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      Richabd Radfobd, Huljie.— .The Reason Wh...

      _ItXMlBiXWtoiTB , Star of Hope 'lodge , _JManchester , nmcajinnicates the infonnation that ,. ? . « two more lodges _Baj _, _% _iajf th _* iYaxmers ' Glory , and the Duke of _Man-T—lHtr—have joined those thatdemand the principle of fffit _& _ifffitaitalioxi in the Odd Fellows A . M . C . ; making j oatry oat of the eighty-four which constituted the ihesteiehester District" He also says , "Yon should sent i ; sent mere Stars last Saturday ; for as soon , as it _netatoeknownthatyoahadespoused onr cause , there i gre . a great demand , and hundreds were disappointed ; ' on 5 on Saturday evening there was sot one to be W- _Weskallbeglad to hear from Mr . Balmforth , _sinthieintJinatesj aud also from any one whocan _comicateaicate facts in relation to " the present dispute _, impc important and powerful Institution , of _OddrM

      : _ongts ought to be placed on a basis that would secure it i the n thc effects of shocks such as at present shake it ieces _^ eccs . No man , or set of men , in that Institution , lit _to-ht to be placed in a position where ttetr own trill _iramtartunount to the opinions and determinations of body body at large ; and if it be true that the " maoai" ofs" ofthe Order have so contrived it as to tender _cont'consli * * _** - ** _' the order subservient to their own iridajiridaal purposes , itis rime that the members genev _toojv took the matter in hand , and applied the corrective 3 * 2 Here it is needed . Their constitution once provided diret-direct lodge representation : way has that principle _ndqpn departed firomS Has not that departure served raise raise up an oligarchy , who not onl y imitate the olidncrrbical rulers of the nation in their arbitrary and

      uutaaaical mode of dealing with their refractory "sub" [ is , " but also imitate a far worse feature of the iWrernment of onr plundering " masters ,- "— -by diridan- among themselves the masses of wealth that _lyenower" manages to _dbsorb out of the hands of the _aoodacers . I « itnotatrarningshame , not only to the _irecorernors of the order" for having placed themselves id . such a position , but also to the members at large ia < _r having permitted it , that eight individuals , hainlt _MUiKGED with the Executive asd _Govmhing _fowcb , lite pocketed among _themsdxes in a short space of ! me no less a sum thim £ _36 , 000 / or goods supplied ?! m not this scandalous ? Hoes it look entirely free i om jobbing . ' is not tbe principle a monstrous one , ; pat permits the manager ofa public body to be once

      erne orderer , the sgtflies ., and the JODGti of " goods , " _leweAasJilBGBoftherecisombleneuof price ? KSir _lelobert Peel was a paper-maker , would it be borne that ihe should take a contract to supply the Government effices with stationary t Why , Sir Key , amember of _li-ariiamentcnly , was glad to escape with the vacation _urhis seat , when it was discovered that a contract-made hy his brother reaUy belonged to him ; -and that his , on , a minor , had , through the _fathers influence , been nhrustintoasituation which _madehimjui _^ eofthegoods ippplied nnder the surreptitious contract : ha was _d-lad _* , we say , to give np bis seat , and escape the fine of _HSSOO for every day that he sat in Parliament while a _infractor under Government And what reason lis there that the "governors" of such an

      _Instituissfesi as the Odd FeHows should be exempt from the _^ _cper & fioa of such a salutary role against jobbery D 3 ? fcribery , and corruption ! The rule applies to aU pnbiic liclwhes under the laws . If a member of a Common to Council , or of a Board of Highway Surveyors , or of a _U-jU-jwd of Guardians even , supply , or contract to _sup-$ ¦ v l - _}! * _- _! _- " Sflods _, '' " materials , " he is liable to heavy fit fiats , which anybody can enforce . Why should the « "CM . " ortbe "Boardof Directors" of the _Oddjefc : lo lo « s be allowed to do what these parties , eteSed 6 j tt g # r brother rate-payers , ano reacED * ro _sebve _theb £ J £ ff £ CTlVE OFFICES WITHOUT BEHCSEfcATIO-V , are Hot a _aSo-red to do i the more especially usNhe chances for . _m . - _xtj in the Odd Fellows ' _soaety are a thbusand times i _ntolerthanaayof tbe eases wehave named ! The

      - accounts of the Pubhc Boards we hare enumerated i QjtKlcforetlepublie . Any one ofthe public can object 1 to tlietu , and , oa appeal , set aside tie rate , if it appear i tiat the money entrusted to any of these public of-; _fcers has been wrongfully or corruptly applied . In the ose of Boards of Guardians there are public auditors appointed , who have the power of disallowing any item , of the justice and propriety of which they Keiomn te doubt , chiirging it to the Guardian ** , them-H * res . _TheinhsMtantsmvesriy _. _and-u _^ _ejustiees j _^ c _^ _haveaannlat powerOTertheaccountsof Highway Surveyors ; and all of these accounts , whether relating to die Highways , to the Belief of the Poor , or to _CorjAiralions , can be taken into the Superior Courts , aud Kt « si < fe , if wrong eitjMkry can be proved ! This

      cannot be done with , the accounts of the Odd Fellows 1 Tliere are no sneh checks on reckless expenditure or domright jobbery . The only check that could exist , under present arrangements , wonld be , that the " governors" , of the order were free from all interest in the aqiply of goods—free to see that the goods were of the required quality aud at a proper price—free to judge fcr the order—ami not for themselx . es . But even this ; deader and Inadequate check vanishes the moment job make the " governors" into contractors . Every _ajcciitrr against joVbaxgis gone . There is at once an _ittttTttt in over-reaching , in cheating , the order ; aud tliere is no check to prevent it . When eight _todieiduab , enter such arcumstances , divide among themselves _iS ' _. _OOO in a short space of time , they may well "

      sus-)« nd not only individuals , and lodges , but eren whole districts , that awaken to the conviction that " governor " " supplying their own goods is not a healthful piadple—if by such " suspension" they can coerce tie malcontents into passive obedience . There needs _DOlliiug more than the bare enunciation Of the fact , that eight " * governors- " of the order have sacked _jG _^ OOO for goods tc & _icb they have themselves supplied , to fell that the constitution and management ofthe order df Odd Fellows is far from what it should be . It be hoves , therefore , the members of the order to attend to litir badness . These monstrous abuses cry aloud for arrow—for rectification . To accomplish this , the _ixt & ers must have POWER to alter , Where alteration is miii . Tbey must have POWER to so arrange matters that their friends will not be exposed to the peculator , or the jobber . They must have POWER to

      impose the necessary guards and checks . They must hare POWER to so order it that the patronage of the order shall not be used as a means of bribery—as a means of attaching parties to a set of oligarchs , giving them an interest in _defending the worst jobbery , the grossest abuse , and the most unendurable tyranny Tic members at largemust have POWER todo all this , or tlieir order iriU stink in the nostrils of all just niea—niU " wither , and fade , and die . " To possess this _POWER at once necessary and just , they must hare direct representation ; they must choose men not hitherto subjected to tha _corraptiiig influences ; they must send parties who wiR not be hood-winked with specious generalities , but who will firmly grasp the true <« inri ] iles of public business , and as firmly apply them , _regardless of whom it may grieve or whom it may liaise The members of the order must do aR this :

      sua when they have done it , they wiR never again hear rf eight of their " governors" having pocketed amongst them £ -30 , 000 for goods supplied by themstkes ! Ax Odd Fatoir . —We quite agcee with him . In another place we have expressed our opinion on fhe _imywyr _itty { to designate it by the mildest term ) of allowin ; the " governors" ofthe order to become contractors lyrlhe supply of ijoods- VVe quite agree with our correspondent On the _EsEtESSXESS and folly of the articles , fcetost of winch forms one-third of the immense sum of £ S 6 , Q 00 , which eight individuals of the order , — _"goreruors" too , —have pocketed for " goods supplied " daring the last seven years . What _wRl the world think of lhe _misd of the order when they see the following

      account of expenditure , for things which at lest can _t-nl y be designated as gew-gaws . In the little hill from "Web we extract them , they are set forth as accounts fur - Tom-foolery , " Whether that be a correct designation or not , we leave to the judgment of the Odd _Jillovr reader , observing for ourselves that the _expenditure of the money in furtherance of the real objects « f Odd FeUowship , —the relief of the sick and the distressed ; or even in the purchase of substantial pro-I « rty for the order at large , wonld have been far more tafc & ctorrnow . Who is there that leoks upon the ' _t' _-SSafieitian of _£ 19 , § 99 , set forth below as the expenditttrefor "SASHING , "—or gaudy coloured silks and _«* ias wherein to dress HEX , —but must feel that the _341-ey has been wasted , when he reflects on TIIE GOOD which that amount otherwise expended might have done ; how mnch it might have contributed to ths _onaucipation of labour from tbe thraldom that * _" _&& Odd Fellow Societies necessary- If the laws

      traa rules of the order render sneh an expenditure ** r sneh a _puqiose imperative , the sooner they are _al-* _a * -J , the better for the credii of the order itself : and « suih expenditure is not enforced ; if it be by the "it-Trill of the different lodges , the sooner they get **>« su bstantial "tovs"to play with , the better for _^ character as MEX . The old adage says "fine * - *•• _" ¦ . _« wake fine birds f hat the plumage of the _P _^ ock would not sit well on the carcase of the jackj 'T" sat - t and satins , and ribands , and cloaks , i , _* «« ragh on the _kacks of tho ladies , when j * _B- . ed together with judgment and taste : bat a HAS w < _jiaa „* dofl ] es fc an _^ brote at me } Kst ban _^ . no thing ofthe amonnt of intellig « nce evinced by * n seeking to strut in petticoats and flounces . _"nwnbers of On order ought to evince a higher deftc « 'f tha _- ltl 1 '** following accounts , taken from ls «* _i authorised reports" of the G . M . and Board of _""W- _' _-rs , would seem to indicate r—

      JomFoolerv , Ko . 1 . _Amoimt of Cash paidtoP . G . M . _Massfield . SSf rSajii , ig 7 te ' _ss ' _¦ _' _^ _'" h 1 S 41 """** " " **•** 21 $ 910 _Jaiiua _^ i 8 t _* . "ln " _- ' S _54 8 0 _^ _anuaiV _. i _^ ' Sitaa S Sashing . 1293 C 4 _iannary ' _lt _^ 1238 12 0 _J _Xanuavv _, 1815 " * " _* " *""•••—• 1031 8 2 J 1231 3 91 T _, v , , 656 * 16 5 i _Jhnsnrt < £ _^«* ° ? . _& . 2 . _Maneh , im , for _Sasbin V t 0 P * * _* ¦ Pdser _- * _asrcb , lS 41 _^ £ 3331310 _^•^ , 18 * 2 , altering ' * - _^~ « l _% ¦ January , 1643 „ " _^ _"S * 108715 10 * , _ajuiarj-, 18 « . .. . "" . 1353 14 6 i ' _JacuarV 1 SI 5 9 SC 17 7 1245 2 7 5383 . 11 . 61 Total _forSashing i _2 jS 99 711 J

      Richabd Radfobd, Huljie.— .The Reason Wh...

      Ax Oio Ono FeUow promises a communication for - next week , which , rif -we are . to judge from hii'sjUabus , _* will be rather t . « rMW . He purposes to give a " fcis-; "tory of _R-eAcliftVs piece of plate ; anecdotes of the whole teni subscribers ; aipeep into the Olympic _Tairern , during the sitting of the Board _ofTlirectors ; _Reasons why they meet' tfiert --, _apd ; not at the Board room ; de-8 cripfion ofa _tatdesmea ' s dinner at Old Gray ' s .- _^ ( x . ; Sidbge , WEBTJn » BT £ « . l . if the body he represents had only had to bear a tithe of the " denunciation '' that we have had to endure for publishing la * less " denunclatorr" resolutions than those we withheld , . _. they would not have been quite so hasty or so inconsiderate as Mr . Srurge _' s communication would seem to indicate . We know that one of tbe parties impMcated is " as honest as the day is light , " and intends to do ererything that a just man in his circumstances ought to do : we know , too , that he is struggling , manfullv

      straggling , with difficulties broughton by his efforts to serve the Chartist cause ; and ire are not going to bear down on sneh a man , and help to cni 6 h him to tbe earth , to please any set of men whatever . We have also reason to before that the other party named in the said resolutions is incorrectly described . - To save all turmoil and pnblic quarrel we suggested that the resolutions should be communicated by letter to the parties interested , that they might have an opportunity of attending to the call made on them , or arrange privately about the matters in question . Da . Lococe ' s Pulmonic Wafebs . —The advertisement for this " cure for asthma , consumption , coughs , and colds , " came too late for insertion this week . It shall appear in our next . Meantime we may state that the Pulmonic Wafers can be had of Da _Siiva and Co ., _t , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , London , axd of all medicine Tenders , _Assslet Mis » g . —We are compelled to withhold their _nrtflrpcB till neit week .

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      Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAKD SOCIETY . PE £ MB . O'COHKOX . £ _s . d . Cheltenham , per Wm . lOIson .. „ „ -17 8 South Shields , per J . Patrick .. - .. „ U Wigan , per W . Walmsley .. .. o 10 o Salford , per John Millington _M „ .. M 2 0 0 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. .. 5 0 0 Barnsley , per J . Ward .. .. 2 0 0 Worcester , per Martin Griffiths „ .. .. 012 0 Sorwich . perJ . HunT * .. .. . „ .. .. 2 o o

      Kidderminster , per 6 . Holloway „ _„ » 2 17 0 Hull , Bartholomew Harrisson * .. .. .. 210 0 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. .. .. 200 Preston _. perJ . Brown .. .. ' .. .. .. 116 0 Boulogne ( France ) .. * . 3 4 0 Huddersfield M .. « .. .. .. .. 515 4 Bradford . ~ .. .. .. .. 200 Hochdale .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 Manchester .. .. - 14 10 0 Ashton , per Edward Hobson .. .. .. .. 5 16 0 * B . Harrisson's remittance for one share was 2 s . short a sharerand expenses being £ 212 s .

      PEE GESEBAI , 8 ECEETABT . - _INSTiLHENTS . / £ s . d . £ s . d . Charles Henoie .. 0 1 4 Rochdale ...... 019 0 Benjamin Fox .. 014 Leicester ...... o 8 0 G / Fox , 0 14 _Littletoira M .. 0 14 James Dixon .. .. 014 Stainland .. ., .. 0 40 Norwich 010 8 Sowerby longroyd 14 8

      8 HABEB . Benjamin Fox .. 040 Leeds .. .. .... 5 0 0 G . Pox . 0 4 0 Sowerby Longroyd 0 10 J . Dixon ...... 0 1 0 Lambeth 2 o 0 CAHDB Aid ) BOXES . Northampton rules 0 2 8 Stainland , cards and WeHingboro' „ 0 3 3 rules ..... 0 8 6 Peterboro' „ 0 0 4 Sowerby Helm .. 0 10 _littletoirn „ 0 1 lo Wigan .. .... .. 0 1 6 Birstall „ 0 0 6 Hanchestor .. .. 015 0 Thohj . _8 Mabtin Wheeleb .

      NATIONAI _. CHABTER ASSOCIATIOfl . EXECUTIVE . TZB . JIB . O _' COKKOK . £ _s . d . _Capecure , _MouIin-a-Vapeur ( France ) .. .. 2 15 o J . Dick , Lille .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 018 David Robertson , ditto .. 0 18 J . Thompson , ditto .. .. .. 016 DVSCOUBB TESTIMONIAL . Congleton , per J . Burgess „ ., „ .. „ 3 2 2 J W » GEHEE 4 L 8 ECB _* ETA _* 6 T . - 6 DB 6 CHlPI 10 J * 9 . S . d . 6 . d . Oldham . « .. .. .. 7 7 Rochdale , proceeds of Bolton 5 0 a dinner party .. .. 1 0 Rochdale .. 8 5

      CABDS . - - Peterborough .. .. .. . ., _., „ .. 2 0 TB 0 M _48 Maktin _WHEEtEi , Secretary .

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      Shocking Railway Accidents. Gotusios Os ...

      SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . _Gotusios os thb London and _Biruinqiiau Railwat . —On Tuesday morning last ( July 29 th ) , a frightful collision , attended with the most serious consequences , took place on the line of the London and Birmingham Bailway , near Chalk-farm , and within a short distance ofthe Camden-town station . During the day most painful rumours were afloat as to the loss of lift which had taken place by tho occurrence , and that which gained the greatest prevalence was one that no less than sixteen persons had been killed . On minute investigation , however , the foUow-mg , ob _* _ta-uiedfi-om official _a-adottevTOMces , has been ascertained to be the true narrative of the affair : —The mail train which leaves Birmingham

      ( having previously arrived from Liverpool ) at 55 minutes after twelve o ' clock , it appears is due at the London terminus at 32 minutes after five o ' clock , About a quarter past five o ' clock the train arrived at the Chalk-farm end of the tunnel , and proceeded at full speed onward towards the platform at the Camden station . The train , which consisted of from 10 to 16 carriages , including the trucks and post-office vans , continued its progress until arriving on the London side of the _Chatk-farm-bridge , where the down luggage train , wliich was some few minutes behind its time , was at the time crossing from the branch curve lines or " siding" leadiDg to the luggage storehouses on to the main down line . Thc fog or dew was so thick that it is described as utterly impossible

      for any one to see beyond 20 or 30 feet before them , andtheresoJfcwas , that before any measures could be taken to stop the speed of the mall train , then going at a rate of upwards of SO miles an hour , it ran into the luggage train , dashing three of the luggage vans and three of the carriages in the mail tram literally to atoms . The mail train contained , at the time of the collision , from 60 to 70 passengers , and it is considered almost a miracle , that at least 20 or 30 persons were not killed , under the circumstances , on the spot . As soon as the confusion occasioned by the shock had in some measure subsided , means were taken by the officers of the company and those who had effected their escape from someofthehindermost carriases to render assistance to those who had had

      the misfortune to be in carriages nearer the engine and tender . The screams of the women and the general scene which presented itself at this moment was appalling in the extreme . Many were taken out from amongst the fragments of the carriages in a fainting state , whilst others were seen with the blood streaming down their faces , occasioned by the injuries inflicted on them by the broken glass . Surgeons were sent for in eveiy direction , and the attendance was most prompt . The second carriage from the engine was a first class carriage , and jammed between the seats was discovered" an elderly gentleman , who was subsequently ascertained tobe Mr . Dean , an agent to the Earl of Devon , who was on his way to London upon some urgent business . After

      considerable difficulty , the removal of the unfortunate gentleman from the carriage was effected , and itwas then ascertained that his left leg was completely crushed , and the bones protruding through his trousers . At his OWll request Mr . Dean was at once pkced on a litter , andconveyed to University College Hospital . The other sufferers having been attended to were removed in cabs to their various destinations . _Fourwereaseertamed to have been seriously injured , but although many were very mtieli bruised and cut with the glass , their injuries were by no means of an alarmingcharacter .. Itappears that , although itwasno known that thedo wn luggage train was a little behind its time in starting , and that the mail train was nearly due , the red signal was not hoisted at the

      Chalk-farm-bridge , or the policeman stationed at the tunnel would have stopped the up train on its arrival at that point . The _engineattached to the mail train , ISo . 91 , was a perfectly new one , of immense power , and by the collision was almost broken to pieces . The first intimation of danger gixeft to \ J _»* 4 WTV » the driver , wh has been several rears on the line , and is considered a most experienced man , was from his stoker , who immediately on passing the Chalkfarm-bridge exclaimed , " For God ' s sake , Jem _^ shut the steam off , or we shall be into the luggage train . " lie had scarcely time todo so hefora the _eolliaion took place . Immediately after Unsworth had shut off the steam he jumped from the tender , and providentially fell between the carriage next to it , or he would have

      been crushed to atoms . How the stoker escaped is perfectly miraculous . As soon as it was ascertained that no lives had been lost , an engine was despatched with information ofthe occurrence to Euston-square , and otlier means were taken for the conveyance of the mail bags down to the terminus , in order to prevent as little delayas possible with _respectto _thePost-office delivery . Shortly after ilr .. _Bruyers , the chief superintendent , and other officets of tke line arrived at the spot , and measures _wene taken for clearing the obstruction , the who !* of whiehwas effected by seven o ' clock , -. and thc line itself was then found to Ike uninjnred . —On making

      _inqubfesatthe hospital , it was ascertained that the injury to the leg of air . Dean rendered amputation necessary , as it was a compound fracture , with theknee joint implicated . The operation was performed by Mr . Morton , one ofthe surgeons of the hospital , m the presence of Mr . Listonand _several other surgeons An official report of the occurrence was forwarded by Mr . Creed , the _secretarv of the London and Birmingham Railway , to the Board of Trade , and it is understood that Major General Pasley , the snrveyor general of railways , will institute forthwith an inquiry into the occurrence . The . conduct :. ofthe persons who may be open to blame on this occasion will he submitted to investigation , but the

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      proximate cause ot the accident appears ti ) have beewf too _' early _- afriTaT of lhe maU train and the - ate . _departiTO of _tbegwids train , joined to the _impossib-hty . of seeing the usual signals distinctly , in consequence _^ f a , fog . —The concussion took place at _^ _- bout lOOyan-b-from _thebridge , audit isastonishmg to obseri / e that the particular carriage which the engme _^ first struck was scarcel y damaged , yet the rertof _. the carriages , on the train were literally s _^ _bedtomeces _. and their _omtents distributed on rL _^ * . * lhe co « fusion was very great ; everyone struggling to get out , and in many cases some few minutes elapsed before one person could leave a carriage , three orfour having got jammed in the doorway , and those so situate not being willing to

      give way by going back . The following report respecting the accident has been sent by the railway authorities to the Board of Trade : —The Lancashire mail train , which is timed to arrive at _theEuston station at 32 minutes past fire a . m ., entered the Camden station at five jk . a ., as the first goods train , from London was crossing to the down line to proceed on its journey . The consequence was a collision which forced the engine tender and parcel van in front of the mail train off the rails , injured some of the waggons and carriages , and caused tbe fracture Of a leg of one ofthe passengers In a second-class carriage , and several severe cuts on the face and head of another passenger , by the breaking ofthe glass ofthe coupe ofa first-class carriage in wliich he was riding

      with ins lace to the engine . It does not appear that any more passengers were injured . In reporting , these occurrences for the information of the Lords of the Privy _Coancil for Trade , I would iaviteattention to the _following facts : —I . That the mail train arrived at the Camden town station 15 minutes before its tune . —2 . That the goods train , on the other hand , was 50 minutes later than its regular time of departure , owing to the unusual number of trucks which were to be conveyed . —3 . That , although the policeman at' _Chalk-farm-bridge hail turned on the red signal when thc goods train began to move , there was so much fog that the driver of a train coming out of the tunnel could not well have seen the signal , and consequently that in not soine forward to

      communicate with the policeman at the south . end of the tunnel , according to the ( _rdirs provided for this especial case , the policeman at the bridge failed in the performance of hia duty . —R . CUBED .. _ANoiUEn Accident on the London and BmiusgbaU H . ui . WAT . --An 6 ther accident of a very seriouscharacter took place on the line ofthe London and Birmingham Railway on Tuesday .. It appeals that the ten _oVlockup-train from Birmingham , and wliich is due at ] three [ o ' clock at the Euston-grove terminus , proceeded at its usual speed up to the time of ite arrival at Leytoh . After passing the Leytonstation , and between that place and Cheddington the _engmegot out of "gear , " or , in some measure , otherwise slightly deranged . The engine-driver , Newton , perceiving this was the case , slackened the speed and descended for the purpose _oifremed y ing the defect ; and the engine was again put in motion that

      he might see if he had done so effectually . On . attempting to ascend the engine whilst in progress , the unfortunate driver ' s foot slipped off one of the steps , and his right leg being caught by one of the wheel 8 , causedhimto fall , and the tender and carnages passed over the ankle and lower part of the calf , crushing it in a shocking manner . The . train was stopped , and the poor fellow having been placed in one ofthe carriages , was brought with all possible speed to the London terminus , where he was seen by Mr . Porter , the surgeon to the company , and at once accompanied by that gentleman to University College Hospital . At five o ' clock Mr . Listen was sent for , and a consultation bf medical gentlemen took place , at which it was resolved , inconsequence ef the dreadfully crushed condition of the limb , that ampntation was necessary ; and the operation was at ence performed . Last evening the report was , that Newton was progressing favourably .

      Accir _aaT o . v the _Socrn-EAsrunN _Railwat . —On Monday evening an accident occurred to the Dover up train on this line ; the Mowing are . the particulars : —The train left Dover at half-past six , and reached _tfa-e Tunbridge station about eight . Here tho rearmost carriage had to be detached , and the man who performed the operation neglected to place the red lights which were at the back of the detached carriage upon the last carriage of the train which proceeded onwards for London . The error was , however , speedily discovered , and a spare engine whieh was standing at Tunbridge was dispatched to the next station with the necessaiy lights , the drirer of which was made fully acquainted with all the circumstances ofthe case ; bnt it is considered he acted very

      incautiously , and to him is to be attributed the accident . He states that thc evening was dark and misty , and that he was not able to see anything upon the line ; and no signal having been made as he neared Penshurst , he continued his course at a rapid rate , in the hope of overtaking the train . Upon arriving at the Penshurst station , without being able to gire the slightest previous notice , he ran the engine into the _hindirinost part of tbe train , the buffers taking the floor ofthe last carriage , which was raised upwards , and penetrating the bottom of the second and third in the tier . The result was that the whole of the passengers of a full train were thrown forward with great violence . The crash was dreadful , and their screams were terrific . Fortunately there were

      ia . the train the resident engineer of the line , Mr . P . 'W . BarJow / and Mr . Stephenson , the engineer , as well as three medical men . An indescribable scene of confusion ensued ; not less than twenty persons were bleeding from a -variety of contusions , and several who were considered to have been the most serenely injured were taken into the station , and information of the occurrence was conveyed to Mr . Creasy , surgeon , of Edinbridge , Mr . Gregoiy , of Leigh , near Tunbridge , and Mr . Picking , of Penshurst , the latter ' of whom , with his assistant , promptly attended . Upon examining the wounded it was fouud that one gentleman had his jaw broken and his teeth driven in ; another had his leg fractured , and another his spine materially injured . Indeed ,

      there were six who were severely hurt , but no lives were lost . A young lady , with an iniant child npon her knee , was considered some time in danger irom syncope , occasioned by the injuries her father had received , but she ultimately recovered . All the parties * wcre conveyed to London thc same night ; Mr . Cubitt conducting the trifling cases to town , and Mr . Barlow , with a special train , taking charge _^ of the more seriously injured passengers . There isno apprehension of a fatal result in any case . The engine-driver , whose name is Walker , and whose careless conduct appears to have been the cause of the accident , _hae been given into custody , and was examined before the _m-aigistvates at Tunbridge , on Tuesday evening . A writer in the Times of

      Wednesday has the following , in relation to this collision : — I remained at the Penshurst station about an hour and a half , and gave my professional assistance to those who most required it ; but the many who were suffering from wounds and contusions were obliged to wait for assistance from Tunbridge and lieigatc , there being no surgical applications obtainable at Penshurst . Though one gentleman had a broken leg , and another ii severe injury of the back , ani thirty or forty were much cut and bruised , 1 trust there will be no loss of life . We were stationary , or nearly so , when the engine struck us , and experienced two distinct shocks , the second by far the most severe . There were four carriages behind that in which I was seated , all of which were injured , the

      hind one , which received the blow , was smashed to pieces , it being an open second class carriage . Some of the passengers were thrown out of the windows , to which they may in part , attribute their preservation , and the guards were thrown several yards . Two or three ladies , sitting in the coupe of a first-class carriage next to mine , had their heads driven through the plate glass windows in front , and were much cut about the face . The first effect of the shock was an awful pause of a minute as if the passengers were bewildered ; and then the rush from the carriages of the frightened , the fainting , the bruised , and the bleeding , crying wildly for help , without any appearance' of sympathy or assistance in the confusion wliich at first ensued , formed such a frightful picture

      as I hope never to look upon again . Although m this case there will be , I trust , no loss of life , as a medical man I must state that thc consequences of fright upon nervous and delicate women , and concussion of the brain , wliich all must more or less have felt , often leave behind them effects whicli are long continued , severe , and wen fatal . W . _SlMPSOX . _BvaumuTC-house , Hammersmith , July 29 , 1845 . Collision ox the Easiebs Cousties Railway . — Thc following letter appeared in the Times of Tuesday last : —Sir , —I had received so favourable an account of the accommodation afforded by thethird-class carriages on the Eastern Counties Railway , that 1 was induced to go yesterday from the Shorcditch

      _temiuius by the hall-past twelve o clock goods and third-class train . 1 got a ticket for Chelmsford , and , always preferring to be as far as possible from the engine , and little dreaming of the kind consideration of the company , I placed myself in the last carriage . The passengers' carriages —I would say waggons — were not placed in the middle with goods trucks fore and aft , but they formed the rear . Between Romford and Brentwood I suddenl _y heard a noise as of an engine behind us , and on looking out I saw , sure enough , about 100 yards behind us , one bearing down upon us at , I will not say " full" speed , though _Butm was my impression at the time , but , at any rate , a very fast pace . I drew my head in , and , holdine on by the door . 1 exclaimed , " There ' ll be a

      shock directly , —take care ! " and I had no sooner said so than a violent shock did take place . I cannot describe the scene tliat ensued . A lady , leaning against a bar dividing tlie carriage into two parts , had her back and mouth so much injured , that she could go no further than Brentwood ; she was going to Chelmsford . A man sitting next to her had his teeth knocked in , and , su _» h was the force ofthe collision between his mouth and the bar , that thc edge of the latter was broken away . A woman with three children was severely bruised . Two or three got their knees bruised or broken . One man had a most extraordinary escape . " When the engine overtook us he was leaning with his back against the backVof the . waggon He was only bruised , although the broad seat in front

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      _olbim . _was torn . awayirom its supporters . It was a miracle he did not get his legs broken , jammed in between thctwo seats . We were all more or less frightened ; but , ot course , people who go by thethird-clnss have nerves of a _third-class quality , and so course that they cannot be affected by such occurrences as this . However , , be that as it may , the " penny-amuers seem to deserve no consideration from the legalised monopolists . We went on for a minute and then stopped . I looked out and perceived that our carriage was left behind , and all the rest of the train was rapidly proceeding . I alighted with several others , and the driver coolly informed us that the connecting chain ( I forget the technical term he used ) which attached our vehicle to the next had broken ,

      and we had been bumped up against the train . I am astonished our carriage was not overset ; and , when we arrived at Brentwood , the station-master , after he had heard the particulars , could scarcely believe that it had not been overturned . Most of the poor innocent uninitiated passengers thought the engine had got foul of us by mistake ; but no such thing was the case / for it was sent from London to help us along , tliat we might not be overtaken by the fast train ; . a dreadful name , particularly to people situated as we were . We were pwsuaded to remount the carriage ( all but two , who preferred walking on to Brentwood ) , and the engine pushed us on to Brentwood , where we found the rest of the train . The shock extended aloBg the whole train , and there were plenty of braises and several hats lost in the

      other carriages _.,-.-But ours had the worst of the collision . Now , - if the auxiliary engine had been " slackening , as . the driver stated , and not going faster than our train , and I think that it ought not to have been doing so , how was it ( supposing the chain gave way when the auxiliary was within 100 yards of us , a singular , a very singular coincidence , and was not broken or unfastened by the tremendous concussion , as many thought)—I ask how was it our carriage , the last , mind you , was violently driven against and shook all the rest of the train 1 When we had got a short distance from Brentwood the auxiliary left , having afforded in the helping-on way no more aid to the whole train than a push during that short space . - , Booking , July 26 V R . C . _Milser .

      Fatai . Acciuen ! ok thb ' Great _Wksteim Railway . —On Monday night the night guard at the Hanwell station , while sitting on the platform , and close to the ladder whence passengers ascend and descend from the c & _vri & ges ,-was struck by the iron steps of ono of the carnages attached to the ten o ' clock train and knocked down on the line , the train passing over him . The body is represented as being a most frightful spectacle , and was nearlv cut in two . It would seem from another report that the fatal accident occurred by a sudden oscillation or swerving of the train as it neared the station .

      Accidents on the _Midlasd Railway . —Derbt , July 29 . —About seven o ' clock last night , a fatal accident occurred at the railway station here . George Redfern ; a porter , was assisting to " Bhunt" a truck , when the catch on the turntable by some means did not act , and tbe consequence was , the truck swung round much further than it ought to have done , and crushed the poor fellow to death . Much excitement and alarm were also occasioned at the station by the noii-arrival of the mail train , due in Derby at

      twenty minutes to seven , hut which did not make its appearancethere till after eight o ' clock . It appeared that two mineral trains had come into collision at the Clay-cross tunnel , and occasioned each other much damage . Along time elapsed before tliey could be removed , and were it not for the very effective signalling along this iine very serious consequences might have resulted . A stoker , who jumped off when he saw that a collision was unavoidable , had one of his legs broken in two places ; but he is now doing well .

      The lme Party Riot at _Liverpool . — At the Liverpool Borough Sessions on Saturday last Walter Greenwood , 21 , Patrick lvinahan , 25 , Lawrence O'Mallcy , 20 , Charles Managhan , 20 , Peter Ready , 27 , Wm . Wilson , 27 , Joseph Gill , 18 ; Thomas Managhan , 20 , Edward Connor , 20 , Daniel Kelly , 22 , and Michael Flaherty , 26 , stood indicted for having unlawfully and riotously assembled in Great Crosshallstreet , on the 6 th July , and then and there made a great noise , riot , and disturbance and continued doing so for upwards of two hours . There were nine counts in the indictment . The first charged that they struck Superintendent _M'Donald ; the second , that they disturbed the peace and assaulted Inspector Bibby ; the third , that they riotously assembled to

      disturb the peace and assaulted Wm . Smith , a policeofficer ; the fourth , tliat they were armed with sticks and staves and making a great riot ; the fifth , that they unlawfully assembled together for four hours and more ; the sixth , that thoy were arrayed ina warlike manner and made an affray ; the seventh , eighth , and ninth counts charged the assaults with having been committed on the parties aforesaid . Mr . Blair conducted the case for the prosecution . Mr . James , with whom was Mr . Mew , defended the whole of thc prisoners . The evidence of the prosecution occupied a considerable portion of tlie day . Mr . James , in his address to thc jury , admitted that the conduct of the constabulary was above all praise , and that there was a riot ; but he thought the evidence of identification had , in some respects , failed . Witnesses were examined for the defence , principally with the view of proving _anaffiWibr some of the prisoners . The jury , however , found the whole of

      the prisoners guilty ot a riot . The Recorder , in passing sentence , said that he was called upon , not in any vindictive spirit , but for the sake of example , to endeavour to prevent the recurrence of scenes like those which had occurred , and whicli might hereafter , unless an example were made , be worse than any which had hitherto taken place . Hewas compelled to pass a sentence somewhat severe upon all of them ; and he did so with the view , if possible , of putting a Stop to those collisions between conflicting parties and conflicting crowds which , from time to time endangered the peace of the town , ile then sentenced each ofthe prisoners , with tho exception of Connor , to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four calendar menths . Connor , who , it was proved , had thrown stones , and struck Inspector Bibby in the mouth and knocked out one of his teeth , was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for six calendar months .

      Fearful Accident . —On Sunday last an accident of a truly ten-hie character occurred to Mr . George Graham , of Mabin-hall , his wife and daughter , and the infant child of the latter , while returning in a sbandry , from Caton _, near Lancaster , to _Ilevci-sham . While stopping to pay the toll at the penny-toll bridge , which stands at an immense height over the river tunc , the horse suddenly became restive and ungovernable , and , to the horror ef the party , backed the shandvy to the brink of an awful precipice . There was time for nothing but a sensation of an inconceivable horror before the horse , vehicle , and passengers were tumbled over the height to the depth of

      twenty-seven icet . In falling the shandry came in contact with a p rojection of earth which jutted out at the depth of six feet , when the whole ofthe party were thrown out of the vehicle by the shock to the bottom , and the horse appeared to be Hying in the air . The animal was projected a considerable distance , and was killed on the spot , but Mr . Graham and his family found themselves uninjured by the fall . The baby , a little girl not six weeks old , was picked up at some distance from its mother , among the pebbles , and the child ' s little bonnet was nearly torn to pieces . The escape altogether was most miraculous . —Westmoreland Gazette .

      FmcnTFUL Case of _EtTDnopnoBiA . —Last Sunday morning a labourer in tho employ of Mr . Hallctt , a farmer at Cucl * . field , took three hor ? es from the stable and turned them into the field . Shortly afterwards one of thc animals began to evince symptoms of hydrophobia , 'tearing up the earth , dashing wildly about the field , biting the other horses most fearfully , and gnawing the gate-posts and vails , sewing the stones in the path with its teeth , and tin-owing them into the air , with great violence . Whilst the fit was

      on , a boy accidentally passed through the field , and had a most miraculous escape . He was attacked by the infuriated animal , and he may attribute his fortunate escape to his umbrella , which the horse seized with great violence , tossed it into the air , and then bounded off , leaving the poor boy an opportunity of escape , of which he speedily availed himself . The fit was on him several hours , during which time he had lacerated himself in a shocking manner . At length lie becaiuc exhausted , and dropped dead in thc field . The other horses have since been destroyed .

      Si ? _DDEi * _DuAin is the _Sweet . —On Monday night , about hall-past eleven , policeman Dentham , while passing on duty through President-street , Kingsquare , _Goswell-street , found a woman of highly respectable appearance lying prostrate in the gutter in a state of insensibility , and , with the assistance of other constables , he conveyed her on the stretcher to the station-house in Featherstone-sti-eet , but on her arrival there she was dead . She was discovered to be a lady named Woolcock , residing at 26 , Kingsquare ; ana Mrs . Rebecca Coates , a relation who lived with her , who attended at the station-house and identified her , stated that she had lately had two fits , and that the physician who had professionally attended her had cautioned the family that another such attack would in all probability terminate fatally , a prediction which was uow awfullv confirmed . The

      body was conveyed irom the station-house to St . Luke's workhouse for the coroner ' s inquest . Five Pbbsoxs Drow . ved . —On Tuesday morning , at about a quarter before five o ' clock , a melancholy accident occurred on the river between Millbank and the N ew liouse of Lords , by wliich five persons lost the ' w lives . It appears that a boat , containing a number of men and women , was returning from the fair held in _Battersea-fields . On arriving off Millbank some of thc passengers were changing seats , for the purpose of taking the oars to row , when tho boat was upset , and all were immersed in tho water . The scene was heartrending . An alarm was raised , and boats with assistance put off as _qnicklv as possible . Some were saved ; but unfortunately , three men and two women were drowned .. Tho -drags' were procured , butnoneot the bodies are . as ; yet discovered * . It is unknown who they are . _^ _g _^

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      " _Steam-boatjExi-losion off Blackwall . —On _Tties day morning , between ten and eleven o ' clock , an explosion of steam of a very fearful character occurred onboard the Isle of Thanet steam-boat , off Blackwall . It appears that the vessel left Nieholson ' _swharf with a good share of passengers , for Deal , Dover , & c ., and on avmuig off the _IMackwall pier , those on board were greatly alarmed by a sudden rush of steam from thc engine-room and pipe , and a considerable fall of soot from the funnel produced by the shock . The next moment the poor fellows engaged about tho machinery were to be seen scrambliner un

      from the engine-room , and the excitement that ensued amongst thc passengers may be well conceived . The captain very promptly brought the steamer alongside the Royal West India mail packet the Dee , and the affair being noticed from the pier , several boats put oft" to the . assistance of the affrighted passengers . Two men were much hurt by tlic action of the steam . One of them , a coal-trimmer , was immediately removed ina _biot tothe Dreadnought hospi tal ship off Greenwich . As soon as the excitement had somewhat subsided , she was taken back to Deptford to have her damage made good .

      Murder at _Easincwold . —On Monday last , the second adjourned inquest , on view of the body of Joseph Windsor , was held at thc house of Mr . Enrashaw , in , Easingw _« ld , before John Wood , Esq ., coroner of this city . The investigation into the cause of the deceased ' s death was commenced on the 18 th July , and continued by adjournment on Monday the 21 st , and again on the 28 th July . From the evidence adduced on these occasions it was elicited that the deceased was seven years of age , and on the morning of Thursday , the 17 th , he appeared iu his usual state of health . He was sent with his father ' s breakfast , and on returning home his stepmother , Jane Windsor , prepared his breakfast , and also placed before him some treacle and brimstome . _alleging , as her

      reason for so doing , that the lad had some eruptions on his body , andthe mixture would do him good . Deceased refused to comply with the stepmother ' s request , upon which she obtained the assistance of his schoolmistress , and the two succeeded in forcing the treacle and brimstone into his mouth . The youth was shortly afterwards seized with excessive sickness , and was occasionally purged , which caused Mmsiderablealarin amongst the . _neiglidours , who were induced to obtain the aid of Mr . Wiley , apothecary , the medical gentleman to whom application was first made , being from home . Proper _^ remedies were applied , but they proved unavailing , and the poor hoy expired a little after twelve o ' clock . A post mortem examination of tlie bodv was afterwards made bv

      Mr . Scaife , a surgeon , who found tho stomach and intestines in a highly inflamed state ; he also detected a white powder in great quantity , which left no doubt upon his mind that death had been produced by poison . Thc contents of the stomach were subjected to a chemical analysis , the result ofwhich confirmed the opinion previously expressed by Mr . Scaife . —The jury ultimately found a verdict of "Wilful Murder ngainBt Jane Windsor , the deceased ' s stepmother , " and a warrant was made out for her committal to York Castle , for trial at the next assizes , to which prison she was removed on Tuesday . Trial ok * the Charge of MunnER . _—Duiuum , Tuesday , July 29 . —The trial of Louis Henry Goule , for the murder of his wife , was appointed for this morning . It appeared from the evidence that thc prisoner was the superintendent ofthe county police , and in the performance ofhis duty some months ago , received a severe wound on the head with an iron weapon , which had added much to his natural irascibility of temper . He had lived unhappily with his

      wife for some time , owing to his suspecting that she had connected herself with other men . One person was particularly pointed out in the evidence—a Mr . Seruton , as one of whom the husband was most jealous ; and it wonld appear by the manifestations of the _^ populous ,. that public opinion condemns this person as really criminal . The prisoner occasioned the death of his wife by shooting her with a pistol , the ball of which lodged in her arm , and produced lock-jaw , ofwhich she died . Mr . Wilkins ably and eloquently defended the prisoner , and the jury , after an absence of thirty-five minutes , announced that they acquitted theprisoner of the crime of murder , but found that he was of unsound mind at the time of committing the act ofwhich he had been arraigned . The Judge then pronounced sentence on the prisoner accordingly—that he should be confined during her Majesty ' s pleasure in such place as she shall think fit to appoint .

      Tiie Stwdenijlct Eiecrio.V.—We Announced...

      Tiie StWDEnijLCT EiEcrio . v . —We announced last week tlierctircmentofMr . _Bagshaw , the Whig candidate , and the acceptance by Mr . Hudson , the great railway director , of the offer to be put ill nomination as Conservative candidate . On Monday Mr . Hudson arrived from York ; and mado his public entry into tho town . His friends having formed themselves into proccsssion , proceeded from tho railway to the George Hotel , accompanied by a band of instrumental music and a large crowd , who alternately

      uiascd - V . vi cheered . On reaching the hotel , Mr . Hudson proceeded to address the electors aad others assembled , from the front window . He professed himself a supporter of " our glorious constitution in Church and State , " —and ofthe present Ministry ; he then adverted to his successful speculations in railways—to' his not belonging to the aristocracy , and to his elevation to his present position ; all of which , he argued , should recommend him to thc favour and support of the electors . No sooner was Mr . Hudson ' s meeting closed , than thc Colonel ' s fr iends held a meeting in front ofthe Bridge Hotel , from the window ofwhich Mr . Moore , Mr . Bright .

      M . P ., Col . Thompson , Mr . A . J . Moore , and Mr . Falvy , successively addressed an assembly of nearly a thousand , chiefly working men and shopkeepers . The theme of tho speakers was Mr . Hudson ' s address and his importation of two hundred labourers from Yovk . __ The state of the town , at this time , and , indeed , during the whole of Monday , was indescribable . —The agents of both parties were to be seen in every quarter , counselling , entreating , persuading , and coercing the electors to vote for thc respective camlidatos , who , sooth to say , had no enviable task , and must have suffered no ordinary fatigue and annoyance . On Tuesday the _proceedings were much the same as on tho previous day , both parties being equally assiduous in their canvass .

      _Refeai , Association . _—De-susciation ot the Losdon Repealers . —The usual weekly meeting of thc Association took place on Monday in the Conciliation-Iia . ll . The secretary read the weekly report of Mr W . J " . O'Connell respecting the proceedings of the London Repealers . Ile stated that the Repealers ofthe St . Patrick ' s Ward intended to hold a public meeting on Thursday next , in the National-hall , Holborn , for the purpose of laying tlieir grievances before the public . He endeavoured to impress upon them the impropriety of such a stop , and represented to them that if they persevered thc result would be their total severance from the Repeal Association . They replied , that thoy wore not the members of thc Association , and did not sco why

      he should interfere with them . Mr . J . _^ _O'Connell _, M . P ., moved the adoption of the report , and expressed pleasure at the declaration mado by the refractory London wardens—that they considered themselves as no longer belonging tothe Association , In that they were quite right , for , no matter what their _respectability or tlieir services might he , they could not be permitted to remain members of that Association . The great bod y of the peoplo of Ireland would not be rightly treated if any number of men living in another country , and unacquainted with the reasons which induced the adoption of particular measures by the Association , were allowed to overrule

      its decrees and decisions , ' Ho trusted , therefore , that the Association would support hiin in giving this last warning to thc refractory Repealers of London , that if the intended meeting wero held , those who attended it should no longer consider themselves members of the Association , and their names should not remain on the books beyond that day week . They could not hear any further arguments from these parties . Mr . Ray had reasoned with them long and patiently , but without success , and forthe future » o treaty with them could be entered upon . ( Hoar . ) The rent for thc week was stated to be £ 333 Os . id .

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      mm HMfon WITH ¦ SATURDAY'S NEWS

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      POLICE , LEGAL AND GENERAL . MAHYLBBOXE . Saturday . —The " Flesh" asd the " Spirit . "—Two ladies of particularly ' * easy virtue , " named Martha Lewis and Sarah White , Mere charged with annoying an elderly parson , who described himself us a _IVesleyan preacher . The worthy man made the following statement in answer to the inquiries of the magistrate : — "In my progress along the New-road , last night , I having been enjoying the society ot a respected friend at I _' entonville , these women came up to me and asked mc to tw . it thorn ; which I of course refused ; they , however , detained me when

      about to pass on my way , and strongly pressed me to treat them , still holding me by the coat , which they tore . Of course I again refused , and threatened to give them into custody if they did not desist annoying me . I then Baw they were drunk . One of them said , — ' Come , old chap , give us something , or we'll give it to you . ' They then shook mc , and tliinkin _' , ' it ivas their intention to rob me , I called . out for the police . " Thc women declared that . the old gentleman was drunk and wanted to go home with them . This , however , their accuser solemnly denied . The ladies _wcreovd-itcd to pay 10 s . _cachi ov to go to prison for fourteen days . They were locked up .

      MARLBOROUGH STI 1 EET . SatobdAS . —ChabOe or Picwsc Pockets . — _Jota Daniels , a young man of very respectable connexions , and who has for the last seven or eig ht years boea a clerk in the employ of Messrs . Dalmaine and Co ., of Soho-square , music publishers , was placed at the _b : i > _-, charged with attempting to pick pockets . —George _Ano ' e _.-son , police-constable No . 25 , of the C division ' , stated . that about . Jive o ' clock yesterday afternoon ; lie saw the prisoner following three ladies , walking . _arm-in-ai-m , up Regent-street , towards Oxford-street , from Pic « idilli ; . iT lie prisoner looked

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      back several times to observe if he was watched , w itness was in plain clothes . He followed hhn uv as closely as he could . At the Circus iu _O-vford-street the ladies were prevented from crossing by some _oiiiuibuses passing . The prisoner then went up to the middle one , and put his hand round her to her right-hand pocket , lie , however , did not take anything out , as tlie ladies moved on at the instant , and he then walked back down Regent-street , as far as Argyll-place , when he went up . to - two ladies who were looking in at a shop-window , and attempted the pockets of one of them in the same way . He afterwards followed two other ladies , anil witness saw him lift up one of tlieir gowns , on which he took him into custody * The prisoner resisted , and used very violent and foul language , and attempted to get away . —Tlie prisoner , in answer to the

      accusation against him , said that nearly the whole of the statement of the _policc-constablc was a fabrication . It was true that he was passing up Regent-street when the constable stopped him , but that he had not attempted to pUk any person's pocket , nor had he ever turned back , as the constable stated . He resisted the constable , because , as ho was in plain clothes , lie did not suppose he lllld _Bliy authority to arrest him . —Wiiks , tlie gaoler , and other officers ofthe court , said they hadkiwvn the prisoner as a man of unblemished character for many years . —A host of lhe prisoner ' s friends-were in court to testify to the same efl ' ect . — -Mr . Maltby said he should send the case for further investigation before a jury . —The prisoner was accordingly committed to take his trial for the misdemeanour of attempting to pick pockets . —Bail was afterwards offered and accepted for his appearance .

      Trades' Conference. Afternoon Sitting-Sa...

      TRADES' CONFERENCE . AFTERNOON _SITTING-SATi / BPAr , Aubirsr 2 . T . S . Huncombo , M . P ., resumed the chair . The Conference immediately proceeded to the election of the officers of thc Land Society . _DIBECTOUr . T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., was proposed and elected by acclamation as president . VICE PBESIDEKT . Mr . William Robson . DinECIORS ( _METHOrOI . ITA'X ) . Messrs . Gimblet , Wade , Story , and Arch . ' rnOVINCIAL DIRECTOKS . Messrs . W . Evans , Potteries ; G . White , Bradford , * and — Roberts , Manchester .

      QUORUM . Three members , exclusive of president and vicepresident , shall constitute a quorum . The following resolution was proposed and adopted : " That all monies received on account of shares in this Association be lodged at a Banker ' s inthe name of tho president , until a treasurer be appointed . " Mr . Duncombe having left the chair , and Mr . Skelton having heen called thereto , Mr . W . Evans moved— " That the heartfelt thanks of this Conference are due , and hereby given to T . 5 . DimcOIUue , M . P ., for the able , talented , and zealous manner in which he has presided over its deliberations , and for his great services to the working classes generally . " This motion was seconded by Mr . Firth , supported by Mr . G , White , and earned unanimously amid the loudest applause ..

      Mr . Duncombe said : The kind manner m which you have received my name , I receive as another mark o % our confidence . In return , I can only thank you and tliose you represent for thc kindness I invariably receive at your hands . I can only regret that it has not been in my power to attend your sittings move regularly , but during my absence I am pleased to know you have found an able substitute in the person of Mr . Evans . I have looked forward to your sittings with _jfcelings of deep interest and anxiety , because on them depended the success or failure : but should the Working classes rally around your Association as its merits deserve , failure is impossible . Ou your return to your several localities it will be the duty of each delegate to lay thc merits of the two plans before his constituents , and assure them of the ability and efficiency of the

      directory left behind to carry them into practice . For myself , I can only say , that no exertion on my part shall be spared to give effect to your intentions ; and should any question affecting your interest arise in Parliament ) depend on it , I will be there to support it . ( Loud cheers . ) Wc have unfurled a banner under xvhieh the working classes will do well to rally unfurled as it is with no unworthy motive . I again thank you for tlie kindness you have shown me since I have had the honour of presiding . I have every confidence in thc honour , and integrity , and intelligence of the working classes , and believe they will obtain tho objects they seek . Mr . Duncombe resumed his seat amid the most enthusiastic cheering . A _voto of thanks was passed to Mr . Evans , who had preside ;! during Mr . Duncombe ' s absence , and to the Provisional Central Committee . Mr . Evans responded , and the Conference dissolved .

      Suicide is the SEnr-KSHNE . —Yesterday ( Friday , August 1 st ) afternoon , at half-past three o ' clock , a young lady about eighteen years of ago , at present unknown , leaped off tho bridge fronting Kensingtongardens , into the Serpentine river . Scv . val persons observed the rash act , and the Humane Society ' s boat was put off to her rescue , but in vain . ASOTHEII ACCIDE . _N'T OX THE NoitTHBBiV AXD EASTERN Cou . vriEs _ltAiMWV . — Yesterday morning ( Friday , August 1 st ) , when thc np-train , which started from

      Cambridge about eight o clock to proceed to London along the new branch line wliich was opened last Wednesday , was passing through Ilinhaui , a village between Newport anil Elscnham , the passengers wero alarmed by thc sudden collision of the carriages , upon which the engineer promptly stopped the train . It was then discovered that the tender had got oft" the line , which had been occasioned by the neglect ofthe man stationed to set the points . Fortunately the train had just been put in motion , or tho consequences would have been serious . No bodily injury was sustained by the nasscngcrs .

      Collision of Steamers . —Loss of Oxe _IIukdhed and T'nmtY-rivE _Livus . —Constantinople , July If . Oil the night of tho llth instant , on tlic Black Sea , about forty miles cast of the Bosphorus , a most dreadful catastrophe took place . Two Turkish steamers , the one coming from , and the other going to Trcbizond , came into sudden collision , and one of them wont down with thc greater part of her crew and passengers . The vessels were the Scutari , commanded by Mr . Dubbins , aud the Medjchvai Tidjahrct , commanded by Mr . Lambert . Thc shock was tremendous . Tlie vessels parted ; tlio Medjchvai _Tidjalirct dropped about a mile astern , and in the course of less than a quarter of an hour it was found that she was siuking rapidly . The Scutari , which

      bad got but slight damage , then went to her help ; but it was too late . Very few , comparatively , could bo saved . The boats of the devoted vessel were so overcrowded by those xvho strove with frantic eagerness to make their escape , that they sunk at once . About seventy , however , by swimming , and by clinging to thc spars , reached the Scutari , where they clustered round the paddle-boxes till they were taken in . Captain Lambert and an engineer were picked up bv a boat of the Scutari . All thc rest , one hundred and thirty-live souls , perished . Their agony WHS a short one , but it was terrific . The Piratical Murderers . —The unhappy men , since their condemnation , have conducted themselves with exemplary propriety , and appear not only to be resigned to their fate , but to be sincerely penitent . Maiaval aloneappears to entertain a hope that

      powerful influence will be interposed m lus lavour , wlucli will prevent the sentence from being carried into execution , lie is a Spaniard by birth , and is said to be highly connected in that country . __ Whether these reports be anything more than mere idle talcs we do not pretend to know , but it is quite certain , from the prisoner ' s language and demeanour , at the time of receiving sentence , that he looks with some confidence to the Spanish authorities , to interest themselves in his escape . The prisoners it would seem do not aftect to deny the conspiracy , and its melancholy result , but thev allege that others besides themselves were as deeply implicated in it . There is reason to believe that the execution will take place over the gateway ofthe County Gaol on Friday next .

      Confession to a Murder . —The citizens of Lincoln have been startled during tho last day or two by the rumour tbat a man had confessed to having perpetrated a muricr . in their ancient city . A letter lias been received by the superintendent of the Lincoln police , from the chaplain of Salford gaol , requesting him to make inquiries relative to the following matters : —The rev . gentleman states that in their gaol they have a man named Clapham , a joiner , 25 vears of age , who has been sentenced to tour months' imprisonment and hard labour , and who accuses himself of having pushed a man into the river in May , 1842 , and that he was drowned . The man savs that at the timo in question he was working with Messrs . Akrilland Cooling , joiners , ol

      Lincoln , and that one night a drunken man came to Mr . AkrtU ' s _, Waterside , where ho lodged , and insisted upon coming in : he resisted bim , and thc man went away ; that ho followed him , and they disagreed , and that he pushed him into the river , and he was drowned . Attcr pushing him into thc river , he immediately ran back to his lodgings ,- that an _moucst was held upon the body ofthe man , but that lw was never suspected ; that soon after he left the citv , and began to wander about the country , and too k to drinking very hard , as ho lelt wretched at what he had done , and that he made his present confsssion because he was tired of his lite , and iii ortcr be in

      that he might hi either sent away or hung , ouiries have been instituted , and the man s statement lias been fully corroborated in many particulars . Prorogation op _Pamumgn't .-Wc believe we may now confidently state that Parliament will be prorogued not later than on Saturday next . If by any exertion the business ofthe session can be despatched before , the prorogation will take place on Thursday / the Tth inst . lier Majesty will , it is cxpectcil rW _* - _* bark _utioiihcr continental tour in the evening _rfdm same day , whether tlic house lie dismissed on _Tliu-psjif or Sat ui ' _-day . —Timet , Saturday morning , August _^ nf * Lr . Kus . — . Mr . _' _CliU'k will lecture here on Mofi _^ a _^ evening next—subject ; " the Land plan . " ( ft . If by any ic despatched > n _Thtn-sday _xpcctcilW veiling o _& _lonTliu-. August _^ 5 on ' _' * . ; _-V _^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 2, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_02081845/page/5/