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      . YtaTD ' s JfBwsrAreB , Kb . John Tfaxkwb , Mb . " Wh . Cauicm * . AW > Mfc' O'ComroB . —For some time past the jjaps of Bafis WieHs A e «» paper base teemed with { be most atrocious and infamous libels on Mr . O'Connor fit )" * k e I " ° * ^ ' *^ ° ^ Catkins , who has conceived the most inveterate and rancorous hatred tojaads that gentleman , 'because he would not aid him in his mean , anpriucipled , and scandalous attempt to fcu 2 a up for himself a trade , as publisher and bookselisr , on the ruin of old established tradesmen ; and v boa * ow omits no opportunity of spittiugou this spiteful « nom and hitter malignity on the head and name of the man tvhom he formerly bepraised and beslavered to nausea , when he ivas trying to wheedle him to the support of Ms nefarious purposes . These libels have

      appeared in almost all manner of shapes : in lette rs signed " Lictor ^ in letters signed " An Independent Chartist ; " in pretended letters from Northampton , signed " Old Chartist ; " in letters to Feargus O'Connor ; " in letters to " T . S . Duncombe , 24 . T ? . f in " Adaresse 3 from the Independent Chartists of Maryleboae f in " Addresses of the Independent Chartists to I . S . DnncomoB , M . P . i" the whole and several of them ,-without a single exception , 'beiug the production of the defeated assassin of tradesmen ' s credit , Mr . John "VVatkins . In these productions all sorts of crimes hatte ' seen laid to Mr . O'Connor ' s charge . With falsehoods the most gross ; with fabrications theinost wicked ; with perversions the most horrible ; have they been stuffed . In fliem Mr . O'Connor is directly charged with

      knavery ; with hypoensy ; with deceit ; with cheaterj ; with peculation ; with breach of trust ; with theft ; with treasonable practices ; and even tsith man-killing Uttelf ! Now , though the public generally would know how to estimate the worth of such statements , whtn proceeding from Mr . John Ifattdns in Ids own name , — they having had some opportunities of judging of his probity and honour , —the case is somewhat different when they appear under anonymous signatures , in a widely cSrctuatcdpaper , which , to the multitude , would Been ) to have no interest in damaging Mr . O'Connor's fame , or in resorting to unfair and disreputable means to ran him . dotra . . Accordingly Mr . O'Connor has felt Mmself brand to notiee the continued torrent of libellous slander which the conductor of lloyd's Weekly

      Ifeicspaperh&s permitted the former ruthless assailer of the characters of his most dear and intimate Mends to pour oat from behind the screen : aud the manner of tmtia he has properly determined shall be such as will enable the dastards who malign *""» to prove the truth of their infamies , if they are at all able . In appealing to the law he had three courses open . He could have proceeded by criminal information , —and if ever case deserved that process , surely the present one is that case , as far as the author and the inserter of the atrocious articles arc concerned , could tliey have been leached . But , though before a criminal information conldheobtained it would he necessary that every allegation complained of should be denied on oath by the parties seeking the protection of the lair , and by those

      who were conversant with the facts , still it would not be competent for the defendant to plead , or prove , the TacTE of his statements in justification of his course ; cor show that , being true , he was rendering a service to society by exposing the wrong doer : therefore , tltat course was out of the question .- An indictment might have been , preferred , to which the defendant might plead the truth of the libels , and show that { he publication of them was calculated to be of general benefit ; and this would he now held—thanks to Sir John Campbell's late libel law—an answer to the complaints of the plaintiff , and a . bar to a verdict against lie defendant ; but still if such plea should be made , and the defaidant / ail in establishingit , it is held by the law to be a gross aggra vation of the original offence , and invariably calls down

      the marked reprobation of the court in additional punishment : and the punishment , in case of a conviction , must be either imprisonment for any period uot exceeding tares years ; or a fine ; or both ; at the discretion of the court . It also happens that the only parly that Mr . O'Connor can reach in this case 13 the party least to blame for the publication of the libels . 11 = can only proceed against the proprietor or publisher of thenewspaper in niich they ax'pear . Mr . Lloyd is both proprietor and publisher . Therefore he is the only person that can "be got at . There is reason to believe that Ac has not inowiugly sanctioned the insertion of the atrocious falsehoods and febrications complained of ; out that he has left the " getting out" of his paper in the hand of his editor , who does know the alleged fasts to oe

      untrue , toandalaus , and malicious ; and who therefore is as much to blame for inserting the productions as their spiteful and veaomousauttioriuwritins them . StillMr . Uoyd is the only party that can be made answerable ; and to place him in a position where he would have to answer with Am person , would be what no man of honourable feeling would attempt if there was any other course open , less Daren , less harassing in its consequences , and more effective for bis own purpose , — the justification of his own character . That cuurw is open : and Mr . O'Connor has determined to avail himself of it . H = can bring an action at" civil" is w ; and to that action the defendant may plead and jrove t / ic truth of his statements if he can . If he does so / it is a complete answer , lie has not to show , as in the case

      Of an . indictment , that publication tended to general benefit ; he has barely to prove that what he has said it true : and if he does so , the plaintiff is driven out of court lull opportunity is therefore given to the assailants of cj # racter in this case to establish their allegations ^ iHic they fail to do so ; and if the attacks , as in this cafe , have been systematic and phuevebed tb after contradiction , the law very properly interprets the action as one prompted by malice and derilism , and causes the offender to make such reparation to the in . jored party , as twelve men in their judgment shall deem it fitting to award . This , then , is the state of the case . The publication of infamous and lying statements is systematically persevere ! in , after full and complete contradiction has been given to every one of

      the charges . This shows that the parties to such publication are prompted thereto by the most deadly malice aud rancorous hate . Three courses arc open to Mr . O'Connor to obtain satisfaction for this most 6 Can . dalou 3 proceeding : and he has determined to adopt that which will give his assailants every advantage , and place himself in . their hands for a thorough sifting and examination before the face of the country at large . This determination he announced in the Star of Jan . nary 18 th , by stating that he should afford Mr . Lloyd an opportunity of proving the truth of the many atrocious end lying statements inserted in his paper . That an . nouncement called forth the following notice in Iloyd ' t F ~ ee ^ A ^ ixij > eroflastweelCjfromthej ) enoftiieEditor : — "TT . T . —Yes , we had heard of the threat , bat we

      are not to be frightened by the threats of Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Is he to abuse men ad Wntum , and no one to say a word against him ? It i » odd that men who are unsparing in their abuse of others should be most ensitive themselves . O'Connor has apaper of hisovm , to refute anything capable of refutation . By goiug to law he would show that he could not defend himself by argument . Can ' t he do himself justice without calling in the aid of the lawyers ! He wai imprisoned by the TThigB for libel , and is he the man to bring an action for libel ! It would look as if he wished to use the law for vengeance , not for justice , and to stifle the free expression of opinion by persecution . Is this con-• isteal with bis position as the champion of freedom , Or as a meniW of the press ! Hut he will not doit . "—

      Bow , this is shout as impudent a thing as was ever pen . aed . Mr . O'Connor has contradicted every ona of Mr . "Watidns ' s charges . He has used argument and fact too ; and proved beyond the possibility of doubt , that all of Watidns ' s statements were false and malicious . Ibis licr is well kno wj . - to Mr . Wm . Carpenter , the writer of the foregoing notice , and the weekly insertor of Mr . John Watkins's diatribes . He Knows , moreover , of 35 r . Watkins ' s malicious disposit i on ; for he knows that the same worthy incited to the assassination , of Hi . Carpenter ' s best and dearest friend—the man who helped Mr . Carpenter to his present situation , when he was literally starving for bread ; and he knows also that no maa was more loud in his condemnation , or txpressei greater horror and detestation than . Mr . Car

      penter did , at what he then called " the hellish malignity" of bis present coadjutor . And yet , after all this ; with this knowledge both of the facts of the case and Of tUemau , Mr . CarpeuterinscrtsweeUj ef&isions from that same man , wherein is directly charged robbery , theft , peculation , treasonable-practices , and iiis-mtixg ; and when the parry against whom all this i * vuiliaousl y aimed , complains and takes stej > 3 to Tiace the matter thoroughly sifted , Hr < Carpenter impudently says that "Mr . O'Connor has a paper of his own to refute anything capable of refutation < " During Mr . Carpenter ' s varied course tltnmgh life he has stood in need of no common stock of asbuiajice—much more than the ordinary run of men need ; but , great as most have been the draw ou that

      « ockin * wne of Ms situations ; needful as he has oftentimes felt it to be to " brazen it out , " where most men would have quailed ; we doubt whether he ever perpetrated anything so sheerlj and so purely impudent aa tit above . What ! does QxeXorihem Star exist ior no otter purnosethaatobeettrnally " refuting" the ma . £ r iousfabrications and dastardly lies of John TTaUdns and WSHam Carpenter ! Are they to be suffered to iterate and reiterate their false accusations , when such causations have-been met and " refuted" a hundred * "nes over ? is there to be no end to snch malignityao stopper on such maU . ce prepense ? What would Mr . Carpenter say if we were to trace his progress through life ; foUowhiathroughhismany windings ; tell ofhis munerous avocations , both literary , BEHCIODS , and not fa a putter-down of prostitution ; . recite his evm descrip tion of Ms numerous " wSereri&oute" aad designations , / ktfin Po&TUGAL-sTBEET ; ask jfBVtdroviaviifeintoa

      "" wowe , and who it is that has been derated to take o * placeat bedaudboard : suppose we were to act thus , > ° 4 in addition , do as Mr , Carpenter permits Mr . John watkins to do , fabricate lying charges of theft , ° * peculation , and of man-kiuiko : what , we ask , Would Mr . Carpenter say , were we to doall _ this , aud ¦ fa perast in the doing of it , after the parly to whom it ** 5 intended to apply had " refuted" every item of ™** ge : ti *< rt , - we again ask , wouttMr . Carpenter say , r * f * weto do this in such a case , and then meet his ^ fennination to have the falsehoods probed to the bot-; tom « with the exclamation that "Mr . Carpenter has a 1 £ ^ ° * ^ s own to refute anything capable of refuta-On sndly going to law ho would show fliathecan-• « ot defend himself by argument ! " He would surely « R that in the matter of asspbascb and 8 * ass h * had !? "" P been ° eat ! For once , howerer , Mr . Carpenter , " * "" Pafcwwwill feil . you . Mr . O'Connor " a&do

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      ™ ' n i . ? yo " 1 an 0 PP ° rt « n % to prone what youhavepromul gated Warding him :-and if ^ you neg . lect to embrace and use si ** opportunity to the full of yourpower , you will add on- more laurel ( of Hit sort ) to the many witlt which „„ brows are already graced . The observation thlt "men who are unsparing of their abuse of others are most sensitive themselves , " is to ua peculiarl y rich : for we happen to know how sparing the Korthem star has been of this same Mr . Carpenter , and we cauuot help but contrast our treatment of him with the treatment he has thought it proper ^ to adopt towards Mr . 0 Connor . Some time ago Mr . Carpenter " went in " as partner with another person , as proprietors of the Southern Star . Tor that paper Mr . O'Connor— " thief

      peculator , and max-kiilee " as he was—was solicited to become surety by both " partners , " Mr . Carpenter as well as the other , lie consented . He did more : he aided the parties to the full extent of his means in their desperate venture . In a short time the two " partners" quarrelled . Deadly ivasihecontestbetween them . We know not , nor care not , what was the cause of quarrel : only that each party roundly accused the other of " doing " the " concern ; " but we have to do with this fact , that the one " partner " sent statements of the treatment he had received at the hands of Mr . Carpenter for insertion in the Northern Star , in which he accused him of theft , of swindling , aud of almost every conceiveable crime of which a tradesman can be guilty ; not one voord of which was inserted . We were at all events in that case " sparing " of " abuse" towards Mr . Carpenter ; and dearly we have had to pay for it , not onjy in the present fl-rafefaZreturu by Mr . Carpenter himself , but in envenomed and bitter hatred of the 1

      " partnerwhose " abuse" we then "BUItKED ! " Prom that moment that man became a deadly enemy . Up to that time , every line , and every word , that he had sent to the Star had been inserted ; most of them paid for at a dear rate . The " abuse" of Mr . Carpenter was the first syllable of the " partner's" productions that was "BURKED" by us : and that "burking"Mr . Carpenter ' s " partner" never forgave ! That was the cause of . all the ill-feeling ; the rancorous antipathy ; the embittered venom , that the " partner" has since exhibited . To this we have to add the heart-burnings , the feuds , and the divisions caused in the ranks of the movement part ? , consequent on such piqued feeling ; and the pries we hare had to pay for being "sparing" of "abuse " to Mr . Carpenter has indeed been enormous ! Bt has , however , now taught us a different lessoa . We shall not be " sparing" again ! and though we shall not " abuse , " we shall tell of him as he is ! Makchesteb Cobbespokde . nt , —No room this week .

      Thos . "Webb , Stockpokt . —We believe th » charge for a summons . Is ., is correct . Another Is . for serving it can also be charged . The whole question of Magistrates' fees is likely , however , to come before the legislature . T . B ., Stockpobt . —Mr . Pitkeithly \ address is Buxtonroad , Huddersfield . B . Hphphbies , Xottisghax . — - It is out of our power this week . A Six Years' Subscribes . —If he be able to prove the fact of adultery , he is exonerated from the charge of maintenance ; but a refusal to work would not so exonerate him . A man takes a wife to "keep" —not to "" w ork , " either for her own livelihood or his . H . Aiaen , Edinburgh , had better transmit by letter or

      circular the substance of his communication , to the members of the club for whom it is intended . It is hardly matter for publication . Fulcra Surra , Cossor Colliery . —We dare not publish his communication . In the first place he is a perfect stranger to us ; and although all he says of the Church-parson and his doings may be perfectly true , yet he has given us no ineans of ascertaining that such is the case : and the expenses we have been put to , in warding off prosecutions for libel in similar cases make us now hesitate long , and have perfect satisfaction that we are justified by fact before we insert such complaints . S . Jacobs , Bbistoi ,. —The publication of . the plan would be premature . The first thing to effect is to get all the

      Trades to move / or a conference . Get all of them , or the major portion of them , to take up the question in earnest —and to determine to be represented in the conference . Then , when Otis is done , the subjects that ought to be considered on by such conference should be mooted , and canvassed by the different Trades , that instructions may be given to the delegates , when chosen , how best to compass the desired ends . An object of paramount importance with such conference will be a plan of consolidated organisation ; and any suggestion bow this is to be accomplished will be of aid aud service : but we apprehend the framing of the plan itself should be left to the delegates when assembled . Of course , parties in all parts of the country can prepare what may seem to them the best plans for accomplishing such object , and

      submit them to the conference : but we respectfully suggest that harmony and co-operation will be best secured by refraining from the publication of any plan until the conference is assembled . We wish to put it out of the power of any querulous parties to raise the cry afterwards that the conference was only called together to give consent to a plan " ready cut and dried " to their hand . It will have far more weight with the Trades generally , if what is clone is wholly and solely the act of the delegates , after collecting all information and attending to all suggestions , that may be laid before them . These hints we commend to the attention of our Bristol friends . A Sobscbibeb , Sheffield . —Like him , we think the note in question is a receipt , and not a promissory note .

      True , it does not set forth what the money acknowledged in it was received for , whether for a debt due , or , as the holder of it now alleges , for money borrowed . Can our correspondent say what sort of a stamp the note bears ? If it be a r « e « pt , it will be a receipt stamp : and though undefined in its terms , still , if appended to an account of the amount set forth , would be perfectly intelligible . As it appears to us , no man with a gram of sense would lend money on such a note . But let not this deter the widow from her purpose . If she administers to her deceased husband's effects , and if the chum set up in the note should be held to be valid , which v , e more than doubt , she will not be involved only to the extent of the effects she administers to . If there be nothing to satisfy such claims , she will not

      have to find ineans herself . Eobebt WitD , Mottbajt . —It will be better to wait , and see the issue of Mr . Cawley ' s visit , before any other ' steps are taken . The sending of that gentleman by the Hon . Mr . Tollemache , and his promise to see that every one who desired , had allotments , redounds much ' to bis hononr . He has in this matter so far proved himself to beabove the little petty spites and considerations ofhis underlings ; and we have now no doubt but that he will carry out his intention in a proper manner , by taking care that all who desire shall hare an opportunity of applying their labour to the soil , that they may enjoy the fruits . Thomas Higgins , Castije Dobglas . —We really cannot advise him . He can do nothing but furnish himself

      with the necessary proofs that he is the heir , and go himself to prose cute Ms claim . Adobess to the Fsienps of HuiiAHixr and Justice amoho Att Natiom . — Headed as above we have received an address too lengthy for our columns to give entire : the following extracts contain its pitbr and pur . port : —Brethren , —We who presume to address you are a few persons belonging to different countries , who , recognising "the Universal Brotherhood of Man , " are desirous of seeing some efforts made towards the carrylag out of s principle so often acknowledged , so seldom practised , and so frequently violated . All men being "brethren , " should surely seek to promote each other ' s happiness , whatever may be their individual country , creed , or colour . All being brethren , should evidently

      Stand on an equality to determine what political and social arrangements are best necessary to promote the welfare of all . All being brethren , possessing various powers and capacities of mind and body , have surely equal claims to have those powers developed and culti . vated , so as to cause them to become good and useful members of society . All being brethren , whose lot is cast in various climes and countries , but whose labour is more or less required in all , should , injustice , stand on an equality to perform some useful labour or em ployment , and have the fruits of their industry and fru gality secured to them . All men of all countries , being connected by their wants aad necessities , should surely live in amity and peace , freely exchanging their productions , and benefiting and improving aK by the labours

      and fruits o ? each . But in what way is this righteous principle recognised , in what are called " the civilised nations of the world" f Is it not for the most part d mere lip response of momentary feeling , a hollow sentiment of sympathy or charity , rather thau a practical principle of humanity and justice ? Is it regarded in our social or political arrangements ! is it practised in our trade or commerce ? is it thought of in our wars and devastations % is it recognised by our rulers , governors , or teachers ? The almost universal reign of oppression and injustice throughout the world will answer "Uol " Perceiving , therefore , that selfishness , force and fraud are everywhere allied against the just interests of the many , and that this alliance is productive of misery so extensive , of injustice so universal , and of humanity

      every where so trodden down and degraded , we appeal to you , men and teamen of att nations , whose natures have been quickened by the essence of humanity , whose minds have been awakened to justice , to join heart to heart and mind to mind , in an earnest resolution to improve , exalte instruct , and reform society , in all countries , among all nations . We would implore you then to make common came with the oppressed—to blend your voices with theirs in a demand forjustice—to devote your talents and energies in quickening and directing the . mental and moral energic * « f society to the esta blishing of free and egualinstitntions throughout the world ; under which intelligence , peace , and happiness may be universally established , in place of injustice , would

      oppression , cruelty , and wrong . Not that we incite you to outbreaks or violence ; for we have faith in the * mental and moral combinations df men being able to achieve victories for hum anity beyond the force of armies to accomplish . What is wanting are men armed in all the moral daring of a just cause , and resolved at all risks to pursue and achieve then- righteous object let bntihe same daring , mind , andresources which hare so often warred with tyranny , and so oKen been wonted in the conflict , bo once moraU ») aff ^ A tmidirvted , aad citadels , anaies , aad dungeons will won lose their power for evil Convinced that the suojecta upon which we have addressed you are above all national , sectarian , or party views , and that good men

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      of all opinions and of all countries should be united in the good work ,-we have for sometime past laboured to effect a better understanding between reformers of all nations . We possess neither rank , wealth , nor station , considered so necessary in this age to command success ; but we believe we have espoused the cause of right , we desire to do something to aid it , and think we deserve the alliance of all those who believe that our object is good . We remain , your brothers in the struggle of humanity , "The Democratic Friends of all Nations . " Signed on their behalf , L . Obobski , Chairman , Charles Schappeb , Hon . Sec ., 21 , King-street , Soho . Waknimc to tuose iktekding to Bmigeate . —State OF New ZeAI . AND .--Wg find the following in the Times of Wednesday : — " Extract of a letter , dated Wellington , Oct . 10 , 1844 : —I need not tell you that receiving nons from home gives me no small share of consolation , and particularly under my present circumstances , for things have come to such a state here , that we aVe all on the point of Starvation . I Lave made application to several

      captains of vessels to allow jnc to work iuy passage home , but could not succeed , not being able to perform a seaman ' s duty . Y > hat I am to do God only knows , for I cannot get employment , and lam sorry to say 1 am not the onl y one . My partner , poor fellow , is living with the Mourees in the most miserable state ; and for myself , I am walking the beach , not knowing how to procure a meal ' s vietuals : wo have been compelled to sell the land we purchased to get us food , for £ 8 , land having decreased in value about 100 per cent . ; and I expect in a short time people will be able to get it for 5 s . per " acre . The land claims are almost in the same state as they were before the arrival of our new Governor ; he has uot done the least thing to benefit tha place ; if anything , he has made it worse . The greater part of our gentlemen are returning home , very much dissatisfied with the place . You will say this is a very short letter ; but my mind is so distressed at having to write home such an unfavourable account Of myself and the place , that I cannot possibly find words to make it more lengthy . 4 c . "

      Despotish-versus- Constitdtionalism . — Acstwa and England Conteasted . —The following paragraph has this week appeared in the daily papers : —" Most of the persons who had been found guilty of political conspiracy iu Austrian Galicia , in 1840 , have just been pardoned by tlie Emperor of Austria . The punishment of those who were condemned to death has been com .-muted to imprisonment . " How different the ' conduct of the Austrian despotism to that of the " constitutional" Government of England ! Louis Philippe , traitor and tyrant as he is , has on more than one occasion exhibited his clemency to his bitterest political enemies . The King of Prussia has done the same ; the Auf ^ ryaV depot follows their example . But not so the liberal Queen of England . In this country felons

      have been liberated from the hulks , but no mercy has been experienced by political offenders . On the contrary , the English Government appears to have been actuated by as revengeful a spirit as that which inspires the Pope and his precious protege , Madam Mukoz , to the commission of the bloody deeds by them perpetrated . If the Government of this country have not carried their vengeance to the same extent , it has been because both law and public opinion was opposed to them so doing . But that they are moved by the same spirit is too evident , when the torturings of the imprisoned Chartists , and the continued persecution of Frost and his fellow sufferers are remembered . Despotism is abitter curse ; but the mockery of consti . tutionalisin , aud the humbug of liberalism , is a thousand-fold more detestable .

      Asothee Aldeesian Cote . —" Putting Down" -with a Vengeance !—In ihzHampshire Independent appears a case of magisterial atrocity , which , infamous as are the record of some of our Metropolitan Courts , is but rarely equalled , certainly never excelled . A man named William Finlet , a fireman in a recently wrecked " steam-boat , was accused before Mr . Hulton , a Southampton magistrate , of entering the garden of one Mrs . Fry , and being seen to put his hand upon her clothes-line . William Corbin , a boy , lodging at Mrs . Fry ' s house , stated that he followed the prisoner from the garden into the town ( Southampton ) where he lost sight of him ; that he then went for a policeman , and in ten minutes the prisoner was taken into custody at a house in Simnel-street . Finlet denied the charge , and called several witnesses , against whose characters

      not a word was breathed , who distinctly proved that at the very hour when the alleged offence ., was committed , he was at the public-house in Simnel-street where he was arrested , aud where he had been for several hours before being taken , into custody . 'This evidence to an ordinary just man would have been conelusive , but this precious , justice Midas ordered the case to proceed . The report say ' s : — " After some little consultation , Mr . Hulton , addressing Finley , said in ihis case there was a balance of evidence . The defence set up was what in law was called an alibi , which , if good , was an excellent defence , but if bad , a very wicked one . They considered the case was proved against ^—« Finley : Excuse me , sir , but I could produce more witnesses ; if you would allow me , I will send for Mr . Parrott , the landlord of the house , who could prove——Mr . Hulton : Listen to me , sir : I want not to see Mr . Parrott . The case has been proved to our satisfaction , and we must put an end to this robbery of gardens , if possible , which has been carried on to a great extent .

      You are one of those characters whom we must keep out of harm's way during the winter months , and the sentence is , that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three months . —The prisoner , who appeared amazed and confounded at this severe aud unexpected sentence , was then removed from the bar . " Hear this sapient magistrate : the defence set up was an " excellent defence" if " good" [ Qu . true ] ; but if bad [ Qu . false ] , a very nicked one . " Yes , ass ; and if your sentence ia " had , " it is very " w icked . " If you have punished an innocent man , what reparation can you , will you , make him ? But was not the defeuce " good" ? The witnesses made oath , all agreeing in their statements , that the man had not been out of the house where ho was arrested , for some hours previous to his arrest . This not being deemed satisfactory , the man offers to call other witnesses—Mr . Parrott , the landlord of the house , " who could prove" " Listen to me , sir , " says the magistrate ; "Iwant not to see ifr . Parrott . The ease has been proved " . ' 0 just judge !

      Man , vain man , dress'd in a little brief authority , Like an angry ape , Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven , As makes the angels weep ! And then listen to this blessed Cote : he will put down 'garden robberies . What matters it to him whether poor Fiklet is innocent or guilty ? Nothing . Gardens have been robbed : such robberies Cute is determined to " put down ; " and therefore he packs poor FiNtEi off to prison fov ttree irumtJw , hard labour , to keep him out of "harm ' s way during the winter months ! " And then , sage justice , he is to be turned out , we suppose , when spring comes , a 'branded " gaol Urd , " to thrive or starve : a Will Febn , to fire farmyards ! The prisonerwas , we are told , " amazed and confounded at his unexpected and severe sentence . " No wonder ! So must eTery one present have been , unless

      indeed such sentences are every-day work with Mr . Hulton , which is more than likely , What will Sir James Gbahah say to this worthy ? Will he not re . move him from the . magistracy ? We fear not . But what will the people do ? We mean not the pot-bellied skopocrats , but the veritable people—the poor ; the class who are the victims of such bloated fools and knaves as thisBulton . What they should do is , to labour with all their might for a control over the Government through the medium of legislative power : for never until they have that power will they be protected from such gross injustice as that above depicted . This case is another of the daily occurring proofs of" $ e inevitable and eternal war of the rich and thepoor . " The class dominancy of the rich must be "* ut dowh 1 " Until that be , there will be no justice for the many .

      Mb , League "ioot" FAtVEr again . —A correspondent at Portsea writes to us , that the notorious Falvey having visited this town , was challenged to discussion jiy a gentleman named Malcolm . Falvey at first accepted the challenge , but subsequently kicked up a row , and having the police in attendance , —an invariable rule with the cheap bread bawlers , —he had the impudence and "fairness , " to give Mr . Malcolm into custody , who was thereupon forcibly removed bjthB police . Next day large bills were posted over the town challenging Falvey to a discussion

      of the question , " Would a repeal of the Corn-laws be benencial to the working classes ? " Of course the League mouther did not accept the challenge ; he was , however , pretty well served out by the extra warm reception he met with at his next lecture . What a pvecious stock of impudence this fellow must have , to talk about" fair play , " when ruffianism , and police brutality is all the answer he dares to make to the challenges given him by those who see through his sophistries , and rightly appreciate the villany of Ms heartless , scheming , conspiring employers !

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      Fatal Railway Accident . —Thb . ee Lives Lost . — Manchester , Tuesday Noon . —This morning a frightful and melancholy accident occurred on the Manchester and Leeds Railway , by which three unfortunate men lost their lives . The accident is in itself ofaYeryextraordinaryiiatui'e , and at present quite unaccountable to scientific men in this town . About four o ' clock this morning several workmen in the service of tho company arrived at the station , and proceeded to the enginc-houso to prepare engines tor the early trains . Amongst the number were the three unfortunate sufferers . They were all three attached to the Tvk , which was stationed in one of the sheds belonging to the company erected on the line . The stoker or

      fireman put on his fires , and got the steam up about half-past five o ' clock . The engineer , who has been distinguished as a steady workman , was also on the spot superintending the preparation-of the engine which was to have taken out the train that leaves here at a quarter before seven o ' clock . Everything appeared to be in good order , and the engineer anu fireman were examining the working machinery of the engine , according to the usual custom , and in compliance with the express directions of the company . Just as the clock struck six , George Mills , the engineer , and William Ailcock , the fireman , wore both under the engine oiling and examining the works , when at that moment the roof of the five-box burst , and ; . with a most terrific crash , blew the engine

      through the roof of the shed , which is not less than sixty feet high , carrying withit upwards of twenty yards of the roof , and breaking it all to shatters , The engine became detached from the tender , and did it no material injury . The engine , prior to the accident , was on the middle line of rails , inside the shed , with the fire-door towards the west , but when it fell to the ground it alighted on the outside rails at a distance of . twenty-two yards from its former position , with the fire-box end towards the east ; having , in fact , turned a complete summerset in the ascent . The roof of the shed was cast into the air , and largo fragments of it were found at a considerable distance . The poor fellows who were under the engine were dreadfully mutilated , and both killed on the Bpot :

      and William Stone , one of the inspectors of the engines , was also killed . Four other men were seriously scalded . James Neilson dangerously ; John Wainright , very muchscalded and bruised ; John Hall , scalded and bruised ; and another was also injured . On examining the engine , it was found not very much damagca , the whole of the working parts being uninjured , except the fire-box and the tubes immediately over it , which , it is said , £ 250 will repair . The copper-plates and the fire-box , which appear to be rent asunder , are five-eighths thick , and of very good material . The bodies of the three unfortunate men presented the appearance of Africans , as they lay in the room where the inquest is to be held ; they were burned quite black .

      Additional Particulars of the Boiler ExplosiOK . T-Mr . Fairbairn , the mackine-maker , who had been sent for , arrived at the snot about eleven o ' clock , and inspected the engine , which is to remain in the same position , until after it has been seen by the coroner and his jury . Mi " . Fairbaivn expressed his opinion , that , ou one side of the fire-box , there had been an old fracture . Perhaps a short notice of the engine may be useful , for purposes of reference . The Irk engine , No . 27 of those belonging to the company , was made by Messrs . W . Fairbairn aud Co ., and was generally considered ai fine of the best on the line , doing its duty with less fuel than others . It was placed on the line in January , 1841 , in which month it ran 112 miles ; and , in the four years it -had been

      in work , it li ad run an aggregate distance of 76 , 860 miles . The following aye the dimensions , &c ., of its principal parts : —Its cylinder , 14 inches in diameter , and 18-inch stroke ; boiler , 8 teet 53 ? inches in length , and 3 feet CHnches diameter ; 97 tubes of 1 | inch , and six 1 $ inch tubes . The dimensions of the iirebox are 3 feet 5 inches by 3 feet 3 £ inches ; height above the bars , 3 feet il inches ; area df the firegrate , 11 . 24 ; area exposed to radiant caloric , 52 . 87 ; area of tubes in the surface exposed to the contact of the heated air , 416 . 43 ; dimensions of steam-way to cylinder , 11 inches by It inch . The two drivjng wheels were 5 feet 6 inches , and the four supporting wheels 3 feet 6 inches each . The engine , in working order , without tender , weighed 15 £ tons , and cost

      £ 1 , 430 . It had , as usual , two safety valves , one at the . command of the engineman , and the other , placed beyond his controul . On examination after the accident , the former was found in working order ; but the spring-box was broken . The other waB fast ; but this might have been the result of a blow . Probable Causes of the Accident , —As the nature and probable causes of the accident must be inquired into , and will , no doubt , be thoroughly investigated , we may venture to intimate what appears , from hasty examination , to be the probable cause of the explosion . It appears , from an examination of the copper roof of the fire-box , that it must have been red hot , either at the time when the accident , occurred or at some former period . At all events , it has the appearance

      of having been burned , and there is also the further appearance of an old crack at the place where the fracture commenced . We cannot help thinking that a space so large as eleven square feet of flat surface , exposed to such pressure as is ordinarily used in railway engines , ought to have been protected by vertical stays from the roof of the steam-cuamber . The copper roof had been strengthened by cross-stays ; pieces of iron , two inches thick in the middle , extending across it from side to side , and strongly bolted to the copper . These , though probably in themselves quite strong enough to resist the pressure , do not appear to us to have had any adequate abutments , inasmuch as they rested merely on the edge of the sheet copper , forming the-vertical part of the fire-box—a support

      which , . in our judgment , is not sufheient tor the purpose . On comparing the facts attending this accident with those of the fatal explosion on the South-eastern Railway , in December last , we find tliat the same part , namely , the top of the fire-box , gave way in both cases ; and in neither of them were there any vertical stays to connect that part with the top of the steamchamber . In the engine which exploded on the South-eastern , line , the top of the five-box was without stays of any kind ; the maker having apparently trusted to its hemispherical form to resist the pressure of the steam . We trust that the case will undergo a very strict and close investigation ; and that , if additional stays are needed , they will be applied , not only in engines hereafter to be made , but in those at present in use , which may require them .

      Appaimng MnHDERAiBEiHNAL-GREEtr . —On Tuesday an intense excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green , in consequence of a rumour that a young woman named Emma Whiter , 21 years of age , had been shot dead with a pistol by a young man named James Tapping , who had for sometime past been paying her his addresses ; and from an early hour , in the morning the vicinity of Worshipstreet Police-court , at which the ease was expected to undergo investigation , was densely thronged with persons of both sexes , anxious to catch a glimpse of the suspected murderer . Shortly before one o ' clock the accused was brought in a cab to that court , in the custody of Serjeants Shaw aud Backhouse , of the fl division , and placed at the bar before Mr .

      Bingham , to answer the charge . The prisoner , who is a remarkably fine-looking young man , about 23 years of age , upon entering the dock , which he did with a firm step , looked around him with a placid expression of countenance , and did not appear at all affected at the critical positioii in which he was placed . The following witnesses were called and examined in support of the charge ;—Thomas Anvache , a weaver , living in Manchester-street , Waterloo Town , stated , that at a quarter before one o ' clock on that morning he was passing down a turning leading from Sebrightatreet to South Conduit-street , Bethnal-green , in company with a pe ^ on named Harvey ^ when he observed a emouldering fire , resembling lighted tinder , at the foot of a brick wall , belonging to one of the

      nouses . Me instantly proceeded to the spot , where he discovered a young woman lying on her left side , with her head resting against the wall , and one of her bonnet strings on fire . On looking closely at her he observed that her face and person were deluged with blood , which was flowing copiously from a wound in her neck , and she had every appearance of being in a lifeless state . Witnesa raised her from the ground and supported her in his arms , while Mr . Harvey went to obtain the assistance of two young men , who were standing at the end of the street . Witness had placed his hands beneath the arms of the young woman , and he distinctly felt a slight pulsation at the heart , but she did not utter asouna , and on the return Of Mr . Harvey they carried her together to agas-lamp ,

      where . they were soon alter joined by a policeman , who on looking at the woman immediately pronounced her to be dead ; She was conveyed as quickly as possible to the Duke of Gloucester public-house , adjoining , where a shutter was procured , on which she was removed to the London Hospital . Serjeant Backhouse , K 37 , stated that he had just parted from niB inspector at a quarter before one o ' clock , when * ¦ T * Ql the 8 P rmging of rattles in Northf * *®**^ Whitechapel . He instantly hastened down thestreet , at the end of which h » , met policeconstable Stair and two other persons carrying on a shutter a woman who was apparently dead . The woman was conveyed to the London Hospital , and on the road there witness raised her wrist and felt that her pulse was then beating , but on reaching the

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      hospital all pulsation had ceased , and she was pionounced by the house-surgeon to have expired .- Witness then returned back to the spot where the woman had been originally found , and , on examining it with his lantern , he discovered a large pool of blood extending three yards in length down the pavement , in the midst of which he found a woman ' s patten , about eight or nine inches further on , another patten , and about a foot beyond that a large-sized and wellfinished pocket-pistol , with percussion lock , the hammer of which was down , and whicli had evidently been very recently discharged , as it smelt strongly of powder . About half-past two in the morningwitncss tivst saw the prisoner at the police-station ; he had then on over the dress he now wore a white apron , upon the right side of which Serjeant Shaw and the

      witness observed several spots of blood . On being called upon to furnish an explanation of the 3 eappearances , tho prisoner replied , '' I don't know that there are any spots of blood upon it , and if there are , 1 can't account for them . " The witness here produced the pistol , the two pattens , and the prisoner ' s apron . The weapon was such as the witness liad described it , somewhat large for the pocket , and next in size to a duelling pistol . The hitter was an ordinary workman ' s apron , and spots of blood were p lainly visible upon it . —Serjeant Shaw stated that he had that morning been at the London Hospital , where he had seen the dead body of the young woman . On examining the upper part of her person , he observed in the throat a small hole , which was perfectly black in appearance , and manifestly caused by the

      perforation of a bullet , which must have been discharged from the direction of the deceased ' s side , as it had completely cut through the jugulnr vein , There was no corresponding orifice on tiie other side of the deceased ' s throat , and from that circumstance the witness considered it evident that the ball must be still lodged either in her throat or head . —William Slater , a weaver , living in South CoiuUlit-Stl'Cet , stated , that he had been well acquainted for some time past both with the prisoner and the young woman he was accused ot having murdered . At about half-past twelve o ' clock on the preceding night he was standing on the door-step of his father ' s house , where ho lodged , when he saw the prisoner and the deceased walking together towards the upper end of the street . They appeared to be in close conversation

      , and the prisoner had one of his arms round the ' young woman ' s neck . Witness watched them in the same position as far-as the i-rst turning in tho street , and then went up stairs to bed .- He had not been in his bod-room more than six or seven minutes , when he heard the loud report of a gun , or pistol , sounding close at hand , aud of such extreme violence as to shake everything in the house . The report was so alarming that he instantly hastened to both the front and back windows of the room , and looked into the street and garden , but was unable to discover anything , and therefore retired to rest . — William Whiter , the brother of deceased , who keeps a beer-shop in Brick-lane , Spitallields , stated , that at ten o ' clock on the preceding night the prisoner came to his house , in company with the deceased .

      The latter went into the back parlour , while the prisoner went into tho tap-room , and both of them remained in the house until twelve o'clock , when they left together . —Mr . Blngham : Did they appear to you to be on good terms with each other ?—Witness : Yes , sir , perfectly so ; I observed nothing to the contrary . —Police-constable Johnson , 20 G K , said that shortly before three o ' clock that morning the father of deceased and his surviving daughter came to him while on duty in Thomas-street , Bethnalgreen , and stated that he wished him to apprehend the prisoner , as he strongly suspected that he had caused the death ofhis daughter , He accordingly accompanied the father to the house of the prisoner in Manchester-place , Bethnal-grecn-road , where they found him dressed and seated in a chair behind the door in the

      kitchen . In reply to a question from the father , the prisoner stated that he had been with the deceased till twelve o ' clock on the night before , and that they then parted from each other in the Bethnal-gi-eeu road . The prisoner had on at that time an apron , which was afterwards taken from him at the policestation . —Thomas Whiter ; the father of the deceased , an elderly , grey-headed man , of respectable appearance , who was formerly a licensed victualler , but now a silk-manufacturer , repeated the constable ' s testimony as to his application to take the prisoner into custody y and stated that , upon entering the kitchen of the prisoner's house , he found him seated at a table , looking exceedingly pale , and with his head resting on his hands . Witness asked him what he had done with his daughter , when the prisoner Positivclv

      denied that he had seen her , either on that night or the preceding one . Witness theH asked him if he knew anything of her , and the prisoner answered him in the same positive way that he did not . Witness then observed that that . was very strange , and taxed him closely on the subject , upou which the prisoner retracted all that he had previously stated , and acknowledged that he' had been in the deceased ' s company up to half-past twelve o'clock at night , and that he had then parted with her at the corner of Mape-street , and knew nothing further about her . Witness was so satisfied of the falsehood of this declaration that he determined upon giving him into custody , which he accordingly did . Richard King , a tailor , living in Beckford-street , Betlmal-green , stated that he was acquainted with

      the prisoner , and was in his company one night last week at the Rising Sun public-house , in Waterloo Town , when a pistol similar in size and appearance to that produced by Serjeant Backhouse was handed about among tho persons in the room . He did not notice what ultimately became of the pistol upon that occasion , nor did he notice what remarks tl \ c prisoner nfade respecting it . At the termination of each witness ' s examination the magistrate asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions , but was each time answered in a simple negative . There being no further evidence to produce , the magistrate formally asked the prisoner if he had any answer to make to the charge ? The prisoner , in a low halfstifled tone , answered "No , sir , I have not . " Mr . Bingham then ordered the prisoner to be remanded

      for a week . Throughout the first portion of the proceedings the prisoner appeared to treat the charge with great lightness and confidence , but during the examination of the witness Slater he entirely lost his former self-possession , the muscles of his face working with a convulsive twitch , and he kept his eyes intently fixed upon the magistrate to watch the probable effect of the testimony . The prisoner lms acquired a somewhat unenviable notoriety in the district , having been several times in custody ou charges of fraud and other offences . The last charge against him was that of having committed frauds upon different poor tradesmen by selling them bottles of what he represented to be oil , but which turned out to be water covered with a very thin stratum of genuine oil , of which offence he was convicted at the Old

      Bailey , and sentenced to a year's imprisonment . In consequence ofhis disgraceful character and conduct the family of the deceased had been strongly opposed to the connection between them , and had ( lone all ill their power to discourage it ; but the poor girl , who was described to have been a remarkably fine young woman , had unfortunately formed such an infatuated attachment for the prisoner that all their efforts to dissuade her from it were unhappily fruitless . In the evening . a jury was impanelled by Mr . Baker , coroner , at the London Hospital , for the purpose of investigating this murder . The proceedings were merely preliminary . The coroner ordered a post mortem examination , and the inquiry was adjourned . Suicide op a Rembviko Officer . —On Monday afternoon an inaucst was held at the Kine ' s Arms .

      Maidstone , before F . F . Dally , Esq ., on the body oi George Bailey , who came to his death under the following melancholy circumstances . John Daniels , landlord of the King's Arms , deposed that he had known the deceased for several years . He came to his house on Saturday night about eleven o ' clock as a customer , and inquired for a bed . lie went to bed about twelve . He drank two glasses of rum and water previous to going bed to . Witness saw him last , but did not remark anything particular in him . He was not quite so cheerful as common . They eat together some time , and he complained of not being sufficientl y paid as relieving-otticer of the Ilollillgbournc Union . He complained that at present his salary was not so good as it was formerly , and that his expenses beat him , After the conversation he

      retired to rest . Nothing more passed that night . He told the girl to call him . at eight o ' clock . When witness went down , at nine o'clock the following morning , he found deceased ' s shoes at the bottom of the stairs , cleaned , and he told his boy to take them up stairs and call him , which he did . Witness went up himself at a quarter-past one , and called to him , telling him that dinner would be ready in a quarter of an hour . He replied , "Yes , I am coming directly . " He did not come , and in about twenty minutes witness went up again , and called out , "Bailey , we are waiting dinner for you . " He replied , " Don't wait , my good fellow , I shall be down directly . " Witness sent his boy up to him shortly after , when he told him that he had not had much sleep that night , and should not get up till tea-time . About five o ' clock he went up again and called to him , but receiving no answer he went into his room and found him lying on his left side , apparently asleep ,

      breathing very hard . Witness shook him , but could make nothing of him , and immediately sent for Mr . Power . —Mr . James Joseph Power , surfeon , was called on Sunday evening , a little after alf-past six , and arrived at the Ring's Aims at a Suarter to seven . He went into the room and found eceased lying on his left side , with his head and face on the pillow , making a snoring noiso and perfectly insensible , Witness went to his house for the stomach-pump , but they found there was no use in applying it . He was too far gone to do any good—no remedy would have had any effect upon nun . tie remained with deceased till he died . This day he had made a post mortem examination of the body . He examined the brain and stomach . The vessels of the covering of the brain were very much injected with blood , and very much'inflamed , and there was also an effusion of blood between-the skull and the covering of the " Twain . He then took out the stomach , but had not analysed it . He could not smell laudanum , but from the appearance of the

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      inside of the stomach and brain , which was injected with blood , he had no doubt but that he had taken poison , and that that poison was laudanum . —Mr . F . W . Buchanan , chemist and druggist , Week-street : Did not know deceased himself , but Mr . Jenkins knew him , aud they had some conversation in my shop together . He said bis object in coming there was for some laudannm for a female pauper , who hai long been in the habit ' - of taking opium , which the surgeon had refused to let her have , but he was determined to give her some . This was between seven and eight o ' clock on Saturday evening . He then served him with a shilling bottle , whicli he labelled " laudanum , poison . " The bottle was produced and identified by witness . It was found in deceased ' s bed . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of—Temporary Insanity .

      Coroner ' s Isqukst . — On Tuesday afternoon Uv . W . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , and a respectable jury , assembled at the Duke of Gloeestcr , Union-row , Newingtou , and wore engaged nearly live hours investigating the circumstances attending the death of Margaret Jones , aged 53 , who , it was alleged , had died from the effects of violence 1 received at the hands of her husband . Mary Newl .-uid , of 2 , Potts-place , Newington , said , that she had kno >™ the deceased for three veal's , through living in . the same house with her . Last Saturday week , about 11 o ' clock at night , the deceased and her husband were quarrelling , at the close of which the witness heard a noise , as of one of them having thrown something at'the other . Shortly afterwards witness heard the husband say , "D—n you , is that what you mean ? " Sounds " of blows and cries of " Murder ! " followed . The deceased then went into the passage , where she

      remained some time . Witness could then see that deceased had a dreadful black eye , and she complained of a pain in the head . She was never able to follow her occupation after tlte Saturday in question , but died ow 1 'Viday last . Other evidence having been given , Mr . W . B . Boddy , surgeon , of Savillerow , Walwortb , said he was called in to see deceased on Monday week . lie sent her mediciue . She was quite sensible , and made no complaint against her husband . After death witness had opened the body , and found that the cause of death was water on the brain , and not , in witness ' s opinion , any injury . The room having been cleared of strangers , the jury , after consulting , returned a verdict— "That deceased died a natural death from ' effusion on the brain , and not from the effects of violence . " The husband is at present under remand at Lambeth Police-court , on the charge of having murdered the deceased .

      I he LiTE f \ iAL Accident at Astlev ' s . — On Monday afternoon an adjourned iuquost was held before Mr . Carter , at the Windmill , High-street , Lambeth , relative to tho death of William Blake , aged 58 , a supernumerary engaged at Astley ' s Ampitheatre . It appeared from the evidence adduced at this , and on the former inquiry , that the deceased , with a number of other supernumaries , were required to go on in one of the comic scenes at Astley ' s in the pantom ' me of Harlequin and Johnny Oilpin , or the Black Witch of Edmonton . The "iiat , " or scene at the back of the stage , represented a tailor ' s shop , and in order to render the action the more ludicrous , the parties who were dressed as costcrmoiigers , tailors , fishwomen , &c , were tripped up as they entered from the " wings , " or side scenes , by means of a cord held by Air . T . Barry , the clown . The deceased , who was labouring under hernia on both sides , and who wore a truss , made his fall as usual , but

      immediately after complained of pain in his bowels . He was taken home , and subsequently attended by Mr . Jcffree , a surgeon , to whom , as well as his wife , he stated that Mr . Barry had "done for him , " and that he had held the rope higher than usual , in order to increase tho force of his fall . This was distinctly denied by several witnesses who took part with tug deceased in the scene , and who clearly proved that the line or cord was not held by Mr * Barry higher than usual . On a post mortem examination Mr . Jeffvee ascertained that , although deceased ; must have laboured for some years under glandular disease , yet the immediate cause of death was the fall , from the injuries the intestines had received . Mr . Carter then road over the depositions , and the room having been cleared of strangers , the jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Mr . Carter , addressing Mr . Barry , said , the jury entirely exonerated him from any blame which might have been imputed to him . «

      Ihe Yarmouth Murder . —For several days , ot perhaps a fortnight , great exertions have been madJ to find a little girl , of tlte name of Mellish , who wa » said to have told a woman in Yarmouth that she was going past Mrs . Candlcr ' s house at the time of the murder , and . that , hearing a voice inside , she went and peeued through tho keyhole of the door , where she could clearly see what was done inside , and that she clearly saw Royal and Mapes there . The keyhole has been carefully tried by the magistrates , and it was found that from the keyhole might clearly be seen what was done inside in the direction of tha murdered woman ; but Mellish , who was only eleven , or twelve years of age , could nowhere he found . Her father , it seems , is an umbrella-mender , and travels

      the county for this purpose , commonly bivouacking with the cadgers . The girl , when in Norwich , calleu at the station-house , and , telling a tale of great distress , obtained some temporary relief , and though every lodging-house in the city , and many in the county , have ; since been visited , and rewards offered to produce her , she could not be found till Friday last , when she was seen in Norwich marketplace on the walk . She was at once taken to thestation-house , and has evidently had much experience in the " slang " of the begging fraternity . Without being asked any questions as to the particular business that she was wanted for , she was taken off to Yarmouth by Captain Love , the superintendent of the Yarmouth police , who has for the last fortnight come to Norwich

      every day , and sometimes twice a day , hoping that she might be found . We know nothing of the result of her communication . We understand that a man from Aylsham , reading in the newspapers an account of the murder of Mrs . Candler , bethought himself that he must have been at Yarmouth on that night , and remembered having seen a person coming out of Air . Catchpolc ' s house , and going up the opposite row with a bundle under his arm . This was between eleven-and twelve o ' clock . In order to satisfy himself that it was really the place where the murder was committed , he came over to Yarmouth on purpose to look at the house . Having fully assured himself that he was correct , he wrote a letter to the mayor , stating

      the circumstances , and expressing his willingness to come over to Yarmouth and identify the individual , whom he said he should certainly know again . Ho was sent for , aud on . being introduced to the gaol swore positively to Yarhain being the man he saw —Bury Post . Suicide by a Medical MAS . —On Wednesday , Mr . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , held an inquest on the body of Mr . George Youd , aged 36 , assistant to Mr . Taylor , surgeon , 37 » flarleyford-pkce , Kenning ton Oval , who ou Sunday night last committed suicide , in bed , by swallowing prussic acid . The evidence established the fact that deceased was not right in his mind , and the jury consequently returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity .

      Attempted Murder in Tippkiury . — Roscrba , Mosday Evening . — At church hour yesterday an armed party entered the house of a schoolmaster , two miles from this , on the road to Birr . On seeing them enter , the owner , named Jones , seized a dirk , and two of the party armed '* with stones closing on him he stabbed one ' of them . ' The third , armed with a large pistol , fired and wounded Jones in tho head . Finding the resistance so determined the ruffians fled . Jones seized a gun , but from loss of blood he was unable to fire . The police , in the pursuit of the fellows , discovered the body of a murdered man in the wood of Bowen , a mile or two from this place .

      FAIAI . AND MBLAJfCHOW ACCIDENT . —E&EVEN PBRsoxs Killed . — A melancholy occurrence took place in Limerick , on Sunday night , which \ yas attended with loss of life to a considerable extent . A party assembled at a " wake" in Change-lane , one of the poorest localities in the city , ami the room in which , the body was laid out was densely crowded .. ' The floor suddenly gave way , and all within were precipitated to the room beneath , which also fell , carrying all to the next , and that again , being the third , to the ground , By this melancholy accident eleven persona were killed , and from sixteen to twenty grievously maimed—some with legs and arms broken ,. akuUa fractured , and one man had his back broken , Th « surviving sufferers were taken to Barrington ' s Hospital , ¦ ' ¦ .: ' - ¦ ' ¦ ¦

      Fire i . v Grat ' s-mw-Lanb . —On Tuesday night , shortly before ten o'clock , a fire , which had it' not been for its timely discovery , would have ' been attended with the most disastrous consequences , broke out upon the extensive premises belonging to Messrs . Owen and Stodard , pianoforte manufacturers , ' situate in Ham-yard , Gray ' s-inn-lane . It originated on the ground-floor , in which-a ^ large quantity of shavings were deposited . A person passing near that part of the building perceived ar unusual light therein , which induced' him to raise the necessary alarm . Several police-constables and other persons hastened to the spot , when they found the flames making fearful progress towards the upper floors . Plenty of water being at hand , they set to work most vigorously , and succeeded in confining the flames to that portion of the building where they commenced . Several engines of the brigade were prompt in arriving , but fortunately their services were not required .

      Accident at Hyde Park-corner . — On Friday week an accident occurred to one of the troop oS the 2 nd Regiment of Life Guards , stationed at Knightsbridge Barracks . A detachment was proceeding from Knightsbridge for the purpose of mounting the Queen ' s guard , when , on proceeding through the gateway leading into the Green Parkj 'two abreast , the horse ol one of the privates was upset , in consequence of the plug used for fastening the gate at the bottom having been negligently left open . Owing to his good horsemanship the rider escaped unhurt ; not so the poor animal , one of whose legs was broken . The horse was shortly afterwards destroyed by the regimental farrier .

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      MONIES RECEIVED BY MB . O'CONNOR . * ' , EXECUTIVE . £ 8 . d . A New Year s Gift from the female Chartists of Hochdale 110 °

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      JgMABY 1 ; 1846 . ' THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1300/page/5/