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    • , AMERICA;* VVOKKINix .t .MKMS MOVEMENT.
    • THE OREGON QTJESTT03
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      I A The Nor Thern Star-J April 25, 184(*...

      _i A THE NOR THERN STAR-j April 25 , 184 (* - — - — _~ - - - | _MMg—^ _mnn——a———sMii 11 s _^ s _^ s _^ _iii _^»^—^— _-- _^^^— * - " _——*—— _^ i

      , America;* Vvokkinix .T .Mkms Movement.

      _, AMERICA ;* _VVOKKINix _. t . MKMS _MOVEMENT .

      I Emancipation Of Labour And The Land. I...

      I EMANCIPATION OF LABOUR AND THE LAND . I By late arrivals from the United States we have 1 bee been put in possession of copies of _"FoH'njr America _sancand the Albany Freeholder to Ihe 21 st ult ., inclusive . jTh ( These papers contain cheering intelligence of thc _Iproprogrcss of tbe Agrarian movement in the States . " ' We We arc under the necessity of postponing extracts

      i unl until cur next , to make way for the most important , _s am and mustadmirable speech of Senator Calls-inn on the i Or Oregon question , given below , but our readers may i ex ] expect a treat next -week . We confine ourselves this we week to reprinting thc following summary oi _Ei European news , as published in Young America ot M March 21 si : — SINEWS FKOM THE LAND STEALING DESPOTISMS . The Tribune has received , by express from Halifax , ne news by the steamer Hiberniatwenty-two days later from Et Europe . Four Northern Stars have also come lo hand . battle with

      The British tro ., ps in ludiahave had a great tt the Sikhs , in which _aboutSO _. 000 of the latter and 4 , 000 of th the former were killed and wounded !!! The names of th the British offi _.-cw are _^ a- _retfc _^ und the rest ofthe lac kla landers destroyed are numbered by Uie lump , as our _corpt poration agents would number the loads of street manure dt dumped on board of a Jersey market boat . They are g « gone for eternity , as well as tiie 30 , 000 victims who were fij fighting for their own land 1 Think of the thousands upon th thousands of fathers , mothers , wivei , sistsrs , and broth there , thus made mourners : This _»» -iie will go on , as lo : long as the Land-lords and Money-lords of England have fit five millions of _lacllanders at their disposal . It would be th the grvatest peate measure ever adopted to make au A American Republic of Britain , even if it cost a hundred ifr thousand lives to effect it . The British Government are trving hard to recruit

      tl theu- arm ; , ana the democratic Chartists are making the ci cry of' * So Vote ! Xo Musket !! " resound throughout the ii island . The Land Reform is going on steadily , paving the way f ( for the _Revolution ahead . The plundered lscklanders of Ireland continue to kill t their oppressors , and the government arepvopo « ng at the s same time measures ofrelief and coercion , but no restoret Son of the soil .

      The Oregon Qtjestt03

      THE OREGON QTJESTT _03

      Most Import Ast Speech By Mr. Calhoun. T...

      MOST IMPORT AST SPEECH BY MR . CALHOUN . The Mowing is taken from Mr . Calhoun ' s speech i in the Senate of tho United States on the resolution f for the abrogation ofthe Oregon Convention : — "Having been thus brought , by the Hue of policy to v which I was opposed , to choose between compromise and v war , I without hesitation take _jthe former . In making t the choice , 1 am actuated by no unmanly fear of the _cons sequences of war . I know that iu the existing state of t the world wars arc necessary—that the most sacred re-I gard tor justice and equity , and the most cautious policy , _c cannot always prevent them . When war must come , I l may appeal to my past history to prove that I shall not 1 be found among these who may falter ; but 1 shall take i care never to contribute by my acts to precipitate the _< country into a war when it can be fairly _avoided . I am ,

      oa principle , opposed to war , and in favour of peace , because I regard peace as a positive good , and war as a positive evil . As a good , I shall ever cling to peace , so long as it can be preserved consistently with the safety and honour of the country ; and as opposed to war , I shall ever resist it , so long as it may hi resisted consistently with tbe same considerations . I am emphatically - opposed to it in this case , because peace , in my opiuion , can be preserved consistently with both , and war avoided without _sacrificing either . I am opposed to it for the additional reason , because it would be , in my opinion , highly impolitic—a consideration never to be overlooked when a question of the kind is under consideration . I regard it as hUhly impolitic in this case , because I believe that , should we resort to it , we would lose , instead of securing the two objects for which it would be avow- _edlv declared , as I shall now proceed to show .

      " Tha firss is to secure what is claimed to ba our rights to the whole of Oregon , under the cry ot " * all of Oregon or none . ' Those who would go into it for that object will , in my opinion , find in the end tbat' none' is much more probable than ' all . * In coming to tiiis conclusion , I concede to my countrymen the highest bravery , energy , patriotism , and intelligence which can bis claimed for them . Bat these cannot overcome the great obstacles we should have to encounter , compared to what Great Britain would have in a contest for Oregon . As long as she has a large force in the East , and remains mistress in the Pacific , she will be able to place there a much more efficient force , and at far less expense , than we possibly can at present , which would there decide the contest in her favour .

      "Bnt , were it otherwise , from the nature ofthe contest , Oregon , though the cause of the war , would be speedily forgotten . The struggle , once begun , would soon cease to be for Oregon . Higher and far more powerful motives would soon guide the contest . It would speedily become a _struggle for mastery between the greatest power in the world on one side , against th : most growing on the other . Actuated by all the feelings belonging to such a struggle , bath sides would put forth « 11 «] . _« _ir _.-. _qvu _., .. u _^ _igj , _anil * v _< w _^»^ . « , _auO , _wtcliOOlUUg minor paints , would aim to strike the most vulnerable , and where each might have the greatest advantage , leaving Oregon to be won or lost as the contingencies of so mighty a contest might decide .

      "The n « xt object , as is alleged , is to protect our citizens in Oregon . What has just been said is enough to prove how utterly it must fail . Instead of protection , war would most certainly sacrifice them ; and that is a strong reason with me for opposing it I feel oar obligation to protect them as citizens , aud brethren , and kindred . We have encouraged them to emigrate , and I will not give a vote which in my opinion would ruin and abandon them . But what " war would fail to effect , would be certainly accomplished by compromise on the line _ofi'sred by the President . There are none of onr citizens , ii I am coircctly informed , settled north of 49 deg . Establish that line , aud we at once give our citizens in Oregon peace and security , and with them full opportunity to realize their object in eniigr * . ting .

      " But passing from Oregon , I take broader ground , and oppose war for reasons looking to tl . e whole . I see nothing to hope from war , be its result what it may . On the contrary , I believe that the most successful and triumphant war that eould ba waged—one in which all would be accomplished which its most extravagant advocate could dare hope for—in which we should conquer the Canadas _. New Brunswick , and Nora Scotia—in which we should drive the British flag from the continent , and compel Great Britain to yield the whole by _treaty in the short space of ten years , would be disastrous to us . I allude not to its ravages or devastations , or to the oceans of Mood that nimt flow , and the manifold losses and miseries which would accompany the war , They are common to all wars ; but , however vividly painted , they

      have but little effect in deterring a brave people from a resort to it . No doubt these inflictions would be Tery great in a contest between two nations of such _iraaiensa power , and so situate as to be able to do each other the greaUst harm in war and the greatest good in peace . But as great ai the devastation and destrueiion of liftwould be in such a struggle , they are of a nature to be speedily repaired on our side . The indomitable _industry and enterprise of our people , with the great resources of the country , would soon repair the former , while our rapidly-increasing population would speedily repair the latter . War has far heavier calamities for a free people than these , though less visible—calamities in their nature nat easily remedied . I refer to permanent and dangerous social and political changes , which often follow in its

      train , in the character of the people and their institutions . A . war between us and Great Britain , such as has been described , in which every nerve and muscle on either side would be strained to the utmost , and every , dollar put in requisition which could be com < _naaded , could , not fail , tinder present circumstances , to work _uio-it disastrous , and I fear _iscurable changes , in the social condition of our people , and ia thei ; political institutions . To realize the consequences iu this respect which must follow , it is necessary to look at tlieimmense extent to which it would rage . It would , in all probability , prove a Mexican and aa Indian war , as well as a war with Great Britain , and as such would extend to every portion of our entire frontier , including tlte Atlantic and the Pacific ; the inland and the exterior , constituting a . circuit of probably not

      less than 7 , 900 miles . It would require , in order to conduct it with the _energy necessary to bring it in so short a time to the successful termination supposed , especially in war for mastery , immense exertions on laud and water . Two navies , one on the Atlantic , and the other on the lakes—and six or se » en armies , would be required for the purpose , even on the supposition that Oregon would be abandoned . One army would be _' required on _tbcMexicau frontier ; and let no one sneer at the mention of such a power . Feeble as it now is , when paid and supported by British gold , and trained and commanded by British officers , Mexico would prove a formidable enemy . See what British skill and training hare made the feeble Sepoys . Tlie Mexicans are a braver and a hardier people , and , what is no small point , would constitute tlie cheapest of all armies . There must be , in addition , one to guard the Gulffroutier ; another to guard thc southern ; another tho northern frontier on the Atlantic ; another to assail the north eastern frontier , on tbe side of Nova

      Scotia and New Brunswick ; and another to assail the Canadian ; and , finally , another to protect our widelyextended Indian frontier . Ail these , in so mighty a struggle against the greatest of all powers , putting forth her utmost strength , would require a foree , and including the t « o navies , of not less , 1 would suppose , than 200 _. 0 UU men continually in pay . The expenses would be enormous . Oue of the rao 3 t venerable and nxpiTk-nced of our citizens . Mr . Gallatin , has estimated it at _CS _. UOO _. OIIU or 70 , 000 , 000 dollars _aunually , if my ni ' _.-mory serves tue . My impression is , that it falls short of the actual cost , aud that 100 , 000 , 000 dollars would not be an over estimate . Supposing the sum of 30 , 01 * 4 , 000 dollars could be annually raised by taxatieu , a sum far greater than he estimates , and in my opinion much beyond what eould be effected , it would leave 50 , 000 , 000 dollars annually to be raised by loans or a forced paper circulation . Suw , _aUoiving ; _hs war to continue for ten yean , there would be iucurred a debtin the time of 500 , < W 0 , 000 dollars , according to these

      Most Import Ast Speech By Mr. Calhoun. T...

      _sstimates . Even that , it is probable , would fall much short of the reality assuming the sum stated should bo annually required . * It would be difficult to obtain loa > s in Europe ; for , owing to the conduct , of some ofthe States in reference to repudiation , and other causes not _necess-iry to state , thefeeling of Europe would , I fear , be generally against ns , while our own resources would not be sufficient to raise the sum required without a great depreciation of our credit , with a loss of 20 , 80 , or even 40 per cent , before the termination ofthe war , in contracting loans , or in consequence of the depreciation of our paper circulation . Including all , our public debt would , at the end of the struggle , be probably not less than 600 , 000 , 000 or 700 , 000 , 000 dollars . But this is uot all .

      " We would be plunged into the paper system as deeply as we were in the days of the revolution ; and would terminate tlie war with a mortgage of ( 100 , 000 , 000 dols . ot 700 , 000 , 000 on the labour of our people—for on labour the whole must fall untimately _, while a large portion of this vast amount would go into tha pockets of those who struck not a blow , nor lost a drop of blood in the contest , and who acquired their gains by seizing npon the distress of thc government to drive hard and usurious bargains . In addition , we should have the difficult task to perform of restoring to a sound state a greatly depreciated paper circulation , or of extricating ourselves _ft-um it whatever wiy wo might—a task which cannot be performed without great distress to the country and ruinous eftect to that large and usually the enterprising portion ofthe community , tlie debtors . The effects of all this would be highly injurious to the social relations ofthe people . A powerful artificial class would be created on one side , and a poor and dependent one on the other ,

      "Nor would its effect on our political institutions be less disastrous . Such a war would obliterate the line of distinction in a great measure , between the "Federal and the State _governments , by conferring on the former vastly increased power and influence . "We should hear no more of state rights . The Federal government would then become a great national consolidated government . Our very success would give " a military impulse to the public mind and to the character of the government , which it would be hard , if possible , to overcome , and which would seek conquest after conquest until a spirit

      would be engendered totally inconsistent with tbe genius of onr system of government . It would then be iu the straight and downward road , which leads where so many free states have terminated their career—a military despotism . In the mean time , we would have to provide for three or four successful generals , who would soon be competing for the presidency ; and before tho _generation which waged the war would havepassed away , they might possibly witness a contest between hostile generals for that supreme office—a contest between him who might conquer Mexico , and bim who might conquer Canada , terminated by the sword .

      " I appeal to the gentlemen who are the warm advocates for ' all of _Otegon or none , ' regardless of this mighty hazard , and whose separation from us on this Question J regret , and solemnly put tbe question to them —is it for you—you , who assume to be democrats par cxcelkmx—yon who are the enemies of the paper system , and of all artificial classes in society—it is for you to support a course of policy which might lead to such disastrous consequences i " But I oppose war , not simply on tlie patriotic ground of a citizen looking to the freedom and prosperity of his own country , but on still broader grounds , as a friend ot improvement , civilisation , and progress . Viewed in reference to them , at noperiod ba . s it ever been so desirable to preserve the general peace which now blesses the world .

      _Aever in its history has a period occurred so remarkable as that which has elapsed since the termination of thu great war in Europe , with the battle of Waterloo , for thi _greatadvancesmadeinalltheseparticulars . Chemical and mechanical discoveries and inventions hare multiplied beyond all former example , adding with their advance to the comforts of life in a degree far greater and more universal than all that was ever known before . Civilisation has during the same period spread its influence far and wide , and the genera ! progress in knowledge , audits diffusion _through all ranks of society , bas outstripped all that has ever gone before it . The two great agents of the physical world have become subject to thc will of man , and made subservient to his wants aud enjoyments ; I allude to steam and electricity , under whatever name the latter may be called . The former has overcome distance both on land and water , to un extent of which former _generations had not the least conception to be possible , lt has , in effect , reduced the Atlantic to half its former

      width , while , at the same time , it has added threefold to the rapadity of intercourse by land . Within the same period , electricity , the greatest and most diffused of all known physical agents , has been made the instrument for the transmission of thoughts , I will not say with the rapidity of lightning but by lightning itself . Magic wives are stretching themselves in all directions over the earth , and when their mystic meshes shall have been united and perfected , out-globe itself will become endowed with sensitiveness , so that whatever touches on any one point , will be instantly felt on every other . All these improvementsall this increasing civilisation — all the progress now making , would be in a great measure arrested by a war between us aud Great Britain . As great as it is , isbut the commencement , the dawn ofa new civilisation , more refined , more elevated , more intellectual , more moral , than the present and all preceding it . Shall it be us who shall incur the high resposibility of retarding its advance , and by such a war as this would be *

      '' I am , in this connexion , opposed to war between the United States and Great Britain . They are the two countries the furthest in advance in this great career of improvement aad amelioration of the condition of our im .... thc ) ate , ueMues , tne two most commercial , and are diffusing , by their widely extended commerce , their blessings over the whole globe . We have been raised np by Providence for these great and noble purposes , and I trust we shall not fail to fulfil our high destiny . I am , besides , especially opposed to war with England at this time ; because I hold that it is now to be decided whether we are to exist in future as friends or enemies . War at this time , aud for tins cause , would decide supremacy , we shall hereafter stand in lhat of enemies . It would give birth to a struggle in which one or the other would have to succumb before it terminated , and which in thc end might prove ruinous to both . On the contrary , if war can be avoided , powerful causes are now in operation _.

      calculated to cement and secure a lasting—I hope a perpetual—peace between the two countries , by breaking down the barriers which _impede their commerce , and thereby uniting them more closely by a vastly enlarged commercial intercourse , _equally beneficial to both . If we should now succeed in setting the example of free trade between us , it would force all other civilised countries to follow it in the end . The consequence would be to diffuse a prosperity greater and more universal than can be well conceived , and to unite , by bouds of mutual interest , the people of all countries . But , in advocating the cause of free trade , I am actuated not less by the political consequences likely to flow from it , than the advantages to be derived from it in an economical point of view . I regard it in the dispensation of Providence as one of the great means of ushering iu the happy period foretold by inspired prophets and poets , when war should be no more .

      " I am , finally , opposed to war , because _pnace—peace is pre-eminently our policy . There may be nations , restricted to . small territories , hemmed in on all sides , so situated that war may be necessary to their greatness . Such is uot our case . Providence has given us an inheritance stretching across the entire continent from east to west , from ocean tooeean , and from north to south , covering by far the greater and better part of its temperate zone . It comprises a region not only of vast extent , but abundant inall resources ; excellent in climate ; fertile and exuberant in soil ; capable of sustaining in the plentiful enjoyment of all the ntces 3 aries of life a population of tea times our present number . Our great mission , as a people is to eccupy this vast domain ; to replenish it with an intelligent , virtuous , and _industrious population ; to

      convert the forests into cultivated fields ; fb drain the the swamps and morasses , and cover them with rich harvests ; to build up cities , towns , and villages in every direction , and to unite the whole by the most rapid intercourse between all the parts . War would but impede _th- j fulfilment of this high mission , by absorbing the means and diverting the energies wliich would be devoted to this purpose . On the contrary , secure peace , and time , under tbe guidance of a sagacious and cautious policy , ' a wise and masterly inactivity' will speedily accomplish the whole . 1 ventured to say ' a wise and masterly inactivity , ' in despite of the attempt to cast ridicule upon the expression . Those who havo made the attempt would

      seem to confound such inactivity with mere inaction . Nothing can be more unlike . They are as wide apart as the poles . The one is thc offspring of indolence , or ignorance , or _indifferencv . The other is the result of the profoundest sagacity and wisdom—a sagacity which looks into the operations of the great causes in the physical , moral , aud political world , which , by their incessant operation , are ever changing the condition of nations for good or evil ; and wisdom , which knows how to use aud direct them when acting favourably by slight touches to facilitate their progress , and by removing impediments which might thwart or impede their course , and , not least , to wait patiently for the fruits of their operation . [ He who does not understand the difference between such

      inactivity and mere inaction , the doing of nothing , is still in the horn book of politics , without a glimpse of those higher elements of statesmanship by which a country is elevated to greatuess and prosperity . Time is operating in our favour , with a power never before exerted in favour of any other people . - It is our great friend , and under the guidance of such a policy it trill accomplish all that we can desire . Our population is now increasing , at the rate of about COO OOO annually and is progressing , with increased rapidity , every year . It will average , if uot impeded , nearly a million during the next twenty-five years , at the eud of which our population ought to reach to upwards of 40 , 000 , 000 . With this _v-ist increase it is rolling _westwardly , with a strong and deep current , and will , by the end of that period , have spread from « ccan to

      ocean . Its course is irresistible . The coast of the Pacific will then be probably as densel y populated , and us thickly studded with towns and villages , in proportion to its capacity to sustain population , as that ofthe Atlantic now is . At ihe same rate we shall have increased to upwards of 8 , 000 . 000 of people at the eud of another twenty-five years ; when , with one foot on the Atlantic and the other an the _Patinc , and occupying a position between the eastern aud western coast of ' the old continent , we shall be in a position better calculated to control the commerce of both oceans , and to exert an influence over _bofli" ' coiitincnts than any other country in tht world . _} f _n-e avoid war aiid :. dhere to peace- all this will he _effected—eftl-ctcd _, I trust , without the loss of our free popular institutions . I am aware how difficult is tbe task

      Most Import Ast Speech By Mr. Calhoun. T...

      to preserve free institutions over , so wide _" _asp 3 « a and so immense a population . ; but we are blessed _witha constitution admirably calculated to accomplish it , Its elastic power is unequalled , which is to be attributed to its federal character . The hope of success depends on _prescrving that feature in its full perfection , and adhering to peace as our policy . Wars may make us great , but let it never he forgotten that peace only ean make us'both great and free . "

      Death Op An American Culprit. (From Tho ...

      DEATH OP AN AMERICAN CULPRIT . ( From tho New York Journal . ) The Pittsburgh Cominerval . hurnal mentions the death of Dr . Braddec , the notorious mail robber , who died last week in his cell in the Penitentiary of that city . The journal adds : — He was convicted ofrobbingthe mails , and imprisoned , it will be remembered , in 1841 , pursuant to sentence by Judge Baldwin , for ten years . Shortly after his incarceration , he conceived tho idea of procuring his liberation by simulating a decline of health . For this purpose he would prick his gums with the awls , which were

      supplied to him in tlie vocation he had chosen , that of a shoemaker , and having satarated his towel with Mood , was always prepared for the stated visit of a physician or chaplain , with this evidence of a dangerous hemorrhage from the lungs , to which he wns always careful to add a difficult and painful respiration . His physician was able , sometimes , to engage the suffering doctor in conversations , in which he would become sufficiently animated to forget : his painful breathing , but on tlie instant that hu would recollect himself , the difficulty would return . These practices , it is believed , brought on the disease which terminated his life , and he died at last of a pulmonary affection .

      Until two weeks before his death his disease had not assumed a formidable type , but then he began to siuk rapidly . Up to this period he had steadily and vehtmently asserted his innocence of the crimes imputed to him , but so soon as he became convinced that bis reeovery was impossible , ho confessed his guilt , and although we are restrained by prudential considerations from further allusion to this point , we may venture to add , that in his confession he has implicated several persons who had not been suspected of participating in his crimes . It is worthy of remark , also , that the doctor , who had gained an astonishing reputation as a physician , deter _, mining , or pretending to determine , the precise symptoms in any case of disease hy an examination of tha patient ' s urinary discharges , felt constrained by approaching dvath to confess tbat his system was nothing but a humbug . His success in this humbug is another evidence of his remarkable shrewdness of character . The vast income he derived from his dupes is well known .

      It is known that Braddee ' s wife , who clung to him during hia trial , and suggested by her presence and the signs " of affliction that beautiful apostrophe to love in anguish , with which Mr . Biddle , in Braddee ' s defence , electrified the auditory , had been unfaithful to her vows , and married another during Braddee ' s imprisonment _, lie was not made acquainted with the fact ,-and for the five years he was in confinement , he was fond of an opportunity of talking about " his wife and children . " He spoke ot them in terms of warm affection ; and undoubtedly his desire to recover liis liberty was stimulated by attachment to them . Even after he became aware

      that he roust soon die , he desired to be at liberty , even if it were to die in a barn , to tbe eud that he might not diea prisouer . But so soon as he learned thc conduct of his wife , he instantly ceased to wish for freedom . It was the final blow to the poor convict , the unexpected thrust , like that which extorted the memorable et ( u Brute commanding surrender ; and , poor fellow , he gave up at once . He never after mentioned wife or child , or desired to move beyond the limits of his cell . The name of bis wife was avoided with an iron will , although for the previous years of Iris confinement it had been a pleasant aud hopeful theme .

      A question was a long time existing whether Braddee could read or write . In his last illsuess it waft satisfactorily ascertained that he could do neither , although every effort in the earlier part of his imprisonment to determine the question was unsuccessful .

      Sankntpisi, &I.

      _Sankntpisi , & i .

      Bankrupts. (Praia Tuesday's Gazette, Apr...

      BANKRUPTS . ( Praia Tuesday ' s Gazette , April 21 , 1816 . ) Samuel _Hetcalfe Latham , Dover , banker — Robert Stephenson , Southwick-street , Hyde-park , apothecary—Thomas Elisha Deacon , Comer-hall , Hertford , tanner—Richard Brailsford , Enfield ,, common-brewer — John Biggs , _Houndsditch , undertaker—John Burgh _Oampcrn-, Wharf-road , City-road , coal-merchant—John Pace and Henry Pace ,. St . Michael's-alley , Coruhill , merchants—Joseph Salmon , Beaumont , Essex , carpenter and builder — James _Clarlison , Barnsley , Yorkshire plumber and glazier — James Walker and Benjamin Wilkinson , Leeds , share brokers — William Crow , _AVeymouth , Dorsetshire , ship owner — Thomas Taylor ,

      Newcastle-upon-Tyne , grocer and- tea dealer — Thomas Allen , Littlewortb , Staffordshire , hotel-keeper . — —James Topham , Breivood , Staffordshire , road-contrac tor . —Daniel _Antrobus , Audley ,. Staffordshire , apothecary . —ffilliam Bennett , _IValrerha-mpton , Staffordshire , tinplate-workar . —Wm . Bclshaw , Manchester , licensed victualler . —Benjamin _Tuwutn . _Ttnovoill , i . a _. > o » _nli » i » , woollen-manufacturer . —Christopher Stephenson , _Colne _, Lancashire , worsted-manufacturer . — Henry _Fowlies , Manchester , sharebroker . —David Johnstone , _Chorltonupon-Medlock _, Manchester , _joincav—¦ Henry LambertPitzjames , "Walcot , Bath , furrier . —Henry Hutchinson , Liverpool , merchant . —William Kelly , Chester , brewer . —Jas . Robins Croft , Mverpool , commission merchant . —Griffith Jones Hughes , Liverpool , commission , merchant .

      BANKBDPTCV ANNULLED . April 20 , Charles Goldsmith , Bristol , saddler and har ness maker .

      DIVIDENDS . William _Attwater , _Devonshire-street , Queen-square , dyer , Muy 12—Joseph Johns , Grosvenor-sireet West , _Pitnlico , cook , May 12—John Hamilton , King-street , St . James ' s , wiue merchant , -May VI—Moira Maclean , Basinghall-street , cloth factor , May 15—George How Green and George Courthorpe Green , Barge-yard , Bucklersbury , wholesale stationers , May 12—George Perry , Stroud , Gloucestershire , coach builder , May 10—William Tomlinson , Jun ., "ffantwicu , Cheshire , money scrivener , May 12—John Clarke , Richard Mitchell , Joseph Philips , and Thomas Smith , Leicester , bankers , May 12 . _CzetificaT £ S to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary , at the place of meeting .

      Joseph Henry Nock , High-street , Poplar , outfitter , May 14—Samuel Stocker , sen ., _Seckford-strect _, Clcrkenwell , hydraulic engineer , May 14—Peter Owen , Liverpool , miller , May 14—George Perry , Stroud , coach builder , May 18—George Dardier , Liverpool , merchant , May 14—Joseph Walton , Liverpool , coal merchant , May 12—John M'Gibbon , Liverpool , boot maker , May la—John _Autllcy _, Horace Jee _, Liverpool , insurance broker , May 12—Issachar Roberts , Mold , Flintshire , grocer , May 12—John Hill , _Digbeth , Birmingham , currier , May 15—Samuel Rhodes , Bradford , worsted spinner , May 14 . Certificates to be granted , unless cause he shown to the contrary , on or before May 12 . James Sykes , Doneaster , busier—John Joplhi , _Bishopwearmouth , Durham , draper—William Davies , Strangeways , Manchester , plasterer—Robert Edwards Walker , Liverpool , ship broker—Charles Rose , Joseph Hopton , Edwin Fcnisten , and James l _' emsten , Leeds , dye merchants .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED , Robert Hearnand Thomas Daniel Blackburn , Taunton , Somersetshire , linen-drapers—John F . Coulsiring and David Cohen Isaacs , Bristol , wire-workers — Edward _llalman anil Henry " Palsfox Gerona Sparks , Liverpool , commission merchants — James Miller and and Charles Miller , Manchester , calico-printers — Samuel Hill aud Henry Owens , Bolton-le-Moors , Lancashire , boiler-makers — John Greenwood and Abraham Denny , Bury , Lancashire , builders — George William Francis Cook and Edward Humphreys , St . Swithiu _' s-laue , Gity , attorneys—Gilbert Nurthey and Samuel Lang Northey , Tavi 3 tock , Devonshire , coal-merchants—Francis Blake and George Tampliu , King ' sroad , Bedford-row , attorneys—Charles Jeft ' erys and

      Sidney Nelson , Soho-squarc , music-sellers—William Baylcy and Wm . Crawford Newby , Stockton , Durham , attorneys —Josep h Bliss and William Bliss , Thrupp Grounds , Northamptonshire , farmers and graziers—Thomas Lowdon and Christopher Weightman , _Edgw-jre-road , furnishing warehousemen—George Corl » ss , Henry Casson , Samuel Dalby , Wm . _Corless , and James Riley , Bradford , Yorkshire , worsted-spinners ; so far as regards George Corices—Tliomas Watson and Joseph Osborne , Leeds , _woolstaplers—James Bent Summers and Thomas Summers , Low Newton , Durham , farmers Charles Henry Smith and James ninks / Birmiiighain , die-sinkers —Charles CottOB , and George Sayle , King ' s Lynn , Norfolk , surg * ons—riiiiip _Vmighan and George ltees , Bevun , Rrecon , attorneys—Alexauder Kent and John Perrott , Bissow , Cornwall , soda manufacturers—John Wellington Adams and Thomas HiU , Manchester , stockbrokers . — llichard Stones and Thomas Hodgson , K ' _mgston-upon-Hull , brass-founders — John _Railton Srcaves , James

      M'Nicol , and John Laurie , Liverpool ; so far as regards John Laurie—John Peuberthy Magor , Stephen Davey , William Davey , and Richard Davey , Redruth , Cornwall , common-brewers ; so far as rcgariis William Davey—William Morley and Edward Sorrell , l > _reiid . _sti-eet , Cheapside , _Manchestor warehousemen—Duncan Campbell and George Greaves , Liverpool , cannon—William Lambert aud Thomas Lambert , New Brentford , curriers—Thomas Divon and James Hall , Preston , Lancashire , surgeons . — Thomas Dowhirst and Samuel Hewitt , Bradford , _Yorkshire , sawyers . —Edward Lrgh aud Alexander Bellamy , _U-rgcnt-street , wine merchants . —Richard Greenwell _, B . Sucker , and It . James Brown , Sunderland , coal titters . — John Asheroft , Archibald Fraser McKay , and Daniel Mc Kay , Liverpool . —William Carr and Daniel Gooilall , Glasshouse-street , Regent-street , _trimming sellers . — Thomas Sney , and Jesse Hilt , Himl-y , Staffordshire , eai t _' . _ienw _.-. _v-s manufacturers . —Richard _IVarosc , Daniel Stnrbuck , and James Sheppnrd , jun ., _Cadoxton-juxta-Neath , Glamorganshire , colliers .

      SCOTCH SEQOESTBATIONS . David Weir , Glasgow , _inukccpi-r , April 23 , and May !) , at twelve , at Deans' Tavern , _Glasgow . Thomas Lennox , Perth , grocer , April 29 , and May 20 , at twelve , at Mr , Clark ' s oflice , Perth .

      I; F ¦ ¦ /Duncombe Testimonial. . The Pe...

      i ; f ¦ ¦ / DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . . The people ' s parliamentary champion having appointed Saturday evening , April the 18 th , as the time lor receiving that splendid memento oi' wonting-class gratitude , a deputation from tho Central Testimonial Committee ; consisting of Messrs . J . Syme ( General Secretary ) , Stallwood , Hornby , Dowlmg , Barratt , " Mitchell , Bushby , Young , I _' apworth , and Coiiolly _, waited on the honourable member lor Finsbury , at his chambers in the Albany , and having been received with that kind feeling which is a distinguishing characteristic of the honourable gentleman , Mr . Svme 1-030 and said—Sir , we have been appointed by the Testimonial Contral Committee , to transfer to you the result of their grateful efforts , and as they have pre pared and furnished us with an addr _« _s to be presented to you on the occasion , I think that any preliminary observations of mine will be quito unnecessary , I will therefore proceed to read tiiat address as follows : —

      " TO T . S . DONCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P ., " Esteemed Sir , —We have been deputed by very many of our brethren ofthe working classes of Great Britain to present you with this piece of plate , in testimony of their high esteem for you personally , and of their gratitude for jour generous denunciation of the manifold wiongs endured by them , also for your consistent advocacy of tli'jir ' _rights and interests , and for ' your indefatigable efforts to ensure their eomplete emancipation from that social , political and moral degradation to which they havo so long been subjected .

      " While thus gladly avowing ' our gratitude for tht great services you have rendered us , Ave have too much self-respect to give that gratitude utterance in language of flattery . Hence jou will perceive , Sir , that we have advisedly placed upon this testimonial no other inscription than that it is presented by the working dosses of the United Kingdom , in acknowledgement of the acts there enumerated , which have principally distinguished your career as a _legitlator , won for you tlie admiration of the best portion of your fellow-countrymen , and , as we believe , tbe respect of all . " There _* is _, Sir , but one _circuaiatance that can occasion us regret in thus addressing you , namely , that our testimonial is not far more worthy ( as regards its in ' trinsic value ]; of your acceptance ; and consequently more honourable to those in whose behalf it is presented _.

      "But , Sir , w _« know that y . 'U will sympathise with us in lamenting the causes which have precluded us from presenting a more fitting proof of our esteem and gratitude ; because in those causes are to- be found a sure evidence that the industrious classes suffer " grievous wrong . " "Briefly , then , we may intimate that when we first contemplated the design of presenting you with some testimonial of respect more enduring than mere " votes of thanks , " we were mainly influenced to that desire by your indomitable , and , fortunatelj for us , successful opposition to the odious ' Master and Servants' Bill . ' But for you , Sir , that Sift would , _unqestionably , have acquired the force of Law , and _cij-iTAL ( already wielding almost exclusively the vast productive power ofthe age } would have been independent of the feeble remonstrances 0 ' LABOrS .

      " This great service alone , had you rendered us none other , would have made us anxious to offer you some- enduring testimonial of our gratitude . " Unhappily , however , many thousands of the working classes were , at that time , so circninstnncad as- to render it utterly impossible for them to testify , as-they desired , their feelings towards you . In proof of this assertioa , we may state that several thousand miners were at the period in question enduring the horror 3 of unwilling aud compulsory _idleness _. because they presumed to resist a > proposed reduction in their already too scanty wages , -fn- eaemen , therefore ,, at that time were not merely deprived of their owu resources , but the heavy burthen of maintaining them and their families , and of resisting the aggression of capital , was cast upon their employed brethren of other trades , thereby depriving many thousands of gratifying their wish to contribute to the 'DuncombeTestimonial . '

      "But , Sir , we can assure you that these men aro no t less sensible of your services than th » se who have had the pleasure of contributing to our ' Testimonial ; ' and we doubt not that they will gladly avail themselves of some more favourable- opportunity of testifying their feeling towards you . " It may be gratif _, ing to you , Sir , to learn , that soma of your own rank in society have so far sympathised with the working classes , and so far respected their friend and advocate , that they have also contributed to the testimonial now pre > ented to you . " In conclusion , 8 _ir , we beg to assure yon that tbis * testimonial' is presented by us in the truthful and manly spirit so beautifully expressed by a poet of ' our own order , '—Robert Nieoll : —

      ' An offering to the shr ' me of Power Our hands shall never bring—A garland on the car of Pomp , Our hands shall never fling ; Applauding in the conqueror ' s path Our voices ne'er shall be ; But we liave hearts to honour those Wlio bade tfcs world go free !' _•^ Presented this 18 th day of April , ISIS . " Signed on behalf of the Central Committee , "James Grxssb . _t-, Chairman , "James Svme , _Secteta-ry . "

      " In conclusion , Sir , permit me to say , that we feel much pleasure tu transferring to you the . result of tht Committee ' s efforts , and deem it a privilege to be permitted so to do ; and 1 am sure that their and our united earnest desire is , that your life may be long spared and become increasingly useful ; that your legislative career may become brighter and brighter ; that your name may stand high among thc illustrious statesmen of this country ; and that your life may continue to be , as it has been , a blessing to the community at large—and more especially to that class which wc have the honour ou this occasion to reprosent , namely , the labouring class . Accept , then , these thauks , and humble tribute-of gratitude . " The _Addre-H and Testimonial having been formally presented to , and accepted by'Mr .

      Duncombe—The honourable member said : Mr . Syme and gentlemen , —It is impossible for me to accept this generous tribute of your gratitude without mixed feelings of pride and sorrow—pride , that my humble exertions on behail of my industrious fellow countrymen should be deemed worthy of nation . il approval , aud _sorroo-, that exposure of wrong and assertion of right th & _vud be otherwise distinguished than assets of justice , which the trustees of the unenfranchised people aie solemnly bound to perform towards tliose for whom they hold the trust . WhaUvei thanks are due to me for the poor services which entitle me to your gratitude , the labouring classes fully and honourubly participate in that reward , inasmuch as their eo-opcratiou cheerfully yielded , and without which my best exertion would have been vain and impotent , _Iiuh at all

      times and upon all occasions nerved me for the struggle , and emboldened me to persevere iu my resistance to tht aggressions of their oppressors . The intrinsic value ol your splendid testimonial consists iu the deep and lasting impression which it is calculated to stamp upon the minds of all thinking men—that Englishmen who are grateful for acts of justice , are not likely to violate its laws , and may bo , therefore , safely entrusted with a fair participation in making and administering tinm ; and I sincerely trust that the day is not far distant when simple acts of justice to tlie _labuuiing class will constitute the rule and not the exception of _representation ; and none will more cheerfully hail the happy advent than myself , being convinced that the first _stoji towards the perfect freedom of our country is the

      recognition of the principle that those whose valour in arms , whose skill in manufactures , whose science in mechanics , whose calm endurance under great suffering and privation , whose success in iho art of converting our national resources into wealth- —iu the enjoyment of which they havo not , in my opinion , their fair and legitimate proportion—may be safely and honourably entrusted with the power of nmlciitg laws for tho further development « f those national resources , and with u view to their more equitable distribution . My friends , it is not improbable that your services may bo shortly courted by the two great parties now contending _forpolitical ascendancy , and when , if still esteemed worthy of your confidence , I may , as one of your representatives , be called upon to assume a position without reference to the speculative interest of cither ; and if such course should subject us to a more severe trial and a more searching ordeal ihan in our previous _struggles we have undergone , relying upon n continuance of your eo-opcratiou , be assurvd that 1 shall

      not flinch from my sharo of the trouble , responsibility , or the danger , which tlie _asssertion of your rights and tho advocacy of your cause may impose . Jlj friends , while 1 deplore the cause you assign for the inability of gome of your order-to participate in your flattering offering , I regret tliatyou should have deemed auy explanation necessary to enhance its value . This emblem of my countrymen ' s confidence , generosity , aud gratitude , I recognise as the embodiment of the feeling of the industrions classes , and a testimonial of their undivided approval of tny conduct . As such I accept it ; and in accepting it at | yout hands , the fullness of expression is inadequate to communicate my thauks to the industrious _douors , aud in commemoration of whose coniidenco I shall preserve it ; treasure it , and esteem it , as long as life remains ; and when I am no more , and when it shall have passed into other hands , I trust that it may inspire its future posses _, _sor with the same pride that I now feel iu accepting it , as n loken of my countrymen ' s confidence , affection , ami generosity . Tlie grateful labours of the deputation being completed , they _retired much gratified .

      Fire At Mr. Giltspuii-Stueet, Comi'tek. — On' Monday Evening Between 7 And 8, An Alarm Was J

      Fire at mr . _Giltspuii-Stueet , Comi ' tek . — On ' Monday evening between 7 and 8 , an alarm was j

      N Ivcn Tnat The Ciiltspiir-Sti-Eet Compt...

      n ivcn tnat the _Ciiltspiir-sti-eet Compter was on fire . By the time the engines had arrived , the flooring of the laundry belonging to the prison was found lo be in Humes . A number of tho inmates lmd been previously set to work _u-Rder the direction of Alt-. Whithair , the governor , and tliey had _tiii'tunsUely succeeded in keeping the live at bay until the arrival of the fireman , liy their exertions , the lire was extinguished without setting the engines to work , but not before a quantity ot ' wearing- _a-ip-in-l , hanging on the lines diving , was consumed , a portion of tin flooring destroyed , and tlie ceiling burned awav _, as well as the walls being extensively in hired bv the action ot the Humes . The cause of the lire , ' it is IS WaS 0 Wi " _° t & th ° ovcrhe _* _* ° f _« cl _™

      Tiie Tenure Of Land In Ireland. I.Begyou...

      TIIE TENURE OF LAND IN IRELAND . I . begyou to publish tho following queries nnd suggestive notices on this subject . I would ask those of your readers who have seats in tbe Houses of Lords or Commons , and others , who , though not legislators thewselv & i , ean influence legislation : —Would it not be easy to disembarrass land-dealing of much of its _coitliness , _insecurity , and difficulty ; and if so , would not free trade in land , wholesale and retail , be nn acquisition of the highest valuo ? If there _w- 'S in each provinco in Ireland a land oflice , such as those in some of the colonies of England , prepared for the ready transfer of land , what a trade would at once set in for " the acres , " that rudiment of all other manufactures ! Every one knows ' tlw agonised struggle of the peasantry for land , sometimes attended by a convulsive ferocity of grasp , indicating tbat

      to possess ground to cultivate , is n question of life or death . And yet many of our landlords are encumbered hy their unmanaged lands ; possessors of much territory in name and little in reality , they ore in poverty , an d their tenants are ready for rebellion . And how is this 1 Because landlords can only let , often , too , for short _tsrms of years ; and if by lease , whicli is generall y a boon , it is a compact so full of restrictions and penalties , that it only invites the attorney and tie absentee ' s agent to use the readiest instrument of oppression , " the broken covenant , " to torture the tenant ; but even if contested elections , and " reasons plenty as blackberries" were not here to induce affronted agents and angry landlords to "put the tongs" upon contumacious teniints at will , as , despite bits of parchment , Irish tenants mostly arc , in

      three of the provinces , tbe complaint now is against the system of hiring land at all . My object would be to have much greater facility for buying small portions of land for cash down—" arigith sheese , " as we say in our euphonious lauguage . I would enable a man to buy ten acres out and out ; it would be better far than renting 200 ; be could stock ten and work it properly , while , with the same cupital _, the hired 200 acres must starve . If a man could not work ten acres to his liking and advantage , let him sell and put money in his purse , for at the proposed land-offices an acre ought to be able to change hands at a moderate cost for _transfer , and with au unimpeachable title . But as in duty bound we _mu 9 t inquire ,

      how would these facilities serve the landowner ?—bo great elementary change ought to be partial or one-sided , first , then , what is the territorial and financial history of our gentry ? Many of them possess large tracts of country , the arable parts not half worked , and of its reclaimable bog and mountain , mile » of both are much in the state that the old " Fir-Bolgs" left them . If this is true , why is it t Because the possessors have often but a life-interest in the estate , and they will not sink capital un BO-ahort a tenure , and oaniete possibility oi _vctuvn ; besides , millions of our gentry-owned acres are * ' out at pawn , " and as their _ownerB eau encumber , but sannot sell , they cannot redeem the _> ' dead-pledge , " the- mortgaged estate ;

      " Th » estate runs out and mortgages are made , Their fortunes ruined , and their fame betray ' _i _*? . " Could landlords sell on the laud-exchange _without notoriety or discredit , their territories mi ght diminish , but their wealth would increase ; they would begin So enjoy the sweets of independence in themselves , aud a happy and secure vicinity to a steady and improving yeoman race—their neighbours . Such a change us this would bo very valuable in Great Britain , but it is become of peremptory necessity in Ireland . The fluctuations in manufacturing trade and commercial relations during the war , the closing of some markets by blockade or forcing the flow of goo'ls in an untimely manner into others , were , with other causes whieh I do not discuss in your journal , ruinous to the small manufacturing

      capital of Ireland ; and no wonder , -when , these -violent changes grievously oppressed the giant powers of Great Britain herself ; consequently , our agricultural workers are in undue over-balance of numbers—they are all scramblers for existence ; a race , in general , bound _adseripta _glebai , and well described hy Swift ,, as " Slaves and beggars whom the landlord calls his tenants . " All " borrowers of land"'are in a greater or less degree slaves to him who lends it ; but even though the temporary proprietor , " the landlord under an entail , may get _usurious- interest on his loan , a general war is being levied _agaiiut him and all his tribe , and either fiscally or physically , he is ever in a way to be victimised . I ask your intelligent readers—are these statements of fasts ! and also , will they examine , would a free trade , a cash trade ,

      a wholesale aud retail trade m land , be a remedy ! would not compel laud to be subdivided as in France ; no , I would let men accumulate if they chose , but I would facilitate distribution , 1 would do away with laws which make a false mind for a intestate , aud aceuiuu late where tlie deceased omitted to do so . The law for land should be distributive , when not otherwise devised , but perfect liberty " to do what they would with their own , " would keep plenty of land-trading going on in the community . But how would this affect the tenantry if they became small proprietors instead of large renters , if " every rood of ground maintained its man ! " Should we not have settlers at home in'tead of in Canada or the States of America 1 The best of our peasantry now emigrate ; they want a real home , and it is away from home they must go to seek it . II industry , economy ,

      intelligence , and total abstinence from drink , enable a peasant to scrape together filty or twenty sovereigns , he is off te America ; he takes his mon « y aud his moral ca . ital abroad , while the incapable and the miserable are tied to the soil . If a tenant-farmer lets his farm be but half worked , ho and his family must K- always indigent , and of tho " parra-s » 9 htha" kind ; if he improves it , be is liken Turkish merchant , in danjrerof the bashaw , because he seems too rich . If his tenure is nearly out , he dare not sink capital or labour in hia farm—he would have , in nine cases out of ten , to buy it back ; and if he is thus obliged to abuse and misapply forethought , and run down liis farm , he runs himself down with it . I say nothing now of ejectments from deficient title , _broken covenants , or of wholesale " clearances" made for nonpayment of rent or arrears ; but I shortly point out the advantage ownership would be to tbe peasantry .

      Fee-simple Estates for tue Millions '—What a grand _idsa of pacification ; proprietorship , with all its calm yet onward influences . Gur little , but real landlords , would soon make this country the garden it should be . We have now scarcely any plantation shelter _. How eould we : —if a man wants to put down 200 trees in fences or elsewhere , he buys them for eighteenpence a hundred , but he must beware of covenants . Can ha plant f—and supposing that ha can , he has no property in them except he registers in the _jOaWin Gazette at an expense of 7 s . 7 d ., besides getting an attorney to do it for him , and Cs . Sd . additional . So much for cottier planting in Ireland . If the acre was his own , he could [ daut it , and improve it constantly ; thc face of thc country would be soon made cheerful ; brushwood loppings

      would be plenty aud cheap , _ivud the severe laws about timber stealing mi _^ ht be reduced to a constitutional form . But farming generally would improve ; cottier farms would become the agriculturist ' * savings bank , economy would then have as safe and a more profitable depository than it now has ( for full savings banks sometimes only indicate the difficulty of employing small sums of money ) . But what thrift ownership in laud mould engender ; the wet days , half holidays , any spare hours of the cottier , and the leisure now wasted by their wives , and tho youih of both sexes , and children , all for want of remunerative occupation , these properties would be turned iuto the " man ' s own farm , " and would pay good interest . I cannot hope but tlier « must be always some so poor that they must _borroiv land on interest ; and auy law to forbid

      what is called " tenancy" would be oppressive , and would still permit usurious dealings in laud to continue : free permission for usury in _monej too would be some economy to those desperate destitute , who will always gamble . Land-lenders , like money-lenders , however , cught to be put uuder the best legal guardianship ; those who trade in what is of indispensible necessity to the poorot have always the greatest facility for oppression ; pawnbrokers are well cared for , and their doings attended to by the law . Landlords who have pawned their own estates in mortgages , and pay the interests by giving the usance of them to po _> r _^ r borrowers again , are driven io

      many painful extremities ; consequently , while I earnestly press free trade in land , and cash trade in land on the public , I would not despise any measure calculated to make borrowing the ground for usance as equitable an affair _rs possible . Lord Dc'oii _' s commission has produced no law yet to mitigate agrarian suffering and warfare in Ireland . Wo have ferocities to deplore and be ashamed of , but it is desperate suffering which leads to desperate deeds . Irish peasants have no more natural appetite for being luug _. d or transported than other men . If land could be had ut homo , wholesale and retail , to buy , _tWKivty years would alter and improve the whole rural population . —It , Donden , Rathlee , Cork .

      Ajfotjljiit Coal-Mjivk Exi'losio.V At Busio.V, St.U--Fokdsuike.—On Monday Morning A Second Explosion

      AjfOTJlJiIt COAL-MjiVK _Exi'LOSio . v at _Busio . v , St . _u--fokdsuike . —On Monday morning a second explosion

      Took Place In Tho Mine Of Messrs. Benton...

      took place in tho mine of Messrs . Benton and P « nnberton , where the live men lost their lives last week . It appears that about six o'clock this morning three men went down Uie pit , and that one of them , a . man named Dyke , took the safety-lamp , and proceeded all round the workings of the pit , when everything appeared safe . At ' ier some necessary preparations had been made lor the purpose of forcing air into a part ofthe mine which had been worked through the solid coal into a gate-road at tiie back , a man named

      Roberts _procoedtd into the _opening for the purpose jf showing Dyke some work to be executed . The latter persuaded him not to go , but thc former , assuring liim all was safe , the two proceeded up the nunc , lloberts carrying a naked candle ; thev hail not proceeded many yards before an explosion took place , by which both were very seriouslv injured , so much so , that doubts are entertained as to whether Roberts will recover . The _pur-msc of the men '' Oiii _" into thc mine was to prepare it for work , by foreinair into an excavation , in order that the combustion * ¦ natter- _ir-glit be driven out . Hence this second catastrophe .

      Iub Moxky M . _'mu-T .-Thc repeal funds are verv low . _ _i- _ioy have tallen again this week . The _depression is so ureal that unless something desperate is done , ami that quickly , a panic must inevitably ensue Money was nsver known to bo - titihtei _* ' iii Ireland . JJefaulturs increase even * week , 'there was a call ol £ 1 per share on Satunlav , but verv few paid up . Ihe doings at Conciliation llall still continue , but they arc so small that tliey me not vovth ¦ _'UiHing . _Kvury one is lookiug forward with dread to tho settling day , which _caunot be far distant . — Putr / ii

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      Tim Ute Death Of A Miaert.—On Monday In ...

      Tim ute Death of a _MiaErt . —On Monday in ! noon Mr . W . Baker resumed and concluded in j i journed inquest , at the King ' s Arms , Char _iest j City-road , respecting the death of i \ fr . John J _™ i ' aged 75 . some particulars of wliich appeared „??' ¦ Daily Aim of Tuesday last ; from which it _willf recollected that the deceased _Jiad been JiwV 1 room at No . 6 , Powell ' _s-place , in a verv pawimonin ,, _* manner , from which he was removed to St . SS ? workhouse on the afternoon of last Sunday _wtel having been found in an exhausted and dvingstatp induced by tlie want of the necessaries of life , _tliouefe at the time he was possessed of Brazilian and Span * _* bonds and securities to upwards of £ 0 , 000 . tVL _, found he was suffused with olive oil , which it _\ v „ thought was done for the purpose of allaying tlw cravings of hunger , but bread , butter , tea , A _* c . % _- found in tlie room in profusion , but from their an pcarance they had not been touched for dais

      many Ho told thc policeman who found him that his bread and water was poisoned , and that he bathed hisboiiv in olive oil to counteract its effects . In consequence ofthe report of tlie proceedings appearing in the public press , several of tho relaiions had seen ami identified the body . Yesterday Mr . Cole , solicitor ot Ghertsey , Surrey , was present to watch the n _™ ceedings on behalf of the next of kin of the _deceased * Mr Jacob Jacob , a nephew ofthe deceased , _residing at Winchester , was examined , and from the evidence it appeared that the deceased was formerly a gentle _, man farmer residing at Box Farm , near Andover Wants , but for some years past he was an attendant the Stock

      upon Exchange , where he was well known irom his cautious speculations as well as from his penurious habits . lie had not been seen by any of his relatives for a length of time past , and they were in entire ignorance of where he was until informed by the _newspapets . Mr . Courtney , the workhouse surgeon , stated that since thc adjournment of the in . quest he bad made a post mortem examination of the deceased ' s body , and found the cause of death tohave arisen from effusion into the pericardium , the result of inflammation ; there was also _loni ; standing disease of the brain , kidneys , and gall bladder , which would account for his eccentricities . Verdict— "D . YI froir

      _natural causes . " SnipwntcKS rx the _Cuaksel . _—JBnionroj * , Amu _13 . ~ Only three weeks ago we reported the loss of the _Bes , from _Gaole , which , went down a short distance westward of this town . We have now to state that last night a vessel was run into abont six miles o > ff Beachy-head , the result of whicli was that she also went down in about ten fathoms water . The crew and _pnsaengers were fortunately saved , and tliey landed Sere this morning shortly after daybreak in an open Soat . From the mate of the foundered vessel we learned the following particulars : —'' She was the Lady Falkland , of Yarmouth , Nova Seotia , and she left New York on the 11 th of March , with a cargo of logwood , worth about £ 600 . She arrived

      oft Beachy-head * about eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , the weather being pitch dark . Shortly afterwards the man at the look-out saw a vessel approaching , and immediately hoisted a light , and hallooed and shouted as laud as possible to give notice of their whereabouts . Ko notice , however , was taken , and the vessel was , ina few minutes run into , the stranger striking her just abaft the fore-chains , cutting the Lady Falkland down to the water ' s edge . An attempt was immediately made to stop the hole by _placiV the bed ciothes into the breach , but the well bein _° plumbed and eight feet of water found in the hold five minutes after the collision , the crew and passengers took to their boats , without attempting to save an article , and made off for the stranger , which

      proved tobe the Martha , of Guernsey . The captain of the Martha remained to render every possible assistance ; and , on the Lady Falkland going to the bottom * , which she did in about half an hour , sent the crew and passengers ashore in his own boat . They arrived , as we have stated , at Brighton about daybreak . A singular tale was tald by one of the passengers , William Holmes , a native of Devonport . Since August last he had been wrecked no less than four times . Ob the 16 th of August he sailed from Plymouth for Quebec in the bark Ann , and on the 3 rd of November he was cast away at Dcer ' s-cave , River St . Lawrence . All the crew were saved with the exception of one , who was crushed at _* ainst the mast . He next joined the Queen , bound to Liver pool , with a _aargo of timber , fie sailed on the 16 th ot November , and on the 3 rd of December the vessel went ashore on Dog's Island , St . Peter ' s ,

      Newfoundland . Having been sent to Halifax by the authorities , he took a passage on board the Catherine , of that port , laden with timber for Liverpool . He left Halifax on _the-Hth of January , aud on the _2-tth the vessel was so much injured by heavy seas as to render it necessary for the crew to be constantly at the pumps night and day . In this state they remained for two days , when they were relieved from their peril by a vessel who bore down to their aid on seeing signals of distress . The wreck of the Lady Falkland was the fourth and last of his hairbreadth escapes . 'Please God to send me safe home to Devonport , you will not catch me on salt water again in a hurry , - " _exelaimed- Holmes , as he _finished his narration . Singularly enough , too , Whiting , tlie second mate ofthe Lody Falkland , was a sharer with Holmes in all his perils since August and William Cownes , another of the passengers ofthe Lady Falkland , was with him in three of the wrecks .

      _Fawl Railwat Accident . —An accident occurred o » i the Manchester and Leeds Railway , on the evening of Thursday , near the Middleton Station , five miles from Manchester , attended -with the loss of life of George William Molineaux , agent for the company at the above station . The actual cause ot ' the catastrophe seems to be matter of supposition , although little doubt exists but the unfortunate man was run over by some engine or other without the knowledge of the driver . The body -was found on the line , quite dead , by the driver ofthe passenger train due at Manchester at a quarter past 9 , and which arrived at Middleton about 0 o ' clock . It was taken to the Ratcliffe Aims" public-house , Middleton , to await a coroner ' s inquest , wliich was summoned for Saturday morning ; and after hearing a good deal of evidence , it was deemed advisable to adjourn the inquiry till Monday morning , when the jury gave a verdict of "Accidental death , with a deodand o ( 25 l . on the tender , and 23 _^ on the engine . "

      _Skuious Accidkst . —On Monday , a young man named Charles Kent , the engineer of the new pennv steam-boat the Cricket , went into thc starboard paddle-box for the purpose of doing something to the wheel and _fastening thc floats , while the vessel was moved alongside the pier , when the action of the tide and tbe swell of a passing steamer set the wheel ill motion , and tho poor fellow , who could not extricate himself , revolved with it . His shrieks and cries tor assistance brought several persons to his aid . 'I he motion ofthe wheel was stopped , and after cutting away the top of the paddle-box he was _drarrged out of the wheel in an exhausted condition . " _" Ilis collar bone was broken , and he received other contusions of a serious nature . He was conveyed to the _Uiaring-cross hospital , where his wouuds were dressed . Iu the evening he was going on favourably . —Globe .

      Sospected Murder of Mb . Astlet , Brother to Loud Hastings . —( From the Brussels Gazette . ) -Our English readers will be much shocked to learn that it is now strongl y suspected that Mr . Astley , whose melaucholy fate we communicated in a form « r number , did not meet with his death by accident , as was then supposed , hut that he had been foully assassinated . Various rumours arc in circulation on this _sublet , but we believe the following are all the facts that h _.-ive transpired . It appears that the unfortunate gentleman had dined with a friend at his own house at llouton : after dinner they went together to a cabaret in the village , whieh he habitually _frequented , and remained there till about eleven o ' clock . On leaving the house , Mr . Astley remained be . hind on the bridge for a necessary purpose , and liis com .

      panion walked on ; but had not _piociedsd far when his name was called , not in a tone of urgency , or as if in any danger , but in his usurd manner . He , however , paid no particular attention to this , and went on to the house , hut finding , after a lapse of ten minutes , that Mr . Astley did not return , he went back to the inn , and procuring a lantern searched the banks ofthe river , which was not more than two feet deep nt tlie sides , accompanied hy the landlord ' s son , without discovering any trace . This , however , did not excite much alarm , as Mr . _Alley ' s habits were very eccentric , and it was concluded that he had gone away on some sudden whim—a not very unusual circumstance When the next morning arrived , without his making his appearance , his friend became alarmed far his safety , and sent men all over the country

      to search for him , and had boats out to drag the river . But it was not until after the lapse of two days that the body was found at a place about three leagues down the _Ourtlie . It had it large wound , seemingly inflicted by some heavy blunt instvunwmt , which had broken in all the crown of the skull , and some slight contusions on the legs . Thc sleeve of his coat was torn , and the knees of a pair of heavy tubing boots he wove much abraded , as it he had been dragged along a stony road . These appearances led to thc suspicion that murder had been committed - , and upon the examination bet _' ove the tribunal at Mavcho , it came out that two men who had been drinking at a _ucighbttur ' mi f cabaret , bud left just abyut the time when the affair must hare occurred . These mwi were carpenters , and it was stated that there existed a quarrel of about two years' stan . liug between them and the

      _deceased , relative to a _disputed accuuut . They avowed that they weve both too much intoxicated to recollect anything that had _happenril ; and _ihci-c not being sufficient evidence to eliminate them , they werelibeiated , but still remain under the sureeiiUr . ee of the police . An old man , inhabiting a c ittai ; e near the bridge , said that he had heard cries for help , but on goimr out could not per . ccive anything unusual . _Xo attempt at robbery seemed to have been made , as the watch , money . _Wiiff . *' ¦ ¦• ot " the deceased were all found « n the body ! » hirg a Ctrimin pipe he Parried , an . l hi * h » t . beiug tlio only articles _ams . ing . The ollicers of j . _«» hv are sti I _** ga . f d m the in . _vesication of tub , _sH . l _. mur but it remains up to this time ' involved in _im- _wm'trai'le mystery . Lord Hastings i >; im , ) from Eng land '• ' P _^ 'Sent at the examination be . fore the . _/¦«/¦ ' _chislruclion , and has conveyed his uuhappj brother ' s remains for interment in the family vault ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25041846/page/6/