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      CHELTENHAM . O'CONNOR'S DEMONSTRATION . WBITTEff B 1 JOH 5 S 1 XIT . ( Concluded from ovr last . J Ye are feut men , and men of prowess sma . ll ; Reared up on carpets ; tutorM at a ball . ., O ! know yourselves ; nor think the tinkling name Of Lord or Dak ^ ascribes toyoa the fame . Of more than mortal . Let your tow'ring minds Trace toe recesses of dune nature ' s mines ; And Bes if ye " * aught bnt day and breath ; Subject , like oa , to sickness , pain , and death ; 23 xe sasie ye are , not one perennial lay j ^ jji in yocr minds tri& greater lustre play .

      S&tore is just , is generous , good , and kiad , And grants to all the energy of mind : Nature ' s the same in this , in every clime ; And ¦ whispers freedom through her grand design . Then , O . ye tyrants ! let yonr breasts of ateel The genial pangs of sweet affection fed ; Let tbe pure spirit of untrammeU'd love , With gen rous ardour , in each bosom move , Ere your prond bosoms fee ] th impending storm Tharev ' ry moment ffwella its mighty form ; Ere the "vile fabr ic tott'ring to its base , The flood impetuous doth its line * efface ,-Ere yon nrnsj yield each little of yoar hoard To ruin ' s great inexorable sword . '

      Ko"w J no ~! ye pstaiota , let yonr souls arise 3 See I on yon cliff the % lorieuB banner flies . See ! he advances with heroic speed ; The rweat descending from each panting steed ; Eiger , metoints , to bring the champion where Th' assembled thousands shall his presence share ; WhogladBoma listen , from his inmost soul , The streams of eloquence sublimely roll -, Who'look with anxious eye to future times , When Freedom ' s sun with all his grandeur shines O ! how those pealings thrill his noble soul , A * tbrougli yon clouds r ^ wi ** glorious nerects Toll 1 Tea , yes ; it speaks to his majestic mind

      That Ctoelfs brave sons are to the cause consign'd It tells that freedom here doth mount her car , And thousands struggle in the glorious war . Again it thunders , and again it £ sound Aloud re-eebos in the vales around ! Again , its pealings reach the patriot ' s ear To press him omraxd in bis great career ! fie hears the sound i his soul obeys the call , And bids defiance to oppressors all ! For dungeons drear , nor flaming swords of steel Can quench his ardour , captivate his s = aL For such he spurns , and , in despite of , draws His conqu e ring weapon in his country ' s cause ,

      Tremble , ye tyrants I tremble , as yon hear The thrilling accents of that glorious cbeeri Let your proud souls shake off that veil of pride , And learn to steer your vessel o ' er the tide ; Tot know , those peals are nob of drunken glee , But those of men determined to be free . ' Enow ye they're big with ev * ry tyrant ' s doom , To scatter ashes o ' er oppression ' s tomb . The thunder echoes ! Feargns now 1 b here - In t&e fall ajnith . of his native sphere ; His native sphere ! for sore he sees the pawi Which wielded right would close oppression ' s hem His native sphere J because it warms his soul To see the tide of independtnee rolL His native sphere ! for firm he bears away And bursts ' the bonds of 8 _ i __ t £ d clay .

      But , hark J again the mighty thunder speaks , And echo ans-wtrs ; and again it breaks . It seeds the ssphyrs e ' er the fioWry meads , And tells , far distant , Chelt'nham ' s glorisos deeds . Butj soft J it ceases ; all's serener far Than siumb ' ring nature in her ebon car , When the paie moon her trembling radiance pours 'Hid earth 8 refreshing amaranthine boWrs . And lo ! he speaks ! he speaks to eVry mind With reison , trstb , and eloquence reSn'd . He speaks ! and virtus kindles as she heats , Whi& hope fcxnliing chases ail her fears , And forward locks with many a smile serene ; While freedom dances in each vernal scene . .

      He Epeiks I ami lo , each tyrant trembling cowers , While coDsekas fear enthrals hisflaltTing pow'rs j He sees tbe t : ce impetuous rusting on , The banner smitten and the battle won ; He sses , and feels his wretched bosom cleft Iaka the lorn maiden of her love bereft . He sreaks J and 01 this grov'ling son ! of mine S « nss the vast hill of certainty to climb , From wxJ ^ h she vkws all ranged in fair array

      The peactfa ! emblems of fair freedom ' s sway ; Like a . bol-i tagis from some mountain ' s brow , With prids surveys the fairy scenes below . Swtet mellowing harvests deck the gen ' rous BOil , And plenty crowns the humble cotters toiL Feace and contentment on Qod ^ creature's smile , And wictrj srorrns « " <* summer suns beguile . Aye , peace sdvancas " mid sweet myrtle bowers , While Tound her hrow £ ten _ l sunshine glow ' rs . She seems _ U lovely , heaven's seraphic maid , The gentle mistress of the rural shade .

      Now , blushing Tenus wanders down the vale , Her breast responsive to the vocal tale ; And gentle lovers , " neath the shady grove , Enjr-y the raptures of ¦ ansullied lOTe . 2 Xow , freedom comes , begirt with rays divine , And round her brows unfading laurels twine ; Her br _ ut all spangled , as the ruddy morn With careless grandeur , decks her lovely form . And see' she moves , light tripping o ' er the plains , The beaVnly guardian of Britannia ' s swains ] Then fancy dictates to my throbbing soul , As through my breast her genial currents roll ; While reason , smrting , fans the glimm ' ring ray To the full brightness of meridian day .

      But , eee ! the champion of our cause retires , And , on his lips , the glorious strain expires ; While ere he sinks , his soul , nnchain'd and free , In ling e ring accents whispers " xibebtt" ! i And see , he goes ; the hero quits the scene , His breast expanding wrapt in joy supreme . He goes ! far distant in the field to fight And wage the battle of a people's right He goes ! determin'd to attack the foe Till crown'd with conquest ; or by death laid low Hs goes \ while heaVn protects his manly form From Etern oppression ' s vile , malignant storm-He goes ! and 0 ! again the thundflr roars , - And Pi-CBbss slumbers ' neath the western shores .

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      " ~~—¦ SCRAPS FOB RADICALS . BT L . T . CL 4 KCT . KO . XYI . There are already two victims sent to their account , and sevtnt'ren others lie without a hope of recovery What bUod that -will not nm cold st the recital of these horrors ?—0 CojCfEiL —( Not DaS I . ' ) Let the harp of my country now slumber ; Let cypres 3 be strewn o'er the plain ; Let Erin awake not a number , Except as a dirge for the slain . Lo ! " braTt Feargus proclaims through the water Its troubled and gcre-crimson'd surge . K ^ vtEgc-: f or tiJs cold bloody sla . 113 h . tcr , This MolocL-fike , dastardly scourge .

      Id Athens , the culprit was blinded L-si pity should jagtice appal ; But our modem greeks , more highly-minded , Say *¦ justice means nothing at all ™ - Thus , thus , do they mock all endurance , Foul deeds palliate and descry And give their complainant * assurance " Ti the way the loir Irish should die I " Oh ! where was the great liberator , The ones Blighty member for Clare ? Oh ! where the head Paeifleator ^ When blood-stained his laurel * won there ? lleftunks he was smiling that hour To think that his moral-force school , Which raised him to venal Whig power , Was bleeding to Tory miarula .

      Ho » long EhaH the land of our fathers Submit to Ms registered vow ? Can Erin smil& on while he gathers A gore-crlmson'd wreathe for her "brow Oh ! ratier each source of her fountains BhDTijQ tielnge the fields of her fame ; Or choOB reign king o ' er her mountains , And perish far ever her name . But yet may —e hail that bright morrow , ( A Star beameth over tfcee , Clare ); When hope dries thy last tear of sorrow , And joy triumphs over despair : Then Erin , dread not the bold f oeman , But rather that foal viper * breath , The base , - » ho " dare not be a Roman , " Bat eonusel " obedienee to death . "

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      A HOME IX THE HEART . Oh ! ask not a hems in the mansion of pride ' Where marble shines out in the pillars and walls ; Though the roof be of gold it is brilliantly cold . _ And joy may not be foond in it 3 torch-lighted halls . Bat seek for a bosom aH honest and true , j Where love once awakened will never depart ; . Xnrn , turn to that breast like the dove to Ita nest , And youli find there ' s no home like a home in the heart Oh ; lint but one spirit that ' s "warmly sincere , That will heighten your pleasure and solace yeur care ; raid a ebuI you may trust aa-the kind and the just , And be sure thai the world hoteB no treasure so rare . ¦ Then tifc « e frowns of misfortune may shadow our lot , _ Tne check-searing tear-drops of sorrow may start , Sot a star never dim sheds a halo for him Who can turn for repose to a home in the heart . Eliza Cook

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      U&bDS . —Leeds and Sklbt Railway Com-TA 7 ir . —0 n Saturday last , at noon , the animal meeting of this Railway Company was held at Scarborough ' s Hotel , Leeds , John" Gott , Esq . in the chair . The proceedings , owing to the railway being let at a certain fixed rent to the York and North Midland Railway Company ,. wera of s very uninteresting character . It was resolved to pay the income tax , not oat of the dividends on the shares , but out of the reserve fund ; a dividend of £ 2 . 10 s . per cent , for the last half year was ordered to be made : the four

      retiring directors ( Mr . John Gott , Mr . Andos , Mr-Gatliff , . and Mr . Whitehead ) were all re-elected , and a vote of thanks to them for their past services waa unanimously agreed to . The reserve fond was stated to be £ 13 316 17 s . 7 d . ; and the balanoe of the income account £ 5250 . Abont thirty shareholders were present , and they all seemed perfectly satisfied with the statement of the Company ' s account 3 , ' as laid before the meeting . A vote of thanks Mving been passed to the chairman , the meeting broke up at one o ' clock .

      Stealing Lead . —On Monday last , a lad about fourteen yeara of age , named Thomas Elliott , was brought before H . Hall , Esq ., and - A .. TUley , Esq ., at the Court House , and committed for tri&i at the Sessions , on a charge of having stolen a quantity of lead from the roof of the Old Methodist Chapel , Hunslet .

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      The Lighthouse , Goodwin Sands . —Contrary to especration , the endeavour 10 fix the caisson which is to form the foundation ef the " light for all nations" has at last been successful . The following note , the first in all probability ever written on the Goodwin sands , was received in town on Friday : — " Caisson , Goodwin sands , July 28 . Dear Sir ; I am safely here , and all going on well . I am , &c , Wm . Bush . Started yesterday ( Wednesday ) at ten o'clock , and arrived at half-past three . " A Bad Subject for Mesmekish . —A boy from the union-house on whom Mr . Tayior failed to produce any mesmeric effect while lecturing in Boston on Wednesday evening , being asked ** Why he dia not go to sle « p ! " shrewdiy answered , " Because I had ' nt got my supper ! Stamford Mercury .

      Mr . John Baknett , the celebrated composer , in a letter to a contemporary , designates the new-fangled systems of teaching singing as impositions on the credulity of the public ; placing them in the same category as the rubbings of Mr . St . John Long , Morison's pills , brandy and salt , the cold water cure , &c— "Who's to decide when singers disagree !"' ¦ _' - PEATH 07 A M 0 NE . ET FROM EATING LUCIFEB Matches —A few days ago a monkey , tho property of a side-waiter in Le . th , met its death in rather an extraordinary manner . Being on board a vessel in the dodks , along with its owner , who was on duty , it fell in with some lucifer matches , which it commenced eating . Finding itself growing sick , the poor animal went to its master , who was asleep , and awakened him by gently opening his eyelids . No relief , however , could be administered , and the

      creature expired , after suffering considerable pain . —Scotsman— [ We could spare a good many more " monkeys" either by this or some other proce ? S J The Tkree Dats op Jult . —The Courrier Francah states that the usual complement of provisions distributed to the indigent poor of Paris on each auniversary of the glorious days of July was doubled on acconnt of the Duke of Orleans' death . This distxibmion , which consists of white brpad , wine , pastry , pork , and butcher ' s meat , was made throughout Faris - on Wednesday morning . The official statistics of the indigent poor inscribed on the charitable list in the twelve arrondissements of Paris comprise 30 . 000 families , or abou ; 70 , 000 persons , giving an average of one to twelve of the population of Paris . It js calculated that among ? t those 70 , 000 indigens po . or there are more than 15 , 000 who are ashamed to apply for assistance .

      Incendiary Firs . —Mr . Sharp , firmer , of Guilsborongb , Northampton , had an incendiary fire on hispremises during the night of Thursday . A large barn was maliciously destroyed containing various implements ; also . four ricks of hay , four fowls , a large stack of wheat , and a number of ouibiilding 3 , the damage of which will amount to several hundred pounds . A .-reward for the apprehension of the incendiary is offered by the Rev . D . Watson , the rector of th % parish , and also another reward by the Phce nix Insurance Office .

      Hoaxing the Dublin Corporation . —At the last meeting of the corporation a letter was read , purporting to have been written by Sir Richard Baker , one of the aldermen of the old body , declining in the most di ^ nterested manner to receive a sum of £ 300 , to which he was entitled , by way of compensation for the I 05 ? of his office , according to the provisions of the Municipal Reform Act . The jobbers were in perfect ecstaeies at thi 3 unexpected Godsend , and Sir Richard ' s Jetfer was ordered to be inserted on th . e minutes in all due form . The ex-Alderman was not , howeTer , forgetful of the adage , " a fool and his money are soon parted ; " for in the Evening Packet of Friday night there appeared a letter , signed by Sir" Richard tJaker , announcing that the communication read at the meeting of the Town Council was a forgery , and that he had no idea whatsoever of forfeiting his just claims to the £ 300 compensation money . PoisoxiNG a Husband—At the Flintshire assize ?

      . . on Friday , Hannah Roberts , aged nineteen years , was indicted for the mnrder of her husband , Robert Roberts , aged seventy-five , on ths second of June last , at Ca ^ rwys , by administering to him a quantity of . white arsenic , from the effects of which be died . After a long investigation , the Jury returned a verdicr of guilty . The judge ( Baroa Gurnej ) then passed the awful sentence of the law upon the prisoner , after which , Mr . Townsend , in bar of execution , pleaded that the prisoner was pregnant . A jury of matrons was immediately impannelled , and a verdict given , in the course of an hour , confirmatory of the fact . The trial , which commenced at nine in the mornirg , did not terminate till four o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Strange Accident . —A young man named James Sparks , aged 22 , brewer at Mrs . Hughes ' s the Punch Bowl , in Steelhouse-lane , left the house of his mistress on Sunday evening last , in company with a young man and two giris . They went up to a neighbouring bouse and had something to drink , and fearing he should be wanted , deceased was hastily running dowa a gullet to get home , when he Tan with violence against a post placed as the ead of the entrance . The shock so- injured him , that he died In the General Hospital on the morning of Tuesday last . Mr . Baker described his sufferings , whicn were frightful in the extreme . The cause of death wa 3 a rupture of one of the principle intestines . A verdict of tlr Accidental death" was returned . —Birmingham Advertiser .

      At Qcee * square Police-office , on Thursday , James Wyatt , a roagh , middle-aged man , was charged with throwing a stone at the carriage of Mr . Stuart Wortley , M . P ., near the House of Commons ; Iiir > Wortley and Lord Sandon beiag in ihe carriage . Mr . Thomas Coll-1 , Superintendent of the Members' Waiting-room , deposed that he saw the act—Witness went np to the prisoner , and asked him if he was mad or drank ? The prisoner replied , " Neither , " and that he perfectly well knew ¦ vrbafc he was about . He was asked why be threw at ihai-partieolsr carriage ? and he answered , ibat

      he had singled ont no one carriage : ha intended to throw at all of them until he could hit Sir Robert Peel . He was asked what could be his motive in desiring to injure tho Premier 1 He replied that was best knovu to himself . Another witness said that he was quite sober . In answer to Mr . Gregorie , the magistrate , Wyait said that he was a carpenter out of work ; but he would not say what he had been doing for the last six months . Mr . Gregorie thought him insane , and committed him to the House of Correction for three months , with the view of bis being seen by the Visiting Magistrates .

      -Launch op the "Great Northern . "—This immense new steamer , lately built by Captain Coppin , was launched on Saturday morning last , in the presence of at least 20 , 000 spectators from all parts of the country , tnd of many from England and Scotland . At eight o ' clock the workmen's hammers were first heard , tl : e wedges were driven , and the last obstruction was removed at a quarter to nine , when Miss Reid , eldest daughter of the late Rev . Edward Reid , oi Rameltan , and niece to Mr . Joseph Kelso , broke the bottle at her bow , the flag wiih the vessel's name , " Great Northern , " was hoisted , and the mountain of wood majestically glided into the water . No accident of any kind occurred . The Great Northern is the largest vessel ever built in this

      country . Her dimensions are 220 feet in length , 37 feet beam , and 26 feet deep in the hold ; burden 1 , 750 tons , B . M ., she is to be fully rigged as a fifty gun frigate , the length of mainmast to be ninety feet ) and thirty-three inches diameter , mainyard seventy-nine feet , and twenty-two and half inches diameter in the alines ,, foremast eighty-three feet , and miaenmast seventy-six feet ; she will be able "to spread 6 , 400 yard 3 of canvass . There are three decks , . the tipper one to be left entirely clear for action , and to be pierced for forty-four guns ; the windlass and capstan gear will be placed betwixt decks . She is to be propelled by Smith ' s Archimedean screw , which will be twelva feet diameter ,

      and fonrteen feet pitch , but the length will be only seven feet ; is is to make eighty-eight revolutions per minuve ; the gearing consists of a cog-wheel , twenty feet diameter , working into a smaller wheel , of five feet diameter , upon whose axis is the shaft of the screw . The engine power consists of two cylinders , sixty-eight . inches in diameter , four feet six inches stroke , and to make twenty-two strokes per minute ; nominal power about 370 horses ; there are to be four air-pumps , nineteen inches diameter , and four feet Bix inches stroke , and cylindrical boilers . The engines are to be placed close abaft the vessel , leaving the midships clear for passengers . —JDerry Standard .

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      Seizure made by the Societ * tpou th 6 Suppression of Vice . —A search wananfrjvas a teff days back granted by Mr . Jardine , the sitting magistrate at Bow-street , upon the application of Mr . Pritchard secretary ol the above named ' society ; and a printing press , with upwards of two hundred weight of type , which were used for printing obsoent books , a stock of 1 , 391 obscene prints , i £ rbooks With plates . 66 ibs . of letter-press not stitched up , and 21 copperplates , aU of whiob were of the mo 3 t abominable description , were seized at an establishment within the distriot of Bow-street .

      Shocking Case of ScyEBSTWiON . ^ -An instance of gross superstition occurred at Market Rasen last week . A man , named Radley , a brick-maker , residing in that place , has been for the last four years in a low stato of health ; he attributed his affliction to tke agency of witchciaft , and actually accused his own mother , an inoffensive and honest woman , residing in Rasen , with practising it . The most absurd and nonsencical remedies were tried by the deluded man and his family to drive away the " spiritof evil . " The man got no better , and at length he determined to try the last , and , as he believed ,

      sure remedy , namely , " to draw blood from the witch . " Having met his mother in the Btreet , on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., he accosted her , and , offering his hand , asked how she was ; surprised at the sudden change in his behaviour ( for he had not spoken to her for two years before , though living cleee by ) and suspecting some collusive design , the attempted to pass him without accepting his proffered hand , whereupon he seized hold of her , and inflicted two deep scratches on one of her arms with the point of some sharp instrument which he had concealed in his hand . The wound bled profasely .

      Hoqussing . —At the Nottingham assizes , Benjamin Hurd , 24 , and Hannah Hurd , his wife , 23 , were charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Robinson , in the parish of Radford , on the 7 th of March . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had gone to the house of the prisoners ( a house of ill fame ) in a state of partial intoxication ; and that , while there , the female prisoner gave him ale with laudanum in it , and rtated s in the presence cT several witnesses , that she bad been "hocussing" him . One of . them said to her , lk It will kill him ; " and she replied , " Well , if it doe 3 I can't help it—it's done . " The deceased was afterwards turned out of the house ; and , after remaining in a state of insensibility until the next night , died , The jury acquitted the husband , but found the woman guilt ; ; and she was sentenced to transportation for life ' .

      Hydrophobia akd Death from the Bite of a Dog . —An inquest was held on Friday , at the Black Bull , Thomas-street , Bethnal Green , before Mr . Baker , the coroner , ou the body of John Tibbs , aged seven years , who died from the bite of a mad dog . — Mary Tibbs , mother of the deceased , said that she resided at No . 15 , Thomas-street . In August last , while deceased was pjaying with other children in front of the house , a little dog ran amongst them , and bit him . on the left temple . He ran in-doors and showed witness the wound . It was a jagged one , and she could see the marks of five of the dog ' s teeth . Under the treatment of a surgeon the bite soon healed , though deceased ever since that time , and notwithstanding that ho ate heartily , had been

      getting mucn thinner . On Saturday morning last sho found , for the flrrt time , that he was labouring under hydrophobia . He was shivering so violently that she could not wash him , and after breaking away from her , ran about the room as if he were wild . Leeches to the temple were ordered and applied , but he could not take the medicine . When water was offered to him . he tried to jump out of the window . Hs continued from that time to rave , foam at the mouth , and bark like a dog , until the following Monday , when he died . S-okes , the summoning officer , said that that was the second death which had taken place in that neighbourhood from hydrophobia , caused by a bite from the same dog . —Verdict , " Died from hydrophobia . "

      Stp . o . \ g Sympathy i . V the Dog . —An interesting instaucq of this feeling in the canine species , the authenticity of which may be relied on , lately took place , or rather is still proceeding , at Invergeldie , a large sheep farm on the estate of Lawers , near Comrie , Perthshire . Tiie overseer became severely indisposed , and for the first ten days after thenmaster had taken to bed his two faithful collies refused to be comforted , mournfully declining ail sorts of food , nay , even milk warm from the cow at last pressed upon them by the domestics . At length their case became so serious—foi they were otherwise valuable dog 3 , that the overseer ' s mother was prevailed upon to inform her sick son , though at the time very low , of the circumstance , begging of him

      as a dernier resort ^ to try what effect his own word would still have upon the mute mourners . By an eipjrt , he succeeded in a weak voice to Hame hl ' 3 favourites , pointing at the same time to some food , placed at hand for the trial . This gentle command had its effect ; the do « s at once obeyed , and have since , as if it were still repeated to them , which it is not likely ever to be again , continued to take as much as supports life ; but oace every day at least , and oftentr if opportunity offer , they glide together imo the room where the sick man i 3 , slip stealthily to the bedside , raise their fore paws upon the bedclothes , and in this attitude continue together for some time to gaze intently on the pallid features of th ( ir now unconscious master , and then droopingly retire out of the room . —Stirling Journal .

      Railway Accident . —On Wednesday morning week , when tho train , which leaves Birmingham for Derby , at seven o ' clock , had passed the Burton Station , one of tho passengers , observed an unusual smoke from a luggage waggon near ihe engine ; after several atiemp' 3 to rnuke himself understood , he succeeded in getting the train stoppe-J ; the ? guard lifted up the cloths which covered the luggage , and alter desiring the passengers , who in alarm had left their seats , to " jump in , " he called out to the engineer to ** run into Derby as fatt as he could . " The irain was . no sooner set in motion , than the flameR burst out with great fierceness ; the fire soon reached the second luggage waggon , and threatened the destruction of the passengers , among whom were many females , who were riding in a third-class carriage attached to the luggage wageon- * ; the shrieks of

      the women were frightful , and the blaze most frightful , but 80 rapid was tho speed at which the train had been urged , that the engineer could not stop it , till it reached the approach to the Derby Station , where several persons were much injured by suddenly jumping out of the carriages as soon as they cam ^ to a halt ; every exertion was of course then made to extinguish the fire ; one of the luggage waggons was completely consumed , and the other much burat- Surely the engineer and guard ought 50 have detached the Inggage carriages when the fire was discovered , instead of risking the Iive 3 of the passengers by taking the dangerous course they did . The fire is supposed to have originated from the spontaneous combustion of * ome article among the goods conveyed , as the laggage was well protected from the effect of sparks from the engine .

      Horrible Depravity . —Rapb by a Father on his own Daughter—One of the most horrible cases of rape which for a long time past has been brought to light , is the following , which was- £ one into on Saturday , at Marylebone-office , before the sitting magistrate , Mr . Rawlinson . The court was crowded to excess by persons who had come thither to hear the d 9 posititions , the whole of which having been gone into , were read over by Mr . Fell , the chief clerk . The prisoner ' s name is Edward Leader ; he is a man about thirty-five years of age , andhi 3 child Laurina , an interesting little girl , whom he had violated , and who was accompanied to the court by a decent-looking woman , her mother , the latter having in her arms an infant . Tho girl was fir ? t examined . She deposed that she resided with her parents at No . 33 , Devonshire-street , Lisson-grove , and that her mother was confined about four months

      ago ; a week prior to that event , the prisoner , at a period when , to the best of her belief , her * mother . was absent from the house , took her into the back room on the first floor , where he laid her upon the bed , and then— ' ¦ —The child here entered into particulars to which we cannot give publicity , and went on tb state that , after effecting his purpose , he threatened to give her a good hiding if she mentioned to any one what had occurred . In a fortnight afterwards he ill-treated her in the like manner , and had twice or thrice repeated the offence since ; the last time he acted thns towards her was the week before last , when her mother was out . —Hooker , 130 D , in whose hands the warrant was placed , gave evidence to the < fleet that he

      apprehended the prisoner in the vicinity of his ( the prisoner ' s ) residence , and told him that he had a warrant against him for an assault on his child . He said , " Very well , " and requested to be allowed to go hopie before he was brought to the court , but this lie ( witness ) , of course , refused . —Mr . Charles Leader , a . re ^ peotable tradesman , brother of the prisoner , stated that the child Lanriaa was born in the Lyingin hospital , York-road , Lambeth , on the 3 rd of December , 1832 , and that she would , therefore , not be ten years of age until December next ; at th « time of the said birth , the prisoner , who had much neglected his wife , was in Spain . —Mr . Burford , surgeon , OroYo-pl&ce , Lisson-grove , proved that the capital offence , with which the prisoner stood charged , had been committed . —Sir . Rawlinson ( to

      the prisoner ) : It will be my duty , upon the evidence which has now been read over to you , to send you to Newgate to take your trial for the rape npon your child ; yon need not say anything now unless you think fit , but in the event of your making any statement , it will be taken down , and may be used either for er against you upon yonr trial ; after this caution which 1 have given you can do as you please . —Prisoner ( who seemed ? ery dejected ) : I shall not eay anything now . —He was then remove d from the ba and locked up , and prior to the arrival of the government van , was conveyed to Newgate by Hooker , the officer , in a cab . This mode of removing him was resorted to with the view of preventing any riot or outrage , which "would , no doubt , have taken place had the prisoner been removed in the usual way , so great was the indignation of the public against the perpetrator vf eo aWiaiuabie a crime .

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      A LABOCBKU , sixty years of age , at Down ' s Wharf , East Smithfieid , iilled ¦ ¦ " -himself , the other dayVby suckiDg strong whiskey , thirty degrees above proof , through a reed inserted in the bunK-hole of a barrel . He fell down insensible , and never recovered , r . '¦ :. ' , LoNGETiTT .-T ~ The followingVmos / fc extraordinary instano © of longevity appeara in the Cork Reporter , and its accuracy is vouched by a gentleman ol fortune in the county of Cork , Mr . NaKle ; of Ballinamona-oastle , who in a letter , dated July 26 , thus writeB to the editor : —• ' Ithink you will not have any objection to ; insert in / voiir next Oublication the

      death , of a very old mani niy pound-keeper , oh '' part of the lands of Glogher , near Poneraile , named Louia Wholelian . . He died yesterday'at the age of 118 years and 7 months ; hei was marriedv to ^ bis first wife more than fifty years ; and had no offspring . He married a eecond wife at the age of 109 yeara , by whom ( . he has had a son , a fine boy , and very like the father . From his great age I have given him his house and the parish pound many years rent free ) which made him comfortable and prolonged his life . He never lost a tooth , nor had he a greyHair on his head . . - :--. ' ¦¦ :- ' ¦ : '¦ - ' ¦ ' ^ .. - . - - ¦• ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ . / ¦ ¦ - ¦;• . - /

      Suspected Murder near Sunderland . — - On Tuesday last the body of a female was discovered at highwater-mark on the sand , at Black Hall Rocks , near Monk Heselden , by ivro country lads . They communicated * tfce oircumBtance to a neighbouring farmer , who caused the body to be immediately removed to his barn . The deoeased ; who did not appear to have been long in the wa ^ er , was dressed in a mousselin-de-laine gown , had on a Dunsfcable bonnet , not lined , trimmed with pink riband , habit shirt , black stockings , and black cloth boots ; her

      hair black , stout in person , of ruddy complexion , and about the ordinary height . Her general appearance was that of a country girl of about twenty fire years of age . The face is much disfigured and discoloured , and there are about the head severe bruises , indicative of violence , though it is possible they may have been produced by coming in contact ; with the rooks or other hard substances . The body has not yet been identified , though deputations from the various borough and rural police , as also a number of other persons , have visited the spot for that purpose .

      •* A Little Mishap . "—An elderly , lack-a daisicallookiug little personage , applied to the magistrate at Worship-street office , on Saturday last , tor his advice and assistance in the following delicate matter ' : —His application , he said , had reference to a female servant who had lived with him for about seven years , and who had lately ^ conducted herself in such a domineering and outrageous manner that he could bear with her no longer . She insisted upon having her own way in every particular , and on his venturing to remonstrate with her she wa 9 . in the habit of assailing him with the grossest abuse , and even of obliging him to succumb to her authority by the exercise of physical force . On tho preceding night an altercation ensued between them , in the course of which she snatched up a knife and attacked him with such impetuosity that he was compelled

      to fly for protection into the house of a neighbour , and he felt convinced that unless the magiatratb interfered on his behalf she would carry put her threats of putting him to death . —Mr . Bingham : If the woraan bo your servant , as you say she is , why do you not send her about her business ?— Applicant ( in a rueful tone ) : I have given her warning again and again , your worship , buc she positively refuses to go . —Mr . BmKham : I suppose you have invested her with the character of a mistress as well as of a servant . —Applicant ( sheepiBh'ly ) : Why the truth is , a little mishap certainly did take place between us , but I am willing to provide handdomely for the child if she will obliea me by taking her departure , —Mr . iiingham : Your little mishap , then , came upon you in the shape of a little child I { A laugh . ) —Applicant : Even so , your worship , most unhappily for me . —The magistrate granted him a peace

      warrant . The Old Lady and the ConnLER . —Some years ago the husband of an old lady residing in a country village happened to die suddenly without making awilJ , for the want of which very necessary precaution hia estate would have passed away from his widow , had she not resorted to thcfollowingremarkableexpedient to avert the loss of her property : —She concealed the death of her hubband , and prevailed upon an old cobbler , her neighbour , who was inperson somewhat like the deceased , to go to bed at her house and personate him ,, in which character it was agreed that he should dictate a will , leaving tho widow the estate in question . An attorney was accordingly sent for to prepare tho required document , and tho widow on his arrival appeared to be realizing the greatest

      affliction at hov good man s danger , but foitnwith proceeded to ask questions of her pretended husband calculated to elicit the answers she expected and desired . The old cobbler groaning aloud , and Jookipg as much like a person going to give up the shoat a 3 possible , feebly answered , '' I intend to leavpyou half my estate ; and I do think the poor old sboomaker , who lives over the way , is deserving of tho ol her half , for he has always beea a good noighbour ;" The widow was thunderstruck , at recemrg a reply so different to that which Bhe expected , but dared not negative the cobbler ' s will , for fear of losing the whole of the property , whila tho cunning old rogue in bed , who was himself tho poor old shoemak « r living over the way , laughed in his sleeve , and divided with her tho fruits of a project which the widow had intended for her own sole benefit;—Scotch

      Gazette . A Most Dastardly Outrage was oemmittod on Friday morning early , at the George Hotel , Portsmouth Tho house Was extremely full on Thursday , and , owing to the Goodwood races , the inmates were rather late in retiring to rest . About two o ' clock on Friday morning , when everything was quiet , a terrifio explosion was heard , so as to aiarpj all the neighbourhood , and even the police : establishment in Pembroke street adjo ning . The sound eviiien r , ly proceeded from tho upper pwr-t of the house , whither all the in mates ( who had courage ) repaired , but the consternation wi " s so general that many imagined the houso was falling , &c . It w . is found that the

      explosi'in had taken place in a lobby into which four doors open ; these were forced off tho looks and hinge 3 , the windows all broken , the skylight also broken , wainscots , ceilings , &e ., destroyed , carpets on fire , &o ., and numerous fragmonis ; of cartridge paper , cordage , &c , ' lying- " . about . It is conjectured that the ruffians must have made a firework of strong paper , repeatedly folded and lashed with cordage , and whioh was probably , placed in a corner , or suspended from a beli-wire , and lighted by a slow match . Unfortunately , there is not at present any proof as to the person who did it , but strong suspicions are entertained , and it is hoped ; that the remnants of paper arid cord o ! which the " infetnal machine" was composed may yet lead to detection .

      —Hants Advertiser . , Affair of ScaNdai , at Kingstown , InEtand . — The gossips residing in and about the neighbourhood of Kingstown have had ample materials furnished them far tea-table talk for the next three months , by the explosion ; of ah affair of a very delicate character , which has been in some measure revealed to the public within the last few days . A gentleman residing at G—— Terrace , in the above fashionable locality , who writes " Sir" before his name , or "Bart . " after it ( we forget which ) , and who is blessed with a beautiful young wife , had a seryantmari , nam ? d John Smyth , who for some fault or other , was discharged from the service a short time since without a written character . The servant

      endeavoured in vain to procure' tlio necessary document as a passport to future employment , but hia master was inexorable , and refused to grant , the discha rge . The servan t at length in a de me of threa ts , at the same time alleging he had inhis possession such a document as would compel the gentleman to grant his request , whether ho liked it or not . On makiug inquiry of Sinyth ,. the gentleman ascertained that a letter had been given to him about five Weeks ago by Lady : ——( his mistress ) , with directions to deliver it to the person to whom it was addressecJ . The ser * vant suspecting all was not Tight , detained and opened the letter , and on perusal of its contents , he was convinced that a very improper intimacy existed between bis lady and a gallant son of Mars . On

      stating this fact to his master ( from whom he still sought the discharge ) the latter became enraged at the imputation cast on the honour of his wifej and in nowise doubting her fidelity , he ' eharged the servant with opening a ; letter entruated to his care by Lady—r ~ , Smyth was accordingly taken into custody by the police on Saturday , and brought before Mr . O'Callaghan , the presiding Ma ft istrateat the police court . The case was postponed tp Monday , when the prisoner was brought up for final examination bofore Mr . Hitchcock . Smyth had , in tho mean time , produced the letter to-hia master , who was not only horrified at its contents , but at once acknow ^ ledged it to be the handwriting of his lady . I » this state of affairs tho case came before Mr . Hitchcock

      but the charge against Smyth being withdrawn , hewas at once discharged . So stands the ^ ' affair " at present ; but it is said the infuriated husband has dismissed his spouse from his domicile , and that he is about to commence an action forthwith for crim con . ¦¦¦" 'lie lady is a mother , and some years younger than her V lord and master . " The charge agamst Smyth was withdrawn in consequence of Sir - ——not wishing to have the letter in iquestion put in the evidence . —Another '' delicate affair '' has taken place in the same neighbourhood . Qn Thursday evening a wealthy and eminent solicitor was invited to partake of the " delicacies of the season " with a who is blest

      rich client , residing at Kingstown , ( as the story goeB ) with a beautiful and bloomiDg wife . The host having occasion to absent himself from home on business after dinner , returned rather ^ anexpectedly , -when he made a discovery whiclvteflectea neither fidelity to the marriage vow on ihe part of his spouse , nor honour on the part of his law adviser . " A scene somewhat resembling that related by Byron in " Don Juan " followed ; but the man of briefs , it appears , was brief in taking his leave . A regular" shiidy" was kicked up . in the neighbourhood , and an action is to be forthwith commenced for crim . con . The lady has been married about two years , and ia the mother of two children . She is a very beautiful and accomplished Woman .

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      Ax Wandsworth Police Court , on Saturday , Wiliiam Scrimshaw ^ a master tailor , residing in the Square , Battersoa , was charged with attempting to commit a rape upon the person of Mary Marsh , hia servant , aged fourteen years . The girl said that her master called her into his bed-rootu , at night to remove the candle , and the moment she entered he treated her in the most indecent manner , bat she succeeded in escaping from hia grasp , and getting into the room of a female , Who slepi with her . The ^ giri ; was strictly cross-exami&ed , bat nothing Was elicited to shake her testimony , and the prisoner was Sited £ S > " .: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ::- ' : - ¦ : ¦ . ¦ " .:.

      FXTRAOEDlNABr AND . TbeMENDOUS GotLISION . — Oia TVedneaday last , a most extraordinary and Tiplent concussion ioob pla « e at Topsham Bridge , between two horsemen who were approaching the tara of the bridge at the sam 9 moment , one proceeding from the hill on the Topsham sidej the other having come nearly across the bridge from tho Lympstoh road ; they , were riding so furiously that before they could pull up , or check the speed of their horses , they struck each other with such violence , that one of the hor . < es and its rider were forced over the bridge , and fell into the wa * er ; thetide being out at tHo time , the man's life was fortunately saved , but the horse received such injaries from the violence of the shock , that life became extinct before it could be extrieatedtrom the water .

      Extraordinary Case of Htdrophodia . —A fine bay saddle inure , belonging to a gentleman of this city , died of this shocking malady " on Wednesday , in Dublin . She had been out as U 3 ual the day before , exercising in the Coburg Gardens , and there first evinced symptoms of sulk , and attempted to lie down , when the groom immediately rode her home * In the stall she appeared more uneasy still , totterng 'torn side to side , and at last fell , but reeovered herself , biting and snapping at every object . IVIr . Watts , the eminent veterinary surgeon , wa 3 sent for promptly , and , on seeing her , pronounced at

      once that she had been bitten by a mad dog , and could not eurvive more than a diy . Her mouth was then tied up ,: to prevent she animal tearing herself , and doing injury to all about her . The mare daring the night struggled under the paroxysms of the disease to release herself , and becamei so furious that she dashed against the stable Watts * and broke part of the timber-work , foaming at the niouth , and cutting herself about the head and eyes by plunging against the enolosure in vrhich eno stood . Death at last closed the poor'creature ' seufftiririg'S The mare had evinced a slight lameness in on « foot , but no 6 igu of a cut or bite there ; --Limerick Chronicle .

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      FRANCE . The Speech of the hing of the French on opening the Chambers . —Lcuis Philippe opened tho Chambers in person , on Tuesday week . On his way he was cheered by the people . Within doors more of solemnity was observa . ble and observed thag on any former occasion . On entering the Chamber ( ar - twenty minutes past one o ' clock , ) his Majesty was deeply affected . Oq either side of the throne Were the King ' s four sons , the Dukes of Nemours , Aumale , and Montpensier , and the Ffihce de . Toinville . The Ministers were in front of them . On ; 'attempting- to address the Chamber , the King ' s grief and a . gitation werc , extreme . E <> x some moments he felt unable to proceed . Hia emotion soon communicated itself to

      his auditors , and changed into sobs the cheef 3 of enthusiasm with which' ou his entrance the King had been hailed . On uttering the fifat vyorda his voice faltered , and he burst into tears . " So contagious was this burst of feeling , " eay our letters , " that there was not a dry eye in the Chamber . " During the delivery of the whole speech his Majesty ' s voice frequently failed him . At every such pause ; the cheering was renewed , and at the close the Chamber for many minutes rang with cries of '' Vive le Roi !" Tho Speech over , hia Maje .- ty sat down and remained while the Deputies were sworn in . On tho King ' s way back to the Tuileries ha was most enthusiastie&liy received by the peppJe . His Majesfy seemed . much , altered by tho calamity that had fallen upon him and his family

      ¦';THE SPEECH . Gentlfmen , Peers , and Deputies . —Under tho grief which oppresses me . ; deprived of . thai clearly beloved son whom I considered destined to replace me on the throne , and who was the glory and support of my old age , I have deeaied it imperative to hasten the moment of your assembling around me . We have together a great duty to fulfil . When it shall please God to call me to Himself , it is neces-Bary that France arid the Constitutional Monarchy bo secured against being for a moment exposed to

      any Anteriuption of tne Royal authority . You will thereforo have tb deliberate upon the measures requisite for preventing , during the minority of my beloved grandson this immense danger . The calamity that has befallen me does not render me ungrateful to Divin © Providence , which ' . still preserves ma to my ohildreTi , worthy of all my tenderness and of the confidence of France . Gentlemen , let us now secure the repose and safety of our country . At a later period I shall call upon you to resume your accustomed labours relative to state affairs .

      united Statfs —The Caledonia steam-ship , which left Halifax on tho 18 th inst ., arrived at LiverD 6 ol on Thursday . The rumour that fresh dinlcultie ^ had arisen , in the settlement of Lord Ashburton' ^ inis 8 ion gained ground . The Senate had parsed a bill , by a large majority , to enable the Central Governmfent to deal withcasessuchaa thatof M'Leod . The Representatives had decide' ! , by 132 to 7 s against the assumption of Stato debts by the Union ; One of the passengers by the Caledonia was Fanny

      Elsslor . Two frightful steam-boat explosions had occurred . Sixty -two out of oi ; a hundred and twenty emigrants ehkiiy-English , were fcil ! - "d by an explosi-jn near Lachine , whether one of the boats was proccedig from Montreal . Thr boiler-flues of . the other bnat collapsed at the mouth of ihe Mist-ouri , and sixty-three persons , mostly Qormans , were , scalded , and- apparently killed ; for it js said that '' some two or threo were saved , by bsiug blown into the river . "

      Brossels , July 29 . —The following is the project of law presented to the Chamber of Ropresentatives by the Minister for Foreign Affairs , in coriBequenoe of the Convention just concluded with France relative to tho importation ot linen and thread : — " Leopold , King of the Belgians—Seeing the 63 rd article of the Constitutioni which is as follows : — 'Treatieb of commerce , and such as may impose a burden on the state , or biad the Belgians individually , are not valid till after they have received the

      assent of the Chambers , ' we have decreed , in concert with the Chambers , and order as follows :-tArticle 1 . The commercial convention concluded between Belgium and France , signed at Paris on the ' 16 th ' . of July , 1842 j is approved to be executed according to its form and tenour . Art . 2 . The King may extend to Other states the reductions stipulated by article 2 of the said convention , with such clauses , conditions , and reservations , as his Majesty shall judge to be necessary or advantageous to his country . Art ., 3 . The present law shall be binding the day after its proiaiulgation . "—Brussels papers , July '

      29-Philadelphu , June 28 . —American Duel . —The ordinary and monotonous routine of " matters and things in general , " has been varied with a dual between two distinguishedLcitizens :, to -wit—Col . j W . Webb , proprietor of the New York Courier and Enquirery&ni the Hon . J . H . Marshall , member of Congress from Kentucky . The dispute arose out of an attack made by Mr . Marshall , in Congress , on Colonel Webb , in relation to a communication ( not editorial ) that had appeared in . the Enquirer . The parties met on Saturday , on the Delaware and Maryland lines . Pistolsr—ten paces—two shots--and Col . Webb was shot through the knee . Marshall , even theu , asking for a ihArd fire ! which was very properly objected to by Colonel Webb's second and surgeon . "' ¦ ¦ .. '

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      over ship ' 8 side , audgroaatd tike a martyr—flroppcd his shovel hat , iuto ibejscaj and , borcowed his chaplain's casio »"» i which didn ' t fit—another heave of the ship ,-andla eorrespDnding motion ia the episcopal epigastrium— chaplain , asked bishop how h © -jfelt- ^ bishop replied ^ . h ^ never felt so uncomfortable Mnce ho was deprivea ' ef his rich living of Stanhope . 2 ; p . M . ^ WiEt' gradually abating—bishop quite comfortable agait -sap / a porpoise , and asked the chaplain if it wasn't very like Doctor C—— , of Exeter -- \ chaplairi eaid yet ' . . of courso--tried to laugh , but was nearly choked ith the egort .

      ^ 3 , p . m --Sea- inuci v smoother—bishop remarked thai his flashy ta ' berhai . -le was in waut of repair , and p pet * all hands to dinnt r—despatched a pullet : n lesa than no time , to the asi'visbment of the m > ta , who ^ aid he'd rather keep h . ' m a : week , than a monthhob ^ a-nobbed with the chaplain—toasted " Church and State" —was beginni ' . ig--1 » sing the song : of "Toby Phil pot 3 , " when jqV't as he got as far as the word ¦ " ¦ Toby , " a tremendoii v roli of tbe ship sent him head toreincst on the ca bin-floor—two hams , a j ; ound of beef , four bottles pl cnanipague , and six oitto of old port fell atop of hi m and kept him cool and moist—ctaplain alarmed , sa eg out" The Church in danger ! " ; ?

      4 , P . M . —Scilly Isles ia sighi— -aborfgiaea rush down to the . sea-shore to seo the g'rest ^ an-rEStOnisted to find him just like any other man j—bishop lands at the head of his staff , and holds a consiri tation with a native chief , respecting the culinary accommodations pf the island—denounces all the islanders as eavagea , for their indifferencb io gastrohoaical science , and orders his two men-cooks to enlighten them . on this pohit—^ repairs to his lodgings provided for hi 3 reception , and gWes order on th 8 treasury tqp the ship's steward , for ninety-three pounds ^ tfeet expeuce ofhis voyage . ( Signeo ) Nathan Noggs , ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ' - ' ¦ . ] ' Captain of the schooner Hoax .

      THE MEET ! NG AT DEPTFOKD AND THE ARREST OF DR : M'DOUALL . We -were not a" little caagrined at the neced ^ ity under which we Were last weefe laid , Of . taking our account of the proceedings on this moat important occasion from tho' ^ un , ; Instead of having , aa we ought to have had , our own report . No report came to us : at all , save ia the London papers , until after curs bad gone to press We hope never to be agaia thus situated . It now . ; ap { Kiua * ' ' . that tUe San ' S ; account was not altogether an ' accurate one . Tfciawensed not be at all surprised at - We have this week received from our own reporter the following , which we ought to have bad last week : and as the matter is iniportant we give it now : — " ' •"¦¦ ¦ . ' " ¦ :: : "¦"' .. ¦ -.. . ' ' ' ¦ " ' ' : ' ,- ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦""• ¦¦ . '¦ ' . ' ' ¦ .. ' - '

      ¦ •' Supposing thatmybtieE accsountof the pToceedinga at Deptford , did not reach , you in time for publication , and the short account in th 6 " . ' paper * being incorrect and unsatisfactory ,: I have been requested to furniah you a correct account for the enauirigipaper . '' placards having been" posted around Daptford and Greenwich ,, annuuhcing a lecture from G : Thonipson , E ; q ., on the present distreBs of the country . The Chartists of that neijchbonrhood 1 dutermined to attend , - a : d requested the assistance : of a- few friends from town . About s « veii o'clock the chapel was crowded , mmy oif the awlietiea being . females . The itey . Mr . Pulleh ConimetlCiJd tli < e pioeeedings by . prayer , and at its close announced that Mr . Thompson was unable to attend , owing to an engagement where mucU opposition ^ was expected , and that Mr . Taylorrpould supply his place . A . oSptain \ Barrett , in the gallery , proposed that a < Kscussion should taue place , but w . « s hissed and hooted down . This created gveat counter cheering fiom the Chartists .

      Mr . Tayl « R then rame forward and stated that th ' . ir only objoct was to arrive at the truth , by fair discussion ; Mr . Wheelee , then challenged Mr . Taylor to a discussioa ,. which , ¦ s'as agreed . to by Mi ; . Tayl&u , who coninienced and Was heard without interruption for the space of half an hour , when ho retired according to the ' agryemwit : Mr . VVHEELER then inountv 4 the platform . Tae Rev . . Gsntleraen immediately o ' ojscted to h' » being heard , ' and tho Secretary of the anti-Corn taw Association seized oitn by tho neck , a » 1 ansistci by others , attempteil to force him 68 " the platform ; Failing in this , they sent for the police , and cave Mr . Wheeler into custody . This only created still grei . ter confusion , and cri > i 9 of ' > Turn out the poHee , " &c » During this com motion , Messrs . Dron , lucas , and Dowliog addressed tbe meeting , '

      Soaie little respite'of siiencG having been obtaimd . it waa cams-d by . a lari ; o majority that Mr . Wheeler , against whotn thay declined topresBtho charge , should takft the chair . Dr . M DouALI . thfn acldresstd the inestine :, and was Leard with good attention , until ordered eff the platform by the Rev . Mr . Eull . n , who declared the uieeticg dissolved . ¦ An adjournment bavins ; been tncived by -Mr ; Potter and seconded by Jvlr . Dow ling to the Bread way , Mr . Wheel eb put it to the mefcting , and deciared it adjourned . ' Tbe crowds-who had \> j this timo assembled , now hurried towards the future . scene of action , at the Broadway , Messrs . Taylor awl M'Douait walking arm in arm . ¦'¦' ¦•• . ¦ ¦ ; - .- ' , - ¦ . . " - .. ¦¦¦ •¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ " - . ' . - j

      Upon arriving at the Broadway , Mr . Cook mouiitea the iron lamp holder attached to the ptirnp , . ind addressed the assembly , until the arrival cf Dr . > l ; l ) ouall » who had scarcely spoken for five minutes , "when a man in privata clothes ordered him down ^ . The Doctor Objected until he knew by What authority this order waB jjiven . He was : informed that it was Sapei'intendant Mallaiieu . He rtquestad permiasipn to disperse the meeting . This was ! refused him , and ho immediately came down , being assisted by his friends . Upon his reaching tho ground , a line was made by the police for him , aud he . was ordered to march through it . - He told them he claimed a privilege to go which way he thoueht proper , and was lmmertiateiy taken into custody .

      Tha Broadway is a spac « eacloseri by posts , used as a marLet ; it was- never half full , aud the highway was never hi the lo : ; sfc ' . obstructed , as stated in last week's Stur , neither fc- ; is th » re any opnosition made to the order to disperse . Upon the Dictor ' s being seized great hissing and" groaning took place , and the police took several ioto custody ,: and declared they would seiz j every one who , dared to yell or groan . Many were taken , bat all released before arriving at the elation-house , -with the exception of Dr . M'Donall . John Dowling , Joseph Musdam , Thomas "Vardy , and Charle-Warreh . Great excites-. eat existed ia the town ; tho station was Burrounded by hundreds , in spite of every effort of the police to keep them away . The most active of tbe Chartist body retired to the Ross and Crown , adjoining the station , and speedily procured respectable bail for the prisoners ; this -was peiraiptoiny refused by the Superintendent Arrangementa werethen made for procuring them every comfort which the regulations » f the place would admit .

      Messrs . Wheeler and Pake were dispatched to the House of Commons , and had an irnrnediat 8 interview with Mr . Duncombe , and : before the Houso closed / Mr . Duncombe laid it before Sir James Graham , as the flrsfc t ' ruita of his doctrine of tho previous evenine . ; ( Mr . Mallalieu is son-in-law to Commissioner . Maine . ) Sir Janics told Mr . Duncembe that he mast bsvo been previously aware that the disturbance would take place , as be had not quitted the House during the evening , and the Government had not received any information of it' : ! ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ '¦' ¦ '¦ : - '¦ ¦ " ' - . '" ¦ " . ¦ ¦ ¦ ... ¦ ¦ ' -. ¦ . - ..: ' - ¦ . - . : , / ¦ \ : , ' ;; '

      ArrangementB were made the same night with Mr Cleave for pro < suiing cbunael &c , for tbe p'jaoners . The deputfltiftn then returned to Deptford , and , -with many ether friends , paraded the town durios the rcmuinclej of the night , lu the nioniing Mr . R . K ; Piiilp attended from Mr . Roberts ,-Solicitor , to have an interview with the Doctor ; but Was insultingly refused and ¦ toJ . d he was no gentleman or he would [ take ofi his fct while addresaing the Inspector . - He was ibeii asked whether he was an articled clerk . Upon replying in the negar live he was ordered out of the court ; until his master arrived . Messrs- Piiifp and Wheefer immediately went ia pursuit cf a magistrate to procure an order ofadmla sion , but failsd-in seeing bne previous to the proceedings commencing . Mr . Jeremy was the sitting

      magistrate . The court , court-yard ; and street adjoining were cioTr&ed -with -worltiDg men , ana the steam was kept well up . The Doctor , in a most able , croas-examinatiou ( which tho writer ' s position aa a witness would not allo w him to report ) coriipletely baffl jd the evidence of his acccusera , and was ultiniately- discharged on being bound hiniBeK ¦ in- £ 50 iaiid two sureties in £ 25 each to keep the peace for six months . A list of about one hundred witnesses had been given in for his defence , but they were n&t examined . The other prisoners ! were let out on bail to appear the following mor . ingi Warrants had been taken put for Messrs . Wheeler , Cook , and liUcaB , but they were not put into execution . Immediately upon : the release of the prisoners , bills ( wbieh had been previously printed ); weie'Uautd . The

      toTrn-crier set to , work ; aiid sevt ral ; Chartists with bells and boards perambulated the town , announcing a ni 8 fct ! ng on B'ackheatb . in the evening to petition Par liament againBt the gross violation of public liberty fey thei polica of the borough . Xetters andmesEengerah&d been previousiy dispatched to London , and the result was a glorious demonstratioa ; in- fact the whole population of the place Beemed to-be hurrying towprda the Heatfa . The daily pdpeiB give ni 5 ; O 0 u pe * &t > ns prtseat ; from this yoa may jadge it Was a meeting such as that neighbourhood never saw ; many excellent speeches were ¦ made , a petition for inquiry into the subject was adopted and ordered tt > be prestnted by Mr . Dnncombo to the House of ¦ Coninions : ¦ '; end at a late hour the meeting quietly dispersed , ^ notwithstanding e ? cry effort

      had been tried to create a disturbance . Several gipsies ; aeknowiedged they had been given two £ hillin . ? a and ft glass ef gin for , iiding among the crowd and endeavouring to breed a- riot ; this they openly charged the police "with . 6 a Thursday morniD& the remaining prisoners were Brought up for exaniinttioi ! . The cas « o £ John Dowling was first entered into , the charge being ah attempt to rescue Dr . M'DoualL After a long croES examination tho prisoner was djscnsrgea on producia ^ two suretisa in « £ 1 O each , and himself ia £ 20 to keep the peace for six months . ' ¦ ¦ The other cases were similarly diBpoBed :. of . " : " The town crier was again set to work and placards issued announcing a public meeting in the evening , on the Heath , to pass the national temonstiance and memorial , the result of which , wl ' . l ba seen in our column ? , ; : ¦ - "'

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      LOG OF THE BISHOP Q ? EXETER'S VOYAGE TO THE SCILLY ISLANDS . " There is now a vote on the paper of ninety-three pounds , for the expence of carrjing the Bishop of Exeter to the Scilly Isles . "— Vide Captain Pechdl ' s speechinthe House of Commons . N ; B . The Bishop of Exeter having lately made a voyage to the Scilly Isles , with a view-of impressing on the benighted natives a becominiE ! sense of the bicssinga of episcopacy , thei-captain of the ship Hoax —the vessel in which the ghostly prelate and his staff embarked—has kindly forwarded to us the following log of their proceedings , which he drew up at the time , arid a copy of which ho has also transmitted to the Admiralty .

      July'l i 10 o ' clock , a . M , —Set sail from the Land ' s end , Cornwall , in the brig Hoax , six hundred tons burdiBh , exclusive of the tonnage of the Bishop of Exeter , his two men-cooks , upper and under butlers , chaplain , seoretaxy , and four hampers of provisions —^ -snip going six kneta an hour . 11 , a . » i ,. —Liglit winds from the north-west ^ with a short ; brisk 8 ea-- ^ bishop complained of being " peckishv and piped all hands to Juhoh into the state cabin—chaplain cominenoed Baying grace , but out it short at bishop's instigation who immediatfily Set-to , like a shark , at a cold pigeon-pie—ditto secretarj ^—ditto chaplain ^—a sudden roll of the brig deposited two plates of ham and sandwiches in bishop ' s lap ,

      and sent his fork right through the chaplain s wig . 12 , a . wt . —Bishop and his Biaff came on deck after luuch- ^ bishop looked over tha guiiwalo , and seeing a large fish swimming abohtj a ; iked if it was a waaie - ^ Bracked a joke with bis c ' j aplain about JonahH bad joke , but what can you . expect fronia bishop . ' chaplain laughed , of eours ' j—wind chopping round to the uor ' aTdY ¦'¦'¦ : ¦ : ' : . " : '¦ - ¦ - ' -. ¦ : ¦'¦; ¦; . ¦' . - ¦ ¦'' , ' 1 , p . ai . —A heavy swe ' il—a bleak blue tinge appeared at the tip of bi ?' nop ' s nose—face white and pasty—complained of qualmishnessi in his apostolic bowels—looked disc © - dBplately at his secretary , who was fast asleep over ou © of his old pamphlets against catholic emancipation—bishop shot his head auddeuly

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct610/page/3/