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      Dublin.—The Tenant League,—From The Minu...

      for the religion that you adorn and glorify . And is _« not meet for tiie heads and piliar _ bf the church _jodenoonoe tyranny and oppression ? Bt . Ambrose _denouncedthe petty princes of his day ; other _illnsjrions divines . in former rages have stood between the people and the tyrants who would crush them m the dust . In our day also the people have had advocates and friends—they have the noble and revered hierarchy of Ireland . And you , the illustrious John of Taam—you , whose eloquence and immortal name have made tyrants tremble and bigots and fanatics enail—von . who have shed d _ nity . on your country ; ... . . . _..

      lustre on literature , and honour on _yonrsell—tnis Grace again bowed)—let me implore you and the Other distinguished Prelates-in the name of our common country-in the name of humanity—in the name of merer , and in the name ofthe Lord that jnade ns all , " to draw up a remonstrance that will carry conviction , not only to tbe callous hearts of British statesmen , bnt to the very foot of the Throne . " The rev . gentleman , after having thanked the prelates and other dignitaries for the patient hearing afforded him , retired amid applause and admiration .

      Murder is Leitrim . — -A coroner ' s inquest was held on the remains ofa poor eirl nanred Mary Reynolds _, who earned her brad by going about the country buying and selling eggs . She was missing once the 2 < th of May , and the bod y was discovered on the 30 th ult . lying in a ditch , being so much destroyed by dogs that the body could only be _rec-gnised by toe clothes , some of which are missing , and also a basket in which she nsed to carry abont her eggs . _JTbere was a rope found round her waist , by which it is snpposed the body _wascuried to the place

      wnere touna . i be inquest was held by -JamesMore ton , Esq .. coroner , and a post mortem examination made by Thomas M . Nash , E . g ., M . D . Francis N . _® _dhva , Esq ., J . p _., was j _ _j 0 m attendance , with H . Tnmble , Esq ., J . P ., and some of the constabulary . The _jmy , after a long inquiry , came to the conclusion that a murder had been committed , but could give no clue to implicate any person , as there can be no cause assi gned for the deed , unless to rob her of whatever little mon y she may have had about her . The inquest , was held in the townland of Corry , barony of Dromahair and co . Leitrim .

      Mors _Exiersiixauon . —The Limerick Examiner mentions the following recent _occurrences in tbe campaign of . tenant extermination : — " Mr . Lowe , of Spring House , has recently levelled _jfeveral houses at Nacordan , and sent the inmates adrift on the world . A townland near _Ballagh has been all bat deso ' ated . Several houses have aba been demolished on the Herbertetown property , while around the town of Tippexary , in several directions , the crowbar and pickaxe are in full operation . Hundreds are flying away from Tipperary , Killenaule , Ballingary , Urlingford _, and other places , to the land of freedom . To complete the difficulties of the country the wheat crop is damaged , and will not be an average crop . On the 27 th ult . nine families were ejected at Ballyneety , from their holdings on the property of Miss Briscoe .

      A gentleman from Limerick , who witnessed the operations of the sheriff ' s bailiffs and their brigade of levellers , describes tiie scene as a most affecting and afflicting one . and little in accordance - wifh ' what would be expected _fromone of the so called eentleinen . __ . The nnmber of individuals _nnhoured on the occasion reached over forty , and itis said the majority had last September rents paid in full . The Tuam Herald supplies the following : — "A few days since the inhabitants of the village «> f Carras . eadntyJAayo , numbering , we understand , upwards of thirty families , were dispossessed , and their h -uses razed to the ground . The property is that of the Nolans , minors ; and wo believe _tfee proceedings were instituted by order of the Court of Chancery .

      _Roius Catholic Phiests fob California . — -The limerick Chronicle says : — " Monsignor Alemani . Bishop of Francisco , has arrived from Paris in Dublin , to _engage some Irish priests for the mission among the British settlers in California The Bishop is a Spaniard , and was provincial of the Dominican Friars in America . " '"' . " Thb Ska Skrpent on ihe Irish Coast . —Mr . Roger Travers . in a letter to the Cork Constitution , dated" Conrtmasherry , 29 th August , " says : — "The different fishing establishments on the ' shores of this extensive bay , extending from the Old Head of Kinsafe to the Seven Heads , haye been within the last few days abundantly supplied with fish of every _description , and the greatest activity prevails to

      profit by the bounty which has been thus sent to ns literally in shoals . It has been noticed too , that some description of fish—hakefor instance—have heen captured further within the limits of the inner harbour than was ever known before . In fact , as I heard it observed , the fish was literally leaping ashore . These novel appearances , however , it was my lot to see folly accounted for yesterday- At about one o ' clock a . _m-. -when sailing in my yacht , with a slight breeze off shore , about two miles to the south of the beacon on the Barrel Rocks , one of the party of four gentlemen on board ( Mr . B ., of Bandon ) drew attention towards the structure mentioned , with the interrogatory of " Do you see anything queer abont the Barrels ? ' In aa instant the attention of all on board was

      xivetted on an object which , at first struck me as like the up-heaved thick end ofa large mast , but which , as it was made ont plainer , proved to be the head of some huge fish , or monster . On bearing down towards the object we conld distinctly see , with the naked eye , what lean best describe as an enormous serpent , without mane or fur , or any like appendage . The _portion of the body above _nater . and which appeared to be rubbing or scratching itself against the beacon , was fully thirty feet long , and in diameter I should aay about a fathom . With the aid of a glass it was observed that the eyes were of immense size , and about nine inches across the ball , and the upper part of the back appeared covered witb a furrowed shell-like substance . We were now within rifle-shot

      of the animal , and , although some on board exhibited pardonao _' e nervousness at the suggestion , it was resolved to fire a ball at the under portion of the body whenever the creature ' s unwieldy evolutions would expose its vulnerable part . The instant the piece was discharged the monster rose as if impelled by a painful impulse to a _heig'h which may appear incredible—say at least thirty fathoms , —and culminating with the most rapid motion dived or dashed itself under water with a splash that almost ¦ Stopped-onr breaths with amazement . In a-few moments all disturbance _^ of the water subsided , and the strange visitor evidently pursued his course to seaward . Oa coming up to the beacon we were gratified to find adhering to tbe supports numerous

      connected scaly masses , snch as one would , think wonld be rubbed from a creature ' costing , ' or changing itsdd skin for anew one . These interesting objects can be seen at the Horse Rock . Coast Guard station , and will repay a visit . These particulars 2 have narrated in ihe clearest manner I am able , and if others , in other boats , who had not so good an opportunity of seeing the entire appearance of the animal as those in my boat had , should send you a more readable account ef it . I pledge myself none mil more strictly adhere to the real facts . " Rbpeal AssociATiex . —Another , and positively the "half' threat was made on Monday of the

      _suspension of business and consequent bankruptcy of the old Repeal concern on Burgbquay . It is not _jaore than a fortnight since that Mr . John O'Connell congratulated his lieges on the safe _possession of the " hall" free f rom all debts and encumbrances . Bnt now , alas ! it _appears that some person , other than himself ( Mr . O'Connell ) must hold _himself personally liable for the rent and taxes , amounting to £ 90 per annumn : " and unless the country gave him some assurance of support within fonr weeks he conld not . in justice to his family , take that responsibility npon himself . " The week ' s rent was £ 8 , and ninepence .

      Emigration fbom _UiSteb . —The Armag h Guardian states that on Friday morning upwards of fifty persons , from the county of Fermanagh , consistingof farmers and their families , all Protestants , with scarcely an exception , proceeded from thatoity , by the early train , to Belfast , on their way "to the land of the West . " f ChAKGE OF _Coi-raPIBACF TO MuBDBB AGAIKST __ A Magistrate . —On Saturday last Mr . Justice Perrin admitted to bail Mr . Smith , of Castlefergus , a magistrate of Clare , charged with conspiring to murder his own mother .

      . _ _RErnas of Habvest Labocbehs . —• On Tuesday forenoon eleven hundred Irish labourers landed in Kingstown , from the City of Dublin steamer Princess , and proceeded to Dublin , on their way . to various districts in the country , to seek employment in harvest work . In consequence of the tremendous competition between the steam companies , the deck fare from Iiverpool to Dnblin has been reduced to sixpence . The multitude of labourers who came over seemed well satisfied with their excursion to England .

      Fu^E1ul Op 1 '> *I*V.V' * ' * ,.,- Septe...

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      The Cotjxtxss Be Lasd * Sfei_T (Lola Mon...

      The Cotjxtxss be Lasd * sfei _ t ( Lola Montes ) and Mr . Ileald , shortly after their arrival in Paris , ordered Monsieur Jacquandi an artiste of some celebrity , to paint their full length portraits , representing the latter making the marriage _present to the lad y . The price agreed on was 10 , 000 f . for the painting , and 500 f . for the frame . The porr trait is not yet completed ; but , fearful of losing his money by the sudden departure ofthe loving couple , M . Jacquad caused Mr . Heald to be cited before the Civil Tribunal to recover the amount , in question . But , considering that the painting is not terminated _, the tribunal gave judgment tothe elect tbat

      Jacqnand should only be authorised to receive 2 OQOf . on account , and that he should give up certain articles which had been remitted to him to copy in the painting . Mr . Heald _' s advocate , M . Blanchette complamedthatthesumoflO , <) 00 was greatly too hig h . Thk _SiBMHiB Government has just presented Mr . E . A . Wood , a young gentleman only eighteen years of age , with a splendid gold medal , for courageously taking command ofa Sardinian bri gfrom the Brazils to -Genoa , when met at sea ,- with captain and mate dead , and several . of the I crew dead and dy ing-, from tho yeSow fever raging on board , and safely navigating her * to -Gibraltar , upwards of J . 000 miles , and thence bo -Genoa .

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      . ,. . ; , ; FU _^ E 1 UL : _OP _LOUIS-PIULIPPE . ' .- . Themor _^ reffiain 3 ; of ; ' Low Philippe W interred on Monday , m the Roman Catholic Chapel of St . Charles Borromeo , at Weybrid ge , Surrey . A _con-sioerablo number of _petsons _Jeft J & ndon for the purpose of attending the funeral . t Many ofthe _flpeotators were Frenchmen . The . chapel of Bi . attached to the private residence of a Roman £ l _kw _* _** W Taylor * At this chapel the late King attended every , Sunday morning during the first few months after his arrival at Claremont ; and a wish , having been expressed that his remains should be deposited there , the owner gave her consent . Ihe vault under the chapel was accordingly opened for tbe occasion . . _.-.. ' .. . _^ _~~^* _~^~^^ _" _^^ _M' _^""^^ _" _^ _" _^™™^ M _""^~ _" _^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*** _-c-TTwpuAT . ni ? T . nma Dmimm ,

      At-nine o ' clock * in the morning the immediate neighbourhood of . ; Claremont was thronged , and amongst the distinguished persons who obtained access to the mansion were M . de : Rumigni , Baron de Bussieres , Due de Montmorency , Due de Quiche , Comies Anatole and Montesquieu , Comte de Jarnac , General Dumas , General Chahannes , Dr . Gueneau de Mussy , _ c . At half-past sine o ' clock the mass for the dead was performed in the chapel of Claremont by the Yery Reverend Dr . Whitty , Roman Catholic vicargeneral , but the public were not admitted . After tbe mass the Queen , the Princesses , and children , and the other distinguished persons , including the various members of the ex-royal family of France , passed round the coffin , and sprinkled it with holy water . This ceremony over , the company retired .

      The chapel was entirely hung with black , and at the extreme end was a raised altar , which was also covered with black , the tabernacle being surmounted by a beautiful carved ivory cruoifix , and at either side ofthe tabernacle were massive candlesticks , with large wax tapers ; in the centre of the apartment was placed the coffin containing the remains ofthe deceased king . The coffin rested upon tressels , and was surrounded by twenty-four lighted tapers , the candlesticks containing which stood upon raised , steps . The large velvet pall which covered tbe coffin was fringed with silver , and a silver cross ran along the whole length of the pall . The following is the inscription on the coffin : — Louis Philippe Ier Roi des Francois . Ne a Paris , U 6 Oetobre , 1773 , ' mort <* Claremont , Comte de Surrey , Angleterre , fe 26 _ ou _$ . 1850 ,

      After the performance of mass , the coffin was brought out supported by tbe Duo de Montmorency , General Comte _d'Daudelot , General Baron de Berthois , General Comte Dumas , General Comte de Charbonnes , Comte Friant . At a spot called the White-gate , which is half-way between Claremonthouse and the outer lodge , the coffin was put into tbe hearse , which was inscribed with- the letters L . P ., surmounted by a crown . The cortege proceeded from Claremont through EsherandUershamto Weybridge , whereitarrived at about twelve . The chief mourners were the Duke de Nemours , the Prince de Joinville , the Duke d'Autnale , and the Comte de Paris . The procession consisted of n hearse drawn by eight horses , a

      mourning coach with six horses , and eleven coaches with two horses each . Immediately after the procession left Claremont , Queen Amelie , accompanied by the Duchess de Nemours and other members of the royal family _^ left in two mourning coaches drawn by fonr , and one mourning coach drawn by two horses , for Weybridge . * Upon arriving at the private-entrance' to the chapel the coffin was taken out of the hearse , and was borne on the shoulders often men to the chapel , followed by the Comte de Paris , the Duke de Nemours , the Prince de Joinville , and the Dnie d'Aumale , followed by upwards of- one hundred mourners . The chapel , a very small one , was hung with black . ' A small gallery was prepared for the reception ofthe Queen and the other female mem- _, _bers ofthe family who were present at the ceremony . "When the coffin had been placed on the

      rests , low mass was said . The priests officiating being L'AbbeV Crahot ( chaplain to the late king , ) L'Abbe Guelle , Dr . Whitty , L'Abbe Toursel , _L'Yasseur , L'Abbe Nerincky , and L'Abbe _Coquereau . The coffin was then removed into ' the vault beneath the chapel where a tomb bad been erected bearing the following inscription : — " Depositee jacent sub hoc lapide Donee in patriam Avitos inter cineres Deo _adjuvante transferantur Reliquice Ludovici Philippe Primi Irancoram regis Claromontii in Britannia Defuncti Die _Axigitsti ' XXYI , Anno Domini 3 LD . C . C . CL . _jEtatis LXXVI . Requicscdtinpacc . The whole ofthe arrangements were remarkable for an entire absence of ostentation . The chapel , by the consent of Miss Taylor and her brother , continued open for the inspection of the visitors during the greater part ofthe afternoon .

      (From The Examiner.) The Worst Of All Sy...

      ( From the Examiner . ) The worst of all systems of government is perhaps tbat of elective monarchy . An hereditary monarch , with a law he is bound to respect , and a constitution enabling him to make use of the wisdom and experience , as well as to consult the will of his people , has been found to answer admirably . The elected chief of a republic is a kind of executive which has not been so fully tried , but which yet has been tried with great and signal success . But an elective monarchy brought Poland to the grave ; and in France , where for nearly half a century kings have been virtually elective , and where the present Chief of the Republic is by position and pretensions , as well as by feeling , monarchic , it has produced results the reverse of satisfactory . If Louis Philippe had ascended the throne as

      rig htful heir of an ancient monarchy he would in all probability have been a great and not unpopular sovereign . He would not then have been immersed in the petty anxieties ofa family , nor betrayed by those household cares of over anxiety and over greediness for his children which led him into such baseness , and procured for him so much contempt . Armed with hereditary right , he would have seen the wisdom of making popular concessions -and surrounded by men of eminence and _assured position , who would have compelled respect , his character would not have been marked by that mistrust and depreciation of all the politicians that ; served biro , which made foes of every one of them in ¦ turn , __ and which at length directed and armed against him a kind of conspiracy of the whole political world of France .

      No man could be more totally unfitted tban Lonis Philippe , however , to fulfil the promises and satisfy the expectations by which he was elevated to the throne . He was raised there in the first instance by a knot of Liberal politicians , who doubly risked their lives , hopes , and fortunes in his behalf ; first , by accomplishing the dethronement of the legitimate dynasty , and then by deceiving the people ; into the belief that they were installing a truly popular and liberal monarch . Whatever legerdemain may have been practised in the declarations and stipulations at the HOtel de "Ville , it is imdeniable ; tbat the people of Paris bad then the power and the right to confirm or reject his nomination ; and that they accepted Lonis Philippe on the understanding—nay j on the pledged and specific word—that his monarchy was to be based on popular laws , and surrounded b y republican institutions . So soon , however , did Louis Philippe show

      mistrust of the men who made him king , and so immediately did he embark in a secret and general reactionary policy , that it is impossible not to consider his conduct throughout the revolution of 1830 as a piece of the most consummate hypocrisy . Whilst assenting on the one hand to all the popular declarations of Lafayette and Laffitte , he was sending the Duke de Mortemart to St . Petersburgh to assure the Emperor that nothing would be changed , and that he would merely keep ' the seat warm for his more legitimate cousins . What he said to England , or what induced a Tory government so speedily to recognise him , remains a secret for the time . But we certainly are hot-mistaken in ; declaring that such a multitudinous , nefarious , and mean assortment of lies and mischiefs never Issued from a Pandora ' s box , than the assurances to all peop le , all politicians , and all countries , b y which the fifing of the French marked and secured his

      accession . The first quality which the French had afterwards to recognise in the self-cbosen King was ingratitude . A fortni g ht had not elapsed before Laffitte found hin . self a Prime Minister only in name . He resigned ; aud the unhappy king-maker left to beggary and nun , served merely to point the moral of a vaudeville . Nothing makes more impression on a people , than the treatment by monarchs of tiieir friends . His conduct iri this respect was the foundation of George _lV- ' s unpopularity ; and __ the French formed their opinion * of Louis Philippe while contemplating the fall of Laffitte . The character thus shadowed forth was afterwards filled up by , the recriminations of every Minister whoserved the sovereign , froin _ _affitte ' _s successor to the predecessor of Lamartine . Casimir' -Perier , Thiers ; Guizbt , Mole , _Passay , one arid all ; strengthened the general opinion of the Ulysses of the Tuileries , unreservedly ih society , and moire or less- openly

      throug h the medium of the tribune and the press . Nor in the midst of this general-outcry was there a single voice , a voice even of such' a "dull dependent as Montalivet , to stand up for the character of the King . ; - / ;' "" _. " . ¦' ..:. ' -. '' ¦ " . ' [[ Z . , z It is amusing to hear the Knot of politicians . who _sperit years in thus Ubelling and'degrading ( we say not with injustice ) tho reputation of Louis Philippe now expressing wonder at the hurst of popular _^ execration which dethroned him . ' It was they themselves who sowed the seeds of / popular disaffection . Their language it w _»» that _hadhopelessl y discredited the old man . * The . revolution of 1848 is by some of these moderate historians now attributea to the audacity of ' Communist sect ions , or to the . pistol shot of Lagrange ; . whereas the _. fact is , that the uncompromising hatred to Louis . ; Phiiippe which drew the rhoblnto his palace was but thei effect and consequence of the obloquy cast upon him b y the upper class of writing and _talkingpoliticians .

      (From The Examiner.) The Worst Of All Sy...

      It ,. was not the ; men of thi _Aoilonaf , or bf the _Re-JPWi . yhO overthrew the dynasty , but the writers , courtiers , and ministers whb thronged its salons , and sat in its private cabinets ; ' ;; ..., r .. It was the great mistake of Lonis Philippe , as it waa _offSapbleon _,-that he forgot the people , and left them _ out , of account * . .. They were so easily gulled m 1830 , and crushed with . such' facility afterwards , that / Louis Phili ppe believed the ghost of p 6 pular insurrection to be for ever laid , nor did he seem even to contemplate the possibility of its _re- > urrec-- tion , till it suddenly appeared upon hia'threshold ., His sole care and anxiety , all his preeautioh ' and all bis regards , were directed to the politician class , both in his own capital and in the oapitals of other .. .-. - .,-.......- _.,

      countries . These he cajoled , these he neutralised , these he intrigued against . On them- he exerted all his address , utterly forgetting theifar more necessary art of cajoling and winning ' publio opinion . This latter might not have been so difficult for him as the other was ! Indeed , his lamented ' son , the Duke of Orleans , had made himself popular ; and , however inferior in capacity to his father ; the young Prince had shown an intuitive sense of what was necessary for his position and his prospects . But with him perished the hope of the dynasty ; which it was clear to every one , save to those most concerned , that Louis Philippe would at last thoroughly depopularise , and so uproot . It could not have survived his life , if it bad happened to last so long .

      This belief had become irresistible . It was in the very atmosphere . It was a belief so general and so strong that even the Spicier class had ceased to put faiih in the citizen King , and at last were brought to look on with contentment at the invasion of his palace and at the scattering , of all the royal insignia—emblems of their own disappointment and betrayal—by the lowest dregs Ofthe mob . French history of these later days thus happily goes far to discredit and destroy a belief , we fear but too general in France , that address is everything towards political success , and honesty or generosity of purpose nothing : ! ' Within the last half

      century France bas exhibited the examples of two Princes , both bf first-rate talent , both of first-rate selfishness , ahd of utter contempt for principles and for men . Yet to what did the great genius' of the one , the great experience and sagacity of the otber , lead , but to the samo end—the sudden fall and utter destruction of their reign , their dynasty , their policy , their schemes . The Orleans and Buonapartean families were swept away like a pack bf cards , because both , to secure their selfish ends , were in the habit of sacrificing every _thing-rtheir friends , their country , their principles . It was the most natural and the most salutary form of revenge , that men and things should conspire to work taelr ; well-deserved and retributive ruin .

      The Frankfort Peace Delegates. The Engli...

      THE FRANKFORT PEACE DELEGATES . The English and American delegates and visitors to the Peace Convocation left Frankfort on Thursday morning , and proceeded down the Rhine to Cologne . Before reaching that ancient city , a circumstance occurred very gratifying to their feelings . Two clergymen made their appearance on board , accompanied by one of the Bonn professors , _andTdesired a conference . Mr . ' Sturge , of Birmingham , was voted tp tbe chair . The clergymen stated that they represented the society which bad lately beet , formed for the purpose of securing European patronage to complete the great cathedral at Cologne , and thus make it the finest work of gothio art in the world , and that they had made their appearance among the peace delegates to welcome them to Frankfort , and to give them every facility to see their cathedral .

      The delegates accpted the invitation , and on reaching the city , the ship was received by salutes of cannon , and a large concourse of people . The Town Hall was given up by the authorities as the rallying point , and here the English and American people conferred round the venerable council table , and then formed themselves into a procession , four a-breast , each bearing the olive leaf of peace in his coat or on his hat , and the ladies wearing it on their bonnets . The procession moved through the streets tothe Cathedral , evidently to the astonishment of great numbers of people . At the Cathedral they were all sifely conducted over the magnificent

      works , even to the very top of the tower , by the _clergymen , and in their descent maiiy of the most famous altars were unlocked for the benefit of their curiosity . The tomb wbich is said to contain the skulls of the three kings of Cologne or magi , who went forth to Jerusalem in the first century ofthe Christian religion , to do homage to religion , was opened and lit with gas , and the skulls shown through the golden works to the greatest possible advantage . After the interchange of mutual civilities , the party _separated . A meeting which waa proposed in the evening did not come off in consequence of some unexplained difficulty .

      Horrible Tyranny In Naples. _. Correspon...

      HORRIBLE TYRANNY IN NAPLES . _ . correspondent of the Daily News of Tuesday , g ives the following accoonfc of the proceedings against the democratic party : — It will scarcely he believed by those who are unacquainted with domestic proceedings of despotic Italian government , that at the present moment tbe highest officers of the . Crown in Naples . ; are using the most contemptible means , to . incriminate a few men who have had the courage to obey , and possess the . power to support , that constitutional form of government which his Majesty Ferdinand II . freely accorded to the Two Sicilies in 28 * 18 . When the Neapolitan government found the events

      of Europe promised a retrograde movement , their object was in conjunction with the Camarilla which surrounds the king , to remove all who had taken an active part in the constitution . This aim * was accomplished by two means . First , by the threatened arrest of the leading men , many of whom fled the country , and secondly , by the imprisonment of those who remained . These are now accused of high treason as belonging . to the sect called tbe Uhita Italiana , wbich the government thinks proper to call a republican club . But as those who were the most obnoxious to the Camarilla , did not really belong even to the United Italians ( whose object appears to have been the formation of a federal Italy , like that of Germany ) it was necessary to invent a framework of falsehood , by employing paid scoundrels to put their names to accusations drawn up by the police . And further , as will be

      seen by the evidence in the public court , the authorities actually tortured the victims when in prison to denounce each other . In some instances , however , they used the milder means of endeavouring to bribe . Amongst those who fled from Naples under a threatened arrest are Prince Santetedoro , Prince Torella , DukeProtu , Prince Campomaggiore , and many Other noblemen , together with a large portion of the deputies , all of whom are at this moment either in Piedmont , France , or England . I am told that no less than 5 , 000 Neapolitans of property and distinction are now in exile . From that period thousands have been thrown into prison for political opinions ; many have been let out ; especially in the provinces , and the vengeance of the gorernment is at present centered on the forty-two under trial . The most important prisoner is the ex-minister Baron Poerio .

      I now proceed to give a summary of these interesting and * important trials up to the present date . On the 1 st o f June forty-two prisoners were brought handcuffed and surrounded by soldiers into the criminal-court , where they found the President Navara ) a notoriously bad character ) , and ten judges , appointed especially for the occasion to try the accused , with the crown lawyer , Angellilo , and twenty-seven lawyers employed by , the prisoner ' s . The proceedings of this and the following day were occup ied ih reading the president ' s report , which ¦ may be thus reduced . ; ' The prisoners were accused of belonging to a sect called the Uhita Raliand , the object of which was to destroy the Italian monarchies , and place the whole peninsula under a

      democratic form of government . It is then argued that that must mean a republio , therefore ; all ' who belong to the sect are republicans , and guilty of high treason , and although the prospectus of the sect asks nothing more than the king actually put in executiou when he sent off his royal troops to fight the Austrians—the fabric ofthe accusation , is built on the aims of this sect , which proposed a federal league in Italy like that of Germany . -The court had scarcely opened , when one of the prisoners , Leiphecher , fell illi when the * president caused him to be brought into court in a dying state . The lawyer protested , and twenty medical men Certified to his dangerous state , whereupon a medical man Of bad character reported to the president that Leipneeher feigned . The president then ordered the medical men to make a-report which would " enablehim toenter the court . The unfortunate man , ina state of perfect prostration , was

      dragged'before the judges ; His' accusation was read , and at the close of the process it was thought the poor man had expired ; The doctors were called - and the same mari'who _^ had certified , only three fiours before , - that the prisoner was m a state to appear , was obliged to own he waB in a dying state . ' ' V Cair ho remain an hour longer ? said the president to the medical meD . •« fNo ! j Two days after be' was nomore . His mother and Bister were forbidden to exchange a last adieu with their unfortunate sob and brother * nor were the priests . _alj lowed to pray with' him ' . He was thrown naked into the pit of the Campb Santo . He ; only made one remark _^ " They want ' ¦ to -kill -aw ; they shall see I do not fear death . " Leipneeher was a man bf great talent ; -and known for his-liberal opinions . He returned to his _' native city , after the granting ol the ' cobstitiitidn ; having been an exile for many years , during which time he had travelled all over Europe oh Toot , and supported himself by his pencil . v " •

      Horrible Tyranny In Naples. _. Correspon...

      One of ' _th-eKrewlupler of government was ; disclosed by G . De Semone , . a prisoner who stated that whiUt confined in _Castel L _•? ' _**? e c ° mmander , visited „ hiav and threatened . _" _. hbdid not reveal _theSecret of . the sect , he should be skinned alive ;' but > onthe contrary , if . he aisoioBea what he knew , the government would provide him with a place , " and gave him 18 , 000 ducats , and , aa a proof , . He . then presented . 200 piastres to the prisoner as a ' guarantee of the sincerity of the government . ; . 'De ' Semohe re fused . At this , ' revelation , the presioent commanded silence . "Tbeh , " said the prisoner , " our judges do not wish to hear the truth . "—G . _Erri-Sn _« ,. * a 8 econd prisoner ; stated he was promised 200 ... _, _~^^

      ducats . a month from government if he would assist the commissary of / police in accusing others . T 7 S . Faucitano , one , of the accused , deposed that bis hair was torn from his head by spies on his way to pnson , __ and that he was bound by wet cords . He was shut in a dark dungeon for nine days without any food , save a little bread and water , and no bed . He was then dragged before the police authorities ' , and obliged to sign a paper , which it appears denounced others aa sectarians . —G . Carrio stated that whilst in prison he was offered 6 , 000 ducats if he would swear a fellow prisoner , Niscoj endeavoured to excite the royal troops to desert and join the people . The wife of Sersale was imprisoned te force an accusation against her husband , one of the accused . As thesefacts came outthe president

      , , exclaimed , "Itis not . allowed to injure the character of public officers who enjoy tlie confidence of the king . "—f . Antonetti narrated the torture he had suffered , and the want of food , which caused him to put his name to a paper drawn up' by the police . —F . Cavafa , on the seventh day , prayed the court to relieve himself and fellow , political prisoners from the crowded rooms in which : they were placed : l ; 830 prisoners were huddled together in a space too small to move about with ease . Tho president promised an investigation of his statement . After reading the acousation of the ex-minister , Baron Poerio , that gentleman _Btiited , amongst other , falsehoods arid absurdities , it was affirmed

      that the Marquis _Dragonetti had written him a revolutionary letter . But the police , in compiling this forgery , had dated the letter from Acquilla , at a period when Dragonetti was with him in the city of Naples ; and this was a point which the authorities had had admitted in the processo . Three priests swore that the persons whom the government , ' had . employed to accuse _> Poerio were the worst description of characters , the pests of the parish , and that ono of the spies , M . Colella , told him that the police had promised the said Colella a place of twelve ducats per month for denouncing the ex-minister . The revelations of the prisoner Nisco were equally dishonourable . to the government and tbe executive .

      L . Settembnni was the last . prisoner examined . This gentleman was a conspicuous . supporter of tho constitution , and therefore particularly _odieus to the government . He is accused of being at the head of the Unita Italiana ,. He was not allowed to offer any defence ,, and the written and printed his- ' tory of his persecutions aro the only _mearis of learriingthe injustice and tyranny of _thejgovernirient towards this prisoner . ! From the above facts , which have come out in a public court , arid some of them in the presence of the French and English ministers , . it will be seen that the Neapolitan government and its executive have not hesitated to descend to the very lowest , the very vilest , means to incriminate a set of men whose only real sin is lovebf ' honest and open government , and that Italian ; independence which every prince of the peninsula pretended to sustain . The trials continue : We shall give the proceedings in a future paper .

      To The Operative Boot And Shoemakers Of ...

      TO THE OPERATIVE BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS OF SCOTLAND , ENGLAND , AND IRELAND .

      Brothers , Friends , Ann _SHOPMATus _. —We , the undersigned , crave the liberjy to lay before you a statement of our grievances hoping and trusting that you will judge justly and impartially between the calumniator and the calumniated—between those that woiild oppress and those that hate oppression—and between those that arrogantl y arid fraudulently designate themselves the boot ana shoemakers of Glasgow , though not numbering the one-hundredth part of tbat body , and those that truthfully term themselves the boot and shoemakers Of the eastern division of said city . _Shopmates , who amongst 5 ou does not abhor tyranny ? Who amongst you does not detest

      despotism ? And who amongst you would not lend his aid to curb the one and crush the other ? As for ourselves , we utterly abominate tyranny—let it ap pear in whatever form it may—whether it be the aristocrat , the capitalist , or our fellow workman whoenactsthe part of tyrant we care not , itis all the same to us ; our cry shall always be down—down with the tyrant , the oppressor , and the despot 1 In the years I 84 I-2 , a strike occurred in this city ; which was instituted by the late City body against their employers , ' and carried on * with unremitting vigour . It was supposed by the _offioers of said body , that some of the _Calton ( or eastern ! division ) shops were making up work for the City eih ployers . Such being the real or supposed case , the City body appealed to the Calton society , at the same time ,

      stating that they ( the City body ) had ample funds at their command , and would willingly and f reely meet any and every expense which the Calton body might incur . The appeal waB warmly responded to ; the suspected _Bhops struck , ' and the Calton society expended upwards of £ 70 sterlingoftheir o _« mmoney upon that affair . When all their cash was gone , they applied to the City body for assistance , and all thatthey received from them , was £ 20 tojearry ori the strike . ' At length the matter was adjusted between the City society and their employers , and so the affair ended ; but the Calton body had gained a loss of SEVENTY POUNDS sterling , by engaging in that strike without even the most distant chance of ever receiving any indemnification for the loss of their money .

      Shopmates , we shall now draw your attention to the time tbat the old Rump , ( the City body ) , in connexion with the wiseacres of Edinburgh , formed the fudge affair known by the title ' of " The Scottish Union , " an association whioh was got up for the express purpose of crushing the English "Mutual Assistance Association " in this country ; but , as was anticipated by every intelligent _shopmate in this city at the time , it turned out a most miserable failure , and was the chief , nay , the Bole cause ofthe breaking up , and complete dissolution of both the Calton and City societies , * in a word , they fell victims to their own ignorance , folly , arid stupidity . As the late City body ( the old Rump ) was guided by despotism , arid only existed by tyrannising , few —very few—heaved even one si g h of regret when it fell , and it was to be hoped , that none would ever .

      after attempt to follow such an example ; but in that we have been sadly mistaken , nay actually dis appointed , for a body _hasSprung up , although there are hundreds of shoemakers at present working in the city who would doubt the validity of such an assertion , but such is the fact ; and though _insiernificarit in numerical strength , ( they drily numbered eighteen at their last general meeting ) , yet they seem to be deepl y imbued with the same spirit of intolerance , ignorance , and stupidity which characterised all the proceedings ot the old Rump—those tyrants of bygone days . ' Shopinates _, the motives which propelled the founders of this New City Society is a . strange one indeed , for it sprung into being with a mask upon its features ; in other words , it was formed and sot in motion for fraudulent purposes . The- following are the'facts of the ease . - ,: - ¦ •<

      At the demise and downfall of the late City society , its members were indebted £ 40 to a certain party here , arid as a few individuals belonging to the said society had become _security'forthe- abovementioned sum of ' money , they found ' themselves irivolved ' in ai dilemma , but of which they could not extricate th ' eriiselves without the aid of others . Well , did they apply to the men whocomposed the late City body for assistance ere they' resorted to other means ? No ! but like artful dodgers , as they are , they at once bethought them of forming a new society , for the purpose of pay ing the debt in question , though quite resolved to keep the , dodge as dark _~ as secret—as possible from the members of the said society ; but ' murder will out—the dodge

      was a dead failure—the move proved ah ; abortion , and at last the edricoctors ofthis new society were obliged , though much against their inclinations , to have recourse 10 honester means of liquidating their debts _, namel y , b y calling upon the shopinates , _indiscriminatel y , to receive voluntary contributions from them . However _^ the money riot coming in as rapidly as they could wish by the last means alluded to j they ; bribe ' more ; set their wits . , to" work to devise another dodge , whioh appeared to , ' us in the shape of a demand ; ' upon < our body , ' _torefurid the £ 20 that the late'Calton Society received frorii the late city body to enable - them to eiirry pri the strike in 1841-2 * , accompany ing their deriiand for money with the threat that if we woiild not coriiply with their -very civil ' request , that they wouldstopburcorrespondence with other towns , and

      likewise discontinue to correspond' with us themselvesfi—a , corisuriim ' _-itibri ' devoutly to ibe wished for . Reall y , _shopmateB , we are at a loss to know what tofdolh this case ; _whether-tblKugh at , or be angry with those , blundering ' block-heads—those now lights of _sodioty ; for yrhilat calmly reviewing their conduct froni their starting into feeble existence , which is about nine months ago , up to the present time , we really cannot say whether they deserve a 'felon ' s chains or a fool ' s cap _thV-beste This we will " say , that ' if they cannot effect any good ; they ought riot to attempt tb injure others who may . '"'' - " ' '; ' _'' ' _¦'•""¦ ii _' i " Shopmates , we imaffinethat it is high time that we -, were giving * yon some accourit of ourselves , our aspirations ) 'and our hopes , ' so that you may be enabled to form a proper estimate of ' our des _igns and contrast them with the fruitless , worthless , and

      To The Operative Boot And Shoemakers Of ...

      even evil deeds of those that ought tojbe our friends , _butWho , _U ' n reaJity , / areo . H _^ d | _restfoesi . _;^ . , About four , months ? ago , a few bf us exerted ourselves so _far-as to assemble a considerable number of the shopmates of-the eastern division " o ' f thisoity _* in . the . Meohanios' ,. . Hall , Calton , for the given purpose Of forming , a swietyj not of . the old non-progressive stamp ; no ; but a society whoso ultimate object is the emancipation of its . members from , the degrading . _shaokles of WAGES SLAVERY-, by adopting , as-soon as our funds would permit * the system which some of the London shopmates have already embraced . ( At the same time , not to appear exclusive , individual , or selfish , we were resolved to form friendly relations with every town that would offer theijght hand of fellowship to us . '"¦ ' , ¦ ! : : fif . ill Ira ' _flninnr Ann _nlKmniA _^ l . - _^^ _-. ' A _. lle _. in _VIOTtf '

      . wo launched our . bai _* k with , hopeful hearts ; trusting , that with wisdom for our guide , we would , ere long , reach the wished for port ; but to our surprise , those pirates ( the artful dodgers of the City ) bore down upon ' . ' us , and attempted to board us ; however , armed aa we are , at all points , with truth and right , wo dread not their attacks ; no , nor . fear their machinations . ' Since our friends of the City society seem to be so grossly ignorant , so completely divested of legal knowledge , we ia pity offer them the following legal truths , as a cure for their ' mental blindness : — 1 st . At the breaking up , or dissolution of any illegal society , ( such , as all Trades' Societies are ) , each member is in honour bound to contribute towards the liquidation of any debt or debts , which may have been contracted by the officers of the said society , for societary purposes , whilst in

      existence . 2 nd . No new society can lay claim to any debt or debts due to a former society , though almost composed of the same persons . , 3 rd . No new society is , in any respect entitled to liquidate the debts contracted by a former society , although nearly composed of tho same members ; individually they are entitled to pay all such debts , but as asoeiety they are not . Shopmates , the above legal facts will at once disentangle y our minds from the absurd idea , that a new society is in duty bound to pay the debts of an old sooiety ; but we are quite aware , nay , are

      confident , that in each sooiety , before which this address _might be laid , a sufficient number of intelligent men will be found to advooate our cause , and approve of our conduct . To set this matter at rest for ever , permit us to state , that being a society whose aim and object is as dissimilar as possible from , any society that ever existed in this city , or in Scotland , we , therefore , and for that reason cannot , nor will not acknowledge the slightest relationship between ourselves and any other sooiety that may have existed in this locality previous to our formation . All that we require is ; to be on friendly terms with all and every society of our trade in the three kingdoms . '

      Shopmates , in conclusion , allow us to observe , that we ore blamed by the City bod y for entering some of their members without a line from their secretary ; This statement we at once flatly , deny ; we distinctly affirm that we have done no such thing ; but if they ( the City body ) consider it to be just , honourable , or honest to claim those shopmates of the Eastern division of this city as their members , who hare through kindness contributed their mite towards the payment of the late City , body ' s debt , then we at once plead guilty to the charge , for the most of us have done so , and would do so

      still , if they will request such contributions from us as voluntary -gifts , and not demand them as undoubted rig hts . We have not the slightest ill-feeling against the member * . of the City body ; our minds are otherwise occupied . We have higher aims and nobler aspirations to claim our leisure moments , instead ot concocting calumny against any body of men . We would not hurt the serpent , but make the serpent hurtless . ' By order of the Eastern division of operative boot and shoemakers , ( Signed , ) W . CiDMAN , Secretary ; John _Hagebty , William _Whitacbe , Hugh GiiiBN , Patrick M'Keon , Committee .

      ¦ " ¦ » ! . The Weather And The Crops. Y...

      ¦ " _¦ _» ! . THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS . Yorkshire . — Harvest operations in the . neighbourhood of Selby _, Snaith , Rawcliffe , and Goole , have nearly been _brought to a close , and the crops well gathered . " The wheat crops look well , hut it expected the yield in this district will be rather below the average . The grain is generally small . Other crops ripened eo rapidly tbat much corn was knocked out by tbe prevalent high winds , before the farmers could get it cut . Oats , it is believed , will yield well . Beans have suffered in tbe top from the high winds . and the crop-Will not be great— some of the drops corn but indifferently . Turnips are looking admirably , particularly Swedes , wbich are remarkably finn . — Yorkshire Gazette ..

      Oxfordshire . —The harvest is rapidly drawing to a close , the beautiful weather of the present week Laving tended to bring about'this desirable end . A few fields only ofthe late oat and spring beans remain standing , and some of the latter will not pay the expense of cutting , carting , stacking , and thrashing . On many farms , carrying having been finished , the teams are busy with the skim plough and drag harrows , conveying the , idea of the beginning of another agricultural year . Taking this ' harvest through , we think the produce has been : carried hi a very fair condition ; that the creps of wheat , beans , and peas are deficient ; barley and oats an average , and the root crops abundant , — Oxford Journal .

      Derbyshire—Although during the last fewsdays the state of the weather has been unfavourable for harvest operations , yet a greater breadth has been Cleared in tolerable condition than might have been expected . The greatest activity hasbeen manifested , and it may be fairly questioned whether greater energy , stimulated by an uncertain future , has ever been displayed than is now the case . The present month has been of unusual coldness , cloudy , rainy , stormy , and unpropidous , with occasional frosty nights . The account ofthe several crops are

      contradictory _r but there are sufficient reasoBB to warrant the opinion thatthe wheat crop will not realise the promise which waa warranted a few weeks ago . Mildew , blight , and rust have prevailed to a great extent . Compared withthe produce of the last year , the crop , as a whole , will be deficient both iri quality and quantity , * and it seems by do means improbable that the price will be enhanced , ' , unless the foreign supplies should come in to make up the deficiency . The potatoes are far from promising , and we learn from undoubted authority that in some situations the disease has _manifested itself to a greater extent than Inst year . _—Derbyshire Courier .

      ¦ Cumberland . —The weather , since our last , has been very unfavourable for harvest operations . The work , however , i 8 well forward , and one or two dry days will see most of the grain cut . Shearing is already nearly completed upon the early farms . In some quarters a little has been ' 'housed , " but we cannot , say that in general there is in this respect much to be done . Complaints still continue to pour in regarding the potato blight . —Carlisle Journal .

      Sir J. Franklin's Expedinojr.—The United...

      Sir J . Franklin ' s _ExPEDinojr . —The United States brig Advance , belonging to the expedition in search of Sir , John Franklin , reached Whalefisb Island , on the west coast of Greenland , on the 24 th of June , in thirty-two days from New York . The _tleseue arrived on the 27 th . A letter from a gentleman on board , published in the Neiv York Herald , says : — " On our arrival here we fonnd an English barque at anchor ; she is a storeship , having brought stores and coal out for tho . squadron , which , by the way , sailed from here ; yesterday , consisting of two barques of about 300 tons each , oarrying sixty men , and steamers of about 100 tons each , witli from forty to fiftymen ; they are all bound in search of Sir John Franklin . The barque . _- , sails iri about a

      week for England , whioh will give us all a fine opportunity to write , the only one I am afraid weshall have for some time to come . We have heen very fortunate in sending letters thus fary for I boarded a vessel off Newfoundland , bound in to St . John ' s , about the lst ofthis month . 1 We all sent letters by her . They went from St . John ? s by steariier to Halifax , and from thence to . the . United States . After leaving New York , we kept company with the Rescue , by keeping under short sail , until the 19 th ult . ; when , finding it impossible for her to keep up , we made sail and lost sight of her in a few . hours . The days after leaving New . York gradually grew longer until tho 16 th of this month ( in 60 deg . 50 min .: N . l ' at . ) , when we could really say we had

      constant day , so much so that we were able to steer without lighting tho binnaole lamp , a thing I never sawbefore . We have not got . used * to it yet , and hardly know when turning in time comes . You have no idea how strange it appears to come on deok at midnight , ( or ratheriWhat ought to be midnight , ) and find 1 it broad daylight , with the , sun up . We still discriminate one twelve hours from the , other , by oalling them night and day - , and appropriate the part we call night for sleeping , or rather a portion of it . ** After leaving the coast of Newfoundland we fell iniwith no ice . untilwe-were abontto make the coast of Greenland , when wo found the icebergs , in great numbers . We made Greenland bri the 21 st ;

      it certainly is the most dismal , rocky , barren country-lever saw or _everiexpeot to . see . ; We expect to go to a p lacecalled Uppermariky about two hundred miles from here ; from there we go to Melville Bay , thence across to Lancaster Sound to ) Cape Walker , * from * Cape Walker ' we shall try to get up to Melville Island ; and as much fartheras we can . * We expect to winter at Melville _Jsle , _butithat ; <> f ¦ course , will depend very much oh ' circumstances , f This is the last opportunity we shall have of writing for a long time , unless' we have the good luck to fall in with' a whaler bound eitherhonie or to England . " The _woBKsnpon . the Swansea Floating Dock are being prosecuted with great ' vigour , and it will be opened at an early period _.

      Loss. Of The.Ohiq^Steamer. Tbul' I Op :¦...

      LOSS . OF THE . OHiq _^ _STEAMER . _Tbul' i op : ¦ ihe' Capiat ** *;; and ? 'Mates . —The trial of Mr . Thomas-Henderson , the captain of tho Orion ; Mr . _j _GeorgefLanglands , the . first mate of that vessel ; ' and of Mr . _orine Williams , the . seoond mate , 'for this shipwreck of thWOrion , in ' Jdne last , off Portpatrick : commenced in Edinburgh , on Thursday'the 29 th ult . j beforo the High Court of Justiciary !; . On the table _. in frontf of the judges * bench ; were placed a beautiful model of the Orion , boat , boat cover charts of the coast of Wigtownshire , and a number ' of other' things . The ' indictment set out by charging-Thomas Hehderfion , the master ; : George _Lahglands , the ; first mate and John Williams , the second mate , with culnabla

      homicide , as also of culpable and reckless neglect of duty . It then went on to narrate the circumstances of the loss of the Orion in technical language ; and after mentioning the names _ofsuch off the passengers : as were ascertained to be lost , it concluded as follows : — " And you , the said Thomas Henderson and John Williams , are , both and each , or one . or other of you , guilty of the culpable bereavement of the lives of all and each , or one or rriore of the said pevsons drowned in manner above libelled ; and you the , said George _Langlands , are guilty of the culpable bereavement of the lives of Buch ot the said persons as were drowned in tho manner above libelled , * when left in the sinking ship , in consequence of the said boats , or some of

      them , not having-proceeded with passengers from the said ship to the shore as often , before the said ship ' sank , as tbey ' would have done , if fully and properly equipped , or : in consequence of the boats , or some of them , being unfitted to carry , and not having carried , their full complement of passengers to the shore ; or , when thrown into the water , by tha capsizing or swamping of both and each of one or other of the two boats , the said quarter-boat and life-boat respectively , capsized or swamped in tho manner above libelled . Special defences were lodged forthe captain and second mate , but none for the first mate . In these , the captain alledged , tbat ho had gone below to take a little _restj leaving the vessel in charge of a competent officer ; and

      tbat after this , the accident arose from causes which he could not control . The second mate set forth , that he had steered the vessel to the best of his judgment ; arid that the accident bad arisen from the deficient Btate of the Bhi p ' _s compasses or other maohinery , and that he , therefore ; was not liable for this . The case for the Crown was conducted by the Solicitor-General ; Messrs . _Deas and Bell , and Mr . Cranfurd , appeared as counsel for Captain ' Henderson ; Mr . ' Penny for Williams , the second mate ; and Mr . Logan for Langlands , the first mate . The panels p leaded not guilty to the charges in tbo indictment , and the case then went to trial . —Captain Robinson , It . N ,, deposed , that he had been emp loyed for several years iri making

      a' hydrographic survey , of Scotland for the Admi « ralty _/ This witness , described the sunken rocks , their distances , arid situation . Looking to tha breadth of the channel , witness did not think that ; any person in his sound senses , looking to the nature of . the coast , arid going up the Firtlrof Forth , would keep his vessel only a length _ofTto secure its _' aafety . Looking to where the _wreckwas lying , no course , consistent . with safety would' / allow tho vessel to be so near the coast . He did not think that the current would have much effect ! in sending such a large vessel as the Orion in upon shore , assuming her to be taking a proper course , —John . M'Donald , boat-builder , Greenock , said he made tbe Orion , as also the model . Believed Seventy os eighty , persons could sit iri one of the life-boats

      which he had measured . This witness saw the starboard quarter-boat with _hei-f bows down in tha water ; and the other end ofher hanging by tha tackle . Saw some people tumbling Out of her . Saw some persons tumble out of the starboard life-boat into the water . From the evidence of Johh Kelly , a seaman ori board the Orion at tha time of the wreck , and who was keeping watch at the time , described the course to steer given him by the second mate , as being very close to land , much nearer to shore than usual . After the vessel struck , a boat was lowered . A cry was raised for a knife to cut a piece of cord fastening the boat . Oars . were got in a short time ; but cannot say how many , whether two or three . Five should

      have been in the boat . The plug-hole was stopped by a gentleman putting his handkerchief into it . Did not go round by starboard , as the cry was raised that there were enough in . There were from fifteen to twenty in . The boat could have carried about thirty . There was not muoh water in ; H was coming in . If they had bad the five oars , the land would have heen made sooner . After taking the passenger ' s ashore , witness went back to the wreck , and went under the larboard mizzen rigging and took off as many as they found . ' Went then to the main rigging . The mate came into , " the boat , and also the captain . The captain was the last man to leave . The vessel had settled down by this time . Could not have taken off the doth and lowered the boat in ten minutes . It would take , without the cloth , from ten to fifteen minutes to lower the boat , owing tb the manner in " which the beats on board the Orion were fastened . Never

      saw a boat fastened with a cover like that now shown as the starboard life-boat of the Orion . The several witnesses examined corroborated the above evidence , and one stated that a fog had come on upon the night ol the accident . The trial was resumed on Friday , when the declaration bf captain Henderson-and the second mate , and _exculpatory evidence was also given . On Saturday Mr . Craufurd , advocate , addressed the jury at great length for the master of the Orion steamer , Thomas Henderson . The Lord Justice Clerk then summed up , when the jury retired for about half an hour , and returned into court with a verdict , finding , by a majority , Thomas Henderson ( the captain ) Guilty of culpable neglect of doty , and John Williams ( the second mate ) unanimously Guilty . The Lord Justice Clerk then , in an impressive address , sentenced John 'Williams , the second mate , to seven years' transportation , and Thomas Henderson , the captain , to eighteen months' imprisonment .

      An Undertakes In Trouble.—On A Certain D...

      An Undertakes in Trouble . —On a certain day last week , about half-past seven o ' clock in the morning , a mourning coach , with a pair of horses and driver , duly _oaprisoned lor funeral rites , were observed slowly wending their way 'with great solemnity along Marsh-lane , Burmantofts , and Beckett-street , to the Leeds burial ground . On arriving at the entrance to the unconsecrated portion of the burial-ground the coach stopped until the gates were thrown open , and then proceeded witb due solemnity to the chapel doors . At that untimely hour no one was in attendance but the gravedigger , who hastened to the spot , when the following dialogue took p lace : — Gravedigger : " Where ' st mourners ? " Driver : " Inside . " — Gravedi gger ( opening the coach door ) : " Not they , marry ,

      there ' s no mourners . Where ' st coffin ? ' Driver : "Why , it ' s there , isn'tit ? " —Gravedigger : "Nay , thou ' s hrowt no coffin nor _nowt else nut thee sen , thou great ] lumphead . What is ta cum here for at this time 0 ' morning ?' ¦ Drfeer , ? "I don't know . "—Gravedigger : " Who serivthee v' Driver ( Driver looks perplexed and sorrowful , but says nothing . ) — Gravedigger ; "Where has-ta' come from 1 " Driver rubs his nose , strokes his fncf * , and looks as grave as an owl in an ivy bush . —Gravedigger : "Can't ta' speak roan ? " Driver wipes his eyes and his mouth , and heaves a deep sigh , but remains silent . —Gravedigger : " Is ta daft ? Driver takes off his hat , and _soratches bis head , but makes no reply . —Gravedigger : "Now tbou * s scratched thee head weel , does > ta find owt in it ?'• ' Driver _; . " Nay . "—Gravedigger : "Then takmy advice ; go home and get to bed a'bit , and the next- time thou comes out . bring thee mother wi' thee to take care

      on thee , will ta ? The man of sorrow then turned _hishorses head ; and the whole affau * remained in mystery till the following day , when the dread of exposure led the - driver to goto the gravedigger , and explain the cause of his visit . He said he had beenup all night ; that his employer had received an order to send a hearse and several mourn ing coaches for a funeral a few miles distant ; that tbe hearse and the other mourning coaches . had Btartcd before him ; that he was behind his time , and had in a hurried manner harnessed his horses . He then mounted his box and started on his journey , and fell fast asleep , and the horses had then taken the road they were accustomed to ,. and that when he awoke and found himself at the . Leeds burial ground he was so stupified and bewildered that he couldnot remember what he . was ordered to do . Surely this is ' a precious _speoimen of those who aro hired to " miniiok sorrow when the heart's not sad . " —Leeds'Mercury . f - ' ¦'¦ " .

      Emigration . —The British and _Jiorth-American Royal Mail steam-ship Asia , Captain _Judkins , sailed for Halifax and New-York , froin the Mersey , on Saturday last , ' having 280 passengers , the usual mails , and a ' good freig ht on board .

      Impoutant To Hlmum Reasons.—In The' Decl...

      iMpouTANT to _hLMUM _rEasoNs . —In the' decline of life , persons of both sexes require great skill ' to be exercised in the administering of medicine ; and it strictly behoves them to be exceedingly cautious in the . application of such remedies as muy _stiit their peculiar cases . The most safe nnd efficacious medicine for giving tone and strength to tho stomach , and acting'at thb same time as ' a gentle and healthful aperient , is ' Framplon _' s Pill of Health , ' a family restorative , which has ! conferrcd the most essen tial henefits upon those who have fortunately had recourse to itshealthvestoriiiK . aid ; . enablinc them to apply to themselves the

      well-known line from _Shakespeare— .... f . ''Though I look old ; yet I am strong _afidhiaty . An Ulci _ Wa _ i cubed sr _l-Towe-Mi' _« O _*™ Ann P __ . _ Mr .. Robert Gregg , jun ., of Clerkeelund , Clowes , Ireland , v / as sorely afflicted _^^ SSsV _^ S _£ m . pit , and whi _^ three years j _anotherwound _^ so hroae _emU His father felt _**^ _$ _^ $ fi _^ _- _-tfn continued to nents „ g 6 _onstonoPWpos _^ _^^ advJ d a trial of waste away ; at this juncture . a _^ _™ nlcn WJts mde . and ia _HoUoway ' _s Pius and O _^ ent . . _HeJsnowg „ tingfct * _% _" _$ _? , % I _^ _W _^» e _. presrfon _/ as _atron _g as a herse , ' . .. _..- '¦ . .- ¦¦ • . ¦ - ¦ '•

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07091850/page/7/