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    • TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS AND N QN-ELECXORS OF EDLN'BURGH.
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    • DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT GREENWICH
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      Chartist Candidates, , Qualified To Serv...

      - To The Of. To Of And ' Q ; And Nationa...

      AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL .

      To The Independent Electors And N Qn-Elecxors Of Edln'burgh.

      TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS AND N QN-ELECXORS OF _EDLN'BURGH .

      Gextiemes,—As There Is Every Prospect Ol...

      Gextiemes , —As there is every prospect ol a general e lection wry speedily taking place , I beg leave to offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages , npon purely Conservative principles—upon principles which , in my opinion , must be adopted to secure the pr e-eminence that England has so long boasted of . Perhaps itis but right _i that in this age of active thoug ht and boasted inconsistency , as necessary to keep pace with the march of mind and progress of ;

      commerce , that I should state my views clearly and explicitly . I am , then , an advocate for annual Parliaments ; because 1 find that what is thought virtue I and policy to-day are considered vice and ignorance to-morrow . It is because 1 find that a Parliament elected in ISil was obliged to violate its pledges in 1 S 42 , and to confess its ignorance in 1 S 46 , that I look for a representation as active as the circumstances which it is called npon to govern , and I think it should be an emanation from that mind rather than its eontroller- ee

      I am for giving the vole to every man of twentyone years of age , of sound mind , and not in prison as a fe lon—because all other systems of representation have failed , and because it is impossible to cause an equitable distribution of the wealth of the country anless those who produce it have the power of electing those who shall make laws for its government . I am for equal representation , because I hold it to be ridiculous that nine or ten dukes and peers should elect one-tenth ofthe representative body of the country , while those who produce all its wealth should be debarred the privilege of voting .

      I am for abolishing property qualification for members of Parliament , and for making the choice oftbe electors the only test of fitness , as is now the case in Scotland . I am an advocate for this principle , be cause , with the must extended representation , dags legislation must exist so long as the electors must select an individual having £ 600 a-jeac for a JDonfii _^ jf and £ 300 a-year for a city , town , or _borousfrj _^ u _Js sow tiie ease in England , Ireland , and . _lplesi-,. ¦ _ ' *_ I am for the payment of members ; because I be lieve , firstly , that the servant is entitled to his wages ;

      secondly , because it is the only mode by vjbicb . thc corrnpt practice of bribing members ; by places and pensions can be destroyed ; andthirdly , because it is absolutely necessary to give honest poverty and intelligence an equal chance with wealth and ignorance . In a word , gentlemen , 1 am for the People ' s Charter , with the exception of the ballot ; and 1 am not for that , because I consider it an insult to put a m ask npon an honest face , and because I would consider it _unneeessa-tx if the electoral body was so extensive as to defy the snares ofthe wily and the machinations of the wealthy .

      Gentlemen , I am induced to offer myself for the _representation of your ancient city , because I , perhaps , lite many of you , consider Mr . Babington _Ma-, cauley as a most unfit and improper representative I shall reserve the fuller development of my political views until I have the honour of appearing before yon , which I pledge myself to do upon the next opportunity , and to stand the contest with allopponents that may then present themselves . I have the honour to remain , Gentlemen , Yonr obedient servant , _Feargcs O'Coxnor .

      I - Vol. X. No. 434. , London, Sammy,Lri...

      VOL . X . NO . 434 . , LONDON , _SAmMY , _lrIAHCHVT 846 . ¦ . _™«« _w _^ .. " ; - -- - - _* Five Shilling ,, and Sixpence pel * Quarter

      To The Irish Labourers And Tradesmen Res...

      TO THE IRISH LABOURERS AND TRADESMEN _RESHUNG IN GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow CoraiBrMEX , —It has always given me great pain to see my brave , honest , hard-working countrymen driven from , forced from the land of their forefathers , to seek a precarious subsistence in another country . Do you know how it happens that so many of you have been forced to leave your native land since 1829 ? Prior ta that period there were comparatively few of yoa in England . Prior to that period most of vou had neat cottages , some land , and a great many

      of you were forty shilling freeholders . IIow comes it , then , that yon have been hunted out of your country like wild beasts ! My poor fellows , you do not know . Little yoa know of the manner in which you have been sold , betrayed , banished ; but , fellow countrymen , you shall have a fall and time account of the plan laid for your destruction , signed by your betrayer , th tin ' Star of Saturday , tiu \ lAtii inst . The drawing of the Bill , or Act of " Parliament ; for your banishment from the Jand of your birth , the land which yoa love so dearly , avowed , and acknowledged , and under the hand andseal of the man in whose honour you confided , signed by the man for whom yon were , and still are , ready to lay down your lives .

      Ton are cheated , sold , betrayed , banished , for money and office by the very man in whom you put yonr whole trust ! " God forgive him J for 1 do not , ior cannot ! Asyet , but one part , or " wing , " as he called it , of his _sOllbom ' Bill lias been camed into effect ; the other " wing , " the " clerical" one , lias not become law jet ; bat the devil is hard at work io carry it also . . .. _"¦*¦" .. _- . ' . . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ :- _'•¦ -: In order to prepare you for this infernal scheme ,-

      by which you hare been rained , destroyed to such an . extent , that in 1827 , there -were more Chartists in Ireland than there are inhabitants in it now alto gether . / Well , " then ,. the constitutions proposed for Catholic Emancipation ; hj jonr betrayer weire two ; which this archfiend called "wings . " Oheqf whicli was the _disfranchisement of tiie forty _IshilUng freeholders . The other was the payment of tiie Catholic clergy , and the nominationof the Catholic Bishops by tiie British Sovereign ! Here is corruption with a

      vengeance ; 1 shall say no more , bnt leave you to judge for yourselves , when you see the thing itself . Patrick . O'Higgixs . Dublin , March 3 , 1816 .

      Murder At St. Flelier's, Jerset. The Tow...

      MURDER AT ST . flELIER'S , _JERSET . The town and neighbourhood of Sand-street were on Friday afternoon thrown into a state of great excitement in consequence of a report of a murder having been committed on the person of Mr . Ceutenier Le Cronier , by a woman of the name of Le Gendre _, at a detestable haunt of vice well known under the appellation of " Mulberry Cottage . " The house in question is the same in whbh a riot lately took place , and from whence several abandoned females were lodged in the hospital , and several young men beaten andsome severely wonnded . The occurrence of this melancholy affair , we learn , took place under the following circumstances : —

      It appears , that Centenier Le Gronierwas drawing up a report against the parties who were lodged in gaol on Sunday week , for creating a riot at Le Gendre ' shouse . The Centeuier wanted information on some points , and therefore , accompanied by police officer . Manuel , he repaired to the house where the riot occurred , in order to ascertain the facts he required , and to lodge Le Gendre and his " wife" in gaol , so as to ensure their presence in court this day . The latter _course he deemed the most sure , and accordingly , when he arrived at ihe house , he said he was come to arrest them , unless they gave security for their appearance in court .

      The woman bacame excited , and exclaimed that she wonld neither go to gaol nor give security . The police said it was useless to resist , as they were come ou purpose to arrest them , if they did not give security ; when the woman rushed at Centenier with a large knife , which , it is said , she held in her hand beneath her apron , and plunged it deeply into his abdomen on the right side , exclaiming , "Take that , yoa that's mysecurity . " The knife penetrate to a considerable extent , inflicting a frightful wound , from which the bowels protruded . Air . Le Cronier instantly exclaimed , "Oh , I'm stabbed—I' m a dead man ! " and called two er three persons who were present to bear witness tbat he was about to pronounce his will—which was , tliat his wife should have onethird of his property more than what the law allowed her .

      Mr . Le Cronier was taken to the hoove of Mr . Binet , currier , and medical assistance was sent for ; messengers were also despatched for advocates Godfray and Le Sueur , to reduce Mr . Le _Cronier's will to wr iting . They both repaired to the spot immediately , when the instrument was di _& wn up , amidst the tears and lamentationsof the relatives and friends of the dying man . Mr . 11 . Manuel , also a police officer , had a narrow escape of his life by the same wretch and murderous instrument , she having made a stab at him , hut which he fortunately avoided by quickly moviug aside , and darting from the house to the street . When she found she had failed in her attempt she threw the knife over a wall into the adjoining premises , where it was found and given in charge to Air llichard , of Sand-street .

      Immediately after the bloody deed was perpetrated , the man Le Gendre made his escape from the house , and was pursued by several persons , who succeeded in capturing him near Minden-place , from whence he was taken to gaol , where the murderess had previously been lodged . Saturday , Half-past Twelve . —Since theahove was written , itis our painful duty to state that the unfortunate victim , Mr . Le Cronier , has just died . His loss to the community will be severely felt ; as a aealous officer of police , he was ever on the ' alert where bis duty and patriotism called him , and foremost in everv case of danger that cone under his notice . He is deeply regretted in a large circle of friends , and his death must be deeply felt by his beteaved relatives .

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      We Have This Week Farther, But By No Mea...

      We have this week farther , but by no means satisfactory , news of the progress of

      TUE WAR IN INDIA , the particulars of which we give in another column . It will be seen tliat the Sikhs , so far from being conquered , or even humbled , by their defeat at Moodkeeand Ferozeshah , had again crossed the _Sutlej , and were again strongly encamped on the British side of the river . In addition to the army opposite to Ferozepore , " and menacing it as well as Sir Henry Hardinge's scanty force , another Sikh army or division , estimated ac upwards of 30 , 000 , and a formidable

      force of artillery , had boldly crossed the river witlun sight ofLoodianab , and encamped . Thc latest rumour at Bombay avers that Sir Harry Smith had been re pulsed in his attack on the second body ofthe Sikhs . The most sanguine believers in " the conquest of the Funjaub , " believe that it will take eighteen months to complete the job ; there are others who are sceptical whether it will be done in that time , or even done at all 1 Horrible slaughter , " gore and glory ' . _"_ may be expected to till the newspapers on the receipt ol the next mail .

      The . most important news of the week , for the people of this country , is the intelligence from

      TBE UNITED STATES of the refusal of the American government to submit the' q _^ _tionoftfeir , * _and-tiie * Britb * ih claim to . the _' _( _h _^ _nfterritory _to _' _* -court " ' of ( arbitration _^ Mowed by the important _newsiif _^^ _ioptio _^ bj _^ e _^ _onse ofRegireseiftativesv " ofthe _^ resolutions 1 p 1 » vidingfor the ' abrogation of the _« 8 Sv « Sfioh ol _^^ lcS _^ SArioutline of flielcbrrtspondence' between _^ _he-British . _-Mnfeter and the American Secretary of State , 'together with the resolutions adopted , will be found in another column . It appears that the members whi , voted for the resolutions were democrats , 121 ; Whigs , 37 ; natives , 5 ; total . 103 : - against the resolutions there

      were democrats , 15 ; Whigs , 37 ; native , 1 ; total , 54 . Majority for the resolutions , 109 . There were only three members absent—two democrats and one Whig . All the members from South Carolina voted against tbe notice but one . This is a significant fact , as it points to a similar course on the part of the Senators from that state . The votes of members from the other southern states were pretty equally divided . The probability isthattheresolutions have also passed the Senate ; indeed , Of that there can be no reasonable doubt ; the question must , therefore , now be brought to a speedy " settlement" either by peaceable or forcible means .

      The most interesting of European news is the re ported progress of

      THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND , of which some details will be found in another column . These details , taken , for the most part , from German papers in the pay , or under fear of the German despots , must be received with great caution . Seeing the side these papers are compelled to take , we infer that the insurrection is marching through Poland , notwithstanding all the efforts of the German journals to make Western Europe believe the contrary . It appears that the Bishop of Geissnen and Posen has been arrested , and lodged in the fortress of Graudentz . Fresh outbreaks are re ? ported to have taken place in Gallicia ( _Austrian Po 7 land ) . The _annuals and prisons ( where political prisoners are confined ) aire everywhere the object of

      attack ; aud it is a remarkable feature of this movement that in Gallicia the " proprietors" are more obnoxious to the people than even the agents of thc government ; severe conflicts Lave taken place between the peasantry and their masters , and several " proprietors" arc said to be prisoners in the hands of the patriots . Communism Las been of late making rapid progress in Poland , particularly in Gallicia even iu Posen the " conspirators- " are reported to have promised the land to the peasantry , and hence the enthusiasm of the latter . Letters from the Danube of the 20 th ult ., state that a report was abroad that a revolution , similar to that of 1830 , had broken out in Warsaw . It is said that an insurrection has also burst forth in Lithuania . In the

      extracts from the German papers , our readers will see some account of the insurrection in Cracow , proyoked by the insolent invasion ofthe Austrian troops . Letters from Breslau , of the 35 th of February , state that tbe patriots have gained possession of the city , and driven out the Austrians . It was said that the Russian and Austrian agents at Cracow had be / _rn killed . We take the following from the Augsburg Algemaine Zeitung , of Feb . 2 Sth : — " At this moment ( at an hour when the half of onr impression is printed off ) we receive accounts from Vienna , dated Feb . 25 th , which state that General V . Collins ,

      thinking it advisable , "with the few Austrian troops under his command , to evacuate Cracow , because the insurgents round Cracow were increasing to such large , masses that he heard they might gain the important passage over tlie Vistula Podgoreze , and . thus carry the revolution far into the count _* rv , had retreated , without being attacked- by the insurgents , "tehis former position ; Podgoreze ; " -Our prayers are for . the success ' _of' the- insurrection ; - * Should •' the struggle "last much- longer ; -it 'is possible ; that _ithe German despots may find work ;« noagh cuff out for them " at home . ' Europe is weary of the domination of these crowned and privileged ruffians .

      GERMANY the festival in memory of Luther was celebrated all over the Protestant states ou the 18 th . In Bavaria no pnblic solemnity was allowed . In Austria all was silent , tbe silence of death ! Private letters from Frankfort give the outline of what is going on in the sessions of the Diet . Prince Mctternich is said to be " as busy as the devil in a gale of wind , " devising coercive measures against the German Catholic Dissenters and the press . The south of Germany is threatened with an Austrian intervention , whicli , if

      it takes place , will at least afford to the Poles and Italians a favourable opportunity of settling long standing accounts . 'The imbecile lvingof Prussia , in thc midst of revolutions and coming revolutions , i < _passing his time in discussing " confessions of faith" with thc municipal council of Breslau . Nero _fiddling while Rome was burning was the personification of wisdom compared with this pietistic fool , who bids fair to be remembered by posterity , by thc side « . f our James 1 L , who " lost three kingdoms for a mass . "

      The news from

      FRANCE is but of trifling import . Un Thursday , the editor of tbe Gazette di France was sentenced , by the Court of Assizes of Paris , to one year's imprisonment and 3 , 0 U 0 f . fine , for an article containing attacks against thc rights which the King derives from the choice ofthe nation . The " traitor of the _barricades" hi _intriguing to accomplish a reconciliation with the tyrant Nicholas ; at the same time the Poles in Paris are placed under the surveillance of the police . The ltaliau refugees are favoured in the like manner . The accounts from

      SPAIN show the new Ministry to be already in trouble , and , it is believed , ou the point of breaking up . Letters from

      ITALY state , that the publication of the depositions of the Polish nun , Alacrina Mieczyslaska , had given great offence to the Pope ; Cardinal Lambrushini had addressed a note to the ambassador of Russia , M . de Boutenieff , in which he protested against a publication which , he said , could only have been made by parties desirous to disturb the good understanding and impede the negotiations pending between the Holy See and Russia . We predicted this at the very time that the triple-crowned , triply-infamous old hypocrite was shedding his crocodile tears over the

      recital of the sufferings of the poor Polish nuns . Letters from Leghorn state , that about fifty persons have been arrested at Pesaro and Gano , in the Roman States . Some others had contrived to elude the search of tbe police , and amongst them Count Monteveeehi , belonging to one of the _firstfamilies in the country . The individuals compromised in tha late affair at Rimini , who to thc number of twentytwo had set sail on the Adriatic , but had been obliged from stress of weather to put iuto Fiume , in Dalmatia , have been given up by Austria to the Papal government . They lately arrived in an Austrian vessel at Ancona , and have been shut up in the fort .

      From

      ALGERIA wc have the WOT * _« ctt _*«—namely , Marshal Bugeaud trying to catch Abd-el-Kader ; and , as Punch has it-He made the most perfect _arrangements For catching him ere he started , But _wbensver he got To a su table spot , Abd-el-Kader tad just departed . Vr hen the Marshal after him trundled , To secure the rascal trusting _. All at ouce he'd _appear , Aiid annoy his rear In a manner the moit disgusting . There was great expectation iu Paris , But to the War Minister ' s ioitow , j The telegraph ' s tale | Han thus , without fail , " The capture ' s put off till to-morrow . "

      We Have This Week Farther, But By No Mea...

      THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND . ( From the German papers . ) WmsiH , 16 th February . —A very fortunate event is the arrest ofthe most important Polish chiefs , which was effected yesterday and last night . Amon " these are two of thc greatest nobles , the Counts Ig " natito aud Constan . ... . ki , one of whom was sent away yesterday , and the other to-day , under a strong escort . Bbeslaw , _iebi-uary ISth . —A very eminent Polish landowner has been arrested in Ostrowo , and conveyed to 1 osen . At Ostrowo itself the agitation was so great thatthe magistrates found it necessary to address the assembled citizens . The Russian Commissioner has dissolved the Resource at Kalisch . P / ses , February 18 . —The-arrcsts still continue . A rich landowner was yesterday brought herefrom Ti i II lhe , military have had their " pieces loaded with ball , and the hussars received yesterday sabres

      ground to an edge . Large sums in gold have been taken _ft-oni some of the persons arrested . Of course there is much talk among the public , on the plans of the conspirators . There were ten at the head of the whole , each of-whom had three under him , then again three under him , and so on , so that those under No . 3 , did not know the leaders ( No . 1 ); and so in the following divisions the principals ' were unknown . Papers , too , are * aid to have been found , written with invisible chemical ink . The plot was to have broken out yesterday , by setting fire to the city in several places atonce , and the members had provided . themselves with the Polish uniform . The outbreak anPosen was'to be . supported-by similar movements in other * places ., _~ fhc public offices were all disposed of , anld : Prmce _Czartoriski , inFrance _. _wais designated as _^ King of Poland . How much truth there'imay ; be in all these reports will soon appear from the _juojaal investigations . _.,, ... , _c . v :- ;

      The Cologne Gazette publishes the following letter from Vienna of the 23 rd ult ..: — , " The state of pubiie opinion in Gallicia has had its influence upon the Poles of our Polytechnic Institution . They have consequently been subjected to a strict surveillance . On the night of the 21 st , six students belonging to the School of Artillery , which furnishes officers for the army , disappeared , and it is supposed that they have , gone to Gallicia to join the insurgents . " The Augsburq Gazette publishes the following intelligence from Cracow —

      At ten o clock at night on the 21 st a skyrocket was sent up at a short distance from the Botanic Gardens , and was generally regarded as the signal for revolt . The Austrian General ( Gelin ) immediately ordered half a squadron and a company of infantry into the town . Between four and five in the morning thc troops were attacked . A very murderous fire was directed against them from the windows ofthe principal square . The troops , however , repulsed the aggressors , who had a great many people killed . Forty prisoners were captured , for the most part inhabitants ef Cracow . Tlie Austrian troops had five men and one officer killed . Several bands of armed peasants had come up to the gates of the town , but had not ventured upon an attack . A picket of twenty-five Austrian horse had been attacked on the territory of the Countess Potocka , by a band of peasants , and the officer commanding it had received a serere wound . "

      _t Prussian _Universal'Gazette ofthe 27 th ult . announces , that the ' latest intelligence from the territory of Cracow was not _satisfactory , and that the insurrection had gained ground . Orders had been despatched to c 6 nccntrate a considerable body of troops on the frontier , to act in concert with the other protecting powers , to restore order . The Frankfort German Journal of thc 1 st inst . states that the insurrection at Cracow had assumed a serious character , and that the Austrian troops had been repulsed . At Jovorzuo an insurrection had broken out onthe arrival of an Austrian detachment Bent to arrest the priest . The soldiers were disarmed , and seventy prisoners set at liberty . _LMPORTiANT NEWS FltOM AMERICA . ALL ARBITRATION REPOSED BY THE AMERICAN

      GOVERNMENT . Liverpool , Monday Evbsikc—By the packet-ship Patrick Henry we have received New York advices to the 9 th ult . inclusive . It appears that Mr . President Polk has officially announced to Congress the determination of the American government to _refine all arbitration on the Oregon question . Thc following is an outline of this important correspondence between our minister , Mr . Pakenham , and the American Secretary of State , and which , on tbe 7 th , was communicated to Congress . The first dispatch is

      dated—Dec . 13 th , 1 S 15 . —Letter to Mr . _M'Lane from Mr . Buchanan , asking Mr . _M'Lane ' s opinion whether the . military , preparations making in England are / or us ; and requesting him to _alfcLbrdAberdeen ; ' ' ' * __• ¦ ¦ _$$ Jan . 3 rd , lSi < 3 . _rt : Re " ply of ' "Mr . M'Lane to above _, iie . had an interview with Lord' A ., who said the British government was * obliged to look to the possible unavoidable result of the controversy with the TJ . S ., and , in ' that case , the preparations would be found useful and important . But they had other and general objects . ' "Mr : M'Lane's own opinion is , that a portion of the " preparations are peculiarl _y adapted . for , ' and adapted to a war with the U . S : He sajs'that Great Britain wDl act promptly and vi- ' gorously at first , so as to bring the war to a speedy conclusion .

      27 th Dec , 1845 . —Letter from Mr . Pakenham to Mr . Buchanan . Admits that negotiation has failed , and , as a last resource , proposes to leave the question of a just partition ofthe territory to a third and disinterested party . 3 rd January , 1 S 10 . —Answer of Mr . Buchanan to above . The President will not submit any question but that title , because he had taken thc ground on the 20 th August that our title was clear te the whole of Oregon ; and he won't submit that , because he cannot take from the control of the people of the United States a question of territorial right , and leave it to a foreign power . 3 rd January , 1840 . —Mr . Pakenham , in reply , informs Mr . Buchanan thathe will transmit Mr . Polk's decision to the British minister at London .

      16 th January , 184 C . —Letter from Mr . Pakenham to Mr . Buchanan . Reminds the government of the United States that if the United States claimed the whole ofthe Oregon , that Great Britain also asserted certain rights in tho territory , for which he _a- _'ked as much consideration from the U . S . as the U . S . expected to * receive from Great Britain for her pretension . He proposes , if the United States have au objection to kings , to submit the question to the arbitration ofa mixed convention , with an umpire , or to a body of distinguished civilians . Ho proposes to meet the views ofthe United States by submitting the question of title , and in case it bo found that neither party has a title to thc whole , then to submit the question of equitable partition .

      4 th Feb ., 1 S 4 G . —Answer to the above , The President absolutely refuses arbitration . In tho course of his letter Mr . Buchanan states that , " To no power , however intelligent or respectable , nor to any body of citizens , could the United States consent to refer a claim of a character like that she possesses to the Oregon territory . "

      LATER , AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS . By a private merchant vessel accounts have been received from thc States up to the 11 th ult . On the 9 th thc following resolutions passed thc House of Representatives : — " Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled , that the President of tho United States cause notice to be _jiven to the government of Great Britain , that the convention between the United States of America and Great Britain , concerning the territory of the north-west coast ol America , west of the Stony Mountains , of the Ctli August , 1827 , signed at London , shall be annulled and abrogated in twelve months after giving said notice .

      " 2 . And be it further resolved , that nothing herein contained is intended to interfere with the right and discretion of the proper authorities of the two contracting parties to renew or pursue negotiations for an amicable settlement of the controversy respecting the Oregon territory . " For the resolutions , 103 ; against , 54 ; majority ,

      The War In India. Arrival Of Tue ~ Overl...

      THE WAR IN INDIA . ARRIVAL OF TUE ~ OVERLAND MAIL . THE SIKHS _AGAIN ON THE INDIAN SIDE OF THE SUTLEJ . —MORE BATTLES . _Losnos , Fiudax Morisixg . — The Overland Mail has been received by extraordinary express from Marseilles , bringing letters and papers to the following dates : —Bombay , Feb . 2 : Calcutta , Jan . 21 ; and China , Dec . 24 . The intelligence by this arrival , though not of the stirring nature whicli we had last to report , is yet ol considerable interest , as it shows that the Sikhs , though beaten at Moodkee and Feroxeshah , as wc have seen , still keep the field ;—nay more , have recrossed thc Sutlej in great force to try their fortune in another contest with our troops . According tc the reports that were current , their whole army amounted to between C 0 _. 000 and 70 , 000 men , with 110 pieces of ordnance , but the division which recrossed the Sutlej is variously _cttiraatcd at only from 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 . Ag a matter of policy , it

      The War In India. Arrival Of Tue ~ Overl...

      waspresumed , _the'Sikhs were unmolested in the _construction of the pontoons by means of which they effected'the passage of the river . J The position of the British army was as follows : — v Sir John Littler and his division were at Attaree , seven miles from Ferozrpore ; tlie head-quarters of the Commander-in-Chief were six miles higher up the river ; and the Umballah force was four miles beyond this , or seventeen miles from Ferozepore , where the Governor-General remained . The division of Sir Harry Smith had moved in the direction of Loodianah . It was towards this latter point that attention was almost wholly turned as the scene of the conflict , wliich , according to general report ,, took place on the 21 st of January . The letters written from Loodianah , of as late a date as the 28 th January , describe numerous skirmishes for several days previous , and indicated , at least , the immediate presence of the enemy .

      Troops were moving in all directions upon the Sutlej , and , independently ofthe army of from 15 , 000 to 20 , 000 men assembling to the westward of the Commander-in-chief , under Sir Charles Napier , would , according to the most authentic returns , compose a force of upwards of 40 , 000 men of all

      arms . A great increase ofthe army generally was in _progress . . In Scinde all was tranquil , and perfect quiet reigned throughout the interior 6 f Uhdia . _^ From China the intelligence is riot of any particular interest . _-.- '*'* '"' ¦ ' . - _^ _\ ' . } , '''' "¦ _= THE BATTLE OF THE 2 lsr : _^ JA _* _NUAiW

      REPORTED .-REEUtSEl' QF . ; ftIE _<^ BRITISH . Some skirmishing took . place near the ' . S ' ikii bridge Of boats on the 13 th , 14 th , and _/ 15 jh' of January , without , any . . remarkable , effect .. iPji i ; the ; 15 th . ; the Sikhs _caiue over tlie ' riverat Th _^ _VoprJ ' plundered the neighbourhood , and pitched a camp on the left bank , in the British territory , On the following days they made some further advances , and intrenched themselves near a nulla . Sir II . Smith moved his brigade up the Sutlej , driving the enemy before him until the 21 st , in the morning , when he came upon one of the fortified positions of the enemy , which fired grape shot

      amongst the British troops . Some of the native troops are said to have thrown down their arms , and to have tied , leaving thc Europeans to bear the brunt of the battle . Her Majesty ' s 53 rd and 31 st were engaged ,, and are said to have suffered severely , but they demanded tobe led anew to thc fight , wliich Sir II . Smith did hot deem it prudent to do , and therefore withdrew the troops . The Agra Uklibar construes the . retirement into a defeat ; while the Delhi Gazette states , that heavy firing was heard in the direction of Loodiauah during the whole of the afternoon of that day . Nothing positive appears to havc _^ hcen known as to the results of that day when the mails were leaving Bombay .

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      Miners' Strike In Lancashire. Ave Arc So...

      MINERS' STRIKE IN LANCASHIRE . AVe arc sorry to state that the Miners of Bolton , Little Lever , liury , Halsemoor , and the surrounding ilis . triets , are still out of employment , as will be seen ly tht following : — - To the Coal Miners of Scotund . —Brethren , —We , the coal miners of Lancashire , beg to call your _ntteiitioii to the struggle now existing between the coal proprietors and their workmen , in the Bolton , Bury , and surrounding districts , trusting that jou will come forward and give us your assistance in securing the triumph of labour over the unjust aggressions of capital . .. . Jn the district above alluded to , we havo upwards ofl , 400 , pf our fellow-workmen who have been driven from "their employments ,

      because they sought , to obtain a _glight advance if wages , by a restriction of their hours of labour ; tliey have , despite a great number of adverse circumstances , maintained a contest upwards of six weeks ; _miiny of them have beeu driven from their homes , and their families exposed to severe privations , because they dared to ask for such an advance as would enable them to earn four shillingsforeighthours of dangerous and arduous toil . We therefore request jou will take their case into your most serious consideration , and do all in your power towards their support , for you may be assured ( although you are at so great a distance ) , should th » y he unsuccessful , it will be the prelude * to considerable encroachments upon _yoursslvcs by youir _^ mployers , who , actuated by the same selfish and avaricious motives which govern ours , will be ready to take advantage of the defeat of so great a

      number of men in our county to reduceyour wages . VTe now leave the niatter irith you , and in conclusion refer you to our own exertions in behalf ofthe men ofthe north during their protracted struggle ; not because we think you require anything to stimulate you beyond being made _aciniaijited . with the . fa . cts of the case , hut only aB a proof , should circumstances occur among yourselveshaviug u tendency to induce you to resistance of oppression , wc should be found at our post with it firm determination to giveyou all the pecuniary aid in our power . Signed on behalf of the miners of Lancashire . W . _Gbocott , couuty secretary , - No ., 1 , Caniplih _' _s-buildings , Mount > street ; Aiicpaff , Manchester ; '' . Money orders may be sent either to the' above add wss ; or to Mr . Charles Meaddwcroft , Astley-strect ; Dukjntield , Cheshire , ' . _; ' ., ~ * '¦¦ * ¦ ¦ _' ¦ . ¦' , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - _;*&

      National Association Or United Tbades. —...

      National Association or United _Tbades . — Tlie Central Committee met at the Trades' Office , 30 , ' Hydestreet , Bloomsbury , on Monday , March 2 nd , Mr . 3 . Bu . Oi , vice-president , iu tlie chair . Amongst other communications letters wore read from Mr . Squires , containing the adhesion of the framework knitters of Ituddington ; from Mr . Roebuck , containing the adhesion of the framework knitters of Hyson-green , Notts ; from Mr . Crowthei _* _. _containing the adhesion ofthe woolcombcrsof Mytholmroyd ; from Mr . Brodie , containing the adhesion ofthe tin-plate workers of Wolverhampton ; from Mr . Thorne , announcing thatthe tin-plate workers of Birmingham had held a meeting , at which they had expressed their determination to join the " United Trades . " The Central Committee resolved unanimously te petition the House of Commons , to address her Majesty for mercy aud a free pardon to the Welsh martyrs , Frost , Williams , and Jones .

      The Gthrative Smiths , Engineers , „ c ., or the Metbopol / s . —A paragraph appeared in last _Sfiturdai ' s Star , copied from the _ilforiiiiiii Advertiser , stating that the whole of the Loudon mechanics connected with the engineering establishments had struck work . We understand that the facts of the case are these : —Some mouths ago , the _iron-moalders demanded of their employers , that eight and u half hours' work on Saturday should be considered " a day . " They had a partial strike of two days' duration , and obtained their object . The

      week before last , the engineers , smiths , boiler-makers , and patten-makers , made a like request to tlieir employers . The address , iu which was set forth their request , described the evils of " the Jong-hour system , " and the benefits that would result from the adoption of short time . We are happy to say that the appeal was acceded to , and the new System of working but fifty-eight and a half hours per week . The reduction being made upon the timo worked on Saturdays commenced ou Saturday last throughout London . Vf e trust that this reform will be speedily followed by other ameliorations .

      _Babnslev _Dbessibs . —We , the dressers employed in Messrs . _Tigott and Newton ' s power . loom factory , Barnsley , arc constrained to lay our grievances before a discriminating and impartial public , in consequence of the above gentlemen attempting to make a desperate and un . warrantable inroad on our wages , which , if we tamely submit to , will amount to no less than CO per cent . —a very delicate stroke for a commencement . Tho origin of the dispute is as follows : —In the dressing of ticks , our masters had been paying us weekly wages , which tbey proposed to cha » ge and pay us by the piocc , whioh said piece-work , according to their proposal , would be a reduction of considerabl y more than half , ns stated above . Mr . llichardsen has also imitated the beautiful low wage system according to the example sot by Messrf . _Pigottand Newton , and both parties have now botchers iu the places

      of the men who have nobl y refused to be tbeir degraded vassals . This exposition is called for by Mr . Pigolt telling the public that we can cam 27 s . per week , and that we refuse to work at all . We _Iirtc to complain of several vexatious annoyances practised by Messrs . _l'igott and Newhltt _towardis their workpeople , which is no advantage to them as ) mastcrs , but purely for the purpose ol aggravating and injuring the operatives . For instance , they regularly requiro us to change the beams from on--fabric to another , whieh said change loses the workman in drabbets , half a day—in ticks , a day ; aud we have nothing for th it unnecessary loss of time , whereas two days would clear ihe beams , in the regular order of working . And more—where the change is absolutely _neees . sary , it is the regular rule , as well as the workman ' s undoubted right , to be paid for the time thus taken up , which is his sacred property . —By order of the Committee .

      _Tuun-out in Manchester . —On Monday morning there was a general turn-out of the joiners aiid carpenters employed in this town . The number who left their emp loyment wus about 8 , 000 . The object sought by thc men was an advance of wages from 2 Gs . to Ji ) s . per week . The men employed at sixteen establishments , about 1 , 500 in number , returned in the course ofthe morning to their work , tlieir employers haviug complied with their demand , and there is uo doubt that the remaining number will uot remain out of employment many days , as the demand for their labour is unusually pressing . Several hundreds of the biicklayers also turned out the » _ame day , and have not yet returned to . their work .

      The _Saiiorb ok Huh . are oil strike for wages . The seamen ot other ports are cautioned not to take the berths of the Hull sailors for under wages .

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      Tlle Executive Committee To The Members ...

      TllE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OF TUE NATIONAL _ClIAltTEU

      ASSOCIATION . Fbiekds , — The period for which we wero appointed to serve as officers in the noble cause of Chartism is fast approximating to a close , and in apprising vou of the duty which will consequently devolve upon youi wo feel bound to call your attention to the po sition which we now hoM as a party in this great country , anil at the same time to invite your attention to the line of conduct which wc have pursued since wc were first honoured with the confidence of the Association . In glancing at our past career we h ' nd less to excite regret than might be expected , when it is considered how much cause we have had to justify apathy on our part , and how little to

      encourage and stimulate us in our attempt to accomplish the political emancipation of the workiii " classes . Ihe mass of the people , who ought to have made common _cnuse with us , have not done so , at least in a substantial . manner ; but at that we arc not astonished , as wc have searched in vain through the record of revolutions for an example of the multitude rising spontaneously , and of themselves establishing the liberty of their country . Tlie splendid achievements which shed a lustre on particular epochs of the world ' * dark history , fully corroborate the fact , that the destruction of hoary-headed tyranny has ever been effected by the energy and intelligence offthefe \ flS' _^ h ) 9 i lia _. ye had ; sense -enough . to discover the source ) of )* $ jju _* . wrongs , ' and manliness . sufficient toprdclaim ; ifc ; i ?» / _,,.:, „ , ¦; .. _= ... "' . '" . ' ¦

      _> _Wervitere'installed in office at a time when " _comm _eroi _^• _p _^ _pjBrity _!^ _hAd _. _supel _sede _. _d _. _a _. _8 _tato _. of anarchy and _infusion , caused by the want of employment , and starvation wages amongst those who were employed ; and when the dungeons and conrict . ships were crowded with the victims of barbarous and savage laws—when political organization had been rendered dangerous , in consequence of the denunciation wliich had been hurled against it by thc ermine-clad dispensers of British justice ( ?); and when the Chartist body were split to shreds through the conduct ol persons , who manifested their friendship by creating dissension about matters entirely personal . At length it was agreed upon to vc-organisc the movement , and we had the distinguished honour of being placed at its head .

      From that moment up to the present time , we have been incessant in our endeavours to promote the righteous cause , and if its increased strength has not been exhibited , it is because there has not yet originated a crisis worthy the 4 eyelopment of its power . One great _caiisirwhicli seems to us to have retarded the progress of the movement , viz ., ; ¦ * ¦ : , ;

      DISSENSION' AMONGST LEADERS , has not , we are " , happy to say , been any obstacle in our way . Conscious of-having discharged our duty to the utmost > f-our ability , we have not paid attention to the _^ _afenijers '" that have been lavished upon us ; we have alrowed our conduct to stand as the best refutation to charges whicli have originated in either ignorance or malice . If , in the former , we have left it to time , and a better actmaintance , to remove the error ; or , if _inthe latter , we have invariably awarded the parties our commiseration . Our object has been to enlist the . _sympathies and services of all who could in the slightest degree serve Chartism ; and in so doing we best discharged the duties of our office . During the past year , the result of our conferences has been the adoption and promulgation ofa

      LAND PLAN , as subsidiary to the movement for the Charter ; and the progress which it has hitherto made warrant us in the assertion , that it is likely to become the most important and powerful combination that ever existed in this country ; and , as an auxiliary to Chartism , its value cacnot be overrated . The Charter and Land Associations , although differing in name and form , cannot be viewed apart ; they are like the Siamese twins , inseparable . The interest of one cannot be forwarded without advancing the objects of the other ; and should our exertions eventuate in nothing more than this Land project , Chartism will have rendered posterity its debtor . There is another matter which has engrossed a considerable share of our attention , and of late , muck of our time ; we allude to tha case of our . ' exiled friends , ' v ¦ .. : _;

      FROST , WILLIAMS , AND _JONESgjv- ; . "; whose cause is endeared to us by the sufferings ' which they have endured since their expatriation . . _.-Toseek the return of thc captive from banishment , and thus give joy to his family and friends , is the work of philanthropy ,- but how much more lofty is that fueling which impels the . patriot to attempt the liberation of those who , martyrs to their love of country , are lingering out the life of a felon on the tar-distant shores of a foreign land ? Np part of our duty bos been performed , ' with more ciive and assiduity than tkaV whicli ; relates to our beloved and persecuted frien'dsrrho _j . aiiis have been spared to make . the approaching trial oh their behalf successful' ; , and it gives us inexpressible pleasure in having to state that ho man has entered into the matter with greater zeal or truer devotion than our Parliamentary chief and champion ,

      MR . T . S . DUNCOMBE who will , on Tuesday evening next , submit a motion to the Ilouse of Commons for an address to the Queen , praying for the immediate restoration of our much injured fr . ends . We have taken care that ho shall not stand alone in his advocacy of their cause , as we have furnished every one of the CSS members with a _document setting forth the whole facts of the ease , and the grounds on wliich we found our hopes of success . We have waited personally upon many of the most inilucntial aud distinguished members ol both sides of the house , and , as far as we have yet gone , we have been entirely successful . Wc have designed the most extensive and perfect machinery to ensure a triumph . Arrangements have been made to procure the signatures to petitions of the foreman and jury who tried the men , as well ns the

      Town Council of Newport , where the unfortunate catastrophe happened . The two eminent persons who defended Mr . Frost ou his trial are now holding high and responsible situations under the government—the one , Sir F . Pollock , is a judge ; and the other , Mr . F . Kelly , is her Majesty ' s Solicitor-General ; and as both of those gentlemen expressed very strong opinions as to tho illegality of the trial at the time it took place , we expect that they will maintain the dignity of their professional character by an avowal of tlieir opinions on an occasion when such conduct will be ot the greatest sorviee to their former client and his co-patriots . We have attended public meetings at all the principal localities in and around thc metropolis , and have , iu met , done all that lay in our power to cause the restoration of the unhappy exiles . '

      MINISTERIAL MEASURE . The Ilouse of Commons having committed themselves to the principle of Sir R . Peel ' s proposal by a majority of ninety-seven votes , it may be fairly presumed that , as far as that house is concerned , tho measure is to become law . lint whether Wellington will be able to manage the hereditary Solons of the other house , as his coadjutor ( the Premier ) has the Commons , remains to be seen . Conjecture has it that the ex-minister , Lord Stanley , is reserving himself for a dreadful onslaught on the measure on its introduction to the consideration of their lordships ; and , from the declaration of the Duke of Richmond as to the means which he nnd his friends are prepared to adopt in resisting thc proposal , there is a probability , amounting almost to a certainty , that the measure will be rejected by them ; in which cave there will be a

      GENERAL ELECTION . When the factions will try their respective strength , and v . hen each of them will bid for popular support . Peel , the League , aud the Whigs will unite in the cry for cheap bread , on the one hand , and the Young Euglandore and tho agriculturists guii' _-rally , will struggle for protection on the other ; whilst we , who have nothing to expect from either party , ' must stand by our own principles , and rally the working classts round the standard of thc People ' s Charter , The League and the Whigs will affect to be the popular party , and , if we are uot on the alert , nil ) act as such ; but they must be taught that thc days of their rule has gone by . They must be met upon the busting ? , and unmasked in the presence of the people . The crimes which that faction has committed against liberty must be rung in their oars .

      until the public shall be made to execrate them as the persecutors of our friends ; the executioners of Clayton , Ilolberry , and Dufl ' y ; the concoctors of thc infamous New Poor Law , and the promoters of many other vile schemes to rob and enslave the nation . The other faction—the Toiics-must be dealt with in a like manner . Let us recognise no distinction ,-they are both enemies to our rights and liberties , and will yield only what public opinion may be capable of ffreotin _* : from them . We propose , _therefore , that in accordance with the suggestions of our Alexandria friend ? , that a subscription be immediately set on foot in the several localities throughout England , Scotland , and Wales , for thc purpose of susUining an agitation during the approaching crisis ; aud , in the event of an election , that we may be able to take the held with a few

      Tlle Executive Committee To The Members ...

      CHARTIST CANDIDATES , , qualified to serve if elected , and working men to contest the shew of hands in such places as we are not likely io secure the _AMlArt of the electoral bo < 3 r . Let the councils in tho _vffip"lo _<* . _* litie « issue collecting books at once , and _take _^ sucli other steps as they may think lit ,, to raise the necessary funds for the necessary purpose . In the meantime steps must be immediatel y taken to elect an CH A RTIST CANDIDATES , , qualified to serve if elected , and working men to

      E XECUTIVE COMMITTEE , as our term of office expires on the 20 th of next month , ihe sub-secretaries are requested to convene meetings ofthe members in each locality , for the purpose of nominating fit and proper persons to _"V serve in the above capacity , all such nominations to be forwarded to thc General Secretary , on or before Wcdnesnay , March 18 th , after which date no nomination can be received . i ! _~\

      ANNUAL CONVENTION . The General Council are also instructed to fake immediate steps to secure the election of delegates to the Annual Convention , which will assemble at Leeds , on Monday , the 20 th of April next , pursuant to the rule ofthe Association . Piiiur M'Grath , Thomas Ci _/ A _« k , _C'lHISTOrUfiB Dotxe , Feargus O'Connor , Thomas Maktin _Wheeleb , Sec . P . S . —Thc first number ofthe Political Works of Thomas Paine is now out . For particulars see advertisement .

      LONDON . LiMEiiousE . —A crowded meeting was held in the Brunswick Hall , Ropemakers' _-fields , on Tuesday evening , March 3 rd ; and , alter an eloquent address from Mr . Philip M'Grath , _ontheopaningof this neat and commodious building for public meetings and the revival of Chartiun in the Limehouse district , the following resolution wa 3 moved by Mr . J . Shaw , seconded by Mr . Drake , and carried unanimously : — That this meeting , having with the utmost disgust and abhorrence _rsad the two le tters of J . B . Macauley , these

      called representative of Edinburgh , on the subject ofthe militia , and the liberation of our boloved exiles , Frost , Williams , and Jones , do hereby call on the electors and non-electors ol Edinburgh , and the Chartists through _, out the country ( in order to mark their disapproval of such inhuman and unchristian-sentiments contained in 'those letters ) to use all the influence they'possess to _prevent his _returii- ' to _- _' FarliRiheht at the h * xt general . electib'h _? or atariyother period ; believing him to be ! un worthy of support from all lovers of _philantropby and humanity / but more especially the countenaiice . of , th , e . Chartist . body , wherever to be _foundf' - ' ' ¦ . ¦

      The following resolution wns then moved by Mr . Bernard , seconded by Mr . Fletcher , and carried unanimously : — That in ( lie opinion of this meeting , in order to understand what course Sir W . Clay ( one of the members lor this borough ) intends to pursue with reference to the motion of Mr . Buncombe , for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , Br . _Bowkt-tt be respectfully requested to write to . the honourable member for a definite niUYver on the sabjeet , A Chartist locality , and a district of "the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , were then formed , and a vote of thanks awarded to Mr . M'Grath and the chairman , and the meeting _dissolved .

      Thk _Welsu _Maktyrs . — A ; highly respectable meeting was held on Friday evening , in the Large Room ef the Volunteer , Mill-row , Limehouse , on behalf of the victims . Mr . John Shaw was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly stated the objects of the meeting . Messrs . Clark , Doyle , M'Grath , Eraser , and others , eloquently addressed the meeting . 'A resolution and petition wore adopted by acclamation in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , as was also a resolution , denunciatory of the base and inhuman letters of Babington Macauley , and declaratory of his unfitness to represent any portion of a civilised community . The petition was ordered to be sent to Sir W . Clav , one of the

      members lor the borough , for presentation . Thauks having been voted to the Northern Star and the chair man , the meeting was dissolved . Anti-Militia Meeting . —Tlie General Connnittoe met at the Parthenium , St . Martin's-lane , on Wednesday evening last , Air . Cuffay in the chair . Mr . T . M . Wheeler tendered his resignation aB secretary , on account of his business as secretary ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society fully occupying his time , wliich was accepted . Mr . Stallwood was unanimously elected secretary . Several subscriptions were received , and the committee adjourned , empowering the secretary to convene another meeting whenever occasion required .

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      MAYO ELECTION .-RIOTS AND LOSS OF LIFE . Dublin , Thursday . —( From the Times Correspondent . )— Accounts reached town this morning , stating that a fearful riot took place on Tuesday , nearCastlebar ; that some of Mr . Moore ' s freeholders had been assaulted by the Repealers , " aud that so ferocious had the conduct of the mob become that the __ stipendiary _niagistate was compelled to give the military orders to fire , in consequence of which , it is reported , two or three were shot dead , and as many more dangerously wounded . _Castlebar _, Wednesday morning .

      ; Tremendous work here . A desperate election , _Sl'Bonnell was twenty three a-head on last night's poll . It is hard to say how it will terminate . The Orange party are all with Moore , and are doing their utmost to carry their election at the point of the bayonet . The Tories fired on the people yesterday in the town of Westpott . . I . understand three were shot and several wounded . The towns of Castlebar and _Westport are filled with troops , liorsa and foot . The people actually mad . God knows where it will end . '¦ _*¦" .. .

      Dreadful Accident At Greenwich

      DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT GREENWICH

      THREE LIVES LOST . On Saturday an accident , which proved fatal to three persons , occurred in the extensive chemical works belonging to Mr . Hills , at East Greenwich . Two of tlie men were employed in cleaning out a large vessel in which ammonia had been prepared . Thoy had hardly got to the bottom of the vessel when the fumes of the spirit contained therein overcame them , and they both fell senseless on their faces . The other _unfortunate fellow , not perceiving what had happened , or else desirous oi assisting his fellow * workmen , also descended the same vessel , and almost instantaneously shared the same fate . An alarm was immediately raised , and several persons quickly repaired to the factory to render assistance . ' The three poor men were observed lying at the bottom . The foreman of the factory , more bold than the others _^ instantly leaped into the place , with thc hope of

      _rescuing the men . In this praiseworthy endeavour he was foiled , for no sooner had he got into the vessel Chan the fumes overcame him , and had it not been for the extraordinary exertions of others , he must likewise have perished ; as it was he was got out alive , but in a very exhausted state . As soon as possible the three others were got out , and a surgeon was promptly in attendance , but not in time to be or any assistance , life in each being extinct . The bodies were subsequently removed to a neighbouring public-house , to await the coroner's inquest . It is reported that the men had received strict injunctions that they wcre not to enter the vessel until they had tried the same with a lighted candle , to ascertain whether or not it was perfectly sate . This order , it soems , was not attended to , and tlio fatal consequences that followed were the result . It is stated that two of the deceased have left large families unprovided for .

      Inquest ojj the Bodies . — On Monday Mr . C . Carttar , the coroner for Kent , held an inquest at the Pilot public-house , East Greenwich , on the bodies of the three unfortunate men , named Richard Middleton , aged twenty-nine , Thomas Burkin , aged twenty , and Francis Reeves , aged fifty . The juiy having been sworn , proceeded to view the bodies , which presented a shocking appearance , and were lying in the parlour ef the above house ; and from thence were accompanied by the coroner and Mr . Hills to the place where the melancholy occurrence took place . Tlie premises , which are used solely for chemical purposes , are situate on tho banks of the river , nearly opposite Blackwall . Thc bodies having been identified , Thomas Downes , the foreman of the works , deposed that Burkin and Reeves were engaged in cleaning out a still which had just been erected , but never used ; they had finished about half-past two o ' clock , all but removin _*; a couple of bricks ; and

      witness , who was with them in the boiler , told them , when they had done so , to come out . Alter witness had left thc boiler about ten minutes , an alarm was given , and he was asked for a rope ; and on running to the still he saw two men getting Mr . Frank Hills out of the still . The still worked into the same tube as another still ; and there ought to be six inches of water in the chamber , when it would be safe , and no accident could happen . The chamber is ted by a pitcher anil 1 ' _nnnd , and it was _Middleton ' s duty to t ill it . After some immaterial evidence , the room was cleared , and thejury having remained in deliberation for a short time , returned a verdict that llichard Mlddleton , Thomas Burkin , and Francis Reeves were suffocated by sulphuric hydrogen gas , escaping from one still into another empty still , owing to the neglect of the deceased Richard Middleton , in not supplying the water to shut off the connection between the two stills .

      Rodbkuy Of Watches.—The Officers Employe...

      _Rodbkuy of Watches . —The officers employed en the Eastern _Cnuuties Railway , assisted by au active member of the metropolitan detective force , have been engaged for some davs in _endeavouring to trace out a robbery committed on that line . In the course of last week a case , _coiitohiimj watches , amounting in value to over £ 200 , was received from a . _wlwlesuio w » tch-manufacturer in _Hatton-gardeti , to . fie iorwarded to a watchmaker at Yarmonth . I _«««¦«« its transit disappeared in a very _™ . _^ _Xm _1 t hit and of course did not reach the party to whom it had been directed .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 7, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_07031846/page/1/