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      FRANCE AJTD HOROCCO .

      BOMBARDMENT OF TANGIERS , The following appeared in a second edition of the Two Friday - . — *» Pxeis , Thdesdat Mobxisg , Acs . 15 . —It was ja * wiihout reason that in mj letter of yesterday I jg ? cnbedas ominous the article in the Journal des J ) cbats , which , on the alleged authority of letters from Gibraltar , and the journals of Cadiz and Madrid , ^ scribed the exas peration of the Moors to be so peat , as to suggest fears that the Emperor would jSo ; be able to pcrseTere in a pacific coarse . The Dibals of this day contains the folloiring : — ui We are assured that the Gorernment received this ( Wednesday ) night the following important intelliffenDB from the eoast of Africa : —

      * " The reply to the ultimatum , seat to the Emper or of Morocco by the Prince Adniral commanding the French fleet , has not appeared satisfactory . His Boyal Highness the Prince de Jobmlle ordered the bombardment of the advanced works which defend Tangier . "* Those works hare been destroyed . u * The European quarter of the town has been spared . " Mr . Drnmmond Hay , the Consnl-General of En 2 land , took refuge on board the French Admiral ' s ship . ' "There 13 nothing else of importance , " adds oar correspondent , "in ihe papers of this daj . " The following telegraphic despatch appeared in -fliB Jtlomlnir . Psrpigkas , Arc 13 , 5 o ' clock , pji .

      * ' TBJSCE DE JOIJiTIlXB TO THE HI 51 STKB OP HABXXE . \ 81 Bs ? oxe Takgieb , the 7 th . —On the 4 th inst . ' 1 reply to the trftimatum of M . de Kion was re- j jeiTed , bnt was not of a natnre to be accepted . ! " * On the 5 th I was informed that Mr . Hay was in i place of safety . \ On the morning of the 6 th I attacked the forti-: j »; ious of Tangier . 80 pieces of artillery returned ; sie Sre . in about an hoar their Ere was silecced , j ind their Batteries dismantled . . ;

      "* Oar loss m men is trifling ; and the injury bus- I tuned of liitle consequence . j *• ' The quarter inhabited by the European Consuls I Jjsbeea respected . > " ( A true copy , "' Babosdb Micut . '" j The following details of the bombardment are from 1 ihe Vonitcvr ;— I The GoTenunent has received news from Tangier i pf the 7 th , respectrnjj the facts announced by the ! telegraphic despatch pablished in the Monitevr of j

      Thursday . j On the 4 ; h the answer armed which the Pacha of j Larache , Sidi Booselam , made , in the name of the 1 Emperor , to the ultimatum of Franee . j That answer was not satisfactory . It said nothing J respecting the dispersion of die Moorish troop 3 as-1 gemWed on the frontiers of Algiers , and of which the number is about to be increased by the arrival of ) the Hereditary Prince Sini Mahomed , with a body of troops of 20 , 000 to 25 , 000 men . It renewed the ' , promise of an exemplary punishment to the Moorish ' chiefs gmlty of an aggression on our territory , but i FBttVinR it a condition that Marshal Bnge&nd should ' be recalled . I

      In short , the part of the letter relative to Abd-el- < Eider appeared more satisfactory than that which j we had hitherto received , bnt it is drawn np in a i Tague , obfccure , and embarassed manner , and is full ! of restrictions . j H 13 Royal HighnesB the Prince de Jofrmlle and i JL de Nion , charge d ' aSairs of the King , could not j regard this answer as satisfactory , which appeared : to hare no other object out to gain time . j Hi 3 Royal Highness , in conformity with the in- j Strucnous of the King ' s gorernment , decided on at- > lacking the forufications of Tangier . : These are the facts which result from ihe report 1 Addressed to Admiral Mackan , the Minister of JUrine . !

      It was on Tuesday the 5 th , about half-past eight ' ia the morning , that the squadron under the orders of ! the Prince lay to before the walls of Tangier , and ; opened its fire with the cry of Viva le Roi ! In one ! boor theHre of the plaee was stopped ; the batteries \ were dismantled and the pieces dismounted . On our sde the loss was inconsiderable . Notwithstnding the difficulties of th « sitnation , th » : Bqnadron took up it * post with the fullest success . I Tie Saffrea ship of war commanded , cast anchor in i six fathom 3 and a half , on a rocky bottom , on the i point nearest to the enemy ' s batteries . This was the place which the Prince Admiral reserved for himself . Tbe £ re which commenced at half-past eight , h&d not ' entirely ceased rill nearly eleven o ' clock . It eonti- < seed during all that time with an order which did ' jot exclude fer one minote the calm and -the preci- ; ion for the correctness of the discharge of the gans . [ It is to that correctness of the direction of the shot

      « much as to the position chosen by the Prince , tiat is to be attributed the rapidity of the success ? btsined . The example eirea by the Suflren was imitated It tach of the ships of the squadron . Every where w sailors and the soldiers rivalled each other in sriour and sang - froid . The resistance was much more "rigorous than we facially expected . Several gans on the ramparts die aot cease their fire antil broken by our bullets . Mr . Hay armed during the action , on board the Yestrriu 3 , coming from Mogador . In the evening he wiited upon his Hoyal Highnes the Prince de Join"nlle , wao had a conversation with him . The Spanish division , an English ship and a frigate , the Sardinian , Sweden and American ships of war were present on this splendid day . According to the arrangements made on the 7 ih , the squadron was to be ready the following day to go

      The BoiiBiSDMEST of Takgxebs . —The Madrid Hnaldo , of the 12 th inst ., gives an account of the bombardment of Taugiers , and says^— " the result was the almost total destruction of ihe ^ Moerish batteries , wjih the loss of twenty five men killed and wounded on the ads of the French , and some slight damage to the French vessels , and partienlarly to the Argus Seamer . The loss of tbe Moors was considerable , according to a letter dated on board % Spanish vessel ifl the bay . * Tce vessels of ^ iffsrent other nations lying in the bay remained passive spectators of the fight , and ob the eveniag of the 6 th the French fleet sailed for Cadz , where they arrived on the 7 th , in order to repair all damages .

      * If ere the Prince again saUed from Cadix he did not receive satisfactory intelligence , he would proceed to bam ' bayd Mogador , Bailee , and Larache , but Kiinoat tff ^ cting a landing , or taking possession of Sdt point on the coast . ' AL 3 IS 2-. —Accordin ? to accounts from Algiers of ihe _ lotn last ., theson of the Emperor of Morocco had lm ^ ed oa the frontier of Algeria , wi ' h a column of troop ? , and established his camp at Xonliad-Si-M £ > a ] j-Abderr * chmap , within four leagues and a iMf of Lalla Maghrina . The same letters state Sat Abd-tl Kader had retired to the West of Mo-* mco . The last advices from the camp of Marshal -sgeaad , dated the 5 ; h instant , make no mention of

      * sj csvr engagement . The Marshal was to have feffis to Elghtzaont on the 10 th , to receive a convoy provisions , bat he had informed the Governor of uraa that he conld not at present leave his camp . ± K Euphrates , Eerertheless , sailed on the 8 A for i-ghszaour , towrag a transport laden with biscuit . wioQtl Ejaard wrete on ihe 31 st nit from Sebdou , tit he had penetrated into tbe territory of the Onede-. Nanr , four leagues beyond the frontier of Moseco . After a night ' s march through a broken » atrT , he s-urprised the enemy at break of day , icied twpDty men , took twenty five prisoners , and captured 3 , 000 head of cattle . The chiefs had made over tures of peaee , * n d w-re treatiag for their sub-EUjnon . tt the date of Colonel Evnard ' s despatch

      . . - "It ? Toulmnais of the lo : h inst . contains no later atangeBce from Tacgiers than that of the 7 th , bat it adds that the French squadron was to Bail posi-^ Ttiy on the 8 : a to bombard Mogadore . Marshal ^ r eaKd nmn have received the news of the commenctmem of hostilities on the 12 ih , and wonld , it » as expected , snspend all negotiations with the Emperors son and asfumethe offensive . A convoy of proTiaoiLS which had left Jemaa Elghanont for his htdJ , £ ad been attacked on the way and obliged * retrace its steps .

      FRANCE . , -iSCCii DlSSOLTTlOS OF THE POLTTECHXIC ^ v ' l ~ con-espondent of the Times says : — lou nave beea for some days aware that the t !~ v , lhal establishmeat had taken it into V % t ¦ as Io re ^ t £ > tnbmit to be examined by a * - IJaaaael , one of the professors of the school , yx ? - ' - il ~ 15 considered correctly , contended , had - * otea regu l arly or in conformity with xhe statutes ^| £ e es tablkhnient appointed , inasmuch as he had V ^ Solarij named by the Minister of War , of 3 , ° ! " ? Private authority . The first fire EtndentB ^ ea before the examiner declined answering his gstjoi ^ and were ins tantly expelled . Tne whole . ^ puoilowed their example , and business was susyt ^ , -a ^ hile waiting the decision of the Minister £ <*« . it would appear thai he ( Marshal Soalt ) * oisEelined to carry chastisemeBt of this roatiny ft m- - be ¦^¦ iDg &nd » i 4 is ^ opposed , ihe . T ^ ST JXlBlaterS DroTV « pd _ fnr th « a / nni /« . r nf t'his

      ^ J . contains a Royal ordnance appointing the jm S * 1 of Marine ( Admiral de Mackau ) Minister ' » ir ad interim , Marshal Soalt being at his ^ trjstat . Immedi ately after this comes another 11 , v S 2 m ? ^ 07 th inst . ) , signed by Baron de *** an , dissolving the Polytechnic School : — u . ! ° a the report / says the ordonnance , ' of our J *^« the Secret ary of State for the Department Srirf ^ aa ^ Coicn } es » * w ™ 8 « d interim as Minisbfl 5- s an ° considering the acts of disobedience ?» border which have lately taken place in the * r-eciiijc School , we have decreed & 3 follows : — u \ £ * "& 3 . The Polytechnic School is dissolved . ^ ^ lae chief , administrators , professors , exa-i «»« , i - offisers Df the school , wfll preserve j 7 * « 3 aad tmolumente . - j

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      " * 5 . An ulterior ordinance will regulate the reorganization of the school . " * 4 . Our Minister the Secretary . of State for the Department of the Marine and Colonies , directing ad interim the War Department is charged with the execution of the present ordinance , •"' fiiven at Henillj , oa the 17 th of August , 1844 . ., _ " * Louis Philippe . ' "There was a period , " resumes our Paris letter , when this wonld have been a dangerous proceeding , bat the disaffected—to whose affections the Polytechnic School is dear—appear ominously determined to ' bide their time , ' and to avoid all Bmall occasions for emevtes , and will make no demonstration . The dissolution of the school is , nevertheless , a bold step of GovernmeBt . "

      SWEDEN . Stockholm , Acgpst 2 . \ d . —The twenty-five eleotors of the order of nobility , though themselves Conservatives , have , with the view olsetting forth their independence , brought in a few moderate Liberals to be members of the committees . Among others a Connt Bamiltoa was ohoscn ss president of the mo 3 t important of the committees ( the Constitution oommitteej . As , however , there was not a Bingle Liberal among the members of his order , he required that one of his relatives , who is accounted an ultra-Liberal , should have a seat along with him . This was not assented to , and , therefore , Connt Hamilton resigned his place . Some other noble members of the same committee have likewise withdrawn from the duties to which they were called , because ttoae duties interfered with their pr ivate occupations . In consequence of these retirements , the Constitution

      Committee has not commenced its sittings , nor even chosen a aecretary . As some noble members of the other committees have declined their election on the same grounds as Connt Hamilton , it has become a question in the peasant class whether it would not be advisable to adopt some other mode of forming the committees , so that their operations may not be impeded by obstacles on the part of noble members . In the peasant or agricultural class , some violent speeches have been made against the cleriry , particularly against the archbishop , whose congratulatory address has excited considerable dissatisfaction in the two lower classes . He has been compared to Archbishop Gastav Trolle , and pronounced a traitor to hi 3 country . A peasant , named Hu 3 s , even went so far as to propose the establishment of a general consistory , having for its object to maintain inspection over the Archbishop and the whole body of the clergy .

      CIRCASSIA . Gxohious YICT 0 B 1 E 3 ovsB the Russians . —The Journal des Debats observes , that " tbe war in Circ&ssia , which has now continued so many years , does not appear yet to be about to terminate in the conqnesi of the country . On the contrary , the Russians have experienced a fresh defeat at Perdigorok , near Koaban . Tbe details of this affair , which appears to have been BeriouB , have not yet been received . Another fact has been announced , which , if confirmed , would be Btill more serious—the ¦ ca pture of the fortress of Derbend , with its cannon and ammunition , by Schamyl . This Sohamyl is a species of warlike prophet , who has for several years governed and led to battle the Lesghis , the

      Koubitchis , and the other Mussulman tribes of Daghestan . He is the Abd-el-Kader of those eeantries . Derbend , the capital of Doghestao , is an ancient town , with a population of from 12 , 000 to 15 , 000 inhabitants . It is most important on account of its fortifications ; the height and thickness of its walls are an object of astonishment , and it was during several centuries the bulwark of Georgia and of Persia against the warlike population of Caucasus . Situate on the Caspian Sea , Derbend carries on a , trifling trade , bnt the harbour affords so shelter \ against the north-west winds , which sometimes i drive the waves with extreme violence into the ; Btreets of the town . The celebrated Caliph

      Haroanal-KaEchid resided for many years in Derbend . The Russian army of Caucasus , decimated by disease , by hunger , and by the nostalgia , is in a state of the most deplorable demoralization . The Kussian Government has likewise had the imprudence to send there anumber of Poles , Tvho have almost all deserted . These Poles have instructed the mountaineers in the art of war , and have given them ideas which are now bearing their fruit . The warriors of Circassia now possess cannon which they captured from the Russians , and they are gaining victories which from time to time astonish Europe . The Circassian war has now endured more than sixty years . It began under Catherine II .

      CCBAI > eath ov Piicruo . —Hatawah , Jplt 1 $ . —The curtain has just fallen on the execution of tbe chief conspirator , Placido , who met his fate with heroic calmness . Nothing was positively known of the decision of the Council concerning him , till it was rumoured a few day 3 since that he would proceed , along with others , to the " chapel" for the condemned . Oa the appointed day a great crowd was assembled , and PJacido was seen walking along with singular composnru under circumstances so gloomy , smoking a cigar , and saluting with graceful ease his numerous acquaintances . Are you aware what the punishment of the ** chapel" means ! It is worse a thousand times than the death of which it

      is the sure precursor . The unfortunate cnminalB are conducted into a chapel hung in black , and dimly lighted . Priests are there to chaant in fepnlchral voice , the service of the dead , and the coffins of the trembling victims are arrayed in cruel relief before their eyes . Here they are kept for twenty-fonr hours , and are led thence te execution . Can inythiBg be more awfnl ?—and what a disgusting aggravation of the horror of the common death 1 Placido emerged from the chapel coal and quite undisnayed , whilst all the others were nearly or entirely overcome by the agonies they had already undergone . The chief conspirator held a crucifix in his hand , and recited in a loud voice a beautiful prayer in verse , which thrilled upon tbe hearts of the attentive masses which lined the road he passed . On arriving at the fatal Epot he sat down on a bench , with his baek turned , as ordered , to the military ,

      rapid preparations were Bade for his death . It was well kno ' 'n that in some affecting poem written by Placido in prison , he had said it wonld be useless to seek to kill him by shooting his body—that they must Btrike hJB heart to make it cease its throbbings . And now tbe dread hour had arrived—at tbe last memeat he arose , and said " adios monde" ( adieu world ) , and sat calmly down . The word was given , and five balls entered his body . Amid tbe murmurs of the horror-struck spectator ? he got up , and turned his head apon the shrinking soldiers , his lace wearing an expression of superhuman courage . " Will no one have pity on me 1 " he said . " Here ( pointing to his breast ) , fire here ! " At that instant two baliB pierced his breast , and he fill dead , whilst his words still echoed in onr ears . Thus has perished the great leader of the attempted revolt . Nineteen were shot at the same time with Placido . They all died miserably .

      UNITED STATES . MOVEMENTS OF THE TRADES . MARCH OF AGRAKIAN 1 SM , 4 c . ( From the 2 \ ew York People's Jiiahls . of July 2 ith , ISii J Movements OF the Tkades —By a report of the Corresponding Secretary of tbe Typographical Association of this city , it appears that several employers who had aeret d to the prices established by the Association in the spring have rednced them , and others are abont to do so . Among the reBt it ia said that Mr . John F . Trow , tbe Corporation Printer , " iB determined to

      feet bis face against the Association . " One employer - who ¦ wia interrogated , said he " lost a jjb in conseqaence' of being underbid by some who does not pay Association prices , " and that " he shonld be obliged to rednce or lo 3 e his wort . " TDese and similar facts aad occurrences show clearly that tbe working classes of all occupations mast unite upon some radical remedy for tbe evils which so nnnatural'y oppress them , and we are glad to learn that the Typographical Association hsve appointed a Committee to confer with a Committee of the National Reform Association on the subject

      -Tne tailors of this city , wco are now on a strike for higher wages , walked in procession on Monday through tbe principal streets , accompanied by two bands of music It ia computed that there were about two thousand In the procession . Many of the tailors are dow looking for a . Radical remedy for their grievances as . well as ihe temporary one of strikes . Their General Convention takes place on the 2 otb instant , and we trait the measuie of the National Reform Association will not escipe their notice . Tfaa hand-loom Weavers of Paterson are also on a strike for wages . Some of tbe employeTB havs acceded to tbfcir demandj . Tee cotton lords of the east as yet show bo symptoms of a relaxation of their OErighteons demand , o / from twelve to sixteen honrs a day labour from the men , women , and children , immured in their " principalities of the poor . "

      The cordwaiaers of Lynn , Masa , have established a paper of their own , and are taking meaEures to send delegates to tbe New England Cjnvtntion The resolutions of the ladies * cord wainers of this city have been repnblianed by the Lowell Operative aad . Boston Labourer , and are promised in the A < xl , the new paper at Lynn-Tfiere appears to be a general awakening of the working classes . Uow is the tima THE T-iiloss' Stbike . —Tbfe Herald Is very severe en the tailors * parade and Btrifee , and tbinks it must be ineffectual , bat does not attempt to show any other meins by ¦ which theii condition may be benefited . Such preaching will be of no avail , because it is in fcfect saying to them that they are well enough off as tbej are , and that they were born to be the slaves of an aristocracy . The tailors are beginning to nnceietana thfeir lights ; to see tbat there i » something wrong in the system that makes them labour twelve or fifteen hoars a day , wheB , if all laboared as they ought to . do , four or six hours * labour a day would abundantly supply tbe wants of all . The Express says the procession " did cot seem ma e ap of discontented spirits . " If they are not ducQsUBted , it is time they were . How long would

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      the Express have the working classes contented with a system of society thrt robs them of six or eight hoars ' labour a day , deprives them of tee comforts and BDJoymeats of life , dtstioys their health , and shortens their lives ? Tenth ahd Eleventh Oct-Door Meetings — Tha tenth oat-door meeting was held at the corner of tentn avenue and sixteenth utreet , oa Friday evening , Jaly 19 th , Mr . Hearn in the chair . Messrs . Heara and Evans addressed the meeting , which was well attended . :

      A Mr . Walker attempted to address the meeting in opposition , and was invited to the stand . He accepted the invitation , spoke abeat tea minntes , and then " cleared" himself , refusing to bear a reply to his objections , which was received with cheers by the aadience , who , with that exception , were nnanimoas ia favour of the measure . An Auxiliary for tbe sixeenth Ward was oommeaeed after the out-door meeting was over . At the eleventh out-door meeting , in the Bowery , opposite VaExhall Gardens , Mr . Byeny in the chair , the speckera ware Messrs . Pyne , Commerford , Beeny , and Evana . Mr . Beeny , in tee coarse of his remarks , spoke of the sympathy for the working classes manifested by tbe papers which they support , particularly instancing the True Sun , from which better things were expected than the lanaation of a system which subjects the working classes to the necessity of wearing the cast-off clothiag and boot * of those wholWe by tfaeii laboar .

      The following resolution : was offered by Mr . Cotnmsr * ford , and carried unanimously : — Resolved , That it is the opinion of this mealing that the public lands of the States , and of the United States , ought to be made free to actual settlers , rit ' ig . 'na of the United States . Agrabian Meeting at Patehson . —A meeting of working men was held at Paterson , New Jersey , on Saturday evening , July 20 th , which , in point of numbers , interest , aad respectability , was all that coald have been anticipated , aad one that holds out the most flattering hopes of success in that quarter . Tbe meeting was convened at Mr . Archdeacon ' s Maseam , and was organized by calling Pater Ceog to the chair , James Dankky and John Royle to officiate as free Presidents , and Joseph C . Todd as Secretary .

      An address was delivered by Mr . W . Haddock , one of the agents of tbe National Reform Association , that occupied about one boar . Thespeaker commenced by giving & short histery of the Association , aad then explained the grand object of its organisation . He then diBonssed the evils of a monopoly of the soil by speculators , displaying the irjjnstice of & code of law » that yields to one what it cannot grant to all . He also shewed tbat the tendency of an over supply of labourers and the progress of machinery was t » cat down wages , and pointed oat the necessity for the immediate adoption of some plan that would permanently Improve the condition of the labouring classes ; and proved that the oaly efficient remedy for bard times is to make the public lands free to actual settlers .

      The meeting then adjourned , to assemble again at the Musenm , on Thnrsday eveniag next , Jaiy 25 ' . n , at nalfpast seven o ' clock , for the purpose « f forming an Auxiliary Association , to co-operate witb the National Reform Association » f the city of New York . Mobb Wokki > g MEN ' S Papers , —We have received a number of a paper that has been published for the last six months at Manchester , N . H ., entitled the " Manchester Operative , " published weekly at Manchester , N . H ., by W . N . Haradan and E . R . Wilkins , at one dollar a-year . It is a handsome paper , not quite so large S 3 oar own , and is devoted , as its name Implies , to tbe lights of labour .

      " TheAxtl" is the name of a new paper , pablished at Lynn , Mass ., by » n Association of Cordwainera , at 75 cants a year . This makes the sixth working men ' s paper that has sprang into existence within tbe past six monvbs , all of which , except the two above-named , nave embraced the cause of the people ' s right to tbe soil ; and from the honesty and ability manifested in these two papers , we have no doubt bat they will follow suit Rrode Island AypiiBS . —We have room only for

      a few words oa Rhode Island affairs , but we must say that we shall not let the subject rest till Dorr is liberated ; and we say in the name of the disciples of the Democracy of ' 76 , he must and shall be liberated , unless the Laud-Pirates consummate their iniquity by taking his life . But we warn them that they will be held responsible for his perfect safety from any further outrage . They have already done enough to ensure the overthrow of their unrighteous rule , and let them beware how they make necessary a fearful retribution 1

      The cause of Dorr and Rhode Island is intimately connected with the cause in -which wo are engaged , a restoration of the People's right to the soil of their birth . They are the Land Monopolists of Rhode Island who are new persecuting Dorr , and denying the people their right to suffrage . A great meeting of the Democracy of providence was held in that city on the 4 th of July , Hczekiah Willard , of Cranston , in the chair , at which very spirited addresses were delivered and appropriate resolutions passed against the reigning tyrrany of that state ; but we regret that they were made to assume rather a party character , makiBg the liberation of Dorr contingent on the eleotion of Polk and Dallas . Dorr mast not remain in prison till an election is decided , which may resnlt in the elevation of a man who has justified the proceedings of the Land-Pirate ? . Nine revolutionary patriots , aged from seventy-four to eighty-eight , were present at this meeting .

      King , the usurping Governor of the Rhode Island Land Pirates , is under arrest , charged with feloniously stealing , embezzling , or fraudulently appropriating to his own use , two thousand dollars of other people ' s money in a Bank with which he is connected . So it is possible he may exchange places with Governor Dorr . Men of Rhode Island 1—Will you stand tamely by , and talk of peace and quietude while the noble , self-sacrificing patriotio Dorr is incarcerated in a felon's cell ! If there be left in youonedrop of generous blood , now is the time that it should be stirred up for decisive action—for action which shall leave its record inscribed on an imperishable tablet to be read with feelings of the mou sublime admiration by an born generations . Not content with shooting down your brethren , like beasts ; not content with marching you at . the point of the bayonet through

      the streets of Providence , your aristocratic Lords have now confined in a loathsome dungeon , him , who from the first has aobiy defended your rights , and for that is now a prisoner . This should be tke torch , that should light up all the energies of your bouIs . Let your end in view be the liberation of Dorr : the means will take care of themselves . But at any rate aUaia the end . And if the Still email peaceful voice , which so long you have urged in vain , fails you now ; and if the hand of friendship aad love which so often and loijg you have pi offered be still repulsed—then in the name of all that is dear to humanity ; ia the name of your trampled rights , up and cry in thunder-tones that shall wake the ¦ w orld , and with the strong arm of force , conquer . Let the patriot Dorr be liberated , even if it be done by tottering around his head every stone of that Bastde , to which your Algerine judges have condemned him .

      Men of Rhode Island ! The eyes of the world are \ upon you , and if this last insult be suffered to remain ! on the list of the too many ; you have tamely borne ; ; if your noble Governor be suff red to drag out his life in chains , then the eiecraiioiH of future ages shall liuht on your memories ; your tombstones shall > be unhallowed by a 5 igh of sorrow ; and the name of Rbode Wand shall be a bye-word and a mocktry : but shall it be so ? j " Rouse like lions after slumber : In unvacqui ^ hable number , \ Shake your chains to th' earth , like dew ' Wkiefa id sleep has fallen on youi ' e are many , —they are few . " — Shelley . 1 New York Peoples' Rights .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . ( A Susprise . —The following incident has created some sensation lately at Bayonne . About five months ago , a Spanish priest , named Jose Martinez , seduced the daughter of M . Bernard , one ot ' the couriers of the British Legation at Madrid , where tbe girl resided with her mother . Before the fath . tr became aware of the circumstance , Martimz persnaaed his victim to fly with him to Bayonne , where they have been reMQiag as sister and brother , uatil three days ago Bernard , whilst on his way to London , with despatch * s lor Lord Aberdeen , met his unfortunate child in tbe street . An explanation followed , and the priest was imprisoned . This morning he was liberated and couducted across the frontier into Spain by a gendarme . The punishment in Spain for his crime , is incarcfirauon upon bread and water for li f e in a convent . — Globe .

      Bazckloxa , August 11 . —Whilst the fort at Tarragona was firing the last shoi of the salute to the ' French flig , as the Palinure was entering the port , the powder magazine blew up ; three artillerymen were blown into the air , and their limbs were scattered about in all directions ; and fifteen others , who were working the gnnB , were horribly mutilated and bruised . Five are not likely to recover . Death by Lightning . —During the storm , on 1 st instaxt , a farmer of Buz-gney ( Vosges ) named ! Mathien , w * s reaping a field of rye with three of his children , and a labourer . They weie all struck . down by the lightning , which killed the youDgest of the children , a little girl only eight years old , scattering her clothes in rags in every direction . The rest recovered the shock almost immediately , and ; felt little or no effect from it . Near the body ef the dead child they found a hole about a yard in : depth , by which the electric fluid had passed into tbe earth .

      Ltkch Law . —A case of lynching occurred a few days ago in Pano ' a , Mississippi . A labourer , in the employment of a clergyman in Holmes county , stole | from his employer a negro man , two or three horses , and his two daughters , one about twelve and the other ten years of age . He was csnght near Helena , on his way to Arkansas or Texas , where he and the negro intended to make wives of their little captives . By terrible threats they had prevented

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      £ ! f ? lf £ £ V ° 2 ^ th « Afc *» J » M « Inquirer :-After the two fiends ' wow taken , they were hand cuffed , and brought back to Panola , The citizens , Sfin iL ° ircum 8 tance 8 « and fearill S &M toey might in some way escape the punishment due to their orimeg , organised themselves into an extrajudicial tribunal , and appointed a jury of twelve men , who sentenced them to be severely cowhided , the sentence to be executed one upon the other . This was accordlngly ^ one , the negro receiving thirty-five , and the white man twenty-five lashed , well laid on with a cowhide . The sentence was for each to receive fifty lashes , but they were so gashed with the number above stated that the popular mercy remitted the balance . They were then handed over to their guard to be taken back to Holmes . Oar informant heard in Panola that the white man had been whipped to death by the citizens of that conntv .

      but is not certain that his information is oorrect . " - Mew Orleans Journal . Singular Death . —A provincial journal gives the ^ i *? - ?* ' raage 8 t ° - :-A fisherman of Billiers ( Morbihan ) , named Hurmant , while engaged in shrimping , a few days past , saw at the bottom of his net a small sole struggling to esoape . Both his handa beiug engaged with the net , tho ingenious idea occurred to him of securing his prey with his teeth . On opening hjs mouth , the fish , as if seeing a door of escape , made a spring aDd went clear into the man ' s throat , where it stuck fast , The man made various efforts to draw it back , aDd endeavoured , by drinking water , and even oil , to mako it pass into his > tomaeh , but ia Tain : he was seized with cerebral congestion , and expired . —Galignini .

      An Execution in SATor . —An execution took place recently at , Inonon , a small town of Savoy , aitoata on the banks of the river Rhone . No such tearful a scene as a public execution had ever been witnessed in this calm and quiet little town within the memory of man , and consequently , it would be difficult to to describe the horror which the fatal preparations for punishment excited amongst the inhabitants at laTge . Nobody would supply the executioner with the necessary articles . The various marchands positively refused to furnish this unfortunate Jack Ketch with the wood , the iron , and the cords which he wanted , in order to erect the gibbet . They only yielded at length to the stern demands of the law ; and even then they refused to take the price of blood .

      as it wero , by making the authorities a present of the necessary instruments and apparatus , for which no mosey whatever was allowed to he accepted . A woman , who kept a grocer ' s shop , being required to supply a certain length of rope , shut her eyes , and cried out— " Taka what you want , but do not bring anything back , or pay any money , " All the journeymen carpenters had refused to laboar in the erection of tbe fatal gibbet , and when compelled to lend their tools by the legal authorities , they gave up all their hatchets and saws , in order that they might not distingubh these Which had been soiled by the hand of the executioner . The ladder and the gibbet were constructed by the executioner himself and his assistant .

      Tha condemned criminal luckily desired to walk to the scene of his punishment , as the owner of the cart , which would have otherwise been enlisted in the service , would assuredly havo killed hia horse and burnt the vehicle after the execution had taken place Tne culprit was coademned to death for the murder of a child nine years of age , after having mutilated it in a grievous manner . A report even went abroad , that being a professor of the " black art , " he was in want of a child ' s heart for his magical purposes , and that he had consequently committed the murder in order to tear the heart out of the infant's body . The details of the execution are not given . The criminal was put to death by suspension .

      TANGIER . —The following particulars relative to Tangier will be read with Interest at the present moment : — " The city of Tangier ia very strong by its position and the number ef its batteries , which are well armed . Its old walls crenellated , and fl inked with round and square towers , are perhaps capable of a greater resistance than their appearance indicates . Several baationed towers hava beea repaired , and put into a state of defence within the last few years . Tbe city itself is of little importance ; it is poor , and has little trade . Tangier has no interest but from its being ; the residence ot tbe European Consuls , for its population only amounts to from 8 , 000 to 9 , 000 , and its commerce is inferior to that of some other ports , notwiUutan-ding its proximity to the European coast The houses of the

      Consuls form the only ornament of the town . It is situate on the declivity of a calcareous mountain , part of which is not bailt upon , sod presents ' a naked and unpleasant coup-d ' os'L The town , like all other places in Morocco , is surrounded by a wall linked by roand and square toweTg ; thia wall Is enclosed by a ditch , 2 . 20 * metres ia extent , but which has no counterscarp ; it is protected by a Moorish k&sbah ( fortress ) of imposing appearance , and by a fort of Portuguese construction , bastioned in the modern style , but half in ruins . The kasbah is mounted by 12 pieces of cannon , which command tbe Straits of Qiberalter . The ditches around the city are filled with trees , and cultivated as kitchen gardens , tbe letting of which belongs to the governor , and who wsnld take good care not to sacrifice tbe

      revenue he enjoys from them by putting the ditch in p proper state of defence . Tbe rampart opposite the sea is remarkable for having two tiers of euibankmen-. s witb embrasures , mounted by guns On tbe north side the city is defended by steep rocks which prevent tbe approach of a beseiged force . The principal defences have been raised in front of the landing-place near the marine gate . They consist of two batteries , mounting 60 pieces of heavy calibre , and 8 mortars , all bearing on the port The platforms of tbe batteries are very narrow , the parapets are of masoory , but only three feet in thickness , and the embrasures are not far enough apart , which tends to diminish tbe strength of the batteries . Tke landing-place U fl inked on either side by two batteries Besides these defences of the pot ,

      the bay of Tangier Is defended by six batteries in masonry , one built on Gape Malabata , and the others on the rains of Old Tangier ( the Ti&gis of the Romans ; . They mount together 40 guns . The twe butteries which flank the roadstead at its two extremities are raised on small bills , about 150 feet above the level of the sea , tha other are at the water ' s edge . To attack tbe place by sea , it would be necessary first to destroy those batteries as well as those in front of the port , but in order to get into the town three enclosures must be forced , each having a strong gate lined with iron . To do this cannon must be landed , or else a mine or the petard be had recourse to , but during this operation tbe assailants would be exposed to a murderous fire of the garrison , if the inhabitants should be resolved to defend their city . By laud tbe point of attack would be on the lands , and the low hills to the south , between the FtZ road and the sea , after effecting a landing on

      the beach of Old Tangier , out of rtash of ( . be sea batteries . Once established on these points , the plateau on which tbe market is situate would be gained . Oa this plateau there is space enough to form an intrenched camp , to serve as a point d ' appui tor the troops acting against the town . Too western rampart beiDg only of earth , might readily bo demolished . The last nitack against Tangier was ! in 1700 , when it was bombarded l > y the Spaniards . Tbe inhabitants abandoned the place with all their effects , and peace was soon after concluded . The Edglieb draw their supply of beef , mutton , fruits , and vegetables from Tangiet nod Tutuan . Tangier is'distant 70 leagues from Ft z and Mequintz , and 150 from Moroccoj these beinji the three imperial cities at which the Sultan alternately resides . From 18 to 20 d&ys is required to send a dispatch , and get an answer , from Tangier to Fez , and from Morocco requires from 45 Vo 50 days . ''

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      danger . ' * This is perfectly untrue . I bold tow in my possession from tbat government copies of such extracts . Here , again , ia a play upon words—the extracts without names ( in some oases ) separated , with the namea upon another slip , no doabt pat in by accident , or found ita way witb the exfcraofe through some invisible power . It Is true tbe parties named were not at the time in this state , bat it is also true when they unsuspectodly returned , they were seizjd , and are now loaded with irons in a loathsome dungeon 1 I will simply ask , is this tbe only instance of communicating with this state J No . This government was informed of every transaction that could be taken from letters , of what took place between the parties in England at the Ionian Islands , and other places , and this will account at ence for the numerous arrests at various times , More than this , at thfe summary trials of these individuals , the strongest evidence produced against them was these very extracts . :

      Lst us now go back to the Polish revolution , and ask how was it possible that tbe Russian government obtained such universal knowledge of the correspondence carried on with England , and became so minutely acquainted with every shipment of arms , orders that were given for them , even to tbe Birmingham houses , the manner of packing , &o . This was known to he government as precisely as if the ordersihad been from tkem ; and this enabled them to oider the seizure , both in Austria and Prussia , of certain quantities of sugar hogsheads and pipes , &c- How did Russia obtain this information ? From the letters that were opaned by order of the Secretary of State . 1

      As I intend publishing at large all the proceedings that took place daring that period , with the full extracts of tbe letters , witb dates and names , as well as other matter relative to that period , I shall only say tbat hundreds of men and women were seized , whipped , and traaaported to Siberia , in consequence of sach information , i Let the government not imagine that this system does not tell against themselves as well ; the foreign governments , knowing that tbe practice existed , have repeatedly misled the government , knowing their despatches would be read ; and in one particular instance , befog alarmed for tbe result , I informed my lamented friend Mr . WGLUivray , for the information of Lord * * ' n , that he was betrayed , and no doubt this will still be in the recollection of his Lordship .

      It will be seen clearly that it is destructive every way , more particularly so now the affair is so public ; and I oaly hope after tbe publication of tbe extracts , and giving a list of tbe sufferers , many of whom are still enduring all the horrors of misery , bota bodily and mentally , tbat this infernal machine will be blotted out of English law , for the honour of out country , and for the sake of human morality . Hamburg , Aug . 10 . i J . H .

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      THE TARTAR PRINCE . A Tartar chieftain bas excited some attention by exhibiting the usual exercises of the soldiers of bis nation to the public in Hyde-park oa Saturday , and at Colonel Fox ' s villa at Kensington on Monday , to a select party of persons of fashion . He is a good-looking man , apparently between twenty-five and thirty years of age , of an athletic frame , with considerable squareness of limb , but with no supeifl : oug flesh . He stands about five feet ten inehes in height , and may weigh about thirteen atone . He was dressed in a tignt-Stting tunic of rose-coloured silk , wadded , and capable of resisting a bard blow ; very loose trousers , drawn tigbtly rrund his legs just below tao fenee , and met by tight black

      boots almost resembling long gaiters . Oa bis head was a sheepskin cap of black wool , similar to those worn by the Persians who were in the suite of the Porsian ambassador when in this country a few years ago . He had moustacnios on the upper lip . His arms consisted of a pair of pistols , which in tbe course of his performances be repeatedly discharged , and a pole about ten or a doz « n feet long , which he used as a lance , throwing it witb considerable force when galloping , and with so correct an aim , that had lit not been for the quickness and agility of the gentleman who volunteered to be the object of bis aim , and wbo was also on horseback , a broken head or a fractured bone would probably have been tbe result . We believe this part of his practice is what is called throwing the " djyreed . "

      The Tartar also displayed considerable skill in lifting this weapon from tbe ground without dismounting , bat tbis he performed without putting bia horse in motion , making him stand still whilst he recovered his weapon . He also j threw himself off bis horse whilst at tne top of his speed , and vaulted again into the saddle ! witO great eaee . The following account of this singular personage may not be uninteresting to our readers ; w have it frem a gentleman who has bad opportunities of inquiring and coming at tbe facts : —Balthazir Beck Pogus is the son of a Kuiaz or Khan of Independent Tartary , a country which boasts of having never been conquered by , or subject to , any foreign power . The inhabitants are Christians . At the early age of fourteen , Balthazir

      joined the Circassian army , and fought against the Russians for three year ? . At tbej end of that time , the troop in which he served were taken prisoners , when engaged in a battle near Tiflis . As Balthrzir had iiO choice left , but to be cent to Siberia ox to take service in tbe Russian army , in hopes tbat some day or ether a chance of escape would offer itself , ho chose tbe latter , and was sent to \ Warsaw , where he was placed in a Mussulman regiment , and served in it for nine years . In November last , a muster of bis regiment was ordered : the horsemen under his command consisted of twenty nine , but aa be appeared to parade with twenty-eight only , ] bis superior officer enquired wfay tbe number was not complete , and on being told tbat tbe reason was , that one of tbe men

      bad been taken very ill in tbe morning , and there had been no time to repert the circumstance , he exclaimed , " Christian dog , I shall punish yon for this breach of discipline ; you are one of those wbo eat pork , and your religion is a dog ' s religion- ! " and at tbe same time struck Belthazir on tbe breast in an insulting manner with tbe back of bis band . Thus outraged without cause , before bis own men , tbe Tartar conld no longer master bis feelings , and , in a state of frenzy , he drew bis sword and out down the officer who had bo grievously wronged him . He saw in a moment that be was a lost man , and that there was no safety for him bnt in tbe desperate expedient of flight I Beckoning to his cousin and his servant , who served' in tbe same

      regiment , to follow , he started ¦ without' losing a moment . They made for the frontier of Prussia , but by mistake they took tbe road of Plock instead of Pionsk . Meanwhile an alarm was raised , and Cossacks were sent ia pursuit of them , but although the ! pursuers ebtalned fresh horses at the different pickets ' , so well were the fagitivea mounted , that it was not ] till after they bad ridden twelve hoars , having performed o distance of 120 English miles , and being now very near the Prussian frontier , they were at length overtaken . An officer witb seven men rode up to them , calling out to Balthazir to BUjrender . He replied , " Never ; V and added , "you know me , and that when I take an aim I nevtr mias ; if , therefore , yoa value your lite , 8 uff « r me to proceed . "

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      At that moment two pistol shots were beard , aad bid companions drepped dead from their horses . Baitbazir reveaged them by shooting witb bis brace of pistol * two Cossaobs ; then , setting spurs to his horse , be resumed bis night , followed by tbe remaining Cossacks . Bo good , however , was his horse of Arab breed , tbat his pursuars , one by one , dropped off , till only one remained—the officer . This man , as be rode after the Tartar , fired at him , and wounded him ia tbe thigh . He felt the blood gush out aad run down ,. but he was not of a temper or in a situation to be stepped by snob , a casualty ; and now be suddenly came to a wide and deep brook , which seemed to forbid bia farther progress . Rousing , however , his jaded , bat high couraged hone , be rode boldly at tbe brook , an J got clear over . Tha Cossack officer , following closely , attempted the same feat ; but falling , fell with his horse into the water .

      Balthazar , now in Prussia ( for the brook formed the bonndary ) , and freed from bis pursuers , rode on to tbe first village , where having told bia story , be was taken in and kindly treated . Shortly after tbe Russians sent to claim him as a deserter , but the Prussian authorities refused to give htm up . Some Prussian , gentlemen- of distinction in tbe neighbourhood showed him great kindness , and when he recovered from bis wound , which was not for a long time , and expressed his desire to return to his own home , tbey advised him , as the best mode of doing so , to get to the coast and embark for England . Accordingly , having b&ea supplied by them with money for the . journey ; and with letters fc » friends at Dantz o , be proceeded oa bis horse to tbat city , where be met with further kindness from tbe officers ef the garrison , by whom be and bis horse wera sent to this country .

      whence it is said ha intended to depart for France and by , way of Marselles to get to Constantinople . We understand be has been patronised by Lord Dudley Stuart , and other influential persons , and that a subscription to defray bis expanoea and journey to Cxi . etantinople , to the amount of £ 50 , has already been made . He has tha greatest affection for his horse , a grey Arab , of great beauty and extraordinary good points , and has refused te part witb it for any price . On being asked a few days ago by an officer of the Life Guards if he would sell tbe animal ? he energetically laid his hand upon the scalp of his head , and said , " I would sooner cut this from ray head , and make my horse eat it , hair and all , than sell her , my preserver V '

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      MONOPOLY . IS IT EVIL O& IS IT JUST ? What a nonsensical parcel of stuff the Free Traders pour forth at their meetingB . They preach their nostrum aa a cure for all the 111 b of life . Perfect philanthropists ! they who cheerfully subscribe their thousands of pounds without tbe slightest self interest , but all for the benefit of the poor starving worker ! They are anxious to see Ihe skeleton forms which now hannfc our streets all converted into •* Will WaddleV or " hermits of bellyfule , " and to tbis end they cry out for cheap bread ;—not that they wish any benefit to themselves- ; not that they wish to reduce wages ; not tbey , generous souls t they wish no other than that tbe starvlings of our mills become plump round foxhunting looking fellows ; that they may have to widen the

      spaces between their machinery for the working giants to pass . Well , ail thia is good enough , aad they mean well : but they are a bit mistaken I guess , when they say Free Trade keeps up waj ? es . It does no such thing , as all instances prove . For instance ; who get better wagea than the servants of the Eaafe India Company ? and why ? because it is a monopoly , and not a Free Trade company . Wbore are snn » ger shops to be found than in the Goverment ? and why ? because it is a monopoly , and not a Free Trade Government Where shall we find fatter or more jovial loooking fellows than our bishops ? and why ? because there are enly four-and-twenty of them ; because the BishopricK la a monopoly , and there is no Free Trade on tbe Bench . Throw it open , and see if tha wages would not fall . Let us have Free Trade in Bishops and see if the prayer-mumbling will not soon be done , and as well , even better done , for as many tens as they

      now cost us thousands of pounds . Where is tbere a more comfortable seat than tbe woolsack ? and why ? because it is a monopoly . Throw the situation open ; let all the britfljea barristers about the Temple contend for it , and see then what the wages will be , before you talk of Free Trade keeping up wages . Why many of the poor fellows would do the work for Iea 3 than our particular friend Lord Brougham , and would be billing to go out vrithout a retiring pension . Oae more instance ; if we bad a Free Trade in King Consorts , sbould not we get a Prince Albert for less than thirty thousand pounds per year , a commission iu the army , and numerous other well paid offices ? What arranS nonsense then to gull or bs gulled by the tale that F ^ ee Trade keeps up wages . Let us bear no more of it ; but instead of bawling for cheap bread , let ua ciy sut for the extension of monopoly , high wageB , rosy cheeks , and full bellies . A Lover of the Good Things of this Life .

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      POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE .-ETERNALLY INFAMOUS CONDUCT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT .

      To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle . Sm—Since my last communication on this inattQr , I have refrained from Baying more , till it was seen what the secret , committee would do . We have now both the Lords and Commons * report , the former of which I have only read . With the historical part I have nothing to do ; that belongs entirely to history . Neither have I anything to do with party : it is immaterial whether such a system be curried ci by Whig or Tory . Being compelled to acknowledge both parties have carried on this un-Engiish traffic with foreign powers , it is time that such an immoral and cruel law was extinguished from our code , or that it was publicly made known that it will be continued , and thus enablt people to forward their letters iu the safrst way they

      I msy deem proper for their own safoty , as well as for ' their friends . It appears likely that the system will be continued : for they ssy , " tbat they would reluctantly i see thia power abolished . " It , therefore , becomes my 1 duty , as an Englishman , but more particularly as a ; citizen of tbe world , ' now to come forward boldly , and ' state distinctly that ,- whatever -wish th ? Secret Ct > m-| mittee might have bad to elicit the truth , they have I been entirely foiled . This might have been foreseen ; i how was it likely that tho truth could be elicited from tbe Post-cffice officers ? There was no cross-examination ; no one examined who could do any barm , or who ventured to tell what be knew . The whole was a farce , to quiet poor John Bull . I have long been connected with foreign Governments , and know pretty well what goeB on ; and having seen for years this infamous practice , and knowing tbe dreadful punishments tbat have j in consequence been inflicted upon individuals , many i of whom are still suffering , it is due to humanity and

      ! for the honour of our ; country tbat the truth should be ! known . The Lords' report says— " It is in evidence that the bags have been sometimes detained andexamined , upon a-supposition that letters from them may have been ! abstracted ; no letters from such b tg 3 have beea opened . " ' I do not clearly understand this , but this I understand ; I that two letters of my own now before me , with the foreign post mark upon them , were given up to me , not by any one at the Post-office , or any one connected with the Foreign-office , but by an authority of the i foreign government to which these letters related , and who received them from England ! It further states— " That it ia true Mr . Maszini ' s letters were opened ; certain parts of the information thus obtained were communicated to a foreign government , bat without the names or details that might expose any individual then residing in the foreign country to jwhlch . tlie information was transmitted to

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      More Letter Opening at the Post Ofpicb — During the last fe w days disclosures of the most extraordinary character have been made in the letter-carriers ' office or the General Post-Office , from the discovery , by the authorities , of a most extensive collusion on the part of several letter-carriers employed in the delivery of letters in tao western district of the metropolis , who , it appears , have been for some 1 time in the habit of opening letters directed to noblemen , gentlemen , and others connected with the sporting world , with the view , aa far as we can learn , of disposing of such information for some pecuniary consideration , or betting themselves upon tbe strength of it From what bas already been ascertained , there can be no question but that this illegal and most reprebensib e practice has been carried on for a length of time , and tbat letters , both inward and outward , have been thus treated , and their contents copied , the letters being afterwards duly delivered , or forwarded , as the lease might be . It is also proved that bats to a large amount have been laid by several of ihe pasties implicated ; and aa the inquiry

      progresses from day to day , other aud more startliag facts are brought to light , and additional revelations made culpatory of other letter-carriers and sub-sorters , who have , j either directly or indirectly , been engaged in the transaction . Rumour states , and we believe , as far as it can be ascertained , that the statement is 1 substantially correot , that this scandalous plot was thus discovered : —Two letters , open , were found on Wednesday morning lost upon the seat occupied by a latter carrier named Tapson , directed to well-known } sporting characters , but with which he bad no business , aa tbe parties did not live upon his district or walk . Upon being closely questioned , Tapson admitted that such letters had frequently come into his bonds , and eventually he

      gave so much information concerning tbe opening of tbe letters , the use made of their contents , and the parties connected with this extraordinary affair , tbat six other letter carriers and one sub-sorter were eventually DKUghb up for examination . Two or three ef these men have beea several years in the service , and all of them are persons of np wards 61 four years' official standing . The mode by which their nefarious object was accomplished , we are informed was this : —Tbe letter-carrier delivering letters upon a certain walk , who appeared to be tbe leading member of the clique , would obtain from one of his colleagues ( of course by mistake if discovered ) the correspondence of some celebrated member of the turf . Tbe letter was then opened , lit appears , by him , or some one of the party wbo happened to possess tbe greatest facilities , and tbe opinions of the writer

      ascertained with reference to the qualities of tbe several raco-horses , or the state of the odds upon a race . This being done , the letters were transferred to their proper districts , and eventually delivered . Toe value of such information to the letter-carrier either aa a disposable article for a given sum to a low gambler , or as a ground for betting upon his own account , Joan be best estimated by those who are in ihe babit of paying for the accommodation . A most rigid inquiry into the whole circumstances of the case is instituted daily ; and up to Saturday afternoon there were suspended , aatil the decision of the Postmaster-General upon the whole affair can be known , the letter-carrier who delivered the letters of Lord George Bentinck , tbe one wbo delivered those of Mr , Tattersall , beside four others employed to distribute those belonging to other ; sperting characters , and one sub-sorter , who has had ) connexion in some way or other with tbe transaction . —Times

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      A 8 IGN OF THE TIMES ! SHE CONDITION-OF-ENOLANP QUESTION . The following is from tbe Morning Chronicle : we need say no more to account for the tone with which the writer speaks of tho working classes of Norwich : — Norwich , Thursday . —I have been witness to a most lamentable and disgraceful scene to-day in Norwich—an exhibition of popular error and ignorance pregnant with awfal consequences to tbe land and ago we live in . A manufacturer , employing several hundred bands here , died last week in Devonshire . His body waa brought here for interment , aad tbe funeral took placa to-day .

      Early in tbe morning it was rumoured that the weavers and working classes generally of Norwich were to assemble to give expression to their feelings of hostility and hatred to the deceased . The police were accordingly in readiness to act in case of riot , aa also the military . At eleven o ' clock , the funeral procession moved off through the streets of the city towards the public cemetery , one mile distant , called "The Rosary . " On the coffin being brought out , and put into the hearee , a thousand people—women , men , and children —began . to . groan and yell . Tbis was continued lax several minutes ; then there was a pause and a dead silence . The procession moved off , and another demen yell was raised by at least five hundred more than those who yelled at the first , because of tbe rapid ia « crease of the crowd .

      Th ' e excited mob followed the hearse , discussing the questions of wages and machinery all the way to tbe gate of the . cemetry . Arrived there , the coffin was taken out of the hearse . Tbis was the signal for another yell , which was given loudly and long . The main body of the mob , now consisting of two thousand people , was kept outside the gate . On th * return of the mourners to tbe gate , another groan was raised . Shortly after , the mob returned to Norwich , discussing in some hundreds of distinct groups the questions of wages and machinery . Some weavers and others continued about the grave . I joined them , and entered into conversation . I Boon found , as indeed I had been prepared to expect , that the ill-feeling was not so much directed against the deceased for his conduct an an employer , as against all his class—against all masters , of whatever profession or degree . <

      Norwich has beea gradually decaying in trade for these last'thirty years . It has decayed , because Yorkshire and Lancashire , with their ample supply of coals for steam-engines , have produced goods that have superseded those of Norwich- The master manufacturers of Norwich endeavoured to keep their ground , and to keep their trade in its native place , for Norwich is the very cradle of British manufactures ; but the weavers resisted the introduction of the power-loom for many years . It was at last introduced , but only to a small extent , compared with what it would have been had the masters succeeded against the fatal prejudices of the workmen thirty , or even twenty years ago . It was Introduced when much of the trade bad left Norwich ; and the difference of the price of coals between tbis and Yorkshire , not less than from twelve to sixteen shillings a ton , renders the restoration of tbe trade almost hopeless .

      The' deceased gentleman , Mr . Willett , was ene of those who had strangled to produce goods in competition witb more favoured manufacturers . He was one of those few who have preserved to Norwich what trade ifc still retains . That it is not an absolute wreck of a city , or a desert , is to be ascribed solely to bis enterprise , and that of a few others like him . " Yes ; he is safe enough ( aid down and no mistake . " so the current of observations went on in tbe crowd ; 11 and I wish to God Almighty every one iike him in the country was with aim . D—nthem , they go to Parlia ' ment to rob poor men , and do just as they like . But , they die , God be thanked—they die at last !"

      Then i ^ g . iin— " Well , he was bad enough . He was the first to bring down wages ; but be was not alone . I wish to heaven we had all our enemies here to-day , to get as good a . groan as be has got 1 "

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      ! A Mabruge Sermon . —A Clergyman being much j pressed by a lady of hi 3 acquaintance to preach a Bermon on tho first Sunday after her Ea&rmge , oomphed , and choose the following passage m the Psalma for his text :- " And let there be abundance of peace— ' while tho moon endureth . Prophet Wroe ' 3 Robbeut . —Innocent Parties ! Transported . — Our readers will remember that I about two years ago . the house of prophet Wroe was 'broken into , and a silver watch stolen j also , that j three men , called Benjamin aad John Pickersgill i and James Ramsden , were tried for the robbery at

      ! tho York Assizes , in August , 1842 , and transported j for ten years . It now appears , however , that the \ men were iy no mauiier connected with the robbery , : and are perfectly innocent of . it . This information 1 lias been obtained from James Hudson , now a convict at York Castle , who baa made a voluntary confesfioa id the governor of the castle , by which it appears that the robbery was committed by himself and five other men , whose names he gives ; he detaila the proceedings on the night of tho . robbery , and what was done with the property . We trust our magistrates will take measures by which these innocent men will be restored to their bomes , and tfceii families again made happy . —Waktfetd Jouu

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      AtrgtrsT 24 , 1844 . _ THE NOUiHERN STAR j 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1277/page/7/