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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Friday , July 15 . The BE ! for the pretection of her Majesty ' s person ¦ was read a second time , upon the motion of the Lord CHASCELtOR . - Lord Melbourne , Lord Cottenham , and Lord B&OtGEAM severally expressed their approbation of its provisions ; and the standing orders haTing been suspended , it was passed through committee and read a thi rd t ime , -with the addition only oi a clause proposed ty Lord Caxpbell , ar . d extending its operation to the possession of a Wrapou near the person of the Savereign ¦ with an intent to -usa i % for aa unlawful y .-a' -pose . A short conversation then took r ' " - <;•¦» * fc « subject of national education in Ireland , af- .-t -sbicb . ttfc ' w Lordships acjenmed . Saturday , Jn'y 10 . Ths Royal Assenttras given by Commission to the following Bills : —

      An Act for the better Security of her Majesty ' s Person ; lie British Possessions B : il ; the Stock-in-trade Exemption Bill ; the Sadbury Witnesses Indemnity Bill ; the London Bridge Approaches Bill ; the London and Greenwich Railway Bill ; the Leeds Burial Ground Bill ; the Leeds Improvement Bill ; the Liverpool Town Improvement Bill ; the Toxteth Park BUI ; Pattersons Estate Bill ; Davidson ' s Estate Bill ; the Dike cf Cieve-. land ' s Estate Bin : the Eirl of Fitz siliiarn ' s Estate BH 1 ; aadTere'c X > lv « ice BilL Adjourned . Monday , July ID . Lcrd Whasncliffs , in reply to Earl Radnor , said that the Groveixmtnt did not intend to bring Toward any specific measure for the relief of the existing distress , -which they believed to bs ameliorating by that revival of trade and commerce which was following the passing of the recent measures .

      The Lor . o Chancellor moved the second reading of three bills , -wh ca he thought might all be discussed together—the Bankruptcy Bill , the Lunacy Bill , and the County Courts Bill . By the Bankruptcy Bill , it ¦ wa s proDOsed to extend the jurisdiction of the London Commissioners from 40 to 100 nvdes Tonnd the Metropolis ; by the Lunacy Bill , to establish Commissioners for the trial of cases , and to diminish the extravagant expenses at present attendant on those proceedings , and by the County Courts Bill to provide , instead oi resident judges , who might be -warped by thtir local feelinzs or prejudices , judges who wonld go their circuits like judges of the land . The noble and learned lord ma £ e a long statement , and entered at length on the subjects of toe three "bills .

      Lord cotte > -ha 31 expressed Tecret that the Bills dia not go far tn-ueh . He reviewed their provisions , pointing out where he ttcn ; ht they woail prove insufficient , professin , ' himself favourable to the entire abolition cf imprisoumeiit for debt , and contended that-if in tbs Biskruptcy B : il the principles ft * which he argued were net embodied , it would be ciScult to do so at a future pt-riod . Lord B 3 . 01 'GUaM concurred rettrraHy whb Lord Cottenham , th ' - ush he ~< lmitte : t that the Biiis were iai-• nrovtmersts so far as thc-y went .

      Lord Wi'SFOitD considered that the country waa deeply indebted la th ^ L : > rd Chancellor for tfeese bills . Lord CaSPBEI-L contrasted the potions of the insolvent snri the bankrupt—the one with liabilities hanjd g over him long afierwar-is , and nndcrgoius imprisonment , the othe . - corals * forth a free man afttr coi :. g through the court , and not necessarily liable to imtrissamait . He -wns afraid that t'cese Bills would Stand in = iie -Bray of farther improvTneat-After a reply from the Lord Chancellor , the Bills were read a s ? cona time , and the House shc-rUy aftcr-Trards adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , July . 15 . Mr . Gladstone introduced a Bill to remedy a typographies ' , error in the new Customs Duties Act ; 1642 being printed for 1543 in the timber duties schedule . The bill will be made incidentally to serve the purpose of removing the duty which the new tariff imposed en cement-stone ; and which , although it passed unnuticed at the time , is found to be really injurious . The House rtsumed the Commutta of Supply , and passed another long string of vote 3 ; the discussion of which possessed little interest . On going into Committee , tie Chancellor of the Eich ^ qncr s ^ ted , in answer to Mr . Ccarles Wood , that the doubt as to the Iat 7 -srh-tier light sovereigns may be cut "was EEcer consiaerition .

      The Vi > t 6 cf £ Z' j , 000 ioi education occasioned an explanation from Sir James Graham , that this grant ¦ will Dot at present be increased ; but if Government determine to propose a grani to tha Exeter Hall classes , it will be applied for in a separata fora . Sir Boberi Icglis , hoping that Government wonld not Euff = r themselves to be represented by Lord lYharnclife , the Literalism of whose spctca in the Housa cf Lords on Ticr ^ ca } - he attacked , drew upon hSnstif a Eharp rebuke fr ^ m Sir James Graham ; wbo taxed him with pursuing a course calculated to bow difesensicn among tha members of the Adminisiraticn , whiio be ¦ was orjectic ? to views agre .-d to in a caTnpioniise betW € e \ : ihi laze asi the prcSrEt Administrations and sanction-I by the BL-hupa . Sir Kjbtrt Iuglis admitted the jusaiceof tLe r-ruse .

      On the Tut- cf £ 5 ' ) 000 for ecncation m Irclnna , Lord Eliot ~ EJiu ; y dcftEdtd the system of education in . that country ; tn-J anoitr little dispute arose in an sitack bj S = r « c-Mnt J ^ cisoTi ^ the Soilcltor-G-Ecerjl _ foi Trelan-I , < . a ' . he Irisli Stciitiiy . The Hcjiss divided on the vote , sad iz waa carried by 94 to 0 . '

      Siiurday . Ju ' y 16 . Mi . Bicaspo asked if the Gorernment had received any iriuuition of the reported disturbances -in the Potteries , Sir J . Geahax s ? . 5 d some aceonnts of disturbances in the PoVterits had Ken received by the Government ; and , consequently , a small military force had been sect to Newcastie-under-Lyne . Sir J . GSAEA 3 I said it had been his fixed determination to proceed with the Mills' and Factories' Bill , lrat , at the advanced Btage of . the Sss 3 ion and the present mate of public business , he did not think he Ehould be justified in proceeding with the measure dnrlug the present year . He should , therefore , postpone the Bill until next Session . Mr . Hatves inquired if it was intended to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill this Session . Sir J . G 2 J . EA 5 ! said be had no intention to do so this Session .

      Mr . T . S 511 TH— " D ^ ea the Right Honourable Baroret intend to proceed with his Ecclesiastical Leasing Bill this StS 3 ion ?" Sir J . GiiAHAii— " Tea , I do intend to persevere in passing this BilL It is my intention to go on with this measure . ' The Licensed Xncatic Asylums Bill passed throneh Committee . The Fisheries ( Ireland ) Bill passed throngh Committee , and the report was ordered to be received on TnesJay . Adjourned . Monday , July 18 .

      Mr Roebuck obtained leave to plead at the bar of the House of Commons , in support cf the Sudbnry Disfranchisement Bill -, and he also announced that the report cf the Election Compromises Committee would be ready for the end of the week . In reply to ilr . Eawes , Sir R 03 EB . T Peel said that he would take the subject of Church extension into Lis SrTions consideration durivs the rece £ 3 , and would stais his intentions in the next

      . Sir R . H . Isglis then postponed his Church extension motion tin ntxt session . Lord Eliot intimated that the report of the Irish Census Commissioners wonld be ready in a fertnight . On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply , Mr . Shiel called attention to the policy pursued in Ireland . The present Government , through Sir Robert Peel and Lord Eiiot . had announced their determination to disregard all party considerations hi tie administration of the govenunenb cf Ireland . Bat thi 3 was coatradicied by the conduct cf the

      Irish Government ; by the nature of its appointments ; by the actions of ita partisans , more especially as evinced during the last Dublin elec ^ tkra ; and lastly , though not leastly , by the conduct of the legal agents of the Irish Government in packing juries , challenging most respectable Catholics , in order tO fieCTire ProttEtnit jurors and ix 7 oxas . ' ole verdicts . Tcis latter allegation he illustrated by several instances , more especially in the ca ? e of tbe trial of the proproprietnr of the Belfast Vindicator . Bs cenclnde'l his speech by referring to the case of the restoration of Mr . St . George to the magistracy , and moved for the correspondence relating to it .

      Lord Eliot rt-joiced in the opportunity thus afforded him of vindicating the Irish Government Ho contended thit the declarations waich he had made bad bean acted up to is spirit as in letter . He reviewed the various appaintments of the Irisli Government , and justified its interference in the Dublin election ; defended the conduct of the Irish Crown Solicitor , with reference to the trials adverted toby Mr . SLiel ; and , after explaining the circumstances attending the restoration cf Mr . St George to tbe magistracy , declared thai it would be intxpediett to produce the required correspondence .

      Sir William Sommertille thought that the grave charges adduced by Mr . Shiel were calculated to throw discredit on the impartial administration of justice , and with reference totbe challenging of jurors , giTing doe credit to the explanations of Lord Eliot , considered that it was at least nnf ortunate that there should hare been each a preponderance of Protestants on these trials . It -was a monstrous state of things that articles freely published in the Morning Cironide dare not be reprinted in the Dublin papers for fear of a proaeration .

      Mi Sergeant Jacksos addaoed cases in which Mr . O'Connell asd Mr . Shiel himself bad peremptorily challenged Protestant jurors ; at the same time denying , in the most positaTe manner , tbafc in the recent trials jorora lad been set aside , because they were Roman C&tiiolica , He defended , amongst others , the appointment of Mr . Earon Lefroy , whom be affirmed to be one of the most emkient tquity lawyers in Ireland , and ¦ who , before Mb eftvstion by the present Administration , had refased fciee offers el ju&gesbipt from different

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      Government ?; and affirmed that the article in the Bdfasl Vindicator waa calculated to disturb the peace of the coautry , and was , therefore , a fit Bubject of prosecution . After a few words of explanation from Sir "William Sommerville , and from Mr . Shiel , in explanation of the case quoted against him by Mr . Sergeant Jackson , Mi . M 0 B . GA 3 Joh * OGonsell entered generally into the subject of the diBcussion , contending , more especially , that the present Irish Government , by their libel prosecutions , were attempting to stile the liberty of the press . . Lord Joceltn justified his interference in the Dublin election , denying that in his canvaas any threats had been held out to such of the electors as were under Cas * . le controuL Tue late Government had , however , ussd their influence to compel the Dublin electors to vot-- . igainst their feelings and conscience .

      :. jr . c . Bvlleb . after commenting on Lord Jocelyn s admissions , contended that the proceedings which bad taken place in Ireland were calculated to inspire alarm with Tespect to the impartial administration of justice in th-t couutry . It was difficult to believe that chance was the causa of the exclusion cf Catholic jurors , and the terms used by the Chief Justice Pennefather , in- his ch-. rge to the jury en tha trial for libel of the Bdfagi Vindicator , were far more fit for a violent partisan thin a judicial expositor . The Irish Government had done itself no good by a prosecution which , if directed against the press of this country , would put an extinguisher on thjt entireand unrestrained freedom of discussion which it had enjoyed for the last ten years . _ .....

      Sir James < 5 kaham recounted the Irifh judicial appointments of the late Government , which were the r-I-salt cf political considerations as much . as those of the present Government . In the unhappy state of society in Ireland peculiar difficulties attended the administration of justice , and the right of challenge of the jurors was , therefore , a matter of great importance . This right had been exercised in the recent cases according to established rules and with perfect impartiality , attested by ths fact that Chancellor Sugden , on investigation , was perfectly -satisfied . The -Government had ne disposition to resent newspaper attacks by prosecutions ; but the one ia question in this debate was calculated to disturb the peace of the country by impugning trial by Jury in Ireland .

      L ? rd PaLMERSTON , giving credit to the Lord Lieutenant for aood intentions , was not surprised at the failure of the Irish Executive in obtaining the confidence of the r > eople . Their appointments were unfortunate ; and the right of challenging juTors ought undoubtedly to b-2 exercised bd as to inspire confidence in the Administration of justice . Still , . he was pleased with tbe tone of the debr . to which was honourable to both sides of the House , and indicated that change of feeling which Lords ^ orrcanby and Fortescue had been so instrumental in trilling about . Mr . Gregory denied that hs had pledged himself on the subj .-ct of the national system of education , though he -was opposed to any system whkh did not take tha Scriptures for its basis . No uiiduo influence had been txircisad at his eltction for Dublin .

      S . r R . Peel , after contrasting Mr . Sheil ' s speech ar . d inoUo : > , said that Mr . St George had been , from an early period , bis personal friend . He admitted that Mr . Su Gror ^ e ' s letter to Lord 2 f ormanby had justified his removal from the magistracy , but he was restored on Explanations which were considered satisfactory . Eirl ilc Grey had reluctantly been persuavkd to nndertake the government of Ireland ; but having done so , he was too honest and firm to permit subordinates to dictate to him . Lord E : iot . as Chief Secretary , and Sir EAward Sugden , a 3 Lord Chancellor , were a ; so proofs and guarantees of his intentions in the covercmtnt of Ireland . Thongi . he acted on his

      avowed principles of preferring his political friends be looked to professional -eminence rather than parliamentary influence , as evinced by the characters of Mr . Justice Pennefather and Mr . Baron Lc-froy . He was somewhat surprised r . t Lord Pa merston's cssTirance in objecting to the elevation of the lauer-ni-jntioned judge—he who as a member cf the late Government had been a party to offering the Chief Baronship to the strenuous advocate of the repeal of the Union , Mr . O Conneli ! The character of Mr . Sergeant Jackson aho juttified his having availed himself of his E ^ rvices . He concluded by contending that he had fully acted np to the spirit of his declarations with respect to Ireland .

      Colonel Yerxer addressed some observations to a Loisy and impatient House ; afrer which a division took place , when there appeared 1-16 to 75 . It bein ? np ^ -ardsof half-past twtlve , Mr . HUME and Mr . Bn . ^ TiiEiiTO . v < A jectsU to goin ? into a Committee uf Sauply ; but after cansiderable altercation , tbe House went into Committee , and a vote was taken for the Militia Estimates . The House then proceeded to the orders of the day ; s . nd on the S ? nth Australia Biil , some remarks of Lord . Stanley provoked Mr . Hume to complsin of his impertinent conduct . This expmsion Le retracted , when called on by the Speaker . The other orders of tha day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned .

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      AMERICA . The Britannia steamer , from Boston and Halifax , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning , at a quarter before eleven o ' clock . By her we have received New York papers to the 1 st , Philadelphia to the 1 st , Boston to the 2 nd , and Halifax to the 5 * , h , and from Canada generally to a corresponding late date . The Britannia is a day behind her usual

      time of arrival , as usually raiculaled , which arose from her bein ^ detained off Halifax , on her way from Boston , for thirty-six hours , by a most dense fog , which rendered it unsafe to run for the harbour . She sailed from Halifax on the morning of the 6 th , having left Boston on the 2 nd , and has made the voyage under ten days . She has fiftyseven passeDgers , amongst whom is Major Cooke , the bearer of despatches from Lord Ashburlon .

      ( From the New York American of July \ . ) The political occurrences of tho last few weeks in the United States have been discouraging to all who love their country , and hope for the perpetuity , as well as efficiency , of its free institutions . At Washington discord prevails , The President ia without the confidence of Congress , or any considera . ble portion of it , and the result i 3 disagreement as to almost all important public measures . The state of the revenue laws is such as to make it questionable whether any duties can now be collected ; for the

      Compromise Act had its completion , yesterday , and from that date new duties , and new modes of levying those duties were to be arranged . But the legislation on the subject contemplated by the Uompronrse Act , has not been matured , and to meet this contingency a temporary Bill was passed , extending to August 1 st the duties in force on June 1 st , and the laws for collecting them . Upon this temporary Bill the President has put his veto , and as there are not two-thirds in either House to carry the Bill , notwithstanding the veto , it is defeated , and the collection of any revenue will be disputed . .

      The effect upon the credit and financies of the general Government of this quasi anarchy at Washington cannot be otherwise than disastrous , and even more disastrous will be its effect upon the affairs and business of the nation at large . Turning from the afiairs of the Union to thoHO of the State of Rhode Island , we see much to deplore there . The rebellion , indeed , is cniBhed—we think now finally—but innocent blood has been shed . Martial law has been proclaimed in a time of profound general peace .

      Money is very abundant , and first-rate paper is in demand at from six to seven per cent , interest per annum . New York State Stock , since the closing of the books , have fallen from « ne to two per cent . U . S . Six per Cents , are daily taken for investment at par and interest ; and unless a further amount is injudiciously issued , will not be lower . Public feeling is much excited in New Orleans , in regard to the conduct of the banks now in suspension , and we fear some violent outbreak . At the last dates from there of the 22 nd instant the discount on the notes of the suspended banks varied fjrom seven toithirty-ejght per cent .

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      American News . —Liverpool , Thursday morning . —The Hi . ber . nia , Captain Burber , arrived at this port to-day , and by her we have dates from New York to the 24 th ultimo , inclusive . ; The papers of the 22 nd say thei failures among merchants continue numerous , and , business generally is exceedingly dull in all its departments . The state of business is sensibly felt by the banka v which have lost the most profitable part of their business , consisting of the deposits of the small dealers about town . We apprehend that ; near ^ three-fourtha of the business derived from the deposits of that class of dealers have ceased to be .- It is understood tbat the labours of Lord Aahburton are nearly brought to a close .

      No doubt is . now entertained that the negotiations will be satisfactorily .. consummated at an early day . A meeting in favour of the Hon . Henry Clay for the office of president of the United States , was held at the National Hall , in Canal-street , oil the 23 i-d ult . Stephen Whitney , Esq ., was " called to the chair , and J . Phillips Phoenix and others were appointed vicepresidents . Letters Were read from the Hon . N . P . Tallmadgej Hon . Luther Bradish , and others , expressing their concurrence in the ; objects of the meeting , but regretting that they could not be present , In consequeoce cf the heated etate of therooiii , the meeting - adjourned to Canal-street , where ad- ? dresses were made . The performances were closed by-a song in honour of Mr . Clay .

      The Grain Crop of the United States . —All accounts concur in saying ,: notwithstanding rust in Lower "Virginia , and wet cold weatner elsBwhore , it will be superabundant . ¦ BEi . oruM .-7-French Tariff . —The greatest ex ^ citement continues to prevail ju Belgium on account of the French ordonnance for increasing the import duties on linens . The answers of the King of Belgium and his ministers , to the addresses of the numerous deputations from the trade , are Couched in such a guarded manner that it ia impossible to form any opinion as to the success of the negotiations

      conducted by Mr . Kindt , at Paris , for a modification of the ne \ v law which ia to take effect on the 20 ch July , on the Belgian frontier ; but we think the following account likely to be near the truth , it is given in tho Paris correspondence of one of the Brussels papers : —" The Belgian government has declared to ours , that it could not grant the concessions demanded by us iu return for a reduction of duty on linens , and that ityould feel itself obliged to use reprisals if some modification of the law of 26 th June last be iiot made . It is added that the Belgian ministry has decided to open negotiations with Prussia for entering into the German customa' union , "

      Important fkom St . Domingo— Revolution in IIayti—Pbesident Boyeb Deposed . — "We learn { o-day , " eays the Philadelphia Journal of June 23 , "from Captain Hill , of the brig VVilHam Thatcher , which arrived here from St . Croix , on Saturday , which place she left on tho 7 th , that just before his departure he was informed by one oi the most respectable citfzand of St . Croix , that letters had just been received by an arrival from St . Domingo , giving tho important information that a revolution had taken place in the ialand , that President Boyer had been deposed , aiid had beeii i or . would be , put to death . In the hurry of departure , Captain Hill did not make very particular inquiries . The impress On , however , is strong on his mind that his informant said that President Boyer had been put to death , but . of this he is not positive . "

      Thk PRENcn IlroENCY is to be given to the Duke of Nemours , eidect brother of the late Duke of Orleans , and in the event of hia death , to the Prince do Joinville and the Dukes d'Aumalo and Monpensier in succes ion . M . Thiers has returned to Paris , and is already in the thick of the intrigues upon the Regency question , lie 13 very eager that the King should advise with him about it . Belgium has leduced the import duty on French wines and salt , and increased the import duty on English thread .

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      An Irish Witmkss . —At the last Dublin Quarter Sessions , two rosy-faced , honeat-lpoking young peasants , . named John Tracey and P . itrick Ktlbride , ani an J elderly countryman / n ' . iHied Woods , were arraigned at i the traverser ' 8 bar , for having , on the night of the 8 th of j May last , feloniously assaulted and maltreated one j Edward Smith , near Clondalfcin . ! The prosecutor , a reckless , ilevil-rnay-cate Sort of feli low , who appeared to have been recently engaged in ; the service of Bacchus , was called , and having been : examined by Mr . M'Kane , deposed that he was a limebuvner and builtler , residing with his mother on the : hill of Ciandalkin : on the night of Friday , the 8 th of \ May , he had been apendine a convivial meeting at a

      public-house in that town , and w : ta on bis way home j to bis mother ' s house , which waa distant a quarter of a iwila from Ciohdulkin , when he encountered the tra-. vergers , ¦ whom he bid " good night" to . No sooner I had he uttered this friendly valediction , when Tracy . ' * ups with his foot , and gave him a liic . ' i tbat ris him ' three ycnlsj and . a iialf off the ground" —( laughter . ) The other traversflrs then naaailed him with desperate fury , gave him thirty or forty falls , " hot him on the ihin , mr . de a smash of his face by repsated visitatious thrusts of thoir clenched fists , and in v , word , kicked him before tbeni the same as if he was ah ould ball of leather" — . laughter . ) That ' s all lie had to say about tha matttr .

      ; Crass examined by Mr . Curran—Were you confined by reason tf that assault ? Wi ! ntss— No , but them that attacked me was confined . ( Lautrhterj I waa unwell , if it's that you mean ; I wore ¦ a night cap while I was unwell . ; Mr . Curran—AV " as there a frill to your night-Cap ? 1 Witness ( looking archly at tho learned counsel)—Oh , but you have the coaxing oye . ( Loud laughter . ) ; Mr . Curran—Never mind my eye . Was there a frill ! to yournight-cajv ? Witness—To be sure there was ; an illigant lace frill , the same aa the Liidy Lieutenant's . ( Gfreat laughter . ) ¦ I never was drunk ; I do be always drinking , but I ' m j never drank . j Mr . Curran—Come , Sir , isn't it true that you " love j not wisely but too well" deep potations of whiskey ; punch ? . " ! Witness—I do like a dandy of punch by times ; why i not ?

      Mr . Curran—How many dandies of punch did you I drink in your Ufo ? : : i Witness—By my soul if you had a penny a piece for every dandy I drank in my time you might hang up your wig behind the door and give up pleiding . ( liughter ) I only draak a mere trifle on the night I was murdered . ' Mr . Corran—How much was that trifle ? Witness—Niiie dandies of punch and live pints of ale ; j I was not drunk ; why should I ? ( Laughter . ) j Mr . Curran—How did you get that gash on the left i side of your face—who gave it to you ? j Witners—I gave it to mysolf—who had a better ¦ right daughter )? - coining home last night by the Military : Road I fell and broke my face ; I was perfectly sober at | the time ( laughter ) . Mr . Curran—Where did you sleep last night ? of

      I Witness ^—In the dock the station-house ; I bad to ' prod out a soft plank for myself to lie on ( latighter ) . j Mr . Cuvtin—Who brovkgbt you . to the station-house ? I Witnes 3-. 184 B ( laughttT . ) ( Mr .-Carrau—Wc 5 " e you flned this morning ? | Witness—Yes , I was fined 2 s . 0 d . at the Head-office ; ¦ the sunny side of the hulk to 184 B ( great laughter . ; ; Mr . Curran—Wbo fined yon ? ' | Witness—What ' H that to you ? I Mr . Curran—Come , air , who fined you ? j Witness—Fitzimon ( laughter ) .

      Mr . Curi an—What were yoa fined for ? Witnfss—For falling daughter ) . I had only drank twelve dandies of punch and three pinta of ale ; I was not drunk ; 184 B peijured himaelf ; I was dancing a jig to a mile stone , and fell . Mr . Cuiran—You may go down , sir . Wituess—Thiuik jon kiud ) y . May every hair of yoar Lead ba be a mould candle to light you to the gates of everlasting glory . '—{ roars of laughter ) . Mr . Curran addressed the jury in an able speech for the defence . The jury returned a verdict of not guilty .

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      ¦ ¦ i ' " . ' ¦ ' . ' . ¦ Executes fob Murder . —CtoNMEt , July , 16 . —This afternoon Byrne and Quilty ( the former for the murder pj Robert Hall , Esq ., the : latter for the murdtr of a man named La ffaii ) paid the forfeit of their lives iii front of our county gaol , tho scene of so many similar melancholy spectacles . There were present at least five thousand persons . Public anxiety was much excited in consequence of the report , which vexy generaJly prevailed ^ tbat Byrne would make a full disclosure of the fearful part taken by him in the murder of Mr . Hall . lie was , however , totally silent upon that topic , although previously t <> his execution , and- whilst in his cell , he occasionally' adverted to that horrible assassination , and said the part which had been " assigned" him

      in that tragedy by his prosecutors was not that which had been performed by him . The conduct of the wretched man afforded a satisfactory proof of the influence of the Roman Catholic priesthood over convicts of the worst plass- ^ -the contrition of Byrne having been manifested in a manner vyhich showed how deeply he 'felt the enormity of - th ' ei revolting crime for which he suffered . The untijrtunate yputh , Qiiilty , who was little more than twenty years of age , protested his innocence in the most energetic manner , as well in his last moments as repeatedly since his .. conviction . - H « 6 tated that he not only had not been at any murder , bnt that his feelings recoiled

      at such atrocities . Both convicts suffered very little after the executioner had drawn thei Fatal bolt * Amongst the immense crowd assembled it seemed to bo the fixed and universal opinion thai Quilty was as innocent as the other convict was guilty ; But the Bitae impression of the innpeence of Quilty extended even beyond the multitude ^ and some of the upper classes , without distinction of party , appear to regard it as , at least , a doubtful case . However , all speeul&tion is now unavailing . The bodies of the two men executed were interred in the evening in the place allotted for that pof pose Jn |^ he g » 5 ^ ya » t < l » ; - ¦ : .. ; .. ¦ . .. . ¦

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      Mueder at PECKHAM-RYE .--On Tuesday evening a lengthened inquiry was sone into at St . Thomaa ' s Hospital ; before Mr . Payne , oity coroner , concerning the death of James White , a farm labourer ^ aged fifty-nine , in the employ of Messrs . Noble andMee , of ¦ peckham-rye , who was discovered by a fellowworkman on the morning of Wednesday last , weltering ; in ; his blood , in a barn on the premises of the above-named gentleman . The deceased was sensible when found , but Unable to move ; He had received a seyefe fracture of the skull from a sharp instrumentbut was unable to tell by whom it was done .

      , He was conveyed to St . Thomss ' g Hospital ^ where he died on the Monday morning from the injuries he received , ihe police having made an examination of the premises , and investigated the circum-Etainces , suspioion fell upon another labourer in the same employ named William Webb , tfotbeing able to give a satisfactory account of hia time / or two hqurs on the night of Tuesday prior to the discovery of the wounded man ^ he was arrested , and has remained in custody to await the result of the injuries innicted on Wihte . The inquiry was adjourned in order to obtain evidence .

      On Wednesday night , as the last tram' was proceeding from York to Darlirigton , the switches near the Alne Station were misplaced , through whose negligence we have not been able to ascertain , arid the train was precipitated over a wall to the depth of fourteen feet , into a place commonly used as a coal depot . The fireman and erigineman foresaw the danger , and after doing all they could to retard tho speed of the engine , leaped from the train and received but slight injuries . The guard and three passengers were severely injured , but it is hoped , none of them fatally . The tender , engine , and some of the coaches were ^ rery much damaged . This is the first accident which has happened upon the Great North of England Bail way .

      The Yulgar Rich . —Sir Robert Peel , in his speech in the House of Commons , on Mr . - Hume ' s motion , that an humble address be presGnted to her Majesty * praying that she will be graoiously pleased to give directions to the trustees of the British Museum , and of the National Gallery , to the authorities having charge of the Armouries and Jewels in the Tower of London , to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital , arid to all other parsons having the management or direction of public edifices and cathedrals , for facilitating the opening of those buildings to the public on Sundays , paid a high compliment to the industrious claaaea . Sir Robert Of

      eaidit was not the poor that damaged works , art , but the vulgar rich , who could afford to pay the price of admission . ^ A Memorial , wHch received 30 , 000 signatures in one day , has been forwarded by the people of Manohester to M . Philips , aud M . Gibson , Esqs ., Members for that burou ^ h , for presentation , which shows that they believe the country to be on the eve of a revolution ; that they are utterly without hope that the Legislature will accord them justice , and requesting their representatives * in common with all the Liberals of the House of Commons , to stop all supplies to Government .

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      BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON DELEGATE COUNCIL FROM JUNE 1 st TO JULY , 1842 . RECEIPTS . £ s . d . June I Money in hand ... ... ... 0 8 111 15 From Liquidation Debt Committee ... ... ... ... 0 9 6 July 3 Brompton ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 June 5 Cannon Coffee-house ... ... 0 2 0 5 Star Coffee-houBe ... 0 7 0 12 Albion ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 19 Shoemakers , Foley-place ... 0 4 2 26 Limehouse ... ... 0 10 0 Hatters ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 12 Crown and Anchor Shoemakers 0 3 4 For carriage of cards ... ... 0 0 7 . ^ Total Receipts £ 2 13 1 J DISBDBSBMENTS . June 26 Month ' s rent ... ... " ... 0 8 0 July 17 Three weeks'ditto 0 6 0 Secretary ' s salary for seven weeks ... ... ... ... 0 8 0 June 12 Minute and three cash books 0 1 ( j Carriage of 500 cards ... ... 0 26 26 Plan of lecturing committee ... 0 0 o s Postage , stationery , &c .... •••_ 0 4 1 Total expeniture £ 1 19 10 Total receipts ... ... 2 13 1 ^ Total expenditure ... ... 119 0 Balance in hand .,. £ Q 13 3 | DUE TO THE COUNCIL . From Theatre Fund / on account of Shoemakers , Clock-house ... ... ... 1 p 0 Carriage cards ... ,,, 0 1 1 0 ^ Mr . Cameron ... .., ... ... ,., q 50 " Mr . Goodfellow ... ... ... ... 0 ] y q Total due ... £ 2 4 10 ^ Money in hand 0 13 34 Due to Council ... ... 2 4 10 % Balance in favour of Council £ 2 18 If Audited and found correct , R . POYSER , G . Humphreys , E . Langwith ,

      BALANCE SHEET OF MOMEY RECEIVED BY THE LONDON DEtEOATE council , for the convention . „ ¦ ¦ - ' . . ' , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ £ " . b . ' % - ; ' ¦ Carpenter b Arms ... ... 2 10 0 Limehouse ... ... ... 2 0 0 Albion ... 10 0 Crown and Anchor ... 0 15 0 Globe Fields ... ... 1 0 0 Buck ' s Head ... ... 0 15 Clock House ... ... 1 0 0 Red Lion , shoemakers ... 0 30 Bricklayer ' s Arms tli 0 15 4 Goldbeater ' s Arms ... 1 0 0 Camberwell ... ... ... 1 0 0 Star Shoemakers ... ... 2 0 0 Three Doves ... ... 0 17 0 Westminster ... ... 015 0 Mf . Nftgla ... ... .. ; 0 5 0 Total received ... £ 15 IS 4 Paid a 3 per books to the Convention Finance Commitfee . ^ Au dited and found correct . RlCHAHD POTSBR . JOHH SlMPSOW * TftEWHILXJS SaIJIOK .

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      ' ' ~ "" \ ' ; - - ' '• ' ; ' ' . ' . ' ' ¦¦> A Pabliamentary Paper , pnWished on Thursday morning , gives the following fist of pensions granted between June 20 th , 1841 , and June 20 , 1842 : —July 23 , Snow Harris , Esq . * . £ 300 , in oonsideratioa of scientific discoveries . August 3 , Miss Sophia Ward , £ 200 , for her long services ? to the royal family ; August 20 , the widow of Sir John Jeremie , £ 200 , oa account of her husband ' s colonial services ; August 30 , John Anster , LL . D ., £ 150 , and the Rev . Henry ; Francis Cary , £ 200 , for their literary labours ; Aug . 31 , the widow of the aiithor of "James ' s Naval History , " £ 100 , for recording the achievements of the British Navy ; and to the sister of Major Clappertori , the African traveller , £ 50 , for the additions made by him to geographicil knowledge . —Toteil pensions £ 1200 . , ; / ; _„__

      ¦ REMARKABi . KFATAtiTY . —On Wednesday morning an inquest wag held before Mr . W . CarterjCoronsr for Surrey , at the Europa Tavern , Rotherhithe , oa the body -. of James Heard , 27 years of age , who was found drowned ia the Thames , off Pageant Stairs , Rofcherhithe . It appeared by the evidence that the deceased was a bargeman , in the employ of Messrs . Cobham and Co ., of Ware , Herts , and that in delivering a cargo at White Lion- wharf , Upper Thamesstreet , it is supposed he accidentally fell over , bafc there was no direct evidence to show how he cams

      into the water , and the Jury accordingly returned a verdict'of " Found drowned . " The brother of the deceased said j that the male part of the family bad obtained their living for some years as navigators OU the rivers Thanoes and Lea , and that no fewer than eleven of them had been accidentally drowned whilst following their avocations on those rivers , and two others had lost their lives by accidents which had befallen them whilst so employed . Amongst the former , the father of the deceased and two of hig sons were drowned a short time ago . ; ¦ - ¦ . . '¦

      Prize Fighting at Manchester . —Fatal Result . —Three of these brutal exhibitions were announced by the fancy to come off on Monday week . The spot selected was near Ssalybridge , about thirtysixmiles : from the town , where , amidst a scene of greatriot and confusioiij the first between Smith and Russell , for ^ £ 50 a side , came off , the * latter of whom was so injured that he died on Friday . The other two were prevented by magisterial influence ; but , nothirrg daunted by the fate of the former , two of the other fancy resolved to settle their affairs in a field on the Eccles-road , about two miles from the town , at the early hour of three o'clock in the morning . Betweeii 20 Q and 300 -provincial patrons of the pugilistic art Were present , bat after two Or three rouuds had been fought , the police arrived , who , after some resistance , succeeded in capturing one of the combatants , with two of the seconds .

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      From the Gazette 0 / Tuesday , July 19 . BANKRUPTS . David Low , merchant , Adam ' s Court , Old Broadstreet , City , to surrender July 26 , at two , and August 30 , at on 9 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingballstreet . Solicitors . Messrs . Druce and Sons , Billiter Square ; Mr . Pennell , offiowlassignee . James Atkins , sen ., and James Atkins , jrin ., limemerchants , Coaldson , Surrey , August 5 , at one / and August 30 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street . Solicitor , Mr . Smith , Bridge-street , Sonthwarfc ; Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Frederick ' s Place . Old Jewry , City . ; " . < * Chaties Massay Darby , prfnter , Regent-street , Middlesex , July 20 , at half-past eleven , and August 30 , at eleven , at the Csurt of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Wimburn , Collett , and CoIIett , Chancery Lane ; Mr . Whitmore , orBcialasslgnee , Basinghall-street . . "¦ ¦¦ - ¦ . ¦• "'¦ ¦ :. ¦¦ -: ¦ ' .:.. ¦'¦'¦/ . "¦¦ ¦ ¦ . . : .. ¦ . ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦' .-. ¦ -

      Jehn William Vogel . bookseller , Cloak lane , tpridoD , July 27 , at one , and Augast 30 , at ten , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Moss , Cloak Lane ; Mr . Gibson , official assignee , Sosinjgballstreefc . ¦ - ¦ v .- ¦ . ¦ - . ' - . .. ¦ ¦ /¦ .. ¦ ¦¦ ; ¦ -.. ¦ , ' ¦' , ;¦ ..- . : . .. - . - ¦ John Sparham , miller , Troston . Saffolk , July 25 and Aug . 30 , at twelve ^ at the Globe Inn ; Bury iSt ; Edmunds . Solicitors , Mr . Wing , Bury St . Edmunds ; and Messrs . Chilton and Acland , Chancery Lane , London . ' , ¦'• . - . , ; ' ;• : . ¦ ¦;¦ . ' . ¦ :. - ;¦ . . ¦ . "' - . \\ k . - \' -- ' John Rate , fellmonger , Eastgate , Bourn , Lincolnnhire , " July 28 and August 30 , aieleveii , at Staadwell's Hotel , Stamford . Solicitors , Mr . Willders , Bourn ; and Messrs . Allen , Gwlby , and Allen , Carlisle-street , Soho Square . London . ; ;

      Joshua Bolshaw , sail-maker , Liverpool , Abgnst 3 and 30 , at one , at the Ciarendpn Rioms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Thompson , Liverpool ,- and Messrs . Norrtoj Allen , " and Simpson , Battletfs Buildings , Holbomj London . . - . . - . ,., ¦'• ¦' . . ¦ . -: .. — ¦ ;¦ . ¦; , ¦ ¦; .- . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ . ¦ Jonatban Smith Spinks and John Molson , coal-merchants , Liverpool , August 3 and 30 , at two , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitorai , Mr . Comthwaite , Liverpool ; and Mr . Cornthwaite , Darn ' s Court , Doctors ' - Commons ; LonJon . : ; James Stnart , draper , Liverpool , August 3 ^ ^ and 30 » at pne , at the Clarendon Rooms , LiverpooL Solicitors * Mr , Evana , Liverpool ; and Mr . Oliver , Old Jewry , London . : .. . . - . ¦¦ . ' " ' ; . ¦¦ - .. "; . ;' : . "¦ ¦ : '¦ ^ -: " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' William Williams , wheelwright , adu ^ urst ; Kent , August 2 and 30 , at eleven , at the George Inn , HurBtgreen , Salehurst , Sussex . Solicitors , Mr . Miller , Goudhurst ; and' Mesars . WiJton and Blackman , Raymond Buildings , Gray ' B Inn , London .

      & Samud Brown , ^ mOlwright , Liverpool , July 28 and August ^ O , at twelve , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liver pool . Solicitors , Messrs . Brabner and Atkinson , Iiveri poej ; and Mesars . Vincent and Sherwood , Temple , London . ; ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; . .. : . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -.-¦ . . /¦ - ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦• . ¦ .. . ' ,. ¦ ¦ ,- ¦ ¦ : . ¦ - ¦ ¦ T ^ ° ^^? c \

      ^ SMnHel Halatead Bmyth , coach-maker , Cambridgei AUfHit 1 Md SO , at eleven , at the Eagle ' Inn , Cambridge . SoUcitors , Messis . Twiw arid Marshall , Cam-Midge ; aod Mi . Pike , Qid Burlingtott-atreet , London . ^

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      DISTRESS 1 ^ THE METROPOLIS . To the eye 1 f the superficial observer , there is little , if indtesl ar . y distress to be found ia this mighty metrcpvlis . The snbnrbau fairs are wel ] atttaJed , the rivtr Tbar .-. cs crowded \ rith stsani boats , ani tbe Ycirions y : aC ' -3 of public amusement , thronged vrith app rentiy bappy faces acd ligtt hearts ! There are mu f-w pc ^ sars in the streets ; and no particular object of distress me * -Ts the eye—or if it does , it 13 passed by , ^ s " unworthy of notice , and undeserving in itself . In short , society in London presents a ecmpltte collection of contradictions—as monstrous aa the portress of he'l in Mi } toa—half divinity , fcaJf snafce—majestic and beautiful above , grovelline and poisenous below . Whoever desires to obtain even a bare existence ia the metropolis mast sacrifice the physical -wants to the artificial—from the- office cler& to the messenger , and from the artisan to the veriest shop boy .

      It is from these false appearances that a mistaken idea . if abundance and comfort arises ; tbe face wears the smile of plenty , but the canker of poverty is eating into the heart . It is the beetle flash of consumption , spf ating on ! y of the worn and decaying system . There are in London and Southward five courts for the recovery of snail debts—the City Court of Requests —the Osbornc-street Court for the Tower Hamlets—the Castle-street Court for the City and Liberty of Westminster—the South wart Court of KsqaeStS , and . the Middeses Ccunty Court in Kingsgate-street , Holborn ! It la to these places that tho ere of tbe benevolent Ehould be turned—it is here lhat the manifold wants

      Eod miseries of tens of thousands become but too painfully palpable— htre the under enrrent of human life flows openly and freely—here may be observed daily tbe straggling of honest poverty ¦ srith overwhelming hopsiesssefB—mothers eloquently and children mutely imploring " Have patience , and I will pay thee alL " The scenes of abject distress , and the constant recurrence " of them , migbt melt the heart of any ; bo artless , indeed , and yet witlial so heartrending , are many of the cases in their detail , tbat many plaintiffs , on getting acquainted T 7 ith the particulars , have generously forgone their claims , and regretted that their enforcement bad evtr btsn attempted .

      The following ia an illustrative case in point . It affords also an instructive lesson of tbe manner in which the fac « 3 of the poor are ground t-j the earth by both Christian asd Jew slc-pselitrs : — Westminster Court of Requests . —A tall , carewora-iooklng widow woman , ( it would not be out of plaee to Eay widow lady , ) of Lbuat forty years of age , and wh-ise carriage and manners evident y showed how keenly a sensitive mind was struggling up against misfoitane , was sumn : oced for £ 1 ISi by a Scotch baker , named Cbaries Watts . On ths name being bellowed forth by the crier , the poor lady setmed to shrink within herself as she stepped before the gazs of the commissioners and a very crewued eonri .

      The nsual interrogatories having been put to the plaintiff and sworn to , the defendant was asked wby she had refused to pay a debt which she did not dispnta ?—Because , Sir , siid the defendant , choking with grief , I am uiterly unable . Commissioner : —Then why did you contract it 2—To keep my poor daughter frora a premature death by -starvation [ burning into tears ] - Sir , 1 have thxee helpless danght er . 3 , and hoped , by nntiiicg industry at the needle , togethfei . with tuch little aid as they could give , to £ nd ourselves a scanty portion of bread and tea , and a home , however humble , to rest in ; but from morning until Eiidckht , the uttermost we can earn barely exceeds a shilling per day ! Commissioner : —What description of work is it ?—Shirt and collar making , Sir , for a iarge warehouse in the City .

      Commissioner : —And how are you paid ?—Defendant : —For some shirts twopence and twopence-halfpenny each—these are gentlemen ' s fancy coloured shiitf : but for the very best worfe—for a shirt that the fastest workwoman cannot make in a whole day—we seldom are paid as much as a shilling . For collars , &c ., a pfcnny ' and three-halfpence each—never more ! Commissioner ( a warm-hearted looking fellow ) Mercifnl Qod I why , bow do you contrive to exist ? Sir , said the poor widowed woman , it is not an existence—it is a lingering death of protracted starvation . ' I feel my strength to be fast wearing away ; but this I know , that there are thousands of poor women even worse than I , aad God above fcnovra thai my home , like my heart , is cheerless and desolate ( extreme sympathy appeared to be manifested by all present ) I cannot , said the poor -woman , pay the demand yet ; it is a jnst one , I admit , and I will strive ^—

      " Sae nae mair abootit , " said the plaiivtiff . 'who during the foregoing recital had been fidgeting-about with the most apparent uneasiness , " sae nae mair aboot it Why did nae ye tell me a' this—without coming here , aye , lassie —{ laughter . ) Y ^ lookifcaye sae cleanly and ilway at -work , I neeterally thoct it waa * wierul aye ye to no pay the siller . As it's turn'd aboot , ye'll jest pay me -when ye may , and gin ye want a dcian more Joaves , ye * r right welcome , and the Deel tak the hulkin maniken that can browse on the leebour of sic as yoursel—( laughter and applause . ) Cheer np , lassie ; ' &od tempers the wind to the shorn lamb , ' and if s no for Sandy to heap sorrow on the "widow and the fatherless . Come along , lassie , " . Tie poor widow fairij -wept her fr ^ Vn , aad tho

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      generous Scotchman seemed no less affected as they left the court . It is not often , very often , that the milk of human kindness is so abundant—the bond—the fall pound of flesh—is generally ruthlessly exacted , or the defaulter lingers oat a portion of his days in the unwholesome ¦ wards of a debtor ' s prison . "Upwards Of one thousand cases , of course varying in their detail , but in nothing as to their nature , occur weekly , and when helpless poverty is handed over to the tender mercies of" Old Father Antic , " the law , " Hope -withering flies , and mercy Bigna farewell . "

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      DISTRESS IN THE POTTERIES . Tbe accounts received from Burslem ( the metropolis of the Potteries ) and the mining and manufacturing districts in the neighbourhood , are of the most alarming description . It -would appear that , Influenced by tbe badness of trade , or by some other motive which can be best and only truly explained by the masters themselves , there bas been within the last two or three weeks an attempt made to reduce the wages of the men employed in the collieries of North Staffordshire , and the turn-out of the miners has necessarily by the want of coal geriously affected the men occupied in the potteries and iron works . The proximate cause of the facts , according to the statements of gentlemen just arrived from Burslem , appears to be tbe reduction of 7 d .

      per week from the wages hitherto paid by Mr . Sparrow , whose works are situated near Bafslem . Tho same authorities Btate , that such ia the magnitude of Mr . Sparrow ' s establishment , that the reduction of ? d . in each man ' s wages will make a difference of not less in the aggregate than £ 300 per week . Be the cause , however , what it may , the Potteries , according to the accounts , have been in a very fearful state . On WedneSr day , Burslem , Hanley , Stoke , Tunstel , and Lane-End , the chief towns within the Potteries , were greatly excited ; so much so indeed , that tho authorities deemed it necessary to call in the immediate aid of the county police and military . The turnouts , to the amount of some thousands , visited the collieries , iron-works , and potteries , where men were to be found who

      had accepted the reduced scale of wages , and ia some instances inflicted personal violence upon men whom they found peaceably engaged at work . At Fen tonpark it is stated that one man was thrown into scalding hot water , and in other peaces acts of the grossest violence were committed . Oa Wednesday the discontented assembled in great numbers , and their line of luustar , if not of inarch , extended from Tunstal to Lane-end , a distance of at least suvon mllea . Some detachments of Yeomanry paraded the district , but this description of force beicg deemed insufficient to meet the emergency , application was made for the assistance of her Mnjes ' -y ' s troops . Alderman Copeland , the member for the Potteries , arrived at the eeat of the Earl of

      Dartmouth , at SandwelJ , on Wednesday ufternoen , for the purpose of obtaining advice , and if necessary military aid . Lord Dartmouth being , however , from horns , the worthy Aiderman resorted to other mean 3 , and the same evening a troop of the 3 rd Dragoons , from the Birmingham barracks , left Birmingham for ths disturbed districts . Persons arriving from Burslem state , that 6000 workmen have turned out , nnd that boatloads of assistants for a row have arrived from Bilstan and other manufacturing districts of St , uth Staffordshire , Tbe insurgents were on Thursday marching for Cbeadle , but it was confidently hoped that tho precaut onary measures adopted by the authorities would prevent further outrage .

      A letter dated Birmingham , Friday evening , says -. — " Things are in a dreadful state in tbe Potteries—all the colliers out , and I fear next week will not pass over -without dreaful work—thousands parading the streets with large sticks in their hands . The manufacturers must give ovtr this week . Soldiers are arrived—meat and money are already demanded by the poor creatures , and who , ia the nawie of God , can blame them if they take it . Human endurance cannot much longer continue , and where it will end God only knows . I have just seen a gentlemen who passed through the Potteries to-day , and he Bays no serious acts of violence have yet been committed , but they appear ready for mischief . Tbe roasters have proposed a reduction of wages , not requiring the labour of the men at all , and that has caused the present confusion . Yesterday the mob carried off provisions out of tbe shops at Stoke , and some , I am told , have been apprehended . "

      A letter from Newcastle-under-Ltne , dated July 14 th , says—•• I arrived here last night from Stafford . On entering tbe town , 1 found it more lite a garrison than any thing else . Last night the colliers came into tbe town in hundreds , aud caused great commotion . So great -was the alarm , tha ^ the troop of Nowcastle Yeomanry Cavalry were called out , and stationed . at the Duke cf York and other public-houses . To-day tbe colliers arrived in large numbers ,. and commenced levying contributions on the inhabitants of Lane-end , or Longton . They visited and stopped all the works at which any men were employed , and took out several of the men who were at work , and ducked them in a pond ; and when remonstrated with by the magistrates on the impropriety of their conduct , tbe answer they gave was , tbat it would be better for them to be shot than see their children starve . At this moment , I

      understand , the town of Lori »; ron , which is four miles from here , is in gr . at confusion , and much fear is entertained for the rtsu . t of to-night . Tae Newcastle troop has jast marched out , headed by , they say , fifteen magistrates , amongst whom are Captain Power and the Reverend Mr . Sneyd . Two troops of the 12 ttl Foot have also am fed from Weedon barracks by express , and what the rtsult of to-night may be God only knows . I wish I was at— , out of the noise . The people htre are in much distress , but it is to be regretted that the poor people cannot Bee they are only increasing ' . their difficulties ; but it is folly to reason with starving men . In Stafford and all the a-jjoining towns I found similar distress . I do hope Parliament will not separate without doing something to relievo the distress . If they do , take my word there-will be one traveller less upon the road . "

      Subsequent accounts from these districts represent that , bad as appearances certainly were , the alarm has passed away . : The above statements , it will be borne in mind , refer to proceedings previous to last Sunday . The accounts since received from the Potteries give a very favourable report of the state of the district . The system of perambulating the roads in bodies and levying contributions on the inhabitants has been abandoned , and the colliers confine their operations at present to visiting the pits , and compelling all whom they find at work to join the turn out . Nearly tbe whole of the mines and iron works are at a stand still , none of the men being permitted to come to terms with their masters until the demands of all have been complied with . This state of things will continue so long as tbe colliers have the means of supporting themselves ; but in the meantime business is suspended to a very considerable exteEt among all classes , and particularly amoDgst the small shopkeepers and tradesmen .

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      Due to the Executive : from the sale of Atkin son ' s Breakfast Beverage : — b . d . Mr . Hey wood ... ... .... 6 9 Mfi Baird , Bolton ... ... 2 0 Mr . Sharples . Xancaster ... 2 0 Mr . Swicglehurstj Preston , the Wholesale Agent for North Lancashire ... ... ... 2 0 6 9 Dve to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Grow and Tyrell ' a Chartist Beverage for the week ending July 16 th : •— £ 8 . d . Mr . Joshua Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds , and Wholesale Ageut for the District of Yorkshire ... ... ... .. 1 10 Mr . Jame 9 Leach , Manchester , and Wholesale Agent for Lancashire 1 5 6 Mr . Vickers , Belper ... ... 0 3 9 Mr . James Arthur , Carlisle ... ... 0 3 9 Mr * Cater , London ..- ... O 3 0 Mr . John Walker , jun ., King-street Park , Stockport ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . G . Whitej Birmingham ... ... 0 2 3 Mr . Thomson , Stockport , Cheshire ... 0 2 3 Mr . Robinson , Derby ... ... 0 0 9 Mr . Griffiths , Worcester „ . ... 0 0 0 Mr . Cavill , Melton Mowbray ... 0 0 9 £ 3 6 9

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      INCOME OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM JULY THE 13 th , TO JULY 18 fcb . Henley ... ... ... 0 3 0 J Yew Green ... ... ... 0 1 U Lepton ... ... ... 0 6 8 ~ Kirkheafcon ; .. ... ... 0 16 ' Sheffield Youths ... ... 0 5 0 Hanley ... ... ... o 6 8 , London , per Lefevro ... ... 0 7 0 Bristol ... ... ... lso Ormskirk ... ... ... 0 2 0 Chelinsford ... ... ... ( i 5- 6 Glossop ... ... ... 0 8 4 Londou , Bermondscy , perFramptpn ... ... ... 0 15 0 Manchester , Carpenter's Hall ... 0 16 8 Salisbury ... ... ... 0 10 0 Atkinson ' s Breakfast Beverage 0 4 0 ' Nottingham Shoemakers ... 0 13 4 Sheerness ... ... ... 0 5 0 HooleyHill ... ... ... 0 14 Birigley ... ... ... 0 13 4 Salford Youths ... ... 0 b" 0 Manchester Smiths ... ... 0 8 4 Star Office ... ... ... 2 12 0 I cannot report the receipts for a fortnight , as I shall be from home for a week . JOHN CAMPBELL , Secretary .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , July 15 ¦ ' •'¦ '¦ ¦ BANKRUPTS . Christopher Brayshawe , of Great Castle-street , Refreiifcstreet , Middlesex , tiilor , to surrender July 22 and August 26 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street .. Solicitors , Messrs . Rutter and Trotter , 4 , Eiy Place , Holborn ; Mr . T ; M . Alsagerv Birchin Lane , official assignee . )' .: . . Edmund Francis G-men , of 147 , Leadenhall-streefc , City , merchant , July 20 and August 26 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingballrstreet . Solicitor , Mr W . t Borradaile , King ' s Anns Yard ; Mr . W . Turquand , 2 , Copthall Buildings , official assignee .

      George Henry Watson , of 175 , Aldersgate-street , City , aid now of Stourmont Cottage , Moscow Road , Bayawaer , apothecary , July 21 , at half-past twelve , and August 26 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy Basirighall-street . .-Solicitors , ;' ' Messrs ^ Watson and Broughton , Filcon Square ; Mr . W . Turquand , Copthall Building ' s , official assignee . William Mills , of the Half Moon Inn , Caterham , Surrey , innholder , July 26 , at one , and Ar . gust 26 , afc eleven ,- at the Couit-of Bankruptcy , Baiinghail-street ; . SoUcit . oj : a , Messrs . Dyne , 6 . 1 , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields ; and Messrs . Drummond and Sons , Croydon ; Mr . James Foster Groom , 12 , Abchurch Lane , Lombard-street , official assignee . ' :

      William Fletcher , of Birmingham , oil and colourman , July 26 and August 26 , at twelve , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingbam . SolicitorB , Messrs . Austeai and Hobson , 4 , Raymond BuHdings . Gray * a Inn , London ; and Mr . W . Hi Reece , 104 , New-streetj Birmingham . Williani Downing ^ of Sheffieldi draper , July 29 and August 26 , at twtlve , at the Town Hail , Shtmeld . Solicitors , Mr . Charles Wilson , 6 , SouthamptonTStreet , Bloomsbury Square , London ; and Messrs . Wilson arid Younge . or Mr . Pierspn , Sheffield . . ¦¦ - Eclward Moss , of Liverpool , "draper , July 28 and August 26 , at one , at the Clarend on Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Milne and Co ., TempJe , London ; Mr Winstanley > Manchester . .

      Joha Weston Palmer , of Old Buckenham , Norfolk ' , grocer , July 23 and . August 26 , at ten , at thd Royal Hotel , St . Peter of Mancroft , Norwich . Solicitors , Mr . A ndrev . * Storey , 5 , Field Court ; Gray's Inn , London ; Mr . Jacob Henry Fillett , Norwich . Edward Rogers , of Great Witley , Worcestershrre , surgeon , July 30 and August 26 , at ten , at the White Lioniuri , Kidderminster . Solicitors , Mr . J . H . Benbow , Stone Buildings , Lincoln ' s Inn , London ; and Messrs . Wcrruall and . Prichard , Stpurport . \ " : ' . ' John Hanford Jackson , ' of Eaatwood , Nottinghamshire ! , grocer . July 25 and August 26 , at eleven , at the George the Fourth Iun , Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Campbell and Witty » 21 , Esses-stveet , Strand " '; and Mr . Fox , Nottingham . ..

      Alexander Bower , of Bi 9 ford , Staffordshire , and Manchester , banker , August 10 and 26 , at three and two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson and Co ; , Temple , London ; and Messrs . Higson and Son , Manchester . ; .- ; ' Thoinas Lsdiard , of Cirenceater , Gloucestershire , money scrivener , July 25 and August 26 , at twelve , at the King ' s Head Inn , Cirencei > ter ; Solicitors , ; Messrs' . Jones and Co ., John-street , BedfordRowj London ; and Mr . Mullings , Cireucest « r . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED ,

      James Bowden and John Peele Clapham , of Kingstonupon-Hull , general merchants and shipowners . Wm . Allen , John Allen , and Jonathan Allen , of Manchester , merchants and general dealers in calicoes and prints / SO far as regards Jonathan Allen . John Iiocttwodd , sen ., Wm . Lock wood , and John Lockwood , jun ., of Sheffield , rorftshire , file manufacturers , so far as regards John Lock wood , sen . John Greehshields , Alexander Daraniz ^ and Rebert Still , of Liverpoolj merchants , so far as regards Robert Still . John Hodgkinspn and Alfred Hedgkinson , of Chorley , Lancashire , corn dealers and grocers . John M'Nichbl ! , of Liverpool , ^ en gineer , and Henry Tinker , of Dewsbury , Yorkshire , gentleman . Joseph ' Box Maraton , Richard Noblet , and Samuel Matthews , of Liverpool , cork manufacturers , so far as regards the said Joseph Fox Marston . James Adshead and Robert Scott , of Manchester , hosiers . Joseph Hardy and Robert Barker , of Manchester , curriers .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1171/page/6/