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      • TRADES' UNIONS AND PROTECTION . ( Glasgow Sentinel . J " , ; 31 b . B » n ? B , — -In the _ Court of Assize at Stafford fjse has just been tried of the highest possible * f pjgjt , not only to wortang tueat but to aft men f every class who wish to understand the dispute JL { divides the capitalist from the labourer all rL Eorope . Diplomatic disputes ,, Papal , aggresasoh co lonial quarrels , Jew disabilities , are all as ! | o tliing compared to this . . It . is the IttOBt active Ljredient in the babbling cauldron of European Clitics—it interferes with the imperial dreams of V spoleon—ifc alarmB the . Pope in the Vatican—* ies the tyrants , of Austria and Prussia , and

      curies the respectable manufacturing and Bhopjeepingpotentates of England ; and , although it w Renounc , and cursed , and punished , it will not jjte itself away / but insists upon remaining , to the jjuioyance of all friends of order—demanding exp lanation and settlement ; The workers of . Europe ja ^ at this moment , in all countries , with almost one voice , demanding why they are aB they are ? f bey wish to have those ' social arrangements through which they suffer explained , and , if possible , justified , and if not justifiable , altered or abolished—they wish to know why multitudes of pen willing to work are doomed to idleness and cursed with misery—they desire to understand why industrious working men should he rewarded little

      better than if they were thieves or beggars—why the fields of honest labour Bhould he . battle-fields , where masters and men , as Mr . Justice Erie observed , in Stafford , "had a Jight to promote their own interests , " and where , as he might haie added , the poor worker is mercilessly slaughtered by the well-armed capitalist , who , in this fearful contest , has all the advantages upon his side , the lav included ? There is no doubt that there are clever passages In the books of political economists ^ to explain now this is , and to show how it ever mast be so ; and it is beyond doubt , that if the working people would do advised by their friendsj the manufacturers , and read in the right spirit the hooks of ; the political . economists , accepting

      them ss the true voices of destiny—the unalterable and irrevocable decrees of Providence—the evangels of the future , that much uneasiness would he avoided—rags , hunger , and squallor decreed by Providence may be , quietly borne with ; but the same things decreed by stupid governments , and justified by learned ignorance , are not to be borne with , but are to be resisted unceasingly , and fought against to the last , by every sincere and honest man , be he hard-handed worker or strong-headed thinker . . ' ' . In Great Britain , up to the present time , this dreadful social malady has not taken the form of

      street revolution . The working men of Scotland , England , and Ireland , can die hunger-bitten or p lague-smitten : but they have no stomach for barricades . Within the last ten years they have proved to their government how much , they can suffer ; andif fair play" was ' given , they ' could also prove low much in a peaceable way they could do , if their governors were wise enough to observe their industrial and social tendencies , and remove such legal obstructions as prevent the peaceable combinations of quiet men , seeking quietly the promotion of their interests as citizens of the ' state to which they belong . ¦

      The case to which I wish'to call the attention of your readers this week , is one which all working men ought to . consider with the greatest care—it is one form of the great European riddle—it is the position of the great question as it presents itself in England , and it will be well if all thinking Englishmen try to understand it . It seems that in Wolrerhampton there is an employer named Perry ; he jg m the tin-plate and jap-¦ panmg trades , and employs a tolerably large number of people . Between' Perry and the people in Ms employment a misunderstanding arose in relation to the prices he was paying for the description of work on which bis men were employed . This was the commencement of what Justice Brie calls

      Vacjight by , which industrial interests are settled . The men belonged to a trades' union , and their trades' union was apart of a larger organisation , called the National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Labour , the secretary of % bicb , as a party interested by his position , in all matters of difference between the members of the society to which he . belonged and . their employers , ¦ wrote to Perry to inform him that a deputation ¦ ffouldwaitonhuurelativetoabookof prices , stating , at the same time , that they did not " presume to visit hint in an offensive spirit of dictation . " In accordance with this announcement , the deputation waited on him , and after some conversation he told them he would consider the matter . He took ad « Tantage of this delay to go amongst his men and bind several of them by written contracts to remain with him , and having done so , when the

      deputation waited on him the nest time , " he said to them that he would have no third parties interfering between himself and his workmen . Now commenced active hostilities on both-sides—the men left their work , and Perry sought for others to fill their places . He sought for them through England , France , and Germany . He succeeded in bringing some from France under contract ; but when the men arrived , and found how matters stood , they songht the aid of the magistrates to annul their agreements , and ultimately went home , no doubtby the aid Of the English workmen . . finally , Perry , bating refused the arbitration of the Mayor , appealed to the law , and charged a number of men Hiih conspiracy and intimidation ; and a special jury of the right kind ( working men are seldom jurymen ) found them guilty , and they now await such sentence as the law in its mercy may pass .

      It is not said here that this finding was contrary to law . I do not know exactly what is the law in cases of this description . It may be said , however , in the plainest possible way , that justice has had nothing to do with it . These men are not incendiaries ; their whole conduct was such as might be looked for from decent , peaceably disposed men ; in fact , nothing could be more praiseworthy than the proceedings of the men during the whole of this struggle ; whilst the conduct of Perry was that of dogged stupidity and ignorant self-wDl .

      The JJbrning Chronicle takes advantage of this tirenmstanee to utter its sentiments on the general question of trades" unions , especially in relation to their bearing on the free trade policy , of which it is a most eloquent champion . It would be loss of time to take notice of what it Bays on the facts of the case ; they are quite plain , and seed no gloss . All who read with unprejudiced eyes must see exactly how it stands . What I Vish to refer to more particularly is the lecture delivered by the Chronicle to trades ' unions on this free trade question . . The writer of the article ,

      w lo seems most anxious to enlighten the darkness of the poor deluded . working people , statea that "trades' unions are inexpedient in an economical point of view , " and that even as far as " the interest of the operatives themselves is concerned it would be better if trades' unions bad never been heard of . " " Every strike is directed not only against the employer , but also against theconsnmer , thatis , against society at large . " " It 13 the interest of society on the whole , that all things should be produced as cheaply as possible ; and the limit is practically ascertained hy * ompetition . " -

      To understand the fearfully anarchical doctrines propounded here by , one of the acknowled ged advocates of order , it is only necessary for a man to open his eyes and look courageously at that which presents itself to view in any corner tf this much lauded empire , during any hour of the twenty-four between sunrise and sunrise at any season of the year . Speculators , bookmakers , and dreamers may hug themselves with the delusion that they have the settling of this gnestion , and that they can settle it by criminal jud gments , and leading articles ; but they are se" onsly mistaken . Before they can succeed , they » ast take from the working men the ability to distinguish between riffht and wrong : thev must

      wot from his heart all consciousness of his own % uty , and all sense of his own and his childj ? a ' s sufferings "; they must teach him to be satis-^ d with the minimum of human life , as well as ™? e minimum of human comfort ; they must get f ^ forgo and forget the hopes that lift him "om the condition of the . brute , and stamp his ^ snhood on him , proclaiming bis relationship to P ? past of his race , and bis fitness , to aid in the winging of that great future which ' cannot as yet ** comprehended by the narrow-hearted , buxtertt g calico-maker , or the dry-hearted spinner ' of Useless theories , which the great living world is * f <* y moment crushing into dust , agifc rolls for « ^ d into the broader sunlight of the newerdayf . j * ° be it known , to all these theorisers and news-P ? Per writers , that the worker is , notwithstanding rf ' ttgs , his frequent -privations , and his rough « neontn exterior , still a man , with all the necessary

      ' « e apparatus , heart ; and brain included , and that « e . reaiiy will feel if he . be hurt , and bleed if he be picked ; and that he , having given some thought , 0 ois own way , to his own condition , and his con-*« ion with others , will , however presumptuous it r ? he thought , have is own say in the matter , / "I shape his own acts , and will not leave his ? » and the fate of his children , to be settled X dandy politicians , and quack philosophers . . "ell , -what mays the experience of the wqrfc-^ 3 wan in relation to trades' union ' s?—p oking at them ; it is to be hoped , aB temporary ™ Me $ of meet . ing evils that are not to be eternal . y experience tells him that in manufacturing : r gland , for the last forty years , except at very f ° t and very rare intervals , labour haB always " « n superabundant , and must always remain bo , * s Jong as there is manufacturing enterprise , cou-P ' cd with the ability to increase our manufacturing Power to meet large and occasional demands .- This , 6 t ordinary ( asses ? jnust leave ua with many who

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      cannot get employment , and * who , it feoiuequenc * . mustboincompetition ' with those more fortunate X «^ L * ™ ' ? . thl 8 « ! * « e tae d « airc amongst the manufacturers must ever be to produce cheaply , that they may take possession of the market , by selling cheaply , will have a tendency continually operating to reduce wages , nobody Will eny who knows anything Of the manufacturing districts of England and Scotland . ' . The working men , have in the present state of things , no m ' eaha of meeting this , but by trades' unions " The rimnu-^ L g te . P ^ M » antfwhb , it feohW ^

      iaoturers in their encroachments '/ act more effectually when they act singly andWparately , and ,: by private bargain with their men ; Whilst , on Jhe other hand , the 'resistance of the men ' must be , by Concert , mutual aid , continual watchirigs , and occasiosal strikes . This the . law calls conspiracy and intimidation , and punishes , as such , handing the labourer over to the manufacturer , bound han 4 and foot , mocking him / at , the same ; tiine ; with hollow phrases about legality , and liberty , ' and right , which , although they may be meant to satisfy , only ¦ serve to insult and torture . Bat the Chronicte

      insists that trades' unions are an injury to the operatives themselves ' . No doubt it has better opportunities of knowing than the operatives can have . It tells them that it is " the interest of society that all things should be produced as cheaply as possible , and that the limit is practically ascertained by competition . " Practically ascertained by competition ? Yes 2 ' such is the decision Of this best of all possible instructors : Moses and Son practically settle the price at which clothing should be produced ; and , that Moses and Son may do this practically and well , they gather together men whom , we are told ; are made by God , with immortal souls in them , and , we say it deliberately , murder'them ; work the wretched lives out of them , that society may have the advantage of cheapness in coats and waistcoats . -. - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•¦< < .

      Society ' wants cheap shirts , anii competition furnishes them , by fixing the price of making them at two shillings and sixpence per dozen , covering the streets with prostitution , and filling the graveyards with poor heart-broken creatures , to whoni death is a welcome refuge from that inhuman commercial competition that is the bast , agent for limiting the coat of production . ¦ Society wants cheap calico , and the men are thrust out of the factories , to idle in the streets , that their wives and children may take their places , because they can work cheaper than men . Society mustbave cheap calico ! What matter is it if fiftyseven per cent , of the children of Manchester die before they complete the fifth year , and that the average lite of the whole working population of the

      manufacturing districts is not more than half the average of that of the nation at large ? What does it matter if men , women , and children , are starved and poisoned , and smothered by stench , until they rot from the earth , like . diseased sheep ? ttlti price of the things which they produce must be fixed by competition , and competition cannot afford them any better than the beggar ' s life , ' and the brute ' s death . But suppose trades' unions , and all their restrictions abolished , and everything left to ' competition , as it prevails where there is no check p ' n it , and that society got everything it needed , 'in the same Way it gets slop-coats and shirts , ' aha , that all who produce for society were like the people who are left completely to the action of unbridled competition , who would reap the gain ? the

      working people ? Hio ! The rest of the trades would follow into slop-land ; no concert amongst working men to regulate or resist , where regulation or resistance was necessary , what a miltenium for political economists and Jews ! What a murky tophet , what a maddening despair ! What a rotting misery for the working people J No , no ; not that ; anything rather than that " painless extinction" for all the infants of working' women ; rude , readyhanded extinction , by the ^ axe or rope , in the fiercest pain , for all working men and women , rather , at least for all of such as are snrplus . This , however , has not come yet , and it is to be hoped that this will never come , although it has our parliament , our press , laisser faire and Beelzebub to help it . ' : r

      The writer in the Chronicle goes on to say that " Trades' Unionist artisans are the only practical and successful Protectionists still existing in England ; ' * JUow the writer of this could not have betn considering what he was doing when he penned it . The fact is , that industry is the only thing that is not protected ; the working man has no protection but what he gives himself . 'Every trades' unionist knows that one of his greatest difficulties is to resist the attempts that masters make to bring ' unskilled labour into competition with skilled labour , that the price of skilled labour may be reduced ; there is no law against this , nor do I say there sbould be . Is this the case with the professions ? Can any man go into a court of law and practise as

      a lawyer ? . JSp ; because the lawyer has protection bylaw , the lawyer may turn tin plate worker or mechanic . if . be feels so disposed , but the tin plate worker or the mechanic cannot turn lawyer . The lawyer i 3 not even allowed to sell his services as cheaply as be may wish ; there are protective prohibitions which prevent him . In fact , every profession is protected , organised , and regulated . The government , the bar , the church , the army , and navy , they are all regulated as to services and payment , and yet the writer of this leading journal has the impudence to . tell , working men that they , are the only practical Protectionists , because they refuse to put themselves unorganised at 'the mercy of manufacturing Jews , and shop keeping

      busters . . . . The working men must look at these things soberly and thoughtfully ; this trial ought to convince them how poor a chance they have of protectingthemselves by trades' unions . ; such conviction , however , ought not to make them despair of union , but rather satisfy them that there is a better and higher union possible amongst them—a union of their capital for the employment of their own labour , like that of , the brave working men of Paris and the associations in London , who ,, in these

      particulars , are teaching them lessons they would do well to learn . The workers in tin , and the workers in iron , are men who can do much if they will , the day may come j when their strength will be gone , and in such day the Percys and special jurieB will do with them what they like . In a future letter , I will explain how , this may be done by working men of all trades . If working men cannot manage their own affairs , they must be content with such management as the Perrysand special juries , and suchlike , give them . Cromweix , :

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      Thb Cokvici Pooie . —Poole , the railway guard , who was transported with Nightingale for the mail robbery , committed on the Great Western Railway , has written to some friends of his in London , "He is hi Bermuda , filling the situation of deputy gnard over the prisoners there , and endeavouring to regain his character . His conduct , from the time of his leaving England , has been most exemplary . When placed on board the convict ship , he was chosen by the surgeon-snperintendent as chief officer over the prisoners , and he aays— " I entered on my duty with the determination to do the thing that was right towards the surpeon and my fellow prisoners , but I very soon found ifl pleased myfellow prisoner ? , ] must displease the surgeon . I therefore preferred

      the , ill will of . the prisoners to that of the latter . I got the ill will of my fellow prisoners to this day by doing my duty towards the surgeon . On one occasion a prisoner made a savage attack on the surgeon while in the execution of his duty . I immediately collared him . ana" with difficulty prevented that injury which must othewise have been the consequence . The prisoner . : appealed to the rest for assistance to beat our brains out , but we prevented further mischief by putting an . iron gag in his mouth . He was tied upon the spot , and received four dozen lashes on his back , and be was kept in irons and hand-cuffs during the remainder of the voyage . After this , I was the means of exposing one of the most horrid crimes man can be guilty of ,

      and the perpetrators met with a severe punishment . The Burgeon promised to do all he could to get my sentence mitigated . " He complains of the treatment he met with on his trial , and says that the whole of the witnesses swore false , and that the authorities did - not act right in refusing him a copy of the depositions taken on his first examination ; but for this , he says , he should not have been transported . He seems thoroughly sickened of a convict's life , but expresses a determination to work well while he is obliged to submit . His situation is one of some responsibility . He does not mention Nightingale ' s name , but in former letters he has expressed much disgust towards him .

      The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have issued orders for a new uniform to be worn by the gatekeepers and constables belonging to the Parks and Kensington Gardens . The hat is to be the same as that worn by the Metropolitan Police , with a gold band , green frock coat , with gilt buttons , and the letters V . R . on the collar ; and black trowsers , with a broad red stripe . They are all to be numbered , and when a charge is given there will be no difficulty in finding the same constable when required . . ¦ The Standard of Monday calls upon Protestants of all denominations to subscribe towards the erection of a church , as a monument to the Protestant martyrs of the sixteenth century , to be erected on the site of the stake in Smithfieid .

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      AS AWFCIIT BAD IiEG WITH FtFTEOf YTOTODS IB IT ccsed * r Hokowat ' s Oistmentakb Piixs—Extract of a letter from' Mrs . Sarah Eastment , of Haselbury , near Crewkerafe dated April 16 , 1849 .- 'To Professor Hollo , wav—Sir—About six years ago certain unfavourable swnotonjs mainifested themselves in my leg , which proved SbKfSaTorKing ' seril ; and atenetune j therewere fifteen wounas in my ankle . For four monftslwas in Cheltenham Hospital , and there pronounced incurable fromtneace I went to Ring ' s College Hospital ; there also they foiled to efiect a cure , and I was obliged to return home a complete cripple . In this state 1 commenced Kyour Sent ana pills , which have perfectly cured my leg .

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      THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS . The accounts from the ' provinces respecting the present state of the various crops are , with the ex-i ceptior . of some gloomy rumours of a partial'failure of that ill-conditioned root the potatoi' most satisfactory . The h&y harvest is eee ' nre ; ' and from nearly all quarters local report speaks favourably of the wheat , barley ; oat , bean , and pea ' crops . The following are returns from some-important localities : —" . '¦ ; ¦'¦•¦ <¦ ¦ ¦ •—y- :. ¦ '¦ : •• : ' - ; ' -- > ;'; Lancashire , —The Ptaton Guardian of Saturday says—Harvest ' weather has fairly set in . > During the week we have had a prevalence of easterly winds , with a clear summer sky , the Bnh shining most brilliantly , ripening' the crops and fatiguing the pedestrians . Some few patches of t * heat have been cuf ; amongst other places the ' tract of ' excellent wheat ; land between ; Poulton ¦ and Fleetwood . Should the fine weather- continue we may expect THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS .

      next week that all forward crops will be placed under the operations of the sickle , and late crops finally dispoaed of . >•• : : ' ' ' Yokksbirb . —Harvest has partially commenced in the neighbourhood' of Retford ' on-the'lighter sandy soils , and'we have much pleasure in stating that the crops generally are very good , especially the wheats , which are well topped and remarkably fine . A" sample of new oats , which'have'been housed and thrashed , is now before us ; which were grown at Bellmoor . This , ' too , is of excellent quality . —DtmasUr QaxttUi . '¦¦ ' ¦ "¦¦ ' ¦ ' M ' ; Sebbbrgh . —We : have bad very : fine weather during the present week , and the greatest part of the hay in our immediate neighbourhood is secured . The grain crops appear to be very full * but not 80 early as in former years . The potato crop promises favourably , and we' hear : nothing of the disease which has for the'last five years been so destructive to that valuable esculent . — Kendal

      Mercury , . : East Yorkshire . —A small field of oats , situate near Ho ' wden , ' was cut on Monday last , but the harvest can scarcely be said to have ' commenced in this locality ; The powerful influence of the solar rays now contributes , however , to ripen tho various sorts of grain , and should ' we have a few more warm sunny days , harvest operations will be general in this district in the course of a week . — Eastern Counties Herald . ——Trent Side . —A con tinuance of warm sunny weather is now much required for ripening the wheat and other corn crops , especially as it is laid prostrate in many places by therains . We'hear that a farmer at Epworth intends to start reaping next week , as' he . invariably commences not later than a certain day . VJe be ^ lieve the wheat harvest vrill commence in about ten days or a fortnight throughout the Isle of Axholme . --HullPacket . V : ¦ -. ¦ - . ! '

      , Staffordshire . —The fine weather which we have had during the week has made harvest' operations more general and extensive than was anticipated ten days , or a fortnight ago . Oats are much later than they were last year , and barley is promising . We fear there is reason to" suspect thafthe potato decease is not , entirely eradicated . ; ; Potatoes gathered withfii the ' last . day or two in this neighbourhood appear to be slightly affected ; and we have heard of » n instance in which the tops have emitted , that offensive smell which accompanies the disease . —Staffordshire Advertiser . V NoHTH Debbishibb . —The corn crops are approaching ' maturity . Harvest must , however , be later this year than . last , by ten or , twelve days . — Derly ' J&porter . ''"

      Cumberland . —Subjoined ;; are paragraphs from the Carlisle Journal . —Mr . James preightoh , of Scotby , has ' commenced cutting a seven-acre field of barley . A sample of it has been sent to us , which appears , to be well grown and in ' fine condition . ' Mr / J / Torster , of Lringthwaite , commenced to cut a field of barley on Tuesday morning last . It is of excellent quality , and fully ripe . ( Lake district . )^ -The weather of late has been remarkably ' fine for the crops . The hay . ' harvest is pretty nearly brought to a termination . ' The grain crops are looking remarkably well . The present fine weather will hasten grain forward very much . Potatoes are being taken ' up ; and in-some places they are Blightly tainted with disease . ' Turnips ,

      mangold-wurtzel , &c , look extremely well . Essex . —The : past week made a great change ia tne appearance of the wheat crop , and the brown and ripened appearance of the ear inviting the sickle , the harvest has commenced generally in this viciuity , ™ with .. the most satisfactory prospects . as to the weather , and plenty of labourers at command . - Feds in many' districts' - are cut , ' and a few fields are- already cleared . On the whole the crops are spoken of us good ; in the Roothings they . appear fine and heavy , and though the wheats in some parts of the county are here and there' laid by the late heave storms , they do not appear to have suffered to any great extent . — Essex Herald . ' - ' ' ¦¦¦ ' — ¦ : < i ; --:

      ¦ Gloucestershire . —The wheat crop in the district extending fifteen to twenty miles round Gloucester will be a full average one in quantity ; but most of those fields , 'the heaviest in Straw , are much laid by the late heavy rains' ; and will suffer in the quality of the samples , if not much in the yield , from tuis cause ; Reaping has but ' just commenced . Barley ia in general bulky in straw , and promises a good yield ; but owing to the heavy rains , a considerable part is expected to prove of rather coarse quality . Very little is ' sret fit for cutting . Oats are grown here to a very' limited extent ! but this crop is expected to proVe a good one . "Winter beans are generally well spoken of , and tho spring ones are expected to prove an

      average crop . Peas are generally good , where grown for a field crop . ' The Bristol Gazette says - . —The wheat plant has made considerable progress ; and reaping hascommericedinsome of the forward situations , and will be pretty general towards the latter end of next week , should the weather prove favourable . The wheat crop has in many places been much laid by recent ' heavy rain ; but it never looked better than at present . —( Teuifcsbuty . )—The wheat Id general promises a fair crop in quantity and quality ; ' except where laid by the heavy rain ' s . Barley is also likely to prove a fair crop , and on the whole better than last year . Winter beans are very good , arid ready for cutting , and the spring ones are a 'fair ' crop . Reaping has just'

      commenced . —f OirtMtittr ., H-The wheat = crop in this district is a fine one , and promises well for a good yield . The earlysown' barley is very' promising in most instances , but the late sown is very thin . The oaf crop' is good . Some bean ' s are very good- ; others are * " on the contrary , rather blighted . Peas promise a favourable' yield . of potatoes there is some little complaint ; but taken generally they are as good as could' be wished Wiltshire . —The potato blight has bade its appearance in the neighhpurhood of WeBtbury / ' with great virulence , and searcelya piece ' of potatoes in the district has escaped ; but its ravages have

      hitherto been principally confined to the . haulin . Last year it was first seen on the ISth ' of July ; this year -it was not at all generally obseryed' till Wednesday , the 31 st ., probabl y caused by the dense fog of that mbmiiigj Scarcely a field of potatoes , if carefully examined , after Wednesday , however luxuriant they might appear ^ but contained the fatal spot , - apparently newly formed . The present dry weather may be considered very favourable in checking the spread of the disease from the haulm to the tuber , the rot in the latter producing the greatest'mischief in wet soil and after much rain . — Salisturo Journal . '' ' '

      Noma NoiriNOHAMSHiRE . — Owing to the unsettled state of the weather iu the last month , the wheat has been retarded in ripening , and where heavy it has been badly laid , which will very likely affect the quality . Still no great damage has been done ; and should August be fine an average crop of every Kind of grain may he safely anticipated The late rains have done a great deal of good to the potatoes , which in general now promise well for a crop ; very little disease has as yet attacked them , this being now about the time of its appearance ; and the weather lately has been favourable for its development . The farmers at Sawley are beginning to cut oats and barley . —Nottingham Journal . Somersetshire . —It is agreed on all hands that Olir harvest Of Wheat is good , and this appears to be confirmed by the test of cutting , which commenced about a week since . There is a little rust in the late wheats , and the burden is far from heavy ; not

      more than an average crop is expected , but quality better than usual . Barley mostly good , Oats and winter bean 9 good , and , with very few exceptions , fit to cut . Exceptions to some extent sb regards the spring sown . Potatoes have gone off very fast lately , and from present appearances greater injury will be sustained by the . crop from tbo blight than last year . Carnarvon . —The grain crops , excepting those Bown upon cold wet lands , present a luxuriant appearance in all these districts . The Swedish turnips have in many places suffered so much from the ravages of the fly and wire worm as to" require a great breadth of land to be replanted , or sown with common turnipB . In several places we are sorry to find that the potato haulms have , during the last week , presented an appearance which indicates the existence of the blight , which in former years proved so destructive to that valuable root . —Car nan / on Herald .

      Glamorganshire . —The cold wet weather which prevailed during some parts of the month of June tended to caecK the growth of vegetation , and , consequently , to delay the general commencement of the hay harvest , bo as to make it about nine days later than the average time . In this district the hay harvest could not be said to have generally begun-. before the second week in July . Though Wheat has been later in coming to ear , it looks favourable ; ' . but none that we have up to this time seenia yet fit for reaping . The general observations which we have made . in reference to wheat apply to oats and barley . In green crops the SOffing of late Swedes was much delayed by the early June rains ,

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      ? £ w i " 1 - comPleted . this operation before £ l £ L TV * $ * oame upon them . They , KS . tVflvia S &ud healtby .-Stt . awMa ; Warwickshire { Stratford-on-Av < m ) . —i find the potato disease W M be bid m-this neighbourhood .-r have just been to a market gardener ; and hebaa shown me some ^ ery bad indeed , ' aboutone quarter gone ; ijome of our wheat crops are ready for the siokle , but they are beaten down , badly . I think , if fine weathersetsin , we shall have a pretty , good crop « r \ I' Man y'farmers will begin next week . Winter beans are good , and will be ready to begin cutting next week . Some oats are out , and will be a lair crop , . Barley will be good , if there be fair weather to get it . Some crops nearly ready for cutting , , ... ¦ . ¦ . , . . . : » nd many had not oomDlflfAH . thia ««««»„ w ««

      OiMBBiDOBsniRK . —( M&nea ) -Reaping has comnaenced here . : One amateur has cut , thrashed , and dresBed his entire cropping , and has ploughed * his Farm for seeding . —( Cottenham , ) Som few-farmers have commenced cutting their corn during the week , and the greater part commence on Monday next . The crops generally are a good average , both as regards quantity and quality . — Cambridge Chronicle . '' . . . . ., ; ,-. .. .. .... : ! , ( Huntingdonshire . —Harvest oomes very fast now , and cutting will bo very general on our high land , in a lew days if fine and hot , as at present .- New peas are in the market , but they are neither dry nor good at present ; the . next parcels will be better conditioned . The wheat crop in the fens is now very ill spoken of , but Ihave no proof of it , further than report . I do not think the crop is a large one any where , but must think it is a good ayeraee . ¦ .. .. . . . . ¦ ¦• . - *

      BucMMQUAMsniRE ( Wendover ) , — The crops are looking remarkably well in this locality , and the helus Beemto speak of plenty . The potato blight has made its appearance in . this neighbourhood , and has spread for miles round ; and although both tbehau ) m and the bulb are affected , still there is reason to hope it will not be so bad as in former years . . .. i ¦ '< i Salop . —With a continuance of tho present fine weathery We shall soon be / able to commence the harvest in many places round this neighbourhood ; Neither the wheat nor barley at this time appear likely to prove over an average . Both the peas

      and potatoes are unusually promising for an abundant crops . The turnips are not so good as could be desired in many places . There is a deal of hay still out in the fields , in a bad state ; : ¦¦¦< : ; Cakdigan . —We are sorry to find that the potato blight has this year again appeared about Cardigan in a moat malignant manner . . From a large pail full of nearly full-grownpotatoes ; which we saw thia week , not one-half of them were fitfor use . It is remarkable that the blight hitherto confines itself to gardens in the town and immediate neighbourhood , and from every information we can . collect , this valuable edible hitherto in the open fields assumes a most healthy appearance ; .

      Scoii-and . —The Scotsman of Saturday has the following general statement respecting the crops in Scotland , The accounts from all quarters in reference to the wheat crop are- iu general satisfactory . Some : of the forward : sorts will be ' ready to-cut next week in the Lothians , although the bulk ; of the crops will not be ready for fourteen days . The ! same accounts reach us as to the lateness of the harvest from the Carse of Gowrie , Ayrshire , Berwickshire , and Roxburghshire ; Barley is in some instances late , but , upon . the whole , the crop will reach , if it does not exceed , an average . Several fields will be cut next week in East ' Lothian , and in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh one or two small patches are already in the stock . Oats are much improved , but will be below the

      ordinary bulk , particularly upon Stiff cold SOUS . - In upland districts of the southern counties , as well as in the northern counties , they will be decidedly under an . average crop . They arc represented as thin on the ground , and short of straw in the Carse of Gowrie , Fifeshire , &o : An occasional field of the more early varieties ' will ; be ¦ ready next week , for the sickle in East-Lothian . Beans are variously represented ; in tho curses they are said to be bulky in the straw and well podded , while in the eastern districts they are represented as being in general deficient in straw , and they will not upon the whole exceed an average . ¦ : ¦ . •¦¦¦; ¦ ¦ ' Ibbiand . —The agricultural reports from nearly every county in the four provinces speak favourably as regards all kinds of crops , with the exception , in several instances , of potatoes and turnips .

      Thereare also complaints of the appearance of blight in the former , and the latter has suffered severely from the ravages of the grub or maggot , but not beyond hope of recovery . In Wexford it is said that there is no doubt whatever of the disease having attacked the early sown potatoes , but as yet the main crops remains intact ; and the virus' of the distemper is much , less malignant : than in recent years . The blighb has also shown itself iri several localities in Kerry and the west of Lime- > rick , where "it is daily extending and assuminga more virulent form . '' From other parts of Limerick the accounts are more cheering . From the two ridings of Tipperary the intelligence is most satisfactory ; not a word of the blight in either distr ict ; , and the crop reported to be productive and healthy in every ; part of the county . In the King ' s County the prospect is equally healthy .

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      TRIAL OF JOHN WINDSOR ^ FOR THE S 1 URDER OF HIS WIFE . ( From the Mlford ( Delaware ) Beaton . ) The trial of Captain John WindBov , a ^ wealthy citizen of this county , is now terminated in our Court of Oyer and Terminer at Georgetown . Captain Windsor is a man of wealth , and jealousy was the ' cause of the ; murder ,- as will be seen by the testimony and the admissions of the prisoner . The Attorney * General opened the case'to the jury . ; Ho enlarged upon the grave character of the case ; and the enormity of the charge—defined the crime of murder , and said that it was justly punishable with "death by the laws of God and man . He then Btated the lending facts of the case as they vm AT , OF JOHN WINDSOR ^ FOR THE MT 7 R .

      would be proved by the' prosecution . On the 1 st of May ; 1850 / the defendant deliberately wrote out a paper referring to his wife and the contemplated dime . , On the next day be loaded his gun , went abroad , and returned ; - saying to a person , if he should hear of anything serious happening at his house not to let it disturb him . He returned home , wentto tho garret where his wife was weaving , told her > that he had often said to her that tho time would pome when she would tremble in his presence , bid her prepare as her time was short , drew 'out a-pistol and shot her mortally . He soon after ¦ said that he had contemplated this act for mnny 'Bvonth » j '_ and if he had found another person whom he had been searching for , he would die content ; that

      he would die in a very short time , as he had taken laudanum , not meaning to become a public example , ; by going to the igallowa , The Attorney General referred to the defence of insanity , but would not anticipate it , except to say that it was a defence to be made out by the pr isoner , and must < ro'to the extent of establishing incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong . . ' James Stuart , sworn . —On Wednesday morning May 2 , 1860 , about seven o ' clock , I beard from my wife that Captain Windsor had shot his wife . Iran over to his house and saw him standing in the yard with , a gun in-. his hand . Ho was pointing it at a man / who was passing . I said , " CaptaiH ,-what ' s the matter * " He said , " I have shot my wifo ; go

      up stairs and see her , , if you choose . " I went up and saw her lying on the floor , very pale , a child nine months old sitting by her crying . I spoke to her , and she opened her eyes with an expression of gladness : begged me to carry her down stairs , as she would die in a few minutes , and said that her husband had shot her . She said she was in the other room weaving for him , and he came into the room presenting a pistol , and told her she bad but a short time to live—that hewas going to shoot her .- ; that she fled and got where she then was , and he shot her . I went down stairs , arid found tUe prisoner in his store . ' He refused to let me come in . I pushed the door open , and found him still standing with the gun in his hands . I demanded the gun , and he refused' to give it up , and I took hold of it

      to take it away , wlien I smelt laudanum , and said to him , 'Mou old dog , you are not satisfied to kill one , buthavebeen killing yowsclf . " He suffered me to tahe ' the gun , and asked me not to shoot him . He said he had taken half a gill of laudanum , and would . soon be dead ; that he had intended to kill Joseph Osborne , then his wife , and Alexander Elligood , and Milford Saunders ( negro ) , if they interfered with him . He told me a long story about his grievances .- Mentioned a letter . -Asked me to correct the spelling and grammar without altering the sense , and to have it published at his expense . Told me to go to the desk and get money to pay for the publication . He handed me the key , am ) gavo me also a list of judgments . The laudanum soon began to operate on him ; but before this he told me he did shoot her , and shot to kill her . Before

      she died . she sent for him , and he went up to her . She desired to be lifted in her bed , and said to him , . "Take cave of the children . You have said they were not y ourb , I have but a few minutes to live ; before God , on my dying bed , they are yours , and I want you to do a . father ' s paxt by ttVJm . " She called him to look-at her wound , and he began to cry , and said he would not : have done it for a thousand worlds , and then left the room . In the . course of the day prisoner said he had intended this for some time . He gave aa a reason tor taking the laudanum , that he did not mean to bo hung . That he would not be made a public example . lie walked . about violently until he became weak , and sat down and then fell . He asked me for more laudanum . 1 said I had a quantity at homo , enough to fix him off . He begged Dr . Fisher forpoison . Mrs . Windsor died about three o ' clock that afternoon .

      The letter referred to is as follows : — " I have set down in great distress ; both in body and mind , to think I married a womaa . that I love , and in four ii weeks after 1 married her , she should commence a ^ cr iminal correspondence w ith such a worthless man as Joseph Osborne , that has a wife and five children ; that she took the money out of tho- store by little at a time and gave it to him ; and 1 could not leave the ; house j if I only stayed fifteen or twenty minutes , and came in , I would catch him in the houseor just going away . On the 14 th of April , 1847 ) ' I came to the house and found it fastened up . I thumped at the door and called quite loud ; received no answer . Walked round the house to

      t ' other door . Osborae was just stepping out at the door .. I walked in ; Found Nancy very much confused . Asked her how the door became fast . She denied it . I told her she and Osborne was shut up together . She denied it . On the 2 d of April I ordered him not to come to my house any more . After that she would meet him out at the stable , the . old copper shop , behind the smokehouse , of nights , . You might see where they stood , and the tracks where they met . I found I lost ISdola . GOo . ( h . at . uhe took and give him . I don ' t know how much more , and from thirty pounds to fifty pounds of , pork at one time to Elligo . ud , a family that kept a . watcb for . them and carried news to each other

      privately , . He had Muford : Sanders employed to conjure : for them ,, , also Alexander Elligood and daughter . . They ; furnishedher with some poison stuff'that she would put on . my clothes and head , that . would . almost ; distract me : . I had , had to hiro my washingfrom home , and quif . sleeping with her , to keep her . from filling my c'othes full in bed . The life she leads me—I ; cannot describe it . Herchildreniare not mine . Joseph Oaborne is the father of them , both , and she is now with child by him . * ,, <*>• •* < ¦ ¦ * Jf she should live , if ; it could-be do , I think that that would be a sufficient , proof of all that . I have said concerning the life that she and that roan has led me .:, I believe there is persons that know of their criminal correspondence , but they ; keep it from me . They may come out after ! . am gone ., If not , the two- children will speak for themselves ; their favour will be as good proof as

      those . acquainted with him and the family / Will want . I don't . know according to the marriage . contract and my will whether , my estate will have them to raise up to seven years old ; if the : law should compel , my administrator to raise them two illegitimate children , to that age , I wish him or the county to put them to good masters , as I disown them aa being children of mine . If they were it would be a great consolation to think my labour and industry should go to my offspring . What I have here wroteis the truth ; the Lord ia my judge ; . and I wish it published to the world , as it may perhaps be of . service to some people . The Great Jehovah I hope , will pardon me for what may hereafter take place . If , it should be printed , I hope it may be put ia good form , . 'Uno . Windsor , ond correct ; the had spelling ., Wrote May l , 18 . 30 , ( EndorsedjT-: ! hope that some friend of . mine may have this made public . " Jko . Wimdsob . "

      ¦ :. ! : ¦ : ¦¦ SeconpDat , i James Dowking , sworn—Was sent for to ? o to prisoner's , soon after he had shot his wife . I found him in the store , walking about , much excited , sweating freely , but in other respects much as usual . He held out his hand to me , and said , " Ob , Mr . Downing , I have shot my wife ! " He then said he had taken his gun that morning to Bhoot Joe Osborne , but niisBed him ; that Rollins or some oue gave Oeborne notice by a' sign ; that he returned , put away his gun , took a pistol and bowie-knife , intending to kill his wife with : the . bowie-knife ; that he went up in the garret . where bis wife was wearing , and said to her , " . Nancy j you are ' going to die , your time is short . " She said ; " Yes , Captain "Windsor , we are all to die

      and , our time is short . " He said he then went down stairs and got his best pistol , the one which was surest of fire , and went up . again and said to his wife , " jNancy , I . bav ' e told you that you would tremble at my appearance ; " that she ran out of the room and hallooed " murder j" that as she ran there wa . B . a line hrogirig ' acroBS the room with some bags hanging on it , and as she raised her arms to send the bags from her head he fired , and she fell ; that he walked down stairs , went into the store , and took from half a gill to a gill of laudanum . He said he should , not live twenty minutes , hewas ' certain , from the effect efthe laudanum . He then said he went with the intention of killing Osborne that morning , that then . he intended to kill his wife , and then destroy himself with laudanum , fie eaitl there were five or sixhe should like to kill , and he would then be satisfied-viz ., Milford Saunders , Aleck Elligood , Aleck ' s daughter , Jos . Osborne , his wife , and himself . He : then showed me

      where his key , was ; said he should be here but a very little time , as the medicine was operating . ; . Told me to take care of that key and his papers until John Windsor came . Bythis time he became , very sick , and making an attejripttositdown . heifelldowii . upon ine floor , i went to him and raised aim in the chair , persuaded him to go in and lie down on the bed . He said , " No ; " iwould not lie down on the bed ; ' that they had too much poison stuff there for him . ;• that he would go * in the parlour and lie down on the . sofa . 1 went alongside of him , and James ,. Stewart , 0 D the other side of him . JJe ' gotto . where his writing desk was on the counter , openeS it , and took putia pocWet pistol ; ; . Stewarttdok hold of it , and , said he could not have that . . He said , . ' . ' . You might let me have it 1 donotwanttohurt ^ ou hor any one else ; " but ' he gave it-op to Stewart , and went in with me and laid down on the sofa . He then became very , sick and vomited from laudanum ; and after that he aaid .

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      Mr . Downing , I am afraid there is not enough remaining in me to kill me , " and asked me to give him more . I told him he could not have any m < fce . ; He said , «' . oii , give me more , I want to die , and I will i ! e never intended to be a public example . " He then became calm and still , and I left him and went up-stairs to'see Mrs- Windsor . She Baid Captain ^ ylndsor had shot her . I returned to . Windsor , and stayed with him nearly all day until theofficers c . time Dunug tho time Mrg . Windsor sent word she wished to see him . IIe went up , took a seat by hersidr , nnd 1 went into the next room , leaving several with them . « t . a ^ j «™ t x . ., o 5 o nn ^ i ^

      He did not stay more than a minute or two , but went down stairs and I with him . fie laydown on tli « sofa again . In about an hour Iris wife sent , for him to go up again . lie refused to go , saying he felt too weak . I advised him to go , and led him up-Btairs again . He sat down by her bedside , and took hold of her hand . She said , " Captain Windsor , you have oft .-n said these children were not yours , but before God and all these people they are yours , and you ought to do something for them . " " Ah , " said he , " Nanoy you need not talk about these things now . " Still holding her hand , and rising , he said , " God bless you , ' and left her . She called kirn back to look at the wound ,

      he said no , he was not prepared to see it then , and ha went down to the sofa again . The above is all tho testimony in the case which has come to band ; but the trial has been concluded , the prisoner has been convicted , and sentenced to be hanged . He is about sixty years of age , while the victim of his jealousy was only twenty-lour .

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      BRUTAL MURDER AT MANCHESTER . An inquest was held at Manchester on Tuesday before Mr . E . Herford , the coroner , upon the body of a young man named Henry Ellis , Tfrh . 030 life had been taken by a blow on the head from a hammer , inflicted by a shoemaker , under circumstances showing little , if any provocation . James Macnamara , the man . charged with this serious offence , was not before tho court , naving been taUon by the police before the borough magistrates and remanded until Wednesday ; and the proceedings at the opening of the inquiry had reference to the still pending dispute between the coroner and magistrates as to the power of the latter to withhold a prisoner when demanded under a coroner ' s warrant .

      John Cocker , a dyer , said . —About ten o'clock on Saturday night , tho 12 th ult ., I went into Ann Oldfield's beerhouse , in Queen-street , Hulme . Deceased was there , in company with a man named James Macnamara ,. Deceased was there sitting in a corner , and seemed to hare bad some drink . He said he had had some bother with Macnamara , who is a shoemaker in Moss-lane . Mucnamavocarae in and deceased offered to shake hands with him , and Macnamara did so , and deceased gave him a glass of beer . He tasted it , and then went out , followed a minute or two afterwards by deceased , I heard shouts in the street and wont out . Macnamara was running after the witness Catherine M Garry , and say ing he would serve her the satfie way . lie had something in his hand , but I could not distinguish what it was . Before he ran aftet the woman I saw deceased lying on the flags on his

      side . Miles Crook appeared to be keeping Miicna » mara off deceased . Macnamara went on- running towards Moss-lane—towards his home . I helpea deceased up from the ground . Ho had a bad cut on the back of his head , from which blood wa 8 issuing copiously , and there was also blood on the ground . He . was taken into John Lnne ' s house , and we washed his head . I and llolyoak , and Miles Crook , then took him to a druggist ' s , whenc * he was brought here to the Infirmary in Ualf-iVahour . I came with him in a cab . His head was dressed , and ho was taken homo again . 1 did not see him afterwards , till I saw his body here this morning . Maenamnra did not appear to be affected by liquor when he shook hands with deceased in the beer-house , It waa a short tiling that Macnamara had in his liand . There was iron to it , because I heard him rattlo it against the flags .

      Emanubl Fogamt said . —I was coming home , and saw Macnamara running quickly out of the Prince of Wales beer-house , and I followed him . He lives in Moss-lano , some distance off . I saw him get his hammer off hia bench , and his wife asked him what he was going to do with it . He told her to mind her own business , or he would give her a knock with it . He then ran out with the hammer in his hand , and I followed him back to Oldfield ' a . When he approached the house he put the hammer in his pocket , and then went in . I heard quarrelling inside , and deceased came out about a quarter of an .

      hour afterwards . Macnamara followed , aud tnppcd deceased down , with his foot , on the pavement , about five yards from the door . He then hit him on the head with the sharp end of the hammer . There was a great crowd round the spot . When Macnamara had struck deceased once , he ran after IV VfO « man now present , who had told him he would hurt the man . He then ran away , and I did not see him again till half-past eleven . I was standing at our own door , which is about thirty yards from Oldfield ' s . The hammer was like the one now produced * I am sure Macnamara was sober ,

      Cathbhims Fox , the wife o £ a founder , said . —As I was crossing the street from my own cellar I saw deceased coming out of the beer-house and going towards another house of the same description . I then saw Macnamara coming as if from his own house towards where deceased stood , with some * thing in his hand . He came up to deceased and drew his hand back and struck him on the side of the head . Deceased staggered back and then came forward . Macnamara then hit deceased again with what ho had in his hand . I asked him if he knew what he was doing , when he replied thai he would serve me the same , and ran after me . He then went back again . .

      "VYiuiAM Skinner ,, house surgeon at the infirmary , said—Deceased came here about twelve at night on the 12 th July , having received a scalp wound on the left side of the head . It might have been caused by either end of the hammer now produced . He said , or some men who were with him said , that he had been struck with a shomaker ' s hammer . I saw no other injury . I have no parti , cular recollection of seeing . him here more thaa once . He attended aB an accident patient ; He was admitted into the hospital on the 6 th . He was insensible . I attended him till he died . I have made a post mortem examination this morning , by the coroner's warrant . Corresponding to tho wound before mentioned there was a very slieM

      fracture of the skull , and a softening of the bone , as if it had been bruised with the same violence which , inflicted , the wound . There had been inflammation of the membrane which had extended , and a quantity of pus was secreted over the whole of the left hemisphere . There ¦ waB a small aboesa on that side towards the base of tho brain . There is no doubt-that the abcess was caused by the inflamm ; tioa produced by the external violence . Tho chronic inflammation of tho brain , caused by violence , was the cause of death . Such a result would be a probable consequence of such injury . The fits spoken of would no doubt , result from the game cause . 1 should think a hammer more likely tO produce it than a last .

      Several other witnesses were examined , after which the jury returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder " against James Macnamara . ¦ : James Macnamara was brought up on Wednesday morning at the Manchester Borough Court for fur * ther examination . The evidence was substantially the same as that given . before the coroner , exoept that Ann Oldfield , the keeper of the public house in which the quarrel , took , place , assert 6 that deceased struck the prisoner first . This agrees with part of the prisoner ' s own statement to the officer who apprehended him . The prisoner was commit * ted for trial at the assizes . :

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      -T ^ WP ^* ' Conveyance of Tkoops Bt Railway . —The Moni * tour states , that the . ' ' commission nominated , in March last , under the presidency of General Oudihot de Reggio , to examine and ' set' forth the servieeB which railways may render , to the country jn the event of a war , offensive pr'defe ' nsive ^ has reported that it is important in & military and economieppint of view that corpsand detachments shall continue ' aa before to go' on foot , but thajt railway ! ' maiinel , after certain mo'dificationsnotoi an expensive ' character , may be immedidtelyemployed in the con * veyance of troops ; ' that to convey troops by railway ig an '* easy operation V ' anil thaV ' such Cdntet *

      ance may have great strategic importance , and add considerably to the force of the state . The coittmittee have submitted a series of regulations" ^ the " subject to the Minister of War . It also dwellB on the military itnpovtatvse . of a railway' round Pins . ' : ¦ •• ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - - ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦¦ /' - ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ' : ' ' - ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ '"" ¦ >•¦¦ \ Immigrants and Liberated Africass , —bh '' Mbh « day was printed a ' , parliamentary paper , showing the number of immigrants' and' liberated Africknl admitted ' into the West' Indian colonies ' and tha Mauritius during the' years 18 i 9 , ' 1850 ^ and 18 57

      tne tnroe' years tbe total to the West Itidip * numbered 12 , 515 , ajui to the ' Mauritius 18 , eoo S 5 r ^ at ^? ca direct ftom ;¦ » « £ . iFemaus ¦ ¦¦ Emigrant SociBir . -Her ¦ M ajesty ' the Queen has - been graciously pleased ttf ' signify he ? ^ migration . Society , by subscribing £ ioo to its r ^ ' ran ^ ob ' ject of this asBooiatibh ; a 8 ^ stated n tlZV \ u 9 m ^ proindtfe emigration ; : Hat irl \ ° . , moral interests ' of femalfe emi-SSalia e 8 peC 1 y ° y 0 UDg women goiifir > '

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      i MILITARY Porck W-London and Vxcraiir . —The following arc the regiments and battalions at present quartered in the metropolis and its environs : — Cavalry . — 1 st Regiment of Life Guards , Albany Barracks , Regent ' s Park ; 2 nd ditto , Knightsbridge Barracks , Hyde-park ; Eoyal Horse Guards ( blue ) , Windsor ; 1 st Royal Dragoons , Barnet , 4 th Light Dragoons , Hampton Court ; 8 th Hussars , Kensington and Hounslow ; 17 th Lancers and Royal Horse Artillery , Woolwich . Infantry . —1 st battalion Grenadier Guards , Windsor ; 2 nd battalion ditto , Penitentiary ; 3 rd battalion ditto , St . George ' s Barracks , Trafalgar-square ; lst battalion Coldstream Guards , Tower of London ; 2 nd battalion ditto , Wellington Barrack's , Sfc . 'James' Parkj ¦

      1 st battalion Scotch Fusilier Guards Portman-street Barracks ; 2 nd battalion ditto ; St . John's-wobd Barracks , Regent ' s Park ; 2 nd battalion 23 rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers , London and Canterbury ; S 8 tu ditto Connaught Bangers , Canterbury ( 7 th . Royal- Fusiliers 48 th ditto , and 95 th ditto , Portsmouth ); 1 st battalion Rifle "Brigade , Dover ; 2 nd battalion ditto , Kingston-and ' Canterbury ; Royal Foot Artili lery , Royal Engineers , and Sappers and Miners ; and Royal Marines , Woolwich ; Besideg the above are the enrolled Chelsea out-pensioners battalions , who oan always be called out if required , within ' twehtjfour hours . The tranquil state oflthemetrbpblis during the "Grand Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations , " will not require after this month moire than the usual number of troops in the vicinity of town . ¦¦ ; ¦ ....,. : ¦ . . . . <> . . '

      The'Ruins of Memphis : —On Monday the Minis ^ ter of the Interior presented to the French Assembly a bill for a credit of 30 , 000 fv for the purpose of exploring the Temple , of- Serapis , in the ruins of Memphis , This temple , which has-been covered with sand ever since the time of Strabo , arid has since remained almost intact , offers much greater temptation s to research ' than those'monuments which have been ransacked by barbarians ?'' The building isamixture of the Greek and Egyptian styles of architecture , and the worship to which it was consecrated was a fusion of the Greek arid Egyptian faith . The very slight Doundings in the sand which have been hitherto made bave brought to light ' eurious statues and bas-reliefs , and amongst other things , very curious portraits of Greek philosophers . ; ''? ' . ! w " windlers

      English S ;—Extraordinary interest has been excited in the English ' circles at I ' au by the trial , a few days ago ; of an English married couple on the charge of swindling ; ' The husband represented himself to be son of a colonial in the English army , and of a Neapolitan- princess ; the wife took the title of lady , and represented herself to be the daughter of an English general . ' Both pretended to be allied to the families of the Dukes of Norfolk , Leinster , and Devonshire . On the 13 th of' February last they arrived in a postchaise ' - at the Hotel de France , accompanied- by several servants , and they lived in the style of persons' of the highest rank . They ran up a bill of 6 ; 000 f ., and , as the landlord declined to give credit' for morej ' they took a chateau , which they caused to be fitted up in a costly way . They paid 2 , 500 f . y on ' account of the rent ; but ran deep into debt With butcher , tailOri drefiS * maker , Krooer-, carpet-dealer , and domestics . ' ' The

      lady , who affected to be very pio » 8 | mcurted 895 f . with an adbe for masses ; Ah English ladyi who arrived from Brussels to ' give evidence , stated that her husband had paid so . ooof . to release theni from the debtors' prison at Cologne . She , however , added , that she believed' that they were what they represented themselves' to be ; but other witnesses threw doubt on this point . It was shown that they had received letters from Lord Grey , the King Of Holland , and other distinguished personages ; ' The tribunal ; after hearing all the evidence , decided that the accused had made use of false namesj and had been guilty of swindling . It accordingly condemned them to a ^ year ' s imprisonment and 200 f . fine , On hearing the sentence ' the woman uttered a piercing shriek and fainted in her husband's armsi He , with apparentl y great affection , paid her every attention , and she soon recovered . They were then removed to prison . ...

      thb general Bo ArD q F HEALTn .-On Monday two acts of parliament were printed confirming certain provisional orders of the General Board of Health . On the 17 th of September next , elections for local boards of health are to take place at the following piace 8 . —Morpetf , , Bristol , Beverley , Sherborne , Bndgenj Bryn , Mawr , Norwich , Gateshead , Doncaster , Margate , the borough of' Weymoutb , and Melcbmbe Regis : Newmarket , Romford , Tenby , King 8 ton-upon-Hull ; Hartlepool , Hastings , and at West Uowes on the 4 th of September . By the second act the provisional erder for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk is confirmed .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 16, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1639/page/7/