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      •* Ani T Will War, At Least 'A -Voids, (...

      •* Ani t will war , at least ' a -voids , _(> jul—should my chant * so happen—deeds , ) "Withall who war with Thought !" 1 . 1 think 1 hear a little VirA , who sings The people hy and by will be the stronger . " —Bibcx

      PARTIES IX FRANCE . The following _e-say recently appeared ih the Bien TMe _. _& ° tuc pen of the celebrated poctanddeputy _£ _? Macon , M . _Althoxse de Lamaktixe : — God has placed the head higher than the heart , in order _, j . at reason might rule over feeling . This is why wc venture to say ¦ " the Revolution of July , _as a great day , " although _tne Revolution of July laeete _3 habits existing in our soul , aud saddened what feelis ! there was iu us . Ferisfe our feelings rather than a j _^ _irfp le ? The expression of Baniave is the expression acre at convictions . It was our own .

      The Revolution of July , weU assumed and _wcil-couducted , might be tlie reign of the Hin . _-n _. l and popular luiarip _^ tbe revival of liberty— -the second advent of the peop le—no longer ofthe people recently enwae _^ _iafuJ from a icjtH * racy and despotism , making- an irruption , with _jVir broken chains in their bands , through waves of _yood , into the unlimited field of their tumultuous « _overeicmy , luistiking disorder for _Jselief , and delirium for _^ reaglh , bat of the people—free , organized , instructed t _txperienc _; . _- , prudent against themselves , correeied of ilea * prtjudices by their favourites , cured of war , and Oisjbustd of conquest by the -severe glory of tiie empire , aid preparing to reign ou the _conditions of every _durs & c ttcsn-: a _gteat idea—a great will—a great moderation .

      W hat has become of thotgreat day ? What have tlie « r _0 ple be come ? What has become of this reign m expectation ? The Itevoluften of July was no sooner cooled _jtown than it no longer knew where its principle was , and was already seized upon fey parlies . They have since _increased and multirlied , and they are now so subdivided _tfcat thry rather _drserre the _annotation of c _& erics than that of factions ; and it is difficult to know with whom and against whom -cat lives . We are incessantly inquiring of ourselves , * ' To what party do you belong ? _VTe cannot reply ; and we remain , apparently , ashamed and cor . f _. nsiideJ . Is it our shame , tr that of parties ? Ti _aie will show .

      It is true that - "re-do not despise parties when they are the well-defined-and well-resolved agghmienith . n ofa collective idea aud will , whirb group * itself , thinks , writes , _tpeaks , acts , acd votes , to insure the triumph of what they believe to fee political truth . Bat we do not honour with that name 'those who kuow not what they wish , or what they say _,-or yet what they do . Neither do we _include those who- have the candour to avow aloud ihat they desire nothing but domination , « nd who jumble ideas together as tfcey-shnffle cards at pis ? , in order _thattgood luck mav _icsua from them .

      Thus there are three great partis ! in France that we , recognise , and to which we have always doue .-justice _, somttimes honour , at the same time that we differ from them in sevisal rtsprCts . There is one honourable jiai ty —the possessor ofa great part ofifce soil , illustrious from its names , respectable liroui its _antiquity , powerful from its fortune , _deriving authority from traditions , -resting upon religion , the natural ally of the old Church , dear to the army because it lias always _haadltdanus , monarchical as the old S ' rench soil which it has a thousand times watered with its Wood—this party , _Toyalist by nature , says to the country , " ¦ Yon wish for two things—mo _nsrchical government and liberty . We , and we alone , ean give ycu both . Monarchy has two conditions—right and presti _*? . Yon do not supplant the right—you do not

      break the _legitimacy of the hereditary succession to _lhc throne by a caprice of three days . You do not-substitute a new branch for the old monmchieal trunk without the people perceiving it , and without justice raising a cry in their hearts . A dynasty is not-made in an instant . Monarchy has only one root in the soil ; if you -cut it out the tree will flourish a few days longer , and will then dry up . It is iTe who possess the true monarchy , in principle , iu reserve , and hi exile . Take it , and it will restore vou , with the -sympathies of _Europe , the choice of alliances which have beca alienated from you for tbe last fifteen years . By such alliances you will double tlie _sirength-of your nationality ; and , moreover , legitimacy

      alone is -sufficiently indisputable to he able to support , without _stagueriug , the assault of parties , and the storms ofthe press and the tribune -in a representative government . The ground mast be solid fceneatb the tumultuous _trc-ad of a democracy . It is the antiquity of the right to--the throne and tlie innate respect for dvnasty that consolidate the soiL What prestige can you expect from a dynasty which is younger than the jonngest of year children , and of which _yaur very sons have vfitnessed the birth ! What e . v « _-s can be dazzled hy a crown which was yesterday a hati Without _duul-t it is the coronation oi the people , bat , ia the imagination of mankind , _the-eonstcrator of things is time : "

      Here is one party ; it _knows-yrhat it wants , and says so plainly . It is for you tojudge . There is another party , composed of men the most youthful -in opinion , the most _-Ji _^ i & J in _reasoning , and the most intrepid in conviction , who derive their iutellectaal descent through the seathvenr . or through ihe idea , of the great popular names of the _iterolution , and who precede , in thought , the ever slow and ever hesitating march of the _people . They say to France , " Why do yoa halt in a Umider ? You are , and you wish to be , more aud more ofa democracy . What is democracy f It is the negative of the principle cf hereditary succession , and the application of the prindide of election to _govt-romrnt in all its degrees . It is the sovereignty _tvrested from a sicgle individual and restored to alL It is a people of citizens , or rather a people ot kings , aU equal _, aud reigning _themselves hy their owu magistracy , instead of givingasrocuratim to _reism fjr them . The unique

      and permanent depository of power willabuse the deposit , j He will create for himself _differevit interests from those < if the people ; a crowned exception in the suite , he will hare thoughts exceptional like tlie _situation in which you place him . He will be tempted to profit by the privilege of one alone to upset the right of all . Why create this permanent _danger to the constitution 1 What is an hereditary head npon au elective body ? What te this dynastic power invented and armed by your own hsnds that you may have the dangerous amusement of struggling against it f Either tills hereditary head is strong or itis weak . If it is strong , it subdues or corrupts you ; if weak , you restrain aud domineer over it . Cui _ijsno this superannuated wheel-work in _itechaiiics ? Be consistent . There is no nation that resists a logical defect iu its institutions . Either declare yourselves deposed from the sovereignty of the people or consent to call -democracy by its proper name . There is no middle course . "

      Here , again , te a . party which speahs out . Reply , if you know how to reply . If some of its unworthy and false apostles had not written its theories in red ink—if it had encouraged instead of menacing the future , the future would perhaps draw near to it . Finally , there is a third great party ia France . It is that of the present _Government—thit of the _numerous , laborious , intelligent and opulent middle class of the country which made tlie Hevolution of July without knowing it , which _accepted this inconsistency without ; wishing to do so , and which endeavours to justify it with- ; ejtkeingab _. e .

      " What do we care , " say they , "for tlie antiquity of some and the theories of others ! Fetish theories , and Cod save tlie _Government of July ! The Revolution daunte us , and with some reason ; it showed as its phantom fer three days , aud that is enough . We courageously rallied to crush it in its faubourgs and its clubs . We wcre compelled to constitute a monarchy io a great hurry . We _t-nok what we had at hand—a fact i & stead of _aprhic'pU . Wc made a lucky choice ; our Prince has been the good genius of our _devolution . His patience

      and _nisdic _^ hare worn out everything . It seetnp as if God had granted to liim , as to Jeshua , the power of stopping the course of the sun , not to exterminate , bat to tire out , parlies . We did not are tend to invent aew forms of government . We have a monarchy , such £ s it is ; it _protects -our lives , our _property , our children , cur frontiers , our commerce , public _otders , the security of our homes , and de peace of Europe . We are far irom disputing your k- _^ ic lint , nith us , ihe first logic is , ti lice . Our ideal te the public safety , sad our owu in the drst instance . "

      But without the sphere of the > e _gr- _? at and serious _jarues there are , is the press and in die Chamber , I _Lc _« v not how many _parties who have called themselves for the hvst fifteen year * ,. Opposition , dynasty left , constitutional left , moderate left , left centre , _tiers-jiuii , entire Opposition , demM ? p'H'Sition _, quarter-Opposition , shade -o / _Opjioriaoii , and , Justly , aud this is _irorse than all , _—Kmbknee of Oppossion ! How is ose to know where out is in the midst of them ? We _excejtt a great number of _Opposition members who , like _ourselves , have always dieHked these tactie _* . And these you _ealljiarties ? Aud you condemn _csrious men _wiieu they enter the Chamber to range themselves , necessarily and irrevocably , under one of these thoasaud little _banuers , or ra _* ker these ragged pocket handkerchiefs without _hreadih aud without colour , aud whicli , far from being ' able to ; _2-jat over the policy ofa great nation , -are cot even large : _inough to conceal the miserable ambitions of the groups bx which tliey are borne . So , no ; keep your votes to yourselves if vou put them up at this price .

      We arc well aware that there has existed for the last fifteen years a numerous " constitutional opposition " party , called tbe " great left , " whicii borrocs _Srom tbe conscientious men of whom it is composed , from the name , the proverbial probity , and the unrivalled talent of its orator , an authority , a respect , and an ccbit _, whicli have fur a lung time formed the hope of _libts-al opinious in France . Oje would like to _joiu it , hut to do thai one must kuow upon what ground this party will be found . That is not so easy as people thiuk . It does not remain firmly enough , or long enough ou the same _sjmt , to render you sure of finding it again where ymeftit . Yoi

      always arrive at the place of rendezvous for its opinions an hour , or a year , after it has lift . Thus it demands the English _aliiance _, and a war for the European cause of P « la « d . You arrive;—and , _loJ it is _furiuts aitli Anglophobia , aad intent on _praee and an alliance witli _Ituisiu . It demands electoral reform . Y . m run to thespot ; hut It says nothing more about it , and , at the most , will ouly _ailowyoa to hear a very low sigh for the _annexation of a few jurors to the list of a few electors of a n tion which is said to be sovereign . It fulminates a ; ai st the < h _ tidied forts with which a distrustful _; oier _diesm ? of _enclosing the capital . You _airire , and you are just in lime to fin- ' it voting en w . as : e the forts , the _a-. itinle , ii e

      •* Ani T Will War, At Least 'A -Voids, (...

      bastions , the guns , the powder and the bullets , of the fortifications of Paris ! You thiuk to recover yourself on the Kegency question , and that it will , conformabl y _Wiilx iu principles and its popular iustincts , reserve to the nation the choice of its intermediate Kiug ! You arrive and find it separating from its leader to vote with the Ministry , for a presumptive and . anticipatory regency—that is to say , tivo Kings ' for one . It stigmatizes corruption in one of its dirtiest sources —tiie secret-service money . You arrive , and fiud it Toting the secret-service money with the Ministry ofthe 1 st of March ' . At last , you firmly hope to reach it on the ground of the complete revision of the September lawsall those exceptional laws , all those preventive measures , and all those acts of forei gn policy against which it has thundered a hundred limes in its journals , at its banquits , aud in its tribunes ! You arrive , and find it allied with the very Minister wl ' i has gained over it all these

      victories , inspiring itself with the counsels of its natural enemy and itscanqueror , and intrenched immovably and self-satisfied upon the ground of " accomidishcd facts 1 " In truth , this party seems to hare set itself this problem to solve— " How far can the long-smTeringof an opposition of honest men he carried i" The future will award it great praise and great surprise ss well . It possesses generous aud liberal _principles—it has light and pure intentions—it lus ancient disinterestedness—it has voices rcsouuding through the country and worthy of resounding to posterity . What does it do with them all S Its orators a :-cend the tribune , burst forth in a volley of patriotic indignation , severe threats , prophecies of ruin against the government of intimidation and corruption , which listens to them , their chins npon tlie palms of their

      hands . That resembles an opposition solj : < _j-iio to exercise the voices of the speakers . The notes are superb , tlie airs are sublime , the intonation surprising , but there are uo words set to these fine airs , or , if thtre are , those words manifest no will . Maaarin said , " the nation _sings—l am trainiuil . _* " The goverumeut of July may say , " the coalition talks ; let us pursue our course fearlessly " And you call this a system of tactics ! This is ihe use whicli a party calling itself political makes of so much patriotism , talent , and public virtue , shining uselessly upon the country 1 What has it done ! What has _H prevented ! Oh , happy government , to havu before it such merciful eppoaeuts ! Same a single monarchical

      dream of July which has not been realised , either m spite or through the concessions of this party ! Eminent members of the constitutional opposition , awake ! arise ' _, it is high time . Be a party ! he a will ! he yourselves ! Separate yourselves from the allies who deuaturaliseyou . It is the warning of the couutry ; it is the presentiment of the future ; it is the voice of a disinterested friend , which cries out to you . If you hesitate any longer , you will not only lose your principles , you will even lose your popularity—you will even lose your name . You will not be ca . lcd , in the page of history , the " Opposition uf fifteen years ; " you will be called tlie "Patience of a reign 1 "

      For ourselves , afflicted hy the errors of such parties , we deem it a safer ., more _glorious , and more useful course to attach ourselves to that which does not decline , to that which does net -bend , to that which docs not enter into compromises—viz , to principles .

      State Of Parties In England. J From The ...

      STATE OF PARTIES IN ENGLAND . J From the Augsburg Gazette . ] Sir Robert l'eel is _ag-tiu Prime . Minister ol England . In reality it was too much to expect Peel to support the measures of the Whig Government i ' k _2-wstf even if they were in accordance with his views . Peel ha ? , during the last two years , seen _ntteu enough that he can constantly rely upou the support of the liberal middle classes so long as he proposes their measures and protects their interests . Let the reader remember the votes upon the Ten Hours ' Bill and the sugar question in _18 i 4 . If , ai ; ain , the Corn Laws must he abolished , Peel will much lather claim the honour of having carried through such a measure for himself than allow it to accrue to the Whigs by lending them the influence of his support as a _singje member of Parliament . But a question arises , whether the repeal of the Corn Laws will be effected hy him . Since the great Revolution of _ltiSS , the Ministerial power has alternately appertained to two parties only—the Tories aud the Whigs . Since

      the year 3831 ( the period of the Heform Bill ) , ami especially since 1842 , three new ' - _-arties have , on the other hand , been formed . First , the decided " economical" Liberals , who , since 1839 , have beeu carrying « u a campaign of free trade against the old English _w-steai of tax and duty legislation , under the banners of the Anti-Corn Law League . This party chiefly ceusk-ts of the manufacturers , with a considerable portion of the mercantile body ; whilst the old Whigs are partially opposed to it , it lias to rely upon the support of the entire Radical party . This League party is the peculiar representative of the interests of the middle-classes . It does not merely look to an addition ofthe Corn Laws , but also aspires to political dominion . John Bright , the Quaker , has on this head declared , that" they must not rest until the aristocracy are removed from the Government . " Secondly , there is the Itadieal party , which principally consists ofthe small middle-class . It entirely accords

      with the Anti-Ccni Law League as regards its commercial politics , but is _distinguished from the latter by the circumstance that it desires an electoral reform upon the basis of universal suffrage and democracy . Its members vote on all decisive questions with the Whigs , and have generally , on account of their weakness , never been able to effect anything of consequence with their It sdicaiism . Until after the insurrection of 1 SI 2 , this party was connected with the Chartists by bunds alternately tightened and relaxed . After this outbreak , however , it separated

      itself in the most decided manner from the Chartists , and attached itself more closely than ever to the Whigs ; but more especially to the Anti-Corn Law League . Thirdly , come the Chartists , the puiely democratic party , wliich almost exelusively rests upon the working elasses . This party equally wishes for uuivcrsal suffrage , but not , like the Radicals , as an end , but as a mere means to au end . It claims political power for the working classes , in order that these classes may be placed in a position themselves to carry the measures by menus of which their social interests mav he rendered more secure . " Political

      power the means , and social happiness the end — such is the motto ofthe Chartists . As a matter of course , Chartism contains in itself numerous " coramuuist" elements , and , in fact , the majority of the spokesmen of this party are communists of the Owcu school . __ The leader of the first party ( the Economist' - ) is Richard Cobden ; that ofthe second ( the Radical ) , Joseph Sturge , the Quaker ; and that of the third ( the Chartists ) , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , The Cobden party is strong , because it possesses the whole money power aud the entire influence of the industrial burgess class , exclusively of which it exercises au almost unlimited _dominion over the Radicals . The Sturge party reckons hut few £ uppoiters . and , separated from the Anti-Corn Law

      League , it wouid sink into a mere cipher . The OXJonnor party is powerless in Parliament , because it is almost wholly composed of the non-electors ; but strong without its wails , because the great mass ofthe population in all the mauufactuiing districts and largctowns belong to it . The question now is , whether it will be possible to carry the repeal ofthe Corn Laws without making weighty concessions to these three parties—concess _i ons which , as regards the first two , consist iu the invitation of their members into the Cahinet ; aud , as regards the third , the extension ofthe suffrage . The reply to this question will depend upon the behaviour of the English aristocracy . This aristocracy consists of a few hundred peers anp a few thousand landed proprietors of a lower grade in the rauks _« if the nobility—the gentry—whose incomes are all derived from their landed possessions , and

      whose laud , generally speaking , is very deeply mortgaged . The repeal ot the Com Laws would considerably narrow the incomes of all members of the aristocracy . A } 1 the measures hitherto carried against the aristocracy were less fearful in their eyes than the abolition ofthe Corn Laws . The repeal of the Test Act and Catholic Emancipation certainly attacked the leading principles of the English constitution , but they did not touch the direct interests ofthe aristocracy . The Reform Biil destroyed the immediate influence of the aristocracy upon the election of members to the House of Commons ( and this not . in all cases , aitnessthe instance of Woodstock , which is still a cks - e borough in the hands of the Duke of _Mariborcugli ) , in order to replace it by au indirect influence , hy the so-called " Chandos" clause , by means of which the franchise is _^ conferred upon a class of £ 30 _teusnts-at-will—these modern " vassals" of the

      aristocracy " . Tucse two measures still allowed the social power of the landed proprietor to leaiiin , and with it liis politieal influence . The Reform bill undermined the power of the House of Lords , by introducing the modem French principle of representation into the English constitution ; but it allowed in some degree this power to continue , inasmuch as it hardly touched the influence of the landowners in the Lower House . Au evidence of this was afforded by the restoration ofthe Tories to power in the Peel Cabinet of 1811 . The repeal of the Com L e ws , on the contrary , will reduce the power of the landowners almost to nothing , as it will , on one side , greatly limit the _fausdationsof their power—viz ., their iucoines , whilst ou the other it will abolish the feudal relations between farmer and landlord . The landed proprietors will be compelled to give up their contracts with the fanners from year to year , and to grant them a lease for a series of years , by wliich the farmers

      will become independent of the landlords . Herewith also the influence of the aristocracy over ihe elections of the members of the House of Commons , whieh rests upon the dependence of the farmers , will tease . Whatever party mny carry the repeal of the Corn Laws in the Lower House , that measure will always encounter a warm opposition Irr the Upper . Twice was the Riform Bill carried through the House ef Commons , and twice was it rejected hy the House of Peers . - When it was earned for the third time through the House of Common * - - , the threat ofa wholesale creation of Peers alone succeeded in silencing the opposition of the House of Lords . Aud even this would not have been possible had not an alarming excitement at ihat time prevailed amongst the people . These same conditions are now repeated . Whigs as well as Tories have admilted—have conceded—the fact that the Corn Laws will be abolished iu ( he forthcoming sessiou .

      State Of Parties In England. J From The ...

      The question is no longer , " whether these laws shall be repealed ? " but merely , "who will repeali them ? " We have seen that both Tories and Whigs ' are destitute of the power to effect it . Each party f will be compelled , if it wish to repeal the Corn Laws , ' to lean for support upon a third party . The first ( the League ) has certainly considerable pecuniary re- * sources at its command ; but , on the other hand , it is so wanting in popularity among the working classes ( now the most numerous in England ) , that it cannot ' hold public meetings in any single luauu ' acturing town , and for fewer in the country . The _artisans in the towns as well as in the _county have constantly opposed the League . We _l _^ ve seen , that at Manchester itself the Lcnguc has u o t been a b le to h o ld an y o n e publ i c

      meeting since 1 S 12 , without being out-voted ' oy the Chartists or compelled to dissolve the mcetin g , 'V \ M Radicals are wholly powerless , as soon as ever they appear separated from the League . On . the other baud , the Chartists have a power at the ' _iv command which is assuredly for the moment the decitlin" one —the power of the great masses . The repeal of the Com Laws , we have said , cannot be carried _without a great excitement amongst the people . This excitement , however , it is not in _thenpower of the Liberals or Radicals to produce ; the Chartists alone can command the people . Neither Peel nor Russell , however , can enter into an alliance with the Chartists . The Ministry that carries tho repeal of ( he

      Corn Laws must contain new men ( homines novos ); it eittmot he formed without Cobden ; and Cobden himself cannot repeal the Corn Laws , if he has not tlie people with him . He will , however , only have thein with him by making concessions to them . The concession desired by the pesple is this : —The entrance of Mr . Duncombe , ALP ., into the Ministrya concession that must be made sooner or later ! But Duncombe once in the Ministry , the English Constitution is shaken irom its Hiiumit to its foundation ; a new epoch for England will be ushered in with the Democratic Minister , and we will form no further _conjectures respecting what will then follow . There is a party struggle like tho > -c of ancient Rome .

      Tlle .Militia. Two Or Three Spirited Ind...

      TllE . MILITIA . Two or three spirited individuals connected with a iiewspaper-ottice in Newport , have drawn up the following petition , whieh has already received a large number of unsolicited signatures : —

      TO TUE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY . May it please jour Majesty , We , the undersigned , loyal inhahitants ofthe borough of Newport , in the county of Monmouth , having heard witli serious alarm that an urder had been issued for the speedy raising of the militia of this couutry , do hereby oifer our most solemn but respectful protest against sueh au unconstitutional and tyrannical mode of providing for the defence of these countries . We feel assured that your Majesty cannot he perfectly acquainted with the misery and unhappincss such an net would occasion—the ruthless severing of family ties , teariug the hushand from his wife , the son from his mother , and sending them to Ireland , or some other place , tar distant from their _hotue , to the complete overthrow aud ruin of all their worldly prospects ; and this without even going through the form which is necessary

      to enlist the free soldier , but forcing thein , against their will , to do that whieh a free nation should do from ehoiee . Your petitioners feel assured that the safety of these realms could be efficiently secured without causing such wide spread misery , and they confidently trust , that in your Majesty ' s _hum-uie endeavours to ameliorate the coaditiou of your subjects , you will set your face against this remnant of heartless oppression , and mil not allow the French conscription system to he retained in our envied island . L ' . _-t England still he the boast of the free ; and let not her shores be deli-ndeil by men dragged unwillingly from their families and friunds ; for rest assured , your Majesty , should foreign invasion or domestic treason ever threaten our native land , brave hearts aud willing hands would he found to battle in her defence , without having recourse to oppressive measures ; aud a hand of free and hearty volunteers would be of far more efficient service tlian a dispirited and oppressed militia .

      Trusting to your Majesty ' s Uiud consideration for the welfare and happiness of your loyal subjects , Vour petitioners _uiil ever pray , & c .

      Execution Of Martha Browning For The Mur...

      EXECUTION OF MARTHA BROWNING FOR THE MURDER AT WESTMINSTER . Tiie execution of the above unhappy criminal to . ; k place on Monday morning at the usual hour in front of the gaol of Newgate . Contrary to the general custom ( probably owing to the cold weather , or it may be that the public have ic-s appetite for such spectacles ) , the spectators did not _congregate so early or so _lumH-vously as on previous occasions , and it may bestill more gratifying to state that there were not only less respectably dressed _persons present , but comparatively few females—such as were on the spot belonging to the most degraded class . There was , however , the same callous levity , with ribaldry , a ; id _disgusting merriment , accompanied by several lights , as is generally to be found on such occasions .

      The preparations were made at the accustomed time and with the usual form . She slept well during the night , and in rising yesterday morning , had lost none of the firmness she had previously evinced . When she made her appearance on the scaffold , not the slightest groan or ebullition of feeling was expressed by the assembled crowd . Site was dressed in deep mounting , and ascended the scaffold with a firm step , without betraying the slightest symptom of fear , or requiring the least support . She evidently paid the greatestattention to the Reverend Ordinary , and on the way to , as well as ou the scaffold , repeatedly declared . " 1 deserve it—I deserve it . "

      The cap having been drawn over her face , and the rope adjusted round her neck , the bolt was withdrawn , and she passed from this world to the next , though not without more than ordinary sutfering , perhaps partly arising from her being of light weight , though from some cause or other the rope was evidently more slack than usual on such occasions ; as , although the executioner was performing the task of hastening death by holding the legs tightly down , it was several minutes ere the convulsive movement of the hands upwards and downwards had subsided , so as to show that life was entirely extinct . Soon after the great bulk of the crowd began to disperse , a great portion of whom , we regret to say , proceeded with great speed to the next sad scene of actiou at llorsemouger-lane .

      Execution Of Samuel Quennell At Uorsemon...

      EXECUTION OF SAMUEL QUENNELL AT UORSEMONGER-LANE . On Monday morning Samuel Quennell , who was convicted ofthe murder of Daniel Fitzgerald , underwent the extreme penalty of the law , the scaffold being erected as usual on the top of the gaol . A t an early hour a vast concourse of persons assembled in front of the gaol , as early as seven o ' clock , many being unaware of the alteration of the hour for execution , which was rendered necessary in consequence oi the execution of . Martha Browning , at Newgate . By nine o ' clock a dense mass of persons had assembled , every avenue aud house top where a glimpse of the awful proceedings could be obtained being literally crowded , and as the awful hour approached the crowd came pouring in , many of whom had been to witness the previous execution . As is usual on these occasions , a vast number of the mob were women , girls , and boys , and their language aud conduct was most disgraceful .

      Precisely as the clock struck ten the uufortunate culprit appeared on tho top of the gaol , attended by the chaplain , and surrounded by the prison authorities , and he walked with a firm step and ascended the scaffold without any assistance , followed hy the chaplain . The executioner , Calcrafr , having placed him under the fatal beam , proceeded to place the cap over his head and adjust the rope , some little delay being occasioned by the executioner having to fasten the rope round the beam , instead of the usual manner adopted at Newgate of fastening it to a hook ; when all was completed , and whilst , the unfortunate culprit w _; is engaged in prayer , the signal was given and he was launched into eternity . HU struggles appeared to be very slight , and after hanging the usual time the body was cut down in the presence of the authorities . The body was interred in the evening in the raid leading to the prison chapel .

      Suspicious Case Or Poi.Som.Vg A'R.'Llr03...

      Suspicious Case or Poi . som . vg A _' r . 'llR 03 tLEV , _'r | Qi ! r readers-will remember that about i _& lileen -months aj _* o' tlic _' uody of a young woman' / named "Harriet Moukton , was found in a water-closet at the back of a Dissenting chapel in High-street , Bromley ; that a coroner ' s inquest was summoned , when it was proved that she had been a governess , and had proceeded that very day from the house of her mother in London , i n o rder that she mi ght take leave of her friends before she underlook another situation at Aruudel , Sussex . Upon a _;> ost mortem examination , it was discovered that she was far advanced in pregnancy , and that there was a very large quantity of prussic acid in herstomach , whicli was the cause of her death . The jury , on taking into consideration _tuat there was no weapon oi any Yuid near the corpse —no bottle or other vessel for containing the

      poisonnaturally wcre suspicious as to the question whethor it was a common case of self-destruct ion . They considered that she might have had the poison administered to her , and then to have been taken to the place where she was found ; and from time to time tliey have expressed a wish to go on with the inquiry , but have received no attention whatsoever from the co : _intyc-: onei _* , who treat , d the matter as if it were settled altogether . As a la _** t resource , the jury have now meinoiialised Sir James Graham _uj on the subject , who has answered them to the effect that necessary steps will be taken t 0 have a full inquiry into the circumstances of the ease , nnd that no further delay shall take place ; so that Mr . Carttar , the coroner , will now be obliged fo _procred with the investigation , which is at present wrapped in obscurity , and the inhabitants of Bromley will be relieved from their present state of excitement .

      Thirty-one pounds of Shropshire iron have been made into wire _vpwardx of one hundred and eleven m les in . length ; and so line was the fabric , that a part of it was converted , in . % ¦¦ of the usual _Jio ; 'chair , into a barrister's wis !

      Total Destruction Of A Cotton Mill At Ma...

      TOTAL _DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON MILL AT MANCHESTER . Abo at half-past five o ' clock on Friday evening a hrc w , as discovered in the sixth story of an old mill in L"t _ie Peter-street , Uulme , a building seven stories h {? A without the attic , and now in the occupation of A _' . _essrs . Holmes and Roberts , manufacturers , who _V e r c abo ut r e m vin g thither from the Garratt Mill , in consequence oi the South J unction and Altrincham Railway Company requiring the site of the latter for their line .

      The mill is known by various names , and has been successively called Jordan's Mill , Fogg ' s Mill , Waddingto _^ s Mill , the " Slap-up-Mill , " Ac . It is the same mill , or rather it occupies the site of the mill , to which attached a painful notoriety in the year 1817 , when it was in the occupation of Mr . Brown , or Captain Broivn ( who , we believe , was the owner ) , of Mr . Stones , Mr . Sholick , Mr . Thomas Armstrong , Mr . Stubb , and Mr . Frost . On Sunday morniug , the 16 th of March , in that- yea r , it was totally destroyed by fire , the damage being estimated at £ 20 , 000 . There being strong grounds for believing that it was wilfully set on fire , Mr . Thomas Armstrong , one of the occupiers , a young man about thirty-iour years of agewas apprehendedconvicted

      , , oi arson at- the following summer assizes , and was hanged at Lancaster on the 20 th of September , 1817 , for the offence . Tho last occupier of the mill was Mr . James Waddington _, who held a lease of it for a term ot fourteen years , and Messrs . Holmes and Roberts having about three months ago taken the remainder of his lease , and purchased some machinery of hiui whieh remained in the building , had since that time been engaged in removimt their machinery thither from the Garratt Mill ; and , when the lire broke out on Friday evening , tho following was the condition of the mill " : —It was an old , ill-constructed _, building , having probably been erected shortly after the catastrophe of 1817 , and was about thirty-two yards in length , by tiftceii . yards in breadth . It is

      situated , with one gable end , four or live windows in breadth , next Little Peter-street , and the other next Fogg ' s-lane ; one side , eleven windows in length , adjoining Jordan-street , and the other in the yard of the mill , but with an entrance gate from _Grcavesstreet . The lirst or ground floor was full of curding machines and machinery for preparing cotton ; only part of the second floor was furnished _i . itli looms , brought from the Garratt Mil ) , which were in progress of being " gated , " or made ready for setting to work ; the third floor was full of looms , r e mov e d f rom the Garratt Mill ; the fourth was full of mules ; the fifth was only about half full of mules ; and the sixth and seventh floors wcre full of mules , left there by Mr . Waddington , and purchased ot him by Messrs . Holmes and Roberts .

      About fifty operatives were employed , and the greater part ofthe hands had been absent from work the whole of the day ; many of them , in fact , were drinking at the World ' s End beer-shop , Little Peterstreet , at the time . Between five and six o ' clock in the evening , William Breeze , the engineer , stopped the engine , in order to allow those who were at work to leave . About half-past five , or twenty-five minutes before six o ' clock , the engineer siates that he was leaving the mill , when , in going along the yard , he observed a light in No . C room , the highest story except one . lie remarked to Roger Wardle , the _iodgckc-3 per , that he had not turned the gas off , on which Wardle tried to light the gas in the lodge , and , finding that there was no gas there , he , of course , concluded that the light iu the mill could not arise from his having neglected to turn the tap of the service pipe . Both the engineer and Wardle then returned

      into the mill to examine the meter in the bottom _room ; aiid while there , James Pepper , a warper employed at : he mill , came in and gave an alarm of fire , Having observed the light from the outside . All three then ran up stairs , and on coming to No . 6 room tliey saw the floor on lire nearly in the centre , and between two mules which ran from one gable end to the other . Tho engineer suites , that if he could have procured a bucket full of water the instant he saw the fire , he could have extinguished it . lie ran downstairs as quickly as possible for water , and on _arriving in the yard he learned from two policemen who had heard the alarm and come into tho yard , that information of the fire had been sent to Mr . Rose . Before the engines arrived several of the workpeople and other persons endeavoured to extinguish the flames , by throwing water upon them ; but , fed by the cotton in process of manufacture , the conflagration spread with _ eat rapidity .

      The alarm reached the police yard about a quarter before six o ' clock ; aud Mr . Rose instantly proceeded to the spot with the Thames _ure-eugiue , folioived rajidly by the Mersey , the Niagara , and three other engines . By the time they reached the mill , not only the sixth , but the seventh story , and the attic , or the cockluft , were on fire . There being a cistern of water in the yard of the premises , the hose were attached ; and the firemen , under the direction of Mr . Rose , proceeded up the stairs of the mill to the dour of No . 6 floor , with a branch . On opening the dour , which unfortunately faced Jordan-street , instead of Fogg ' s-la ne —( in other words , it opened to the side of the mill , instead of along its length)—the meu were not only unable to rake the flames in their full rage , but from these rushing in great force around the doorway , they were utterly unable to endure the intense heat , aud were driven back , and obliged to retreat nioie than once .

      About half-past six o ' clock the roof and part ofa wall fell in with a tremendous crash ; and at this time Mr . Rose and a number of his men were in one uf the upper floors of the building . He distinctly felt the stairs and the building generally shaking ; and one of his men at the same time reporting to him that the building was very badly constructed , aud the upper part of the walls very thin , Mr . Rose thought it unwise to risk the lives of his men in so perilous a situation , and he accordingly directed them to descend the stairs and quit the building . Not long afterwards the upper floors of the building being then burned-down to the fourth story , one or more floors fell in , and the beams being inserted iu the outer walls , these were drawn inwards , aud fell with a

      tremendous crash , about a quarter or twenty minutes before eight o ' clock , leaving only small portions at each gable end standing . At this time there was no lire in the three lower stories , which were also swept down with the weight of the superincumbent materials _. The full of these walls being so sudden aud simultaneous , produced a feeling of terror amongst the crowd , and , for a few seconds afterwards , a perfect stillness prevailed , many persons fearing that some of the fircaien had been buried ia the ruins . At the time of this fall of the greater part of the building , seven or eight ( inmeu were ou the rool of a low building in the yard of the premises , directing tiie three branches from the engines upon the burning mill . That smaller portion of the outer walls which fell outwards , struck the roof of the boiler house , where the men were ; but , as they perceived

      the fall coming , they all leaped off upon the ground , aud , fortunately , escaped without serious injury , with one exception , a man named Abrahams , who , in leap in g , slipped and sprained , or otherwise hurt his knee-joint so seriously , that it was necessary to convey him home . Up to this time the liremcu were rapidly mastering the fire , which from the first had never burst itito aelear mass of flame , but smouldered and Mnoked under the deluge of water poui \ d on it ; and it is the opinion o ; Mr . Rose that the flames would soon have been got under but for the sudden fall of the greater part of the building , which left little standing that was worth preserving ; indeed , all that remained to be done was to extinguish the burning timbers , and to prevent the lire from extending to adjacent buildings . To this end it was necessary to continue working the engines for several hours .

      The origin of the hrc seems to be enveloped in mystery . There had been no hands working in No . G room since breakfast time on Saturday morning , but one of the men employed in tho mill states that he lighted the gas in that room and took a man into the room with him , ( j ut tlie man would not begin work , and the gas was put out about a quartet' of an hour afterwards . The valuable machinery and stock in tl . c mill is estimated . ' at about £ 0 , 000 , and the whole of it , wi t h the exception , probably , of- theengrne '; hits been dc' _strcyed . _Me-. srs . Holmes and Roberts arc insured in the rhoeiiix and Norwich Union offices , iii _thefoi'im-r for £ a \ _i > . 0 i } , aud in the hitter- lbr- £ 2 , _i ) U 0 ; and we understand that they received the policies only last week . The lease was to have been transferred * f rom Mr . James Waddington to them on Saturday last . Their books were all saved , being got out-at the commencement oi tiie fire .

      At.Iocioi-S Cnukliv To A Cmm.—At The Qua...

      At . _iocioi-s _CnuKLiv to a Cmm . —At the Quarter Sessions for the city of Rochester , held on Saturday , Maty Anu Vigo , aged thirteen , was tried on a charge of p uttin g Sarah Gould , an infant three years of age , into a tub of boiling water , whereby she was so severely scalded that the skin fell from the soles ol her feet . The prisoner and the infant sufferer wcre inmates of the North Aylcsford Union Workhouse , and t he offence was committed on the 25 th of November last . The prisoner pleaded guilty , and , havin g done so , tbe evidence of Amelia Litchfurd , who witnessed the transaction , was taken to confirm the fact . After being duly admonished as to her future conduct , she was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment in Maidstone Gad .

      The liKOTiiiiit of _Ivihke _iiiiite accidentally Drowned . —A melancholy accident occurred lately at Tiverton , to tho Rev . John Melville White , tho rector of-the parish . It appears that he had ibr many months past been suffering from defective vidon _, anil on Tuesday week , in the afternoon , he had occasion to go into a plantation on his premises , wher e he h a d some poles felled , for the purpose of looking __ ¦ ucin before they were sold . These poles were lying close by the pond , aud it is supposed Mr . White stuin Id against the stumps of some of the trees in his path , and was precipitated into the watir . His body was not found for several hours afterwards . The rev . - _entleinaii bore a most amiable cliaraittr . lie was broth e r ofthe po rt , Henry Kirkc White , and was in t he sixty-first year of his age .

      Rating Of Prince Albeiu's Farm At Windso...

      RATING OF PRINCE ALBEIU'S FARM AT WINDSOR . In consequence of a memorial addressed to Prince Albert on the subject of the alleged claims of the parish upon his Royal Highness for arrears of poorrates , amounting to £ 228 _j due upon Flemish Farm , signed by the whole of the parochial authorities , the Prince commanded a case to be drawn up , setting forth the nature of his Royal High ness 's occupation ofthe farm in question , as " well as the grounds upon which tho payment was resisted , and submitted to the _law-oflicers of the Crown ibr their opinion thereon .

      On Tuesday morning Mr . Darvill , solicitor ( who had been professionally engaged in the matter on the part of the parish ) , accompanied by Mr . Thomas Adams , the Mayor and Vicar ' s warden , Messrs . John Clode , jun ., and _Ingalton , churchwardens ; and Messrs . T . Cleave , Noke , and Clilsholm , overseers , waited upon Mr . Anson , the Prince ' s private secretary , at the Castle , agreeably to the request of Mr . A nson , for the purpose of having communicated to them the opinion whicli had been obtained by the Prince from the law-officers of the Crown , as well as to be informed ofthe final determination of liis Royal Highness . Mr . Anson informed the parochial authorities that cases had been submitted to Sir Frederick Thesiger , and also to Sir Thomas Wilde ; and

      thatboth those eminent legal authorities agreed in opinion that the Prince Consort , under the circumstances which had been brought betore them , although the farm was tilled and a large portion of it used for fattening the cattle of his Royal Highness , was not liable to be rated , inasmuch as the property in question belonged to the Crown . It was further stated to the parish officers that the Crown had granted no lease of the farm to the Prince Consort , and that his Royal Highness occupied the land rent free . It was also denied by Mr . Anson , that the Prince had beneficially occupied the farm : and the parish officers , it was submitted on _« the part of the Prince , must prove that his Royal Highness really had a beneficial occupation before they could legally recover the amount claimed by them for arrears of rates .

      Mr Anson declined to furnish the parish with a copy ofthe case submitted to Sir Frederick Thesiger and Sir Thomas Wilde , together with their opinion thereon , in consequence of the parish , on their part , not being provided with a case and opinion also . It was stated , that if the p arish had su b mi tted a ca se to counsel , and obtained an opini . n , there would have be en no ob j ecti o n , on t h e pa rt of the P r ince Consort ' s advi s er s , to have ex c han g ed es pies of the same ; but this not having been done , no cop ie s coul d be furnished to the parish of the case and opiuion by which hi s R o yal Hi ghness would be guided in resisting the claims ofthe parish . It was also stated that it was the opinion of Sir Thomas Wilde , that if the

      parish proceeded to extremities in enforcing the payment of the alleged arrears _. and any future rates that might be made , by levying upon the property upon the farm , it would find itself in great error . A vestry meeting has been called by the parish officers to make another rate ( a large sum being demanded immediately by the guardians of the Windsor Union ) , when the whole of the correspondence whicli has passed between the legal adviser of the parish and the Prince Consort , as well as the determination which has been come to by the Prince , will be laid before the inhabitants , in order that they may decide upon their future proceedings in the matter .

      There are several persons who have not paid the lust rate , made as long since as September last . Summonses against the defaulters have not been applied for , it being considered advisable , before such a step was resorted to , that the intentions of the Prince Consort should be first ascertained .

      Fire , And Loss Of Two Lives At Paddingt...

      FIRE , AND LOSS OF TWO LIVES AT PADDINGTON . On Saturday morning a fire , which was attended with disastrous _consequences to both iile and property , took place upon the premises occupied by Mrs . Fryer , a laundress , situated at 23 , Cambridgeplace , Junction-road , near the Great Western Railway terminus at Paddington . It appears that police constable D 179 , on going his rounds early on Saturday morning , observed an unusual light in the first floor of the building , whieh induced him to raise the alarm of fire ; but unfortunately it was some time before the inmates could b . * roused from their s lumb e rs , and not until the flames were bursting through the front windows , as well as up the staircase , with the greatest _impetuosity . Severn !

      of the lodgers managed to escape from the blnzing building , as did Mrs . Fryer , and another female , who was severely burnt upon the body as she desccuded the stairs . The scene shortly afterwards was of t he mo s t hear t r e ndin g description , for not only the inhabitants of the burning house , but _a-so those adjoin iug , were to be seen either at the window or huddled together in the street ia their night dresses . Upon the first alarm information was speedily conveyed to the different stations , and the Baker-street engine was soon upon the spot , as well as neighbouring engines . The parish , and West oi England were also early in arriving , and so was a fire escape belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire . Mr . Staples , the

      superintendent of the lire brigade , set the men to work , but unfortunately , before the engines began to play , tuc five had reached the second floor , anu after piercing through the windows of that story , they made tlieir way through the roof , and burst out with redoubled fury . The Grand Junction Works furnished asufficient supply of water , whicli wasspeedily discharged into the midst of the burning property , and by tho most praiseworthy exertions of the firemen they were enabled to cut off any further communication , but it was past live o'clock before ihe fire was extinguished . For some time afterwards it was imagined that ail the parties had made a safe retreat from the premises , and when they were congratulating each other that such was the case , a

      discovery of a most melancholy character was made upon the ground of the b .-ck parlour . On further examination , it was found that two human beings , man and wife , had been sacrificed to the fury of the devastating element , who had rented that room , and whose remains were so mutilated that no likeness was discernible , although uo doubt remains that they are the unfortunate parties referred to . Their name was Wane , and their remains were conveyed from the scene , in order that a jury may arrive at a verdict . We regret to add that not one of the inmates was insured to the amount of a single farthing , so that

      they have lost everything , but they have been kindly lodged since the occurrence by their neighbours . From inquiries , made up to the latest period , there is no doubt that the two uufortunate persons were suffocated in their beds , as they were not seen or heard by any of the other inmates , aud if it had been known that they wcre in ihe building they could have be en saved b y the firem e n , as well as with the assistance ofthe lire-escape from the Royal Society . Since the fire , aud after it became known that the two liv e s had b een l os t , vast crowds have collected round the ruins , and it required the aid of the police to keep them away from danger .

      ¦ »! The " Great Moral Lksson" Op As Exe...

      ¦ _»! The " Great Moral Lksson" op as Execution —At the Southwark police office on Monday , Charles Ferryman and William Harvey , two well-dressed young men , were brought before Mr . Cuttingham , charged with attempting to steal a gild watch Irom the person of Captain Randall , of Holies-street , Caveudish-square , at the _exwiution of Quennell , that mornin g , at ilorsemonger-lane gaol . Captaiii Randall , stated that he went to witness the execution of Quennell , that morning , on the top of Horscmoiigerlane gaol , and that while he was standing in a position immediately in view of the gallows , he was soon surrounded by a great iiumberof persons . lie had not long taken up the position , which was near the

      corner of Swan-street _^ when his attention was excited by observing the prisoners , who were in the company of two other men , all of whom stood immediately in front of him . Thoy began with what is termed " larking" with each other , during which the two prisoners wcre designedly pushed by tlieir companions against him , and at the moment he felt Pcrryman ' s hand at his fob pocket , attempting to p u l l hi s w a tch out . The latter made three different attempts to obtain possession of the watch , and would unquestionably have succeeded in his object , had not the chain been twisted tightl y round c om p lainant ' s braces . - The complainant finding thatthe object of the fellows was to rob him , called ou t for th e po lice , upon which _llarrev ejaculated , "Let's be off , Charley , " and

      they wcre in the act of making their way through thocrowd , when he ( complainant ) pointed them out t o p olicem a n 2 72 M , who , with another policeman , man ag ed to t a ke them int o c ust o d y after a sto it resistance , durin g whi c h Harvey struck 2 72 M a seve r e blow on tho side of the head . ' The magistrate then proceeded to make some inquiries intp-the characters of the prisoners , and was informed by Rent , one of the policemen attached to the court , that Harvey was tried and committed some time since at the Central Criminal Court , and sentenced to be transported , which , however , was afterwards commuted to a lengthened imprisonment . The other prisoner was also kuown as the associate of thieves . A Mr . Austen stepped forward and stated that lie was present at the e x ec uti o n , a nd s t o od near the s p ot where the above attempted robbery took place . That while his attention was directed towards the scaffold , in a

      moment his watch was drawn from his pocket , but the act was so instantaneous that he had no opportunity of perceiving by whom the robbery was committed . Mr . Cottingham said that it was fortunate for the prisoners they had not succeeded in robbing the complainant , for if they had he would _assuredly have sent them to the Central Criminal Court , a nd t he s e s s ions being then on , it was probable they would have been tried , committed , and sentenced to transportation within forty-eight hours . The magistrate then sentence I the i r ' . soners ' . o t ' . ir _.-e _iiontlis imprisoum _.-nt and mud labour ; and previously to Captaiii lkndall leaving the court Mr . Cottingham _expressed his disapproval that a gentleman in his situation of lite , bearing her Majesty ' s comm is si o n , should have attended such aspectaclo as the public execution of an unf o rtun a te malefa c tor , and have exposed himself to the consequence of being robbed by tlie rabble which usual ly congregate on such occasions .

      ¦ »! The " Great Moral Lksson" Op As Exe...

      DREADFUL * A 00 iDENT—THE DERM" MAIL . The particulars of the following fatal accident , which happened to the Londonderry mail coach , on Thursday night , have been communicated to us by James Cahill , Esq ., of 79 , _Talbot-street , who was a pa « seiigcr _, and who , we are happy to say , escaped with only some slight bruises : — t The coach left the Droghcda terminus of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway , after the arrival of the mail train , at the usual hour on Thursday _nh-ht . The vehicle was occupied by a young iady , named Kn o x , her father , nnd two other gentlemen inside _,, and Mr . Cahill , the only outside passenger . Thecoach was driven by Patrick Shanley _, a well known whip , and a very civil , obliging person , who was

      much esteemed by all who travelled on his road . Everything went on well until about two o'clock , when the vehicle had arrived within two miles of Custleblaney , where it was upset , and Shanley was killed on the spot . Mr . Cahill gives a truly horrifying description of the accident . He says that at the stage before they came to Castleblaney , f o ur blind hones were put to the coach , and as the night was very dark it was with considerable difficulty that Shanley managed them . On approaching the spot where the accident occurred , there is a curve in the road , aud then a straight line . Just after passing the curve th « ro was a large heap of stones on the side oi the way , and to avoid coming in contact with that , bhan ,-ley kept the opposite side , and on this portion ot tne road there was a deep cut oi which he was ignorant .

      The wheels of tho coach came into the cut , the leading horses plunged into the ditch and were knocked down , the wheelers fell ou them , a n d the coach was instantly upsot with great violence . It would have been completely overturned but for the ditch ; Mr . Cahill , who , fortunately for himself , sat behind the coachman , although hu was several times during the night solicited to take the box-seat , was thrown with great force over the hedge into a ploughed field , whore he lay for some time quite insensible from the cftects of the shock . On recovering he made his way out , and a shocking spectacle presented itself to his sight . All was still as death ; the horses , coach and all , lay there in one confused mass . The coachman was quite lifeless ; the coach had fallen on and crushed him to death

      instantly . The guard lay against the ditch quite insensible , and not a sound issued from the inside . Mr . Cahill concluded that- all were killed . He crept np the side of the coach and took down the remaining lamp . He then dragged po or Sh a nl e y out from w here h e Ja y , but the poor clay did not return even a pulsation . His next attempt was to extricate tho guard , which h e di d , aud finding some signs of life ia him he placed him in a convenient position , and proceeded to climb up the coach . Having opened the door , he found the four inside passengers comp letely stunned . With great difficulty he succeeded __ in extricating Miss Knox from the perilous position in which she was [ placed , and the others were subsequently extricated . Messengers were sent off at once to Castleblaney , and twenty men , w it h the Catholic clergyman and medical man , were promptly in attendance . The guard recovered after some tune . The coach was taken into Castlcbaney . Freeman ' s Journal .

      The Latk Case Or Outrage Ano Robbery.—Ca...

      The latk Case or Outrage _ano Robbery . —Caution to Families is Selecting Servants . —At the Lambeth Police-office on Monday Mr . Kerby , the superintendent of the Northampton police force , attended before Mr , Henry to give some tacts relative to the prisoner Smith , alias Eales , wh o had b een committed from this court on Friday last on a charge of going to the house of Mr . Hamblin , and by threats —presenting a pistol and dagger , extorting a £ 10 note . Mr . Kerby stated that Smith , alias E a ies , had , in the year 18-12 , been tried and convicted of a burglary and robbery near Towccster , and sentenced to ten years' transportation , but had managed to effect his cscipe from on board one of the hulks off

      Portsmouth . Besides this he ( Mr . Kerby ) held in his hands a warrant for his apprehension on a charge of daring highway robbery ; but he supposed there would be no use or opportunity of serving it on him , as the charge upon which he had been committed appeared so conclusive as to leave very little doubt of his conviction . Since the commitment of the prisoners Smith and Jones , a discovery ofa singular kind as connected with their case has been made . On the discovery of the robbery Inspector Camp bell called at the house of Mr . Hamblin to make the necessary inquiries about it ; and , while proceeding ivith those inquiries , he expressed a wish to examine the servant , ilis desire was met by a-decided declaration that there was not the slightest

      neces s ity for doiug so , as they received the highest character with the youug woman , and that there was not the slightest ground for such a suspicion . Indeed , some members of the family expressed themselves very strongly upon the subject , and said it was too much the practice with officers to cast unjust aspersions upon the characters of servants the moment any thing improper occurred , aud appeared really very , very angry . Since the commitment of the prisoner circumstances came to the knowledge of Mr . Campbell which induced him to question the s ervant , a n d after s om e h e si t ation she a ck n o wled ged that she was the niece of the female prisoner named Jones : that Jones had called upon her at the house

      of her master on the Sunday night preceding the robbery ; that she had left the house with her under t he p retence of g oin g to c hurc h , and that finding Smith waiting close to the house for them they all then walked together as far as the Elephant and Castle , when they had something to drink . On the evening of the robbery and outrage the servant left hom e to g o to church , aud Mt \ Campbell ascertained that she did attend divine service . Smith , since his apprehension , and subsequent to his first and second examination , sent a letter to Mr . Henry , in whi c h he acknowledged that the woman Jones was his wife , and expressed his sorrow for denying the fact when it had been stated te his worship by his wife .

      _Deturmiked Suicide most _Destitution . — On Saturday an inquest was held in the board-room of the Gray ' s-iiiit-htite workhouse , by Mr . Wakley , M . P ., upon the body of Rachel Tate , aged 33 , who committed suicide under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of Hannah Fisher that the woman was brought to the workhouse svith several wouuds about her person , and was evidently suffering under the influence of laudanum . She resisted the efforts of tho surgeon in applying the stomach pump , aud alter declaring that she was in a dreadful state of destitution , she expired . Mrs . Charlotte Dovcrgh _, landlady of the King ' s He a d , Leather-lane , stated that the deceased obtained a bed at her house ou Monday , and the following

      morning asked for some gin , which was refused , a s i t was thought she was then intoxicated . Maria Lamborne _, her servant , deposed that the unfortunate woman was sickly when she entered the house , and as she ( the servant ) was clearing out her room , she observed a bruise upon her side , which induced her to make a further examination , when she discovered _saveral wounds upon her breast and arm , and the bed was saturated with her blood . Upon raising an alarm the deceased would not allow herself to be attended to , and she told witness that she was in great distress and did not wish to live . Susannah Osborne , widow , and sister of the deceased , gave a truly heart-rending des c ri ption of the prhations and sufferings of herself

      and sister . She said that , although , t h r o u g h the kindness of Mr . Aeklaud , of Gray's Inn-road , they had plenty of work at shae binding , yet that , although they worked from morning till night , their united exertions produced only nine or ten shillings a week . Her sister became quire melancholy and heart-broken , and frequently declared that she was weary of lifo , and from being kind had latterly assumed a sullen demeanour . Witness in vain endeavoured to keep lip her spirits with the hope of better days . Deceased left home on Christmas Eve , andwituess'did notsccIter aftcrws dsuntilshe found her dying in the workliouse . 'ihe j _iry returned a verdict of insanity .

      Melaxciioly Accidext . —Thee 3 Lives Lost . —Ifc is with much regret wc state that _¦( two market-boats * which left Falmouth on ' _atuc . ay afternoon last , on . their return to Portliallu , St Kuverne , one of them unfortunately went down iu a squall , and the three men in it were drowned . The accident happened iri Falmouth Ray , no great distance from Bendennis . The deceased were named Sampson Hill , and WiUiam and John _Trijiconey , brothers . Hill was about to be married . John Tripconey was unmarried , but his brother has left a widow and two children to bewail his loss . When the boat missed its companion , it was immediately put about , but nothing of the lost boat could be seen but a loose spar or two . Two women were in the boat whieh weathered thasquall , who became so alarmed that they were landed at Crab quay , on Pendinnis , aud they walked home .

      Six Men Drowned at Ckookiiaven . — Six fine young men belonging to this locality went to take spiller fish in a boat called the Mary , yawl , rowing six oars , out of _Gidly Cove . They were not far from land , when a sea struck the boat , unset her , and ali hands met a watery grave . No assistance could be rendered at the time it occurred . The names of the suff e rers are , Dani e l Donovan , Garret Barry , jun ., Garret Fitzgerald , of Lunane _, leavin g a w if e and four children to deplore his loss ; Denis Driscoll , Timothv Sullivan , jun . The hills and town aro thronged with all their friends weeping for their loss .

      _FUA'EIUL OP THE LATK Coi . OXKL _GuHWOOP . — On Saturday morning the mortal remains of the late Col . John Gurwood were buriod in the vault of the Tower Chapel , Tower-hill . Joseph Charles Howett , Esq ., architect , who ia married to the colonel ' s only surviving sister , waa the chief mourner ; and amongst the private friends of the deceased who surrounded his bier iu tiie chapel , wc noticed _ Lor d Frederick Poulett , Colonel Grant , _Coluiiol Inime , Minor llethvrlngtou , Major Clarke , Major-General Brewer , Colonel Rowan , Or . Hume , Mr . Had , and the Spanish Ambassador . The gallant colonel was in his 58 th year . ht Presse states that tiic accounts received from the -iffercnt provinces of France as to the state ot the growing craps ave _satistactevy .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_10011846/page/7/