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      BALLY AGAI ^ , BOYS . COXB r _ y again , boys ! -we ma * t not resign , Bat each atom we encounter , let ' s nobly brave ; ft u better to perish at Liberty ' s shrine , And tbe last drep 6 T blood in her altars to lave . Ob' yes , it is tetter , far better to die Id a glorious catue tb&n to pine beneath chains ; For tbb heroes that fall them * a tear and a sigh , Whilst a kindred heart en the earth there remains . Tben let ' s rally again , boys , and never despair , Evry onslaught of faction we'll boldly resist , 33 > o * the Tsolts of tbe dungeon 'we ' re desUn'd to Bh&XQ , Yet nntS we h&Te eonqaerM we ' ll neTer desist . ¦ g or awbil » they may tor rare and murder the brave . Bat the blood of each martyr will spring into life , TiH the footsteps of every tyrant and slave

      Are wash'd oat , and no longer pollute the fair earth . Then leFs rally again , boys , there ' s strength enough yet In tat rant * where tbe embers of liberty glow ; Ibe blood they have shed , let us never forget , Bat stril * for oar freedom one vigorous blow . Tho' they beffla , they cannot subdue us for long , When united in one mighty phalanx we be ; When ' hearts they are £ r _ as our arms they are strong , Tbe tyrants will tremble , " the oppress'd will go . free . " Tb * n left rally again , boys , we never will rest , For ths tyrants who bind as no p « aoe shall there be , Till eaeh slave is xmfetterM and freedom has bless'd The land of our birth , and proclaim'd " we are free . " Oppressors may pat to the rack the oppress'd ,

      Their mnrderons hands in oar blood they may drench Bat the fire that burns in each patriot's breast Fer glorun . 3 freedom , they never can quench . Tken lef a rally again , boys , proscription well brave , TJntU liberty ' s banner on high is unfurl'd , And the standard of freedom o ' er tyranny ' s grave Shall be planted in triumph all over tie world . T "V& C Bristol , Dec . 5 th , 1812 .

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      TTBAircrr and oppression . T 055 , — " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled . " , Th £ press of London's been at war In spreading base designs afar , Until the little Evening Star Came Bounding liberty . Fox bow ' s the time , and nort the honr , That we ahonld round our standard show ' r , Show Whig and Tory Chartist paw ' r , Dstermin'd to be free . And ball the Northern Star so bright _ idst Tory piots it braves the fight , la advocating Chartist right , rL&iflchixiij stands the test

      And did support oar noble cause Against the Whigs' tyrannic laws ; O'Connor ' s name shall gain applause , By working men oppress That wishes no vile tyrant knaves To keep ns bound as despot slaves ; Oar country calls , oar country craves , No more to bend their knee . So let the Stars pursue tfeeir coarse , Tbe leading path to freedom ' s source , Still agitating moral force , 1 To let the world see . - i We wish no weapon now to wield , T » o fiery steed , nor battle shield . Bat firmly stand , and keep tbe field , ' Until we gain the day . :

      Thsy try to crash oar c _ se with fear i q { guns _ d bayonets , sword and spear , Those weapons soon shall disappear , And fall into decay . See Holberry and Clayton too , j The people ' s rights they did pursue , Till Bnar'd by that accursed crew , . They met ontimely graves . ' In dark , damp dungeons ebain'd did lie , j Lie worse than felons left to die , j Still lcni on democrats did cry , j Such tyrants for to braTe- I Those base designing knaves shall dread With quaking fear when die has flad , The rising spirits of the dead , When justice shall appear .

      "Bafore that awful power above , That site upon the throne of love , i Both judge and ¦ witness for to prove Each tyrant ' s case severe . Their children weep sad widows moan For those two martyrs dead and tone , While millions of oar conntty groan , And sigh for liberty . j When tins refni'd oar jost demand , { Let m unite , go hand in hand , i From despot slavery break the band That binds out country . Arouse from letherey ' s repose , And watch those keen bloodthirsty foes , With might oar legal rights oppose , By enrted tyranny .

      In strength of union now we see The females joib in unity , And shares ia straggles to be free j From bonds of slavery . j Aloud shall freedom's tra / npet sound , Where basest tyranny abound , Ko more oppression shall be found To cause this land to waiL Should freedom glow within yonr breast , let not our cause for justice rest , But feel for them that are opprest , And freed from chains or bail . Think on tbe eella where xnsrtyrs died , Shrink not from those soon to be tried . Let victims' fnnda be well supplied , And sain tbe victory . i

      Now onward , Chartists , onward press , ; Believe our brethren in distress ; j Their grievous wrongs we shall redress , And proudly set them free . From chains sod filthy dungeons shun , . 1 Xo more the U-oU tor despots' fan , But the cause so well begun , Then liberty Bhall smile . And Stars like eagles' wings so free Shall spread and root ont tyranny , And reign alone triumphantly Throughout the British isle . j J . Bishop . Campae , Nov . 8 th , 1842 . i

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      LEEDS . —Bepdes Death . —On Monday mornnig , Mr . Blackburn held an inquest at the Conrt tonse , on lie body of an old man eighty years of * ge , whose name was said to be Thos . Brown . He ciffie from York by railway on Saturday , and stopped v . Mr . John Taylor ' s , who keeps a coffee and Joagine ho _ e , in the street leading from Hunsletiuie to the railway station . He stated there that ne was going to his parish at Rothweli , bnt that he ™ to wais until a box came from York . He had

      Borne refreshment and went to bed between four and fire o ' clock . He was found dead on Sunday ttorning by Mr . Taylor , who immediately sect for Mr . Haddock , surgeon , bv whom a post mortem exammarion of the body was made , from which it appeared that the old man had died in a fainting fit , iron : exhaustion ; the muscles of the heart being bo alternated as to be bereft of power to impel the Qrcnlaaon . Verdict—** Found dead in bed from Bwural causes . *"

      Child Bcest . —On Monday morning , an inquest w » g held at the Conn Honse , before John Blackburn , X& 1-, on the body of Elizabeth Carran , & little girl j ?* eo years of age , who was burnt to death on **^ rday night . The mother of tbe girl is a widow , fcQoing in a cellar , in Steadman ' s Conrt , I _ bon-*«« , and obtains a livelihood by hawking . She «« gone to market on Saturday night , leafing he * J&Mgest child in bed , and the deceased to take care « the house . After being left alone , it would Beem ««* tbe girl had locked herself in the house , and had ¦ we a bed across Borne chairs in front of the fire , « a fallen asleep . A coal from the fire , or some «* ner earn * , set the clothes on fire , and when diswoBd by the neighbours , who had to break open * " * flOOT . she w * s litPTaTlw hnrnt in a . / nnrtflT . everv rae

      _ «* own and her mother ' s clothes , on which she r * J « en laid , being consumed . She lingered in -Sr *"" agony for a few hours , and then died in the ^ frnary- Verdict , "Accidental death . " -J ^ fn . * Cororcr . —On Sainr _ y last , s man ad-I-T ** yean , named Robert Needhim , who ref £ f near Qnarrj Htfl church , wm charged before «™ ry Hall , Esq . at tbe Court Honse , with hariBg , ^ arious times , exposed Mb person tofemales , whom ekar ^ L tte field 9 near Po ^ tefract Lane . Two tihwZJL 06 P roTed against him by three respeooftw ?^ re 3 i <* ing at Osmondthorpe , and on each g ™?* fle was sent to Wakefield House of Correc-SKi ™ aontbs - Tbere was also a charge of g ^ amaH on a young girl preferred against ^? w tiere not being in the magistrate ' s opinion &tB , jifv ^ convict nim , thiswas abandoned . ttonrt ^ "owerer , in sentencing him to his srs . ^ mpnaiiinent , cautioned ^ m as to his cva-¦ aeB ie ^ wald be . oaoe more set at liberty .

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      The pia > -s is Tboiblk . —On Monday last , the Cour ; House was cruwded to esces 3 by parties anxions to hear the charges ¦ which it had become known would on that day be preferred against a company of Thc-pians , who had for some time occupied and performed in a bnilding iu East-street , near Crown Point , which they have denominated the " Royal Haymarket Theatre . " The party , who consisted of John Dakin , John Rhode ? , Jeremiah Lister , Benjamin Beal . Maria Armstrong , ' Henry Whimp , Joseph Swallow , John Chapman , Join Firth , John Emmerson , Jane Atkinson , Wm . Preston , George Lawrence , Benjamin Grimshaw , and We . Bntler , were apprehended on Saturday night , in the Theatre , all dressed in character , on a warrant

      granted by John Clapham , Esq ., on tbe information of Mr . Superintendent James . It was a " niuchado-aboat-nothing" affair altogether ; buk if all we have heard about the " capture" be true , there was as mnch " pomp and circumstance ^ attending it , as ever there was in the marching o " f a military force to attack an enemy's camp . We do-not hear that the ** cntlasses" were buckled on , but we believe tka-t to secure tbese daring outlaws , two parties of the police force , each extra drilled , and under the command of & suberdinate officer , the whole under the direction of Mr . Superintendent James , were employed . Mr . James having arranged the attack , one half of bis force was ordered to advance along the Calls , in order to attack the place in the rear , whilst the other half proceeded sIod ^

      Airkgate , and took possession of the regular audience admission door . Just imagine the consternation that would ensue when the poor theatricals found themselves surrounded by such a formidable squad—nothing awkward about them , of course . Why , had they been real , instead of assumed "kings , conquerors , banditti , " they never could have expected tuch an enemy . But here they were in the very act of presuming to amuse an audience of their own class , by performing a play . Aye , this was " the headend front of their offendiDg !" The information of the M trap" charged them with keeping a certain house or room in Last ^ street , for stage plays and dramatio entertainments , into which admission was obtained by payment of money , and was laid under tbe 240 th section of the far-famed Town Council Improvement Act , which is as

      follows : — "That it BhaU be lawfnl for any justice by order in writing to authorise the head constable or any superintendent or inspector belonging to the police force in the borough , with euch constables as he may think necessary to enter into any house or room kept or used within the borough for stage plays or dramatic entertainment , or for any . public show or exhibition , into which admission is obtained by payment of monty , and which is not a licensed theatre or a-room or place authorised by the mayor to be used for that purpose , at any time when the same shall be open for the recaption of persons resorting thereto , and to take into custody all persons who shall be found thejin withont lawful excuse ; and every person keeping , using , or knowingly letting any hoass or other

      tenement for the purposes aforesaid , or any of them , 6 hill be liahle to a penalty not more than twenty pounds , recoverable before any two jo > tices , and in default o ? paymgnt of the penalty awarded and costs , may be committed to the honse of cor .-ettion , with or without hard labour , for a teim not more tba'a two months ; and every person performing or beiDg therein without lawful excuse , shall ba linble to a penalty of not more than forty shillings ; and . a conviction under this Act for this offence shall not exempt the owner , keeper , or manager of any such house , room , or tentmbnt from any penalty oi penal corsequences to which he may be liable for keeping a disorderly honse or for the uuisancp thereby occasioned ; provided that the onus of proving that such p ) acs is a licensed theatre shall be upon the person keeping the same . "

      After this statute had been duly pointed out to the Magistrates on the bench , Griffith Wright and Kichard Bramley , Esqrs ., and vhe several defendants had been arranged iu order , Mr . Wright asked who proved the charge against them , when if > o police officers deposed to the capture , and to the party having all been dragged through the sireets in theatrical costume , in which they were detained in prison until Sunday , when they were admitted to bail ; but on being a ? ked if they could proTe the receipt of any mosey they were at once at iaalt . Mr . Wright first asked one and theu another if there was any proof of money having been paid

      for admission , but the officer ia command , in his hurry for the honour of the capture , had forgotten this first and most important point , and a blank was visible on . the countenances of those who wished for a conviction . Well , then , said the magistrate , if you cannot provethifi , thferei 3 anendof the case . The chief constable— " IbelieTe it cannot be proved , sir . " Magistrate — " Then go about your business , ail of you . " A tremendous cheer from the audience followed this announcement , and the court wa 3 very soon cleared . Sh . Charles Baylor , solicitor , appeared for the defendants , but the sudden termination of the case left him without an opportunity of " finding a flaw . "

      On this subject we hwe received from the Company themselves the following observations : — - The Haymarket Theatre , East-street , near to Crownpoint , in ' Leeds , was opened on the 19 th of December , 1 S 40 , and has beta carried on ever since , withuat any interruption from the authorities of the town , until Saturday evening , the 10 th December , IS 42 , when , without aoy previous notice or intimation being tjiven to the members , a body of police , headed by Superintendent James , entered tbe Theatre , took into custody seventeen

      individaals found there , and conveyed them , handcuffed as common felons , to tbe Police Office , under ( as was afterwards stated ) the authority of a magistrate ' s warrant , bat which was never shown or xtad to them , where they were searched and everything found upon them taken and detained in cn * tody , without having the privilege of being admitted to bail , although it was tendered by respectable tradesmen en behalf of several of tbe parties , until one o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , when bail was accepted to the amount of eighty pounds .

      Two females , in particular , ( onehaving an infant only three months old ) were apprehended and also undressed snd searched ( even to their chemise ) and although a surgeon , through necessity , was called in to attend one of such females , and he stated that it would be dangerous for her to remain in enstody , liberation was refused to them , although bail was offered to the amount of £ 100 . The female having tbe child , not having any milk at her breast , Kquested of Mrs . Lancaster the favour of a cupful ! of milk and a small portion of bread , fur the use of such child , and even this was refused .

      "Until the very moment of apprehension the members were not aware that tbe Theatre wainot canied on under the sanction of the authorities , inasmuch as shortly aftar its opening an application was made to air . Rtrad , the Chief Constable , to allow a police officer te attend tbe Theatre on each performance niaht , to preserve order , which be promised to do , and also to visit the Theatre personally , for tbe purpose of ascertaining how it was conducted and carried on , . bat wnich he never did- Since that time different police officers have been in the nightly faabit of visiting the Theatre , and have at various times rtctiivtd pecuniary benefit therefrom , amounting to upwards of £ 1 5 s . In addition to this , Inspector Cnild has at different times made personal npplications for

      tickets of admission , which have been furnished accerdingly , and members of his family have attended the Theatre therewith , ilr . Bead now states that vaxoua complaints bare been made against the Theatre , and thai he has given the members warning thereof , bnt which is incorrect , they never having received the least intimation thereof , and it is confidently believed that no complaint whatever has ever betn lodged against the company , inasmuch , as no party appeared before the magistrates , at tbe time of examination , to give any evidence in Bupport of any buch complaint . It | s currently supposed and understood , that the apprehension has arisen solely from the efficiousnesa of one of the police force , inasmuch , as one of such has since

      stated that the parties might be thankful he bad not the opportunity of appearing against them from tbe circumstance of his being suspended until tbe Watcli Committee ' s next meeting . The members bave never had the least desire to continue tbe Theatre against the wish of the authorities , bb a proof , thereof it msy be stated , that when the disturbances took place in the neighbourhood- of Leeds in Auguht last , they ( in compliance -with the notice or request issued by the Mayor and Magistrates for publicans , shopkeepers , and others to close their houses and shops , &c , by tight o ' clock in the evening ) although bills had been issued announcing two performances , the Theatre was forthwith , closed and continued so until the town

      was restored to quietness . The Theatre has , in a very great measure , been supported by contributions as although money may bave been accepted ( when vorcmtarily offered ) from parties visiting it , the amount thereof has been barely adequate to discharge the expenes of actresses , rent , gas , printing , rates , and musicians and the members bave never received aoy pecuniary or other benefit farther than the gratification they have derived from it as a sonrce of amusement and employment for their leisure Lours , and many of them proudly and gratefully acknowledge that it has been the means of great intellectual and educational improvement to them .

      Great care has always been exercised in conducting it , so as to prevent any interruption from the public authorities , inasmuch as previous to accepting any party as m member , particular enquiries have been made at to his being an apprentice , or having tbe eon-Bent of his employer or parents to become a member , and in cases where it has been proved that parties hid become members , contrary to the consent of their parent ! ox employers , they have been immediately diwTniawl from the company . The oeeapien are subject to the different rates , and have paid all sath as have been demanded of them up to the present time . The company also some time ago gave a performance for the benefit of the Leeds General Infirmary , and the surplus receipts , amounting to £ 2 10 b Od-, were banded over to the treasurer tharecf ; and the same parties also gave a performance at ike Leeds Theatre for the benefit of tbe unemployed poor , on which occasion they handed , over to the treasurer of the fund the sum of £ 22 Qa . Od .

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      , k " t-, — ; : In addition to the annexed information the members ara in possession of a document , a copy of which ia hereto attached , signed by resident householders in the neighbourhood and vicinity of the Theatre , certifying that they have never suffered or received any annoyance , interruption , injury , or molestation of any description whatever f * om the members , or visitors of tbe Theatre , and that they have not at the present , or at any time heretofore , had any cause to complain of aoy nuisance arising therefrom . As a proof of the estimation in which the members of the Theatre are held by the inhabitants of tbe town , may be adduced tbe circumstance of a very great number of highly respectable tradesmen attending , perfectly unsolicited , at the Police-office , on Sunday noon , and offering bail for the liberation of tbe part ies .

      ( COPY . ) " To the Worshipful the Mayor , and Magistrates , of the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York . "We the undersigned , being resident householders in the Ticinitv or neighbourhood of the Haymarket Theatre , East-street , neai to Crown Point , in L ^ eds aforesaid , do hereby respectfully eertify that we have never suffered or receive ! any annoyance , interruption , injury , or molestation , of any description whatever , from the members or visitors of the said Theatre ; and that we have not at t&e present , or at anytime heretofore , had any caus » to complain of any nuisance arising therefrom . "As witness our hands this Eleventh Diy of September , 18 * 2 .

      "John Williams " John Robinson James Preston WiUhm Crampton Thomas Shores Ann Westwood John Phillips John Watson Hannah Jenkinson Saml . Swithenbank John Daan Josb . Greenwood Joseph Hodgson Jno . Williamson William Graham Wm . Wright Robert Bilton James Bull John Best William Beck James Slraker Jno . Thompson Ann Robinson John Peaker Thomas Clubley George Rainton . "

      CABZaETON . —Ikcendjaby Fine . —On Thursday morning one of the most awful and destructive incendiary fires that has ever occurred in this part of the country , broke out in a farm yard , situate about half a mile from the town , and a considerable distance from any house , belonging to Mr . Cheeseman , tallow-chandler . " "The fire was first discovered about three o ' clock in the morning , by Thomas Peters , the night collierman , -who instantly gave the alarm through the town , when a great part of th © male inhabitants arose from their slumbers to render assistance in the extinquishing of this dreadful conflagration ; but , unfortunntely , without success , for the fire had made such a ferocious progress from the wheat stack , from whence it appeats it originated , to the adjacent Btacks and buildings , that all attempts to sa ^ e any of the property were vain ; there

      being but little water to supply the engine , all , therefore , was literally consumed . A large wheat staok , a bean stack , and hay stacss , which it is said ¦ were iasured for £ 5 U 0 , were burnt to ashes ; and all the buildings , consisting of a barn a stranary , a hovel , stabling , « j& < v , shared the same fato . Four very valuable horses , which were locked in the stable ,, were burnt to death , as were also upwards of fifty-five fowls , which were roosting in some of the buildings . Somecats , shut in the barn for the purpose of destroying vermin , and a dog that was u ^ -u&Uy shut in the building as a tuard , fell sacrifices to the devouring ; element . Nothing can be as * signed for the p rpetration of so horrible a deed , as Mr . Chees ? man bears a most excellent character , as being a kind and generous friend and good master , consequently , generally beloved and esteemed by his workpeople , and all who know him .

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      Suspension of Enlistment in the Navy . —An order has been issued upon Dr . Bell and Lieutenant Green , of the Tower division , not to pass any more men for the navy , until fresh directions are issued by the Admiralty . Explosion of Fire Damp . — We regret to be obliged to announce another fatal explosion of firedamp at the colliery of Messrs . Russell and Co ., at Risca , which took placo on Thursday evening last , by whioh two unfortunate individuals , named Walker and Phillips , lost their lives , and five or six other persons employed in the works were more or less wounded . We understand that the said oatas , ' trophe arose solely in consequence of the gross negligence of the unfortunate man Walker , who was watchman in the pit , and who used a candle after putting aside the Davy ' s lamp with which he was supplied . —Monmouih Merlin .

      Tub MostMENT . —Perilous Feat . —Wednesday morning a crowd of persons were assembled in the neighbourhood of the monument , their attention being drawn to a man standing oh the aummit above the gilt part , which is intended to represent fiames . It appeared that some portion of tho iron work at the top required repair , and some workmen were sent up to do n « when one more venturesome than the rest , got through the trap door , and after shutting down the opening , stood upright at the top , to tho astonishment of -tha spectators . He remained there for some minutes , and then descended in safety .

      The Present State of Moscow . —The Russian journals give some details relative tj Moscow , which are not without interest . Towards the end of the 17 th century , manufactories of cloth , silk , cotton , gla * s , porcelain , and crockery ware , were established in this city , but without any decided effect until 1822 , when , in consequence of the protective system adapted by the Government , Moscow became the centre of a vast number of manufactories , all in the most flourishing state . At present there are , in and about the city , not less than a thousand of theio establishments sending forth goods to the amount of ¦ 10 , 000 , 000 silver rubles a yecr . Upwards of 40 , 000 workmen are employed in those manufactories , besides 30 , 000 in various trades . The prosperity of the city has , in fact , increased to such a point , that all traces of the terrible catastrophe of 1812 , by fire , are entirely effaced .

      Fatal Accident at Carn Brea Mines . —We bave very great pain in having to announce the occurrence of an accident at these mines , attended with Iosb of life to one of the miners , and very Bemu 3 bodily injuries to a great many others ; besides a destruction of property variously estimated at from £ 800 to £ 1000 , the principal part of which loss falls , we understand , upon the labouring men . There was a large shed on the mine , iu which the men change their slothes previous to going under ground , and again when they leave work . The apartment was about 150 feet long and twelve feet wide , within the walls ; but as there waa a row of lockers , or cupboards , ou each side of about two feet in depth , the shed wat narrowed to eight feet ; and

      this space was still further lessened by large iron pipes carried along the centre for the purpose of warming the place by means of steam . There were nearly 400 of these cupboards , in whioh the miners locked up their wearing apparel , tools , candles , and powder . In consequence of the men having been very frequently robbed , there were no means left of getting in or out of the place but through a narrow door at the side , and within five or six feet of the end . At six o ' clock on Wednesday morning , about forty or fifty men were in the place , preparing for goiDg under ground , when a young man of the name of John Waters , whose locker was very near the door , was pouring out gunpowder from a quarter of a hundred cask

      into a small canister , which he was to carry underground , his candle , which he had atuck upon the iron pipe above him , fell , or dropped a spark upon the powder , and produced a terrible explosion . Waters appears to have been shattered bo much that when his remains were collected , it was only from the certainty that no other person was missing that they could be known to be his . His father , who had been standing near him , was also bo much injured by the explosion , that it was doubtful if he would live to reach his home in Crowan Church Town , where he was immediately removed . The explosion appears to have set tbe lockers , ou both sides of the house , instantly in a , blaz 9 ; and as there was distributed among them upwards of 10 cwt . of

      gunpowder , and a very large quantity of candles , the flames spread rapidly , occasioning a constant succession of explosions , which might be seen for several miles around . As the fire originated near the door , it may easily be perceived that the situation of all the men in the house was imminently precarious , and Eeyeral in endeavouring to escape by the door were terribly mutilated , and we understand that three or four of the sufferers are in a very dangerous situation . Nine men , besides those named , were seriously injured , and several others slightly so . At length , when the heat and smoke had become almost suffocating , openings were forced in the wall and roof at the inner end of the bnilding , and tbe remainder of the men e&caped . The names of ibe nine sufferers are Harvey , Wm . Hockin , John Cock , Thomas Cock , Samuel Marten , and son , Thomas and John Nicholas , brothers , and Thomas Michell . Messrs . £ . and R . Lanyon , of Camborne , and J .

      Richards , of Redruth , surgeons , attended on the sufferers , and dressed their wounds , after which they were carefully removed . The loss of property to the men has been very ferious . Some who were underground have had their wearing apparel destroyed , and hundreds more the flannel dresses which they wear at their work . About four hundred men have in this way sustained an average loss of £ 1 per man ; besides the took and materials , for which also they are responsible . The loss to the adventurers consequent on the destruction of the building , and the suspension of labour whioh has occurred , and must still , in some parts of the mine , continue , may be roughly judged at nearly as much more . Many of the poor men , for want of clothes , or the money to purchase them , will be unable for some time to resume their labour , and we shall rejoice to hear that a subscription has been entered inw for their relief . —West Briton .

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      The rate-payees of the a county of Worcester are arranging a , dctormined oppot itibivto the rural pdict force . Petiuoua are preparh i # in various pans of the county for presentation at the forthcoming Epiphany sessions . Christmas Hoi . ida . vs . —As Chrisftaaa falls on a Sunday , the industrious people , assistants , apprentices , & 0 , will have no holidav , unless ibe shopkeepers shouldI agree to dose on the Monday following . We hope they will do so . Giving the peojtJe-a release from business occasionally is a good old custom ; and a day in addition to the present stinted compliment of holidays once in six years is no great sacrifice on the part of those who reap the advantage ef thoix services .

      Loss op a Ship by Fire . —Tho following communication has been received at Lloyd ' s : — " The James Wearne , which arrived off Lisbon on Saturday , the 26 . h of iast month , reports having , on the night of the 18 th , 26 leagues S . W . of Soilly , come up with a vessel on fire . Upon first being observed by the crew of the above vessel , the flames appeared to have commenced in the after-part of her , the mainmast had been destroyed , and had fallen overboard , bat the foremast was standing , with double reefed topsails and foresail set . They made an attempt to ascertain her name , but were unable to do so , owing to the severity of the fire , which Odn-H ! i t ? - * 8 6 the whole of that night nntil ten o clock the following morning , when she disappeared beneath the ocean . Those belonging to the unfortunate brig , for such she proved to be , are supposed to have escaped by taking to the boats ; no tidings , however , have yet been received of their fate . "

      The Dead Alive . —Mr . Hill , of Olatrim , whose murder was circumstantially reoorded in a late-hum ? ber of the Limerick Reporter , has written to the editor of the Nenaoh Guardian , to say that he is still alive and well Mr . Hill complains of the trouble and expanse his relatives have been put to by the report in question , some of them having come from distant parts of Ireland for the purpose of burying him . "On the day ( continues Mr .-Hill ) theJieporUr Bays I was shot , I , with 60 , 000 of my fellow-countrymen , attended the great meeting at Dunkerrin , to hear the Rov . Mr . Nolan , eloquently and emphatically exhort us to pay obedience to tho laws , and to aid in suppressing illegal societies . Now , Sir , I hope that you will contradict the vile report of my death , for if I was shot at and wounded ou the day in question , I could not be at the Dunkerrin meeting , and if I was dead I oouldn't write this letter . "

      Lodth . —Sale of a Wife r-REVENTED . — We are sorry to have to record that another of those disgraceful ebullitions of public depravity , the sale of a wife in the public market ( happily prevented from being effected by the vigilance of the police ) , occurred on the 30 th ult . The offending parties , followed by a vast crowd , were brought before S . Trought , Esq ., who investigated the affair . The Magistrate said it was intolerable to witness a wife dragged into the market for sale like a brute beast , and it was the determination of the Magistrates to put an end to a system which subjected tho happiness of the domestic

      circlo to the libidinous propensities of every designins knave who chose "to interrupt it . The parties bad bad a narrow escape , as , had the sale been effected , he would oertainly have fully committed them to the quarter sessions to take their trial for bo gro 83 an outrasp ; as it was , he would bind the parties in £ 5 each to keep the peace in future . On their liberation , they were chased round the oh arch by the mob , and U was not until the protection of the police had been obtained , that they were enabled toeftvot a safe retreat to their proper homes . —Stamford Mercury ,

      Attempted Murder and Suicide . —On Thursday evening last , the inhabitants of Kilwinning were alarmed by the intelligence that an attempt had been made to murder a female , named Margaret Gardiivrr , by an individ ua l who had formerly been her lodger . The man in question , Jamas Marshall , a mason , had been residing in Kilwinning for a considerable time past , but had lately left for Ireland , where he had been for a short period , and only returned on the same evening when he attempted the life of his victim , and sacrificed his own . He met her with great jsebming kindness , and afterwards invited her a few yards away . from the house , when he drew a knife and stabbed her in the lower part of the abdomen . Fortunately , the weapon came in contact with the busk of her stays , and was thereby diverted from its intended course , else , no doubt , the wound would have proved fatal . She shrieked "Murder , " and ran into the houso , and medical assistance was

      immediately sent for , and the wound dressed . We are glad to say that she ia rapidly recovering . In the meantime Marshall made his escape , but , on the Bearoh being instituted by the police and others , he was found lying in the garden , and taken to a place of security . He soon after exhibited signs of being extremely ill , and confessed to his having taken a strong dose of arsenic . He expired , after enduring great agony , ou Friday at noon . The unfortunate man was about 60 years of age—some say nearly 70 —and previous to his death stated that he had come all the way from Ireland with the 6 ole intention of perpetrating the deed that has been so providentially frustrated . He had bean previously three times married , and love and jealousy combined are aaid to have been the incentives to the commission of the rash act . He is also said to bo the last of the line of the celebrated gypsies of the Bame name . —Ayr Ad iierlizfir .

      Passes to Vagrants , —On Saturday a young man , apparently in a very bad state of health , applied to the sitting magistrate at Greenwich under the following circumstances . —He said , that he had been committed to Maidstone Gaol a week beforo , and the other worthy magistrate ( Mr . Jeremy ) had directed that he should bo furnished , on leaving the prison , with a county pass , so that be might have some relief , from parish to parish , to help him on his way to Hull . He had , however , been turned out of prison and was destitute . Mr . Grove asked for what offence he had been committed ? The applicant said , he had been admitted into the Greewioh Union and had refused to work in order that he might be sent to prison , for he was so far from home and he was too ill to work . Mr . Jeremy ( who was

      present ) said , ho remembered the case , and that he had made a special memorandum on thecommitment recommending a pass , and he could not think why the visiting magistrates had not granted one . One of the officers said , they never did in such cases , Mr . Jeremy—I do nos think they act legally : they have no right to turn a man out of prison destitute , so that he will be a vagrant in the next parish he goes into ; it was impossible he could go any distance without begging . Mr . Groves said , that in Middlesex and Surrey they granted passes , and it was a most excellent plan , and the police magistrates frequently committed persons who were deserving objects to prison for a day or two to entitle them to a pass . The poor fellow had 2 j . 6 d . given him from the poor-box . —London Times .

      Attempted Suicides through Distress , and being refused relief from the parish— -on Friday morning week , a poor man , named Seaward , who resided near VVey mouth terrace , Hackney-road , was brought to the Loudou hospital , with his throat cut in so frightful a manner that very little hope was entertained of his recovery . It seemed that the poor man , who is about fifty years of age , and his two children , had been reduced to a state of great distress , which compelled him to apply to the officers of Shoreditch parish for relief but they , according to his statement , refused to do anything for him , and , in a fit of despair and desperation the unfortunate man cut his throat in a shocking manner . On Thursday , a young man , aged nineteen , named John

      Blaok , was brought to tha same hospital , having previously BwaUowed two-penny-worth of arsenic . It appeared that Black , who was by trade a French polisher , used to work for his brother , in Hoxton , but having quarrelled with him , they parted , and he had not been ablo afterwards to obtain any employment at his trade , and was , in consequence , reduced to the greatest possible distress . He purchased twopennyworth of arsenic at a chemist ' s shop , saying it was for the purpose of destroying rats , and brought it to a common lodging-house , in Wentworth-str « et , where he mixed it up in a cup , with some water , and swallowed it . Two other lodgers , named Jones and Fowell , observed him , and suspecting he had taken something , called in two policemen , 22 and 26 H , and they removed him to the hospital .

      Murdebs at Great Yarmouth . —The town of Yarmouth was last week thrown into excitement in consequence of two murders having been committed last Saturday night . The particulars are as follows : —It appears that on Saturday two ferrymen , named Ward and William Mann , having to settle about some fish which they had brought to market , and Mann not giving full satisfaction to the other , a quarrel ensued , and Ward knocked Mann down , baying , ' * Now I will do for you 1 " and gave him a kirk in the abdomen ; the poor fellow never spoke afterwards , and expired in about an hour . Ward was apprehended the same night , and was taken before Mr . S . Palmer ( the Mayor ) and a bench of magistrates on Monday , when , after a lengthy investigation , be was committed to Norwich Castle to take his trial at the next assizes . On the same night , or early on Sunday morning , a soldier ( who was on leave of absence , and who arrived in Yarmouth only

      on tbe Thursday , on a visit ) , on going up Charlottestreet , accompanied by an old comrade , were saluted by two gifls , who asked for some gin . The Boldier Baid he would give them some if they knew where to get it , upon which they took them to the Green Man and Boot public-house , in the same street , w ' oere the soldiers called for some gin , -which the landlord said came to 6 d . On the soldier paying the money , be remarked that he could get as muohtor 2 d , which exasperated . the landlord , who after nsir , g some very violent epithets , flew on the soldier anA endeavoured to Btrangle him by pressing his knuck ) es in his throat , he then threw him with great violeD ce on the stones , and the man ' s head came in conu iot with the kerb with such force as to render him insensible j from this state he never recovered , i nd lingered up to Thursday morning , when he exr -red . The deceased had juBt arrived in England 1 , r . oin India , and had been in the service twenty yer , rs . Moor ( the landlord ) has been taken into oust , ody .

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      Jordan , the c ? erk who ab 3 ? onded with the money of the London Joint-Stock Bank , has returned all the sum taken , with the exception of £ \ Q . As Action was brought in : the Court of Queen's Bonch on Thursday , by Dr . Carpue , the eminent surgeon , against the London and Brighton Railway Company , to recover compensation for injuries inflioted upon him by the dreadful accident which took place on the Brighton line , near the Hay ward Heath Tunnel , about fourteen months ago , and by which four persons was killed , among them two female servants of the plaintiff , who were travelling with their master and bis daughter . Mr . Carpue himself , who is 8 eventy-two > years of age , was so severely

      injaredas to be confined ton is bed for six weeks after . and he had been obliged to give up the exercise of his profession ever since . The damages were laid at £ 1000 . Among the witnesses examined were Baron Rothschild , who deposed that the train was goinj ? very rapidly at the time , and Lient .-General Sir F . Smith , inspector-general of rail ways , who had examined the line , and thought it in good order . The evidence as to the speed of the train was contradictory . Lord Denman , in summing up , said that the onus probandi , the proof th&t the occurrence was no fault of theirs , Jay with the company , and the jury returned for the plaintiff— -damages £ 250 . .. ¦ ¦ . ¦• ¦ ¦¦ ¦ •• ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦/ . ¦ ¦ .

      The Unemployed in PAisLET . The number of the unemployed is now upwards of 10 , 000 . and is still on the increase . The scanty pittance allowed them is this we . k reduced one-half , owing to the weekly remittances from London having become less , and the committee ( now , it is said , clear of debt ) , are unwilling to guarantee a further allowance . What step will be taken in this exigency we cannot tell . Perhaps , the country geatlemen would do something to alleviate the distress . At their last meeting , they resolved to raise £ 3 , 000 by voluntary assessment over the county ; but it is agreed on all hands that

      not more than £ 500 will be derived from this source—a sum altogether inadequate . Paisley , ireenock , Kilbarchan , Johnstone—all are Buffering . Even in the Mearns , according to the statement made by the minister in the presbytery , the distress is very great , 500 additional having lately been thrown upon him and a few others for support . Renfrew and Lochwiunoch , as well as Barrliead , according to their repective ministers , are likewise suffering severely . Let the ministers and others unite in the crusade for free-trade ; for to us it seems that that is the only means whereby we can expect permanent relief . — Glasgow Citizen .

      Atmospheric Changes . —Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone than in other latitudes , there is scarcely & spot to be found where such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying in a few hours some twenty degrees or more . The effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middle and more advanced ages of life , causing attacks of those painful disorders , Sciatica , Gout , and Rheumatism . Happily , for those who are afflicted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that excellent medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .

      Daring Outrage . —A daring and barbarous outrage was committed in the neighbourhood of Shanagolden last Sunday night , when , at the early hour of soven o ' clock , an armed party of marauders , whose faces were blackened , attacked the dwelling house of Mr . Gerald O'Connor , near that town , and broke his doors and windows , robbed him of a bluderbuss and case of pistols , broke his desk , and took what money it contained ^ Not being patisfied with their booty , as they did not find Mr . O'Connor ( the object of their vengeance ) at homo , they beat and cut Mrs . O'Connor severely , and inflicted a ghastly wound with the

      butt-end of a musket on the head of Charles M'Donnell , who was on a visit in the house , and had resisted the savages when breaking the door . Young Mr . O'Connor , too , received a . severe beating , notwithstanding whioh he gave the alarm to constable LiUy < who with a party of only two , pursued the sanguinary ruffians , but they escaped , with the advantage of an early start , and the night being very dark . Mr . O'Connor lately set up-a public car between Shanagolden and Limerick , and thereby reduced the fare considerably , and , possibly this may be one cause of his being obnoxious to some persons . — Limerick Chronicle .

      Richard Oastler . —At length , as we leara from the last number of the Fleet Papers , the late act for the regulation of the Queen ' s Prison , and the abolition of the prison of ** The Fleet , " haa been carried into effect with regard to the person of our esteemed friend Richard Oastler . It appears that on the 12 th of November , in pursuance of a general warraut from Lord Denman , Lord Chief Justice , Mr . Oastler was removed from the Fleet Prison to the Queen's Prison ; and that he is now located in room No . 2 , staircase , No . 16 . Mr . Oastler was committed to the Fleet Prison , at thesuit of Mr . Thornhill , on the 9 th . of December , 1840 ; so that he has been incaroerated two years ; and a < his means of payment are no greater now than they were at that time , it is to be hoped that Mr . Thomhill will Boon be of opinion that he has suffered sufficiently . We observe that since Mr . Oastler ' s removal he has addressed his little " FIooUm" to Sir James Graham , Bart ., instead of to Mr ' ThOrnhill .

      Melakcholt Case of SEDucrroN and Suicide . — An inquest was held on Monday , before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Skinner's Arms , Hart-street , Paddington , on the body of Emily Churchill ; aged 22 , who committed suicide under the following melancholy circumstances : —Mary Jackson , of 10 , Hart-street , widow , stated that the deceased had lodged at her house for about four months . She had a child with her , and said that her parents were the owners of a very large farm in' Yorkshire ; that Bhe had left home about two years ago , in consequence of some differences with her family , and about eighteen months ago gat into service in London j and very soon after was seduced by a gentleman , under a solemn promise of marriage . If she went home Bhe

      said eh * feared her father and mother would not look &fc her , and she thought her eeducer was going to be married to another , and if he did she would not be long for this world , for she could never afterwards be happy in it . Witness had frequently seen a gentleman call on her ; the last time was on Monday . On Thursday he sent deceased a letter , and she afterwards told witness he was going into the country for a few months . The deceased remarked that was only an excuse , and she believed he was going to get married the next morning . On the Friday , finding that the deceased did nob come down to breakfast as usual Bhe went up to her room and found her hanging by a rope from a nail in the wall . The poor child was lying in bed asleep . Witness

      went for a surgeon , who , on his arrival , said sho had been dead two or three hours . By the Coroner—The gentleman appeared to behave most kindly to her , and she never wanted for anything . Witness added , that a letter was found on the deceased ' s table ; it was unsealed , and was to the following purport : — My dear Charles : I cannot bear up with my misfortunes and troubles any longer . You know you have so often promised to marry me . I could never bear to see my father and mother again unless you keep your promise , and now you are going to get married to another . It is more than I can bear , dear Ch' arles . 1 did not think you would

      have so deceived me , after your sacred promise ; my mind is quite distracted . People in thi 3 world will laugh at me , and I shall be pointedat by every one . I am iY 8 » lved to make away with myself , and before you receive this letter I shall be no more ; but I pray God you will take care of my dear little Emily , jnd do not desert her as you have me . I hope God will forgive me , and my dear father and mother . Once more I pray you to take care of Emily . Adieu , dear Charles , and God be with you ! Your once truly affectionate lover—Emu » y Churchill . " After the Bumming up of the Coroner the jury returned a verdict of "temporary insanity . " ;

      United States . —By the sh > p Hottinguer , Captain Bursley ; which arrived at Liverpool on Friday , we have received a New York Herald , of the 20 th iilt . The rlottingueT \ ha 9 brought homo a large number of those unfortunate emigrants who have left this country in the hope of bettering their condition , but are , from some cause , disappointed in finding a home in the United States , and have returned in worse eonditien than they started . She has not less than two bundred on board . Mr . James W . Webb , the editor of the New York Courier arid Enquirer , was brought tip for judgement on the lSth , for leaving the State some time back with the intention of flighting a duel with a gentleman known as the Hon . Thomas Marshall : h « pleaded guilty , and was sent to . prison , the Conrt defsrrinp sentence for a few days , apparently to give the Governor of the State opportunity to grant a pardon ; should he not do so ,: Mr . Webb must be imprisoned for not less than two > or more than five , years .

      Portugal . — -We have received intelligence from Lisbon to the Stb inst ., brought by the- Royal Tar steamer . There had been dreadful gales « ri the ooast of Portugal b ^ which two English TeBsels were driyea on shore . On the 26 th ulW at Ped » as Negras , 25 miles south of Figueira , the ship Chatham , Sargenty Master , from London t » Sydney with a general cargo and ten passenger * , was straaded , » nd three seamen with two passengers perished . The barque Wexford , from Newport to Malt ** with coals , ran aBhore inside the bar of St , Ubes , ei « vr all saved . Hopes were entertained of saving the cargo of the Chatham ; bnt it waa v « y doubtful whether either of the two vessels could be got off . Tne mnnicipal elections at Lisbon and Oporto bad terminated in favour of the Government ; and throughout the districts of Doaro and Aveiro tbe general result , it was believed , would be the Bame . ,

      SPAiN .--The Paris Moniteur of Saturday announces the capitulation of Barcelona in the following dispatch ; addressed to the French Government : —Perpignan , Dec . 6 . —Accounts from PerthHis , received this morning , state that Barcelona capitulated the day before yesterday ; . The inhabitants o Girona , who were marching on Barcelona , returned home on hearing the naws . There ar 6 . neither letters nor passengers from Barcelona .

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      :. . Laconic Correspondknce . —Wei find the following correspondence in a southern paper : —•* Dear Son , —Come home ; a rolling stone gathers no moss . — Lucy Muguins . " To which he replied s— " Dear Mamma , —Come to Texas ; a setting hen never gets fat . —John Muggins . "—American paper . Is the Court of Qitbbn ' b Bbncbh , on Monday Mr . Howard , Stockdale ' s attorney , in his fourth action against the Messrs . Hansard during the celebrated : priyilege struggle , obtained a verdict , with £ 100 damages , against Messrs . Gossett and Bellamy officers of the House of Commons , and two other persons , for a trespass in the execution Of th © Speaker ' s warrant to search for the person Of Howard .

      ChkapPo » k . —When pigs is soaroe , there's plenty o' way of filling the pork barrel far them Britisher You know there ' s young porpesses , seals , an slick dogs , as well as bears an possu m * , an there ' s plenty of bones O'them pigs that died in murrain time to put along with am . Them ere pigs wa ' rnt a no use then—but now , we ¦ know better—we sha ' nt throw away nothing . But man , it a ' nt lawful to put no young children in pickle . —American paper . A case of bather singalar character came on before the Vice-Chancellor of England , oa Tuesday , on the question whether Mr . John Gildhart , described as late of Liverpool , a gentleman born deaf

      and dumb , but of sound mind , could acquire a vested interest in the freehold asd copyhold estates devised by his father , on the ground that the father had , ia his will , appointed trustees for the disbursements for his son ' s maintenance , although he was then thirtytwo years of age , and also for the education of his ohildren , if he should marry . Sir L . Shadwell said that the testator had evidently contemplated the contingency of his son ' s marrying , and he did net sea how he could have considered his sou capable of exercising the discretion of disposing of himself but not of his propeity ^ nd therefore declared the . reversion vested in the deaf and dumb man .

      Arrival of Majok Malcolm WITH THE Chinese Treaty fob thb Signatdbe of the Queen ;—Major Malcolm , of the 3 rd Dragoons , Secretary to the > Legation at , China , and Captain Richards , of her Majesty ' s ship Cornwallis , 84 , arrived at Devonport on Friday morning from China in the Locust steamvessel , Lien tenant Commander Lunn . Major Malcolm is the bearer of the treaty of peace conolnded by her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary , Sir H . Pottinger , with the Emperor of China . It beara the signatures of the three High Commissioners deputed by tho Emperor and sent to Nankin to arrange the terms , &c . Major Malcolm brings a letter of assent from the Emperor himself , solemnly engaging to ratify the treaty as soon as it shall be returned to him with . the signature of her Majesty attached thereto . Captain Richards has despatches for the Admiralty from Vice-Admiral Sir Wm . Parker , the naval commander-in-chief of the Chinese coast . The > Blonds

      frijjate , 46 , Captain Bouchier , bad sailed from China for England with two million and a half of dollars of the Chinese compensation money . The authorities of this port having especial orders to admit th « Locust to pratique as speedily as possible should she > touch at Plymouth , she was very soon relieved front quarantine ,. and Major Malcolm was enabled to land , at Mutton Cove on Friday , at eleven o ' clock , a . m ., when he proceeded immediately to London by express . The Locust has brought and landed an Indian mail , but the contents have in a great measure been anticipated by the Oriental , via Marseilles . The Locust has been twelve days on her passage from Malta . She was despatched to England from Malta in consequence of being the only vessel available at that port when Major Malcolm arrived , for the other steamers were under repair . She is comparatively of very small power , " and incurred delay on the vovage by being obliged to touch at Gibraltar and Vigo for coals .

      SnvGur , ar Case . —An inquest was held at too Lord Nehon public house , Bolton-moor , on Thursday evening , upon , the body of Ann Hey wood , a pauper in Great Bolton workhouse , 73 years of age , who , it was alleged , had received cruel treatment from tha nurso in the . hospital . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had had a fall last winter , and since , that period had been confined to bed . Oa Wednesday e » ening , the nurse , Mary Davenport , who is . addicted to liquor j and was then not very sober , fancying that the poor old woman was dead , proceeded to have her dragged down stairs , on abed : and , after washing her , placed her in the

      deadbouse , upon a stone . A rumour got ont that the old woman was still alive , and the governor of the workhouse , on being informed of what bad taken place , opened the deadhouse door , and found that that was the fact . He immediately had the woman conveyed back to her room , but she expired immediately afterwards . The jury returned a verdict of " Died by , natural decay , " accompanied by a Bevero censure upon the nurse , and a recommendation that she should be discharged . At the meeting of the board of guardians yesterday the recommendation , of the jury was carried into effect . -- Manchester Guardian . ¦ ¦ - .

      Desperate Attempt at Murder add Suicide . — Shortly before one o ' clock on Tuesday , a most deterrained attempt at murder and suicide was committed at the tap of the Auotion-m * rt , Coffee-house , Throgmorton street , by a young man named William Cannoil , about twenty-one years of age , and who was potman at the house . His intended victim is a female abont forty , a confidential servant of the name of Magnus . From the few particulars that could be obtained , it appears that for some time past there has been considerable jealonsy shown by Cannell , owing to the condact of his fellow-servant , and he has often been heard to use threats towards her . Last evening they went to the theatre together , in the absence from borne of Mr . Baker , the proprietor , and his family , and on their return a slight altercation took place between them , and on the unfortunate woman reaching the passage , on her way to

      bed , Cannell fired a pistol at her , the contents of which entered a little below the shoulder , on the left side . The report of the pistol brought some persons from another room , when Magnus was found lying iu tne passage , weltering in her blood , and Cannell was in the- act of cutting his own throat with a razor while standing inside the bar . He was , however , prevented from accomplishiag the last part of his desperate intention , although ' he bad inflicted severe wounds on himself . The female was quickly attended by Mr . Salmon , surgeon , of Broad-street , who , on examination of the wounds , was of opinion that no immediate danger was to be apprehended . Cannell was taken to the station-house , and thence to the hospital , in a very exhausted state . It could not be ascertained . bow he possessed himBelf with the weapons , but it is supposed that hemuat have had them in his possession the whole of the evening .

      According to the Irish newspapers , an action for breach of promise of . marriage , of rather a singular character , is about to occupy the Dublin bar * in which the plaintiff is a gallant captain , and the defendant a young lady with a fortune of £ 50 , 000 . The whole affair is highly curious . Captain Goslin , of the 84 th regiment , waa the suitor of the lady in . queatiOE , Miss Harding , with the warm approbation and recommendation of her father ' s friends and ex « K cutors , but , as it would afterwarde appear , with only the lukewarm assent of the heiress herself . However , this seemed so far eecured , that the gallant captain was summoned to his bridals at Dublin from his regiment at Chatham , the dresses were madeand the hour was fix «; d . But fate , which

      , controls such events , intervened . The almost bride was returning from a walk alone , when she met at her door her former lover , Mr . Featheratone , upon whose addresses the executers , with hearts of ^ miustone , bad put a veto . What passed at the interview is not fully reported , but expostulations , eloquent with sighs and warm pleadings , are said to have , been indistinctly heard , and the result was , that on what Bhould have been the Captain ' s wedding morning , the bride was not to be found , but a note only made known to her astonished friends , that Bhe was away with her "Jock o * Haxledean , ' * and was married that morning . It is intimatea . hat the Captain at first invited the more fortunate lover to an interchange of snots ; but the latter , who ,

      in his new and happy position , had bis own views oil the subject of ** satisfaction , " very naturally and . wisely declined the invitation . Suicidr x > v Colt , the Murderer Ai New Yohk . —Politics , commerce ,. currency , finance , and all the usual topics of Amerioan exoiteoMHt are almost passed over in the New York papers , to make room for details connected with the rather remarkable Buicide ol John C . Colt , & prisoner ordered for executi&n for murder , and who was married and destroyed himself oa the day on which he was to hava been hanged . As the oircumsiauees altogether are peealiar , we shall give an abstraet of their prmcipal features .- It »» y be in the recollection or our readers that the charge on which Colt was tried

      was that of having murdered a Mr . Adams , whose b » dy he packed in > case , and addressed to a port in tne Southern States . Th « case waa [ actually on board the packet when the discovery of U 3 content * was made , and Colt ' s eonvirtion was the consequence . After his condemnation , © few of large rewards were successively and ineffectually made to the several turnkeys of the prison , o » condition at their conniving at his escape in female ' s dothing , a woman with whom he had cohabited havine offered to exchanger drwsea at one of he * visits . To this very woman Colt was married on the morning of the suicide , ana of the intended execution . He appeared to be quite attentive to ibe exhortations of hifl BpjrUnal _ att « i-

      dant , was shaved , and prepared for the last ra&nui scene , and left by himself for a few minutes . When the officers again entered the cell be was lying dead ,, having stabbed himself in the left mde with a knife , which was conveyed to him by somo penon unknown . Oddly enough , at the very moment of this discovery , a fire broke out in one of the departments of the gaol , and which did considerable damage before it was extinguished . One of the journals remarks that this circumstance might have led to the escape of the prisoner had he not already consummated tho act of self destruction . Tbe sensation created by thig occurrtnee ia : nearly equal to that which existed in London at the time of the Thurtel and Greenacre affairs . "

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 17, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct629/page/3/