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      ferer feelin ? the slightest pain . The second case sras that of a lad employed in Elswick Pit . aged twelve years , who had b ? en run over on Wednesday by three wagons loaded with coal . The lad had a simple fracture on the left thigh , and a compound fracture on the right leg . Th ; right leg having to be amputated , the ether was applied , and the operation performed in such a manner that the lad was unconscious that his ) e < had been taken off . On commencing to inhale the ether , the boy coughed for a short time , but in the course of two minutes afterwards he became insensible . After the operation , his pulse beinw weak with stentonus breathing , aromatic spirits of ammonia were applied , and in a shori time he was restored to consciousness .

      l £ nglaim . KEWCASTLE-FCON-TTKE . m Sckoical Opebauoss with Ether , —Two more Instances of the guccessiul application of ether in surgical case * have occurred At the Infirmary in Newcastle . The first was on Monday , when a man earned Thomas Hunter , foreman at Messrs . Hawkes and Crawshay ' s Works , South Shore , having had bis left liaml and arm crushed by the forge hammer falling upon it , was taken to the Infirmary to undergo amputation . The ether was applied , and in fire minutes th > i patient became insensible , when the arm was taken off below the elbow without

      tbesuf-TOKSSH 1 BE . Distress is Beudfobd—It will give an idea of the amount of distress at present prevailing in Bradford , to state that for the present week , Bairstow , the relieving officer for the township of Bradford , has on his books the names of 1 , 070 families receiving relief , which , on an averaee of five persons to a family , give * a total of 5 . S 50 persona . The other relieving officers are said to be equally pressed by the claims of tbs destitute .

      MANCHESTER . The Metropolis of Millocrats . —To the most cursory observer , Manchester presents a very altered appearance . Shoals of beggar * , in every direction , meet the eye , chiefly Irish , bat with a very large admixture of English . Whole families of these wretched outcasts perambulate the streets from morning till night , and enter the shops and warehouses _ lo ask alms . Others take up a position on the staircases leading to offices and places of buuness , and remain there the whole day importuning every peran going in or coming oat . It is no unusual thing to see a family of six or eight persons ( the wife loaded Irish fashion , with cue child in the arms

      and another on the back . ) crowded on the large square entrance steps to such places , whilst another family has taken possession of the landing place above , as if to prevent monopol y . The entrances to the Exchange , to the Arcade , to tho rooms of the League , ; to the Athenieum , and to the club houses , are taken possession of daily by the . people , and the condition of these poor creatures is such , that nobody , ¦ whether civil officer or private citizen , seems to hare heart enough—or rather want of heart enough —to interfere with them . In front of the eating houses , at noon , again , numbers of blears assemble , and besiege the departing suest after he has relieved bis own wants and is pocketing the change .

      DURHAM . Fall of the Axciest Moit Tower . —A portion of the outer wall of the old round tower , which stood at the end of what was formerly the Castle Moat , at the back of Queen-street , has fallen upon the roof of atiopp - 'site house , the upper portion of 'which is occupied by one of the University servants named Norton . At the time of the accident , Norton and his wif ¦ weie seated at their tea , but most providentially , although the roof was completely crushed , and the room in which they were half filled with rabbish , the man escaped without injury , and the female with only a few trifling bruise 3 . Some fowls which happened to be in the room were killed .

      STAFFORDSHIRE . Ax Explosion of Utdrogb . v has taken place in a pit called Walbuts Colliery , at Bilston . It appean that a man named Collier , with another man incautiously took a lighted candle into the working , when a quantity of gas exploded , burning Collier in a dreadfal manner . Ilia companion escaped with bat a slight injury .

      KORFOLK . The Lamdikg Season * ha 3 commenced in the eastern counties . It is feared lhat there will be a scarcity of food for the flocks as tne spring advances . The turnips were affected by the severe fcvsta that ocenrred when there was no snow on the ground to protect them ; and there are now complaints amongst the farmers , more particularly in Norfolk , that the crop is rotting . Since the thaw , the state of the young wheats has excited much attention ; bat it is the opinion of the best practical men in that district that they have not beea seriously injured by the severe winter . SUFFOLK .

      The High Wisds have done considerable damage in Ipswich . Amongst other mischief , it destroyed a range of brick building used by Messrs . Catt and Quadling , as a railway carriage factory . The structure in question was 130 feet long by 30 feet wide , and at the time of the catastrophe there were fifteen men inside at work . Five of the carriages were completed , and three others in a very forward state . About a dozen tilca of the top row of the roof on the ¦ windward side being carried away , and in a few minutes after the wind having gained admission into the building , tore away the skylights on the opposite Bide and blew them into a field , the roof itself bein "

      forced off almost at the same moment . The workmen , being alarmed , thought of making their escape but , before they had time to do bo , both walls , the full length of the building , c une down with a tretnenious cra ^ h , smashing the windows , steps , and springs of the carriages . The body of one was completely forced away from the frame , and others were more or less damaged . The men crouched under the vehicles , and , with two exceptions , escaped unhurt ; one man was ] seriously injured by a brick striking him on the back of the neck ; the other was but slightly wounded . The total loss is estimated at several hundred pounds .

      GLOUCESTERSHIRE . Tax PRESERVATION OF DeBR PaODBCTIVB OP CrWB . —At the half-yearly crown audit , recently held at Speech house , the subject of the preservation of the deer in the forest of Dean was discussed , and a strong feeling was generally expressed that the deer preserves were a nursery for crime , encouraging the growth of au idle and disorderly population , producing heartburnings , strife , and bloodshed , greatly in . casing the burdens of the poor and county rates , and grievously interff ring with the proper working of the mines and colliers in the Forest . These sentiments were embodied in an address , which has been presented to Sir M . fl . Crawley Boevey , who is a candidate for the vacant office of Verderer in

      succession to his deceased father , and tho parties signified that they could not vote for the appointment of any gentlemen who is favourable to the continuation of » the present system of preserving deer in the forest . In reply to this document , Sir M . H . C . Baevey says— - " Havingnow for some years acted as a magistrate in the immediate neighbourhood of the Forest , I can quite understand and sympathise with them in thinking that the existence of a large herd Of deer in 80 populous a district is calculated ( as in other districts similarly circumstanced ) t , demoralise the lower orders of the people ; bat this I attribute mainly ( as I have reason to think ) to the great facility and impunity afforded to the poacher bv those of a lusher order , and who should know better , nf

      Belling the spoil with pecuniary advantage . The evil is very great , and much to be deplored . " Supposed Mcitoerat Dchbletox . —Lastweek while a labourer , in the employ of Mr . Crump , of Dumbleton , wasdiffgingm a field , adjoining the Winchcomb Road , he found the skeleton of a male person There were fragments of apparel amongst the soil , plainly indicating that he had been buried with his clothes on . The leg bones were crossed , and the skull was much lower in the soil than the other parts of th = remains . The discovery has created great interest in the neighbourhood . esDecially from its calling ts mind the following mysterious circumstance , which occurred in the year 1836 . In the month of August in that year , a labourer , while on his way to work heard

      ahorse neighing in a coppice , distant about a mile from the place where the remains were dug up , and on entering it he found a horse tied to a tree bv the bridle , with a saddle on his back ; the animal was quite exhaasted , leading to the supposition that he had b ? en left in that position for several days . Every publicity was given to the fact , yet no one claimed the horse , which was subsequently sold for £ 12 . It was at that time believed that the owner of the horse was a cattle dealer on his way to Tewkesbury , and that he had been robbed and murdered , after he had left a public house in the vicinity , two persons bavin " seen him leave the house with the identical horse in'his

      possession . Suspicion pointed to two individuals who were strongly suspected , and that suspicion has , in the meantime , almost amounted to proof from the fact of one of the parties having been heard to say since . "When I kill a man again , I will have half the money ; " and the other , shortly after the horse was found , had in his possession a large sum of money , when , just previously to the occurrence , he was about to become chargeable to the parish . Many other circums'ances hive transpired of an equally suspicious nature ; and the case is , we understand , to undergo a searching inqniry bsfore the Coroner . The identical horse and saddle and bridle are still at Eveibam , in Worcestershire .

      IUILESWOOD . Desperate Affrat . —As constable John Banning , one of the rural police , stationed at Winchcombe , near Cheltenham , was on duty at Ilaileswo > d , on Sunday morning , the 21 st inst . , about five o ' clock , ne met with a man in a field carrying a bundle . Upon questioning him what the bundle contained , ™^ n ^ T ^ S t 8 peakin e « d . tru <* the P d'ce . BtiAtowhSSrth ^ 8 ide of the liead with a S « f i £ ZrJ ? V * r ^ 'H were attached bv a strong ZL . ' £ r ^ M OnmdatIe We 8 P 0 n the blow wa * ¦ were , tbe constable was Btanned for a moment

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      but , havi&g a walking-stick in his hand , he knocked the mao < Jown , who immediately got ap again , and , closing with the officer , out him very much in the face with a batcher ' s knife , and stabbed several times at his neck . Both were strong men , but the constableeventuaUv overpowered his antagonist , bidding him desist and surrender himself 3 and saying at the same time , to frighten the man , " 1 have fire-arms in my pocket , and will sh 6 ot you if you contiuue to struggle . " The prisoner , in a most determined manner , said to him , " Shoot and be d—d- I'll fightwhilstlifeisleft . " Tlie conflict thencontinued for some time longer , when , tho prisoner cut tho policeman across the back of theright hand , dividing tendons , and depriving him of the use of his staff Ot

      - n ^ ri . ?» if * the stru ^ ' which lasted SI 1 ™ h ™™> a quantity of blood was lost on each side , &nd they both Jay in their gore , exhausted on the ground for some time . The policeman , after f «« " m ™? ^ i d nimself . a&d commenced shoutm Murder » as he felt himself getting weak from u * Mnod : the Pr jBOner all this time was lying unable to move on the ground . A carter , who lived at a farm-house more than a quarter of a mile away , Heard the shouts , aud gave information to the police at Wmchcombe , whither the constable and prisoner were removed in a cart , and their wounds immediatel y dressed by Dr . Newton , of that place . The pr . soner was then recognised a 3 being a most notonsus character , named Divid Johnsa sweep , and

      , a native of Staw-on-the-Wold , who had been previously convicted of burglary at the Winter Assizes of 1844 , and sentenced to two years' imprisonment . It was subsequently ascertained that the house of Mr . Irotman , of Winchcorabe , had been burglariously entered by cutting the panel out of the door , and a quantity of property stolen therefrom ; all of which was found in the bundle which the prisoner Johns " ras carrying . The prisoner ' s right arm has been broken in the dreadful conflict . The constable , we are happy to say , is considered out of danger , bat very great fears are entertained that he will lose the use of his right hand , owing to the sinews being divided ; the wounds in bis neck and face are going on well .

      STAMFORD , The Ikcosvehiekce of a Red Facb . —Mr . John lhraves , a respectable farmer , residing at Edmonthorpe Lodge , near Market Overton , appeared before the magistrates at the Town-hall , Stamford , on Saturday last , under the following aggravating circumstances : —About half-past three o ' clock in the afternoon of Tuesday week , being Candlemas Fair , Mr . Thraves , in company with Mr . Hack , of Clipsham , was standing in the High-street , giving directions to his son relative to some beast he had that day purchased , when policeman Mitchell stepped up and asked Mr . Thraves his name and address . The three were surprised at the inquiry , but Mr . Thraves instantly furnished the desired information , and soon afterwards walked towards Ironmonger-street , when Mitchell followed them and asked Mr . Thraves his Cdristian name ; he , considering this second

      application a rude annoyance , refused to tell him . A few days afterwards , he was summoned to appear at the Town-hall ? s above-mentioned , to answer a charge of drunkenness . He attended accordingly , and Mitchell and two other officers gave evidence to the effect of his being intoxicated . On the other hand , it was swo »> bj Mr . Hack and his son , as well as the servant of Mis * Hack , that such was entirely untrue . Upon cross-examination the policemen stated their conviction that the defendant must have been in a state of intoxication , not only from the circumstance of his jolting against his twocompanions as he walked down the street , but also from his having a very red face . The magistrates had ocular demonstration that Mr . Thraves . even at that early period of the day , was b ' e-sed with a colour , a portion of which thousands in the smoKy districts would be happy to possess ; and th' y unhesitatingly dismissed the BUtnmoos — Stamford Herald .

      BBCEISGHAMBHIRB . Another Victim . —An inquest was held at North Marston on view of the body of Thomas Walker , aged eleven weeks : the deceased was another victim of that child-destroying narcotic , Godfrey ' s Cordial , which was incautiously administered by an ignorant mother to prevent its crying . Two tea spoonfuls of Godfrey ' s and a decoction of poppy beads were duly given to the unfortunate deceased , who became emaciated and ill , and on the previous morning was found dead by its mother ' s side . The evidence went to show that the parents had otherwise treated the docerrd very kindly . Verdict , " Natural death . " the coroner bsgsied of the mother ( who appeared much distressed ) if she bad any more children never to give them Godfrey ' s , ' and urged her to warn her neighbours against its pernicious effects .

      HERTFORDSHIRE . Three Lives lost fob Wast of a Bridge . —Tbe coroner for this county has concluded an inquest at North Mims , upon the .-bodies of . Mary Lines , aged 23 ; Gaorge Lines , aged 18 months ; and Eliza Ellenham , aged 12 , who came by their deaths under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evideuce o f George Lines , that the deceased , Mary Lines , wished to go and see her friends , who lived at Icledon , near Hitchen ; that his wife , and child , and servant , started from home , in a herse aud chaise , for that purpose . To reach Icledon , it was necessary to pass a ferry . Upon passing the stream in the morning , it was not dangerous . On his return home , he arrived at the spot where the accident occurred , at about Jialf-past six . It was quite dark , and being unaware

      of the flood which had taken place , he attempted to cto-3 , and , befsre he had any suspicion of danger , the horse plunged into the deepest part of the river , and they were immediately swept away . The deceased , Ellenham , became entangled in the harness , and was ofcou : se drowned with the horse . Witness then saw his wife , with the infant in her arms , snatched away by the impetuosity of the stream . He made every effort to save them , but he could not do so ; and it wu witb grcit difficulty he preserved himself . Two of the bodies were found next day . but his wife was not found before Wednesday last . Verdict , •* Accidental death ; " but the jury expressed a wish that the surveyors of the highway , or parish authorities , would take immediate steps for constructing a bridge over tiie stream .

      OARSHALTON . Three Persons Buried Alive . —A few days ago an inquest was held before W . Carter , at Greyhound Inn , Carahalton , Surrey , touching the respective deaths of C . Cooper , aged 46 ; A . Cooper , aged 43 ; and C . Cooper , the younger , aged 6 ; who lost their lives under tbe most painful circumstances . T , Bishop said : I heard something had happened at the house of Mr . Cooper , in the Chalk-pit . On reaching the house , I entered the lift hand room , and saw several persons therein . The brick wall at the back , which had been built up against the chalk rock , had fallen with an immense body of earth into the bedroom . A search was instantly madr , when the hand of a human person was found protruding through the loose rubbish . The whole of the persons present set to

      wi rk and removed the bricks , earth , &c , and then discovered the lifeless body of three persons . They were all lying on the bed by the side of each other , asd covered with the clothes . The bedstead was broken to the ground by the violence and weight of tbe rubbish which had fallen upon it . They were removed into an adjoining room , and 1 have no doubt they were suffocated by the earth falling upon them while they were asleep during the previous night . Elizabeth Warnham , a widow , was next called , and stated : I reside in a cottage near the deceased person s residence , which is situated in Wowser ' s chalk pit . The deceased man was a labourer , and left home every morning to proceed to bis work . The female was his wife , and she mually went from home daily

      to some employment ; the boy was their son . The cottage they occupied consisted of three rooms on the ground floor , and was formerly used as a stable by the owner of the ground . On the afternoon in question I heard a female exclaim , " Oh , my father , the house has fallen in . " 1 ran out and saw the daughter of the deceased man , who called me into the house , and on entering the bed room lfo » nd it half filled up with bricks and earth . The hand of the man was visible , and after considerable labour tlirce lifeless bodies were found stiff and cold . I discovered that the upper part of the brick wall had been forced in upon them . I have resided in the same house , and never apprehended any dancer . The back part of the house was formerly a '' rabb : t wart en , " and I am of opinion that

      the rabbits undermined the place ; but they have all been destroyed some yeara since by the proprietor of the property . The accident no doubt is solely attributable to the rapid thaw , arising from the recent heavy snow storms , which caused the ground to give way and force in the brick waif . Robert Allen , a relative , having identified the bodies , the coroner inquired if any persons were present on the part of the proprietor of the chalk pit , when a gentleraanstepped forward and said , the owner was not able to attend through severe illness , but anythiog the coroner or jury might suggest for the prevention of similar accidents would ba most willingly and readily acceded to . Steps had already been taken , and where any defect presented itself , the same would be immediately

      rectified . Other corroborative evidence having been taken , the coroner summed up , and remarked at considerable length on the melancholy nature of the investigation , directing the attention of the jury to the evidence of the female Warnham , after which the room was cleared of strangers , and when the public were readmitted , the foreman said they had agreed to the following verdict : — " That the deceased persons , Charles Cooper , Alice Cooper , his wife , and Charles Cooper , the younger , were accidentally suffocated , by the falling of a quantity of cirlh , which forced in the wall ef a certain dwelling house , as they lay asleep in bed . " Tbe melancholy catastrophe has caused great excitement in the village , where the deceased persons were well known for their industry and

      sober conduct . KBST . Iscesdiarisu . —On Sunday evening last , between seven and eight o ' clock , a large stack of wheat belonging to Mr . Thomas Mace , farmer , at Strood , in Kent , was discovered on fire , and was wholly consumed before assistance could be rendered . The stack stood in a field near the road , and is valued at £ 200 . A man , respectably dressed , gave himself up to a policeman as the author of the mischief . lie

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      is a peifect stranger in the neighbourhood , and refuses to give his name . Folkestone . —Certain parties here seem preparing to band over the representation of the electors to the Whig nominee of a clique at Hythe , who seem to think that they aro to do just as they please with us . A hole and corner meeting is held at Hythe—an address comes out in whicii the learned candidate offers himsulf on principles that are to " chime in" with those of all parties—and heypresto ! the business is done , and we are to sit down contented with our fate ! We rather fancy the future will tell a different tale . This is not exactly the manner in which a rising commercial place like Folkestone is to be treated . We are not quite

      prepared to accept gratefully , like good children , any boon the condescending inhabitants of Hythe may please to offer us . Let them be well assured that another candidate will come forward—and in tho meantime let the electors of Folkestone bold buckorganise yourselves—and suffer Heither Mr . Brockman nor any one else to dictate to them . Highway Robberies . — The neig hbourhood of Maidstone , Tenterden , and Ashford , has , this winter , been infested with a gang of men who have committed several highway robberies . The evenings of the markets have been generally selected . Last week , as Mr . Avann , of Tenterden , and Mr . Pearson , Ualden , were walking home from Tenterden market , between six and seven o ' clock , they were stopped by five men , on the turnpike road , leading to Ashford , about two miles out of Tenterden . Mr . Avann offered some resistance to the two men who seized hie , on which a third came to their assistance ,

      but they ceuld only get a few shillings from his pocket , while they kept him down with his head in the hedge . Mr . Pearson was thrown down by the other two men , who emptied his pockets , taking a watch a £ 5 Bank of England note , about £ 5 in gold and silver , with several papers , letters , and memoranda . The men went by an adjoining field towards WoouchuTcb . They were afterwards pursued without success , but subsequently , two men were apprehended on suspicion , and have been com . mitted for trial . Defences of the Thaues and Medwat . —A detachment of the Royal Artillery , consisting of thirty men , have arrived at Sheerness , for the purpose of placing the guns in position round the batteries of that garrison , and it is understood that so soon a * more barrack accommodation is provided , the number of this branch of the service will be considerably increased at that station . The Sappers and Miners are actively engaged in the Isle of Graine , on the opposite shore of the Medway , in preparing a foundation for the batteries and other works to be erected

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      WOOLWICH . Sacrilege and Burglary . —On Tuesday , James Ingham , a youth , was charged with having broken into tbe hoo . Be of Mr . Wale , a blacksmith , and stolen a large quantity of property , and also with having robbed the Scotch chapel of chandeliers , &c , and Thomas Brown , foreman to a marine-storo dea l er named Strong , was charged with having received the same with a guilty knowledge . Police-constable Harris , 158 R , deposei that he was passing Mr . Wale ' s house on Sunday , near the churchyard , and saw one of the doors ajar , and , thinking all was not correct , he went in , and found a quantity of property ,

      cash-box , and a pistol tied up ready to be taken away . The shop was in a state of confusion from being ransacked . On searching further he found the prisoner concealed , and on his person was the box now sworn to by Mr . Wale . The door had been wrenched opened by a crow-bar . Sergeant Parry , 8 R , stated that be had received information from Mr . Davis , trustee of the Scotch chapel , of its having been broken open , and the chandeliers carried off . On making inquiry he found that the prisoner Ingham had committed the robbery , and sold ihem to Brown . The first lot he sold was six branches , all solid brass , for 2 s . 6 d . ; a second lot at the same price on the same day ; next day a dozen more for 5 a .

      SU 86 EX . Extensive Robbery of Jewels at Brighton . — Last week the house of Mr . Alderman Wilson , No . 3 , Eastern-terrace , was entered and robbed of jewels to the amount of £ 300 . The robbery was first discovered by the lady ' s maid , who , on ascending the staircase , heard the wardrobe door in her mistress ' s room creak . On going into the room she saw no one , and on looking into the wardrot 3 she perceived that the shelf on which the jewels were usually kept was empty . She instantly communicated this to her mistress , and Alderman Wilson sent for some men from a neighbouring mews , who stationed themselves round the house , and while they were there , two men , who had a box with them , and no doubt were the thieves , walked out of No . 2 , passed through the midst of them without question , and got clear off .

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      stales . NEWT 0 WN , MONTGOMERYSHIRE . Fire and Loss of Three Lives . —Last week a fire broke out on thepremise 3 of the Queen ' s Head Inn , and although every exertion was used to stop the progress of the flames , nearly the whole of the premises , together with the furniture , were consumed . Mr . Peplow , landlord of the inn , the ostler , and Mr . Ferry , maltster , of Clunton , near Bishop ' s Castle , who was staying there for the night , were all burn ! to death .

      Inquest . —Newtown , Feb . 19 . —Mr . W . Slyman , Coroner , held an inquest at the Oak Inn , in this town , to inquire into the circumstances connected with the deaths of Mr . W . Peplow , aged fotty . four , the landlord of the Queen ' s Head Tavern ; Thomas Perry , aged thirty-nine , a maltster , of Chenton ; and Evan Morgan , aged eighteen , an ostler , all of whom perished in a fire which occurred on Mr . Peplow ' s premises , as related above . W . Jones , a stonemason , said that he had lately set a new grate in the front kitchen of Mr . Peplow ' s premises , and in order to make the same look better , it was arranged that the cavities in the bricks should be filled with a composition of coal tar , turpentine , and pitch . Accordingly , on Tuesday night last he attended at Mr .

      PeplovTs for that purpose , and having placed the composition in an iron cauldron , lie was warming it over the fire , when a flame rising higher than the top of the vessel , the contents quickly became ignited . He endeavoured to get the fire extinguished , but was unable , and whilst lifting the cauldron off the stove , the flaming composition fell over the flooring , and the flames rushed out of the doors with great fury . Witness immediately raised an alarm , and Miss Peplow and tho servants , who were the only persons up at the time , came to his assistance . The ostler and Mr . Perry were burnt to death . Mrs . Peplow , the landlady of the Queen ' s . Head , said , that on the night in question , about half-past eleven o ' clock , she was awoke from her slumbers by hearing

      loud cries from the outside of the house . She immediately awoke her husband , who was sleeping with her , and told him that she thought something was the matter . He listened and replied , * ' Oh , it is only a drunken riot in the street , " and then went to sleep again . Witness , not feeling satisfied , got out of bed , and having descended a few stairs , she found that the bottom of the stairs was wrapped in Barnes . She hesitated a minute as to what she had better do , and then screamed out "Fire , " and by some means escaped through the flames . She tried , but was unable to get back to her husband , or to the other two parties . Other evidence having been adduced , tbe Coroner summed up , and the Jury returned a verdict in each case of " Accidental death . "

      Wreck of the Brecon Castle—Twenty-four Lives Lost . —A correspondent reports the loss of this vessel , J . R . Baxter , master , bound from Adelaide , South Australia , laden with a cargo of wool and copper ore , and consigned to a merchant at Swansea . The crew , consisting of sixteen har . ds , together with eight passengers , have perished . Itjis thought that the vessel must have struck on the Ilclwick Sands , fourteen miles from the Swansea harbour , either on Thursday or Friday night . Not a vestige , however , remains of the hull . Large portions of wreck , a great number of boxes , and passengers ) luggage , as well as documents belonging to the vessel , have been washed ashore . The

      documents are now in the possession of the Comptroller ef Customs at Swansea . The only bodies yet found are those of two sailors ; one of them had a life buoy secured to hh person . A large leathern bag , containing the Austrian mail , and addressed to the Postmaster-General , was picked up on the beach , and forwarded . The following were passcn n er 3 in the lost ship « . —Mr . and Mrs . Winterbottom and child ; Mr . and Mrs . Fairbournc and child , and Miss Fairbourne . The crew included W . Nicholls 1 st mate ; John Adamson , 2 nd mate ; Robert Robertson , carpenter ; Daniel Lettess , steward . Seamen : John Payne . W . Mill , W . Nelson , Steward Mars , John Gow , D . II . Mylis , Daniel Frillis , David Reid , James Jack , and James Scott .

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      - ¦^»—— Scotland EDINBURGH . Disturbance prevails among different sections of the working classes . On Saturday the letter-press printers I donging to thirty of the princi pal offices in Edinburgh struck work . The disputes which led to this result have been pending for some time , and first commenced about the number of apprentices which should be introduced into each establ ishment . Both masters and men have been engaged for the last fortnight in preparing for thestrike—the former co-operating with tho Printers' Provident Institution , and the latter with the National Typographical Association . The journeymen printers who have struck work , and who muster from 150 to 200 men , have advertised that they will execute orders themselves , and several of their brethren in other trades have promised them support ; in the meantime their places are rapidly being supplied by English printers , The joiners are also theatening a strike , unless their wages are raised from 4 d . to i Jd . per hour . In the provinces , the Elgin gardenera hare made a stand for

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      higher pay . In All « a , the bakers have had an entertainment to celebrate the actual curtailment of their daily labour to ten hours . ROSS-SHIRS . Deplorable Cask ob Dbstiictiok . — A farmer in this county having been recently informed that a poor man residing at no great distance from his farm , was in the habit for some time back of stealing his turnips , immediately sent for the man and inquired if such was the case;—tho poor man at once confessed that himself and his family , for the last four weeks , " had eaten nothing else but keeps with salt . " The worthy farmer on hearing this woful tale , instead of giving him up to justice , presented him with 2 s . and a firlot of good oatmeal . *

      DUMFRIES . Daring Robbery and Assault—On Tuesday night about nine o ' clock , a gentleman from England who had come to Dumfries for the purpose of purchasing horses at the fair , was robfced of £ \\ b in paper money , and ten sovereigns . While in Friar ' s Vennel he was met by a female who entered into parley with him . After they had talked together for some time in Edgar ' s Close , which is about the middle of the Vennel , two men , evidently confederates of the woman , furiously assaulted the luckless horse-dealer , and in the melee his pocket book and purse , containing the above sums , were abstracted . Before the ruffians could make off , however , tbe police were on the spot , and the whole three were apprehended .

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      GALWAY . The Elkctios . —Seri' . hs Riots .-This election has been decided after a severe contest . At the close Of tho poll the numbers stood thuB : — Monaghan , SIQ O'Flaghcrty 506 Majority for ihe Solicitor-General 4 The Sheriff then declared Joseph Henry Monaghan , Esq ., Solicitor-General , duly returned as a

      member for the town of Galway . Ihe sexton of the Protestant cathedral had the joy-bells rung , which excited the mob , who smashed the church windows and the windows of Kilroy ' s hotel . The magistrates had to break open the church doors to stop the ringing of the bells . The military were called out , and the riot act read by Mr . Kcrnan , R . M . The police orderlies of Mr . Kernan , R . M ., were struck with stones . The only person seriously injured , as far as we could learn , was Mr . J . F . Blake , son of the lato Sir Valentine , and it is said that he ia not set out of danger .

      THE FAMINE . The reports of the ravages of famine and fever received this week , are still more appalling than any that have yet appeared ; for the destitution ia hourlv increasing , especially in isolated rural districts , and the wretched people , wasted by long suffering , sink under the first attack of disease . The Dublin Evening Post contains the following afflicting statement from the Rev . J . O'Sullivan dated " Kenmare , Feb . 17 th" : — " I am just come in from an unfortunate woman , whose dead child lay beside her for the last two days , three others merely gasping , and , horrible to relate , while in the act of administering the last sacrament to her , a famished cat got upon the bed , aad was about ; to gnaw the carcase of the poor infant . The unfortunate husband and another famishing chil were drowned in tears on their knees .

      " My curate , just come in , tells me he attended a man whose wife died of hunger last week ; and on one side of him lay a girl dead three days—on the other , a child dead since morning , and he is , by this time , gathered unto them himself . " A policeman assured me tiiat he saw pass him during the las t half-hour , two cars , with four coffins on one , and three on the other . Another came to me a few minutes since , to try to make up the price of a coffin for a poor creature that lies unburied lor the last four days . "Such a wholesale decimation of human beings was Hever heard of . " The Rev . R . Traill , D . D ., rector and vicar of Schull , in a letter to the Cork Constitutional , dated " Schull Rectory , Feb . 15 th , "

      says"All around is still a direful and dying scene . Yesterday there were interred in this division of this parish alone , thirty-seven bodies , anil we know of seven now lying dead . My parish is verily an Aceldama , a field of death , if not a field of blood . " Every second person among the Roman Catholic population was in fever , and it is computed that one thousand had already fallen .

      BAr . 'JNAMORE . Since last week ' s accounts , eight persons have died of starvation in the mountainous portion of our district—three of them died returning from the public works . ENNISKILLEN . There were 1 , 018 inmates in the workhouse on Saturday last . From the great increase of sickness and a quantity of the clothing being unwashed , it was considered advisable not to admit any paupers this week , unless in cases of great destitution . TYRONE . Omagh Fever Hospital . —There are at present fifty-three patients in this hospital , twelve of whom are from the workhouse . The committee have hen under the necessity of renting a house to provide additional accommodation tot the increased number of patients .

      KERRY . A correspondent writes that , in the small village of Ardfert , he had seen an entire family—father , mother , and children—carried in a common car to the burial ground of the village . They had died from want of food . In the same village the peasantry some days tafore congregated , scaled the landlord ' s demesne wall , and in the open day collected his sheepabout 200—and drove them off for sacrifice ; but on reaching the f » uter gate they relented , and the sheep were remitted to their pastures . The patience of the peor , under such terrible privations , is astonishing .

      Infamous Jobbing by Landlords . —Famine and pestilence are sweeping off the population in several of the western aiid southern counties . Each new report coming in is still more horrible than those that preceded . In the extent of mortality Sligo now appears to surpass any other ounty , and it is asserted that the police , finding the deaths from starvation 80 numerous , refuse to send for the coronew , probably because it vwuld ba physically impossible for those functionaries to hold inquests in so mmy cases and in different localities . And yet , in this very county of Sligo , the local journal , the Sligo Champion , makes a most startling exposure of an infamous syEtem of lobbing on the public works by landlords , for the employment , it is alleged , of their relations and dependents at high salaries , to the exclusion of the destitute and famishing labourers . I forward the statement published by that journal , which ought at once to become the subject of official investigation .

      The reports from the county ef Cork describe the destitution as daily becoming more desolating , extending to the better clas 3 of farmers , who , it is stated , after ptiying their rents , are now consuming the grain they had reserved for seed , whilst the peasantry , all through the extensive sounty , aro dyin » by hundreds . a Fifty Thousand Deaths from Starvation . —The police throughout the country have received instructions to furnish returns ot the deaths from starvation and disease . 1 have learned that the number reported , up to the close of last week , at the Constabulary Office in Dublin , was fifty thousand . But there are , of course , many deaths from want and disease of which the police in the country could have had no knowledge . The actual number of deaths from starvation is probably much larger than the amount reported by the police .

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      The ' Wandering Minstrel , ' Don Juan de Vega-—At a meetiug of the electors of Westminster , fa . vourable to the return of Mr . C . Cochrane , held on Monday evening at the Craven Head , Drury Lane , Mr . Cochrane , rn being introduced to the meeting , entered into a lengthened explanation of his previous life , and alluded to some letters which have recently appeared in the Sum , asking whether Mr . Cochrane is the person who , come years since , made a tour through Kent and Sussex as Don Juan de Vega , a Spanish minstrel ? He said , in reply , that lie made a tour on behalf of tho distressed Spanish emigrants , and that he wrote a description of his tour when a very young man . lie felt sorry for having written that which in mature years he felt was not right .

      With regard to the object for which he made the tour , he begged to inform the meeting that he had received a vote of thanks from the Spanish Ambassador , and from the highest classes in Spain ; and , in 18 ii ,. when he was at Madrid , the Queen Regent thanked him for what he had done for her poer emigrant subjects , An elector— "There is another very serious charge against you ; that during your tour you collected a great deal of wealth . Now , what I want to know is , what was done with the funds bo collected ? " Mr . Cochrane— I have not tho least objection to state . The funds were very small—I believe b 2 t \ veen £ 50 . and £ CO . —all of which , I immediately , on my return to London , divided amongst tho distressed Spanish emigrant ? .

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      Death of a Chartist . —Died at his house , No . 30 , Kirligate , Leith , on Sunday , the 14 th Instant , Mr . T , B , Eunson , tailor and clothier . He was long nn honest ami consistent advocate of tho cuuso of democrncy , and suffered imprisonments in 1815 for his opposition to the Corn Laws . He represented tho Chartists of Leith in the Birmingham Convention , and stood by Mr . O'Connor when the Sturgites seceded . Though nature denied to him that eloquence which leads tho multitude , ho was a man of large and expanded views , and in all parties , and under all circumstunces , the expression of his strong common sense opinions never failed to Convince tho 66 who wers open to conviction , and to confirm nnd . encout rage the wavering . In him th « eause of Chartism has lost a steady friend , a pure patriot , and an hoaest man , "

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      COMMITTAL OF A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER FOR MANSLAUGHTER . On Wednesday last , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., and tho jury empaunelled to inve&ti g » te th » death of Mies Sarah Ellen Collyer , aged 22 , a joung lady alleged to have died from the effects of an unauthorised medicine , prescribed for her by Dr . Cronin , concluded their inquiry at the Wheat . sbenf , High-street , Camden . town , Dr . Cronin was in attendance , represented by Mr . Ten . nant at his professional adviser . Dr . Scoffern , who had been appointed to nako a more minute analysis of the mixture taken by the deceased , 8 i » id-I made my analysis to th * presence of Dr . Venablea . Dr . Cronin , Mr . Weathers , Mr . Bell , and Mr . Tunally . Thero were 60 minims , or rather more than one drachm of " Pharmacopoeia" pnmicacid in one ounce of the mixture taken by deceased . Coroner—How much would oe a dose for an adult «

      Dr . Scoffern—We are ordered by the" Pharmacopoeia " not to give more tbau 15 minims , which is a very large dose . Dr . Yenablei—I have purchased gome bvttw almond water at Mr . French ' s , the chemist in Holbom , since tho last adjournment . It appears to be the same as that prescribed by Dr . Cronin , and was labelled precisely as written in Dr . 'Cronin ' s prescription , " aqua amjgdalco am are . " It Is quite a harmless mixture , a person might take two or three ounces of it without any ill effects . Dr . Cronin—That is exactly the point . I deny that the mixture taken by tbe young lady , which caused her death , was the , prescription I ordered . Mr . Bell , the chemist , in all the main points agreed with Dr . Scoffern as to the analysis , and gnid it was clear the medicine was prepared correctly from the pre . scription by Mr . C 01 field .

      Mr . George Vcnables , pupil to Dr . Croni _^ haTe a dispensary at Dr . Croniii ' s , and made bitter almond water ourselves by patting six drops of essential oil into a quart of water . The compound strychnia powder is two grains of strychnia to half an ounce of sugar . Tho farms of these are giten to mo by Dr . Cronin verbally . Mr . Mottley , ot Bermck . street , makes up Dr . Cronin ' s prescriptions . Catherine Crowley , servant to Miss Collyer , proved taking the prescription to be made up by Mr . Corfield . Mr . Wakley said he would like to hear any ehemist Dr . Cronin thought proper to call . Mr . Moreson , chemist , of Southampton-row , Said he Lad seen tho forms of bitter almond water as prescribed in Qray ' i Supplement : the weak bitter almond water would be poisonous , he thought , at the do « e of an ounce ; the e < mc « ntrated would hold more poison than the other . The whole of the waterj prescribed by the foreign formula are poisonous .

      The Coroner , at this stage of the procesdingn , Raid there wa « no further evidence , and asked Dr . Cronin if be was desirous of making any statement to the jury . Dr . Cronin said he had the highest authority for using the bitter almond water In his prescription , and in support of his statement read extracts from Dr . ChristUon ' s work on poisons , Dr . Thompson ' s new Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia , Professor Brand , and the London Phurmaceutleal Journal . He declared , if physicians were to be bound by the British Pharmacopcaia , and nothing else , no improvement could ever take place in the science of medicine .

      The Coroner here at very great length proceeded to sum up the evidence . Dr . Cronin , in the present case , appeared to think he had done no wrong ; in that view he ( the Coroner ) considered Dr . Cronin was not borne out by the weight of the testimony laid before tbe juiy . It would be for the Jury to consider , however , whether Dr . Cronin had deviated from the ordiuary course laid down by authority or not . If they considered he had not , then it would be their duty to exculpate him from alt blame ; but if they considered he had not exercised proper care , and that be had deviated from the ordinary custom in writing this prescription , then it would be the duty of the jury to held him culpable . It had been

      proved by Mr . Moreson , who had been 30 years in his profession as a chemist , that he never sold the bitter almond water for internal purposes , and Mr . Bell had given similar testimony . Dr . Venables , it is true , had given testimony of a different character ; but the great weight of the testimony showed that it was not authorised by the Pharmacopoeia . After referring to the evidence of Dr . Scoffern , and the other witnesses , the Coroner told the jury that if they believed the deceased had died from the effects of the medicine , and that It had been prescribed without due and proper care , it would be their duty to find a verdict of Manslaughter against Dr . Cronin .

      The jury retired about one o ' clock to consider their verdict , and during their deliberation Dr . Cronin was about to leave the house , when he was stopped by Police Serjeant 16 S , who said he had authority to detain him , and if he attempted to go there were police stationed in tbe neighbourhood to prevent him . Shortly after two o ' clock the jury returned into Court , and the foreman announced that they found a ver . diet of " Manslaughter against Dennis Cronin , " The Deputy Coroner—Is it unanimous « The Foreman—No , it is net , there are twodisscn . Ue * t 8 ; but there are twelve who agree to this verdict . The Coroner tkem made out his warrant of commit , tal , and Dr . Cronin was conveyed to Newgate in a cab

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      IIorbiblb Murder in France . —A horrible crime has been committed in the depaitraentof La Creuse . At a marriage festival in one of the villages a violent dispute arose between one of the guests and his son-in-law . Tho father , excited by drink , began to abuse bis daughter , and left tlve patty in a state of great irritation . He proceededat once to the house of his daughter , who was in 13 d asleep . lie placed a pistol he had provided himself with close to her forehead , and pulled the trigger . The piBtol missed fire , and the daughter , aroused by the noise , and seeing her father at her bedside with a weapon in his hand , implored him to have mercy upon her . lie replied by abuse and threats , accused her daugher of

      playing her husband fake , and saying she should die by his hands , blew out her brains with the pistol . After committing the fearful act , this monster in human form went to one « f his acquaintances , told him ho had killed his daughter , and asked for some branay to drink . Alarmed by tho threats of his father-in-law , the husband of the unfortunate woman had , meantime , proceeded to his home , when , to his horror , lie found tho corpse of his wife . He immediately gave the alarm , and the houso in which th e father-in-law had sought refuge was surrounded . This latter seized a hatchet , and threatened to split the head of the first man that advanced . One more bold than the rest seized his arm , and he was captuccd aud givea up to Ukj authorities .

      Consumption of Shokk . —A patent has been obtained by Messrs . W . G . and W . Taylor , for an invention to be applied to all furnaces constructed in the ordinary manner with open ash-pits , for effecting a more perfect combustion of the inflammable gases and unconsumed carbon . It consists , first , in the application of an exhausting and blowing apparatus ; and , secondly , in a peculiar distribution or arrangement of the smoke tlue 3 , so aa to be adapted to the operation of such apparatus . A fan , or blower , is applied to the Hue just before tho entrance to the chimney , to arrest the smoke and unconsumed gases and lorce them through a fluo , leading therefrom ' and opening on , to . tho dead plate at or near the front of the fire bars . By this means tbe whole is passed over the incandescent fuel , where it is consumed , iustead of passing up the chimney unconsumed .

      Great Fire at CossTANimoptB . —On Tuesday , the 26 th ult ., a fire was discovered about 6 o ' clock in the evening in the dwelling house near the theatre , Pera . An instant attempt was made to get the fire subdued , but the means not proving adequate to extinguish the flames , it became a matter of certainty that not only this dwelling house , but the adjoining premises must fall a prey to the destructive clement . Upon the first alarm being raised , expresses were sent to the engine stations with intelligence of the disaster , but the light thrown out by the flames was so intense that it became a far more speedy messenger of danger than the parties sent . Indeed , by 9 o ' clock , it was feared that a considerable part of Pera would be envel oped in flame . An abundant supply of water which was scattered over the firo , and an intense activity on

      the part ot the populace , had not until 10 o ' clock the desired effect of cutting off the progress of the fire just as it had communicated with Gahta Seraglio on one side of the street , and the houso of tho British Ambassador on tho other . The houses and shops which became a prey to tho devouring element were situated between Galata Seraglio and a store house opposite the houso of the British Ambassador on one side of the street , and on the opposite side from the end of tho fish market to the house of the Ambassador . The number of houses destroyed cannot amount to less than 50 , and these quite the elite of Pera . Had the evening been dry nnd the wind high , nothing could have prevented the greater part of Pera , and perhaps Galata , from being consumed . The houses destroyed are principally the property of Armenians , and tenanted by Greeks .

      Death from Want . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Wm Baker , at the Wheatsheaf , St . Goorge-in-the-East ' . on the body of Catherine Ryan , aged CO . The ' daughter of the deceased said her mother had latterly suffered from want of food . Deceased never applied ( or relief , and objected togs into the workhouse observing that she would rather starve than enter it " She never made her distress known to any charit able institution . Mr . Garratt , surgeon , stated that when he saw the deceased she was dying . Ho found her suffering irom want of food , and her body was estremoly emaciated . Sho had a disease of the Jungs , but death was hastened from want of food llus was the only case they had in the parish and had the clergyman known the case , it would cur taiuly , have been relieved . The jury , haying observed that no blame was attached to any one hut to the deceased and her husband , returned a verdict in accordance with the ovulence .

      Important Discovebt . —tty tho advicen latel y received from Bratil , it appears Unit a discovery hut been mado in the Cociwa mine by a negro in tlie employ of the National Brazil Company . This is a v . in 12 fathoms wide , and traced to a length of 37 . fathoms . It consists of "jacotlnga , " coniaiuing gold in graius , fromj tho nilnutckt particles to the size of a baflevcorn .

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      BOLTON . —At a Land members meeting held on Sunday last , it was resolved : — " That all members * names eligible for the ballot be read over at a mem . bers' meeting , called the last meeting night previous to each ballot , so that all members' nay know whether they are on the list or not . " " That W . W . Pickrance bo the financial and corresponding * secretary , and that James Ford be scrutineer lor the next month . " NORTHAMPTON . —At a general meeting of the members , held on Monday , February the 22 nd , it was unanimously resolved : " That . a levy of one half , penny per member , per week , be in force for this year , to commence from the 1 st of January , 1847 . " "That the secretary correspond with the other towns in the county , for the organization of tho county . "

      P 0 VKRTT OF THE FRAME WORK KNIT . TERS . —Wages asb tuk Poor-Laws . — A struggle is still going on at Ilinckley , between the frame-work knitters and one leadingihouse amongst the mauu . facturere , fora small advance of wages . The ad . vance , if secured , will not average more than 8 d . per week to the workmen . Many of the iraraes were taken in on Thursday , and it is expected that more than 200 will be sent in during the week . Every other firm is giving this small advance . The board of Guardians have taken up the subject on behalf of the workmen . Mr . Weale , the assistant poor-law commissioner , has attended one of the meetings of the board , and haa examined tbe subject in all Its bearings , and cross-examined some of the workmen ; He has also given the following important deci * sion : —

      '" ihat theearninc 3 of the Ilinckley framework knitters are insufficient , when in full work to afford the necessaries of lire—that is . food , clothing , gheitcr and fuel . That it is incumbent upon the parochial authorities to see that the industrious poor should have these necessaries ; but rs the law will not allow that the wages of labour should bo made up out of the poor-rates , tke board are justified in taking all such families upon the poor-rate funds , and to support them wholly , without subjecting them to tho workhouse test . "

      The board of guardians have agreed to take all the men who have a wife and three chiidren and upwards , who cannot get . thosraalladvance of wages , and allow them to work at the mill in the Union-house , and pay them for such labour every night in sums of money and bread , in proportion to the number of their children . This system is now adopted at Ilinckley ; and at nine o ' clock every merning the operative framework knitters may be seen going in droves to the Union-house to ' work at the mill . " lhesymapthiesof tho rate payers are stated to be with the workmen .

      DESTITUTE STATE OF THE TOWER HAMLETS * WILLOW MANUFACTURERS AND OPERATIVES —On Monday , Feb . 22 , a general meeting of the masters aud operative willnw weavers was held at the Knave of Clubs , Club-row , Church-street , Bethnal-green , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on the present depressed condition of the trade . Mr . Gardener , a work , ing man , was unanimously called to the chair . The meeting , which was numerously attended , was addressed by Messrs . George , Lacy , Hawksworth , Goode , and others . - The following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the willow trade is in a more depressed condition at thia time than it has been for a number of years , this meeting being in a condition to prove more than one-third o £ the hands in the Tower Hamlets are at present unem . ployed ; the consequence has been , an immense inctew ft of pauperism in the district , besides which , there are aa immense number of families , enduring almost unheard .

      of privations , keeping their miseries to themselves , and suffering even unto death without making it known ^ and in , the opinion of this meeting , nearly the whole of this distress has been caused by the measures introduced into Parliament by Sir Robert Peel , and sanctioned by that august body , for reducing the duty on foreign manufactured squares , which has caused a stagnation in the home willow trades as well at great reduction in tbe wages of labour . Many of the manufactures , instead of employing English labeur tomanufacture willow squares , have become importers of foreign squares , clioosing to encourage the cheap labour of the foreigner , in preference to that of the English work , men . And this meeting is further of opinion that , unless the government interferes to secure the home market to the English producer , the trade will sink intoa more depressed condition than It even now is . " A . petition to Parliament based upon the preceding resolu . tion . waB unanimousl y artopted , and a committue of five having been appointed , the meeting broke up .

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      THE TEN HOURS' BILL . M ^ cHESTEji , Mondat . -T 1 i 6 feelings of tho operatives of this district continue to gain strength as to the success of this measure . The whole of the committees in Lancashire have held meetings , and have resolved to prosecute the agitation with ten-fold virout , in many of the towns much rejoicing was made on the arrival of the news that the second reading had been carried by so large a majority . The Lancashire Central Short-time Committee assembled and issued an encourag ing circular to the District Committee .

      Yesterday ( Sunday ) adelegate meeting was neld in Manchester , at which there were 37 delec . ilespresent from the principal manufacturing towns in Lancashire , at which the following resolutions wereunanU mously adopted * . — "That we are deeply Ithankful to Almighty God for thesaccess that has hitherto attended our efforts , lhat the most grateful thanks of this Committee are due , and are hereby civen , to Mr . Bernal , Mr . S . Crawford Mr . Ferrand , Sir Robert Inglis . Sir George Strickland , Lord Ebrington . Mr . T / S . Duncombo Lord George Bentinck , and Mr . Shaw ; also to the 195 Members who voted for the second reading of the '' That the whole of the Local Committees be urgently requested t . redouble their efforts to prosecute the measure with increased avidity , that they mSy with the help of God , obtain a final settlement Jf unmodified " m ™* * «» «**!« of aK 8 l nJ ^ SSZESS ** I ** ' - * " *

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      CORN EXCHANGE , FEBmunr 21 . At this day ' s market English wheat was in supplv , an * the advance reported on this day week fully maintained . nchad a good attendance of country buyers who pur SSdbSSed ? flwd 8 nwhe »* . «« forthcradvance

      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Ricnuoiip tYoRKsiiiRE ) CobnMarkit , Feb . 20 . —We had a , , lr J 7 . , rain > There was ai » advance on wheat of is 6 d per bushel ; on other grain the prices were much the same as lust week . —Wheat sold from 9 stidtol 2 soats 3 s 4 d to 4 s 8 d ; barley , Cg to Gs Gd ; leans , Gs fid to 78 fid per bushel . Wakefield Cork Market , Friday—The supplies this week are small . The demand for wheat is slow , yet holders are tirm , and require last week ' s ni-wes . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday .-At our market the demand for wheat was very inactive Flour likewise met a small sale nt an advance of Is to 2 s Der sack .

      Harrington Cor . v Market , Wednesday—We had a large show of tanners wheat at market . At the bceinmil ! , ' they asked very high prices ; but towards the close they were willing sellers at nn advance of from 4 d to Cd per bushel on last week ' s rates HuLtCouN Market , Tuesday .-At this day ' s market we had u good suppl y of wheat from the farmers , for which they were asking very extravagant prices ; millers were by 110 means free buyers , but we quote an advance of Js to 4 s on the business done . Birmingham Corn Exchange , Wednssday . —During the present week considerabl y higher prices were asked for wheat , but millers bought very sparingly , at rather ovev last week ' s prices . Newcastle Corn Market , Tuesday . - This morning there was a large arrival of wheat coastivavs , antl buyers acting with oxtrome caution , there was not ' mueh ousine « s done , ns factors required still higher rates than on ojiiiii tiny .

      Liverpool Conn Market , Monday . _ There has been a fair demand tor gram and flour durine the week S for Ire ami , but it has been freely mot by Si . > » S prices have given way : i little * uuweis , auu

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      STATE OF TRADE .

      Sc ^ SStoKft for < 1 U ! IUUCS ' bllt fi " ° S ° & ^ K = ? oSc = s tuan heretJln ? £ h . !?\ r r , I ) rcscilt wcolt *«« »> a » been a h ^ bueutao lnti , ,,, goods andyaril , 1 the . pinneni and mantacturers begin to think that cotton will tome rapidly down in vv ' iev uw \ consequently wish to realise on the Roods made out of dear cotton . Bradford , Thursday . —The sales of combing wools still continue to be on a limited scalo . The purchases , however , have been a shade lower prices . Clothing wools are in fiiir vcmiest . We cannot veuort any variation of 1110 nieilt ill tho yarn market . lloDDKHSFiEtu , Tupsday . -Business this week has been very dull both in the cloth hall mid in the war -.

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      ( From the Gazette of Tuesday , Feb . 23 . ) George Thomas Day , Commercial-roail , Pimlieo , civil engineer—William I'niiinll , Ulaekfriars-roaJ , clothier—Robert Wright , iVppiue . ron- , Clerkcmvell , timber merchant—Jonathan lingers , Kunvich , boot maker-John Fitzuugli , Nottingham , tailor—Edward Smith , Urentwood , checseniungci < — , > ) m "William Harvey , Ottew S : nut iMiiry , Devonshire , groeor-Jolm Nnismith , Bradford , lorkshire , nerlmniT-Georgo Hirst , Halifax , woolstapkr -John lliuley , Stalvbri . lge , Cheshire , builder-l'ierre Calliet , Manchester , leather doaler-Jawes Bea ! , Man Chester , co ntechouer .

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      « THE NORTHERN STAR . February 27 , 1847 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1407/page/6/