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      ' THE _XKMzZtZ OV Wi . _FATIH-THE CHUN * » - DiSflES . _^ .. _¦^ w * t 26 . —Ihe association to-day denounced _^ _S _^ hm _^ r mees _timshmentofpto _^ _cuucol-^ - _* 0 'ft ) nnensaid , lcame here to denounce _thisAcademiea _EdocatiOU Bitt- ( cheers ) --to denounce _« from one end to the other-to denounce the system itis formed _^ _on . _- ' ( Hear . ) I now , as a Catholic , _entu-ely condemn this -iemblebifl , "When I came here I had some sad & _K _* boffiiig _^ _tdl _* naon might arise amongus on the subject of this nefarious bin . I apprehended that division by which the cause of Ireland has been so often injured , but now thatis impossiMe—this associationis unauimous in condemnation ofthe measure . ( Cheers . ) Itwas said

      that excluave education ought to be avoided as an evil . _•^ x , . ri _^& is education must of necessity be exclusive . { H < ir-J Tliere should be no mixed education inreligion ; bnt this bill contained nothing that could ba called " mixed _f it was an undivided evil . ( Hear . ) A more nefarious attempt to pollute and corrupt the rising generation of Ireland never was conceived . What signified Greek and Latin acquired at the cost of character , of re ligious feeling , and patriotism ? ( Hear , hear . ) Oh 1 it was brought in at an ominous period , at the time tbat the camper of the throne of France was engaged in trying to destroy the natural influence of the clergy in France—to Weaken the attachment of his subjects to religion . The Tory and Whig press in England had aided the King of France in Ms assaults npon the Catholic rehgion . There

      no man would be appointed to any office of trust—no man would receive a commission in the army without a certificate from the infidel universities which Louis Philippe "had established . He called them infidel universities because avowed infidels were appointed to tbe professorships , and the whole system pursued in them was calculated to lead to infidelity . He did not wish to go over to London , but If liis attendance in Parliament were necesau-j to defeat this nicked hill , he would go over . ( Cheers . ) He did not contemplate the bill would be amended so as to meet thc wishes ofthe country , so all he wanted at present was , to have it thrown out altogether . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell conclnded by declaring they were all united in their opposition to this bill , aud would use their utmost eiertions to defeat its heing passed into a law .

      Mr . Henry Grattan spoke at some length in opposition to the bill , which he said was conceived in a spirit of _teUuhficobmism . He rejected the bill , and hoped it would Oe kicked orer the "bar ofthe house . There _iras no other country in the world suffering so much as the Irish ; if any had as much , cause of complaint it vrouli torn out in arms to seek redress . -Jfr . O'Connell objected to the latter opinion expressed by Mr . Grattan . The Irish were too well instructed in politics to think of taking up arms to obtain their political rights ; and their enemies would not desire anything more favourable for the continuance of their oppression . So ; they would succeed by the adoption of loyal and constitutional means . Mr . John O'Connell next denounced the National Education Bill after the manner of his revered parent . PKOCLiltATIOK OF WA » WITH " TOC" * iG _tt-ELASD . _* " *

      Mr . Bam spoke ai some length In favour of a mixed education , which he said was calculated to promote harmony and nationality . Mr . M . Conway condemned thc arguments used by Mr . Barry . Jfr . Davis said that after the speech of bis old friend ' — his Catholic friend—Mr . O'Connell . —I hope 'tis no crime tobe a Catholic , sir ! Mr . Davis . —I do not mean so . Mr . 0 _* ConneIL—Why that sneer , then %

      Mr . Davis proceeded to say , that dissension had kept Ireland in distress for centuries , and be hoped that dissension now would not destroy measures calculated for the good of the country . He was an advocate for the good ofthe country . He was an advocate fbr the principle of miied education , because it was natural to suppose _incu would cordially unite in after life for fhe good of their country who had been educated together in fhe same colleges . He denounced the bill on various grounds , while he approved of the system of mixed education . He adverted to the speech of Mr . John O'Connell , and observed that hc was an honest man . A Voice . —And the son of an honest man . Mr . O'ConneU . —Thatis not the drift ofthe speech . Mr . Dans continued to speak in support of his views . He fully approved of the memorial of the Catholic bishops , because the bill provided uo religious instruction , and because it gave thc patronage ofthe colleges to the government .

      Mr . O'Connell replied to Mr . Vs \ U , aud accused him of acting not in a spirit of fair play , by suppressing passages while purporting to read extracts from the act and the bishops * memorial . This was not the first time the spirit displayed by Mr . Davis appeared here . The same land of thing was going on in a paper purporting to be an organ ofthe Catholics—tiie organ of a parry lately set np , calling itself " Young Ireland . ' * ' He denied there was any such party . ( Hear . ) A few persons assumed this title , but he denied their influence over the people . He was for " Old Ireland , " and he had no doubt that Ireland would stand by hiin . The time "had come when tbe public would understand the parry calling itself "Young Ireland . '' Mr . Steel next spoke , at the close of the Head Pacificator ' s harangue ,

      Mr . O'Connell rose and said—I wish to make atonement to some gentlemen to whom I have alluded in terms which they conceive of a nature unpleasant to their feelings . ( Hear . ) I made use of tiie term "Young Ireland '' in ignorance as applicable to these gentlemen . I heard it used—certainly not in the presence ofthe gentlemen—and I was not aware that they disclaimed the appellation . ( Hear , hear . ) I beg to apologise in the most ample _tnanuerfor any unpleasantness the allusion may bave created . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Davis . —As my distinguished friend—Bwill venture to call him so , notwithstanding our casual disagreement to-day—made allusion to the subject , I may be justified in saying- that I am glad to get rid of the assumption that there are two parties in the association . I protest on my own part , and on

      Ihe part of my fnends , against such a notion ( hear , hear ) . I never knew any other feeling—except in the momentary _Jheat of passion—amongst them , bnt that they were bound to work together for Irish nationality •—that they were "bound to that , not merely by a strong affection—an affection which it wonld seem affectation in me to express—towards Daniel O'ConneU—a strength of affection which I have expressed in my most private correspondence , and for wliich I would have been ridiculed for its intensify . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Davis conld say no more . IBs feelings overpowered him , and he shed tears . Mr . O'Connell said , I never felt more gratified in my lite than by this kindness . ( Hear , hear . ) If it overcame him it overcomes me also . I thank him most sincerely and heartily . ( Cheers . ) He could say no more—his -feelings oveipoweredlnni , and he shed tears .

      Thus terminated thc first public rupture between Young Ireland and Old Ireland , and at a few minutes to six o ' clock the meeting adjourned . The rent was announced to be £ 310 , and themeeting separated . _DisTEESSKo Elopement . —Great excitement has been produced by an occurrence which has been brought-. under magisterial cognisance in Norwich In consideration for the feelings of two highlyrespected families we shall sot name the onc party in the transaction , but content ourselves with stating that Frederick Fiddyment "Wells , aged twenty-five , late in the service of a gentleman of rank in this county , was on Monday remanded by the city magistrates , on the charge of having obtained a marriage license by means of perjury . So far as we are able to collect , Wells has , till within thc last three weeks ,

      been in the _ service ofthe gentleman in question who is married to a widow lady Laving a daughter by a former husband , only sixteen years of age , a ward in Chancery . The lamily are at present in London , butthe young lady was at the mansion in the eountry , and Wells has been observed to visit the house on several occasions . On Sunday morning , having procured a marriage licence , hc by some means contrived to take the young lady to Norwich , and they were married at St . Benedict ' s Church . After the ceremony they repaired to a low public _hoasc , caned-the Two Quarts , bnt the j-onng lady having been missed from the hall , and _uitelugcncc of her rente being obtained , they were traced to their place of retreat , and the fact of the niarriage having been ascertained . Wells was at once taken into custody and lodged in gaol , and the young lady was conveyed back to the residence of bet stepfather —Bury Post .

      The Coxvict _CojfsoB . —On Friday ( flie 23 rd May ) the sheriffs and other civic authorities waited upon - & i 3 wretched man in the condemned cell in Newgate After conversing with him for" a few minutes , they -made known to him the day that had been fixed for his _execution . They advised him to make the best use of the short time between that day and Monday ihe 2 _* : d day of June , as he would suffer the extreme ¦ penalty ofthe law at the latter period . He pad the most profound attention to the advice of the sheriffs , and on their "ftaming the day for the _execution he heaved a deep sigh , Ms lips quivered , his eyes rolled in their sockets , andhis whole frame became fearfully convulsed . The 8116136 % having taken their depar

      ture , tbe cnJpnt shook bis head and faintly said , " Ah , me ! Ah , me . " Upon going to lied on Friday night ' , he appeared for the first hour or two to be ra ther restless , but shortly afterwards he fell into a sound sleep , and did not again wake till early in the morning . His conduct on Saturday was much thc same as has daracterised him during the preceding ycec . The mniression made npon his mind bythe visit of the sheriffs appeared to have in a great measure worn away , ami he partook of his meals with ? £ ]? ** _BI _» good appetite . Now that the day has Men fixed for the execution , no one is allowed to frit _£ f _FT * _!? filont : firat obtaining an order _ftS-r _^ _S _?" * - _?> ihfirefore _iNrf _* that his _^ HS _^ " _**^** _^ _Km again till _-fcS _^^ _- _y _^ _- _^ - _^ theywiUbe _- fiUowedto

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      A VisnoB _lo'PKEsroENi Poik . —On Wednesday morning a man named Milton Fowler , about 35 years of age , and apparently deranged in mind , walked , in all the consequence of dignify , into the mansion , earning -under each arm a loaf of bread , and in each hand a bottle of wine . Having deposited his provisions , with extreme nicety , in asafe place , ana after resting a few moments on one of the very softest cushions of the reception-room , he began to take a review of the capacious premises , aud seemed extremely pleased with the adornments , especially the pier glasses , which reflected his beauty . From his manner , everything seemed -to belong to him , and to drive off all rivals , he drew from his pocket a "knife , and flourished it enmilitaire as he passed through

      the empty rooms . At last , however , he came to expressly forbidden ground—the private apartment of the ladies—who , having received no card or annunciation from the uncouth visitor , and , as a consequence , not expecting his approach , and not being altogether pleased with the manner in which he brandished bis , weapon , called for assistance , winch , happily , was afforded ; and their fearful apprehensions were thus removed . Mr . J . W . Dexter , one of our most efficient police officers , arrested him , and brought . him before J . D . Clark , Esq ., who ( the prisoner not being able to give a good account of himself , and in the absence of bail ) committed him to

      gaol to await his trial , on the charge of disturbing the peace , aud putting thc inmates of the President ' s house in bodily fear . — . Mddisonian . Bite of as Adder . —OnTuesdaymornmg , a youth named George Hesketh , in thc employ of Mr . Salomons , solictor , of Windmill-street , Tottenham-court road , in crossing the fields from Hampstead , was suddenly bitten in the lower part of the leg by an adder , which lay concealed in the grass . The youth took no notice ofthe occurrence for some _timo , when Ms leg began to swell most alarmingly , causingacute pain ; he was instantly sent home by his employer m a cab , when medical aid being obtained , the effect of the poison was _neutrralized , and tbe youth is gradually recovering .

      The Northern Star Saturday, Mat 31,1815.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAT 31 , 1815 .

      "The State Of The Country."

      " THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY . "

      LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S "LITTLE NOSTRUMS " POR "BIG BLUNDERS . " Mo _* sdat last was a great day for the poor ! On that day statesmen descended from their usual partyelevation , to talk of the " conditionof tbe people . " True , talk was the "be-all and the end-all" ofthe proceeding : but the talk was had , and the poor , ior once , formed the subject of a " debate" in that House which is supposed to represent the Commons of England , but which , it is well known , is aa far removed irom common opinion as any two oppositCS can possibly be from each other .

      Tbis "debate" had been somewhat anxiously looked for . It was long since announced , by tbe opener of it , with a great , deal more of promise than has attended on the performance . Before the close of the last session of Parliament he proclaimed the great things he would attempt during the present session , if Government did not take the matter out of his hands , and be prepared to submit measures of a comprehensive nature to enable thepeople of England to obtain their just object , — " a fair day's wage for a fair day ' s work . " On that occasion he distinctly stated , that "it was impossible not to see that the labouring classes had not advanced in comfort

      and welfare , in proportion to the other classes of the conununity . " He spoke of " the iixMeqmte means which the labouring people have to supply their families with the comforts of life ; " of "the extreme labour undergone in the manufacturing districts ;" of "the discontent , which at short intervals is ex cited in both the agricultural and manufacturing counties : " he instanced these things , and contrasted them with the improved means of the higher classes , who "have advanced in luxury beyond measure , "and with the middle classes , " whose available means

      for the diffusion of comfort and the enjoyment of life have prodigiously increased ; " andhejt > ro * nis _«( _i , that if Government failed in the effort he invited them to make , he would introduce a measure to effect a more equitable diffusion amongst the labouring people of tbe advantages which civilization and improved knowledge have conferred on all the other sections of the community . Such was the "promise—such the nope held out by the leader of "her Majesty ' s Opposition : " we have now to see hpw near _febfobmince has come up to expectation .

      The evils enunciated by the little lord undoubtedly exist . The means of the labourers are notoriously inadequate to procure even the necessaries , to say nothing of the comforts , oflife . Not only have tliese means " not increased during the last century , " bnt tbey _Mvewofuhy decreased . A century ago we heard not of starvation . ' A century ago , and the bellies of the workers were comparatively well-filled—their backs well clothed—and their dwellings furnished in a substantial manner , accordant with the taste and the notion of comfort of the time . It Is as notorious

      that tiie means of tbe higher and -the middle classes have " prodigiously increased- " during the same period . The evil is evident—manifests itself on every hand . This was the thing to grapple with , therefore . Heal with this , and the effect so eloquently deplored would cease . To this , then , ought the attention o * the statesman to have been directed . He ought to have set about the ascertaining of the cause ; and then the devising of an adequate remedy . Whether tills was the course pursued by Lord John Russell or not . we are now about to examine .

      After the Noble Lord had introduced his subject , and detailed , at some length , the condition of the labouring people , he thus descanted on the cause of the evils he had spoken of : — I am now going to trace , in some degree , the alterations which , have taken place in a long course of years , going back to the period of the last century , before the revolu tionary war . At that time we had a debt of £ 250 , 000 , 000 . We had topay between £ 14 , 000 , 000 and £ 15 , 000 , 000 of interest on that debt . We had a poor rate amounting to about £ 2 , 500 , 000 . The _practic * o / _-mafcinj _aHoioances to ihe labourer out of the poor rate was then _untnoton in this eountry . Now , sir , in the course of the war . which began in

      1793 , various changes took _place—changes miteft for the worse as concerns the situation of thepeople—changes , the effect of which , I think , we are still suffering under , and which , from time to time , have been brought under the consideration of this house . In the first place we had an immense incerase of our debt and a proportionate _inereaje of our taxation . That increase of ode debt was hade in the mosi _EXTEAVAGANT HANKER ; and many ofthe loans then contracted were contracted in such a manner that more than six per cent , was paid 3 s interest , that six per cent , not being reducible , but remaining to a future time ; because , for instance , the sum that was borrowed in 1797 was onthe terms of £ 200 , Three per Cents , being given to

      thc lender of £ 100 to the Government . I see that it appears in the tables at the end of Mr . if 'Culloch's late work on taxation , that on £ 400 , 009 , 000 borrowed during the war , Vie interest was more than five per cent , on the Capital . KOW , sir , when in tiie _begimung of last century a debt was contracted for the war , all the interest whieh was necessary was engaged to "be paid at a time when that interest was reduced : so that Sir Robert Walpole , during the long peace which began in 1713 , was able , during his administration , to reduce the interest on the debt by about onehalf of the total amount it was at the end of the war That "has -not "been done "by any n-unister of this country in considering the mode in which the debt of the last war

      was contracted . At the same time , in considering our taxation of £ 50 , 000 , 000 a year , we have to reflect that the greater part of that taxation was rendered necessary by obligations of public faith—ihatilisoul of our power to alter it—and that the whole amount of our expenditurewhichwe can touch consists between the amplest and narrowest espenditure for a peace establishment , of a sum of £ 3 , 000 , 000 . In one mode or other , either by direct or indirect taxes , we must bear the great amount of taxation necessary for the payment of the interest of the public debt , as that is an obligation from which we _eamxotescape , Fboh the effects of which we cannot be bemeved , except perhaps in the way proposed by the right honourable gentleman

      opposite , viz ., by a transposi _* ii « w <» "taxes from those articles which press heavily to those which press less heavily on the industry of thc country . Except from some sneh proposition , the house has ne escape from that weight of taxation . There is another subject upon which very great alterations were made dining the war . I allude to thc subject of the currency . I allude to what the right hon . baronet opposite called the fatal measure of 1797 . The tendency of that measure was greatly to degrade the labourer—to diminish the value of Vie wages of his labour . These wages have _sever inceeased in

      PBOPORTION TO THE DEPBECIATION IN THIS VALUE OF _monet . which then took mace , while , at the same time , that depreciation in the general currency of the country led to the effects which such a depreciation lias always produced . It led to expensive modes of living—TO 8 _UDDEN _ESOAGEjcest _**—tohigh profits—to the neglect of that vigilance and f _orethopght , without which there is no true prosperity in ordinary times either in agriculture or trade , and the neglect of -which , at the period I allude to , entailed lasting evils on the country . ( Hear . ) Sir , I do not say that either in that respect we can make any great change i which would be beneficial to the Ubourer _. I believe the

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      measure proposed by the hon . baronet in 1819 , and thc bill which he proposed last year , are founded on sound principles ; and , without discussing at this moment whether they were adapted to the times when they were brought foward _, I think it would be a great misfortune if the house were to endeavour to depart from the principles sanctioned by those measures . At Vie same ttmeuie must recollect that _tAose measures produced certain evils , axid that they had disadvantages accompanying them . The contraction ofthe currency , which followed the measure of 1819 , produced great ceils , and contributed much , asaong other things , to the injury of the industrious classes at the time , as well as afterwards .

      The cause here indicated is the true one . It waa the unrighteous and the unnecessary wars -with America and France , with their attendant increase to our debt and our taxation , that produced the " change for the worse , as concerns the situation bf the people . " It was these wars , undertaken to put down the rising spirit of liberty and prevent a Reform of the Parliament at home ; it was these wars , with the Bank Restriction of 1 * 79 * 7 , and the immense issues of paper , and the consequent extrwa gam loans in a depreciated '' money , " at six per cent .: it was these things that produced that " change

      for the worse" of which Lord John Russell spoke , and "from the effect of which we are still suffering . " Lord John was right so far . The wages of labour did not increase tn proportion to the depreciation in thc value of money . There never was an instance in this world yet of wages increasing in proportion to tho depreciation of money , whenever depreciation has been effected ; and this fact Ought to weigh well with those who are now seeking a measure of depre ciation , compared with which aU we have seen in England has been but a mere flea-bite . But while wages did not increase in the proportion spoken of ,

      the -debt did ! and taxation in a far greater proportion still ! Add to this the other evils enumerated _byliO-dJoHN— "thee _*^ "n 8 ivemode 3 of Uving ; ' * the sudden engagements , " and "the neglect of that vigilance and forethought , without which there is no true prosperity , either in agriculture or trade . " Take a view of that whole question , and in it yon see the cause of the labourer's poverty , and of that discontent and misery which threatens every now and then to over-topple tbe whole nation . "Wages m » not increase in proportion to the depreciation in tho value of money : and therefore the additions to the

      debt and tbe taxation of the country ivere but so much more taken from tin labourer ' s means than had been taken before such additions were made . This was tbe beginning Of that " change for the worse , whose effects we now feel . " 'There is an old adage , that " you can't eat your loaf and have your loaf , " perfectly ' applicable to this case . Ifthe wages of the workers did not increase with the depreciation in the value of money , and if tbat depreciation necessarily caused , as it necessarily must , articles of produce to be much enhanced in price , that alone wonld make their condition worse by the amount

      of the disproportion between the increase of wages ( where increase did at all Mow ) , and the depreciation of money . But when to this we add the immense amount of new burdens imposed—thc doubling and trebling of taxation ; when we reflect that all this was but so much abstracted from off the tables and backs of the ' producersof wealth , who had , in effect , diminished means with which to meet the new demands of the tax-gatherer ; when we reflect on all this , we shall be at no loss to divine the cause which has ' reduced the working classes to thc deplorable condition described by Lord John Russell .

      Lord John , therefore , started on the right scent , in his hunt after causes . He followed that scent up pretty well , and even exposed to view the fox it would appear he was disposed to run down . But having done this—having started on the trackhaving set ns on , in full cry , after the beast of prey , himself the huntsman ; having done this , he quietly draws off , and allows the beast to safely , run to _eartft , allegingthat we cannot be permitted to hunt liim down ! Metaphor apart—the plain fact is , that after Lord John has described to us the cause of tbe evils he deplores ; after he has made this manifest—he

      tells us that it cannot be interfered with . Tbe cause is there ; it has produced , and is still producing , misery unendurable ; discontent threatens even the existence of society itself : and still ihat cause is not to be touched / The aggressive wars on the liberties of the world produced debt and grievous taxation ; they caused _"estbavabaut wans , in depreciated money This increased debt , and "NECESSARILY" increased taxation have swallowed np the producer ' s means ; they have been the all-absorbing instrument by which the wealth of society has been sucked out

      of the hands of those who made it , into the lap of those who "toil not , neither do they spin ; " they are clearly the cause why the workers do not get their share of the wealth they create , and why the other classes of society get more than their share : and yet , when all this is as apparent as the sun at noon-day , that cause is not to be meddled with , but to be still allowed to extend and perpetuate its monstrous evils ! and this , too , by tbe statesman who brought the evils before the senate for the purpose of applying a remedy !! ,

      And yet , we have not seen the whole of this strange paradox . Lord John , besides showing the evil effects of the war and exxbavagajit loakb in a depreciated paper-money , also showed the _additional evils which have resulted from the attempts to remedy the misery-engendering effects of depredation . He instanced the Feel's Bill of 1819 , and the new Bank Charter Act of last session . Though "founded on right principles , " as he averred , "theyhaveproduced great . evils , and contributed much tothe injury of the industrious classes . " Why did they contribute to the injury of the industrious classes ? Because they

      contracted the currency , while the " engagements " recklessly and extravagantly entered into during the period of depreciation , were held sacra ? , and maintained to ihe full , under the false and lying pretence of " national faith "! The debt , although " borrowed at more than five Jper cent , on the capital , " was held to be honourably contracted ; the taxes , which had been just upon trebled , were held to have been necessarily and justly imposed ; thc salaries of the Judges and the officers of State , which had been doubled and more to meet thc increased prices of produce , were held to be no higher than they ought

      to be , even when a measure was being enacted to reduce prices of all sorts to just upon onehalf what they wcre when these Salaries were augmented ; thc continuing of the " pretty misses" of the aristocracy on the pension-list , for service done in secret , was held to be right , even to those whose platters had been robbed to supply thewages of prostitution : all these things , with many more of a similar nature , were held to be just and proper : and the " engagements" were maintained , while tbe prices of produce wcre reduced ! With reduced prices came reduced wages tothe labourer .

      Though these had not increased iu proportion to the depreciation of money , they decreased to a far lower point than they started from , when these nefarious _choppingsandchangingso- ? thc currency were resorted to . As a necessary consequence , the pressure of the debt and the overwhelming taxation was more severe ! If the exaction of the additional taxation during the period of depreciation was but a taking from the means of the producer , even when his wages had somewhat increased / what must the exact ion of that same amount of taxation now be , when his wages have decreased so far below the point he started from ? If the one was an evil , the other must be an evil too monstrous to describe ! Lord

      Johx shows that both evils exist ; he shows also that they have produced their effects—a poverty-stricken , discontented , ignorant mass of toilers on thc one hand , and a sensual , enjoying , squandering , voluptuous class on the other . And yet these effects arc not to cease ! The cause of them all is not to be touched ! " The greater part of our taxation is rendered necessary by obligations of public faith , and it is out of our power to alter it . " Is it ? We shall try some day ! But , then , had the " little lord" no remedy—no balm for the cankering wounds he thus so ostentatiously opened up to view ? Did hc content himself with a mere exhibition of the social disease , that he might proclaim then _vfW no _$ _m-iw hope ? 0 ,

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      no ; he did not exactly do this . He had his reme dies—ready-made—never-failing—certain in operation—sure to cure . And what , in heaven ' s name , were they ? Wheat at 6 s ., or perhaps 5 s ., or perhaps 4 s ., " fixed duty ; " and a " systematic plan of colonisation . " There are " little nostrums" for " big blunders ! " Admit of the importation of wheat , when the price is low ' v &> home , at 6 s . duty , and you inevitably produce a reduction of all prices . Reduced prices , will just have the effect , in proportionate extent , that Peel ' s Bill had ! It will add to the pressure of the debt aud taxation ; and that will be a relief ! If it is ; it wUl be an Irish one .

      As for tho " plan of systematic colonisation" —which simply means Emigration—it does not deserve a single word . The bare fact , that the Government cannot take parties " out" at a less expense than some . £ 20 a-head , is a " settler" to that scheme . To enable one thousand persons to emigrate would cost - £ 20 , 000 ; and when that amount was expended , what better would those left behind be ? We say nothing of the condition of those who go—the hardships—the disease—the death they meet with . Put that all out of sight : and confine attention to thc abstraction of

      that number from the labour market at home . What effect would it have ? Would it be a drop in the bucket ? And even if it would , where is the ¦ £ 20 , 000 to come from ? And these are all the NOSTRUMS that the "Uttle lord , " but GREAT STATESMAN , COllld adduce from his budget of wares . Tell us not of his chaffering about *• education . " It was the physical condition of the workers thathe was considering . He proclaimed that no measures of education could be effectual till the physical condition of the people was improved . He said : —

      I think you cannot expect that auy measures which you may propose for the general education of the people wUl be effective unless you improve the physical condition ofthe people . I do not tliink that a man struggling to obtain the subsistence necessary for the support oflife will be able or Milling to make those exertions which are necessary to give education to liis children . It was to the physical condition , therefore , that he mainly addressed himself , in the hope that by improving that he should prepare the way for a just and enlightened education of the whole people . His remedial measures , therefore , have to be judged in reference to the wants of his case : and how miserably " small" they are !

      So far we hare treated the matter as if Lord Jon \ had been perfectly sincere in his endeavours to legislate for the workman's good , and that no party pur pose was intended to be served by the course he took . We own to a sort of misgiving on this head , when we reflect that the general election is so near at hand , and of thc importance , at such an event , of a " GOOD CRY . " If there was anything of this sort in the little lord ' s calculations , he is likely to be out in liis reckoning . The " bid" he has made is not high enough . Even with the Leaguers he will not have made his peace . ' The Times , in reference to this part ofthe subject , well says : —

      The most specific suggestion m tins multifarious address was on the Corn Laws , The only addition Lord J . Russell has made to the public stock of information on this subject is that hc has descended from his 8 s . fixed duty of 1811 to 4 s ., or perhaps 5 s ., or perhaps Cs . Itis difficult to comprehend why his original proposition should be so slightly corrected for so doubtful a result . As his Lordship is now rather winning adherents then choosing a course , he may prefer to content himself with the least possible show of change . Let him , however , save himself the trouble of au exact decision ofa point which evidently

      costs so much labour . Peel will underbid lum . " The day will come , th' inevitable day , " when Peel will make a clean holocaust ofthe Corn Laws , offering up what the Irish Catholics call" an unqualified and uucontaminated gift" to the free-traders . He will not do things by halves . Cannot Lord John Hussell see tliis in time \ Henceforth it is his fate to be behindhand in the market . While he is haggling for liis odd shillings , and thinking to allure the purchaser by the doubtful tone of his denials , a more desperate and determined salesman interposes , and throws him out of the market .

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      IRELAND AND HER AGITATORS . W . J . 0 _'Neii _. l Daunt , Esq ., ex-member for Mallow , and one of the most eloquent of the Repealagitators , has recently published a work under the above title , from whicli we select from the columns of the Nation , the following extract , accompanied by the Moil ' s introduction . — " In the history of the first Repeal agitation by _O'Cosneil , there is a sketch of Feaeous O'Connob , which takes us by surprise . Feargus we have been in thc habit of regarding as an empty and illiterate quack . Mr . Daunt paints him as a man of many gifts and accomplishments ; and , consequently , we feel bound to place him several removes nearer _Wukes and Caqliostbo , and from Hi'NT and _O'Higgins , than we Have hitherto done . Mr . Daunt says : —

      « ¦ < His manners were excessively conciliating ; in private they were courteous and renncd ; in public they were hearty , rattling , and impulsive . He had frolicsome touches of mimicry , nick-name and _clap-trap . He now and _^ then let off a telling pun . His courteous demeanour alternated with a certain indescribable swagger , which however was not in the least degree offensive , and merely indicated the right good opinion which he entertained of liimself , witliout disparagement to any one else . He was a capital raconteur . His talents as a mimic were first-rate . His was not that mere parrot-mimicry that imitates sounds only ; he was a mimic of sentiment and feeling ; he could take up the whole train of thought

      as well as the voice , and present you with a faithful and exquisitely ludicrous resemblance of mental as well as vocal characteristics . _Fearqcs also excelled in repartee . Ho had strong satirical powers , a formidable readiness in retort , and could pounce with caustic and merciless sarcasm on the weak or ludicrous points of an antagonist so that whenever any incivility was attempted at his expense , he retaliated . with a pungency that made his opponent repent his rashness in assailing him . Woe to the wiglit who attempted to " take down" O'Connor ! Ho was sure to be shown up—the victim of prompt , stinging , shattering ridicule ; although Feabgcs , when not attacked , was remarkable for suavity and excellent temp er . '"

      Assailed as Mr . O'Connor has been by his own countrymen , and especially by the rabid Repealers who have designated him as a " deserter from their ranks , " it is no small tribute to receive the measure of praise which an old associate and ally , with whom he has zealously co-operated , thus bestows upon him . Its appearance in the columns of thc Nation must be anything but balm to the hypocrites , who , for then * own base purpose , would heap " unmerited calumny upon his head . Thc author , too , deserves no little praise for thus manfully defying thc prejudice that his honesty is sure to entail upon him .

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      Co _»*«»«* _# _wm _^ imtttei Moses Simpson , Shelton , —The general rule is , for the extra payment on the delivery of letters , that the place be distant onc mile from the Post-office . At the same time there is a discretionary power we believe , in the General Post-master , to recommend extra charges for deliveries withiu a less _distant , when the total amount of business at the Post-town is but small . A . Constant _Subsceibeb , _Mossiet . — The Middlesex Jou rnal is probably filed at Peele ' s Coffee House ; or at ? lie British Museum . If at the latter place , it can be

      seen free of expense . G , j ,. M . —The "National Petition" was conveyed to the House of Commons on a piece of framework prepared for the purpose . The whole was too bulky for the door of thc llouse of Commons , and the petition had to be taken in pieces before it could find admission . It was laid in heaps , ov bundles , on the floor ofthe House . _Jasies Heh . iwei . 1 ., Hepponstali ,. — -It is likely that the objection taken against the officer-elect he speaks of , will be held to be valid . The qualification for such office is , that the person filling it must be a ratepayer ; if he is not a householder he cannot be a rate-payer , and , therefore , not qualified . The objection may be defeated by the party in question taking another house , and claiming to be rated . He would then be able to prove thathe was a _rate-payer at the time of election , and also at the " visitation . " T FabbeBi London , —As we did not publish the letter

      impugniug his conduct , it is not necessary to insert his ! exp lanation . We think the fact , that upwards of £ 70 has been realised from meetings under his superintendence , and applied to worthy objects , ought to have secured for Mr . Farm * and those who have acted with him , the esteem and good-will of every Chartist , instead ! of snarling imputations from any . Perhaps it will be j well to hM to the holders of tickets the propriety ofa j speedy settlement of their accounts , as on their neglect ' unfounded _imputation against others are hinged . S . Kino , Glasgow . — * We do not like to refuse insertion to his letters , and yet feel bound to do so . The continual appearance of such epistles in relation to parties whose names havo become a b ye-word for infamy and reproach , is disgusting to the reader , and serves no good purpose . * We went out of our way to insert Mr . Kidd ' s first letter . That letter sot "Mr . _Kidd right ivith the public ; . and the subsequent conduct ofthe " _vik _lanouslmrtors" has only injured _tticmselyw , ud uot , UcKiM .

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      John M'Kowen _, Bout . —He must pay Aw proportion . Bradford . —Messrs . 5 umpter | and Smith acknowledge the following sums , received for the Executive : —From Mr . it . and family , ls . fid . ; T . M ., ls . ; in small sums from the Chartists of Little Horton , 5 s . 6 d . The subscription books will remain opin to tho second Sunday in June . J . H ., _Newcastle-on-Tine . — Yes . A shareholder in the " Co-operative Land Scheme" can dispose of it , either before he is elected on to the laud or afterwards . "WttMAtt Turner , _HAurAX , had better consult an attorney , lay ing before him thc instrument lie speaks of . He can then tell of its intent and scope , and answer his query with something like certainty . J . H ., Glossop . —If a marriage settlement was executed , of course it is operative , even under thc circumstances

      narrated . The parties werc married , as far as the church and the law could effect a marriage . W . J ., Cardiff . —No doubt that he is liable to be rated . He must pay the amount demanded , or go to prison , unless he can succeed to set it aside as excessive , on an appeal : and the remedy would be worse than tho disease . J . Skeyinoton , _LoroHBOBonoH . —We have not yet seen a copy of the report ho speaks of . Can lie send one ? * Wm . fEiMH , _Makssieio . —Two acres of goodlemd , well cultivated , would produce sufficient for the keep of an ordinary family . In taking land , it will bo advisable to havo it in proximity to a large town , to secure the advantage of a ready market . J . H ., Glossop . —Mr . O'Connell votedfor the renewal of the Whig Irish Coercion Bill—though many of the Liberal

      Irish members denounced it as being more atrocious , and more detrimental to public liberty , than the first Coercion Act . "Wm . " Walker , Salford . —Mr . Clowes promised to write on Saturday last . Send your address , and you will receive a letter detailing particulars , J . S ., _Newcasile-undeb-Iiine . —Once , five shillings . Un , George White and " Mb . " James Mosley . —Wo have received the following from Mr . George White : — " 55 , \ Cross-street , _Manchcstcr-road , Bradford , May 17 , 1845 . I lately addressed a meeting at the Bazaar in Leeds , at which I had occasion to administer , what I consider a well-merited castigation to Mr . Janies Mosley and others . Thc moeting ( a crowded one ) , ivith thc exception of ono man , wero unanimous as to the justice of my remarks—so much so , that they returned

      me a vote of thanks for my services to the Chartist cause . I have now to forward you a most indescribable epistle from Mr . James Mosley , referring to my remarks on that occasion . I maybe allowed to say that ho received nothing at my hands but what the mon of Leed voted to be his deserts . He , however , demurs , in his own excellent style , and issues somewat like a threat towards me . If you think proper to print his letter verbatim , you have my full consent ; aud you may also add , that / am prepared to meet him at axiy time he pleases before a public meeting of tiie inhabitants of Leeds . Yours' truly , Geobge _WmiE . "— The letter from Mosley to Mr . White we do not insert—it is too blackguardly—characteristic of the man . Dare he accept Mr . "White ' s offer to meet him before the public of Leeds ? We shall see . It is not the first offer of the sort he has declined . He was once charged , before hundreds of his own neighbours , with receiving money for dastard purposes ; and he wanted a small

      select parly to hear and examine on the accusation . He was then advised to go before the public , and purge himself : but he declined . Will he do so on the present occasion 1 His Muster will now be put to the test , William Allen , Crewe , —It will be far safer for the friends he speaks of to have their laws enrolled under the Benefit Societies' Act . They will then secure the direct protection of the law . But if they do not think that step advisable , they can , no doubt , prosecute on a bond , if they take care to have it correctly drawn up . Mrs . Ellis begs to acknowledge the receipt of 5 s . Cd . from a few Mends at Oldham , for which she returns her sincere thanks . She also informs us that she has received a letter from a friend in Hobart Town , stating that Mr . Ellis is in good health , is now exempted from hard labour as a reward for good conduct , and is employed as a schoolmaster at Port Arthur . Should any of our friends have occasion to write to Mrs . Ellis , letters addressed to her , " care of Mr . Read , Cobridge Post-office , Staffordshire Potteries , " will reach her .

      Mr . Bairstow desires the secretary of the Aberdeen Co-operative Society to be kind enough to communicate his address . MONIES RECEIVED BY MB . O'CONNOR . fob the executive . £ s . d . From Derby .. .. .. .. „ ... .. 059 FromEldersie 0-10 From Coalsnaughton .. 0 10 0 From Mr . Briggs 0 10 From York , per Goorgo Jefferson .. .. ., 0 10 0 BOOKS , CARDS , d'C . From Derby 0 5 0 From York , per George Jefferson 0 2 0 duncohbe testihoniai . From a few Chartists , Dudley , per John Wright 0 5 0 From " William Chandler 0 10 From a few cabinet makers of Liverpool , per Thomas Bonner .. .. .. 0 16 0

      "RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . s . d . s , d . Rochdale ( 2 months ) .. 18 7 Mossley 2 10 Oldham 7 7 Penzance 2 6 Bolton .. .. .. 5 0 Sheffield .. .. .. 8 0 Heywood ( 4 months ) .. 7 4 Somers Town 0 S 0 Crown and Anchor 0 2 0

      CARPS . Bloomsbury , prPageo 1 3 Marylebone ( _ena-SouthLondonHall 0 3 0 melled ) .. .. 006 Burnley .. .. 010 0 Manchester .. .. 150 LEW . Rochdale , T . Livcsay 0 6 Rochdale , J , Buckley 0 6 Do ., S . Taylor .. 0 6 Do ., S . Cole .. .. 0 6 VICTIM FOND . Brighton 6 3 THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary . RECEIPTS OF CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY ,

      PER SECRETARY . INSTALMENTS . £ S . d . South London Hall , 35 instalments on shares , ls Id each 2 6 8 John Johnson 0 14 John Hall .. .. o 1 4 W . Bearman , Booking 0 14 J . Hendrick , HuU 0 14 C . Paul .. .. " 0 14 Clock-house , Westminster , 4 shares .. .. .. 054 "W . Markhall 0 0 4

      T . B . C . and Sons , 12 instalments of shares .. 0 13 4 SHARES . South London Hall .. .. .. 093 T . B . C . and Sons 14 0 RULES . South London Hall , 23 0 3 10 Per Wheeler , 5 .. .. .. 0 010 Mr . Christie , Kidderminster , 4 0 0 8 Mr , Gettings , Darlasto ' n _. l .. 0 0 2 Mr . Willcocks , Tavistock , 1 .. .. .. .. 002 Mr . Bridgwater , Oxford , 1 .. 0 0 2

      Persons sending money or money orders to thc Trea . surer must send an account thereof to me , or I cannot be answerable for the same . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER .

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      • _+ _•** _fi / _vuvxi' _^ v _^ ww _^/ _f _yvvv * i * ' / _V' _< _iil'' # _i / _i _^^*^* _v _*» _i _«»\«* _vyww _^ iv < i Coal Pit Accident at "Worsbko' Common , _neau Bamsley . — Another of those sad catastrophes so frequently occurring in the coal mines , called firedamp , occurred on Tuesday night between nine and ten o'clock , in tho Darley main coal pit , Worsbro' Dale , near Barnsley , in whicli onc poor fellow lost his life , and six others were injured . The names of the sufferers are Aaron Amiitage , single man , killed ; Thomas Allen , brotherin-law to poor Anuitage , wife and three children , slightly hurt ; Mark Gomersal , wife and three children , seriously burnt ; Thomas Rodgers , married , himself and son seriously burnt ; Thomas Leo , engineer , wife and cliild , not dangerous ; George Silltop , single man , burnt .

      The late Drat ax Portsmouth . —Sunday . —Wc are glad to report that Mr . Seton ( thc gentleman wounded in the late duel with Lieutenant Hawkey R . M . ) is going on as well as could be desired ; au the symptoms exhibited by the wound are favourable . He has been permitted by his surgical advisers to eat some chicken for liis dinner to-day , the first solid food he has taken since he was wounded ; for thc last two days his appetite has been good , and he has occasionally taken beef tea , chicken broth , and some portions of boiled egg . Great hopes are now entertained that he will shortly be pronounced out of danger . Thc excitement occasioned at Portemouth and thc neighbourhood by this affair has not yet subsided the partisans make different statements as to tho original cause ofthe duel , each party giving liis own version ofthe matter .

      Manslaughter . —On Monday night an _nquest was held before Mr . Payne , the city coroner , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on thc body of William Temple , aged forty-nine , who met his death whilst driving- a light empty cart down Snow-hill , about eight o ' clock in the evening of Friday last , in consequence of , as alleged , thc furious driving of a cabman , of the name of James Holt , one of the sons of tho celebrated Harry Holt , the pugilist . The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Holt , the driver of the cab .

      A Railway Tiuin on Fibe . —On Monday evening last , the seven p . m . train from Birmingham to Derby was set on fire when about five miles from the latter place , in consequence of a number of sparks flying from the engine upon the carriages . One of the latter , containing about a score pigs intended for the Derby market , was speedily in flames , and the unlucky porkers , most of wliich exceeded eighteen stones in weight , werc placed in imminent peril of being roasted alive . The guard instantly ordered thc train to be stopped , and a supply of water being afforded by a brook wliich was fortunately near , the fire was at length extinguished , but noi until all the piss were dreadfully burnt . Two of them were killed on the spot , and the rest were forwarded to their owner , Mr . Brewitt , of Nottingham , who ordered them to he instantly kfllflcj _, _tkpoov _aauaals being already halt dead ,

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      Accident by Fibe at Bbadford . —On Tuesday night a serious accident occurred to a young woman _, named Sarah Greenwood , aged 23 , residing m South _, gate , a power-loom weaver . She had remained up t « finish some sewing after the family had retired to rest , who , about twelve o ' clock , werc alarmed by the shrieks or the girl , and on going to her _assistanfce _, werc horror-struck at seeing her enveloped in flames . She ran out and communicated the flames to some wood shavings wliich wcre lying in a timber-yard adjoining the house . After some difficulty the flames were extinguished , but uot until the poor girl was severely burnt . Her brother-in-law burnt lus hands severely in the attempt to extinguish the flames , The poor girl was conveyed to thc inhnnary . _whora

      she lies in a very dangerous state . Brutal Murder in the _Couoty of Limerick « , IIighmount , nearBallingarry , Monday morning . —On Saturday last , about twelve o ' clock a most awful murder of a wife by her husband , and attempted suicide of the latter , took place here . A man named Blucher , married to a woman that kept a dancingschool m this neighbourhood , locked himself up _fn his house with his wife , after sending every person out of the way on _ei-rands . A short time afterwards a little girl-Bluchcr ' s child-gave the alarm that her father was choking her mother . Some people collected around the house , and having broken in found him stretched near the door with his throat nearly severed across , and his bellv half _rimied tmm

      with a reaping-hook . They found the poor woman quite dead near him—straugled . He is still alive , and uuder the care of Dr . Graham , and in charge of two policemen . It is said that jealousy is the cause of tlus horrible murder . —Evening Packet . Fatal Carriage Accident . —On Monday evening Mr . Bedford , coroner for "W estminster , held an iu « _Juest at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of James iucas , aged forty , coachman in the service of Lord Stafford . Mr . II . Ley , clerk to the House of Commons , said that between one and two o ' clock on Tuesday morning last he was passing from _Pinilico into Arabella-row , when a carriage and pair of horses passed liim at a furious rate without a driver . Witness crossed the road , and met the deceased , and who was

      in great agony and scarcely able to stand , who informed liim that hc had just been knocked down by the horses , and the wheels ofthe carriage had passed over hLs chest . Witness led him to the Royal mows , where he sank from exhaustion , and having obtained assistance he was placed in a cab and brought im « mediately to the hospital . The deceased was quite sober . The carriage , after proceeding as far as Buckingham-gate , was upset , ia consequence of coming in contact with anothercarriagc . The Hon . Stafford Jeraingham said , that the deceased had recently entered his father ' s service as coachman , and that on the day following thc accident he called at the hospital to see the deceased , i , who told liim that _hislordship's carriage was drawn up bythe side of _thcroadia Arabella-row , and whilst _stanuin-j by the side of hia

      horses a carriage passed him driven at a rapid _ratty wliich startled his horses , and caused them to run . away ; that he ran to their beads to stop them , but he was knocked down , and the horses and carriage passed over liis chest . Mr . Athol Johnson , house surgeon , said that the deceased was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse , with several ofhis ribl fractured on the right side , and internal hemorrhage was going on to an alarming extent . He gradually sank , and expired on Friday morning from extensive rupture ofthe liver and effusion of blood into the cavity of the abdomen . Verdict , " Accidental Death . "—Evening paper . Suicide at Manchester . —On Tuesday forenoon

      last , John Newget , tailor , Long-street , Manchester , committed suicide by hanging himself . It appears that the deceased has been short of work for some time , and having a wife and four children to provide for , this preyed upon his mind . On Tuesday morning they had nothing in the house for breakfast . Thc wife , however , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , had succeeded in obtaining some food , when sho sent one of the children upstairs for its father , but , awful to state , the child found the poor man _suspended by tho neck and quite dead . The body , when found , was in a sitting posture , on the board upon which he worked , and the rope attached to a hook in the ceiling .

      Hydrophobia from the Bite of a Cat . —On Tuesday week , an inquest was held at the Patten Arms , Warrington , on the body of a labouring man , named James _Massey . It appears that , in January last , the deceased was sitting in the Star and Garter public-house , with other company , when a strange cat entered the room and attracted attention by her disagreeable erics . Massey , having been requested by the landlady to put her out , proceeded to do so , when she inflicted several wounds upon the back part of his hand with her teeth and claws . She was _hnrne * diatcly killed by a man in company , but no suspicion existed at the time ofher being in a rabid state . The wound healed in a short time , and the deceased

      contiBuedinhis usual health until Thursday week , when , being at Congleton , he felt pain in his arm , but proceeded to Middlewich , where he consulted a surgeon , who , suspecting thc cause of his indisposition , asked him whether he had been bit by a dog , to which he answered that he had not . After having had some medicine , he felt anxious to get home , and arrived tliere on Saturday , when hc was visited by Mi * . Okell and Dr . Rendrick , but continued rapidly to get worse , ahd died on Sunday , about four , p . m _., after most intense suffering . The verdict of the coroner ' s jury was to the effect that the deceased had died from hydrophobia , caused by thc bite of a cat when in a rabid state .

      Shocking Suicide . —On Tuesday night two persons who had resolved on perishing together , swallowed oxalic acid at a beer-shon in Cross-street , Leather-lane , Holborn , and one ot them died . The names oftho parties are William Cock and Hannah Moore , and they had lived in thc capacity of waiter and kitchenmaid at the Bell and Crown , and were discharged by the landlord a few hours previous , in consequence of a very unpleasant discovery , that an improper intimacy had existed between them . After leaving the Bell and Crown they engaged a room at the beer shop in Cross-streetand liaving purchased

      , a quantity of oxalic acid , mixed it in hot water , suffered it to become cool , and then swallowed tha poison . Thc woman expired a few minutes afterwards , in great agony . The poison did not take effect upon the man , who , trembling for the consequences ofhis rash act , gave an alann , and the landlady , on going into the room , found her lodger in a dying state , who soon afterwards breathed her last . Cock was given into the custody ol the police , and will be detained until the result of the coroner's inquest is made known . Tho deceased is stated to bo only twenty years of age .

      Dreadful _Accidewx—Toulon , May 21 . —A deplorable accident occurred this morning on board the ship Diademe . A cannon went off whilst thc men were charging it , and killed two of them and wounded another . Awful Catastrophe . — Bogota , Feb . 27 . —We leam that on thc 10 th instant a slide ef snow and earth came down from the Paramo of Ruiz _ajul destroyed a great part ofthe plain of Maraquita lying between thc river Sabandija and Lagunilla , burving in its progress towards the river Magdalena all ' the

      tobacco plantations , houses , people , cattle ; in fact , everything that Jay in its course . The exact number of persons who haye perished is not yet known , but it is supposed that at least onc thousand persons have lost their lives . We fear the consequences of this occurrence will be very serious to thc coming tobacco crop , for not only was the Lagunilla district one of the most extensive and productive , but wc apprehend that the greater part of thc people who have perished were tobacco growers , whose loss it will take some time to replace .

      Duelllyg . _—Berli-v _, May IC—A lieutenant has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for fighting a duel at Konigsbcrg with a civilian , who was mortally wounded . The seconds of the former wcre sentenced to one year's imprisonment . _AiiE-jiri to Murder a " Wife by her Husband . — On Monday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , tha nei hbourhood of that part of Blackfriars-road near Webber-row , was thrown into a state of considerable excitement in consequence ofa brutal attempt made by a man ofthe name of Norton , to murder his wife . It appears that , in consequence of repeated ill treatment , the unfortnnatc woman ( not more than thirty years of age ) had been separated from her husband , who had been confined in Ilorsemonger-lanc prison

      for assaulting her , and from whence he had been discharged only a few days , was placed by her sister in _xx small way of business , with a view to obtain a livelihood at No . 1 _HJ , Blackfriars-road , occupying a shop and parlour only , where she sold _cigars and other trifles . The husband finding this -out , and , it is believed , knowing ofthe absence of the sister , who had gone to visit some friends near _Judd-strcet , went to the shop about nine o'clock , and entering the parlour , seized a poker , and _commen . ced his murderous attack , striking her violently oyer thc temple and back p art of the head with such force as to bend the poker nearlv double . In hisvic ' _tini ' s efforts to defend herself the bones of her arms ar id fingers were broken , besides other

      injuries inflicted , . Tho cries of " murder ! " and " oh save me ! " having been heard by a person who was passing , he , rushed in and grappled with thc assailant , and _oth-er persons assisted to remove thc woman , who had become insensible , aud was deluged with blood , in ' Co the surgery of Mr . Smith , close by , when it was _fr-uud that she had _sustaJneA such severe injuries as to render the case not only highly dangerous , but abaaost hopeless , and Mr . Smith directed her immediate , removal to Guy ' s Hospital , where she was taken , in a cab . In the meantime tlic fellow attempted to make liis escape , but was secured by police-co'astable Lewis , 3 S I , and taken to the Tower-street _station and locked up .

      _boi-oB ' -fl Murder _yk the Oouxtv of _LuinuM _' - 1 lie pr # nt disturbed state of tliis country is alarming _bejiffid all description . On Thurday last , May 22 nd , as Mr . William Abbott , of Curduff , in this parish _, was returning from the town of Am , which is about six miles from his residence , he was attacked in the open day—at six o ' clock in the afternoon-by four men , and beaten so cruelly that hi died in a fe , r hQvxs ,- £ venmg Packet , - _^ _^»

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31051845/page/4/