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      MORE RAILWAY ACCIDEM _^ FkIGHiFCL _AcCTOEST OS THE NOBTnHB _ASD Euros Uah . wav . -Wc have to perform the painful dutv of giving the details of another railway accident V which one man has been killed and several persons wounded . The scene of the calamity is that ; portion of the Northern and Eastern line which was opened onlv a few davs ago , and which had been _doseiv inspected by General Pasley . On Monday the express or morning mail train left the terminus » f the junction station at Shoreditch at half-past # leven o ' clock , the usual hour for . Norwich . Itcon-? _Bteu of two second-class and three first-class carriages _, between _-jrhich and the tender anl engine were the _lu- _'zasc van and a horse-box , containing

      two horses , and at the rear of the train was a truck and another horse-box . The traiu proceeded at its usual rate , averaging about thirty miles an hour , _TOaking two stoppages , as far as Wendon ,. in Essex , a distance of forty-three niilcs from town . It was ifcen about fire minutes to one o ' clock , and the _hinder truck and horse-box having been detached , the regular signals were given and the train renewed its course . The line between this station and the next , Chcstorford , is slightly on the decline—we arc informed one foot in 150 , and , according to all accounts , the speed here maintained was greater than in tlie preceding part of the journey , so much so , indeed , as to produce a violent oscillation of the car riages . Suddcnlv , on the train entering a kind of

      cutting , near a -iillnge called Littleborougb , half way between the _Vondou and _Chestcrferd stations , the passengers sustained a slight shock , which was immediately _followed by cue of a more tremendous character , accompanied " by an explosion . It was some moments ere the passengers recovered from its effects , and on looking out of the carriages it was impossible , for a time , to discern what had really happened _, on account of a torrent of fire intermingled with « _5 _nst and dirt , while , at the ssnie time , the steam literally enveloped the train , and even when it had subsided the roaring of the engine was of a character to tewify the passengers ; still more the loud shrieks ot tWfcmales for assistance adding not a little to the horror of the scene . A frightful sight

      presented itself to such ofthe passengers as alighted . The engine , after breaking away from the tender , lad crossed the upline rails , and was lying bottom upwards on the side of the _cutting , a complete wreck . _T £ ire tenfe vras some distance in advanee of the train , doubled up , whilst the horse-box aud van were on tire . The first effort made was to extricate the- passengers from the carriages next to thchorsebox , Vliica were sadly broken , the bodies being taken completely off , and jlauics issuing from the roof of one of them . Many persons were carried out for dead ; others were much braised . In another part of the train the General Post Office guard in charge of ihe mails was found ! yin « on his back , having been apparently thrown from his-scat on to the line , and

      the wheels passed oyer him , for one of his legs was found to be shockingly crashed . The dense body of smoke and steam that issued from tbe disabled engine , and the ground being strewn with heated coke , the search for a time could not be proceeded with . In the meanwhile the guard of the train promptly sent two or three of the passengers to the neighbouring village and Wendon , for medical and other assistance , and on the disastrous occurrence bein _^ made known , hundreds of persons ilockcd to the Spot . It is impossible to giveany ' adequatc description of the state of the rails , Both lines , to the extent of near 2 © i ) yards , were torn np , the rails twisted jn various forra 3 , and some ofthe carriages were capsized . The engineer was found alive , but the stoker was lying

      under the engine , one of his hands just being perceived . It was in vain to attempt to extricate hint Tlth the means then at hand ; it was evident to all , S » in the weight that rested upon the body , aud tlie -violent action of the fire and steam , that the poor fellow must havebcen killed instantaneously . The by-standcrs having procured various vessels , proceeded to shower water on the blazing trucks and carriages , and eventually succeeded in subduing the _ifames ; by which time , " however , the Iugga « tt vail vas partially consumed , and much damage was also done to the _passengers' luggage . In an hour or so -afterwards a pilot engine from Cambridge reached the spot , and was immediately set to work in dragcm ? away the wreck—the line bcimr _imnassablc both

      up and down . That necessary workhavin _^ been partially accomplished , men were enabled to get at the engine ; and , in the course of two or three hours , succeeded in raising the engine , when the mutilated remains of the unfortunate stoker , Richard Pcako , were dragged forth . The body was burnt and scalded to a frightful extent ; it was placed on a litter , and removed to the Falcon Inn , Littleborcugli , rto await the coroner ' s inquiry . The guard , after being attended to by the surgeons who -were brought -to his aid , was afterwards taken on to the Cambridge _Uc-jiital , where hcnowliesinastatcofgrcatsuffering _Uuriagtlicseopcrations , those passengers who were injured were conreyed into the adjacent meadows and iields . andlaid down _antil _theneccssary means had

      arrived to remove them to theneighbouring towns . They received everyattcntion from a large muster of medical gentlemen from _Wcudon , Saffron Walden , & e ., and biter in the day were posted to their homes . As to the cause ofthe accident , that has not as yet been satisfactorily explained . The rails appear to have been well secured , and the previous trains running up -that day had not experienced aay impediment . Wc are informed that it arose frcm too great a speed being kept np upon the incline , asln the case ofthe accident that happened a few yeavs ago on the Eastern Counties Railway , near " Urentwood , when the engine "jumped" off the rails . This point , however , will doubtless be settled by the evidence before the coroner . Mr . Farnehongbj the superintendent

      oi the locomotive department of the line , was , as we are informed , on the engine at the time of the accident , and providentially escaped injury , excepting a violent shock . lie states that he was thrown from the engine , and found himself but a few yards from tic ponderous mass ; his escape may , therefore , be deemed miraculous . The escape ofthe engineer was also truly astonishing , lie was standing between the engine and tender , with his face forward , -when the first shock threw liim violently against the drum of the boiler ; the succeeding shock sent him , to use the expression of our informant , "flying" over the ljack of the train on to the side of the cutting . On the intelligence ofthe accident reaching Suorcuiteh Me in the evening , Mr . Hanson , the manager ofthe

      traffic department , started off in a special train , so as to render any assistance that might be required , and for tbe purpose of ascertaining the extent of injury , ia order to report the same to Major General Pasley the government inspector general of railways . Wc are assured that had it not been for the luggage and Irorse bos that were placed between the tender and the carriages the greater portion of the passengers mu-t have been killed . In consequence of the immense concourse of persons that flocked to the scene of distraction it was deemed necessary to call in the aid of the Essex constabulary force . For hours the _xailway excavators , of whom there was a large number at work , were engaged in clearing away the wrecked train and replacing the rails ; bat it was not

      until five o ' clock that this was accomplished . The line was then thrown open , and the trains in waiting at each end proceeded to and fro . The non-arrival of the trains at the Shoreditch station caused considerable alarm , and _daring the evening the _com--sany _' s offices were almost _bciieged by the friends of passengers . It is right to mention that Mr . JJowling , the newly-appointed superintendent of the line , afforded them every information that would tend to soothe their alarm . The extent or mischief done is great . Besides thetlcstructionofthcengineand tender tke luggage van -was destroyed by lire ; the horse-box vras also destroyed , though the horses were preserved , aud tiro second class and a first class carriages were shattered . We have heard the damage estimated at £ 6000 . TJtefollowing is the Official . Report . —An aceidentoccurred on Monday to the train leaving town for Norwich , at half-past eleven o ' clock a . m ., by which

      the firemen on the train lost his life , and one of the guards was seriously injured . From some cause , which cannot at present be clearly ascertained , the engine was thrown off the rails when _passingover the embankment near Wendon , about twelve miles below Cambridge . It is thought that one of the wedges Sarins started frorn its position was the cause ofthe accident . The engine and tender were thrown over upon the up line of rails , and the trucks , with the passengers'luggage , and some of the carriages , were Tery much broken . Most providentially , none of the _passengers were injured . The fireman was thrown andcr the engine and killed upon the spot One of the guards had Lis leg broken , and the engine-driver and ° _tne superintendent of the engine department _irere much shaken by the concussion . The officers of the company arc sedulously engaged in ascertaining the cause of the accident , which at present appears involved in considerable uncertainty .

      FCCTHEB _PjUrriCCUBS . —UHESIEBFOnD . _Acccsi 6 . —General Pasley visited the scene of tbe accident ibis day , accompanied by Mr . _l'hepps , engineer of ihe line : Mr . Anson , manager-of the traffic ; Mr . Joseph Jackson , contractor of the line from Brandon to Cambridge ; Young , the driver on the unfortunate occasion ; one or two other officials of the company , and the reporters of the London and local journals , ? ho , with Mr . Anson ' s consent-, joined the party . After General Pasley had minutely examined the itate of the carriages , & e ., he proceeded to view the spot of the accident . On measurement , it appeared that it was 103 vards from where the first jump was

      fiat , and the spot where the carriages were forced off the ran . The point , then , of consideration was rhetUer too great speed , causing such a violent oscil l ation a 3 _cventoaiir throw the carriages off the line , _w 2- "J *?™ np of one Gf tne raiIs caused by the immediately preceding train , was the cause of the _accid ent . On this General Pasley offered no opinion . The general feeling m ihe neighbourhood is that tbe train was going at considerably upwards of thirty mdes an hour to make up a few minutes of lost time _, i he engineer declares , oa the other hand , that the j _mwJ was not more than twenty-eight auks _anliow . Uencral l ashy gave no opinion ail to the cause of the

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      accident . Indeed , he was particularly reserved , for even to his experience the point to arrive at must appear SO far involved in _oonsiderAbb mystery . It appears miraculous how the passengers in the secondclass carriage , so dreadfully injured , as already described , could have escaped , not only without loss oi life or limb in a single instance , but _absolutely without a wound or a bruise worth speaking of ; yet sueJi is tho fact . Jn the first accounts which reached London , and flew up and down the line , it was stated that bolhtheguards—the Post-office ' s aiid . thccompany ' shad their legs fractured . This is not the case . The Post-office guard was slightly stunned , and no more . The compauy ' s man had his leg broken . lie is now Ivimr in the _Cambridge hospital , his life safe ,

      and with every hope on the partoi ins medical attendant that his leg will be spared also . It was set bv Mr . Hammond , one of the surgeons of Addenbrook ' s Hospital . The scat on which he sat had the foot-board completelv smashed . The poor stoker , ltichard Peat , had taken this his first trip on the Xorth-cast line as au experimental one , bem _* a driver on the Midland counties . Ho was a line young man , and , melancholy to relate , had only been married six months . lie is now lying at the Falcon Inn , Litflcburr , awaiting the inquest , which was held on _Thursday by Mr . _Lowis , tlie coroner for Essex , at eleven o ' clock . The trunk and head present the most dreadful spectacle , _boing one mass of crushed and charred matter . The engine , which was viewed the last bv General Pasley , was the least injured ol

      all ; the part of which was shattered , was tho firebox , under which the poor stoker fell , and was crashed . It appears that he held on , unfortunately , for a moment or so . Had ho been thrown off , like Young , the driver , and Mr . Furmough , thcinspecfor ol the locomotive department , ou the instant , in all probability his life would hate been saved . It is worthy ofpartienkvr remark , and challenges the attention of the directors of the various lines through England , that General Pasley observed to-day to Mr . Anson and the other officers ofthe company present , that if there had been an engine behind as well as before , " the whole train would have been settled . " These were his emphatic words , by which , to those who may uot sec their force , he meant that tho carriages would have been driven on , aud every human being in them smashed to atoms .

      The Ixquest . —The coroner ' s inquest on the re mains of the stoker , ltichard Peat , took place on Thursday , at the Falcon Inn , Littleburr . The _proceediiigs ' comuicnced at eleven o ' clock , when , after the preliminaries of swearing the jury and viewing tlie body were gone through , the ihst witness called on was John Herbert , a _Jaboureron the line , who deposed to Laving seen tbe deceased at Stortford on . Monday morning in good health and spirits , lie identified the deceased . William Fernihough , an engineer in the employment of the company , and Superintendent of the locomotive department , deposed that lie left Louden by the half-past eleven o ' clock train . John Young was driving . The engine was No . 54 . The deceased acted ax fireman . _Witness

      rode npon the engine from London to the time ofthe accident . lie had not the control of the engine . Saw nothing wrong till he saw the engine off the rail , lie held fast hold of a cock on the left side of the engine . He did not lose his presence of mind , and thought he might be saved by holding fast if the engine went on straight . He was thrown off where it turned over , and was blinded and confounded among tbe fragments . " When" he came to bis senses he found himself under the back part of the engine , behind the fire-box . He supposed , from the concussions he received , that he was torn limb from limb , and almost killed , lie remained half a moment , and finding there was no steam or water flying about , be crept out . He did not sec

      anything of the deceased for a quarter of au hour . When witness got free he shouted out the names of the driver and foreman . The former answered , and he saw him reeling about on the side of the road . "Witness was so exhausted that he was obliged to sit down for a short time . The deceased was found aboat a quarter of an hour afterwards under the engine , aud then only his arm was seen . The engine was removed last . Jt is plain the deceased must have been killed Immediately , for the whole weight of the engine was on him , and otic or two of the fire bare having been broken , the coke came on to him and burned him . When the engine was removed deceased was on his back on the inner railoftheup-linc . Witness had been down the line

      every day since the opening except the previous Saturday . He _thought thcywerc travelling at the rate of thirty miles an hour . When they approached the inclined plane they slackened their speed , as is usual to do . The driver was only known to him about a month or two . He considered him as good a driver as any in their service . He had been on the Manchester and Leeds line , and was remarkable for his caution and carefulness , lie was more backward in his driving thau otherwise . lie had reason to suppose that there wa 3 something on the rail ; that something was wrong in the stationary affairs of tho line . Itoccurrcd as if a bar had been lying acrossHie line . A stone would not be likely to throw it off by catching the flange , for it would be instantly crushed . Several witnesses were examined , including Mr . Phipps , the engineer of the line , who deposed that the accident must have occurred from the rising of

      the fore part of the engine , which might result from the depression of that particular part of the rail , or from preceding joints putting the engine in a state of oscillation . Thi 3 be was inclined to bold to , in preference to the opinion that the train went at too great a speed , which would have made no difference ia such a slight inclination . Certainly an engine aud train might travel down it with perfect safety at thirty-five miles an hour . Tlie Coroner said that it was very much to be desired that General Pasley should be examined , as he had investigated the cireunistnncos Of the accident , and in all probability had come by this time to a conclusion as to how it originally occurred . Under all the circumstances _, he thought it his duty to adjourn the inquest uiv il General Pasley ' s evidence could be obtaiucd . After some consultation , it was agreed to adjourn the inquest to Wednesday next , at twelve o ' clock .

      The Late Acciwot ox toe Losdos axd _Birjiixgham _ILui-way . —Death of Ma . Deax . —Wc regret to announce that Mr . Charles Dean , civil engineer , of Gundy-street , Exeter , who had his leg crushed by the collision which took place on the line of the London and _Birmingham Kail way , near Chalk farm , on the morning of Tuesday , the 29 th nit ., expired on Tuesday morning , from the effects of that occurrence . Tlie fortitude which the unfortunate gentleman exhibited at the time of the accident , when informed that amputation was necessary , and subsequent to so painful an operation , left no doubt on the minds of his medical attendants , notwithstanding his full habit of body , that his ultimate recovery would be effected . The reports from day to dav , up

      to Monday last , were that Mr . Dean was progressing favourably , and it was anticipated by his friends that in the course of a few days he would have been sufficiently recovered to be removed to Exeter . On the afternoon of Monday , however , unfavourable symptoms set in , and it soon became evident that mortification had ensued ; the patient gradually sank , and died _atafew minutes before two o ' clock on Tuesday morning . Mr . Dean , in addition to an extensive business as a civil engineer , was agent to the Farl of Devon , on whose business he is stated to have been travelling to London at the time of the collision . He was 48 years of age , and is understood to have left a widow and family . On Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner for the western

      division of Middlesex , and a jury oi fourteen gentlemen of the parish of St . Pancras , assembled in the board-room of _University College Hospital , Gowerstrect , New-road , to investigate the cause of Mr . Dean ' s death . The jury-room was thronged by medical and scientific gentlemen . Mr . Barker , the superintendent of the Birmingham Railway , attended to watch the proceedings on the part of the company . Prior to the jury being impanelled , Mr . Perry having been chosen as foreman , the jury were sworn , and the coroner , _addressing them , said the inquiry was of that importance to the public that an adjournment would be absolutely necessary . Indeed he had only convened the inquest for that evening in order to enable the relatives of the unfortunate gentleman , Sir . Dean , to remove the body , as they were anxious to do so . lie did not purpose , therefore , that they should enter upon an _^ evidence , but that they should adjourn tosomc day in the ensuing week , after

      having viewed the body . The inquiry would in all probability be an exceedingly long one , probably last the entire day ; and it would also be necessary to view the spot where the accident which caused Mr Dean ' s death happened . It was impossiblctocometo a right conclusion in a case like the one they would have to investigate without doing so , as it was necessary where the lives of the public were involved , that the investigation should be as searching as the circumstances of the case demanded . The jury , accompanied by the coroner , then proceeded to view the body , which is that of a remarkably fine man , but it appeared in a shocking condition . On the return of the jury to the inquest-room they were bound over in the sum of £ 40 each to again appear on Tuesday morning next , at ten o ' clock , to which day the inquiry was adjourned . The body of Mr . Dean , it was understood , was to be conreyed to Exeter forthwith .

      BRUTAL MURDER IN MANCHESTER , ! _Maxchesieii , _TuesDat Mon . vi . vc—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr . W . S . Rutterand avespectablejury , in one of the rooms of the New Bailey , on view of the body of William Clapham , who was a prisoner , but in the prison hospital . The name of the murderer is Abraham Tweedle , who was also a orisoner , having been confined far two months for neglect of his family . It appeared from the evidence that tbe pr isoner , the deceased , and John Taylor Veal , were inmates of the samo room , and that the prisoner had been from time to time troublesome , and had often been rebuked by his fellow prisoners . On Saturday , about twelve o ' clock , there having been no previous quarrel , the prisoner was observed on his knees , as if engaged in prayer . On a . closer inspection it was found that he was in the act of removing xmc of the iron cross bars of his bed . Veal remonstrated with him . and told Mia he would report him ,

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      whereupon the prisoner drew the bar from under the bed , and aimed a desperate blow at his head . The deceased , who was close by , caught hold of the prisoner , and prevented the blow from taking effect _, lie immediately turned round and struck the deceased on the head , and felled liim on the bed , and whilst in this position he struck him with tlie same weapon eight or nine times , completely shattering his head to pieces , and strewing his brains about tlie room , Having dispatched his victim , he turned to Veal , but fortunately he got out of the room without sustaining much injury . By the assistance of Veal and another prisoner , the turnkey succeeded in securing the murderer , who was locked up in a separate cell . He affected insanity , ami at the suggestion of tho coroner , the inquest was adjourned till Thursday . _

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      SHEFFIELD . Mr . O'Connor delivered an interesting and practical lecture on " Land and Co-operation , " in tbe large Ampitlicatre , on Monday last ; Mr . Briggs in the chair . At the conclusion of tbe lecture the following resolution was moved by Mr . Prycr _, seconded by Mr . Goodlad , and carried unanimously : — "That . his meeting , after hearing the Chartist Co-operate Land plan expounded by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., is of opinion that tbe obtaining of tbe Land is the only means of relieving tbe labour market of its present surplus bands , and thus placing the labourer in an independent position ; and this meeting ; likewise begs to return unqualified thanks to that gentleman for bis honest and untiring exertions on behalf of the working classes . " Thank * having been given to the chairman , tbe meeting broke up .

      GLASGOW . Tub Land Pus . —A meeting was held hero on Monday evening in Nelson-street Chapel , for thepnrpose of _considering the propriety of joining the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . The meeting might lie considered a good one . After a lengthy conversation as to the details ofthe plan , the unanimous feeling ofthe meeting was in favour of its adoption . Mr . Smith was appointed district secretary , and Mr . John Cameron , boot and shoemaker , Crown-street , was appointed sub-treasurer . The secretary began tbe work of enrolment , and in a few minutes _up-Yiarns of fifty bad given in their names , _mostof whom paid their first instalment . On the motion of Mr . Sherrington , _sccondsd by Mr . Mann , it was agreed that tlie meeting should be held weekly , for the purpose of enroling members and receiving instalments ; tbe next meetinsr to be bcld on Wednesday evening ,

      August 13 th , in the same place . On the motion of Mr . Mann , it was agreed that each member pay a levy of one halfpenny per shilling per week , towards defraying local expenses . Tlie Land question has made extensive progress in Glasgow , as far as public opinion is concerned , and I have no doubt , notwithstanding the subject lias been a little long in being formally taken np , bnt tbat , witli perseverance on tbe part of those wbo bave now joined , tbe time ia not far distant when the roll-hook shall present several hundred regular , _paying members . So far as my experience enables me to judge , I find but ono feeling a 3 to tlie Land scheme ; and all the opposition that has been urged by selfish parties , instead of doing harm , has been the means of stimulating the friends to greater devotion to tbe cause . This is as it ought to be .

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      Prosecution Ol'the Northern Stak For " Llblili,"

      PROSECUTION Ol _' THE NORTHERN _STAK FOR " LlBlili , "

      By The Xotokious Mitchell Op Pi1est0x. (...

      BY THE XOTOKIOUS MITCHELL OP PI 1 EST 0 X . ( From the Morning Herald , August 'Mt . J NORTH WALES CIRCUIT— Chester , Atom : 7 . ( liefore Mr . Huron Parke . ) ACTION' FOB LIBEL . _—MlTClll-XI . V . o ' cOX . NOR . Mr . Toivxskxi ) and Mr . Havidso . v appeared for the plaintiff . The plaintiff is Mr . Mitchell , of Preston , in the adjoining county , a gentleman tolerably weft known in the political circles uf that district ; and Mr . Feargus O'Connor is the proprietor of the Northern Star newspaper . __ The parties had been somewhat connected iu ihe political movements of the Chartist body . Tne plaintiff had attended a meeting at Manchester on the Ten Hours Bill , and made a speech upon it ; and it was for the comments on that meeting that the plaintiff complained . The article called Mitchell a " League tool , " and a "despicable tool ; " and went on to report a speech of Mr . liobson , the printer of the paper , who described Mitchell as having introduced the miscreant Oliver , the notorious spy , and had j given him the passwords , which , had led to three men j being hanged at Derby , mid others punished by trans- j portation and imprisonment , This was the libel complained of , and it was denounced by Mr , Town- j send in most indignant _language , accompanied with , an emphatic denial that it had the slightest loundation ni lact . It was stated that the plaintiff had applied f «) r an apology , which had not lieeii made . j Richard Thompson produced a certificate from the ' Stump Office proving publication . The alleged libel was then read . The date of the paper was April 20 , 1844 . George Hatioii . —1 was agent for the Northern Star < in April last year , in Preston . 1 sold a copy of the paper to the plaintiff . The paragraphs allude to ' him . ___ Mr . Jeuvis and Mr . Welsh * appeared for the defendant . The former addressed ' the jury at considerable length , and said there was no evidence of an apology _having been applied tor . He animadverted with considerable force on tho laet that Mr . Mitchell had not sought reparation in the county where he tvas known , and where the Northern Star circulated ; but had come here , where he was not known , and where the Northern Star did not circulate , lie ridiculed the whole action as most trumpery ; and said that a petson like Mitchell , who dwelt in a glass-house himself , should not throw stones , There was no doubt that Mr .-O'Connor was legally liable for what appeared in the Northern Xtar ; but there was no pretence for saying that ho had anything more to do with . this matter than iair . y representing what did take place at a public meeting ; and if that was ( lone in a fair and proper

      spirit , although it might not confer the same immunity as was enjoyed by the bar , yet that was a circumstance which the jury could not fail to take into account in considering their verdict , lie said that the only charge against Mitchell was that he was the introducer of Oliver ; but not that he was the spy and the corrupter . The simple effect of the paragraph was that he had done that innocently no doubt , but that he had done it , and had thus led to the catastrophe of which Oliver , the spy , was the corrupt author . Ho contended that to call a man a tool was no libel ; nor did he think that to mention with opprobrium the connection ofthe plaintiff with Oliver was libellous ; but if the jury sliould be of opiuiou that tho paragraph was libellous , ample justice would be done even lor vindication , by taking a mitigated \ ie \ v of it , and sending him from Chester , with a coin in his pocket , which would not much encumber him with the weight of it .

      Ihe learned Judge said the question was not one of character , but of vindication ; unci if the jury were of opinion that tlie paragraph amounted to a libel , then it was their province to " say what damages would satisfy the justice of the case . If newspapers only contained fair reports of occurrences , then jurors were justified in taking a lenient view of whatever occurred , damaging to character ; but when they went beyond that , then juries should give exemplary da . mages . If what was spoken was libellous , and was

      also reported , it was no protection to the newspaper that the name of the speaker was given . There was no direct allegation that the plaintiff knowingly _introduced Oliver as a spy ; but the jury must judge of the general meaning and intent of the paragraph . It was for them to say whether tlie use of the phrase "tool" did not convey the imputation of _, a guilty purpose . . If the jury were of opinion that a libel was committed , then undoubtedly defendant , as publisher ofthe paper , was liable . Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages

      ONE FARTHING ! The Judge refused to certify , and consequently each party have to pay their own costs .

      By The Xotokious Mitchell Op Pi1est0x. (...

      Mavsios House Justice—Sn . _uinrfi , Conduct of a Toav _Hati ; Collectoi _! . — We hare received the _followincommunication—the facts referred to will be fresh iu the recollection of our renters : — " Commercial Coffee _, house , 4 , Great St . Thomas Apostle , Aug . 7 , 1845 . — Sir , in your paper of July 2 Ctli , page a , column 5 , Town Edition , I see you have correctly inserted my case . Allow me now to state the result . On tlie Wednesday I attended at the Mansion House , when the _Mayur ordered the case to further st _. _nnl over till _Saturday . On that dav I again attended and produced my receipt , when the herd Mayor said my 3 rd of April rata was not paid , a « vl lie should order ti _; e rate to bs paid ; my paying the wrong rate disqualified mB , 1 then asked for the collector to be sworn , as I should he able to prove from his lips I had _pnid the rate , and tho receipt was given in cnor . The collector then _acknowledged that I said I should pay the . 3 rd of April rate ; he believed I p _.-iid it as such , but the 3 rd of July __ „ _

      I _reeeqit was given in error . I asked liim if ever tha ! hitter rate had been applied for ' ( " Never , " said he . Tho Lord Miyor then , with seeming reluctance , _dis 1 missed the two summonses issued against me . Tlie question on the Church Kate summons was then gone into . I proved by the collector's own handwriting that , the 9 th day of August was the time agreed on between ! us both , when the rate sliould be paid ; as that time hail i notyetanived , I was no defaulter . The Lord Mayor ! thcu said under these circumstances he would fwgivc mc the summons . I told liim it was not his forgiveness 1 but his justice . I wanted : was it just I should be three times dragged from by business on three separate summonses , and have Ihe summonses to pay for without just cause ? This summons was then also dismissed . So ends this scandalous business . Am r not entitled in any way to claim compensation from this collector for my loss of time ? Your humble servaut , Jon . v _WinsiAS . "

      DENMAltK . _Ikrin _' . LicAsisM ?—Our letters from Copenhagen of the UOtli and 31 st nit . intimate that at length political uneasiness had invaded that ordinarily well conducted city . A republican party had not only shown itself , out one of the alleged leaders of it had deemed it prudent to fly to the refugium -peeeatonim —Loudon , in order to save his head . —Times , August 9 th .

      House Of Lords, Fiuday , August 8. The H...

      HOUSE OF LORDS , Fiuday , August 8 . The House sat for a short , time and disposed of a considerable- quantity of routine business . None of any peculiar public interest was bi' 0 U « lit under consideration .

      House Of Commons, Fiuday, Abuost 8. On T...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fiuday , Abuost 8 . On the motion of Mr . J . A . Young new writs were ordered for Belfast , iu the room of _Emci'SOll _TeilllCllt , Esq ., who had accepted the Chiltem Hundreds ; for Cirencester , in the room of Wm . Cripps , Esq ., who had accepted the office of one of the Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury , for Linlithgow , in the room of Henry Charles Hope , Esq ., who , since his election , had accepted the ofliee of Governor of the Isle of Man ; and for the borough of Warwick , in the room of Sir Charles Douglas , who , since his elect-ion , had accepted the office of Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital ( a laugh ) . On the motion of Mr . _Tcfxeu . a new writ was ordered for Sunderland , in tlie room of Lord ilowick . The Silk Weavers' Bill was read a third time and passed . Lord _Palmehston called attention to tlie affairs of Syria . He was followed by Sir It . Feel ; and Sir C . Napier was about to address the house , when it was counted out .

      Death Of Henry Hunt,' Sos Of The Patuiot...

      DEATH OF HENRY HUNT , ' SOS OF THE _PATUIOT MUSHY HOST , On Tuesday afternoon the remains of Mr . Hunt , the only surviving son of the late Henry Hunt , the celebrated advocate of Universal Suffrage , and who for some years represented Preston in Parliament , were interred in the new burial-ground , near the old Church , Lambet / :. The deceased , who is the subject of this notice , succeeded his lather , in the extensive blacking manufactory which his father amidst the turmoil of political agitation , established in _Broadivall , Blacfcfi'iars ; hut as he did not possess the spirit or enterprise of his father , tho business soon went to decay , and for several years past ho subsisted partly upon an annuity , and partly on the bounty of his Into father ' s political friends . The deceased was the last of an ancient family , nnd the onlv one that had obtained notoriety was his father , who began his political career as a Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliament man , and continued ts advocate those principles till the close of his political career . Henry Hunt , the younger , during his father ' s lifetime , made the tour of Europe , and travelled through the whole of the United States of America and Canada . For some time past he had been living in a very retired manner at No . 41 , George-street , _Rcgent-strect , Lambeth . About live weeks ago ho was attacked with illness , and he died on Wednesday , July 30 , in the forty-fifth year of his age . _Miny of his father ' s political friends wished to follow the remains ot tho deceased to the grave as mourners , but tlie offer was declined by those who had the management of the funeral ; and the mourners consisted only of his late father ' s servant , a very old man , who said he had witnessed the burial of three generations of the Hunts ; Mr . Mackintosh , proprietor of the Old Red Lion Tavern , Westminsterbridge ; the brother of Mr . Mackintosh ; Mr . Bratthwaite , the deceased ' s solicitor ; Mr . _H'Dcmot aw \ Mr . Newman , his medical attendants ; and Mr . Elmore , the horse-dealer , of Ockendon . The deceased has left a widow , from whom he has been separated many years , in consequence of a distressing malady , under which she is still labouring . Mr . Henry Hunt was greatly respected , and a more estimable man never existed . His mother is still living at Hath , and is upwards of fourscore years old .

      Death Of Bernard Cavajfaon , The Fastixg...

      Death of Bernard _CAVAJfAon , the FasTIXG Mas . — Tins individual , who three or four years since excited some attention in tho metropolis by professing to exist without sustenance , liquid or solid , expired on Sunday last , in Rucoats-lane _, in his thirty-second vcar . _Heliadrecentlykoptahuckster _' sshop _, in which he Had faded . He had gone by an assumed name , and _Jli 3 right one did not transpire till shortly before his death . His brother , who was with him . wlicn lie exhibited himself in London , was _nrcsent . The deceased was of parsimonious habits , " and often reduced to great extremities , but has left money in the Bank . The Ashton DmiiDS . —On Saturday last the Ash ton-under-Lync district of Druids held their second anniversary at the house of Mr . Ilibbert , Talbot Inn , Stamford-street , when about sixty of the brethren sat down to an excellent and substantial dinner . On the cloth being removed , a worthy brother , Sandy Umllenger , was called to the chair , when the evening was spent in singing , reciting , and dancing . At an early hour the brethren and friends broke up .

      Meusciioly Dkath Of Tiik Afbicas" Ltosci...

      Meusciioly Dkath of tiik _Afbicas" ltoscius . — Lr . Axim . 0 ES , Julv 23 . —It is . witli extreme regret I have to inform you of a most melancholy and fatal accident that occurred to Mr . Aldridge , the African Roscius . From the interest you and your friends took in him during his sojourn '' among you , I feel satisfied that yon would . sympathise in his friends * bereavement , and the loss to tbe stage of one of its . most promising ornaments . Mr . A . was returning in _liis carriage from the seat of Colonel Powell , where he had been driving about , and when within half a mile of this town one of the horses took fright at the

      blaze of light from the iron-works with which this country is studded ; this occurred on the brink of a precipice , over which the carriage swerved with its inmate , dragging the horses and postilion , who had not time to disengage himself . The footman had a providential escape ; he was in the act of alighting to seize the horses' heads as the carriage was precipitated over the cliff . It is _needfess to add __ that Mf . Aldridge , the postilion , and horses were killed upon the spot—the carriage being dashed to atoms . The place where the frightful accident occurred is 120 feet from the summit to tho bottom . _—Corresjwident of the Kerry Evening Post .

      Political Martyrs' Moxcmsxt .- —This structure has now reached to the height of about forty feet from the ground , and is advancing rapidly to completion . It is to bo ninety feet high altogether , so that it is not yet half way tip , but as it is in the form of an obelisk , the remaining portion will taper of considerably , and cost much Toss labour than the part already finished . The building is of a substantial character and will probably defy the tooth of time for many an age . It is constructed of massive blocks of fine free-Stone , and lias a-largo surfaco on all the four sides , near the basement , polished for the reception of inscriptions . It stands but a few paces to the east' of flic monument of David Hume , tho historian , and so near to the precipitous rock , which overhangs the north-back ofthe Ganongatc that it will form one of the most striking objects from the North British and Edinbiwgh and Glasgow Railways , near

      then-junction-To the travtller arriving m hdinburgh , ii'om . the east orwest _. this plain structure , in commemoration of the patriotism and sufferings of Scotland ' s political martyrs , will present itself a tfirst sight , and naturally suggcst _. to the thoughtful mind a lesson on the _unfaflingcertainty of retributive justice , and the immortal naturoof those principles for which Muhy Gerald , Skirving , Palmer , and Margarot suffered martyrdom half a century ago , and now are canonised . " Can this be the aristocratic city in which thesemen were unjustly _cmnhmrneu ] " the traveller will naturally inquire . ¦ ' l cs , "iet him be answered , " tlie city is the same but the times are changed . Tho memory of Thomas Muirand his high-souled associates , is fondly cherished where they were treated as felons , while their persecutors , who were ' then high in place and honour , arc now remembered onlyto be execrated . "—Edmlwgh Weekly Chronicle . ' ' ,

      Folytkciinic Institution. Amongst The Va...

      FOLYTKCIINIC INSTITUTION . Amongst the various means of instruction and entertainment provided for visitors to this admirable institution , such as the model Atmospheric ltailwayy tlie experiments in Swimming , Diving , & c , the Chvomatvope , Physioscope , l _' rotescope , and Dissolving Views , to say nothing ofthe countless objects _<* f curiosity in art and science collected from all-parts of the world ; besides all these , the experimental lectures by Dr . Ryan are of _surpassing Interest . Of late that gentleman ' has taken for his subject the very important one ofthe causes of explosions in _steamioilers , and the prevention of those arising from incrustation . These lectures have been somewhat varied this week . On Tuesday last Dr . Kyan lectured on tho recent experiments performed hy Professor Boutigny , at the mecthur of the British Association at Cambridge . These experiment ? , it will he remembered , related to the spheroidal shape of bodies when at high temperatures , and its application to steam-boilers , and to the freezing of

      water in red-hot vessels . In commencing his lecture , Dr . Uyan detailed the principalcauses of explosions in steam * boilers , commenting on the danger of allowing the flues to become over-heated , and the accidents which proceeded from such _jjCi'Jcct . lie then went on to show that tbe maximum point of evaporation was much below the red heat of iron , being , in fact , not higher than ibiiueg . Pant ., proving that no explosion could take place until the metal cooled down . The doctor illustrated' this part of his lectuve by the experiment of pouring water iiito a platinum crucible at a white heat . The water immediately- assumed the spheroidal shape , aud continued in a state of action until the platinum cooled down , when suddenly- the , water became converted into steam with great violence , Olid hi tin ' s way there could bo no doubt that boilers had bceu injured even after the tires had been removed . Hero tha ' learned _doctbr observed that theso experiments ' -were' erroneously supposed to _belong to . Moiis . Loutigny . - -. They were , however , of long standing , having been performed in Paris , fifteen years ago , by Mons . _I'ouillet , also in

      America , especially with a view of accounting , for steam explosions , and they had been , since Tepeated . in this country by Professor Faraday aud others . The lecture was concluded by an experiment which excited much curiosity and interest amongst the audience . It was the production of ice in a vessel at a glowing red heat , in Hid following manner :-A deep phitina capsul . i was brought to a glowing red heat , at the same time liquid sulphureous acid , which had _beeu preserved in n liquid state by a freezing mixture and some water , waSpoured into the vessel . The rapid evaporation of tho volatile sulphureous acid , winch boiled atthe freezing point , produced such au intense degree of cold , that a large lump of iee . wa * immediately formed , and being thrown out of the red-hot vessel , was handed round to the audience , -who _londly expressed their approbation atthe result . This , Dr . Kyan acknowledged to be a new experiment , and , with a few Other observations , concluded a lecture which had afforded both amusement aud instruction to a numerous arid respectable audience .

      SADLER'S WELLS . "" . _" _' - ' On Thursday evening Lord Byron's _successful'trageny of " Werner" was re-produced at this theatre , and repeated on Friday evening , when we had the pleasure of witnessing it * performance . " Werner" is so gloomy ; a stwy , that _djspito the boundless popularity of the author ' s name , we confess we should not have beeii surprised to have seen it performed to a miserable display of empty benches . Wc were much pleased , therefore , to see a full house , and what was more , an audience , the groat majority of whom could appreciate tlie beauties of tho tragedy , and feel with its noble author the fearful passions which are therein delineated . The tragedy was' admirably played . Of courso the part of H _' cnicr was taken b >; Mr . Phelps , aiid Josephine by Mrs . Warner . Of tho lady it is sufficient to say that her representation of Josephine was no discredit to her usual performances . Jlr . Phelps personated W with and faithfulness '

      erner great ability ,-particularly in the last agonising scene of his fateful career . The part of Ulrie was well sustained by Mr . Jlarston , and Gabor was well played by Mr . George Bennett . Mr . A . Youngwas admirable in that personification and combination of servility , avarice , and grotesg . ue ! ies 5- /(( ciWt (; i ) i . in short , all pertormed then * parts ably , winning well-merited anprobation irom the audience . A new farce called Hischief-Making followed , and afforded a good half hour's nmuscmeut . The laughable sketch of theHirsl Floor concluded the evening ' s entertainment , ltightly is this pieco called luuo / uiMe , for from beginning to end the audience did nothing but laugh , and that most heartily . The pevfonnanccof Mr . A . _Youngas Old , _mimscy was indeed o rich treat . If our friends would see the genuine English drama genuinel y performed , let them pay a visit to _tWs theatre : sure wc are that they will not regret our advica .

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette , August % th , 1815 . ; Thomas Iteeve , Ann ' s-place , Hackney-road , and Castlestreet , _loug-acrc , victualler— Constantino Wood , Hyde , Isle of Wight , _hotcl-keeper-John Winter , tfattoii-garden , _plate-glass-factor — Thomas Taylor , _NichollV-siiuaro . Hackney-road , _wine-merchant-John Mavland _, jun ., Snn Vale Roller "Works , Todmordcn , Lancashire , rollermaker-John Law and Eli Hudson , Todmordcn , Lancashire , cotton-spinners- Jesse Banning , Liverpool , stationer —John Giles , Headless-cross , Worcestershire , victualler-James Bennett , New Mills , Herefordshire , _eattle-dcalev—John Acton , Lichfield , fanner—William Reed Watts , Batb _, chemist .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09081845/page/8/