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      Is THEMorrssn , Corarstbe vernacular language i « henceforth to be used instead of the Persian . Mr . TV . H . MAGfAGHTExliasJbeen appointed envoy at the court of Shah Soojah . - The Goal Masters in and arou » d Glasgow hare advanced the price of coals Is . a waggon . Si ^ afobb ( Iincoln ) is about to T > e lighted with gas . Is THEilorrssiL CorRTsthe vernacular language is henceforth to be used instead of the Persianf , _ ^ , uraawojiaereMan .

      Letters fsom Roxe of the 12 th nit , state that the Pope is determined not to recognise any other Sovereign in Spain but Don Carlos . - " - The ssmaiss of the celebrated violinist Lafont , who was lately killed by the upsetting of a . diligence , wereon Friday Tveek interred at Paris , after a solemn funeral service . ~ " - ''"" Mas . Flahertt , who gave £ 5 , 0 *) to the London TJniTersitT , intendapresen . ting & « mfoT snmto King ' s College . ' Ministers hate is theis gift one of the Judgeihips , and the Lord lieutenancy " of CornwalLGlobe . ¦ ¦ - .

      The sepkesextattte kbelates for the ensuing gesaoa are the Archbishop of Dublin , and the Bishops of Down , Ossory , and Cork . Lorp Howick is . expected io be present at th « meeting of the > rorthamberland Agricultural Society at Morpeth on 8 th of October . Do > - Caslos and his Royal sponse / the-Prinee of Astunas , and the Infante don Sebastian , are about to qun France for Italy or Germany . A > - AxTi-ilAi . Tm : sijL ? c—Jtrs . Webb , the wife of a poor framework-knitter , in JNTotiingham . has had seren liTing children in eighteen months . "

      bo BousTiFci- has been thV snpply of herrings that at Scarborough they hare been sold at 6 s . Mr thousand . One ysul brought in 90 , 000 . M . Micnira ., many years editor of the Quotidicnne , and celebrated for * is "History of the Crusades , " died on Tuesday week at Paris . A Joint Stock Provision Store wa 3 opened at St . Petar 3 , on Satnrdaylast . On thai day upwards of £ oQ worth of goods were sold . —NorthernZibefator Progress of Mobalttt . —The wholesale Manchester houses are beginning to pack up inferior goods , and sell them by a " superior sample placed ou tae ontside of the lot . The Secrexaet op State at Goa was assassinated in December last . While dancing-at a ball , an assassin shot him through the heart , aM , in the consequent confusion , escaped .

      The Hamburgh Correspondent , in a letter from Vienna , mentions a-rumour of the dissolution of the Congress to settle the Eastern gnestion before it had ever been constituted . ¦ ' - Lvforjiers . —Sir Peter Laurie has refnsed to sign any more summonses on the information of common informers . Stowell , the informer has given him notice cf a Mandamus to shew canse . -A . spexxlatoe at the west recently said to a friend— " Whtn I first came to Chicago , I had not a rag to my back h and now I am covered with ra ? s . "

      It is stated in a Gnernsey paper that such is pie awfol stagnation of trade and commerce in . that island that ia the last four years the aggregate value of household property has been depreciated £ 310 , 000 . - - -

      Loan SaXDGX will not take the chair at the great Tory dinner , on the 29 th of October , in ^ orth , Stafford ^ W * Lord lngestre wfll snpply hisplaee , and Hr . Watts Russell act as vice-chairman . —Globe . Dean Swift says he never knew a man to rise to eminance , who lay in bed of a morning ; and Dr . . Franklin , in Tiis peculiar manner , says , " He who rises late Eiav trot all day , bHl never " overtakes his

      business . Twelve superb cream coloured and black horses , purchased at Weimar , by order of Lord Albemarlej Master of the Horss , liave been brought to the Queen ' s Mews . They will be trained by the Royal Grooms , and used on state occasions . —SUmdard " The whole of Lord MoxteagleV establishmeat have removed from his lat « official residence in Downins-5 treet , to his Lordship ' s family mansion , in Mansfield-street , adjoining Lord Peire s . Notwithstaxdi ^> o iho repeated depression in the money-market , we hear that the shareholders of "the Brighton Railway have responded to the call just made on them in a very prompt manner . —Railicay 3 Iaoa ^ ine . ..

      A DsaAUU entitled Za Heine dans TAmour , from the pen of Madame Georges Sand ( Madame Dudevant , ) is shortly to be brought out at the Theatre Praucais of Paris . ' We ahe informed" says the Courrier Fraapaii , ^ tiiat inmiediately on the arrival of-Don Carlos at Bayonue , King Louis Phfllippe sent 100 , 000 f- to the Pricce . Hail-Stoks . —There was a tremendous hailstorm at Liverpool on Sunday morning week . It is supposed to have damaged the outstanding crops in that neighbourhood . ; - Postet . —In what consists the charm and fascination of poetry ! In this ; that it is the language of tha soul , at oac » rapturous and . intense , yet chaste aud consonate with all that i 3 simple , and" beautiful , and rrn *> _

      —Webb-A Universal Suffrage Total Abstinence Society has been established at JSewcastle ,- Thi 3 is as it should be . Tsothing is more inconsistent than for the Radicals to be tarnishing the Einews of war to the enemv .

      The 2 vcmber of passengers of the better class , proceeding to the UnifSl States , is unprecedently great . Notwithstanding the numbers carried out by ihe steam-ships , the sailing vessels get a fair share . Liverpool Herald . The following curious aannonncement- may be seen in the window of a coffee-house in Featberst one-street , City-road : — " Stolen , from this window , a china cup and saucer ; theset being now incomplete , the thief may hare the remainder a bargain ;" We tnderstaxd that Mr . Lowery will deliver an address every Sunday evening in the large School Room , Groat Market , on the euils social and political , of society , and the remedies that will with certaintv effect their removal .

      Child Moider . —Martha Bagshaw has been committed to York Castle , charged by the inquest verdiet , with the " Wilful Murder , " at Grimethorpe , of her illegitimate child . From the evidence of the surgeon , it was clear the child was born alive , and by external violence its death was caused . Scotch Forgiveness . —A . Highland chieftain was visited in his dying moments by his confessor , - " You must forgive your bitterest enemy now , " said the priest . ** WelLif I must , I must" replied the dying penitent u hat / turning to Ms . son , " my enrse upon you , Donald , if you forgive him . " The Mr . Baring , _ who has received an appointment on the staff of the Governor-General ef Canada , is not , as stated by the Standard , a son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , but is a nephew of the Gavernor-GeneraL and the son of the late Mr . W .

      . The Ifonileiir announces that King Deny s , a negro chief of the coast of Guinea , who has rendered maay services to French commerce , has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour . A brother of his Maj&stv trasanon-connnissioaed oSceria Napoleon ' s Imperfal Guard . The characteristic description of the weather in Americaj given by a genuine Jonathan about a year since , is not wholly inapplicable to the present Irish weather ( substituting rainibr frost >— first it blew , thea it snew , then it friz , then it thew , and then it friz again . " ' .. ' . '"

      Pjbysicax . FoBCE-- ^ The Newcastle and Northumberlsad Volunteers are at this moment engaged in an eight-day campaign , under the command of that tremendous fellow of the name of Bell . We know not exactly the dimensions of the respective corp 3 , but we do know , that it would be " beautifully less " if -sre -were of ten taking onr share from among them . . - Disease and the Doctor . —Two friends having been taken ill much about the same time , one of them recovered his health a considerable time before the other , upon which ^ ome surprise being expressed , th <> first convalescent observed , "He lia . d nothing bni Ms disorder to contend with ; but his friend had that and the doctor into the bargain .

      Winlaton . —The men of this patriotic village have agreed to establish a Joint Stock Provision Companv This with other companies formed , ^ nd about to * be formed , In the neighbourhoodj purchasing from-the central depot in Newcastle , -will soon change the aspect of profitmongering in that part of the country . The Actresses op FfiANCE j —In the dap of Moli&reall actresses were called Demoiselles , it being also th % custom to gife that name even to married Ts-onien wio had do titles . Prom that penod the actresses of the first theatres of Pans were known in high society under threfl different denominations , imi-h as the Dames de la Comedie Francais ^ ttie Demoiselles ae la Comeiie Italienne , and the . lilies dc-TOpera . - -

      Extensive Loss of Sheep bt Eating hEW Cotvs . Last week several sheep on Willongbby . Farm , Broomfield , were discovered in _ the morning dead , and many others in a dying state . Immediate recourse was had to suitable remedies , butths fioi-k continued falling under the mischief until fonv-iwb died . It appears that , by the carelessness of ? ke persona not belonging to-the farm , thegate of 3 recently cat wheat field iad been left open , and tin- rstiDgs nothaTingb # en carried away , the sheep ha-j broken in and over-fed ftemselvesj and baving . ali-o broken inio an ' adjoining field of barley , the exce ~ i of food thus obtained led to the serious loss sustained on the occasion . Several of the theep were & -, and most of the ewea in lamb . —Taunton Courier .

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      }> B : N ^' : ^ - ~? Wednesday next , a mail will hfJK V ? T fwm t *™* ^ Tunbridge Wells , ^ V ^ the former v & , £ fe ^ S JJ ?^ ' WniBLEDOK D 0 EL . ^ Mr . Broughton , one of the ^ onda m the unfortunat e duel wSi Mr SSriM-S ™ ' last , after an incarceration ot eight months , T je success of theLucia * Zammermoor at the Pans Kenaissance . Tlieatre las just given rise to several new fashions which beat its name . The i i . m ™ r * V ' 5 Sr 6 ? - ^^ colour . with ponceau litres in front and at the bottom of the skirt . The echarpe & la Zucie is of silk with squares ; it is turown en sautoir upon the right shoulder , and meets on the left side , with the two ends nanging loose , lie coiffure a la Zucie is as Bimple as elegant , con-Eating of locks falling on both sides of the head down to the shoulders , with two noeuds of ribbons of rronceg behind th « hair . New Mails . On w « im .. fl »» _ i ^ 1 , k ' nntontTnlTfL t 7 S ^^ ' * mai 1 'm 11 * e . put on ^ to run from Lewes to Tunbridee Wells .

      Dr . roTHERGiLLAXD the Apothecart . —A quaker apothecary meeting Dr . Fothergill thna accosted * , ' £ 2 * ?\ t I 8 m > I ^^^ dining with thee to-day . — I shall be glad to see thee / answered the doctor ; " but pray , friend , hast thou not some joto ' — ' No joke , indeed , " rejoined the apothecary JT but a very seriousmatter . Thou hast attended friend Ephraim these three days , and ordered him no medicine . I cannot , at this Tate , live in my own honse , and must live in thine . " The doctor took the hint prescribed handsomely for the benefit of his friend Ephraim , and his friend Leech , the apothecary . -

      A Transparent Watch . —A watch has been presented to the Academy of Scieace at Paris , principally formed of rock crystal . The internal works are visible ; the two-teethed wheels which carry the hand * are Tock crystal , the other wheels of metal to prevent accidents from the breaking of the springs . AM the screws are fixed in crystal , and all the axles turn on rubies . The escapement is of sapphire , the balance-wheel of rock crystal , and its springs of gold . The regularity of this watch as a time-keeper i 3 attributedby the maker to the feeble expansion of the roct-crystal on the balance-wheel . Mohe Brutality . —On Friday morning , Hichard Cresswell , gunner in the Royal Artillery , at Woolwich , was subjected to the torture of 150 lashes , for stealing 16 s . from a comrade . He had on another occasion received 300 lashes , and was on the present occasion , drummed out of the regiment , after a service of 14 years .

      Taxes ! Taxes !—The annual amount of the duties paid on bricks in the several collections in England in 1829 , it was £ 3-2 G , 847 8 s . 3 d .: in 1830 , it was £ 321 , 111 14 s . Id . ; in 1831 , £ 331 , 200 3 s . 10 d \; 1832 , £ 286 , 537 43 . 24 . ; 1833 , £ 297 , 088 : 3 a . 6 d . ; 1834 £ 339 , 202 2 s . 2 d .: 1835 , £ 39 ( 5 , 556 3 s . ; 1836 , £ 47135 ( j 14 s . Id . ; 1837 , £ 434 , 008 . 10 s . 2 d . ; and in 1838 £ 419 , 103 . 8 s . 9 d . Smvggling . —Of the extent to which smuggling is carried on between France and Belgium , some iaea may be formed from the fact , that while the Belgian tables estimate the

      revenue importation of silks from France at two millions of francs , the French tables for a corresponding period show an exportation of silks to Belgium of the value of from eight to twelve millions ! And this in the single article of silks only ! Sir W . FOLLTSTT , Mr . Lefroy , Mr . Austin , Mr . Sergeant Jackson , and Mr . AVarren , have severally given their opinion , that the beneficed clergy in this country can re ^ i > ter and vote under the Reform Act , although the nature of their property or qualification is apparently altered , under the new designation of rent-charge . —Limerick Chronicle .

      0 * Friday sight , the Eev . G . Hill was stopped on the highway near Alfreton by four men armed with guns , and was , under a threat of being murdered if he resisted , robbed of his watch , seals , pencil-case , handkerchief , and monev . The rev . gentleman has offered £ 25 for the discovery » f the thieves . —Derby paper .

      Mb . Geoege Wilbra-ham , M . P . for South Cheshire , has declined the honour of a monument proposed to be erected to him on <" ongleton Edge . - Ao doubt , worthy Mr . Wilbraham was puzzled in guessing what he couliKhava done deserving of a monument . A Baronet who has during several successive Parliaments represented a remote Welsh county npon Conservative principle , has so involved himself in * peeuniary difficulties , that the entire of his estate will shortly be brought to the hammer . The debts amount to £ 440 , 0 l > 0 . —Limerick Chronicle .

      An interesting experiment was made at Bor deaux a few days ago , in the presence of the Mayor , on the hiisk 3 _ of grapes , when pressed , and the lees of the wine , in order to show their use for the purpose of lighting . A pound of the dried husks put into a red-hot retort gave in seven minutes 200 litres of carbureted hydrogen gae , free from smell , and which burnt with an intense light and free from smoke . Asecoad experiment with the dried lees was equally satisfactory .

      Mr . Mat , the Chief Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Force , and a party of thirty men of the A division , who have been doing duty at Birmingham since the riots , arrived in town on Tuesday night . Several of the men who accompanied the Superintendent to Birmingham remaia there , having accepted appointments in the Police Force organized in that town by Mr . May before he departed . Between one and two o ' clock on Friday morning , an altercation ensued at the Albion Tavern , Great Russell-street , Covect Garden , between Captain M'Keal , of Devonshire-street j Portland-place , and two gentlemen , « &id to be officers in the army , bat whose names have not been allowed to transpire ; which terminated in blowa being struck by each par ty ; aad during the contest , Captain M Jseal was thrown over the bannisters down the well of the

      staircase , and sustained a severe fracture of his right leg . He was conveyed in a cab to Charing Cross Hospital . The cause of contention was a lady . —Courier . Marvellous Cures . —It appears that the late Lord Gardenstone took the pains to inquire after those persons who had actually attested marvellous cures , and found that more than two-thirds of them died shortly after they had been cured . - Sir Robert Walpole was killed by a lithotriptic medicine , Lord Bolingbroke by a man who pretended to cure him of a cancer in hi 3 face , and Winnineton by an ignorant qoack , who physicked and bled him to death for a slight rheumatism . —Atlas .

      Miraculous Escape . —As the Hover omnibu 3 was passing a few evenings ago , about ten o ' clock , through Regent-street , on its way from Lissongrove to the Elephant and Castle , the harness of the near horse became undone , and the coachman losing all power over the horses , they dashed forward at a furioms rat * in the direction of the Quadrant , Tvhere they happened to come in contact with one of the large pillars , which for a moment caused a check to their speed ; they were , hon-erer , about to make another bound , but most luckiiy were stopped in their progress on-ward by the timely assistance of a spirited gentleman , Mr . M . Feeny , of St . Martin ' s-lane , who rushed to tho head of or . e of thenorses , and keeping fast hold , the

      passengers were immediately rescued from their perilous situation , the majority of whom were females . South Shields . —A numerous meeting of the members of the Political Union was held on Tuesday evening , in Dr . Thoburn ' s chapel , Mr . Win . Welsh in the chair . After a long and able speech , delivered by Mr . George Julian Harney , which excited the warmest . enthusiasm , and wa 3 received with repeated testimonials of applause , the following resolution was agreed to unanimously : — " That a committee of five be appointed to devise the best means of organizing the town , and to submit to the union a plan for their consideration ; which they shall propose to the country as the most efficient means for obtaining the Charter with the least possible delay . The committee to report thereon at the nextmeeting . " The committee having been nominated , three heaxty cheers were given for the Charter , and the meeting separated . The South Shields

      Working Men ' s Joint Stock Provision Store is rapidly progressing . Already 300 share 3 and upwards have been taken . Directors have been chosen , and an eligible situation for the store is now being sought after : and soon it is expected that the public , but the labouring classes in particular , will feel the beneficial results arising from the establishment of the so much needed and desired object . In the Insolvent Debtors Court , on Tuesday , an applicant for release was a * ked if he had never be » n charged with felony ? His reply disclosed-a case of great hardship . —He said he had been charged by the landlord of his house at Stafford wifh stealing a hearth-stone . He had actually pnrchased the stone , and placed it o « the hearth : he was however , tried at the Sessions , and convicted : he was sentenced to four months' imprisonment ; after he had been confined two months of the time , the bill and receipt for the identical stone was found in his house , and forwarded to the Recorder who tried him . That

      functionary lost no time inlaying the circumstances before the Secretary of State , and he was speedily liberated from gaol . Fatal M istake . —Mrs . Earle , mother of Mr . Earle a surgeon of Cheltenham , died last week from the effects of wrong medicine ignorantly administered by a nurse . Ten grains of muriate of morphia , dissolved in Jra ounce of water , had been put into a phial , which hnd been used for a draught , and was labelled " Sedative mixture . " Another draught , in a larger phial , was prepared ; but the nurse , supposin" - the morphia was the draught , gave it all m one dose to Mt ? . EaTle at nieht . Next jnorniag it was seen that the patient had not changed her position a ^ d was breathing with difficulty . The stomach-pump and other means were used , but without effect , and Mrs . Earle did hot long survive . A Coroner ' s Jurv returned a " . verdict of " Accidental death . " Mrs . ' Earle was upwards of 70 .

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      As atrocious conspiracy to murder Mr . andvMrj . Philip H . Holland , Mallow-street , with the nefarious object of robbing their master and mistress , has been discovered amongst the domestics , two of whom are in custody ; and the details of thejrevqliing " plot- are now being investigated by the magistrates . Armed with a carving knife » nd a ship-carpenter's adze , on Sunday night last , the miscreants attempted to break into their master ' s bed-room , but were happily foiled in their design to commit murder ; ana robbery . There are several persons in custody . The Magistrates held a long investigation ; when it appeared the same gang had formed , a conspiracy to murder Mr . Stoney of Frankford . —Zimerick Oirohicki V An atrocious conspiracy to murder Mr . and Mr « . PhUip H . Holland . jTlallow-street . with th * nAfi , rin » H

      At Kensington Petty Sessions , on Wednesday , a Mr . James Bryan applied to the Magistrates for assistance in procuring restitution of sundry articles , which he nad left as pledge for payment of rent at lodgings he had oceupied in Kensington . The Magistrates declined te interfere ; and the only point noticeable in the case was the crazy conduct of the applicant , who , appeared , had offered himself as a suitor to the Queen . Some of his letters were read in court . They contained . advice to her Majesty respecting the promotion of - ' religious ^ education among her people , and assurances , that notwithstanding hie humble station in life , his personal appearance wag princely , and his character every way worthy of the Royal affection , which , he doubted not was bestowed upon him . . ;

      The No-Patronage Government . —It is now some months since Captain Pooley , R . E ., was appointed by the . No-Patronage Government , at a salary of £ 400 per annum , as a permanent attache ' to- our dock-yard , to superintend the repairs of docks ,-slips , sea-walls , &c . of the yard ;" winch duty had , up to that period , been alwavs / effectually' performed by one of the foremen of the yard , at ar salary of £ 2 . 50 . It unfortunately happened that the gallant officer , nearly ever since his appointment ; has been so afflicted as to be \ inable to attend in tho dock-yardwhich , however , has been no detriment to the service , every thing having still gone on as heretofore . Now , however , the No-Patrouage Government have improved upon the foraer achievement , having actually sent another gallant officer as a temporary resident , to help Captain Pooley to do nothing , —Hampshire Advertiser .

      W-EStdean . —Extensive Fiue . —One of the most extensive and desolating iires ever witnessed in this neighbourhood took place on Thursday afternoon , about two o ' clofck , on the premises occupied by Mr . Richard Saxby , At the time of the calamity somo men were engaged at the wheat thrashing inacniue , and a girl was handing down the sheaves , when on a rfiudden , and much alarmed , she exciahnod ; "The barn's on fire . " lua few momonts the whole was enveloped in flames , and with such rapidity did the fearful , element travel , that the retreat of the girl " and men was attended -with much danger . An alarm was instantly given , and the workmen hastened to the scene ' ' of confla g ration , but their efforts were too feeble to prevent tho ilames spreading unhecked

      c . In a short space the barn roof fell in , aiid the whole of its valuable contents were destroyed . Two wheat ricks , containing upwards of thirty loads , situated one on the south and the other on tho north end of the building , now caught fire , and communicated to three haystacks which were soon destroyed ; The flames thence exte * ded to three tenements , whose roofs soon fell in . So rapidly did tho work of mischief spread , that it was with some difficulty a poor man who was lying dangerously ill in one of them , was safely removed , and but very little of the furniture was saved . Soon after the destruction of these buildings , a large adjoining ox-stall caught fire , together with a great quantity of straw , at the back of the barn . Less than an hour had elapsed

      before tho whole of the premises were one mass of ruins . At this period the tide-mill engine , accompanied by a large number of persons , reached the spot , and by whose exertions the flames were prevented spreading further ; and a waggon-lodge and granary were thereby fortunately saved . Happily no personal accidents happened . Had the fire broken out at night , the iujury would have been greater , and the personal safety of many placed in jeopardy . The fire is believed to have been accidental , from the circumstance of the names beiiig seoo by the girl to issue first from tho barley head , which it ls . thought had heated and ignited , a circumstance by no means improbable in a season such as this . The barn contained two floors ; the one on the north side was filled with wheat , amounting to five loads

      forty- , which th » y were thrashing ; and in that on the south ^ here Was a barley head , containing about forty loads . This part of the building could not have been reached by any persons otherwise thau by getting over the wheat , or through the air holes or doors , which were locked ; and aS the workmen were about the premises at the time , it would have been very difficult for an incendiary to have fired the grain ; indeed , we almost wonder at its non-detection by the workmen who were in tho barn ; but this is , perhaps , accounted for by the oxtent of the building and the barley head being screened from their observation bytho wheat which " they were then employed upon . Mr . Saxby , wo are happy to say , is insured . The buildings were the property of the Earl of Burlington . —Sunset Express

      Murder of a Woman by her HusnAXD , and SviopE ok the Murderer . —On Thursday evenh g last the villages of Rufford and Tarleton , and the neighbourhood , were thrown into a state of intentse dread and consternation by the report that a man named llobert Dawson , a labourer , in the employ of Sir T . D . Hcsketh , Bart ., of Rufford -Hillj had murdered his wife , Phoebe Dawson , and hid afterwards put an end to his own existence . The report , unhappily , proved too true , as the following circumstantial particulars of the tragical event will glj ovt" . The wretched mau resided with his wife and five ofhis children in a cottage , in the hamlet of Holmeswood , in the parish of Rutford , about twelye . miles from Preston . Oathe evening in question . Dawson

      came home about nine o ' clock when his wife was undressed , preparing to go to bedj all the children at ho » e being at the time asleep , in a bed adjoising the one in which Dawson and his wife usually slept . He inquired lor BOine senna , which he had requested her to send for to Ormskirk , by a neighbour , and on her acquainting him that she had ibrgotion to eeud for i t , high words , and ultimately a quarrel , crisHcd . From the appearance of the wounds , and other circumstances , it is highly probable that there had been on the part of the wife stout resistance , and that a ; severe struggle took place before the wretched murderer accomplished his horrid purpose . It is most likely , indeed , that they had been quarrelling , and perhaps fighting , for some time , and that- " the " hushad mewhat

      Dauu so gradually worked himself up to a state of iufuriated rage , nothing short of madness . The children . were awakened by the scuffle , and they gave an alarm , when a sister of the murderer enttred the house , followed immediately by other persons , relations and neighbours of the deceased . When these persons entered , which was about half rpast nine o ' clock , they were affrighted by thchorrid spectacle of both husband and wife walking about iu the kitchen or " house" part with their throats cut .- Dawson , alarmed , it is supposed , at his wife ' s approaching end , and his own wound not being sufficiently deep to cause death , escaped during the consternation , and went immediately and hanged himself in the shippou adjoining the house , with a airJLSarrot

      cow ue . wnen . ., surgeon , of Tarleton , arrived shotly afterwards , the woman was not quite dead . She was perfectly sensible , knew her relations . and ^ friends , a * d told lier mother that the quarrel was simply on account of her not having sent for he medicine to Ormskirk . -The poor creature asked for something to drink , and somo water was given to her , but as not . only the windpipe was cut , but also the passage to the stomach opened , the water ran out of the aperture down her neck . Tho bed on which she-lay was completely saturated with blood , and there were several cuts on her chin , and on the lower part of her throat , inflicted , it is . supposed , in the course of the struggle , and before the mortal wound was given . Her right eye was also black

      and much swollen , as if from a blow . Search being made for " -Dawson , _ the miserable man was found suspended in the out house , as already mentioned , and quite dead . Tho age of the man was about thirtyseven , and that of his ill-fated wife about tforty . They liave left behind them Eeyen children ^ the eldest of whom is a girl about sixteen years old , and the age of the youugest child is about eighteen months . The unfortunate woman Was at tho time in a state of" pregnancy . They lad resided all their lives in ; the neiglibourjood , the father and mother of Dawson occupying a , farm near the cottage in . which the appalling tragedy occurred . Dawson has also five brothers and two sisters . The mother of the murdered woman lives

      in the neighbourhood , and she has left six brothers and threi sisters . Her father ( whoso name was Caunce ) was killed about two years agoy at ll ^ fford by falling from a cart . The unfortunate couple had ' previously bor » e good characters , and she is spoken ofby her neighbours as having been a woman of a very aild a . ud patieut disposition . Dawson was a favourite sevant with Sir 1 V-D . Hesketh , Bart ., as a proof of which we may itate that when , a short time ago , he was sick , he was visited by the worthy Baronet ! and although he had an allowance from an Odd FeU lows society , of "which he was a member , Sir T . kindly paid him his wages during the whole period of his sickness . ; He was an active member of the

      Wesleyan Methodist society , aoid had frequently prayer meetings at his houBc . He had also been , for about two years , a member of a temperance society . They had , as his wife had recently asser ted to a friend , lived very comfortably for the last six or fceveu years ; but we are informed that at the early period of their matrimonial caTeer they had frequent quarrels , and were supposed to live very unhappily . The neighbours do not speak of the murderer as-having been a passionate man , nor was he at at any tinie subject to insanity or melancholy . The transaction , as may be well imagined , has excited an intensely painful sensation throughout the whole neighbourhood , and scarcely anjthuigeke is talked about . —Preston Chroniclt .

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      yJi New Wat of Gaining Cusr 6 ii .-A barber in King-Btreet bat advertised that h ? will give the proceeds of his business during the present week to the Royal . Infirpiaryv and that he will patronise the Catholic Bchools er * long by & like * benefit . ' . It cannotbut be , admitted that this is \ a most : legitimate method by which-tp attract pubh ' c attention?—(?/ os govDChromcle . ; ' - ; : ^ ; A New Wat of GAintva r . ^ n « a w \ ¦ tr ^ J ^^ T ^ K ^ lVV ™^ : -- ^ barber

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      ; TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , IJSQ . ; Sis , ^ In your letter to Dr . Fletcher , of Bury , in-^^^^^ % 21 at ulfci we find a Jtetement that Mr ; 0 Bnen had onl y received £ 10 from his numerous constituencies for his : valuable services during , . twenty-eight weeks . There inust ; be some misunderstanding / in- thiS j . fox « u referring to the books of the Radical Aesociatioia of Leigh , we find that thafollowing sums have been sent to that gentleman from his conBtituents iiL . ibis place , ^ namely , the 18 th March , ^ £ 10 . ; on the 14 th April , £ 10 . ; and on 5 th June 42 . ^ -am 6 unUng in all to £ 32 . Now , Sir , we could wish this : Btatementto appear in next week ' s Star , m order to satisfy Mr . O ^ Brien ^ s constituents who have subscribed to this sum . Signed on behalf of the ^ Leigh Committee , ' G . Bellamy . Leigh , Sept . 30 th , 1839 ,

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      SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LEECHES ; BT WM . KI ^ QSLEY , M . D ., ROSCBEAw Healthy leeches should , in the first instance , be p > -ocured _ from a respectable import leech-merchant , and not from the druggist . They ought to be kept in a large leech-pot , or brown earthen crock , more than half-full Of pure spring water , which is to be put into the corner of a ( lark , cold cellar . The water . should only . be changed when it appears a little turbid . Good leechos hayo the property of pr eseryirig tho water pure for a long time , —I havo known it to remain quite limpid for niore than a month . They must be examiued occasionallyj and if any , are found unhealthy , they ought to be remoVed into another resoryoir : those v | hat becojtne knotted are to be thrown away , as they never re * cover;—tliis djaease is called , by tlio Ibech-marchaiit .

      cancer , and is incurable ; Ilings of- a lymph-like substanco will lie found floating in the water in which Vigorous leeches are prosprved . When wanted for uso , they Bhoiild not be taken out of _ tk " e leech-pot by any one in the habit of compouhiingor handling medicittea , as there is npthinE more injurious . to them . If sent any disjiancoi they must bo put into a largo supply of fresh spring water and allowed to rest themselves , before they are applied ; When handled , the hands ought to be pertectly clean . ;¦ ..- " , ; ^ If those few simplo instructiong are carefully observed , the country apothecary will bo preserved from Tt | ie annoyance and pecuniary loss he now Butlors in his efiorts to have good leeches for his customers , and the physician will oeonomise the time which ho frequently loses in waiting for their t ^ o often ineffectual applicatidn . ^ -Z >« Wt > j Medicat Press .

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      - . : . - ""¦ - ' ;¦ " -v . " . ¦ . ¦ - ¦¦— '¦ ¦ DEATH BY POISON . Wo have had several opportunities of expressing our satisfactioii , and coii ^ ratulating tho friends of humanity upon the signs , recently exhibited in both Houses of Pjirliament , of a growing attention to the public health , and to tho physical welfare of the community . " Within tho last few days , ; a new instance of this has been presented to our notice , in the publication by tho House of Commons , of all ' HevviTns ftomthe Coroners of England and Wales .

      oi uii inquisitions held by them , during the years 1837 and IH 3 « , in cases where death yvaa found by verdict of . juiry to have boon caused by poison . ' For this document the public is indebted to Sir Robert Ingli ' s , and although it is many respects imperfect ; we yet consider it so valuable , both as a record of important facts , and as tho commencement of most necessary and long required reforms , that we have been at considcvablo pains to abstraot aiid reduce to order , for the benefit of bur loaders , the confused mass of information it contains .

      Returns arc given irom thirty-nine counties of England , ( Herts being omitted , ) and from two counties of Wales , viz .: Brecon aud Glamorgaii . There ar » also returns from thirty-one borough Coroners . Tho accounts from Middlesex are defective , one ofitho CoronorB having failed to make a return . The paper contains columns for tho date of tho-inquestsj thq namej ago , description ; of poisqh , aiid remarks ; tho torni of the verdict beingiii most instances given under the latter hea ^ . ' The column for ago is exceedingly defective / and that for description of poison ^ although affording much Valuable information , still gives abundant' evidonce of the carelessness and ignorance of the officers concerned in the administration of this mpstimpprtaiit branch of our criminal jurisprudence . "

      : The total number 6 f inquests returned , amounts to 1345 , ^ and " . •¦ th o ptopbrtion in whic ] i ' -In ' e ^ various poi-Bohs were employed , is shown in the follbwingtablb , which we have endeavoured to construct as accurater ly as circumstaiicbs would permit : — . Various preparatibnaof Opium , 200 Arsenic , ... ... ... 185 I Oil of vitriol , ... 30 Prussic acid , , ; . ... 29 ' Oxalic acid , ... ... l y Corrosivo sublimate ,... ... 14 Essential oil of almonds , ... 4 Vegetablo Fungi , , ' .. ... 4 Nitriaaeid , . > , ;; .,,, ... 3 Potash , ...:, . ¦ . ; ..,, ' ; ... $ Colchiuiri i- " - . - . . - ' j ii . ' - "'"¦ ¦ : '' . ... ' " . 3 " Ardbnf spirits , ' ... ... 3 Nux Ybmica , ... ,. < 3 Strychnine , ... ... 2 Befladbnna , ... ... 2 Carburetted hydrogen gas , ... 2 Tartar emetic , ... ... 2 Turbeth mineral , ... ... 1 Muriate of tin , ... ... 1 Sulphate of iron , ... ... 1 Fulminatiug silverj ( perous-. t 8 ionVgun caps , ) ... 1 Extract of lead , ,.. ... I Wolf ' s bane , ... ... l Cahtharidea , . / . ... 1 Cicuta , ... ... . .. 1 ¦' .- '"¦ Aconito , ... ... :.. 1 Castor oil seeds , ... 1 Hollebore , ... ... 1 Savine i . ... ... \ ¦ : Capsicum , ... ... l Morrison ' spills , ... ... 1 Not 8 tated , ... ... 23

      '• - ' . ' ¦ ¦ , . 545- ¦ . . Among tho whole number thoro appeal 1 to have been : — Suicides , ... ,.. 258 ; Accidental poisonings , ... 192 Criminal poisonings , ... 19 Verdicts not stated , ... 76 Tho foregoing tables oxliibit two important facts . Ju tho nrst place , it appears , that in 487 cases of death by poison , ( in ' which the ciTcnmstancos were ascertained , ) tho very largo proportion of 192 wore accidental , pr , iu other words , attributable merely to negligence , ignorance , or chance . Secondly , it is manifest-that , in a « 5 out of 52-2 instances , that is in about three-fpurtha of the whole , whether suicidal , accidental ; or criminal , the poisonous -aeents-

      wornrestricted to two articles—bpium and arsenic , tho sale of both of which , might be strictly limited , not only without mcohvouience , with obvious advantage to the public . With regard ; to tho first namedj indeed , no reason :, whatsoever , exists for permitting its sale , or use , in any way except medicinally ; and arsenic , we believe , is not legitimately employed in manufactures to any b . xtent which ought ' "to" prevent a restriction upon its indiscriminate exposure in the shops . A glance at tho Hat of the minor agents of destruction will , we think , convince our readers that the samemay be said of almost e > -ory article enumerated in its only one or two deaths haViug occurred troni swallowing substances required for daily use and even jhese ) mighty iii all probability , have been prevented by the niost ordinary caution somewhat

      A closer / examination of the returns will , however , put in a still stronger light the absurdity aud danger , of the pfesont si-stem , wHereby not only are the most deadly instruments of desfcructibn placed unrestrictedly at the disposal ; of the ill-disposed and the unfortunate ; but the lives of the most inoffensive and helpless members of society are daily and hourly exposed to imminent hazardyfrdm the negligence or ignorance of others .: We have Stated that the columnfor ago was defective : but , notwithstanding this , we have been able to ascertain that tho enormous proportiou of 123 , or about a fourth of ' W the whole number of inquests heldj was upon chil-SSffiffi ^ fflffi *^ ** OTer dose ¦ W * The foUowiug table exhibits the various agents and the number destroyed by each : — X ?; 2 T f ^ ^ liou 8 of opium , ... 81 Oil of Vitriol , ... * ... 20 Arsenic , . "¦"' - ¦ 6 potaih , ... ¦• ' ... •;; 3 Tartar emetic ... " v Nitric acid , ... ... " \ \ . Muriate of tin , ¦ „ " . "¦ ¦ '" ' j Extract of lead , ... " 1 Strychnihe , ... ... "' j ^ Cantharides , . . \ Essential oil of almonds , ... 1 Not stated , ... - . ¦ ¦ " G

      . . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ; .. . . . - .. \ - " ... ¦ ;¦ , ¦ . m Comment upon tho foregoing is almost superfluous > but it may , perhaps , be well to quote a few of- the verdicts , premising that the singularity among these ^ ' ^? ' 5 ^ W ^ v 'Tfi « y-6 eii «» aU * - ^"» - iEatev 8 : - ^ taud ^ um ^ &iyen to him by his motherjn - mistake for Godfrey ' s Cprdial . " . ^ Paregbrio Elixirloo largo a dose administered by the mother from

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      iffiST ^ iKr . OccaaiohaUy , we have a variation , , as " ° i ] . of Vitriol—Accidentall y sold for Godfrey ' s Cordial f or , "Oxide of Arsenic—Two tea-spoonfuls ^ were administered to the child , by its grandmother , who thought it was miagnesia . Verdict accidental death . " In one instance , in which laudanuffivwas given in mistake for antimpnial wine , the Coroner makes the followihg remarks : ~ " In this ease there atppeared very great negligence oh the part of the : person whb sold the laudanum -lie had not been brought up a druggist , but had lately taken to t&e business , and employed two young girls to attend his shop , and isell drugs in his absence l ^ ascertajned j personally , at the shop , that one of them sold twipe as much for a penny , as the other " Theeanie ignorance . " OccaaiohaUv . we have a viLr ^ tfn h ,.

      . gentleman obsorVes ,: upon the case of another child poisoned by Godfrey ' s Cordial ^ "Godfrey '^ Cordial Js given to children to a treat extent rand I have no doubt , whatever , that many are yearly destroyed ; by it in ; Nottingham , but who , dy ^ g off gradually , never come under my notice as vwlOD © r » . ' . ' ' . ¦ ,-...- ¦ ; " ¦ - . . ' ¦ '¦' .- ' _ Sir Robert Ihglis has done good service in brineing this subject beforethb notice of Parliament and the country r and we hope he may follow up the " prbductipn ojf these returns by somo measure calculated to diminish the crying evil , of the existence of Which they furnish such ample proof . It is gaid by some that the Legklature will never , in this commercial country , sanction enactments haying for their object the placing of a restriction upon the sale of drugs and medicinal articles . Wliy Should such

      restrictions hot be imposed , in this instance , where the safety of the public imperatively demands them , while similar interference \ vith commerce is quietly submitted to , when the object is the supporfc jf the revenue 1 Surely those who talk of ^ impossibility oh this occasion , must forget that , although theutmost treedpm of trade is conceded for the supply of instruments of destruction to the murderer cido , and is shewn to be productivo . . of fatal consequences to many innocent individuals , still the trade in ardent spirits , and in gunpowder :, and in twopenny stamps , is strictl y limited to those authorised to engage therein by the license of Government . - e ^^ . J ^^ eive no ireposeibility , npr evea anv great difficulty in the matter . —Dublin Medical Press . ¦ ¦ ¦ . .,... . . ¦ . ¦¦¦¦ .

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      KEIGHLEY . Maoistrrui . Impudence ;— On Monday last one of those acts of that spocies of petty tyranny now so necessary in the composition of a modpru magistrate was exhibited in the public street in the following manner . The public bellmani Ww ^ Hbloies had Been ^^ appointed b y Mr . Thos . Khpwles , to go found the town and give notice that a general meeting of the Female Radicals would be held in the Working Men's Hall , at oight o ' clock in the evening . Whilst : in the discharge of his di ; ty ,-the " awful nature Of the cry caught the ears of two raw Whig magistrates , Messrs . F , and E . Greenwood , who with all the insolence of office , and the presumption natural to the present numerous tribe of the unboiled brotherhpba informed him that if he

      cried any more meetings for the Radical Association , he might take the cpnsequenqesj or , ^ ini other words , lose his situiition . The bellmain , knowing the power of magisterial influence in a petty Court Leet , was reluctantly compelled to desist , wluie the two little great men walked away apparently satisfied with the power they possessed of doing tho Radical cause an injury . The unprecedented impudence of stopping a bellman paid and supported by the public ,: while in the discharge of his dntyliuduced Mt . Knpwles to pay them a visit in the : afternoon to ascertain the cause of ; their conduct . Having entertairied ati interview with the elder of the' brothers , he asked him if there was anything illegal in the cry to Cause him to take the steps he had done ? Oh . ^ no , was the answer ; the cry was perfectly legal ; and we did not stop it ; we only told the bellman that if ho made a practice of crying anything connected with the Working Meu ' s Hall , he micht take

      the consequences . Mr . - -Khowl . es asked if he was to understand by : the term of taking the consequences , that the man ; was to lose liis office of bellmahl ; Gertainljj replied the man in ^ authority , and walked away as if disdaining to jgive any mortal man a reason for a single action which he . in the greatness of his power and wisdom might think proper to perfbrm . This low attempt toiujure the Radicalcause liasi however , proved a kindness , as it has induced the members of the Association to carry out apian tliey have long had in contemplation , of announcing their moetings by means of a large rat He instead of the common bell , the musical nature of the sound being , in their opinion , better adapted for making a uniform and well known distinction . As might have been expected , the stopping of the cry was attended with the best effects ^ -the meeting was far more- numerous and spirited than usual , and thef 61-Ipwihg address , for which it was principally calledj was passed unanimously : —

      FROM THE FEMALE RADICAL ASSOCIATION OF , KEIGHLEY . To the Females of the United Kingdom . FjEttow Coumtry Women , —We thus presume to take the liberty of making our minds known to you , for if poverty , \ a « some one has said , makes us acquainted with strange things , so it begins to make us acquainted with the ; deplorable condition we arc placed in . But somo will say it is not the business of women to interfere with politics , and so we used to thiuk ; but when our childreh are starring for want of the necessaries of life , we can feel ifpr them with an affection as sincerb as that pPssessed by the mother of the Quoon upon the throne . ; At / this moment political craft and juggling is preached ub

      both by Whigs and Tories and Sham-Radicals , in order to operate upon bur ignorance and credulity , and the object of these factions is to draw the attention of the working millions of this country from the real object they ought to have iii view * namely , their . emancipation from mental and politicaUlavery . Friends , and brethren intoil , oiir opinion is . that SO long as thb government and money ^ mpngers of this country can keep us ignorant and divided , by tolling us that we iayo nothing to do with politics , so long will they be enabled to revel in luxury on tho fruits of pur toil . Our daily reward being the workhousey should declining yearsy or unfortunate circumstances reduce us to the necessity by making us unable to work . There thrown like so anaiiy felons into a detestable parish bastile , separated , from the affectionate friends of our bosbma '¦ ft / i ' ** ^ mn ¦ ^ —» - ¦ _ 1 ^ KJ _ 1 _ — 1 % ' ¦ ^ fl- ^ V '' ¦ **« . . ^ r .- - ' 7 aiiu from dear children

      ^ . ^ . ^ ^ our . We shall know , no release from our misery till death , which although it may givo freedom to the spirit , will consign our dead bodies io the heartless crew of money-mongers for the advancement of chirurgical science ; It is , therefore , brethren in toilj alike the interest as well as the duty of every working man andwomau to decide their politicaV sentiments publicly , in order that both the country and the Government may be acquainted with the wants and grievances of the millions of our oppressed country women . ¦ If a woman is to rule the destinies of this country , on tho right ruling of which depends uot only our own happiness , but tho happiness of future generations ia it not our . duty to assist her ! We say that it is a shame upon that man who would have us to leave her to the mercy of a band of savage wretches like those by whom she isVsurrourided .

      i oliow country women , wo entreat you to reflect upon the abject condition to which you are reduced being , in many instancesj sunk by poverty and degradation below the level of the brute creation ; and this in a country top which ever flows with the fruits of your own labour , the ono-tenth of whioh you can ficarcely enjoy . If you are really satisfied with things as they are , go to the tyrant and bow and scrape to the idol of corruption , t ill you aro steeped in misery aud in love with degradation ; while- We , with the spirit of our ancestors , contend against oppression till the voice of freedom is heard througliout the land . If you , then , aro wishful to bo free , staud up withVbbld frbut , like woaeh determined to shake off the bonds * , of despotism , and \ vith uei in

      join , demanding our just rights ; i , o obtain Winch wo 'jnnat " - - be united with the rest of onr enslaved country women , when we will make the altar the ; footstbbl of God instead of the couch of Mammon ; to make the throne rest upon the affection of the people , instead , of resting upon the usurpation of a capricious aristpcracy , and to make tho cottage the castle of ; the freeman instead of the deh of the slave . May we , therefore , brethren , with such a prospect in view , be animated in the cause of humanity ; then we will exclaim union is strength , and knowledge is ppwer , till we represent a people united in all ¦ their moral dignity with a voice of thunder , demanding their just rights ^ which no power oa earth will dare to defy . ' We remain yours , In behalf of the Female Radical Association , Jane Stowe , Secretary . Koighley .......

      CARLISLE . iMPORTANT DECISION BY THE , MAYOR AND ASSESSORS IN THE BOROUGH

      COURTj ON THURSDAY WEEK . W& mentioned in a former articlo that there had been an attempt to disfranchise four-fifths of the Burgesses of Botchergate Ward . The overseer , it appears , had citherbeen instigated by others , or , in the plenitude oi : hisTown judgment , had thought properto put oft ^ about five hundred names oiit of a constituency of six hundred . The reason assigned by him ; for so doing was , that he only put thosl on the Burgess list , who paid their rates directly There were lop new claims put in , and the case was deddedthis day before Thomas Caulthard Heyshlm Esq ., Mayor , . John Slator , [^ sq . / and Mr ^ imm Pa tinson , ( jhomist . . Tho J ^ ay ^ Observedj iff S this was a matter of the greatest important he nad giyon the subject his host considera ^ ioh , and it ap ^ ^ ed that there : could : be noi doubt that parties wereS «^ 1 compounded for by ; their landlords SnK wl } Ki ^ Q TOto a £ ! b « r § esscs ; because , the Mt wider which thecomposition Iseffectedexpressly

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      states that the ; owner « pf thb property are to hm rateil instead of the tenants : or ^ occupierPl hav ! ( observed his worship ) deemed it advisable to taS Counsel ;^ PPmiort on the Subject , and hV wopilt ; a ^ weU if ^ Mr ^ Nansbn ^ tH © town crer ^ % oSread the corresponderice between / myself ^^^ and theSolicS General ., The case referred ; to Ri M .- Ralfe'CEao ? had been drawn up uvthe most , careful ^ manher ' quoting those clauses v £ : the Municipal Act which mpre ; particulariyv bear upon tho ^ Euhject v and eaf }^ ° S ^ Tarious bearings of the ; case accordimr cr the Jocahty . It . appears thai there are manf landlords who . compound- for the rates of their S 5 r £ M ? - " here 1 S f Mding society , that cbmpoundsfor the ratesiof some hundreds ? of tenant ; SpS ^ k * " ^ thexanswers of the Solicitor ^ deneral to the queries put to him :-- . . ^^ w ^ . _ , :.. , . , ; - ^ v ^

      rfiSi *^^ SW * wnv « ntijlliiK-. aii - occupier to b « fe i on the Bu /«^ , «« , ia tnat lie sfiould hav « bmMlf ^ enrated , and should have , paid his ratea durjng the requisite period . Where , however , the oc cumer ha ^ beeir rated , he will be qualified to S Mfates w £ vX- llst ' : ^ hether he has h ^ iself paid thl Sgoff if ^^ s ^^^^ m ^ m diStSvS ^ ? ^«« ed to exercise any t § f ! ii ! i rates , during the requisite 4 rirtd ^^ ^ S

      Hsrivhf K ^^ ^ m ^ reviousTBuS III c ^ f \ ^^ ovisipns ; of the ^ th § eo ! JLU , c ^ 13 , s . 19 , the owner is made ; liable to th » r ^ the ^ Terseer certainly oughtnbt to ^ serS thorate-book the » ames of the tenants as ihenlmei J ' persons actuallyrated , though it may be verv fit to ^ nsert them , for the ^ urposf | of SSnm ^ tS wnln ^ l ^^ i ^^ * the oimerdp of which the rate islaid on the owner . Of coni-sef the £# t' * . 6 0 CCU R F mU 8 t ° e inserted as the . nam . Sadlifn ^ »? * J ? ¦ * demacd t 0 that effect i « SciptSSrniS ^ ° *• W « oaofth .

      ' . . ¦ ¦ " .. •¦ - " - '•' : R . M . Ra . lfb . Lincoln ' s Inn ^ 26 th Sept . ; 18319 ; ¦ V ¦ V . Now there ; are inany landlords who pay the i-ate * ^^ herr tenants , and wjio do , not ; compound fb * them-, of course those . tenants .. . are enti « ed to : b » put on thejBurgess Lists , providing they have been o ^ thferatebooE th ^ tW Rifled by t&S , 3 all the ratea paid upv The ^ reault wiU"bajust aS ^ ^^ to ' pated , ^ t ail those xlesiroS ^ f wn f' ^ 8 e l 41 ords compound for ; the rate , wlU § 0 to the overseer and- tender the rate ; in that case they ^ will be entHled » timeVio be pu ^ upSn the list of voters . This wDl cause intermina ^ confusion on tho part : bf the collector : ¦ jSaTH

      with whom ho compounds , and : whlcH will be an iricalculable ^ ncrease of the duties ^> f the overseer . Wo doubt the overseer in this . particular case ha « beenthe cat ' s ^ aw of a party , who were disappointed at the . last elation ; and that by so acting Fie : fiai brought ; upoir ^ im 8 elfincfea 8 ed l 4 our ; btit the partv f or-whom he has ; acted has been completely thwarted in their views , for from the decision of ihe Mayor and . assessors , the radical party have still a majority ; for they haye sustained eighty-seyen claims , and wlli be able in another year to double that number . It is somewhat

      , curipusthat by this decision some of tha present town , councillors wfll U disqualified from sitting—not beingburgesses . r It would be presumptuous on our part to doubt , the correctness of the opinion given by the Solicitor-General ; still we may be . allowed to say , that in cases where the landlord fails m paying the rate ^ the tenait is liable ' and hia goods may ba seized ; and sold for the payment of it ; so that we think even in cases where the landlord ! compounds the tenant ought to have a vote , seeing that it is a matter of saying and convenience to th * parish and not tothe tenants- :

      Registration undek the Reform Act . —The registration for the ; ea , stern division of Cumberland i » l !?^^?? OI J' and P ^ l exertions arc being used by the Whig and Tory factions to increasetheirhumberg and decrease those of each other . V ; _ Cabwsle , Oct . 7 .- ^ Fhe Ha rvest . —The weather durjug the former ^ part . of last week wasunfavourable but notiso much so as to euepend the harvest operations ; but during the last three 4 ays the weatfier has been particularly fine , and we believe nearly all the wheat crop ; has been housed * and has sustained little or no injury . —Correspondent . .

      .. - . . . SHnWFFIEtD , " . - ¦ , ;• ' _ : r : . -- '¦ Pustic Meeting . —On Thursday week , a meetinjr was held in the room of the Working Men ' s Associ * anon , to discuss the merits and demerits of the coopCTatio ^ system . There was avery good attendance , and the discussion ; wad carried on with great spirit up to ab late hour , when it was ultimately announced trom the chair , that vthe discussion should be re ^ newed on that day weokj to give Beyeral individuali an oppprtumty to lay : their views before the public . CHiRtiST CampMe ^ ing . —On Sundayj accordine to custom , the Chartists r held a camp-meeting at cu m *' i v ? roiaantic T ? 1 IaSe f ° ur miles from bn emeld , but m consequence of the situation not

      being , generally known , the attendance was not bo numerous as it would otherwise have beenj although the congregation consisted of some thousands . Thes * pohtico-religipus meetings are becomnig ^^^ very ^ ^ popular in Sheffieldj : ^ and we ^ understand that there will beOnbheWtp-mprroW ffc Attercliffe . ;; : : ¦ 'A-notbeb y'Miijriiiiq .--bn :.. Jrfonday night , at a E'JnL meeting , aireaoliitionwaecariiedunanimbuslv . i ^ . ^ i 8 meeting feel ; , ft : their duty to denoiinci * V ? . " »« W * . Whi * vpohcyof ^ t he Sheffieldifndepeii i k ? 1 ha >; itbeburntia the meeting ; as aproof of , the-detestat . ion in which it isheldJ ' v The

      resolution was receive'd with loud applause , and the tiaper w ^ s bui-nt ^ A * epprt of the arrest and cbmrnittai Of Mr , . J , ; Watkiug , . of Whitby ^ was read ixomsth . I \ omern ; Ziberator , and it ^ was resolved'that a 8 yin- ' pathisin ^[ memorial shou ld be presented to the : falher ot that gentleman , as a-piop ' F of their estimation of his conduction tha , t trying occasion . After spm # othei ; ^ business of ; minipr importance had been transacted , the meeting was : dissolved . A public meeting was held oh Tuesdaynighlfc , when Mr . Bradwell presented , for the approval of the meeting a copy of the following- ^ : . ¦ - ¦¦ ¦; ? :. : ¦ .. ¦ ¦¦' -. . '" - . '¦ ¦¦

      MEMORUL TO - — .. WiTKINS , Es < J . j Of AlSLABT' - . ¦ ¦ " . ¦ ' •¦ ¦ . ¦ . . ¦ ' Hall , , near WHiTBy .:. ; . V ¦ ' : ; -. ; , ¦' ¦ ; ' ^' ^^ - fr ^ ° > th * Members of th « : Shefheld . Wprking Men ' s : Association , having read are p ° - r ^ the _ arTCSt : and ; -c 6 ininitiiient . 6 f bur esteemed ally , Mr . John Watkins , ybur son ; and also of voux patriotio self-denial ; in- refusing h : sanction the basej cruel , and unchristian conduct of the magistracy ; of . Whitby ,, by determining ? not to . offer , l > ail for bis Jiberatipn : ; ypurinemonalists conceive it to betheir duty to make known to you their affection and esteem for your conduct and character i and , also , tpthank you for thrfBympathios youhaye ever displayed fbr the suffering and :

      uegraaajions ot-the working classes of this kingdom and ofthis county in particular .:.- ¦ ' ^ " , i- ^ ipur memorialists observe ^ with deep regret that the corrupt Legislature of this country shower down honours (!) and profit only upon , thos © who will unite , withthem ia their uriwiso and cruel crusade upon the rights pf the labouring community whilst . the hpnestand virtuousi who strive ( has you hayo done ) tb ameliorate the condition of the poor are the victims of that cold-blooded persecution which has earned for ^ hemCthe deep , desperate , and eternal execrations of a ; people ; who'are becbmiiie too enlightened , and , consequently , too powerful to continue long the blind and willing ^ slaves of misrule ¦ "¦ ¦¦ ¦ ° ~ ¦ *

      and oppression . ¦ :. , ; ... -: . ¦ •' . ^ s ~ 7- V " ^ M ^ or ough an < iaWellington mayberememberettand honoured , for a limited number of aees by mihliary despots , and the minions of tyranny ^ who ' tatten oa corrnptiow ; but the patriotism of a Wat-¦ Ki ns shall live in the memory and hearts of a firatatul people ; when even WeUington * name shall be ¦ tprgottenj or be only , repeated with a < 5 uxse . Go on , then ^ yered : Sir ,: in the noble cours * which you hayo hitherto pursued ; and God , and all gooa . men will smile upon your works ; * And lone ere you are gathered to the tomb of ypurfathers that you may behold your endeavburs crowned with ' succcss . jsthe earnest prayer of the Members of the bnefneld Working Men ' s Association . " - :

      k : ; : < r A . Bradwell , ; Setretary , " This memorial was received with great cheerine , and adoptod . unanimously ; and , before this , we havJ no . doubt it has -reached Mr . W * who wilrreS this touching compliment with grateful emotibS ? ^ ?

      n ^ wli ? ^ thlg ? $ <* been held every evening the Stfw ? - i ? & * ¦*?* ' Cowmittee was chosef , ^^ mim smM MoS ^ jS ^ 5 ? eeting > wm be held 4-Monday night next , for , the : purpose ef raising : a fund to ^ support the families of the" men who & ? iaf ^ a . ^ r Political . bnences ;; aud also to provide for & * aT' 1 $ * ¥ n ^ ng Sheffield Sessions ^ It Whipped thatthe brave men of Sheffield wiU com * lorward on this occasion , and support the cfcaracter which . they > t present hold tor liberality and patriotisms , . : .. . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - - .

      _ Bastariii :. LAws ^ --On Tuesday : week , Marth * Bagshaw was brought beforethe coroner of Sheffield , to , give evidence tbuching the discovery of i \ & - bpdr of an infant , -which had been buried in : a , dung heap ' evidence was adduced to the effect that the ihov « Martha Bagshawwas thei mother of th e ^ ^ child . ' She has been committed to York Castle , charged With , wilful murder . . •;> ¦ \ . v . ; 7 : : ; . \ ; ' :. - .:-. ; T' ; - : >"' y , ; . ' .. c Sr ieibB ,-The : bodybf ' ^ Mt . Birks was ^ fouad oii cw ^ r ^? ,: ^/ ^^ V ^ ^^ someiniles front ¦ ™« Wi Ihe deceased was Constable of Little

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1078/page/3/