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      THE SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS . ( Intended Jor Music ) " Wo irt des S&ngers Yatetland ?"—K 0 S 5 EB . Where is the Briton ' s Home ? Where the free step can roam , Where the free sun can glow , Where the free air can blow , Where a free ship can bear \ Hope and Strength ;—everywhere "Wave upon -wave can roll-East and West—Pole to Pole-Where a free step can roam , — These is the Briton ' * Home '

      Wnere is the Briton ' s Home ? Where the brave heart can come , Where labour wins a soil , Where a Btout heart can toil ; Where , in the desert blown , Any far seed is sown ; Wher e Gold or Fame ia won , Where never Bets the ran ; Where a brave heart can come , — There is the Briton ' s Home

      Where is the Briton ' s Home ? Where the Mind's Light ran come Where oar God's holy word Breaia on the savage herd ; Where a new flock is won To the bright Shepherd-One ; Where the church-bell can toll , Where soul can comfort soul , "Where Holy Faith can come , — THESE is the Briton's Home 2

      Where ia the Briton ' s Home ? "Where man's great Lvw can come , "Where the great Troth . can speak , Where the Slave ' s chain can break , TFhere the White's scourge can cease , Where the Black dwells in peace , Where from his angel-hall God sees us brothers all ; Where Light and Freedom come , — Theke is the Briton ' s Home !

      —Sir E . Bulwer s Sew io . umt of Poems ! [ We wish we could say all this of England . — Id . N . S . I

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      HYMNS FOR CHARTIST CAMP MEETINGS 50 . I . Great God , "we call on ties I Yiom thy high seat in heaTea above , Look down upon thy poor ; Dry from their cheeks the tears of woe , Extend thy mercy sure-Great God , on thee we call Great God , we call on thee ! Oppressed , down-trodgen , trampled on , We cry , O God , to thee . Seed do-srn thy spirit on us all , And make our country free—Great Gud , on thee we c&lL

      Great Goa , we can on thee ! Thy mercies Lord are great and full , 0 a high , on sea , and land ; But wicked men have stepped between TJs and thy outstretched band—Great Gad , on thee we calL Great God , we call on thee ! Thrust down from the high seats the proud Who blaspheic * thy commands ; . Siise up the poor and needy one 3 , And grant our just deinoads—Great Gctf , on ihea -ss-e calL F

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      ANEW CHARTIST SOXG , ET E . P . MEAD . * 0 , for a pilot to "weather the storm , For a thundering big * cn is brewing ; i Teas of firm nerve , a . irise head and heart warm , To save old Britannia from ruin : Where shall we loci for s m . in such as the 2 \ oble and dauntless O'Connor ? He * cry the new-moving land-lubbers—he ! Yes , he is worthy alone of the honour ! Strsr middle-moTerB , yon jtst mn&l submit ; Jfever mU Feargus resign her ; Tia he that will give hti a . thorough refit , And mate her both stronger and ansr . Ton are tut lubbers and psahn-siBgLiu ; swabs , And doat know & rope in her rigging ; You've rum'd the noble old ship by your jibs , And piunder'd her stores by year prigging .

      Into the shallows you ' ve run her at last , There , like a wreck , Fesrgos fGtrcd her -, Whiggery had sprung every yard , every m ^ st , And -white foam'd the breakers around her : Kow soon ye behold her , poor baiksy ! aSoit . All taut , xoo , and ev"ry Eail on her , ¦ . - Thea cSizcro . the stocks goes your new-fangled boat , And you ihink to run doini bold O'Connor . Boom off -with yon , lubbers . ' the laurels he ' s won , ^ ever , O never , you'll - weai ' em ; TTia but as glorious a . -wreath as ihr's done ! Bat as to his cwr , be C 3 n " : spare ' em , Lovett and Vincent , and Parson O' 2 ^ t : il , We cannot repose on tocb honour ; Tho * you profes 3 such religion axid z ^ al , We mean to stick fast to O Cbnnjr J

      Bale , then , Britannia , thon noble old ship I And be the delight of the nation ; Peargus ¦ will soon heave the anchor a trip , Lord High Adm ' ral he of the station . AI 1 tha new cock-boats most keep in the rear , If they wish that our crew should be civil ; If they think of the van I would have them stand clear , Or Wfeil blow their whole fleet to the devil . '

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      AiiiEug . —the Gkeat \ yom > eh of the Agz . — Talk of wonders indeed I the greatest marvel of the age is the Wizard of the North ! His marvels are Bpt tricks : no ; far from his works be tie inglorious psrase . They are a ? vstematic denial cf the laws of esvte and effect . What matters it to the Wizard &as a watch or handkerchief is shut up in a box , * od the ? aid box is held by any young lady or genfeman that may visit the Jlcsie Hall ; does it cafcraliy follow that it shall be found where we all bow it is ? The Wizird denies the seqcitob ; and ^ ajs proves teat the ri ^ ht place to lock for a hubs is just where we all know it is not . Put a iaadkerchief in a box ; and the right place to look wr it is id the interior of an orange , or of a bottle , p ? of a loaf ; or anywhere , in fact , that the Wizard ' s

      niTenuve brain may suggest . Most conjurors assime the ferocious , elap on a pair of moustaches , te-wi Ssrcely in the faces of young mastera and Eiists ; and , while t&eir eyes are blinking , change ^ ^ v- " c *^ s 5 n : o the ace of hearts : bnt not so we Vr jzard . H e knows his powers . He knows he Is ^ al ro rhe most searching glimpses of the mo = t Penetrating eyes . He seeks to snrprise by Ms toiackB ; no : to astonish by his mimicry . He is E-bai :: y itself a benevolent smile plays on - - ^ ' - - ^ 2 niOTes about gracefully ; a-nd , 33 u 13 beToad a doubt tnat he must ~? c ? eniw 3 ^ ith a variety of Sylphs , Gnomes , sbq - ^ affiSEder ? , his politeness among a crowd of Hi " , mortals is Terr surprisiag . A happy tbiu ^ it ^ . if ? i } e w - 'Z 3-d" combines " so mucli humaEity , *^ 50 much T * tSBcv : tbat be does not unite some

      m tce tolchic malignity with the Colcbic art . Of eotuse , if he jiied , he coald tarn all his audience ?' . ° * ; ^ yshacea - as would take fifty Ovids to Z fi ° ? . - D ' his benevolence presents it . He disrVlf ^ ff-c energies in causing tbe handker-™« s ef his audience ' to come out of empty locked w > 2 e ^ He sends your wat ch from" the b arrel of a gsa into the bsli ' b t ' -ye of a target , or inio the crown oi your tat . He ca-oses half-crowns to speik , and ° *™ - l keeping ihe most correct time . With our own ^ no-wing ej £ 3 we p , - hurn a B 3 n ^ j f ^ JfnQ note for £ 50 ! ThTowice the ashes on two cutties

      , m a icomeiit the identical Eote , ( a 3 proved 7 t ? . r ^ ' 7 ra 5 cnt from the ceatre of his candle . Z ~ £ v blocis of solid ebony tnxn to parrots ; cmoreiias to rabbits ; and handkerchiefs to doves : meted , to detail all the wonders of this most potent necromancer would take one side cf our large sheet . ~ r , _ iZ 3 rd is also _ singularly felicitous in touching * P &is marvels ; in giving them a new turn ; in rwi ^ c . ^ P ' o TaminaticalIy . His apparatus * J \ 3 ^ P ^^ did : beantu ally chased silver boxes ^ jases . The splendour of his " ma ^ io circle" is ~»» gorgeous . We adrise those of our readers . "o have not seen this most scienti&c exhibition , to am ? ° ^ mei Go- a ^ d we assura von , vou will be j i . ~ - " «»•; uu- imu . yve steeuxe jvu jvu niii i / c

      ^ CJST ix ihe Yagbast Office . —On Tnesday oonuEg , an ingnest ^^ ] d ^ t ^ e Y&gr&at Office , "eore Joan Blackburn , EEq .. on tie body of a poor ^ "H-oman , named Catharine Ayrey , twenty-three ***** age ,-who was received at that establishment ? we 5 th instant , being then in a delicate state of « && £ . Her indisposition increased , though in the Pnuon of the medical attendants no dangerous TOptoms manifesved themselveB . She retired to J * as usual on Sunday night , and one of the inmates « j « ie same room having occasion to get np at five " week on Monday mornicg , fcrand her dead in bed . ^ Js * y , after hearing the opinion of the medical | j to , reUC Ttd a rerdkt of " death from natural

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      Stealing Tbowsebs . — On Taesdy last a man who gave his name James Williams , was brought np at the Court House , before E . Grace and Darnton Lnpton , Esqrs ., on a charge of having stolen four p » irs of cloth trowsers , 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 missed was given into the custody of the police , whilst offering them for sale to Mr . Birch , another clothts dealer , to whom he represented that he had brought them from Manchester , after having made them himself . It is supposed that he hagiven ia a feigned same , and that he J 3 well known in the ' police records of some other place ; the authorrities here , however , have had no previous transac tions with him . The bench committed him for trial .

      Clkbksto . the Ixcohe Tax Cosiins 5 iO 5 EES . — At a meeting of tho Income Tax Commissioners , on Saturday afternoon last , Henry Hall , Esq ., in the chair , Mr . Wm . Nicholson , of Woodhouse Moor , and Mr . John Lofchouse , solicitor , were appointed clerks to the-Commissioners for this borough and neighbourhood . We are told that an office will be engaged to be appropriated exclusively to the duties which the clerks will have to perform . Thb Iscomb Tax . —On Saturday , at noon , a meeting of Jnstices in and fot the borough of Leeds , and for the West Riding , was held in 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 borongh ; and eight persons to supply such vacancies as may arise : " The meeting was considered by their ¦ worships to be a private one , and consequently tbe reporters were not admitted . We understand , however , it was not considered advisable to nominate any additional commisiioners for this district , but to leave the duties to be fulfilled by the gentlemen elected at Wakefield on the Saturday previous .

      Sehious Assaults . —Ou 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 Darnton 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 , cm . which day the principal in the affray , named John Moss , -was captured , and was fined £ o 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 Silver-Royd Hiil , ^ . nd wisen ha got to the top of it , M 0 S 3 went up aid

      took bold of the reins as if to turn the coach round towards Pudsey . Beestou remonstrated with him , and was in conseqence struck at over the face . Mr . WomeTsley and another party who were in the coach , got out to-see what was the matter , when the other prisoner ' s companions came up , and not only maiiy words ensued , but both Moss and soma of hi 3 companions also struck at Mr . Womersley and the other party that was with him . Moss , as we have said , was fined £ 5 for eacfl assault , and tlie three prisoners now at the bar vrere identified by Mr . Womersley and Mr . Beeston , as having been parties to the assault , though not so active as Moss ; they were therefore fined , £ 3 and cosrs in each case . — Several of their companions voluntarily attended , and declared , they were present at the affray , but the prosecuting parties could not identify them .

      A Watchitl Watchman . —On Tuesday last , a notorious pickpocket , named Catherine Conley , ( who has reared » hopeful thieving family , ) was brought up at the Cour ; House , having been remanded from Saturday , on a charge of having lightened the pockets of one of thB Leeds guardians of the night , of a sum . amounting to nearly four pounds . The circumstances are these : —The prosecutor , John Fallows , who , in addition to his pay as a watchman , has a pension earned in the service of his country , reported himself sick at the police ofiice on Friday ninht , and did nor consequently go on duty . It appeared however , that the real cause of absence wa 3 the receipt of the aforesaid pension during the week , which led to a wish , natural of course , on the part

      of an old soldier , to fight his battles o ' er again " over a can of" " nat-brown , " which gave him a victory over all life ' s ills ; and at seven o'clock on Saturday morning he had not visited his pillow . He was seen at that hoar Jeaving the Vicar ' s Croft , in company with two women , ( the prisoner , and another -who was discharged ., ) and SOOU afterwards uoiics -was given to ibe police on duty that a Tvatchman . had been robbed at tb . 3 Rising Sun * lnn , m Marsh Lane . Policeman Slubbs , who hid seen Fallows and his companions , on learning who the victim was , told what he hid seen , and forthwith commenced a pursuit , and both the women trere apprehended , Coiiley with £ 3 16 s . 6 d . in gold and silver in her bosom—two tovereigQ ? , three ha : f rfo ., and the remainder in silver , being similar coin to what Fallows had lott , but waich ? he declared she had found in the market . From the evidence given on Monday , h appeared tkac , after some

      conversation , the gajJaniry of the old soldier led him to propose to the women " a pin ' . o -svaris , " wh _ ieb , polhisg loth , they accepted and accompanied him to the Rising Sim for that purpose ; where , after discussing one pint another was ordered , for which the peision a « ain provided . But , in the midst of all this , forgetting duty aii-a discipline together , poor Fallows was ± aon a _ - ] eep at hi ? post , and the conients of his pur-e were carried ¦ without itorm' by ihe wide awake female m whese custody they were found , who , as soon as sha had conquered marehed quietly tff with she * poi ! . Unfortunately for her , however , Che servant girl at tbe " San" had seen something of the man « Bavre , and no sooner was the retreat tffected , than the alarm was sounded , and a capture was effected before the enemy had time even to make a decent forced march , or to deposit the prize in a place oi safety . She was fully committed to take her trial at the sessions .

      S 3 EJFFIE 2 J ) . —Jcstjce ' . —The readers of tho Star will remember an account of a brutal outrage committed by a corporal of the Queen's Bays upon a youn . ir man , several week 3 since , whose life was for some nine considered to be in danger .. The soldier was committed for trial , and last week the farce came c-if at ihe Midsummer Quarter Sessions , held at Rolherhanr . The following is from the Independent -. — " Joba M'ivfnnon , a soldier , was arraigned on a charge of a > 5 anlnng Thomas Ashberry . The indictment contained four counts , and charged the oSenoer with intent to maim , disfigure , disable , and do the prosecutor some grievous bodily lura : and

      also with a common assault . Mr . Orerend , to whom the case had been iutrusted by Mr . Wilkiss , withdrew the more serious part of the indictmeiit . The Caairmsn , in discharging the prisoner , cautioned him , for tbe future , not an any account to use any weapon , of any description , vciihout the direction of the officers of the regiment (! J He was giad that the ttSoersliad given the prisoner a good character (!) and the prosecutor having very fortunately recover ; . d from tbe injuries inflicted upon him , he l . ad great pleasure in dischar ^ hg the prisoneiv" f Querj—If John M- 'Kinnonhad been a civilian , ana his victim one of the " Queen's Bay ? , " wchM the Chairman have Lad " much pleasure" in discharging him ?]

      > f obe Justice . —On Tnesday last , a person named Noakes attended at the Town Hall , to prefer a charge of ill-usage , illegal detention , &c , against the police . Poor Isoakee , however , found the table ? turned , and a charge ef obstructing the road , 6 cc , brought 3 £ 3 : nii him . Ihe fact 3 are briefly as follows : —On Friday evening , July 8 : h , Noake 3 was standing at the corner of Castle-street , opposite the Tonn Hail , talking to another man , when , after standing not more than a few minutes . Noakes moved into the road , in ihe direction of Waingate . He was in the act . of crossing the road , -when he was colared by two policemen and dragged to the lock-up . There he was kept from seven o ' clock that evening antfi twelve o'clock tbe next dBY , and then

      discharged by Mr . rtayuer , the police superintendent , without having been brought before a magistrate . Mr . Harney , accompanied by Noakes , szw Mr . Rayner pa Monday , and failing to obtain satisfaction , revoked to bring the case btfoTe the magistrates on T-iesday . Accordingly , on Tuesday , the psrties attended at the Town Hall , when—as above stated—the aggrieved person was himself compelled to appear as defendant ' . Tne only magistrate present at the commer'Cenicm of the investigation was the Rev . John Haco , thongh Mr . Bagshaw arrived before tfce close . Mr . Kayner stated his case , ar : d in support thereof called the two policemen who took Soakes . They Evrore that they had repeatedly urged Is ' cakes to leave the tpot where he

      was standing before they took him into custody , that he was extremely violent and abusive , &c . A shopman of Mr . Wooibouse ' s , grocer , at the corner of Castle-street , was called , and deposed to the " nuisance" of the working men starding at that corner and hindering their customers comiEg , &c . ! Before Koakes could speak , his Reverence on the bench said he considered himself perfectly satisfied the police had acted very properly : there was -eo need to hear any more i Noakes , however , WOllM speak ; and having told hi 3 tale , concluded by asking if this was a Christian country ? The reply of the Reverend Magistrate was , "Yes , thi 3 is a Christian country , and a couctry

      where there are laws , and stringent laws too , and laws that" must be obeyed 2 " Mr . Clayton , as a witness of what took place , wished to say a few words . The magistrate thought it wasnotneces' 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 brntality of the police , when he was cut short by the magistrate telling him he need ! not take up the time of the Court , the bench was ' quite satisfied with the statements of the two [ respectable witnesses ( the policemen !) The Rev . I Gentleman then told poor Noakes that he had rendered himself liable to a fine of-forty shillings and t costs , he should remit the fine this time but he must

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      pay the costs . Mr . Harney requested to be allowed to say a few words in behalf of Noakes . Mr . Rayner objected that Mr . Hamey was not a witness , and could not be heard as an advocate . The maeisirates coucurrea with this , and Mr . Harney was not allowed to speak . Mr . Rayner did not wish to press the costs . Mr . Bagshaw thought the costs might be remitted . Noakes was then discharged , and told he might thank Mr . Rayner for escaping the costs ! 11 [ Tae above needs no comment . Much might be said , but only those legitimate conclusions which every honest man will ba 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 these illegal dungeonings take place , several persons having been hauled off the streets the way Noakes was . Mr . Woolhousa is a grocer—very probably a large number of his customers are working men .

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      The Salmon Fisheries in the northern rivers have been very successful during the past week , and the quantities in most of the streams are daily on the increase . Thb Hav . W . E . Fitzhadrice was elected for Buckinghamshire on Friday , at Ayla-bury , 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 " Departure of the Great Western —Bristol , July ISfcb . —Tht Great Western , Captain Hosken , R . N ., sailed from Kingroad , ou h 9 r outward-bound voyage to New York , at five minutes after one thiB day . She has takeH out sixty passengers , and an average cargo comprising manufactured copper , silks , &c .

      The Iron Trade—Most of the Welch works have now a sufficiency of orders , the demand for irou having become comparatively brisk within the last fortnight . The market has not , however , as yet , exhibited any improvement in prices Death of the Bishop of Meath . —Dublin , July 13— The Right R * v . Dr . Charles Dickens n , Bishop of Meath , expired yesterday , after a short illnes 3 , at the see house , Ardbraccan . Mortality of London . —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 averago of the four past summery and 167 lower than that of the four past years . ¦

      The Herbjxg Trade . —On the west coast we hearths herrintt fishery is rery successful . On tho 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 !!—A hostile aeeting took place on Friday morning between tho Honourable Craven Berkoly , M . P ., and Captain Boldero , M . P . The depute arose in consequence of Mr . Berkeley having attributed to Captain Boldero the use of certain expressions disre-pectful to hor Majesty , which the tester peremptorily denied . The parties met at five o ' clock in the morning , in the neighbourhood of Osterley-park . . Air . Berkeley accompanied by tho Honourable W . Ridley Colbome , M . P ., and Captain Boldero by W . F . Mackenzie , M . P ., and having exchanged shots without effect , they left the ground .

      I . n . vate Propensity . —The last timo the Honourable Member for Wareham was out with Ins hounds in the neighbourhood of Bre-Regi , a boy , about eight er niue years of age , was keeping sh ^ ep for a gei tleman . On the hounds passing in full cry , the young shepherd forsook his fluck , and followed the pack , SO that he did not " reach hts home till dark . On the gentleman reproving him , he merely observed , •" " Lord , master ! I wish I was a foxbound . ' Tribute of Respect to a Minister . —On Sunday last , the Rev . J . W . Morrir , of Deaarow , Wilnaslow , Che&hire . was invited by a great number of hi . ? congregation to meet them at the house of Mrs . Mary Hattou . in Deanrow , wheu Mr . Abraham Bickerton

      of Compstall Bridge , who had travelled ten miles for the purpose , on behalf of the friends present , pre . ented Mr . Morris with a substantial proof of the approbation of a large 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 lor Mt . Morris ' s exertions in the great cause of moral and political regeneration . Invitations were then given to Mr . Morris to preach and lecture on the working days ia various parts of the county . Mr . Morns returned thanks to his friends for their great kindness , and accepted the invitations to Compstall Bridge , Denton , and other places .

      Death from Positive Negligence . —On Wednesday afternoon an inques : was held at the Duchess of York public house , Kingsiand-road , before Air . Buker , coroner , on view of the remains of Eliza Oweu . aged fifty years , who died on Sunday morning . From the evidence it appeared that for some tiu-e ydAl the deceased occupL-d a wretched apaitment in a house in Re-i Lion-court , Kingslaud-road , and her habits were so'filthy , and her person so uegkcted , that latterly few could approach , her . On Saturday ni ^ h :, abum twelve o'clock , a loud groan ing was heard jd her room by a lod ^ r named Mary Wall , and , on ihe door of her room bein » Forcad open , she was found lying on tho Hoof perfectly naked , with the exception of a piece of dirty cloth

      tied round her , and tha whole of her person covered with vermin . The apartment in which -she ' -was found was one of tho most wretched and filthy that could possibly be conceived ; t ; ie only articlo iu it was an old jug , and the place itself was not fit for a dog to rest in . The deceased , when found , was quue insensible , and remained so until six o ' clock on the folJoR-iug morning , when she expired . Tho parish surgeon was of opinion that the deceased died from exhaustion , caused by her own-negligence of her £ e } f , and the Jury returned a verdict of ' " Natural death . " The deceased , it appeared , had been supported by her friends for some years past , but becoming gradually careless of her person , she ultimately neglected to procure the common necessaries of life .

      Distress in ^ OTTfKGHAM . —Yesterday ( Thursday ) upwards of two hundred of the operatives of this town , who arc in a stat-a of starvation , owinj ; to their inability to obliiu work , paraded tho streets four deep , soliciting chanty . They were headed by a cart , drawn by m u , and several of their body went to the different houses and solicited alms of money or bread . They had a considerable quantity of the latter in the cart . An equal division would afterwards be made . Realty these scenes are agonizing , and ought to rouse our rulers to something , if it were only to prevent the hard-working classes of England from becoming a stain to their country as a race of paupers . The greatest distress prevails in Bulwel ! , indeed , its extent has become ularmhu ,. Agr-at . msny are totally unemployed , and nisi .-y

      others have but half work . To enter tuny into the depth of sorrow , to tell the talc of woe , there is no need to call ij ] tlia aid of eloquence . We need but simply to relate a scene which took place on Tuesday Ja-at . —Thirty-six of the onemployt-. d obtained a waggon from Mr . Jennison , and proceeded to tho quarry yards , where they got it filicd Tfilh lime ; lliey were thon yoked to h like oxen , and started to draw it to Nottingham , Newark , and Graiuham . to show the world that their digress was not caused by any unwillingness to labour for an honourable subsiitance , and to request pecuniary assistance from those who were in beiter circumstances . The sight drew tears from many eyes , and tho most bitter reproaches were , almost involuntarily vented against the authors of their calamity . —Nottingham Review .

      DdKADFCL ACCIDEXT AND L 0 S 3 OF LlFE AT Warrixgton . —We regret to have to announce a most dreadful accident which took place at Warrington on Saturday . It appears that tho old Q , aay Company have for tome time past been eagagea iu repairing their locks at the terminus of tbe canal at Warrington , joining the river Mersey , and for th ^ t purpose had erected 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 below . Two were instantly killed , and Dine others had . their backs , legs , or arms broken in the most shocking manner , several of-wLom it is supposed cannot recover . . One of the unfortunate men killed leaves behind him a wite and nine children .

      Court Martial in the Tower ; , —On Wednesday tho 1 st battalion of Coldstream Guards , under the command of Colonel Shaw ^ now stationed in the Tower , were mustered upon parade , to hear 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 out . of the case of Mr . Elder , senior clerk of the Ordnance office in t , he Tover , who had been held to bail for committing an infamous assault on William Yowel , a private in the regiment , while on doty as a sentinel at the Jewel office , in the Tower . Elder was given into tho custody of Sharp after the alleged assault was committed , but , instead of taking him to the guard-house , as Sharp ought to

      have done as sergeant of tbe 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 neglect of daty ; but , in consideration of the excellent character he had maintained in the regiment for nineteen years , sentenced him only ; to be rednced to the ranks . After the sentence was read over , Sharp had the stripes denotinglu 8 rank as sergeant cut from his dress , and took his 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 before for any breach of military discipline . ,

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      Discovert op a Supposed Murder ;—The remains of a man , with the head severed froth the body , but within a short distance of it , were found on Friday , by eome men cutting turf on the bog of ThornfieW near BalJy / jar , Tuaw , Tho separation of the parts appears to have been effected with a sharp instrument , and the ¦ bodytf which was in a perfect Btate , was supposed to have been at le ' a ' sUifty years in the bog- !—Limerick Chronicle . V The Courier delyon of the 13 th inst . announces a serious disturbance to hava broken out at Mantua between the Jews and the Christians . > The Austrian Government was obliged to interfere by foroe ; but the people tore up the pavement , and attacked the soldiers with Btones , who fired on the multitude , killed fifty persons , and wounded many . The disturbance still contiriued , and Mo Jew dared make his appearance in the Street . The Govern merit was obliged to march troops from Verona and Milan .

      Nailing an Omnibus . — -The Droit contains the following :-- " At the moment that an omnibus was passing on Friday through the Rue Montmarte by the house undergoing repairs , No . 63 , a pole more than thirty feet in length slipped from the scaffolding at the fourth story , and fell perpendicularly on the omnibus , passed through the body , and entered so deeply between the stones of the paremeni , that the horses were stopped on the ' moment , the vehible being literally nailed to the ground : By a providential chance none of the passengers were injured . "

      Distress in Ireland . —Spread of Fever . —In addition to the prevailing distress and suffering , we regret to leard that fever , of a malignant and almost unc ' onquerablo nature ra ^ es among the poor population to a fearful extent , and with a rapidity which defies all our attempts to describe in detail . The awful visitation has befallen the immediate neighbourhood of Louisburgh , and along the western avast of that district , with a degree of \ severity quite unexampled . Scarce a day elapsed within thei las-t . fortnight that the medical superintendent

      of the Louisburgh Dispensary , a most zealous and humane gentleman , did uot uttead at their residences from six to ei ^ ht families ; and , ia many instaucefi , not less than five of the inmates required his professional services and assistance , which were rendered with an alacrity and attentive Vigilance highly creditable : Hunger and pestilence struggled for complete mastery in too . samp wretched hoveldestitution and consequent indisposition , leedh-like , fastened on the same squalid being . In Achill , even among the colonists , spatted typhus fever was lately very general . —Mayo Telegraph .

      Homicide—Starvation . —A fellow named John Con way has been committed to gaol on a Coronei- 's warrant , charged with the homicide of Elizabeth Kttcnau , of Ballycastle , under the following circurabtaucos : —Tho unfortunate deceased , it appeared , accompanied by her son , a lad of tender years , went into a fieid for tho purposo of collecting some iveeds , wherewith to appease the ' -. pangs of hunger . Having Hathcrt-d an arraiul , she was returniijg home , ; when Conway cumo across her path , and insisted , in language at once-violent anil most determined , that she should give up tho * weeds . to him . Tho woman rempns . Tateii . A ; scuffle ensued between them , in tho course of which Conway .. wivh- bruto force knocked her twice down , and whilst in thai position iuflic !* od soino bruises on her b « a-t , from the t-ffects of which she died a few days afterwards , At an inquest held on her budy , Dr . Nelson deposed : that tho injuries . '• he bad received were the immediate cause of her death . —Ibid . '

      An Old Bhute . —Attempted Rape on a Ciii * cd . —James Litligo , an elderly man , a cobbler , living in Marylebont .-lane , was charged at * the district police effice on Saturday last , with an assault with au intent , to commit , a rape upon Mary Ann Adams , achiUl only seven years of , age , ro . iidii )^ with hor parents at 22 , Little Welbeck-streot , Cayendishfcquare . The child , on account of her youth , was not Bworu , but her father was examined , and his evidence was to tho elfcci that , on th « previous afternoon , she ( tho child ) was sent out by him to purchase 6 ome butter , and that on the way , from the statement

      made by her , she met tho prisoner , who gave her a penny , and prevailed upon her to go with him into his room . He then shut the door , arid placed her on a bed , when he attempted to violate her person , bat failing in his endeavours to . do so , ho turned her out oV -thti . house . She went home , an «> gave information to her mo : ker as to what had taken place , " and the prisonerwas soou afterwards taken into ; custody . The prisoner , in default of finding bail , was comhiitteti to prison , and on the way from , the office yard to tho priton van ho waa hissed , and hooted by a large mob which had assembled to witness his departure .

      Brutal Murder at Styal , neau Wilmslow . — Ou Thursday attsnioon an iriqnest was held at the house of Mr . William Dale , ihe Old Ship inn , Styal , Cheshire , by Mr . ityscoe , coroi-icr of the Knatstord diviaion , on the body of a man earned Henry Locket , who was brutally and inhumanly murdered on the highway , at VVt-rr Mill Brow , near Styal , early on Tuesdai' morninf ; la > t . From the evidciKp auduced beiore tho jnry it appeareti ihal tho deceased was ? a married man , a ^ ed th irty- ¦ ' year .-:., and has left a wife and three children . IIo wais empiyyod as a blower tenter-at Mcsbrd . Greg's co . i . tQii-miii , Siyal . On Monday eveuiug , afitT leaving his employ , he . went to a public house , at Wilmslow , whore the meinbers ot' a society ot " Fure ^ t : rs" had been holding their

      aunu-jl mcctnii ; . lib- ict ' t the houHe , to return to b' . i'ai , bCtWOOn tWOlVO UUd one o ' clock , and vwas fCen on his way home ia company with two men , nimed S . tmuel Lowe , a bnckiayor , aadi Horatio U ' albh , a lavlury operaiive , buo \ vhou and where they lefs him it aid not satisfaotorily appear . Shortly after two o ' clock on Tuesday morning a person named Thomad Atkiiisoa found deceased lying across thei footpath , " quite dead . Atkinson obtained assistance , and deceased was carried home , when it was ascertained lie had rceeiviMi a . severe lracture on the skull , and his neck was discoloured , as if from strangulation . The wound on tho head appeared to have been inflicted Oy tome bJunt instrument , bumuel Lowe , one ot ' tho suspected persons

      absconded on tho same morning , and hiis not since buen Jieard of . The other pcr-sun , .-ioratio Walsh , was taken into custody , to await the inquest . From the evideiico of Messrs . IS'igiitinnale and Moofcs , . surgeons , of Wilmslow , it apjipared that deai'h , tract bten caused by btrahgcilatioii , but thai ; cieceated had received such a fracture of tho skull as would most probabiy have uhiwu . tely Caareu death , had it nefc Itcu elected by atran ^ ulitioii . Tho jury , af ' . er , a io / igthy invent gadou , returiieci a . verdict ol" WiU ' ul -Murder " agaiMst some person or persons at * * pr « fcvnc uuiiuown , tiio evidenCy not beiuj ^ aiiilicient to fix tho crime against the- parties who were seen in his company slu-riJy bct ' uio hid death . The police , however , are making every effort' to discover the

      perpetra-. I . NCE . VDIARY FlRF . S . — APPRKilKNSIOX AND CONviction ov the l . NCEMMAHiEs . —Jbur tho last two months coDsiderabto cxei : t .-mi . 'iit has exi . sLod among the inhabitant * - , particularJy the n ^ viculrcv ' ms of the quiet market town ' of IIava . nt , situated oii .-tiie suuti .-eastern extremity of iMuiiip . ahmv , in eonseqnence of eeveral incendiary iir-j j hurtitg takou place , and letters of an iiiJlamoiavory and . 'threat- ; cuin ' g dtscriptioii having been t \» m < l in tlie Biteots , iho nulhora of which had escaped detection until Monday last , when another lire was attempted , which led to a scrutinising ami scvero inquiry , and the F ! i 5 peered Hiccji'diarie , ? , Churics 1 ' a . vruU , and V / illiam Snarkes ( Mr . Charles LongcroftV servant )

      having undergone examination on Wednesday , and curroborativo evidenco having come forward , they wtro fully committed . Parrott was taken at ( our o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , and confined iu the ca ^ e , but at the tiu . e of his apprchonsion no ¦ 8 uap : eion was enteitainei against Sp , arkesw \ The ma si-trate , Sir John A . Ommaniit * y , however , liaviug heard that tho two were imimato , sent for the latter , to interrogate him as to his knowledge of I ' arrot-. t ' Kmovements on the nights of tho several nres . What answers ho made to the questions piit to -iii'tu dues not appear , but it . is certain that uo suspicion attached to him until Parrdtt was sent lor from 'durance vile' after the examinations had been taken . It was four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon before

      the inquiry had been completed and before Parrott was confronted-wiih his aceuseib . He had , ¦ t herefore , twenty-four hour 3 of solitary reflection , and ih « result shows that he entertained a correct anticipation of what was going forward , for ho had no ssooner entered the presence of the magistrate than ho a > t rice denounced Sparkes as tlic ¦ perpetrator . of- ' tl \' c h ' re at Slevens ' s barn . . " Ah ! " said Sparkes , if I had been taken up iirst , I would not have toid upon you . " Hecnuiinatioa followed , ami . finally . * .. boih were committed upon each other ' s evidence , or lather their own confessions , The invtiitigation has called forth some of % he most extraordinary and unaccountable traits © t the human character . It appears , on the strictest and mofct fcovere intcrron ; ation ,

      tuat neither of these wretclies had any motive whatever for perpetrating these diabolical acts . They were asked , over arid over again , why they committed the fires ; arid their reply .-. was'invariably , " we had no motive . " And one very Bxtraprdiuary feature in the case is , that Sparkes has been a voufident ' ml SeTYaHfc Of 5 d > . LongcroFt , th © » aasistrafc , e & cleric , for tho last ten years , and thu . t he has beeu deputed , owing to the confidence reposed in him by bis mastery to watch his premises for the last fiv « or six weeks ! They have confessed thatj on the night of Sterens ' 3 fire , being the second out of three which have taken place within six weeks , they took spine

      luoifer matches to the barn , arid endeavoured , by their means , to set fire to the thatch ; that they could not do so , whoreupofl they went to ^ patke ' e lodgings , which are about tvfo hundred yards distant , and procured a candle and lanthorn ; that they returned to the barn , stuok the lighted candle in the roof , left the lanthorn behind them , and ran away . Sir John A . Ommanney has been most indefatigable in his inquiries ) and he is deserving of the thanks of the inhabitants , not only of this county , but of the coflntry at large , for his unceasing exertions to bring the offenders to justice . Neither of the prisoners exceeds twenty'three years of age . — Even ' ing paper .

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      T ^ addition al cotton mills , at : Manchester , belonging to Mr . Guest , and which employed some 500 pi 600 hands , stopped last week . The extensive Salford mills , employing 1 , 000 men , woman , and childrori ,: aro also standing still . A jMeetiw of the creditors of Messrs . Acraman , Morgans , and Co ., the large iron-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 estatesi . JDebta to the amount of nearly £ 84 , 000 were proved . Treasurers and assignees were elected . ¦ The ; Lat £ st>—A lady laid the mop in the cradle , arid wiped , -up the floor with her baby . She discovered her mistake by its sc [ ualling . when she went to wring it . ' :

      An alakming fike broke out on Trictay morning early , in Manchester , at Marviu ' s eating-house , Victoria Bridge . A boy in the top back room gave the alarm , who was awakened by a Si ot" coughing induced by the Bmoke which filled the room , and so rapid was the progress of the flames thai ; several of the inmateaj who were fourteen in number , escaped with their lives oply by letting themsolves down by sheets and blankets from the third floor windoWe , The loss is upwards of £ 1000 . Cast-Iron Buildings . —Buildingei of cast iron are daily increasing at a prodigious rate in England ,

      and it appears that houses are about to be constructed of this material . As the walls will be hollow , it will be eisy to warm the buildings by a . single stove placed in tho kitchen . A three-story house , containinjf ten or twelve rooms will not cost more than £ 1 iOO , regard being had to the manner in which it maybe ornamented . Houses of this description may bp taken to pieces , and transported from ono place id another , at aa expense of not more than £ 25 It is said that a large number of cast-iron houses are about to be manufactured in feelginra and England ^ for the cifizJHs of Hamburgh , - whose habitations haye been burnt . —Mining Journal .

      MasonbV Stiuke . —We regret to state that this ' fltrikej' which has now continued for about 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 accede to the terms of their workmen within a week , arid it is probable that the remainder wiil give in to the same arrangement immediately thereafter . The numher of operative masons out on the . ' ' strike ' is now about 400 , each of whom has received lOs . per week since the commencement of it . —Glasgow Chronicle .

      The Circuits . ^ A greater nu mber fashionably attired scamps , classed iu the polios sheeta as the ' ¦ * ¦ ' London swell mob , " are now prowling about the various assiza to was than has been known for many years past . They act in the double capacity of robbers from the person and 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 introducing themselves generally as clients into the society of persons whom they but too often victimize . The thronged courts of justice present an ample field for these depredators , and one gentleman , while intent upon hearing the judge- ' recently , summoning up the evidence at ; Oxford , was relieved of his watch , at the same time that another was robbod of his burse .

      Advertisements displavkd in the Brazilian Journals . — "Opkhi-t . bnitY of obtaining a ' . ' Wait * ing Woman eor one ShilliiNgH—To be rafEed for , a waiting woman , with a child eight years of at ; e , and other objects of value . Tickets may be bad at No . 91 , Ilua do Roserio . "— ' * To bo sold , a little Mulatto , two years of age , yory pretty , and welladapted for aiestival preaerit ( Christmas box . ) No . 3 , Rua dos Latoeiro 3 . "— " To be sold , a wet nurse , Mulatto girl ,, aged twenty ; haa very good miik , her first child , now four moiiths oWV Rue da S . Pedro , No 180 . "—" To be sold , a black woman , five months gone with child , fit for all kinds of service . Largo do Poco , No .-6 . "— " To bq sold , a waiting woman , with milk , and with a sou eight mouths 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 u ? ed pretty much in the eame jockey sense as ia England .

      Penalty for Killing a KAM .-T-The following appears in the Nenaf / h Guardian , as a report of a case at the 0 , 'iarter Hesaions in That tOTTri , tried OH Tuesday : —Michael Kennedy apd Patrick KeEhedy ( two brothers ) were sentenced by Mr . Barrister Howley to fifteen years' transportation ibr killing a ram , the property of Caleb Going , Esq ., of Traverston . Fifteen years' transportation for killing a ram This certainly appears a vigorous enforcement , of tho law , everito the uttermost extreme of its severity . AVe recollect , some months ago , that a great out-CTy was raised , because . sentence of death was formally recorded against a person convicted at King ' s County Sessions for killing a goat . In that case au

      old Act of Parliament , which happened to escape Sir Samuel lioniilly ami all reformers of the sanguhjary criminal code , allotted death as the punishment for killing it , ' goat ; and the assistant-barrister of the King ' s County had no alternative hut to record the sentence , and make his report to the Government . But ill regard to the killing of . a ' ram , there is uo suoh antiquated reujnaiit of tho Draco system of legislation , '' and tire "fifteen years' trauspoi"taiioh " must have - been the punishment considered necessary by Mr . Hoivloy , acting entirely upon his own discretion . K' / en if it were " tho Ham of Derby , " we hold that thin Yf : i * a punishment entirely incommenBurate w ' iih tho oitei-tei } . —Dublin Evening Past . :

      ExTRAOUDiNARY WiMRtwiXD , —On Friday last , abou ; four o ' clock in the aftsrnoon , during a tremendous showor of rain , a most sinsulM' and somewhat alarming uccurreiico I ' . appencd at Constable , about two miles from Haslin ^ don . The day had been altogether- very raiiiy , but unaccompanied by any wind or thundtr , when suddenly a whirlwind commenced , exceeding in violence anything of the kind over remcuiibered at that place . Trees wore uprooted ; otlnirs had large branches torn off the trunks , arid scattered about in the fields liko sir&w . Cocks of lay vvero entirely removed . A cart , standins in the roan side , was lifted up , and turned upside down ; chunneya were thrown down , and a considerable Qiiantity of slates bjo \ va off a factory in the

      neighinourhood . Fortanately , the rain being , very heavy at the timo , nobody was out of doors at that part , except one woman , and she was raised ontii ; oly iroiu the ground , aiid carried over a wall into the adjoining flckl , without oufferinjc any other injury than bein £ tt-rribly frightened . Her cloak , however , was stripped off , and was afterwards found at a distance . of half a mile from the place . No . other accident occurred . The phenomenon lasted for-about two roiiiutcs , and wag not at all felt more than a quarter of a mile from the placo where it began . — Preston ' Chronicle . 1 ) i : ath of Twins , from Qritm . —On Thursday an -iiiq . uesftwis held on the bodies of Edward and Thomas Hiighes ' ( twins about seven weeks old ) , whosH parents reside in Lorton-place , Lortonstrebt , . Windsor ,- On Monday week tho motder gave the children the breast when in an overheated state from

      walking , and a . ^ ripinjs ; . ' ensued . A messonger was seat forsome paregoric or syrup of poppies , whichever was thought best ; but the druggist ( Mr . Simson , surgeon , assistant to Mr . Planets , Parlia ^ ment-street ) , sent twenty drops of wine of opium and two drams of peppermint water , with instructions that a teas poonful should be given to each child . A spcoiiful and a half was given to one child , and a spoonful to the other . They fellnsleep tiireCtlyj but soon after awoke , fell into fits ^ and died of convulsion on the following day . Mr . Nottage , surgeon , was of opinion that death wascaased by an overdose ofopiurii causing convulsion ? . A teaspoonful of the mixture , described by Mr . Simson , was too much for a xthlld of a delicate constitution , but not for a heaithy child . —The jury , under tho circumstances , rct-umed" a verdict of " chance-medley " against the ni'Viher .

      EuVTAt AND IVIURPEKOl'S AsSApLT BY OSE OF the GuAVviEsiJ Police . —Daring the past week a very ' ¦ ¦ jKTea . i decree of excitement has prevailed throUMliO'tt Gravesend , in consequence of a most ferocious and -murderous assault committed by Cleveland , oui : rif the constables of G-ravesend , upon a person et the liame of William Henry Plume , an engineer in the employ of Sir John Rennie and Co ., Holla ltd- ; treet , Bfackfriars . Froiri the investigation whicii took placo before the mayor and a full bench of ma ^ ii-tiatcrf , it appeared that , upon Monday , the 4 ch , Piunie , on ; leavirig the Tiveli-tfarden ? , saw two youijjs . iiieijj-tif ' . the names of Willis and Foivler , disputhig vyitli some donkey drivera about 6 d . Clevelaiui , who waa in plaih clothes , and who was

      supposed to be one of the donkey-drivers , seized Willis , aud insisted upon his paying the 6 d . before he left the p'ace . The fcllovy was asked who he was , wheu he replied , an officer . Plume arid several others then called upon him to show his authority , but which ho refused to do . After soriie ¦ words , Cleveland pulling out a truueheon from behind his coat , whirled it in the air , arid struck Plume a most tremendous blow on the head , exclaiming " That is my authority . " Plume was instantly covered with blood , and became ; insensible . The poor fellow was conveyed to the reSideuce of Mr . Heather , surgecii , Windmiil-street ; who found a wound on the leJiside of the skull , of between five and six inches in length ¦'; '¦/ so , extensive were the injuries , that , for

      several days , the life of Plume was despaired of . The assailant was Riven into custody , but was subsequently liberated . Upon the circumstances becoming knowri to Sir J . Rennie , that gentlenian directed that he should be prosecuted . Although some : -of the magistrates endeavoured to justify the brutal conduct of the fellow , they ultimately irifiioted the small penalty of' SOs ., and in default , a month ' s imprisonment . [ 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 mu&ifc be protected , " would have been the cuckoo ctyj-endiDg with a fine of £ 5 . Truly , those justices rfo adminiBter / Ae " law f but where in the \ justicel }

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      London . —National anti-Tobacco avv Tempbh'ANCB AssociATioN .- ^ -Weekly meetings of the above Association are held every Monday evening , commencing at eight o ' clocky at No . ' 8 ,-Black Horse Courts Farringdon-street , to which the public are respectfully invited . Admission free . ExtraORDrwABY Honesty . —On Sunday a gentleman , after driving through Tottenham , discovered that he had lost a sum of money , anioaating to i £ 35 . The circumstanceVwas advertised , and early on Monday mnrnlng ; a poor man presented himself , who explained that he was a groom out of

      employment , and that lie bad picked up the notes , together amounting to £ 35 , near the Soven Sisters , Tottenham . He had been aeekiug . employmeat , and . had no ; a shiUing left ^ when he found the packet . He returfied . towards London , arid at a public-house mentioned his pri ' za , aud was offered . j 6 ' 20 for it—the offer was repeated—hut declined ; arid : the groom , whose name is Joseph Lamb , having been informed of the adyertisement , waited uppa the person who had lost the money . We are happy to state that he wa 9 adequately Rewarded , and has now a chance of employment .

      Class Legislation . —The following extraordinary admission / of the fact , that members of both Houses of Parliament aitend only to their own individual interests , appears in the Standard ^ Tory : paper of Friday evening ., Speaking of Lord Ashley ' s Bill , relative to the employment of children in mines , and the debate that took place thereupon , the Editor says—^' Lord Wharncliffe 8 complaint of top ready a submission to humanity on the part of the House of Commons , is a complaint to which that House baa net of tea laid itself open , and therefore it may be

      the more easily submitted to . We thiuk however , that Lord Whamcliffe , lia * 3 certainly : some xeason to Complain . He is" an extensive coal owner , and it ia no doubt an aurioyance tohim to see the mill owners of tho House of Commpna indulging in humanity at his expense ; the Mill owners are ia the House of Commons , the Goal owners in the House of Lords —facts which may account for the ; oscillations -of humanity between the two assemblies , a 3 factoriea or mmes may happen to bo the subject of considero ^ tion »; It is a humiliating exhibition , but humanity will be the gainer ia the end by the altarationa ia its favour . " - ' : ' " " : ¦ ¦"'¦ * : : * . ' V ' . - ' , '"¦¦ ¦ / - " -, - - ;

      Eefects of Drunkenness . —On Tuesday afternoon , some fishermen at Fisherrow , observed a chaise a considerable distaBce out at sea , and nearly immeraed in the water . They immediately manned their boats and pulled piff to rescue the driver , wh <> was seated on the coach-boXj though little more than his head was above the water ; and another man seated on the top of the carriage . On coming nearythey found that the horses had got entangled in the harness , and were nearly drowned : the fiahermen cut the harness , and with great difficulty succeeded in bringing horses and men safely to Jarid . The driver of the coach , whose name was Laing ^ had been at Haddhigteri , and on his reiurn , whea in a state of intoxication , had left the main 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 this fishermen . — Edinburgh Witness . * ' - " :.- "; "" . ' ¦ '"

      Bee SwAKMiNG .- —During the present forcing weather it uiay riot be amiss to relate an anecdote just furnished by a respectable iudividualj who vouchea ? or its truth . An old gentlemari iu Ayrshire , while standing in his garden , waiting for the : casting of a hive , had the misfortune to attract the swarm , as it rather unexpectedly ^^ came offj and the bees , thick and clusteritig , fettled over his throat , his face , mouth , and liostrila . In a moment after , his eyea were blinded by the clinging , buzzing throng . Expecting the itfliction of ; instant agony from a thousand stings , he dreaded to make the slightest movemeat by voice or limb , and there was no person

      present . 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 . sugge 3 ted---ahd the old gentleman cautiously raised his hands to his hat , moved it gently , imperceptibly lifting it a few inches above his head , and then steadied the hat in that position . The qweeri bee must have approved of this novel hive , for the old man began to breathe freely , and in a short time the whole swarm toofci up their abode in , the hat , which he subsequently displayed to his friends in triumph arid thankfulness , without having received so much as a single stin «{ . —Elgin Courant .

      Harvest Prospects in Irelasd . —Prices . — Friday was St . Swithm's 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 an indication of a , drop of rain . The barometer was Hp to " settled , fair . " We hail the event as a most gratifying indication of an early and abundant harvest . From all quartern the accounts that reach us are most encouraging . -The- . , corn crops all present a most luxuriantaspect- ^ -wheatjiutsome districts ,--ia limited breadth , bui locking- rich and most prdmisiri ^ lyoats gcrierally good—and potatoes likely to bgjearly , and immense in produce . Already the favourable prospects of the . harvest are telling upon the country

      markets . A letter from Mullirigar gives the foUowirig-. as the prices in that market on Thursday :- ^ - " Now potatoesj , ( s «» ft in quality ) , 3 d . per stone ; old potatooH , , 4 . jd . pr . r •' a'tdnp ' ¦ •; . paimeal , 14 s . per cwt . j buttfcr , 78 s . per c » v ] t . —Dublin Evening Post , Hailstorm ih GERMANY . —BERLIN , Jl / LV 7 . —Ott the 5 th ot July , abuvit sis o ' clock in the afternoon , a storm from the west arid north-west entirely laid waste the rtiviro » B of sixteen villages in the principality pf Halborstadt and the . county of Mansfeldj and of suvtral villages in the duchies of Anhalfc Dessau and Anhait-- Bamburg . The hailstones were as large -as pigeon-e&gs , and some twice that siz 9 .

      and -weighgd two ouricees . Small birrfs , pigeonu , poultry ot * 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 fiolds not a sheaf of corn remains standing , and it cannot be distinguished where potatoes , turnips , &c . i were-grbvying ; the fruit , cherries , plum 3 , &c . which promised a most abundaHt crop , are beaten dowa jvitli the bmnches . The town of Ermslebea Jilone has lost 400 acres of ikx , worth thirty dollars per acre , which makes 12 , 000 dollars . The damage done to tho fruitrand to the roofs and windows of tha houses is immense .

      ClUJI . Cos . at iVIaKCHESTeu . —Tha lovera of scandal have b-oa fully gratified since Sunday evening by the discovery , of an awkward affair in the neighbourhood of tho town . The party accused isMr . J . A——? , of the respeeiable firm of Messrs . W . A——and Co . y general merchants , High-street ; , and the sufferer is Mr . J . M—— -,: of a respectable firm of calico printers ia Church-street . The latter inhabited a cottage at Wilton-terrace , Cheetham-road , at which Mr . A- ^— , who is a single man , about thirty-five years of age , resided as a lodger . The aggrieved husband" having some suspicions of his wife ' s fideliiy , made aft excuse on Sunday that ha 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 , accompanied by two friends ; and , having got into his house , broke open'the- bedroom dopivwhere he found the guilty pair in bed together . The husband and his friends immediately inflicted severe personal chastisement on the offender whom they ejected into the street in puns naturalibus ; in which condition , amidoi a pelting showerf of rain , he had to find his best way to the house of a friend , at the distance of half a mile . The wifej who is about twenty-five years of age , is possfissed of great personal attrat-tipns and accomplTshmerits ; and the affiir has excited much attention on account of the respectabilHy ot the parties . Proceedings have already been instituted , which will furnish some employment for the gentlemen of the long tOD 3 , —j \ lancheiler Paper .

      Alarmjkg State of the Boboiigh of St . ock . port . —At the present crisis , when ** ihe distress of . the country is the subject of Farliamentary dejbate , it ; may be of -importance . t . q > state the real condition , and the gradual but rapid progress of rilin arid desolation , of the once flourishing town of Stbckport . A few months ago , some wag caused bills to be posted in Manchester , atinouncing that Stockport was to be lot } and that appiicatien must be made to the Town Clerk . This notice , though intended as a joke , seems likely to becotrie a- fearful reality , it' some revival of trado does not . ' speedily- take place . The population of Stockport j according to the census ot June , 1841 , was 5 t )} 945- ^ less than tho previous census by 8 , 000 persona . According to the same returns , there

      were 10 , 890 . dwelkng-houses , shops , and taverns . If we gp back to June , 1839 , wo find there were then 1 , 000 dwellings , ehops , and pubne-housesunpecupjed . Iri Juno , 1840 , the number had increased tdlj 25 p ; in June , 1841 , to 2 . 053 , ar id , ^ , at the present time , about 3 , 000 ^ In addition to this number , there are probably as many more ocenpied for which up rent is paid . There is one gentleman who- has as many cottages as would form a tolerable village ; butmpre than half of them are empty , and the tenants of the rcaiairider payirig so . little , that the owner ' s income fromthe propertyis not sufficient to pay the chief reni . At this moment there are , within two minutes' walk , in the . priricipal street of the borough , thirty-seven : shops- unpecupied ; and the tenants of five others are under notice to leave . The number of shops unoccupied about ten months ago , in the sama

      vicinity , was twenty-fpur ; There are at present , m the whole bproughV 14 ? ehops unoccupied , and eighteen others havei been converted intp ^ ^^ dwellinghouses within the past two years ; There are aJao ten public hpuses unoccupied . In J 840 , there were about 240 beer-hpuses in the borough ; the total number now is 104 . There are at present fifteen cotton mills closed , the greater part of which hare been closed within the last two years and a half , by which , arid ^ by reductions ^ in the price " of labour . the amount paid in wages has been diminished about £ 8 , 000 per week j and from 8 , 000 to 10 , 000 peraons have been deprived of employment . Of these one-half have probably left the town , while the remainder have been supported from the poor ' s rates , and oharit » ble | contributions , — -Manchester GrUarditn . ; :: " ¦ . - . ' "¦ ] - ¦ : ; : ¦ ¦ ' : ¦¦¦"¦ . ' .: ¦ ¦ ' - . ¦ - -. ; " : ;" ; . : ¦¦ - ;; ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ :

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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-ncseproduct608/page/3/