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      60 NGPQR THE MILLIONS . Fbikhds . . Freedom , swell the strain That peato across th * Atlantic main , And echoes -wide o'er hill sad plain , Arousing men to Liberty . Tonr every moral power awake , B . sUr yourselres for Freedom ' s sake ; Base Slavery's chains shall snap and break Before your godlike energy . Lift np your facas from the dost , Tour cause is holy , pure , and just ; In Freedom ' s God pnt all your trust , Be he your hope and anchor . 6 ive to the world yonr firm decree . That Britons will—they will be free ; Shcnzt , shout for glorious Liberty . ' It will succeed and conquer .

      Tain tyrants , that would make us slaves , Go look upon the patriots' graves , And study there , ye dastard knaves , The folly of your knavery . What 1 think ye to subdue the mind . Which &od hath given to mankind ? Ye surely will for ever find Men will cot suffer slavery . Though ye have prisons to immure The poor , and friends unto the poor , Yet t ^ infr not basely to allure The flock from they who lead them . Tain are your dungeons , idly vain The rack , the torture , and the chain ; Ye neither can nor shall restrain Our strong desire for freedom .

      We ask for rights by Nature given , Sanctioned and ratified by Heaven , For which our forefathers have striven On the bitt ! e-neld and wave ; We wish to make no man our foe , For all are equal born we know , And all must surely , surely go To the republic of the grave . Benjamin Sxott Manchester .

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      LABOUR'S WOES AND TRIUMPH . Bt Ebkxxzeb Elliot . ViCtosiA , cypress-crown'd ! fchou good in vain ! How the red wreath , witn which thy name is bound , The pa ^ e which tells th § first deeds of thy reign , Black , and blood-c' . otted—cheers the Galmuck hound , Whose stotI o " er Brunswick hails thee cypresswown'd ! Canada weeps—and yet her dead are free ! Throned o ' er their blood J who would not be a Qaeen ? ! The Qaeen of new made graves who wsuld not be ?! Of glory ' s royal flowers the loveliest seen 1 So ycung ! yet all that the deplored have been !

      Here , too , oh , Qaeen ! thy woe-worn people feel . The load , they bear is more than they can bear ! Bensath it twenty million workers reel ! While fifty thousand idlers rob and glare , And mock the sufferings which they yet may share The drama soon will end . —Four acta are past : The curtain rises o'er embracing foes ! But each dark smiler hn ^» his dagger fust ! Whiie Doom prepares his match , and waits the dose I Q ^ een of tke Earthquake ! wouldst thou win or lose ?*

      Still shall the Car of Juggernaut roll on , O'er broken hearts , and children bom in vain , B&nner'd with nre ! while " thousand men as one-Sink down beneath its coward wheels of pain , That crush out souls , through crushing blood and brain ! Stop r— for to ruin Antoinette was led , By men who only when they died awoke ! Base nobles , who , o ' er France vain darkness spread , And , goading her faint steeds with stroke on stroke , -Loaded the wain—until the axles broke <

      Stop !— "for ( he blasting engine ¦ s iron latrs " Then saved not thrones from outraged HeaVn ' s con troul , When hunger urg'd np to the cannon ' s jaws A sea of men , with only one wild soul . ' Hark '—still I hear the echo of its roll . +

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      * The first act was the war with our American colonies , arising out of Tory restrictions on iheir trade ! The second act teas the coalition of the Whigs and Tories in 1793 , to prevent that Reform which would have pre vented a war that cost , perhaps , two thousand millions , and ended in a tax on food—which tn threatens to destroy our trade , and , ef course , to anarchise the nation . The third act was the perpetration of that tax on food in 1815 , by which , and by a law , called Peel's BUI , its authors secured their war prices in peace , and their paper prices in gold ; villanous advantages , which they have followed up by depriving the poor of their privilege of out-door pay . ' in the face of their own declaration , placed on eternal record , that they are

      toenueiTas the mest destructive horde of beggars and thieves that ever infested any community ; " For they cannot live without protection , " they declare ; and th * ir declaration must be either fake or true : if it is true , ¦ why do not they go to the workhouse ? if it is false , why are they not sent to the tread-mill ? This orainons fourth act iB now closing , with another coalition of Whigs and Tories to prevent all Reform ! Even so was the French Revolution produced by the obstinate refusal of the aristocracy to bear any share of the taxes , Jhey having untazed themselves ; and they ended , as ours will , by fighting with the executive for the remains of the public ipoiL " HorriVy like , " said Hum the Fourth , of his father ' s portrait 3 Shade of Tonlon ! is it not ?

      T Still there is hope that revolution may be avoided , if tha workers will demand the franchise ; and they need only ask to have , Pitt perpetrated his crimes , by discovering that a new power had arisen in Englandthat of the middle classes . If the workers obtain political power , they will not , like their betters , sell themselves for their own sixpence—or rather for a bad one , instead of it ; but they may rest assured that they will soon find a HIMSTer to represent them in the counsels of the Crown : and that—though be and they may err—the majority can have no interest in doing wroEg . " Wiit thou govern better than I ? " said a

      dethroned Emperor of Constantinople to his snecessor " Could I govern worse ? " was the reply . S&y , Marqaia , could the workers govern worse than thou ? The French aristocracy misgoverned France till they stopped the spade and the hammer . Here , you Marquises seem likely to stop the steam engine itself . The French , after a time , fell back on a sufficient agriculture ; but here an excessive agricultural population , and a still larger manufacturing one , will have to fall back on an agriculture insufficient to maintain either of them . U ever mind . Drive on , Marquis . We may want a hackney coachman , Ef ier alL

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      THE LIFE OF SAINT IGNATIUS , BISHOP OF ANT 10 CH . London , H . G . Clarke and Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . 1842 . This is the first number of & series of the lives of the early Christian father ? , and is intended to render jonng persons more familiar with the actions and Bufferings of those early vritnesses for the truth . It is written in a popular Etjle , and we are happy to perceiTe that the writer has , to a considerable extent , avoided exhibiting a party or sectarian spirit . There can be no doubt that some acquaintance with the personal history of those who first irradiated the ' gloom of pagan darkness by the light and benevo- j Fence of primitive Christianity is most desirable for j those whose United means prevent them from ac- j qniring information from the voluminous works ( most of them in the dead languages ) in which the ; facts have been transmitted to us . Any judicious ; attempt , therefore , to collect those facts into a con- j

      cisc and popular form must be hailed with pleasure ; j and in this little work , though it is not so faultless as conld have been desired , we recognise the commencement of such an attempt , and we cordially ' wish it success . To the members of Episcopal Churches , this little work cannot be but acceptable ; tut it has eqnal claims to tbe ^ encouragement of ; Christians of every name , who wish to impress upon ; the minds of the young the bright examples of primitive piety . We hope that in Fucceeding lives j care will be taken to give a reference to the j authorities from whence the facts stated are derived , ihis is done in some cases in iho life of Saint Ignatius , but in others it is not . This is a point of Yist importance , especially as the works are intended for the special instruction of the young . We advise that the lives should appear monthly , along ¦ with the other periodicals of the day .

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      CRICKET MATCH ON WOODHOUSE MOOR . BRUNSWICK CLUB V . OFFICEES OF THE 32 ND . A match at Cricket for s small itake was played on Woodhome moor , on Monday last , between the members of the Leeds Brunswick Ciub and the Officers of the 32 nd regiment , now stationed in this town . The day was beautifully fine until about four o ' clock ; and the wickets having been pitched at ten , the game was nearly concluded before the commencement of a very smart shower , which , though ' it did not prevent the termination of the match , went far to mar the pleasures of the numerous company who had assembled , not only to witness the game , but to hear the beautiful strains of the splendid band of the regiment , which , by the orders of the gallant colonel , attended , and greatly enlivened tke scene by their excellent performances . The play on the part ef the Brunswick Clnb was greatly admired ; they were evidently an evermatch for their oppanents . The following score will show the result of the day ' s

      playi—OFFICERS OF 32 ND REGIMENT . First Innings . Second Innings . Private Robson 6 b by Womack 5 c by Wilson Private Sudbury 0 b by Ciwthorn 1 b by Womack -Corporal Bliss 11 c by Sanderson 12 b by Womack Capt . Dillon 1 b by Womack 2 b by Womack CoL Markham 4 b by Womack 0 leg b wicket Capt Baines 0 s by Barrett 0 b by Womack Capt . Markham 2 run out 5 run out Private T . Clarke 1 c by Sanderson 0 run out Private R . Clarke 5 c by H . Harrison 9 not out Capt Campbell 11 leg b wicket 6 s by Barrett Mr . King 1 not out 0 s by Barrett . Wide balls & byes 18 wide balls < fe byes 36 Total 60 76 BRUNSWICK .

      First Innings . Second Innings . Craven 0 c b 7 Col . Markham 1 not out Birrett 43 b by Robson H . Harrison 54 b by Bliss . Womack 0 b by Robson 3 not out Wilson 2 b by Bliss Cawthom 3 c by Capt . Campbell S&nderson 0 c by Bliss Atkinson 0 c by Capt Campbell J . Harrison 6 b by Bliss Young 2 b by Bliss Wormald 1 not out Wide balls H byes 21 wide balls 2

      Total 1 S 2 6 LEEDS . —North Ward Meeting . —A meeting was held at the Haiewood Arms , on Monday evening last , to nominate a candidate for the North Ward at the forthcoming election for Town Councillors . Mr . Thomas Brumfitt was called to the chair . A vote of thanta was proposed to the retiring Councillor , Mr . Watson , jun ., for his services to the North Ward Burgesses . This was opposed on the grouad that he had never rendered any services to the Burgesses , which were beneficial to them either in a local or political point of view ; the proposition was , of course , lost to the great disappointment of the Whigs . Trie next proposition was , that Mr . William Hornby , tobacconist , be nominated as candidate on the first ef November . It was then requested by Mr . William Baron and others , that Mr . Hornby should be present , and give a statement of his political opinions , and also of his

      views with respect to the local affairs of the town , as this was a period which rendered such a step necessary to the burgesses , who ought to know the opinions of the men whom thoy were called upon to support before they gave a decision . An amendment was therefore proposed , " That the meeting adjourn to Tuesday , September 27 th , at eight o'clock in the evening , and that Mr . Hornby be in the interim communicated with , requesting his attendence at the adjourned meeting , for the purpose above named . " The amendment was carried by an overwhelming majority . Burgesses of the North Ward ! attend the next meeting ! Shew to the factions that you are determined to have a man that will advocate your rights in the council , and contend for a rednction of the abominable and extravagant expenditure of the public money , and a reduction of the police force . This is an important crisis ! therefore let every burgess be there , and rally round a man of their own choice .

      NEWCASTLE . Daring Robbert bt a Polic £ ma . v . —On Thursday morning last , the house of Mr . W heatley , Blue Bell Inn , Quay-side . wa 3 entered by John Nelson , a policeman , and as he supposed they were all asleep , he went direct to the till , and was in the act of emptying its contents into his pockets , when the noise which he made with the coppers was heard up stairs , and wbea Mr . Wheatley came down stairs he caught him in the act . He was immediately taken into custody , and after examination by the magistrates , was committed to take his trial at the next assizes-

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      The Ame&ican Diver . —Smith , the diver , took another leap from Sunderland bridge , on Monday , the 19 lh instant , amidst a vast crowd of spectators , but it nearly cost him hi 3 life . The height is upwards of 110 feet , but he darted into the water without fear , and afterwards rose apparently in a very feeble and exhausted condition . On being brought ashore he was seized with convulsions , when it was found necessary to bleed him . At first the blood flowed slowly , and was as black as treacle , shewing the great congestion which had taken place in the lungs , together with the gorged state of the heart and blood -vessels . He suffered sorne time from nervous exbanstion . but ultimately rallied .

      The " Press Gang . " —The Sheffield Independent is in extacies with Mr . Vincent ' s lectures—they form a n event in the political history of Sheffield . It is the first time since the commencement of the Universal Suffrage Movement which dates from 1838 , that the subject has been brought before the public under favourable auspices , and in a rational manner . But while praising this new light of Complete Suffrage , and urging a union of the middle and working classes upon the basis laid down by Mr . Vincent , the Editor ( no doubt unintentionally ) let ' s the cat out of the bag—( Hear him . ) " There must , then , be a anion , complete and cordial , of the middle and working classes ; bat it is plain that the working classes will not join that union , except upon one fundamental

      condition , and that is the acknowledgement and advocacy of their claim to the elective franchise . On this basis , there may be a union , a living , hearty , powerful union , which may be made effective , not only to attain the franchise , bat if that be delayed , to accomplish many other political objects ia the meantime . " Here is a projected union of the foxes and geese with a vengeance ; Cackle away ye dupes of Complete humbug , ye'U find out your folly in due time . The proposed union may be made effective for the obtainment of the franchise ; but , "don ' t you wish you may get it V " but if that be delayed other political objects may be accomplished id the meantime . What political objects ? Of course tot Corn Law Repeal , for over and over again we have been told that is not a political object ; but to come to plain sailing , in sober

      seriousness let us ask what is the meaning of the above Is there any other meaning than this , that while the basis of the projected union of the middle aud working classes is to be the acknowledgment on the part ef the former , of the justice of the claim of the latter to the elective franchise , that that union is to be worked for the accomplishment of other political objects , to wit , Cora Law Repeal and Vote by Ballot ! We reiterate what we have often before asserted , our conviction that the Complete Suffrage movement was started for the purpose of dividing the popular party , and using the people ' s power for the obtainment of u other objects" than the " six points" of the Charter . Honest men there may be in the ranks of the Complete Suffragists , but there arc too many schemers associated with them for us to have much faith in their political

      integrity . Thb Scottish Regalja . —On her Majesty ' s visit to Edinburgh Castle , the crown , sceptre , &o ., were removed to an apartment above , where the light was stronger , in order to be more conveniently inspected by hsr Majesty and the Prince . His Royal Highness , however , not content with this view , requested to be shewn the room where the regalia was discovered , about twenty-two years since , in an old oaken chest , covered nearly a foot deep with dust , and which now forms an interesting historical event .

      Prince Albert expressed himself highly gratified by this visit , and remarked that he thought it would have been more satisfactory to her Majesty to have seen these relics in the apartment where they are generally exhibited . Her Majesty , wo understand , expressed her admiration of the workmanship of the sceptre , and observed to some of her suite that this comparatively advanced state of art at such a remote period was to be accounted for by the intimate alliance subsisting between Scotland and France . — Caledonian Mercury .

      Police Outrage . —Government Investigation . — An investivation , held by order of Government , took place in Limerick on Wednesday , for the purpose of inquiring into the conduct of two policemen stationed at Ballycahane , near the post town of Croon ) . The inquiry was instituted on the memerial of a respectable farmer , a Mr . Carmody , of Ashford . The facts of the case may be gathered from the following statement given by the Limerick Reporter , from which it would appear that the pranks of these well-paid functionaries are played off with ef aal grace at both sides of the Channel : —* The memorial set forth the

      facts which Mr . Carmody complained of , the gross , the indecent , the revolting outrage perpetrated in his house , to which those policemen went , whilst under the influence of intoxicating drink—where tkey forced themselves into the bedroom of Mr . Carmody ' s daughter , outside which they fired rounds of ammunition , and where they acted in such a way —in a way connected with all the circumstances of this case , as to prove that the discipline of tho force is lax and irregular—that the people can have no confidence in it ; and that a Radical reformation is loudly called for in every ramification of the service . "

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      All in the Dark . —During the performance of divine service at St . Helen ' s Church , in this city , on Sunday evening last , eome graceless urchin had the audacity to enter the doorway from the street , and crept unheard to the spot where tho gas meter of the church is deposited r having suddenly turned off the gas , and left the minister and congregation in total darkness , he hastily decamped , and by dint of hard running , avoided detection . — Worcester Chronicle . Cider and Perrt . —These delightful beverages ( says a Newent correspondent ) will be extremely cheap next month . Good Porry then will be S 9 ld at Ledbury at 25 .-. for the hogBhead of 100 gallons . A large farmer at Dymock , near Ledbury , has engaged to deliver 2 , 000 gallons of excellent cider at Abergavenny . by the first week in November at 6 d . per gallon . Bottling perry of prime quality will be had for Is . per imperial gallon , whioh will fill six bottles . — Gloucester Journal .

      The Wesleyan Conference , whose sittings havo just terminated , have decided upon allowing their ministers stationed in Scotland to wear the " gown " in their public services . There is a growing desire among the congregations in England that a similar resolution may be adopted for this country . —Sunderland Times . Touching Liars . —Truth has become so scarce a commodity now a-days , that one hardly considers a man a liar , provided he lie ? for his own advantage ; for I verily believe that some men have akind of preference for a lie—that they would avoid telling the truth if possible , even though it suited them best . First and foremost of this highly respectable class are book-keepers at stage-coach or packet-offices ; after them come horse-dealers , el hoc genus omne . — Three Months' Leaoe .

      Expeditious Travelling . —The steam-ship Antwerpen , Captain Jackson , left Antwerp on Wednesday afternoon last at a quarter past one o ' clock ; she got up to St . Katharin 3 ' 8 Wharf , Tower , before nine o ' clock an Thursday morning , and in sufficient time for a merchant of Liverpool to leave London for that place by the ten o'clock train , bo as to reach Liverpool tho same evening ; " thus , " to use the gentleman ' s own words in writing after his arrival , " accomplishing the distance of 440 miles in 30 hours . "

      A Hiyeb Dried Up . —The heats of the summer have so dried up the waters of the river Elbe , that the watermills are all at a stand ; and near Pirna the mer is entirely dry . The waters , in retiring , have given up a secret kept up by them for more than two hundred years . A square stone is left bare , having the following significant inscription in Saxton patois : — " When last men saw mo , in August , 1629 , they wept ; and they who see me next Bhall weep too . " Incendiarism at Syston . —We regret to state , that a stack of barley , belonging to Mr . M . Sheffield ,

      of Syston , was discovered to be on fire there , on Tuesday morning last , and that there is but too much reason to consider that ; it was wilfully and maliciously occasioned . Indeed , we learn that the person in custody , John Bellamy , has admitted the fact . He was fully committed for trial on Wednesday , by Mr . Hey rick . We are credibly informed , that the prisoner has stated that he was prompted to the deed by feelings of revenge , as he asserts that a son cf the owner of the stack maintained an illicit intercourse with his wife , under the roof , and with the connivance of her own father and mother . —Leicester Journal .

      Pencakrow . —This seat of Sir William Molesworth , Bart ., has recently undergone considerable improvement . A piece of ground has been prepared , in which is planted a very interesting collection of New Zsaland plants lately sent home by the brother of the worthy Baronet . From the present appearance of the foliage , there seems to be many new plants among them ; and there is reason to expect that they will be of great benefit to our shrubberies and ornamental plantations . —Cornwall Advertizer .

      Mr . R . Hill . —We have been informed that the individual to whom the country is indebted for the inestimable advantages of the cheap postage , has just been dismissed from his situation by the Government . Mr . Rowland Hill is no longer to have even a share in the working of his own plan . This announcement being in accordance with an intimation made in Parliament towards the olose of the session , may not occasion much surprise ; but we are greatly mistaken if it does not exoite throughout tho country feelings of regret and indignation . The proceeding is one so discreditable to the Government , that we can hardly understand how it should have been sanctioned , as it must have been , by Sir Ruben Peel . —Morning Chronicle .

      A sang of pickpockets is now frequenting the different markets and fairs in this county , who carry out their designs on thoir neighbours' pockets by means of neatly dressed boys , whose apparent innocence disarms all suspicion of their being thieves . In our last , wo noticed the apprehension and committal of one of these lads , at Lincoln , as a reputed thief ; last week another of them was taken at Gainsborough , who was recognised by the governor of the Kirlon Lindsey gaol as an old acquaintance , having had him in custody lor picking pockets at Brig £ . —Boston Herald .

      Pickled Eggs . —An industrious farmer ' s wife , residing at Siiipton , near Andover , among a variety of other pickles which she annually introduces into her store-room , preserves pickled eggs . The process she uses in curing them u very simple . When she has a large stock of eggs on hand she boils some six or seven dozen till they become hard . She then divests them of the shell , and puts them into large jars , pouriDg npon them scalding vinegar , saturated with ginger , garlic , whole pepper , and allspice . This pickle is an admirable aid to cold meat , and is , ia the winter months , regarded as a perfect farmhouse luxury . — ( From a Hampshire Correspondent ) A Natural Protector . —The following acknowledgment appears as an advertisement in the Limerick Chronicle . Mr . Monsell does the thing well . Here is a permanent abatement made which will make his tenants " comfortable during their lives . " Mr . Monsell is a Tory : —

      " Public Thanks . —We , the undersigned , tenants on-the estates of Kildonnell and Ballymartin , the property of William Monsell , Esq ., of Tervoe , do hereby return our most sincere thanks to our kind landlord above named , for the liberal abatement he has been pleaseo . to give us in the rents of our respective farms , which amounts to the one-fourth thereof , and which act of generosity we consider will render us comfortable during our respective lives , for which we and our families will for ever pray for his welfare here and hereafter . " For selves and the other tenants , " John Hare , } „ .,, ,, " Patrick Maorath , 5 ^ Wonnell . " Hknry FnzGERALi > , Ballymarti ; . " Limerick , 9 : h September . "

      Alleged Suicide and Suspicious Death of a Jew . — During the whole of Friday a good deal of excitement prevailed among the Jews in Petticoatlane , Bell-lane , and their vicinity , occasioned by the death of Hyam Hyams , one of" their people , " who , it was alleged , had ^ committed suicide , and who was discovered dead in his bed at two o ' clock on Friday morning . It is stated that on Wednesday last , being the day of atonement , and a day of strict abstinence , as well as a holiday among the Jews , the deceased attended Synagogue with his family . After leaving his place of worship , he proceeded to the neighbourhood of Old Ford , where it is said he had some bread , meat , and beer , and having been seen by two persons of his own persuasion , enjoying

      his repast , he was much jeered about ii by a number of persons who were made acquainted with his transgression . This circumstance , it is said , preyed much upon him , and en Friday morning his wife found him dead by her side . She gave an alarm , when police constable H 181 , entered the house , 5 , Bell-lane , and found close to the bed a handkerchief , with a noose in it , and the medical man called in has given it as his decided opinion that death has been produced by strangulation ; the wife declares her husband was quite dead when sho discovered him , and knew nothing of the means by which her husband destroyed himself . An inqnest was held on the body on Saturday , when the Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Returned Emigrants . —We noticed ( says a Liverpool paper ) some weeks ago , that largo numbers of people who had emigrated to the United States bad returned in the ships from New York . They continue to arrive in considerable numbers . The greatest cumber brought by one ship , up to last week , were 250 by the Hottingeur ; but on Tuesday night , the packet ship New York arrived with upwards of 300 , many of whom would have starved from want of provisions , had not Captain Cropper humanely supplied the poor creatures out of iho ship ' s stores . Amongst the passengers were a lot oi British tailors , who had been some years in the American Navy , whioh they left , they say , lest , if hostilites should break out between Great Britain and the United States , they might be brought into deadly conflict with their own

      countrymen . The Shipping Interfst . —We hear loud complaints of the depression which this interest , in common with the other great interests connected with trade , is now suffering . Freights from foreign ports , besides beiag scarce , are lower than tkey have ever been known before ; while at home freights are not only low , bat cargoes with difficulty made up . So scarce indeed is employment for shipping , even at rates which will scarcely pay freight and charges

      that the number of ships laid up in Liverpool alone is beyoDd all past experience . In moBt of the docks there are unemployed vessels and vessels on sale ; but the Brunswick dock , large as it is , has , if not two-thirds , certainly more than half of its space occupied by Bhips of large tonnage with brooms , the sign of being on sale , at their mast-heads . The west side is wholly filled with tiers of vessels on sale , and on the adjoining quay all traffic has ceased . We have heard it mentioned , that one firm alone hag from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 tonB of shipping thus laid up . — Liverpool Albion .

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      Chatham . —On Thursday morning the head-quarters of the 99 th Regiment inarched from this garrison , under the commamd of Major Last , with Ensigns Esden and Mends . The headquarters proceeded to Deptford . where they embarked on Friday on board the convict Bhip Earl Grey , bound for Van Dieman's Land . Steam Boilers . —James O'Connor , the American , in a memorial to Congress , on the subject of steam boilers , says that a steam boiler cannot be heated up to 308 ° without producing certain and inevitable explosion .

      Temperance Harvestmen —Mr . Andrews , of Dunmow , has just finished his harvest , having twenty men in his employ who did not drink a glass of beer or any other intoxicating liquor during the time of their engagement . The men appear to have suffered but little from fatigue or the late sultry weather ; ( he whole of their labour was porformed with a universal friendly feeling towards each other , and a bad word was not heard to escape their lips . Mr . Andrews gave each man about Is . per day extra in lieu of beer ; their drink was chiefly coffee and tea , bnt their favourite beverage was mint tea . —Chelmsj'ord Chronicle .

      Oschatz , Sept . 8 . —A third part of this town , in which there are the largest and finest buildings , as well as the part inhabited by most of our woollen cloth manufacturers , is reduced to-ashes , together with the Senate-house and other public edifioes . The number of houses destroyed is 144 , and that of the persons burnt out may be from 1 , 500 to , 2 , 000 . Posen , Arc 30 . —According to private letters from Kalisck , changes are about to take place favourable to the inhabitants of the kingdom of Poland . Tho Emperor , it is said , haa issued an ukase , which directs that in Warsaw , and propaWy in all Poland , the Polish language shall bo again used as the channel of instruction in the schools , and that 12 . 000 Polish troops shall be organised and commanded by Polish officers ( oxcept tho staff officers , who are to be Russians ) . It is believed that the Poles will be indebted for this change , if it should take place , to the visit of the King of Prussia to St . Petersburg .

      A Letter from Dresden of the 8 ch of September , in the Prussian State Gazette , says , " The fire in the forest on the frontiers of Saxony and Bohemia , is said not to be vet extinguished , out to continue its ravages in the forest of Prince Clesy , towards Tatschen . The remarkable circumstance has been observed there , that the fire continues to burn under ground , wholly destroying the roots , so that the trees which appear to be uninjured , suddenly fall down . — Hamburgh Papers , 13 th Sept . Singular Circumstance . —On Wednesday last a sale of wines , &c , took place at the Custom-house , Shoreham . Amongst the artic l es sold was the hull

      of Lo Marie Alexandre . It may be remembered that this ill-fated vessel was wrecked last January , having been abandoned by the crew , who wero never heard of . When towed into Shoreham harbour it was found to be laden with brandy and mutUard seed , Tho vessel on Wednesday was recognised by an old English captain , as one that he was compelled to abandon in the Bay of Bisoay . It was then engaged in the London wino trade , and on that occasion drifted over to tho French coa't , waa repaired , and registered in France . Tho English crew were saved . but it may now be considered certain that the Frenchmen all met a watery grave The hull fetched only £ 27 .

      DlSCOVF . RY OF THE BODIES OF Two INFANTS . — Thursday evening , about seven o ' clock as Thomas Jones , a waterman , was perambulating the causeway near Whitehall-stairs , he observed a large box , which the tide had washed against the wall . Having secured tho box , he conveyed it on shore , when . to his infinite surpriso ho discovered that its contents were those of the bodies of two infants—one a male , tho other a female , each wrapped in a pieco of coarse linen . He lost no time in giving infoimation to the police , and the box with its contents were conveyed to St . Margaret ' s workhouse , where they at present remain . The bodies were this morning examined , but , from their state of decomposition , it was impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty whether the infants were still-born or were born alive , and had been unfairly dealt with .

      Duty on Rum . —Last Friday night ' s Gazette contains an order in Council , fixing the duty upon rum from Madras according to the following schedule —For every gallon of rum . of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof of Sikes ' s hydrometer , and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of pTOof , and for every greater or less quantity than a gallon , being the produce of the territories subject to tho government of the Presidency of Fort Saint George , in Madras , not being sweetened or mixed with any article so that the degree of strength thereof cannot bo exactly ascertained by such hydrometer , nine shillings and fourpence . For every gallon ef rum shrub , however sweetened , the produce of , and imported from , such territories , and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity than a gallon , nine shillings and fourpence .

      Her Majesty and Prince Albert are said to contemplate au annual visit to Scotland , not merely for personal gratification , but for the health of her illustrious children . Craigmillar Castle , it is said , will be fitted up for her Majosty's accommodation , and as a Royal residence . Mr . Little Gienour , of Inch , whoso property the castle is , will be constituted Keeper of this Royal Palace . Craigmillar may be said to be tho centre of the residence of a large portion of the Scottish aristocraoy , the Dukes of Buccleugh , Argyll , and Hamilton , tho Marquess of Abercorn , Lords * Dalhousie , Melville , Stair , Wemyse , Rosebery , Torphiohen , Blantyre , Buchan , Caithness , Elibank , Hopetoun , Huddington , Landcrdalo , and Morton , have seats , or occasionally reside in the Lothians .

      India Rubber Pavement . —Who would have thought of paving our streets , stables and passages with India rubber ? Yet such a thing seems to be expected ; for we find in a monthly periodical the notice of a plan for so doing . The price will be about the same as the best asphalte pavement . It is so elastic that it will not fracture with the heaviest blow , which property prevents its wearing away . It can be altered , repaired , or relaid , at a small expense , as the old material can be taken back and reworked . We have understood that many persons of high rank have ordered that their stables be laid down with the caoutchouc pavement ; the advantage of which , to tho feet of horses , must immediately suggest itself . —Journal of Commerce .

      Important to Circulating Libraries and Book Clubs . —These establishments are placed in a very serious position by tho 17 th section of the New Copyright Act ( 5 and 6 Victoria , c . 45 ) It is well known that most of them have for years been in the habit of obtaining and letting out to hire foreign editions of English works , infinitely to tho prejudico of English author ' s and publishers , who are now , however , most amply protected by the act in question . The mere " having them in their possession for sale or hire" exposes thorn to the penalty of £ 10 for every such offence , together with double the value of every such copy of the work . This very

      stringent provision is no more than has long been called for , and threatens those who disregad it with almost immediate ruin . It is not only by the lending out such pirated copies , but the mere having them in their possession for such purposes , that this penalty is incurred . There are many libraries , especially in the country , that keep almost exclusively such cheap and foreign editions ; but we trust that this prompt intimation of the consequences of such acts will ennb ' . e them to avoid the ruinous visits of the informer—for those gentry are , no doubt , on tho alert . The penalty is to be divided between the informer- and the author . — Verbum

      Sap . Discovery on Sablk Island . —The Halifax papers of last week publish the following singular disoovery : — " The following facts have been made known to us by a gentleman of this city , who has had his information from the best authority—viz ., Captain Darby , sen . Governor ( as ho is called ) of Sable Island . For the last twenty-five or thirty years there has been a large mound or pyramid of sand , about 100 feet high , on the island , and not very far from the residence of Captain Darby . _ The winds for some years have been gradually diminishing its height , and after a severe blow some weeks since it was completely blown away , and singular to say , a number of small houses , built of the timbers and planks of a vessel , were quite visible . On

      examination they were found to contain a number of articles of furniture and stores , put up in boxes , which were marked ' 43 rd Regiment : ' tho boxts or cases were perfectly rotten , and would not admit of their being removed . A brass dog-collar was , however , discovered by Captain Darby , with the name of' Major Elliot , 43 rd Regiment , ' on it , and which Captain Darby brought to the city , and presented to Major Tryon , who belongs to the 43 rd Regiment . "— Halifax Herald . Captain Darby has endorsed this extraordinary announcement . Addresing the editor of the Halifax Herald , on Wednesday ho says , - The houses are appearing at the base of tho hill , about two miles long , and sixty or seventy feet high , lying parallel with the south coast of the island , the eastern end of which hill is about fiftyfive feet hich . covered with grass and other

      vegetation , above thirty-five feet below the surface , and twenty-three above the level of the sea ; these houses appear as the sands wear away with the action of the winds . There appeared at times numerous bullets of lead , a great number of military shoes , parts of bales of blankets and cloths , brass points of sword scabbards , bees wax , a small glaBB convex on both sides , a copper half penny of George II ., dated 1749 , some military brass buckles , a great number of brass paper-pins , a very small dog ' s brass Icollar , with * Major Elliot , 43 rd Regiment , ' numeiouB bones , somb whole and some broken , with the scalp of hair and head dress of a young female , a piece of gold band . There are three buildings , which seem to havo been constructed of the fragments of some Bhip ; they are situate about ten feet apart , in a triangular form , and are ten to twelve feet square . "

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      On Wednesday , as some workmen were constructing a drain at the White Ladies , the residence of Captain Thomas , in this city , they discovered the bones of a full-grown person enclosed in some stones arranged in a coffin-like form , and placed east and west . Close to it ware also the bones of a child . Lower down were also several pieces of tesselated tiles , and , still lower , several Roman and Greek coins , one of Julian being in fine preservation . The place where these were found is ia a direct line with the Grand Stand and the centre of Britannia square , both of which had been long since ascertained to have been the sites , of Roman buildings . — Worcester He raid .

      Secrecy under the Income Tax . —The blessings of this tax are now beginning to descend on the devoted heads of a too-confiding public . The filling up of the schedules has caused an annoyance second only to that of making the payments , and curses both loud and deep are vented on Sir Robert Peel . On the very first day that the returnB r-ore made in this town , the contents of the sohehules were known , and were the subject of common conversation . ' —Devizes Independent . Extraordinary Specimen of Weaving . — We have recently had an opportunity of inspecting what we believe to bj the most extraordinary specimen of the textile art that has yat been seen in this country , produced at the works of Messrs . James and Abraham Meyer and Co . of Bran enburg , near

      Berlin . It contains a medallion portrait of the late King of Prussia , supported by four emblematic female figures , representing Wisdom , Power , Justice , and Mercy , and also a copy of tho will of that monaroh , and of his well-known addross to his son and successor . The produce of the Prussian loom , however , appears to us greatly superior in delicaoy of execution to the French ; and some of the figuros , with their draperies , are equal in effect to the finest productions of the engraver . We understand h is probable that thi 3 beautiful and unique specimen , which still belongs to the manufacturers , would , on proper application , be presented by them to any public institution in Manchester , where it could be pub - licly seen ; and wo are quite sure that there is no in * stitution to which it would not do credit . —Manchester Guardian .

      The late Riots at Manchester . —On Thursday a special session was held at tho New Bailey , before Mr . Maude , Mr . J . H . Wanklyn , and Mr . Elias Chadwick , to decide upon the claims made by certain mill-owners in the borough of Manchester , against tho treasurer of the hundreds , for damage done to their mills during the late riots . Ther « were four claimants , but as the only question was as to the legal responsibility of the hundred to make good the damage done by the rioters within the borough , only one case , that of Mr . Beckton , of the firm of Messrs . Stirling and Bsckton , Lower Mosley-street , was gone inco . Mr . Charlewood , in support of the claim , called witnesses , who detailed the circumstances attending the attacks upon Mr .

      Beokton ' a house on tho 9 th , 10 ; h , and 11 th of Augaat , and estimated the damage at £ 23 . Mr . Rutter , as treasurer of the hundred , opposed the claim on two grounds—first , he contended that the damage done was not within the meaning of the Act 7 and 8 George IV ., under which the claim was made , inasmuch as the object of tho rioters was shown to bo merely to turn out th /; hands ; whereas it had been decided , in the ca ^ e of " Rex v . Thomas , " that there must be an evident intention on the purt of the mob to demolish the property , or , as the act expressed it , " a beginning to pull down ; " and secondly , he argued , that since the establishment of a valid corporation , the "borough ' of Manchester , by the 12 th section of the Municipal Act , was exempt

      from county rates , and if the magistrates made an order upon the treasurer of the county , he had no power to reimburse 'biinsalf by a rate upon the borough ; the claim , therefore , ought to be made upon the borough , and not upon the county or the hundred . Mr . Gor 3 t also argued , on the same side , that the borough only was liable . Mr . Hamilton , for the olaimant , cited the act , 7 and 8 George IV ., cap . . 31 , sec . 12 , to show the liability of the hundred ; but the Court , through Mr . Maude , decided that the hundred was not longer liable to make compensation for damage done by rioters within tho borough , injirmuch as the borough was exempt from the payment of county rate , except for special purposes named in the Municipal Act , such as the prosecution of felons at the asaizas . —Manchester Chronicle .

      The Queen and the Laird of Ballengeicii . — When her Majesty visited Stirling Castlo on Tuesday , the Governor , Sir Archibald Christie , directed the Queen ' s attention to an old chair which was placed on the top of the flight of steps leading to his house , which had attached to it , printed upon a piece of white satin , the following : — " The identical chair on which Jame 3 V . sat , when the following oircums ' . anoe , narrated in tht ) Statistical Account happened : —Being once benighted when out a hunting , and separated from his attendants , he happened to enter a cottage in the midst of a moor , at the foot of the Ochil hills , near Alloa , where , unknown he was kindly received . In order to resale their unexpected guest the guderaau ( t . e . landlord , farmer )

      desired tho gudowite to fetch the hen that roosted nearest tho cock , which is always the plumpest , for the stranger's supper . The king , highly pleased with his ni g ht ' s lodging and hospitable entertainment , told mine host at parting , that he bhould bo glad to return his civility , and requested that the iirwt time he came to Stirling he would call at the castle and inquire for tha Gudeman of-Ballengnich . Donaldson , the landlord , did not fail to call on the * Gu . ie man of Ballengoich , ' when his astonishment at finding that the king had been his guest afforded no small amusement to the merry monarch and his courtiers , and to csrry on th-3 pleasantry ho was henceforth designated by James with the title of the Kmg of the Moors , which numo and designation have descended from father to son ever since , aud thoy havo continued in possession of the identical spot , tho property of Mr . Eiskin ( now Earl ) of Mar ,

      till vary lately . " ( The last King of the Moors , John Donaldson , died at Ballochleam , in Stirling , shire , 28 years ago , aged ninety-three . Ho would not allow the chair to be tosaed , or even moved , affirming that while ho lived no harm should come to it . Her Majesty smiled to Sir Archibald , and bore off the printed cloth . The chair above-mentioned was brought to Stirling by Mr . Hamilton of the Falkirk noddy . It belongs to his wile ' s relatives at Deuny . She herself is grand-daughter of th'i last King of the Moors ; and their anxious wnh was that Her Majesty should have placed herself in it . This she did not do ; but to -gratify all ' ji « . ities she touched it , and oarried off the anecdote as narrated . We may here notice , as a coincidence , that the printod piece of satin was bound round by Her Majesty ' s embroidoress for Scotland , Mrs . Wright , of Edinburgh . —Stirling Observer .

      An Awkward Mistake . —Arrest of the Ex-Duke of Brunswick on Suspicion of being One of the Swkll Mob . —Most otour loaderdaroaware of the extensive robbery committed at Preston on Monday so ' itnight , uuring the celebration , of-the guild , by a party of accomplished swindlers , who succeeded in introducing themselves to iVlr . J . Marquis , of Accrington , and easing him of his packetbook , coHtaining £ 1 . 900 in Bank of England notes and one hundred sovereigns . lu the evening of the Thursday following a dashingly attirtd foreigner entered one of tho hotels-in that town and called for a pint of wine , tendering a £ 5 Hank of England note in payment . The waiter having heard a description of the person by whom the robbery of Mr . Marquis '

      had been effected , fancied that theperional appearance of the strange guest tallied with that of one of tho parties implicated in the theft ; and this supposition was converted iuto almost absolute certainty when the former withdrew from his purse a note of the identical bank whose pron . is . scry obligations constituted the bulk of the stolen property . Fired with the supposed discovery , he communicate'l his suspicions to the proprietor of the hotel , who concurred in the probability of the supposition , and despatched a messenger in quest of a policeman , who was ushered into the room where the supposed " conveyancer " was luxuriously reclining on an ottoman , and humming snatches of au opera tune , when his privacy was thas rudely disturbtd . The constable , without

      ceremony , marched up to the eofa , grasped his occupant by the collar , and after stating the nature of the charge against him , blandly desired the favour ot his company to tha station-house . Words are wanting to describe the mingled air of rage and astonishment with which the " strange gentlemen " received this intimation and its accompanying infringement of personal liberty . For some moments he seemed deprived of utterance , but at length his toogueret umed its office , wh ^ n in terms ot indignation and disdain , he haughtily repelled the charge , declaring himself no less a personage than the Duke of Brunswick . This avowal ; however , was disregarded by the policeman and his abettor ? , who considered it a mere artifice resorted to in the hope of overawing

      them ; and in spite of his earnest protest against such a proceeding , dragged him to the police-office , a distance of from four to five hundred yards , a crowd of persons following , attracted by tho rumoured detection of one of the scoundrels , by whom Mr . Marquis has been plundered . Oa arriving there the stranger reiterated his former declaration , and in proof of his assertions , referred to the owner of the mansion where he had taken up his stay , and also to several distinguished individuals whom ho named . On inquiry this statement proved correct , and his Serene Highness , after being literally overwhelmed with apologies and protestations of regret for the blunder which bad placed him in so awkward

      a predicament , took his departure , accompanied by Baron Andrau , his equerry , who reached the stationhouse at the moment of his royal master ' s liberation . The dethroned prince , we understand , has since received from Samuel Horrocks , Esq ., the worthy mayor of Preston , a most handsome apology for the unintentional affront , with which his Highness has expressed himself satisfied , and thu 3 ends the matter . The festival of the guild exhibited m&ny sights worthy of special commemoration ; but the spectacle of a deposed ruler , allied to the most illustrious reigning families of Europe , being dragged to a police-office on a charge of pocket-picking , is , wo may safely assert , without parallel . —Lancaster Guardian .

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      A Constable Outwitted . —The executor of the law of a neighbouring parish ( wa suppress the name ) went to Chatham races the other day ia search of two men "who were . ?? wanted /* Assisted by two of our police , who were there on a similar errand , the rogues were caught , handcuffed together , and placed in a van under the care of a rural constable for conveyance to Maidstone , when lo ! on the road one of the knaves contrived to pick the constable ' s pocket of the key of the haadcufiV , released himself from " durance" and got clear off ! Being met the next day on the race course by the police , who had assisted in his capture , and who knew nothing of his escape , he coolly said he had been discharged I—Maids tons Journal .

      Burning of a National School-house . —The Belfast Vindicator , contains the folio wing , from which it appears that the denunciations against the " National Board " have not been wholly unavailing : — "A national Bchool house was bnrned in Calaleeky in the course of the last month . The Commissioners consented to continue to the master the salary , provided he could procure any house in which tho children might be accommodated . Tho owner of a house which was promised to the master for this purpose , received a threatening letter , informing him that his tenement would suffer tho same fate . Tha outrage

      was investigated at the Ballymena Petty Sessions on the 29 ih and 30 ih of August , but nothing tangible could be elicited beyond the deposition of a witness , that the threatening notice was written in the hand of a certain person . In the course of the examination of witnesses it appeared that in that district a strong party prejudice prevailed against the National Board , as being identified with * Popir / . ' This is passing strange , a 3 tho patron of the school is a minister of that communion . The Government have offered a reward of £ 20 for the apprehension ot" the offenders . "

      A very simple method ha 3 been adopted for stopping the , illegal taking of Salmon in tho Waterford Haren , by the River Suir Preservation Society , viz .. by serving notices on the steim-boat proprietors , that the penalty of £ 2 per fish would be levied , if they carried salmon , amounting to 481 b per box . The proprietors behaved most correctly , and at once assented . Thu 3 , at one blow , the greatest service has been rendered to the river Suir , Nore , and Barrow . A great meeting of landowners was to have taken place on Thursday , at Mallow , to carry out the new bill on . the Rivar Blackwausr . It appears that the gentry in the South of Ireland are determined to put the law in force , and to require the government to carry out the provisions of the Irish Fisheries Bill . ' .

      Lord Dknman and the pooh Matchman . —On Saturday Lord Denman passed through this town , accompanied by his son , for his seat at Stoney Middleton . On his Lordship ' s carriage stopping in front of one of the fishmonger's shops in Fargate , a tall , venerable-lookinsi artizan of the town approached with a small basket in his hand , and lifting his hand to his hat , his Lordship enquired what he had for sale ; he thon unwrapped a clean white cloth , and exposed to the Noble passenger a small stock of matches . Immediately afterwards the vehicle was driven off : and a by-stander going up to

      the old man , put the significant question to him , " What ' s he , given the * \ " "Nothing , " was the ready reply . The other , however , assured him he had seen something fall into the basket , and on its being again opened , to thoir surprise a tovereign was found among the humble wares . The carriage driving away , the old man lifted up his arms and uttered blessings on his unknown benefactor , and the gathering knot of people to enquire into the "' why and the wherefore thereof , " altogether afforded t ! ie elements of a picture worthy of a first-rate pencil . — Sheffield Iris .

      Fatal Accident to J . B . Wilson , Esq ., Banker of York . —It is with the most painful feelings that we record the premature death of one of our most respectable citizens , which took place on Thursday morning last under very distressing circumstances Mr . Wilson was on a visit at the country-house of his brother , Thomas Wilson , Esq ., at Fulford ; and on the fatal morning he took breakfast with his friends , and appeared as usual . After breakfast he went out about eleven o ' clock , and , being a fine morning , walked down to a retired situation on the bank of the Ouse , with an intention to bathe- He threw his clothes off , laid them on the bank , placed his gold watch upon the clothes , and then incautiously plunged into the water . Unfortunately the deceased had mistaken the place , there being a

      shallow part of the water near , to whioh bathers often resorted , but the place he entered being of very great depth , He could not swim ; and it is supposed that he met with a watery grave almost immediately . About twelve his clothes were found lying on the bank , and search was immediately made for the body . It was soon found ; and a coroner ' s inquest was held the same evening , when the case was so clear that the jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of " Found drowned . " Various rumours ( as usual ) were soon afloat , but the above are the facts ; and there is no doubt whatever but that the dreadful event was purely accidental . Mr . Wilson was a gentleman of unassuming manners , and of a kind disposition . He was highly respected in life ; and his melancholy fate is deeply huxicuied by every inhabitant of tho city . —York Herald .

      Dlstbucttvb Fire in Manchester . —The large cotton mill of Messrs . Lockwood and Thornton , Blackfriars-street , Salford , seven stories in height , was discovered to be on fire in the-lower 6 tory , between five and six o ' olock on Saturday morcing , and in an almost incredible short time was completely devoured by the flames , in spito of the most strenuous exertions to subdue the fire . Six engines were shortly on the spot , and soon after their arrival an immense body of water was poured into the factory from all six engines , but it was of no avail . After this experiment the efforts of the police were directed to the surrounding property , and it was fortunate that nearly a dead calm prevailed , or the whole of Blackfriars-fltreet would

      most . certainly have been consumed . Although some rumour of incendiarism prevailed , it is now considered tolerably certain that it was a pure accident , having originated in what is termed the blowing room , and is supposed to have been caused by friction from one of the shafts . From the basement story there is a communication from room to room to the top cf tho factory by means of a kind of basket or tub , which is hoisted up through trapdoora in each story . Through these places the flimes immediately tpread through the factory , and with such astonishing speed that the work people , who had only just bognn labour , were compelled to make a precipitate retreat from the spot , most of them with the loss of somo portion of wearing apparel . Such was the rapidity with which the flames spread , that in little more than two hours the " whole edifice may be said to have become little

      better than smoking ruins , not a vestige of the property having been saved , except the books of the concern . For some time considerable alarm was experienced lest an explosion of the boilers should take place , they having been filled with water for the day , and it was apprehended that should the fire heat them red hot , tho quautity of steam which would in consequence be generated would cause a tremendous blow up ; bur , either from the safety valves proving how safe and efficacious they are , or from some other cause , the anticipated event did not happen . Nothing is now standing of the immense edifice but the ruins of a portion of the walls . The damage is variously estimated , but the most probable amount is £ 13 , 000 . Tne machinery and stock was insured to the amount of £ 9000 , and it ia said the building is also insured , but of this fact w&aro uot certain .

      Constantinople . —Letters have arrived from Constantinople to the 31 s ? , of August . Izzet Mahomet has been dismissed from the post of Grand Vizier , and Raouf Pacha appointed in his stead . H-aIU Pacha is nominated President of the Superior Council of Justice . , Tno Hatti Scberiff , dismissing Izzst , gives as cause his incapacity to bring to a good termination the important negociations entrusted to him . Tahir , it is thought , will aUo be dismissed . Tha Sultan himself has effected this Ministerial charge , propria motu .

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      A me DATS AGOj while an elderly matron in Stewarton was sitting at he * spinning wheel , and oc * aEionally noticing the gambols of a young kitten , «> r which Bhe bad a particular regard , a large hawk ufrted in at the open window , pounced upon the kitten , and , to the no small grief and astoni-hment of its owner , it bore it away as a prize . —Edinburgh Witnest . Stage-cqaches AitD Omnibuses . —By the new act relating to stage-coaches ( 5 ih and 6 : h of Victoria

      I-, c 79 ) , and which comes into operation npon and after the 3 rd of October next , the average space allotted to each passenger is required to be sixteen inches , measuring in a line lengthways en the front of each seat . Children below five years of age , Bitting in the lap , are Dot to be deemed passengers within the act . The number of passengers which such carriage is constructed to carry is , as at present , required to be legibly painted , both inside and . outside , for the information of travellers by these vehicles .

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      QUARTERLY NEWSPAPER RETURNS . ( From paptrs just ordered by Old N—It . ) Tartarus , Sept . 19 . Tbe number of lies told by the Times during the months of April , May . and June last , ( not includi / ig 590 , 000 white ones ) was ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 , 730 , 000 Nnjnbar of lies told by the Chronicle , Herald , and Post , daring the same period ... ... ... ... 1 , 225 500

      Number of the Times beyond the united lies of the other morning papers ... ... 504 . Abusive and blackguard uiordt used during the same * period : ~ - Used by the Times ... — 109 , 846 , 304 Used by the Chronicle , Herald , and Post 70 . 684 , 119

      Excess of abusive and blackguard words OfibeTiaiw ... ' ... ... ... ... 39 , 162 .

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      Mason ' s Defence , &c . —The following subscriptions have been received by Mr . Samuel Cook , of Dudley , from September the 14 ' , h to the 20 th inclusive : — ¦ ¦ „ - ' , ¦' £ s . d . Daventry ... ••¦ ... - 0 10 0 Hull ... ... 0 10 0 Doncaster ... QC 5 L ^ U >— «^ Not inserted in last week ' s paper , tfj ( A-JV A / ^ S Northampton ... ... ... ^'/ w § i ^ -- ^ vi £ \ / lS /^ w ^ S ^ ' " ' ^ *{ < All persons holding monies wii ^! f | ieatf / BJan 4 ' "> > -: ; ^ them to Mr . Cook , before Sunday , igpojaibfe . ' . ' '¦"•'_ - < 2 * , < £ t 4 } M J' / - * Q *¦'¦'• . *¦ jJ ; ' ? S * 9 ^ ^ - ^^ if V&t&& * £ -. M ^ 5 ^ $ - ^ " ^^^^^ L ^ p ^ ^ ^ j »

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct449/page/3/