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    • NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TRADES.
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      Disoraceful Co.Nduct Of Wm. Lovbit Axo "...

      fi « m Daniel _O'ConnelL And , if we remember T _^ _fthP '' _NxnosALBcdT' folks themselves " _up-*&» Kfneir " own" HalL the "Society for the sA _ISotion of British Industry ! " the Chabtee , _^ _^ enimtnt , being moved on tliat occasion bv _Groove Rogers and carried by tlie aid of ttie _* L 3 _»! Really such conduct _w " _destruct _^ j * all tree discussion , anti-Democratic , and nTf _5 * R was time that "disapprobation '' was _•^^ ye _^* ressed" against these _di-gracefalinte ? _teconcJusiou ofthe resolntion of tke Conceited - _« . if _UioNatioxai . JSaHwe give , just _for-thefun _^ httlnus- It is as follows :-il _™ v think it the imperative duty of all honest _rtsrtists to come boldly forward , and , for the sake of _realise _&& liave _esponsed , redeem it from the

      _im-Nation cast upon it by the conduct of a few intolej _*^ - _B _dividuafe , "who , for the last few years , have I _? ne irom place to place to mar every meeting _Soever worthy the object , for which it might be - ** _-fl _^ J •* \ ow . _tc homespun , unintellectual , ignorant work J _Chari _iste , that is the way your self-sufficient Xiittif " brethren - ' perpetrate "fine writing . " Yoii know that Will Lovett , years ai ; o , discovered _ijj vou all needed " hedicat ion ; " and lie tried to _„» v _' our political associations turned into Dame l _^ _k . to teach yon the nature of letters . Not _Ljuf able to persuade you that such a course would k j _^ yonr benefit , be opened one of his own accord , where _*' _''^ _boolmistress '' has eversiuee been _practias 2 _'» _aud » in the above , you have a specimen y fhe prodigious _"larnuuf' of the National

      _.. up _ls . _* ° 0 UDt _*** wm _puzzleyou to imagine \ _fygi _s-.. rt of an imputation it is that lias been _^ un thcT'hartist cause , or how aatapiitatum can be cast on a cause at aU ! but if you had been at school , _nardculariy at the Holborn National one , you would lave been able to comprehend all about it . As it is yon may have the "ignorant" notion that the term _Igptatttiim , used in the sense the " three tailors" it , tan only apply to individuals , or to conduct : but theaifyou had been "hedicated" your ideas would _ijarc expanded , and you would have learned how to talk fine , and to understand what you said . Probably yon may boggle at the possibility of -redeeming any thing or person , character or conduct , from " an

      _imputation cast on it . " Yon may be stuifed full with ihe old notion , that to redeemis to ranHnn ; to pay a price ; to free , by paying an attonement ; and fiow mm , sensible men , can _rcmsorn or atone an _imputagoji . may puzzleyou todiscover . And what _naimputaj , > nwoujd ue worth to yon , when ransomed , may be a _^ oredifti cult question still ! But then-all tl iis ari ses _£ _om ' iguorance . " Get" hedicated" at" 242 _HolborCj _^ -ind you wiD know aU about it ! You will even lean- ) how " a few intolerant individuals" can " go _gam p lace to place to mar every _mekting , however _wordiv the object for which IT may be called ! " Even

      ffd _! will I * made clear to you : for have iu . t the Na tion al Ball folks the benefit ofthe teaching of Counsellor Parry who knows all about grammar and cor _rtci diction : ! _Therefore go to the schoolmistress . warn your lessons . Study in the school of priggish yreascuess— -and all these things will be made manias ! _, and clear . You will moreover learn another _'iesson : yon will learn what amount of subserviency and * " IOOUS 6 '' is _Teqpircd to secure a living aa seeretary and « 'PROPRIETOR" (! ) of a National Hall _S ? iu Lovett can teach you that ! in addition to all other " krning . '' Therefore get to school !

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      FmE . —On Friday afternoon , about two o ' clock , the _inhabitants of Guildford-place , Bagniggc-wells-road , were alarmed by hearing dreadful screams proceeding from the upper part of the house numbered 13 , _Unon looking at the window of the firsi-iloor front , a large body of flame could be seen raging therein . A female instantly ran into the room , when a pitiable sight presented itself ; the wife of the occupier of the room , Mrs . Mary Llewellyn , about o _» years of age , was fouud lying on the floor , vrith even * particle of clothiiig she had on blazing away with the greatest fury . The female crying out for assistance , several persons hastened to the room , and after ninth difficulty extinguished the flames , bat not until the :-. iifortunate female was frightfully burnt about the head , face ,

      leg ? , and chest . She was placed in a « d » , aud conveyed to _? t . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where she remains with but slight hopes of her recovery . _ScsrscTED MrcDER . —IIcxL . —The greatrst sensation was caused in this town on Wednesday , from the _OTcsmstaiico that a cabinet-maker , named Thomas Mattocks , residing in Bagger-lane , had been taken into custody by the police on a charge of murdering his wife , who had been found lying on the Scor ofthe _house , dreadfully bunted , and quite dead . The man _ifottoeks -was brought before the-magistrates at the police-court on Wednesday morning , and sufficient evidence having been heard by them to warrant the remand of the prisoner till after the coroner ' s inquest oa the body , he was taken to the gaoL

      Serious . tire ax Bichuosd . —This morning ( Saturday ) , between fhe hours of twelve and one , a fire tf a very alarming character , and which was not _extmguished until property to a considerable amonnt Bad oeen destroyed , broke outin theweli-kuown and extensive range of premises , termed tlie lung's Head Tavern , situate at the corner of Bridge-rise , ¦ _fiie property of Mr . Charles Durrani . Fortunately the whole of the inmates were enabled to escape , _tlthout _nu-ctuig with any personal injury . The total dinage is considerable , for several of the adjoining houses have sustained injury by water , Ac . The tru-in ofthe disaster is not known . Tbe Lat * - ArcmKyr ox the Maschesieh asd Lsess Rah . ? , at . —The inquiry as tohow the accident was caused tr whieh the three unfortunate men lost

      tneirhve ? , by the explosion ofthe boder or fire-box , en this line , was resumed on Monday before the borough coroner and the same jury , at " the Palatine Hotel , Hunt ' s bank . The inquiry extended over eleven hours , the jury being siihours deliberating on _aeirverdict , which was as follows : — "That , irom the tvidenec brought before ns , we have reason to appose thai the ordinary valve had been closed to fecilitate the pressure of the steam ; and tliat , froni same unknown cause , the lock-up safety-valve was impeded in its working . That it is the opinion of _t-iejary that there was a flaw in the copperplate , aad the upper part of the fire-box . _arising from the

      contraction and expansion of the metal in its ordinary working , which led , under accumidated pressure , to aic catastrophe by which _WiDiam Stones , George lulls , and William Alcock , met with their death . From these circumstances , thejury lay a dcodand on tiie engine of fee _hundredpounds '' Thursday evening wasaxed for the re-assembling ofthe jury _' in order to _sira the inquisition . The remains of ' the _deceased w ere interred on Sunday last , George Mills and Hilham Alcock at the _ilarporhey Cemetery ; those of William Stones were conveyed to the neighbourhood _« f Bolton , where Ms friends reside . The procession » t the funeral of the two former was very large , being _nearly a quarter of a mile in length .

      _Mtss-utGHiER at Leeds . —On Sunday morning !* ai the inhabitants of the upper portion of _Meadowane _tfere _th-amu into a state of exritement from a report that a man named Joseph _McholJs , residing * « s _tfeit nciglibourhood , had killed his wife in a ? qaarel daring the precediug night . On Tuesday _^ raing aa inquest -was held before John Blackburn , _i _* Hb , coroner , at the Shakspearelnn , Meadow-lane , to _investigate the cause of the unfortunate woman ' s ¦ Math . From the evidence it appeared that the _debased was dreadfully given to drinking , and it _Wmed that «> n the _inight of her death she was in a state of beastly _mtoxXeation , in which state _SheWtto _JC-peatcdlystnickand kicked by her husband . The _jary found a verdict of Manslaughter against Joseph _IVieholIs _, who was committed to York under the _tsroner ' s warrant , for trial at the ensuing assizes _, iae unfortunate deceased was thirtv-six vears of

      _Ah-aukc _Sncics or ax Old Max at _Deptfohd 2 Wednesday evening Mr . Garttar , the coroner _» r West Kent , held an inquest at the Earl of Chatham Tavern . Hughes ' -fields , Deptford , on view ofthe _£ _« of Joseph _iTOonibrid-gf , aged _mly-two , whose _*«¦& _Rccnrred the same morning under peculiarly a _^ ctjaig circumstances . From an early hour in the _oioraoig a large concourse of persons collected in "ew-streei , where the deceased had resided with a _'idwed sister dimng the last thirt v years . _Thejm-v , ° _* j ccing swcrii , proceeded to view fhe body , which S _!* 8 ente'l enc of the most frightful spectacles _imagiaatien could picture . The body lay extended on a £ ? Vh ii t 3 u _^ there was a _^ _S" 1 _* " 1 S _^ h , _sevcrm _cTi \ srteries , and leaving but a small port ion the ead the

      _SaT 7 i- ' _^ _Mt h with body . William _^ j ~ H * _'« _' > _Xew-street , knew the deceased , and was _traoV n ' l ' _" ?? marriage- He _^^ a shipwright by * —* _taisiVi " edneso _^ y ) _niorriinginy _wite _' s mother l _^ meto _jncaud told me sho feared something had _fT . _^ / iilli deceased , as he had not gone out _ac-*™« uigto his usual custom . I went into the yard , _*^ _i arenrc to the water closet , where I found him X * _k * " blood . He was kneeling on the floor , -, ' " , " _^ over the seat . At that time he was _X » _£ v ? . _^ no doubt whatever that de ceased •* _2 tt _^ % rash act- with his own hand .-John _fjj _?*? i a } _it-r , ueadle of the parish , made search for f > _- , M _^ ' eat with which the wound had been int aius luuuu _seai

      lhe * ' " me razor uown me . y « oa T- 1 tas ' , erc nrodije _^ d . and was covered with i « _aSi i - _* 7 rcturnSras their verdict , that de-* fie iv _, xi himself but as * o 1 _" _3 state of mind _^ _tKM ~ ereirasn 0 t , TidtHK 5 _etoprove-^ _fte 4 rt _^ _^ _* SSI 5 ATI 0 _N AT _UBRBBS-JsmDCE . — Qi _saa j ?**? - ' hall was held in the Democratic _l _^ _S _^ i _, ' Was . attended by a large nuiulwr of _L-df-past * "Vas _^ _"ty d ayoyment until -Jjout _- ¦ Jr _ri 5 edi eievtu _^ ' _^ k _, wheiv tu _« company were ii _os . \ j * v a most dioabolieal attempt at _a & _nssina _oae ' . fiiZ \ a _^ ut fifteen years of age was sitting on Win I ., * ' scals » dose to a window , when some * _** anT i ? hape tLrastiis hand through the ** _^' hb _„ - , _^ _nde , or some sharp instrument , « _B _fromhk _^ thel ° _wer part ofthe back . The boy A sc _rceont ' _^ d was taken np bleedingprefusely , tt Ef fned in whodressedthe wound , and t _^ _tf Kid , l _^ _^? y * now oat of danger . A man _**» _•* « o _inqSS _** - CaIdeHide _nw ; 6 cen | _WrB-

      Fme.—On Friday Afternoon, About Two O'Cl...

      - _DioADrci Dbath or A ? f . Jl 6 E 0 . F-8 _UAtE . _ On _FriwLf _^ 0011 % , * Carter held an inquest at the M _^ i- _^ S _^ Clal ? <) ad ' Lambeth ' on * h e bodv of Mrs . Elrzabeth Beard , aged 58 years , of No . 13 , Duke _~? Z _^ f * _™^ - _^* - From the evidence , it appeared that the deceased , who was the widow of a proctor , had been for some time past so low spirited and nervous that she was very seldom left alone . On the afternoon of Tuesday , however , her companion went out of her room to carry a message to her brother . She had barely gone down stairs before her attention was arrested by hearing the deceased cauin " _•? « ii ] ' _* u upon returning to the room she found it failed with smoke , and flames were mounting over each side of the bed . After looking for deceased , she was found under the bedstead , with the clothes in a blaze . After considerable difficulty the flames were extinguished , but not before the unfortunate creature was burnt to death .

      Ds 8 ib * jciive Fibk at Geavksend . —On Saturday moming , at an early hour , Gravesend was the scene of another destructive fire , which , at one period of its ravages , threatened to become as serious in magnitude as the conflagration in Junelast . It commenced in the aame street , on the premises known as the Kentish Independent newspaper and printing-ofSee , situate on the north side ofthe street , adjoining the Pope ' s Head public-house , within a few doors of Highstreet . ___ During the early part of the morning the compositors and pressmen were on the premises , striking off the paper , the Kentish Lidependent , it _b-emgpubh _^ hing day , and on their leaving at three o ' clock the lights were safe and extinguished , and the place was locked up . However , at about ten minutes before four o ' clock the policeman , in passing along the street , noticed au unusual glare in one of the

      composing rooms . Among the first to come to liis assistance was Mr . Beard , a butcher , living directly opposite , who breaking open the front door with a weight , went into the premises with the policeman , and , upon their proceeding up stairs , found the flames confined to one room . Buckets of water being at hand , they exerted themselves to suppress it , but without anv effeet , and before many minutes had transpired it burst from the windows , creating terror and alarm to the whole people of Gravesend . In the interim information had been sent up to the officers on duty at the station under the Town Hall , who , it is but justice to state , were very expert in turning out the corporation engines . The alarm bell being rung , plenty of aid was _s-aon obtained , and the engines , when got into play , were worked with considerable energy . The fire being observed by a sentinel posted at Tilbury Fort , on the opposite side of the river , notice

      was given to the commanding ofheer of the garrison , who immediately dispatched a strong detachment of troops to the spot to do what service they could for the inhabitants . By that time the appearance of the destructive element was most alarming ; it was blazing forth from the roof and every inlet that the building contained—filing on one side the Pope's Head public-house belonging to Mr . Gould , and on the other Lambert ' s eating-house , both of which were fully expected to be burned down . Very fortunately the firemen obtained a good supply of water , whieh was copiously thrown into the blazing property in all directions , but for nearly an hour it appeared to have little or no effect ; ultimately , however , by increased exertions , its progress was stopped , but not until the Kentish Lidependent Office was gutted , and the two adjacent premises , as above mentioned , greatly damaged .

      Melancholt Accident on the River . —Four Lives Lost . —On Thursday morning , at an early hour , an accident of a very distressing character , by which four persons were prematurely hurried into eternity , occurred on the river , between Barking and Woolwich . It appears that a sailing-vessel , termed a hatch boat , the property of iff . Wm . Byford , sen ., of Barkimc , Essex , was proceeding up the river , for Billingsgate-market , having on board a cargo of fish , and three sons of Mr . Byford , with the owner ofthe fish , and James Leach , a waterman , of London . The vessel started on her journey , from Chapman ' s Head beacon , the previous niglit , at a late hour , nothing particular occurring until between one and two o ' clock the next morning . At that

      time the vessel _wsa nearly opposite the " Devil ' s House , " about half-way between Woolwich and Barking when a heavy squall of wind sprang up from the west north-west , which struck the boat with fearful violence , so much bo , that she almost immediately afterwards fell over on to her side . The water then rushed down the hatehwap . The parties on board clung to the side ofthe craft , but a few seconds afterwards the vessel sank , carrying with it the three Byfords and the owner ofthe fish . Leach , who wa 3 on the fore part ofthe vessel , had the presence of mind to throw off his jacket , and kept swimming about for tbe space of 20 minutes , when he was rescued by a sailing-vessel . The name ofthe owner ofthe fish is at present unknown .

      Pirates in the MEnnBRBANEAx . —Advices were received at Lloyd ' s on Wednesday from then * agents at Gibraltar and Patras , reporting the presence of pirates in the above sea . The agent at the former port states that the Spanish brig Sorpresa , bound from Cadiz to La _Guayra , had returned to Cadiz , the captain reporting that when he had proceeded as far _asCape St . Vincent , three piratical vessels—a barque , brig , and schooner—hove in sight , and the brig gave chase to liim * but he managed , after being chased for some days , to re-anchor in Cadiz Bay . The agent at Patras reports that an Ionian vessel , with two

      thousand dollars on board , on her way to the _Gulph of Corinth , to load currants for a British merchant , anchored in a creek through stress of weather , where she was waylaid by a pirate and attacked , but the crew repulsed them the clerk in charge of the money was , however , seriously -wounded . On the aboTc news reaching Gibraltar , her Majesty ' s ship Scout , the Swedish corvette Carlskrona , and the Danish brig of war Mercurius , all proceeded to sea to cruise in the above neighbourhood . In the meantime it will be well if all merchant vessels bound up the Mediterranean be provided with arms and ammunition in case they should fall in with them .

      Assassination of Capiain _M'Leod , R . M . —Dublin , Jan . SI . —Another barbarous assassination disgraces this land . The victim in this last instance was the resident magistrate of the county Leitrim , and resided near Ballinamore . It is said that in the discharge of liis duty Captain M'Leod was the means of bringing to justice several of the lawless gang in that district , called " The Molly _Maguiries , " and for this , it is supposed , he was murdered on Wednesday evening lasfe The following is the account of the brutal deed from the Enniskitten Packet of yester day : —'' We stop the press to announce the melancholy and distressing intelligence that Captain _J _^ 'Leod , U . M ., who was on temporary duty at Ballinamore , countv Leitrim , from this town , was shot

      dead last night at Garradise , near Ballinamore , the residence of Mr . Percy , with whom he was dining . Captain M'Leod left about one o ' clock , on an outside car , and coming out of the gate was fired at , and shot dead on the spot . " ExTBAORDI . _VART OcCUKtlE . VCE OX _TITE SoUIH-WeSXebx _Rahwat . —On Monday afternoon , about five minutes to four , the train which leaves Nine Elms terminus for Gosport at one o'clock , had arrived within a quarter of a mile of the station at Winchester , when the engine-driver observed a man walk on the railway , and throw himself across the rails . The action was so instantaneous , and the distance so trifling , that it was impossible to stop the train before it reached the man , which it did almost momentarily . The train , however , did not pass over hhn , but the guard attached in front of the engine to clear the rails from any impediment , struck the unfortunate man a tremendous blow in the baek part of the neck , and drove his body several yards clear ofthe rails . The sto as as

      train _^ was pped specdly possible , and the guard got down to ascertain who the unfortunate man was , and whether he was still alive . The man was lifeless , and his death appeared to have been instantaneous . He proved to be one ofthe Hants rural constabulary , and was stationed on duty in the neighbourhood of Winchester . The body was afterwards removed to Winchester . From subsequent inquiries made , it appeared that on tlie same day the _deceaaedjhad made two previous attempts to get on the line whilst the train was approaching , but was driven away by the servants of the company . On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held oil the body , at the White Swan , Winchester , before J . W . Todd , Esq ., the coroner for the borough , and although the above facts were adduced in evidence , and sworn to by several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with a nominal deodand of one shilling on the engine . Tlie jury were also of unaidmous opinion that no blame was attributable to the company .

      Fatal- _Accrmarr to a Railway Laboubhh at LmxEBrBT . —On Saturday last an inquest was held at Addcnbrooke ' s Hospital , before Mr . Cooper , coroner for this borough , on view of the body of Robert Glover , aged seventeen . From the evidence ofJohuPryor , a labourer , working on the Eastern Counties Railway at Littlebnry _, it appeared that the deceased , who was also employed on tlie same line at Littlebury , was working with the witness during the night of the 31 st ult ., and was occupied in driving a track or waggon laden with chalk , drawn by one horse , and running on temporary rails kid down for the -curpose _, from that part of the line where the tunnels arc constructing to another spot , the night _beins very frosty , the house starting , slipped , and the deceased ran forward to catch the horse ' _shead * , when .

      he was level with the horse , he also slipped , and fell on the _ci'ouud between the rails . Be rolled over towards " the side of the rails for the purpose of avoiding the wheels ofthe waggon ; he was , however , unable to do so , and the off wheels of the waggon _parsed over hi 3 left thigh . He called to witness , who was working a little distance from him , who ran to his asi 6 tance , and carried him to one ofthe fires which are kept burning during the night , lhe accident happened about one o ' clock in the morning ; a cart was immediately procured , and the deceased was brought to Addenbrooke ' s Hospital , a httle after five . The thigh was amputated by Mr . Hammond and Mr . _Humphrev _, and hopes were entertained that the deceased would * recover , but in an hour afterwards he began to sink rapidly , and expired _shorty after seven o ' clock . The jury returned a Jf" * ** , ™ Accidental Death , vrth a deodand of 2 s . 6 d . on the hone , waggon , and ! jading .

      Fme.—On Friday Afternoon, About Two O'Cl...

      ., _Dbbadpul Death . —On Tuesday afternoon . the inmates ofthe house No . 13 , Duke-street , Stamfordstreet , Lambeth ,, were suddenly alarmed by hearing a lOUd and piercing scream proceeding from some part of the , _preiavses .. The parties immediately instituted a search to ascertain the cause of the noise , when , after going over different parts of the house , they entered the front room on the second floor , which they found filled with smoke . Whilst there , they heard a kind of half-suppressed groan , which appeared to come from underneath the bedstead . Upou looking in that quarter they discovered a fine young woman , named Elizabeth Beard , with nearly the whole of her wearing apparel burnt off her back _, lhe bedstead having been drawn away , a most frightful spectacle presented itself , the unfortunate creature being burnt in such a shocking manner that her face looked like a piece of partially consumed leather . Medical attendance was instantly procured , but not in tunc to be of any assistance to the poor creature , for she had ceased to exist .

      _Dksiiiuctivb Fire at Nottingham . — On Sunday morning a most lamentable Are , for which no cause of _or-Jgin can be rendered , and which , lamentable as it may appear , is considered to be the work of an incendiary , occurred at the village of Lenton , a large suburb of Nottingham , on the opposite side of the Park , about one mile from the town . The flames succeeded in then * frightful ravages in destroying all within their reach before their destructive power could be stayed . The building which has been destroyed was a large factory , belonging to Mr . Peter Coxon , of New Lenton , having been erected about twelve months since , at a large expense . It was fitted up with new machines for the manufacture of lace , and adjoined a splendid new iron factory , worked by Mr . Pegg , of Lenton . It was three stories high ,

      with machinery on each floor , and completed with every requisite for work . At nine o ' clock on Saturday evening , the usual custom of seeing all safe was adhered to by the son of Mr . Coxon , who found a little fire in the grates , which is the custom to leave , to keep the rooms warm for work in the morning . That night , however , the fires were lower than usual , and he is certain no danger was to be apprehended from them . At half-past two , Smith , the _' watchman ofthe neighbourhood , heard a dog barking inside the factory , and , on going up and making an examination , found flames were raging in the interior . "He proceeded to Mr . Coxon ' s house , directly opposite the factory , and Cooper , a county policeman ( county constabulary ) , was sent to Nottingham for engines . About four o ' clock a large engine arrived from the Nottingham Fire Brigade , with post-horses ; but the roof had fallen in twenty minutes after the discovery of the fire , and nothing but the bare walls remained standiiur . Water was . however . _codioubIv thrown on

      to the blazing beams , and by prompt means the flames were prevented from spreading to tbe adjoining iron factory of Mr . Pegg . Copious supplies ot water were obtained from the engine of Mr . Pegg . The whole of his men assisted to the utmost , and the large population of Lenton , amounting to several thousands , left their beds , although the cold was most intense , and worked to the utmost to save the property . Tho machinery contained in the building was valued alone at £ 1 , 600 , of which only £ 550 was insured in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire-office . Tho building was quite new , and cost several hundred pounds erecting , but its exact worth is not known . Not the least sacrifice of life or limb occurred , except in one instance , which , . although of little moment as regards the severing of friendly ties of humanity in relationship , yet it is not uninteresting to mention . The poor dog who gave the alarm , being tied fast to prevent his ranging about the factory , fell a victim to the raging element .

      Horbiblk Charge . —Rochester , Fib . 1 . —On Friday , the 31 st of January , a full bench of county magistrates for the north division of the Layth of Ayles ford assembled at the office of Messrs . Essell and Hayward , and were occupied nearly the whole of the day investigating several charges of the most revolting description , against Mr . John Williams , of No . 21 , Gibraltar-terrace , New-road , Chatham ; and who has hitherto conducted an extensive and-respectable boarding-school forthe education of young gentlemen . The evidence , which is wholly unfit even for description , was sufficient to warrant the magistrates in committing the prisoner for trial at the next Maidstone assizes on several separate charges . As the prisoner is about sixty years of age , and has moved for some years in respectable circles in the neighbourhood , the court was crowded with gentlemen .

      _DbSADPuX _IlKSTlTUTlO } " IS TllE UxBfilD & B UsiON . — Late on Saturday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner , held a lengthened inquiry at the Six Bells public-house , Ruislip-coinmon , about five miles from Uxbridge , into the circumstances attending the death of William Murrell , aged 28 , whose death , it had been stated , had been caused by the want ofthe common necessaries of life . The room occupied by the deceased , his wife , and child , bespoke tho penury and destitution of its occupants , and the body of the deceased bore indications of the privations he had endured . Three witnesses were examined , one of whom was the wife ofthe deceased , whose figure was most attenuated , and who was in so weak a state , that she was accommodated with a chair , and had brandy and water provided for her while giving her evidence . The

      deceased was a labouring man , the sou of another labourer , residing at Ruislip-coinmon . The deceased married about three years ago , to witness , Martha Murrell , who belonged to Iver , in Buckinghamshire , where they for some time resided . From the month of August last the deceased had been out of work , except an occasional job or two . About three months ago , in consequence of the serious illness of the wife , they became chargeable to the parish of Iver , which is in the Eton Union , and subsequently orders were given for their removal to the Uxbridge Union , but which were suspended on account of the illness of the wife . About seven weeks Brace , the wife being rather better , the deceased , to avoid the orders of removal being carried into effect , and their being taken to Ruislip as paupers , borrowed a horse and

      cart , and removed his wife to the old workhouse , where they have ever since lived , and in the hope of getting work , abstained front applying for any assistance to the relieving-officer of the Uxbridge Union . After a week or two , not getting work , the deceased , at the earnest request of his wife , applied to the board of guardians ofthe Uxbridge Union for relief , which they answered by giving him an order of admission into the union workhouse at Hillingdon , upwards of four miles from all his friends . As he returned home , however , with the order to his wife , he found he could obtain employment at cutting down pea-sticks inthe woods , and carrying them out into the road to be carted , and they in consequence determined not to make use of the order . The next morning the deceased went to work at the

      employment , but finding that , work as hard as he could at it , he could not earn more than Od . a day , and his strength failing him , he was forced _% o give it up . During the whole of the period from their removal from Iver to Ruisli p to the deceased being ill , and then obtaining relief , they subsisted alone upon potatoes which the deceased had received while at Iver for doing up a garden , and a few which his father had given nim as seed to plant a little bit of garden with . The wife declared on oath that she cooked them three times a day , and that , with the exception of now * and then half a quartern loaf , and two pennyworth of sprats , they had no other food , which statement was corroborated by the other witnesses . During those six weeks neither the deceased nor his wife tasted either meat or tea . Last

      Tuesday week deceased became very poorly , and at the persuasion of the wife consented that she should apply for medical relief . She accordingly on that morning left _Ruislip-commoh , between seven and eight o ' clock , and walked to Hillingdon , to the residence of Mr . Stpckwell , the reUeving-officer for tht Uxbridge Union , where she arrived about nine o ' clock . He gave her an order on Mr . Rayner , surgeon , at Uxbridge , to whose house she proceeded with it , and then returned home to Ruislip-common , which she reached about twelve o ' clock , having in the interim walked ten miles hi a very weak state , and without ( having no money ) bringing home any food or sustenance for 1161 ' siek husband . Soon after her return home Mr . Rayner visited them , and _immcdiatplv _r _. n _aseertaimnff their destitute condition , he

      gave them an order for necessaries , which he desired the wife to take to Mr . _Stockwelh lhe poor jaded wife then retraced her steps to Hillingdon , where the order of Mr . Rayner was exchanged by Mr . Stockwell for an order on Mr . Collins , a tradesman in Riushp village , for grocery , < fcc ., to the value of three shillings , with which supply she reached her home in the evening , having in obtaining it had to traverse no less than twenty miles of ground . On the following Friday she went to the board of guardians at the Uxbridge Union Workhouse , at Hillingdon , to ask for more relief , and told them that her husband had got a promise of work on the following Monday , and Mr . Pierce , one of the guardians , having stated that he had directed his bailiff to set the deceased at work in grubbingthe board ordered

      , her to have her dinner , and Mr . Stockwell came out and told her to meet him at Ilu ' iBlip Church on the next day ( Saturday ) . On her doing so he gave her three loaves and Is . Sid . in money , being equivalent to another Ss . On thatday ( Saturday ) the deceased was very poorlv . and on the Sunday he comp lained that he had knocked his foot against a stump , and as the night advanced , getting worse , the wife called in the witness Hill , who found the deceased lying on the bed ( a chaff one ) on his face , when he complained ot pain in his neck , and his jaw being locked , fls was , however , quite sensible , and could speak to th * ' * st of his life . Mrs . Allday , the third witness , on the Tuesday morning went to Uxbridee to fetch Mr .

      Ravner , but the deceased died before he couldarrive . Mrs . Allday stated , that her husband had no employment but breaking stones at the Uxbridge Union Workhouse , at which he could never earn more than Is . 4 d . or Is . 6 d . a day , and to perform that work he had to walk ten miles a day . —The Coroner then said he trusted that the inquiry would produce good results It was a melancholy and deplorable thing for the poor to have to travel twenty miles before they eould obtain 3 s . worth of relief . It was making their lives a life of toil and trouble , instead of affording ther relief . The room was then cleared of strangers , and « n the public beingagain admitted , thejury returned

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      _ayerfict . of—Died from lock-jaw ; and tho foreman said , that the _j-ury could hot' " separate without _expiring their great dissatisfaction and disgust at the continuance ofa system which compelled the poor , in the hour of sickness and destitution , to travel so many miles as it was proved that the wife of the deceased man was compelled to walk before she could obtain the relief that was necessary for their wants . _Dkath in a Coal Pit . —One of those dreadful casualties to which colliers are daily exposed happened on Thursday the 30 th ult ., in Cheaple pit , near Wakefield ,: belonging to the Messrs . _Charlesworth . While Amos Pickord , a coal getter , was in the act of taking out a choke ( which is used instead of props to support the roof ) the stone fell and crushed him , and although help was near at hand , he died before thev could get him out . He was thirty years of age ; he has left a wife and two children and the wife is near being confined with the third . He bore a good character , and . was a good unionist .

      Wahwngtow . —Cruel _Trbatmbxt or as _Apprki * - TICB . —On Monday last , at the Sessions Room , William Henry Fairhurst , a fustian cutter , was summoned _liefore the magistrates by Isabella Lowton , charged with ill-using her daughter , who was his apprentice . It appeared , from the evidence , that on the day the alleged brutality took place the defendant had asked the little girl to fetch a quantity of coals in a wheelbarrow , for the use of the shop ; it was then very Lslippery , from the snow , and she said she could not go , as her shoes were in pieces . Defendant again

      asked her , and she replied as before . He then took a cane and flogged her for " about ten minutes , " until her anus were deeply cut with the violence of his blows . One witness said she met the girl shortly afterwards , crying , and her arms were running down with blood , her back at the same time being swollen up into ridges , by each blow ofthe cane . The girl shewed her arm / and the cuts were very visible . — The defendant attempted to justify his conduct , and said the girl had spoiled the work she had on hand . — The magistrates ordered him to pay the costs , and cancelled the indentures .

      Mansuvohter at Burt , —On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Cotton Tree Inn , Moor Side , Bury , before Mr . Dearden _, coroner , and sixteen jurymen-Mr . John Barratt , druggist , Rock-street , Bury , foreman—on the body ofa boy , five years of age , named Simon , the son of Charles Bamford , whose death took place under the _following circumstances : The first witness was Alice , wife of Johu Sinethurst , carter , who stated that between twelve and one o'clock on Tuesday noon hist , she was in the street near the Cotton Tree public-house , and saw from twenty to thirty boys throwing snowballs at a man named Thomas Booth , who had a spade on his shoulders . They knocked his hat off his head twice . She saw him take a piece of coal , about half the size

      of a brick , from a load of coals near the public-house door * , and he told them that if they threw any more , he would throw the coal at thein . He walked about thirty yards with the coal in his hand , when another snowball was thrown at hku . He turned back about twenty yards , and threw the coal at a crowd of boys : it struck Simon Bamford on his head , which afterwards bled , and he was removed home . Booth was certainly in a passion when he threw the coal : it broke to pieces on the child ' s head , who was between ten and hfteen yards from him at the time . The deceased was near the boys who had been throwing snowballs . Booth said the child must be taken home aiid have its head washed , and it . would be better again . —By a Juryman : The boys ran away when

      booth got hold ot the piece ot coal : he new it m _nis hand two or three minutes before he threw it . —Mary , the wife of Richard Dearden , Moor Gate , corroborated the evidence ofthe last _wituess . —Henry Howarth , a boy , fiftecn . years of age , said he lived in Bell Lane , and was a power-loom weaver , at Messrs . Walker and Lomax _' _s mill . He was standing near-the child when it was knocked down by the coal , and assisted hi taking it home . It had a cap on , but the cap was not cut . He was certain the piece of coal thrown by Booth hit the child over the head . Several other witnesses gave similar testimony . —Mr . Wardleworth , surgeon , said he was not called to visit the child until Fridav _evening , when he found itiust recovering from

      a fit of convulsions . He saw it twice on Saturday ; but it died that night . He had made a post mortem examination of the , body that day ; he found the left temple region of the frontal bone was fractured ; the surface ot the brain beneath the wound was highly inflamed ; the substance of the brain was softened , and contained a small abscess . —The evidence being concluded , the jury returned a verdict of * ¦ _* * Manslaughter against Thomas Booth . "—Superintendent Henshall took charge of Booth , who had boon held to bail since the death of the child . The prisoner , who is an out-door labourer , i > _rty-six years of age , and has a wife and five children , was committed to Liverpool assizes for trial .

      _Dabinb Burglaribs . —On Friday morning , about half-past twelve . o ' clock , Mrs . Rainford , of the Weavers' Arms , Preston , whose husband was absent from home , was alarmed by a noise which she heard in the house ; and , immediately getting out of bed , prCceeded down stairs , and found two men attempting to prize the bar door open , while two others were keeping watch outside . She instantly perceived that the house had been entered , and asked those inside how they had got in , and what , they wanted . They wanted money , they replied ; and one of them held a pistol at her head , and the other said " Drop her . " Mrs . Rainford , however , was undaunted , and refused their demand . But they insisted on having five sovereigns ; for , said they , we know the master is

      from home . She then told them to wait while she fetched tlie key , and they followed her up stairs . Having got inside the front room , she field fast the door , and told one of the lodgers in the house , who had been aroused by the alarm , to halloo out ofthe window . The men standing outside threatened , if he cried out , to shoot hun . Mrs . Rainford then went to the window , and cried out , while he held the door ; and they used the same threat to her . In some way or other , almost unknown to herself , on account of her alarm and terror , sho contrived to make her way into the club-room , and vociferated through the window with all her might . Two ofthe policemen , hearing the shouts , repaired to the place ;

      but the depredators had taken their flight down Paradise-street . The constables pursued ; and , as we have been informed , came so close upon their track , that one of the villains turned on Seed , and , presenting a pistol , swore he would shoot him if they pursued any further . It is not known how they effected an entrance , unless , as it is supposed , one of the gang had previously concealed himself in the house , and opened the door for the others . After committing tlie above burglary , the same gang of men , as it is supposed , pursued theirway to Penwortham factory , and broke into the house of Mr . John _Breakell , shopkeeper , effecting an entrance by taking out one of the windows . The servant man was awakened bv

      their noise , and was coming down the stairs to ascertain tbe cause of the disturbance which he heard in the house , when one of the gang who was stationed at the stair ' s foot presented a loaded gun at him , and threatened to blow lib brains out if he advanced a step farther . He immediately retreated and awoke his master ; but iu the meantime the plunderers decamped , having . possessed themselves of £ 14 , a quantity of bacon , some clothes , a bottle of rum , and the gun , which was Mr . Brcakell ' s property . No trace has as yet been discovered to lead to their appr ehension . The'dog , which at other times usually keeps good guard , remained perfectly quiet on the hearthstone while they were in the house—a circumstance which has led to the su _* A » icion that they were known by that animal , and i . nst themselves have known the premises . —Preston Chronicle .

      _HoRi'iBLE!— A Child Burst to Death by its Mother . —Psnriih _, Tuesday . — A most barbarous and revolting murder was committed at a village called Lammonby , in the vicinity of Penrith , Cumberland , on the afternoon of Wednesday last . It appears that a woman of the name of Jane Crosby , who is married and has children by her husband , and now living with him , and who keeps a small inn at Lammonby , has been very much addicted to drinking of late , and the husband frequently reprimanded her for her miBc 6 nduct . They have two daughters , about the respective ages of nine and ten years ; theyounger of these children was the father ' s favourite , and frequently on being questioned by her father on his return from work , informed him that her mother had

      been drinking during the day , in his absence ; in consequence of which the mother took a most rooted antipathy against the child , and had determined to put it out of the way the first favourable opportunity . It seems , on Wednesday _aftevnooTi she accordingly undressed the poor child , with the exception of its shift , and having first hidden the clothes in a closet or press in the house , actually made a large fire purposely in the kitchen , and then took the child up by the legs , held it ovor the fire with its head downwards , and laid it on the top iron grate bar until the poor chMaflesh , waslitorallyburntoff its face , and deathput a period to its sufferings . The inhuman wretch then , it appears , had taken the child off the fire , and called ataiveighbour ' _ahouseandstatedthatthechildhadbeen _lcftmthehouse with its little sister only , and its clothes having taken fire it had been burnt to death during her absence at a farm-house _tbout two miles distant from Lammonby . This story was doubted very much by the neighbours , and on looking at the remains ofthe child the shift it had on had been only partially burnt

      about the neck and breast , but the back part was whole ; and no pieces of the burnt clothes having been found about the fire place in the kitchen , their suspicions naturally became excited , particularlv ' _asthe woman had previously only borne a very imperfect character in the'village . The coroner _' was accordingly summoned , and on the inquest these suspicions were communicated to him and the houso having been , searched , the child ' s clothes were found wrapped together concealed in a closet , < and on further inquiries being made it was found . Owt the inhuman wretch had perpetrated the crime in the presence of her other child , who was in the kitchen at the time , and had been so terrified and frightened by the cruel threats of her inhuman niothcr i that she would burn her also if she revealed theoocurrence , that she had in consequence never mentioned it , till questioned by the coroner and jury . The Coroner , Mr . Carrick , after a , very patient and lengthened investigation of the

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      case , adjourned the inquest until Mondav next , to give ; _time'tb obtain ' some circumstantial evidence / and in tho meantime ordered the woman to bo taken into _custody , and she is now in gaol until tbe verdict of the jury is returned . This painful occurrence has been a source of the greatest alarm and excitement in the secluded village of Lammonby and the neighbourhood , and it is supposed that sufficient evidence will be elicited to warrant the coroner in committing the wretched woman for trial , for tho cruel and unnatural murder .

      Baiinstaple . —A melancholy accident occurred on Friday last , the 31 st ult ., at Mr . Puddicombe ' s limekiln , situate at Fremington Pill , about three miles from this town , which has spread a gloom over the whole of that parish . John Fairchild _, one of the men employed at the kiln , having incautiously descended without the ladder , soon found , that the sulphureous effluvia from the culm affected his respiration , and called to his brother-in-law , Richard Gayton , for help , who instantly lowered a rope , whicli , in drawing him from his perilous situation , unfortunately broke . Gayton thcu immediately descended to the poor fellow ' s assistance ,, but the exhalations proving too strong for him also , another man , named Shaddock , jumped down , and Taylor , a fourth man , stood ready to render immediate aid should it be necessary , who , soon perceiving that Shaddock was overpowered , put

      a board and slid down . He happuy succeeded in getting him up , and he ultimately recovered . By this time tho neighbourhood became alarmed , and Gayton ami Fairchild being got out , medical assistance was procured , but life was extinct . They were men of sober and industrious habits , and have each left a wife with a very large family . Murder and Suicide . —A dreadful affair occurred at Orleans last week . A carpenter , named _Sesson , who had been discharged from a lunatic asylum as cured , in" a sudden return of his malady , rose inthe night , stabbed himself with a knife , and then plunged it repeatedly in the bodies of his two children , inflicting upon one , an infant only one year old , twentytwo wounds , and on the other , who was four years old , fifteen wounds . The children died immediately ; but the unfortunate father survived two days , and _recovered his reason just before he expired .

      The Courrier du Havre announces the stranding , off St . Vaast la 1 iougue , of the American packet Ville de Lyon , Captain Stoddard , whieh sailed on Saturday from Havre for New York with a full freight . Tho passengers and crew were all saved , but a man was drowned in rendering them assistance .

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      INDIA AND CHINA-OVERLAND MAIL . The overland dispatch in anticipation ofthe Indian Mail of the 1 st of J anuary has arrived India is tranquil , with the exception of some trifling disturbances in the jungles of the small state of Sawunt Warree , on the Malabar coast . The Disturbances which existed in the districts of Kolaporc , at the time ofthe departure of the last mail , appear to have subsided . The celebrated fortresses ofPunallaand Pownaghur , which lie to the north of the town of Kolaporc , at a distance of about fifteen miles , were captured on the 1 st of December by the force under the command of General De la Motto . The only remarkable casualty was the death of Colonel Hiclcs of tho Bombay army , who had one of his legs shattered by a cannou-ball , which passed through his horse and injured the other leg . He

      died withm a tew hours . This occurred at the taking possession of the little town at the foot of the rock fortress . Robin Hood _itr ran East . —In the small state of Sawunt __ Warree , which lies between the Kolapore mountains and the sea , a sort of " Robin Hood" in * surrcction had been got up by an old freebooter , ' called Phond Sawunt , who , after some years of tranquil enjoyment of a pension , thought fit to try his luck in the jungles , and has induced his own sons , and even the son and heir of the Rajah of Warree , to join in the excursion . They are now living in tho jungle under the mountains , and they keep that part of the Concan in great confusion . Is the _NoEin of India there was great watchfulness displayed by the civil and military authorities . The continued Hullah-balow of the eternal Singhs in tlunject Singh ' s kingdom , rendering ' these precautions necessary . ' ••'

      TnE Plague in _Afghanistan . —This country has been visited by the plague , whicli came from the environs of Bokhara , and ravaged the town of Caubul , and had , in the beginning of December reached Peshawur . Fortunately it assumed a milder appearance as it approached to the banks ofthe Indus ; yet its progress was feared down that river , and also into the Punjaub . In Scinde all was quiet and order . The 78 th Highlanders continued to suffer severely from sickness . The _Govkbxob-Gsxeral ( Sir Henry Hardinge ) re mained at Calcutta , where he was regulating the means of educating the natives for public employment . He had received several addresses from the natives , to wliich he gave highly satisfactory answers , and premised his aid for the improvement of the

      country and its people . Blessings of British Government . —Taxation in Hong Kong . —The " Natives" not to be Donk . — The news from China comes down to the 19 th of November . The principal point of interest was the dispute between the Governor of Hong-Kong and the inhabitants relative to the registration of the population and a poll-tax , which was ordered by an ordinance published on the 19 th of October . Tho merchants wrote a bold address , in which the measures of the Government were declared to be " iniquitous . " This address was returned to the signers . An angry correspondence ensued . The Chinese population struck work , and prepared to quit the colony . Tho Governor then withdrew the obnoxious ordinance to have it amended .

      SWITZERLAND . The agitation of which Switzerland is tho theatre , arising out ofthe Jesuit expulsion question , has seriously affected the internal commerce of the country . A letter from Lucerne of the 16 th states , that although the annual fair was to begin the following day , yet that no sellers had presented themselves . The Federal Gazette significantly observes that there is no dancing except in the prisons . Dreadful Fire . —Upwards of 250 houses were last week burnt down in the village of Luc ( Switzerland ) . The clergyman ' s residence and the Town Hall were also reduced to ashes . The church is so mueh injured that it is not expected to be again available for public worship . The walls arc tottering in parts from the effects of the heat . * The three bells were melted before the fire reached the spire of the steeple . The total damage from the fire is estimated at _lOO . OOOf . Provisions and necessaries have been

      sent in by the surrounding villages to the sufferers . TAHITI . News from Tahiti has been received up to the 27 th of August last , at which time the whole population of Tahiti , and the other islands claimed by the French , were in arms against them , and they were masters of nothing beyond what they occupied in Tahiti itself . They could not move a mile from Papiti without being attacked by the natives , who were determined to resist to the last . The total French force consisted of about 1 , 000 men , and of the natives there were , either in Tahiti or the adjoining islands , from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 determined men in arms , resolved to resist them to the last . Already from 200 to 250 of the French had fallen in attacking the strong position taken by the natives , of whom about 100 had also lost their lives . Queen Pomare had refused to have anything to do with the French . She had joined'her subjects in one of the adjoining islands .

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      Wrongs of the Merchant Sxauev ' — A public meeting of Shipowners , Masters , and Seamen , was held in the Seamen ' s Hall , Glasgow , on the 22 nd inst ., for the purpose of expressing their disapprobation of the new bill proposed to be passed into a law this session of Parliament , and which , in the opinion of the meeting , is an encroachment on the rights of seamen . The seamen arc of opinion that the widows and children of seamen have a right to be supported by the Merchant Seamen ' s Fund , no matter wliat death , violent or natural , then- husbands or fathers may have died , and to get such relief as will keep them above pauperism , or that the poll tax should be altogether repealed . Archibald _M'Intosh was in the chair ; and Mr . J . S . Fildes explained

      at full length the nature of the new bill , which he contended , if passed in its present shape , would be a complete Seamen ' s " New Poor Law . " The speaker took quotations from the parliamentary evidences on the Seamen's Fund , which proved that justice could not be done to the seamen under the present Act of Parliament . Mr . Fildes pointed out to the meeting the great hardship of compelling a man to pay to a fund , over which he had not the least controul . He contended that as all seamen had to pay Is . per month , they had a full right to be supported by that fund , when thev arrived at an age to be unable to support themselves . It was a false hope , held out to the unsuspecting mariner , of securing something for old age ; and , after years of toil , ho found to his sorrow , that the gas-light legislators were a set of _wholeside " crimps" ofthe blackest dye .

      Launch of the Tekrible . —At the early hour of twelve o ' clock on Thursday , -numbers of the parties who had obtained tickets of admission to witness tbe launch of this magnificent war-steamer , arrived at Deptford Dockyard , and occupied the seats allotted to them , which wore sheltered with canvas in the rear , and covered with the flags of almost all nations . By half-past twelve o ' clock , the period when the first sounds ofthe hammers on the dog-shores were heard _, it was scarcelv possible for those who had delayed arrivinff until that time , to make their way through

      the dense crowd which had assembled outside the barricades surrounding tlie vessel , all anxious to witness the interesting spectacle . A great number ot naval officers assembled at an early hour , and many of them went on board , among whom were Uptaui Lord Adolphns Fitzclarence , G . C . B ., _, Commodore Sir Charles Napier , Captain George Smith ( inventor of the paddle-box boats ) , Capt , Austin , _^ C . B ., Capt . Otway , Lieutenant Rivers , and Baron Gersdorff _, the Swedish Ambassador . Shortly before one o ' clock Sir John Hill , Captain Superintendent of the Dockyard , arrived , escorting his daughter , Miss

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      Lucy Hill , and having taken their stations on tha platrorm 7 MrT" Olivef Lalng , hiasfer shipwright at the Woolwich Dockyard , who designed the vessel , pre- , scnteda glass of wine to Miss Lucv Hill , and she drank to the success of the Terrible . The-bottle , from which the wine was taken , was instantly attached to a cord , and Miss Hill broke it on the bows . Mr . Willcox , master shipwright's assistant at Deptford Dockyard , then gave instructions to proceed with increased dispatch in loosening the dog-shores _, and in a few minutes the majestic war-steamer began to move and glide onwards into her future element amidst enthusiastic cheers of the numerous spectators . The day was beautiful overhead , although the wind was _ninrciner cold , and there could not have been

      fewer than ten thousand persons present on this interesting occasion—a scene always gratifying to Englishmen , who pride themselves on their wooden bulwarks , of which this vessel is a superior specimen , combining all thebeBt qualities of steam-vessels of first-rate character . Some idea may be formed of the great size and capabilities ofthe Terrible , when it is stated that each of her paddle-box boats willaccomniodate or carry 200 men . The engines are to be fitted by Maudsley , Sons , and Field , who were present to witness the launch , and will be of 800 horse power . As the vessel entered the river her form appeared verv pleasing and bold to the eye , and the figure-head o ' f uaiveu

      • uipnei-, vy nuiyer anu oon , naa a very majestic appearance , suitable to the character of the god of thunder . The Odin steam-vessel , another warsteamer , designed by Mr . Lang , will be commenced immediately on the slip on which the Terrible was built ; and the Spitfire , at present constructing on the sister slip at Deptford , will be launched in the middle of next month . The following are the dimensions of the Terrible * . — Length from the fore part of the figure-head to ft . in . the aft part of the taffrnil 246 0 Length between the perpendiculars 226 ft Length ofthe keel for tonnage 196 10 _J Breadth extreme 42 6

      Breadth for . tonnage « 0 Breadth moulded 41 2 Depth in hold 27 t Burthen in tons , 1 , 847 7-94 .

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      : Preliminary Conference of Trades , —In pursuance ofa circular recently issued by the Central Association of London Trades , recommending the Trades to take up the suggestions of T . S . Duncombe . M . P ., in his reply to Mr . John Drury , of Sheffield ; the preliminary conference was hold in the large room of the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Thursday * evening , February the 6 th , when upwards of sixty delegates were present . Amongst other trades represented were the Morocco-leather Finishers , Dyers , __ King ' s Arms Society of Carpenters ; the Sun ditto , London-wall : the Castle , City-road , Society ; the Bay Malton , ditto ; the Carpenters ' Union ; the Dun Horse Society of * ditto ; the

      Running Horse Society of ditto ; the Tin-plate Workers , Bookbinders , Newspaper Compositors , _Corkcutters , Ironmoulders , Carvers and Gilders , Spitalfield Weavers , Masons , City Boot and Shoemakers , West End do ., Stepney do ., Westminster do ., the Silkhatters , and the Miners of the North of England . Mr . Robertson ( bookbinder ) was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . T . Barrett , secretary , explained the reasons for calling the present meeting . Mr . J . S . Sherrard rose and moved the first resolution , wliich was seconded by Mr . Ching , and earned una nimously . Mr . Dunning moved the second resolution , whicli was seconded by Mr . Williams ' , and carried unanimously . Mr . Wilson ( boot and shoemaker ) , moved the third resolution Mr . Wartnaby seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Wartnaby moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , and tho meeting adjourned . The resolutions will be found advertised in our fifth page .

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      Citt of Losdox . —At the Hall , Turnagain-lanc , the public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten on Sunday morning next . The Metropolitan District Council will assemble for the dispatch of business , at three precisely . In the evening at seven , Mr . _M'Grath , President of the Executive , will deliver a public lecture . '• City or London . —A meeting of the members of the Chartist locality meeting at the Hall , _Turnagain Lane , will be held on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Marylebone . —The adjourned meeting will be resumed at the Coachmakers' Arms , Circus-street , New Road , on Sunday evening next , February the flth , at half-past seven . _CAMBERWEii-G and _Waiworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , on Monday _evening next , February the 10 th , at eight precisely .

      Hammersmith . —Mr . P . M'Grath , President of the Executive Committee , will lecture on Free Trade , at the Ship inn , Bridge-road , on Tuesday evening next , February llth ; chair to be taken at half-past _sevefe Mr . Clark will lecture at the St . George ' s Temperance Hall , Blackfriars Road , on Tuesday evening , February the llth . Subject—Trades' Unions , why they have failed , and the means to be taken to render them effectual . , Southwark and Lambeih . —Mr . C Doyle will lecture _afrthe St . George ' s Temperance Hall , Black * friars-road , on Sunday evening next , Feb . 9 th , at seven precisely . Bethnal-okeen . —Mi _\ T . M . Wheeler will lecture at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , on Sunday evening next , Feb . 9 th , at seven o'clock _preoisely . Somers Town . —Mr . T . Clark will lecture at the Bricklayers' Anns , Tonbridge-street , _Cromer-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven .

      Democratic Festival . —A Politico-Social Festival , consisting of supper , song ,- < fec _., will be held at Tillmann's Assembl y Room- ? , 49 , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday evening next , February tbe 10 th . Tickets , nine-pence each . Supper oh table at eight o ' clock precisely . Chelsea . —The inhabitants of Chelsea , Brampton , and Knightsbridge , are requested to attend a Public Meeting , whicli will be held at the Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenor Row , on Sunday evening next , February the 9 th , at half-past seven , for the purpose of nominating the necessary officers of a locality of the National Charter Association .

      Emmett _' s Brigade . —All persons holding tickets for tho harmonic meeting for the benefit of Mrs . Ellis , are respectfully solicited to meet at ihe Rock Tavern , _Lisaon-grovc , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Duncombe Testimonial . —The Central Committee will meet for the transaction of business , at the Parthenium Club Rooms , Saint Martin ' s Lane , on Wednesday evening next , February the 12 th , at half-post eight precisely . i-i- r - r _J i * i-iriii _* _a _^— * - ---- — _- »—— -- * --

      Bankrupts. (From The Gazette Of Friday, ...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From the Gazette of Friday , Feb . 1 th ) . John Beard , Deptford , builder—George Haywood , Luton , Bedfordshire , bricklayer—William Henry Colt , Long Melford , Suffolk , grocer—Samuel Rugs , Southampton , carpenter—James Bradshaw , High-street , Camden Towncoal-merchaiit-Samuel Tavener , _Sovereign-mews , Paddington , bricklayer—John Richardson , _i'iah-sti'ect-hilf _. City , boot and shoemaker . dividends . March 4 . W . and T . _Higgins , Old Bond-street , hosiers—Feb . 28 , It . Thehvall , Manchester , silversmith-March t , T . Collinsou , Wakefield , Yorkshire , boat-builder—March 3 , B . Wright , Liverpool , dealer in paint—Feb . 27 , J . _Mallalieu , _Hiirhstile , Yorkshire , _wooUen-manufacturer .

      National Conference Of Trades.

      NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TRADES .

      At A Preliminary Trades Conference, Call...

      AT a Preliminary Trades Conference , called to consider the propriety of holding a NATIONAL CONFERENCEof the TRADES of the United Kingdom , and held at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Thursday evening , February Cth—Mr . Roberta , bookbinder , in the chair—the following resolutions were carried unanimously * . — 1 st . —Proposed by Mr . Sherbard , broad silk

      weaver ; seconded by Mr . Ching , tinplate-worker : — " That this meeting , considering the present position of the Trades an extremely perilous one , tliat all Trades require a better system of organization to protect their mutual rights and privileges ; and the representatives of Trades now _asaembled are of opinion that immediate steps should be taken to conso lidate the several Trades , that they may be enabled the better to assert and maintain those rights and privileges . "

      2 nd . —Moved by Mr . Duhhihg , bookbinder ; seconded by Mr . _Wimjams , carver and gilder : — " That , for the purpose of carrying out the foregoing resolu tion , it is highly desirable that a Committee should be formed in London in conjunction with the Central Association , or of Associated Trades , to correspond with the Various Trades in the provinces , to the end , that at Easter next a General Conference may bo held in the Metropolis , to devise the means by which an effectual resistance may be given to any measure introduced in the present session of Parliament , tending to injure the interest of the . _Working Classes . "

      • 3 rd . —Mpved by Mr . Wilson , boot and _shoemake , seconded by Mr . Wartnaby , carpenter : — " That the delegates now present , fully impressed with the important and beneficial teudencjfiof _,-fche proposed Conference , pledge themselves to use their utmost exertions in their respective societies , to support the committee appointed by this meeting . " 4 th . —Moved by Mr . Berry , ' miner ; seconded bj Mr . Bush , carpenter— " That the whole of tha delegates now present form the Committee , with power to add to their number ; and that the next meeting of the Committee be held on Wednesday evening , February the 12 th , at _eiftht o ' clock precisely . " ... .. ¦ ¦/ ... ¦

      5 th . —Moved by Mr . Bush , carpenter ; seconded by Mr . Wilson , shoemaker— "That _the--reiwh-rtion « of this meeting bo advertised _iujjhe _^ _lforrt _^{& _j- _* j _»*\ and Homing Advertiser _newspanars . " _^ _.-- " _- _' _$£ _& .. j T . _Basratt , _SeoretaiTi ' ¦ ' _&

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08021845/page/5/