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      the prisoner to be retaken to the Tombs , Messrs . Brady incl Busteed addressecl the excited mob , telling them to conrC ! S ? « 'CiSi » £ 5-MS ^ sw ^ -ai . ^ ¦ £ 2 ^ the Tombs , The posse had but reached the wmT / cfiS and Centre greets when the exasperated mob made an Sck upon the police with paying stones and other mSS ^ liiw the prisoner- to be re tato tolhT ^

      made an attempt to W the » i fe ^ TT ^ ^ prisoner , but m this they failed . The officers turned upon the crowd and arrested four or five of the rinjrleideis w ? £ ift proceeded but a short distance ^ S ^ tt ^^ and stones thrown among the police throughout the ? whole route to the Tombs . On arriving at the prism entrance Jther rush was made to rescue the prisoner , when a des ™* . ? S tue

      ensuea ^ ween rioters and the police . The difficulty how ever , was soon over , and the police managed to subdue the rioters and usher the prisoner ' safely into ^ is cell SeYeral stones were thrown at the prison doorfand several persons were injured ^ At one time the difficulty presented a veiyTaiW complexion Vat the well-directed efforts of the police miveS what might have resulted in fearful loss of 4 . Ten ofthe leading raters were arrested ; nine of whom were committprl to prison by Justice Welsh , to ' await examination " - of

      ¦ A * , _____ V * > . VWU ^ JIU (^ Ui U-ll tmi ^ 2 f ous , meetlll g ^ favour Kaine , held at Tammany Hall kst Thursday evening , a vast deal of balderdash and sophistry was uttered , the different speakers attempth o ; to obtain public symyathy for this man , guilty of an attemf t at assaSSmation , ~ attempt . ing to shoot an W landlord bS tn the estimation of these gentlemen , a political offence ! g ' pj n ^ n 1 r * f ^ Mention is now sitting in tf ^ J * ? *? P 10 ^ J declare that all meif

      ^^ are bom free and equal , and entitled to the pursSof hapWs 7 acknowledge ^ efforts of their white friends for thek Son ' but declare that tnpse efforts have been unavailing , ancT that their condition , both socially and politically , is worse now than twenty years ago . In the face of constantl y increasing emigS t » n aad growmg pxeujudices against them , they declare thSe is no present prospect of their beimr placed on » . fnnt ' ZS

      equality in ms country , and they the * pron « " fc = Zfu > T " ?} T > aS th , ** * P lac 8 Where fcey can enjoy Republican Institutions , and the right of governing themselvW A no ,, m consequence of a breach of the liquor-law , occurred at Wown , Cmcmnati , last Sunday night . Depredations being committed upon the property of the person who made the complamt , suspicion rested upon the Germans / and a meeting of citizens was held , and all the Germans ordered out of the place . A fearful conflagration occurred in California on the 18 th of last month , laymg the beautiful city of Sonora in ashesA

      . great number of the inhabitants perished , and 2 , 000 , 000 dollars worth of property was destroyed . Accounts from Oregon , of the 22 nd June , state that the election on the 7 th resulted in a Democratic victory . The returns are not all in , but enough are received to insure a democratic majority in both branches of the Legislative Assembly .

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      THE KAFFIR WAR . AERIVAL OF THE PROPONTIS . The General Screw Steam Shipping Company ' s vessel the I ropontis , Cant . Glover , arrived on Monday , with mails from the Cape of Good Hope , Sierra Leone , &c . The news from the frontier by this arrival is of a very unsatisfactory character , although not of a very sanguinary complexion . The Kaffir war appears as far from its termination as it did on the arrival of the first mail steamer from the Cape some eight or ten months since . We are still informed of

      robberies and some eases of murder , of cattle lifting and stealing the mail bags , of skirmishes in which some few soldiers have been killed and others wounded , of a few Minie rifles captured and disabled , and of the capture of a rebel or two , but of nothing that induces the hope of the end of the war being near . Up to the time when the latest intelligence was received from Kaffir-Ian 4 hostilities were still being carried on with nndhninished activity on both sides . Eouted from one fastness , the enemy plunges into other , and our brave troops , in following him up , are exposed to a constant succession of hardship , labour , and

      privation , m comparison with which the perils of more regular warfare might be regarded as trifling . A confession made by a rebel Hottentot who was apprehended in Uitenhage , seems to throw some light upon two matters likely to excite considerable speculation in England—the origin of the Hottentot rebellion , and the source whence the Kaffirs obtain ammunition . The former subject , it would appear , is in some way connected with the apprehension which has been from time to time unfortunately raised amongst the coloured

      classes , that it was the intention of the whites to pass compulsory labour laws , which would deprive them of their freedom . On the latter point , the supply of ammunitton , it seems equally char that some of our own countrymen , who may easily l ) e traced , still make a regular trade of supplying the enemy with gunpoivder purchased for cattle in Moshesh ' s country . A knowledge of the existence of such sources of danger is half the remedy . A proclamation has been issued by the governor , oflermg a reward of £ 50 for the apprehension of any person discovered furnishing

      ammunition to the enemy , with proof to hang him or her ; which penalty , under martial law , he declares he will inflict without hesitation , when convinced of the fact . Major Hogge , one of Her Majesty ' s Assistant Commissioners for settling affairs on the frontier , died at Bloem Fontein , Orange River Sovereignty , on the 9 th of June . He left England thirteen months previously , and lost Ms life through fever , caught by exposure in the rain at a meeting of chiefs in Mos-Mesh ' s country .

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      AEHIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT . The Humboldt arrived on Thursday . She brings no political news of importance . A terrible calamity occurred on the Hudson river on the 28 th nlt . by ^ wliicli upwards of sevent y persons lost their lives . Communism in America . — The Rcasoner publishes an extract from the letter of a correspndent , dated Milvaukie , Wisconsin , in which the writer states that several English co-operators have joined the Icarian Community at Nauvoo . More are about to join them . The Icarians are likely to move oa to Texas op Iowa .

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      Jw ^ Sl VETERAN .-Bied at Bushey , Hertfordshire , on his birthday , August 4 , aged 97 , John Smith , formerly a soldier m the British army , and as such present at the battle oi Bunker ' s-hill June 17 , 1775 . This action , it is well known , was one of the earliest of the provincials with trie mother country . The Militia . —On Saturday orders were issued by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex , and by the i ^ ords Lieutenant of other counties , to their deputies to take immediate steps for raising the required number of men in their respective districts to serve in the militia .

      Seven Persons Struck by Lighteng . -Ih a terrific storm of thunder and lightning which occurred at Manchester on luesday , seven persons were struck b y the electric fluid , tour of them being killed on the spot . The Bristol Abduction Case . —We find the following letter in the Bristol Mercury of Saturday , addressed to the editor by the father of the yoimo * lady in question : — « Sir — It is not true that my daughter Harriett was forcibly removed from the protection of her husband . It is not true that her husband is a captain in the Bengal Cavalry or that he has an ample share of this world ' s treasures . It is

      not true that the breaking out ' of the Burmese war led to JMr . Money ' s immediate recal , because he has not been recalled ; nor did he go to London to procure an extension ot leave . It is not true that my daughter's parents made objections to her encountering the perils of voyage and chmate . It is not true that on Tuesday her motner and myself drove up Mr . ' s house in a carriage , and , havinsentered it , brought out a young lady muffled up in shawls whom we placed in the carriage and drove off with . I have

      now corrected some of the principal untruths contained in the paragraph in question , and having done so as 1 have no desire that my proceedings should furnish food for those who delight to busy themselves in other- folks affairs , I shall not enter upon them further than to say that they have during the past week been fully investigated before Sir W . Erie , the judge at chambers , and that my daughter was , by him , at her o ^ yn urgent request , restored to me while Mr . Money , and his brother , the barrister , in London , were both bound over in the penalty of £ 500 each , with two sureties

      each in the sum of £ 250 each , to keep the peace towards the unfortunate wife of the former . This result will satisfy every one whose opinion is of any value that what has been done by me was not because ' fathers have flinty hearts / but in order to shield a daughter from systematic persecution from one who , but a few weeks since , vowed at the altar to love and to cherish her . —I am , sir , your obedient servant , T . B . JohjSStois'e , Rector of Glutton . ^

      . Narrow Escape . —On Tuesday afternoon three engineers attached to the factory at Woolwich dockyard went on board the Widgeon steam-vessel , lying alongside the wharf wall adjoining the storehouse , to do some work about the boilers , and for that purpose opened the manhole , and all three descended into the interior without having taken the precaution of ascertaining that the one they entered was free of foul air . It was soon evident that one after the other of the

      three engineers had been overpowered by the foul air , and fallen helplessly to the bottom of the boiler , and that , if-not immediately taken out , it would be impossible to save their lives . Highly to the credit of Benjamin Thompson , one of the gang of convicts at work at the time on board the vessel , he offered to go clown into the boiler and take up the engineers , which he did , assisted by his brother convicts , who all lent a willing hand ; and after repeated eiforts , having to come up himself several times to get fresh air , he succeeded in bringing up the three bodies through the narrow

      opening of the manhole , a most difficult task under the circumstances of the case , one of the engineers being so far gone that there did not appear the slightest respiration in his body for upwards of a quarter of an hour after he was taken out of the boiler . Fortunatel y , all the engineers have recovered . The heroic conduct of Thompson , who saved the lives of the three engineers , at the risk of his own deserves a free pardon ; especially as he has already served two years and four months of the period of seven years ' transportation to which he was sentenced by a court-martial for running away from a picket of the Royal Artillery , in which corps he was serving at Bermuda .

      Extraordinary Affair . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr . Carter held an inquest at tlie Hero of Waterloo , Waterlooroad , on the body of George Charrott , a coachman recently in the employ of Mr . Dimack , the banker , residing at Forest Hill . Mr . Charles Ansell , the keeper of the Bridge Coffeehouse , 52 , Lower Marsh , said : On Sunday last , between five and six o'clock in the morning , the deceased and his wife were brought in a cab to my house from the Tower-street

      police-station , and I was induced to accommodate them with a bed . They were shown to the back first-floor room , and the woman , who was very tipsy , was assisted to Led . After that the deceased and the man who had brought them to my house left together ; but deceased soon after returned . He appeared very much distressed at the conduct of his wife , who had a pair of black eyes . In the course of conversation

      he said her misconduct h ., 1 been the cause of his leaving his situation at Forest Hill , the night previous ; and lie repeatedly spoke about the upgiace she was bringing upon herself and him too . They both remained there the whole day ; he had dinner and other refreshments , but she had not . I saw them both repeatedly during the day . The woman was covered with bruises , and on my asking how she got them she told me it was in conseauen ' ce of her fallinsr about .

      The deceased got some lotion which lie applied to her eyes ; he also administered to her a black draught . Altogether he evinced the utmost solicitude about her , and towards the evening , after having some tea , she appeared to be getting a little better . Between eight and nine o ' clock , whilst I was in the kitchen at the back of the shop , I heard a noise in the room above , as if from some one falling" heavily on the floor ; and on going to ascertain the cause I found the door

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      fastened onthe inside . I then knocked ; but not being able to get a satisfactory answer , and fancying the woman might have hurt herself , I got on the leads of the back kitchen , and , opening the window of the room , entered it by that means . I then opened the door , and sung out to my servant to bring a light : he , however , mistook what I said , and brought a knife . I took the knife from him , and laid . it on the washstand , and he immediately after brought me a candle . I then , with his assistance , lifted the woman into bed ; directly after which , on looking round , I found the man suspended by a cord which he had taken from a box he

      brought with him to a hatpeg on a cupboard door near the side of the bed . I immediatel y cut him down , and sent for l ) r bewell , who promptly arrived , and pronounced him to be dead . I also sent for the police , and they conveyed the woman to the Lambeth Workhouse and the man was taken to the deadhouse . —By the Coroner : It must have been his own act ; the woman could not help herself . —The Coroner : Had she any knowledge of his being in the position you found Mm in ? JNo . —In answer to further questions , the witness stated that when deceased was talking about the conduct of his wife he appeared very low-spirited , and even cried . The last time witness saw deceased alive was about

      six o'clock ; and when he went up to the room , on hearing the fall , he thought he was there ; but , not being answered by him , imagined he had gone out for a walk . When witness last saw deceased alive he appeared calmer than before . JNever saw him previous to Sunday . Roberts , the beadle of the workhouse , then handed in a medical certificate to the effect that Mrs . Charrott was too ill to attend the inquest , and he stated that she was quite delirious . The inquest was therefore adjourned . PEujimy . —A few days ago William Giles was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment for wilful perjury .

      Extensive Rohbehy . —At Gloucester , Mary Ann Jordan , a respectable-looking servant girl , was convicted of robbing-Mrs . Gurney , a former mistress , of about £ 120 in money , and sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment . Swindling by an Aristocrat . —On Saturday a person representing himself to be the Hon . Henry Cavendish , a relative of the Duke of Devonshire , was condemned to one year s imprisonment , and 50 f . fine , for extensive swindling . j . \ orth Wales Circuit . —Anglesey has been distinguished bmaiden assize

      y a . Mr . Justice Talfourd warmly congratulated the grand jury on the absence of crime in the principality . Iiie Behesforb Bribery Case . —The legal gentlemen engaged in preliminarily investigating the charge of bribery at the late election in Derby , have , it is saicl , obtained a great deal of important evidence—among other things a number of letters from the Secretary-at-War , in addition to the one already before the public , intimately connecting him with the recent corruptions , and evidencing a very close intimacy between himself and the frail of Shrewsbery .

      Extraordinary Oc . cuRKRKCE .--On Sunday , a respectably dressed man , and a woman supposed to be his wife , made application to Mr . Ansell , the proprietor of a coffee-shop , No . ' 62 , Lower Marsh , Lambeth , for a lodging . Mr . Ansell at once allowed them to take possession of one of his bedrooms , and in the evening the attention of some persons in the house was attracted by hearing the questions , " Why don't you come to bed ?» and " What are you doing there ? " At length one of the inmates went to the room to ascertain the cause of the noise . and astonished

      was to find the man hanging by the neck to a hat peg . The female was lying on the bed near him , and was insensible . A surgeon was immediately sent for , but the man was perfectly dead . The female was so stupified with drink , or some other narcotic , that she was unable to tell what had taken place . She was without loss of time removed to the workhouse , and the body of the deceased was taken to the vaults of St . John ' s church , in the Waterloo-road . A bill was found in his pocket , which leaves little doubt that he was , or had been a coachman to Mr . Diniack , of Forest-hill ,

      Love and Suicide . —On Sunday morning , shortly after 9 o'clock , a waterman named Thomas Northcote , in rowing past Mill Hole , Rotherhithe , discovered the body of a young man floating down the river . It was taken out and identified as being that of Alfred Warm ask , aged 30 years , lately residing at No . 2 , Greenbank , Wapping . The deceased had been missing since Friday night , when he left home in a state of great excitement , in consequence of having had a serious quarrel with his sweetheart , a young woman to whom he was much attached and about to be married . It is generally supposed that the deceased must have precipitated himself from the Thames Tunnel steam boat pier , Wapping .

      The Stockpoet Riots . — The trial of the Stockpori rioters is proceeding . Seven of the Catholic party have been found guilty . Sentence deferred . A ^ Dead Body Found in a Cornfield . —Information was on Saturday forwarded to the various police stations of th < metropolis , that about half-past six o ' clock on Wednesday morning the body of a man , about 30 years of age , was found ii a cornfield , belonging to Mr . Warren , in Wellington road , Isle worth . The deceased , who was about five feet eight inches i ; height , had dark brown hair and whiskers , a little intermixe with grey , and wore a flannel jacket , fustain trowsers , chec blue and white shirt , brown and white check neckerchief , an blncher boots .

      The Coast Defences . —A survey , under the Board < Ordnance , by Captain Fanshawe , R . E ., and Captain Gambie ; K . A ., is now being made along the Sussex coast as far a Fan-light , to ascertain the capabilities of the several forts fc the national defence . The Oh > swikford Mukdek . —Worcester , Saturday . —Tl exertions which have been made since the condemnation < Mary Kobms , sentenced to death at the late assizes here for tt murder of her child by throwing it into a coalpit , have bee successful , and an order has been received from the Hoir Secretary for the commutation of the sentence to transportatio for life . r

      _ Sudden Deatii . —Oii Friday night , the 5 th inst ., about 1 o'clock , as Mr . Whittington , of Brandon-row , was sitting in hair dresser ' s shop in the Walworth-road , he suddenly Ml dow and expired . English Pauperism . —The Manchester Courier remarks :-It is high time to set about reducing the annual levy i £ 7 , 000 , 000 or £ S , 000 , 000 for the support of pauperism in thes countries , by setting our 200 , 000 or 3 QQ . QQ 0 aJdMro&rilpaupei to work . " "

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1691/page/3/