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      THE SOXG OP THB EMIGRANTS . ( Intended for Music ) " Wo ist dea Sangers Vaterland ?"—Kob > "er . Where is the Briton ' s Home ? "Where the free step can roam , Where the free sun can glow , "Where the tree air «^ ti blo w , Whfe » a free ship «»» bear Bope and Strength ;—everywhere Wave upon wave can roll-East and West—Pole % o Pole-Where a free step can roam , — Theke is the Briton ' s Home ! Where is the Briton ' s Home ? Where the brave heart can come , Where Labour -wins a soil , Where a stout heart can toil ; Where , in the desert blovra , Any far seed is sown ; Where Gold or Fame is "won , Where never sets the sun ; Wiiere a brave heart can coma , — Thebe Ib the Briton's Home I Where is the Briton ' s Home ? Where the Mind ' s Light can come ; . Where our God's holy word B-eats on the savage herd ; Where a new flock is won To the bright Shepherd-One ; Where the chnrch-bell can toll , Where soul can comfort soul , Where Holy Faith can come , — These is the Briton's Home ! Where is the Briton ' s H ome ? Where mart great Lvw can come , Where the great Truth can speak , Where the Slave ' s chain can break , Where the White ' s scourge can cease , Where the Black dwells in peace , Where from his angel-hall God sees us brothers all ; Where Light and Freedom come , — Ieebe is tbe Briton ' s Home I —Sir E- Bvivcer ' s Xezc Volume of Poems ! rWe "wish we could say all this of England . — Id . X . S-D

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      «• - HTM 2 TS FOB CHARTIST CAMP MEETINGS > o . i . Great God , - we eill on tkee ' . From thy high seat in heaven above , Look down upon thy poor ; Dry from their cheeks the tears of woe , Extend thy mercy sure—Great God , en thee \ re call . Great God , fre call on ihee . ' Oppressed , do-wn-trodSen , trampled on , We cry , O God , to thee . Ssnd down thy spirit on ns all , And make our country free—Great Gvd , en thee we calL Great Go 4 , we call on tfcee . Thy merctes Lord are great and fall , On high , on sea , and land ; 3 nt wicked men have stepped between Us and thy outstretched hand—Great God , on thee we calL Great God , we call on thee ! Thrust down from the high seats the pTond Who blaspheme tfcy commands ; liaise up the poor ana Eeedy cues , And erect our just demands—Great God , on thee we calL F . «• - HTM 2 TS FOB CHARTIST CAMP MEETINGS xo . i . Great God , we eill on tkee ' . From thy high seat in heaven above , Look down upon thy poor ; Dry from their cheeks the tears of woe , Extend thy mercy sure—Great God , en thee we call . Great God , we call on thee . ' Oppressed , down-trodden , trampled on , We cry , O God , to thee . Ssnd down thy spirit on ns all , And make our country free—Great Gvd , en thee we calL Great Go 4 , we call on tfcee . Thy merctes Lord are great and fall , On high , on sea , and land ; Unt wicked men have stepped between Us and thy outstretched hand—Great God , on thee we calL Great God , we call on thee ! Thrust down from the high seats the pTond Who blaspheme tfcy commands ; liaise up the poor ana Eeedy cues , And erect our just demands—Great God , on thee we calL F .

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      ^ A XEW . CHARTIST SO >* G , BY E . P . MEiD . * 0 , for a pilot to weather the storm , For a thundering big * un is brewing ; A man of firm Eerre , a . -wise head ana Xxeaxi , "warm , To save old Britannia from mln ' Where shall we look for a mu-n such , as the / N oble and dauntless O'Connor ? He I cry the new-moviiu ; land-lubbers—he ' Yes , Tie is worthy alone of the honour I Jfow middle-movers , you just must submit ; Tfever will Feargos resign her ; Tis he thit will give her 3 thorough refit , And make her bath streEger ai : d Sc ;? . . Ton are lut lubbers and psalm-singing swabs . And don't know a rope in her rising ; Ton " ve ruin'd tbe nobls old ship by your jobs , And . plunder'd her stcres by your prigging .

      Into the shallows yon ^ ve run her at last , There , like a wreck , Fe&rgns found her ; WHggery had sprang every yard , every mast , - And white Icsm'd the breakers around her : Kow soon ye betold tu \ poor taitty 1 aftjat AH taut , too , and ev ' ry sail on her ; Then cS from the stocks goes your new-fanglfd boat , And you think to run down bold O'Connor . Boom off with you , lubbers ! the laurels he ' s won , yever , 0 never , yon 11 weir 'em ; Win but as glorious a wreath as he ' s done . ' But as to his own , he can't spare ' em . Lovett and "Vincent , and Parson 0 " > VH , We cannot lepose on 1 otB . honour ; Tho' yon profess such religion and zeal , . We mean to stick fast to 0 Connor '

      Rule , then , Britannia , thou noble old ship ! And be the delight of the nation -, FeargnB will soon heave the anchor a trip , Lord High AdnTral he of the station . AH tbe new cock-boats mnst keep in the rear , If they wish that our crew should be civil ; If they thmk of tbe tub I would liave them stand clea 0 ? "Sfi'U blow ihiir triiole flett to the ( Jevil !

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      ltEESS . —Tss Cnr . KT TVo . vdeb of the Age . — Talk of wonders indeed I the greatest marvel of the age isthe Wizard of the North ! His marvels are not tricks : no ; far from his works be the inglorious phrase . They are a systematic denial of the laws of cause and effect . What matters » to the Wizard that a watch or handkerchief i 3 shut up in a box , and the said box is held by any yonug lady or gentleman that may visit the Music Hall ; does it naturally follow that it shall bo found where we all know it is ? The Wizard denies the sjeqciiob . ; and always proves that the ri ^ ht place to look for a . thing is inst where we all-know it is Jiot . Put a

      handkerchief in a box ; and the right pl&ce tolock for it is m the interior of an orange , or of a bottle , or of a loaf ; or anywhere , in fact , that the Wizard ' s inventive brain may Euggest . Most conjurors asnone the ferocious , clap on a pair of moustaches , bawl fiercely in the faces of ycung masters and inisses ; and , while their eyes are blinking , change the-ace of clubs into the ace of hearts : but not so the Wizard . He knows his powers . Heknowsheis equal to the most searching glimpses of the most penetrating eyes . He teeks 10 surprise by Ma miracles ; no ; t 0 astonish bv Ms mimicry . He 35 urbamiy itself . A benevolent smile plays on his hp 3 . _ He rj : ofe 3 about gracefully ; and , « « 13 bevond a doubt that he must ¦• , m ~~ j **«« . a uuuvv iiiat ** f ** i" . *; w fla of

      ^ e ™« rasw 3 with a variety Sylphs , Gnomes , ana u . aiaffitaders , his politenes 3 among a crowd of T ^\ . f 0 ?^ 13 i 3 Terj surprising . A happy thing it ~ . lf Ifae Wizard combines so much humanity mth so mneh . potency ; that he does not unite some « tile Colchie iaaKgnijy-vmh the Colchic art . Of coarse , if he liked , he could turn all Ms audience mto as rtaay shades as would take fifty Ovids to T v- ' fcui ^ Derevolcnee prevents it . He disv l . ^ g ^ c ene rgies in causing the handkercaies ef his audience to come out of empty locked boxes . He sends jourwa ; ch from the barrel of a gun into the bui- ' s eye of a target , or into ihe crown 01 your bat . He causes half-crovras to speak , and ttoce ; keeping the most correct time . With onr

      own blowing eves we saw him lum a Bank of ¦ England note for £ 50 I Throwing the ashes on two candles , in a moment the identical aote , ( as proved » y the number , ) was cut from the cen tre of ids candle , ¦ karge blocks of solid ebony turn to parrots ; ninbrelias to rabbits ; and handkerchiefs to doves : indeed , to detail all the wonders of tnis most potent Beeromaneer would take one side of our large sheet . v ^ rd is ^ ° . siDgQ ^ ly felicitoo 3 in touching B _ Ms marvels ; in giving them a new turn ; in pointing them off epigfammatically . His apparatus is tzulj Eplendid : beautifully chased silver boxes ^ W vases . The splendour of his " magic circle" is *> st gorgeons . We advise those of oar readers w have not seen this most scientific exhibition , to -wse no time . ' Go ! and we assure vou . you will be deli

      ghted . ' " Ikq . ttbst at the YiGaAST Offick . —On Tnesday ttorning , an invest was held at the Yagraat Office , » tfore John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of a poor irishwoman , named Catharine Ayrey , twenty-three jears of age , who was received at that establishment on the 5 th instant , being then in a delicate state of health . Her indisposition increased , though in the opinion of the medical attendants no dangerous symptoms manifesved ihemselvee . She retired to rest as nsoal on Sunday night , and one of the inmates Of the Same room having occasion to get up at five ociock on Monday morniiigj . feuud her dead in bed . iae jury , after hearing the opinion of the medical *» n . returned a verdict tf " death from natural etasss . "

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      Stealing Trowsers , —On Taesdy last a man who gave his name James William . " , was brought up at tie Court House , before E . Grace and Darnton Lu ' pton , Esqr 8 ., on a charge of having stolen four p * irs of cloth trowsers , the property of Mr . Matthews , clothes dealer , Kiikgate . The fellow , it appeared , had walked off nnseen with the trowers from the shop door of the prosecutor , and before they were missed wa 3 given into the custody of the police , whilst offering them for Bale to Mr . Birch , another clothts dealer , to whom he represented that he bad brought them from Manchester , after having mad a them himself . It 13 supposed that he ha ^ given ia a feigned name , and that he is well known in the police records of some other place ; the authorrities here , however , ha ? e had no previous transactions with him . The bench committed him for trial .

      Clerks to the Income Tax Commissionebs — At a meeting of the Income Tax Commissioners , on Saturday , afternoon last , Henry Hill , Esq ., in the chair , Mr . Wm . Nicholson , of Woodhouse Moor , and Mr . John Lofthouse , solicitor , were appointed clerks to the Commissioners for this borough and neighbourhood . We are told that an office will be engaged to be appropriated exclusively to the duties which the clerks will have to perform . Thb Iscome TiX — On Saturday , at noon , a meeting of Justices in and for the boron ^ h of Leeds , and for the West Riding , was held in " the Council

      Chamber at the Court-House , " to consider the propriety of choosing , and , if necessary , to choose eight persons to be Commissioners for executing the Income Tax Act within the district of the said borough . } and eight persons to supply such vacancies as may arise . " The meeting was considered by tbeir worships to be a private one , and consequently the reporters were not admitted . We unders : and , however , it was not considered advisable to nominate any additional commissioners for this district , but to leave the duties to ba fulfilled by the gentlemen elected at Wakefield on the Saturday previona .

      Sesioc 3 Assaults . —On Monday last three Pudsey weavers , named Thomas Waterhouse , Titus Hainsworth , and James Oates , were brought up by warrant at the C-unrt House , before E . Grace and Darnton Lnpton , Esqrs ., on charges of assauhs preferred against them by Mr . Joseph Womersley , of the White Hart Inn , ieeds , and Mr . Edward Beeston , hackney coach proprietor . The assaults were committed on the morning of ( ha previous "Wednesday , on which day the principal in the affray , named John Moss , was captured , and was fined £ 5 for each offence . The particulars are as follows : —Beeston was driving rv hackney coach from Pudsey to Leeds , about half-past two in the morning , at which time he got off the seat to let tbe hoTses in the coach walk up Silver-Royd Hill , and when he got to the top of it , Moss went up atd

      took hold of the reins as if to turn the coach round towards Pudsey . Beescon remonstrated with him , and was in conscqence struck at over the face . Mr . Womersley - and another party who were in the coach , got out to see what was the matter , when the other prisoner ' s companions came up , and not onlymany words ensued , but both Moss and some of his companions also struck at Mr . Womersley and the other party that was with him . Moss , as we have said , Was Sued £ 5 for eaca assault , and tie Vhree prisoners now at the bar were identified by Mr . Womersley and Mr . Beeston . as having been parties to the" assault , though not so active as Moss ; they were therefore fined £ 3 and costs in ea « h case . — Several of their companions voluntarily auended , and declared they were present at the affray , but the prosecuting parties could not identify them .

      A Watchfcl Watchmas . —On Tuesday last , a notorious pickpocket , named Catherine Conley , ( who has reared c hopeful thieving family . ) was brought up at the Court House , having been remanded from Saturday , on a charge of having lightened the pocktts of one of the Leeds guardians of the nijjht , of a sum amounting to nearly four pounds . The circamstances are these : —The prosecutor , John Fallows , who , in addition to his pay as a watchman , ha 3 a pension earned in the service of his country , reported himself sick at the police office on Friday nigbt . and did not consequently goon dutv . It appeared

      however , mat the real cause of absence was the receipt of the * aforesaid pension duriDg the week , which led to a wish , natural of course , on the part of an old soldier , " to fight bi = battles o'er again " over a can of " nut-brown , which gave him a victory over all life ' s ills ; and at seven o'clock on Saturday morning he had not visited his pillow . He was Sfen at that hour leaving the Vicar ' s Croft , in company wiih two women , ( the prisoner , and another who was discharged , ) and soon afterwards notice was given to the police on duty that a watchman hud been robbed at ihe

      Kinng Sun Inn , in Marsh Lane . Policeman Stnbbs , who had seen Fallows and his companions , on learning who the victim was , told what he had seen , and forthwith commenced a pursuit , and both ihe women were apprehended , Conley wkh £ 3 16 s . GJ . in # old and silver in her bopom—two ioverei ^ ns , three half do ., and the remainder in silver , being similar coin to what Fallows had lost , but w » ich she declared j-he had found in the market . From the evidence gi-rsn on Monday , it appeared tkat , alter some conversation , tho gallantry of the old soldier led him to propose to the women " a pint o warm , * ' which , cothicg loth , they accepted and accompanied him to the Rising Sun for that purpose ; where , alter discussing one pint another

      was ordered , for which the pcrsion aaain provided . Bat , in the midst of all this , forgetting duty anil ] discipline together , poor Fallows was soon asleep at i his post , arid the contents or his parse were carried ; withoui storm by the wide awake female in whose custody they were found , who , as soon as she ' had conquered marched quietly off with the spoil . Unfortunately for her , however , the servant girl at the " Sun" had seen something of the manoeuvre , i and no sooner was the retreat effected , than the alarm was sounded , and a capture was effected before the enemy had time even to make a decent forced march , or to deposit the priza in a plaoe of safety . She was fulJy committed to take her trial at the sessions .

      5 HEFFI £ Zi » , —Justice !—The readers of the Star will remember an account of a brutal outrage committed by a corporal of the Queen's Bays upon a young man , several weeks since , whose life was for soine time considered to be in danger . The soldier was committed for trial , and last week the farce came off at the Midsummer Quarter Sessions , held as Rotherbam . The following is from the Independent : — " John M'Kinnon , a soldier , was arraigned on a charge of assaulting Thomas Ashberry . The indictment contained fonr conut ? , and charged the offender with intent to maim , disfigure , disable , and do the prosecntor some grievous bodily harm % and

      also with a- common assault . Mr . O ? erend , to whom the case had been intrusted by Mr . Wilkins , withdrew the more serious part of the indictment . The Chairman , in discharging the prisoner , cautioned him , for the future , not ; an any account to use auy weapon , of any description , without ihe direction of the officers of ihe regiment f . ' J He was gJad that the uincers had giveu the prisoner a good character (!) and the prosecutor hafing very fortunately recovered from the icjanes inflicted upon him , he had great pleasure in discharging ihe prisoner . " f Query—If John M'Kinnon had been a civilian , ana his victim one of the " Queen ' s Bay ? , " would tbe Chairman have had much pleasure" in discharging him 2 ]

      Moee . Jcstice . —On Tuesday last , a person named A ' oakes attended at the Town Hall , to prefer a charge of ill-usage , illegal detention , Sec , against the police . Poor iNoakes , however , found the table ? turned , and a charge ef obstructing the road , &c , brooght against him . The facts are briefly as follows : — On Friday evening , July 8 ih , Noakes was standing at the corner of Cattle-street , opposite the Town Hall , talking to another man , when , after standing not more than a few minutes . Noakes moved into the road , in the direction of Waingate . He wa 3 in the act of crosdDg the road , when he was collared by two policemen and dragged to the lock-up . There be was kept from seven o ' clock that evening until twelve o ' clock the next day , and then

      discharged by Mr . Kayner , the police superintendent , without having been brought before a magistrate . Mr . Harney , accompanied by Noakes , saw Mr . Rayner on Sionday , and failing to obtain satisfaction , re .-olred to bring the case before the magistrates on Tuesday . Accordingly , on Tuesday , tbe parties attended at the Town Hall , when—as above stated—the aggrieved person was himself compelled to appear as defeudant ! Tbe only magistrate present at the commencement of the investigation was the Rev . John Hand , though Mr . Bag ? haw arrived before the close . Mr . Rayner stated his case , and in support thereof called the two policemen who took Noakes , They sivore that they had repeatedly urged Noakes to leave the spot where he

      was standing before they took him into custody , that he was extremely violent aud abusive , &c . A shopman of Mr . Y >" oolhouse ' s , grocer , at the corner of Castle-street , vras called , and deposed to ihe " nuisance" of the working men standing at that corner and hindering their customers coming , &c . Before Noakes could speak , his Reverence on the bench said he considered himself perfectly satisfied the police had acted very properly : there was do need to hear " any more ! Koakes , however , would Epeak ; and- having told his tale , concluded by asking „ if thi 3 was a Christian country ? Tne reply of the Reverend Magistrate was , " Yes , this is a Christian country , and a couctry l tooand

      Where there are laws , and stringent aws , laws that must be obeyed ! ' » Mr . Clayton , as a witness of what took place , wished to say a few words . The magistrate thought it was not necessary , the bench had heard tufljeient . But Cla-yton Tv&s not to be put down , so having been sworn , gave his evidence , corroborating the statement of Noakes , and describing the brutality of the police , when he was out short by the magistrate telling him he need not take up the time of the Court , the bench was quite satisfied with the statements of tbe two respectable witnesses ( the policeiaen !> The Rev . Gentleman then told poor Noakes that he had rendered himself liable to a fine of forty shillings and coste , he should remit the fine this time but he must

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      pay the costs . Mr . Harney requested to be allowed to saj a few words in behalf of Noakes . Mr . Earner objected that Mr . Hatney was not a witness , and cou ) d not be heard as an advocate . The magistrates concurred with this , and Mr . Harney was not allowed to speak . Mr . Rayner did not wish to press the costs . Mr . Bagshaw thought tho costs might be remitted . Noakes was then discharged , and told he might thank Mr . Raynor for escaping the costs III [ The above need 3 no comment . Much might be said , but only those legitimate oonelusions which every honest man will be able to draw for himself , without the help of our pen . We have one word . Mr . Rayner says that it is owing to the repeated complaints of Mr . Woolhouse , that these illegal dungeonings take place , several persons having been hauled off the streets the way Noakes was . Mr . Woolhouse is a grocer— very probably a lar ^ e number of his customers are workinq men .

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      The Salmon Fisheries in the northern rivers have been very successful during the past week , and the quantities in most of the streams are daily on the increase . The Hon . W . E . Fitzmadrice was elected for Buckinghamshire on Friday , ht Ayle > bury , without opposition . Mr . William Lowndes Stone was proposed , merely to declare that he had " no confidence in Peel , " and to withdraw again , with a disclaimer of " factious opposition ' Departure of the Great Westee . v —Bristol , Ju 1 v 16 th . —The Great Western , Captain Hosfcen , R . N-,. sailed from Kingroad , on her outward-bound voyage ^ to New York , at five minutes after one this day . She has taken out sixty passengers , and an average cargo comprising manufactured copper , silks , &o .

      The Iron Trade-Most of the Welch works have now a sufficiency of ' orders , the demand for iron having become comparatively brisk within tho last fortnight . The market has not , however , as yet , exhibited any improvement in prices Death of the Bishop of Meath—Dublin , July 13 . —Tbe Right Rev . Dr . Charles Dickensm , Bishop of Meath . expired yesterday , after a short illness , at tho see house , Ardbraccan . Moktauty op Lo . vDo . v . —Tho fotal number of deaths in the metropolis for the week ending 9 th of July , as made up by the registrar-general , was 745 , being the lowest return during the past summer , and 143 under the weekly average of the four past summer- ' , and 167 lower than that of the four past years .

      The Herring Trade . —On the west coast we hear the herring fishery is very successful . On the north and east coasts they are considerably behind . v \ e had fresh herrings in town last , week , which is , we think , sooner tban usual . —Inverness Courier . Affair of Honour !!—A hostile meeting took place on Friday morning between the Honourable Craven Berkely , M . P ., and Captain Boldero , M . P . Th 6 dispute arose in consequence of Mr . Berkeley having attributed to Captain Boldero the use of certain expressions disrespectful to her Majesty , which the latter peremptorily denied . The parties met at five o ' clock in the morning , in the neighbourhood of Osterley-paxk . Mr . Berkeley accompanied by the Honourable W . Ridley Colborne , M . P ., and Captain Boldero by W . F . Mackenzie , M . P ., and having exchanged shots without effect , they left the ground .

      Innate Propensity—The last time the Honourable Member for Wareham was out with his hounds in the neighbourhood of Bre-Regi , a boy , about eight or nine years of age , was keeping sheep for a gertleman . On tho hrunds passing in full cry , the young shepherd forsook his flock , and followed the pack , so that he did not reach his homo till dark . Ua the gentleman reproving him , ho merely observed , "Lord , master ! 1 wish I was a foxhound . ' Tribute of Respect to a Minister . —On Sunday last , the Rev . J . W . Morrir , of Deanrow , Wilmslow , Cheshire , was invited by a great number of his congregation to meet them at the house of Mrs . Mary Hauon . in Deanrow , when Mr . Abraham Bickerton

      of Compstall Bridge , who had travelled ten milea for the purpose , on behalf of the friends present , pre ented Mr . Morris with a substantial proof Of the approbation of a large body of Reformers in the shape of wearing apparel with money in each pocket . Mr . Bickerton delivered a good address expressive of the gratitude of a great many Reformers lor Mr . Morris ' s exertions in the great , cause of-moral and political regeneration . Invitations were then given to Mr . Morris to preach and lecture on the working days in various parts of the county . Mr . AJoma returned thanks to his friends for tbeir great kindness , aud accepted tho invitations to Compstall Bridge , Denton , and other places .

      Death from Positive Nfoligence . —On Wednesday afteruoon an inquest was held at the Duchess of York public house , Kings ' . and-road , before Mr . Buker , coroner , on viow of the remains of Eliza Owen , aged fif ty years , who died on Sunday raorniui ? . From the evidence it appeared that for some time past the deceased occupied a wreiehcd apaitment in a house in Red Lion-conrt , Kingsland-road , and her habirs were so filthy , and her r ^ eraou so neg-Ipctod , that latterly lew could approach her . On Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , a loud groan ing was heard in her room by a lodger named Mary " Wall , and , on the door of her room being forced open , she was found lying on the floor perfectly naked , with tiie exception of a piece of dirty cloth

      tied round her , and the whole 01 her person covered with vermin . The apartment in which she was found was one . of the most wretched and filthy that could possibly be conceived ; tho only article iu it was an old jug , and the place itself was not fit for a dog to rest in . Ihe deceased , when found , was quite insensible , and remained so until six o'clock oa the following morning , when she expired . The parish surgeon was of opinion that the deceased died from exhaustion , caused by her own negligence of berse'f , and the Jury returned a verdict of * 'Natural death . " The deceased . it appeared , had been supported by her friends for some years paf-t , but becoming gradually careless of her person , she ultimately neglected to procure the common necessaries of life .

      Distress in Nottingham . —Yesterday ( Thursday ) upwards of two hundred of the operatives of this town , who arc in a state of starvation , owing to their inability to obtain work , paraded the streets four deep , soliciting charity . They were headed by a cart , drawn by m n , and several of their body went to the different houses and solicited alms of money or bread . They had a considerable quantity of the latter in the cart . An equal division would afterwards be made . Really these scenes are agonizing , aad ought to rouse our rulers to something , if it were only to preTent tho hard-working classes of England from becoming a stain to their country as a race of paupers . The greatest distress prevails in Bulwell , indeed , its extent has become alarming . A grtat many are totally unemployed , and many

      others have but half work . 1 o enter fully into the depth of Eorrow , to tell the tale of woe , there is no need to call in the aid of eloquence . We need but simply to relate a scene which took place on Tuesday last . —Thirty-six of the unemployed obtained a waggon from "Mr . Jennison , and proceeded to the quarry yard ? , where they got it filled with lime ; they were then yoked to it like oxen , and started to draw it to Nottingham , Newark , and Gramham . to show the world that their distress was not caused by any unwillingness to labour for an honourable subsistance , and to request pecuniary assistance from those who were in . better circumstances . The . sight drew tears from many eyes , and the most bitter reproaches were , almost involuntarily vented a ? ainst the authors of their calamity . —Nottingham Review .

      Dbeadful Accident and Loss of Life at Wjlrringto : * . —We regret to have to announce a most dreadful accident which took place at Warrington on Saturday . It appears that tho old Q , uay Company have for iaaiQ time past been engaged in repairing their locks at the terminus of tho canal at Warrington , joining the river Mersey , and for that purpose had i-rected a temporary railway upon bulks of timber , to convey the blocks of stone . On Saturday , daring the opnration , tho foundation gave way , and the whole machinery , carriages , engines , &c , fell into the excavation upon the workmen below . Two were instantly killed , and nine others had their backs , legs , or arms broken in the most shocking manner , several of whom it is supposed cannot recover . One of the unfortunate men killed leaves behind him a wife and nine children .

      Court Martial in the Tower)—On Wednesday the 1 st battalion of Coldstream- Guards , under the command of Colonel Shaw , now stationed in the Tower , were mustered upon parade , to hear the finding and sentence of a regimental Court Martial on Sergeant Sharp , who had been tried for disobedience of orders and neglect of duty . This proceeding arose out of the case of Mr . Elder , Benior clerk of the Ordnance office in the Tover , who had been held to bail for committing an infamous assault on William YoweJ , a private in the regiment , while on duty as a sentinel at the Jewel office , in the Tower . Elder was given into the custody of Sharp after the alleged assault was committed , but , instead of taking him to the guard-house , as Sharp ought to

      have done as sergeant of the guard , he allowed the accused to go to his own residence , and did not report the occurrence to his officers . The Court Martial found Sharp guilty of" the charge of disobedience of orders and neglect of duty ; but , in consideration of the excellent character he had maintained in the regiment for nineteen years , sentenced him only to be reduced to the ranks . After the sentence was read over , Sharp had the stripes denoting his rank as sergeant cut from his dress , and took his place in the ranks as a private . Much commisseration is felt for him in the regiment , as his conduct previous to the transaction in question was that of a steady and careful soldier , and he had never been reported before for any breach of military dis « ipline .

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      Discovert 0 * A SUPPOSED Mdrdeil—The remains of a man , with the head severed from the body , but within a Bhort distance of it , were found on Friday , by some men cutting tnf f on the bog of Thornfield , near fiallygar , Tuara . The separation ' of ^ he parts appears to have been effected with ^ a sharp instrument , and the body , which was in a perfect state , was supposed to have been at least fifty years in the bog !—Limerick Chronicle . The Courier de Lyonot the 13 th hist , announce ? a serious disturbance to have broken out at Mantua between the Jews and the Christians . VThe Austrian Government was obliged to interfere by force ; bat tho people tore up the pavement , and attacked the soldiers with stones , who fired on the mu Ititude , killed fifty persons , and wounded many . The disturbance still continued , and no Jew dared make his appearance in the street . The Government was obliged to march troops from Verona and Milan .

      Nailing an . Omnibus . —Tie :. Droxt contains the following : — " At the moment that ah omnibus was passing on Friday through the Rue Mohtmarte by the house undergoing repairs ; No . 63 ' a pole more than thirty feet in length slipped from the scaffolding at the fourth story , and fell perpendicularly on the omnibus , passed thxbuglr the body , and entered 80 deeply , betwoen . the stones of tbi pavement , that tho horsea were stopped on the moment ; the vehicle being literally nailed to the ground By a providential chance none of the passengers were injured . "

      Distress in Ireland . —Spread of Fever . —In addition to the prevailing distress and suffering , we regret to learn that fever of a malignant and almost unconquerable nature rages among the poor population to a fearful extent , and with a rapidity which defies all our attempts to describe in detail . The awful visitation has befallen the immediate neighbourhood of Lquisburi { h , and along the western c « ast of that district , with a degree of ee-perity quite unexampled . Scarco a day elapsed within the last fortnight that the medical superintendent

      of the ; Louisburgh Dispensary , a moat zealous and humane gentleman , diU hot attend at thoir residences from six to eight families ; and , in many instances , not loss than five of the inmates required his professional services and assistance , which were rendered with aa alacrity and attentive vigilance highly creditable . Ilungor and psstilence sirutfsled for complete mastery in the same wretched hovelsdestitution and consequent indisposition , leech-like , fastened on the same squalid being . In Achill , even among the colonists , spotted typhus fever was lately very general . —Mayo Telegraph .

      Homicide . —Starvation . —A fellow named John Con way has been committed to gaol on a Coroner ' s warrant , charged with the homicide of Elizabeth Keenau , of Ballycastle , under tho following circumstances : —Tho unfortunate deceased , it appeared , accompanied by her sou , a lad of tender years , went into a field for the purpose of collecting some weeds , wherewith to appease tho : pangs of hunger . Having Kathered an armful , she was returning home , when Conway came across her path , and insisted , in Ianguatie at once violent and most determined , that she should give up the weeds to him . The woman remonstra'ed . A scuffle ensued between them , in the course . of which . Conway with brute force knocked her twice down , and whilst iu that position inflicted some bruises on her breaU , ironi tho effects of which she disd a few days afterwards . At an inquest held on her body , Dr . Nelson deposed that tho injuries she had received were the immediate cause of her death . —Ibid .

      An Old BauTG . —Attempted Rape on a Child . —James Liihtfo , an elderly man , a cobbler , living in Ma-ylebone-lane , was charged at the district police office on Saturday last , with an assault with au intent to commit a rape upon Mary Ann Adams , a child only seven years of age , residing with her parents at 22 , Little Wolb « ek-street , Cavendishfquare . Tho child , on accouiit of her youth , was not sworn , but her father was examined , aud his evidence was to the effect that , on thG previous afternoon , she ( the child ) was sent out by him to purchase some butter , and that on the wny , from the statement

      mado by her , sho met the prisoner , who gave her a penny , and prevailed upon her to go with him into his room . Ho then shut the door , and placed her on a bed , when he attempted to violate her person , bat failing in his endeavours to do SO , ho turiied her out of the house . She went homo , an i gave iuformation to her mother as to what had taken place , aud the prisoner was soon afterwards taken into custody . The prisoner , in default of finding bail , was committed to prison , and on the way from the office yard to tho prison van he was hissed and hooted by a largo mob which had assembled to witness his

      ueparture . Brutal Murder at Styal , near Wilmslow . — On Thursday afternoon an inquest was held at the house of Mr . William Dale , the Old Ship Inn , Styal , Cheshire , by Mr , Roscoe , coroner of the Kuutstord division , on the body of a man warned Henry Lockut , who was brutally and inhumanly murdered on . the highway , at Werr'Mill Brow , near Styal , early on Tuesday morniug last . FiOin tbe evidence adduced before the jury it appeared that the deceased was a married muu , aged thirty years , and has lcl ' t a wife aud tiiree children . He was employed as si blower teuter at Messrs . Greg ' s cottoii-taiU , Si . jal . On Mcnd . iy evening , after leaving his employ , iioweut to a public house , at WiJmslow , wh < : ra tho members

      of a society ot " Forcers " had been holding- 'their annual meeting . Ho left the house , to return to Siyal , between twelve and one o'clock , and was seen on his way home incompany -. with two men , named Samuel Lowe , a bricklayer , aud Horatio Walsh , a laotory operative , but when aud where they left him it did not satisfactorily appear . Shortly after two o'clock on Tuesday morning a person named Thomas Atkinson found deceased Jying across the footpath , quico dead . Atkinson obtained assistance , aud deceased was carried home , when it was ascertained he had received a severe fracture on the skull , and his neck was discoloured , as if from strangulation . The wound on the head appeared to havu been inflicted by some blunt

      instrument ! Samuel Lowe , one of the auapected persona , absconded 011 tho samo morning , and has not since b > sen heard of . The other person , Horatio Walsh , was taken into custody , to await the inquest . From the evidence of Mes&rs . Mightingale and Moore ' s , surgeons , of Wilmslow , it appeared that death had been caused by strangulation , but that deceased had received such a fracture of the skull as would most probably have ultimately caused death , had it not been effected by strangulation . The jury , after a lengthy investigation , returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder " agaiust some person or persons at present unknown , tiie evidencB not boJH # sufficient to fix the crime against thtt parties who were seen in his oompauy shortly before his death . The police , however , are making every effort to discover tho

      perpetrators . 1 Iace . vdiary Fires . —Apprehension and Conviction of thb Incendiauies . —Jb ' or the . last two months considerable excitement' has existed among the inhabitants , particularly the agriculturists of the quiet market town of Havaut , situated on the souci .-eastern extremity of Hampshrnv ill consequence of severa . 1 incendiary fires haying taken place , and letters of an iullimnoatoiy aivvi threatening description having been found in tho streets , the authors of which had escaped dttectioa . uut . il Monday last , when another fire was a . tempted , which led to a scrutinising / and severe inquiry , and the suspected incendiaries , Charles Farrott , and William Sparkes ( Mr . Charits Longcroh'ii nervam )

      having undergone examination 011 Wednesday , auu corroborative evidence having come forward , they were luliy committed , Parrott was taken atlour o'clock on Tuesday afternoon , and confined in the C 3 # e , but at the ' time of his apprehunaion no suspicion was entertained against Sparkes . The magistrate , Sir John A . Omlnauney , however , having heard that the two were intimate , sent for the latter , to imcrrogattt him as to his knowledge of Farrott ' s movements ou the nights of the several iircs . What answers ho made to the questions out to him docs not appear , but it is certain that ho suspicion attached to him until Parrott was sent for l ' rom 'durailCO vile' aftsr the examinations had been taken . It

      was four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon before the inquiry had been completed and before Parrott was confronted with his accusers . He had , therefore , twenty-four hours of solitary reflection ,, and tho result shows that he entertained a correct auticip&tiou of what was going forward , for he hail 110 sooner entered the presence of the magistrate than he at once denounced Sparkes as tho perpetrator of the firo at Stevehs ' sbarn . " Ah . '" said Sparkes , " if I had been taken uplirBt , I Would not have told upon you . " Iteevimination followed , and 'finally both were committed upon each other ' s evidence , or rather their own confessions . The invt ; stif ; ation has called , forth some of the most extraordinary and unaccountable traits of tho human character . It

      appears , on the strictest and most severe interrogation , that neither of these wretches had tuiy motive whatever for perpetrating these' diabolical act * . They were asked , over and over again , why they committed the fires ; and their reply was in variably , " we had no motive . ' And : one very extraordinary feature in the case is , that Sparkea has beoh a coufidential servant of Air . Longcroft , the magistrate ' s clerk , for the last ten years , and that he has . bean deputed , owing to the confidence repoaed in him by his master , to watch his premisee for the last five or Bix weeks ! They havei confessed that , on thei night of SteveQs ' fl fire , being the second put of three which

      have taken place within six weeks , they took some lucifer matches to the barn , and endeavoured , by their means , to set fire to the thatch ; that they could not do so , whereupon they went to Sparke ' s lodgings , which are about two hundred yards distant , and procured a candle andlanthorn ; that they returned to the barn , stuck the lighted caudle in the roof , left the lanthorn behind themj and ran away . Sir John A . Ommanney has been most indefatigable in his inquiries , and he is deserving of the thauks of the inhabitants , noi only of this county , but of the country at large , for his unceasing exertions to bring the offenders to justice . Neither of the prisoners exceedB twenty-three years of age . —Evert ' ing paper .

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      . Two additional cotton mills , at Manchester , belonging ( 0 Mr . Guest , aiidwhioh employed some 500 or 600 hands , stopped last week . The extensive Salford mills , employing 1 , 000 men , wpmsn , and children , are also standing still . . . A MjEETiKG of the creditors of Messrs . Acraman , Morgans , and Co ., the large iron-founders of Bristol , took place on Friday in that town . The liabilities of thefirm are estimated at about £ 300 , 000 , in addition to those of their ' several estates . Debts to the amount of nearly £ 8 ^ 000 were proved . Treasurers and assignee ^ were elected . The Latest . —A lady laid the mop in the cradle , and wiped up the floor with her baby . She discovered her mistake by its squalling , when she went to wring it .

      An alarming fire broke out on Friday morning early , ^ n , Manchester , at Marvin's eating-house , Victoria Bridge . A boy in the top backroom gave the alarm , who was awakened by a fit of coughing induced by the smoke which filled the room , and so rapid was the progress of the Hamta that several of the inmates , who were fourteen in number , escapod with their lives : only by leuing themselves down by sheets and blankets from tho third floor windows . The loas is upwards of £ 1000 . Cas-c- Iron Boildings . —BuvldiTiss of cast iron are daily fnoreasing at a prodigi > us rate in Englaud , and it appears that houses are about to be constructed of-this material . As the tva ils will be hollow , it will bo _ easy to wai-m the buildingo by a single stove placed ia the kitchen . A three-story house , contaihintr ten or twelve rooms will not ' cost moro than

      £ 1100 , regardbeing had to the manner in which it may be ornamented . Houses of this description may be taken to pieces , and transported from one placd to another , at aa expense of not . more than £ 25 It is said that a large number of cast-iron houses are about to be manufactured in Belgium and England , for tho cuizsns of Hamburgh , whose habitations have been burnt . —Mining Journal . Masons' Strike . —We regret to state that this ' strike , ' " .- which has now continued for about five

      weeks , still remains unsettled . There is , however , a fair prospect that some decisive arrangement will be come to soon between the Operatives and their employers , as several of tho oontraocorB are likely to accodo to the terms of their workmen wuhin a week , and it is probable that the remainder will give in to tho same arrangement immediately thereafter . The numher of operative masons out on the ' strike ' is nowabout 400 , each of whom has received lOs . per week since the oommencemenc of it . —Glasgow Chronicle .

      The Circuits .- ^ A greater number of fashionably attired scamps , classed in the polioa sheets as the " London swell mob , " are now prowling about the various assiz-3 towas than has been known , for many years pu , s 5 . They act in the doublu capacity of robbers from the person and passers of counterfeit coin . The respectability of their exterior , and the knowlodge which they have acquired in Iowa of the talents of the respective counsel . on the circuits , afford them facilities of introducing themselves generally as clients into tho society of persons whom they but too often viciittiizs . The thronged courts of justice present an ampkifiold for these depredators , and one geutleman , while intent upon , hearing tho judge recently summoning up the evidence at Oxford , was relieved of his watch , at the same time that another was robbed of his purse .

      Advertisements DisPLArED ik the Braz'liax Joubnals . — Uppoi \ Tu . nity op obtaining a Waiting Woman eoR one 'Siuli . isgII—To ha raffled for , a , waitiug woman , with a child eiyht years of ago , and other objects of value . Tickets may be had at No . 91 , Rua do Koserio . "— " To be sold , a little Mulatto , two yea rs of a , u . e , v ^ ry pretty , and ¦ welladapted for a festival preaeiit ( Cliristoias box . ) No . 3 , ltua dof Latoeiros . "— "To be sold , a , wct nurse , Mulatto girl , aged twenty ; has very # ood-milk ,-her first child , now four mouths old . Rue da S . Pedro , No 180 . " — " To be sold , a black woman , five months gone with child , fit for ail kinds of service . Largo do Poco , No . 5 , "— " To be sold , a waiting woman , with milk , and with a son eight months old . She may bo hail either with or without the child ; has the qualifications of a gond waiting woman , and is without * vioe of any kind . '" Vice being Used pretty much in the same jockey sense as iu England .

      Penaitv for Kir . LiNG a Ram . —The following appears in the Nena / jh Guardian , as a report of a case at the Qiarter Sessions in that town , tried on Tuesday : —Michael Kennedy aod Patrick Kennedy ( tjwo brothers ) were sontenced by Mr . Barrister Howley to fifteen years' transportation for killing a ram , the property 01 ' Caleb Goin ^ -, Esq ., of Traverston . Fifteen jears' transportation for killing a rain This , certainly- appears a vigorous enforcement of the law , even to the uttermosfc extreme of its severity . VVe recollect , some mouths ago , that a great outcry jvas raised , because sentence of death was formal ly recorded against a . person convicted at King ' s County Sessions for killinsj a goat . In that case an

      old Act of Parliament , which happened to oscapo Sir Saffiuel llomilly and all reformers of tho sanguinary criminal code , allotted death as the punishment for killing a goat " , and the aasistant-barrister of the Kiiif t ' a County hail no alter-iiaiivb but to record the Hent ^ nc , and make his report to the Government . But in regard to the killing of a ram , there is no such antiquated remnant of the Draco s ' ys ' . ' m ' . legislation , and tho " fifteen years' transportation " must have brenthe punishipinx considered xiccessarj by Mr . llowley , acting entivoly upon Ins ov / n discretion . Efen if it were " the Ram of Derby , " wo hold that this wag a punishment entirely incommensurate with the cffo'&CQ . —Dublin Evcniny Post ..

      ExTUAonDiNAav WHiBLwiND .-tOn Friday last , about , four o ' clock in the afternoon , during a tremendous shower of rain , a most siu ^ ular and somewhat alarming occurrence happened at , Constable , about two mile 3 from Haslinsden . Tho day had been altogether very rainy , but unaccompanied by auy wind or thunder , when suddenly a whirlwind commenced ; excoedinK in violence anything of the kind ever remembered at / that place . Trees were uprooted others had large branches ; torn off tho trunks , and scattered about iu the fields like straw . Cocks

      of hay were entireJy removed . A cart , standing in the . road side , was lifted up , and turned upside down J chimneys were thrown down , and a considerable quantity of slates blown off a factory in the neighbourhood . Fortunately , the rain being very heavy at the time , nobody was out of doors at that part , except oao woman , and she was raised entirely from the ground , and , carried over a wall into the adjoining field , without suffering any other injury than being terribly frightened . Her cJoak , hpwc ver , was stripped off , and was afterwards found at a distance of half a mile from tho place . No other accident pecurred . The phenomenon lasted for about two minutes , and was not at all felt more than a quarter of a mile from the place where it began . r—Preston Chronieie .

      Death of Twins , from Opium . —Ou Thursday an inquest was held on the bodies of Edward and Thomas Hughes ( twins about seven weeks Old ) , whose parents reside in Lorton-place , Lprton-street , Windsor . On Monday week the mother gave the children the bVeast when in an overheated state from walking , aud a griping ensued . A messenger was sent for some paregoric or syrup of poppies , whichever was thought best ; but tho druggist ( Mr-Simson , surgeon , assistant to Mr . Plands , Parliament-street ) , sent twenty drops of wine of opium and two drams of peppermint water , with

      instructions that a teast 3 ooriful should be given to each child . A spoonful and a half was given to one child , and a spoonful to the other . They fell asleep directly , but soon after awoke , lellisto . fits , and died of convulsion on the following day . Mr . / Nottage , siirgeon , was of opinion that death was caused by art overdose of opium causing convulsions . A teaspoonful of the mixture , described by Mr . Simson , was too much for a child of a delicate constitution , but not for a healthy child .-r-The jury , under the circumstances , returned a verdict of " charice-medley " against the mother .

      BRUTi-L AND Murderous Assault by . Obe of the Gjuv / esenb Pclick . — -During tho past week a very ^ reat degree of excitement haa provailed throughout Gravesend , in coasequence of a most ferocious and mHrderdus assault conimitted by Cleveland , one of the constables of Grayesend , upon a person of the name of William Henry Plume , an engiiieor iu the employ of Sir John Rennie and Vp . Hollatid-i-treet , Biacktiiars . From the investigation which took place before the mayor and a full banch of magiutrates , it appeared that , upon Monday , the 4 th , Plume , on leaving the Tiveli-gardens , say ? two ycuiVg men ,. of" the names of Willis arid Fotvler , disputing with some donkey drivers about ffd . Cleveland , who was in plain clothes , and who was

      supposed to be one of the donkey-drivers , seized Willis , and insisfced iipori his paying the 6 d . before he left the place . The fellow was asked who he was , when he replied ^ an officer . Piuiae and several others then called upon : him to show his authority , but which he refused to do . After some words , Cleveland pulling out a truncheon fronj behind his coatv wiiiried it in the air , and struck Plume a most tremendous bloyr on tho head , exclaiming " That , is my authority ;* ' Plume was instantly covered with bloodj and became insensiblo . The poor-fellow was conveyed to tb / e residence of Mr . Heathery surgeon , Windmill-Btreei , who found a wound oti ' ihe left side of the skull , of between five and six inches in

      length ; so extensive were the injuries , that , for several dayBi the life of Plume was despaired of . The assailant was given into cuBtody , but waB subsequently liberated . Upon the circumstanees becoming known to Sir J . Rennie , that gentleman directed that tie should be prosecuted . Although some of the magistrates endeavoured to justifjr the brutal conduct of the fellow , they ultimately infliotod the small penalty of 50 s ., and in default ^ a month ' s imprisoument . [ Had this poor fellow but have even placed his hand on theoffioer ' a shoulder , it would have befln deemed an " outrageouB assault , " and "the police must be protected , " would have been the cuckoo cry , endiDg / with a fine of ^ 5 . Truly , these justites do admjujiBter the u law ; " but where ia the jiisticgt } '

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      LoNDbrf . —NATiOiNAt anti-tobacco and Temper * ANCEAssociATjtoN .-e Weekly meetings of the abpya Assooiation are held every Monday evening , commencing at eight o'clock , ; at No . 8 , Black Horse Court , Farnngclon-street , to which the public are respectfully invited . Admission free . ExTRAORDiRAHY Honesty . —On Sunday a gentleman , after driving through Tottenham , discovered that he had lost a sum of money , mounting W £ 25 . The oircamstance was advertised , and early on Monday mnruiag a poor man presented himself , who explained that he was a groom out of

      employment , and that" he had picked up the notes , together amounting to £ 35 , near the Seven Sisters , Tottenham . He had "been Seeking employmeni ; , and had noc a shilling left when he found the packet . He ; . / . returned towards London , and at a pnblic i house mentioned his prize , arid was offered £ 20 for it—the offer was repeated—bai declined ; aad the groom . whose name is Joseph Lamb ; having been informed of the advevtisementj waited upon the person : who had lost the money . We are happy to state that he was adequately rewarded , and has how a chance of employment .

      Class LstfiSLATlOlf . —The following extraordinary admi § cion of the tact , that members 01 both H ouaes of Parliament attend only to their owa individual interests , appears in . the Standard Tory paper of Friday evening . Speaking of Lord Ashley ' s Bill , relative to the employment of children in mines , and the debate that took place thereupon , the Editor says— " Lord Wharncliffo ' s complaint of too ready a submission to humanity on the part of the House of Coiamons , is a complaint to which that House has not often laid itself open , and therefore it mavba

      the more easily submitted to . We think however , that Lord WJiarncliffe , hss certainly some reason to complain ; Ho is an ( -xteusive coal owner , and it is no doubt anaunoyance tphim to see the mill owners of tho House of Commons indulging in humanity at his expense ^ the Mill owners are in the Housa of Commons , the Coal owners ic the House of Lords —facts which may account for the oscillations of humanity between tho two assemblies , as factories or uiiaes may happen to be the subject of consideration . It is a hucaiiiating exhibition , but humanity will be the gainer in the end by the alieratidna in its favour . " ¦

      Effects of Drunkenness . —On Tuesday afternoon , some , fishermen at Fisherrow , observed a chaise a considerable distance out at sea , and nearly immersed in the water . They immediately manned their boats and / pulled off to rescue the driver , who was seated on . the coach-box , though little more than his head was above the water , and another man sea ted on the top of the carriage . On coming near , they found that the herses bad got entangled in the harnesp , and were nearly drowhed : the fishermen cut the harness , and with great difficulty succeed e d in bringing horses and men safely to land . The driver of the coach , whose name was Lsing , had been at Haddiugtsn , and on his return , when in a stato of imoxication , had left the main road 3 and gone into the sea , where he , with the other man and the horses , would inevitably have been drowned , but : for the exertions of the fishermen . — Edinburgh Witness . /

      Bee Swarming ;— -During the present forcing weather it . may not be . amissto relate an anecdote just furuished by a-respectable individual , who vouches tor us tru 1 h . An old gentleman in Ayrshire , while standing in his garden , waiting for the casting of a hi ve , had the misfortune to attract the swarm , as it f rather unexpectedly , came off , and the bees , thics and c / u .-teringj settled over his throat , his face , mouth , and nostrils . In a moment after , bis eyes were blinded by the clinging , buzzing throng . Expecting the it fliction of instant agony from a thousand , stings , he dreaded to make the slightest moveuitiut by voice or limb , and there was no person

      present . A . miuute or two passed—the heat was intolerable , and the sensation maddening ; at this dire extremity of no Jess than probable pain and death , reason at length suggested—and the old gentleinan cautiously raised his hands to his hat , moved it gently , imperceptibly lifting it a few inches above his head , ' and then steadied the hat in that position . Tho queen bee must have approved of this novel hive ; for the old man began to breather freely , a lid in a short time the : whole swarm took up their abode in the hat , which he subsequently displayed to his friends in triumph and thankfulneas , . without having received so much as a single stiuii . —Elgin Courant .

      Hakvksx Prospects in Ibeland . —Pkices . *" Friday was St .. Swit bin's day , and , for the first tima for several years , the anniversary of the "Watery Saiu . tr" passed over in the midst of warmth and sunahino , without a cloud upon the sky , or an indication of a drop of rain . Tho barometer was Hp to " settled fair . " We hail the . event as a most gratifying indication oi' an early and abundant harvest . From all quartern the- accounts that reach us are most encouraging . Ts > e corn crops all present , a most luxuriant aspect— wheat , iit some district ? , in limited breadthybut lookiug rich and most promisinglyoa : s generally good—and potatoes likely to be early , and immense in produce . Already the favourable prospects of the harvest are telling upon the country markots . A'leiter from MuUingar gives the following as the prices iu that market on Thursday : — " New potatoes " , ( soft in quality ) , 3 d . per stone ; old potaioe . % 4 . ^ d .-ptr etone ; oaimeal , " 14 s . per cwt . ; bulU'r , 78 i . per owt . —Dublin Everting Post . . , .

      Hailstorm in Germany . —Berlin , July 7 : —Oa the * 5 th of July , abt-ut six o ' clock iii the afternoon ^ a storm -frdm- 'the west and north-west entirely laid waste the environs of sixteen villages in the principalityof Hitlborstadt and the county of Mansfeld , and of several villages in the duchies of Ahhalt Dcssan and Ahha'it Bambuvg . The hailstones wera as larg-i as pigeon-eggs , and some twice that size ^ and weighed two ouueees . Small birds , pigeons , poultry of all kinds , and a great quantity of game

      were kuled ; persons who were iu the fields wexa wounded , and one man was found dead . In many fields not a sheaf of corn remains standing , and it cannot be distinguished Where potaioes , turnips , &o . ! were growing ; the fruit , cherries , plums , &c , whioh promised a most abundaHt crop , are beaten dowa with the branches . The town , of Ermslebea alone has lost" 400 acres of flax , worth thirty dollars per acre , which makes 12 , 000 dollars . The damage done to the fruit aud to the roofs and windows of tha houses is immense .

      CiiiM . Con . at MANCHESTER . ^ -Tho . lovers acaa « dal have bscn fully gratified since Sunday evening by the discovery of an awkward affair in the neighbourhood of the town . The party accused is Mr . J . A— , of the reapec ^ able firm of Messrs . / W . A——and Co ., general merchants , High-street , and the sufferer is Mr . J . M . —— , of a respectable firm of calico printers in Church-street . The latter inhabited a cottage at Wilton-terrace , Cheetham-road , at which Mr . A- ^— -, who is a single man , about thirty-five years of age , resided as a lodger . The aggrieved husband having some suspicions of his wife ' s fidelity , made an excuse on Sunday that ha was going to London , aud west as far as Parksidej afc the jiiacdoa . of the Noi'th Union Railway . He returned home , however , unexpectedly at a late

      hour in the evening , accompanied by two friends j and , having got into his house , broke op ^ n the bedroom door , where he found tbe guilty pair iti bed together . Thehusband and his friends immediately inilicted severe porsonal chastisement on the offender whom they ejected into the street inpurisnaturali- ' bux ; in which condition , amidst a pelting shower of rai ;) , he hac | to ' find his best way to the house of a friend , at the distance of half a mile . The wife , who is about twenty-five years of age , is possessed of grciit personal attractions and accomplishments ; and the iiffa , ir has excited much attention on account of tbe respectability of the / parties . Proceedings have already been instituted , which will furnish some employment for the gentlemen of the long

      robe . —Manchester Paper . / . ¦ : .: AxABMisG State 6 e the Borough of SxOckport , —At the presont crisis , when the distress of the couiifcry is the subject of Parliamentary , debate , it . may be of importance to state the real condition , and the gradual but rapid progress of ruin and desolation , of the once flourishing town of Stockport . A few months ago , some wag Causod bills to be posted in Manchester , annoancing that Stockport was to be let , a , ud that application must be made to the Towa CJerk . This notice , though intended as a joke , 6 eems likely to become a fearful reality , if some revivial of--trade-does not speedily take place . The population of Stockpprt , according to the census of June , 1841 , was 60 * 945—less thin the previous census by

      8 , 000 persons . According to the same returns , thera were : 10 , 890 dwelling-houses , 6 hops . and taverns . If we go back to / Juae , ' 1839 , we fiud there were thea 1 , 00 . 0 dwellings , shops , and public-houses unoccupied . In June , 1840 , the number had increased / to l i 250 ; in June , 1841 , to . 2 053 ; and , at tho present time * about 3 , 000 . In addition to / "this number , there are probably as-many more occupied for ,: which 110 reflt is paid . There iB one gentleman / who has as many eotlagea as would form a tolerable village ; butmoro than half of them are empty , and the tenants of the remainder paying so little , that the owner * a income from theproperty is not Bufilcient to pay the chief rent . At this moment there are , within two minutes' walk , in the principal street of the boronghy thirty-seven shops unoccupied ; and the tenants of . five others are under notice to leave . The number of

      shops u&occupied about ten months ago , in the same vicinity , was twenty-four . There are at presenti m the whole borough , 149 shops - unoccupied , and < eighteen others have been converted into dwelling- ¦; - houses within the past two years . There are also ; tea public-houses unoccupied . In 1840 , there wera about 240 beer-houses in the borough ; the total number now is 104 . There are at present fifteen cottoii mills closed , the greater part of which h > ye been closed within the last two yeara aud a half , v by wbichi and by reduclioas in / the price of labour- the amount paid ia wages has beea diminished : about £ 8 , 000 pe * weekj ^ and from 8 , 000 to 10 , 000 v persons have been deprived of employmenti Of t these one-half hare probably left the town , while r the remaiader have been supported frocQ the poor ' s : > rates j and charitaiblel contributions .-T-Mo » cftcst 6 T' : Guardian . : ' / ' ¦ ¦• ; ¦ . . -. ¦ ¦•¦ '" . " . - ';¦ .. "¦¦" . ¦• . ¦ ¦ - ¦ .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1171/page/3/