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      gje chuckling agents of Messrs . Smithson and Co JJsJ swA a thing as that had never eslered into the Tieads < if &e Lancashire " ladi * . They trere quite . vUliiig to ba . ve a sap of drink with them "; ox " to accommodate them , by having a ride in the first dass carriages at their expence , as thai was a thing they -were not accustomed to , and therefore it vas a bit of » 'treat" j or " they would , rather than differ with teem , eat their bread and cheese , and beef " : " any or bH of these things they were quite willing to do ; but io goio tcariin Vis Coal Pits ai Haigh Moor , whoeteb HEaKD OF srcH A THIKG" ? " They had to work in the pits at St Helen ' * - ; they had pleniy of that there "; " they came io Wdkefdd ON a spkeb for a

      few days '; "they were qnite wiUing to ride a little further at the espence of those who had paid hitherto ; or to have a sup more to drink , or any thing of that sort ; hut to go a' knobsticking ' or of becoming ' Hack sheep , ' they never thought of such a thing ! do , never . " « They would not do snch a thing for the world" ! "So if there was nothing more to do in the shape of' first class trains ' , or treating , or drinking , they must -bid them good morning , and make their way back to St Helen ' s , za well as they could ; and all tbBy could say was , that if ever thsy wanted another job of the same Wt * Soing at any future time , if they would give them a call , they would serve them with all the pleasure in fhewoda" !!

      Any comment on the above would "but spofl iL 31 e whola thing is so rich ; the pictnre so complete , ihst not another word is necessary , The above will show the men of the North what the Coal Kings are likely to get by spending their money in . Lancashire . And as to Yorkshire , if anywhere in this county they could hare found men to ™ inobstick " it , they would not have gone to St . Helens for that purpose . Yorkshire is safe . But we have said the Coal Kings are giving way read the following , from onr London Correspondent : — The following important letter has been received in the Metropolis : —

      " West-Auckland , August 10 th , 1 S 44 . * « ' EEaB , Jaxes , —It is with pleasure that I take np 3 Lj pen to acknowledge the receipt ol your letter . I an happy to hear that you are well , and that yon still keep up yom spirits : it is a bard and long struggle , but in the end , I am persuaded , we shall come off more than conquerors . With respect to the men coming out cf the pita , I do assure you the lecturers are doing their duty welL They are rery seldom in bed , night 01 day , lor they see that there is no othtr means can be used ; and there is every reason to think that the most important collieries will aeon be emptied . I here inclose you % handbill which was printed at our last delegate

      meeting , shewing the numbers that had given up working up to that time ; but there has a great many given up , since that time ; the whole of Mr . Dawdon ' s * men have given up , and a number of HunswicJfs hove given up ; in fact , great numbers are giving np every day . We have sent forty lecturers out in the two counties , the most ef them in Wear and Tees , and Ihej are almost working miracles . It would be very difficult to tell anything of the cumber of strangers we hare , as they are always coming and going ; but we have nothing to fear from them . There have no Collieries agreed yet . At NatdifFa Colliery the men had a yearly bond offered ,

      and a thirty shilling gu ^ rxatee , but they could not agree in the prices . At South Shields the men have bad a yearly bond offered , but the masters had a clause in it that they could discharge a mas with three days notice for any thing that they pleased to call a misdemeanor : this the men would not accept . At Blackboy Colliery fifty strangers have left ; and it is said the whole wiH leave at the end of the week . I now conclude with ray wannest tha ^ y * to yon , and hope to hear from you again soon . " Tour faithful friend , and brother in Union , " Johs Hkujmabch . "

      An extensive coal merchant of iambeth states that the gas companies , the manufactories , and prisons , are nearly out of coals . That coals of a very inferior quality , { such as would not be looked at befsre the Strike ) are fetching 233 . and 24 s . per ton . That the merchants dare not make any contracts—that the Coal Kings are in a quandary , not knowing what to do—and ihat , if this state of things continue , they must get a supply from 3 > srbyshire . Prom the above , it will be seen that the Coal Kings are beginning to make offers to the men ; are beginning to bid for them back again . These offers were refused . But subsequent to the above letter , we have received the following from a gentleman high in the confidence of the Miners Association , and which will show our readers that THE

      SOUTH SHIELDS MEN HAVE OBTAINED THEIR JUST REQUIREMENTS ! and that the Masters haTe taken every man on again ,, the delegate included : — SorTH Shields—TxrrapB or the XTsiosists . — I have this moment received a letter from the men of South Shields . That colliery has got bound to the yearly bond , this morning . The masters have given the men what they asked , and employed every one of the men , delegate and all ! Gxl speed the good causa . Immense meetings of the Miners have been held this week , at Durham and Ke-weastle , short notices of which -WEI be fonnd in The Colliers' Movement . 77 At these meetings , these heroic men unanimously

      resolved" That we pledge ourselves to stand fast to each other and to our nolle Assotiatien , and to fight the battle to Hie last-Shall these men pledge themselves in vain ? Let England answer ! Again , we demand of the trades and -workingclasses generally to come to the rescue . Some trade 3 are moving in right good spirit . Among o ^ hera we notice several of the trades of Manches ter , fluddersfield , &c . Bat what is London doing

      We are really ashamed of the pony f Sorts there made to uphold the cause of labour . "We know that some few , isdnuing a section or two of the shoe makers , have done well : bat what is twenty , or even a hundred pounds for a place like the great Metropolis I The struggle has now armed at a crisis ^ and every tailor , shoemaker , carpenter , joiner , bricklayer , mason , cooper , printer ; in short , the men of every trad © and calling may be assured of this , that if they allow the Miners to he crashed , the doom qft ? teir brethren trill be speedily their own

      There are Collieries in Yorkshire , and many other parts , "where the men haTe been engaged in local strikes , bnt have resumed work at the advance of wages songht . We hear some complaints that some of these men are nnmindfnl of their less fortunate brethren , stDl engaged iathat struggle from which they have escaped . This is sot wiii . We know , that having suffered mnch while on strike themselves , they , poor fellows , will now , though at work at an advance of wages , have enough to do to Etrnggle upwards from the difficulties into which

      previous low , wages , followed by their strikes , have plunged them . Still it is their imperative duty to aid their brethren who are yet engaged in the conSict . Any other course mnst destroy confidence , and prevent any fntore success of Labour over Capital . It is the daty therefore of all Miners thus situated to give their assistance , first to their brethren in their own district , wherever there are local strikes ; and secondly , wherever this i 3 not the case , it is their dnty to support to their utmost their gallant , brethren of Northumberland and Durham ,

      Can the men of Scotland do nothing for their " border" brethren \ Will not she Trade 3 of Edinbnrgh , Glasgow , Aberdeen , and Dundee , do something to prevent the prostration of Labour , and the triumph of LAEora ' s oppressors 1 In many a patriotic confict , Scotland ha 3 done its duty ; and thai right gallantly . Will it not do so now * What are our Charlist frienda about in the * land o * the Gael !" Les then take upon themselves the initiative of rousing the working order to the rescue of their English frieads . The men of the Tyne and the Wear have sworn to " conquer or die : " will the men of the Tweed and the Clyde stand tamely by , and see their brethren perish 1

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      MARCH OP INTELLECT . THE > HIKER 3 AND THE BAR . We are assured by the Durham Chronicle of last week , an authority which will notbe disputed , that Mr . WiBKESjjouioT eOQD ^ l , employed by Mr . Robsbis in the "Wingate Wire-Rope case , at Dnrhani i Tfas , at hbown earnest request , paid his ieeiniinmbers of the Mtners" Magazine , preferring them to cash . This looks well for the bar , and speaks londly for this talented publications and onr only surprise is that our friend of the Chronicle should have been betrayed into so palpable an act of justice to his successful rival , Mr , Rqbebis . However , while we congratulate the Miners * Attorney-General on this Wbute laid te bis talent , we would offer a word of

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      caution to his liberality . And as we learn from the same source that Mr . Gbaingxr , leading Counsel for the defenoe , received Fifteen GuineaB fee with his brief , besides several consultation fees , we beg to remind Mr . Roberts that Eight Guineas would have been ample , and Ten handsome ; while we have no objection to the additional Five , provided it could be spared . As the Durham Chronicle has volunteered this

      act of justice to Mr . Robkuts , it is bnt fair to state in return , that Mr . Bbignall , his disappointed rival , has , in consequence of our remonstrance , returned £ 2 8 s . of the overcharged costs to Johh Hetdmahch : so that we do not despair of making an hone 3 t man of him at Ia 3 t . We had quite forgotten to annonnce the fact , that Mr . Robebts has bought another M fast popy "—the fastest of the whole stud .

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      Alleged be . ct . ix conduct op a Fae . mbk—We have received the following from a correspondent at lAvenham , Suffolk , dated August llth . We cannot think his communication correct : such unmanly brutality is surely beyond the pale ef possibility . V true , we know of no punishment which Lynch law could iiiflict , from ducking to , which would be too severe for such a monster . At the very least he would deserve to be treated in the same way it is alleged the women named below were treated . But we repeat , we cannot think it true : —I yesterday witnessed a most disgraceful act committed by a " respectable' * farmer of this place , named Jos . Richardson , a member of the Independent congregation . It is customary for the poor labourers '

      wives to make their harvest by going out gleaning . It so happened they went on a part of bis field which he had cleared , while he and his men were at another part of the field , ab » nt clearing the last load . "He ordered his men , and assisted them in tying the waggon rope at fnll length to twe of bis horsea , to which they fastened the poor gleaners , and the men rode full spee 4 round the field , dragging the poor gleaners after them . The following persons have been seriously injured by their brutal treatment . Elisabeth Tickers , aged twenty-one , received a compound fracture in the leg , and very much braised , 1 sate the bone of her leg sticking through htr slocking . A . poor woman by name Lambert , with seven small children , her ancle bone injured , obliged to be brought home .

      A woman by name Smith , her wrist injured ; and several more women and children lamed and bruised , a great part of them exposed in a most shameful way . I pledge my word the above are facts , and i am Bure you will , in justice to the poor , give them publicity in your valuable paper . —P . S . —Since writing the above the surgeon informed me that the person Tickers is not likely to recover . Spartacus—Next wetk . Johx A . Hogg . —Send to Mr . John Clark , care of Mr . Martin Jude , Three Tuns , Maner Chare , Newcastleupon-Tyne . This is the address to which all monies for the Northern Miners should be sent . W . Sweet , Notti > gham . —It is impossibie for us to occupy our space with the small sums , the receipt of wbicb be desires to be pnbliibed . Patrick O'Higgixs , Esq . , Dublin , is requested to

      inform the Nottingham friends whether he received a number of Stars sent by them through the post J . W . —The circulation of the lines , headed " Freedom at Home , " by the Liverpool Education Committee , is very creditable to that body ; but the lines are too lame on so stirring a theme , for our paper . Joseph Goodt , Sudbub y , is thanked for hia communication : but we are not in the habit of inserting " sporting news . " The oiher paragraph he will see b inserted . E . Mitcheli , RocHDAiE . —We never keep rejected contributions of the nature of that which he wishes returned . James Haigh . —Mr . Ross ' s address is , " Washington Coffee Honae , Kirkgate , opposite the Ticar ' s Croft , Leed * . "

      Q . M . EL—Received . johk Clabe ., District Secretary to the Miners , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , in acknowledging the receipt of 24 s 6 d from Birmingham , desir&B to have the address of Wa Talbert , or J . Eershaw , so that proper receipts for the money may be forwarded . Cheap Political Works . — We beg leave to call the attention of our readers to an advertisement in our second page , of a variety of Works , which for cheapness and intrinsic excellence can be safely recommended . Many of the works have been sealed books to the minion ; but now they have an opportunity of

      purchasing a library worth a king ' s ransom , at a price of which no one can complain . Ca-hbbxdgeshire . —Have we any reader residing at , or near Caxton , Cambridgeshire ? If so , will be favour us with his address ? Scotlasd . —Can some of our Scottish friends send ns a copy of The Witness of Saturday , Angus * . 10 th ? It contains , we believe , tome remarks on the Bums ' Festival , which we are desirons « f seeing . Address to the Northern StariOS . ee , l * eed ? . Johx Pabs , Hamilton , is thanked for his letter ; it « VmH be made use of in our next .

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      JlXTZSSItb Firs at Writecbapel . —On Wednesday morning , shortly after twelve o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out npon the premises of Mr . W . H . Barton , boot and shoemaker , 2 , Charch-lane , Whitechapel . Engines from the nearest stations of the fire-brigade were shortly in attendance , a 3 well as two from the parishes of Whitechapel and Aldgate . Water was speedily obtained from the mains of the East London Works , and copiously poured upon the blazing premises , bnt notwithstanding the exertions of the firemen were incessant , and their labours most judiciously directed , the flames were not extinguished before the shop was burned out , the first floor and warehouse serionsly damaged , and other injury done .

      Dreadful Accident ijj D : fptford Docktabd . — Oh Tuesday last , between the hours of one and two o ' clock , p . m ., as Jacob Pope , a shipwright , was employed in moving a heavy piece of African oak on boad her Majesty ' a steam-ship Phoenix , he met with an accident by which he was crushed to death in a most frightful manner . It appears that the deceased was adjusting a piece of oa . k timber weighing abont two tons from a crane into the hold of the ship , and by some nnforespen cause it Bwung round , and , catching his temple , crashed his head with great force against another timber which had been made fast beneath the deck . The poor fellow was immediately released from his perilous situation and removed to the dispensary in the victnalliDg-vard ,

      under Dr . Browne , the medical storekeeper . On the arrival of the surgeon a minute or two afterwards it was manifest lhat life had become extinct wjtbin a few seconds of the unfortunate occurrence : his sknll on examination was found crnBhed like a broken egg , his clothes and the place from -which his body was removed being literally deluged with blood . An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr . CaTtuwr and a respectable jury in herMaje&tv ' a victualling-yard , and after a long and patient investigation of the circumstances , a verdict was returned of Accidental death . The deceased was twenty years of age , and has left a widow far advanced in pregnancy and two children to deplore bis untimely death .

      DbeaDFDL Affair . —On the morning of Sunday , the -iih inst . a most distressing event occurred in a family named Fife , belonging to Alloa Colliery . Regarding some trifling circumstances dispute arose between the father and son , a lad of abont 20 , till at leDgth the former , enraged almost to fury , lifted a hoe which unfortunately happened to be lying near , and struck his son a tremendous blow with it on the head , laying the skull almost completely open . It was not expected ihat the lad could snrvive , and

      accordingly information was speedily conveyed to the police , who took the father into custody . He , however , requested to be allowed to go into another apartment for a moment , and had been absent bnt a very Ehort time , when , on the officers entering the room , they found him weltering in his blood , he having in the interval cut his throat in a shocking manner . Medical aid was instantly procured for both , and np to Thursday last they were still alive , but very little hopes were entertained of their recovery . —Stirling Journal .

      Bolton . —Fatal Acodest . —On Saturday last , an nquest was held , at the Four Factories public-house , Little Bolton , before Mr . Taylor , tho borough coroner , on the body of a turner , named William Entwisle , aged thirty years , who was accidentally killed on the preceding night , at the bleach works of Messrs John Slater and Co ., Back-o ' th Bank . About ten o ' clock on Friday night , the deceased was employed putting up an upright shaft , when he accidentally fell with the shaft in his hand , whien alighted npon his head , and killed him on the Bpot . Verdict M Accidental death . "

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      Serious Accident . —Ah accident , which , it is feared , may be attended with a fatal result , occurred in the evening of Tuesday last , to a private in the 2 d Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards , stationed at Windsor , named Hannent . The unfortunate men , in attempting to climb up the rugged pieces of granite of whioh the pedestal of the bronze equestrian Btatne of George III . ( on Snow-hill , at the extremity of the Long-walk ) is composed , unfortunately missed his footing , and fell from a height of upwards of twelve feet , terribly shattering himself against the projecting stone-work , before he reached the ground . It was feared that his back waa broken , and he was conveyed to the hospital , with as little delay as possible , in the most excruciating torture . Upto Wednesday afternoon , he waa considered to be in a most dangerons state .

      The Late Fibb near Gravesend . —Cobonbr ' s Inquest . —On Monday afternoon a jury was empannelled at the Rose and Crown , Upper Thorne , near Rochester , in Kent , before John Noble Dudlow , E ? q . | on the body of James Miller , aged 67 , who died from ipjuries received at the late fire . After hearing the evidence the coroner summed up . It was quite clear that the accident happened from some defect in the flue ; the fire thus communicated with the thatch of the roof , whioh falling in upon deceased , he thus met his end . The jury , without hesitation , tnrned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

      Manchester . —Funebax of thk late Db . Dalton —Monday last was a day of uo usual excitement in this town , owing to the authorities having determined to give the late Vr . Dalton a publio funeral . On Saturday his mortal remains were laid in state in the Town-hall , where the publio were admitted from eleven o ' clock in the forenoon until six in the evening . The town was placarded , calling npon the manufactures and shopkeepers to pay their respects to their late townsman , by closing their shops and warehouses from 11 o ' clock on Monday 'till 1 . By 9 o ' clock in the morning , the town was unusually thronged ; and by the time the procession was announced to move , the principal streets in the line of route were

      crowed with anxious spectators . The procession being formed , it extended from the Town-hall to Spring-gardens , in Market-street , and preoisely at the time appointed it moved forwards towards the last home of our illustrious townsman . The following is the order of the procession : —A posse of the police , eight abreast , two mutes , followed by gentlemen , six abreast , twenty carriages , containing the principal gentry of the town . Mechanics and others six abreast , eight more carriages , medical gentlemen , two abreast , thirty carriages , four mntes , and gentlemen , six abreast . The

      hearse , richly decorated , drawn by six horses . Six mourning coaches , containing the relations of the deceased each drawn by four horsea , twenty-Beven more carriages ; and the procession was closed by Dr Hulley , in a pony phaeton , followed by another posse of the police force . The procession was three quarters of an hour in passing any given point . For the accommodation of the public , the proprietors of the Ardwick Cemetery kept the vault open until five o ' clock in the afternoon , in order that all who wished to see the Doctor in his last home might do so . Upon the whole , perhaps , this was the most splendid funeral that ever took place in

      Manchester . : The Late Catastrophe at Nottingham . —The public auxiety created by the painful occurrence on Wednesday has subsided in but a very slight degree , although the verdjot of the jury has given general satisfaction . The first execution which took place on the High Pavement was that of Daniel Diggle , who was found guilty at the Lent Assizes of 1817 , for shooting , with intent to murder , one James Kerry , in order also to break bis frame-. Before that time the last penalty of the law was inflicted on a mound in the forest , just outside the town , called " Gallows Hill , " which was a sort of local T y burn . The place of execution was changed because it was feared that the ' * Luddite" trials being then prevalent , an

      attempt might be made to rescue the prisoner if he were taken on the usual mournful journey to the suburbs . While , however , the necessary arrangements were being made , Lord Rancliffe wrote to Lord Sidmouth , pointing out the impropriety of the proposed alteration , and stating that in the event of any extraordinary excitement , the lives of numbers might be endangered , as the street was much too narrow to hold the multitudes who generally assemble on such occasions . His lordship ' s caution was unfortunately disregarded , and the fatal proceedings of Wednesday have proved how well-founded it was . The coroner in his opening address to the jury stated , that the accident was more dreadful than any which had happened in Nottingham since the memorable explosion of gunpowder at the Canal Company ' s wharf on the 28 th of September , 1818 . That horrid calamity was caused by the

      imprudence of a boatman named Joseph Musson , who taking it iuto hiB head to have " a flash , " procured a quantity of powder from a cask and made a train ; this he set fire to , and by some means ignited also the contents of' 21 barrels , each containing above 1001 b . weight of the destructive material . The effects of the terrifio explosion : which followed may readily be conceived ; the spacious buildings were instantly swept from their foundations , ana everybody hi the immediate vicinity Was killed or wounded . Ten persons were instantaneously destroyed , their bodies in several cases being literally blown in pkces , and numbers of others were maimed for life . The damage in the neighbourhood was immense , scarcely a bouse oa that side of the town , in fact , escaped without having its windows broken , and those of the Castle , St . Nicholas ' s Church and of whole rows of dwellings near the spot , were utterly demolished .

      Nottingham Catastrophe . —The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate persons who perished in so melancholy a manner at the Nottingham execution , concluded in the following verdict : — " The Jury areof opinion , that the deceased individuals were accidentally thrown down in and by a crowd of peope who had been attending a public execution in the town of Nottingham , and were then and there trampled to death , or suffocatod . " It was then unanimously added , that" the Jury are of opinion , that the front of the County Hall is a most improper plaoe for a pnblic execution , and they trust the persons who have the authority to fix upon a plaoe for that purpose will not allow another execution to take place there . " The matter would have speedily been

      settled , had not a desire been expressed by several of the jury to add something in the way of censure upon the magistrates . Mr . Page , as foreman , declared he would not sign the verdict if a resolution of censure were not patsed , and expressed his determination to hold out until the following day . The Coroner at length explained , that although the verdict must be unanimous , any subsequent opinion of a majority of the Jury might be appended . An expression of censure was then persisted in , aDd was carried by a majority of two , in the following terms * " A majority of the Jtiry , at the same time exprc&s their opinion that , considering the extensive excitement which prevailed , sufficient precaution was not taken by the proper authorities to prevent accident . "

      Suicidb of an Agfb Lady . —Mr . Baker held an inque 3 t , on Tuesday , at the Royal Standard , Albionstreet , Waterloo Town , Bethnal-green , on the body of MrF . Sarah Wills , aged 70 , a widow lady in tffluent circumstances . It appeared from a child , ten years old , the grand-daughter of deceased , that they lived in Arundel-street , and that her aged parent for some time past had been in a very depressed state of mind , and used frequently to say that " it would be a charity to knock her on the head , otherwise she &hould destroy herself . " About half-past six o'clock on Friday morning last the witness saw her get up and leave the room , and afterwards return with a sharp pointed knife , and stab herself several times in the front of the throat . On the witnesa screaming a nephew of deceased came and wrested the knife from her . A surgeon was then sent for , who sewed up the wounds ; but deceased sunk and died on Monday last . Verdict : " Temporary Insanity . "

      Awful Death . —On Saturday last , James Ashwortb , a respectable young man , was perching a blocking or Woollen warp , in the fulling mill of his &tep-father , Mr . Rawstron , in Rjssendale , when by some means the piece caught him , taking him up along with it on tbo fly-wheel , on which it was being rolled , wrapping his whole body within its fold , except his legs , which were left sticking out at one side , and -which , consequently , wero entangled in the machinery , and both broken . His weight

      on the wheel threw it out of gear , but hiB legs still remained iu the machinery of the perching pole , which continued going . It is not known exactly how long he had been in that situation , as he worked in the room by himself , but it was supposed about half an hour . Mr . Rawstron ' s carter parsing the mill , thought from the sound of the machinery that all was not right , and on going into the room in which Ash worth worked , he was found in the dreadful situation already described , and when released was of course quite dead . —Lancaster

      Guardian . Providential Escape . —The inhabitants of Sturminster Newton were on Tuesday greatly alarmed , in consequence of a report , which proved too well founded , that the servant girl of Mr . Paviour had been precipitated to the bottom of the well nearly forty feet deep , in consequence of the top of the well having given way whilst the poor girl was drawing from the pump above . Oa endeavouring to let a light down . it was discovered that the well contained foul air . as the candle would not burn ten feet below

      the surface ; but , fortunately , there was plenty of of assistance speedily on the spot . Ropes and ladders were procured ; and although the poor girl was greatly alarmed , she had the presence of mind to fasten the rope round her body , and , by the assistance of a young man , who ventured down the well to extricate her from under a large rock whioh projected ent on one side of the well , she was safely drawn out with very little injury . Had it not been for the timely assistance rendered , she must have soon fallen a victim to the foul air . —Somerset County Herald .

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      Manchester , —Two Children Burned to Death . —On Friday , inquests were held before Mr . Chapman , at the Royal Infirmary , on the bodies of two children who had died in consequence of theirclothes taking fire . The deceased were Ellen Walker , eight years of age , daughter of Wm . Walker , joiner , of Gay-street , Hulme , and Maria Alcock , eight : years of age , daughter of Joshua Aloook , nail-maker , of Port-street . Both the children were severely burned , the former havjng received her injuries on Wednesday afternoon last , and the latter on the 19 th ult . The evidence disclosed nothing beyond the ordinary circumstances occurring in numerous cases of this description , and the jury returned verdicts of " Accidentai death . "

      Execution of the Murderer , Weeks .-Bodmin , ToESDAT . -The execution of the murderer , Weeks , toot place , yesterday , at noon , at the county goal nere . ihe unhappy man was reported several times to have died since the passing of the sentence dooming him to hia miserable fate , and in a state of unconsciousness chiefly the time has glided away with him from that period to his final hour . Thousands of persons , men , women , and ohildren , were on the spot lit front of the drop at au catly boar , and continued to inorease until the miserable being was brought forward to be sacrificed to the laws of his country . At twelve the final hour had arrived , and , everything being complete , the wretched man was hanged . " Sudburt .-A fire took place at Nayland , the 6 th instant , which burnt several stacks and other property . It is supposed to be the act of an incendiary .

      Fatal Accident at London Bridge . —On Tuesday night , between ten and eleven o ' clock , a fatal accident occurred at the City Pier , London Bridge . It appears that a young man , by the name of Thos . Harris , one of the pier-men at the city pier , was attempting to pass from the dumb-lighter lying there to the contiguous , or Old Shades Pier ; in consequence of his being near-eighted , and the lighters being moved for the purpose of effecting the improvements ordered by the Lord Mayor to widen that part of the river about th © bridge , -where so many steamers embark and land passengers throughout the day , he mistook his step , and fell overboard under the bows of the lighter ,: close by the piles which during the night are being driven for enlarging the area of the ' river . The body had not been found up to twelve o ' clock .

      ExrccnoN . —George W . Thompson , the murderer of Catherine Hanlin , was executed at Lower San * dusky , on the 12 th instant . He died a hard death , as after he had been suspended twenty minutes his pulse could be distinctly counted . When on the gallows he made a few remarks , but nothing more than to express Borrow for his crime , and to warn others against similar offences , &c . Thompson committed the murder some two years ago , and once or twice escaped from gaol , and was retaken , previous to his ignominious end . —New York Journal .

      Sinking op a Vessel and Loss op Life off Gravesend . —On Wednesday , at inquiry was instituted before Mr . Carttar , coroner , at the Town-hall , High-ptreet , Gravesend , respecting the death of Mr . William Jackson , aged 44 , master of the Providence sailing smack , of Milton , near Chatham , who lost his life by the sinking of that craft under the following circumstances . From the evidence of a lad named James Buck , an apprentice on board the Providence , it appears that early in the morning of the 3 rd instant , as the above vessel was proceeding down the river with a cargo of bricks , and when off the Clifton Baths , close to the Essex shore , ft brig was noticed ft short distance a-head , and her sails being set , the deceased imagined that she was under weigh , and beating over to the opposite shore . Such ,

      unfortunately , was not the case , she being at anchor at the time , and before the Providence could be brought up , a most fearful collision took place between the vessels , the deceased's brig , the smallest one , receiving the greatest injury , so much so , that she immediately began to fill . The apprentice and his captain instantly got into the boat at the stern , for the purpose of saving themselves , but before they eould remove the rope that held her , the Providence gave a sudden lurch , and went down head foremost , dragging the boat with her unfortunate occupants down with her . The crew of the brig rendered the most prompt assistance , and on the lad rising to the surface of the water , he was picked up and saved . The deceased , however , was never seen afterwards , and the supposition is , that he was unable to extricate himself from the wreck . A verdict of accidental death was returned .

      Murder , near Newcastle . —A melancholy transaction occurred late oa the evening of Saturday last , by which the life of the engineman of the "Betty '' Pit was lost .. It ' appears , on the sight ot Saturday last , John Fleck , manager of tbe Higb Aytoun Farm , had made arrangements with a person called Jefferson , to watch a field of potatoes . They bail arranged for that purpose about nine o ' clock on tbe night in question , and were to meet on the turnpike road at twelve o ' clock . Jefferson bad arrived at the place noouer than either Yarrow ot Fieck , and had gone to the enginehouse beside Robson the engine man ; having Bat fot some time in that place , he and Robson went towards the field Of potatoes . Robson smid : " Let ' s away in here , and have Borne of Richardson ' s potatoes ; 1 bave

      had some before . " Accordingly they went into tbe field , and as he waa stooping down to tbe potatoes , a gun was fired and entered his breast Whilst Jefferson and Robson were in the field , Fleck bad been coming down to tbe turnpike to meet Yarrow and Jefferson , and heard the report of a gun or a pistol ; he went down to , the low side of the field and whistled ; shortly after he saw Yarrow coming along from the pit , Fleck asked him where he had been , and if be had beard a gun ; Yarrow answered be had been sleeping in the enginehouse and had not beard a gun . Fleck and Yarrow then went back to the engine-house as all seemed quite still . They sat in tbe engine-house about an hour or an hour-aud-a-half , when they went out to look about : Fleck went along the head of the field and Yarrow along tbe bottom . Fleck fell in with Jeffereson lying in the hedge , ' and Jefferson called oat " Hollo ; " he went up to him and saw something white a short distance

      from him ; he went forward and found it to be a man , lying , an be thought , asleep , he poked him -with hia Stick , Jtfftirson said "It ' s Tommy Robson . somebody's shot him . " F . eck called out to Robson to go to Low Aytoun Farm and get some help ; Jefferson offered to go , and Yarrow assisted Flecfe to carry tbe body ; they carried it about half way ajong the field but could not carry it any further ; assistance having been obtained they succeeded in getting the body to Low Aytoun Farm . In the meantime , Mr . Good , Surgeon , was sent for , who arrived as they were carrying Robso n along , bat he could not render any assistance as the body was quite dead . An inquest was held on Monday at the office of the " Betty " Pit , near where the melancholy occurrence took place . Several persons made depositions , but as yet no one has been apprehended , nor has any clue been obtained as to the perpetrator of the deed . An adjourned inquest will be held on Friday .

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      under authority of a Secretary of State ' s warrant , to open and examine the letters addressed to one individual in each town ; bnt in one of these oases there were no letters to open . One clerk employed on this duty returned to his ordinary business after a week's absence , the other after an absence of five weeks . ' 2—In the autnmn of 1843 , during the disturbances which took place in South Wales , two clerks were . sent down from the post-office , into the disturbed districts , with directions , under authority of a warrant from the Secretary of State , one to

      inspect the letters of one person at a particular town , the other to inspect the letters of another person at another town ; and subsequently , under authority of a different warrant , this second clerk was sent to a third town , there to inspect tbe letters of a third person . Iu all three instances , the persons whose letters were to be inspected were specifically named in the warrant ! One of these warrants wag in . force eighteen , the other seven days . "It is these facts , probably , that have given rise to the report of a commission or commissions having visited the manufacturing districts , charged with a general authority to open and inspeot letters . 3 Tbe third of

      " — these cases is that of a warrant to open and detain the letters addressed to Mazzini . Thia warrant was issued on the 1 st of March , and cancelled on the 3 d of June , in the present year Throughout that period , the intercepted correspondence was transmitted , unread , from the Home Office to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs . The facts of the case , so far as your committee feel themselveB at liberty to disolose them , appear to be ? 3 follows : — "Representations had been made to the British Government , from high sources , that plets , of whioh Mr . Mazzini was the centre , were carrying on , upon British territory , to excite aa insurreotiou in Italy ; and that such insurrection , should it assume a

      formidable aspect . would , from peculiar political circumstances , disturb the peace of Europe . The British Government , considering the extent to which British interests were involved in the maintenance of thai peace , issued on their own judgment , bat not at the suggestion of any foreigi power , a warrant to open and detain Mr . Mazzini ' s letters . Such information deduced from those letters , as appeared to the British Government calculated to frustrate this attempt , was communicated to a foreign power-, * but the information so communicated was not of a nature to compromise , and did not compromise , the safety of any individual within the reach of that foreign power ; nor was it made known to that power by what me * - ns or from what source that information had been obtained .

      i . A warrant to open and detain all letters addressed to Mr . Worcell and to Mr . Stolzman was issued on the 17 th April , 1844 , and cancelled on the 20 uhJune . " 5 . A warrant to open and detain all letters addressed to Mr . Grodicki at Paris , and to another foreign gentlemen , was issued on tbe 3 rd of June * 1844 , and cancelled on the 13 th of the same month . 11 The last two warrants rested on grounds connected with the personal safety of a foreign sovereign , * entrusted to the protection of England .

      It appears to your Committee , that , under circumstances so peculiar , even a slight suspicion of danger would justify a minister in taking extraordinary measures of precaution . The committee have not learned that there appeared in the letters that were detained any thing to criminate the gentlemen whom the Committee have very reluctantly named . "The Committee think it may be desirable for them to make known , that the above three warrants are the only warrants to open the letters of foreigners which the present Government has issued .

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      * The Emperor of Russia , we suppose .

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      DEATHS . Oa the 4 ih inst ., aged 55 years , Mr . James Wrot , bookseller , Great Ancoats-street , Manchester . Mr . Wrpe was one of the people ; and although of lata he has not taken any prominent part in public or local affairs , he retained his principles to the last . He was conspicuous in the time of Henry Hunt , and the paper ( the Observer ) which he conducted , was then , as the Star is now , a light to the people and a terror to evil-doers . The eye at the top , and

      the flag unfurled at the heed of the first column , with the Cap of Liberty above it , spoke in such strong language to the guilty consciences of the oppressors , that the Government of the day thought it a duty to notice both him and his paper . He was equally au enemy to all abuse in the town ' s affairs , and has been the means of many of them being either much abated or totally removed . He was generally respected , and hia loss ia deeply regretted by the poor , who by bis death have lost a sincere friend and kind advocate .

      On the 8 th instant , in London , Roberts Haines , E-q ., of Oundle . He was a true friend to liberty , and the rights and interests of the working classes . Onthe 10 th inst ,, at Hanover-street , Halifax , Mr . Beujamin Barker , aged 82 years . Mr . B . had been a Radical Reformer for upwards of fifty year 3 j and in the worst of times , during the rampant persecutions of Pitt , Sidmouth , and Castlereagh , he stood steady to his principles , turning neither to the right hand nor to the left . So disgusted was this veteran patriot , with the treachery of the base ana lying Whigsfrom whose loud professions be had

      , anticipated a considerable advancement of liberty , but who had bitterly deceived him , that ha determined to assist in driving them from power at all hazards ; and , therefore , voted for Sir George Sinclair , the Tory candidate for Halifax , at the last election , and thus incurred the displeasure and abuse of many of his Liberal associates . This friend to his race—this foe to tyrants—this excellent man , whose whole practice was "do unto others as you would they should do unto you , " has , after along life , finished , his course without a stain on hia oharacter- and respected by all who knew him .

      Recently , Hannah Carey , aged 28 , formerly of the City Locality , and for five years a regular subscriber to the Northern Star * She has departed this life much lamented , and respected by a numerous circle of democratic friends . On . the 9-h instant , at Richmond , in the 29 th year of heir age , Mary , daughter of Mr . Carter , of that place , grocer . On the 7 th July , Hannah Carey , a staunch Bnppocter of the Chartist body , and a member of the City locality , the beloved wife of Brother Carey , ot lie Ana locality .

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      * One of the best anS easiest ¦ worked Collieries .

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      XXECCT 1 VE . £ a d From a Leeds Radical 0 0 4 ^ Nevrpsrt , Isle of Wight , per Self ( subscription .. 039 .. J . Stepbenson , Scotland 0 0 6 L % eds , collected by B . Thornton 0 6 0 .. John Snownden 0 0 6 _ Mr . Barker , Woodhonse 0 10 victim yc *» D . „ Newport , Isle of Wight , per Self ... 0 2 8 KOBTHCMBEBLAJfD ASD DURHAM MIHERS . „ Iron Moulders of Dundee ... ... 2 12 2 jEXKlN MORGAN . _ The Chartists of Woodbouseand Woodhouse Carr , near Leeds , per Wm . Scott 0 15 0

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      Rochdale . — . Independent Odd Fellows , v . the Rural Police . —On Monday last , the members of the "Star of ' Providence Lodge , " No . 326 , of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows , met at the house of Host Henry Collinwood , sign of the Wheat Sheaf , Yorkshire-st ., Rochdale , when the suprintendeut and inspector of the rural police having been proposed to be admitted as members of the above Order , a long discussion ensued , as to the propriety of admitting them . Ono man observed that Bailiffs and their followers were not allowed to enter , and he considered the rural officials had not one whit more right to become members . A poll took place which ended in upwards of four to one deciding against the admission of the police .

      Holbeck . —On Monday last , the Holbeok cottage gardeners had their show of carnations , with fruits and vegetables , in the school-room adjoining the church . The specimens exhibited were very fine , and prizes were awarded to the successful competitors , who wero principally working men . The excellence of the vegetables was the theme of universal commendation ; in fact , the bulk of the money given in prizes is devoted to rewards for the best productions of the useful domestic roots . Bkadfohd . —PoPtri . A « Lectdhes . —On Wednesday evening last , Mr . L . Jones delivered , in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institute , in this town , the first of a course of two lectures on the poetry of Wordsworth , Shelley , and Keats . The front scats iwere nearly empty , but the back scats—and

      we were glad to see it—were comfortably filled by those of the industrious order—a gratifying augury , let us hope , that the " million ' can appreciate truth , simplicity , and beauty , and will worship at their shrine when , a 3 on this occasion , the means of intellectual gratification are placed within their reach—its purchase being only a penny ! At the late hour at which we write , we cannot do more than state that the lecture was of a very able and interesting olia . acter , and that the beauties of Wordsworth were illustrated with so muqh taste and judgement , and the readings executed with so much skill and beauty , that the gentle and excellent author of "The Exoursion" himself might have listened to his ardent admirer without any apprehension of fear for the result . —Bradford Observer .

      Todmohden . —As soon a , 3 the Slar placard appeared on the walls on Saturday last , giving notice of what the Star oi that day contained , the Leaguers might be seen running from one news-agent to another , begging for a Slar . Some went so far as to take them away , and march off without gaining the consent of the agent , they were so determined to see one . Many are the surmises about the League riving no report of the disoussion . It has weakened the confidence of those of the labouring class who have foolishly expeoted some good from Cobden and his followers , while the honest Chartists are more than ever satisfied with the position they have taken , and with their champion , O'Connor , and his copatriots .

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      THE OPENING OF JLETTERS AT THE POST OFFICE . The Secret Committees , appointed by the two Houses of Parliament to inquire to what extent the opening of letters at the Post Office has been carried , presented their reports a short time ago . The report of the Committee of the House of Lords is meagre . It , however , prominently mentions one practice which is more cautiously touched upou , in the report to the Commons . The following is the passage we refer to : — ;

      " It appears to have for a long period of time , and under many successive administrations , been an established , practice , that the foreign correspondence of foreign ministers , passing through the General Post Office , should be sent to a department of the foreign ofBoe before the forwarding of such correspondence according to its address . The Postmaster General , having had his attention called to the fact that there was no sufficient authority for the praotice , has , since June , discontinued it altogether . " The report from the Committee of the lower House goes more deeply into the general subject .

      The following table shows the number of warrants which have been issued in eaoh year , commencing from 1822 , when a record of them first began to be kept at the post-office : — ' 1822 12 1830 ...... 14 1838 8 1823 7 1831 ... i .. l 7 1839 16 1824 2 1832 ... ; .. 5 1840 7 1825 6 1833 ... L 4 1811 18 1826 8 1834 ... ; .. 6 1842 20 1827 8 1835 ...... 7 1843 8 1828 4 1836 ... ; .. 7 1844 7 1829 . 5 1837 ... ; ... 4 The excess of warrants jin 1839 are stated to be the result of the riots at Newport , and that in 1842 of the disturbances in the manufacturing districts .

      The following is a table of the cases , iu which warrants have been issued , 'from 1799 to the present time : — < Bank of England 13 Bankruptcy 2 Murder , thoft , fraud , &o . 144 Treason , sedition , &c 77 Prisoners of war i 13 Revenue 5 Foreign correspondence . 1 20 Letters returned to writers 7 Address copied ; . ~» 1 Forged frank ¦ 1 Uncertain .... 89

      Total ; 372 The committee mention elsewhere , that by far the groater portion of those classed as uncertain are criminal warrants . The principles whioh the committee lay down as having guided the Home Secretaries who have held office ( during the present century in the opening of correspondence , areas follows : " The warrants issued during the present ceiitary may be divided into two classes : — " 1—Those issued in furtherance of criminal justice , and usually for the purpose of obtaining a clue to the hiding-place of some offender , or to the mode or place of concealment of j property criminally ab-Btracted ; and these , for brevity ' s sake , the committee will term crimisal warrants .

      " 2—Those i-aued for the purpose of discovering the designs of persons known ior suspected to be engaged in proceedings dengerous to the state , or ( as in Mazzini ' s case ) deeply involving British interests , and carried on in the United Kingdom , or in British possessions beyond tbe seas . " With regard to both these classes of warrants , the object in issuing them has been , in many cases , to ascertain the views , not of the party receiving , but of the party sending the letter . " Having thus given our readers an idea of the general extent to which this power has been exercised by the Secretaries of State , we extract that portion of the report whioh refers in detail to some of the most remarkable oases in whioh it has been employed of late years : — j

      " During tbe outbreak in the manufacturing and mining districts , whioh took place in August , 1842 , in the week of the greatest anxiety , a clerk was sent down from the London Post Office , with directions , under the authority of a Secretary of State ' s warrant to Open the letters of six parties named therein , ail taking a prominent part in the disturbances of that period . In the same week , the same clerk was directed , under authority of two other such warrants , to open the letters often other persons named , and , a fortnight later , to open the letters of one other person , making seventeen in all . Most of the persons whose letters were ordered on this occasion to be opened were iadioted , and many both indiotedand convicted , before the special commission appointed to try the parties concerned ia those disturbances . With one exception , these warrants were issued between the 18 ih and the 25 tb of August , 1842 ; and they were all cancelled on the 14 th of October . "About the same time , ' two clerks wero sent down to two provincial towns , eaoh with directions ,

      Egypt. Important News-Abdication Of Mehemet All

      EGYPT . IMPORTANT NEWS-ABDICATION OF MEHEMET ALL

      The following important intelligence reached Paris by telegraphic despatch on Tuesday : — " Alexandria , July 27 . M His Highness the Viceroy has just suddenly left Alexandria , declaring that he renounces for ever E « ypt and public affairs , and that he retires to Mecca , " Ibrahim id at Alexandria . The city is quiet . ' '

      Marriage.

      MARRIAGE .

      On Sunday , the Inn inst ., at Stocspoxt , Mr . James Fawley , of Ashton-under-Lyne , to Miss Hannah Smith , of Crowhil ! , near the same place . On Thursday , the 8 ; h inst ., Vincent Baron de Tuyll , Chambellanto his Majesty the King of the Netherlands , ti Charlotte Henrietta , second daughter of the late John Mansfield , Esq . and granddaughter of the late Right Hon . Sir Janes Manslield .

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      To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle . Sib , —Being just now engaged in writing a little treatise on the " Morality of Living Statesmen , " with the motto— " La parole nous a ete donnee pour mentir" by one of the best specimens of the genus , Tallerand , I would feel extremely obliged if you could help me to the solution of a puzzling doubfi which started in may mind on glancing over the " Report from the secret committee appointed by the Lords to inquire about the Post-office Espionage . " In the report of the House of Lords , July 4 th , I find that the following conversation took plaoe : — " The Marquis of Normanby—Have Mr . Mazzini ' a letters been communicated to any foreign power %

      "The Duke of Wellington—I have no knowledge of it . " The Earl of Aberdeen—I can more readily answer that question , and / can assure the noble lord that not one syllable of the correspondence has been communicated to anv body whatever— ( hear , hear ) . " . And the " hear , hear" of the Noble Lords waa loudly re-echoed , next day , by all the Ministerial press . The declaration of Lord Aberdeen was to be trumpeted forth all over Europe ; and both friends and foes to be apprised " that it was true that the English Ministry had , during four months , opened and read my correspondence ; they had , during many years , opened and read that of the foreign ministers , till the Postmaster-General having , in Juno ( just at the time of my petitioning ) , felt the immorality of the practice , discontinued it altogether ; but they had done it only for their orivato

      comfort , not oo suggestion of any foreign accomplice . " In the report of the Secret Committee , as printed , yesterday in our columns , I find that" certain parts " —the only interesting parts , I suppose— " of the information contained in Mr . Mazzini ' e correspondence were communicated to a foreign government . " The declaration of the Honourable Lords of the Secret Committee being so entirely at variance with that of the moat Honourable Lord the Secretary of State for the Foreign Affairs , I should really like to know ( bo as to be enabled to arrange this new specimen of morality under its proper head ) on which side , according to your valuable opinion , is the truth , and on which the can yon find a Parliamentary word for it ! " Your most obedient , " Josepel Mazzini . " 47 , Devonshire-street , Qieen-square , Aug . 6 . "

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      The Swell Mob in Scotland . —One of the English thieves who , it will be remembered , was detected outting away " a lady's bag" in Buchananstreet , and for which offence he forfeited his bailbond , was , on Tuesday last , apprehended at the Ayr terminus of the Ayrshire Railway , and lodged j in Ayr gaol , for his " tool polite" attention to the i admirers of Burns . —On Friday , a genteel-looking j young man , another of the same gang , was { tried in the Gorbals Polies-court , { for attempting to pick the pockets of the lieges of the : Ayrshire Railway station . Bridge-street , found guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned for thirty days . 4-0 ther two , supposed to be of the same gang , were tried on Friday , in the Glasgow Police-court , forj following their unlawful

      calling near the grand stand at the cattle show on Thursday . One of them was found guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned for thirty days ; the other was admonished , and dismissed . — Glasgow paper . Baptism Extraordinary . —At St . Mary's Chnroh Bryanston-square , St . Marylebone , on Tuesday , morning , were baptised , ! by the Rev . Dr . Dibdin , Rector , three children , the progeny of the same mother ( Mrs . Hodges , the wife of Mr . Edward Hodges , licensed victualler . Circus-street , Newroad ) , at the same accouchment , under the names of Abraham , Isaac , and ; Jacob , all being remarkably fine children , and doing well . The Distressed Needlewomen . —There is a very excellent society established in London for the

      employment of the distressed needlewomen . The miserable pittance for which these poor creatures work , is not enough to keep body and soul together . The garrets and attics of this great metropolis are the scenes of the most appalling distress and heartrending misery . The mere idea is sufficient to make the hair stand on end ; a contemplation of the frightful reality would ! curdle the very blood . Thomas Hood ' s famous " Song of the Shirt" contains no exaggerated picture ; ( it is a true and faithful deliniation of the protracted miseries and sufferings of a very extensive class of industrious and hardworking people . " The labourer is worthy of hia hire * ' is an adage often quoted , but not always aoted

      on . It is certainly difficult to compel tradesmen to give an adequate remuneration in these days of unbounded competition and zealous rivalry ; but at all events the publio institutions should not afford any opposition to the proper payment of a most distressed and deserving class . Yet such is the case . Work is taken in at the { prisons and in charitable establishments , at a rate which must reduce to absolute starvation those who are compelled to toil out of doors for their livelihood . On Saturday , July 20 th , a deputation from the above-mentioned Society waited upon Sir James Graham , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , to request him to take into consideration the above-mentioned

      facts . This society cannot possibly hope to carry out its philanthropic exertions with success , if such undue competition be allowed . The persons in prisons are fed , clothed , and lodged ; they work for occupation , and all that their labour produces is so much gained , as it were , to the establishments . The poor oreatures out-of-doors are compelled to pay for food , domicile , and clothing , and to support , in many instances , numerous families . The prisoners , b y working for a trifle , rob these poor creatures of their very bread , j Now , what was the satisfaction given to tbe Deputation by Sir Jas . Graham ! The daily papers say , " tbat the Home Secretary was pleased to express his anxious desire to grant relief . " What astonishing nonsense is this phrase ,

      of " being pleased to express / ' If Sir Jas . Graham did his duty , for which he ; is handsomely paid , there is no pleasure nor volition at all . At least , no 11 pleasure" in the sense in which the word is here used . He should boldly state whether he intends to remedy the evil complained of , or not , —whether he recognizes its existence or not . All these deputations end in smoke . They flatter the vanity of tbe great men to whom they are Bent ; and the great men smirk , and smile , and bow , and never do any thing more . The evil which Lord Ashley and the other gentlemen who formed this deputation complained of , is a crying one , and should be immediately rectified . Thousands of poor women are in a state of the most hopeless misery ; and it is is fearful to think of the extremes to whioh they are driven . The " upper classes" are the cause ef it all . The self-appropriation of all the loaves and fishes scarcely

      leaves crumbs and bones [ for the poor . Sir James Graham is the controlling power of all the prisonestablishments in the kingdom ; and his will is law in those respects . At a glance , he must understand tbat the evil brought to his notice in the present instance is a glaring one ; and be should not delay one moment in applying the remedy . We would , however , wager that the matter has already slipped his conveniently Bhort memory . We must confess , however , it would be of little avail to interfere with the mode of employing inmates of jails , without cutting off , at the same instant , { the supply of over-cheap labour from the inmates of poor-houses . We hope the Committee will next wait upon the Poor Law Commissioners ; and afterwards put into shape the regulations which they think Sir James Graham and tbe Poor Law Commissioners could practically enforce . — Weekly Dispatchi

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