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      Itwe^Naj Ttijboiiw^Tu Sntfntsnw^,

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      - ¦' : - ¦ - . ¦ . _ ¦ - - ; : -- SPAIN . _ - - >; . -, - , ' . - "¦? : . SLldhid , Not . 8 . —The much-dreaded , day » ihe opening of the Corses , for wbich armies of reserve , horse and foot , had been detained from their proper destination , passed « ff without the sli ghtest disposition being « Tmced to . disturb the peace of the city . - ; Amongst the ¦ _ thousands , fox : the concourse was numerous , Turbo assembled to witness the passage of the lojal procession to the saloon of the Congress , not a voice , not a "hand was ; raised in disapprobation of either the Queen or her Majesty ' s minister . Bnt if tie royal party and the government experienced neither groans nor insults , neither were ! they received with vivas , or other expressions of cordial of enthusiastic feeling . A cold , contemplative ; bnt

      respectful demeanour was observed b y the guards and people as their Majesties passed along , . a th « csand times more significant than the hisses of a rabble or a mob . The Que ^ n Regent , tie victim of popular alienation through the Tiees and errors of her adnseis , seemed r obTionsly to feel her altered position , and to wear in ber _ countenance the visible marks of sorrow and suffering . I never saw her look so ill on any of , the numerous occasions which I had to observe her in public . "Within the wall * of the Cortes a similar absence of all enthusiasm was to . be remarked , and , with the exception of the cold and subdued expres . « don of compliment which the people of Spain almost never refuse to royalty , not an

      indication of feefingwas to be witnessed in the Chamber . The house , which is small ^ was as usual crowded to excess . In the diplomatic box I observed our able and worthy minister , Sir George "ViUiers , who bis friend * were bappy to see much renorated in health since his last appearance in the same place . The J ) nke de Terensac , Prench minister , and the other diplomatic gentlemen now resident in Madrid were also present . Her Majesty , the Queen Regent , having led ber infant daughter to theibronc j and taken her seat with , her ministers placed on either hand of her , read the speech which I subjoin . Having concluded the deli very of the Toyal speech , her Majesty descended-from the throne , and proceeded to the-Palace by tbe same route , and with the sarae

      circumstances as she left it . It was three o ' clock wh * n the ceremony conclnded , and , a * I have stated before , without any demonstration other than I have described . " Her Majesty the Queen Begem was dressed in . th » state costnme of the court of Madrid , scarlet robe * trimmed with gold , and wore a profusion of brilUnts about her person . Her daughter , the Queen Isabel , was dressed in white satin , And appears to be hastening fast to maturity , eonrideriatfber jery young age . The cortege was sufficiently brilliant , particularly the royal carriage drawn b y six white andTjeaurjrul horses , with light blue plumes gaily waving in their heads . It comprised , however , fewer vehicles than I . Bate observed on other occasions . —Morning Chronicle .

      The deputies will immediatel y ocenpv themselves with the nomination * of their ' president . Public opinion is soil divided a < much as ever as to the probable result of this election , as well as upon that of the new Ministry-which is to replace tie present one . It was generally believed that the moderate party would b * > ueces * ful in * these elections . Up to the 8 tn inst . Carlisrs , or persons reputed a ? such , had alone suffered from the affray of the 3 d and the state of siege . On the evening of the 6 th and on that of the 8 th in * t . 250 of the individuals

      arbitrarily called disaffected were arrested , and conducted to Legane , ignorant of the fate reserved for them . Among them were , the great capitalist Covian , General Linau , the ex-treasurer lbanez , San Mauroy Valparaiso , and other titled persons , the chaplains of La Salazar , many old and new employes , artisans , &c . On ihe 6 th the rebels stopped and burnt the diligence from JMadrid to Toledo . It contained five passengers , among whom was the intendant of the -province . It is feared that those unfortunate persons were shot .

      A letter from Barcelona , dated November 5 , says — " It is believed that the reaction continues at Valencia , and that every day new -victims fall beneath the : blows-of the ferocious assassins . The number of persons incarcerated is estimated at 400 . The town of Lncena bas again been attacked by the Carlists . It is thought that the Baron de Meer , informed of the events at Valencia , will not delay returning to Barcelona . A correspondence is pending betweeD him and the Count d'Espagne , relative to the Carli « t Cbief Montdeden , who was made prisoner at Solsona . —Times ..

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      GREECE . Athens , Oct . 29 . —According to our last accounts the King is at Missolonghi waitiDg for the Queen , for wham they sent the Greek corvette Amelia , but it is reported fc > -d ay that she prefers coming by the Austrian steamer to Patras . Travelling being now so difficult , we bave heard but little © f his Majesty ' s progress through Continental Greece Numerous were the petitions presented to him against Ae meaaire 3 of his- ^ S-overnment , and great complaints against tie new- Governors and other employes , wbo seem to do evervtbing to increase

      discontent . Near Lamia some of tbe good people going to meet him were carried off by a band of brigands , and were ransomed after he left . Another hand on his approach carried off the departmeHtal ehe ^ t , containing 20 . 000 drachmas . A venerable old man , of eighty years , placed himself on tbe road to see his Bag jjass , and said to him , " You look like a Greek in this dress , but in that other thing you look like a Barvarese ( die manner the common people pronounce Bavarian , which , makes it more like 'barbarian than anvthing else ) ; mind yon most be * Greek now "

      From the Morea we have bad bad accounts ; a large party , escorted by Gendarmes , on their way from Caritena to Nanplia , were attacked , and one Gendarme was killed , several -wounded , and a very respectable young man , who bad been secretary to tie late Governor of Caritena , killed . His death is looked upon as connected with the politics of tbe province , as he was possessed of information that might destroy some of their political projects .

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      TURKEY . CoxsTANTTNOPLE , Oct . 28 . —Letters from Tabriz of tbe 2 lst ., ult state that despatches from the camp before Herat bad been received both by the British Ambassador ani tie Russian Consul ; but the intelligence they contained was so contradictory as to throw the public mind into perfect perplexity as tn the real situation of affairs .- " Both reports agree , bowever , that Herat bad not fallen , and also " that the Shah bad not , according to the promise made to Colonel Stoddart , raised the siege of that fortress . Aceordine to Ceunt Simonitch ' s verdon , Kermann Shah wiA 2 ^ 200 followers had left the place and gone over to the besiegers , and the Herattees , redieed to the last extremity , Leonid not kold out another week . Indeed , so confident of this result was the Xussian Ambassador , as to add in his

      postscript 1 h his letter— - " This communication will in all probability be tha last yon will receive from me dated from Herat ; no sooner has it fallen than I « art for Teheran . " The prolongation of Mr . M'Niel ' s stay , after his solemn deelaratioa that he would leave itjn tie event of bia not receiving before the expiration of 10 days' positiye assurance that the Shah bad raised the siege , had excited much surprise among the ; Persians , and led them to : infer that it was intended only as althreat to intimidate them . If it be true , ^ oweyer , as stated by the English at Tabriz , that ibeShah ' s delay in withdrawing Ms troops is owing , not to bad faith on his part , bat to tbe refusal on tie part of . the Heratttrcs to accept the terms of accommodation proposed to both parties by Colonel Stoddard , it is but natural the British Ambassador should have postponed corning to a final determination till further-. orders arrived

      from the camp . It was probably , stated by tbe persons connected with the -. British « mbawy in Persia , that the intelligence reteived frem Colonel Stoddart on the 21 st was of the most satisfactory nature , and lei them to look on . the j » reservation of peace between England and P « rsia as alnost certain . The lart letters from Trebisond mention tie arrival at Eraeroum of the Shah ' s \ Earoj Extraordinary to the Court of St . James '* . Hie personagt is expected to be here to-morrow . ¦ - ¦ - ¦ > .. - ! .- - " For some days pastit has been confidently reported that the Turkish army Bndef-thff brfM of H * fix Fashahai met with serious nrraaa in Cnrdistan , * nd that the Command eT-in-Cinef himself has been

      feifin prisoner . These sinistar reports require confirmation .. There are reason * for looking * npoa |»» b « Bgintentionally spreadbytiie agents of Jmsm , who » f late hare been nnngoallj actiro in tmUjing the Turks , terrifyingthemwiti exaggerated ccoonts of &e immense preparations at Sebaitopol , tMunpressHJg upon their minds Ae conviction of war own helplejtmess , and consequently that of ^ er mability _ to avert the . conseqnencea of the JUDpfTor ' 8 indignation , against the Ssltan for pre-« tndng Ui = abrogate ^ e , treaty . of tJniiar 'Skelessi ^ ; & m , withoatJjis ^ artiapafibn ^ form an alliance with England , except by parting at onee with their new ^ Jends , and returning tinder the segis " of the JUnperor ' s magnanimity and . clemency . I am

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      positively assured , feat in a late note addressed to the . Porte ,, tbe . ILnssian Envoy has ^ meqniyocally declared "that the Emperor would consider the Sultan ' s ratification of the commercial convention lately signed by Lord Ponronby and the Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affiairs in the same light as a formal declaration of war on the part of Turkey to Russia . Unless England steps forward and manfully declares her intention to support tbe Sultan and her own rights ci et armis , it is evident that after an intimation of so terrific a nature on

      the part of Russia , and the warnings given to them by France , Mahmond sets too . much value * tbe preservation of his life and throne to expose himself to the certainty of loBing both by courting the friendship of a power that has neither the means nor theintention of coming to his assistance in the day of danger ; and consequently , that sooner than trust to a broken Teed , be will rescind the treaty of which B * dschid Pasba . is tbe bearer to the Court of England . The recal of the Ottoman fleet , which I mentioned in my last , is entirely due , I understand , to the Russian Envoy ' s remonstrances and intimida tions . ^— Times .

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      _ Mx . John Romily has resigned the Recordership of the Borough of Ludlow . Between the 3 rd and 10 th last , eleven packets entered Boulogne , with 400 passengers , and the same , noniher with 464 passengers sailed . "LoNGETiTT .- —There are six sisters in the parish of Corsham , "Wilts , four of whom are living in one housej whose united ages amount to 423 years . The Pous Law . —It appears by the Tecent retorns that there were up to this tame 4 / 6 nnions estabKshed , which are superintended by eighteen assistant commissioners . Thb GBlGiNAi , difference between Emperor and King was , an Emperor derived his title from the vote * of the soldiery , a King from those of the civilians .

      Yesterday the Mate of the brig Ellen , now lying in the Pool , in attempting to get on board while in a state of intoxication , missed his footing and was drowned . Is Consequence of the numerous railroad accidents several stage-coaches wh : ch had been put down are likely to resume their former mode of travelling . ^ Royax Society . —The Council of the Royal Society have recommended tbe Marquis of Northampron to be elected President , as successor to the Duke of Su > sex . On THURSDAY LAST , the keel of a new vessel , to be about 200 tons burthen , was laid in "VYarkworth Coqnet Harbour , being the first vessel built there for years .

      "Ofi Saturday iast , a fellow who is generally known by the name of * ' Jemmy Brant " devoured fibs , of beef-steals , two penny loaves , and a pint of ale , and then declared he '' was iaot quite full . " There is now xitixg at Hampstead , a gentleman named Solomunf =, of tbe Jewish persuasion , many years a silversmith at "Watford , who has attained the great age of 110 years . Jerome Kapoieox Bonaparte , son of tbe ex-King of "Westphalia , by hL-= wife iliss Paterson , is at present in Paris . The Commerct sajs that be was obliged to assume the family name of his mother on receiving permission to make a short * uy in the capital .

      Horrid Accident . —As a man named Marriott was observing the working of a thrashing machine , at Oversea ! , on Tuesday last , the end- ; of his cravat got enungled in the machinery , which literally cut his head from his shoulders . —Derby Mercury . Lord Chancellor . —The present Lord Chancellor is said to have reversed , or materially alrered , more decisions x > f other judges than anv of his predecessors ; and , that , for the most part , with the general concurrence of the profession . — Murning Herald . At a meeting of gentlemen held at the Cutlers ' Hall , in Sheffield , on the Sth instant , it was agreed that a public snbseri ption should be opened for defraying the necessary expenses of obtaining a full' ength portrait of the Duke of Wellington .

      i A singular anecdote , calculated to attract serious attention to the advantage . - of magnetism is now circulated at Brussels . It relates to a robbery said to have been discovered by a female in a state of somnambulism . Active prep arations are making at Tunbridge for commeacing the works of the South Eastern Railway , on that part of the line between London and Dover . Eclipses in 1839 . —In 1839 there will only be two eclipses , both of the sun ; tbe first , at Greenwich a partial eclipse only is Visible , begins March 15 th , 3 h . 20 m . 4 s . Greatest phase , 43 m . 9 s . Ends 4 hV 4 m . 4 s . The second , on the 7 th of September , invisible at Greenwich .

      Sunday last , three young women , returning from chapel , were swept away by a mountain torrent in the Shnrna , near Donoughmore , county Cork , and perished . Two were daughters of a rich farmer , named Callagban , and had each £ 800 fortane . The third was their servant . —Irish Paper South Australia . —On " Wednesday week , the ship Christian sailed fiom Greenock fur ' South Australia , with sixty passengers , besides a large canjo of goods . It was found impossible to take all the £ oed < - and passengers' luggage laid down for the vessel . Tie emigrants by this ship are of the most respectable and wealthy class , and take out an immense capital with them in goods and monev . Scottish Guardian .

      A Reluctant Volcktary . —A miserly dissenting minister of our acquaintance often stopped all night at a friend ' s house . Only one male servant was kept : lie acted a * waiter , footman , boots , Ste . Tbe minister always neglecting to give Sambo tbe-usual gratuity , Blackey hit upon the following expedient : -Having opened the door for the gentleman to depart , he slipped a shilling into his reverence's band . " What do you mean by this , Sir ? " "Nothing more , Sir , than that last Sunday you preached from 'JDo uuto others as you would that thty should unto you . ' "

      Encounter with Pirates . —Tbe following account of a bloody eneonnter with these freebooters of the sea is contained in a letter late . y received by Captain Jenkins , of Trun > , from bis gallant « jn : — " Her : Majesty ' s ship Wol fe , Aug . IS , Bay of Bengal . "You will be surprised when I tell you I am now doing duty as First Lieutenant , not having one Lieutenant left . It does not give me any increase of pay , as tbe Admiral is not authorized to gfve an acting order except in death vacancies ; however , it gives me a very comfortable cabin . " We have bad «> s « e desperate fighting lately with the pirates off Trimgana , close to the gulf of Siam , China Sea . Whilst at anchor there in a calm , last May , we obsrrved six large boats , which came from the island

      ofSooloo , near Borneo , attack a large china junk of 700 tons . It being a perfect ealm the shi p could not move , and being desirous of active , service , I prevailed on Captain Stanley to allow me to proceed in onr boats and rescue the junk , if possible . On my way we fell , in with the Hon . Company ' s steamer Diana , who took us in tow ; the sea breeze then settirJg in , we steamed and sailed as fast as wtcould after them . The Diana is a small vessel , about the svze of the Ryde steam-boat , armed with a long cross twelve , and manned with 30 Malays . I had about 36 as fine Allows as ever went . on a cutting-out expedition . On approaching within long gun-shot the pirates left the junk , and formed a close line on the starboard tack , we parsing : them without firing on the larboard to leeward . "When some distance off

      they made a signal , and all closed for aboutaquarter of an hoar , when they ent their stern-boats away , and bore right down for ns , as we thought with the intention of covering the junk , but I soon saw that we were their objects , as they commenced firing from their headmost boat . We then gave them grape and canister right and left . The slaughter was immense , as we could « ee them throwing tbeir dead bodies overboard , and bailing the blood out of

      their boats by buckets full . . Their own list taken in court , on oath , by the prisoners , is as follows : ——Killed , 54 ' , wounded , 82 : and 27 prisoners in the boat I captured , wherein 11 were killed . The eonrt has awarded us the following head money : —For 54 kiHed , £ 20 each ; 27 prisoners ,: all of whom are condemned to be hung , £ 20 each ; and £ 5 a piece for the 82 wounded , making altogether £ 2 , 030 . The ship shares the same as those engaged , and my xhare as a mate will be £ 55 . We had a most

      splendid dinner given us by the inhabitants of Singapore , and ipy health was drunk with three time * three . Gaptain Stanley was rbted a sword of the Mine ofrlftO guineas , to be presented to him on his arrival mEngland . -. I have a most srlenoid creese , which belonged to tkecbief of the p irates , who was cut'in two oy a round shot ; the-handle is made of ivory and geldjjSnd . they tell me it iswortij £ 10 . We engaged- "the pirates ,. ficoin two o ' clock until dark , when we lost . tkem in a squall . We met the Admiral on ourrefurt to Singapore , and receivedbur orders to proceed to England . " — West Briton .

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      oh ^ ™ ° ICAI- ; PiAdtiilsi ^ -Ai a lectdre on Phrenology ^ dehvered at the PimlJco Iflftitation , £ l « -&r br ^ ^ ^^ ng charge against S ! " 5 ^ ^ r Britannica ' ' baTiDg 8 tat « dthat the article headed ¦ « Phrenology" in the last edition pi that work , reputed to he written by Dr . RoEet , was a repnnt of a pamphlet published twenty-tw 6 years ago . - ¦ - . ¦ . " -- . ;¦ " , ¦ ¦ ; , ; . ¦ ¦" -. ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ . •;¦ British Xegion . -A commission has been

      appointed , consisdng of Senor Ximenes on tbe one part and Colonel Weatherall on the other , to enter uponjhe immediate settlement of the affairs of the late British Legion . The terms upon which the commission has been appBinted , have met with the perfect eoncurrence of the officers pf the Legion . Should any point of controversy arise , it is to > referred to the decision of Genera . 1 Alava , and another releree to be appointed by beT Ma ' esty ' s Goverhmetn . —Times . " V

      The Catholic party in Belgium are stated t » y a correspondent of the Journal General to be making serious preparatioHS for an armed resistance to the execution of the 24 articles , so far as they relate to the division of the Bel gian territory . Extraordinary Carelessness . —On Friday night , one of the servants in the employ of the London and Birmingham Railway Company , tound in one of the first class of carriages , after all the passengers who had come by tbe latest train had ielt a pooket book , containing a checque on a London bank , for £ 2 , 000 , and £ 2 , 500 in bank notes . He delivered the pocket-book and its valuable contents to the principal officer on the establishment , when it was forwarded to the gentleman to whom it Bel

      onged , his address being discovered from some letters inside . Strange to say , he had gone to bed , and had nsen and dressed himself next ( Saturday ) morning , without discovering his loss . The discovery was only made by the restoration of the property . He immediatel y tendered £ 20 as a reward for bis honesty to the party who found his money in the carnage , but this being contrary to a regulation of the directors , the party , though a poor man , could not receive the rewarc . As the temptation however , was so great to apply the money to his own use the matter is to be brought before a meeting of the directors , when , it is hoped , they will in so peculiar a case , allow a deviation from their rule of not suffering their servants to receive any reward for restoring lost property . —Suffolk Chron .

      Retolting Murder . —A most barbarous murder took place at Myshall , county of Carlow , on the morning of Friday , the 9 th instant , in the house of Lawrence Nolan , who , with his wife and some of his children , went out in the morning after their breakfast to dig potatoes , leaving in the houee hi * daughter Bridget , a girl of ei ght , with her grandmother , Catherine Donohoe , a woman eighty years of age . John Nolan , cousin to Bridget , Went" into the-house , and , with a shovpl , which was found in n , brokenand covered over with hair and blood , first tilled Catherine Donohoe , and then Bridget Nolan Th

      e monster then threw them into the fire . A smell like that of pork frying , reached Lawrence Nolan who was two fieldsoff , and he sent a little girl , sister of Bridget , to find out the cau * e . On entering the hoQSe the girl saw her sister nearly consumed b y lire , and nothing remaining but part of her neck and head , and about three inch e * over the ancle of each foot . Her grandmother was burning on the fire . The girl gave an alarm , and the neighbours ran to the house , and found the door of . the sleeping room of the victims broken open , and a-chest also opened , which had contained a purse with £ 2 10 s . in it . The purse and money were abstracted . There was a

      arge sum of mone y in tbe chest , wrapped up in linen , that escaped the murderer ' s eve . The police arrested John Nolan , and a 30 s . note , part of the contents of the purse found on him , was identified . A coroner ' s inquest was held at Myshall , and a verdict of wilful murder was brought against John Nolan . The doctors , who opened the heads , proved that the fractures were sufficient to cause death . Dublin Packet . Potatoes . — "W e have been informed that a very

      sigmheiant outbreak has now just taken place in Stanhope , in consequence of the price of potatoes having advanced a full half of their value . The populace took possession of a waggon—sold its contents at the usual price , quietly banning over the proceeds to the . owner . Well-frd Whigs and Tories may talk as they please , but we tell them it is impossible that men will endure the famine to which the present rate of wages and price of food consign them . 6

      Honesty . —A few days ago , a gentleman travelling by the night mail from Glasgow , inadvertently in the dark gave the guard a sovereign for . a shilling . On discovering the mistake , tbe guard next morning called on all the passengers he knew and at last succeeded in finding the owner of the sovereign , who had not the sli ghtest suspicion of having lost it in this manner , although he found it missing . The guard ' s name is Dugdale . Such instances of honesty ought not to pass unnoticed . — Glasgow Paper .

      Universal Suffrage Meeting . —A meeting of the V liiversal Suffrage Association took place last ni ght in the Justiciary Hall—Mr . Lang in the chair . After a good d ~ al of discussion , in which the Chairman , Messrs . Moir , Purdie , and Tait , and Mr , Fleming from Paisley were the principal speakers , it was agreed that funds should be raised by subscription , for assisting to carry on the objects of the National Petition . It was also agreed that the Association should co-operate with tbe men of Paisley for this purpose . Resolutions were adopted accordingly—and some other matters being also brought under review , the meeting broke up . —Scots Times .

      New Poor Law Economy . —Eppikg Union . On Friday , Oct . 26 , Benjamin Ellis , applied to the Board of Guardians for some assistance to enable him to support his family , consisting of a wife and ei ght young children , which he said he was not able to do at tbe present increased price of flour with only Ss . 6 d . a-week , which was all he received , after paying Is . 6 d . rent . He hoped they y-ould allow him only a peck of flour , which was all he required . This the Guardians refused to give him , and he was ordered to go with the whole of his family into the union workhouse , where they are now supported at the expense of about 25 s . 3 id . aweek .

      Female Swindling . —The police received information , on Saturday , of a dashingly-dressed female , calling herself Mrs . Emerson , having swindled a tradesman to a considerable amount in the following artful and ingenious manner : — It appears that on Thursday last the " lady " . entered upon the occupation of apartments in the house of Mrs . Midlam , 3 , Spring-gardens , and immediatel y afterwards gave orders to Mr . Drury , a silversmith in the Strand , for a quantity of plate upon hire .

      Ihe articles sent for were duly forwarded by the shopman , who was ushered intpasplendidly furnished drawing-room , where he laid down on the table a variety of spoons , forks , &c , for the inspection of the lad y , who ^ suddenly recollecting that she required some silver candlesticks , desired the young man to go for them instanter . He did so , and on his return had the mortification to find that his master ' s fair patroness had , together with the property left , fled ; The fugitive is described as being of a dark complexion , and about thirty-five years of age .

      Bdb . glary . —A daring burglary was committed a few nights since , at the residence of the Baron d'Harnay , near Trunsanges , in tbe Nievre , where some thieves scaled the garden wall , got into the principal apartments of the mansion , and took off all the valuables that were portable to a considerable amount . Fortunately they left behind them a pocket-book containing passports , that enabled the officers of justice to trace , and ultimately to arrest , two of their number .

      Suicide . —On Tuesday afternoon a man threw bimself from the summit of the southern tower of Notre Dame , and / was almost dashed to ; pieces on the pavpment at its foot . An immense crowd was soon collected by the accident , and accompanied the body to the Morgue , but we have not yet learned the name : of the individual , nor the <; ause that prompted Mm to take this means of self destruction . —GalignanP * Messenger . Fatal Accident . —A melancholy and fatal accident occurred at the Leith and Berwick wharf , Lower East Smithfield , about one o ' clock on Thursday afternoon . As the crew of the London and Leith smack Sir William Wallace , were / unloading casks of ale from the vesseL a ponderons Wooden

      crane , affixed to tbe river aide of the wharf , suddenly came d ? wn with . tremendous , force , and , -, falling upon the deck of the vessel , struck William Mitchell the cabin boy , a lad about fourteen years of age and killed him on the ; spot . One minute before the accident , Captain . Laing , the present master of the smack , was standing on the spot where the unfortunate lad met his death . There was no weight on the crane at tJ » e ^ time of \ the - fetal occurrence . whioh ia said to have _ been . occasioned by a barge , in the em * p loy , of the Dublin Steam Navigation -Company ^ getting belpy the jetty on which the cjrane was fixed and , as the tide rose , dislodging the . pivot frpjn its socket . The mangled remains of the unfortunate lad , whose parents' reside at BHrtisland , Fifesbife , . were carried to St . Katharine ' s deadhouse .

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      r Attempted Suicide . —Qn ! Frida > , Mr . Ricbd : tflresley , . ; of Prat , ; Place , Camdeu-town , retired , about n | n ? o cloek itf flie rnorahi gV to his batkpretni ' ses , and discharged the ; contents of a single-barrelied jgun , loaded with , swan shot ,, at his ; head , Itappeara thatthe muzzle was placed under his chin ^ but either from . the stock slippiog , or that at tte moment hi Touched the trigger he jerked his bead backwards , the charge took an oblique direetibn , and instead of penetrating the brainthe jaW-bones ^ the mouth

      , and part of the nose were frightfully shattered . The lower jaw was so dreadfully khattered that it was deemed necessary to remove part of it by a surgical operation , A pistol : loaded with slugs was found on his person , which seems as if he iniended to complete his purpose effectually had the gun missed lire , but the failure of his first attempt evidentlv awakened within him a desire to live . There are no apprehensions at present entertained of a fata ! result . ¦; . . ¦

      The CoMET .- ^ The weather has been peculiarly unfavourable of late for any observations to be made upon the comet , at least ^ at Paris . From the 9 th of this mouth , when it was at its nearest point of approach to the earth ' s orbit ,, the difficulty ef finding it , even with a good telescope , will have been increased ; and , thpugh it will continue to approach the sun till the 19 th of next month , there is tittle chance ef the increase of light which it may be expected to receive from this circuinstance making up for the increased difficulty of observation caused by its retiring further ^ nd further from the earth . Our readers are aware ' that this comet has this year presented the appearance rather of a nebulous bod y , through which some stars have been discerned , than that . of a solid focus of heat and light . —Gulig * nani ' s Messenger . ,

      Aurora BoHEAHs , —We learn from the Observatory , that notwithstanding the cloudy sta e ot the atmosphere on Monday night , a splendid aurora borealis was seen towards five in ther morning , when the weather became a little clearer . About eleven o ' clock on Sunday night , notwithstanding the rain , which fell in torrests , a luminous track was perceived in the firmament , which probably announced an aurora borealis . —Paris paper . A Widow ' s Sausages !—A few days since , a widower of 68 , a tailor , on passing the shop of a sausage-selling widow of fO , felt his mouth water at the pleasant pospect before him . He entered at once into the shop , and a warm cpnversatien with

      its buxom owner , asking her , "with bated breath and whispering humbleness , " how long it was since her poor husband ' s decease , expressed himself in raptures at the healthy and plump appearance of the widow ' s pork and sausages , enquired whether she did uot recollect his poor dear wife , and how very happil y he had lived with her , declared his intention to take two pounds of the sausages , rejoiced that there was no greater disparity in their ages , ( the widow , quite flustered , handled the sausages in the most bungling manner , and placed at least four pounds iu the scale !) said that he had often- ¦ thought they might live very comfortably together ^ ( the sausajji-s were enveloped in silk paper , ) assured her that he > hould come down three or four times a week and

      chat with her , as he had no doubt they could manage their little matters better together , ( tbe sausages were in his coat pocket , ) and was about bidding her a soft adieu ! He was , however startled with a business-like intimation from the abject of hi * affections . "But , . Mr . : ., y 0 U havn't paid for them sacingers yet ! " Be assured her that it was of no consequence as he har _ such a tender regard for her , and was sliding towards the doorwhen the widow , whose heart was not so soft as her sausages , bounded round the counter , seized him by the collar , contended , 'like Shy-lock , ; that however she might be inclined to enter into an alliance ot reciprocity , the nausages " were not in the bond , " and insisted upon having h . er " pound of flesh " restored . Mr . —— ^ -spo . kfc soft things

      innumerable , and inttfr / ajvA-d his professions with the most , touching aspirations . The widow was invulnerable , a broil seemed inevitable , when an opportunity offered , and she boldly plunged her band into the mysterious folds of the tailor ' s pocket , drew forth her string of sausages in triun-ph , and kicked Mr . —— out of the shop . The tailor retreated , singing— , " Perhaps if ' was right to dissemble your love , But why did you kick me down stairs p " —Maidstone Gazette .

      Robbery by A MERCHANT .-rAt : Unipn-hali on Friday , George Wekbrook , a man of respectuble appearance , described as a merchant and bill broker was charged wi ^ h stealing a writing desk , containing sundry articles , the property of a ladv named Ross , residing in the Kent Road . The cpinplainant stated , that she was living at the hous <* of her son , who is a surgeon , and ihaton Friday last she left the house in charge ot a little boy .. On her return , she was iufonned that the prisoner and his groom had entered the house in her absence , and upon walkinground she missed the desk now produced . She added , that she was not acquainted with the prisoner , and had no recollection of having seen ltim until he was placed at the bar . Her son . she believed , had

      some slight acquaintance with the accused . A boy , twelve years-, of age , stated , that on the day he was left to mind tlie house , the prisoner and a- man dessed as a groom called there ^ and asked to see Mr . Codd ; that he ( witness ) told them he was not at home , upon which they walked into the back parlour and surgery , and began to look about . He I the boy ) told tlieih that-he had directiona to admit no one into the house , upon which ; the man dressed in groom ' s , clothes called the prisoner , saying ,- " 'Air . We .-tbroolc , there is no person np stairs . '' The prisoner immediatel y went up , and the groom detained witness below . The -witness added , that soon afterwards the prisoner and groom left the house together . Robert Brodie , a policeman of the L division , stated that he took the prisoner into

      custody , anil on examining mm found tue paper how produced , and which the complainant identified as having been in the . desk at the time it was taken from . the house . A pawnbroker stated that the prisoner pledged the desk at his employer ' s shop , on the evening of the day it was alleged to have been stolen . The . magistrate , asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ? The prisoner replied , that tbe boy had told a Talsehood in saying that he was detained downstairs by the , groom while he ( the prisoner ) was in the room above . The ; facts were , that he ( the prisoner ) and his groom called at the hausp , as he knew the complainant ' s son , and being desirous _ of taking bis advice on a medical case , they waited for hi . ih in the expectation of his arrival . They waited as long as they thought proper , and afterwards went away ; without seeing him . JHe

      added that there was no truth iu tae accusation of his having robbed the house , of the writing-desk . Mr . Swabey- ^ " Both the pawnbrokerV clerk and the little boy have distinctly sworn to ybur identity ; one as having seen you in his master ' s house , whence the desk was abstracted , and the other witness as to your being the person who afterwards pledged the articles at his employer ' s shop . " The prisoner still asserted his innocence . The magistrate said that there was another fact detailed in evidence , which made the case still stronger against the accused , namely—that of the policeman finding in his possession a paper which the complaiuaut had now sworn was in her writirig-desk when it was stolen . The magistrate added that he had no other alternative than to send the case before a jury . The prisoner w . as accordingly conimitted .

      Loss of the African Packet . —Dkowning of Six of the Crew . —We have obtained the following particulars of the loss- of tke English brig Jfrican Packet . This vessel , on her return from Guayaquil , which she left dn the 31 st of May with a full cargo of cocoa , reached - Vigo on the 21 st or 22 d ult . Having fotnd instructions in that .. harbour , her Captain ( Young ) sailed three days afterwards for Santander , where , he was to land his cargo . The wind having changed anda storm set in , the jflfricun Packet His unabte to enter Santander / On arriving off Bilboa the Captain took a pilot to bring him into St * Sebastian , but the viplende of the wind precluded the possibility of his ganing the harbour ; He accordmMy steered in the direcdon of Bavonne . tb «

      blowing weather still continuing , ahdwhen he Wa ; s off Bayonne , the wind having stafted ; from theN . W ^ to the S . W . he-deemed it prudent to get clear of the coast into tke xipeh sea . Thisj however , he was nnableto effect , and at 4 ^ ^ o ' clock intthe toorning of the 5 th inat ; , the Jfncan /^ fttirf was stranded ^ n < the coast . Tae \ --crew : ' c ^ nMsted . ^; i 0 ^ inen ' f ' ' si | x . bf whom ¦ were ¦ drowiga # n ^ ''Jipfhri '' -VOTn gj ' .- 'Captairij 26 years of age j ; Samuel Brocks , liis mate , aged 20 ; James Duncan , second mate ^ 28 years | W . Rankeii , aged 21 ; John Smith * aged ; 26 i- ' se ^ man j and W . J ^ orsdeck , aged !? . The men who saved themselves are James Brown carpenter ; John ^ Bathj G . Preble , and ; James . N « wby ,. seanien ,- and : the Spanishpilot . The sik men wh 6 perished -were washed off the deck a quarter pf an ; hour ; befdre theVessel * a : s stranded . Captain Youngcalculfeted on being at the time fiO

      inues irom tne coast of Arcachon . Had the magnificent lighthouse lately erectftdottGipevPere ^ at tiie entrance of the inleit i ^ iiligbt ( ? a , noli yes ypul d have been lost ia this wreck . ; Unfprianately this pharos , which was terminated a imbrithsince * wi ^ not receive Us 'lanterns before ! next summer . ^ The MrtcaiiJ ' acketis a very ^ brig , Viand ; appears to ha ve ^^ suffered hftie damage ; in hex hall . She may be easilygqtbffthe 3 andbank . ^ Me / Korw / J 5 w ^/ aw . ¦ A Letter from Gaiais of % s 12 th ihst ., states ^ ^ S f ^* bng . JVitiim qnd Aun ^ Captain binclair , laden with coal oh Govemment account , ^ d pr oceeding from Newcastle to Algiers , was wrecked that morning about two leagues to the east of that port ; . ; The creW was happily-saved , and the cargo is being landed , but it was thought the ressel will go to pieces .

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      : Ancient : Coins . ~ - A small earthen vase was found in a garden jit St . Omer a few days agpy contarning forty one pieces of mbney ^ principally of the thirteenth century . Several of ; them were struck under Baldwin and Margaret of Constantinople : others bore the effigies of Edward I ; , of England , and Philip Augustus , of France . They were in good preserTation . Coal in France .--A society has opened a subscription at Rouen for the purpose of making researches throughout the department of the Seine-Inferieure for coal , it being , expected that several extensi ve formations of anthracite sumcient to repay the expense of Working may be met with .

      _ BASTltE FARE .-At Hatton Garden policeoffice , on Friday , Thomas Kates , a distreiSed looking man , with three children , the youngest four years of : age ) , their appearance indicating wretehedn es | and . starvation , - was wrought up in the custody ef Samuel Daniels ^ : a Mendicity officer , charged with be ^ g ingV The prisoner made the following statement : —Some time ago he was in the employ a ^ labourer j of Mr . Thomas Tubbij , at Palace-yard Tottenham court-road , when his wife , after a lingering illness , died . Being out of work and distre ^ sed he went out to a-sk charitv , when he was taken

      into custody , and the Mendicity Society gave him work and relieved him . He was after wards , by the parish officers of St , Paneras , removed with his family to his parish , ¦ WftUing ford , Berks , an Union . On their arrival there they were received into the Workhouse , where he was kept separatel y fromthis childrenj where once a week he Was only suffered to speak to them . He wa ? immediatel y put to work , ¦ di Kging-in a gkrden , and grinding at mill dail y , buc finding that the food he received was not sufficient to enable him to do the wprk ^ he determined on leaving the Unionj and coining to London with his family , in the hope of procuring employment and

      providing lortnem . He arrived ; in London in September Ust , and endeavoured jto get triflingjobs ; but being unable to procure permanent employment , on Fr / day morning he took his iamily out with him to a ^ k alms , when they were takerx into custody by the officer . Mr . Rogers . sympathised with him , and ordered Daniels to take him to the Meadicity Soeiet ) in order that he might be relieved and put to some work . The prisoner was asked what quantity of food he was supplied with at Wallipgfordby the

      , parish authorities . He replid , Not near enough tor any man who Was put to hard work , digging , and grinding at a mill . In the morning they " gave him six " . ounce ' s ' of bread and a pint and a half of nkilligalee ( gruel ) for breakfast ; five ounces of meat , four ounces of I read , and half a pound of potatoes , three -titties a week for dinner ; and on other day * , ' 18 ounces of pudding for dinner , one dunce and a half of cheese , and six ounces of bread : for supper . "

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      GRAND SO ! REE AT PAISLEY , ON THE 13 rh OF NOVEMBER . We bad a grand soiree here last ni ght in honour of the Rev . I ' . Brewster , parish minister , who has joined . -the uuiversal Suffrage movement . Hundreds could not get admittance who were anxious to get in . Oar Lord Provost was in the chair supuorred by I he Rev . Mr . Cairns , Rev . Professor Thomson , Mr . Brcwster , Mr . Turner , of Thrush Grove , Messrs . Boyl , Gray , and Moir , of Glasgow , and a number ot our Paisley friends . An address of condolence and esteem for the part he has taken , and the persecution be ^ has suffered , was read by a Mr . Gait , manufacturer , after which Mr . Brewster returned thanks in a neat and eloquent speech . He said , I thank you for your address . I feel gratifii-d for this expression of your sympathy . You know 1 am not accustomed to compliment . s of this kind . . That respectublt kind body , the presbytery ol Paisley , have for several jears back had me in training , and been endeavouring to coerce me into order .

      I did hope that after they themselves had commenced the work of agitation , that some one of my brethren would have been forced to move the expunging from their minutes of the censure they had inserted . 'against myself , for daring to invoke the blest-ing of God on his mercies at the meeting with the great Irish agitator . In the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr , there was also a cry raised to censure me by a man whose celebrity was not so great as his name . This person , who is called King * got a committee formed , and a report made ont , hut the Moderator very wisely neglected to call for the tand

      repor , here 1 am stillj a member of that church—a church which I am not ashamed to say , ; I love with my whole heart . I am much gratified with the address which has now been read , in which you are pleased to speak iavourably of me as a Liberal . I know not the day when I was not a Liberal . To be so tome is almost hereditary . I imbibed such principles from the-lips of a venerated father , and 1 am trying to impart the same to my own famil y . You aro endeiivouriug to transmit the same to yours as a legacy more valuable than the glittering gew-gaws of the Aristocracy hardened and blighted with a nation ' s

      curse . You ask me to pursue the good cause—4 t is a cause to which I am devoted—a cause I will live and die to support ; and no man will I call my friend ( althougb I will exercise chastity to such ) who is an enemy to this cause . Surne of us were addressed in this place by one of the mo . « . t eloquent of living preachers . He told us' *> not to trouble ourselves with such matters . Let the potsherds . strive as they p lease—it would be all on « ahundred years hence . ' This , Gentlemen , is thn sum of political priestcraft—you are just to sit still ; and allow the mischief to go on- ^ but you will not do s 6--you lift up the poor man fallen among thieves . They offer up prayer for a safe landing place , in Heaven , but they console them under their direful sufferings in this world— " That it will be all one a hundred uears hencS "

      What iMhe fast which theLord hath chosen ? It is to undo the heavy burden , to loose the bands of wickedness , and to let the oppressed go free . Would it have been all one if our forefathers had acted as these gentlemen advise ? We might at this ) moment bave betm the cringing slaves of some HaHoverian Hyeiia . Now , Gentlemen , this is not relLion , it is politics . It is they who are the preachers of politics—theirs ; is the religion of the static and tlie polities of the State . I must not sit down without exhorting you to go on in this great work ; it is extensive as the world itself . The position which we hold connects our cause with tlie world itself . ( Hear , hear , hear . )

      It is the dial hand which , as it is moved , will move the world . If we are foiled ^ the light which is dawuing on our own land , and over our . own land , and over other lands , will be thrown bvck , and the happiness of millions will be prevented . The Rev . Gentleman was repeatedly cheered during his speech ; We bad many excellent apeeches—Mr . Mqir's , of Glasgow , was witty and convincing . A John Thomson , of Paisley , a working man , made a long and eloquent speech . He is a man who has born the summer ' s heat and winter ' s cold in the battle field ; lie said if tbe people had arms and knew how to use them , they migbt say to ourrulers as the Baroiis did to John— "By these we will hold our rights . "

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      TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The humble Petition of the undersigned Stage Coach Proprietors and Postmasters of Yorkshire , Sheweth , That your Petitioners have heard with much satisfaction that a Committee of your Honourable House was lately appointed to inquire intothe taxes affecting the internal communication of the country , and your Petitioners beg to lay before your Honourable Housethe following statement of facts , in the confident hope that soine relief may be obtained from , the burthens to which they are at preaent subject . !¦ That there are , besidesber Majesty ' s . Mails * four direct Coache * between Leeds and London , all of which are first-ratexohveyances , and riiaintairied at great exjjwnse : the number of Horsee constantly

      employed iii each Coach being not | es ? than 200 , the tolls in respect pfeacb . Coach ^ 1 , 825 per annum , and the mileage duty about the ' saini sum , exclusive ' ot the annual License and the assessed taxes : on the Gnards ; andGoacbjneit ; -besides which there are a great number of other Coaches running from the varioijg large towns in the county , all equally good as conveyances , and each producing about the same amount of taxes t& the revenue in tolls and mile age duty . < ;¦<¦ ¦ ¦ : .. : ' ¦ ¦ - " : ¦ - - .:- ^ n-. .- ;•' 7 - ¦> : r ; - - ¦ - " ,: ' ¦ .- ¦ V . ; .. \ - Thatjheiiiterestsof your . Petitioiiers Have for-a long time past suffered by the number of steamvessels and railways which , have been established ¦ ; and whilst other branches of trade have been qhthe increase , that of your Petitioners has been on the decline ^ and rendered one el great risk and difncuhy . : > v ; v . ^'; ' '" "¦ : !¦ - -P . '¦¦ ¦¦ - '' - ^ -- ; : , ¦^ -. ¦^

      That dnring the past year me great increase in the number and mRgiatude . of steam-packets prodaced a ijomp -tition amongst therxij ; and a consequent lpwering pffare 8 , which pperiated yery seTeVely oa your P etitioners , whpee conveyances , from the nature of" their business , would not admit of ' a teinpbrary suspension , and that during the la « t year the number of passengers travelling by the Coaches from Leeds to Loniion would not average above two per day , there being between the Port of Hull and that oi London hot less than , six . steam-vessels '; the fares therepf each way were only 4 s . for the best cabin , ; and 2 s . for the ; tore cabin , ^ and since last year that mode of communication - ' bas- been and still is oh the in > crease .

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      That , the Leeds and Selby ^!^ W& 9 $ sm > Mserious injury to many of jour Petitioners , ;^^«^> paratively trilling duly which is imposed on tmBJ ^ j ^^ enabling the Proprie tors therepf to conyey-passea ^ en ^| and goods at a much lower rate than would ^ cpm . ^ ~? pensate ydnr Petitioiiers with the heavy duties to ; I which they are subject . : ; '; ^ ; That there is a great probability ^ f ptfi . 6 r railways being shortly formed in thi $ and the . neighbouring counries , the speedy effect of which is likely to 1 » that , ypur Petitipners' present occupation will b > wboUy superseded , and they thenxjeives obliged ft > ¦ seek Other in ode ^ of ^ mployment , whilst , in the > - meantime they will Have large capitals embarked and be wholly unable to' obtain adequate remunei *» " tion for the same . / ; .

      _ That the laws regulating the duties on horses let for lure are extremel y complicated , and the scale of duties is capable of being aimplified and reduced . by which your PetiUon ers would experience mticb less difficulty in correctly ascertaining and accbttntlng ^ r the duties on each letting by them .. ¦ ¦> ' That your Petitioners humbl y nrge upon the <» nsideration of . your Honourable House the expediency of remitting the duty nbw imposed for every mile each horse H hired or used to ? travel , commonlr called ? The Mileage Duty . " And also the duty of Is . and Is . 9 d . for every horse let for hire to go nogreater distance than eight miles from the place bf letting , as they press very heavily upon your Petitioners , who , in many cases , do not receive in tha whole more than 2 s . 6 d . for the hire bf . a hories to go > a less distance than eigbfc miles , put of which they have to pay in duty l « w or Is . 9 d . ( if there has been any deviation in . the road in returning . ) or ohe-fiftk

      of . the whole sum charged , which is calculated , hot only upon the horse , but also upon the carriage ^ - the latter being at the same time subject to the payment of the assessed taxes as a separate and distinct duty . • ' ¦ ,: ' y- . \ ' ' ¦ ¦;'¦ - ¦; ; - ¦¦ . ;' . ' , . ¦ ¦ - : / : ; :. . ¦ .-. ¦ ; .. That your Petitioners- humbly suggestthat , in lieuof the . _ scale of duties now in force , a duty of 6 d . - should be iinpqs ^ d for e ach horse travelling not exceeding five miles ; Is . for not exceeding ten miles j Is . 6 d . for not exceeding fifteen miles , and 2 a . for any ; disUp , nce exceeding fifteen miles , provided the sam » be perlormed in one day . And that in respect of every torse let for hire for not exceeding three days , the , duty be 2 s ., and that for every day exceeding three days , and not exceeding twenty-eight days , each horse be charged Is . Arid in order that tho revenHe may sustain but . a- slight diminution from the alterationprjoposed by your Petiitipners , they respectrfully submit that the cuty on each License shpuld be increased from 7 s , 6 d . to 40 s . ¦ ¦¦' ¦

      lhat Posting has beiri on the decrease for the last two or three years , which is / attributable to tho causes above adverted to , and it has become still less profitable to your Petitioners since Februaryji 837 in consequence of the recent Act of Parliament transferring the cpllectipn and management of tho duties from the Commissioners of Stamps to the Commissioners of Excise , as under the iormer iiystem they were permitted to compound ( which is now denied them ) with the faiiners of the Post Horse duties , whereby they were enabled to let their hordes for a less sum than they can now afford to do . : ; ; ¦¦ '¦

      T hat your Petitioners especially urge upon the consideration ; of yonr Houourable House , that ' . whiter Coaching and Posting were the o «/^ m « -ans of communication , tbey were fair objects : « f taxation * but now that other modes are established , ' and no longer remain matters of experiment , the burthens imposed upon the former for the support of the State are legitimate subjects for modification and relief . ¦ . Your Petitioners therefore humbly beseech your Honourable ! House to relieve them from the Assessed Tax on Guards and Coachmen , and either to simplify

      the duties on Horses Let for Hire in the manner above suggested , or in such other way as to your H otiourable H ouse may seem meet ; and tbat all the duties to which your Petitioners as Stage Coach ;' Pro pTie tors . and Pqstm asters aTe subj ect , m ay be reduced , so as to afford your Petitioiiers subb relief in the _ premises , as may enable them to continue Coaching flnd Posting Alccominodatibn to the public at a fair and reasonable remuneration to the , Proprietors . And your Petitioners will ever pray , &c . '

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      ADDRESS OF THE WORKINGr-MAN'S ASSOCIATION , TO THE INHABITANTS OF MANSFIELD AND ITS YICINITY . ; : Fellow-Townsmen , —At a time when the greatest moral power that has ever been exhibited ^ in England is rising into vigorous existence—at a time when , an : unity of purpose , a sternness of detenninationi , and an universality of action are displayed by the whole people—when the effort for freedom or slavery' i& about to be made for the last time , we cail upon all . . such of our fellow-townsmen as are not content to labour for ah idle and dissolute Aristocracy—notcontent . ' give up the higb immunities of thejur nature , and bow the neck to an imperious and

      profligate despotism—not content to be deprived of all tbe enjoyments , and many of the iiecessaries of life , in order that lords and ladies , and capitalists , may wallow iu the very rottenness of luxury ; we call upon all who are wishful to remove theirand of slavery from their foreheads—dishful to see the wives of their hearts , and the children of the aflect ' . ons , raised to tha . t state of comfort and happiness an all good Creator designed them—to jpiu our Association , aud to assist in the great national movement , that is , even now , careering on to a certain , speedy , and complete victory ! Fora long series of years , the public affairs of tnis country have . been in the hands of a set of menm the choosing of whom the great body of the peojjie have had . no voice , as will be seen at once , by ' attention

      directing your to the foliomng facts , viz ; - ^—That a majority of the members of the House of Commons are at this time returned by about 152 , 000 elector ? , whilst the number of males in the United Kingdom , is about 7 ^ 000 , 000 , and the entirepopulation is 24 , 000 , 000 ; thus we find that owein : forty-sijc of those who ougbt to possess the franchise ^ or one in one hundred aaA \ suxiy of tie ^ entire population , have the power of passing laws in the House of Commons , to bind th « e whole people , and amongst the members thus chosen b ' y a mcrefractidti ot the population , we find no fewer than one hundred and siMy-seve 7 i officers of the army and navy , which is more thaii one-fourth of the whole Houseand in addition to these there ¦ ' - . are ( ftfiy-one placemen , andnot fewer than onehtindredrSOVLS , brothers , and other relations of Peers . ' ¦

      The consequence of thj 6 ^ ^ uri ^ qual : state of the representation ^ is the levying-the taxes . in such a manner as to place the whole weight On the shoulders of those least able to bear iti whid taxes are divided : amongst the friends and dependents of those who levy them ; as , for instance , in the , supporting : a standing tinny [ in time ofpeaces ait ^ army which-hag three Generals id every regiment , and for tbe support of a navjr \ wlnch has two Admirals to every ship of the /?'« e , —thus taking both services , there is one Conmiissioned Officer to every five men ; and this , too , when we have been at peace nearly a quarter of a century ! , . ^ ,

      To this system of class representation , and class legislation is ' tb be attributed the passing of ' the Poor Law Amendment Act ^ for the declared purpose pf reducing the labouring / population to a " coarser sort of food , " and for preventing the estates of the nebfrom being " swallowed -tip ? ' b y thepbors ' ratesi r - while it is alleged that one hundred and thirteen Privy Councillors receive as ^^ muchi annual l y in pensions , as the poors' rates of eighteen counties- —while "¦ . ? : the peers and their families have , in places and pensions , more , than' the ampuntpf the ppors' rates v of thirty-eight out of titty-two counties of England : ' , I and Wales , ; besides what they " posses * ' of the pluri- - ; I der-of the church and the poor , of which one famil y I receives more annuall y than the amount of the ! poors' rates of twenty counties . ' . ' J , . '¦ . ' . / : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦' . ¦ ' ' ¦ ' :-: / -:

      Are yofl , fellow-townsmen , willing that this state of things shall continue ? that you shall still be cheated arid insulted by this system of virtual representationi which has reduced the bulk of the operatives of this , ; country to the verge of starvations notwithstariding their matchless / ingenuity , and indoinitable industry ; whica ( as stated in ^ the publid papers ; has brought down the wages of the wpri ^ nan in the staple manufacture of this pur towi and neighi bourhood , to ., an average of six and sixpence ; -per week , three and sixpence of which he i ^ cojripellfid ^ fe ^ mlA ^ s ? e ;? m * % w&g > that this ^ state of shall continue ? will

      , ^ things , or ^ yori 4 join with nd , and all of the best ^^^ most disinterested * 3 and patriotic pf your fellow countrymen ' m ! en % c 6 ni ^ ltsremoyal , aridi bringing aboutja rnqre , just , equit- ^ ablei and rational state of things ^ by meanUf the 1 tve great principles of the « National ^ PetitioB , " and I AePeopWs Charter j' ? Triz :--Annual Parliaments , f Universal SurErage , Vote by Ballot , Repeal of Pro- # pertyQualincation for ^ Members , and Payment (! m ^ thesserVices-of Members : for these objects we , nav 0 ;^ united , oonvinced ,: that only by their attairimeoji 1 we shall be pat iu possession of the means of ameli- . % oratirigour / condition . ; : : ' ; ; ::- '" : . - ^

      Coirie forward iheri , friends arid fellow townameid i \ and join ; u » inour efforts j the principles ^ we ^ ady o * : : cate are those of human happiness , wehpld puttEa / -J hand of feUbwship to ; all wbo approve of them , f * i ,-wctM . V defiued in the documents to which We have aUridett ^ i ^< J-i All persons-of eighteen years of age ' j add ^^^^ fA ^ M good moral character , fty snail deelaTe thieaii ^ y ^ 'silii ^^ favourables to the National Petition , ^ are dw ^ ty v ^ to become members . -, ; ; " ¦ '• ¦ ; r ^ J * 'M ~ -k - . ! > . ^ r---33 Weare , f ^ bw t 6 wn 8 nien ;?' ? r ; ^ - ^ iw > L' \^;^ ? ^ aJ v Y 6 m > pbedietitSe ^ THE COMMITTEE QF THE' WtiiRKIN ^ v ^ M ^ ¦; - , ¦ . : ;;; men'S-AssociATioN ^^¦«^ ;¦ ^^ % y-M Mansfi # ld , 15 tii-Npv ; 1838 . ' / " ; > : ' ^ > i ^{^ til t )

      _ N . rB . Sheewfof ^ receiving signat ^ es , tOjthe 4 'Na = tiorial Petition , ' *^ are ; ribw ~ l yirig in / various" parts ' of the town ; arrangementa are also making for tta collection of the "National Rent . " "" ^ '

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1033/page/3/