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      THE SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS . ( Intended Jar Music } "Wo irt fies SsDsers YaterlBUfl ?"—Koeseu . Where is the Briton's Home ? Where the free step can roam , "Where the free bud can glow , Where the free air can blov * Where & free ship can bear Hope and Strength ;—everywhere WaTe upon wave can roll-East and West—Pole to Pole—Where a free step can roam , — TKEfiE is the Briton ' s Home »

      Where is the Briton ' s Home ? Where the braTe heart can come , Where Labour -wins a soil , Where s stoat heart can toil ; Where , in the desert bloim , Any far seed is sown ; Where Gold or Fame is won , Where neTer sets the ran ; Where a braTe heart can come , — There is the Briton's Home !

      Where is the Briton ' s Home ? Where the Mind ' s Light can come Where our God's holy word Breads on the savzge herd ; Where a new flock is won To the bright Shepherd-One ; "Where the church-bell can toll , Where soul can comf crt sonl , Where Holj Faith can come , — There is the Briton ' s Home 1

      Where is the Briton ' s Home ? Where man ' s great Law can come , "Where the great Truth can speai , Where Hie Slave ' s cbaxn can break , Where tbe . White ' s sconrge can cease , Where the Black dwells in peace , Where from his angel-hall God sees as brothers all ; Where light and Freedom come , — There is ' the Briton ' s Home !

      —Sir E . Suiaer " s Xem Volume of Poems [ We wish we could say all this of England . — £ & A" . S . I

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      HTMXS FOB CHARTIST CAMP MEETINGS SO . I . Great God , we call on thee ! Prom thy high seat in heaven above . Look down npon thy poor ; Dry from their cheeks the tears of woe , Extend thy mercy sere—Great God , on thee we call Great God , tre call on thee ! Oppressed , down-trodden , trampled on , We cry , 0 God , to thee . Send down thy spirit on us all , And make onr country free—Great God , en thee we calL Great Go * , we call on thee ! Thy mercies Lord are great znd full , On high , on sea ., and land ; But wicked men hare stepped between Us and thy outstretched hand—Great God , on thee we calL Great God , we call on thee ! Thrust down from the high seats the prosd Who blaspheme thy commands ; liaise tip the poor and needy ones , And erant our just demands—Great &fd , on tbea we calL F .

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      A 2 fEW CHARTIST SONG , BY E . P . MEAD . * O , for a pilot to weather the storm , For a thundering big ' en is brewing ; A man of firm nerve , a -wise head and heart "rarm , To save old Britannia from ruin ! Where shall we lock for a man such as the Noble and dauntless © "Connor ? He ! cry the new-njoring land-lubbers—he ! Yes , Tie is worthy alone of the honour ! Kow middle-movers , you just must submit ; Never will Feaxgus resign her ; Tis he that will give her a thorough refit , And mate her boifa stronger and nn ^ r . Toil are tut lnbbers and psalm-siEginsr swabs , And dont inow a rope in her rigging ; You ' ve ruin'd the noble oia ship by your job * , And phmder * d her stores by your prigguiz .

      Into the shallows you ' ve run her at last , There , like a wreck , Fears us found her ; Whiggeryhad spmag every yard , every mzst , And white f cam'd the breakers around her -. Now soon ye bthold her , poor barksy . ' afloat All taut , too , and ev " ry sail on her ; Then oil frcm the stocks goes ycur new-fangled boat , And yon th * " * - to ren dotrn bold O'Connor . Boom off with yon , Inbbens 2 the laurels he * 6 VT 03 , Never , 0 never , vouli wear "em ; Win bnt as glorious & wreath as he ' s dene J Bat as to his own , ha can't spare ' an . iovett and Yincant , sad Parson O'Neil , We cannot repose on rocs honour ; Iho' yon profess such religion and zsal , We mean to stick fast to O Connor !

      Bale , theo , Britannia , Zhou no'bla old ship 1 And be the delight < ii the xmtion -, Jfiargns trill seen heave the anchor a trip , Lcrd High Adm ' ral he of the station . AD the new cock-boits most keep in the rear , If they wish tiat our crew shonld be civil ; If they think of the v ^ n I would have them stand-clear Or Wfa'll blow thtir whole fiett to the devil '

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      * I would thank some ef our musical friends tor a ¦ fese to it , for I don ' t know a nautical one to suit it

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      XJ 2 £ DS . —The Gseat Wondeb of the Age . — Talk of vronders indeed I the gTc&zerc marvel of the age is Ihe Wizard cf Cne 2 \ or : h 1 His icarve 25 are not tricis : no ; far { torn his works be the inglorious phrase- They are a systematic denial cf the laws of came and effect . What matters it to the "Wizard that a watch or handkerchief is shut up in a box , and the said box is held by any young lady or gentleman iha ; may visit ihe Music Hail ; does it naturally follow that it shall be found where ire all know it is ? The Wizard denies the siqcitob ; and always proves that the ri ^ ht place to look for a thing is ramrhere -wp . all know it is not . Put a to

      handkerchief in a box ; and the ri ^ ht plaee look for ii is in the interior of an orange , or of a bottle , or cf a leaf ; or anywhere , in fact , thai the Wizard ' s inventive brain may suggest . Most coDJuror 3 assume the ferocious , clap on a pair of moustaches , bawl fiercely in the- faces of ycung mastera and misses ; and , while their eyes are blinking , change tne zee of clubs into the ace of hearts : bnt not so ike TVizard . He knows his powers . He knows he is equal io ihe ao = ; searching glimpses of the most penetrating eyes . He seeks to surprise by his miracles ; noi to . astonish by bis mimicry . Hfi is urbas :: y ns ^ . f a benevolent smile plays on „ ^ \ \ moves about gracefully : and , is

      as u bejond a doubt thai he must * T , ? i terneW 3 ^ a variety of Sylphs , Gnomes , ana ^ amanders , his politeness among a crowd of mere mortar is very surprising . A happy thing it ia icat ihe Wizard combines so much humanity vnin so much potency ; ihat be does not unite some ol the Colchic maligaiiy with the ColcWo art . Of conrse , u he liked , he could turn all his audience into as mauy jhaces as would take £ f : y Ovids to describe : but his beceToleace presents it He dis-P-ays ins mag-Je energies in causing the handkercnieia cf Ms audience to come out of empty locked foxes . He senis ycur watch from the barrel of a gun into the iuh ' eye of a tarter , or iulQ ihe cr&wu ui \ flat

      our . He causes li 3 lf-croTm 5 to speas , and oance ; keeping the mosi correct time . With onr ojra kaoivkg eyes w « saw him lurn a Bank of jaglpd note for f 50 . ' Throwing the ashes on two candles , & a moment the identical note , ( as proved DJ Ue EsaberJ was cut from the centre of his candle . -Large bbck 3 of solid ebony turn to parrots ; * aa ** ^ Wts ; and handkerchiefs to doves m ° eec , to det ? il all the wonders of this most potent Decroinaiicer vfonld take one side of onr large sheet . ¦ JPZ % T& i » also singularly felicitous in touching np _ his manrels ; in giving them a new turn ; in pointing them off ep 5 gramiEat 5 cal 3 y . His apparatus is truly splendid : beautifully chased diver boxes and vases . The splendour of his " magic circle" is most gorgeous . We advise those of our readers who have not seen this most scientific exhibition , to lose no time ! Go ! and we assure von . vou mil be delighted . ¦ .

      Isftcfsr at the Yagbakt Office . —On Tuesday looming , an inquest was held at the Vagrant Office , before John Blackburn , Etq ., on the body of a poor irishwoman , Darned Catharine Ayrey , twenty-three years of age , who was received at that establishment on the 5 th instant , being then in a delicate state of jiealth . Her indisposition inereased , thongh in the x ^ "nnion of the medical attendants no dangerons symptoms manifeaed themselves . She retired to rest . * s o ^ ial on Sunday ni ^ ht , and one of the inmates of the ss&e room haTjng occasion to get up at five o ' clock CB Moflxisy morpiiig , found her dead in bed . Thejurv fi&er hearirg ihs opinion of the medical laaa , retu . ^ 2 *^ 2- 7 erdie £ Of f * death from natural causes" -

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      Stexlixg Tbowsees . —Oa Tae ? dy lasi a man who gave his name James Williams , was brought up at the Court House , before E . Grace and Darnton Lapton , Esqrs ., on a charge of having stolen four pairs of cloth trowsere , the property of Mr . Matthews , clothes dealer , Kirkgate . The fellow , it appeared , had walked off unseen with the trowers from the shop door of the prosecutor , and before they were-miBsed was given into the custody of the police , whilst offering them for sale to Mr . Biroh , another clothts dealer , to whom he represented that he had brought them from Manchester , after having made them himself . It 13 supposed that he has given ia a feigned name , and that he is well known in the police records of some other place ; the authorrifcies here , however , have had no previous transactions with him . The bench committed him for

      trial . Clebks to the Income Tax Coiimissionebs . — At a meeting of the Income Tax Commissioners , on Saturday afternoon last , Henry Hall , Esq ., in the chair , Mr .-Win . Nicholson , of Woodhouse Moor , and Mr . John Lofthouse , solicitor , were appointed clerks to the Commissioners for thi 3 borough and neighbourhood . We are told that an office vrill be engaged to be appropriated exclusively to the dutie 3 which the clerks will hare to perform . T ^ p Ixcosir Tax . —On Saturday , at noon , a meeting of Justices ia and for the borough of Leeds ,

      and for the West Riding , was held ia the Council Chamber at the Court-House , " to consider the propriety of choosing , and , if necessary , to choose eight persons to be Commissioners for executing the Income Tax Act within the district of the said borough ; and eight persons to supply such vacancies as may arise . " The meeting was considered by their ¦ worships to be a private one , and consequently the reporters were not admitted . We understand , however , it was not considered advisable to nominate any additional commissioners for this district , but to leave the duties to be fulfilled by the gentlemen electedat Wakefielti on the Saturday previous .

      Sesiov 3 Assaults . —On Monday last three Pudsey weavers , named Thomas Waterhouse , Titus Hainsworth , and James Oates , were brought up by warrant at the Court House , before E . Grace and Daraton Lupton , Esqrs ., on charges of assaults preferred against them by Mr . Joseph Womersley , of the White Hart Inn , Leeds , and Mr . Edward Beeston , hackney coach proprietor . The assaults were committed on the morning of the previous Wednesday , on which day the principal in the affray , named John Moss , was captured , and was fined £ 0 for each offence . The particulars are as follows : —Beeston was driving a hackney coach from Pudsey to Leeds , about half-past two in the morning , at which time he got off the seat to let the horses in the coach walk up Siiver-Royd Hill , and when he got to the top of it , Moss went up atd

      took hold of the rein 3 as if to turn tho coach round towards Fudsey . Beeston remonstrated with him , and was in conseqence struck at over the face . Mr . Womersley and another party who were in the Coach , got out to see what was the matter , wlten the other prisoner ' s companions came up , and not only many words ensued , but both Moss and some of his companions also struck at Mr . Womersley and tha other party that was with him . Moss , as we have said , was fined £ 5 for each assault , and tho three prisoners now as the bar were identified by Mr , WomerEley and Mr . Beeston , as having been parties to the assault , though not so active as Moss ; they were therefore fined £ 3 and costs in each case . — Several of their companions voluntarily attended , anddeclared they wer « present at the affray , but the prosecuting parties coaJd not identify them .

      A Watchfekl Watchman . —On Tuesday last , a notorious pickpocket , named Catherine Conley , ( who ha 3 reared c hopeful thieving family , ) was brought up at the Court House , having beee remanded from Saturday .-on a charge of having lightened the pockets of _ ene of the Leeds guardians of the night , of a sum amonnting to nearly four pounds . The circumstances are these : —Tho prosecutor , Johu Fallows , who , in addition to hie pay as a watchman , ha 3 & pension earned in the service of his country , reported himself sick at the pel ice office on Friday n !< £ ht , inddidnoi ; consequent ] y goonduty . Itappeared however , tnai the real cause 01 absence was the receipt of the aforesaid pension during the week , which led to a wish , natural of course , on the part

      of an oldioldier ^ " to fight his battles o ' er again " over a can of " nut-brown , " which gave him a victory over all life ' s ilia ; and at seven o ' clock on Saturday morning he had not visited his pillow . He was s ? en at . that hour leaving the Vicar ' s Croft , in company with two women , ( the prisoner , aud another who was discharged , ) and soon afterwards notice was given to the police on duty that a Tvatcbinan had been robbed at th 3 Ruin *! San Inn , in Marsh Lane . Policeman Siabbs , who bad seen Fallows and his companions , un learning who toe victim was , told what he had seen , and forthwith commenced a pursuit , and both the women were apprehended , Conley with £ 3 15 s . Gd . in gold and silver ia her boson—nvo sovereigns , three haif do ., and the remainder in silver , being similar com to what Tallcws han lest , but wl-ich she declared i-he , had found in the market . From the evidence given on Monday , it appeared tfcat , after some

      conversation , tiie gallantry ol the old soidier led him xo propose to the women " a pintof Tfarm , " which , jiotbiEg loth , they accepted and aceuicpaaied him to the Rising Sun lor that purpose ; vfhtre , alter diecussin ^ one pint another was ordered , for which the persion at'sia provided . Bat , in "the midst of all this , forgetting du : y ana discipline , together , poor Fa ' Iowd was soon a-k-cp at his post , acd the contents of his purse were carried without rtsrm by the wide avrake female ^ 1 whose enstody they were found , who , as soon las the had conquered marched quietly off with the spoil . Unfortunately for her , however , the servant tjirl at the Sun" bad seen something of the man « avre , and _ B 0 £ 053 er was the retreai -effected , than tfae alarm Was sounded , and a capture was effected before the enemy had time even to make a decent forced march , or to deposit ihe prize in a place of safety . She was fully committed to take her trial at the sessions .

      SHEFFIELD . —Justice !—The readers of the Star will remember an account of a brutai ouirage committed by a corporal of the Queen ' s Bays upon a young man , ceveral weeks siuce , whose life was for some time considered to be in danger . The soldier was committed for trial , and last week the farce came off at the Midsummer Qaarter Sessions , held at Rotherham . The following is from the Independent : — " John M'Kinnon , a soldier , was arraigned on a charge of assaulting Thoma 3 Ashberry . The Ludietmeut contained four count ? , and charged the oScjiaer with : nt-eist to Eaisa , dirfijjure , disable , and do the nrostcutor some grievous bodily harm : and

      also with a common assault . Mr . Orerend , to whom the case had teen iutrusted by Mr . Wilkins , wuhdrew the more serious part of the indictment . The Chairman ,-in di .-chsrging the prisoner , cautioned him , for the future , not an any account to use any weapon , of any description , without the direction of Ihe officers of the regiment f . 'J He was giad that the « ifiscrs had given the prisoner a good character (\) and the prosecutor having very fortunately recovered from the injuries irfiicted upon him , he had great pleasure in uischar ^ iag the prisoner . " [ Query— If John M'Kinron had been -a civilian , ana iiis victim one of the " Quetn ' s BayF , " wos . 'd the Chairman have Lad " much pleasure" in discharging him !]

      More Justice . —Oa Iue ? day last , a person named . Noakes attended at the Town Half , to prefer a charge of il ' -asa ^ e , illegal detention , &c , against the police . Poor JS oakes , however , found the table ? turned , and a charge of" obstructing the road , &c , brought against him . The facts are briefly as follows : —On Friday evenirg , July 3 th , Noakes was standing at the corner of Castle-street , opposite the Town Hall , talking to another man , when , after standing " not more than a few minutes . Noakes moved into the road , in the direction of Waingate . He was in the act of crosnng the road , when he was coFared by two policemen and dragged to the lock-up . Ther&he was kept from seven o ' clock that eve .-. ing antil twelve o ' clock the next day , and then

      dischcrged by Mr . Kavner , tne police superintendent , without having been brought before a magiitrate . Mr . Harney , accompanied by iN ' oakes , saw - Mr . Rayner on Monday , and failing to obtain satisfaction , resolved to bring the case bf fore the magi .-: ra ? e = on Tuesday . Accordingly , on Tuesday , tWp&rtlbs attended a : the Town Hall , when—as above stated—the aggrieved person was himself compelled to appear as defendant ! The only magistrate present at the commencement of the investigation vfas theHev . John Hand , though Mr . Bag .-haw arrived before the close . Mr . Kayner stated his case , and in snopon thereof called the two policemen who took Noakes . They swore that they had repeatedly urged Is ' cake 3 to leave the spot where he

      was- -tanding btfore they took him into custody , that he was extremely violent and abusive , &c . A shopman of Mr . Woolhouse ' s , grocer , at the corner of Castie- ^ treet , was called , and deposed to the " nuisance" of the working men standing at that corner and hindering their customers coming , Sec . . ' Before Noakes could speak , his Reverence on the beneh siud he considered himself perfectly satisfied the police had acted very properly : there was ko need to hear any more I Noakes , however , would speak ; and having told his tale , concluded by asking if this was a Christian country ? The reply of the Reverend Magistrate was , " Yes , this ia a Christian country , and a courfry

      where there are laws , and stringent laws too , and . laws that must be obeyed J" Mr . Clayton , as a ; witness of what took place , wished to say a few ' words . The magistrate thought ifc was not neces- : sary , the bench had heard sufficient . But Clayton ; was not to be put down , so having been sworn , gave his evidence , corroborating the statement of Noakes ,: and describing the brutality of the police , when he was cut short by the magistrate telling him he need not take np the time of the Court , the bench was ; quite Baiisfied with the statements of the two : Tespectablewitnesses ( the policemen J ) The Rev . Gentleman then told poor Noakes that he had ren- ; def ed himself liable to a fine of forty shillings and ; costs , he should remit the fine this time but he © nst 5

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      pay the cost 3 . Mr . Harney requested to be allowed to say a few words in behalf of Noakes . Mr . Rayner objected that Mr . Hainey was not a witness , and couJd not be heard as an advocate . The magistrates eoncurrei with this , and Mr . Harney was not allowed to speak . Mr . Rayncr did not wish to press the costs . Mr . Bagahaw thought the costs mi § ht be remitted . Noakea was iben discharged , and told he might thank Mr . Rayner for escaping the costs !!! [ The above needs no comment . Much might be said , but only those legitimate conclusions which every honest man will bo able to draw for himself , without the help of our pen . We have one word . Mr . Rayner says that it is owing to the repeated complaints of Mr . Woolhouse , that thes 8 illegal dungeonings take place , several persons having been hauled off tho streets the way Noakes was . Mr . Woolhouse is a grocer—very probably a large number of his customers are workinq men .

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      The Saxiion Fisheries in tho northern rivers have been very successful during the past week , and the quantities in most of tho streams are daily on the increase . The Hon . W . E . Fitzsiaukice was elected for Buckinghamshire on Friday , at Aylesbury , without opposition . Mr . William Lowndes Stone was proposed , merely to declare that he had " no confidence in Peel , " and to withdraw again , with a disclaimer of " factious opposition " Depasture op the Great Western —Bristol , July 16 th . —The Great Western , Captain Hosken , R . N-, sailed from Kingroad , 011 her outward-bound voyage to New York , at five minutes after one this day . She has takes out sixty passengers , and an average cargo comprising manufactured copper , silks , &o .

      The Iron Trade—Most of the Welch works have now a sufficiency of orders . the demand for iron having- become comparatively brisk within tha last fortnight . The market has not , however , as yefc , exhibited any improvement in prices Death of the Bishop of Meath . —Dublin , Jult 13 . —The Right Rev . Dr . Charles Dickens n . Bishop of Meath , expired yesterday , after a short illness , at the see house , Ardbraocan . Mortality of Loxdo . v . —The total number of deaths in the metropolis for the week ending 9 th of July , as made up by the registrar-general , was 745 , being the lowest return during the past summer , and 143 under the weekly average of the four past summer ? , and 167 lower than that of the four past years .

      The Herring Trade . —On the west coast we hear the herring fishery is very successful . On the north and east coasts they are considerably behind . We had fresh herrings in town last week , -which is , we think , sooner than usual . —Inverness Courier . AFFAIR OF Honour 1!—A hostile meeting took place on Friday morning between ths Honourable Craven Berkely , M . P ., aud Captain Boldero , M . P . The dispute arose in consequence of Mr . Berkeley having attributed to Captain Boldero the use of certain expressions di ^ re-pectful to her Majesty , which the latter peremptorily denied . The parties met at five o ' clock iu the morning , in the neighbourhood of Osterley-park . Mr . Berkeley accompanied by the Honourable W . Ridley Colborne , M . P ., and Captain Boldero by W . F . Mackenzie , M . P ., and having exchanged shots without effect , they left the ground .

      Innate Propensity . —The last timo the Honourable Member for Wareham was out with his hounds in tho neighbourhood of Bre-Regi , a boy , about eight or nine years of age , was keeping sheep for a gertleman . On the hounds passing in full cry , the young shepherd forsook his flock , and followed the pack , so that he did not reach his home till dark . On the gentleman reproving him , he merely observed , " Lord , master ! 1 wish 1 was a foxbound . " Thuute op Respect to a Minister . —On Sunday last , the Rev . J . W . Morric , of Deanrow , Wilmslow , Cheshire , was invited by a great number of his congregation to meet then at tho house of . Mrs . ' Mary Hauon . in Deanrow , wl en Mr . Abraham Bickerton ,

      of Cotnpstall Bridge , who had travelled ten miles for the purpose , oa behalf of the friends present , preiented Mr . Morris with a substantial procfof the approbation of a largo body of Reformers in the shape of wearing apparel with money in each pocket . Mr . Bickerton delivered a good address expressive of the gratitude of a great many Reformers for Mr . Morris ' s exertions in the great canto of moral and political regeneration . Invitations were then given to Mr . Morris to preach and lecture on the working days in various parts of tho county . Mr . Morris returned thanks to his friends for their great , kindness , and accepted the invita * tions to CompstaJl Bridge , Donton , aud otb * ei places .

      Death troxi Pcsitive Negligence . —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Duchess of York public house , Jvingslaud-road , before Mr . Buker , coroner , on view of the remains of Eliza Owen , aged fifty years , who died on Sunday morning . From the evidence it appeared that for some time past the deceased occupied a wretched apartment m a houso in Ko . l L ' . on-conrt , Kingsland-road , and her habits were so filthy , and her person bo ne < i lected , that latterly few could approach her . On Saturday ni v ht , abimc twelve o ' clock , a loud gTOail : ig was heard 111 hor room by a lodger named Mary Wall , and , on the door of her room beiug forced open , she was found lying , on tho floor perfectly naked , with the exception of a piece of dirty cloth

      tied round her , and the whole ol" her person covered with vermin . The apartment in which she wa . found was one of tlw most wretched and filthy that <; ould possibly be conceived ; the only article in ii was an old jug , aud tue place itself was not fit for a dog to rest in . 'Ihe deceased , when found , was ouite insensible , and remained so until fix o ' clock on the following morning , when she expired , Tho parish surgeon was of opinion that the decetsggk ¦ d ied from exhaustion , caused by her . own neijligenog of herse'f , and the Jury returned a verdict <> f "Natural death . " The deceased , it appeared , had been supported by her friends for some years past , but bfs : omiD . s gradually careless of her person , she ultimately neglected to procure the common necessaries of life .

      Distress in Nottingham . —Yesterday ( Thursday ) upwards of two hundred of tho operatives of this towa , who arc in a state of starvation , owiug to their inability to obtain * . vork , paraded tho . streets four deep , soliciting charity . They were headed by a car t , drawn by m n , and sereral 0 / their body wen ; to the different houses and Foiicited alms of money or bread . They ha ^ a considerable quantity of the latter in the cart . An equal division would afterwards be made . Really these scenes are agonizirg , aad ought to rouse our rulers to something , ifitwvrd only to prevent tho hard-working classes of England from becoming a stain to their country as a race of paupers . The greatest distress prevails iuBuiweU , indeed , its extent hss become alarming . A gr- ; a * . many are totally unemployed , and many

      others have but half work , lo enter fully into the depth of sorrow , to tell the talo oi' vroe , there is no need to call ia the aid of eloquence . We need bnt simply to relate a scene which took place on Tuesday last . —Thiny-.-ix of the unemployed obtained a waggon from ilr . Jennison , and proceeded to the quarry yards , where they got it filled with lime ; tJiey were then yoked to it like oxen , acd started to draw , it to Nottingham , Newark , aud-Giuntham . to show the world that their distress was not caused by any unwillingness to labour for an honourable subsistence , and to request pecuniary assistance from those who were in better circumstances . The sii ^ ht drew tears from many eyes , and the most bitter reproaches were , almost involuntarily vented against the authors of their calamity . —Nottingham Review .

      Dbeadful Accident and Loss of Life at Warbington . —We regret to have to announce a most dreadful accident which took place at Warrington on Saturday . It appears that the old Quay Company have for tome time past been engaged in repairing their locks at the terminus of the canal at Warrington , joining the river Mersey , and for thai purpose had tiected a temporary railway upon bulks of timber , to convey the blocks of stone . On Saturday , during the operation , the foundation gave way , and the whole machinery , carriages , engine ? , &c , fell into the excavation upon the workmen beiovv . Two were instantly killed , and nine others bad their backs , legs , or arms broken in the most shocking manner , several of whom it is supposed cannot recover . One of the unfortunate men killed leaves behiud him a wife and nine children .

      Covrt Martial in the Tower ' . —On Wednesday the 1 st battalion of Coldetream Guards , under the command of Colonel Shaw , now stationed in the Tower , were mustered upon parade , to bear the finding and sentence of a regimental Court Martial on Sergeant Sharp , who had been tried for disobedience of orders and neglect of duty . This proceeding arose oat of the case of Mr . Elder , senior clerk of the Ordnance office in the Tover , who had been held to bail for committing an infamous assault on William Yowel , a private in the regiment , while on duty as a sentinel at the Jewel office , in the Tower . Elder wa 3 given into the custody of Sharp after the alleged assault was committed , but , instead of taking him to the guard-bouse , as Sharp ought to

      cave done as sergeant of the guard , he allowed the accused to go to his own residence , and did not report the occurrence to his officers . The Court Martial found Sharp guilty of the charge of disobedience of orders and negleot of duty ; bnti in consideration of the excellent character ha bad maintained in the regiment for nineteen years , sentenced him only to be reduced to the ranks . After the sentence was read over , Sharp had the stripes denoting his rank as sergeant cut from his dress , and look bis place in the ranks as a private . Much commisseration is felt for him in the regiment , as his conduct previous to the transaction in question was that of a steady and careful soldier , and he had never been reported , feefoie for any breach of military discipline .

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      Discovert op a Supposed Mdrder >—The remains of a man , with the head severed from the ^ body , but within a short distance of it , ; were found on Friday , by Bomo men . cutting turf on the bog of Thornfield . near BaHygar , Tuaau Tho separation of the parts appeara to have beeri effected with a sharp instru ^ ment , and the body , whioh was iii a perfect state , was supposed to hare been at least fifty years in the bog \—Limerick Chronicle . The Courier de Lyon of the 13 bhiust . announces a ; serious-, disturbance to hava broken out at Mantua between the Jews and the Christians . AThe Austrian Government was obliged to interfere by force ; bnt the people tore up the ¦ -. pavement , and attacked the soldiers with stones , ; who fired ou the multitude , killed fifty persons , and wounded many . The disturbance . still continued , and no Jew dared make his appearance in the street . The Government was obliged to march troops from Verona and Milan .

      Nailing an Omnibus . —Tho Droit contains the following . : — " At the moutfnt that an omnibus waa passing on Friday through the Rue Montmarfce by the house undergoing repairs , No . G 3 , a polo more than thirty feet in length slipped from the scaffolding at the fourth story , aud fell perpendicularly ^ on the omnibus , passed through the body ^ and entered ao deopiy between the stones of the pavemeit , that the horses were stopped on the moment , - . the vehicle being literally nailed to the ground By a providential chance none of the passengers were injured . "

      Distress in TnEXAND . r-SpREAD op Fever . —In addition to the prevailing distress and suffering , we regret to learn that fever of a malignant and almost unconquorable nature rages-among the poor population to a fearful extent , and with a rapidity which denes all our attempts to describe in detail . The awful visitation has befallen the immediate neighbourhood of Louuburgh , and along : the ' : western co > a , 3 t of that district , with a degree of 8 e"erity quite unexampled . Scarce a day tlapaed within ttie la > t' fortnight that the medical superintendent

      of-the Louiaburgh Dispensary , a most zealous and humane gentleman , did not attend at their residences how six to eight families ; arid , in many instances , not less than five of the iiiroate 3 required hi ' 3 professional . services and assistance , whioh were rendered with an alacrity and attentive vigilance highly creditable . Hunger and pestilence struggled for complete mastery in . tho same wretched hovel--destitution and consequent indisposition , leech-like , fastened on the same squalid beinti ; . In Achill , even among tho colonists , spotted typhus fever was lately very general . —Mayo Telegraph .

      . Hohici . de . —Starvation . —A fellow named John Conway has been committed to gaol on a Coroner's warrant , charged with tho homicide of Elizabeth Keenau , of Bajlycascle , under the following circumstances : —Tho unfortunate deceased , it appeared , accompanied by her son , a lad of tender years , went into a Udd for die purpose of collecting some weeds , wherewith to appease ! the pangs of hunger . Hiving gathered an armful ,-she' was returniag home , when Conwuy camo across her path , and itibistod , ia lauguae ' e at quco ' violent &ud ino . st determined , that she should t ; ivo up tho weeds to him . The woman remonsirated . ' A se . uffloor . sued between them , in the course of which Conway with bruto force knocked her twice'down , - and whilst in . that , position inflicted some bruisiyon her breast , from the effects of which she died a few days afterwards . At aa inquest held on her body , Dr . Nelson deposed that the injuries tlie had received were the immediate cause of her dp . n . 'h . — ifiiiL

      An Old Brute . —Attempted Rape on a Chili ) . —James Lithgo , an elderly man , a cobbler , living in Maryleboue-lane , was charged at the district police office on Saturday last , with an assault with an intent 10 commit a rape upon Mary Ann Adams , a chiid only seven years uf age , residing with hor parents at 22 , Little Welbeokstreet , Cavendishsquare . Tho child , on account ofher youth , was not sworn , but her f ' atiier was examined , ami bia evidence was to the effect that , on tho previous -afternoon , she ( tho child ) was sent out by him to purchase some butter , and that , on the way , from the statement

      made by her , she mot tho prisoner , who gavobera penny , and prevailed upon her to go with him into his room . He then shut the door , nn < l placed her on a bed , when ho attempted to violate her person , bnt failing in hia endeavours-to do so , ho turned her out oi' tho house . Srio went . home , aa : ^ avo information to her mother as Lj what had taken place , and tho prisoner was soon afterwards taken into custody . The prisoner , in dofauU of finding bail , was committed to pribon , and on the way Jrom the office yard to tho pribon van ho was -hissed and hooted by a large mob which had assembled to witness his departure .

      Brctal Mukde * at Styal , . KflAR TviLMSLOW . — On Thursday aUernoon an inquest was held at the house of Air * Wiilmin Dale , the Old . Ship -Jiiii , Styal , Cheshire , by Mr . Roseoe , coroi-. e-r ol' the Knutsiord division , ou the body of a nuu nuned Henry ; ' Locket , who was brutally and . ' iii ' uum&niy muVdcred 011 the highway , at -Wtrr Mill' Brow , near Styal , early on Tuesday mpruing labt ., From the evidence adduced boioio the jury it . appeared ; that Miu deceased was a married man , a ^ ed tlj . irty years , and has kft a vvilb and three children , llo was . "esiiployed as a blower leuter at Mosfeis . Gr . eg ' a ; co ' . tuu-imii , rf : yal . On Monday eveuiut . ; , ai ' ter kavint ; hia employ , he went to a public htfu ^ e , at Wiiui-low , wh' ; Ve tho D ^ Ciiibors of u sock : y ei *• i- ' vroaCcra " had been '¦ iioMi . ili' their

      annual mcetm / j . Ho iett the heuso , to rettiru to Styal , between twelve and one o ' clock , and was teen on -his v . ' ay h j Ome in ' . t ! om \> : iiiy -with two men , named Samuel Lowe , a ' -brickliiyevi a : td Horatio Walsh , a factory operaiiv « , bn 1 \ vhen and where they left him it aid not s » f . istactariiy appear . Shortly after two o ' clock on Tuesday . niorn'in ' ^ a persou named Thomas Atkinson . found' deceased IJ'iDK across the footpath , quite < itsud . Atkinson obtained as ? . istauce , and deceased was curried home , when-it was ascertained : ho had received a severe fracture on . the skull , and hia nock was discoloured , as if from strangulation . ' The wound , on thu head appeared to have been inflicted Uy ^ ome blunt instru-Jpieat-. ' --. Samuel Lowe , one of tho suspected persous , iibsuonded on tho same morning , aii'J has not bin ' ce b « eu heard of . ¦ The other person , rioralio Walsh , was taken into custody , to await the . ' inquest . From the . evidence of ... Messrs JNightiti ^ aio ami Muorcs , . surgeon's ,- of Wilmalow , it apppireu thut death bad bcou caused by strangtiiatioii ,-but cha-t deceased had received such a '/ ractnre of liio skull as would uiosi probably have ultimately caused ( U atli , had it not bi : en tti'ected by straiigulaviou . Tlio jury , " after a 1-ju ^ . tby invent gation , returaed a . verdict oi " VVili ' ul iiurder" against some person or . person ' s at presuut unknown , the tividencariot blsin ^ sufficient to iix the crima a ^ aioat the parties who wore seen ill hia company . shortly befuro his -death . Ttiupulice , however , arc maiiing every effort to discover tiio

      perpetrators . Incendiary Firks . —Appukiikxsion and Gon-VICTIO . N OF THE 1 KCENDI . AIUK 3 . — For the last tWO months tvnsiderabio excuenioul has exi . ? . -. ( i ( . i among thu inhiibiiauts , .-particularly tac a ^ riciii- 'a'ist . s of ihe quioi market town -of ilavunt , situuttd on the tout '/ :-eastern extremity of kluiup + hire , iu cohno-4 UL-11 C 0 of several incendiary h ' roj having taken place , aud lwtti'i oi' an ibUiuiaiavovy mid thveatcaiue ; discriptioa haviitg bceu found ia the streets , tho ¦' authors of ww ' ifh . had escaped , deletion uatil Monday last , when another iire wad . "titctnpted , which led to a scrutinizing ami severe ' ininiiry , and the pu ? pected iu < rudiaries , Cuurlcd Paviott , and William Sparkes" ( Mr . Chirl . es Lun ^ croft's servant )

      haviuK undergone examination oh VVedhe ' sday ,: aad corroborative evidence" bavni ^ come forward , they wtve ( uhy commiued . Parrott . was taken at four o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , and coiifiii ' . d -in the caj ; e , but at tho tin : e of hia-apprehension ' no suspiciou was entertaineJ - ' agaiilst ' . tiparkes . The ma *; i 3 trate , Sir John A . Omnninuey , however , haviiig heard that the two were inaraaie , sent lor tiie latter , to interrogate him as to his knowledge of Parrott ' b movements on the nights ot "• iho-severa ' -l fins . What anBwerd he made to the quesiious put to him does not appear ^ but it is certain ttiat no suspicion attached to him . until . . Parro . ttwa . 3- seut for i ' rom 'durance vile' -aftrr . ' . the examinations had been ; taken . It was four o ' clock ' on . " Wednesday afternoon before

      the inquiry had been completed and before Parrott was confronted with his '• ¦ accusers * . ¦ Hu bad , therefore , twenty-four hours of solitary r < fl-ietion , and the result ehowethat he entertained a , correct , anticipation of . what \ vas going ; forward , *««• bo had no sooner entered the presence Of the inaftistr ' a : e thaii ; he at encuUenouaced Sparkes as the peipctraiov oi' tho fire at Stevens's bani . "Ah !" said Sparkes , "if 1 had been takeu up first , I would not have told upon you . " "Recriininatiou followed , and -filially , both wcro committed upon , each other ' s ' . jfie ' ncei or rather their own confessions . The jnvestigatiori has called forth some of the most exti aordinarj' awd unaccountable traits of tho huinsin character . It appears , on the strictest and mo&t severe intfrrogatioii

      that neither of these wrecches had any motive whatever for perpetrating these diabolical acts . They were asked , over aud over again , why they committed the fires . ; -and their reply was invariably , " we had no motive .- ' And one very « xtraordihary feature in the case is , that Sparkes has been a oonfidential servant of Mr , Longcroft , tho magistrate ' s clerk , for the last ten years , and that he has . been deputed , owing to the confidence reposed in him by his master , to watch bis premises ior the last five or six weeks ! They have confessed ihat , on the nifthl of Stevens ' a fire , being the second out of three which have taken place within six weeks , they took feome

      lucifer matches to the barn , and endeavoured , by their means , to set fire to the thatch ; that they could not do so , whereupon they went to Sparke ' e lodgings , whioh are about two hundred yards distant , and procured a candle and lanthorn ; that they returned to the barn , stuck " the- lighted candle in the roof , left the lanthorn behind them , and ran away . Sir John A . Ommanney haai been most indefatigable in bis inquiries , and ho is deserving of the thauk ? of the inhabitants , Bot only of this county , but of the country at large , for his unceasing exertions to bring the offenders to justice . Neither of the prisoners exceeds twenty-threer years of ago . —J ^ vew ing paper .

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      Two _ additional cotton mills , at Manchester , belorigins ; to Mr . Guest , and which employed some 500 or 600 handB , gtoppsd last week . The extensive Salford tnLUs , employing 1 , 000 meni women , and chilciron , are also standing still . ? h Meetixg of the creditors of Messrs . Acraman , Morgans , and Go ., the large iroh-founders of Bristol , took place on Friday in that town ; The liabilities of the firm are estimated at about £ 300 , 000 , in addition to those of their several estates . Debti to the amount of nearly £ 84 , 000 were proved . Treasurers and assignees were elected . The Latest—A lady laid the mop in the / cradle , and wiped up the floor with her baby . She discovered her mistake by its Equalling , when she went to wring it .

      An ALARiMiNG fire broke out on Friday morning early , in Manohester , at Marrin ' s eating-house , Victoria Bridge . A boy in the top backroom gave the alarm , who was awakened by a fie of coughing induced by the smoke which filled the room , and so rapid was tho progress of tho ilamea that Beveral of the inmates , who were fourteen in number , escaped with their lives only by letting themselves : down by sheets and bjankets from the third floor windows . The loss is upwards ^ or" , £ 1000 . Cast-Iron Buildings . —Buildings of cast iron aro daily increasing at a prodigious rate in England , and it appears that houses are about to bo constructed of thfs material . As the walls will be hollow , it will be easy to warm the buildings by a single stove p laced in the kitchen . A three-story houso , contaihina ten or twelve rooms will not cost more than £ 1100 , regard being had to the manner in which it maybe ornamented . Houses of this description

      may be taken to pieces , and transported from ' . place to another , at ah expense of not more than £ 25 It is said that , a large number of cast-iron houses are about to be manufactured in Beltfium and England , for the citizens of Hamburahi whoge habitations have been burnt . —il / Jwin ^ Journal . Masons' Stiuke . —We , regret to state that this ' strike , ' which has now continued for abi > ut five weeks , still remains unsettled . There is , however , a fair prospect that some decisive arrangement will be come to soon between the Operatives and their employers , as several of the contractors are likely to acoede to the term ' s- of their workmen within a week , andit is probable that the remainder will give in to the same arrangeraent immediately thereafter . The humher of operative masons out on the ' strike ' is now about 400 , each of whom has received 10 s . per week since the commencement of ii . —Glasgow Chronicle .

      The GincuiTS . —A greater number of fashionably attired scamp ' s , classed in the polica sheets as the " LondonBwell mob , " are now prowling about , the various assize towns than has been known for many years past . They act in the double capacity of robbersfrom the person stud passers of counterfeit coin . The respectability of their exterior , and the knowledge which they have acquired in town of the talents of the respective counsel on the circuits , afford them / facilities-, of introducitjg themselves generally as ' clients into the society of ptrspns whom they but tod often vietiiniz ? . The thronged courts of jiiHticd present an ample field for these deprcdatora , and one geuileman , while intent upon hearing tho judge recently summoning up tho evidenco at Oxford , was relieved of his watch , " at the same time that another was robbed of his purse .

      Advertisements displayed in tiie Brazilian Journals ^ - "UppohTUNiTY of obtaining a Waiting Woman eok one Shilling !!—To be raffled for , a waiting woman , with a child eight years of age , and other objects of value . Tickets may be had at No . 91 , Bu » do Hoserio . ''— " To be sold , a litde Mulatto , two years 6 f age , very pretty , and weiladapted for a festival preseni ( Christmas box . ) No . 3 , Rua dos La £ oeiros . "— To be sold , a xyet nurse , Mulatto girl , aged twenty ; has very good milk , her first child , now four months old . Rue-. da'Sv Pedro , No 180 . "— " To be sold , a black woman , five months gone with child , fit for all kinds of service . Largo do Pocot No . 5 . "— " To be sold , a waiting woman , with millr , and with a son eight months old . She may be had either with or without the child ; has the qualifications of a , good waiting woman , and is without 'vice of any kind . '" Vice being used pretty much in the same jockey sense as ia England .

      Penalty for -Eilltng a Ram . —The following appears in the Nenayh Guardian , as a , report of a , case at the ' Quarter Sessions in that town , tried on Tuesday : —ilichael Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy ( two brothers ) were sentenced by Mr . Barrister Jfowley to fifteen years' transportation for killing a ram , the property of Caleb Going , Enq ., of Travetstoh . . Fifteen' years' transportation for killing a ram This certaiiJy appears a vigorous enforcement of the law , even to tho uttermost extreme ot'its severity . Wo recollect , some months ago , that a great outcry was raised , because sentence of death Was formally recorded against a person convicted at King ' s ? County Sessions tor . killing a goat ..-.. In that casa an

      old Act <>' . ' Parliament , which happened to escape sir Sanr . ue ! Ronully and all refyrmers of the sanguinary critriinai code , allotted death as the phnishmer . t for killing a goat ; and the assistant-barrister of the Kind ' s County had no alternative but to record the sent'lie ; -, and tnako his report to tho Government , liut , iu iward to tha killing of a ram , there is no Huuh auti ^ tiated remnant of the Draco system of legislation , and tho "fifteen years' transportation " must h * vo bt-eu the punishment , considered -necessary by Mr . Mji-vidv , afitinff entirdy upon his own discretio : j . E .-en if it wore " the liam of Derby , " we ho ! d than tins w ! = 5 a puti . i . shment einirely inconimensurate with the uffeMce . —Z > tiblin Evening Post . '

      Extraordinary WiURi . wi . ND .-Oa Friday last , nbon' tour o ' clock in the afternoon , during a tremendous shower of rain , a most singular and somewhat alarming ofcnrronce happened af . Cpjistable , about two mile * from Haslmgden . Tho day had been akog * thar very rainy , but unaccompanied by any wind or tlmudtr , when suddenly & whirlwind comnienced , t-xceediug iii violence atiytl'iug of the kind ever remembered at that place . Trees wpre uprooteii ; others had large Branches torn off tho trunks , and tc : a-ttfTed " -about'in the fields , like straw- Cocks of hay were entirely roinoved . A cart , , standing iu- ' -thcToa-t' side , was lifted up , and turned .. upside , down ; chimneys were thrown dovvn , and aconsidorablxi qnaiiiity of slates blown off a factory in tho

      neftciiwurhood . Jborcunately , the rain being very heavy at tho time , nobody was out of doors at that part , exci / pt one woman , and she was raised entirely fr <) ui ( he ground , and carried over a wall into the a < ijoimn £ fioW , without pufferins ; any other injury than beiu £ torribly tri ^ htencd . Her cloak , however , was stri (/ pcd off , and was afterwards found at a disvance oV half a milo from the place . No other accident or . currod . Tho phenomenon lasted for about 1 wo minutes , and was not at all felt more than a ( luarte . r of a mile from the pluoe where it began . — l ' rcMon ( hronude . D i- ; a ' t » of Twins , fhom Opium . —On Thursday an iiiquosr . w : ss held on the bodies of Edward and Thomas Hughes ( twins about seven weeks old ) , whose parents reside in Lortpn-p ) ace , Lorton-street , Windsor . On Monday week the motlier gave tho ehiidroh tiie breast ' when in an overheated state from

      walking , and a griping ensued . A messenger was snnt , for sonic paregoric or syrup of poppies , whichr ever was tuought best ; but the druggist ( Jilr . S . iiison , surgeon , assistant io Mr . Elands , Parliamen' street ) , sent twenty drops of wine of opiual and two-tfi ' iims of pepperrnint water , with iiistruotion ' s that a teaspoonful should be given to e / stch child . A spoonful and a half was given to one child , and a Li > 06 nful to the other . They fell asleep ( lirectfy , hut , soon after awoke , fell into fits , and died of convulsion on the following day . Mr . Nottage , surgeon , was of opinion that death was caused by an Qverilahe ui : ' Opium causing cohvulsioti ' s ^ , A teaspconful pf the mixture , describod by Mr , SimsoD , was too muirh for a child of a delicate constitution , but not ior a , heaithy child . —The jury , under the circumstancesj returned a verdict of " chance-medley " against the niother . :

      Bisiital and Murderous Assault by One of the GhavksendPcLice . —During the past week a Very jt ' Vea . i degree of excitement has prevailed through' -out Grayesend , in consequence of a most ferocious and murderous assault committed by Cleveland , t / iu ? . of the constables of Grayesend , upon a p » rsofi or x / ie name of Wi / liam Henry Plume , an engines ; in the employ of Sir John Rennie and Co ., H « jl » - ' nfi--treet , Biaoktriars . From the investigation which 100 k place before the mayor and a full bench of ina-u .-: tvatte , it apptared that , upon Monday , the 4 th . J'in Rio , on leaving the Tiveli-gardens , saw two young m «! . ! , of the names of Wiilis and Fowler , disputin - ' g wiMi some donkey drivevB about 6 d . ; Cloveiaad , who -was in plain clothes , and who was supr

      posed to be one of the donkey-drivers , seized Willis , and iiisistc-id upon his paying the 6 d . before he lefc the .. piaso . The fellow was asked who he was , when he roe '] icc ? ,.- an officer . PJume and severa ! _ others then culed upon him to show his authority , but which ho refused to do . After some vvords , Cleveland puHing out a truncheon from behind liis coai , ¦ whirled Lt . ia the air , aud struck Plume a most tremendous blow on the head , exclaiming '" ' *• ¦ That is my authority . " Plume was instantly covered with bJood , and became insensiblev The poor fellow was conveyed to the residence of Mr . Heather , Burgeon , WindffiiiVstreet , who found a wound on the left eide of the skull , of between five and six inches in length : so extensive were . the injuries , that , for

      several daysi ; the life of Piunje was despaired of . The assailant Vf as given into custody , but was snb-Bequentlyliberated . Upon the circumstanses beeoming known to Sir J . Rennie , that gentleman directed that he Bihould be prosecuted ; Although some of the magistrates endeavoured to justify [ the brutal conduce of the fellow , they ultimately inflicted the small ; - ' penalty of 50 s ., and in default , a month ' s impri&OKnient . [ Had this poor fellow but : have even placed his hand on the officer's shoulder , it would have been deemed an " outrageous assault , " and * 'the police muit be protected , " wouldhave been the cuckoo cry , ending with a fine of £ 0 . Truly , these justices do adminiater the " law ; " but where is the justice }}

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      London . —National anti-Tobacco and- Temperance Association . —vVeekly meetings of tha abovo Association are held every Monday evening , commencing at eight o ' clock , at No . 8 , Black Horse Court , Farringdon-street , to which the public are respeetfnlly invited . Admission free . . Extraordinaby Honesty . —On Sunday a gentleinaii i after driving through Tottenham , discovered that he had lost a sum of money , amounting to £ 35 . The circumstance was advertised , and early on Monday morning ; a poor man presented himself , who explained that he was a groom out of

      employment , and that he had picked up the-notes , together amounting to £ 35 , near the Seven Sisters ; Tottenham . He had been seeking employment , and had no ; a shilling left when he found the packet . He returned towards London , and at a pliblic-house mentioned his prize , and was offered £ 20 for it—the offer was repeated—but declined ; and the groom , whose name ia Joseph Lamb , having been informed of the advertisement , waited uport / the person who had lost , the money . We are happy to state that he was adequately jrewardedj and has now a chance of employment . . ' ,.- "

      Class Legislation .- —The following extraordinary admission of the fact , that members of both Hpuse 3 of Parliament attend only to their own individual interestsj appears in the Standard Tory paper of Friday evening . Speaking of Lord Ashley ' s Bill , relative to the employment of children in mines , arid the debate that , took place thereupon , the Editor says-v" Lord Wharncliffe ' s complaint of too ready » submission to humanity on the part of the House of Commons , is a complaint to which that Jrlouseba 3 hot often laid itself open , and therefore it maybe

      the more easily submitted to . We think however , that Lord Wharncliffe , has certainly some reason to complain . He is an extensive coal owner , audit is no doubt ah anttoyance to him to seo the mill owners of the House of Comaion 3 indulging in humanity at his expense'X the Mill owners are in the House of Commons , the Coal owners in the House of Lords —facts which may account for the oscillations of humanity between the two assemblies , as factories or mines may happen to be the subject of consideration . It is a humiliating exhibition , but humanity will be the gainer in the end by the alterations in its favour . "

      Effects op Dbunkenness . —On Tuesday afternoon , some fishermen at Fisherrow ,.. observed a chaise a considerable distance out at se ' a , and nearly immersed in the water . / They immediately manned their boats and pulled off to rescue the driver , who was seated on the coach-box , though little more than his head was above the water , and another man seated pa the top of the carriage . On coming near , they found that the horses had got entangled in the harness , and were nearly drowned : the fishermen cut the harness , and with great difficulty succeeded in bringing horses and : men .-safely to land . Tho driver of the coach , whose name was"Laing , had been at Had'diiigtsn , and on his reiurn , when in a state of intoxication , had left the maio road , and gone into the sea , where he , with the other man and the horses , ' would inevitably have been drowned , but for the exertions of the fishermen . — Edinburgh Witness . ¦ ¦' . : ¦" ' . // . •' ¦ / -. ;' ¦ /

      Bee Swarming . —During the present forcing wear ther k may jiot be amiss to relate an anecdote just furnished by a respectable individual , who vouches for its truth . An old gentleman iu Ayrshire , while standing in his garden , waiting for the casting of _ ai hive , had the misfortune to attract the swarm , as it , rather unexpectediy , came off , and the bees , thick aad clusterings settled over his throat , his face , mouth , and nostrils . In a moment after , his eyea were blinded T > y the clinging , buzzing throng . Expecting the infliction of instant agony from a thousand stings , he dreaded to make the slightest movement by voice or limb , and there was no person

      presept . A minute or two passed—the heat was intolerable , and the sensation maddening ; at this dire extremity of no less than probable pain and death , reason at length suggested—and the old gentleman cautiously raised his hands to his hat , moved it gintly , imperceptibly lifting it a few inches above his head , and then steadied the hat in that position . The queen bee must have approved of this novel hive , for the old man began to breathe freely , and in a short time the whole swarm took up their abode in the hat , which he subsequently displayed to . his friends-- in triumph and thankfulness , withont having received so much aa a single stinii ! . —Elgin Courant . . ';

      Harvest Prospects in Ireland . —Pkicbs . — Friday was St . Swithin ' B day , and , for the first time for several years , the anniversary of the ^ Watery Saint" passed over in the midst of warmth and sunshine , without a cloud upon the sky , or $ n indication of a drop ot' rain . The barometer was ap to ' ^ settled fair . " We hail ihe event as a , most gratifying indication of an early and abundant harvest .: From all quarters the accounts that reach us are . most encouraging . The corn crops all present a mosfc luxuriant aspect—wheat , iu some districts , inlimited breadth , but looking rich and most promisinglyoats ^ aerally good—add potatoes likely to be early , and immense in produce . Already the favourable prospects of the harvest are telling upon the country markets . A letter from MuIHngar -gives the following as the prices in that market on Thursday :-

      —" Now potaioes , ( soft in quality ) , 3 d . por stone ; old potatoes , 4 ^ d . per svpno ; caimoal , M . s . per cwt . j Luttcr , 78 i . per ' evvt . —Dublin Evening Fost . HAlLSiOftJI IN GfiRMAHy . —BERLIN , JVLT 7 . — -Ott the Sihof July , abuub six o ' clock in the afternoon , a storm from the west aud north-west entirely laid waste tho environs of nixieen villages in the principality of HalUorstadt and the county of Manafeld , and of several villages in the duchies of . Anhalb Dessa 11 and Anha . lt Bimburg . The hailstones werQ H 3 large as pigeon-c ^ s , and some twice that 6 iZ 9 j and weighed two ouncees . Small birds , pigeong ,

      poultry of all kinds , and a great quantity of game were killed ; persons who were in . ' the' fields were wounded , and one man was found dead . In many fields not a sheaf of corn remains standing , and iii cannot be disiiriguishedwhete . potatoes , turnips , &e . were growing ; the fruit , cherries , plums , &c , which promised a most abundaat crop , are beaten dowa with tho blanches . The town of Ermsleben aione has lost 400 acres of flix , worth thirty dollars per aero , which makes 12 , 000 dollars . ' . ; . 'The damage done to the lruit and to the roofs arid windows of tha houses is immense . \ \ -

      Cam . Gon . at Manchester . —The lovers of scandal have b ^ en fully gratified since Sunday evening by the discovery ol * an awkward affair in the neighbourhood of the town . The party accused is Mr . « f . A— , of . the respectable firm of Messrs , W . A——and Co ., geneval merfthants , High-street , and the suffjier is Mr . "J ' i , M— ' —¦ , of a reflpeptable firm of calico printers in Ciiurch-street . The latter inhabited a cottage at ; Wilcon-terrace , Cheetham-road , at which Mr . A—— , who is a single man , about thirty-five years of ago , resided as a lodger . The aggrieved husband having some suspicions of his wife ' s fidelny , made an excuse on Sunday ' that he was going to London , and went as far as Parkside , at the junction of the North Union Railway . He returned home ,- however , unexpectedly at a late

      hour in the evening , accompaaied by two friends ; and , having got into his house , broke open the bedroom door , where he / found the guilty pair ia bed ' together .- . The husband and his friends immediately inflicted severe personal chastisement on the offender whom they ejected into the street in purls nalurali " bus ; in which condition , amidst a pelting shdwes of raiti , he had to find hi 3 beef way to the house of ffi friend , at the distance pf half a mile . The Wife , who is about twenty-five ; years of age , is possessed of great pt-rnonal attractions and accomplishments j and the affxir has excited much atiiejGtion on accounfi of the . respectability of the parties . / Proceedings have already been- instituted , which will furnish some employment for the gentlemen of the" long robe , —ManchesterPaper . : v .

      Alarming State op the Borovgii of Stockport . - ^ At the present crisis , when the distress of the country is the subject of Parliamentary debate , it may be of importance to state the real condition , and the gradual but rapid progress of ruin and desolatJ ° n i of the ; once flourishing town of Stbckporf . A few months ago , some wag caused bills to be posted ia Manchester , / announcing that Stockport was to be let , and that application must b ^ mad e io the Town Clerk . This notice , though intended as a joke , seema likely : to 'become a feaTful reality , if some revival of trade dop . g not epoedily take place . The popnlatio ' n Of Stockport ,-according to the census of ^ June , 18 U .-, was 50 , 945—less than tho previous census by 8 , 000 persons . According to the same returns , there

      were 10 , 890 dwelhng-honRes , shops , and taverns . If we go back to June , 1839 , we find there were then 1 , 000 dwellings , 'shbp ' Sj- ' arid public-houses unoccupied . In June , 1840 , the number had increased to 1 , 250 ; in June , 1841 , to ' . / 2 ; 053 ; and , at tlio present time , about 3 ; 000 . In addition to ibis number , there are probably as many more occupied for vvbicb no renfc is paidi There is one geritleraat ) who has as many cottages as vvould form a tolerable village ; but more than half of them are empty , and the tenants of tho remainder paying so iittle , that the owner's income from the property is not sufficient to pay the chief rent . - At this moment there are , within two minutes' walkvin the principal street of tho borough , thirty-ecveii shops unoccupied ; and the tenaute of five others are under notice ' . to leavev The number of thops unoccupied about ten months ago , ia the same

      vicinity , was twenty-four . There are at present , ra the whole borough , 149 shops trnocenpied , aad eighteen others have been converted into dwellinghouses within the past two years . There are alao ten public-houses unoccupied . In 1840 , there were about 240 beer-houses in the borough ; tile total number now is 104 . There ate at present ^ fteea cotton mills closed , the greater part of which have been closed within the last two years and a half , by-owhieh-. ^ and by reductions ^ ^ in the price of labour , the amount paid in wages has been diminished about ^ 8 , 000 per week ; arid from 8 , 000 to 10 , 000 ^ pereons have been deprived of employment . Of these one-half have probably left the town , whUe the renlainder have been supported from the poor ' s rates , aud © haiit&bleS o » ntributions . —Manchester GUardim . '¦ ¦ '¦' '¦ ' ' '¦' - .. ¦ ¦ ' - ;'"; ' - ; -- - - - - - ' - " ^ - ¦ ¦' / "¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct440/page/3/