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      XHE SO > Gr OF THE EillGILOm ( Intended / or Music . J "Tfo irt des Sasgers Vateriaad ?"—Kqrkee . Where is the Briton's Home ? - Where tae free step can roam , Where the bee snncaa glow , Where the &se air e&n blow , Whera a free » hip can bear Hope and Strength ;—eTery » here Wave npon wave can roll Bast sad West—Pole j o p < , ie—Where a free step can roam , Theke i » the Briton ' s Home »

      Where is the Briton '* Home ? "Where the brave heart can come , Where Labour -wins a soil , Where a stout heart can toil ; Where , in fcbe desert blown , Any far seed is sown ; Where Gold or Fame is -won , Where never sets the sun ; Where a bra Ye heart can come , —» The&b Is the Briton's Home !

      Where is the Briton's Home ? Where the Mind ' s Light can come Where onr G-od ' s holy word Breaks on the savage herd ; Where a new flock is "won To the bright Snepherd-Oua ; Where the chnrcb-bell can toll , Where soul can comfort sotil , Where Holy Faith can come , — TflKRE is the Briton ' s Home '

      Where is the Briton's Home ? Where man ' s great Lair can come , Where the great T / nth can speafc , Where the Slave ' s chain can break , Where the White ' s sconrge can cease , Where the Black dwells in peace , Where ftom his angel-hall God sees ns brothers all ; Where lignt and Freedom corns , — Thbre is the Briton ' s Home '

      —Sir E . Bulutr s New Volume of Poems 1 [ We Irish ire eonld say all this of England . — Zd . N . S . 1

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      v HY 2 DTS FOR CHARTIST CAMP MEETINGS sat Great God , we call on tiee I Ixcm thy high seat in heaven aWve , Look down upon thy poor ; Dry from their cheeks the tears of woe , - Eztand thy mercy snre—Great God , on thee -we calL Greal God , vre csU on thee I Oppressed , doTm-trodden , iranspled OD i We cry . O God , tothee . Ssnd down thy spirit on us all , And make our country free—Great God , on thee we calL

      Great Goa , we call on thee ! Thy mercies Lord are great = nd full , On high , on sea , and land ; But wicked men have stepped between Us and t&y outstretched hand—Great God , on thee we call . Great & 06 , we call on tlieeJ : Ilunst flown from the . high seats the proud Who blsspheme thy commands ; Raise up ths poor and needy ones , And grent our just demands—Great God , on thee we calL F

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      A JTEW CHABTIST SONG , BT E . P . M £ AB . C , for a pilot to weather the storm , For a thundering Kg " nn is brewing ; A ¦ msn of firm nerve , a wise head and heart warm , To save eld Britannia from ruin ! Where shall we look for a man such as the Noble and dauntless O'Connor ? He I cry tfcs new-moving laiid- ' tibbers—Tie ! Tea , he- is wertiiy alone of the honour ! Now middle-movers , yon just must snimit ; Never will Feargus resign her ; 'Xis he that wili give her a thorough refit , Aiid sake Iiei both stronger and finer . You are but lubbers and psalm- £ iiiging swabs , And don't know a rope inhar jigging ; You ve ruiaM the noble old 6 hip by "yam jabs , AaJ pinitdex'd her stores by your prigging .

      Into the sfeaHows you ' re run her at last , Therg , like a wreck , Fesrgus found her ; Whlzgei ? had sprung every yard , trerj most , And white foam'd the hreakers around her : Now soon j " e bttoldter , poor tatkey l tJbit ¦ " * - All tast , too , and ev * ry sail on her ; Then cfffroin the stocks goes your new-fangled boat And yon thick to ran down bold O'Connor . Bocai off with you , lubbers l the laurels he ' s won , Never , O never , youil wear ' em ; Win but as glorious a wreath as he ' s dons ! Bat as to Ms own , he can't spare ' em . L&r&tt and TiECsnt , and Parson O'NeD , We cannot repose on TOtrs honour ; Ho'jou profess such religion and z ? al , We mean to stick fast to O Connor '

      Bale , then , BritiTOiiaj taoa norne old ship ) Ae 3 be the delight of the nation ; Fecjgcs wLl soon heave the anchor a trip , L-Td High Adm'rai lie of the station . A 3 the new cock-bo ^ ts must keep in the rear , If they wish that cur crew should be civil ; If they think of the van I would have them stand clear , Or we'll blow their whole fleet to the devii !

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      * I would thank Bcme ef our musical friends for & tune to it , for 1 don't know a nautical one to suit it

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      . Stealing T&owsers , —On Tnesdj last a man who gave his name James William ? , was brought up at the Court House , before E . Grace and Daru-, ton Lupton , Esqr ? ., on a charge of having stolen four -pairs of cloth trowsers , the property of Mr . Matthews , clothe 3 dealer , Kfrkgate . The fellow , it appeared , had walked off unseen with the trowers from the shop door of the prosecutor , and before they were missed was given into the custody of the police , "whilst offering them for sale to Air . Birch , another clothes dealer , to whom he represented that he had brought them from Manchester , after having made them himself . It is supposed that he has given in a feigned same , and that ho is well known in the police records of some other place ; the authorr ities here , however , have had no previous transactions with . him . The beach committed him for trial .

      CLEUKS TO tHB INCOME TaX CoMMIS 5 IONEBS . — At a meeting of the Income Tax Commissioners , on Saturday afternoon ^ last , Henry Hall , Esq ., in the chair , Mr . Wm . Nicholson , of Woodhouse Moor , and Mr . John Lofthouse , solicitor , were appointed clerks to the Commissioners for this borough and neighbourhood . We are told that an office will be engaged to ba appropriated exclusively to the dutita wMeh the clerks vd'l hare to perform . The Iscomk Tax . —On Saturday , at noou , a meeting of Justioe 3 in and for the borough of Leeds , and for the We 3 t Riding , was held in the Council

      Chambtr at the Court-House , " to consider the propriety of- choofing , and , if necessary , to choose eight persons to be Commissioners for executing the Income Tax Act within the district of the said borough j and eight persons to supply such vacancies as may arise . " The meeiing was considered by their worshipsrto be a private one , and consequently the reporters were not admivted . We understand , however , it was not considered advisable to nominate any additional commissioners for this district , but to leave tha duties to be fulfilled by the gentlemen electedat Wakefield on the Saturday previous .

      Sekiods Assaults . —On Monday last three Pudsey weavers , named Thomas Water / house ,- Titus Hainswonh , and James Oates , were brought up by warrant at the C ^ urt House , before E . Grace and Darnton Lupton , Eeqfs ., on charges of assaults preferred against them by Mr . Joseph Womersiey , of the Whit © Hart Inn , Leeds , and Mr . Edward Beeston , hackney coach proprietor . The assaults were committed on the morning of the previous Wednesday , on which day the principal in the affray , named John Mos . » , was captured , and was fined £ 5 for each offence . Tbe particulars are as follows : —Beeston was driving a hackney coach from Pudsey to Leeds , about half-past two in the morning , at which time he got off the seat to let the horses in the coach walk up Silver-Itoyd HjU , and when he got to the top of it , Moss went np and

      took hold of the reins a 3 if to turn the coach round towards Pudsey . Beeston remonstrated with him , and was in coascqenoe struck at over the face . Air . Womersiey and another party who were in the coach , go ; out to see what was the matser , when tbe other prisoner ' s companions came up , and QOt only many words ensued , but both Moss and some of his companions also struck a * Mr . Womersiey and the other party that was with him . Moss , as wo have said , was fined £ 5 for each assault , and the three prisoners now at the bar were identified by Mr . Womersiey snd Mr . Beeston . as having been parties to the assault , though not bo active as Moss ; they were therefore fined £ 3 and cosis in each case . — Several of their companions voluntarily auended , and declared they were present at the affray , but the prosecuting parties could not identify tuem .

      A " Watchful Watchmam . —On Tuesday last , a notorious pickpocket , named Catherine Conley , ( who has reared S * hopeful thieving family . ) was brought up at the Court House , having been remanded from Saturday , on a charge of having lightened the pockets of one of the Leeds guardians of the night , of a" sum amounting to nearly four pounds . The circumstances are these : —The prosecutor , John Fallow ? , who , in addition to his pay as a watchman , has a pension earned in the service of his country , reported himself sick at the police effice on Friday nightjanddidnotconsequentlygoonduty . It appeared however , tnat the real cause of absence was the receipt of the aforesaid pension during the week , which led to a wish , natural of course , on the part

      of an old soldier ^ " to fight hi 3 battles o'er again " over a can of "nut-brown , " which gave him a victory over all life ' s ills ; and at feren o'clock on Saturday morniBg he had not visited his pillow . He was s ? en at that hour leaving the Vicar ' s Croft , in company , with two women , ( the prisoner , ana another who was discharged . ) and soon afterwards notice was giv « n to the police on duty that a watchman had been robbed at > he Rising Sun Inn , m Marsh Lane . Policeman Stubbs , who had seen FaJIowsand his companions , on learning who the victim was , told what he had seen , and forthwith commenced a pursuit , and . both the women were apprehended , Couley with £ 3 16 * . 6 d . in gold and silver in her boson—two sovereigns , three ha ! f do ., and the remainder in silver , being similar coin to what Fallows hi'i lost , but which she declared the h * d found in the market . From the evidence given on Monday , it appeared tkat , after some

      conversation , the gallantry of the old soldier led him to propose to the women " a pint of ¦ wan o , " which , nothing loth , they accepted and accompanied him to the Rising Sun for that purpose ; where , after discussing oae pint another was ordered , for which the per sion a « ain provided . Bur , in tbe midst of all this , forgetting duty and discipline together , poor Fallows was soon a ? leep at his post , snd the contents of his purse were carried without storm by the wide avrako female in whose custody they were found , who , as soon as she had coEquered marched quietly off with the spoil . Unfortunately for her , however , the servant £ , iri at the ** Sun" hadseen . something of the raanseavre , and no sooner was the retreat tffected , than the alarm wa 3 sounded , and a capture was effected before the enemy had time even to make a decent forced march , or to deposit the priz ? in a place of safety . She was fully committed to take her trial at

      tae sessions . SHEFFIELD . —Justice . '—The readers of the Star will remember an account of a brutal outrage committed by a corporal of the Queen's Bays upon a young man , several weeks since , whose life was for some time considered to be in danger . Tha soldier was committed for trial , and last week the farce came off at the -Midsummer Quarter Sessions held at Rotherham . The following is from the Independent : — " John M'Kinnon , a Eolaier , was arraigned on a charge of assaulting Tnonxas Aahberry . The indictment contained four count ? , and charged the offender with intent to maim , disfigure , disable , and do the prosecutor some grievous bodily harm : and

      also with a common assault . Mr . Orerend , to whom the case ha < 2 been intrusted by Mr . Wilkins , withdrew the more serious part of the indictment . The Cnairnnn , in discharging the prisoner , cautioned him , far the future , not an any account to nse any weapon , of any description , without the direction of ihe officers of . the regiment f ! j He was glad that the officers had given the prisoner a good character ( 1 ) and the prosecutor having very fortunately recovered from the injuries inflicted upon him , he had great pleasure in discharging the prisoner . " f Qaery—If John M'Kinnoh bad been a civilian , and his victim one of ihe " Queen ' s Bays , " wouid the Chairman have had " much pleasure" in discharging him ?]

      SIoke Justice . —On Tuesday last , a person named Noakes attended at the Town Hall , to prefer a charge of ili-nsage , illegal detention , &c , against the police . Poor Ko ' akes , however , found the table ? turned , and a charge < rf obstructing the road , &c , brought again&t him . The facts are briefly a 3 follows : —Oa Friday evening , July 8 ; h , Noakes was standing at the corner of Castle-street , opposite the Town Hall , talking to another man , When ,, after stanaing" not more than a few minutes , Koakes moved into the road , in the direction of Waicgate . Hs was in the act of crossing the road , when he waa collared by two policemen and dragged to the lock-up . There he was kept from seven o ' clock that eveuing until twelve o ' clock the next day , and taen

      discharged by Mr . Rayner , the police superintendent , without having been brought before a magistrate . Mr . Harney , accompanied by Noakes , saw Mr . Rayner on Monday , and failing to obtain satisfaction , xesolTed w bring the case before the magistrates on Tuesday . Accordingly , on Tuesday , the parties attended at the Town Hall , when—as above stated—the aggrieved person was himself oompeikd to appear , as defendant ! The only magistrate present at the commencement of the investigation was the Rev . John Hand , though Mr . Bashaw arrived before -the close . Mr . Rayner stated his case , and in support thereof called the two policemen who took Noakes . They stvore that they had repeatedly urged Noakes to leave the spot where be

      was standing before they took him into custody , that he was extremely violent and abusive , &c . A shopman of Mr . Woolhouse ' s , grocer , at the corner of Castle-street , was called , and deposed to tbe " nuisance" of tbe working men standing at that ccrnerand hindering their customers coming , &c . ! Before Noakes could speak , his Reverence on the bench said he considered himself perfectly satisfied the police had acted very properly : there was bo need to hear any more ! Noakes , however , would speak j and having told his tale , concluded by asking if this was a Christian country ? The reply of the Revtrend Magistrate was , " Yes , thia is a Christian country * and a couctry where there are laws , and stringent laws too , and

      laws that must be obeyed " 1 . " Mr . Clayton , as a witness of what took place , wished to say a few words . The magistrate thought it was not necessary , the bench had heard Eoffieient . But Ciayton was not to be put down , so having been sworn , gave bis evidence , corroborating the statement of Ncakes , and describing the brutality of tbe police , when he was cut short by the magistrate telling him he need not take up the time of the Court , the bench was quite satisfied with the statements of the two respectable witnesres ( the policemen !; Tha Rev . Gentleman then told poor Noakes that he had rendered himself liable to a fine of forty shilling ? and costs , he should remit the fine this time but he must

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      pay the costs . Mr . Harney requested to be allowed to say a few words in behalf of Noakes . Mr . Rayner objected that Mr . Hatney was not a witness , and could not be heard a 3 an advocate . The magistrates concurred with this , and Mr . Harney was not allowed to speak . Mr . Rayner did not wish to press the costs , Mr . Bagshaw thought the costs might be remitted . Noakes was then discharged , and told he might thank Mr . Rayner for escaping the costs ! 2 ! [ The abova needs no comment . Much might be said , but only tho 3 e '/ legitimate conclusions which every honest man will be able to draw for himself , without the help of our pen . Wo have one word . Mr . Riyner says that it is owing to the repeated complaints of Mr . Woolbouse , that these illegal dungeoniugs take place , several persons having been hauled off the streets the way Noakes was . Mr . Woolhouse is a grocer—very probably a large number of his customers are working men .

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      The Salmon Fisheries in the northern rivers have been very successful during the past , week , and the quantities in most of the streams aro daily on the increase . Tbjs Hon . " W . e . Fixzmaurice was elected for Buckinghamshire on Friday , at Aylefbury , without opposition . Mr . William Lowndes Stone was proposed , merely to declare that he had "no confidence in Peel , " and to withdraw again , with a disclaimer of " factious opposition " Depasture of the Great Western— Bristol , Ju 1 v 16 th .- —Tao Great Western , Captain Hosken , R . N ., sailed from Kiogroad , on her outward-bound voyage ^ to New York , at five minutes after one this day . She has takea out sixty passengers , and an average cargo comprising manufactured copper , silks , &c .

      Tbe Iron Trade— Most of the Welch works have now a sufficiency of orders , the demand for iron having become comparatively brisk within the last fortnight . The market has not , however , as yet , exhibited any improvement in prices . Death op the Bishop of Meats —Dublin , July 13 . —The Right Rw . Dr . Charles Dickens m . Bishop of Meath , expired yesterday , after aBhort illness , at the see house , Ardbraccan . Mortality of London . —The total number , of deaths in the metropolis for the week ending 9 th of July , as made up by tbe registrar-general , was 745 , being the lowest return during the past summer , and 143 under the weekly average of the four past summers , and 167 lower than that of the four past years .

      The Hebmng Trade . —On the west coast we hear the herring fishery is very successful . On the north and east coasts they are considerably behind . We had fresh herrings in town last week , which is , we think , sooner than usual . —Inverness Courier . Affair of Honour I!—A hostile meeting took place on Friday morning between the HoKOtirable Craven Berkely , M . P ., and Captain Boldero , M . P . The dispute arose in consequence of Mr . Berkeley having attributed to Captain Boldero the use of certain expressions disrespectful to her Majesty , which the latter peremptorily denied . The parties met at fivo o ' clock in the morning , in the neighbourhood of Osterley-park . Mr , Bsrkeley accompanied by tho Honourable W . Ridley Colborne , M . P ., and Captain Boldero by W . F . Mackenzie , M . P ., and having exchanged shots without effect , they left the ground .

      Innate Propensity — The last time the Honourable Member for Wareham was out with his hounds in tha neighbourhood of Bre-Resu a boy , about eight or nine years of age , was keeping sheep for a geptleman . On the htuads passing in full cry , -. the young shepherd forsook his flock , and followed the pack , so that he did not reach his home till dark . Ou the gentleman reproving him , he merely observed , " Lord , master ! I wish I was a foxhound . " Tribute of Respect to a Minister . —On Sunday last , the Rev . J . W . Morrir , of Deanrow , Wilmslow , Cheshire , was invited by a great number of his congregation to meet them at the house of Mrs . Mary Hatton . in Deanrow , when Mr . Abraham Bickerton

      of Compstall Bridge , who had travelled ten miles for the purpose , on behalf of the friends present , pre . ented Mr . Morris with a substantial proof of the approbation of a large body of Reformers in the sbapa of wearing apparel with money in each pocket . Mr . Bickerton delivered a good address expressive of the graiitudo of a great many Reformers for Mr . Morris's exertions in tbe great cause of moral and poiiiiea . 1 regeneration . Invitaliona were then given to Mr . MorriB to preach and lecaire on the working daj 3 in various parts of the county . Mr . Morns returned thanks to his friends for their great kind : e « s , and accepted tha invitations to Compstall Bridge , Dentoo , and other places .

      Death from Positive Negligence . —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Duchess of York pubiio house , Kingsland-road , before Mr . Bukor , coroner , on view of the remains of Eliza Owen , aged fif : y years , who died on Sunday morning . From the evideuce it appeared that for some time past the deceased occupied a wretched apartment in a house in lied Lion-conrt , Kingsland-road , a :: d her habiis wireso fi ' thy , and her person so neglpcted , that latterly few could approach her . On Saturday night , abaut twelve o ' clock , a l n ud groan ing was heard in her room by a lodger named Mary Wall , and , on the door of her room being forced open , she was found lying on the . fl > of perfectly naked , with the exception of a piece of dirty cloth

      tied round her , and the whole ox her person covered with vermin . The apattmeut in which she was found was one of tho most wretched and filthy that could possibly bpconeeivtd ; tha only article in it was an old jug , and the place itself was not fit for a dog to rest m . The deceased , when found , was quite insensible , and remained to until gis o'clock on the following morning , when she expired . The parish surgeon wa 3 of opinion that the deceased died from exhaustion , caused by her own negligence of herseif , and the Jury returned a vtruict of "Natural death . " The deceased , it appeared , had been supported by her friends for some years past , but becoming gradually careless of her person , ehe ultimately neglected to procure tiiecommon necessaries oflife .

      Distress i . v Nottingham . —Yesterday ( Thursday ) upwards of two hundred of the operatives of this town , who arc in a state of starvation , owing to their inability to obtain work , paraded the Etreots four deep , soliciting charity . They were headed by a cart , drawn by m n , and several of their body went to the different houses and solicited alms of money or bread . They had a considerable quantity of the latter in the cart . An equal division would afterwards ba made . Really these scenes are agonizing , and OUght to rouss our rulers to something , if H Were only to prevent the hard-working classes of England from becoming a stain to their country as a race of paupers . The greatest distress prevails inBulwel ! , indeed , its extent has become alarming . A ereat many are totally unemployed , and many

      others have but half work . To enter fully into the depth of sorrow , to tell the talc of woe , there is no need to call in the aid of eloquence . We need but simply to relate a scene whieh took place on Tuesday last . —Thirty-six of the unemployed obtained a waggon from Mr . Jennison , and proceeded to the quarry yards , where they got it filled with lime ; tiiey were then yoked to it like oxen , and started to craw it to Nottingham , Newark , and Grantbam to show the world that their distress was not caused by any uawiliingness to labour for an honourable subsistanee , and to request pecuniary assistance from those who were in better circumstances . The sight drew tears from many eyes , and the most bitter reproaches were , almost involuntarily vented against the authors ot their calamity . —Nottingham Review .

      Dbsadfpi . Accident and Loss of Life at Warrington . —We regret to have to announce a most dreadful accident which took place at Warrington oa Saturday . It appears that tho old Quay Company have for tome time past been engaged in repairing their locks at tbe terminus of the canal at Warrington , joining the river Mersey , and for that purpose had erected a temporary railway upon bulks of timber , to convey the biocks of stone . On Saturday , during the operation , the foundation gave way , and tho whole machinery , carriages , engmeB , &c , fell into tha excavation upon the workmen below-Two were instantly killed , and nine others had their backs , legs , or arms broken in the most shocking manner , several of whom it is supposed cannot recover . One of the unfortunate men killed leaves behind him a wife and nine children .

      Court Martial in the Tower >—On Wednesday the 1 st battalion of Coldstream Guard 3 , under the command of Colonel Shaw , now stationed in the Tower , were mustered upon parade , to hear the finding and sentence of a regimental Court Martial on Sergeant Sharp , who had been tried for disobedience of orders and neglect of duty . Th's proceeding arose out of the case of Mr . Elder , senior clerk of the Ordnance office in ike Tover , who had been held to bail for committing an infamous assault on William Yowel , a private in the regiment , while on duty as a sentinel at tho Jewel office , in the Tower . Elder was given into the custody of Sharp after the alleged assault was committed , but , instead of taking Mm to the guard-house , as Sharp ought to

      have done as sergeant of tae guard , he allowed the accused to go to hiB own residence , and did not report the occurrence to his officers . The Court Martial found Sharp guilty of the charge of disobedience of orders and neglect of duty ; hut , in consideration of the excellent character he had maintained in the regiment for nineteen years , sentenced him only to be reduced to the ranks . After the sentence was read orer , Sharp had the stripes denoting his rank as eergcant cut from his dress , and took his place in the ranks as a private . Much commisseration is-felt for him in the regiment , as his conduct previous to the transaction in question was that of a steady and careful soldier , and he had never been reported before for any breach ol military discipline .

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      . Disco very opa Supposed Mcrder ;—Theremains of a ^ man , with the head severed from the body , but witmn a short distance of it * were found on Friday , by some men cutting turf oh the bog of Thornfield , near Ballygar , Tuam . Tho separation of the parts appears to have been effected with a 6 h » rp instrument , and the body , which was in a perfect state , waa supposed to have been at least fifty years in the bog !—Limerick Chronicle . ' Thk Courier 4 e Lyon of the 13 th hist , announces a sonous disturbance to have broken out at Mantua between the Jews and the Christiana . VThe Austrian Government was obliged to interfere by force ; bnt tboi people tore up the pavement , and attacked the so dim ^ with sfioaes , who fired on the multitude , killed fiftyneraoas , and wounded many . The disturbance Btill continued , and no Jew dared make hia appearance in the street . The Government was obliged to march troops from Verona and Milan .

      Nailing an Omnibus . — . The Droit contains the following ;— " At the moment that an omnibus was passing on Friday through the Rue Montmarte by the bouse undergoing repairs , No . 63 , a pole more than thirty feet in length slipped froin the scaffolding at the fourth story , and fell perpendicularly on the omnibus , passed through the body , and entered so deeply between the stones of the pavement j that the horses war © stopped on the moment , the vehicle being literally nailed to the ground By a providential chance none of the passengerB were injured . "

      Djstuess in Ireland . ^ -Spbead of Fever . —In addition to the prevailing distressiand suffering , we regret to learn that fever of a malignant and - ' almost unconquerable nature rages among the poor population to a fearful extent , and with a rapidity which defies all our attempts to describe iu detaiL The awful visitation has befallen the immediate neighbourhood of Louisburgh , and along the western caast of that distriot , with a degree of severity quite unexampled . Scarce a day elapsed within the last fortnight that the medical superintendent

      of the Louisburgh Dispensary , a most zaalous and humane gentleman , did not attend at their residences from six to eight families ; and , in many instances , not less tkan five of the inmates required his professional services and assistance , which wore rendered with an > alaorjty and atteiitiye vigilance highly creditable . Hunger and pestilence struggled for complete mastery in tbe same wretched hoveldestitution and consequent iridisposiuon * leech-like , fastened oh the same squalid being . In Achil 3 , even among the coloDJsts , spotted typhus fever was jately very general . —Mayo Telegraph .

      Homicide . —Starvation—A fellow named John Conway has been committed to gaol on a Coroner's warrant , charged with the homicide of Elizabeth Keenau ^ of BaUyoaatle , under the following circumstances : —The unfortunate deceased , it appeared , accompanied by her son , a lad of tender years , weiat into a field for the purpose of collecting some weeds , wherewith to appease the pangs of hunger . Having gathered an ^^ armful , she was returnitip ; home , when Conway came across her path , and insistedj in languase at once violent an \ l most determined , that she should give up the weeds to him . The woman remonsirated . A scufiSj ensued ; between them , in the course of which Conway with brute force knocked her twice down , and whilst in that position inflicted some bruises on her breast , from the effects of which she died a few days afterwards ; At au inquest held on her body , Dr . Nelson , deposed that tha injuries she had received were the immediate cause of her

      death . —Ibid . An Old Brute . — -Attempted Rape on a Child . - ^ James Lithgo , an elderly man , a cobbler , living in Maryleboae-lane , was charged at the district police vSloo on Saturday jast , with ia , assault with an intent to commit a rape upon Mary Ann Adams , a child only seven years of age , residing with her parents at 22 , Little Welbeck-street , Cavendishsquare . The child , on account of her youth , was not sworn , but her father was examined , and his evidence was to the vtfecJ that , on th « previous afternoon , she ( ibe child ) was sent out by him .. tp purchase some butter , and that on the way , from the statement

      made by her , she met the prisoner , Who gave her a penny , and prevailed upon her to go With him into his room . He then shut the door , and placed her on a bed , when he attempted to violate her person , but failing in his endeavours to do ' . ' so , ' he turned her out of the houBe . She went home , an . J gave inforciation to her mother as to what , had taken place , anil the prisoner was soon afterwards taken into custody . The prisoner , in default of finding bail , was committed to prison , and on the way from the office yard to the priBOn van ho was hissed and hooted by a large mob which had assembled to witness his departure .

      Brutal Murdeb at Stval , near WiLsistcw , — On Thursday atceraoon an . inquest was held at tho house of Mr . William Dale , tho Old Ship Jnn , StyaJ , Cheshire , by Mr . Roscoe , corpaer of the Knutsford division , oh the body of a man Darned Henry Lockfit , who was brutally and inhumanly murdered on the highway , at Werr Mill Brow ^ near S ' -yal , early on TueSfJay morning last . Frozn tbe evidence Lidduced bot ' ure the jury it appeared that the deceased was a married man , aged thirty years , and lias left a wife and three children . Ho was employed as a blower tenter at Messrs . Greg's c ^ ton-niij } , Styal . On Monday evening ! after leaving his employ , he went to a public house , at WilmsloWj where the menibera of a society of " Foresters" had beeii holding their

      annual meeting . He left thei houno , to roturn to Siyal , between twelve and one o'clock , and was seen on his way home in company with two tteij , named Samuel Lowe , a bricklayer , and Horatio Waibh , a lactory operative , bin Avheu and where they left him it did not Sa . tipfaetori . ly appear . Shortly after two o"clock on Tuefiday morning a pirsou named Thomas Atkinson found deceased Jying across the footpath , quite dead . Atkinson obtained assistance , and deceased was carried home , when it was ascertaioed he had received a severe fracture on the skull , and his neck was discoloured , as if from strangulation . The wound on the htad appeared to have been inflicted by some blunt mstrument . Samuel Lowe , one of the suspected persons ,

      absconded on the same morning , and has not since been heard of . The other person ^ rloratid Walsh , was taken into custody , t j await the inquest * From the evidence , of . ' Messrs . Nightihgale and Mpores , surgeons , of Wilmslow , it appeared that death had been caused by strangulation , but thai deceased had received such a iracturo of the skull as would most probably have uUimateiy caused death , had it not been effected by straugulaiion . The jury , after a lengthy inve&t'gation , returned a verdict of * ' Wilful Murder " against some person or persons at present unknown , the evideuc 3 not being sufficient to fix tho crime against the parties who were seen in his company shortly before his death . The police , howover , are making every effort to discover t } ie

      perpetrators . Ikce > diart Fires—Apprehension and Conviction of ths Incendiaries . —For the last two months considerable exeneinent has existed among the inhabitants , particularly the agriculturlsta of the quiet market town of Havant , situated oni the soutt .-easterii extremity of Hampdhire , in consequence of Several incendiary fires having taken place , and letters of an inflamHiatory and threateniug description having been t ' ound iu the streets , the authors of which had escaped detsctlon until Monday last , when another fire was attempted , which led to a scrutinising and severe inquiry , and the Buspeoied incendiaries , Charles Farrott , and William Sparkes ( Mr . Charles Longcrbfi ' a servant )

      having undergoue examiuatibu ou Weduesdayj and corroborative . evidence ^^ having come . forwarai they were fuliy committed . Parrott was taken at four o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , and confined . in the cage , but at the time of his apprehension no suspicion was entertained agaiust ; Sparkes . The magistrate , Sir John A . Ommanhey , however , having heard that the two were infimate , sent for the latter , to interrogate him as to his knowledge of Parrott ' a movements on the nights ot" the several fires . ; What answers he made to the questions put to him does not " appear , but it is certain / that no suspicion attached to him until Parrott was sent for from durance vile' alter the examinations had been taken . It

      was four o ' clock , on Wednesday afternoon before the inquiry had been completed and before Parrott was confronted with his accusers . He had , there- ^ fore , twenty-four hours of solit » y r « flcction , and the result showsthat he entertainedacorrect anticipation of what was gpiug forward , for he bad no sooner entered the presence of the magistrate than he a , t once denounced Sparkea as the perpetrator of the fire at Stevens ' sharn . " Ah ! " said Sparkes , " if I had been taken up flrst , I would not hkve told upon you . " Recrimination followed , and finally both were committed upon each other ' s evideuce , or rather their own confessions . The investigation has called forth some of the most extraordinary and unaccountable traits of tha human ohiaracter . It

      appears , on the strictest and most severe interrogation , that neither of these wretches had any motive whatever for perpetrating these diabolical , acts . They were asked , over and over again ) why they committed the fires ; and their reply was invariably , M we had no motive . " And one very extraordinary feature in the case is , thatSparkeshas been ai confidential servant of Mr . Longcroft , the magistrate s clerk , for the last ten years , and that he has been deputed , owing to the oonfldence / reposed in him by his master , to watch his premises for the last five or six weeks ! They Have confessed that , on the night of Stereris ' s fire , being the second-out of three which took

      have taken place within six weeks , they , some lucifer matehea to the bam , and ; endeavoured , by their means , to set fire to ihe thatch ; that they could not do so ; whereupon they went to Spaike B lodgings , which are about two hundred yards distant , and procured a caudle and lanthoTn ; that they returned to the barn , stuck the lighted candle in the roof , left the lanthprn behind them , and ^ ran away , Sir John A . Ommanney has been most indefatigable in his inquiries , and he is ^ deserving of the thanks of the inhabitants , not only of this \ county , but of the country at large , for his unceasing exertions to bring the offenders to justice . Neither of the prisoners exceeds twenty-three years of age . —Evem ing paper ,

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      t Two ^^ ADbmoNAE . cotton mills , at Manchester , belonginj ; to Mr . Guest , and which employed some 500 or 600 hands , stopped last week . The extensive S t-h rd miils » eniployiug 1 , 000 men , wpman , and children , are also standing still . A Meetikq of tliei creditPre of ^ Massrs ^ Acraman , Morgans , and Ck > ., the large iron-founders of Bristol , took place on Friday in that town . The liabilities Of the firm are estimated at about £ 300 , 000 , in addition to those of their several estates . J > ebt 3 to the amount of nearly £ 84 , 000 were proved . Treasurera and assignees were elected . . TH ^ LAtESi , —A lady laid the mop in the cradle , and wiped up the floor with her baby . She discovered her mistake by its Equalling , when she went tO Wring it , ; ¦ . ¦ :. ' ¦ ¦ : ¦/ ' .: \ ¦ : ¦'' .- :.,.: f ,

      An , alarming fire broke out on Friday morning early , in Manchester , at Marvin ' s eating-hense , Victoria Bridge . A bay in the top back room gave the alarm , who was awakened by a fit of coughing induced by the smoke which filled the room , and so rapid was the progress of the flames that seveiarof the inmates , who w 6 re fourteen in nmnper , escaped with their lives only by letting themselves down by sheets a , ad blankets from the third floor windows . TheJoss is-upwards of £ 1000 . pAST-lRofJ BuiipiNGS . —Buildings of cast iron are daily increasing at a prodigious rate in Englandj

      and it appeara thai ; houses are about to bo constructed of this material . As the wills will be hollow , it will be ^ asy to warm the buildings by a single stove placed ia the kitchen . Aihree-stpry house , containing ten pr twelve ropms will not cost more than £ 1100 , regard being had to the manner in which it may be orn 4 mented . Houses of this desoription may bo taken to pieces , and transported from one place to another , at an expense of not more than £ 25 It is said that a large number of cast-iron houses are ; about toVbe manufactured in Bei « ium and England , for the ; citizens of Haiaburgli , whose habitations have been ^^ burnt . —Miriino journal .

      Masons' Strike . —W « regret to stata that this strike , ' which hiiS now continued for about fire weeks ,. sfcill remains unsettled . There is , however , a fair ' prospecS that some dfcisive arrangeinffint will be come to soon between the Operatives and their employers , as several of the contractors are likely to accede to . the terms of their workmen within a woek , and it is probable that the remainder will give in to the same arraDgemehtimaiediately thereafter . The : jiumher of operative masons out on the * strike ' is now about 400 , each of whom has received 10 i . per w ^ ek since the commencemenc of it . —Glasgow Chronicle . ¦¦¦' .. " : ¦

      The Ci rcujts . —A greater nu mber of fashionably attired scamps . olaBsed in the police sheets as ths "Loudoa swell mob , " are now prowling about the various iissjza towas than has been known for many years past . They act iu the double capacity of rpbbsrs from the person and passers of counterfeit coin . The irespectsbbjlity of their exterior , and the knowlodge which they : have ; acquired , in town of tiie talentsi of the regpective counsel on the circuits ^ afford them facilities of introducing themselves generally as clients into the society of persons whom they but top often ;' , victimize ; - The thrbnged courts of justice present an : ample field for these depredators , and one gentleman , while intent upon hearing the judge recently summoning up the evidence ai Oxford ^ was relieved of his watch , at the same time that another was robbed of his purse .

      Advertisements displayed in the Braztlun JopitNAts . —V Opportunity of obtaining a Waiting Woman bob onk Shihing ! !—To be raffled for , a waitint ; woman , with $ child eight years of age , and other objects of value . Tickets may bo had at ¦ N o ..-9-l . j Riia do Roserio . ' *— " To bo sold , a little Mulatto , two years of age , very pretty , and welladapted for a festival present ( Christmas box . ) Np . 3 , Rua dos LatpeirPs . "— " To be sold , ji wet nurse , Mulatto girl , aged twenty ; has very good milk , her first child , now four months old ^ Rue da S , Pedro , No 18 O . '' -- VTo be sold , a black woman , five months gone with child , fit for all kinds of service . Largo do Poco , No , 6 . "— " To be sold , a waiting woman , with milk , and with a son eight mouths old . She may bb had either with , or without the child ; has the quiilification 3 of a good waiting woman , and is without w vice of any kind . '" Vice being used pretty much in the same jockey sense as ia England .

      Penaltv for Killing a RAMi—The following appears in the Nenagh Guardian , as a report of a case at the Quarter Sessions in that town , tried on Tuesday : —Michael Kennedy apd Patvick ¦ Kesne ' dy ( two brothers ) were sentenced by Mr , Barrister Howley to fifieeh years' transportation for killing a . ram , tho property of Caleb Goiiig , Esq ., of Tmverstou . Fifteen j tars' transportation for killing " a ram ! This certainly appears n . viggroua enforcement of the . laWj even tolhe uttermost extreme of its Severity . We recollect , feome months ago , that a great outcry was raised , because sentence of death was formally recorded against a person convicted at King ^ s County Sessions lor killing a goat . In that case an

      old Act of rarliamerit , which happened to escape Sir Samuel Romilly and all reformers of the sangninary criminal oodejalfottod death as the punishmeni ; . for killing a , goat ; and •¦ the " ' assistant-barrister- of the Kind ' s County had no alternative but to record tho . sputfiice , and make bis report to tbo Government . But in regard to : the killing of a ram , there is no such antiquated remnant of the Draco system of legiilatipn , and tho " fifteen years' transportation " must have t ? een the punishment cwididered necessary by Mr . Howley , acting entirely upon his own discretion . E ? en if it were '' the Kam of Derby , " wehold that this was a punishment entirely incommensurate with the © fFesce . ~ ei *« M « Evening Past ,

      Extraordinary , Whirlwind . —On Friday last , abouf four o ' clock in the afternoon , during a tremendous shower of rain , a most singular and somewhat alarming occurrence happened at ConstableV about two miles from HaB ; lingden . T / io day had been altogether very rainy , but unaccompanied by any wind or thunder , when suddenly a whirlwind commenced , exceeding in violence anything of the kind ever remembered / at that place . T » eea were uprooted ; others hadlarge branches torn off the trunks , and £ cattcred about in the fields like straw . Cocks of hay were entirely removed . A cart , standing in the road side , vyas lifted up , and turned upside down ; ehimneys wero thrown down , and a considerable quantity of slates blown off a factory in the

      neighbourhood . Forlunately , the rain being . very heavy at the time , nobody was out of doors at that part , except one woman , and she was raised entirely from the ground , and carried over a wall into the adjoining field , without sniierinar any other injury than being terribly frightened ^ Her cloak , however , was stripped off , and was afterwards found at a distance of half a mil 3 from the place , No Other acoident occurred . The phorioinenon lasted for about two minutes , and waa not at all felt more than a quarter of a mile from the place where it began . — Preston Chronicle . Death of Twins , from Opium . —On Thursday an inouest was held on the bodies of Edwarii and Thomas Hughes ( twins about seven weeks old ) , whoso parents reside in Lorton-place , Lorton-street i Windsor . Oh Monday week the raother gave the chUHren the breast when in an overheated state from walking , and a griping ensued . A mossanger was

      sent for some paregoric or syrup of poppies , whichey ^ r was thought best ; but the druggist ( Mr . Simson , surgeon , assistant to Mr . Plands , Parliament-street )^ sent twenty drops of wine of opium and two drams Of peppermint water , with instructions thai ; a teaepOonful should be given to each child . A spoonful and a half was given to one child ^ and a spoonful to the other . They fell asleep directly , but soon after awoke , fell isto fits , and died of corivaJ 8 ioia oa the following day ; Mr . Nottage , surgeon , was of opinion -that death was Caused by an overdose of opium causing convulaions . A teaspcon ^ ful of the mixture , defioribed by Mr . Simson , was tpp much for a child of a delicate constitution , but hot for a heaithy child . —The jury , under the circuiastances , returned a verdict of " Ghance-medley " against the mother .

      Brutal and Mdhdebocs Assactlt bV use op the Gravesenb PpLiCGir-lJuring the pastweeka very great , degree of . excitement has prevailed throughout Gravesend , in Consequence of a most ferocious and murderoua assault committed by Cleveland , one of tho constables of Graycsend > : upun a person / of tho name 6 t Wiiliam Henry . Plume , an engineer in the employ Of Sir John Renuie and Co ., Hoilaud-fctreet , BiackfrJars , From the investigatipn which took place before the mayor and a full bench of magistrates , it appeared that , upon Monday , the 4 ib , Plume , on leaving tbe Tiveii-gardeus , Baw two young ; men , of the names of ¦ -Willis and Fowler , diaputing with some donkey drivers about 6 d ; ¦ Cleveland , who was in plain ciothes , and who was

      supposed to be one of the donkey > drivers , seized Willis , and insisted upon his paying the 6 d . before he left the place . The fellow was asked who he was , when he replie'dl an' officer . Plume and several others then called upon hiEJ ti > show his authority , but Which he refused to do . ; After some words , Cleveland pulling 'dtit a . truncheon ,-firombehind his cbati whirled 7-it in : the air ; and struck Plume * most tremendous : blow oh the head i exclaiming M That is my authority . " Plume was instantly covered with blood , and became insensible . The poor fellow was conveyed to the xemdence of Mr . - Heather , surgeon , WmdmiII « Streefc , who found a wound on Aa left « de of the skull * ol jbetween &re and six inches Ja lenffth : so extensive were the injunes , that , for

      several ; days , the life pf Plume was despaired of . The assailant was given into custody , bat was subscqiiohtly liberated . Upon the cjrcainEtanees becoming known to Sir 5 . Rennie , taat gentleman directed that he should be prosecuted . Although some of the maeistrates endeavoured to justify the brutal conduct of the fellow , they ultiaiately inflicted the small penalty of BOs ., ; and in default , a month s imprisonment . [ Had this poor fellow but ; have even placed his hand on the officer ' s shoulder , it would have been deemed ah" outrageous assault , " and " the police must bsprotected , " would have been the cuckoo cry , ending with a fine of £ 5 . Truly , thesei justices -do adminiatcr the " -law" but where is the iwticel }

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      Lotoon .-t-Natiohal anti-Tobacco and TEMPaa--akce AsspciATiON . —Weekly meetings of the above Association are held every Monday , evening , commencing at eight o ' clock , at No . 8 , Black Horse Court , Farringdon--street , te which the public are respecilfully invited ^; - 'Adraissionrfree . ; ; . ; ExTBApsDi ^ AiiY KpjfEstr . —^ Oh Suriday a gentlema , u , after "drivinsc thrpugh Tottenhaas , discaVfeTrd that he had lost a ' eum of inoney , amouuting to # 35 . The circumstance' vvas advertised , and early ; on Monday mirnihg a poor man presented hiiaself , who explained that he was a groom oat of

      employment , aad thathe had picked up the notes , together amounting to £ 35 ^ near tho Savori Sisters , Tottenham . He had ; besu seeking empioynient , and had hpv . a shilling left when he found the packet . He returned towards London , and at a public-house mentioned his prizi , aud was offered £ 20 for it- ^ -jhe offer was repeated—but declined ; and tho groom , whose na me is Joseph Lamb , having been informed of the advertisemeat , waited upon the person who had lost the moiifcy . Wa aro hippy to state that he was adequately rewarded , and has now a chance of employment ; , "

      Class Legislation . —The following extraordihary adnjis £ iori of the / act , that members of both Housea of Parliament attend only to their own individual interests , appears in the Standard Tory paper of Friday eVaning . Speaking of ^^ Lord Ashley ' s . ' : Bill , ' relative to the ; emp ! Qymeht ; of children in miues , and the debate that took place thereupon , the EJitor says— : " Lord Wharnclifie ' s complaint of too ready a submission to humanity on the part 6 r the House of Commons , is a complaint to which that House has Hot oftpn . laid itself open , and therefore it may be the more easily submitted to . AV » think however .

      that Lord Wharucliffe , has certainly soaie reason to complain . He is an extensive opal owner , and it ia no doubt anannovance to him to Sea ths mill owners of the Housis of Commons indulging in humanity at . his expenise ; theMill Owners areiu the House of Commons , the' Coal Vovrners iu the House , of' Lords —facts which may aeoount for the oscillations of hucaanity hot ween the two a-ssemblies ^ as factbriea or mines may happen to be the eubjdCt of considera ^ tion . It iaa humiliating exhibition , but humanity will be the gainer in the end bj . ' i-ho alterations in its 'favour ^ ' ;/ ' ¦ - " ¦ - ¦ : '¦ : ¦'¦ :- ¦''' . . ¦¦ ¦ ¦' : < --.-i ^ - - :- >; : ¦ ¦ ¦ . :.: ; ' ¦ ' .: **

      Effects , of DRUNKENNEss .-rOn Tuesday afternoon , some fishermen aV Fisherrow , observed ^ * chaise a considerable distanca out at sea , and nearly immersed in the wafer . They immediately maniied their boats and pulled off torescue the driver , who was soated oh the . coach-box , ' though little more than his head was above ; the water , and another man seated on the top of the carriage- On coming near , they found that the horses had got eutanglod in the harness ^' and were nearly drowned : the fisfeermen cut the harness , and w-ith great difficulty succeeded'in bringing horses and rnsn safely to land . The driver of the coach , whoso nailia Was Laing , had been at Haddiiigten , and on his return , when , ia a state of intoxication , had kft tho main road , land gone 'into- the sea , wUcro ho , with the other man and the-horses , would inevitably Have been , drowned , but for the exertions of the fishermen . —; Edinburgh Witness ^ ' . ¦ ;¦• ¦ :

      Bee SwAiiMiNO . r ^ During the present forcing weather it may not be amiss to relate an aiiecdote just I ' urnished by a respectable individual , who : vouches fpr its trmh . An old gentleman id Ayrshire , while standing in his garden , waiting for the casting of a hive ^ had the misfortnne to a « ract tae swarm , as it , rather unexpectedly , came off , and tllO bees , thick aad : clufcttrjn ^ , settled over , his throat ,, hi ¦« face , mouth , and lios trils . In a moment after , his eyes were blinded by the clinging , buzzing throng . Ex ^ pecting the irfiiction of instant agony from a thoasand stings , he dreaded to make the . ^ lighte st movement by voice or limb , and there was iso person

      present . A , minute or two passed-r-the heat was intolerable , "and * the sensation maddening ; at this dire extremity of no less than probable pain and death , reason at length suggested—and ' ¦ ' . .. ' the old gentleman cautiously rajsed his hands to his hat , moved it gciitly , imperopptibly lifting it a few inches above his head , and theu sieadied the hat in that posiiicn : Tho queen bee muse have approved ef this novel hive , for the old man began to breathe freely , and in a" short time the . \ yh-Jle swarnrtook up their abode in ; the hat , which he subsequently displayed to his frieuds in triumph aud thaukfulhess , without having received ep much as tt single sting . —Elair { yCourant . : . * ¦ / ¦ . •'• ¦ ,

      Hap . vkst Prosp £ cxs in Ibeland . —Prices . — Friday wasSfc . Svviihin'd day , and , for the firso time for several years j the anniversary of the " VVatery Saint" passed over in the midst of warmth and snashine , vvithout a cloud upon the oky , or an indication of a drop of rain . The baromoter was Hj > _ " sottied fair , " We hail the event as a most gratify ing indication of an early and abundant ; harvest . From all quarters the accounts that reach us are most encouraging ; ; Tiie « orn crops all present a .. most luxuriant aspect—wheat , iu some districts , in limited breadth , bin looking rich and most proraisinftiyoats generally good—and potatoes likely to be earjy , and immense in produee . Already the favourable prospects of the harvest are tolling upon the countiy markets . A letter from Muliingar gives the follow * ing as tha prsces in that marktt on Thursday : — - " Nevy potatoes , ( s&ft in qnality ) , 3 d . per stone ; old potatoes , 4 hd . pir stone ; oameal , 14 ^ . psr cwt . J butter , 78 s . per cwt . — -Dublin Evening fyst .

      Hailstorm in GEasiANy . —Berlin , Julv 7 . —Oa the 5 ih Of July , about six o'clock in the af ' cernoon , a storm from the west and horth-wiia $ eiuireiy lai _ d wastethc eiivirohs of Sixteen ' . villages in tho principality of Halborstadt aud the countyof Mansfold , and of several villages in tho duchies of Anhalt Dessau a « d Awhalt Bamburg . The hailstones were a , o large as pigeon-eggs , and some twice * tliit . tiza , aud weighed two ounoecs ; Small birds , pigeona , poultry of all kir . d ? , and a great quantity of gama were killed ; perapj ; s who were iu the fields * were wounded , and dijo : man was found dead . In many fields not a sheaf of . corn re mains standing , and it cannot be distiiiguished where potatoes , turnips , &c , were ; growing ; the . fruit , cherries ,. plum ? , &c ., which . promiHed a most abuudaat crop , are beaten dowa with the branches . The town of Ermslebeh

      alone has lost 400 acres of flaxj worth thirty dollars per abro , which makes 12 , 000 dollars . The damage done to the fruit and to the roofs and windows of tha houses is immense . v : ¦ CiiiM . Con . at Mancuesteb * —The Iover 3 of scandal have bien fully gratified since Sunday evening by the discovery ofan awkward affair in the neighbourhood of the town . The party accused is Mr > J * A—r ~ f of the respectable firm of Messrs . W . A—— - and Co ., general merchants , High-sfreet , and the sufferer is Mr . J . M ^— , of a respcctablo fir pi of calico printers in Church-street . The iatter inhabited a , co « ago ai W'ifoon-ierr&co , Chestham-rpad , at which Mr . A—— , who is a single man , about thirty-five years of age , resided as a lodger . Tiie aggrieved husband having some suspicions of hi 3 wife ' s fidelity , made an excuse on Sunday that ho was going to London , and went a 3 far as PaYkside ,

      at the junction of the North Union . 'Railway . He returned home , however , unexpectedly at a late hpur in the evening , accompanied by two friends ; and , having got into his house , bxoko opeiv the bedroom door , where he found the ; guilty pair in bed together . The husband and hid frieadsitnaiediately iii flic ted severe personal chastisciflent on the offender whom they ejected mio the flieei in ¦ puris halurdli-¦ biis ;\ a . which conditj , on , amidst a peltiug showei ? die rain , he had to fiud his best way to the house of a . Iriend ; at the distance of half a : mile . Tne wi % who >} s about-twenty ' ¦ firei years of age , is possessed of great personal attractions '; iand accompltshmeutg { and the affair has excited much attention on aceoant Of the respectability of the parties . Procfceding 9 have already been instituted , which ; will furoiah some employment for the gentlemen of thft ; long robb .- —Alanches < er Paper , - ¦ ; . ;¦ ¦ ; ; < ^

      ALAaMiNG State oe the Borough of StocKPOBt . —At the prcEtnti crisis , when the distress of the country is the subject of Pariiimentaryr debate * it may be of importauce to state the real condition , atfd the cradual but rapid progress of ruin and desolation , of the once flourishing town of Stockport . A few months ago , some wag . caused bills to be posted in Manchesterj announcing ihat Stockport > vas to be letj and that application must be made tp the Tpwa Clerk . This noticij , ihoagh intended as a joke , seems likcJy to become a fearful reality , if some revival of trada does not speedily take place . The popular tion of Sipckport , according to the census of June , 1841 , was 50 , 945- ^ fessthau the previous census by 8 , 000 persona ; According tothe game returns , there were 10890 dwellingrhpusesshops , and taverns . If

      , , we go back to June , 1839 , we find there were then 1 , 000 dwellings , shops , and public-housesunoccupied . In June , 1840 , the number had increased . to / 1 , 250 ; in June > 1841 ; to " -2 . 053- ; and , at the present time , about 3 , 000 . In addition to this n umber , there are probably as many more occupied for which no renfe is paid . There is one gentleman who has as many cottages as would form a tolerable village ; but more than half of them axe * empty , iind the tenants of the remainder paying " so little , that the ownerB income from the property is not aufficierit to pay the chief rent . At this moment there are , within two minutes' walk , in the principal street of the borougn , thirty-seveu shops unocenpied ; and the tenants ot five others are undet notice to leave . Tii « nuaio « to ? eaops uagccBpied about ten months ago , m the s *» e at in

      vicinity , was twenty-four . Tbereare present , ; the whole borough , 149 ehdpa unoccupied .-aiMl ; eighteen others have been converted into ( dwelhBghouses within the past two years . There ^ - are also ten pubiio-hbuses unocenpiedi In 1840 , there were about 240 beer-housW in the borough ; the total number now is 104 . There ire at present fifteen cotton tiiills closed , the greater pars of which have been closed within the last two years and a half , by which , and by reductions in the price Of labour ^ the amount paid in wages has been diminished about £ 8 , 005 pet week ; and from 8 , 000 to 1 O , ( KH » persons have t > een deprived of / employment . Of these one-half have probably left the to wn | while the remainder have been supported from the poora rates , and chiritabieSc 0 ht-rib . uU 9 BS . --A / ancAcsifer Guardian . ' .,.. ¦ . * - : ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ : " ¦ - ¦ ¦ :- ¦ :, ' ¦ :, --:: ¦ : ¦ - '

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      IiEEDS . —The Gbzat "W " o > "deb of the Age . — Talk of wonders indeed ! the greatest marvel of the age is ihe Wizard of the Tiorih 1 His marvels are not tricks : no j far from his works be the inglorious phrase . They are a systematic denial of the laws of eiuse and effect . What mattere it to the Wizard tiat a watch or handkerchief is shot np in a box , and the said box is held by any young lady or gentleman that may visit the Music Hall ; does it nataraliy follow that it shall be found where we all know it is ? The Wizard denies the sequiior ; and always proves that the right place to look for a ftiEg is just where we all know it is not . Put a

      handkerchief in a box ; and the right place to lock for it is in the interior of an orange , or of a bottle , or of a loaf ; or anywhere , in fae » , that the Wizard ' s inventive brain may suggest . 2 vlost conjurors as-Eume iheferocipus , clap on a pair of moustaches , bawl fiercely in . the faces of young masters and laisses ; and , while their eyes are blinking , change the ace of clubs inte ihe ace of hearts : bnt not so the 1 / Wizard . He kaows his pawera . Ha knows he is cans ! to the most searching glimpses of the most penetrating . eyes . He seeks to surprise by his miracles ; not to astonish by his mimicry . He is urbanity itself ! A benevolent smile plays on his lips . He moves about gracefully ; and .

      as n 13 beyond a doubt that be must have interviews with a variety of Sylphs , Gnomes , and Salamanders , his politeness among a crowd of mere mortals 03 very surprising . A happy thing it 15 ttat : ie Wizard combines so much humanity with so much potency ; that he does not unite Bome of the Colcbic malignity with the Colchlc arr . Of course , if he liked , he conld turn all his audience into as many shapes as would take fifty Ovids to describe I but his beaeyoleiiee prerenis it He displays his magic energies in causing the handkerchiefs ef his andiecce to come out of empty locked bcxes . / He sends your waich from the barrel of a ? 52 into the bull ' s eye of a target , or into the crown of joet hat . He causes half-orowa 8 to speak , and

      dance ; keeping the most eomot time . With onr own knowing eyes w # s&w bim burn a Bank of England note for £ 50 1 Throwing the ashes on two candles , in a moment the identical note , ( as proved tj ths numberj was cut irom the centre of his candle . J ^ ge blocks of solid ebony tarn to parrots j cmorellas to rabbits ; and handkerchiefs to doves : ^ aeed , io detail all the wonders of tha most potent ^? o ?> aneer would t » ke one side of our forge sheet J-fia ^ wizird is also singularly felicitous in touching C . * iis niarvels ; in giving them a new turn ; in P 3 at ; ng them off epigrammaticaliy . His apparatus is tiajy Epleridid : beautifully chased silver boxes SMja « s > . The splendour of his " magic circle" U \ * - * SOTgeons . We advise those of onr readers F" ° nave not Been this most scientific exhibition , to «> se t-o time ! Go ! and we assure you , jou will be fchgh&d .

      2 *< jcest ii thb Tageasi Office . —On Tneeday Eoi-jiia ^ , tax invest was held at the Tagraafc Office , wfore John Blaekbnrn , Esq ., on the body of s poor ins h * onaoj , named Catharine Ayrey , twenty-three years of age , who was received at tiat establishment to the 5 th instant , being ihen in & deKeate state of aealtb . Her indisposition increased , though in the opinion of the medical attendants no dangerons symptoms manifested ihemselvw . She retired to ^ as usual on Sunday night , and one of the inmates « ike same room having occasion to get np at five J ^ eloek on Monday merning , feund her dead in bed . ¦ ice jury , ifiei "bearing the opinion of the medical * & « £ , r-: turiitd a verdict of " ¦ death from natural causes . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct763/page/3/