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      SONG FOR THE MILLIONS . Our God is good , Ms vrorki are fair , His gifts to man are rich and rare ; His holy presence everywhere , O ' er land sea , Proclaims that all should equnl share Sweet liberty . The air with sounds of Freedom rings , Whene ' er the lark hii carol sings , Whene ' er the bee bestirs hiB wings ; From tiny bird And joyfnl twittering insect things That sound is heard . Tis first of Nature * * wise decrees , It floats upon the healthful breeze , It Epeaieth in tie rustling trees ,

      Without controul ; It rolls o ' er "waves of mighty seas , From Pole to Pols . Wherever mortal man hath been , In deserts wild , or prairies green , In storm , or solitude serene , Ob Mils , or plains , He hath in Nature ' s Kingdom seen That freedom reigns . Daar liberty ! foul slavery ' s ban , Destroy thee , tyrants never can , For -when the flight of time began , God made all free ; He breathed into the soul of man , Pare love for tiiee .

      That love ! inspired Great Bruce and Tell Before them despots fied and fell ; That love bath often rung the knell Of coward knaves , Whose powerful villanies compel Men to be slaves . And yet that love shall millions bless , Its power will all their wroi > gs redrea , Bise tyranny shall soon confess The rights of all ; Then woe to him that dare oppress With chains and thralL

      For G * d is good , bis works are fair , His gifts to man are rich and rare , His holy presence everywhere , O ' er land and sea , Proclaims that all should equal share Sweet liberty . Bks j ahis Stott Manchester .

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      CHINA AND INDIA . By the overland Mail from India we have received letters , papers , and advices from Bombay of the Oh . of May , Madras of the 13 th of April , Calcutta of the 21 st , Canbul of the 12 th , Candahar of the 5 th , Lahore of the 10 th , and from Delhi of the 30 th of the same month ' , ako from Chusan of the 3 d of March , from Macao of the 6 th , and from . Burnxah . of the 30 th . of thai month . Of tbJ 3 tt" * - -s of intelligence the news from Affghanist&n only is of paramount importance . Tie first and most important is the surrender of the fortress of Ghuznee by Colonel Palmer on the 1 st of March , and the supposed slaughter of the garrison by the Ghazees tribe as soon , as they had inarched out of the city . The following is from the Bombay Times : —

      The insurrection which brose out at Caubul on the 2 nd of November appears almost simultaneously to have manifested itself at Gbuznee , ninety miles to the south , and thus much further from the Peshawur frontier . On that day Captain Woodbnrn and 150 men were cut to pieces forty miie 3 to the north . A few days aiier this Lieutenant Crawford , in charge of about 100 prisoners , narrowly escaped ; his baggage fell into the enemy ' s hands , and the greater portion of his men were killed . From the 7 th of isoreffiber to the 1 st of March , nothing definite or intelligible was heard from Ghnznee . By the beginning of December the country round was completely snowed np , and though we from time to time heard of the town being filled wiih insurgents , and Col .

      Palmer sorely pressed by the enemy , as his commissiariat was believed to be well supplied , a hope was entertained that he might hold out till relieved by General Nott from Candahar ; or that he might , so soon as the country was open , be able to retreat without assistance . About the end of February water began to fail him , the enemy appear to have increased in audacity , and on one occasion they were driven back by a gallant charge made on them by the Sepoys , who bayonered them in great numbers . A dispatch from him , of the 1 st of March dispelled the illnsion as to hi 3 safety . His original force , which consisted of the 27 th Bengal Native Infastry , with some mrtillerv , was considerably under 1 , 000 strong—latterly

      probably not more than / 00 ; of these 137 had fallen in the coarse of the siege , and about 100 were sick or wounded ; 200 men were detached holding an outpost , where water had become so scarce that , within 48 hours of the date of the dispatch , it must , have been abandoned . The enemy was under cover in overpowering force within 50 yards of the garrison . The thermometer had , for some time , been -16 degrees below freer ' pg . The garrison were exhausted by the fatigue of incessant duty , and disheartened by their total isolation ; and , under these circumstances , tlsere appeared to be no choice but capitulation left to the commander . He states that , in consequence of thi 3 deplorable pass , and of having received orders from Sir William M'Nanghten

      to retire , he had agreed to evacuate about the 6 th of March . The city was at this time filled with Ghazde 3 , the religious Mussulman fanatics who had worked so much woe at Caubul ; and these were here , as they are everywhere , and at all times , wholly beyond the controul of the chiefs . The ground was thickly covered with snow ; and Col . Palmer , at the conclusion of his dispatch , expresses fears for the safety of the force . They were to have proceeded immediately in the direction of Caubul , on their way to Jelialabad , under a safe conduct from the chiefs . Nothing whatever having since this

      period been heard of them , there remains scarcely any reason to hope hnt that they have all likewise perished . According to a rumour lately prevalent in Seinde , three or four of the officers were in the hands of the enemy as prisoners . Thu 3 have the Ghazees avenged the massacre of the prisoners nnder our authority when Ghoznee was taken by Sir John Keane . On the 21 st of July , 1839 , it was captured by us with a sacrifice of five hundred of the enemv . It was surrendered by us about the 6 th of March , 1842 , with a loss , it i 3 to be feared , of the whole garrison and camp followers , amounting to upTrards of 1 , 000 men .

      Another reverss was experienced by General England at the pass Kojack , sixty-eight miles from Quetta ,. on the march to Candahar . His force was composed of five companies of her Majesty ' s 41 st Regiment , six companies of the light battalion of Native Infantry , one troop of light cavalry , four guns of Leslie ' s horse brigade , and fifty Poonah hoi ^ e , having in charge a convoy , consisting of treasure , medical stores and ammunition , together with 1 , 500 camels , &c , destined for the relief of the troops at Candahar . The convoy proceeded , wiihont encountering any great obstacles , and without receiving notice from the inhabitants of any contemplated plan of resistance , to the pass , where it , on the 28 ; h of March , found that some field-works had been erected . An attempt was made , by sending 200 men to attack those works , to dislodge the enemy , when they showed a strong force of infantry and cavalry . Caps . May , of the 41 st , was l of his

      shot dead , as well as severa men . Major Abthorp , of the . 30 : h Native lcfaxtry , was cut down ( he died of his wounds on the following dayj when the General resolved not to risk the loss of the convoy , and madt a skilful retreat f o a neighbouring village which he defended , and thence withdrew to Q . ae :: a , where he intrenched himself md waited for more troops , then on the rrarch from Dadurand Sukknr , to join him . The Ios 3 on this occasion , besides the officers mentioned , wa 3 two sergeants , one corporal , and fourteen privates of tbe 41 st killed , and one sergeant , one corporal and fifty privates wounded of the light battalion . Of the 20 th , 25 th , and 6 ; h Regiments Bombay Native Infantry , there were nine kiiird and eighteen wounded . The great difficulty of the position at Quetta has been the want of forage for the camels , and the efforts of the Government are directed towards enabling the troops to proceed onwards as speedily as possible .

      As a contrast to this reverse , a force from Candaiiar . which was sent by General Nott to meet General England , having been attacked , after two day ' s march , by a large body of Annans , gave the assailants snch a reception , as obliged them to take to fl ght . Thev are described as fighting with reckless bravery , and charging np to the bayonet s point ; they therefore suffered a great ^ daughter , ¦ paiiacnlarly as tney were charged by the British cavalry daring their flight . About three hundred are said to have fall en , including five of their chiefs . The I 053 on the side of the British was five killed and twenty-five wounded . The Commander of the British force was Col . Wymer . Cand&har is stated of

      to have abundant provisions , but there is want ammunition . The pass of Kojuck can , as it is now affirmed , be easily turned . . The division under General Pollock hare gained the renown of opening a pass which even Nadir Shah was obliged to purchase . Having taken due precautions , thi 3 division , consisting of her Majesty s 9 th regiment of Infantry , and the 26 th , SOsh , 33 rd , 53 rd , and 64 th Bengal Native Infantry , and a regiment of JezaiJehees , with artillery , in three columns , on the 5 ; h of April , forced the difficult pass of * he Ksyber , and , notwithstanding the determined resistance of the Afreedees tribe , Eueceeded in reaching Ali Musjeed , with the loss of only one officer ( Lieut . Coaming , of the 9 &j sad 13 rack and file killed ,

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      and 104 wounded . On the 9 ih of April the division was at Lundee Khan , whence to the point of junction with the garrison of Jelialabad , nothing like effectual opposition was to be expected . The Sikh troops , who on the occasion attacked another part of the pass , co-operated cordially with the British , and behaved with great gallantry . During the period of the attack on the Khyber , Akhbar Khan , who with 6 , 000 Afghans had invested Jelialabad , exhibited great eagerness , as if to aid the tribe 3 around the pass in defending it . On the evening __ of the 6 tb , he caused a feu de joie to be fired in honour , as he said , of ihe repulse which » the British troops had met at the entrance of the pass near Jumrobd . But the gallant and experienced warrior , General Sale , was not to be deceived ; he resolved to anticipate what he

      considered to be an intended retreat of the Sirdar , and on the morning of the 7 th , sallied forth to attack theAAffghan camp . Three columns , composed of her Majesty ' s 13 th Infantry , and 35 th Bengal Native Infantry , with a detachment of the Sappers and Miners , supported by a light field battery and a small cavalry force , issued from the " blockaded " town , and completely routed Akhbar Khan and his 6 , 000 men , burned their camp , and retook four guns of those seized at the massacre of Khoord Caubul in January last , " the restoration of which is regarded by the troops with much honest exultation . " This victory , glorious as it is , has been dearly purchased by the fall of Col . Dennie , whose death , even upon the field of honour , will be regarded as a great calamity , while his memory will be always held sacred , as a brave and worthy officer .

      Intelligence of a recent date ( not ascertained ) has been received at Jelialabad from Caubul about the 8 th of April . Another revolution was reported to have taken place , and the rumour will most probably turn out well-founded , though not as ytt authenticated . The Shah Soojahwas said to have been shot in his litter when coning out of the Bala Hissarr-a circumstance this also extremely probable . Our homages and prisoners , both here and at Ftrtteabad , were safe and well—though some of them had , of late , been less kindly treated than ibrmerly . The news from China is unimportant .

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      LEEDS . —Robbebt fbom ihe Person . —On Monday last a young man of bad character , named John Kaye , who gets his living as best he can , was charged at the Court-house with having stoleu eight shillings in silver from the person of an aged man , who had on the Friday evening been drinking at tie Queen ' s Arms Inn , Kirkgate , and who deposed that , as soon as he left the house , after having had several pints of ale , he was met by tbe prisoner at the corner leading to the White Cloth Hall , who at once ihrust his hand into his side coat pocket , and not being able to get off with the money alone , he tore the pocket out altogether . He was not apprehended until Saturday , when of course it was too late to expect to recover the money . Not being able to rebut the charge to the satisfaction of the bench , he was sent to Wakefield for three months .

      Jcvenile Thief . —On Tuesday last , Wm . Harrison , a lad not more than twelve years of age , was charged at the Court Honse with having entered a dressing room at the Waterloo Swimming Baths , with the intention of committing a robbery . It was stated that a gentleman was bathing , and that the prisoner had , unseen , abstracted a purse from hia s clothes , containing about £ 2 in silver . He was observed , however , before he could get off , and laid the parse on the seat , where it was found . He was further charged with having , while in company with two other Iad 3 , stolen four shi Uings in copper , from the shop of Mrs . Wood , in Wood-street . The money in this case was not found , but the lad having been previously imprisoned , was sent to Wakefield for three months .

      Attempted Robbery . —On Monday last , a wellknown character who gava his name Christopher Petler , but who was stated to have an innumerable number of aliases , was charged at the Court House with having , on Saturday last , in the Vicar's Croft , made several unsuccessful attempts to lighten the pockets of her Majesty ' s lieges . Information was given to the police , and by Mr . Read's orders he was taken into custody , having been first seen by an officer to try the pockets of several persons . He pleaded innocence , but it would not do , and he was sent to "Wakefield for three months .

      Accide-vt . —On Wednesday week , about noon , as Mr . William Marsh , of this town , ( clerk to W . T . Smith , Esq ., solicitor , ) and Mr . M . Fairar , of Cawood , farmer , were proceeding in a gig to Keighley , and when within about six miles from that place , the horse ( a young ope ) took fright , and ran away down the hiils until it came to Denham Toll Gate , where a horse and cart were standing between the gates . The horse attempted to jump over the cart , and the wheel of the gig caught the back of the cart and threw it and the horse over , damaging the cart , and the gig was thrown over , and Mr . Marsh and Mr . Farrar were thrown out with considerable violence , the former being severely wounded . This ought to be a warning to the tollbar keepers allowing any sort of conveyance to block np the road through the toll-gates , which is at any time a great nuisance .

      . Jitvbnile Thiev . es . —On Monday last , two lads named Christopher Clarey and Alfred Baxter , were charged before the Leeds magistrates with having stolen an iron grate from a reservoir in the yard of Mr . Sheepshank ' s mill , Wellington Road . It beinr their first offence , they were , with the consent of their parents , ordered to be whipped and discharged . Gabden Robbeby . —Oa Monday last , a respectable looking man named Cuthbert Gibson , residing in Cavalier-street , Bank , was in custody at the Police-office , on a charge of haying stolen a number of cucumbers on Sunday morning . On the case being called on , the prosecutor did not make his appearance , and it was stateo . by the officer into whose charge the man had been given , that a compromise had been effected . On being called , however , he made his appearance , and then stated that his name was Thomas Fowler , and that he had a garden in Pontefract-lane , which garden , between

      Saturday night and Sunday morning , had been robbed of some cucumbers , which ho could not _ identify , neither had he seen the prisoner in the neighbourhood . He had previously told a different tale , and the Bench then asked him how much he had got to . compromise the affair 2 to which he replied that he had received a sovereign . This he was at once ordered to refund , upon which the prisoner ' s wife stepped forward , and said the had paid him 2 o 3 ., which with great reluctance he was made to pay back . Another charge was then preferred agains » Gibson , for having stolen a bird out of the garden , which had been placed there by a young man " to learn some wild notes . " This was found in his house , and it being valued at 7 s . 6 d ., he was ordered to pay that amount besides a a fine of 2 Gs , and the costs . This was paid , and the parties left the Court , the gardener grumbling at the loss of both cucumbers and money .

      Robbery asd MtRDEBors Attack .. —On Tuesday , two men , named James Weatr-erill and Thomas Crossland , were brought up at the Court House , and remanded , under the following circumstances : —Mr . James stated that one of the-night police , named Henry Thompson , was on duty on the York-road , oa Sunday morning , about two o'clock , when he heard the screaming of pigs , and following the sound he saw two men ^ in a field , each carrying a young pig under his arm ; he got up to them before he was seen , when the men dropped the pigs and ran away . Thompson pursued them . , and seized hold of Weatherill , who struggled violently ; and Crossland , seeing no one near , went to his assistance : the

      watchman and Weatherill , in the struggle , fell against . a rail in the fence , which was broken , and -Crossland seizing hold of a piece of the rail , about four feet long , struck Thompson several times over the head . To prevent a repetition of the blows , he put up hi 3 arm , over which he was struck repeatedly with such violence as to fracture it in two places . The men then escaped , and Thompson was left in a ditch in a state of insensibility . He was not discovered for three or four hours afterwards . He was immediately taken to the surgery of Mr . Price , where his injuries were fully discovered , and he was removed

      nome ; we understand that tbe fractured limb has not yet been set , on account of the swelling , but that he is . likely to do well . The pigs , which were left in the field by the robbers were ^ taken into the possession of the police , and were afterwards identified by Mr Rose , of York Road , as having been stolen from his premises . From subsequent information , the two prisoners were apprehended , and on being taken to Thompson ' s heuse , he was able to swear to both , Weatherill as the man he had in custody , and Crossland as the one who struck him with the rail . They were remanded until Thompson is able to appear .

      Assault on the Police . —On Monday , a young man , who gave his name George Lowe , was charged before the magistrates at the Court-House with bavisg , at an early hour on Sunday morning , assaulted one of the nightly watch whilst in the execution of his duty . The prisoner had been drinking , and being on his road home , in Primrosestreet , along with Bome companions , they could not resist the" opportunity of serenading those of early retiring habits ; on being remonstrated with for the noise they were making , the prisoner very coolly knocked the watchman down . He was fined 20 s . and costs .

      Stealikg Ibojt . —On Monday last , a man named David lUingworth , was charged at the Court House with having stolen a quantity of old and new iron , the property of Mr . Dobson , of Neville Hill Colliery , Osmondthorp . The prisoner was apprehended whilst offering the iron for sale , and on being questioned by the police , refused to give any satisfactory account of it 3 possession . After being taken into custody an owener was found who was fully able to identify the property , and be was committed for trial .

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      Afflicting Suicide . —We have the painful duty of this week recording another act of determined suicide by a respectable and respected tradesman of this town , Mr . James Rhodes , of the firm of Niekols and Rhodes , tanners , Joppa . The deceasad has been for some time labouring under nervous debility and irritation , and has more than once recently manifested symptoms of incipient derangement . He had been in his own house in North Hall-street , the whole of Sunday , and returned

      to res : before nine o'clock in the evening . Mrs . Rhodes went to bed before ten , at which time he made some incoherent remarks , but afterwards seemed to compose himself to rest . He got out of bed a little turned half past two on Monday morning and after pntting on his stockings and flannel drawers , entered a water closet , which opened put of his bed-room . He had not been here above a minute , when an unusual noise attracted the attention of Mrs . Rhodes , and on following him she found that he had cut his throat iu a droadful manner .

      She alarmed her son , an intelligent youth of twelve years of age , and the servants were soon assembled ; Mr . Flood , surgeon , was at once sent for , and arrived in a quarter of an hour , but Mr . Rhodes was dead on his arrival . He had severed the carotid artery , the jugular vein , and the windpipe . An inquest was held on Tuesday morning befoie John Blackburn , Esq ., and a respectable Jury , at the Beckett ' s Arms Inn , when sufficient evidence was adduced to show that insanity had usurped the place of reason , and a verdict to that effect was returned . Mr . Rhodes was in the forty-sixth year of his age .

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      " ? THE LEEDS IMPROVEMENT BILL . From notices that have from time to time appeared in the Star , our readers will know that for sometime a contest has been waged in the Town of Leeds , between the friends of Right and the lovers of Might , for the Power and PATRONAGE likely to be conferred on the Executive of a certain Bill , called tho Leeds Improvement Bill , now before Parliament . The friends of Ri g ht have struggled to keep the power in the hands of the ratepayers at large , by having it so ordered that the Ace shall be Executed by a Board of Commissioners directly elected by those of the inhabitants of the borouga liable to be rated for its purposes and ends ; while the lovers of Might have moved earth and hell to have the powers conferred on themselves ! A series of adjourned vestry meetings have been holden in Leeds , from time to time , at which thefeelinga and wishes of the inhabitants have been unequivocally expressed . It now being convenient for those who in

      days of yoxe were so fond of the " aweeb voices" of the people at vestry meetings , to disregard and despise whatever militates against " respectable " ASCENDANCY , those feelings and wishes have been set aside ; and Parliament appealed to , to declare in express enactment that it cares more for the private interests of wealthy ' * respectables " than for the well-being of the community . At one of the adjourned vestry meetings , a committee was chosento prepare a petition to Parliament on behalf of the Owners and Occupiers of Property in the Borough , to put our legislators in possession of the facts of the case , so that if they sinned against the people they might do it with their eyes open . Such petition has been prepared , and forwarded to Mr . Beckett , M . P . for Leeds , for presentation . Here follows a copy of that petition . We commend it to the perusal of all concerned ; and should like to see the hoary old Jesuit of the Mercury try to controvert its positions : —

      TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Property in the Borough of Leeds , in Public Vestry assembled , Humbly Sheweth , that there is a Bill now before your Hon . House , entitled , " a Bill for better lighting , cleansing , sewering , and improving the borough of Leeds , in the county of York . " That the grounds upon which application waB made to your Hon . House to consider upon and pass the said Bill , were the desire that existed in the minds of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds to compel tbe necessary Banatory regulations indispensiblo for public health , and to greatly augment and extend the powers conferred npon the present " Leeds Improvement Commissioners" by an Act now in existence , and which received the Royal Assent on the 17 th Jane ,

      1824 . That from a variety ef causes , the Baid Bill as originally prepared and read a first time in your Hon . House , was in a most crude and unsatisfacto , y state , having been hurriedly drawn up , and no time existing for a levision of the draft , advantage was to be taken of tho permission of your Hon . House to " bring in" tbe said Bill even after the period fixed by the " standing orders" of your Honourable House . Tfaat under these circumstances , nothing more than the general consent of your Petitioners to the introduction of the said Bill was sought for by its promoters , on

      the distinct underst&ndiag in open vestry , that as there was not then time to consider the measure in detail , an opportunity should be given the inhabitants generally to meet and consider upon tbe Bill after it had been read a first time and printed by your Honourable Houss ; the promoters of the said Bill pledging them-Belvis to tbe inhabitants in open meeting to use all tbeir power and influence to induce your Honourable House to accede to such alterations and amendments on the original draft as mi ^ Lt be deemed by the Owners and Occupiers of property in the borcugb to be needful for the due accomplishment of the purposes and ends sought to be attained by the said Bill .

      That , after the saiti Bill had been read a first time in your Honourable House , and printed , copies of it were circulated amongst the inhabitants of the Borough , and a public vestry meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of property in the borough convened ( upon fourteen days ' notice ) to consider its provisions , and to suggest such alterations and amendments as to them , collectively , might seem necessary ; and generally to sanction in detail what they had before ' only been able to sanction conditionally . That , at such meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of property in the borough of Leeds , after careful examination of such Bill id all its details and bearings , and after judicious deliberation , several amendment * and alterations were determined upon , particularly one

      affecting the constitution of the Executive body entrusted with the powers conferred by the Bill , should it become law ; and one relative to the proportioning of the rates sought to be raised for effecting the purposes of the Act , between the O svners and Occupiers of property . That the constitution of the Executive body as it stood in the original draft of the Bill , and as read a first time by your Honourable House , was liable to many serious and grave objections ; inasmuch as it was composed of three distinct parties , each elected and chosen in a iliffererib and distinct wanner ; which w&uld have so divided and frittered away responsibility , that the inhabitants generally would have had litt e or no control over those who were to have the expending of their money .

      That tbe deliberate opinion of your petitioners upon this point was , that a Board of Commissioners , elected by such of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds , as were liable lo be rated for the purposes of the said Bill should it become lav ?) -would bethb beBt Executive that coald possibly be formed , inasmuch as such Commissioners would be elected because of their especial fitness for the duties they would have to perform ; and would , moreover , be directly and immediately responsible to those with the expending of whose money they would be entrusted .

      That tbe opinion of your petitioners , as to the manner in which the payment of the rates sought to be raised by tbe Bill should be apportioned between the Owner and Occupier of property , was fcithti that the Occupier should pay in an increased ratio according to his rtDtal ; or that the Owner should pay one h ' slf of tho rate imposed , and ib ; Occupier the remaining half : the object of your petitioners being to throw the bimkn ef payment upon the inhabitants generally in the ratio of their means , or income ; and to approximate , in some degree , to the form of that clause in the public bill for effecting " Improvements in certain Boroughs and large Towns , " now before your Honourable House j which directs that the Owner , in most coses , shall pay tbe entire of the rates ,

      That , when these alterations were determined upon nearly unanimously by the Owners and Occupiers of property in the Borough of Leeds , the parties who had had the preparation of tbe Bill , and were promoting it through your Honourable House , and who had , in the first instance , obtained a conditional genernl assent of the inhabitants to the introduction of their confessedly imperfect Bill into your Honourable House , broke faith with the inhabitants generally , and refused Jo acctde to tbe alterations determined upon by the Owners and Occupiers of . property in public vestry assembled . That a number of private individuals then took upon themselves to apply to your Honourable House to pass the aforesaid Bill into a law , in a scape conformable to their own private interests and views , and without reference to the interests of the inhabitants generally .

      That , in pursuance of such assumption on the part of such private individuals , the said Bill has been referred to a Select Committee of your Honourable House , where evidence has been taken of such nature and value as suited the purposes of the parties new promoting the Bill to offer . That , in consequence of such evidence , and the pleadings of counsel relative to the constitution of the Executive power under euch Bill , ( different claims having been put forth by the private parties who have sought your Honourable House , ) your Select Committee have determined to entrust the execution of the said measure to the Town Council of the Borough of Leads .

      That your petitioners are free to admit that the selecting of the Town Council for tbia purpose is far preferable to the entrustment of the Executive powers to a body of the nature originally proposed : inasmuch as the Town Council is but one body , and is , in same degree , responsible to those who will have to pay rates , should the Bill become law . That there are , however , many and serious objections to the placing of such powers in tbe hands of the Leeds Town Council .

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      That-it . is- notorious that that Town Council have already more duties imposed upon them than they can decently and creditably perform . That it is equally notorious that the Council Chamber of the Leeds Town Council has beeb , ever since their first meeting padWthe Municipal Corporations' Reform Act , an arena for factious and patty fights . ' That exhibitions ef a very discreditable character have been made in that place ; that crimination and recrimination have much abounded ; that one party has designated the other party as " turpins ; " that the

      compliment has been returned with interest j and that the time of the Coancil has been consumed in the utterance of disgraceful personalities and by n » less disgraceful party contests . That it is equally noterious that thousands of pounds have been expended ^ by the adherents of each of the respective parties who have thus struggled for ascendancy in the borough , to curtail and cripple the constituency who elect the members of the said Town Council ; their object being to prevent any but known partizans being placed on the burgess roll ; in which object they have but too far succeeded .

      That it is equally noterious that at every election taken for members of the Town Council in the Borough of Leeds since the passing of tho Municipal Corporations' Reform Act , gross bribery , treating , and other corrupt practices have extensively prevailed ; ao much ao , that itMs . tf ^ ll understood in the town that the present majority of . votes " , -which one of tbe two contending political parties have in that Council , is PURCHASED by gold and drink ! That , under these circumstances , your petitioners are of opinion that it would be more wise in your Hon . House , and more advantageous to the inhabitants of the borough , to entrust the Execution of the said Bill , ( shonld it become Jaw ) to a Board of Commissioners , elected by those of the inhabitants liable to be rated for the purposes of the Bill .

      That your petitioners are strengthened in this opinion by the experience they have had of the working of the present Leeds Improvement Act , which confers its powers upon a Board of Commissioners partly so elected ; that none of the factions fights and paltry personal disagreements which have so often disgraced the leeds Town Council , have interfered with the duties ef the said Board of Commissioners that from the passing of the Act , in 1824 , up to the present period , only one contested election foraBoardof Commissioners has btenbad ; and that during the whole of that period the respective Boards have given general satisfaction to tho rate * payers , attended to the interests of the inhabitants generally , and originated and effected many and important improvements in the town and neighbourhood of Leeds . ' - - . ¦ i- ¦ ¦ . - .:: .: ¦ ¦ .

      That , in the Bill as read a first time in your Hon . House , there was a clause '' .. restricting the persons entrusted with the Execution of the said Bill , ( whoever they might be ) from expending more than £ 500 in any one year , on any one improvement , without tho sanction of the rate-payers in ¦ vestry meeting assembled ; which clause , your petitioners understaad . has been withdrawn from the said Bill , with the concurrence of the select committee of yocr Hon . House . That your petitioners would represent to your Hon . House tho absolute necessity there is ; if their interests are to be at all cared for , for the re instatement of the expunged clause ; inasmuch aa tho Bill geeks to confer great and varied powers for many and various purposes , and as by it property in Leeds will be affected in a

      great degree . Some of the contemplated improvements aro'but of doubtful uUlity ; others such aa wpuW meet with general concurrence . To prevent jokbery , and to make certain that those improvements are first attended to which would be of general benefit ; the clause requiring the consent .. of the rate-payer ' s in vestry assembled is imperatively needed . That it is possible that tbe Executive under the said Bill ( whoever composes it ) may be ho constituted as to be worked upon by interested parties , and the * money * -of the ratepayers expended in purchases and in the improvement of property where such improvement would only be of individual or private advantage ; while it is -scarcely possible that the whole body of the ratepayers could be * so actuated . Power is given , in the said Bill , to the Executive to purchase ! the tolls of certain bridges erected over the river Aire ; that to purchase these tolls may or may not be desirable , according

      to circumstances ; but that the purchase of them involves the expenditure of considerable Bnms of money . That these bridges have been built ''* on ' ^ peculation by numerous bodies of shareholders ; that it is possible that those speculations may have been failures ; and it might happen that it would conduee to the interests of these respective Companies to SELL ; thatthesebodies f » re numerous ; that they may act in concert ; that they may manage to influence the election , of a considerable number of the Executive body ; that the purchase of these tolls in . iy be then determined on , and the interests of the ratepayers generally sacrifUed to cover the lasses of private speculators . For- these reasons , and others no less obvious , your petitioners trust your Honourable House will see the necessity of restoring the clause which requires the consent of tho ratepayers in vestry assembled , before great sums of their money are expended on objocts of doubtful utility .

      That your petitioners would point to the fact that a protection of this sort exists in the present Leeds Improvement Act ; and your petitioners defy the mention of one single instance in which suck protection htis stood in tne way of improvements being effected . Whenever tho existing Commissioners have appealed to the vestry for their consent to the purchase of property and the effecting of improvements , they have , invariably , after detailing their plans , and giving their reasons why such improvements should be made , obtained the eonsent of the ratepayers . That your petitioners hope that your Honourable House i » not disposed to place them in a worse position by the New Bill , as to the legitimate controul of the expenditure of their own money , and as to tbe rights and privileges appertaining to rate-payers , tban they occupy under the present ' . -act .. - And Your petitioners , therefore pray ,

      That if your Honourable House do pass the aforesaid Leeds Improvement Bill , it may be in such a shape as te be in conformity with the generally expressed wish of the Owners and Occupiers ef property in the said Borough , so That the Execution of the Act ( should it become such ) may be entrusted : to a Board of Commissioners chosen expressly for the purpose , by those of the inhabitants liable to be rated for the purposes of the said Act , from such of the inhabitant rate-payers as may have resided in the Borough for thespace of eighteen months , and ehali be considered S | nalifled to perform the duties of the office : and That the rating may be so ordered that the man of slender means may not be required to pay in lite proportion with tbe man of large means : or that the rates be raised in equal proportions from the O wners and . the Occupiers of property in the Borough : and .

      That a controul be given to the rate-payers over the expenditure of large aums of money , by a restoration of the expunged elause limiting the Executive from spsnding more than £ 500 in aiiy one year , on any one improvement , without the sanction of the rate-payers in vestry meeting assembled . ¦ -. .. ¦•¦ The passing of the Bill in conformity with these requests will give unmixed satisfaction 'to the-inhabitants . of the Borough of Leeds ; while the passing . of it in the shape in which it now appears before your Hon . House will only lead to bad feeling between different sections of the community ; entail a great txpence upon tho inhabitants for the . passing of a measure they are adverse to in many of its eesential points ; arid will prolong the party fights which have so loDg disgraced our town . Therefore , if your Hon ; Housa is indisposed to accede to the afore recited prayers of your petitioners , They then further pray ,

      That your Hon . House wiling the said Bill altogether , and pass the public Bills now before your Hou . House for effecting the ] Drainago , General Improvement , and Regulation of Buildings , in Borouglis and largo tonTis , as Boon as they can be matured and made effective- for their purpose . This course will Save the inhabitants of this Borough many thousands of pounds , and place them upon au equal footing with those of all other Boroughs . For your petitioners are of opinion , that if they , the inhabitants ; . of Leeds , are to fee exsmpied from the operation of the public Acts , they ought . Vat least .

      to be no worse off than those who may be subjected to those Acta ; the passing of the Leeds Improvement Bill in any other shape than that pointed out in this the petition of your petitioners iwilr place tbe Owners and Occupiers of property in a far worse position than they would be u . vder the public Bills , judging of them as they now stand before your Hon . House :: therefore , your petitioners respectfully call the attention of your Hon . House to the reasons they have endeavoured to adduce , with a view to your Hon . House doing that which ia just and right to all concerned .

      And yotir petitioners will ever pray . Signed on behalf of the Owners and Occupiers of Property in the Bdrougiivf Leeds , in public Veatty assembled , ( William Roberts , Chairman .

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      SUNDERLAND . —Ou Thursday evening another meeting of the unemployed working men was held on the town moor . The local Whig and Tory press have stated that the number present was upwards of 2 , 060 , and therefore -we cannot be accused of exaggeration when we adopt their statements . Mr . John Burnett one of these who are receiving what is called parish relief , was called to the chair . In a feeling and sensible manner , he briefly addressed the meeting . He described his sufferings and the sufferings of his family , but he had now got some relief as it was called , namely , he was permitted to break stones three days in the week , at one shilling a-day . This " was all that lie had . Hitherto from seven , to five was considered sufficiently

      long for half starved men to be employed , bat now the authorities had determined to extend the houw of labour from six till six—two hours additional withoutj however , any addition to the remuHeration . Mr . Pierce was next called on , He addressed tfee nieiating at great length and with ranch ability * He described the reception he and a deputation bad met with from the ministers of the town and others upon whom they wer appointed to wait . The report was very cheering . The ministers of the church had displayed great sympathy for them , and he believed would be found active in their behalf . He had also been one of a deputation t obtain signatures to a requisition to the mayor an ^ magistrates for a public meeting of the inhabitant .

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      respecting the existing distress . Taey had not been successful in procuring eijjnatures . ( The petition has since been numerously and respectably signed . ) But some of the ministers assured him , that if the wealthy would not sign the re quisition , uor tho magistratee call the meeting , th 6 y would undertake it themselves . Mr . Willams then canie forward and addressed the meeting . After suggesting to them various means of obtaining some amelioration of their present wretched , condition he wound up his address by urging them to seek for justice rather than charity , and to look only to . the possession of political power and its right exercise , to effect full emancipation from their present oppression and Buffering . At the close of the proceedings it was announced that another meeting would take place on Monday evening .

      ADJOCRNBp Meeting of the Unemployed . — On Monday evening , another very large meeting of the unemployed was held on the Town Moor , for the purpose of receiving th « report of the deputation appointed to wait upon the magistrates with a requisition for a public meeting of the inhabitants . The deputation who were originally appointed for the purpose not having been able to attend on the magistrates , Mr . Bruce , grocer , and Mr . Williums waited upon them . Mr . Bruce being called to tho chair , proceeded to state the result of tho interview which had taken place . The magistrates treated the deputation with the utmost respect , and held a long conversation with them respecting the extent of the distress , and the various plans

      that might be adopted to alleviate it . They finally determined to call a public meeting on Monday next , at which they promised their personal attendance and assistance , and they expressed a hope that all possible information should then be produced respecting the distress of the town , and that in the meantime parties would be cpnaidtiring some plan or plans for the relief of the poor . Mr . Bruce then made some further judicious observations upon this subject , after which he culled upon Mr . Pieree . Mr . Pierce then addressed the meeting in a good and useful speech . Mr . Williams then : buing called upon , came forward and wound up the proceediags in a brief but energetic speech , which was extremely well received .

      BARNSIiEY .- —State of Trade . — i-The unemployed operatives of Barnsley held a meeting on Mny-day < 5 freen ori Monday noon , to adopt means to alleviate their distress . After a Committee of five had been appointed to draw up an address to be presented to the magistrates on Wednesday , the meeting was adjourned to Tuesday evening , when the address waa read and adopted . LONDON . —Trades' Delegate Meeting . —At an adjourned meeting of delegates from the Building Trades , held on June 2 ad , at the Royal Georgo , George Street , Chelsea , Mr . Copfield in the chair , the following business was transacted . The delegates from the Carpenter ' s Arms , Catharine Street ,

      Pimlico , and the Royal George , George Street , Chelsea , stated that their societies had adopted the measures proposed by the Building Trades Committee , and had appointed a committee to carry them into effect . Tho delegate from the Artillery Arms , Rochester Row , stated that they had called a general meeting for the purpose of discussing the subject on the 7 th of tTuae , and they would give in their return on the 30 tb of June . A delegate from the King ' s Arms stated , that they had called a general meeting for the 13 ch June , and would report on the 30 th . After transacting other business , the committee adjourned until the 16 th of June , to receive or give information to any of the Building Trade Societies .

      SHEFFIELD . —State of the Town . —There is no improvement hi trade ; things get worse and worse . The payments to the " regular ' -ticket poor , " for tha week ending May 28 th , amount in money , bread , &c . to £ 94 . 0 s . G * d . The payments to the " casual poor , " in money , bread , &c . for the week ending as above , amounts to £ 363 . 83 . Cd ., bein £ a sum tor . al of £ 457 . 9 s . for ouo week only . The suffering of the working , classes is by no means eon * fined to the pauperized hundreds moreiy existing on the poor rates , spine thousands but half employed or hardly employed at all are living God only knows how ; indeed it may be safely asserted that more than half of the distress of the working classes is caused by tho want of sufficient nourishment . It is too-often our painful task to denounce the heartlosstiess and tyranny of the wealthy ; we gladly embrace the opportunity of recording the kiiidness of

      one of ths so-called " bettor orders . " We had strolled to the pleasant village of Heeley , on Monday last , and on our return toward tho " town of tho cloud" overtook a poor fellow who had been taken suddenly ill and wag writhing with pain ; fortunately Miss Spurr , a lady residing at Heeley , whose benevolence is too well known to need trumpeting here , was passing at the moment , and hastened to administer medicinal refreshment to the fiufferer . The lady requested the writer of this to procure a conveyance from the town * to take the poor fellow home . This was done , and the expeuco paid b y Miss Spurr , whose kindness to the sufferer and his family we have reason to believe will not rest here . Would to Heaven that the conduct , of this good Samaritan waa imitated by the many who have it m their power to alleviate the sorrows of suffering humanity ! this earth would not then be the hell that tyranny and guilt has made it .

      Sudden Deaths . —Several cases of sudden death have lately ocfiurred in this town . On Tuesday evening , May 31 st , Henry Parramore , a chimneysweeper , residing in Pmstone-street , twenty-nine years of ago , when seated in Lindley ' s beer-house , Holly Lane , suddenly foil back in the chair and expired . The deceased was nofc intoxicated . Apoplexy was the cause of death . —The next day ( Wednesday ) , Ann Phelps , aged twcHty-eight , residing in-Bath-street , was found dead in bed . Her husband had gone out to work , leaving her in bed with their two children . On his return to breakfast he

      found her laid with her head hanging over the side of the bed , and quite dead : the two children were playing about her . It appeared that she had died in a fit of apoplexy .

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      Crim . Con . in Paris . —A case of crim / con . has just been tried before the Correctional Tribunal of Parisvin which the defendent was M . Boucher de Monthuel , a gentleman worth , it is said , 300 , 000 f . a-year . From tho evidence it appeared that the plaintiff , M , P—— , had resided for some years in tho country struggling to establish a journal . After many effoita he failed in his attempt , and was reduced [ considerably in circumstances . In faot , poverty began to glare hideously at him , when assistance came through his wife , who was a fine woman of 35 years of age , and apparently attached to her husband . She informed him that a friond and former school mate , who was richly married ^

      had sent her a present , and the present she hancfed over to him . By degrees other supplies came , which were ascribed to the same quarter , so that the condition of M . P— -, was soon altogether improved At last a letter , purporting to be from the same generous friend , arrived , praying Madame P- — -to pay her a visit . She went , and returned with a present of 10 , 000 f ., which , as usual , she gave to heir husband . Other sums of 3 , 000 f ., 6 , 0 G 0 i ' ., and 10 , 0 () 0 f . were sent from time to time , and the lucky couple were soon able to set up their carriage . M . P——again tried to start a journal , but wanted the caution money . The everlasting friend supplied it . The journal failed ; but the devotedness of the generous friend redoubled , and M . P—— - had every luxury mas could desire . One day , however , chance presented him with a packet of letters , which proved to

      him that the female friend was an imaginary being invented by his wife to deceive him , and that all the benefits he 1 reoeived came from M . Boucher de Monthuel , an old man of sixty , who had been for a leugth of time the lover of his wife , and with whom she had passed the vis-it which- ' - . ' brought back tho 10 , 000 f . Much letter concluded with the phrase " Je t ' emlrasse ju ^ qn' a lajin de pies jours , " and all were evidetitly written by tlie tremulous "hand of ago . The husband sought reparation for the loss of his wife ' s society , and the seduced and . the seducer were both subjected to criminal prosecution . The dofeBdant ' s counsel contended that he was not entitled to d amagea as b e must have known of the connexion between his wife and the defendent . The tribunal condemned tho wife and M . Boucher de Monthuel to six months imprisonment , and the latter to 2 , 000 f .: fine , and 10 , 060 f , damages . ;\ -. ' ,

      Scene with tiie llNEMrLOYED . —This forenoon a novel sceDe was witnessed in the vioinitjr of the Royal Exchange , and the top of Maxwell-street , in connexion with feeding the starving operatives . About eleven o ' clock , nearly 150 of these ragged : and eniaoiated creatures assembled at the Royal Exchange , with the intention of sending a deputation of their number to solicit subscriptions ; from the attenders of the reading-room . With the view of withdrawing the crowd from that quarter , or from an impulse of benevolent feeling , Mr . Cooper , a wellknown frequenter of tho Exchange , resolved to spend the sum of 3 Qs . upon twopenny loaves at the nearest baker ' s shop , and to hand them out to the sufferers . AccordiBglyv the assemblage , headed by Ml ^ Cpoper , proceeded down to Argyle-gfcreet , to . $ fc $ ; baker ' s shop at the corner of Maxwell-street , where that ^ ntlemaa purchased a supply of lpaveB , and commenced to distribute them to the grateful

      operatives ; It would have affected the heart of the most careless to behold the eagerness with which the impoverished crowd pressed forward tfieir withered hands to seize on the welcome donation . Mr . Cooper , who stood within the shopj and who had got the front of his coat and trousers almost as white as the baker from whom he 1 purchased ; continued to throw out the bread , until the police arrived to stop the proceedings . Th ? officers considered it their duty to bring Mr . Cooper to the office , not because of his well-meant charity , but in case he might get him ^ self injured by the pressure of the crowd . Of course the lieutenant on duty dismissed the case , with ; a request that Mr . Cooper would take an opportunity of bestowing his charity at a time and place where he might Dot interrupt the thoroughfare , Mr . Cooper had only spent about 10 s . in this way when he ; was so inopportunely interrupted , —G / as 0 < w Chronicle .

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      Dram-Drinkers Look Out!—Oa examination of the contents of the stomach of a woman , named Norrey . M'DonneU , who , died from the effects of drinking ardent spirits to exce 3 S , a considerable quantity of arsenic waa detectedj owing to the deleterious nature of the spirits , in which ji large proportion of : vitripl must hare predominated . — Derry Examiner . Improved Method of Managing Pigs , —In Hampshire , the condition of pigs has been much

      improved -by cleanliness ; it is the custom there frequently to wash and rub the skin with a hard brush . It is well known that the bacon of the above county -will fetch 2 d . per lb . more than any other , which arises from good m anagement , and the practice now alluded to , as well as burning the pigj whioh gives the peculiar flavour . The plan of letting the pigs run about the streets and feed upon offal fish , and filth , as is the case in sea-port towns , is unknown in the counties of Wilts and Hants . —Gardeners * Chronicle . ' . *' . ' . ¦ : " . * - ; i -. v * ;\ ,- ^ " . ,..- " . ' .

      Frighteul Accident . —An accident of the most melancholy description took place on Monday morning in the lane leading into Topsham from the Exmouth- Road , The omnibus , belonging to a person named Hine , which runs between Badleigh Salterton and Exeter , had just turned into the lane , where there is a very awkward turning . andin order to avoid a cart which was in front , was keeping as near as possible to the side of the road , but driving with great care . The wheel of the omnibus came in contact with one of those obstructions called " spur stones ; " and the effect of the concussion waa to "tilt up" the vehicle and upset it . So violent waa the shock , that a lady who was seated inside was thrown forward , and her head came in contact with a stone wall Which bounds the road . Mr . Tucker , surgeon , happened to be near in his gig at the time , and , hearing the crash , hastened to the spot . The

      unfortunate lady was removed to the Lord kelson Inn , but in the course of a few minutes she expired . It appeared from a letter found in her possession , that she , was a maiden lady named Langford . residing at Bristol , who had been staying at Budieigh tialterton for the benefit of her health , and was to proceed On to Bristol , whore she had appointed to meet her sister that evening . Her dress and appearance betokened great respectability , and care was taken' to secure theVvaluables found on her person . Another female passenger , Mrs . Rew , of St . George ' s Clist turnpike , who had but just entered the yehicle , received severe injuries on tho head , and is suffering from concussion of the brain . A male passonger who was riding on the outside had several ribs broken , and a person in the employ of lady Rolle as a coachman received a seyere blow on the head . The driver , and .-. 'three-, other persons escaped unhurt . — Western Times . ¦ '¦

      Treatment of Medway Paupers . —A special meeting of the guardians of the union was held last week at the Comfflitte-room of the union house , Chatham , in consequence of a letter from the Poor Law Commissioners having been received by Mr . Friend Hoar , the clerk to the board , requesting the Poor Law Guardians to furnish the commissioners with the number of inmates the house will oontain consistent with health and comfort . The Board , upon a former application of the Poor Law Commissioners , refused to comply with the request , but forwarded a description of their building , and the measurement of the different wards , and left it to the commissioners to form their own opinion as to how many such a building would

      contain . This second application appears to arise from what has recently taken plaoe ia the SevenoakB Union . After some discussion and great diversity of opinion ; the Poor Law Commissioners' letter was left to the . discretion of their clerk , to do as he liked in ihe matter ; and the subject of the treatment of the casual poor came under consideration , as several com plaints had been made to the ; board relative to their diet . It was proved that several paupers were taken into a lodging-house belonging to the union , and kept there , some for twenty weeks , others for iovty days , and their only diet had been bread and water . A soldier ' s wife , with a child at her breast , whose hasbahd had gone out to India with his regiment , was kept in this lodging-house for forty days , and nothing but bread and water was allowed her to exist upon and afford nourishment to her infant .

      Several other similar cases of hardship Were brought under the consideration of the toard . The lodginghouse is a small one , and contains about forty inmates . Men , women , boys , and girls , are all huddled together indiscriminately , without any regard to sex ; andinstead of the lodging-hohse being under the superintendence of the master of the union , the guardians were eurprised to find that the building , and the regulation of the paupers and their diet , were under the sole controul df the relieving officer ; and that each person was only allowed by that functionary to have , per day , one pound of bread and two ounces of cheese , with some water . The board ordered that the master should take charge of the lodging-house , and administer the same treatment to the casual poor as to the inmates of the other parts of the establishment . ,

      Calamitous Accident at Apothecaries -Ham ,. — On Saturday morning , about five minutes after ten o ' clock , a most distressing accident took place in the above establishment , whereby the life of a very clever man , and an invaluable servant of the Apothecaries' 'Company , has been sacrificed in a most frightf u l manner , and serious injury resulted to the building itself . It appears that an order had been recently received from the East India Company for an unusually large quantity of fulminating mercury , a substance used in the manufacture of percussioncapSj and the process of making which was attended with peculiar danger . Uuable to procure by the time specified a sufficient quantity of the mineral from the' ordinary manufacturers , it was arranged

      by Mr . Hcnnell , the chiet chemical operator , that the parcel required ( 5 lbs . ) should be made under his own superintendence , on the premises , and the managers , placing the fullest reliance on his care and ability , allowed him to undertake it , though , on no former occasion had the process been carried on there . The mercury in question was to have been shipped on Sunday , and had undergone all but the final mixture , in the act of doing which the deceased met his death . The accident occurred in a large paved court yard , situated at the back * of the public laboratory , which is surrounded by warehouses , used in storing away the drugs , and containing the steam ehgiueand chemical apparatus used in the various processes carried on ; From one of those

      the unfortunate man was : seen to come out a few moments before the explosion took place , bearing in his hand a paper containing a portion of mercury with which he advanced towards a block of wood , situated in one corner of the yard , and used for chopping sarsaparilla upon , which ^ at this time , had a small roiiiid basin upon it , also centaining a quantity of mercury . Scarcely a moment had elapsed aftes reaching the block before the accident occurred , and , from the statement of . Mr . Rivers , the assistant to Mr . Hennelli vcho was the first person to discover the deceased , we learn that on hearing the explosion , which perceptibly shook the whole building , he was at once impressed with the dreadful certainty that the mercury had exploded ; and , hastening

      down stairs , he discovered ; mangled portions of the deceased s body lying in various direot'ons about the yard . Four of the workmen who happened to be employed within the building in the vicinity of the deceased , were struck down by the force of the concussion , but on being properly attended to soon recovered . The scene at this time was one of the most heartrending that can possibly be imagined . Around thewhole court the windows were entirely destroyed , arid portions of the mangled remains were seen attached to the wall in various places . The upper portion of the deceased ' s Bkull was entirely blown away , and was afterwards picked up * at some yards distance in the engine-room , while the brains were found nearly entire in quite another direction .

      The lower extremities of the body were , scarcely injured , but from the waist upwards not a vestige of form remained , the cldthes and flegh being converted into one horribly confused mass . The heart was fully exposed to View , and had not eeased to pulsate when Mr * Rivers reached the spot . Assistance was immediately procured ^ and the scattered remains of th © deceased gathered together and placed in a shell . The exact cause of the disaster can only be surmised , but the prevailing opinion seems to be , that although Mr . HenhelPs perfect knowledge of chemistry entirely disallows the supposition that he would have carelessly combined the substances when in , too dry a state to bear friction , some small particles of the mineral contained

      in the basin must have been free from moisture , and subjected to the action of deceased ' s finger or thumb in the process of admixture , thus caused the whole to explode . ' The force of . the concussion could scarcely be imagined ; the spot on which the deceased stood is close to a wall eighteen inches in thickness .. This is completely perforated and driven in to a considerable extent , while the pavement on which he stood ia shattered into a thousand piece 3 , and shrunk several inches into the earth . On the opposite sides of the : yard the window frames are completely drivenout , and , in an angle of the court , at distance of 60 feet from the spot where deceaeed stood , a water-pipe was bent completely flat by a portion of one of tne arms , which remained imbedded in the lead for sometime after . A finger with thelong sinews attached was also picked up in Union-street ,

      Blackfriars , by a hairdresser , who resides at least 250 yards from the spot , One feeling of gloom pervades the whole of the establishment at the melancholy accident , the deceased being highly esteemed by all who knew him . He had been from childhood in the service of the company , and though only forty-five years of age , had been a practical chemist nearly thirty remarkable for bis attention and of the highest medical caution in not allowing esiabliahment intake mineral , which has ficiently admired , wh distance , but produced remarKaoie

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct757/page/3/