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      RALLY AGAIN , BOYS . COXE rally again , boya ! -we must not resign , Bat eachBtonn » e encounter , let ' s nobly brave ; It 12 better to perish at Liberty ' s shrine , iad tbe last drep oT blood in her altars to lave . Ob ! yes , it is better , far better to die In a glorious eau » than to pine beneath chains ; p « \ ht > hexoas that lail the »"» a tear and a aigh , WflilBt a kindred heart en the earth there remains . Then let ' s rally again , boya , and never despair , EVry onslangbt of faction we'll boldly resist , H > ol the Tsslts of the cnn ^ eon treTe destin'd to share , Yet nnta we have eaaqaer'd ¦ well never desist . For awnil * they may torture and mnrder the brave . Bat the blood of each martyr will spring into life , Tjjl the footsteps of every tyrant and slave

      Are vrash'd oat , and no longer pollute the fair earth . Teen let ' s rally again , boys , there ' s strength enough yet In tie nnfcs where the embers of liberty glow ; The blood they have shed , let us never forget , Bat strik * for oar freedom one vigorous blow . do' they befaa , they cannot subdue us for long , "Wiien nailed in one mighty phalanx we be ; When our hearts they are firm as our arms they are strong , The tyrants will tremble , " the © ppress'd win go . free . " Tb « ii let's rally again , bojs , we never will rest , For the tyrants who bind us no p « aoe shall there be , Till each slave is xmfetterM and freedom has bless'd Toe land of our birth , and procl&im'd " we are free . " Oppressors may pat to the rack the oppress ed ,

      Their matdexons hands in oar blood they may drench Bat the fire that burns in each patriot's breast Fer glorituj freedom , they never can quench . Tken let ' s rally again , boys , prescription well brave , TJstal liberty ' s banner on high is mtfari'd , And the Btandard of freedom o ' er tyranny ' s grave Shall be planted in triumph all over tl » e world . J . W . C Bristol , Dee . 5 th , 1812 .

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      — ^^ TTBAITNT AliD OPPRESSION . TTJ 5 B , — " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled , " The press of London's been at war In spreading base designs afar , Until the little Evening Star Came sounding liberty . Tot now * the time , and noVi the boor , That we ahoald round oar standard show ' r , Show Whig and Tory Chartist paw'r , Djtenoin'd to be free . And hail the Korihem Star so bright Midst Tory piots it braves the fight , In advocating Chartist right , Unflinching stands the test

      And did support oar noble cause Against the Whigs' tyrannic laws ; Connor ' s same shall gain applause , Bj working men opprest . That wishes no vile tyrant knaves To keep ns bound as despot slaves ; Oar country calls , oar country craves , Jso more to bend their knee . So let the Stars puisne tkeir coarse , The leading path to freedom ' s source , Still agitating mor . il force , To let the world see . We wish no weapon now to wield , If o fiery steed , nor battle shield . Bat firmly stand , and keep the field , Until we gain the day .

      Thay try to crash oar canse with fear , o guns and bayonets , sword and spear , Those weapons soon shall disappear , And fall into decay . See Holberry and Clayton too , The people ' s rights they did pnreue , TIC snarM by that accursed crew , They met untimely graves . In dark , damp duneeona ehain'd did lie , lie worse than felons left to die , Stall lcnl on democrats did cry , Sueh tyrants for to brave . Those base flw"gr » ' " g knaves shall dread With quaking fear when ofe has flad , The rising spirits of the dead , When justice shall appear .

      Bafore that awful power above , That sits upon the throne of lova , Both judge and -witness for to prove Each tyrant's case severe . Their children weep and widows moan For those two martyrs dead and { one , While millions of oar coontzy groan , And sigh for liberty . When i ! ms refm / d onr just demand , Let ni unite , go hand in hand , From despet slavery break the band That binds oar country . Arouse from lethergy ' s repose , And watch those keen bloodthirsty foes , With might oar legal rights oppose , By enrsed tyranny .

      In strength of nnion now we see The females join in unity . And shares in straggles to be free From bonds of slavery . Aloud shall freedom's taynpet sound , When basest tyranny abound , JCo more oppression EhaJl be found To cause this land to waiL Shoold freedom glow within your breast , let not our cause for justice rest , Bat feel for them that are opprest , And freed from chains or bail . Think on the eeUa -where martyrs died , Shrink not from those soon to be tried . Let victims' fonda be well supplied , And gain the victory .

      Now onward , Chartists , onward press , Believe oar brethren in distress ; Their grievous wrongs we shall redress , And proudly set them free . Prom chains and filthy dungeons shun , 2 fo more the U-ols tor despots * fan , Bat the cause so well began , Then liberty shall smile . And Stars like eagles' wings so free Shall spread and root out tyranny , And reign alone triumphantly Throughout the British isle . J . BlSHO Campsie , Soy . 8 th . 1342 .

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      LEEDS . —SeDDEs Death . —On Monday morn-Cig , ilr . Blackburn held an inquest at the Conrt aouse , on the body of an old man eighty years of * ie , whose name was said to be Thos . Brown . He eaase from York by railway on Saturday , and stopped a * . > lr . John Taylors , who keeps a coffee and i « gine house , in the street leading from Hunsletitoe to the railway station . He stated there that he was going to his parish at Rothwell , bnt that he hw to wan tintil a box came from York . He had

      some refreshment and went to bed between four and five o ' clock . He was found dead on Snnday BOrning by ilr . Taylor , who immediately sect for Mr . Itndaock , surgeon * bv whom a post mortem exammarion of the body was m * de , from which it appeared that the old man had died in a fainting fit , irons exhaustion ; the muscles of the heart being bo alternated S 3 to be bereft of power to impel the Qrcnlation . Verdict—** Fonnd dead in bed from a « ur » l causes *

      Child Brssr . —On Monday morning , an inquest *» £ held at the Conrt House , before John Blackburn , * sq , on the body of Elizabeth Carran , a little girl j *^ B j ears of age , who wa 3 burnt to death on **^ daj night . The mother of the girl is a widow , leaning in a cellar , in Steadman ' s Conrt , Idsbonf ° ® et > «* d obtains a livelihood by hawking . She » m gone to market on Saturday night , leaving he » Jtttogest child in bed , and the deceased to take eaxe « the house . After being left alone , it would Beem «** the girl had locked herself in the house , and had « we a bed across Borne chairs in front of the fire , « d fallen asleep . A coal from the fire , or some ¦*«» eaase , set the clothes on fire , and when , diswer * d by the neighbours , who had to break open enf °° ' sne was literally bnrnt to a cinder , every rag J » « y own and her mother ' s clothes , on which she j * en

      ^* laid , being consumed . She lingered in T ^ r | "i i agony for a few hours , and then died in the ^ fr ^ &ary . Verdict , "Accidental death /* -J ^ 5111 CosDrcr . —On Saturday last , * man adly" ** m years , named Robert Needhtm , who refJ « B » r QuaiTjHill church , was charged before « mry Hall , Esq . at the Court House , with having , - » lanous times , exposed his person tofemales , whom eiarPM m *** fields near Pontefracfc Lane . Two tablji ere P roTed against him by three respeorft vLr ?®! residing at Osmondthorpe , and on each t- *™* m was sent to Wakefield House of Ckirrec-^ Ti ^ montns There was also a charge of grT ~ " ^ auH on a young girl preferred against ^ g ^* there not being in the magistrate ' s opinion 3 & ]^ n v ** toconTict him > this was abandoned . ttontW ^ however , in Bentencing him to his btx ^ , « b ] m pri 5 oii ment cautioned him as tobisco ' a-¦ aen ae should be oaee moxe set at liberty .

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      The ^ puns is Tbouble . —On Monday last , the Conr ; House was crowded to exces 3 by parties anxions to bear the charges which it had become known would on that day be preferred against a company of Thespians , who bad for some time occupied and performed in a building in . East-street , neat Grown Point , which they have denominated the " Royal Haymarket Theatre . " The party , who consisted of John Dakin , John Rhodes , Jeremiah Lister , Benjamin Beal , Maria Armstrong , ' Henry Whimp , Joseph Swallow , John Chapman , Jobn Firth , John Emmerson , Jane Atkinson , Wm . Preston , George Lawrence , Benjamin Grimshaw , and Wm . Butler , were apprehended on Saturday night , in the Theatre , all dressed in character , on a warrant

      granted by John dapbam , Esq ., on the information of . Mr . Superintendent James . It was a "mnchado-about-notning" affair altogether ; but if all we have heard about the " capture" be true , there was as much " pomp and circumstance ^ attending it , as ever there was in the marching of a military force to attack an enemy ' s camp . We do not hear that the ** cutlasses" were buckled on , but we believe tk&t to secure these daring outlaws , two parties of the police force , each extra drilled , and under the command of a subordinate officer , the whole under the direction of Mr . Superintendent James , were employed . Mr . James having arranged the attack , one half of bis force was ordered to advance along the Calls , in order to attack the placs in the re&r , Whilst the Other half proceeded along Xirkgate , and took possession of the regular

      audience admission door . Just imagine the consternation that would eusue when the poor theatricals found themselves surrounded by such a formidable squad—nothing awkward about them , of course . Why , had they been real , instead of assnmed "kings , conquerors , banditti , " they never could have expected such an enemy . But here they were in tbe very act of presuming to amuse an audience of their own class , by performing a play . Aye , this was * thc headiind front of their offending I " The information of the " trap" charged them with keeping a certain house or room in Last ^ street , for stage plays and dramatic entertainments , into which admission was obtained by payment of money , and was laid under the 240 th section of the far-famed Town Council Improvement Act , which is as follows : —

      " That it BhaU be lawful for any justice by order in -writing to authorise the head constable or any snperintendbnt or inspector belonging to the police force in the borough , with euch constables as he may think necessary to enter into any house or room kept or used within the borough for stage plays or dramatic entertainment , or for any-public show or exhibition , into which admission is obtained by payment of mamy , and which is not a licensed theatre or a-room or plase authorised by the mayor to be used for that purpose , at any time when the same shall be open for the recaption of persons resorting thereto , and to take into enstody all persons who shall be found thejin without lawful excuse ; and every person keeping , using , or knowingly letting any house or other

      tenement for the purposes aforesaid , or any of them , shall be liable to a penalty not more tton twenty pounds , recoverable before any two jo ^ ticos , and in default of payment of the penalty awarded and costs , may be committed to the house of cor .-tttinn , with or withont hard labanr , for a teim not more than two months ; and every person performing or beiDg therein without lawful excuse , sfcall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings ; and a conviction nnder this Act for this offence shall not exempt tbe owner , keeper , or manager of any such house , room , or tenement from any penalty oi pe .: al corsequeoces to which he may be liable for keeping a disorderly bon : e or for the nuisance thereby occasioned ; provided that the onus of proving that such p ) acs is s licenssd theatre shall be upon the person keeping the same . "

      After this statute had been duly pointed out to the Magistrates on the bench , Griffith Wright and Richard Bramley , Esqrs ., and ihe several defendants had been arranged iu order , Mr . Wright asked who proved the charge against them , when two police officers deposed to the capture , and to the party having all been dragged through the sheets in theatrical costume , in which they were detained in prison until Sunday , when they were admitted to bail ; but on being a ? ked if they could prove the receipt of any mosey they were at once at faalt . Mr . Wright first asked one and then another if there was anv proof of money having been paid

      for admission , but the officer it » command , iu his hurry for thehonour of the capture , had forgotten this first and most important point , and a blank was visible on the countenances of those who wished for a conviction . Well , then , said the magistrate , if you cannot provethis , thferei 3 anendof the case . The chief constable— " Ibelieve it cannot be proved , sir . " Magistrate — " Then go about your business , ail of you . " A tremendous cheer from the audience followed this announcement , and the coun wa 3 very soon cleared , ilr . Charles Naylor , solicitor , appeared for the defendants , but the sudden termination of the case left him without an opportunity of " finding a flaw . "

      On this subject we hive received from the Company themselves the following observations : — - The Haymarket Theatre , East-street , near to Crownpoint , in Leeds , was opened on the 19 th of December , 1 S 40 , and has been carried on ever since , -without any interruption from the authorities of the town , until Saturday evening , the 10 th December , 1 P 4 J , when , withont any previous notice or intimation being jjiven to the members , a body of police , headed by Superintendent James , entered tbe Theatre , took into custody seventeen

      individuals fonnu there , and conveyed them , handcuffed as common felons , to tbe Police Office , nnder ( as was afterwards stated ) the authority of a magistrate ' s warrant , bat which was never shown or rtad to them , where they were searched and everything found npon them taken and detained in custody , without having the privilege of being admitted to bail , although it was tendered by respectable tradesmen en behalf of several of tbe parties , until one o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , when bail was accepted to the amount of eishiy -pounds .

      Two females , in particular , ( onehaving an infant only three months old ) were apprehended and also undressed * nd searched ( even to theii chemise ) and although a surgeon , through necessity , was called in to attend one of such females , and be stated that it would be dangerous for her to remain in enstody , liberation waa refused to them , although bail tras offered to tbe amount of £ 100 . The female having the child , not having any milk at feer breast , rtquested of Mrs . Lancaster the favour of a cupfull of milk and a small portion of bread , fur the use of such child , and even this was refused .

      Until the very moment of apprehension the members were not aware that the Theatre was not carried on nnder the sanction of the authorities , inasmuch as fihertly after its opening an application was made to Mr . Kt ; ad , the Chief . ConatablB , to allow a police officer te attend tbe Theatre on each performance night , to preserve order , which he promised to do , and also to visit the Theatre personally , for the purpose of ascertaining how it was conducted and carried on , . but wnich be never did . Since that time different police officers have been in the nightly habit of visiting toe Theatre , and have at various times received pecuniary benefit therefrom , amounting to upwards of £ 1 5 s . In addition to this , Inspector Child has at different times made personal applications for

      tickets of admission , which have been furnished accordingly , and members of his family have attended the Theatre therewith . Mr . Read now states thxtt -vaj-ona complaints have been made against the Theatre , and thai he has given the members warning thereof , but which is incorrect , they never having received the least intimation thereof , and it is confidently believed that no complaint whatever has ever betn lodged against the comp&ny , inasmuch , as no party appeared before the magistrates , at the time of examination , to give any evidence in Bupport of any such complaint . It 4 s currently supposed and understood , that the apprehension his arisen solely from the tfficiousne&a of one of the police force , inasmuch , as one of snch has since

      stated that the parties might be thankful he bad not the opportunity of appearing against them from the eircnznst&nce of his being suspended until tbe Watch Committee ' s next meeting . The members have never had the least desire to continue tbe Theatre against the wish of the authorities , as a proof thereof it may be staUd , that when the disturbances took place in the neighbourhood of Leeds in August last , they ( in compliance -with the notice or request issued bj tbe Mayor and Magistrates for publicans , shopkeepers , and others to close their bouses and shops , < fcc , by eight o ' clock in the evening ) although bills bad been issued announcing two performances , the Theatre was forthwith , closed and continued so until the town

      was restored to quietness . The Theatre has , in a very great measure , been supported by contributions as although money may have been accepted ( when voluntarily offered ) from parties visiting it , the amount thereof has been barely adequate to discharge the expenes of actresses , rent , gas , printing , rates , and musicians and the members have never received any pecuniary or other benefit farther than the gratification they have derived from it as a Bonrce of « mn « PTiicTit and employment for their leisure Lours , and many of them proudly and gratefully acknowledge that it has been the means of great intellectual and educational improvement to them .

      Great care has always been exercised in conducting it , so as to prevent any interruption from the public authorities , inasmuch as previous to accepting any party aa * member , particular enquiries have been made M to his being an apprentice , or having tbe con-Bent of his employer or parents to become a member , and in cases where it has been proved that parties had become members , contrary to the consent of their parents or employers , they have been immediately dismissed from the company . The oeespien are subject to tbe different rates , and have paid all sath as have bees demanded of them up to the present time . The company also some time ago gave a performance for the benefit of the Leeds General Infirmary , and the surplus teceipta , amounting to £ 2 10 b Od ., were banded over to the treasurer tbareof ; and the * ame parties also gave a performance at the Leeds Theatre for the benefit of the unemployed poor , on which occasion they handed over to the treasurer of tbe fund the sum of £ 23 Oi Od-

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      in addition to the annexed information the members ara in possession of a focumpnt , a copy of which is hereto attached , signed by resident householders in the neighbourhood an . l vicinity of the Theatre , certifying that they have never suffered or received any annoyance , interruption , injury , or molestation of any description whatever fsom the members , or visitors of the Theatre , and that they have not at the present , or at any time heretofore , had any cause to complain of any nuisance arising therefrom . As a proof of the estimation in which the members of the Theatre are held by the inhabitants of tbe town , may be adduced tbe circumstance of a very great number of highly respectable tradesmen attending , perfectly unsolicited , &t the Police-office , on Sunday noon , and offering bail for the liberation of tbe parties .

      ( copy . ) "To the Worshipful the Afayor , and Magistrates , of the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York . "We the undersigned , being resident householders in the Ticinitv or neighbourhood of the Haymarket Theatre . East-6 treet , neai to Crown Point , in L-seds aforesaid , do hereby respectfully eertify that we have never suffered or receive'i arjy annoyance , interruption , injury , or molestation , of any description whatever , from the members or visitors of the said Theatre ; and that we have not at the present , or at anytime heretofore , had any cause to eomplain of any nuisance arising therefrom . "As witness our hands this Eleventh Day of September , 1842 .

      "John Williams "John Robinson James Preston William Crampton Thomas Shores Ann Westwood John Phillips John Watson Hannah Jenkinson Saml . Swithenbank John Dsan Josh . Greenwood Joseph Hodgson Joo . Williamson William Graham Wm . Wright Robert BUton Jamea Ball John Best WilHamBeck James Slraker Jno . Thompson Ann Robinson John Peaker Thomas Clubley George Rainton . "

      CABUBTON . —IacENDiAny Fine . —On Thursday morning one of the most awful and destructive incendiary fires that has ever occurred in thia part of the country , broke out iu a farm yard , situate about half a mile from the town , and a considerable distance from any house , belonging to Mr . Cheeseman , tallow-chandler . The fire was first discovered about three o ' clock in the morning , by Thomas Peters , thenieht collierman , -who instantly gave the alarm through the town , when a great part of the male inhabitant ; arose from their slumbers to render assistance in the extinquishing of this dreadful conflagration ; but , unfortunntely , without success , for the fire had made such a ferocious progress from the wheat stack , from whence it appeals it originated , to the adjacent stacks and buildings , that all attempts to save any of the property were vain ; there

      being but httle water to supply the engine , all , therefore , was literally consumed . A large wheat stack , a beau stack , and hay stacKS , which it is said were insured for £ 5 U 0 , weTe burnt to ashes ; and all the buildings , consisting of a barn a granary , a hovel , stabling , » &c , shared the same fato . Four very valuable horses , which were locked in the stable ,. were burnt to death , as were also upwards of fifty-five fowls , which were roosting in some of the buildings . Somecats , shut in the barn for the purpose of destroying vermin , and a dog that was u .-ually shut in the building as a tuard , fell sacrifices to the devouring element . Nothing can be assigned for the p rpetration of so horrible a deed , as Mr . Cheest-man bears a most excellent character , as being a kind and generous friend and good master , consequently , generally beloved and esteemed by his workpeople , and all who know him .

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      Suspension of Enlistment in the Navy . —An order has been issued upon Dr . BeJl and Lieutenant Green , of the Towt-r division , not to pass any more men for the navy , until fresh directions are issued by the Admiralty . Explosion of Firs Dam ? . — We regret to be obliged to announce another fatal explosion of firedamp at the colliery of Messrs . Russell and Co ., at Risca , which took place on Thursday evening last , by whiob two unfortunate individuals , named Walker and Phillips , lost their lives , and five or six other persons employed in the works were more or less wounded . We understand that the said catastrophe arose solely in consequence of the gross negligence of the unfortunate man Walker , who was watchman in the pit , and who used a candle after putting aside the Davy ' s lamp with which he was supplied . —Monmouih Aferlin .

      Tub Moniment . —Perilous Feat . —Wednesday morning a crowd of persons were assembled in the neighbourhood of the monument , their attention being drawn to a man standing on the summit above the gilt part , which is intended to represent flames . It appeared that some portion oftho iron work at the top required repair , and some workmen were sent up to do u , when one more venturesome than the rest , got through the trap door , and after shutting down the opening , stood upright at the top , to tho astonishment of ths spectators . He remained there for some miuutes , and then descended in safety .

      The Present State of Moscow . —The Russian journals give some details relative t j Moscow , which are not without interest . Towards the ead of the 17 th century , manufactories of cloth , silk , cotton , glats , porcelain , and crockery ware , were established in this city , but without any decided effect until 1822 , when , in consequence of the protective system adopted by the Government , Moscow became the centre of a vast number of manufactories , all in the most flourishing state . At present there are , in and about the city , not less than a thousand of these establishments sending forth goods to the amount of 40 , 000 , 000 silver rubles a yetr . Upwards of 40 , 000 workmen are employed in those manufactories , besides 30 , 000 in various trades . The prosperity of the city has , in fact , increased to such a point , that all traces of the terrible catastrophe of 1812 , by fire , are entirely effaced .

      Fatax Accident at Cabn Brea Mines . —We have very great pain in having to announce the occurrence of an accident at these mines , attended with loss of life to one of the miners , and very Berkus bodily injuries to a great many others ; besides a destruction of property varionsly estimated at from £ 800 to £ 1000 , the principal part of which loss falls , we understand , upon the labouring men . TheTe was a large shed on the mine , in which the men change their elothes previous to going under ground , and again when they leave work . The apartment was about 150 feet long aud twelve feet wide , within the walls ; but as there was a row of lockers , or cupboards , on each side of about two feet in depth , the shed wa ; - narrowed to eight feet ; and

      this space was still further lessened by large iron pipes carried along the centre for the purpose of warming the place by means of steam . There were nearly 400 of these cupboards , in which the miners locked up their wearing apparel , tools , candles , and powder . In consequence of tbe men having been very frequently robbed , there were no means left of getting in or out of the place but through a narrow door at the side , and within fire or six feet of the end . At six o ' clock on Wednesday morning , about forty or fifty men were in tbe place , preparing for going under ground , when a young man of the name of John Waters , whose locker

      was very near the door , was pouring out gunpowder from a quarter of a hundred cask into a small canister , which he was to carry underground , hia candle , which he had stuck upon the iron pipe above him , fell , or dropped a spark upon the powder , and produced a terrible explosion . Waters appears to have been shattered so much that when his remains were collected , it was only from the certainty that no other person was missing that they could be known to be his . His father , who had been standing sear him , waB alBO bo much injured by the explosion , that it was doubtful if he would live to reach his home in Crowan Church

      Town , where he was immediately removed . The explosion appears to have set the lockers , on both sides of the house , instantly in a blaze ; and as there was distributed among them upwards of 10 owt . of gunpowder , and a very large quantity of candles , the flames spread rapidly , occasioning a constant succession of explosions , which might be seen for several miles around . As the fire originated near the door , it may easily be perceived that the situation of all the men in the house waa imminently precarious , and several in endeavouring to escape by the door were terribly mutilated , and we understand that three or four of the sufferers are in a very dangerous situation . Nine Tjaen . besideathose named , were seriously injured , and several others slightly so . At

      length , when the heat and smoke had become almost suffocating , openings were forced in the wall and roof at the inner end of the building , and the remainder of the men escaped . The names of tho nine sufferers are Harvey , Wm . Hockin , John Cock , Thomas Cock , Samuel Marten , and son , Thomas and John Nicholl 8 , brothers , and Thomas Michell . Messrs . E . and R . Lanyon , of Camborne , and J . Bicbards , of Redruth , surgeons , attended on the stuferers , and dressed their wounds , after which they "were carefully removed . The loss of property to the men has been very £ » rious . Some who were underground have had their wearing apparel

      destroyed , and hundreds more the flannel dresses which th « y wear at their work . About four hundred men have in this way sustained an average loss of £ 1 per man ; besides the tpolB and materials , for which also they are responsible . The loss to the adventurers consequent on the destruction of the building , and the suspension of labour which has occurred , and must stili , in some parts of the mine , continue , may be Toughly judged at nearly as much more . Many of the poor men , for want of clothes , or the money to purchase them , will be unable for some time to resume their labour , and we shall rejoice to hear that a subscription has been entered into for their relief . —West Briton .

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      The ratepayers of the » 'ounty of Worcester arc arranging a determined bppot itibivtd the rural poiict force . PetmoiiB are preparii ' # in various parts oi the county for presentation at the forthcoming Epiphany sessions . Christmas Holidays . —As ( Chrisfwaa falls on a Snnday , the industrious people , assistants , apprentices , & 0 , will have no holvdav , unlesstheshopkeepers should agree to close on the Monday following . We hope they will do so . Giving the people a release from business occasionally is a good old caatom , and a day in addition to the present stinted enapliment ' of holidays once in six years is no great sacrifice on the part of those who reap the advantage ef thoir services .

      Loss of a Ship sr Fire . —Tho following communication has been : received at Lloyd ' s : — The James Wearne , which arrived off Lisbon on Saturday , the 26 . h of iast month , reports haying , on the night of the 18 ch , 26 leagues S . W . of Scilly , come up with a vessel on fire . Upon first being observed by the crew of the above vessel , the flames appeared to have commenced in the after-part of her , the mainmast had been destroyed , and had fallen overboard , bat the foremast was standing , with double reefed topsails and foresail set . They made an attempt to ascertain her name , but were unable to dV so , owing to the severity of the fire , which con » tinued to rage the whole of that night until ten o ' clock the following morning , when she disappeared beneath the ocean . Those belonging to thei ' unfortunate brig , for such she proved to be , are supposed to have escaped by taking to the boats ; no tidings , however , have yet been received of their fate . "

      The Dead Alive . —Mr . Hill , of Olatrim , whose murder was circumstantially recorded in a late numr ber of the Limerick Reporter , has written to the editor of the Nenagh Guardian , to say that he is still alive and well Mr . Hill complains of the trouble and expanse his relatives have been put to by the report in question , some of them having come from distant parts of Ireland for the purpose of burying him . "On the day ( continues Mr .- Hill ) the ReporUr Bays I was shot , I , with 60 , 000 of my fellow-countrymen , attended the great meeting at Dunkerrin , to hear the Rov . Mr . Nolan , eloquently and emphatically exhort us to pay obedience to tho laws , and to aid in suppressing illegal societies . Now , Sir , I hope that you ¦ will contradict the vile report of my death , for if I was shot at and wounded on the day in question , I could not be at the Dunkerrin meeting , and if I was dead I oouldn ' t write this letter . "

      . Couth . —Sale of a Wipe f revbnted . —We are sorry to have to record that another of those disgraceful ebullitions of public depravity , the sale of a wife in the public market ( happily prevented from being effected by the vigilance of the police ) , occurred on the oOthult . The offending parties , followed by a vast crowd , were brought before S . Trought , Esq ., who investigated the affair . The Magistrate said it was intolerable to witness a wife dragged into tho market for sale like a brute beast , aud it waa the determination of the Magistrates to put an end to a system which subjected tho happiness of the domestic

      circlo to the libidinous propensities of every designingknave who chpso "to interrupt it . The parties had bad a narrow escape , as , had the sale been effected , ho would certainly havo fully committed them to the quarter sessions to take their trial for 60 gross an outrage ; as it was , he would bind the partitfs in £ 5 each to keep the peace in future . On their liberation , they were chased round the oharch by the mob , and it was not until the protection of the polico had been obtained , that they were enabled to eflvct a safe retreat to their proper homes . —Stamford Hfercury .

      Attempted Murder and Scicidk . —On Thursday evening last , the inhabitants of Kilwinning were alarmed by the intelligence that an attempt had been made to murder a female , named Margaret Gardtrwr , by an individual who had formerly been her lodger . TheWu in question , Jamas Marshall , a mason , bad been residing in Kilwinning for a considerable time past , but bad lately left for Ireland , where he had been for a short period , and only returned on the same evening when he attempted the life of his . victim , and sacrificed his own . He met her with great . 'earning kindness , and afterwards invited her a few yards away . from the house , when he drew a knife and stabbed her in the lower part of the abdomen . Fortunately , the weapon came in contact with the busk of her stayB , and was thereby diverted from its intended course , else , no doubt , the wound would have proved fatal . She shrieked " Murder , " and ran into the houso , and medical assistance was

      immediately sent for , and the wound dressed . We are glad to say that she is rapidly recovering . In the meantime Marshall made his escape , but , on the search being instituted by the police and others , he was found lying in the garden , and taken to ft place of security . He soon after exhibited signs of being extremely ill , and confessed to his having taken a strong dose of arsenic . He expired , after enduring great agony , on Friday at noon . The unfortunate man was about 60 years of age—some say nearly 70 —and previous to his death stated that he had come all the way from Ireland with the sole intention Of perpetrating the deed that has been bo providentially frustrated . He had been previously three times married , and love and jealousy combined are aaid to have been the incentives to the commission of the rash act . He is also said to bo tbe last of the line of the celebrated gypsies of the same name . —Ayr Ad veriizer .

      Passes to Vagrants , —On Saturday a young man , apparently in a vnry bad state of health , applied to the sitting magistrate at Greenwich under the following circumstances .- —He said , that he had been committed to Maidstone Gaol a week before , and the other worthy magistrate ( Mr . Jeremy ) had directed that he should be furnished , on leaving the prison , with a county pass , so that be might have some relief , from parish to parish , to help him on his way to Hull . He had , however , been , turned out of prison and was destitute . Mr . Grove asked for what offence he had been committed 1 The applicant said , he had been admitted into the Greewich Union and had refused to work in order that he might be sent to prison , for he was so far from home and he was too ill to work .. Mr . Jeremy ( who was

      present ) said , ho remembered the case , and that he had made a special memorandum on the commitment recommending a pass , and he could not think why the visiting magistrates had not granted one . One of the officers said , they never did in such caseb . Mr . Jeremy—I do noo think they act legally : they have no right to turn a man out of prison destitute , so that he will be a vagrant in the next parish he goes into ; it was impossible he could go any distance without bogging . Mr . Groves said , that in Middlesex and Surrey they granted passes , and it was a most excellent plan , and the police magistrates frequently committed persons who were deserving objects to prison for a day or two to entitle them to a pass . The poor fellow had 2 i . Gd . given him from the poor-box . —London Times .

      Attempted Suicides through Distress , and being refused relief from the parish—oh Friday morning week , a poor man , named Seaward , who resided near Wejmouth- terrace , Hackney-road , was brought to the London hospital , v * ith his throat cut in so frightful a manner that very little hope was entertained of his recovery . It seemed that the poor man , who is about fifty years of age , and his two children , had been reduced to a state of great distress , which compelled him to apply to the officers of Shoreditch parish for relief but they , according to his statement , refused to do anything for him , and , in a fit of despair and desperation the unfortunate man cut his throat in a shocking manner . On Thursday , a young man , aged nineteen , named Jobn

      Black , was brought to tha same hospital , having previously swallowed two-penny-worth of arsenic . It appeared that Black , who was by trade a French polisher , used to work for hiB brother , in Hoxton , but having quarrelled with him , they parted , and he had not been ablo afterwards to obtain any employment at his trade , and was , in consequence , reduced to the greatest possible distress . He purchased twopennyworth of arsenic at a chemist ' s shop , saying it was for the purpose of destroying rats , and brought it to a common lodging-house , inWent worth-street , where he mixed it up iu a cup , with some water , and swallowed it . Two other lodgers , named Jones and Fowell , observed him , and suspecting he had taken something , called in two policemen , 22 and 36 H , and they removed him to the hospital .

      Murdebs at Gbeat Yakmodth . —The town of Yarmouth was last week thrown into excitement in consequence of two murders having been committed last Saturday night . The particulars are as follows : —It appears that on Saturday two ferrymen , named Ward and William Mann , having to settle about some fish which they had brought to market , and Mann not giving full satisfaction to the other , a quarrel ensued , and Ward knocked Mann down , saying , '' Now I will do for you ! " and gave him a kick in the abdomen ; the poor fellow never spoke afterwards , and expired in about an hour . Ward was apprehended the , same night , and was taken before Mr . S . Palmer ( the MayorV and a bench of magistrates on Monday , when , after a lengthy investigation , he was committed to Norwich Castle to take his trial at the next assizes . On the same night , or early on Sunday morning , a soldier ( who was on leave of absence , and who arrived in Yarmouth only

      on the Thursday , on a visit ) , on going up Charlottestreet , accompanied by an old comrade , were saluted by two gwls , who asked for some gin . The Boldier Bald he would give them some if they knew where to get it , upon which they took them to the Green Man and Boot public-house , in the same street , w ' nere the soldiers called for some gin , -which the landlord said came to 6 d . On the soldier paying the money , he remarked that he could get as muoh for 2 d , which exasperated . the landlord , who after nsir , g some very violent epithets , flew on the soldier anA endeavoured to strangle him by pressing his knuckj eg in his throat , he then threw him with great violen Ce on the stones , and the man ' s head came in contrAOt with the kerb with such force as to render biro insensible ; from this state he never recovered , r nd lingered up to Thursday morning , when be cxr : red . The deceased had jast arrived in England f , roin India , and had been in the service twenty yer . xa . Moor ( the landlord ) haa been taken into cuaf , ody .

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      Jordan , the clerk who absconded with the money of the London Joint-Stock Bank , has returned all the sum taken , with the exception of £ 40 . An action was brought in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Thursday , by Dr . Carpue , the eminent butgeon , against the London aud Brighton Railway Company , to recover compensation for injuries inflioted upon him by tbe dreadful accident which took place on the Brighton line , near the Hayward Heath Tunnel , about fourteen months ago , and by which four persona waa killed , among them two female 8 eryants of the plaintiff , who were travelling with their master and iris daughter . Mr . Carpue himself , who is seventy-two years of age , was so severely

      injuredas to be confined to his bed for six weeks after , and be bad been obliged to give up the exercise of his profession ever ernee . The damages were laid at £ 1000 . Among the witnessea examined were Baron Bothschild , who deposed that the train was going very rapidly at the time , and Ljent .-General Sir F . Smith , inspector-general of railways , vrho had examined the line , and thought it in good order . The evidence as to the speed of the train was contradictory . Lord Denman , in summing up , said that the onus probandi , the proof that the occurrence was no fault of theirs , lay with the company , and the jury returned for the plaintiff— -damages £ 250 .

      The Unemployed in PAisLET . The number of the unemployed is now upwards of 10 , 000 . and is still on the increase . The scanty pittance allowed them is this we . k reduced one-half , owing to the weekly remittances from London having become less , and the committee ( now , it : is said , clear of debt ) , are unwilling to guarantee a further allowance . What step will be taken in this exigency we cannot tell . Perhaps , the country gentlemen would do something to alleviate tho distress . At their last meeting , they resolved to raise £ 3 , 000 by voluntary assessment over the county but it is agreed on all hands that

      not more than £ 500 will be derived from this source —» sum altogether inadequate . Paisley , xreenock , Kilbarchan , Johnstone—all are suffering . Even in the Mearns , according to the statement made by t . he minister iu the presbytery , the distress is very great , fiOO additional having lately been thrown upon him and a few others for support . Renfrew and Lochwiunoch , as well as Bayrhead , according to their repeotive ministers , are likewise Buffering severely . Let the ministers and others unite in the crusade for free-trade ; for to us it seems that that is the only raeanq whereby we can expect permanent relief . — Glasgow Citizen .

      Atmospheric Changes . —Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone than in other latitudes , fhere is scarcely a spot to be found w ^ here such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying in a few hours some twenty degrees or more . The effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middle and more advanced ages of life , causing attacks of those painful disorders , Sciatica , Gout , and Rheumatism . Happily , for those who are afflicted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that excellent medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .

      Daring Outrage . —A daring and barbarous outrage was commuted in the neighbourhood of Shanagolden last Sunday night , when , at the early hour of seven o ' clock , an armed party of marauders , whose faces were blackened , attacked the dwelling house of Mr . Gerald O'Connor , near that town , and broke his doors and windows , robbed him of a bluderbuss and case of pistols , broke his desk , and took what money it contained ^ Not being patisfied with their booty , as they did not find Mr . O'Connor ( the object of their vengeance ) at homo , they beat and cut Mrs . O'Connor severely , and inflicted a ghastly wound with the

      butt-end of a musket on the head of Charles M'Donnell , who was on a visit in the house , and had resisted the savages when breaking the door . Young Mr . O'Connor , too , received a . severe beating , notwithstanding which he gave the alarm to constable Lilly , who with a party of only two , pursued the sanguinary ruffians , but they escaped , with the advantage of an early s ' . aft , and the night being very dark . Mr . O'Connor lately set up ^ a public car between Shanagolden and Limerick , ' and thereby reduced the fare considerably , and , possibly this may be one cause of his being obnoxious to some persons . — Limerick Chronicle .

      Richard Oastler . —At length , as we learn from the last number of the Fleet Papers , the late act for the regulation of the Queen ' s Prison , and the abolition of the prison of ** The Fleet , " haa been carried into effect with regard to the person of our esteemed friend Richard Oastler . It appears that on the 12 th of November , in pursuance of a general warraut from Lord Denman , Lord Chief Justice , Mr . Oastler was removed from the FJeet Prison to the Queen ' s Prison ; and that he is now located in room No . 2 , staircase , No . 16 . Mr . Oastler was committed to the Fleet Prison , at the suit of Mr . Thornhill , on the 9 th . of December , 1840 ; so that he has been incaroerated two years ; and a ~ his means of payment are no greater now than they were at that time , it is to be hoped that Mr . Thornhill will soon be of opinion that he has suffered sufficiently . We observe that since Mr . Oastler ' s removal he has addressed his little " Fl < w » t < MM » " 4 » Sir James Graham , Bart ., instead of to Air . Thornhill .

      Melamcholv Case of Seduction and Suicide . — An inquest was held on Monday , before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the SkinnerV Arms , Hart-street , Paddington , on the body of Emily Churchill ; aged 22 , who committed suicide under the following melancholy circumstances : —Mary Jackson , of 10 , Hart-street , widow , stated that the deceased bad lodged at her house for about four months . She had a child with her , and said that her parents were the owners of a very large farm in Yorkshire ; that she had left home about two years ago , in consequence of some diffireiices with her family , and about eighteen months ago got into service in London , arid very soon after was seduced by a gentleman , under a solemn promise of : marriage . If she went home she

      said ehfe feared her father and mother would not look at her , aud she thought her eeducer was going to be married to another , and if he did she would not be long for this world , for she could never afterwards be happy in it . Witness had frequently seen a gentleman call on her ; the last time was on Monday . On Thursday he sent deceased a letter , and she afterwards told witness he was going into the country for a . few . months . The deceased remarked that was only ah excuse , and 8 he believed he was going to get married the next morning . On the Friday , finding that the deceased did not come down to breakfast as usual she went up to her room and found her hanging by a rope from a nail in the wall . The poor child was lying in bed asleep . Witness

      went for a surgeon , who , on his arrival , said sho had been dead two or three hours . By the Coroner—The gentleman appeared to behave most kindly to her , and she never wanted for anything . Witness added , that a letter was found on the deceased's table ; it was unsealed , and was to the following purport : — "My dear Charles : I cannot bear up with my misfortunes > Dd troubles any longer . You know you have so often promised to marry me . I could never bear to eee my father and mother again unless you keep your promise , and now you are going to get married to another . It is more than I can bear , dear CBarles . 1 did not think you would

      have so deceived me , after your sacred promise ; my mind is quite distracted . People in this world will laugh at me , and I shall be pointed at by every one . I am xvsftlved to make away with myself , and before y <\ vi receive thia letter I shall be no more ; tut I pray God you will take care of my dear little Emily , jnd do not desert her as you have me . I hope God will forgive me , and my dear father and mother . Once more I pray you to take care of Emily . Adieu , dear Charles , and God be with you ! Your once trnly affectionate lover—Esnvr Churchill . " After the Bumming up of the Coroner the jury returned a verdict of " temporary insanity . " ' . .-

      United States . —By the ship Hottinguer , Captain Bursley ; which arrived at Liverpool on Friday , we have received a New York Herald , of the 20 th ult . The Hottinguer ha 9 brought homo a large number of those unfortunate emigrants who have left this country in the hope of bettering their condition , but are , from some cause , disappointed in finding a home in the United States , and have returned in worse eonditien than they started . She has not less than two iundred on board . Mr . James W . Webb , the editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer , was brought up for judgement on the lSth , for leaving the State pome time back with the intention of flighting a duel with a gentleman known as the Hon . Thomas Marshall : h « pleaded guilty , and was sent to- prison * the Court deferring sentence for a few days , apparently to give the Governor of the State opportunity to grant a pardon ; should he not do so ;; Mr . Webb roust be imprisoned for not less than twoy or more than five , years .

      Portugal . —We have received intelligence from Lisbon to the Sthinst ., brought by the- Royal Tar steamer . There had been dreadful gales en the coast of Portugal br which two English Tessela were driven on shore . On the 26 th ulfc , at Pedtas Negras , 25 miles south of Figueira , the ship Chatham , Sargenty MaBter , from London t » Sydney with a general eargo and ten passenger * , was stranded , » nd three seamen with two passengere perished . The barque Wexford , from Newport to Malta , with coals , ran ashore inside the bar ofSt , Ubes , erevr all saved . Hopes were entertained of saving the cargo of the Chatham ; bot it was v « y doubtful whether either of the two vessels could be got off . The mnnicipal elections at Lisbon and Oporto had terminated in favour of the Government ; and throughout the districts of Douro and Aveiro tbe general result , it was believed , would be the same . ,

      SPA . iN .-The Paris Monilwr of Saturday announces the capitulation of Barcelona in the following dispatch ; addressed to the French Government : —PeRpjonan , , Dec . 6 . —Accounts from Perthsis , received this morning , state that Barcelona capitulated the day before yesterday ; . The mhabitanta o Girona , who were marching on Barcelona , returned home on hearing the nows . There ar . 6 -neither letters nor passengers from Barcelona .

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      Laconic Correspondence . —We [ find the following correspondence in a southern paper : — " Dear Son , —Come home ; a rolling stone gathers no moss . — Lucy Muggins . " To which he replied : — Dear Mamma , —Come to Texas ; a setting hen never gets fat . —John Muggins /'—American paper . Is the Court of QirBBfr ' s Bench , on Monday , Mr . Howard , StockdaleV attorney , in his fourth action against the Messrs . Hansard during the celebrated privilege struggle , obtained a verdict , with £ 160 damages , against Messrs , Gossett and Bellamy , officers of the House of Commons , and two other persons , for a trespass in the execution of the Speaker ' s warrant to searoh for tne person Of Howard .

      Cheap Po » k . —When pigs is soaroe , there ' s plenty o' way of filling the pork barrel for them Britishers . You kDOW there ' s young porpesBes , seals , an slick dogs , as well as bears an possums , an there ' s plenty of bones O ' them piga that died in murrain tivaQto put along with am . Them ere pigs wa ' rnt a no use then—butnow , we -know better—we sha ' nt throw away nothing . Bat man , it a ' nt lawful to put no young children in pickle . —American paper . A case of bather singular character came on before the Vice-Chancellor of England , on Tuesday , on the question whether Mr . John Gildhart , described as late of Liverpool , a gentleman born deaf

      and dumb , but of sound mind , could acquire a vested interest in the freehold and copyhold estates devised } y his father , on the ground that the father had , in lis will , appointed trustees for the disbursements for his son ' s maintenance , although he was then thirtytwo years of age , and also for the education of his children , if he should marrv . Sir L . ShadweU Baid that the testator had evidently contemplated the contingency of his son ' s marrying , and he did net see how he coula have considered his-sou capable of exercising the discretion of disposing of himself but nob of his propeity , and therefore declared the . reversion vested ia the deaf and dumb man .

      Arrival of Majok MALCOLM WITH THE CHINESE Thkat y foethbSigsatobk oy the Qdekit . —Major Malcolm , of the 3 rd Dragoons , iSecretary to th& Legation at , China , and Captain Richards , of her Majesty ' s ship Cornwallis , 84 , arrived at Devonport on Friday morning from China in the Locust steamvessel , Lieutenant Commander Lunn . Major Malcolm is the bearer of the treaty of peace concluded by her ' Majesty ' s . ' Pleniootentiary , Sir H . Pottinger , with the Emperor of China . It bears the signatures of the three High Commissioners deputed by the Emperor and sect to Nankin to arrange the terms , &c . Major Malcolm brings a letter of assent from the Emperor himself , solemnly engaging to ratify the treaty as soon as it shall be returned to him wita the signature of her Majesty attached thereto . Captain Richards has despatches for the Admiralty from Vice-Admiral Sir Wm . Parker , the naval commander-iM-chief of the Chinese coast . Tne Blonda

      frigate , 46 , Captain Bouchier , had sailed from Chin * for England wich two million and a half of dollars of the Chinese compensation money . The authorities of this port having especial orders to admit thai Locust to pratique as speedily as possible should she * touch at Plymouth , she was very soon relieved front quarantine ,, and Major Malcolmwas enabled to land at Mutton Cove on Friday , at eleven o ' clock , a . m ., when he proceeded immediately to London by express . The Locust has brought and landed an Indian mail , but the contents have in a great measure been anticipated by the Oriental , via Marseilles . The Locust has been twelve days on her passage from Malta .. She was despatched to England from Malta in consequence of being the only vessel available at that port when Major Malcolm arrived , for the other steamers were under repair . She ia comparatively of very small power , " and incurred delay on the voyage by being obliged to touch at Gibraltar and Vigo for coals .

      Singular Case . —An inquest was held at the Lord Nelson public house , Boltou-moor , on Thursday evening , upon . the body of Ann Hey wood , a pauper in Great Bolton workhouse , 73 years of age , who , it was alleged , had received cruel treatment from the nurso in the , hospital . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had had a fall last winter , and since that period had been confined to bed . Oa Wednesday e » ening , the nurse , Mary Davenport , who is . addicted to liquor j and was then not very sober , fancying that the poor old woman was dead , proceeded to have her dragged down stairs , on a > bed : and , after washing her , placed her in the

      deadbouse , upon a stone . A rumour got out that the old woman was still alive , and the governor of the workhouse , on being informed of what bad taken place , opened the deadhouse door , and found that that was the fact . He immediately had the woman conveyed back to her room , but she expired immediately afterwards . The jury returned a verdict of " Died by , natural decay , " accompanied by a severe censure upon the nurse , and a recommendation that she should be discharged . At the meeting of tho board of guardians yesterday the recommendation of the jury waa carried into effect . —Manchester Guardian . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - .

      Desperate Attempt at Murder abd SviiaDE . — Shortly before one o'clock on Tuesday , a most determined attempt at murder and suicide was committed at the tap of the Auction-mart , Coffee-house , Throgmorton street , by a young man named William Cannoll , about twenty-one years of age , and who was potman at the house . His intended victim is a female about forty , a confidential servant of the name of Magnus . From the few particulars that could be obtained , it appears that for some time past there has been considerable jealonsy shown by Cannell , owing to the conduct of his fellow-servant , and he has often been heard to use threats towards her . Last evening they went to the theatre together , ia the absence from home of Mr . Baker , the proprietor , and his family , and on their return a slight altercation took place between them , and on the unfortunate woman reaching the passage , on her way to

      bed , Cannell fired a pistol at her , the contents of which entered a little below the shoulder , on the left side . The report of the pistol brought some persons from another room , when Magnus was found lying in the passage , weltering in her blood , and Cannell was in th& act of cutting his own throat with a razor while standiug inside the bar . He was , however , prevented from accomplishisg the last part of his desperate intention , although'he had inflicted severe wounds on himself . The female was quickly attended by Mr . Salmon , surgeon , of Broad-street , who ^ on examination of the wounds , was of opinion that no immediate danger was to be apprehended . Cannell waa taken to the station-house , and thence to the hospital , in a very exhausted state . ; It could not be ascertained . how he possessed himself with the weapons , but it is supposed that he must have had them in his possession the whole of the evening .

      ACCOHDINO to thb Irish newspapers , an action for breach of promise of marriage , of rather a singular oharacter , is about to occupy the Dublin bar * in which the plaintiff is a gallant captain , and the defendant a young lady with a fortune of £ 50 , 000-The whole affair is highly curious . Captain GoBlin , otthe 84 th regiment , was the suitor of tbe 3 ady in . question , Miss Harding , with the warm approbation and recommendation of her father ' s friends and executors , but , as it would afterwards appear , with only the lukewarm assent of the heiress herself . However , this seemed so far secured , that the gallant captain was summoned to his bridals at Dublin from his regi ment at Chatham , the dresses were madeand the hour was fixed . But fate , WhlOQ

      , controls such events , intervened . The almost bride was returning from a walk alone , when she met at her door her former lover , / Mr . Featherstone , upoa whose addresses the executers , with hearts of millstone , bad put a veto . What passed at the interview is not fully reported , but expostulations , eloquent wiJh sighs and warm pleadings , are said to have , been indistinctly heard , and the resulc was , that on what should have been the Captain ' s wedding morning , the bride was not to be found , but a note only made known to her astonished friends , that she . was away with her "Jock o * Hailedean , ' * and tvaa married that morning . It is intimated that the Captain , at first invited the more fortunate lover to an interchange of shots ; but the latter , who ,

      in his new and happy position , had his own views oil the subject of " satisfaction , " very naturally and . wisely declined the invitation . SuiciDK . op Colt , the Murderer a * New York . —Politics , commerce , currency , finance , and all theusual topics of Amerioan exciteowat are almost passed over ia the New York papers , to make room for details connected with the rather remarkable suicide of John C . Colt , a prisoner ordered for ; execution for mnrder , and who was married and destroyed himself oa the day on which he was to hava been hanged . As the circumstances altogether are peculiar , we shall give an abstiaet of their principal features .- It may be in the recollection orour readers that the charge on which Colt was tned

      was that of having murdered a Mr . Adams , whose b « dyhe paeked in > case , and addressed to a port in the Southern States . The case was . actually on board the paeket when tbe discovery of it 3 content * was made , and Colt's con-netion was the consequence . After his condemnation , ofers of large rewards were BucceBBiveW and ineffe * t * ally made to the several turnkeys of the prisoD , ©* condition at their conniving at his escape in female's clothing , a woman wi » whom he had cohabited having offered to exchange ^ dresses at one of her visits . To this very . womaa Colt waa married on the morning of the suicide , ana of the intended execution . He ap peared to be quite attentive to the exhortations of his spiritnw

      attendant , was shaved , and prepared for the last «*»«" scene , and left by himself for a few mmates . Whea the officew again entered the cell be was lying dead , having stabbed himself in the left side with a knife , which was conveyed to him by bo tdo penon unknown . Oddly enough , at the very moment of this discovery , a fire broke out in one of the departments of the eaol , and which did considerable damage before it was exiiDguiahed . One of the journals remarks that this circumstance might have led to the escape of the prisoner had he not already consummated the act of self-destruction . The sensation creajted by this occurrtnee is nearly equal to tnat which existed in London at the time of the Thurtel Mt 4 Greenacre affairs .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 17, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1191/page/3/