Mr . Jerrold being " off Punch , " having appeared also in this journal ( copied from a contemporary ) , we give Mr . _Jehuoli > and Punch the benefit ofthe afcove denial . We must confess that we believed the report to be true , for the reason that of late we have seen nothing in Punch worthy of Mr . _JsnRoia ' s pen . Of late Punch has been little better than a mere illustrated copy of tbe League , and jnst about as witty and interesting as that delectable organ of tbe millocrats . No journal in the kingdom basso constantl y and heartil y applauded Fuwch as the

      Nortiiem Star has done , as long as we believed it worthy of that applause , but we can applaud no longer . It is no pleasing task for us to censure a contemporary , who in its time has "done thestate " sonie _servi--e , "— -service which deserves to be remembered , but past excellence cannot excuse preseut deficiencies . The part of buffoon and caricaturist doing the work of thc greedy gang of League hypocrites is a part unworthily ofthe high character ' earned hy Punch , in days gone by , and must be abandoned ortlie ptlWlO ( who are not all _JLenguci-s ) will abandon . J * " _jc 7 _';

      The Political Works Of Tuomas Paink. Pub...

      THE POLITICAL WORKS OF _TUOMAS PAiNK . _published by t . ' Executive Committee ot the _Rational Charter Association . London T . iii . Wheeler , 83 , Beau Street , Soho . The Gve parts of this enition are now _published , containing the whole ol PjiSE _' Political Works

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      and a portrait of the author , together with a copy of the "People ' s Charter . '' The portrait is an engraving on steel , and is one of the best , if not the Tery , best ofthe , portraits of tbis terror of tyrants . We understand that the entire volume may be bad neatly bound for 3 s . 6 d . At this price every one may and ought to possess the works ofthe great political teacher . Some weeks ago * _we noticed the "Dissertation on the First Principles of Government ; " in the present edition , following the "Dissertation" is the " Agrarian Justice ; opposed to Agrarian Law and Agrarian Monopoly , being a Plan for amelioratin * the condition of Man , & c . " This plan of amelioration was to create a national fund to pay to every person , when arrived at the age of twenty-one years , the sum of fifteen pounds sterling , to enable him , or her , to

      begin the world , and to pay all persons of the age of fifty years , and all others when they shall arrive at that age , the sum of ten pounds sterling during life to enable them to live in old age without wretchedness , and go decently out of the world . Our readers who may be curious respecting this plan will do well to refer to the work ; we do not think it necessary to inquire into the practicability and utility of the scheme , as we think the day for its adoption has gone by . Men have new clearer ideas of the causes of social wrongs and their remedies than tliey had in the days of Paine , and hence larger and more comprehensive measures are aimed at as necessary to save the many from the evils of poverty . Independent , however , of the particular scheme advocated - m autllo r-this little tract contains some admicable reasoning in vindication of the natural rights of men ; we select the following extracts : —

      THE "CIVILISED" STATE . "Whether that state , that is proudly , perhaps erroneously , called civilisation , has most promoted or most injured the general happiness nf man , is a question that maybe strongly contested . ' On one side the spectator is dazzled b y splendid appearances—on the other , he is shocked by extremes of wretchedness ; both of which it bas created . The most affluent and the most miserable of the human race are to be found in the countries that are called civilised . # .. ¦ _-.- * -- ¦ "¦ ¦* ' # The first principle of civilisation ought to have been , and ought still to be , that the condition of every person born into the world after a state of civilisation commences , ought not to be worse than if he had been born before that period . But the fact is tbat the condition of millions in every country in Europe is far worse than H they had been born before civilisation began , or had been born among the Indians of North America of the present day .

      THE LAND THE COMMON _PBOPEBTT OF THE HUMAN RACE . There could be no such thing as landed property originally . Man did not make the earth , and though he had a natural right to occupy it , he bad no light to locate as his properly , in perpetuity , any part of it ; neither did tin-Creator of the earth open a laud-office , from whence the first title-deeds should issue . # * * * Itis a position not to be controverted , that the earth in its natural uncultivated state , was , and ever would have continued to be , the COMMON PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE . In that state , every man would have been born to property . He would have been a joint life-proprietor with the rest in the property of thc soil , _andjin all its natural productions , vegetable and animal .

      But tbe earth in its natural state , as before said , is capable of supporting but a small number of inhabitants compared with what it is capable of doing in a cultivated state . And as it is impossible to separate the improvement made by cultivation , from the earth itself npon which that improvement is made , the idea of landed property arose from that inseparable connection ; but it is nevertheless true , that it is the value of the improvement only , and not tbe earth itself , that is individual property . Every proprietor , therefore , of cultivated land , owes to the community a ground-rent , for I know no better term to express the idea by , for the land which he holds ; and it is from this _grounfl-rent that the fund proposed iu this plan it to issue .

      SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS NECESSAET TO PEBFECT POLITICAL

      "" EVOLUTIONS . A revolution in the state of civilisation is the necessary companion of revolutions in the system of government . If a revolution in any country be from bad to good or from good to bad , the state of what is called civilisation in that country must be made comformable thereto , to give " that revolution effect . Despotic government supports itself by abject civilisation , in which debasement of the human mind , and wretchedness in the mass ofthe people , are the chief critcrions . Such governments consider man merely as an animal ; that the exercise ef the intellectual faculty is hot his privilege ; that he has nothing to do with fhe laws but to obey them ;* and they politically depend more upon breaking the spirit of the people by poverty , than they fear enraging it by desperation ;

      Itis a revolution in a state of civilisation , that will give perfection to the revolution of Prance . Already the conviction that government by representation is the true system of government , is spreading itself fast into the world . The reasonableness of it can be seen by all . But when a system of civilisation , growing out of that system of government , shall be so organised , that not a man or woman born in the republic but shall inherit some means of beginning the world , and see before them the certainty of escaping miseries that under other governments accompany old age , the revolutions of France will have an advocate and an ally in the hearts of all nations . In concluding this work , the author says in words that we feel persuaded will be as eternal as time : —•

      " An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot , lt will succeed where diplomatic management would fail . It is neWicr the Mine _, the Channel , nor tlie Ocean that can arrest its progress . It will march on the horizon of the world , and it will conquer . " Thomas Paine . " _^^ tm _^ _mt _^ _mfmmm 0 _^ _mtutt _^ tttm _^ mm » _mmmi _^ - -

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      * Expression ' of Horsley , an English Bishop , in the English Parliament .

      Windling At Windsor, Slouch And Eton.

      WINDLING AT WINDSOR , SLOUCH AND ETON .

      A Deep Laid Scheme Of Swindling, By Evid...

      A deep laid scheme of swindling , by evidently a practised band , has just been successfully played off by a well dressed gentlemanly-looking man upon some of-the most respectable innkeepers and _tradesmen , of Windsor , Ston , and Slough . It appears that on Tuesday morning week , a person of highly respectable appearance and gentlemanly manners arrived at Slough , by an earl y train , from London , where hetook up his abode at Mr . Detesio ' _s , the Royal Hotel , close to ; the Railway Station . He remained there _during that and the following day . On Thursday he told Mr . Dotesio that he was going to town to be present at the close ofthe "debate on the Corn Bill in the Ilouse of Lords , having gota ticket of admission from his " friend , "

      tbe Cuke of Beaufort , and that he should not return till the following morning . It appears however , that on that day , previously to proceeding to London , he went to Messrs . Nevile , Reid and Co . 's Bank at Windsor , and paid in acheque for a large amount , drawn upon a London banker , _itating thathe was staying at the Royal Hotel , and that as he should have some payments to make when tbebankers received advice ofthe cheque being honoured , it would be extremely convenient to him to be furnished with a blank cheque book . This was , as it has sinco proved , most incautiously given to him , and has been the means of enabling him to practise his art with the appearance , at least , of a respectable man , having a banker ' s account open at Windsor . He perfectly well knew that as his cheque was not paid into the Windsor Bank until Thursday , Messrs , Reid and Co . would not he advised of its reception in London before Saturday

      morning . On Friday morning , when he returned to the Royal Hotel by the first train from Loudon , he sent for Mr . Dotesio into the coffee-room , to inform liim of thc result of the di v isi o n , observing that " he was of the same op inion as his friend a noble "Duke , that it was doubtful whether a scrutiny ofthe proxies would not still cause considerable embarrassment to tlie government . " He also spoke familiarly of several noble Lards his " friends , " as he _represented them and acquaintances ! He thon said he had an account at the "Windsor Bank , producing his cheque book , and asked Mr . Dotesio , to cash a cheque for £ 10 . The appearance of the chequebook would have so completely disarmed suspicion , even if any hadbeen previously entertained , that the amount was immediately handed over to him , and he went out after breakfast , as he said for a " stroll . " It should be mentioned thathe signed the clieque " J , II , _Wvndliam ; " and tho inferenuo was , from his gentlemanl y manners and address , and other circumstances , thathe was a member of the Egremont family .

      From the Royal Hotel , it appears , he proceeded to Eton , where he called upon Mr . Yarrow , the tailor of the College , and ordered a suit of clothes ; stating that as he was going to a wedding the following ( Saturday ) morning , and as his own dress clothes were upivards of two hundred miles off , he must have them made anil sent to the Royal Hotel , at Slough , by seven o ' clock that ( Friday ) evening . Although it was then nearly twelve o ' clock , the order was taken and promised to be executed . He then said Mr . Yarrow , " As I am a stranger to you , although I have received high recommendations ofynur

      excellent cut and fit , I'll pay you nt onec . Just make out your bill and give me a receipt . " The bill was paid by a cheque on the Windsor Bank . Mr . Yarrow , ho « - erer , having some suspicion about ihe matter , paid Mr . Wyndliam _' s cheque , with other moneys , into thc bank that afternoon ; calling the particular attention of the clerk to the cheque in question , and asking him if it was " all right . " The clerk having answered in the affirmative , and given credit for it , the suit .. f clothes were completed ttlld SCIit to the Royal Hotel punctually at the time 8 grced to .

      The party then paid a visit to Windsor ; calling upon Mr . nanson , watchmaker and jeweller , of the High-street , wliom lie especially patronised b y purchasing a ' gob " . _n-atch aud ChdiU , a _bl'CUSt pin . and _othor articles of jewellery , to the amount of between £ 11 and £ 12 . The production of his chequebook from the Windsor Bank , as in the case of Mr . Dotesio induced Mr . Hanson to imagine it was " a voucher of respectability , " and he bad no hesitation in parting with bis property , which was paid for by a draft on _Ncvile , Reid and Co . He intimated to Mr . Dotesio that as he intended to make a lengthened stay at the Royal Hotel , after " a curt ain even t" had takeu plaee ( which was cousirued to

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      refer to his marriage ) he would like to look over the hotel , to seleota large aud airy _bedrosm , andorie of the best sitting _roems . On , Friday evening he proceeded , with tue proprietor , over such pertlons of the hotel as were then unoccupied , and arranged for the " occupancyof two apartments to commence on Monday for a lengthened period Shortl y after the arrival of'his new suit oi clothes irom Mr . Yarrow , he ordered his bill , which was brought him , amounting to £ 3 3 s . 3 d ., stating thathe was going to London by the last train ; and that he should return on Monday , to take possession of Mb sitting and bed room , He also stated thnt a large quantity of luggage would arrive for him by the train from town _yesterday , and requested that the carriage mi ght be paid by the proprietor . of the hotel . He then drew a cheque for £ 5 , with which he paid liis bill , receiving from Mr . I )» tesio the difference . He left Slough by the last up . train , for tondon , and has not been seen or heard of since . ¦¦• _:.-:-

      -The next morning , soon after the Windsor Bank had opened , the bubble burst , and his unfortunate dupes were made aware of the deception of which thoy had been made the victims . _Otherpersons similarly victimized in the neighbourhood , are expected to come forward tomorrow .. When the different cheques were presented at Nevile , Reid and Co ., there were no effects ; J . n . Wjndham being unknown to tbe parties In _L-mdon upon whom his draft was dra and deposited in the Windsor Bank . : :, TnE Swindler at Oxfobo . —Previous to Mr . "W yndham ' s visiting Slough and Windsor , where , as above stated , he patronized a few of the tradesmen there , he favoured Oxford with a call . He took up his quarters at the Mitre Hotel , whieh is much frequented by the University _, and the leading ; gentry of the county . Here

      Mr . Wynaham made himself quite at home , and from his _Sggreable manners , Ms conversation , " and remarks on passing events , -became quite a favourite In the coffeeroom and was listened to with equal interest and pleasure . The landlord , who is tolerably acute , and not easily to be imposed upon , was in this instance thrown off his guard , and believed that ho had a guest that wonld be no discredit to his house , or to the company tbat frequented it , and this impression was strengthened by Mr . Wyndham ' s . _sendmg letters to the post addressed to Lord Bray brooke and others , wilh whom he represented himself as conneotea , or related to . On first visiting the Mitre , he told the landlord that he should come up again shortly to enter a younger brother at Christ-Church , and should stay some time , just to get him well introduced , and the rust rubbed off before he left him . " One of

      the _firstcalls which Mr , "Wjndham made wast at Messrs . -Wotten ' s bank , where he tried to get a cheque on a Leamington bank for SI . cashed , but could not succeed , in consequence of being a stranger and unable to give a reference . In bis next attempt , which was at Messrs . Robinson and Parson ' s Old Bank , he got on better , adopting a different plan , by _payinir a cheque on a Leamington bank for 1001 ., stating that he was staying at the Mitre Hotel , and wished to make some payments , when the bankers had received advice ofthe cheque being honoured , Before leaving the bank , however , he requested a blank cheque book , which he said he could fill up at his leisure , and which was accordingly given him . His next caU . was on Mr . Parsons , the tailor , opposite the Mitre Hotel , and he favoured him with an order for a suit of clothes , which were to be made ofthe best

      materials , and with all possible _speed—^ directions that wer e complied with to the very letter . The clothes -. 'ave great satisfaction , and Mr . -W yndham immediately settled for them by givinga cheque on a Leamington bank for the amount . Mr . Parsons felt as well satisfied with his customer as be did with the clothes , and expressed a hope that Mr . Wyndham would favour him with any future orders , and assured him thathe should be happy to wait on him again on the same terms . On Tuesday morning , after staying four days in Oxford , Mr . "W yndham called for bis bill at the Mitre , amounting to 4 J . and upwards , and gave the waiter a cheque on Robinson and Parsons for 10 _J . the waiter giving him the difference . Mr . W yndham left Oxford by the 9 o ' clock morning train , having previously arranged with Mr . "Venables for rooms for a month , when he should enter hig brother at Christ

      Church . The waiter called at Robinson ' s bank , and got Mr . Wyndham ' s cheque for lot . changed by the junior clerk , who , knowing that he paid in 10 W . the day before , considered it was all ' ri ght . It turned out to be all wrong , for the next communication from Leamington was , that nothing was known of Mr . "Wyndham , and that as to effects there wore none . Messrs . Robinson and Co . considered themselves fortunate in not being done to a larger amount than IO "" . ; and though thc value of the Leamington cheque was not _increased in Mr . _'Parson _'s estimation , still he congratulated himself that he had not fitted hig customer with more . suits than one . It is a singular circumstance , however , that Mr . "Wyndham proceeded direct by rail to Slough , and lost not a moment in commencing operations there and at Windsor , in which he succeeded to a greater extent , and more to his satisfaction , than he did during his sojurit here .

      "Wiudsob , Tuesday . —Among other parties who have been swindled outof their property in this neighbourboo 1 by the soi disant Mr . Wyndham , is Mr . Merrick , watchmaker and jeweller , of this town . He called at the shop of Mr . Merrick , just before dusk on Friday evening , and purchased a gold watch chain , for which he paid £ 4 5 * ., by a cheque on the Windsor bank . He stated , as in the case of Dr . Hanson , tbat he intended it as a present for a young friend , a pupil at Eton College . It is expected that a clue has been obtained which mav be the means of bringing the delinquent to justice , but at present it is deemed prudent not to give publicity to the expected retreat of this hitherto successful swindler ;

      There appeared to be very little doubt that he is connected with a gang who are _carrying on depredations of a similar character in other parts of the country . This morning , Mr . Dotesio received two letters , unpaid , by post , bearing the Manchester p st mark of June 1 . In the inside of the enrelope wasnritten , "Your old St . P . II . W yndham ; " and in the other , "Your old St . Snooks ;" both written by the same party , but not in the handwriting of the Mr . " Wyndham , " who signed the cheque" upon tbo "Windsor Bank . One envelope contained an old blank form of application for shares in the North Cheshire Railway Company , and the other a bundle ol patterns of chintz bed furniture . It is expected that some ofthe gang with whom he is connected posted those letters at Manchester , yesterday , for the purpose of inducing those in pursuit of him to imag ine 'he has proceeded to that town , and of thus causing a " diversion"in his favour . It is stated that I e lately paid Cheltenham a visit , where he was equally successful in his operations .

      Ma . Wvxduax mBatu . —A man of gentlemanly appearance , a few days since , toek up his quarters at the White Hart Hotel , iu Bath , and shortly after his arrival requested the landlord to give him change for a check fur £ 50 , drawn on Messrs . Heywood and Co ., of Liverpool , but which the landlord politely declined . He then went to two joint stock batiks , and also to a private bank , producing a letter purporting to been written by Messrs . Martin , Stone , and Co ., of London , statins his checks on them would be honoured to the amount of £ 300 . "With each ofthe above banks he opened an account , and received a check book . From one of tbe joint stock banks he received £ 5 , and from the private bank £ 15 . the

      following morning Le left the city , and it was soon discovered that he was a swindler . Not contented with the amount he had obtained , he had the hardihood to send a messenger from Bristol with another check on the _joinl stock bauk . The messenger was , however , detained , and by that means the _residence in Bristol of the " gentleman" was discovered . The manager of the joint stock bank went to Bristol , accompanied by a person from the private bank ; and , having met with the " gentleman , " the manager obtained from him £ 4 10 s . in cash , a silk umbrella , his small wardrobe , and also the forged letter ; and then , with a most extraordinary feeling of commiseration , let him depart , to put his plans into operation at some other place . —Bath _Journal .

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      Life . —Wigtown , _ocotland , May 27 . —An awlu accident took place to-day . Thc Steamer I'inn M'Coull left here at twelve o ' clock for _Liverpool and on the passage called at Garliestown for goods , and when just loosing the rope to leave tlie quay , tlie boiler burst , and tho under-ongineer aud one fireman were killed , and the head-engineer and two men ( we do not know whether th y were firemen or not , but they belonged to the vessel ) , were dreadfully scalded , and not expected to live . None of the passengers were injured . The boiler burst at the bottom , it it had burst at tlie top , tiiere is no saying what amount oi lives m ' ght have been lost . The steam bad just been shut off about one minute before the accident took place , nnd the poor follows had to lio in the engine-room upwards of" five minutes before assistance could begot , on account of the great quantity of steam and dust .

      Serious _Fiiie .-Oii Monday morning , shortly after _midnif-ht , a most alarming flrejbroke out upon tho premises numbered 25 , in _Coweross-street , near Sniiiiihem-bars , in the occupation of a variety oi persons , to whom the several _rooma were sublet . Ihe fire raged furiously for upwards of an hour , in a densely populated nei ghbourhood , notwithstanding the efforts of the firemen . It was for some time feared that a widow who occupied the front floor had perished in tlie flames , but it was subsequently ascertained that she had succeeded before the fire penetntted ber room , in getting through the attic window , and by passing along tho coping , had made her way into ono of the contiguous houses . This must bave been a work of considerable difficulty , for the poor creature had been confined to her bed by illness for several months . Tbo infant child of Mrs .

      Peinbcrton , in whoso apartment the _fh-e originated , was so frightfully burned , that not the slightest hopes can be entertained of its recovery . The legs _illl'l _ill'ms are completely charred , and tho face has a portion of the flesh burned ofF . The mother , it seems had not left the room mere than five minutes , when the first alarm was given . When she retired down stairs . she left a caudle burning on a tabk _W «« 0 dwtfllice t ' VOW the bed-side . Tiiere were however , two cats in the rooms , which werrein the habit of frequently jumping upon the table , and itis supposed that they must have done the same , and bv that means have set themselves on fire , and then rushed under the bedstead aiul set the clothes in flames . The whole of the numerous persons living in the place have lost every article they possessed , several of them hcintr forced to rush from the blazing building into tho _i _: tro - _-t with nothing on more than their night dresses ,

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      Tub _Elkctbic Telegraph . —fhe electric telegraph on tlie Eastern Counties Railway has been tor some time completed as i ' ar as Chestertord . Un Wednesday hist the result of the Derby ., at . Epsom was made known to us iu Cambridge , byxitslmeans as early as half-past four o ' clock . . ' A year ago it was thought to be a great achievement to bring down the account by eight o ' clock ; but time and space are almost annihilated now bv this marvellous invention ,

      the benefits and convenience of which have jast been extended to us . —Cambridge Chronicle , Death of TnoMAS Bunburt , Esq ., M . P . —We have to record the demise of Mr . Bunbury , M . P . for the county of Carlow , who expired on the 28 th inst ., at his temporary residence in the neighbourhood of tho metropolis . The deceased , who was 7 l years of age , was returned at the last election in 1841 , on Tory principles , after a sharp struggle with JVlr . Daniel O'Connell , jun ., and Mr . Yates , of Lancashire . .

      Warlike . —TheTJnderwriters at Lloyds' , in preparation for any contingency arising from the hostile position of affairs on the other side of the Atlantic , have refused to insure American vessels , except at an adraneed premium . FnEEMAsoNRT . —Lord Worsley , M . P ., has been appointed Deputy Grand Master oi" Freemasons for England ' Mr . Peter Pueckll , the well known coach con . tractor and active public character , died last Friday , at his house in Rutland-square , Dublin . A Mysterious Prisonkr has been for some . time confined in the fortress of Konigstein , in Saxony . It is said that ho will be exiled to America .

      Silhsu , Matt 23 . —An event has lately , taken place in the circle of Nimpt which resembles what sometimes happens among the Irish peasantry . A landowner , who is said to be rather strict in _assertinghis right , has a field of very fine rape-Heed : in one night the whole was cut down . The loss is stated to . be several thousand pounds . Representation of Hertfordshire . —Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton , Bart ., has consented to become a candidate for the representation oi this county in Parliament , on the next vacancy . Mr . Colquhoun has announced to the electors of _Newcastle-under-Lyne that he does not intend to come forward again as a candidate to represent them .

      Profanity at a Premium . —A few days ago , an auction of birds took place at theWallace Fens , Perth shire . As the exposer holds a high reputation among ornithologists as a bird-trainer , rather more than the usual number of would-be purchasers appeared upon the spot . Several canaries sold at 5 s , each , and parrots from 25 s . to 30 s . A fine-looking bird ofthe latter class was put up at 25 s .. Pretty Poll ' s organ of self-esteem seemed to be excited by his being offered at such a low price * , and before the auctioneer had time to utter any recommendations in her favour , the animal commenced a round of swearing tbat would have " beatBanagher . " The audience seemed electrified by the unlooked for display of the bird ' s powers . Every oath raised his value a crown , till he was finally knocked down at SI . 5 s . The Peace Movement in Birmingham . —On

      Saturday night a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , for the purpose of discussing the general subject of war , and with the view to adopt a petition to Parliament , urging the abandonment of the system of ballotting for the militia , and the necessity of inserting an arbitration clause in all future foreign treaties . The Rev . Thomas Swan presided , supported by several other ministers of various denominations ; and amongst the laity there were Joseph Sturge , Esq ., John Palmer , Esq ., Mr . Councillor Field , and many other gentlemen , warm friends of the peace movement . Between two and three thousand persons were present . The petition was adopted , and , after some other gentlemen had addressed the meeting , it broke up at half-past ten , the proceedings throughout having been of a most interesting character .

      Burns Festival in Australia . — "We learn by the Melbourne Courier , an Australian paper , that a festival was about to be held in honour of Robert Burns . The " demonstration " was expected to surpass anything that "has ever taken place in Melbourne . No _hall-of sufficient extent for the accommodation of the expected company being obtainable , arrangements , says the newspaper wo bave mentioned , " have been made with the proprietor of the Queen ' s theatre for the use of that building on the occasion ; and it is proposed to have the pit boarded over , and the entire space which will thus be afforded fitted up as a dinuer-room . " It is calculated there will not be fewer than 300 Scotchmen present .

      Rkmarkablb Death of a Tiger . —A magnificent royal tiger , forming part of a travelling menagerie at ihe fair ofMefz , has recently met with its death in a very curious way . In consequence ofthe blows of a whip or stick received in its youth , it had near the jaw two wens of some size , which no oue had ever thought of removing , till a veterinary surgeon of Mefz proposed to perform this perilous operation . The offer having been accepted by the proprietor of the menagerie , the tiger was securely fastened down with chains and ropes . The poor animal submitted to this unaccustomed manoeuvre with much quietness ; but on the operator entering the cage with his knife , and attempting to perform tbe operation , the tiger was seized with such extreme rage , that being unable to burst thc bonds , congestion of the brain ensued and he expired in a few seconds .

      , _IsTERNATIOSAL ADDRESSES . — We _SOtUe tlm _© _ftgO referred to the fact that a correspondence had been opened' between merchants , corporations , and other bodies in America , with the view of putting down the warlike spirit , and impressing and fostering the spirit of peace . Among the latest of these international addresses , there is one from the women of Exeter to the ivomen of Philadelphia , and which re ceived 1 , 600 signatures . Dreadful- Fire . — Cambridge . —About two hours after midnig ht on Friday , an awful fire suddenly burst forth near the village of Bottisham , which for hours threw a lurid glare over the surrounding countryand was not extinguished till an immense

      quan-, tity of buildings and valuable property were destroyed . The scene of destruction was at the extensive homestead of the Trinity College , rented by Mr . Newman , one of the oldest and most respectable inhabitants in that part of the country . The Wilson Monument Fund . — Mr . Hastie , M . P . has forwa rded to the secretary the sum of £ o , as his subscription in aid of the funds for erecting a monument to the memory of Wilson , the poet and _ornithologi-t . In his lester transmitting the subscription , Mr . Hastie truly remarks , that "few of Paisley ' s departed sons reflect greater credit on our country . " Let us hope , therefore , that ere long the committee will be enabled to complete the undertaking

      in a proper manner . Haymaking has commenced in many parts of Gloucestershire . Both the grass and clover are looking well , and promise an abundant crop . Haymaking commenced in some of the upper parts of Essex , in the course of last week . Fatal Fall _trom Intoxication . — On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr . W . Payne , at _St . _f _"Barthfifoniew ' s _IlospifaJ , on the body cf C . Thomas llatchwell , aged fifty-six , a commission agent . The deceased resided in Brick-lane , St . Luke ' s , and was addicted to drinking . On the night of the 20 th ult . he was passing through Soho in a sfatc of"intoxication , wlien his foot slipped from the kerb stone , and he fell heavily on tho back of his head , which was severely cu . The wound was _dre-isedby a chemist , bnt from tthat time he kept his bed , and on Friday last he was removed to thc above hospital , where he died on the following Sunday . Verdict"Accidentaldeath . "

      , Frightful Accidents at Stepney Fair . — On Monday evening about ten o ' clock , a Jad named Ayres , about ten years of age , was in Stepney Fair , assisting to turn one of those machines , called " a merry-go-round , " which revolves upon an axis , when his foot got in between the iron work , and before the machine could be stopped his leg was torn off in a frightful manner . . The poor little fellow was taken to the London Ilospital , where he lies in a precarious state . The medical officers of the institution give very little hopes of his recovery . On Tuesday afterhoon another accident occurred in the same fair , to a frmalc , who was thrown out of one of the swings , and broke her leg in several places .

      Extensive _Robukiiy—On Tuesday afternoon , Mrs . Abder , residing in St , Martin ' s-lane , had her pocket picked of £ 173 , between Lombard-street and her residence . Mrs . Abder got ihto an Omnibus _^ at the Mansion-house , and was set down at St . Martin ' s Church , but did not discover her loss till she got Poaching in St . James ' s Park . —At the Bowstreet Police Office on Monday , a young man , named George-Cookson , was committed for trial , charged with stealing and killing a duck from the enclosure in St . James ' s Pink , the property of the Ornithological Society .

      Accident from Furious Driving . —At the Worshipstreet Police Office on Tue day , George Clark , a horse breaker , was fined 30 s . for furiously driving , whereby James Bennett , another breaker , was injured . Sad Reverse of Fortune . —At the Lambeth Police Office on Tuesday , a person named Wood , was committed for trial , on the charge of receiving stolen propertv . Mr . Solomons , who defended Wood , stated that not many years , hack his unfortunate client was worth 40 , 0002 ,, though he was at present almost pcnnylcss .

      Sudden Deaths . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Baker , jun ., held two inquests at the _Cantnin Cooke , M _.-irmmvati-ect , St . Georges '¦ in . llip . EnfiT .. on the bodies of _Violetta Ann Spcnce , aged twenty-two years , and Elizabeth Adamo , the younger , aged six years . In thc first case , it appeared that the d ceased was a si . _vgle woman , but had been liviin . ' with a yottn _< r man named John Wooldridge , who had left , her and gone to sea . On Thursday evening the deceased complained of pains in her head , and appeared to be ; very unwell . She continued to get worse , and was found in her bed on Saturday moining qnitu dead . In the _[ . econdcase it appeared that the deceased was a very

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      sickly child , and the spine of her back was _afrosted _, On Saturday morning she was taken with an _apop lecticifit _. and died shortly afterwards . The Jnryin each case returned a * verdict ' of " Natural tkatti . " Descknt of the Balloon . —On Monday night tho Albion balloon , in which , , Mr . C . Green ascended with a friend , at Oremorne-gardens , crowed over the Thames on this side of Putney-bridge , whuii ,. after returning , it proceeding towards Oxbrid ge ,. and about eight o ' clock _. 'havinjr been an hour in tlio air , safely descended in a meadow on the estate of—Way , Esq ., of Denham Park , Bucks . The aerff . J-machine was brought to terra firma , by means of tha guide line , which was held by several men , ' thori * ' he-trig no necessity , from the calm state of the atmuspheve _, to nse the grappling iron .

      Thi * Cattle Disease . - — We regret to learn ., that a considerable farmer in the vicinity of Edinburgh has recently lost twenty-seven cows and sixteen calves , by theravages of the -murrain whicli ha . ' boon for some time prevalent _araonget cattle . Fatal Fall from a WiNDOW .-On _TuesdayCTcning an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at tne . - -un , _Lonsr-acre . on the body of Jane Bull , aged four years . The deceased was the daug hter of a saddler _redoing at Ne ! 88 , Long-acre . On Saturday eveniug _hxi , a little girl named Bonner , nine years of _a-io , whose parents reside in the same house , was ca ny _iug her on her back down stairs . On reaching the third iioor staircase window , which was open , she f daced the

      diseased on tbe window-sill to rest , when the unfortunate child Jet go ber hold , and fell headlong oat of the window into the backyard , a depth of _f-istj _. / eet . She was picked up by oue ofthe lodgers in an insensible state , and bleeding profusely from 'tliii eara _. tvntt nose . Mr . Brooking , surgeon , was called m _umciedidiately , but the diseased expired shortly afterwards ,-from injury to the brain . "Verdict - " A cc _sdental death . " . .,, , , . jj _..-,.. The ' 45 subscriptionsi For the -Monument al C ' _s- _)' _* - den are being paid to the promoters ' of that _Scuttisk memorial . The Highland Society lias .. been applied to for a contribution , and some of the northern _papers speak very energetically as to the duty of c . _x-iv Scot to contribute his mito for the erection tii tliiu _tnomento upon the memorable battle field .

      Suspecteb Infanticide . —On Tuesday morning , the neighbourhood of Agar-town , was thvown into a state of f _.-rcat excitement , owing to a report that a female had been seen for a considerable _loiij'th of time loitering nbout the Regent ' s Canal , _asijoining Mr . Goodhali ' s wharf , in the King-road , St . _i ' _-it-firas , and was observed by a womau living nearly opposite _^ who had watched her movements for som' _| ti ! : ie , "fo ; squat under Cambridge-bridge , and _consign _n bundle to the canal , which instantly sunk . Thi- woman who witnessed the circumstance gave tho aknu 4 o some persons on tbe other side of the canal , " who ; succeeded in apprehending the suspected femalo , and delivered her into the hands of the police , _who _eonveyed her to the station house ofthe district-. She refused to give her name or her place of abode , and . said she merely threw in some bread .

      The Coast Defences . — The armament fer the defence of the ships of war on the Canadian 1 akeS _; being completed , and the advance ships being for the most part equipped , orders have been received to expedite the supply of ordnance for the coast de * fences . The giant scale on which these defenre p are to be formed , maybe judged of from the _aniitxed details of the supplies of guns , carriages , am ! _-w-iraimition , which are to be forwarded to the following places : —For the additional defences at _Blioeranss , one 56-pounder , of 9 7 cwt . ; seventeen 8-inch , of 65 cwt . each : twenty-eight 32 _poundei-3 , of •'•( 5 cwt . ; and twelve _24-pounders , of 20 cwt . ; total tor Shcerness , 58 guns . The 24-pounders are to be mounted on iron carriages , but all the heavier _giins ' _on carnages

      with traversing platforms . For the additional defences at Tilbury Fort , fifty 32-pounders , of 50 cwt , each , on carriages , with dwarf traversing- . hi Worms ; nineteen 32-pounders , of 33 ewt ; , on iron _enrnss-es ; total additional guns for Tilbury Fort , CO . Additional guns for Gravesend , fifteen _32-ponndcn-, ef 56 cwt ., on carriages with dwarf traversing pialfermSi Guns , carriages , and traversing ' platforms for the defences at Portsmouth , Gosport , Porisca , and Priddy ' s Hard , in addition to the _existing armament , two 56-poundersof 97 cwt ; 17 8 ' _ticli guns of 65 cwt . and 15 8-inch of 50 cwt ; sixty-one 82 pound--ers , of 56 cwt . ; thirty-nine 64-pounders , of 50 _c-wt . ; ' thirty-six 8-inch howitzers , and one _Si-pc-tindcr car * ronade . On iron-carriages—Seventy-five 2 i-pi ) usder

      guns , ef 20 cwt . Total for Portsmouth , Gosport , & c , 246 of _ordnance ; grand total for Sheer-nest ! , Tilbury Fort , Gravesend , Portsmouth , die .. 388 pieces of ordnance of various sizes . A 6 mall armament-of light pieces of ordnance , consisting of six * 5-pounder guns , six 3-poundtrs , eight 4 2-5 ths howitzers , and eight 2-5 _tlis mortars are ready for shipm ? n « for . Quebec . This armament is to be forwarded io the various forts of the Hudson ' s Bay Company in the North-west territories , to be ready in tie event o £ hostilities _occurring in connexion with the Oregon . As guns of this kind will , in the event of war , _Jiare to be conveyed over mountain districts , a { _-nnti-ivance has been invented by which the guns can be carried between a given number of men . Several trials of the invention have been made here , and ii ha ? , beeu found that it is quite practicable .

      Fatal Accidents . —On Monday , Mr . W . Baker , jun ., held an inquest at the London Hospital , on the body of John Burke , aged forty-seven , : i labourer . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been working at Mr . Smith ' s distillery , Bai _.-k How , Whitechapel . On last Saturday week " , ho was procuring some candles in the steam-engine mum , and was descending , when his foot slipped , anti lie fell upon a piece of iron which was projecting uut of the engine . He was immediately picked up , bleeding profusely from a wound in liis abdomen . Tlie deceased was speedily conveyed to the _Hoi-pital , when , it was found his abdomen was severely contused , 'and

      he died on _Friday morning last . Thejury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Mr . Baker also held another inquest at the above institution , on the body of Charlotte Ogan , aged five years . The deceased resided with ; her parents , in Teiiaec ' -s"tree { : Bethnal Green , and was playing near the fire , wheu her _clothesignited . Her screams brought li-.- mother to her assistance , who threw the _bed-elorii' _-s round her , and extinguished the flames . Her cheat waa burnt in a shocking manner , and tbcsuir _. eo _'! advised tbe parents to send the deceased to the Ilospital , where she died in a few hours . Verdict " _Accidental Death . "

      Fatal Consequences op Reading in Bkb . —Oii Saturday night an inquest was held before Mr . Higgs _, coroner , at thc King ' s Head , Cork Road , Ciapliiiin _, on the body of John Milner , J 3 :-q _., aged 42 , a stockbroker , residing recently at his country house , Atkin _' s Road . From the evidence of the - _. _vmiesses it . appeared that on the night of the 1 th ult . the deceased retired to his dressing room , where he had for some nights slept , his youngest child being ill in his bedroom , which adjoined . Between twelve and one' o'clock in the night , Mrs . ' Milner disrerned smoke issuing through the crevices of ihe dressing room door , and having awakened the servants , the room was entered , and the deceased was found

      enveloped in flames . The bed . and window curtains and other parts of tho room were then on tiro , but an alarm having brought the neighbours , thc flaiv . es were speedily extinguished . Deceased wns tlien insensible , aud dreadfully burnt all over the body . In a few days , after recoverint ; his senses , he said he waa reading in bed , and he thought he must have let the caudle fall . This is supposed to be the ease , for a book entitled " Martin on the Tonga Is ' auds , " was found by the bedside , aiul tiie candlestick under bed . Tlio deceased , after suffering great agony his fingers being almost burnt off , died ou Thursday last . The cause of the fire not being established to tin- satisfac _« tion of thejury , the inqiiest was adjoin md for further evidence .

      Fatal Accidest from the Spark , _er a Railway Enoink . —During the progress of one of tl . e _t-voins on the York and North Midland lino , a few days a . | o , a very distressing event occurred at the "MJij ' _-m ! fame ] _tiGn Station , owiug to the ejection ofa buruia ; _- ; piece of coal from the chimney of the engine , _oiiich alighted upon an interesting girl , about vicht years of _a-je , one ofthe waiters in the rci ' reslnucr . _l-i-ooms , and her clothes being set on fire , she wan so dread * fully burned that death terminated her _sufferings the same evening . Amidst all Urn _wo-iuoiful improvements of the age connected with railway travelling , there appears to be a great dehet in the _pl-eveiiiidii of accidents of this nature .

      Extensive Embezzlement nt a Paris _* i _Oitickr . —On Monday morning , at the Public Oflice , Birmingham , a gentcely dressed man named Joseph Piercy Yeomnns Welch , late clerk to the guardians of tin ; poor for the _parish of Birmingham , and formerly treasurer to the same bod y , was _eiirn-ed with having embezzled various sums of _moiic- _- , ' tho property of ' tlie parochial officers , The _amnvnt _sf the defalcations , as at present ascertained , _i-i nbout -61 , 100 , aud although they have been ace ; : r . ;; iJating for some years past , it is only within ti- -- last fewmonths that any suspicion attached to Wc ' _ch , whose first appointment under the parochial -luthorities took place in 1822 , and who was . after Ike lapse of ten years , elected treasurer , which office he held until about twelve months since . Welch continued in

      the office of clerk to the board of guardiiirs t i ll within the last tour or five months , when pleading ill « ncss , he resigned his situation , Shortly aficr his resignation , he was called upon to _mak-.: xip his accounts , when his book showed a deficit of _.. _E-i'lO , and the _accused also _acknowledged there _w-. _i-- n . lYutlier sum of about _-eoQO , whicli he believed w »> ;' _-., •; In tho parish , and which lie regretted his ina * _--i'ity at once to pay over . Steps were taken lo emk . 'ironr to ascertain ' correctl y , and recover the amount due to the parish , but while these were _pcnilinu ' , _WcJ- ? n left Dirmingham , but was accidentally seen enroling lus _apartments in-Norton-street , Nc _* wroio _* . Information having been forwarded to Birm ! iii ? h : _' . ! r ., un inspector of police immediately came uu U \ London and _approht-nded the prisoner on Friday night , and conveyed him to Birmingham .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 6, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06061846/page/3/