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      ADPRESS OP THE OLD COMMODORE TO HIS CHARTIST FRIENDS , % j hearties cheer np J the political crew Wi& thair squadron ' s ot red aad their squadron ' s of bine , Tfca Plague , and their frieE&s , both the Tories and Whigs , ^ ave plsy'd off a few of their old-fashion'd r igs . Their triumph , the cowardly vagabonds know , Will rain their came and their power o'erthrow . * Tis trne onr old skip has experienc'd a shock , By running her keel on the Corn-leaguer's rod : ; And part of our crew in the bilboes are laid , The honest and true , now their Tictims are made . Brsre Coeper and White ! and a few worthies more , Bat th 6 y must not be lost tiso" they're on a lee shore .

      My Nottingham worthies , tho * Ciark and myself Peibaps a few weeks may be laid on the shelf , ( I needed , I own it , a little repose , But cot in a cell , in the hands of our foes ;) Tet think not our glorious cause I forsake , Jfo , my heart and my head , boys , are both wide awake . Refreshed from retirement , the Old Commodore Will s » on at his post be found fighting once more . Discretion ' s the best part of valour , they Bay , And if I a » prudent , I ' m not run away . I kne'w in a jail I could not ssrre the cause . There ' s no justice in hell whsn the devil makes lams ; And as I am poor , and the pour ever fail To obtain right or justice , I gave them lee bail .

      J am snug in safe quarters , and thick it as well , As bsicg coop'd tip in an iron-bar'd cell : I cr . n write , I can act for our tause , tho' incog . And breathe the fresh air in a sunshine or fog . At censure , an innocent conscience can laugk—I am too old a bird to tra canght in such chaff ; Tho' "Jemmie O'Brien , " and other mad fools May denounce and condemn , 1 cm not of their schools Brave Fesrgas , who knows m « , will never believe The Old Commodore would deaert or deceive His brave fellow patriots—O no , ray friends no ! I'll cever forsake you—be shot if I do ! Tien cheer up , By hearties , and quit ye like men , And " rally round Feirgns , again and again , " In spite of the Statesman and heartless Bronterre ,

      Who's as crazy , by Jove ! as a very March hare ; And his paltry tool , the " Old Chartist , " Oh ! shame ! That a wretch like to him , should assume such a name He a Chartist ! aye , so is " Old Hookey" one too—And honester la , I believe of the t-R-o ! I trust your contempt for O Brien , like mire , Will only to Feargaa your hearts elot 3 incline '; " The prince of all patriots , the bravest of men , "" Let ' s rally areund him again and again . " I write those few lines , jsst to let yon ail eee , The Old Commodore is yat what ha should be—A lover of Freedom , and nt'er will he barter For m-vney or fame , any point of the Charter l Then Gsd bless our cause—be does bl = ss it indeed ! And God bless you all , praja Old Commodore Mead , Safety Cove , Island of Saaeland . Saturday , Sept . 10 th , 1 S 42 .

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      LINES , Written ai Ifidnigli ! , Septe 7 ? iber Uit lO . 'h , 1 S 12 Tell me , ye stars that gazs upon This lovely orb we call our otto , How long BhaU mankind kis 3 the yoke , And bow befc-re oppression's throne ? "When earth was young , and sin , and pride , Knew not their pLice upon her brtast , Ye shone aloft , as shine ye now—As guardians o ' er the daj-ligbfs rest . Bat oh ! how changed ! how lost ! how hid ! Are the tarigki glories of the past . ' Earth is but now the home of alaves ; Bound by the chains tiemsslvas have cast .

      S 3 y , are ye worlds , as sag = a say t Have ye yonr kings , your lords , and sbves ? Bow ye to Mammon ' s throne of gore , As we poor cowardly cringing knavas ? It cannot be ! ye are too pure—For the foul Send to enter in , No king or parasite can dwell In habitations void of sin . Say , ye , who from the first till row , H ^ ve gs z'd as lovers on this beauteous wsrld , Where are the spirits of old days 1 Who fierce scorn to the despot huil'd ? To th «> e hath Hampden turned his eye ,

      Oa thee with Sydney looked and wept , Throngh ages dim , and times obscure , With thee the wise have vigils kept ; The patriotic great , and good , "Who v * inl $ strove to fr * e the earth , Have looked to tbee as harbingers Of Lhj world ' s fresh , and newer birth . Oh ! what deep sighsi what grief ! What woe Hath been poured out in midnight hour , Wnen ths pent heart has burst its bonds , An £ all-c « nfessed thy magic power . And what is tiiBre , feut tears and groans For the trne loTer of his race ?

      when mankind , as of old , bow down Before an earth-bom monarch ' s faca ! We stretch io reach and grasp the air ! We hops , end trust , and trusting sin , Say , oh ! ye planets , bright and pure , When will reality begin ? When shall niankind arise in might And burst the feonds that bind them down , And banish wrong , and force , aod guilt , With the vain biufcle of a crown ? *?•*•?*• F

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      ( The following parody upon a French writer appeared in the Liverpod Mercury a week or two ago . ) Scarcely had the geniuB uttered to himself these woris , than an immense noise proceeded from the west , and turning Eiy eye to th = t quarter , I perwived at the north-western extremity of the Earopean continent , in the sea-girt station , a prodigious movtmant , similar to what exists in the bosoia of a large city , when pervaded trith sedition , an innumerabl * people , like waves , fluctuate in the streets and publie p ' ac&s . My ear , struck with their crie 3 , which ascended to the very heavens , distinguished at intervals these phrases : —

      " What is this new prodigy ? What this cruel and mysterious scourge ? We are a numerous people , and we want strsneth ! Oar hills are rich in coal and minerals ; streams flow through our valleys ; railroads intersect the country ; our arr ' zans , mechanics , and mariners are mora skilful than thoB 3 of any other nation ; the ocean waves wash onr ebores on every sids , ready to convey to our brethren in other climes the ccmforls tfhica our industry and ingenuity have so abundantly produced , and for for which they so ardently desire to exchange the com , wine , oil , and frnits , bestowed bo bountifully by the Almighty Father upon them , his children , in more fertile regions : and yet we are destitute of provision . ' We are active and laborious , aad we live in indigence ! We pay enormous tributes , and ire are told that they are not sufficient I We are at peace -without , and our persons and property are not safe -within ! What , then , is the secret e ^ emy that devQcrs us ? ' '

      Frora the midst of the concourse , some individual voices replied , " Erect a standard of diatinctien , and let all those who , by ns . ful labours , contribute to the Bupp-jrt and maintenance of society gather round it , aid jcu will discover the enemy that preys on your vitals . " The standard being erected , the mti « n found itself Bnddenly divided into two boaie 3 of unequal magnitude and dissimilar appeiranee : the one innumerable and ne&ily integral , exhibited in the general poverty of their dress , and in their ineEsrre ard pallid faces , the

      marks of toil and wretchedness ; the ether a petty group , a valueless fraction , presented , in tbeU rich attire , embroidered with geld and silver , and in their sleek and ruddy complexions , the symptoms of leisure and abundance . Corsidtritg these men more attentiYe ! y . I perceived that the large body was constituted of i " . jourcrs , art ' zins , tradesmen , smd professions usefcl to society ; nxd that in the l c sBer group there Were aone but priests , CsnrUers , public accountants , commanicrs of troops , in short , th = civil , military , or religious scents ct coTernment . assembled

      The two bodies biicg front t © front , and having looked with astonishment at each other , I saw the fee'ings of indignation and resentment Epring up in the one . and a sort of panic in the other ; and the large said to the small body—Why tfcmd you apart ? Are you not of our number ? " No , * ' replied the group ; "you are the people ; we are a privileged class : we have laws , customs , and rights peculiar to ourselves . " People—And what labour do you perform in society ? Privileged Class—None ; we are cot made to labour . P . —How then have you acquiied your wealth ? P . C . —By taking the pains to govern you . P . —To govern us ! and is tliis what you call governing ? We toil , and you enjoy ; we produce , and you dissipate ; wealth flow * frem us , and you absorb it . Privileged men , class distinct from ths people , farm a nation apart , and govern yourselves .

      Then , deliberating on their new situation , some among the group said— Let us join the people , and partake their twrden and cares , for they are men like oaraelTei . '— Oihea replied : "To mix wiih the herd wxmld be degrading and vile ; they are born to serve ns , who are aen of a-superior race . " The civil gofj amoa said— " The people are mild and naturally ser-> Jk i let as speak to them in the same of the queen and the kw , and they will return to their duty . People I the queen decrees , the aovereiga ordains . " People—The qneen cannot decree anything which the safety of the people does not demand ; the sovereign onnot ordsin bat according to law . Civil Governors—The law calls upon you for

      rtbmfeaon . P . —The law is the general will , and we will a nsw order . C . G . —Yon are in that case rebels . P A nation cannot be a rebel : tjrante only are teW

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      C . G—The queen is on our side , and ahe enjoins yon to submit P . —Qiesna cannot be separated from the nation in which they reign . Our queen cannot be on your side ; you have only the phantom of her countenance . Then the military governon advanced , and they said , " The people are timorous ; ifc is proper to threaten them ; they will yield to the influence of force . Soldiers , chastise this insolent multitude . " Pegple—Soldiers , our blood flows in yonr veins ! Will yon strike your brother ? If the people be desUoyed , who will maintain the army ? And the soldiers grounded th-ir arms , said to their chiefs— " We are a part of the people , we whom you call upon to fight sgtinst them . Then the ecclesiastical governor said , " There is but one resource left The people are superstitious ; it is proper to overawe them with the names of G-od and religion . "

      Priests—Our dear brethren , our children , God haa appointed us to govern you . People—Produce the patent of his commission . Priests—You must have faith ; reason leads men into guilt . People—And would you govern us without reason ? Pri 3 sts—God is the God of p * ace ; religion enjoins you to obey . People . —No ; justice goes before peace ; obedience implies a law , and renders necessary the cognizrace of it Priests . —This world was intended for trial and suffering .

      People . —Do you then show us the example of suffering . Priests—Would you live without gods or kings ? People—We abjure tyranny of every kind . Our God is onr just and merciful Father . Priests—You must have mediators , persons who maj act in your behilf . People—Mediators with God , and mediators with tha Queen ! Courtiers and priests , your services are too expensive : henceforth we take our af&irs into oar own hands .

      Then the smaller gronp exclaimed— " It is all over with us ; the multitude are enlightened . " And the people replied— " You shall not be hart ; we are enlightened , and we will commit no violence . We desire nothing but our rights ; resentment we cannot but feel , but -we consent to pass it by ; we were slaves ; we might now command ; but we ask only to be free , and free -we are . "

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      LEEDS . —Assault on a Policeman . —On Monday , J . Farrajj aclothier , of Armley , was brought upat the Court-house , before Griffith Wright , Esq ., and J . ; ti : e 3 Holdforth , Esq ., on a charge of having as ? &u ' rted Policeman Wilkinson . According to the statement of the complainant , it appeared that he was on duty in Kirkgate on Sauday evening , about t ^ emy minutes past nine o ' clock , " when he heard calls of " Watck , " and on going to the bottom of York-street ,-whencethe calls proceeded , hefound the prisoner and Thomas Austin , of Armley , fighting . He took them both into custody , but as be was conveying them to prison , tbny both struck at him , and Austin got avraj . The Bench fined the defendant 40 i . and CDsts , or in default of payment he wa 3 to be imprisoned one month at Wakefield . On Tuesday , Austin was brought up by warrant , and was fined 20 i . uod cost , which he paid , and he was then discharged .

      Eeeach of a Beer-house Licr .. vss . —On Monday , David . TnorntOD , who keeps the New Inn beerhouse , Kirkstall-road , was fined in the mitigated penalty of 10 s . and cos ^ e , for having had company drinking in hi 3 house on Sunday afternoon last , during the hours of divine service . From the statement of Thornton him ? eif , it appeared that he &nd his wife weat out to chapel , and left the honss in the care of their son , who , when a shower of rain cams one , was solicited by about twenty persons to let them have shelter , and he complied with their request , and Bold them a few quarts of " nut brown , " when a policeman , at half-past three o'clock , popped in upon them and saw their doing 3 . Hence ths information .

      Assault . —On Monday bst , a man of the name of Robert Dsmaine was fined by the Bitting magistrates , at the _ Court Hon 3 e , in the sum of 20 s . and costs , for having assaulted Mr Coxon , of Holbeck . The defendant was a tenant of the complainant , and on Saturday before last , the latter went and asked the former for some reni which was due to him , and as he did not pay it he proceeded to take an inventory of hi ? goods . After he had taken an account of those in the lower part of the house , he wished to go up the stairs , but the defendant would not 1 st him : a Fcuffle ensued , and the complainant was put out of the house wiih his left knee dislocated .

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      Large Imports of grain have arrived during the pa ? t week in upwards of twenty vessels from Constantinople , and the ports of the Black Sea . Accident o . > - the Loxdon and Birmingham Railwat . —On Sunday afternoon , shortly before four o'clock , a boy , named John Buckley , was with several other boys walking along the parapet of one of the stone bridges crossing the London and Birmingham Hallway , in the Tear of the York and Albany Tavern , Park-street , Camden-town , when he

      suddenly fell head foremost en to the line of the railway , 3 depth of between forty and fifty feet . After some delay tha alarm was given at the Camden station , snd some of the police proceeded to the spot , where the poor boy wa 3 found wholly insensible , and was in that state conveyed down the line to the station at Euston-grove , and from there conveyed to Middlesex Hospital , where , on examination by Mr , Tuson , one of the surgeons , it was ascertained that he bad sustained a fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain .

      A Brutal asd Mcrdkbocs Outbage was Milicted at Houghton , near Stockbridge , Hants , a few daya since , on the psrson of a beautiful young woman , named Elizibeth Roe , by a middle aged man , named James Sims , caused by her rsfusal to become his wife . It appeared that he waited for aa opportunity , and met her in the high-road , and , after making some slight attempts to stop her , she smilingly said , "Sims , let me pass , " when he struck her a heavy blow with a large chisel , on the b _ ck port of the head , which levelled her to the ground ; he then fell on her , and

      infl'Cted several dangerous wounds on her head and face . After leading her , as he supposed , dead , he repaired to the river side for the purpose of putting an end to his miserable existence , but failed in the attempt , and was immediately tak-u -nto custody , and is committed for trial at the assizes . He expressed regrfct his vicdm was not dead , spying , if she was , he should go to the gailows happy I The unfortunate woman , is Ijing in a dangerous state , anu should she recover , will be disfigured for life .

      Pai . vful Affliction . —Dover , Si : pt . 11 . —Trrs morning early the family of Mr , Belt , of Brunswicksquare , London , now residing at No . 1 , Guildfordterrace , wa 3 thrown into the deepest suffering . Two young gentlemen , sons of the above family , accompanied by their footman , were bathing close by Sir Sidney' Smith's jetty . The eldest son , who could swim well , ventured out some distance from the ebore ; the other two , not able to swim , soon got beyond their depth , and cried for assistance . The

      eldes ; son returning to give them aid , was soon too much exhausted , and compelled to reach the shore . In this helpless state he was seen by a Preventiv- ; maD , who , with assistance , conveyed him to one of Mr . Marsh ' s warm bath ? , vrherehe was attended by Mr . Sankey , th « surgeon , and speedily restore ^ . The other Eon with the servai t , was caTried away by the w ^ ves , and they were not recovered for halian hjUT " , they also were placed in hot bathc , bu :, though every proper means were resorkd to by Mr . SaBkey and his assistant , the vital spark had departed .

      A New Mods op Raisi >" q the Wind . —The following humourous and extraordinary anecdote , illustrative of the degrading extent to which eve : ; Lords and M . P . ' s wiil sometimes go to achieve pecuniary ends , is daily furnishing conversational fuod for the gossips a * , the West-eiid : —Soma short timo sinc&a scion of nobility , who recently acquired some notoriety in Paris , being desp . rately pushed for a " cool" conple of hundred pounds , a ^ d having ineffectually tried every probable source to obtain it , ai last , as a dernier re . ort , applied to his Noble parent ( a Gallant Marquis ) for the trifling accommodation ; trifling , however , a ? the sum may a ; , pear , the heroic M . P . is reported to have met with a plump , aisd not very courteous negative tohi 3 application .

      Disappointed and enraged at the refusal , and the peremptory tone in which it was conveyed , he , as a bravo son of Neptune , hit upon , and , Proteus-like , carried into execution , the following stratagem to effect his purpose : —It happened that at a crossing opposite the window of the room in which slept the Noble Marquis , his father , a mendicant sweeper was in the habit of taking h ? 3 stand in parsnit of his daily avocation . To this " knight of the broom" the hero repaired , and for a small sum bought him off Mb " lifehold" or crossing for a day ? and , on the following morning , about the hour the . Marquis usually rose , the distinguished scion , disguised asa beggar , with a bran-new broom , wa 3 seen industriously employed in sweeping olonds of dust towards the Gallant Marquis ' s window . On looking out , the Noble

      Marquis , to bis utter astonishment , beheld a fresh and ill-conducted sweeper , and inoensed at the rude manner in which he was carrying on his operations , dispatched a servant to know the cause . The servant having , in the person of the mendacious sweeper , discovered Lord , returned in breathless haste to his master , and informed him that it was his own son who was thus occupied ia kicking bp suoh a dust " Oh , hang him , " said the noble and brave veteran , " that is done to raiEe the wind , ( writing ) here , take this to him—a cheque—tell him to be off and change his rags—hi 3 morals he never can . " The command was no socner given than obeyed , and the beggar quitted his post of honour and retreated in donblo quick time , highly gratified , however , with his new mode of " raising the wind . "—Sunday paper .

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      Bad Puactuation and Spelling . —A poor woman at Shoreham , whose husband was going to sea , handed through the clerk , to the parson , this public prayer : — ' A man going to see , his wifo desires the prayers of this congregation . " The parson , pointing it in his own way , read to the ears of his flock , " A man going to see his wife , desires the prayers of this congregation , " and set them all in a titter . Origin of the Wobd Colost . —Colony is a body of people drawn from the mother country to inhabit some distant place . The word originally signified no more than s farm , that is , the habitation of a peasant , colonus ( hence the word clown ) , with the quantity of laDd sufficient for tbo support of his family . It is derived from the Latin word colo , I till or cultivate ; hence colonus , a husbandman , and colonia ^ a body of farmers Bent to cultivate the ground in a distant country , and by metonymy , the place itself .

      At the present moment , when such general agitation pervades the labouring population throughout the country , it is pleasiDg to have to record an in-Btance where master and workmen are found associated together in mutual good will . On Saturday last , at Two Waters , Herts , Mr . Wilson , of the firm of Alexander Wilson and Sons , letter founders , gave an excellent dinner to the men in his employ , to celebrate the centenary of his establishment . After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts , Mr . Wilson ' s "Health , and Prosperity to the Glasgow Letter Foundry , " were proposed and drunk with enthusiasm . Several excellent speeches were made by the workmen , and the evening was spent w ^ 'h . the greatest hiliarity . On the Monday following the boys connected with the establishment were regaled with similar heariy cheer .

      The Quip Covrteovs . —Two minister ? of the same name resided in the same town : a town which some of our readers will easily make out—one a Dissenter , and tho other a clergyman of the Established Church . A parce 1 came into the hands of the latter , which , on inspection , proved to be for the Dissenter . It was forwarded with the followingnote : — "Sir , —If you had not assumed a titlo to which you have no right , this mistake woald not have occurred , I am , sir , " &c . In the course of a few weeks a parcel came into the hands of the Dissenter , which was for his reverend namesake , and which was found to contain a case of lithographed sermons , done up to imitate manuscript . It was forwarded to the clergyman with the following retort : — " Sir , —If you had not assumed an office for which you are not qualified , this mistake would net have occurred . I am , sir , " & . C . — Falmouth Packet .

      ATiEMrr to Murder a Tradesman ' s Som in Holbokn . —The following daring arid murderous attack was made on the ^ on of Mr William Howell , china and glass warehouseman , of llolborn Hill , a boy of eleven yearB old : —On Friday ni ^ ht , about ten o ' clock , he was minding the shop , when a young man entered with a mug in his hand , and asked him to drink a drop of beer , which ho did , a small quantity , not liking it j the man then left the shop , aud went across the road and joined another man . His sister having providentially returned ( not having left him alono more than ten minute ?) when he fell down in i he shop among the goods , but got up again and went

      to th $ door , when he became violently sick and insensible . The policeman en the beat carried him home to Mr . Howell ' s hou ? e in Sronncutter-street , when he and others thought the the boy dead . Mr . Bullin , the surgeon , immediately C 3 m 3 , who considered the boy in a d mgerous state , and administered remedies to bring off his stomach what ho had taken , and he remained inEen ^ ib . o iov two or three hours . He is now out of danger , but the doctor has no doubt that laudanum was given to the boy , and had he not been sick when his sifter returned , he would have been a corpse , the object of tho party no doubt being to rob the shop .

      Whimsical Calctlatioxs . —What a noisy creature man would be were his voice in proportion to his weight as powerful as tho grasshopper , which may be heard at the dis ' anco of one sixteenth of a mile . Tho kolibri weighs about an ounce , so that a sian of ordinary size wuyhs about as much as 4000 koiibriB One kolibri must , weigh as much as four grasshoppers . Assuming , thtn , that a man weighs as much as 16 , 000 gra = shopj \ er 3 , and that the voica of one of these may be heard at the distance of one sixteenth oi a miie ; that of a man , were it in

      proportion to his weight , would bo audible at the distance of 1000 mileg ; aiid when he sneezed , he would run the risk of bringing the house about his ears , like tho walls of Jericho at the sound of the trumpets . Assuming , further , that a flea weighs a grain , which is somethinjj more than its own weight , and that if it is able tu clear one inch and a half at a spring , a man of about 150 pounds weight , would , by tho same rule , be able to make a spring oter a space of 12 , 800 miles , and consequently , leap with easo from New York to Cochin China , or round the world in two jumps 1

      Evolution of Light in the Human Subject . — It was ten days previous to L . A . ' s death that 1 ( Sir Henry Marsh ) observed a very extraordinary light , which seemed darting about the face , and illuminating aU around ner head , flashing very much like an aurora bureali 3 . She wat" in » deep decline , and that day bf . cn scizod with suffocation , which teased her much for an hour , and made her so nervous thai she would not snffdT mo to leave her for a moment , that I might raise her up quickly in case of a return of a painful sensation . After she settled for the night , I lay down beside her , and it was then this luminous appearance suddenly commenced . Her maid was silting up beside the bed , and I wished her to thadc the light , as it would

      awaken Louisa . She told me the light was perfectly shaded . I then said , " What cau this light be which is flashing on Miss Louisa ' s face V The maid looked vary mysterious , and informed me she had seen that light before , and it was from no candle . I then inquired when she had perceived it ! She said that morning , and it had dazzled her eyes , but she had sai J nothing about it , as ladies always considered servants superstitious . However , afcer watching it myself half an hour , I got up , and saw tha : the candle was in a position from which this peculiar light could not have coma , nor , inceed , was it like that eorc of light ; it was more silvery , like the ri-iiection of moonlight ou water . I w . vched it more than an hour , when it disappeared . It gave the face the look of being painted white and highly glf Ztd , but it danced about , and had a very extraordinary effect . Tiiree nights after , the maid being ill , I sat up all night , and jgain I Eaw this

      luminous appearance , wheu there was no candle nor moon , nor ih fact any visiblo means of producing it . lltr suier cams into th , ; room and caw it also . The evening before L . A . died , I saw tho light again , uut , it wa' fainter , and lasted but , about twenty minutes . The stats ot' tho bo'Jy of the patient wa ^ Jbat of extreme exhaustion . For two mouths f-he bad never sac up in the bed . Many of her tsymp t jins varied much from those of other sufferers in pulmonary ccicplaints whom 1 had feen , but the general outline was the same . Il ' rbivath had a very peculiar smell , N * hich made me supposo there might be somo r . eccmpj-iticii >; oh ;^ forward . The young lady about \ vi-. so pi-rs > n thiio luminous appcarancus were manifested , 1 had geen several t : me 3 before her return to the country ; her lungs were exiensively diseased ; she 1-toured under tho most hopeless form of pulmonary consumption . — Medical Gazette .

      Two Thousand Pounds Robbery . —We have bean informed of a Ferious loss sti . 5 tr . i :: cd by John Marqais , of Accrington , at Preriton Guild , on Moncay tvtuinglabt . It appears that > -L-, Marquis some time since sold property to Mr . 11 cvgtcaves , of yccriugton , for £ 10 , 000 , a portion of which , to the am' - 'lint of £ 2 OUU , he happened to have in his pocket on Monday last at . Prestoa , whither he Lad gonis for the purpose of amusing himself at the fcnival of the Guild . Mr . Marquis hau di-ie-J wku Mr- Grundy , machine-maker , and after dinner salliel out to iook about , him and see tho wonders of tho Guiid , This r . as about eight o'clock iu the fveni-: g . Sauntering a ! :: i £ the street , Mr . Ma : q as was accosied in an affable manner bv a respectauio-lo ^ king person , with

      whem he entered into conversation . Tueir intimacy , although so suddenly ore-mod , s . ud wuhout tha usuni ceremonial of introduction so generally required by John Bull—moro particularly than by any other na ional grn ^ eman—seemed to gro w rapidly in strength ; io-r the atran ^ -r t : ok Mr . Marquis by the arm , and thus united they proceeded to admire what was goin , *; on round about thorn . They had not , however , mado much progress in their friendly promenade , when they were met by a gentleman and L . c ' y , who appeared to be particularly anxious also to scrape an acquain' . ance with Mr . Marquis . Shortly after Mr . Marquis discovered that his pocket-book had been taken away , containing nine £ 100 notes , and two £ 500 notes , all of the Bank of England ,

      together with about £ 100 in gold and silver . Mr . Marquis naturally looked about for his friend , but he had cut- his acquaintance . No cine to the theives has as yet been discovered . The numbers of the notes , however , are known , and , unless paid by the Bank of England previous to yesterday afternoon , will be of no use to those who stole them . —Blackburn Standard . A full description of the person suspectod of committing the above robbery was Torwarded to the various police stations in the metropolis . At a late hour on Saturday night a person of the name of Stowell who resides at 4 , Bowling-greenstreet , Kennington , informed Police-constables Murray and Winch , Nos . 119 and 140 M , that he was

      in Preston on the day of the robbery , and that he had traced the suspected person to Ko . 3 , Herculesbuildings , Lambeth , whither the two constables instantly repaired , and sneoeeedod in capturing a man and a woman . The former gave the name of J 6 vel , the latter Elizabeth Bailey . The female w < s instantly identified as being the person supposed to have committed the robbery ; she went' to tbo male prisoner to an accommodation-house a few mil ? s from Preston , where she dropped one of the stolen notes . Both prisoners were searched ; on Jovel was found a flash note for £ 50 of the " Bank of Engraving , " bat none of the stolen notes weie found on either , the opinion being that the ; have banked them .

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      QubbnAnne Bulletn —In the third report of the Deputy Keeper of the Publio Records , Sir F . Pal-Srave gives information of the discovery of the legal records of the trial of Queen Anne Bulleyn , dooumenta which were supposed to have been destroyed ; but which have been recently discovered among the records of the Court of Queen ' s Benoh , and the absence of whioh materially impeded the narrative of the historian of the eventful reign of Henry VIII . The list of these records is highly interesting to the literary world . —Oxford Herald .

      Discovery op Engravino . —The art of print engraving , like many other important inventions , was the result of accident . A poor woman having entered into the studio of the celebrated Florentine , goldsmith , Maso Finiguerra , bearing in her hand a packet of wet linen , incautiously placed it upon a table on which lay a Bmall silver plate that the artist had just finished engraving . In order to eee the effect before it was enamelled , ho had filled the lines with a composition very nearly approaching our common printing ink , composed of lamp-black and oil ; and the ¦ woman , upon taking up her parcel , found a very neas impression of the subject upon the wet napkin in whioh it was enveloped . § uch is the story told by Vasari , and if not exactlir true , it has

      the merit of being highly probable . —Dublin Review Not less than sixteen children narrowly escaped being poisoned in Bayne-street , on Saturday last , by partaking of a sweetmeat coloured wfth arseniate of ceppor , used as a green pigment . Thi 3 deleterious stuff was given to the mother of two of the children by the servants of a gentleman residing in the locality , and had been used a 3 a garniture at a supper party , being composed of flour and sugar , and coloured with the poisonous stuff above-mentioned . It was divided freely amongst their little playfellows , and sixteen were more or less affected . Dr . Mitchell , of the South-Eastern Lying-in Hospital , was oallsd in to see the children ^ and , with judicious treatment , rescued them frem untimely death . — Dublin Paper .

      A man , twenty-two years of age , named Wattrelot , who acted as assistant to his father-in-law , a farmer named Fouery , at Carvin-Epinoy , was tried before the Court of Assizes of the Pas-de-calais , on the 26 th ult ., for the murder by poison of his father-in law , mother-in-law , and sister-in-law , the motive for his crime having been to become moro speedily in possession of the property , which , at their death would belong to him in right of his wife . The father-in-law was murdered by mixing arsenic in his soup , and six days afterwards the murderer adopted the same coarse with the two female victims . He was found guilty by the Jury , but ( to the astonishment of the Court ) with extenuating circumstances . He was consequently , sentenced to imprisonment for Ufa , with hard labour aad exposure in tne pillory .

      Warsaw , Aug . 30 . —On the 20 ta of this month the town of Acchanow was destroyed by fire ; 114 houses and twenty-four of the large establishments are reduced to ashes . 300 families have lost everything . The value of the furniture , &o ., destroyed is 1 , 000 , 000 of Polish florins ( 167 , 000 rix dollars ) . The harvest is over in almost the whole kingdom ; it is very abundant ; oats less so than other kinds of grain . We have not yet had any very extreme heat . — . Prus sian Stale Gazette , Sept . 4 .

      Cure for the Cholera . —Thia painful and distressing disease , which is now exhibiting in various parts of the kingdom , has been successfully combated and effectually oured by the following medicine , which cannot be too widely made known to the public . Take equal quantities of spirit of sal volatile , essence of peppermint , and liquid laudanum ( say a quarter of an ounce of each , which pour together in a bottle . ) Of this mixture , take a small tea-spoonful in half a glass of brandy , ) to which add a little hot-water , whioh swallow , and repeat the dose in two hours if necessary . This has seldom failed to afford almost immediate relief ; and a second doee mostly effects a cure . The above dose is for a grown person , and should be increased or diminished according to the strength and habit of the patient . The writer has felt immediate benefit from the use of it , and he has also given it to persons with the same success .

      A Female Suffocated bv a Plum-Stone . —A melancholy occurrence took place at Gravesend on Sunday , the 4 th instant . Mra . MaTgaretta Wells , the wife of Mr . John Wells , a jeweller , of No . 5 , Museum-street , Bloomsbury , has been for some time staying with her family in Gravesend , and on Sunday afternoon , in the course of their customary walk , they purchased some plums , and as Mrs . Wells was in the act of eating one , tho stone £ Ot into her throat , and choked her . A coroner ' s inquest being held on tho body , returned a verdict iccoriiritly .

      On Thursday se'night , the houskeeper of Mr . Kerner , the tobacconist of St . James ' -street , put an cud to her existence by drowning herself in the water-butt . It will be recollected that an examination took place before tho Magistrates of Marlborough-street , respecting tho conduct of Mr . Kerner , who has suddenly absented himself from this country , ou an account of an alleged fraud in some bill irau ^ ao . 'ions ; and it is said that the poor woman had been reduced to a state of despondency , occasioned by hor master having made away with her little property .

      The PosTMASTER-GENERiL ha 3 decided on returning to the old method of paying the guards on mail coaches 10 s . 6 d . per week , and allowing them to take fees from passengers . The guards on railways are still to be paid salaries , without fees ; but such salaries are to bo on a reduced scale . The cause of the contemplated alteration in the mode of paying the mail-coach guards is , the continued discoveries that they receive fees . Six of them are now suspended tor taking fees , but Lord Lowfcher has resolved not to dismiss them , because he declares it impossible to provent persons who are paid only £ 70 or £ 80 a year , from taking gratuities from passengers , when , as in most cusos , it has happened the uratuiiks have been voluntarily offered .

      Newfoundlvnd Names . —The names of Newfoundland hills , harbourd , covos , creeks , and bays , are very amusing . The Blow-me-down-Hilis , the Come-by-Chance- Brook , the Seldom-come-by-Harbour , the Funk Islands , imply a mode of nomenclature primitive , if not always elegant ; and highly expre ^ ivtj , if not attractive , are Bloody Reach , Damnable Bay , Dead-man ' s Point , Ragged Islands , Bay Dospair , The Frying Pan , Cape Broil , Hell Hill , I'lount Misery , Wolf Bay , the Bishop ' s Falls , Lion ' s Den , Bay of Fair and False , Muddy Hole , Pope ' s Harbour , Goose Cove , and Gander Bay !

      Two Children Poisoned by Drinking Flywater . —On Tuesday , an inquest was taken before Air . Wakluy , M . P ., at tho Wheat Sheaf , Peter ' s Cross , Fulham . on tho body of Ann Backe , aged three years . From the evidence it appeared that tho deceased ' s mo-. her ( Catherine Reardon ) lived with tho father at No . 3 , Wheat Sbeaf-place , and on Friday lj . it the former sent a woman , named Quain , to a grocer ' s shop , kept by a porson named Potts , i ' or two pennyworth of " fly-water . " On being served with it , an injunction was given to keep it out of tho way of children , and this was told the moihnr . Tho poison was brought in a tea-cup , and , during the absence of deceased and another child about two years of age , the liquid was poured into two plates and placed on shelves for the purpose of destroying flies . The tea-cup , however , was left on

      tho table , containing about a spoonful of the poison , and , during tho absence of the mother , the two chilirea drank what remained in that vessel . On her return she found both vomitiug , and took them to Mr . Rouse , a surgeon . The youngest recovered , but iho deceased got worse , and died between eight and nine o ' clock tho same evening . Mr . William Howard , assistant to Mr . Rouse , eaid the children were vomiting violently when brought to the surgery , and , on boinj ? iold that they had drank " flywafer" he gave them emetics , and continued to attend decsaied until shs died- He procured some of tho " fly water , " from Mr . Potts , which he analysed , and found one of the component parts to be arsenic—The jury returned the following verdict : — " Tim the deceased was accidentally poisoned by drinking some of Shadbolt ' s fly and bug water . "

      Loss of the Montagu , of Perth . —Extract from a letter dated Macao , the 10 th of May : — " Accounts have just reached us of the total loss of the Montagu , biie was coming on from Bombay , principally laden with ootton , and was classified as a fine vessel , and a fast sailer ; but week after week passed , however , after she became quite due , and no Montagu made her appearance . At longth , a few aays at ; o , a letter reached ua from the captain , dated Manilla , at which place he and all the crow had arrived in safety . It seems he had got through Dampier's Straits , and in the Jillolo Passage had very thick weather and calms , with strong currents running . Oa the morning of the 2 i of March , at daylight , they found themselves within three miles of a reef , with the current setting them right down upon it . They got oat all the boats to try and tow her off , but without effect . About three pan ., she

      struck , and at four o ' clock had entirely disappeared ; the crew being in the boats at the time escaped , but without clothes of any kind or provision . They got inside the reef to a small island with three cocoa-nut trees , where they remained for fifteen dayu , subsisting on fish , birds , fco . ; and , after repairing their boats , which had been damaged m cros 3 ingthe reef , they set out to look for resselfl , without compass , chart , or anything to guide then * by . They were picked up by a London vessel bound for the coast of Japan , who supplied them with all their wants ; and they again set sail in their boats to reach the Dutch settlement of Farwate , if possible . After being about fifteen days at sea , they were picked up by a vessel bound for Manilla , where they arrived in safety the end of last month . She was a fine vessel , and owned by Thomas Graham and Sons of the fair city . The captain , I believe , has sailed for England . Holen ' s Shoal is the name of the reef on which ehe vraa Iwi . —Perthshire Courier .

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      We understand that the Government have conferred pensions of £ 80 a year each on the four daughters of the late Colonel Dannie , of the 13 th foot , who was killed at Jellalabad , where he commanded the flortie . These died lately , says a German paper , in the village of Felsoa Frederick , in Transylvania , a farmer named Terebesi , in the 135 th year of his age . He always enjoyed good health , and worked in the field until just before his death . A Good Joke . —The Millerites are prophecying that the end of the world is to be in April , 1843 ; and yet , at the same time , in this month of August , 1842 , they are taking subscriptions- for a newspaper for one year in advauce . Not bad that . —New York Herald . ' ¦ . ~ ¦

      Paupers Luxuries . —A gardener , who supplies a union workhouse iu Sussex with vegetables , sends in maggotty turnips , and cabbages abounding in caterpillars , sagely observing that the poor devils of paupers have no other means of obtaining grub . It is calculated tha' the available coal-beds in Lancashire amount in weight to the enormous sum of 84 , 000 , 000 tons : the total amount of consumption per annum is supposed to be 3 , 400 , 120 tons : hence it is inferred that the coal-field of Lancashire , at the present rate of consumption , will last 2 , 470 years . Pleasaut State of things in New York .. — There is not the least thing doing in any branch of business whatever , except lying and cheating in Wall-street , picking pockets promiscuously , and killing dog 3 all over the city .

      Extraordinary Radish . —A radish was gathered the other day out of a garden belonging to Mr . P . Dawson , maltster , Ashborne , of the unusual length of twenty inches , nine in circumference , and weighing two pounds and three quarters . —Derby Reporter . A Modest Dun . —A tailor presented his account to a gentleman for settlement . " I'll look over your bill , " said the gentleman . " Very good , " said the tailor , " pray don't over look ic . " On opening a vase lately discovered in the ruins of Herculaneum , the learned Abbe Facciolati found an orange preserved in vinegar . It appears the Romanspiokled oranges as we do gherkins . Arab Retort . — "Why do you not thank God / said Mau 3 er to an Arab , " that since I have been your raler , you have never been sfflioted with the plague V " God is too just to send two soourges upon us at once , " was the reply ; but it cost the speaker his life .

      A Romant / c Young Lady fell into a river , and was likely to be drowned , but a preserver accidentally appeared , and she w . is conveyed to her home . When she came to herself , she declared that she would marry the person who had saved her life . " Impossible , " said her father . " Id he already married then I" she inquired . "No . " "Is he the young man who lives in our neighbourhood V " No , it is a Newfoundland dog " Brick versus Skull . —An athletic black man , while carrying a hod in a building down town , was struck on his head by a brick , which fell from the scaffold nearly two stories high . " Look out up dare , how you frow your bricks ! " vociferated the hod carrisr : " guess you want to kill dis nigger . " What is most Btrange is , that the man was not even stunned , and the brick was broken in two by coming in contact with his headr—Philadelphia Gazette .

      Chinese Barbarity . —An unfortunate seaman of the Cornwallis recently wandered into the hands of a . party of Chinese villagers , who immediately cut off his knee-pans , made an incision round each wrist , and stripped the skin off the muscles , up to the elbows , and down each hand to thei . finger ends , leaving it dangling . In this condition the poor fellow was abandoned . On his being found , tho village was destroyed by the boats of the ship . The man is alive , and slowly recovering . —Hampshire paper .

      Of all the instances we have heard of parsons attaining wealth by lucky accidents , none equal the following : — " A _ poor aged woman , who had long earned her livelihood by knitting , one day coming to theend of her worsted ball or clue , found it to bo wound on a piece of an old newspaper , which Bhe had the curiosity to read : when , to her astonishment and delight , she discovered it to contain an advertisement respecting herself as the heiress of a large property . " Some Boys , while bathing on Saturday week , near Findhorn , discovered a dead body on tho beach , that had been washed in by the tide . The face was

      much disfigured , and the inspection and inquiries s « t a-foot have not elicitsd anything to provo the identity of the unfortunate man . From his dress , which was that of a sailor of tho better class . it was conjectured that he had been master or mate of somo vessel . Nothing was found in the pockets but a snuff-horn , havingthe initials " S . M'K . " cut on the top , the one end shaped so as to resemble a clog's head , tho mouth curiously cut out , so as to show teeth , tongue , &o . It is hoped this may lead to a discovery of the relations of the unfortunate deceased . The body , after inspection , was decently interred by the authorities in the churchyard of Dyke . —Rosshire Adverlizer .

      A Widow . —\ A fisherman named Grizzle was drowned , and all search for the body unavailing . At length , after the lapse of a month or so , the dear deceased was found , floating on his " watery bier , " when the following dialogue ensued between the disconsolate widow and the narrator of the discovery : —Mr . Smith—Well , Mrs . Grizzle , we have found Mr . Grizzle ' s body . Mrs . Grizzle—You don't say so ! Mr . S . —Yes , we have—the jury has sat on it , and found it full of eels . Mrs . & . —You don ' t say Mr , Grizzle ' s body is full of eels' ? ' Mr . S . — -Yes it is , and We wish to know what you mean to have done with it . Mrs . G . —Why how many eels should you think there is in him ? Mr . S . —Why , about a bushel . Mrs . G . —Why then I think you had better send the eels up to the house , and Bet him again .

      Another Determined Suicide at Waterloobridge . —At an early hour on Thursday morning , a female about twenty-fivo years of age , dressed in fashionable style , committed a most determined act of suicide by throwing herself into tho river from the first arch on the Middlesex side of Waterloo-bridge . She had a few-words-with a gentleman immediately previous to her committing the rash act ; she had a valuable silver watch attached to her side , from a silver guard-chain , and five gold rings on her fingers . A reward has been offered for the recovery of the body .

      A servant girl at : the house of a gentleman at the Sj > a , Gloucester , who was in the habit of bestowing a profusion of oil upon her luxuriant locks was awoko a few nights ago by a strango sensation on the top of her head ; and on put ! ing up her hand , something whose coat was as soft as velvet , and whose step was light as that of a fairy , slipped through her fingers , and made a hasty retraat . A mouse , roaming in search of his supper , had made an attack on the fair maid ' s well oiled hair , and had nibbled away with such industrious appetite that the next morning the poor wench was horror struck at beholding a bald place in the very centre of her head , as large as the palm of a man ' s hand , the hair being cropped off close to the root 3 . —Gloucester Journal .

      Suicide at the Saracen's Head , Snow Hill . — Ou Thursday evening week Mr . Payne held an inquest at the White Hart , Giltspur-street , on viow of tho body of George Morley , aged forty-one . Andrew Satchell , landlord of the Saracen ' s Head Tap , stated that deceased had been lodging there for some time past . For many years he had been driver of tne Leeds and other coaches , but had latterly been out of employment . About ten o'clock this morning ( Thursday ) deceased was found in hia bedroom , suspended by a ropo tied round his neck , from the head of the bedstead . He was immedately cut down , and a surgeon was sent for , when it appeared that life had been extinct at least . several hours . The witness further stated that deceased was one of those unfortunate persons who had been thrown out

      of employment in consequence of steam carriages having taken the place of stage coaches . Fur a long time deceased had been in a state of destitution , and had latterly been suffering under great depression of spirits . Deceased wanted to go down into Lincolnshire to see his relations , and endeavour to get some employment . Mr . Mountain had given the poor fellow leave to go by one of his coaches , free of expense ; but the driver , a man named Gamble , refused to take deceased , telling him he did not want his company . Deceased . appeared cxtremoly hurt at this , and cried bitterly while telling several persons of Gamble ' s behaviour to him . His mind seemed to have been most dreadfully weakened by his recent misfortunes and disappointments . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Teasing an Elephant . —On Saturday evening last several gentlemen went into a wild beast show at Sheerness , some of whom began to tease the elephant , whieh forms part of the exhibition , and which is not confined otherwise than by a short chain round one of its legs ; the said gentlemen amused themselves for awhile by offering the huge but docile animal apples and other things , and when he extended his proboois to receive them , putting them into their pockets again ; but not much relishing euch sort of sport , the sagacious animal , taking an opportunity when several of his tormentors were in a cluster near him , extended his trunk , and with one swoop laid Beven of them

      sprawling oh the floor , who , not knowing what the next evolution of the " performing elephant" might be , began to call out Iustiiy for the keepers , but their presence was not needed , as Leviathan seemed quite satisfied with having laid his tormentors pros * trate at his feet , kicking about to get out of his reach , whilst the wives and daughters of some of the party were going into fits , and the company generally rushing towards the place of egress . All the gentlemen who were knocked down by the elephant escaped free from harm , except a good fright , which they will no doubt remember should they ever enter another wild beast eb . Q 7 / . —Kent Herald .

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      De / sSELDORF , Sept . 6 , 1842 . —A report havra / r been generally spread that his Majssty the King of Hanover died here last night , I hasten to inform you that this is not the fact ; but that his . Majesty is lying seriously indisposed at Prince Solera Palace in this town . The symptoms , I hear , aredangerous . , . ¦ A Resolute Faib ons J—( From LaYigie de fOuest . ) A young and fair Florentine lady , bearing the celebrated name of America Vespuccio , arrived at St . Malo , on Sunday , in tho Southampton packet . The noble Sighora having declared to the Customhouse officer that she would not submit to the ignoble search to which he wished to snbject her , he replied that he had a right to require that a female

      should , by visiting her person , ascertain whether she was the bearer of contraband goods or no , and that force should be resorted to if she resisted . The Signora drew out a pair of pistols , and repeated her declira ? ion , adcing that she would return to Ed / jland sooner than undergo such a degradation . She then called for pen and ink , and , in the abscaca of the Director of Customs , wrote to the Sub-prefet , reminding him of her historical name and of the regards which were due to a woman . The magistrate consented to go on board , but having no power to interfere with the rcsulaticas of the Customs , and

      the fair-Florentine persisting in her refusal , she returned to England without having once quitted the steamer . — ' * We have received ( adds La Vigie ) frequent complaints of tho indecent manner in which females are searched in _ our harbours , and have seen several ladies quite indignant at t '^ o treatme nt they had experienced . 'The fiscal passions , ' pays one of them , ' are carried to such an extreme in France , that the revenue agents behaved towards U 3 like real savages . ' Wo demand a reform , for the interest of our harbour , for that of France abroad , and in the name of the respect paid to females in all civilised countries . "

      Elopement akd Robbery . —During the last two * days much conversation has been occasioned about Kensington Gravel-pits in consequence of the following occurrence : —It appears that on the morning of Wednesday last a person named Gerrem , a . greengrocer , residing at No . 1 , Uxbridge-street , Kensington Gravel-pits , left his home about four o ' clock to attend Covent Garden market , leaving his wife ( who , although forty-two years of age , is still rather a fine looking woman ) asleep in bed . On his return he was surprised to learn that Mr 3 . Gerrem was out . As the day advanced and she did not Teturn , lie began to be alarmed , and from the inquiries ha made he soen ascertained that she had left iho house at fire o ' clock in the morning . On examining the

      house , he found that sho had taken with her every article of value he possessed , as wellas all his ready money , amounting to about £ 90 . Mr . Gerrem immediately communicated hid loss to the police , and also his suspicion that she had eloped with a journeyman carpenter , named Fruin , twenty years of age Who was also missing from the neighborhood . Ifc has einco been ascertained that Mrs . Gerrom wa «? _ on the same » orning seen on buard the British Queen steamer , which on Wednesday lefs BJackwall for America , and Mr . Gerrem started the same night for Portsmouth , where the vessel will put in for coals , in the hope of recovering his property , should his wife persist in going to the new worid . —Evening paper .

      Serious Accident to Mr . Carter , the Lion Tamer . —Another accident occurred to Mr . Carter , the performer , and rival to Van Aniburg , on Tuesday evening , which has incapacitated him from appearing On the succeeding ni&bts at the English Opera " House , at whiuh theatre ho was performing the principal character iu a piece called the Lioa King . In the course of ths piece , Mr . Carter had to encotfhter a lion and ether animals , a la Van Amburgh , confined in a cage . The performance went off well on Tuesday night , and Mr . Carter , on entering the cage , was received with the greatest eclat . No sooner had he set foot inside than the " noble lord of the forest" made a sudden spring , and , before Mr Carter had time to preven * . him , seized him by the hand with his teath . Mr . Carter , although his band

      was being severely lacerated by the animal , commenced striking him with all his might , with the butt end of a whip , which he held in the other hand , between the ears . The audionco applau-ied most vociferously , little dreaming thut it was a combat ia reality . Mr . Carter continued to deal heavy Wowh on the infuriated animal , who at the end took shelter in one corner of the cage . The sceue was dropped , and Mr . Carter , having bound a handkerchief round his hand , which was much lacerated , left the cage , th 9 animal growling at him as he left . He was attended to by Mr . Braine , a surgeon , and has since been incapacitated from appearing . This is the second time . Mr . Cartel has been bitten by the same animal wilbin the last week . The lion has only been in Mr . Carter ' s possession about three months , and is between three and four years of age .

      Howden Great Horse Fair . —Great preparations are making by thoinr . keepers and others for the approaching fair , it bei ^ g confidently anticipated that the attendance of foreigners , dealers , &c . will ba very numerous , in consequtneo of the great demand for horses for the Continent . The early hcu-ing of the harvest will also cause agreat influx of farmers , graziers , &p . from all parts of the country . Iu the year 1 , 200 . King John granted to Bishop Philip a license to hold an annual horse fair at Howdeu , which is hold oa the 25 ih of September and six following days , and is accounted one of the most celebrated hor ^ e fai rs ia tho kingdom , especially for first-rate colts , for which it stands unrivalled . A London dealer recently remarked that there were inorehores exhibited for sale at Howden fair than at any other fair in the world .

      A Cargo of Philosophers . —A capital story haa just reached us from Dudity , touching the recent aquatic excursion of certain distinguished savans , from Birmingham to Dudley . Having to pass through one of the car . al locks , where boat 3 are required to register certain particulars of the freight , ' &o . < . ( to facilitate the collection of the proper dues ) , the following entry was mace relative to ono of the learning laden barks : — " Draught , 13 inches ; weight , 3 j ton 3 ; cargo , philosophers . " Maki ng the Dumb Speak . —A fellow of the name of Welsh , who for two or three years has maintained himself by hawking round the country with pamphlets , and by occasional pilferings from the houses at which he made his calls , was brought up at the Gorbals Poiice-ofBce on Thursday morning charged

      with being-drunk and disorderly . When brought to tho office , even while affected by " potations deep , " Welsh did not forget his assumed character , but remained itupidly dumb to all signs and interrogations . Brown , the officer , who knew tho fallow to be an impostor , who had in a similar way excited the sympathy of the authorities in other towns and got off from the punishment due to his peccadilloes , did not forget to inform the bench of Welch's capabilities itt the matter of speech , and the Court sentenced the prisoner-to thirty days in Bridewell . The effect of the announcement of his sentence was miraculous—Welsh , to the no small surprise of the Court , lifted up his voice and spoke wonderfully well considering his infirmity , protesting in no measured terms against the severity of his sentence—Glasgow Chronicle .

      Burglary and Attempted Murder . —Heroic Capture of the Burglars . —Another , mo 3 t atrocious burglary was committed on tho night of Tuesday last , or early on Wednesday morning , in the house of Mr . Thomas Lund , at Pretty-foot bridge , about fifty yards on the branch road leading from . Whalley-rofld , just bayond the Bull ' s Head Inn , in Ribchester , near Blackburn . Mr . Lund wa 3 awoke about one o ' clock by a loud crash of breaking . glass , and immediately got out of bed and struck a light . He then unlocked his bed-room door and passed through a large room adjoining into a smaller on « , where "he found two men—ono of them wearing a black mask , and the other a light one . The momenfc they saw him they ordered him to be silent , and

      successively presented each a pistol at him , and did their best to shoot him , but fortunately the pistols missed fire . Mr . Lund then rushed upon theviliains , and being , although considerably advanced in life , a most powerful man , overpowered them both , and held them for seme time , until getting a little exhausted , they succeeded in pulling him in the slrugtle towards the window , through which they managed to make a temporary escape . Oho of them , while they were struggling , put a fresh cap to hi 3 pistol , and snapped it twice , but it missed fire each time . Meanwhile Mrs . Lund alarmed the neighbours , aud one of them , named Whalley , observed the robbers leap into the little strip of plantation on the right side of the road leading from

      the Bnll ' s Head towards Pretty-foot bridge , just bes&e a large culvert whioh passes under the Whalley- * oad . Whalley , instead of attempting to molest his prey by himself , having outstripped his friend Lund in the race , went on past the plantation to the house of a person named John Shorrock who lives a little beyond the Bull ' s Head . Whalley told Shorrock that there were two men ia the plantation who had broken into Thomas Lnnd ' s house , and bade him rouse up a young man who lives in the house with . him , named Thomas Bannister , and come down to the plantation . Several other neighbours were got together , and the plantation was completely surrounded . The prisoners being secured , they were conveyed to the Ball ' s Head , and thence to the police-station at Blackburn . There was & entered

      third person , but he does not appear to have the house , and he made off the moment he saw his friends defeated . The ; burglars were BJaofcbaxn men , named Thompson and . Ainsworth . One of them had been frequently obliged to the man Whose house ho entered at the dead of night , and whoso life he threatened to take without a moment ' s warning . Both were making by their respective callings an amount of wages which was perfectly competent to keep them in oomfortable ciroumstances , —Thomason having been , we understand , employed in the mills of Messrs . William Eccles and Co ., as a spinner , and therefore in a position to make on an average 25 s . a week ; and Ainsworth being a journeyman tailor , who was able to make on . an average £ 1 a . w&ili .. —Liverpool Mail *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 17, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct616/page/3/