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      soya of freedom . HIKE CHEERS FOB THE CHARTER . Bright are the beams of the morning « ky , imd . sweet dew the free goddess ripi ; How brigtt are tie glances of cheer from her eye , And sweet are the truths from her lips ; Her mouth ia the fountain of virtue , The source from -whence equity & > " »»; Ah ! who -would not dwell Heath it * influence , As the honey bee sips of the rose . Then we pledge , then we pledge , to bright freedom , Let each soul himself worthy proTe ; 2 fow we cheer , now-we cheer , sons of freedom , Nine cheers for the souls that we lore . Hip . hip , hurrah , hip , hip , hurrah , hurrah burrah , hurrah , Nine cheers for the Chapter , Vine cheers for the cause that we love .

      Come ratee , raise , the banner to heaven high , . - The goddess of liberty approves , The offering thus hallowed by ardour'a true sigh , Is blessed with the smile-cheer of Jove . Then ring ye the -welkin with transport , The speil of life ' s great joys imp&rt ; Our cause , the most sacred to mortals , Yields the noblest of joys to the heart . Then we pledge , then -we pledge , to the Charter , Let each heart that loves freedom approve ; And we'll shout , still we'll shout , for the Charter , With nine cheers for the canse that we lova Hip , hipi hurrah , hip hip , hurrah , hurrah Nine cheers for the Charter , Nine cheers for the canse that we love . S . J .. Bristol .

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      A SOSG FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO SING IT BT THOMAS W 1 IS 0 S . The hand of oppression is stretched forth to slay The young babe of freedom and lieht ; But knowledge has driven the darkness away , - That hid from the people their might ; And the people will rise with the might of the just , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust The vaice of the bigot is upraised to ban , The souls cf ihe noble and free ; But his poisonous breathing can now only fan , ¦ The fire of young liberty ; And the people will rise with the might of the just , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust . The pnrse-prond have joined in the effort to quell , The determined and resolute shout . Which the universe echoes as tyranny ' s knell'Tis the voice of the banded and stout ; For tie people -will rise triti the nnght of the just , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust

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      TEE CHARTER FOR EVER SHALL WEATHER THE STORM . Ara— " Old England for ever shall vreather the storm . " 0 freedom ! thy absence has locg been lamented , And Ihv sons cow have set all their hopes on the sea , In a bark called the Charter—for liberty bound , The port v > here the millions are ha * py and free . Though the darkness of night may at present surround us , The clouds shall disperse—and appear the bright morn ; And thon , blessed freedoa , shall tell the glad rtory—The Charter for ever shill weather the storm . Onr captain , O'Connor , was ever true to na , And our bark has the Etais for her compass and guide , Whilst our crew are a Eet of sterling brave fellows , Who laueh at ihe storm , and its fury deride .

      Then hczzi for the Charter , the good ship we sail in , Till the waves shill engulf us , eo fears shall deform ; Bnt lite a sea-bird , her whole voyage shall be glorious—Ths Charter for ever shall weather the storm . Though the quicksands of " Humbug" are laid in onr wsy , And " Tyrannical rocks ' oppose ns in onr course ; Though " Treacherous blasts" our tight bark are assailing , Triumphant she Bails , nor shrink we from their force . Oh ! no ! for each heart is with pure freedom burning , 'No surrender" our cry , while we treat foes with scorn ; And hark ! the high hea ? ens re-echo the cry—The Ciaarter for tver shall weather the storm ! Edwin Gill . Sheffield .

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      A WELCOME . Written fxtampore on hearing of "The Poiixicax Ppdleb ' s ^ visit to Lseds , by his co-member of the People ' s first Parliament , WE Ridee . " The Pedlar" is cominz , oh dear ! oh dear ! " The Pedi-ib " is coming , Oh dear . ' To gull the " Leeds Loiners" with hispalavar . And eclipse if he can

      " The Pedlae . " is coming , oh dear ! oh dear ! !• The Pedlae" is coming , oh dear ! He ' s sent oy Friend Stcege to the " FOXES and Geese , " Brcsuss , " like th' lads pie , they are all of a piece . " " The Pedlae" will go , oh dear . ' oh dear ! " The Pedlae '' will go , ch dear ! For pennies sna proselytes trill not be made By this talker oi 35 i 3 ti&e , but R . Ai-man in trade .

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      THE TORT SQUIRE , I am s fqnire of genns " bray , * And oft to London I wend my way : I leave my acres , end haws , and hips , To list to wisdom from Tory lips . My long rent-roll is my daily vaunt , Where ' er I go I can see no want ; And why I'm so rich , the secret I'll tell , Who lives on tie poor is sure to live well . What baron or friir , or knight of the shire , Is half such a dolt as a Tory squire . Is half such a dolt , half such a dolt , Aa a Tory squire ? After session , of pheasants I dream , For shooting , I vow , 13 a pleasure supreme ! By self-denial I never try >' y dainty palate to mortify . Punishing poachers I deem no sin , Bnt dtv'lish seldom I look within ; A rousing cup and jolly good song , Are asy delight "when the nights are longs What barcn or friar , or any Mich liar , Is half such a doit as a Tory squire , Is ha ' if such a dolt , half * n ch a , dolt , As a Tory squire ?

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      OASTLEK'S FLEET PAPERS . Extreme pressure of divers matters both upon our space and time has for sometime caused a considerable arreEr in onr literary deapartment . We have many books and pamphlets lying by ns , waiting tnrn , which we dow purpofi to try to get through . Onr old friend Oastler has not been forgotten by ns though unnoticed—among the rest—for a season . He stiU keeps on labcurirg in behalf of his " subjects , ' the poor in general , bnt especially the poor factory slaves . We have several numbers of his " Fleeters" now lying before U 3 , in which we find the gpnnine plain English u of the Oastler school" most well and eloquently spoken . Our extracts znnst be confined to the two last numbers- The former of them opens thus : —

      " What a picture is England now presenting to the " wondering nations of the earth!—England , once the favoured of the Mcst High ! She was then the cradle srd castle of well-ptised Liberty , - on her "bosom peace &nd plenty were woot to crown her valleys and her plains—then the world locked to England as an example . Her powerful arm forced the eppreesor to treable , for it was -wielded by her happy , bra-re , and a&tatie sons . Her shield was the protection of injured innc * enee , for it was sustained by righteoumeaa , To her the fugitives from foreign tyranny resorted , " and ftrcad a safe and peaceful domicile . The nation's Church

      ¦*» revered by her people—her clergy were then their "Jspfcerde—her rabies aa their fathers . Her merchants » ere honoured throughout the world , at well for their integrity aa for their wealth—they were once tamed for honour and honesty , now for cant and fraud . The husbandman psrsced his healthful career with whistiing cheerfulness , for his reward was plenty ; the sound cf the shuttle , minglirg with the national anthem * of ¦ the old and young , gave token , in obi northern cotkges , of healthfulness and peace ; and a plentiful regard was certain . No jealous ranklingB then disiiiibed the peace of the labourer if the farmer prospered . — he sighed not at tbe splezdour of the noble .

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      No heart-burnings disturbed the watchinga tot the artisan when his employer obtained profitable returnshe envied not the wealth of the merchant . Then labour was pleasant , because it was the sure precursor ef plenty and of health . In those days—and they are -within my memory—the noble , the farmer , and the peasant—ths merchwit , the manufacturer , and the artisan , bad but one interest—their own , the nation ' s weal- The dull monotonous tramp of a policeman ' s foot was then unknown in England—that poisonous " reptile" is not indigenous . One single constable was sufficient for a town like Leeds . There waa then more awe inspired by the clerical hat » f the priest , than by a regiment ef dragoons—it was the debt of reverence for the office and the wearer . At his approach , vice was abashed , and virtue smiled . There were few factories

      in those days—the artisans then performed their ingenious evolutions at their homes , hence our manufac turing population were not corrupted , their bodies were hale and healthy , their minds were cheerful . The families were not then supported by the mill-labour of the mothers and children—the matrons remained at home to nurse and train the younger ones , and manage household work . As the children grew older , the father taught the boys his arts and labour—the girls were placed si servants with the ' r more opulent neighbours ; there they were prepared for matrimony , to become faithful and thrifty wives . The streets of out manufacturing towns were then neither disgraced by police nor prostitutes . The church was well frequented , but the churchyards were not crowded with the untimely dead—sent , by the factories , long before nature called for them .

      " We had no large croweded prisons then , containing hundreds ; one small lock-up -was all that Leeds required ; and it was oftener without a tenant than occnpied . Our hospitals and workhouses were not then crowded with factory cripples . ' * There was then no Wakt for ikdustb . t— plenty crowned her board . If casual misfortune visitad , the willing hand of Christian benevolence was ready to relieve and remedy ; if its stay was lengthened and cureless , the -workhouse received the houseless and the ' dateless . " Bat the inmates of that last home of the destitute wera not exiled ; their friends eoold visit them , and administer comfort and relief . Nay , from the house , how often have I seen them welcome visitors at the abodes of the wealthy , their former friends and neighbours . England was then ! This vivid description of England as it was , is followed by s . sad but trae portraiture of some of the miserable features of England as it is : —

      '' How changed is England now . ' At home jealousy , discontent , luxury , repletion want , and destitution!—abroad , the despised of all—crouching to those who threaten , warring with them that supplicate ! Mar chin j in triumph against the innocent a ^ d peaceful and murdering them ; but humbly suing for a treaty with the powerful threatener ! She is coaxing the nations by opening her markets to their produce and manufactures , while they , in derision , laugh at her , and refuse to exchange except for gold . Tae herald of the gospel , as she was , now outbwbarizss savages , propogating Christianity by robbery , and rapes , and murder ! And why ? Because her hastily-gotten wealth has made her proud , and driven heT from God . She has fallen into temptation and a snare—she has embraced Philosophy , and forsaken Truth ! Her clergy have been dumb while the wolf has broken into their foldF . They are uow surprised ^ hen their flocks cease to revere and honour them , and forget the while that their neglect has palsied the Deople ' s love !

      " Our national diseases arise from misdirected science , Philosophy having btwitched us ; she taught us how a few might speedily get rich by the destruction of thousands . Immediately , tbo god-like law of order was abandoned ; for coveteousness could not brook to be taught , and restrained of God . Religious principles having thus been discarded , the church was boob despised ; then -was Christianity retained but in name , to keep the oppressed and the poor submissive . And now we reap sad fruit ! " A faithful pastor , who dares to preach practical Christianity , and who exhibits it in his da . ly walk and conversation , denouncing oppression , wrong , and robbery , and telling the rich their duties aa well as the poor , cau now find no resting-place ; but the deceivers receive all honour from the Government Our statesmen rob the Treasury of hundreds of thousands , and shield their names from infamy under a few commissioned tools .

      " Our first-rate merchants live by fraud and smuggling ; and , after bribing the officers of the Customs , p 3 y a fine one-tenth or less of their large plunder , then they take their places amor . gst our Benatois , and with that power , derived from their increased illgotten wealth , effect more mischief . " These considerations naturally induce a glance at the events now actually passing , and thus Mr . Oastler " moralizes on the times" with a shrewdness of penetration that bespeaks the man of mind , and in a style as little like that of Toryism as could well be wished : — " The r « suH of all this dishonour is , tLat if loyalty and piety are lef ; among na , they are with the poor whose oppressors have almost driven them mad .

      We have jujtescapedfrom a rebellion , aad our prisons are filled with the guiltless or mere dnpss , ¦ while we leave the guilty traitors on the bench ! Sir . facts will bear me out in these declarations . Sir James Graham can avouch the truth , for he is in possession of strong proof , that many who now disgrace the magisterial benches , and who are committing Chartist dupes or desperate huugertd artizans , are themselves the authors of all the row—their guilt is well uigh treason ! The Home Secretary is not without the documents which attest their guilt . But the Chartists and the destitute are poor , while the Leaguers are rich . Thns the latter are left commissioned by the Queen , while they create another insurrection and are permitted to send their missionaries of treason amongst the agricultural peasantry , breathing out fire and death against the clergy and the aristocracy ,

      " The Governmrnt know that the Leaguers are the guilty parties , but afttr Buch a Btir . victims they must have ; they will not touch the rich Leaguers . Well , then , when O'Connor ( he made a terrible mistrke when he shook bands with Sturge at Nottingham—Sturge is but the pioneer of O'ConceH ) -when O'Connor and his friends are silenced , we shall find O'Connell rampant , and then the triple-pointed arrow will be levelled at the State—Ireland and Bndand will demand COMPLETE StFFEAGE . Repeal , and Free Trade ;—Trne , the two former will be mere clap-trap ? , to catch the masses , but Free Trade the Leaguers want , and they trill have it . Where will you find the man to meet O'Conctll then ?

      " Do not let the Aristocracy be longer lulled and deceive themselves . Sir Robert Peel knows all about it He is prepared to yield to the Leaguers , or rather to unite -with them . As nsual he must have a reason —a loud knocking from without When the Cbartists are put dowu , the Leaguers , with O'Connell at their head , will lead the Enslish and tbe Irish masses . The Premier knows thai knock , and he will open to it as before . Time will prove if I am mistaken . " The landed interest and the aristocracy have chosen the Cotton Lord for thfir leader . Will it be the first time that Sir Robert has betrayed his confidants ? " A nation so confused , bswildpred , and degraded , was never seen before , We impiously talk of famine , and we feehoid many of out people starving for want of bread , while we are hypocritically mntTing thanksgivings for a eood harvest !"

      The " famine" subject " sticks in the throat" of a good man like Oastkr . It is a lie too palpable—a blasphemy too awful , to be lightly passed over , and we are not surprised therefore to find him in his next and last number , return to it in these terms : — "lam not aware that I have been more disgusted than at the introduction of the word famine into the writings of those who are demanding Free Trada It is really infamous that those whose principles avowedly require that wages should be reduced to the very lowest amount , and that the food of the labourers should be as stinted and coarse as possible , should now , in the midBt of plenty , be striving to exasperate their ill-requited

      artiziES , by telling them that there is a famine , caused by the Cora La ^ rs . To speak of famine with such a harvest as God Las just biessed us with , when , also , we have 3 , 000 , 000 quarters of foreign grain already imported , is impious ! Talk cf FAMINE , indeed ; why , sir , I wss this day visited by a half-pay officer , who had been to Windsor—he had seen the Royal lap-dogs in their kennels—he saw their troughs filled with milk and bread , and the little pets were so satisfied , that they would Eot even look at their superabundant food ! Were FaMISE in England , thai would not , could not ba ! Were we really over-populated , we could not previde scch Eurpius dainties , even for the dogs of Royalty .

      " If , however , ws have not famine , we have wantwant in th-3 midst of plenty ! The bountiful Creator of tt . hti has richly provided for all our -grants , and He has given us lawa by which tbe distribution may be justly regulated , sye , and for the want of dogs as well ; but nan—proud , arrogant , sordid , self-opinionated man , despises the laws cf God , and distributes wrongfully . And who is it that resist the restraining and reguL-itirg principles laid down by God Himself , without which the rich must always oppress the poor ?—Who is it ? Wty it is none other than those very men who seek for more freedom , th . it they may the more

      easily still further rednce the return of labour "—as if they bad not already produced suffic ' - ' -nt misery by the restraints upon their cupidity , which . ' ¦ b « r clamours have already induced the Government W withdraw Wherever want is to be found , it may surely »* J ? < j to those loose principles which have been introduced into modern legislation , to accommodate and & t&tify these impious damourers . Before we proceed hnJw to relax our protective laws , or to expand our com- ^ merce , it would be well to contemplate the melancholy results which are consequent on the steps which we have abeady taken in tbe path to universal competition .

      " Read , Sir , am extract from a letter which I have received this morning from one of our busiest hives of industry : — " 'Benjamin Hill , 3 very respectable fanner in Bury , Lancashire , had a cow died last week , [ the letter is dated October 4 , 1842 , ] which be ordered to be taken t « the dog-kenrel , situate about a mile from his house . The desd beast was no sooner put into a cart , than the

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      foul carcase came in contract with the eyes of the poor . The cart ws » pursued from all directmns . One person pulled out his knift , and actually cut off piece , after piece of ' the dead oartxae for the eager throng . Jt was followed up to the kennel , and what remained was almost entirely taken by the poor and needy creatures . ' ' Naw , I beg of yon to put these two f jcta together —the surfeited dogs and the starved artisans—and say , Who is to blame ? Not the Almighty—for he has provided enough and to spare for all . Not the Queenshe has no power to regulate our commerce against the two Houses of Parliament . Not the industrious artizans—they have no share in making the laws . Who then is to be blamed ? Who bnfc those who have the power of distribution in their hands , the Government , and those who urge on the Government in tee destructive principle of " availing themselves of all circumstances to reduce the return ef labour V '— "to force the poor of England to live upon a coarser food ? ' Those , and those only , are tbe parties who are to blame . Theirs is the power to remedy .

      " If there were famine in the land , the dogs could not be snrfeited with milk and bread—if plenty , the industrious producers of wealth should not be feeding en carrion . " I put these two facts ( which reaohed me on the same day ) together , not to excite the famished , or displease the Queen , but to set Her Majesty ' s Ministers a-thinking . Tis theirs to regulate the distribution of God ' s rich gifts to alL If they fail to do so , they are usurpers . " Tell me not , that it is dangerous to publish such facta —ihe danger lies in permitting them , "Now , sir , nothing is more certain , than that there Is enough for all—not for the Royal dogs only , but eveu for those of artizans . It is , then , impious to talk of famike—there is no such thing—there is plenty , and to spars .

      " Then whence , I ask again , whence this want?—this so-called FAMINE ? I will tell you—would that the legislature were listening- It is all false distribution , founded on the unchristian principle principle , ' that to give capital a fair remuneration , the price of labour must be kept down , * ( William HuskUtonJ ; or , as the Morning Chronicle will have it . ' the employer of labour is entitled to avail himself of all circumstances by which he can reduce the return of labour . ' Seek elewbere for the cause , and yon will seek in vain , So long as these vile and insane axioms are received as wisdom , It matters not how plentiful our harvests , how expanded our trade , how busy our bees may be , want must and will , under their influence , be the reward of industry . The foundation of these abkorrent principles is Covetousness ; and we have the highest authority for declaring that' Covetousness is Idolatry . ' 8

      Tis perhaps well for the " Old King" that he is in gaol already ; or he might probably stand a chance to soon be there , if he should dare to tell truth and ad focate justice at this rate , in these times of League plotting and Cotton Lord Government .

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE ; or , the Poetry of Chartism : comprising a Selection of Songs in favour of popular knowledge and public liberty , for use in the convivial meetings of the people , and on occasions of popular rf joioing . Edited by a member of the National Charter Association , Nos . 1 and 2 . London : Dyson and Mortimer , Kingsland-road .

      Upon the habits , spirits , and opinions of a people eo markedly convivial in their character aa the English , it is impossible that popular music should not have an immense influence ; and the music always most popular is that of the ballad or simple melody . The masses of every people are song Biugers , but of the English people more especially We are glad , therefore , to see in this publication a selection of such words as while they suit the melodies best known among the masses , cannot fail to imbue both singers aad listeners with high

      thoughts and patriotic sentiments . So far the selections seem to be made with considerable regard to poetic as well as political merit ia ihe pieces chosen . The Editor , in his address , claim . 8 free range over the pages of Shelley , Byron , Campbell , Moore , Burns , Elliott ; the Poor Man . s Guardian , the Charter Newspaper , the Scottish Chact > st Circular , Crisis , Pioneer , Democrat , Vindicator , Northern Siar , Moral World , Odd Fellow , Cleave ' s Gazette , Chartist Circular , Eveuing Star , and many others , in which the people are wont to clothe their aspirations after liberty in the language of poetry .

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      BAE . NSI . EY . —The Odd Fellows Sunday-School Teachers' Motual Instruction Class . — The first ahniversary of the above valuable institution was celebrated od Wednesday week , in the School-room nnder the Odd Fellows' Hall , when a plain aad substantial supper was served ap . Mr . Joseph Wilkinson was called to the chair , who opened the proceedings of the evening by addressing & few remarks to his brother teachers relative to the claims of the Sunday school with which they were connected , had upon their most serious attention , and concluded by calling upon them to make increased exert : ons for the attainment of the objecc tbey had in view , namely , the giving to the children ef the working classes a sound , moral , and secular education . The Chairman then gave , " The prosperity of ihe Odd Fellows' Sunday School Mutual Instruction Class . " Mr . Samuel Wilkinson , president of the classs ,

      responded to the toast , and delivered a speech which did credit to that gcn-leman , occupying , as he does , tho important situation of president of the class . After which , several members rose and expressed the pleasure thi-y had felt yvhile listening to the instruction which fell from his lips ; also tendering to him their thanks for his past services . Mr . Geo . Houghton addressed the m embers , suggesting the propriety of having monthly lectures by tbe members of the class . The suggestion was well received . Mr . G . Haugliton proposed giving the first . The chairman then gave , " May the spirit of inquiry become more general than i ; has hitherto been . " Mr . James Jacques responded to the toast . The chairman then gave , " The benefits of education , and may they be universally experienced . " Mr . John Grimshaw responded to the toast . Several other toasts were responded to , and a pleasurable evening was spent .

      The Panoramic view of Vesuvius , at the Manchester Zoological Gardens , is about to be sold by auotion . and the gardens will , in all probability , be finally closed . An Jkfant five months old , at the village of Trawden , was suffocated a few days since by a girl unwittingly closing up tbo press-bed in which the child was laid asleep . The horror-ttruck mother on opening the bed , found her child quite dead . " The bot Jones , " apprenticed on board the Warspite , absconded while that vessel was Btaying at Port-mouth , and came tu tewn . On Wednesday morning , the police found him at his father ' s house in Bell Yard , York-street , Westmiaster ; aud he was sent back to Portsmouth .

      For stopping a maa's month , when he is in tho habit of uttering disagreeable truths , there is no gag like gold . Complaint having been made to a certain bishop , that a vicar in his diooese was always preaching against pluralities , " T will silence him in less than a week , " said the prelate ; and so he did , giving the vicar an additional benefice . A government contract hasjust been announced , which must prove acceptable to the Yorkshire manufacturers and artisans at this very dull season oi the year . It is for 120 000 yards of " baise and serge for the use of her Majesty ' s oavy . The contract is also to comprise a very large quantity of worsted and other clothing .

      A corresponded ! STATES , that the best way to cook the recently imported beef and pork is to soak it In cold water for from twelve to twenty-four hours , changing the water three or four times , and then to simmer it gently till done , taking care that the water does not boil . By these means it will eat very tender and juicy . — Western Times-A Royal Breeder . —The following intelligence will no doubi be highly gratifying to good-natured John Bull . " Her Most Gracious Majesty is in that delicate and interesting situation , that cansot fail to be received with tlie most heartfelt interest by every loyal subject . "

      Another Specul Assize . —We have beard it eaid that one of the Learned Judges who presided during the late Special Commission , intimated , before he left the town , that it vras likely , from the crowded state of the prisons throughout the country , that there would be another Special Commission for the delivery of the gaol ? , sometime about Christmas . — Liverpool Mercury . A wketched Jooking beggar , on being searched the other day at Bath , wss found to have concealed about him in a girdle , £ 77 in sovereigns and silver . He was committed for fourteen iiay 3 * hard labour to the House of Correction , and the expences of his maintenance in prison were ordered to ba defrayed out of his " private purse / ' It was mentioned that this man has money in the Shaftesbury Bank to the amount of £ 1200 , besides an income of 83 per week . If this fellow be a fair specimen of cadgericg , it must be a profitable profession . "

      Thb Manufactukb of watches in 1796 , amounted in nnasber to 191 , 678 , but last year ' s returns show it to have fallen to 100 , 000 . Switzerland has cbieflj gained in this respect what England has lost ; so that now , every year , tbe quantity of foreign watches y > ld in London , and in the principal towns of the tWee kingdoms , is more than ten-fold the amount of those manufactured in England . By ti ? e death of Sir William Itae , Government have the t /* Bee of Lord Advocate of Scotland to dispose of , and the electors of Buteshire a seat in Parliament . It i ? supposed that Mr . Duncan M'Neill will succeed Sir William in both posts ; and it is surmised that Mr . . Adam Anderson , the late sheriff of Perthshire , will EuCceed Mr . M'Neill in tho Scotch Solicitor-Gejaer&kbjp .

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      Scandal at Cheltenham . —The Cheltenham Examiner contains a humorous siory of a frail Benedict , a tradesman of London , who , having come to Cheltenham on a visit for health or pleasure , made the acquaintance of a female there , between whom and himself a correspondence waa kept up after his return to London . One of the lady's letters in which ati assignation was made , fell into the hands of the wife , who after reading it re-sealed -it , and permitted it to pass without observation into the hands of the huab » Hd . The latter , a day or two afterwardsmade an

      , exouse that he was absolutely compelled to loave town on business . His wife made no objection , bnt as soon as he set off she followed him to Cheltenham , and on Sunday morning last she made a sudden irruption into the house where her husband was , and surprised him in bed with his inamorata . The crest-fallen husband made a very indifferent attempt to escape tho odium of his situation by representing his wife as an escaped lunatic , but the trick failed him , and , he speedily made good his retreat to London .

      Extraordinary Case op Desertion . —A soldier of the 90 th Depot ( lately stationed here ) was drinking in a pubiio-iiouse in this town , in company with a mason named M'Carty , when the latter said he should like to see how he would look in soidier ' a clothes . The complaisant soldier immediately gratified the mason ' s curiosity , and an exchange of dress was made accordingly . The soldier , after praising the martial figure of the m ^ son , stated , that , ho should like to Bee would any of hi 3 comrade soldiers recognize him in the mason's clothes , and for this purpose he proceeded into the streat , and has not since been hoard of , having deserted iu hisidisguise , taking with

      him 4 s . 6 d ., which was in the mason ' s coat ! Tae ni-divant soldier , excited by the fumes of the " native ' and his martial olnthiug , perambulated- the stree t s , uutvl the night picquot most unceremoniously dragged him offto _ the guardhouse , where he remained until the morning , when the whole circumstance ; was immediately revealed , the corporal of the guard being surprised to see ono of his comrade soldiers minus an eye ( the mason being blind of one eye ) . The duped man was accordingly handed over to tho civil power , and he now remains in durance vile , to make amends to tho offended laws of his country , for being made the dupe ot another !—and that , too , of an entire stranger . —Drogheda Conservative .

      The Great Chimney at Little Bolton . —Tkc great ootagonal chimney at Mr . Blinkhorn'a chemical works , Little Bolton , was , owing to the unusual succession of fine weather this season , raised in sixteen weeks to its enormous height of 367 J feet . Upwards of 4000 inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood were hoistod to tho summit on its completion , in a vehicle purohased for the occasion by the spirited proprietor . The stretch of view of the surrounding country was very gratifying . The dimensions of tho chimney are as follow : Elevation , 367 £ feet ; diameter of the base , 42 * feet ;

      diameter of the chimney where batter commences , 35 feet ; ditto of the top , 9 feet 10 inches ; thicknos 3 of the wall at the base , 4 feet 1 inch ; ditto at the top ten inches . Tae bricks are laid with Clitheroo lime , and sand ground to a fine powder by millstones . The whole weight of the chimney is about 4000 tons , of which 120 tons are stone , the lowest string course aioneSweighing 9 tons ; the whole of the bricks above p . ro patent . It ha 3 consumed 900 , 000 brick 3 , tho wholo of which have been raised in buckets by a four-horse power steamengine , buile for the purpose by Messrs . Musgrave and Sons , engineers , Lit'le Bolton .

      Extraordinary Birth ^— On the 4 th instant , Margaret , wife of James Otty , residing at No . 4 , Caledonia-pJaoe , Nash-grove , Liverpool , was delivered of two still-born male children , which had arrived at the full poriod , living within an hour of tho birth , and wereof the usual 6 iz *< , but which were snited laterally to each other ; tho union commencing from the lower parr of the necks , and proceeding downwards nearly as far as the hipbones . The heads , necks , arms , and legs were well and proportionately formed , 'and tho ribs and backbones of each were natural , but the breast-bone , as well as the navel , was common to both . The mother , who is only eighteen years of age , is doing tolerably well . Many of ihe faculty have b < .-en to see the bodies of tV ^ e children , and some of them have r-ffored to purchase them from the parents for various sums . The bodies are , however , preserved for public exhibition .

      Miss Martineau . —The following are among the reasons alleged by this distinguished lady for declining the offer of a pension of £ 150 per annum made to her by Lord Melbourne , through Mr . C . Buller , previous to the retiremement of the late Government . Speaking of the working classes ^ she says , " Such services as I may have rendered them are unconsciously received by thorn ; but I caiinoi accept reward at any exppnee to them . If tbis _ provision be not designed as recompence , but as aid , as a pure gift , I cannot take it ; for thfy who proviso the means have no voice in the appropriation of it to me personally . Whenever we obtain a just sytem of taxation , the time may , perhaps , follow , when , among other considerations , somo plan may be discovered

      by which the people ' s representatives may exercisn the power of encouraging and rewarding merit and services , working through the proRs ; and even then tho most scrupulous , with no bailor view of their o ? fn claims than 1 have , may be happy to receive , in their time of need , aid from the public purse . Meanwhile , I seriously and truly feel that I had rather , if need were ( to put an extreme case ) , receive aid from the parish , and in the workhouse , where I could clearly read my claim , than in the very agreeable manner proposed , where I can see no excuse for my own indulgence . If it bo . trnb that in the case of gifts , we do not nicely measure tho grounds oi claim , suroly there in an exception in tho one case of gifts from the public purse . "

      An Atrocious Criminal . —At the Middlesex session , on Tuesday , before Mr . Serjoant Adams , John Shannon , a young urchin , the crown of whose head was just perceptible above the bar , was indicted for stealing a twopenny pie . A boy between ten and eleven years old , about his own age , was hoisted up in the witness box , as the evidence against him . —Please Bir , ( said tho child , addressing the chairman , ) I saw him take the pie . Chairman—And what then ? Child—He ate if . ( Loud laughter ) From farther questions it appeared that the bay ( witness ) told tho old woman what " Johnny" had done , and about half an hour afterwards the said " JohnDy" was caught , the result of which was , two formidable criminal indictments against him , for taking that pie , and also , asit wag alleged , formaking too free with another . After the prosecutrix had

      given her evidence , with sundry annotations on the mischievous propensities o | " , brats like the prisoner , " witnesses w . ^ ro called to character ; upun which two or three Irish labourers successively entered the box who all deposed that he could " run an errand" for ais father as well as any boy in the three kingdoms . The chairman said he did noo know what to do with the case , and if the gentleinc n of the Jury sent a child from a criminal bar for stealing a pie , the chances were that they would multiply their criminals very rapidly , a good whipping was the proper punishment . Tho jury found the prisoner not guihy . The chairman refused to allow the expences of two indictments ; one was quite euoiigh for such trumpery effences . During this trial the court was convulsed with laughter . The scene was too ridiculous for even tha gravity of the bench to withstand .

      Extensine Smuggling . —A few days since , on the arrival of the Caledonia steam-ship from Hamburgh off Horslyr ' own , two Custom-House officers named James Jordan and Henry Buyley , who had received informatiiin that an attempt would be made to run a great quantity of contraband goods ashore , boarded the vessel , and made a very uiii ^ ect search in the " state cabin , " and found concealed under the stairs a number of small parcels of . five lbs . each , containing 129 papers of foreign manufactured tobacco . On removing a false partition behind ( he stairs , and alongside a water-ciosut , lour large bales , containing fifteen smaller ones of tobacco , and one bale with twelve large boxes of ci&ai's , -were discovered . There was another bale , containing five boxes of cigars , under the bed and bed-clothes in one of the

      berths . The officers also discovered under other beds three tubs 01 Geneva , coutsining thirteen gallons . More cigars were also found accreted between the lining ovtr the bed-places , which the officers had to pull away before tl : ey could reach the cigars . Stvesal other articles liable to duty , aud which had not been duiy entered , were sbized by the officers at the same time . Jordan and Bayley removed the whole of the goods to the Queen ' s warehouse in the Custom House , and they were condemned , and have become forfeited , to the Crcwn . The net weight of the tobacco , which is of a very superior description , is SOOlbs . and the cigars 1761 bs ., tho whole of which being of foreign manufacture , is liable to a duty of 9 s . 6 . 1 . per pound . When Jordan and Bayley began to search , the first and Becond stewards looked on with dismay , and soon afterwards , when they found tho officers were close upon the right spot , the stewards called a sculler , went ashore in a wherry , and have not since made their

      appearance , but proceedings will be instituted against them for penalties . The Caledonia , which has become liablo to forfeiture under the law of customs , was put under seizure by the revenue officers , but has been since restored to her owners ( the General Steam Navigation Company ) on their giving bond to pay any fine that may be imposed . A sharp look out is now k 6 pt upon all the steamers as they arrive from the Continent , and on Tuesday last nearly half a ton of tobacco was thrown overboard from a foreign steamer , as she was coming up the river from France . Mr . Dines , the steward of the Batavier Dutch steam-ship , discharged four of his servants on Wednesday , in consequence of their attempting to smuggle tobacco and spirits ashore . That vessel has of ten been put in jeopardy by the contraband trade carried on by the sesmen and cabia servants ; and the captain and stewards are resolved to dismiss every person detected in an act of smuggling , and deliver them to the Customhouse people .

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      Capture of a Shark . —Jonas Studdeat , Esq , of Atlantic Lodge , Kilkee , captured an enormous shark on the western coast of Clare , on Saturday . It was with great peril and amid terrible difficulties that he and his men succeeded in bringing the animal safe to shore . Ho at once procured a car , forwarded it to Kilrush , for Limerick , to be prepared and deposited in the museum of the Philosophical and Literary Society . —Limerick Chronicle . During the paat summer many parts of Italy have been ravaged by terrible storms . About the end of last month the neighbourhood of Bologna was completely laid waste . Several villages had been actually converted into lakes , aud the inhabitants had miraculously escaped , thanks to the wise measures adopted by the authorities . The country every where presented a frightful picture of desolation .

      The Late Mr . Samuel Crompion , Investor op the Mule . —Sir Robert Peel has recommended that a grant from the " Royal Bounty Fund , " of the amount of £ 200 , should be immediately paid to the Rev . Gilmour Robinson , to beequally divided between Mr . George Crompton , of Feariihurst , in Lower Darwen , and his brother and sister , of Bolton , children of the above-mentioned Mr . Samuel Croinpton . — Blackburn- Standard . Accident . —Birmingham Railway . —On Sunday morning , the down train , which leaves London for

      Birmingham at six o'clock , met with an accident within a short distance of the Leighton Station , in consequence of its coming in contact with a bull that had jumped a hedge , and was crossing the line . Three carriages were thrown off the rails by the concussion ; but , fortunately , the passengers escaped without injury . The legs of the beast were out completely off , and the animal diod almost instantaneously . The up-traiu was delayed for more than an hour and a quarter , as well as the trains that left London .

      Attempted Prison-breaking—On Saturday morning , an attempt was detected to smuggle a parcel , containing gaol-breaking instruments , into Paisley-prison . The parcel wa 3 neatly made up , and consisted of saw-blades for suiting iron , and some other things , with a letter accompanying them , containing directions for their use , and for guiding the oonduct of the prisoner when he made hia escape . The package was addressed to a prisoner of the namo of Young , belonging to Barrhead , who is under sentence of transportation . The convict Young had some property , and is commonly denominated the " Laird ; " he is a young stout man of most determined character , and , before his conviction at tho late circuit , was frequently in prison for breaohes of the law , of various descriptions . The letter is evidently written by a companion in crime , and subscribed with a slang signature . —Reformers ' Gazette .

      The "League" again . —A meehnsr of the anti-Corn Law League was held in Newall ' s Buildings , Manchester , on Thursday evening , to receive the proposals of the Council as to the raising of a fund to carry on the agitation next session ; which soem to have been approved of by the meeting . Mr . George Wilson , the chairman , further explained the project— " We propose to call on the country to spend a , certain sum of money , £ 50 , 000 , to be paid into tho treasurer ' s hands by January , 1843 , to be a fund for augmenting our resources , and enabling us the more extensively to diffuse information on this question through- every part of the country . We shall be enabled by this means to eend oat our missionary agents to every elector in the country , with not merely a pamphlet or tract , but a little library of

      information on this question , which shall show him the proper bearings of it in every respect , and which phali teaoh hi ; a how to act on every occasion so as best to promote this great cause . Our agents will be supplied with maps of their districts ; and we hope that no town , no village , or hamlet—we hope that no dwelling in the kingdom shall be found so remote or obscure that our agents shall not visit it and leave a copy of our traots behind them . In addition to this we propose to hold conferences and meetings , and to send deputations to the different towns in tho kingdom . We propose further to have a conference , to meet in London the day before the assembling of Parliament : to be there during the

      entire of the session , if necessary ; and never again to separate , if possible , till the measure is finally settled by the total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . "—He called attention , O'Connellfashion , to the smalli . ' eijs of the contribution— "It is but 1 , 000 , 000 shiliii'gs—it is but 400 , 006 halfcrowns—it is but 200 , 000 crowns—it is less than a halfpenny per head from the whole population . The two millions that petition Parliament for the repeal can easily raise this sum ; and since they had signed a petition , hundreds of thousands have become repealers . The £ 50 , 000 , then , will be obtained : but his desirable that all parts of tho kingdom should contribute . "

      The New Poor Law . —A young woman , 17 years of a « e , whose mother was suddenly left ; & widow with hei- and threo small children , being then about fourteen years old , went to service , and the then guardians of the parish assisted her mother with 2 a . 6 d . and three loaves of bread a week . This reiiot ' was continued till the present board of guardians came into power , and wi > h it and the loan of a mangle , lent her by her friends , fihe continued to support herself and he ? three cbildres comfortably . Tho present beard , however , discontinued tiie relief , and t ' oiut'l the--mother and - her young children into f . he hor . se , at a cost of more thu 11 throe times the amount to the parish allowed by former beards . The eldest da ' . ijjhter , who had t . epr . her fitmuioii from the tirae of her father ' s de : itb , was shortly

      aUer taken ill , and being imabie to do her work , was directed by her mistress to £ O hontu for a week or so , to see if she could recover . She obeyed , at the risk ol' finding a home , being unwilling to let her mistress know that her mother was in the workivonse . She had no money , her wages went for her clothes , and her clothes were left with her mistress The first night of absence she slept at a former neighbour ' s of her father , in Papper-streer ,, St . Saviour ' p , within a few feet of the parish of Sr . George . The next morning she applied to ( he relieving officer of St . George ' s , but he refused to take her in , or relieve her , because she had slept in St . Saviour ' s , and sent her back to the relieving officer of St . Saviour ' s . He sent her away again , because she belonged to St . George ' s . In this way she was banded foar times backwards and forwards be ' . wean

      th ; relieving officers aud once to the relievirjg officer of Kensington , 'where she had been living a servant . Sho was then advised to see one of the guaroians of her pavHi . She saw ono of them , bnt he said he only attended parish duties on Wednesdays , and could not help her . She then went to another , and ho having more knowledge of overseers law , advised her to no and get a lodging for the . night at St . George ' s , that that parish might be obliged to take her . in . . Fortunately , however , while trying to obtain lodging at one of the lodging-houses in the Mint , as her Ififit refuge , being worn oat with fatigue , ihe circumstance was brought to the notice of an active parishioner ; and thus , at eleven o ' clock on Thursday night , this poor , honest , and industrious girl was rescued from the perils of a night ' s wandering in the . ftrrets or a nook in a tramp ' s lodging-houeo in the Mint . —Evening Star *

      Fxtraordinaky MECHANIC—In thetown of Alyth there lived a man of much provincial cekbrky , of ( ho name of James Ssndy . The genius and eccentricity oi character which distinguished tiiis remarkable person havernrely been surpassed . Deprived at aii early a ^ e of his limbs , he continued , by dint of ingenuity not only to pa = 3 his time agreeably , but to render h ' mself a useful member of society . He soon displayed a , tasie for mechanical pursuits , and contrived , as a workshop for liis operations , & sort of circular bed , the-sides-of which Leh : g raised obowt ei ^ ht inches above the clothes , were ' employed as a platform for turning lathe , tables , vees , and / or tools of a ) l kinds . Ill * % eu ; us fov praeiK'ai jat'eliaiiics was universal . He waa skilled in aH sorts of turning , and constructed several very curious lathes , as wdl

      as cloeka and musical instrument ? of every description , no less admired for the sweetness of their tone than the excellence and elegance of their exeeuuY-n He excalled , too , in the co . asttno . tion of optical instruments , and inada fconae rtfl .: ctin ™ telescope ? , the specula of which were not inferior to those finished by the moss eminent London artists . He sug ^ ei-. tod soaie important improvements in ( he machinery for spinning' flax , and we believe h « was the firsi- who made tho wooden-jointed snuff-boxes , generally called Lawrence-kirk boxes , some of which , fabricated by this seU-taught artist , were purchased and sent as prc £ cnt 3 to the royal family ; one , in particular , had to be returned from Brighton for the purposo of bui ; i < opened . To his other endowments he ade ' ed an accurate knowledge oi' drawing and engraving , and iu

      both of these arts produced specimens of tho highest excellence . In upwards of fifty years he quitted his bed only three times , and on these occasions his house waa either inundated with water , or threatened with danger from fire . His curiosity , which was unbounded , prompted him to hach different kinds of bird's eggs , by the natural warmth of his body , and he afterwards raised tbo motley brood with all theteniiernessof aparont ; so that , on visiting him , it was no uncommon thing to see various singing birds perched upon his head , and warbling the artificial notes ho had taught them . Naturally possessed of a good constitution , and an active mind , his house was tho general coffee room of the village , where the affaira of both church and state were discussed with the

      utmost freedom . In consequence of long confinement hie countenance had rather a sickly cast , bat it was remarkably expressive , and would have afforded a fine subject for the pen of Lavater or the pencil of Wilkie , particularly when he was surroanded by his country friends . This singular man had acquired , by his ingenuity and industry , an honorable independence , and died possessed of considerable property . He married about three weeks before his death . From the brief history of James Sandy we may l ^ arn this instructive lesson . —that no difficulties are too great to be overcome by industry aud perseverance , and that genius , though it ehouid scmciimes miss the distinction it deserves , will seldom fail , unless by its own fault , to secure competence and respectability . — Perth Advertiser .

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      The Southwaek Quarter Sessions were commenced and concluded at the Town-hall , Southward , at nine o ' clock , on Friday , there being no case before the court . - ' . ¦ . At ! the Cheshire Quarter-Sessions , in Knuteford , Elizi Bailey was convicted of stealing a £ 100 note from Mr . John . Marquis ; from whom bank-notes were stolen to the amount of nearly £ 2 , 000 in tho streets of Preston , in September , by Bailey and a maa who accompanied her . She was sentenced to seven years'transportation . ' . '¦ ''

      Shocking Accident . —A very serious accident oconrred a Tew eveninga since'to one of the performers in Cboke's equestrian company now playing at Barastaple . The name of the sufferer is Mr . Lavator Lee , and he was we ' ll-known as one of Batty's best riders a few season ? since . He was riding round the ring with three parsons on his shoulders , when the Horsa slipped add fdl , throwing Lc-e across the woodwork which encloses the circle , aud iiiflicting such severe injuries that hia life is despaired of , mortification of the- parts being feared by his medioal

      attendant . Stohm on the . Sussex Coast . —Brighton , Suitday . — Diirins the . whole of yesterday we were visited with a tremcudiin . 4 storm or wind and rain . It eommenocd about eight o ' clock in the morning , at which time the wind auddenly shifted to the faouth east , ane thoraiii fell ia torronts . From twelve to three o'olook blew a dreadful hurricane , and the greatest anxiety existed amongst-the fishermen , as foar boats were out a-S s : a , and- it . was thought impossible that they could weather the storm . Two boulder boats , with two men each in' them , endeavoured to enter

      Newhaven . Haroour , but in their attempt went down wkhin a short'distance of . the shore , and the four men perished in sight of a . number of p''r ; on 3 who had assembled on the pier , buo were uuublo to render tho s-lighieat , assistance . I n the course or' the day the whole of th : Brighton fishermen have returned home ; they fortunately succeeded in running ashore on various parrs of ihe coast between Brighton and Worthing ; the pour fellows' boats are almost knocked to pieces , and two of them are lying on tha , beach near Lanciug , aud are expected to become perfect wrecks . ¦ '

      An Eiopkment in rustic life took place on Monday last . Tsie gay Lothario was a carter , nimed Young , a married man , about thirty years of age , having one child ; and " the false and fair one" Ms master's wife , named A > = h , keeping a small farm at Freshwater , Isle of Wight . She is about fifty , haa nine children and five grandchildren ! Her young est child ( which she took with her ) is four months , and the next child fourteen yeari It appeared that the old farmer and his niiehadhadafewwordsabont the last chiid , and she soon u-fter seized a favourable opportunity , took what she cos Id , and started with the aforesaid servant . Aa soon as it was known , the bereaved husband went into Newport post-hfwta and almost broken hearted . Ii formation was given to the police , and they wore despatched to all parts

      of the island , but they could not aiscover the fugitives till Tuesday ' . afternoo ' n , when they were just aboufc getsiiig ou ' board a Jorsuy packet . The man waa taken into custody , and hia bundles searched . H « h" . d a uow suit of clothes , two great coats ( one new ) , a new pair of loots , two nnw hatp , and other articles , besides an inferior new suit , which he wore , but no property of-the farmer , wa * ' found on '' him , and he he was consequently discharged . The part-ie 3 u . ! 'terwards met together" si a public-house in Newportthe old rnrtn and his mn ' u : iway servant , and Hieir wives , whoro they got marry . A negotiation took place : the old gentl' roan forgave his wife , and the young matron her husband , and a mutnal agreement was concluded between all present that they would never reproach each other for their former naughty tricks . —Hampshire

      Advertiser-Fatal Collision and Sinking cf a Ve sp % . — Two Lives . Lost . —A dreadful collision hap- ^ encd on the night of Monday last off the eastern " coast , between Whitby aud Stockton , which unhappily terminated in the total destrnction of a vessel a ^ l the loss of two lives . From the accounts received by the underwriter * at Lloyd ' s , it appears the vessels which came ia contact wore the Dispatch , a sohooner , be « lending to Londou , master ' s n : irr > e Thomas GiHhriOj and the sloop Margaret and Ellen , Wiliiaai Taj lor , master , of Leith . Th" accident took place between sevon and eight o ' clock , within a few miles of the village of Ruuswicic , situate , seven miles to the north of Whitby , during a heavy sea and a gale of wind from tho westward . Both , yetis&la were in full trim , and scudding through tbo water at a rapid rate , the schoonvr bearing down to tho uorth , and the

      Margaret and Ellen progn-ssing on her passage in a southernly direction to London . The sloop went down , carrying with her two of the crew ; the reat saved themselves by springing to a rope that waa hanging over ihe bowa of the Dispatch at the moment of their vtsjel sinking . Shortly after the oollision , the Mary , aud Louisa ,, of Newcastle , canm up , and the ship bicit was lowered by her crew in he hope of picking up the other seamen who had Rur . k with tho vesseJ , but they were not seen after . Their namsa are Gaorne Bxoyee Uho son of the ownor of the sloop , who resides at Leif h ) , and David Woodcock . From the depth of water in which the wreck lios it will bo impossible to raise her . Early the following moniinx the Dispatch put into Shields , where the Oap ' -aAucomuuuiifiated th « f ^ ctB of the oocvivrbnca to the authorities , of tho harbour . The sloop is supposed to beiii ^ urod ibr £ ' 200 .

      Singular € ase . —At the Leicestershire quartorsesstoiis , on Tuesday last , Louisa , Wykes , a rather (> ood- ! 6 (> ki" ? --girl ,-about 19 years of age , rejectfully atth ; -a in biank i was p . ' aced at the bar , charged with stealing fifteen soveieigns , the property of John Teylor , ai B' - 'lfcrdyt !; a stcoud iiiuictment charged the prison or with ' stealing a pair of breeches , loggings , and other inaie attire , the property of Henry Smith . Prisoner pleaded guilty to both indictments ' , but the Court , bang unacquainted with the oircumstanccs , requested Mr . Taylor to give a relation of them , when it appeared that the prisoner entered the service of the prosecutor about ten months since during the whole of which time she conducted herself with propriety . A few weeks since Mr . Taylor had occasion to remain at another of his houses in

      Leicester , leaving the prisoner and three men in charge of his house in Belgrave . During the night the prisoner proceeded to a bureau in which she had seen her master placo some gold , from whence she took sixteen sovereigns out of a sum of fifty ; she then cut her hair off so closo eo as to resemble thai of a man , after which she proceeded to the men's room , and dressed herself ia Smith ' s clothes , and ia suce attire immediately left thj house . Being over * taken by the carriage of Mr . Hunter , of Brooksby Hall , his lady ordered the coachman to stop , as she perceived that the prisoner haa a singular appearance , and was cryiug very much . Upon some questionB being put . to her , sho acknowledged that she had committed the robbury , and disguised herself

      in men ' s clothes to avoid detection . The mother of the prisoner having been put into the witness-box , said Bhe could account iu no other way for her daughter committing the robbery than that she was pregnant , and stole the money with an intention of providing herself during her confinement , and thus avoid the exposure to which Bho would have been Bubj- 'cted . The Chairman , Mr . W . Meyriok , eaid it was one of tbe mast unheard of cases that had come within his experience ; and had not the prosecutor recommended her to mercy , and some alleviating circumstances appeared in her favour , he should inevitably have passed sentence of transportation upon her . The priboner was afterwards sentenced to tWiivft months' hard labour , three weeks solitary .

      SuiciDi , —A stranger , on Monday evening last , abou : Ij ^ I ' past nine o ' clock , knocked at the door of the Ten ;; ' ! ranee Hotel , on Elvet-bridge , in thia city , and ii ; qir : i : d if he could be accommodated with lodgings for the night , and was answered in tha affirmaliv " . Ho was shown into a room , and aboufc ten o ' clock he r <' . ng the boll and ordered a cup of coffee ai'd bread ~ afid butter . About an honr afterwards he was thown to his bedroom . His manner was stranL'c , and his spirits much depressed . The next morn ing he was found dead , with his throat cut . An inquMt was held on Tuesday before Mr . T . C . Mayuaid , coroner , when evidence to the above rff < N >; was " given by ihe two daughters of the landlord of the hotel . The Vdiowinj ? evidence wasalso given : — Mr . Bradford , landlord of the Temperance Hotel ,

      deposed , that in c . 'h ?» q > wnce of information which hf received .- he W ' . 'nt-n > the door of the room into which the deceased had been shown . He found ifc fast . Ho knocked very loudiy , but got no answer He waked uc&rly two hours , and then sent for a joiner , aud the door v / as broken open . On looking into the room the deceased was found lying on his side with his throat cut , rmd-a basin full of blood B ' . andicg near to him . Ha appeared to be dead . Witness sent for & snrgeon , who pronopneed him dead . Tlis door had been fastened inside by the night-bolt . Deceased appeared to be about forty or fifty ye&rs ' of age , and about five feet three orfoa inches hkh . Witness did not observe any razor , George Srujlhe , a gentleman lodging at tho hotel , atati-d , that ac ' about half-past six o ' clock in the morning he hoard a noise as of a person moving about , and distinctly that of the moving of a waBhhand-La . s : a or jug . About a quarter of an . boar afterwards ha haard a cry oi "Oh , God I Oh

      Christ ! " Witness cailed for the waiter . In a few mmate- ; the landlord cam

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1184/page/3/