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      CHELTENHAM . O'CONNOR ' S DEMONSTRATION . TVBITTEF BX JOHK S 1 XTT . ( Concluded from , our last . } Te are tut sen , and men of prowess email ; Beared up on carpets ; totorM at a ball . . ¦ O ! know yooraelvas ; nor think the tinkling name Of Lord or Date , ascribes to you the fame . Of sore than mortal . Let your tow'ring minds Trace the recesses of dame nature ' s mines ; And ses if 7 e *** ? nt but da ? anci Dreath 5 Subject , like us , to sickness , pain , and death ; 31 xe same ye »»» 1 »* perennial ray 2 > otfc in y © c iniad * irith greater lustre play ,

      y attire is just , is generous , good , and kiad , And grants to all the energy of mind : Iiature ' s the same in this , in every clime ; And -whispers freedom through her grand design . Then , O . ye tyranta 2 let your breasts of steel The genial panga of sweet affection feel ; Let the pure spirit of untramnifclVd love , With gen rous ardour , in each bosom move , Ere your proud bosoms feel th impending storm Thatet ' iy moment swells its mighty form ; Era the file fabric tottfxing to its base , The flood impetuous doth its lines efface ; Ere you must yield each little of your hoard To ruin ' s great inexorable sword * .

      JTow J now ! ye patriots , let your souls arise ! See ! on yon cliff the gloriens banner flies . See ! he adrancea with heroic zpetd ; The rwea * descending from each panting Bteed ; Ezger , mezhint . 8 , to bring the champion where Th' assembled thousands shall his presence share ; WbogladBoms listen , from his inmost soul , The streams of eloquence sublimely roll ; "Who * look 'with anxious eye to future times , When Freedom ' s sun ¦ with all bis grandeur shines . O } hoTP those pealings thrill hi * noble soul , Am through , yon clouds tiieir glorious accents roll 1 Tea , yes ; it speaks to bis majestic mind

      That Quit ' s brave sons are to the cause eonsign'd . It tells that freedom here doth mount her car , And thousands struggle in the glorious war . Again it thunders , and again its sound Aloud re-ecbos in the Tales around . ' Again , its pealings reach , the patriot ' s eai To press Mm onward in bis great career I He hears the sound i his soul obeys the call , And bids defiance to oppressors all ! For dungeons drear , nor flaming swords of steel Can quench bis ardour , captivate hls-s = aL For such he spams , and , in dsspiteof , dr&WB His cocqu ' ring weapon in his country ' s cause ,

      Tremble , ye tyrants ! tremble , as you hear The thrilling- accents of that giorious cbefir . ' Let your proud souls shake off that veil of pride , And learn to steer your vessel o ' er the tide ; por know , tliose peals are nob of drunken glee , But those of men determined to be free ! Know ye they're big with ev * ry tyrant ' s doom , To scatter ashes o ' er oppression's tomb . The thunder echoes I Feargus now ib here - In the fall » 2 nirb . ef his native sphere ; Bib n&UTe sphere ! for snxe he sees the poWi "Which wielded right would close oppression ' s haul . His native sphere ! because it warms his soul To see the tide ol mdepeadtnte roll His native sphere ! for firm he bears away And bursts the bonds of animated clay .

      But hark 1 again the mighty thunder speaks , And echo acsTrers ; and again it breaksT It sends the Bjphyrs e ' er the fiow " ry meads , And tells , fat distant , Chelt'nfcam's glorious deeds . But , soft ? it ceases ; all ' s serener far Than slcmb'riiig nature in her ebon car , When tbe pale moon her trembling radiance pouis 'Hid earths refreshing amaranthine bo'vr ' rs . - And lo . ' he speaks . 'he speaks to ev * ry mind ¦ With i&ison , trctb , and eloquence rtSn'd . He speaks ! and "virtue frir ; nl < m as she bears , "KTiLfe hope fcxulting chases ail her fears , And forward locks with many a smile serene ; While freedom dances in each vernal scene .

      He spesks 1 anA lo , each tyrant trembling cowers , While consduas fear enthrals hisflatrriBg pow ' rs ; He sees tbe tice impetuous rushing on , Tbe banner smitten and tbe battle won ; He sees , and fesis his wretched bosom cleft Like tbe lorn maiden of her lore bereft . He speaks ! aad 0 ! this grov'Iing soul of mine Sterns the vast hill of certainty to climb , From wLirh she -rifws all ranged in fair array The peaceful emblems of fair freedom ' s ffw&y ;

      Xlkd i bold eagle . from some zBooataiu ' s brow , With prids surreys the fairy -scenes below . Swtet m = IIo * ring harvests desk the gen ' rous aoil , And plenty crowns the humble cotier s toiL Peace and contentment on God"B creature ' s smile , And wintry siorms and sammtr suns beguile . Aye , peace sdrancaB " mid sweet myrtle bowers , WhOe round her brotr eternal annshine glow ' ra . She seems all lovely , heaven ' s seraphic maid , The gentle mistress of the rural shade .

      Now , blushing Tenus wanders down the Tale , Her breast responsive to the vocal tale ; An < i gentle lovers , * neath the shady grove , Enjr-y the raptures of unsullied love . Kow , freedom conies , begirt with rays divine , And round her brows unfading laurels twine ; Her breast all spangled , as the ruddy mom With careless grandeur , decks her lovely form . And see > she mores , light tripping o ' er the plains , The heavily guardian of Britannia ' s swains J Then fancy dictates to my throbbing soul , As through my breast her genial currents roll ; "While reason , smTTirig , fans the glimm'ring ray To the full brightnfcss of meridian day .

      Bat , see . the champion of our cause retires , And , on his lips , tbe glorions strain expires ; While ere be sinks , bis soul , uncbain'd and free , In lingTIng accents whispers " xibbbtt" j j And see , he goes ; the hero gaits the scene , His breast expanding wrapt in joy supreme . He goes far distant in the field to fight And wage the battle of a people's right He goes ! determxn'd to attack the foe Till crown'd with conquest ; or by death laid lo-w . Hi goes i while fceav * n protects his manly form From stem oppression ' s vile , malignant storm . He goes ! and 0 . ' . again the thund « r roars , Aad Ptffibns slumbers ' neath the western shores .

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      «•» SCRAPS FOB RADICALS . BI L . I . CLAXCY . No . 3 TI . There are already two victims sent to their account , and seventeen others Ii 8 without a hope of recovery . ' What bU = od xhat -will not nm cold Bt the recital of these horrors ?—0 Cosy ell —( Not Dan I . ' j Let the harp of mj country now slumber ; Let cypres 3 be strewn o'er the plain ; Let Erin awake not a number , Except as a dirge for the slain . Lo ] brave Feargus proclaims through the water Its tronbied snd gore-crimson'd surge . B ^ Yfrpgc- ! for this cold bloody slaughter , This Moloci-lifce , dastardly scourge . "

      In Athens , the culprit was blinded List pity should justice appal ; But otcr modern greeks , more highly-minded , S 3 y •¦ justice means nothiDgat all " Tins , thus , do they mock all endurance , Foul deeds palliate and descry And give thtdr complainants assurance " la the way the low Irish should die J " Oh ! where was tbe great Liberator , The onee aughty memkr for Clare ? Oh J where the head Paeifleator , When blood-stained his laurel ? ¦ won there ? Methinks he was nitnijing that hour To think that his moral-foiee school , Which raised him to venal Whig power , Was bleeding to Tory miarnla .

      Bo-w . iong Eball the land of our fathers Submit to nig registered vow ? Can Erin nnile on wfcUe he gathers A gore-criiBson'd wreathe for her trow . - Ob I rather each source of her fountains Should deluge the fields of her fame ; Or chaos rejgn king o ' er her mountains , And peiih fej ever her name . But yet may -we hail that bright morrow , : A Star beameth over thee , Clare ); When hope dries thy last tear of sorrow , And joy triumphs over despair : xhea Eria , drtad not the bold foeman , But rather that Jonl viper ' s breath , The base , who "dare not be a Roman , ' Bat conusel " obedience to death . "

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      A HOME IX THE HEABT . OhI ask not a heme in the mansion of pride ' Where marble shines out in the pillars and walls j Though the roof be of gold it is briUiaiitly cold . ^ And joy may not be found in its torch-lighted hills . Bat seek for a bosom all honest and true , i , ^ bEre love once awakened will never depart ; . , « rn , turn to that breast like tbe dove to itt nest , And yonll aad there ' s no home like a home in the heart Oh ! link but one Bpirlt that ' s "warmly sincere , That will heighten your pleasure and solace your cars j Find a sen ! you may trust as-the kind and the just , And be sure that the world holds no treasure so rare . ¦ Thai Qm frowns of misfortune may shadow our lot , 22 js check-searing tear-drops of sorrow may start , Bat a star never dim sheds a halo for him Who can turn for repose to a home in tbe heart . Eliza Cook

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      LEEDS . —Leeds and Sklbt Railway Com-PAifT . —On Saturday last , at noon , the annnal meeting of this Railway Company was held at Scarborough ' s Hofel , Leeds , Johir Gott , Esq . in the chair . The proceedings , owing to the railway being let at a certain fixed rent to the York and North Midland Railway Company , . were of a very uninteresting character . It was resolved to pay the income tax , not out of the dividends on tbe &hares , but out of the reserve fund ; a dividend of £ 2 . 10 s . per cent , for the

      las * half year was ordered to be made ; the four retiring directors ( Mr . John Gott , Mr . Andus , Mr-Gatliff , and Mr . Whitehead ) were all re-elected , and a vote of thanks to them for their past services was nnanknonsly agreed to . The reserve fund was stated to be £ 13 316 17 s . 7 d . ; and the balanoe of the income account £ 5250 . About thirty shareholders were present , and they all seemed perfectly satisfied with the statement of the Company ' s accounts , ' as laid before the meeting . A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman , the meeting broke up at one o ' clock .

      Stealikg Lead . —On Monday last , a lad about fourteen yeara of age , named Thomas Elliott , was brought before H . Hall , Esq ., and A . Titley , Esq ., at tbe Court House , and committed for triai at the Sessions , on a charge of having stolen a quantity of lead from the roof of the Old Methodist Chapel , Hunslet .

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      The Lighthouse , Goodwin Sands . —Contrary to expectation , the endeavour to fix the caisson which is to form the foundation ef the " light for all nations 51 bas at last been successful . The following note , the first in all probability ever written on the tJoodwin sands , was received ( h town on Friday : — " Caisson , Goodwin sands , July 28 . Dear Sir ; I am safely here , and all going on well . I am , &c , Wm . Bush . Star ted yesterday ( Wednesday ) at ten o ' clock , and arrived at half-past three . " A Bad Subject for Mesmerism . —A boy from the unioD-house on whom Mr . Taylor failed to prodnce any mesmeric effect -while lecturing in Boston on Wednesday evening , being asked Why he dia not go to sle « p ! " shrewdiy answered , " Because I had ' nt got my supper ! Stamford Mercury .

      Mr . John Barnktt , the celebrated composer , in a letter to a contemporary , designates the new-fangled systens of teaching singing as impositions on the credulity of the public ; placing them in the B&me category as the rubbings of Mr . St . John Long , Morison ' s pills , brandy and salt , the cold water £ ure , &c— "Who ' s to decide when singers disagree ! ' ¦ Death or a Mone . et from bating Lucifer Matches —A few days ago a monkey , tho property

      of a ud « -waiter m Le . th , met its death in rather an extraordinary manner . Being on board a vessel in the dodks , aion £ with irs owner , who was on duty , it fell in with some lacifer matches , which it commenced eating . Finding itself growing sick , the poor animal went to its master , who was asleep , and awakened him by gently opening his eyelids . No relief , however , could be administered , and tbe creature expired , after suffering considerable pain . —Scolsman—l'We could spare a good many more " monkeys" either by this or some other proce ? S 1

      The Turks Dats of Jult . —The Courrier Francaii states that the usual complement of provisions distributed to the indigent poor of Paris on each annJTersary of the glorious days of July was doubled on account of the . Duke of Orleans' death . This distribution , which consists of white brrad , wine , pastry , pork , and butcher ' s meat , was made throughout Paris - on Wednesday morning . The official statistics of the indigent poor inscribed on the charitable list in the twelve arrondissements of Paris comprise 30 . 000 families , or abou ; 70 , 000 persons , giving an average of one to twelve of the population of Paris . It js calculated that amongst those 70 , 000 indigene po ^ r there are more than 15 , 000 who are ashamed to apply for assistance .

      I . NCENDIARY Firs . —Mr . Sharp , farmer , of Gailsborongb , ^ Northampton , had au incendiary fire on his premises during the night of Thursday . A large barn was maliciously destroyed containing- various implements ; also - four ricks of hay , four fowls , a large stack of wheat , and a number of outbiilding 3 ; the damage of which will amount to several hundred pounds . A . reward for the apprehension of the incendiary is offered by the Rev . D . Watson , the rector of tb % parish , and also anoiher reward by the Phce nix Insurance Office .

      Hoaxi . ng the Dublin Corporation . —At the last meeting of the corporation a letier was read , purporting to have been written by Sir Richard Biker , one of the aldermen of the old body , declining in the most dis ' , ntereited manner to receive a sum of ; £ 3 U 0 , to which he was entitled , by way of compensation for the lo ?<> of his office , according to the provisions of the Municipal Reform Act . The jobbers were in perfect ecstaeies at thi 3 unexpected Godsend , and Sir Richard ' s letter was ordered to be inserted on th . e minutes in all due form . The ex-Alderman was not , however , forgetful of the adage , " a fool and his money are soon parted ; " for in the Evening Packet of Fridiy night there appeared a letter , signed by Sir" Richard tfaker , announcing that the communication read at the meeting of the Town Council was a forgery , and that he had no idea whatsoever of forfeiting his just claims to the £ 300 compensation money . Poiscmcing a HtrsBAXD—At the Flintshire assize ?

      . . On Friday , Hannah Roberts , aged nineteen years , was indicted for the murder of her husband , Robert Roberts , aged seventy-five , on the second of June last , at Caerwys , by administering to him a quantity of . white arsenic , from the effects of which he died . After a long investigation , the Jury returned a verdict : of gnilty . The judge ( BaroB Gurney ) then passed the awful sentence of the law upon the priscner , after which , Mr . Townsend , in bar of execution , pleaded that the prisoner was pregnant . A jury of matrons was immediately impannelled , and a verdict given , in the course of an hour , confirmatory of the fact . The trial , which commenced at nine in the mr . rnirg , did not terminate till four o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Strange Accident . —A yonng man named James Sparks , aged 22 , brewer at Mrs . Hughes ' B the Punch Bowl , in Steelhouse-lane , left the house of his mistress on Sunday evening last , in company with a young man and two giris . They went up to a neighbouring hoase and had something to drink , and fearing he should be wanted , deceased was hastily running down a gnllet to get home , when he ran with violence against a post placed at . the end of the entrance . The shock so-injured him , that he died in the General Hospital on the morning of Tuesday last . Mr . Baker described his sufferings , whicn were frightful in the extreme . The cause of death wa 3 a rupture of one of the principle intestines . A verdict of '" Accidental death" was returned . —Birmingham Advertiser .

      At Qcees Equabb Police-Opfice , on Thursday , James Wjatt , s , rough , middle-aged man , was charged with throwing a stone at the carriage of Mr . Stuart Wortley , M . P ., near the House of Commons ; Mr , Wortley and Lord San don beiag in the carriage . Mr . Thomas Coll-1 , Superintendent of the Members' Waiting-room , deposed that he saw thb act—Witness went up to the prisoner , and asked him if he was mad or driink ? The prisoner replied , " Neither / ' and that he perfectly well knew wbafc hs was about . He was asked why be threw at ihat-particnlsr carriage ? and be answered , inat

      he had singled out no one carriage : ha intended to throw at all of them until he could hit Sir Robert Peel . He was asked what could be his motive in desiring to injure tho Premier ? He replied that was best known to himself . Another witness said that he was quite sober . In answer to Mr . Gregorie , the magistrate , Wyait said that he was a carpenter out of work ; but he would not say what he had beeD doing for the last six months . Mr . Gregorie thought him insane , and committed him to the House of Correction for three months , with the view of bis being seen by the Visiting Magistrates .

      -Launch of the "Great Northern . "—This immens § new steamer , lately built by Captain Coppin , was launched on Saturday morning last , in the presence of at least 20 , 000 spectators from all parts of the country , und of many from England and Scotland . At eight o ' clock the workmen ' s hammers v ? er © ^ i 3 i heard , tee wedges were dri ? en , and the last obstruction was removed at a quarter to nine , when Miss Reid , eldest danghter of the late Rev . Edward Reid , ot Rameltan , and niece to Mr . Joseph Kelso , broke the bottle at her bow , the flag whh the vessel's name , " Great Northern , " was hoisted , and the mountain of wood majestically glided into the water . No accident of any kind occurred . The Great Northern is the largest vessel ever built in this

      country . Her dimensions are 220 feet in length , 37 feet beam , and 26 fee : deep in the hold ; burden 1 , 750 tons , B , M ., she is to be fully rigged as a fifty gun fr igate , the length t > f mainmast to be ninety feet , and thirty-three inches diameter , mainyard seventy-nine feet , and twenty-two and half inches diameter in the slinesr foremast eighty-three feet , and mrzenmast seventy-six feet ; she will be able 4 o spread 6 , 400 yards of canvass . There are three decks , . the tapper oo . e-to . be left entirely clear for action , and to be pierced for forty-four gunB ; the "windlass and capstan gear will be placed betwixt decks . She is to be propelled by Smith ' s Archimedean screwwhich will be twelve feet diameter ,

      , and fourteen feet pitch , bnl the length will be only seven feet ; ii is to make eighty-eight revolutions per minute ; the gearing consists of a cog-wheel , twenty feet diameter , working into a smaller wheel , of five feet diameter , upon wbose axis is the shaft of the screw . The engine power consists of two cylinders , sixty-eight . inches in diameter , four feet six inches stroke , and to make twenty-two strokes per minute ; nominal power about 370 horses ; there are to be four air-pumps , nineteen inches diameter , and four feet six inches stroke , and cylindrical boilers The engines are to be placed close abaft the vessel , leaving tbe midships dear for passengers . —Derry Standard .

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      Seizure made by the Society por the Suppression of Vice . —A search wanancjvas a few days back granted by Mr . Jardine , the sitting magistrate at Bow-street , upon the application of Mr . Pritchard secretary of the above named ' society ; and a printing press , with upwards of two hundred weight of type , which were used for printing obscene books , a stock of 1 , 391 obscene prints , 4 frbook 8 With plateSi 66 ibs . of letter-press not stitched up , and 21 copperplates , aU of which were of the most abominable description , were seized at an establishment within the district ef Bow-street .

      Shocking Case of SuyBRsirTioN . ^ -An ingtanoe of gross superstition occurred at Market Rasen last week . -A man , named Radley , a brick-maker , residing in that place , has been for the last foar yeara in a low state of health ; he attributed bis affliction to tne agency of wuchoTaft , ani actually accused his own mother , an inoffensive and honest woman , residing in Rasen , with practising it . The most absurd and nonsencical remedies were tried by the deluded man and his family to drive away the " spirit of evil . " The man got no better , and at length he determined to try the last , and , as he believed ,

      sure remedy , namely , " to draw blood from the witch . " Having met his mother in the Btreet , on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., he accosted her , and , offering his hand , asked how she was ; surprised at the sudden change in his behaviour ( for he bad not spoken to her for two years before , though living cleee by ) and suspecting some collusive design , the attempted to pass him without accepting his proffered hand , whereupon he seized hold of her , and inflicted two deep scratches on one of her arms with the point of some sharp instrument which he had concealed in his band . The wound bled profusely .

      Hoqussing . —At the Nottingham assizes , Benjamin Hurd , 24 , and Hannah Hurd , his wife , 23 , were charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Robinson , in the parish of Radford , on the 7 th of March . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased bad gone to tbe house of the prisoners ( a house of ill fame ) in a state of partial intoxication ; and that , while there , the female prisoner gave him ale with laudanum in it , and stated , in the presence of several witnesses , that she had been "hocussing" him . One of them said to her , It will kill him ; " and she replied , " Well , if it does I can ' t help it—it ' s done . " The deceased was afterwards turned out of the house ; and , after remaining in a state of insensibility until the next night , died , The jury acquitted the husband , but found the woman guilty ; and she was sentenced to transportation for life " .

      Hydrophobia akd Death from the Bite of a Dog . —An inquest was held on Friday , at the Black Bull , Thomas-street , Bethnal Green , before Mr . Baker , the coroner , on the body of John Tibbs , aged Bcven years , who died from the bite of a mad dog . — Mary Tibbs , mother of the deceased , said that she resided at No . 15 t Thomas-street . In August lastj while deceased was playing with other children in front of the house , a iitile dog ran amongst them , and bit him on the left temple . He ran in-doors and thowed witness the wound . It was ajagged one , and she could see the marks of five of the dog ' s teeth . Under the treatment of a surgeon the bite soon healed , though deceased ever since that time , and notwithstanding that he ate heartily , bad been

      getting mncn tbinner . On Saturday morning last sho found , for tbe fixrt time , that he was labours ing under hydrophobia . He was shivering so violently that she could not wash him , and after breaking away from her , ran about the room as if he were wild . Leeches to the temple were ordered and applied , but he could not take the medicine . When water was offered to him . he tried to jump out of the window . Hs continued from that time to rave , foam at the mouth , and bark like a dog , until the following Monday , when he died . Siokes , the summoning officer , said that that was the second death which had taken place in that neighbourhood from hydrophobia , caused by a bite from the same dog . —Verdict , " Died from hydrophobia . "

      £ > tro . \ g Sympathy ijr" the Dog . —An interesting . instauco of this feeliug in tho canine species , the j authenticity of which may be relied on , lately took : plaea , or rather is still proceeding , at Invergeldie , a j large sheap farm on the estate of Lawers , near i Comrie , Perthshire . Tiie overseer became severely j indisposed , and for the first ten days after , their j master had taken to bed his two faithful collies ( refused to be comforted , mournfully declining all ] sorts of food , nay , even railk warm from the cow at ' last pressed upon them bv the domestics . At length j their case became so serious—for they were other- j wise valuable dog 3 , that the overseer ' s mother was prevailed upon to iaform her sick son , though at the time very low , of the circumstance , begging of him , as a dernier resort , to try what effect his own word j

      would still have upon the mute mourners . By an eSvTt , he succeeded in a weak voice to Name his I favourites , pointing at the same time to some food , j placed at hand for the trial . This gentle command j had its effect ; the doys at once obeyed , and have i since , as if it were still repeated to them , which it is ¦ ' not likely ever to be again , continued to take as j much as supports life ; but oace every day at least , j and oftentr if opportunity offer , they glide together j inso the room where the sick man 13 , slip stealthily j to the bedside , raise their fore paws upon the bfcd-1 clothes , and in this attitude continue together for j some time to gaze intently on the pallid features of j tbdr now unconscious master , and then droopingly retire out of the room . —Stirling Journal . <

      JtAiLWAY AcciDE-vr . —On Wednesday morning week , when tho train , which leaves Birmingham for Derby , at seven o ' clock , had passed the Burton Station , one of . tho passengers , observed an unusual smoke from a lugsnge waggon near the engine ; after several atremp f , to msike himself understood , he succeeded in getting the train stoppei ; th ? guard lifted up the cloths which covered the luggage , and at ter desiring the passengers , who in alarm had left their Beats , to " jumo in , " he called out to the engineer to ' * run into Derby as fait as he could . " The train was . no sooner set in motion , than the flameR burst out with great fierceness ; the fire soon reached the second luggage wag £ on , and threatened the destruction of the passengers , among whom were many females , who were riding in a third-class carriage attached to the luggage waggon- ! ; the shrieks of

      the women were frightf ' uJ , and the blaze most frightfnl , bat so rapid was thd speed at which the train had been urged , that the engineer could not stop it , till it reached the approach to the Derby Station , where several persons were much injured by suddenJy jumping out of the carriages as soon as they came to a halt ; every exertion was of course then made to extinguish the fire ; one of the luggage waggons was completely consumed , and the other much burat . Surely the engineer and guard ought to have detached the luggage carriages when the fire was discovered , instead of risking the Iive 3 of the passengers by taking the dangerous cosrse they did . The fire is supposed to have originated from the spontaneous combustion of *> ome article among the good 3 conveyed , as the luggage was well protected from the effect of sparks from the engine .

      Horrible Depravity . —Rape by a Father on his own Daughter—One of the most horrible cases of rape which for a long time past has been broHght to light , is the following , which was * one into on Saturday , at Marylebone-ofnce , before the sitting magistrate , Mr . Rawlinson . The court was crowded to excess by persons who had come thither to hear the deposititions , the wholb of which having been gone into , were raad over by Mr . Fell , the chief clerk . The prisoner ' s name is Edward Leader ; he is a man about thirty-five years of age , andhi 3 child Laurina , an interesting little girl , whom he had violated , and who was accompanied to the court by a decent-looking woman , her mother , the latter having in her arms an infant . Tho girl was first examined . She deposed that she resided with her parents at No . 33 , Devonshire-street , Lisson-grove , and that her mother was confined about four mouths

      ago ; a week prior to that event , the prisoner , at a period when , to tbe best of her belief , her mother was absent from the house , took her into the back room on the first floor , where he laid her upon the bed , and then—¦—The child here entered into particulars to which we cannot give publicity , and went on to state that , after effecting his purpose , he threatened to give her a good hiding if she mentioned to any one what had occurred . In a fortnight afterwards he ill-treated her in the like manner , and had twice or thrice repeated the offence since ; the last time he acted thas towards her was the week before last , when her mother was out . —Hooker , ISO D , in whose hands the warrant was placed , gave evidence to the ( ffect that he

      apprehended the prisoner in the vicinity of his ( the prisoner ' s ) residence , and told him that he had a warrant against him for an assault on hiB child . He said , " Very well , " and requested to be allowed to go home before he was brought to the court , but this he ( witness ) , of course , refused . —Mr . Charles Leader , a respectable tradesman , brother of the prisoner , stated that the child Laurina was born in the Lyingin hospital , York-road , Lambeth , on the 3 rd of December , 1832 , and that she would , therefore , not be ten years of age until December next ; at the time of the said birth , the prisoner , who had much 7 iejected his wife , was in Spain . —Mr . Burford , surgeon , { xrovo-placej Lisson-grove , proved that the capital offence , with which the prisoner stood charged , had been committed . —Mr . Rawlinson ( to the prisoner ) : It will be my duty , upon the evidence

      which has now been read over to you , to send you to Newgate to take your trial for the rape npon your child ; yon need not say anything now unless you think fit , but in the event of jour making any statement , it will be taken down , and may be used either for or against you upon your trial ; after this caution which . I have given yon can do as you please . —Prisoner ( who seemed very dejected ) : I shall not say anything now . —He was then removrd from the ba and locked up , and prior to the arrival of the government van , was conveyed to Newgate by Hooker , the officer , in a cab . This mode of removing him was resorted to with the view of preventing any riot or outrage , which would , no doubt , have taken place had the prisoner been removed in the usual wa » so great was the indignation of the public against the perpetrator of go akeminabie a crime .

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      . A LABOUKBU , sixty years of age , at Down ' s Wharf , East Smithfieid , killed himself , the other day ! by sucking strong whiskey , thirty degrees above proof , through a reed inserted in the bung-hole of a barrel . He fell down iDBensible , kad never recovered . ¦ Longevity .- —The following most extraordinary insjanoeof longevity appeare in the Cgrtt Reporter , and its accuracy is vouched by a gentleman of fortune in the county of Corkv Mr . Nagleiof Ballinamona-oastle , who in a letter , dated July 26 , thus writes to the editor : —« Ithink you wilt not have any objection to insert in your next publication the

      death , of a very old man , my pound-keeper , on part of the lands of Glogher , near Poneraile , named Louis Wholehan . _ He died yesterday'at the age of 118 years and 7 mouths } he was married to bis first Wife more than fifty years j and had no offspring . He married a second wife at the age of 109 years , by whom he has had a son , a fine boy , and very like the father . From his great age I have given him his house and the parish pound many years rent free , which made him comfortable and prolonged his life . He never lost a tooth , nor had he a grey hair on his bead . . •'¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ " . ' ¦ "¦¦ ' ¦ .. - . - .. ¦ ¦ '¦• ¦ " . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :

      Suspected Murder keaiv Sunderland .. — -On Tuesday last the body of a female was discovered at highwater-mark on the sand , at Black Hall Rocks , near Monk Heselden , by two country lads . They communicated , * tbe circumstance to a neighbouring farmer , who caused the body to be immediately removed to his barn . The deceased , wn 0 did not appear to have been long in the water , was dressed in a mousseiin-de-laine gownj had on a Dunstable bonnet , not lined , trimmed with pink riband , habit shirt , black stockipgs , and black oloth boots ; her hair black , stout in person , of ruddy complexion , and about the ordinary height . Her general appearance was that of a country girl of about twenty five years of age . The face is much disfigured and discoloured ,

      aad there are about the head severe bruises , indicative of violence , though it is possible they may have been produced ! by coming in contact with the rocks or other hard substances . The body has not yet been identified , though deputations from the various borough and rural police , as also a number of other persons , have visited the spot for that purpose . u A Little Mishap . "—An elderly , lack-a daisicallookiug little personage , applied to the magistrate at Worship-street office , on Saturday last , for his advice and assistance in the following delicate matter : —His application , he said ^ had reference to a female servant who had lived with hint for about seven years , and who had lately conducted , herself in such a domineering , and outrageous manner that

      he could bear with her no longer . She insisted upon having her own way in every particular , and on his venturing to remonstrate with her she was in the habit of assailing him with the grossest abuse , and even of obliging him lo succumb to her authority by the exercise of physical force . On tho preceding night an altercation ensued between them , in the course of which she snatched up a knife and attacked him with such impetuosity that he was qorapelled to fly for protection into the house of a neighbour , and he felt convinced that unless the magistrate interfered on his behalf she would carry put her threats of putting him to death . — -Mr . Bingham : If the

      woraan bo your servant , as you say sae is , why do you not send her about her business ?—Applicant ( in a rueful tone ) : I have given her warning again and again , your worship , but she positively refuses to go . —Mr . Bmgham : I suppose you have invested her with the character of a mistress as well as of a servant . —Applicant ( sheepishly ) : Why the truth is , a little mishap certainly did take place bettveen us , but I am -willing to provide handsomely for the child if she will obliea me by taking her departure . —Mr . Bingham : Your little mishap , then , came upon you in the shape of a littlei child I { k . lau # h . ) —Applicant : Even so , your worship , most unhappily for me . —The magistrate granted him a peace

      warrant . The Old Lady and the Cobbler . —Some years ago the husband of an old lady residing in a country village happened to die suddenly without making awill , for the want of which very necessary precaution hia estate .- would havo passed away from his widow , had she notresortedto the folio wingremarkable expedient to avert the loss of her property : —She concealed the death of her hubband , and prevailed upon an old cobbler , her neifthbour , who was inperson somowhat like the deceased , to go to bed at her house and personate him , in which character it was agreed iliaf . he should Uictato a will , leaving tho widow the estate in question . An attorney vpas accordingly sent for to prepare tho required document , and the widow on his arrival appeared to be realizing the greatest affliction at hor good man ' s danger , but foitnwith

      proceeded to ask questions of her pretended hu . sbutid calculated to elicit the answers she expected and desired . The old cobbleir groaning alpud , and ) pokirg as much like a person going to give up the shost a 3 possible , feebly answered , '' I intend to leave , you half my estate ; and I do think the poor old sboomaker , who lives over the way , is deserving of tho ot her half , for he has always beea a good noijiihbouri " The widow was thuuderstruok at receiving a reply so different to that which she expected , but dared not negative the cobbler ' s will , for fear of losing the whole of the property , while tho cunning old rogue in bed , who was himself the poor old shoemak « r living over the way , laughed in his sleeve , and divided with her tha fruits of a pvoject which tha widow had intended for her own sole benefit ;—Scotch Gaxe'te .

      A Most Dastardly Outrage was eernnuttod on Friday morning early , at the Georgo Hotel , Portsmouth Tho house was extremely full on Thursday , and , owing to the Goodwood races , the inmate ? were rather Idly , in retiring to rest . About two o ' clock on Friday morning , when everything wa 3 quiet , a terrifio explosion was heard , so as to aiarpj all the neighbourhood , and even the police : establishment in Pembroke street adjo ning . The sound evidently proceedeil from tho upper part of the house , whither all the inmates ( who had courage ) repaired , but the consternation wi " s so general that many imagined the houso was falling , &c . It w . is found that the cxnlosion had taken place in a lobby into which

      four doors open ; these were forced off tho looks and hinge 3 , tho windows all broken , the skylight also broken , wainscots ceilings , &r ., destroyed ,. ca . rpets on fire , &c . j and numerous fra ^ monts of c . jrtndgo paper , cordage , &c , lying about . It is conjectured that the ruffians must have made a firework of strong paper , repeatedly folded and lashed with cordage , and whioh was probably , placed in a corner , or suspended from a bell-wire , and lighted by a slow match . Unfortunately , there is not at present any proof as to the person who did it , but strong suspicions are entertained , and it is hoped that the remnants of paper a ^ d cord o ! which the "infernal machine" was composed may yet lead to detection . —Hants Advertiser . ,

      Affair of Scandal at Kingstown , Tiieland . — The goesip 3 residing in and about the neighbourhood of Kingstown have had ample materials furnished them for tea-table talk for the next fhree months , by the explosion , of ah atfair of a very delicate character , which has been in some measure revealed to the public within the last few days . A gentleman residing at G—— Terrace , in the above fashionable locality , who writes " Sir" before his name , or "Bart . " after it ( we forget which ) , and who is blessed with a beautiful young wife , had a servantmari , namid John Smyth , who for some fault or other , was discharged from the service a short time since without a written character . The ¦ : servant endeavoured in vaiu to procure tho necessary

      document as a passport to future employment , but his master was inexorable , and refused to Krant the discha rge . The servan t at length made use of threats , at ihe same time alleging he had inhis possession suchi a document as would compel the gentleman to grant his request , whether ho liked it or not . On makiiig inquiry of Sinyth ,. the gentlenian ascertained that a letter had been given to him about-five weeks ago by Lady : ——( his mistress ) , with directions to deliver it to the person to whom it was addressee ! . The servant suspecting all was not Tight , detained and opened the letter , and on perusal of its contents , he was convinced that a very improper intimacy existed between his lady and a gallant son of Mars . On stating this fact to his master ( from whom he still

      sought the discharge ) the latter became enraged at the imputation cast on the honour of his wife , and in nowise doubting her fidelity , he ' eharged the servant with opening a letter entrusted to his care by Lady—r-, fc > uiyth was accoriiingly taken into , custody by the police on Saturday , and brought before Mr . O'Callaghiln , the prebiding Magistrate at the police court . The case was postponed to Monday , when the prisoner was brought njtftr final examination before Mr . Hitchcock . Smyth had , in tho mean time , produced the letter to hi 3 maater , who was not only horrified at its contents , but at once acknowr ledged it to be the handwriting of his lady . In this state of affairs tho case came before Mr . Hitchcock ; but the charge against Smyth being withdrawn , he

      was at once discharged . So stands the ^' affair " at present ; but it is said the infuriated husband has dismissed his spouse from his domicile , and that he is about to commence an action forthwith tor critncop . ¦¦¦" The lady is a mother , ahdsonaa seats youiVger than her " lord and master . " The charge against Smyth was withdrawn in consequence pt' Sir — - — : nob wishing to have the letter in , question put in the evidence . —Another ¦ . V ¦ delioate affair ; ? has taken place in the same neighbourhood . On Thursday ; evening a wealthy and eminent solicitor was invited to partake of the "delicacies of the season " with a rich elientk residing at Kingstown , who is blest ( as

      the story goeB ) with a beautiful and blooming wire . The host having occasion to absent himself from home on business after dinner , returned rather Hnexpectediy , when be made a discovery which rejected neither fidelity to tha marriage vow on the part of his spouse , nor honour on the part of fits " law adviser . " A scene somewhat resembling that related by Byron in " Don Juan " followed ; but the man of briefs , it appears , was brief in taking his leave . A regular " shirdy" was kicked up . in the neighbourhood , and an action is to be forthwith commenced for crim . con . The lady has ^ been married about two years , ai « d is-the . mothetof two children . She is a very beautiful aad accomplished Woman *

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      Ai Wandsworth Police Goxjrt , on Saturdayj Wiliiara Scrimshaw ^ a master tailor , residing in the Sqaare , Batteraea , was charged with ja-ttempting to , commit a rape upon the person of Mary Marsh , his servant , aged fourteen years . The girl said that her master called her into his bed-room . at night to remove the candle , and the moment she entered he treated her in the most indecent manner , but she succeeded in escaping from his grasp , and getting into ; ¦ the room . of a ^ femalo , - -Virhb " ' slept with her . Thegirl was strictly cros 3-examined , but nothing Was elicited to shake her testimony , and the prisoner was fined £ 5 . . " :-, ¦ ¦ - ' - ^ - ' . ¦ ¦ .:. -X ;

      FXTBtAOkblNABY AND TREMENDOUS GotLISION . — On WvVediiesday . last , a most extraordinary and Violent concussion took place af Topshara Bridge , hetweeh two horsemen who were approaching the tara of the bridge at the '/ same , moment , one proceeding from the hill ou the Topsham side ; the other having come nearly across the bridge from tho Lympston road I they , were riding bo furiousl y that before they could pull up , or check the speed of their nqrses , they struck each other with snch yiolehce , that one of the horses and its rider were forced over the bridge , and fell into the water ; thetide being out at tKo time , the man ' slife was fortunately saved , but the horse received such injuries from the violence of the shock , that life became extinct before it could be extricated from the water .

      ExTfuoRDiiWBr Case of Htdrophobia . —A fine bay saddle m « , re , belonging to a gentleman of this city , died of this shocking malady oh Wednesday , in Dublin . She had been out as usual the day bev fore , exercising in the Coburg Gardens , and there first evinced symptoms of sulk , and attempted to lie down , when the groom immediately rode her home . In the stall she appeared more uneasy still , totter'ng from side to side , and at last fell , but recovered herselfy biting and snapping at every object . Mr . Watts , the eminent Veterinary fiurgeon ,: was sent for - promptly , and . on seeing her . ; pronounced at

      once that she had been bitten by a mad dog , and could not survivo more than a day . Her mouth was then tied up ,: to prevent the animal tea , rinig herself , and doing injury to all about her . The mare during the night struggled under the paroxysms of the disease to release herself , and becamei go furions that she dashed against the stable watlsv and broke part of the titober-work , foaming at the tnouth , arid cutting herself about the head and eyes , b y plunging against the enoiosure in which she stood . Death at last closed the poor'creature ' s-sufferirigs The triare had evinced a slight lameness in ono foot , but no sigu of a cut or bite there , —Ltmejick Chronicle .

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      FRANCE . The Speech of the iiing of the Fbench on oPENiNa the Chambers . —Lcuis Philippe openeqI tho Chambers in person , on Tuesday week . On his way he was cheered by the people . Within doors more of solemnity was observable and observed than on any former occasion . On entering the Chamber ( at twenty minutes past one o'clock ^) hi 3 Majesty was deeply affected . On either side of the thrbne were the King ' s four sons , the Dukes of Nemours , Aumale , and lyiontpensier , and the Prince de Joinville . The Ministers were in front of them . On attempting to address the Chamber , the King's grief arid agitation werc . extreme . E <> r some moments he felt unable to proceed . His emotion soon communicated itself to

      his auditors , and changed into sobs the cheei-3 of Jnthusiasm with . which on his entrance the King had been hailed . On uttering the first \ 70 rd « his voice faltered , and he hurst into tears . " So contagious was this burst of feeling , " say-our-. letters , - " that there was not a dry eye in the Chamber . " During tho delivery of the whole speech his Majesty ' s voice frequently failed him . At every such pause the cheering was renewed , and at the close r ; he Chamber for many minutes rang with cries of '' Vivo le Rpi !" ¦ The Speech over , his Maje .-ty sat down and remained vvhilo the Deputies were sworn in . . On tho King ' s way back to "the Tuileries ha was inost enthusiastically received by the people . His Majesry seemed much altered by tho calamity that had fallen upon him and his family : —

      THE SPEECH . Gentxfmen , Peers , anp Deputies . —Under tho grief which oppresses me , deprived of . that dearly beloved son whom I considered destined to replace me on the throne , and who was the glory and support of my old age , I have deemed it imperative to hasten the moment of your assembling around me . We have together a great duty to fuJfil . When it shall plea-se God to call me to Hi nir . elf , i t is necessary that France and the Constitutional Monarchy be secured aaainst being for amoraeht exposed to

      any lijterruption of tiie Royal authority . You will thereforo have to doliberate upon the measurea requisite for preventingj during the minority of my beloved grandson this immense danger . The calamity that has befallen me does not render me ungrateful to Divine Providence , which ' . still preserves me to my children , worthy of all my tenderness and of the confidence of France . Gentlemen , let us now secure the repose arid safety of our country . At a later period I shall call upon you to resume your accustomed Iabonrs relative to state affairs .

      united Statfs —The Caledonia steam-ship , which left Halifax on tho 18 th inst ., arrived at Liverp 6 ol on Thursday . The rumour that fresh difncultieg had arisen , in the settlement of Lord Ashbnrton ' g inission gained ground . The Senate had passed a bill , by a large majority , to enable the Central Government to deal with cases such as thatof M'Leod The Representatives had . decide ' ' ! , by 132 to T % against the assumption of Stato debts by the Union ;; One of the passengers by the Caledonia was Fanny Elsslor . Two frightful steatn-b ^ at explosions had occurred . Sixty-two oht of oue hmidfr . d and ty / enty cmigrdnts chidly English , were killed by an exploaipn near Lachiiie , whether one of the boats was proccedii ; from Montreal . Thr boiler-flues of . the oiher b ^ at collapsed at the mouth of ihe Mis&ouri , and sixty-three ^ persons , mostly Gorma-ng , v ? oto sralderf , and apparently killed ; for it ia said that '' some two or threo were sai / erf , by baiug blown into the

      ver . Brcssels , Jult 29 . —The following is the project of law presented to the Chamber of Representatives by the Minister for Foreign Affairs , in corisequenoe of the Convention just concluded with France relative to tho importation of linen and thread : — "Leopold , King of the Belgians—Seeing the 63 rd article of the Constitution ^ which is as fol l ows : — ' Treaties of commerce , aud such as may impose a burden on the state , or bind th 8 Belgians individually , are not valid till after they have received the

      assent of the Chambers , ' we have decreed , in concert with the Chambers , and order as follows :-fArticle 1 . The commercial convention concluded between Belgium and France , BJgned at Paris on the 16 th of July , 1842 , is approved to be executed according to Its form and tenour . Art . 2 , The King may extend to other states the reductions stipulated by article 2 of the said conventibn , with such clauses , conditions , and reservations , as his Majesty shall judge to be necessary or advantageous to his country . Ark 3 . The present law shall be binding the day after its promulgation . " —Brussels papers , July 29 .

      Philadelphia , June 28 . —American Dpel . —The ordinary and monotonous routine of " matters and things in general , " has been varied with a dual between two distinguished citizens .- to wit—Col . J . W . Webbj proprietor of the - 'New York Courier and Enquirevyiiad the Hon . J . H- Marshall , member of Congress from Kentucky . The dispute arose out of an attack made by Mr . Marshall , in Congress , on Colonel Webb , in relation to a communication ( not editorial ) that had appeared in . the Enquirer . The parties met on Saturday , on the Delaware and Maryland lines . EistoisT—ten paces—two shots-r-and Col . Webb was shot through the knee . Marshal ! , even then , asking for a third fire ! which was very proper ly objected to by Colonel Webb ' s second and surgeon . , ¦ - '

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      over ship ' b side , and groaned like a martyr—dropped his shovel hatiato tbescaj and , borrowed his chaplain ' s casto , ^ which didn't iit—another heave of the ship , and a corresponding motion iu the episcopal epigastrium- ^ chaplain asked biahopp how he feltbishop replicidj he never felt so uncomfortable since ho was dopriVea ' ef his rich living of Stanhope . 2 ,: p . M , ^ Wiut' gradually abating—bi 3 hop quite com tor ta ' o ' le ' agait " -saw a por poisa , land asked the chaplain if it wasn't very like Doctor C— -, of Exeter --: chap ) ain eaid yet ' , . of course—tried to laugh , but was nearly choked t » 'Ha the effort . ¦¦ 3 p . M > -Sea muct ' v smoother—bishop remarked

      thai his flashy tabsrnai . 'la was in waut of repair , and P ' ped ail hands to dinnt r—despatched a pullet in Jesa than no time , to the asi' ° ? shnient of the nijte , who said he'd rather keep fc'm a week , than a monthhop ^ a-nobbed with the c haplain—toasted " Church and State" —was beginniiji ta sing the song : of " Toby Philpot 3 , " when jdi > t as he got as far as the word ¦ " ¦ Toby , " a tremendoii v roll of the ship sent him head foremost on the ca bin-floor—two hams , a round of beef , four bottles pi " : champagne , and six oittoof old port fell atop of him and kept him cool and moist—chaplain alarmed , sa ng out "The Caarch ; in danger !"; ? ;

      4 , P . H . — -Scilly Isles in sighv— -aborigines rush down to the sea-shore to see the great .- p ? an— -astOnished to find- him just like any other man I—^ bishop lands at the head of his siafF . and holdsacons ^ tation with a aative chief , respecting the culinary accommodations of the island—denounces all the islanders as-eavagea , for their indifferenca to gastrohomicai science , and orders his two men-cooks to enlighten them on this point—^ repairs to his lodgings provided for his reception , and gives order on the treasury to the ship ' s steward , for ninety-three pounds , tfe » expeuce of his voyage . ( Signed ) Nathan Nogqs , '¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦' _ . ' Captain of the schooner . Hoax .

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      LOG OF THE BISHOP OF EXETER'S yOYAGE TO THE SCILLY ISLANDS . " There is now a vote on the paper of ninety-three pounds , for the experice of carrying the Bishop of Exeter to the Scilly Isles . "— Vide Captain PecheZl ' s speechin the House of Commons . : K ; B . The Bishop of Exeter having lately made a voyage to the Scilly Isles , with a view of impressing on the benighted natives a becoming sense of the blessi « g 3 of episcopacy , tbe captain of the ship Hoax - —the vessel in which the ghostly prelate and his staff embarked—has kindly forwarded to us the following log of their proceedings , vyhich he drew up at the time , arid a copy of which ho has also transmitted

      to the Admiralty . Jctv'li 10 o ' clock , a . m , —Set sail from the Land's end , Cornwall , in the brig Hoax , six hundred tons burden , exclusive of the tonnage of the Bishop of Exeter , his two meh-cooks , upper and under butlers , chaplain , secretary , and four hampers of provisions ^ -snip going six kn © ta an hour . 11 , a . M ; . —Light winds from the north-west j with a shortj hriBk 8 ea--. bishop complained of being " peckishv" and piped all hands to Janoh into the state cabin—chaplain commenced saying grace , but out it shert at bishop ' s instigation , who Immediately set-to , like a shark , at a cold pigeon-pie—ditto secretary ^—ditto chaplairi—a sudden roll of the brig deposited two plates of ham and sandwiohes in bishop ' s lap ,

      and sent his fork right through the chaplain's wig . 12 , a . k . —Bishop and his siaff dame on deck : after luoch- ^ bishop looked over the , gunwale , and seeing a large fish swimming about , a / feed if it was a whale ^ racked ajok e with his c ' aaplain about JonahH bad joke , but what can you expect from a bishop ' chaplain laughed , of cours ' j—wind chopping round to the nor aTd . ¦ .. '¦ ' ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ; ^ : . " : ¦ :. ¦ ¦ ¦ . - . .. '¦ . - * ¦; . ¦; . ¦ ¦'' .. ' 1 , p . si . —A heavy swe ' il—a bleak bine tinge appeared at the tip of bi ?' noy ' s nose—face white and pasty- —complained of qualmishness in his apostolic bowels—looked ; discd'asplately at his secretary , who was fast asleep over oue of his old pamphlets against catholic emanoipaii « ' ^ n—bishop shot his head suddenly

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      THE MEET ! NG AT DEPTFOKD AND THE AKREST OF DR : M * D 0 UaLL . We were not a little chagrined at the necessity nndej ? which we wero last week laid , of taking our account of the proceedings on this most important occasion from the •!?«« , instead « f Laving , is we ought to have haa , our own report . No report came t 6 us at all , save in the London papers , until after curs had gone to press We hope never ; to be again thus situated .. It now appears ' . '' . that , tbe Suti'S ; account was not altogether an accurate one . Tfei&we n « ed not be at all eurprieed at . - We have thin week received from out own reporter the following , which we ought to have 3 h £ last week : and aa the matter is important we give itnow : — - ' - ¦ ' . '¦ ¦¦[ : ¦ ¦¦¦ . ' '' . ¦" .: " ' . ' , ¦ - . ¦ - ¦ : " . '¦ ' :. V-

      ' ¦¦ ¦ * ' Supposing that ; my brief account of the proceedings at Deptford , did tot reach , you in time for publication , and the short account in tha ' paper * being incorrect and unsatisfactory ,: I have been requestsd to furnish you a correct account for the enauirigpaper . '' ^; PJacards having been posted around JDapiford and Greenwich ,, . annynhcing a lectore from Gf ; Thompson , E ; q ., on the present distress : of the country . Tiie Chattists of-that neiEhbotkrhood dutcrrained to attend , - aVd requeate' ? , the assistance of a few friends from town . About 8 « ven o ' clock the chapel was ; crowded , mmy of the audieiv . -a being . females . The Ktiy . Mr . Pulleil Commenced the proceedings by prayer , and a « Jt 3 close announced that Mr . Thompson was unable to attend , owing to an engagement -whete nvucti opposition vpaa expected / and that Mr , Taylor-Would supply his pldce . A captain Barrett , in the gallery , proposed that a discussion should take place , but w . « s hissed and hooted down . This ere .. ted great counter cheering fiom ihe Chartists . ;

      Mr . Tayl « R then cams forward and stated that th ' . ir only objoct was to arrive at the truth , by fair discussion ; . ¦ ¦'¦' . ; . Mr . Wheeler then challenged Mr . Taylor to ! a discussion , -which * aa agroerttoby Mi ; . Taylor , who commenced and was heard without interruption for the space of half an . hoar , when ho retired , according . ¦ ' to . the ' agri'trnwit : Mr . Wheeier then iaountv 4 the platform . Tiie Rev . . Gentlemen immediately ' .- ¦ ob jacted- to ' his being heard , ' and the Secretary of the anti-Corn Law Association : sfcized hiin bj tho necfe , a d ansistt-. i by others , attsmpteil to force him off the nla . tfo . nu ; F ; Ul .-in ^ in this , thoy sent for the police , aati cave Mr . Wheeler into custody . This only created still greater confusion , and crisis of '' Turn out the police , " &c . During this commotion , Messrs . Dron , Lucas , aud Pawling addressed tiie meeting , '' .. '• ¦' of

      Some little rc ^ pitti silence having been obtainod . ifc waa carried by . a larsjo majority that Mr . Wheeler , against whorn they declined to press . the charge , should taka the chair . " .-. '' . Dr . M * DouAi , r . th ? n addressed tho laesting , and wa 3 heard with good atttTstisn , until ordered « ff the platform by the Rev . Mr . EulL-n , who declared the uieeticg dissolved . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ An adjonrnraent having been rn ^ ved by Mn Potteb . and seconded by . Mr . Uowlixg tothe Breadway , Mr . WueeleR put it to the mefeting , and rteciared it adjourned . The crowds who had by thia time aasembled , now hurried towards the future . scene of action , at the Broadway , Messrs . Taylor a » d M'Douail walking arm in arm . . - - ; . ¦¦ ;• ¦ . ' , ¦ - . . ' ¦ . * ¦¦¦ •¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ' < - ¦

      Upon ' arriving at the Brcr . dway , Mr . Cook moutiteS the iron lamp holder -attached to the pump , and addressed the assembly , until the arrival . c ' f-ibr . > l ; I ) i ) ual ] , who had scarcely spoken for five minutes , when a man in private clothes ordered him dotvn ; : The Doctor Objected until be knew by what authority this order Was given . He was : informed that it was Supei-iatendast Mallaiieu . He rtquestad psriniBsipn to disperse the meeting . This was ! refused hirn , and ho immediately came down , being nssisted by his friends . Upon his reaching the ground , a lice was made by the police for him , and he . was ordered to march through it . ¦ He told them he claimed a privilege to go which way he thousht proper , and was immediately taken into custody .

      The Broadway is a space enclossrt by posts , used as a marLet ; ii was- never half full , aud the highway was never in the loi ' . st ' obstructed , as stated in last week ' s Star , neither te - ; is tb » re any opnosition made to the order to disperse . Upon the Djctor ' a being seized great hisaing and" groaning took place , and . the police took several \ Mio custody ,: and declared tbey wovilfl seiza every one who , dared to yell or groan . Many were taken , but all released before arriving at the station-house , with tie exception of Dr . M'Donall , John Dowling , Joseph Musdam , Thomas Vardy , and Charle-Warreii . Great excitesieat existed in the town j" the station was Burroundedby hundreds , in spite of every effort of the police to keep them away . The most active of the Chartist body retired to the Ross and Cro-wn , adjoining the station , and speedily procured respectable bail for the prisoners ; tbis was peiernptorny refused by the Superintendent . ATrangements were then made for procuring them every comfort vrfaith the regulations » f the place % ould admit .

      Messrs . Wheeler and Paice were dispatched to the House of Commons , and had an Jrnniediate interview with Mr . Duncombe , and before -the House closed , Mr . Duncombe laid it before Sir James Cfraham , as the first fruits of his doctrine of the previous evenine . ( Mr , Mallaiieu is spn-in-law to Commissioner . Miune . ) Sir James told Mr . Duncombe that he must have been previously aware thatthedisturbance would take place , as he had not quitted the House durinjr the evening , and the Government had not received any information , of it' I - ¦"" " '¦ ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ " ' " ¦ ¦ " - : - - ., ¦' .. ¦ . ' . ¦ •¦ '¦ . : -.. ¦ '¦ - .: .: ' , - ' : "

      Arrangements were made the same night with Mr Cleave for procuring conaael &c , for the ; prisoners . The deRUtatifen thenieturned to . Deptford , shd , -witli many ether frienda , paraded the town duriijs the renVnindet of the night . 'In the niorniog Mr . K , } £ . ; Philp attended from Mr . Roberts , Eolicitor , to have an interview with the Doctori but * ras insultinsly refused and told he "was no gentleman or lie would take off his , ' . h ' sfc while addressing the Inspector .. He yias then asked whether he was an articled clerk . Upon replying in the negative he was ordered out of the coiirt until his master arrived . Messrs . Phifp and Wheeler immediately went in pursuit cf a magistrate to procure an order ofadmis sion , but failed-in seeing one previpaa to the proceedings commencing . Mr . Jeremy was the sittiDg

      magistrate . Toe court , courfcryardi and street adjoining were ; croTrded with working meDy and the steam was kept well up . The Doctor , in a most able croas-examinatioii ( which tho vmter'a position as a witness would not aUow him to report ) completely b&ffl id the evidence of his acccusers , and was ulti ? nately-discharged on being bound himBeKin- £ 50 iand two sureties in £ 25 each to keep the peace for / six months . A list of about one hundred witnesses had been given in for his defence , fcut they wore nst examined ; The other prSsonera were let out on bail to appear the following mor-ing . Warrants had been taken put for Slessrs . Wheeler , Cook , and Lucas , but they were not put into execution . Immediately upon the release of the prisoners , bills (• which had been previously printed ) were issued . The town-crier s > st to -work , " aiid aevttal ChaTtlsts -with

      bells and boards perambulated the town , announcing a meeting on Blackheath in the evening to petition Patliament against the gross violation of public liberty by the police of the borough . Xatters and messengers had been previously dispatched to London , and the result ¦ w as a glorious demonstratioa ; tofactthe whole PPPB ^ - tion of the place aeemed to be bnrrying tpwiirds tbe Heath . Tiie daily papers give ai ? JO 0 O persona present ; from this you may judge it Was a meetinij ? such as that neighboorhood never saw ; many excellent speeches were made , a petition for inquiry into the subject was adopted and ordered to be prestnted by Mr . Dancombo to the House of ; Cooinions ; end a . t a late hour the meeting quietly dispersed , notwithstanding e ?« ry eflFort had been tried to create a distuibance . Several gipsies

      aeknowlcdged they had been given two shillings and a glass ef gin for , riding among the crowd and eiideavonr-• iijg . to . - breed a- riot ; this they openly charged the police "With . 6 a Thursday moraiDg the remaining priEoriers were Brought upt for examinetlov . The case of John Dowling was flrst entered into , the charge : being ah attempt to rescue Dr . M'DoualL After a long cross examination tho prisoner was discharged on producing two suretis 8 in « filO each , and himself ia , £ 20 to keep the peace for iix months . ¦ ¦ . The other cases were similarly disposed of . The town crier was again set to work and placards issued announcing a public meeting in the evening , oh the Heath , to pass the national remonstrance and memorial , the result of 'wkioh iri'I . to seen in our columnp , ; , ' - "' . ¦' .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1173/page/3/