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      HYi £ NS * O& CHABTIST CA * IP MEETINGS so . n . 6 ra * » e thy works , O God of an , Aid they are ipondions in our sight } The ooaaa Idas , eaeh rolling orb , = Attests toy g 1 ° * J » P ° wer > * n d might . A mantle rich i * & twa Bjread roHnd , Tie laxity world tkou gftT ' et to man j Its valleys fair , it * streams , its glades , Show forth tbB goodness of toy plan I Bnt , Oh" ! most Mighty Lord of Hosts ! We P'ue amidst tJjy bounties free j On erery hand are tice and pride , And we most bend to tlifiin . the kaee . Our wives , onr children cry for food ,

      Wiile plenty crowns the bad man * board , Our cries , onr " plaints , sure lassfcM to scorn , Onr tyrants point us to the sword . Lord , thon art good—can'at thon see sin , And vice , and pride , usurp thy place ? Send down , O Lord . ' thy thunderbolts , And blast the mockers of thy fees !

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      THOMAS MACQUEEN'S FABEW £ LL TO BBITA 1 N .

      pear Isle ! I dreanVd not twenty years afo , TEliat I should wander on a stranger land j 3 dnsan'd not that the fond , fond filial gloom , That bonod jny soul to Qxj bold rugged Strand , Should dim and dsrkea " neath the wittering wand Of despot poverty , whose rancour aears , And Wights ; and butcheis , with unshrinking hand—Stewing in bitterness , and burning tears , Eie fmndshipe ,, hopes , and lores of more than twenty yeas .. / ' -- - . K © sorrow -wrung my gmTHess bosom then , Jfor gloom'd my bwar , 'taeath griefs nnhaHoWd

      tiaaflj Fresh ptessarea rose on every bill and glen ; Bat ah ! those bright things dirappear'd , as fall lie leaves of Autumn , one by one , till all Were -east in deattilike nariness ; and anon The heart th&t loved them , bleeding o ' er the pan "; Of pmsb * d plasnret , sbiver ' a forth a groan , 2 tad seemed to darken , too , as tho' it lived alone . pay sons , » y native Isle , were gay and glad , And thoa wert hail'd "Lord of the free and brave !" Jhon bieath £ * ti > ow of faction , fend and fraud—The heartless home of sycophant and slave l Bsy boasted flag , that proudly wont to wave , As emblem of the free , is justly hurl "d From freedom ' s tower , to flap o ' er freedom ' s grave , For bondsmen groan where ' er that flag ' s unfnri'd , And thoa sit all wheres haiTd , "The life-corse ef the world r

      yn&e common beasta , that « erve Ihelr lord , are fed , And Iodg * d and ear'd for , proud immortals must I fet beg for work , then beg again for bread , And ton , and sweat , and gnaw the bitter crust Jacking the hand that grinds them to the dnst ! Tliua famine-featur'd millions crawl the soil , JlidBt pamper'd lnxory , and bloated lnst—Par mere existence wining still to toil let , skivering , dis of want , on their own ¦ wealth-gorg'd Isle . And the sonnds of bon ^ ag'd misery are heard ; The tyrant trembles not ; his men of blood , Poor trampled serfs , who murder for reward , Can give their friends cold sabre blades for food , And the streams of sympathy , a » if sobdaed By oae gold-grasping mania , stand still ; Asd eaek one ' s soul , in selfish solitude .

      Giovs , like an acehorite , benomb'd and chin , Wiihoat one drop of balm to sweeten others' ilL I go , my native Isle M leave thy shore In grief and poverty ; the filial fire Bares ( fimly , and can revive no more ; And yet I leave thee not in fretful ire . ^ is true I quail to see starv'd tti ^ t > expire 'Midst greater wealth than e ' er the world has known Ye& , Teaith tenfold beyond all due desire ; Tet , still I hear thy famish * d children groan , And feel , or think I feel , tbese children all my own I Bit oh J -whate v er my fate where ' er I ream , A silent voice will whisper in my ear , TTiti all tfcy faults , thon wert , thoa art my tome—Tie acred sancttKry of all that's dea *; Erp . iaunts , the scenes which memory must revere :

      The bright bless'd hours of boyhood ' s buoyant glee ; AIL all of love that's lovely and sincere ; The few , few friends that still were friends to me—Ihese all , my native hind ! are yet a part of tfc . ee . i - - Ilove Qjy very dest ; in it are laid The household friends , tliat led me on Ufa ' s way ; 1 Igts their ashes , and havs pfiaa paid . A tearful tribute to the " senseless clay , 'tis superstition ! call it so—it may ; But -KfcG I wot , ir shrinks not from a name ; lis na ' tire ^ seeret itomsge to decay , It gljws o ' er prince and pias&nt ' a save tse same ; For trould I wish the soul that cannot fed the flame . Parewell , dear Isle ! full many a harp has rung Tots doleful note , this melancholy knell ; The boldest minstiel that has ever suns .

      In gr ief pour d fcrih his plaintive "Fare-thee-well l " Bat bards , Sn melody , like wiZini * S spell , The mere dnll sotmes of sorrow may express ; Bat ah 1 adieus and fare veils cannot tell The deep dark rH » " : | O horrors of distress—The boBom-hlightiEg p&Eg—the parting bitterness ! Farewell J 1 use , I must use fashion ' s forms ; Tie feeling lives to breathe itself in sighs ; It will survive all coming calHis and storms , Till every othfei therish'd feeling dies . Let "weal oi woe await mj next emprise , Or gloomy grief , or mirth and revelry—* K = ath winter ' s scoirl , or summer ' s sunny skies"RTMle mem ' ry seeks the past my thoughts must be iite iiyar'd , restless ghosts , still wandering over thee ! Thomas M-jcqcies . Barns , s& March . 1842 .

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      LFnDS . —Assault . —Last week , a charge of » = Siih was preferred before the magistrates , a * , the Court House , by % Mrs . Brou ^ hton , against Thomas BiG'sghum and Ann Broaghton . Tke defendant , xhoiuas Bronghton , who resides in Hirst ' s Yard , Jor i £ ga : e , is a man of small dimensions , but double his size in pugnacity and eelf-coneeit , and is husband Jo complainant . Ann Brougaton is an immaculate Ester of Thomas ' s . A third person in the defence , as-sritness , is another BroughUm , the Goliatb of the p ftnly £ ronp , -K-ho , t ' nonga not an exact personal fee-simile of its smaller members , is yet an amalgamation of pride , self-sufficiency , and arrogance , fully conscious of superior intellectual endowments , the fffiij hiuderance to the development of which being

      sfce iflickness of ihe skull in whick they are encased Hs , howeTer , proved that ie was posessed of an undeTiaraig consistency , never once failing to Bay , — ¦ ao , to eTerjihing advanced by the opposition in the affirmative . The charge of assault which was Btated to have been committed at the house of the fi&mrjF , on Tuesday la ? t , was enstained by the testimony of several neighbours . It appeared that on * ae day just mentioned , a letter had been received d the defendant ' s family from a brother in Ireland , SDd that Ana . Brunghtyn , the female defendant , went to her brother's house , in Hirst's Yard ,

      respecting an answer . Having previoariy been the Bouree of repeated quarrels between Mrs . Bronghton , isd the male d " efend&nt , tbe plaintiff made some demur It her presence for which she received a severe beating from her husband . Mrs . Bronghton , howfrer , tdthnately Bficoeetfed in getting Ann into the - Tud , when the latter seized her by the hair of her Madj ' Md another drubbing was given to Sirs . Broughton , her husband officiating as second to tis sister , exciting by every means his favourite Pagilist to vigorous action , " and exclaiming in ex-J » Sejoy , ** L 5 y into her ; it -will be a greater trais » te < 3 tnan to witness lhe Gala at tie Zoological

      oaroeiis . " The affray , however , Tras at last put an fed to by the interference of some of the neighbours , j&ffle of whom appeared as complainant ' s witnesses , va the btnch asking what was complainant ' s wish Opening Ann Broughton ? she replied , " I merely * 2 sa ter to keep away from mj honse / ' Whose « - ^ ' ^ g ^^ ncantly interrogated her hasband . My house" was the reply . M I say , "—vociforated «! iT ^ ' J at ^ Hame tlme gi" ^ a smart crack Rtn . nis finger , and a thuEderine blow npon the we wift Ms clenched fiat ,- * I say-my house !"wus establisaing an important difference between f and

      « M wrong . Ann Bronghton was then ordered zUw < w ^^ complacently proroisisg to keep S 5 $ ! T hn-fir «»*« rt nouse in fnture . Thomas wSteSf *? ^* ^ d sureties to keep the W ^^^ v ** wife « wMch with characteristic SSh ™ f P ^ foaer ' a dociTwbere he had ihe Crrl ^ ^ commitmen * to the ^ L Lon ? eciion , His magnanimity of soul soon g * n « r , dMai to something like the H 29 which g » . lnteaded jt djoald be—to a correspoBdence « a a ^ personal fitatttre—and lie entered into the ^^^ aate arrangements for Us liber » Uon .

      j ftawEK Show . —The Leeds Old Florist Society « HkI v Sla" 1 * 1 *» w of e » rnations and picotees SJi ™ 1186 of Mr . Rogers , Rose Bud Inn , Round-MT ^ j ° a Monday l » st . The judges were Mr . ^™ gs , and Mr . Rogers . The room was most ^ S ^ uUy decorated -with plant 3 and evergreens , ^ « Rogers jmd Mr . Bradley , and the prizes iSr ^ de d to Mr . Bcnlon , Sir . Stephenson , Mr . ijJ ^ Mt . Birkby , Mr . Mivehell , Mr . Wright ,

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      - AssAuiT . —On Monday last a yonrg man named Thomas Biuks . was brought up at the Court House , on & charge of having , on Saturday night , committed a violent assault open a female named Emma Crowther . The cemplainant , it appeared , bad been on a visit to , some friends at Bradford , from which place she was returning home to her parents at New Road End ,. Leeds , on Saturday nignt ; having missed the coach she set off to walk , and the prisoner " coming ap with a cart , she asked him to aliow her to ride . He did bo , and after stopping at two or three places'on the road to get beer , when near Armley he proceeded to take liberties with the girl , and in pulling her about tore her dress . She , however , succeeded in getting out of the cart , and a woman being near she fled to her for protection , and told her what the prisoner-bad done . She then got a man to S 3 e her home , and the prisoner was apprehended op Sunday . He was fined £ Z and costs , or two- months imprisonment .

      Hobsb Stkalixg . —On Monday last , a labouring man named Richard K&y , underwent tin examination before John Gotfc , Esq ., one of » he West Riding magistrates , at Leeds Court House , on a charge of having stolen a bay mare , the property of Mr . Wm-Thompson , of Harrogate . The pr isoner was apprehended by Policeman Whitehead , on the Saturday morning previous , and by his activity and vigilance the mare in question was recovered , " and traced to her owner , as well as a bay horse the property of Mr . John Kirkj of Givendale , which had also been stolen . It appeared that the prisoner came to Leeds on the Tuesday previous , with the bay horse , which he had stolen during Monday night , and after telling a very plausible story , succeeded in exchanging this

      horse with Mr . Charles Cowburn , hay-dealer , Eastetreet , for a msxe , the prisoner receiving a sovereign to boot . This mare , after saying that he wanted her for his own nse , ha afterwards sold in Leeds market , aud , it would appear , afterwards spent most of the money in no very creditable manner . H *> , however , left Leeds , and on Saturday morning returned with Mr . Thompson ' s mar © , -which he had stolen from Harrowgate Stray during the night , and which he also took to Cowburn's , and offered her for sale , at a figure apparently below her value . This came to Whitehead ' s ears , and he went and took

      him into custody , charging him at the time with haviDg stolen the animal . The latter case enly was gone into , and on this charge the magistrate decided on sending the prisoner for trial at the West Riding sessions . We understand , however , that a bill for stealing Mr . Kirk ' s horse will be laid before the grand jury at York Assizes , and that an habeas will be applied for to remove the prisoner there for trial on that chaTge . The prisoner is well known in the neighbourhood of Harrogare , Ripen , &c . He is a Tery stout man , and we believe lived for several years with Mr . Maynard , of M&rton-le-Moor .

      Thb " Kotai Mies" again . —On Saturday last , four young men , who gave their names and addresses Thomas Prince , bookbinder , CoroDaMon-street , Joseph Walker , cabinet-maker , Mill Hil ] , Henry Gavins , machine-raler , Back Roefringhaoi-Btreet , and Joseph Waring , dyer , Billet-street , were brought before the magistrates at the Court House , the first named charged with having " wallopped one of the Charlies , " and the three latter with attempting to fescne h m when he had been tak-n into custody . The parties , it appeared , were ' cut on a -Bpree , " and having become pretty well primed , were tip to the mark , and . as "Royal Mies" ought to doy refused to be quiet when told to be so , declaring their own independence , and their determination to " do as they liked , " not only with themselves , but with other people's property . They wcie Sued 20 s . each and costs , which was paid .

      Hcbbz >* g Hew Roosts , —On Monday last , a man named John Cluderay , whose repwted oSVnces are neither few nor far between , was brought before tha magistrates at the Court House , charged with having been found on Sunday morniDg in the hen roost at Mr . Iredale ' s maltkiln , on the Dewsbury Road , with intent to commit a felony . A servant man , when he went to look after the horses , heard a noise , and discorered the prisoner attemptillji to hide himself , who , when he desired him to come , as he was waiting for him , very coolly tuld him there were two more lads making their escape over the wall , and he had better go and take them , and he vroaJd wait in the stable until he came back . The man , however , thought one in the hand worth two in the bush , and secured him . The place had been forcibly entered , bat no poultry was missing . He was committed as a rogue and vagabond for three months .

      Gabbed Rctbbebt . —On Monday last , a msn named Jcseph Greenwood , was brough - up st the Court House charged with having been foa&d in the garden of Mr ; Ellis , of Armley , along wnh three or four others , at an early hour on Sunday morning . In consequence of frequent depredatioz . 5 , Mr . Ellis had set a man to watch his property , and about four o ' clock he cacae up with the prisoner and his companions ; the othirs ^ ot away , but Greenwood , afier assaulting the watchman was secured . There was no propel ty missed ; the Magistrate ? , therefore , fined him £ 3 and costB for the assault , arid in defauk of payment committed him for twoaioiiths to Wakefield House of Correction .

      Heath by Dkow . msg .-Oa Monday evening , an inquest was held at the hou-e ef Mr . Wm . Sandtrson , the Fountain Inn , Bridge-foat , beiure John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mr . Joseph Stephenson , who "vras taken out of the river Aire the sime morning , soon after six o'clock . ^ The deceased was thirty years of zse ; he has been for a number of yeara clerk with Messrs . J . and H . Richardson , solicitors , and was highly respected . There was no evidence at all to show how he got into the water . The last time he was known to have been seen alive was about a quarter past twelve on Snnday night , vfhtn ho was leaving the Bnll and Snn Inn , in High Court-lane , from which place he w&lked ¦ with oae of t *' ie

      watchmen "to the end of the Calls ; . He was at thas time sober , indeed he had had very little to ' drink , and-had - been during the evening very full of spirits , and seemed as cheerful as any person could be . The end of the Calls , however , terminating the watchman ' s " beat" in that direction , he bade him " good night , " and Mr . Sephen-Bon , after asking the man if he was going no farther , turned back , and proceeded alone along the Calls , the watchman then losing sight of him . From this period he is not known to have beea seen , nor is it clear at ¦ wt at 4 > oui he got in ? o the water ; his waieh , which he bad in his waistcoat pocket , had stopped at half-past two , but as the cases are very tight it might have gone some time after he had got in . He most , however , bars proceeded the whole length of Call-lane , and over Leed 3 Bridge , the body being

      found above the bridge ; a bat and walking-stick were found by the watchman on that beat at four o ^ clock in the morning , on the parapet adjoining the river , and only a few feet from the place where the deceased was tsk « n out ; these were identified as his , and their being "found led to a search being made . The water wall or parapet , is at this place six feet above the level of the riTer , and is fenced off by strong posts and rails , the . rails being double except one length next the corner , where the top rail only goes across , so that it seems almost impossible to suppose that he could have fallen in , and there is an entire absence of motive for self-destruction ; the affair 13 involved in mystery . Under these circumstacnes the Jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned , without any marks of violence , but how the deceased came into the water there is no evidence to show . "

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      On Thcbsdat the mortal remains of the Duke of Orleans were committed on the sepulchral vault of his family at Drtux . Os Wemsdat . much excitement wa 3 caused at Lambeth m constqaonce of tr . e fall of part of the walls of two houses , situate in Lambeth-walk , at the corner of King-street , by which John Browa , a little boy abont fire years of age , nearly Jost his : ife . Tae houses have baen uninhabited for upwards of two years , inconsequence of their dilapidated condition .

      N . EW Zeaiand — The emigrant ship Bombay sailed from Gravesead on Monday for Nelson , one of tbe settlements of the Ktw Zealand Company , by whom she was chartered . Ske carries om nearly 150 passengers , chitfi / artisans and agricultural labourers . The advices from the Worcester hop districts speak generally of improvement in the planations ; and it was supposed another week or two of wana weather would secure about an average crop . Duty backed at JE 13000 , the highest yot quoted . The advices from other dittricts concur witn these . -Sov £ Beign Remedies . —For the gout , toast and water ; hooping-cough , ipeeacuanhaj bile , exercise ; corns , tfasy shots ; biue dtvils , employment ; rheumatism , new flannel and patience ; toothache , extraction ; debt , retrenchment ; and for love , matrimony . . ...

      NoixisGHAM EtEcrnofi . —The returning officer made the official declaration on Saturday . The nnmbera were announced to be—for Mr . Walter , 1885 j for Mr . Sturge , 1801 ; majority , 84 . SmciDE OP Da . Bkewstks . —This gentleman , who resided at 6 , Trafalgar-street , Walworth , on Thursday morning terminated his existence by entting his throat . He bad for some time been suffering much from an attack of the goat , and his mind had occasionally been affected by the severity of the disease . A wustitt of massive silver sacramental plate , which is supposed to have been concealed since the period of the civil wars in the seventeenth , century has just been discovered at Norfolk house by the workmen employed in embellishing that , mansion .

      The Agbjccltobai . and Horticultural Society of Bombay have resolved hereafter to print their transactions in England "; the state of the typographic art in Bombay being snch that it is BDpposed they will he received out overland cheaper , and in lesa time , than if got up there . The Geographical Society , Medical Society , and Asiatic Society , each publish their transactions quarterly ; and it seems probable they may shortly be induced to print them at home .

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      The Oyster Season . —The sale ' of .-oysters commenced at Billingsgate on Tharsday at noon , in accordance with a regulation of the corporation of London , altering the period of commencing the oyster season from twelve at night on tho 4 th to the hour of t rrelve at noon . Fouk Men Dkowned . —LkRwick , July 25 . — Another boat , while engaged in fishing , has been unfortunately lost , with four men—viz . Alexander Barclay , David Barclay . Robert Moncrieff , and Hugh Poleson . David Barclay was the son of Alexander Barclav .

      Belfast . —A new writ has been issued for this borough ; the election is not expected to take place till Monday the 15 n . On the Liberal Bide , Mr . Ross , of Rosstrevor has addressed the electors , and it is Baid that -Mr . Shafto Adair will also come forward . Mr . Emerson Tennent , and Lord Hamilton Chichester , have issued their addresses on . the Tory side . ' ¦ _ The Final Examination of Richard Hanley , Sarah Ann Hunt , and Richard Gifford , charged with being concerned , " eituer as principals or receivers , in a large number of robberies involving property to an enormous amount , took place on Monday at Marlborough-street . Twelve complete cases out of twenty-one were fully taken against the prisoners , upon £ U of which thejstood COBlBlitted

      MoaB Phtsjcal Fojrce—The Admiralty have ordered Mr . Olivtr Lang , master ship-wright of the Woolwich Dockyard , to submit a plan of a steamvessel of 1 650 tons burden , and suitable for engines of 800 horsepower , with a crew of 300 men . The largest first-class steam-frig&trs at present do not exceed above 1 , 000 tons , and 460 horse-power . American Pork . —We have just been informed that one of our merchants ( Mr . Todhunter , we believe ) is now landiDg on our quays , and disposing of very freely , a large quantity of American pork , at 30 s . per barrel , equivalent to about 2 d . per pound . Ab regards quality , vfe may venture our assertion it . is of a very superior descriptioa . —Dublin Evening Post .

      The Rev . Mr . Dbdmmond , of the Chapel Royal , Brighton , at the close of the services thereon Sunday last , gave the unusual intimation to his congregation that there were two notorious pickpockets in . the chapel , and all eyes were at once turned to two well dressed strangers in the m ddle aisle , who were followed to their cab , and surrounded by several hundred persons . On the strangers inquiring the cause of thi 3 , they were told they w * re the parties pointed out as pickpockets . Due of them , however , proved to be a clergyman of Buripn-on-Humber , and the other , a fellow of St . John ' s . The matter has been since explained ; and has passed off as a mistake .

      Mr . STEWART , farmer at Tullylumb , Perthshire , had a hen which died last mek at the advanced age of 35 years . Jt had lived vmh him seven years at Tullylumb ; previous to that it was in the possession of a person in Perth foT eight years , who" received it as a present from a woman thai had it in her possession for 20 years . It is calculared that the hen for 33 years laid , forninemf > mhsin the year , an egg every day , giving a grand total of 8 910 eggB , or 742 doZ'ns , which , at 61 . per dozen , ia £ { 8 11 $ ; The hen was given by the woman on the condition that it never would be killed , and from the kindness shown to it , was a pet with the family .

      Flood at Creditor —On Wednesday afternoon , an awful ' storm of thuuder and lightning passed over a part of thfc parish , and a water spout , of very great length , burst , inundating the fields and roads to an extent never before Temembered ; and , in one or two instances , clearing whole fields of . the shoek 3 of oorn . The lii . tlc s' -retm at Moorlake was swollen to a larce and rapid river , and rendered completely impassab-e , wa > hiflg away a fiuo bridge recently erected over it , whic'i many thought was a waste of

      the parochial finance ? , the stream being so insignificant . Near the Birnstr , pie-cross turnpike , at the head of a large fi-. lo , several yards of the hedge were washed airns 3 the road , which was thereby rendered ' mpasfabfe for rtv .-i" on loot , and tho road appeared as if tfce hecg ^ had bcon across it for several ycaTs , from tie bushes remaining with the esTtb . A houso near Moorlake was swept ! clean off . The rain di 1 not » xicnd 10 the eastern parts of the town , round which tjie op .-rations of harvest were going on all day . —Western Times .

      Dublin . —Death from allkgkd Starvation . —An inquest was held on Monday , by Sir N . Brady , at No . 6 , vljtre-alJey , ob view of the body of a child who was supposed to navij been starved to death b y liis father , Danif-1 Cuni'J . ina . Wm Leech , a police Constable , haviiig rec < ivr-d information on Saturday , that a chiid had died o' starvation from neglect by its father , he proceeded o ihe hou > e , where he found the body of a female cliiJd , ax ^ d about three y < ars , lyiiiij dead in a corner of the room . It appeared tnai the c . h lc ' s father was in the habit of going out in the evening and no ! rftu ' rnin ^ until late , during which nms he left the child alone , in the room . The appearance of the body was appaliing in the extreme , it was nothing more than skin and bone , The verdict of the jury was to the effect that the child died from neglect aud want of care . The child's father was commuted f « r tri-il at the next Commission for the wilful siarvaiion oih ^ s child .

      Shocking Lnhima . mty . —On Wednesday the attention ol" lhe autht > r ) i ; e =. ixi Gorbals was directed to a revolting caseo cruei y on t !\ e person of MrsCassels , a marrii .-d woman , in Ccburg- - troet . From the circumstances that havt ; traurplmi it wou'd appear that , the woman in q-j-is-ion , who is of imbecile mind , aj . d deprived of the pov / tr of nearly the whole oi' one side by paralysis . w&- d seov-red in her own house lock-. d up in a press about three and a-ha'f feet in length by two and a- ? ialf fi-t-t-broad , where she had been confined for mnntbs in a wretched state of filth and nakedness , a pr .-y to vsrrnin and all the horrors of a cageii i-SNtfcce , the door being opened only Tvhen food was b =-. ing iurni . ^ hci her . The bottom of the pr : s 3 . contain " , d p oms f- ^ raw , on wlr . ch

      ihe poor wretch could contrive to sit ; but the limits within which she was confined were so small that there wa < not the sl-ghto * ' pos-ibili-y of her stretching herself or extending her lirabs for the purpose of repose . When dranzf ont by Car-tun Richardson the spectacle is de . fcribjri as truly horrifying . The pi . or crealure , barely covered with a shirt " ' orlooso garment , her Iinib 3 co . nra ^ ed , aad 3 : er person emac'atrd and covered vri . 'h filth , c ^ uld scarcely ba handled , from the dj . irusting stench ia which she wa 3 enveloped . The den i'seif could scarcely bear inspection . Aftir what has been stated , it will scarcely be believed that this female is m the hou .-. e of her husband . He is at present temporarily absaju

      from the ci y , and therefore no explanation « f the shocking circumstance .-- which have been brought to li ^ 'ht have been received from hi .- * rwu ; . h . The appearance of th ; house , and the style in which it is furnit-hed , indicate at le . n- % ! , the exterior cf resp ^ ctabi ' . iiy ; aud w " e are ,. therefore , utterly at a loss to account for the facw wiiv . ih hav been narrated . The house is at present u . 3 : it ; r the chartre of " a i ' emale servaut ^ whovrould f > - » m ru rtci ' ive proper pt-cuuihry iupp ) :-s for the purposf- « of housekeeping . Tho husbaiid , for whose apprehension mea ? uies are in pro tress , follows the tra . ie : > t a fcawyer . ami has hitherto borne a most respect a b . e character . Glasgow Chronicle .

      DibTBESs in Manchester—We have ju ^ t received a little pamphlet , enti'led t-videnco (• abulaTanrl ot ierwL < e ) of the State of the LabonriDg Classes in 1340 42 . By Joseph Adshvad . " We have neither time uor fpace for iarg > - extracts'in our present publication , but we may s < ivh a , lew of the feurlul facrs it exhibits . The r * W * -fu > M rais d by voluntary tab cripiion , in 28 ^ 0 , £ 3 732 7 * . 6 I , was cxpendfcd in bsddiij ? and cloihiug , with which l ( i , 132-amiiii-s (? ay 45 . 591 per .-ons ' were n-iieved iu twcnty-icnr days , aud there remained upwirda of 2 , 000 families unrelieved f « r wait oi' funds . Oi the 45 , 491 individuals , b 978 were handlo ^ m weavers ^ SB . 613 of various t'renpations ; 25 , 792 were English : and the other 19 . 7 ^ 9 ( n . tvm 1 ; lour

      n " ntbs ) Irish . The Dumber mended Jo 900 'children , under , and 9 , 030 chilur . 11 above , twelve years of at ; e . Of the number , 2 , 040 families , comprising 9 . 179 persons ( upwards of one-fiith of the whole ) lived incel ! ars mostly damp snd without ventilation Another fcx-atiiiuaiion o- 2 . 000 families gave an a ^ crase total income of Is . * 2 | i . per head per week for 8 , 866 persons , or 2 000 Jamilies at 5 -. fy h per week ; in whose pos .- * - .- ) , bj thua ^ i-nts oi the towii mis .-iou , gave tht- average caniingo ci 1 . 6 iJ p < r head weekly , or

      6--3 jd ' p " cr family ; and the amount of pledges ( in this case the number of p-iwn tickets , is not ^ ivcii ) was £ 2 , 135 IO 3 lOd . The relief committee" redeemed ' articles ' from pledge to the extent or . £ 139 19 s ll . Vi at ihe following avi-rage amount for e » wi article : - 606 sheets , at Is Id each ' ; 311 blankets , m 2 s 8 i ; 208 bed quilts , at Is Ui ; 51 bed ricks , at S 3 la , 477 petticoota » ua shifts , " at 9 ^ d ; 234 shir . s , at Is Id j besides other articles of apparei , beddiu * ,, &c . A gentleman vibitfd , -jn 1841 , 258 families ( 1 , 029 persons ) , " mostly weavers , who » e agKr ' t * . at » weekly earnings were £ 32 ' 5- * or less tbaiiTio ptr head per week . In 1842 , 8 , O 7 2 families were relieved with £ 3 , 029 15 * 11 < 1 . * the Prince of Wales'si . fund . " - Besides this , "about ' £ 2 , 500 have been contributed to the soup charity , and- trum -2 , 000 to 3 ^ 000 perBons

      have been daily Bapplied with soup for the last three or four mohiha . The parochial ^ expenditure , on aceonnt of the poor in 1838-9 , was £ 28 ; 304 ; in 1841-2 , £ 40 , 777 ; the voluntary eoninbntioDa in 1839-40 , were £ 3 , 732 ; in 1841-2 , £ 5 , 529 together £ 9 , 261 ; and the poors ' -rate and voluntary contributions together exhibit an aggregate increase of relief afforded of 63 £ per cent , since 1839 . —vizi , from £ 28 , 304 to £ 46 . 307 . 200 provision , dealers , selling on credis , hart Jost £ 23 , 664 in three years ; and 50 shopkeepers in Saliord had their receipt diminished from £ 197 , 700 in 1839 , to £ 130 , 100 m 1841 * , a difference of £ 67 , 6 C 0 ., or a decrease of £ l , S 00 per week . This work furnishes a Btariling contribution to the statistics of distress .... A / anc / ies ter Guardian ,

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      . Affghanistan . —It appaits by letters received from ^ he eeat of war ^ ( and and the re port is confirmed by the public prints , ) that the disasters sustained by the British troops ^ arose from the oircumritanca of General El phinstohe •' being EO ill fvom a wound and the goat , that he was anable to take active measures . In this case we have not only to deplore the loss of national glory , but also the melancholy probability that thousands of our countrymen hate fallen'by the sword , in consequence of the Commander-in-Chief being afflicted with disease . It is easy to conceive whaV horrors might haTe been avoided , had the General been provided with ihe greatest of all discoveries in medicine , Blair's Gout and Rheumatic PiJJei which are the only certain remedy for that awliil visitation .

      Thb Bitkr Bit . —Few perhaps who are not well acquainted with the habits and power of the weasel , will credit what we are about to relate , though it is not the Only Similar instance that has come to our knowledge . A ; short time ajjo a ^ eatlemaa , whilst upon a journey in the neighbourhood of Iilandrindpd , observed a kite hovering near the ground within a distance of fifty yards from him ; he stopped and saw him pounce upon his prey ; he then began to ascend to _ that measureless distance wnjoueeemsto be his pride upon a hot day ; he had not , however , left terra firma but a few seconds till he began to

      quarrel with his bargain , he seemed as it were endeavouring to mend his hold j at lepgth , having ascended to a distance almost beyond the ken of the eye , he fell like a stone dead to the ground . Our informant immediately ran towards the spot , and to his great surprise saw a little . -weasel' leave the body of the bird , and make leisurely away ; upon examining the kite , he found a wound up ° h e neck , which was the cause of his death , and the question seems to be—did the weasel disentangle himself from the bird ' s claws , and rjde comfortably upon his back till he effected his re storatipn to his own ele * nient?—Hereford paper , ; :

      Andoveh Union . —A ; Heavt Pbnaltt . — -At the meeting of the guardians held at the board-room on Saturday , Jnly 9 , the report of the accountant employed to investigate the union . accounts , in consequence of the rt cent embezzlements committed by Mr . Maude , was laid ; before the board by the Assistant O » mmissioner , showing a deficiency of £ 1 , 338 , 13 a . 3 Jd ., and which sum Mr . Lamb stated his intention of repaying to the guardians , as he eould not suffer the union to sustain any loss through the misconduct of a clerk who had represented him at that board ; upon which the following resolution

      was unanimously agreed to by the guardiaiis , and directed to be entered on the mi utes of their proceed-ngs . ' : — " Upon the motion of Mr , Parker , Assistant Poor Law 'Commissioner , seponded' -by " . the chairman , it was resolved , that in the opinion of this board tho conduct of Mr . Lamb , in Btatinghis intention ( o reimburse tho board of guardians -the sura of £ 1 , 338 , 13 i . 3 jd ., of \ yhich the union had been defrauded by Mr . Maudo , is honourable to hia character in the highest decree . ¦ " ,. The above Slim has been since paid by Mr . Lamb into the hands ef the trflasarer to the account of the union . —Salisbury Herald .

      LlMEBJCX . —DfiTKRMINED SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER of the RoYAt House Artiixery . —Sunday last , the neighbourhood of the Artillery Barracks was thrown into excitement by ; a rumour having / sone abroad that a private of the Royal Horse Artillery had committed suicide , by blowing off , the rbpf of his head with a loaded pistol , which turned ont to be true . It appears from the evidence token before an -inquisition , held the same day , by Sir JRichard Franklin and Mr . Crips , that the deceased , whose name was Reman Wilkinson , a ^ ed twenty-two years , one of the finest young men ia the troop , had entertained , for a long time deep affection for Maty Wilkinson , a servant of one of the offlcers . The

      flame , it further appeared , was not mutual ; Wilkinfon continued to pay his addressep , but they were slighted . Ho became reserved and gloomy ; the "fair one , " however , was obdurate . On Sunday morning , for the last time , he renewed his plaint before his inamorata , but sho still refused . He then wrote a Jetrer , couched in the most afftictionato terms , enclosed a lock of hair , and having dressed himself in his regimentals , he deliberately loaded a large horse pistol , applied it to bis head , and literally blew out his brains . Tho jury returned a verdict , that * ' We fiud j that fche deceased put an end to his existence by firing a loaded pistol at his head whilst labouring under temporary in-Banity . "

      Alaiiming Explosion of Gas—A P £ malk seriously Burned . —On Tuesday ni ^ ht , a few miuutes before nine o ' clock , an alarming explosion of gas occurred in tho jower workshop of Mr . Michelesew , a carver aud gilder , rosiding in East-street ., Manchester-square , which had nearly been attended with fatal constqijenees to Mrs . M . It appears that there was a strong smell of gas at the lower part , of the house ; and Mrs . M . imptuderitly tooka lighted canf le in her hand for the purpose of asocrtaiiiing from whence ? it arose . On opening the back kitchen door , wh : ch had been converted into a workshop , tho escaped gas from a small aperture in the pipo iunited , setting her cap , hair , and upper part of her dress on fire . She raa out of the room screaming for assistance . Several persons hastened to her , and succeeded iu extinguishing the flames , but not before she was dreadfully burnt about the face , head , and neck .

      Fatal Railway Accidf . nt . —On Thursday afternoon an accident occurred \ n the tunnel used by Cho passengera at the Liverpool 1 etminus oi' iho Liverpool and Manchester : liiie . f i'he quarter to five o ' clock train from Liverpool to Manchester had started with its usual punctuality , and owing ^ to one of the sheets on the top of the carriages not beiDg properl y secured , a porternaoiedCprinor , itithecjmpuuy' 6 f ervico , remained on the top of one of the carriages for the purpose of adjusting H . Before he had finished his job , the train was in full motion , but

      uuloruinately . as it is to bi hoped , contrary to his instructions , he attempted to descend , and jumping from the coach , came with great force against one of the carriages of a second class train from Manchester descending the inclineion the opposite liue . Ho wa 3 thrown under the wheels of the ieobnd carriage , whifih pas-ed ' over his body , as ¦ welt as did the remainder of the train . Ouo of the carriages was thrown off the line without ocoasioning any mischief , further than the stopping the train . On a ^ sistanco being procured , Connor was found lying on the rails quite dead . His body was dreadfully umtlLind .

      Singular Discovery of a SHARK .--Gaptain Rowiand , belonging to tho brig Angltsea , from Rio Janeiro for Antwerp , which arrived off Dover on Wednesday la-t , reports that on the 24 th of last montli , in lat . 53 47 , long . 10 10 W ., ho c 3 meup with tho wreck of a vest-el apparently about 500 tons burden , and of American build . The weather being favourable , he , together with several of the crow , boarced her for the purpose of ascertaining ber naran . On reaching her deck , they were startled by

      a lond Fpla = ; hing in the hold , when , upon taking off lie hnrchway , they discovered jau enormous shark en'angled amongst t ! ie beams of the ship ' s bottom , which had been carried away ; on seeing them it made a desperate dart at odo of the crew , who luckily fell back upjn the deck and escaped . After considerable difficulty , they ^ managed to -kiXl ihe oaonsier , and haul it out of the wreok on board their vessel . It measured tweiity feet in length , and was of a very great weight . The name of the wreck was not learned , on account of the stern being gone .

      Ex traordinary Whirl-winp . —The vicinity of Haihcla broad Oak > Essex , was on Friday visited by one of \ Aw . w . singular aud destructive ; phononiena . Havpily it ? tff'CtH Were confined to a 'comparatively , limited spare , ytt the damage done to prdperty ; in its course is vtry couBiderable . ' It alighted pii a farm called Ware Farm , in the qcoupatibn of Mr . Speller , Haifield Broad Oak . and passed immediately across the homestead , producing sad havoc among the outbuildings and ricks . It appears that Mr . Speller was from home at the time ( about ten o ' clock at mulit ) , and his housekeeper and- servants were awaiting his reiurn . The first indication of the approach 0 ! ' the whirlwind was an unusual uoiae , which produced a great deal of alarm among the

      in ma t < it >\ who , heating the Diteous howHng oi the yard dt- ^ , ventured to look out of the door . in order to sscer-[¦ ai n the cause , when they saw the thatch and almost iho entire roof of . " the carthouso whirled into the air , and ihe whole of the maierials of iho shed scattered in ah oireotioii 8 . They had 110 sooner retreated to tne d we ) Jinf-Jiouse , when the thatch from a yei y large barn was forced a ^ auibt it , and :-at the Bame momeut the nieBfrom the root were Dearly all torn : off , ^ hd many vt theih thrown to a great distance . It theij parsed on to tne stack-yar < J , < jnd coming in oontact with a recently-sracked hay-rick , pulled it completely to pieces , an J carried a great portion of it ue « ny halt a mile across the fields -J and so evenly was n spread , ihat it had the appearance of having

      het-n carefully laid out to dry * The live stock on the iurin fortunately escaped , although several trees around the pastures were torn up by the iroots , and maiiy ti them fhrawn to the middle of the ; fields . i'lie Bianding crops , also received bnt Jittle damage , ajia ; irom thif > itia inferred that the power o £ the wrilrlwind must have kept from three t 0 four feet fiom the ground . It ia somewhat extrabrdinari that the effects of this unaccountable visitation should be coHfined to one farm , the occt ipanta of newh'b ouring fams having heard nothing of It till the following day . The poor dog was foand ^ buried in the ruinB of , the Bhed , close to which he was

      chained , but was got out without having sustained any injury . The column of wind appears to have taken a circuit , as several trees ia aa oppoeite 1 direction were either torn up , or etripped of their braBchvS . Where it first arose cannot be ascertained , but it passed off in a north-easteply ( flirection from the farm , which faot " , was indioatea by .- ^ . tn © scattered hay . The noise produced is described as beiug terrific , and the destruction of property . is very considerable . It is a singular faot that the same spot has several times before suffered severely frora Btorms ; on one occasion nearly all the standing cora was destroyed by tempest .

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      ExEctTioN at TunAMQRB .-rWalter "Wheelefean was on Friday executed at ; the ; front of the ( Bounty gaol , in pursuance of the senteiiqe . passed , upon ; Kim at the last asrfz ? 9 , ; for : the cTueV rind "¦ njiflatnral m « jrder of his wife . ' :, '¦ ¦ - . ' " '; ; " . - " ¦ :: : ¦¦ ' : [¦ : . " ' ^ ' - ' - / ' :: ^ S alisbury .- —Supposed Mobder ' of two Infanis . —Oa Thursday an inquest was held in this city , before Mr . Wilson , oa the bodies of two children , twins ., aged two yearg , who were fbuHd suffocated in a wash-tub ; in tho yard of a lodging-house , in St . Aune ' 6-street , kopt by a person of the name of Brasher . The parents of the children are iriah . of the lower order , and their names are Charles Ester

      and Mary Ann Estor > From the examination of the witnessesi it app' ared that the children were found between one and two o ' clock oh the previoas d | iy in the wash-tub ¦; and Trom its height and : the difficulty , they must have had to climb it , ; suspicion of their having been wilfully suffocated has arisen . The inquest after a long investigation , in which several witnesses were esxaained , and amongst them two medical men of the city , were eiamiaed , wd ? adjourned by the Coroner ; in order that a post mortem examination of the bodies of the children should be made . The mother has been taken into oustody , but not examined on the inquest .

      Present of a LiLLiPimAN Horse to Hfia MajESXir .- ^ Windsor , THdsday , —A most extraordinary horse—perhaps the '' . smallest in the world—arrived at the royal mews , In Shest-street , yesterday afternoon , by the Great Western railvvay vfrom town > as » present tp her Majesty , from Java , ( in which island it was foaled ) , of the diminutive sizs Of only twentyseven and a half inches in height—indeed not SO tall as many of the Newfoundland and other dogs belonging to her Majesty and Prince Alberts This extraordinarylittle animal , which is rising five years old j is of a dark brown colour , well formed , and extremely quiet and olayfui . : ;

      Visit of the ¦ Pkbjiibb to Hoss-suiREr- ? W < 0 &Te informed that extensive preparations are _ in progress at Redcastle , the seat of Colonel . Baillie , M . p ., in that county , in expectation of i visit froci Sir Rebt . Peel , immediately after the prorogation of Parliament . Sir Robert is passionately fond of Highland scenery , and at the Qlasgow banqaet he spoke in terms of the warmest admiration of a , sSorfc tour he had when , a youth in the Westorn Highlands . There are differences of opinion here as eUewhero ^ is to the pHblio character and conduct of Sir Robert Peel , but come when he may amongst us , he will receive a "Highland weJcome . "— -Scottish paper .

      The Hon . Henry Petrb and his lady , with their servants , embarked on Monday , at Portfimouth , in the Thomas Sparkcs , bound for New ; Zealand . Mr . Petre was onn of the : first ' ¦ . body of settlers , who embarked in 1839 under the auspices of the New Zealand Company . He visited England last year on private business ; and he now fulfila his original intention of becoming a permanent Bottler in Wellington . Ho calls at the Cape of Good Hope to purchase horses for Wellington , Charge of Bigamy against a Clergyman . —The Rev . Stephen Aldhbuse , late lecturer at Allhallows , in the city , has been committed for trial at Waridsworthpolice-offiQO , charged upon the oath of Hephzibah Roberts , wi dow , "' fpr tba t he on tHft 4 th day of January , in the year 1838 , at the parish of St . James , Clerfcenwell , did marry and take to wife tha said Hephzibah Roberts , Frances Aldhouse , his lawfal wife , being then alive . "

      Suicide of a Maniac by Leaping from a Window ;—Oil ' . Saturday last , Mr . Baker , owing to the continued indisposition of his colleague , Mr . Wak-Joy ,. held an inquest at the Admiral Keppel , Fulham Road , on the body of Mr . Jaases Gl'istwood , aged 35 , a corn and coal-merchant . Deceased had been known for some time past to be subject to fits of insanity , and not long ago they were so frequent , long , and severe , that by the advice of a professionaj gcnjtbmun ,. his family were induced to cbnflne him in a Lunatic Asylum . He had been confined to his bed for the last four days , and on . We . diiosday night last he contrived to elude the vigilance of his atWndantSjWlio had not been absent from him many moments , and unpt-rceived leaped from the windovF of the second floor front room . A surge on was soon in attendance , but deceased di&d froa the ¦ injuries in two hours . Verdict' — " Temporary insanity , "

      Newark , — Recent circumatances have proved that the proprietor of this far-famed borough cannot "do as he likes with his owii ' - any longer , as that portion of tho Crown lands which was purchased by him was run up bo high by hia opponsjiius that he had paid very dear for hi ' 3 . whiatle ; and the purchase ot Woiksop Manor from the Norfolk family has been an unprofitable ' .-speculation , causing his ' establish-¦ mont i : > bo reduced , and nearly 100 labourers to be disoijargad ; and the spioy tenants who have been long in arrear have received notico to paj up ail they pwe "forthwith . " It is supposed au laraelitish banker has becomo security for his Grace ; and it is more than Buapected . that the Crown lands , so recently purchased , will pass into , other hands . The duke is at present rusticating at his seat in ; Wales . How are tho mighty fallen [ - " Correspondent of Lincoln Mercury *

      MR . SiiAitsiAN Crawford . —Mr . Sliarraan Crawford arrived in-. Rochdale--by the fiye o ' olock train , on Tuesday week ; and at half-past Seven the same evening , he met the electors and inhabitants of the borough , agreeably to no ice , in the Butta , for the purpose of giving an account of his parliaaientary stewardship . Mr . I'hom . is Livesoy being called to the chair , Mr . Crawford gave a full account of his parJianlcntary conduct during the session , and spoko at considerable length on the hew poor-law bill and tho corn laws . He mentioned the principal divisious in which he was concerned ; and spoke very highly of the independent conduct of Mr . John Fielden , of Todmbrdea , whose aid and assistance he had generally received . A motion , approving of Mr . Crawford ' s yotes in Parliament , and thanking him for his honest , strafehtforvvard advocacy of the peoplo ' s rights , was moved , seconded , and passed , without one dissentient voice ,

      The Crops in Ireland . —The operations of the sickle commenced in pur neighbourhood yesterd * y ( Friday ) morning . A field of fine wheat , belonging to Richard Burr , E ^ q , was being cut down until rain fell , which , though slight , cansed ft temporary ^^ interruption . —Nenagh Guardian—Mich&el Q uilogan , of Park , cut down on i'hursday a very hue field of white Lammas wheat , which Has turned out to be an .-abundant crop — Limerick Reporter . — Tullamore—The bavvest is rapidly approaching to maturity , and , in consequence of the very auspicious appearance of the crops , the marke's ^ re descend ing rapidljf to moderate rates . The wheat fifcld 3 present a healthy appearance , and , from the genial weather

      experienced during the ticao of caring , the grains are plump and heads large . The oar , crop is expected to bethin , but the heaas are large , and will fully make up for the thinness of the plant . Potato fields have , rarely appeared in better condition at this time oi '' the . -year . These remarks apply foa district diverging about twenty or thirty miles in every direction front Tnllamore . ^ eirjster Express A cart load of new oatmeal passed througa this town oh Saturday , for shipment to Liverpool . Wo understand the pats were grown in the rieighbourhood of Ardes . We believe this is the first new meal that has mad © its way into this town thia season . —Newry Examiner . ¦

      Hercui . es Outdone . —The most stspendous effort of human fitrennth and endurance ever exhibited , or that ever may be again , was witnessed by a large auditory on Monday evening , at the Bowery theatre . It was announced in the bills that Mons . Paul was to resist the power of two of the strongest horses to be found in New York , on a wager of 1 , 000 dollars , 'l ^ ie animals selected to pull agaiusfc him were a pair of large siziid Pennsyivania bred horses , that are in the daily habit of drawing from two to three tons ' of granite at a load , suspended f rem an enormous track used for that purpose . P ^ al ; after firing the cannpn , weighins 4001 bs . from hia shoulders , and ascending the fireman ' s rope feet uppermost to the flies , by means of his hands alone , and other Herculean feats ,

      proceeded to place himself horizontally upon a strong oak ladaer , made for the purpose , in order to make tho grand effort / Thehorges were led da by their tegulas driver , and hartiesBed to a vope fastened to Paul ' s feet . To this rope was attached three broad ribandB , or girths , one Of which V / as drawn tightly oyer his loins , and the others over each shoulder ; The brace afforded by his feet against the step of the ^ ladder , the divided power of the girths , ar . d . his hold with both hands upon the upper part of thebladdery constilutsd his only resistance to the immense power he had to sohtend with . Paul ' s bodyj when thus disposed , resembled that of a malefactbr upon the iaqaisitorial rack , preparatory to being torn to pieces . When the colossal horsea

      were brought upsn the stage and attached , to the feet of the intrepid performer , a sensation of horror seemed to pervade the house . It was deeaied certain , by those hayin g charge of the horses , that he wculd be drawn off the ladder . Tho word was giveist—the harness straightenbd—the ladder creaked and strained ^ tho two ropes by * hioh one end of it wassecured to the stagestretched and threatened to break ; the ^ ^ horses , aided by st ^ platforin ; upon the stage with cleatB to brace their feet , stramed every muscle 1 andiyein , —the well-known voice of ; the driver —the lash repeated again and againi all failed _ to force the enduring champion from Bis hold . - The ahputB of the audience ^ -ihe waving of handkerchiefsand tho withdrawal of the horses , proclaimed

      , his triamph . Pattl offered to iepeat tho pertormaBoe , and to rcsiat with one hand v aud one faot , . but the manager » cry properly would ^ not permit it . ine audienca were s atrsfied with what they tad seen , that Paul is beyond all question the mostpowerful man in eiistence . In order to convince the public that there was no trick or deception in this extraordinary exhibition , Mr . Hamblin mvited a portion of the audience behind the soenes to witness tna prepar rations , and fcsamine everything connected \ vith the performance Mr . Paul takes his benefit this even , ing , and pulls against four horses , besides introducing a variety of other new feats . Monsieur Paul attained hia eighteenth year in March laaWivVui Yorh Courier and Enquirer *

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      Maijukg ^ HpasKS . r-On fte nightfofeW'ednesiI . a-sr or early op . Tbur ^ day moxaipg , , spmev , monsteE ' ; iii human shape but J ' eiit thb tongue 3 of two valuable haHes , beloriain ^ ia "Mr . George Bieaop , cqal-inerchantjFrench ^ treet , Suubjiry . The act = was . pr © - meduated iand executed by soiae fellow well acquainted with the premises , for . it appears ihd misrcieant had first to make hisway tbroagh a qaick-sefc edge into an circhard , pass through that , and then climb over a wall six feet high * which sepia rates th . e stable-yard from the garden ; He afterwards , by means of a ladder y effected an entrance into the loifc through an aperture which had been used aa a

      window , and bo descended into the stable , where . be comajitted thO barbarous deed . The horses were f ound about six , o'clock in the moruipg iu an extreme stata of s « &ring , and upon examination it was a £ certained that five inches of tongue had boeia . cut ft-or . v each horse , and the mouths were also frightfully lacerated on either gide . What could havo been the nn 4 ire for executing « o barbarous a deed is a .. mystery , as Mr . Bishop is both a liberal and indulgent jpaaster . That gentleman has forwarded the reqaisite information to the police , and declared his itotention of sparing no expence in procuriiig the g-pprehenssoa and conviction of the perpetrator or ptrpetrators of the outrage .

      Closs of : the Inquest ir Rathjiines . —This lengthened and painful investigation torminaicd on Thursday evehiBg . We gave the particulars thi-ea weeks ago . : Shortly before seven o ' clock , the Coronerj addressing the Jury , said that the evidence had been given sib recently that it was not necessary for him to recapitulate' it j it thfTefore phty temained for him to sayi that if they helioved tha-t Mrs . Byrbd was in * sound state ofv mind during the time * tljafc she was ia the room in ' whichMr . Byrne died , their verdict should be ^ first , that suspicion attached that Mr . Byrne died by yiofence ; andj secondly , that suspicion attached / to Jlrs ; " Byrne as beiux privy fhereto ; Ifj en the contrary , they beiieved she wa 3 of unsound 'miiidv And did not know , anv thing of what , had occurred , they should of course discharga hor , ; Ho ; wotild leave them ito ' considor their verdict his

      and if any qnestioa arose which ^ required advice he would be nearathandiand re ^^ in his povtiir . ; ' . The rooin was th ; en Xssvea o ' clock ^ cleareaofail but the jury . ' , 1- ' at cleyeu o ' clock it waa reopened , when it : wai anuouticed that they hid come to a ^ verdict . '; The coroner rea' 8 orit the tolldwing verdict ^ , a . 3 that which the jury had fpuiidi—¦ 'WeBad ihat -M ^ r < . ; Augustirie- '" . "Byrhb ' - ' . wa 3 . ' "iourid dead in his bad , at No . 1 , Albert ti ? rraeo , Ra'hmiues , in the ~ parish of St . Peter , and county of : Dublin , upon ; Saturdayi the 9 : h of July , 11542 ; a . tid we fiad that the said Mr . Augus in ' e Byrno met wilh his death at said places betwvsen Sunday , iho 3 i of July , and Saturday * the 9 . h day of J uly ^ 18 12 , under very mysterious ^ circumstances , and that the strongest possible , suspici-jiis attach to Mrs . EUett Byrne , wile of said Augustioe Byrae , of said house , of being accessory thereto . " '¦¦' :. ¦ ' . ' - ¦ .

      SiiDDKs Death . —B . obsrb Drent , sergeant-major of the 60 th Rifles , stationed Vat the Pigeon house , Dublin , fall suddenly down and expired 011 Tuesday morning . A postmortem examination was held oa tho body by the surgeon of the regiment , and it appeared thaMho riglic lung was greatly diseased , and that deceased was subjeci ; to faintiii ^ s from' diboasa of the heart ; - ' . - ; ' / v

      SGUrHAMPTON ELECTION . —Monday Close of lhe Poll . Mildmay . ( Tury ) ...,.... ; t ... 63 G Hope : ( Tory ) ...... .,......... 683 Nugent ( jEladicul ) , 539 TuQiijpsoTi ( Radical ) . i . 533 Majority ..... ; ..... LJ 8

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      AsiEBtcA . —The New York packet-ship North America , reached Liverpool on Sunday morning after having been at anchor a " short .. : di . s ' tiince below the rock during the night . She has brought files of paperij froin the abov < i-aientioae < i city to the 19 : h ultimo . ; Nothing whatever has . beon allowed to transpire regarding the nesjoeiatioria on . " thebouisdary question , or other subjects" of dispute bstw < uit this country and America , iior do tho New York journals offer their usiial number of surmises , being nearly filled with a Itngthy correspondeaca between their Government and that of Mexico . The lAitav have ? demanded , in a very imperious tone ,: that the United States shall order her "' ciliz- 'us to rcfiaia from iWnishing Texas wiili ammunition or men ; and has a ? so intimated that they should also abstain from

      trading ; with that country . In reply , to those requests , the American Secretary of S ; ata writ / js , tha 5 Texsbi , having bsen rtcogm ' seif as ; an in . Jep . o ' ade ' &t-State , no iropaiiinieuta will bo throwp ia the way of her trade : and b& s c ares , in conclusion , "that tha Governmtnt of the UaiEed States , in regard to the war between Mexico and Texas , having been always hitherto governed by a : . strict and inipaiti . il regard to its neutral ol ) i gatioris , will no !; bo changed or altered in any respect or degree . " lhe T . triff Dill , embracing the "distribution clause , has passed th& House of Representatives by a email majority of four only . Two moro banks in New Orinatss , tha Mechanics' and Traders ' , and . the Uuion 4 have discontinued payisent . M'Leod was cpmpelied to seek safety in fl-ght from " . a mob , who had hootoci him ia the streets of Buffiio . '"" . ;

      Bl / isiNKSS at New York was quiet . ; Flour met « dull sale at late" rate .- ? , and cotton wa 3 not in m . uoU deoiand . Only a nsoderiite . business had Lsen doue in bills for the par-ket , The rate of Exchange © a England was ' ll > 6 " ^ to 107 ; ou Franco . 5 f . 42 e . to 5 C 45 c . ¦' . ;' . ' . ¦ -: . - ' ; ; :- -: - ¦) .: ' . . . . . . ¦ - ' Health of New Orleans . —Thero Avere seventy deaths -iu the week ending tho 7 th instant—one of spasmodic cholera . . Texas —Agreeably to the proclamation of President Houston , Copgress baa been convened at Haastorn On the 29 oh ult . the Presidcat delivered his message to that ' bodyy . It is a plain document ^ written with perspicuity , and is principally coniihed to a Ptatemenlf of the embarrassed stat 8 of the nar

      tional treasury . The Prosideuc is for disposing of the public lauds as ihe most prompt way of meeting the financial exigency . After briefly reviewing tho inoursions of tho M exicans snd his otya course relative to the preparations of the Mexicans for an offen 8 ive war , he submits the whole matter to the » diHcretion of Cbngresr , reeommentling especially to their favourable notice the national navy . Nothing of importance had 'been doiie by Congress up to the 4 ih . —We learn by thin arrival that the men are and have besn well supplied with beef , coffee , and sugar and are doing very well , and were weil satisfied . Several small partita of Indians have recently committed depredations ou the northern frontier . Ia

      the coiifliots that ensued between them snd tli 8 citizens , Iive 3 nave bern loss on Iptti sides . Gol . Patten was lately murdered lieSr his plantation in the vicinity of Bexaf . It is sapposed tha 5 the murderers were some of the disaff ¦ otad Moxicahs . Tao son of Mr . Antouib Nayarro was recently very dangerously wouuded near Seguin by the Indians . Heavy rains have fallen iu the vioinityof Victdriaj and tha planters are preparing to plant corn again for a summerrcrop . Tho lion . W . H . Landrum , while returning from a race-track about one mile west of San AugU £ t ue , waa ; shot by some person concealed in a ihickeinear tho road and very cevcrely wounded . . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ .:. - . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦' - . : - ''""¦" .-.

      Mexico . —The news from Mexico , via Havannah , is of the usual charactor . In Zicatecas , poverty and distress had arrived at such a point that tho labouring classes wero daily abandoDing their usual occupaiione , and taking to heggfhg or robbing , as the ocdabion offered . In the northern pioviucea two iVxiaii spies had been capturedj and put t > deatll eff hand . The people of Vora Gruz have ' petitioned Santa Anna to have Veta Gruz declared a free port ^ A rich gold mine has been' discovered in the San Pedro chain of mountains , in the department of Saa Luia de PotOBi , One piece weighed , it is said , eight pounds . General 'Arista had wtitten : to the

      Governor of tho dopattment , from Nlontertey , leqaestiugthftt 2 , 500 funegas of corn , and 308 horses , inighfc be sent to M » ntamora 9 , for the use of the troops atssembled there . There have been some disturbances in the department of Mexico , but the papers give ont that they had been suppressed . , The cottoa maaufacturos of Mexico yietv far frona being in a . flourishing condition . The A ^ w Orleans Courier 6 t tae 6 ih instant coiitains the following item : — " We are tola that a letter from the city of Mexico , received hero this morning viti Havannah , mentioni that the AJmerican Minister would withdraw , ia which case President Santa Anna intended to declare war immediately against the United States . *'

      HAVASNAii . —Great coinplamts are heard of hard , times amo » g the commercial uien 1 in Havannab , and among the planters pecuniary distress is representsd as great , and alm « st univorsai . , Heavy storms visited the Island of Cuba about the middle of June , which continued three or four dayfl v which ara reported to have seriously injured , the tobacco and other crops ; besides occasioning ; the loss . ofiseveraV lives . Subscriptions vyere being made among . ? thfr leading people , in aid of the sufferers by iho fir # * t . Hamburgh . The total value ; . ofVcoffee ^ exported from the island of Cuba during , theyear iWl . iwaa 1 , 426 , 024 dollars ; and of sugar , ll , 6 l 3 , 7 S 8 »; doliars f

      and the value of all the prodwts exported that yearwas 22 , 282 J 53 . This was au Jncreaw ^ f ftea" ! ^ milUon over the export of 1840 . ^ ThftSpamsh . Gpj Vernment collected in . duties ' aad twf *®^ n-tne island . m 1841 , 11 : 917 , 299 dollata ., , : ¦ ; J ; . j : ri < i& SPAiJr .--Accdurits fwiaSpaifl are of the 31 stnlfc The Infant Don Francisco da Paula and family we » to leave Madrid on the following morning foe Saa Sebastian- The Regent , the Minister * , and . sevewl personages of distinction had already takealeiive of the Princes . The troops o £ the gamsoja , hmd been , confined to tteir Quartera , in consequence , of a report that a riotons demonstration would ba made 'on the occasion of the departure of the Infant 3 . ,

      The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree ordering all tho officers of the army who had not obtained » special permission to reside in Madrid , to return forthwith to their respective corps and posts .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct766/page/3/