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      THE TORY ADVENT . ^ e T <^ leecaer , gorged witn gore that fell Prom tiie devoted country they had drain'd , grown lank with years of abstinence , would swell Ag&ln their reptile forma ; and lurfeit b tain'd TVith . Britain's dearest Wood , -would see her sink m hopaewafcropny ^ -her glories fled j Ctetby Conservatives on rain ' s brink ; Her treasure wasted , and her freedom dead J Re thinks I hear the dungeon'd captive ' s groan ; The widow'd wives * and orphan children's wall Por husbands , parents , doom'd to bondage lone : I see the transport-vessels * spreading sail ! lo ! starving millions stalk hi gaunt array , For famine's victims o ' er the isles are spread ; Yet splendour ' s shining equipage looks gay , While labour toils in Tain & » high-taxed bread

      Britain ! tkou ' rt cursed , if stern and rnthless sway Onee more its withering influence extend ; And candidates for place and venal pay Thy h&rd-earn'd rights and liberties should rend ; If the eSrct of thsir insatiate reign—BocroBtean tyranny—sheuld mould toy laws , And glut the sciffbld with thy son ' s again , A sop for Moloch ' s sanguinary jaws ! If the fell spirit of the heartless Pitt , The impulse ot the demon Castlereagh , like hell-born incubi , should scowling sit Upon thy vital energies , Away The servile thought ! regen ' rate Britain never Will snffer the f onl race of Tory knaves To blight her hopes , or prostrate the endeavour To crush the tyrants who -would make us slaves I Q . SHEEIDAS KCSSEI

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      ? SONG FOB THE MILLIONS . God of the world ! in mercy bend thine ear , Unto a starving natien ' s grievous prayer ; let not the stifled si § h and burning tear Be vain appeals for thy protecting care . 0 i stretch thy strong right arm to succour those . Who hunger ' * pangs and poverty endure , God of the millions crash thy people's foes , And in thy mercy save the snj&-ring poor . Thou great First Csnse , eternal , just and good , Whose attributes are charity and love ; Shall not thy people share alike the food _ Which Thou bast sent in plenty from above ? Shall partial laws , made by usurped power , Por ever carse the nations of the earth ? " Shall millions of thine image ever cower , - And glorious freedom never w&ke to birth ? Is It thy wffl that men shall grieve , and pine ,

      * And ale nasncooured , helpless , and unknown ? Thou who csn * 8 t see the slavery in the mine—Thou who can ' st hear from thenee the miner ' s groan ; Thou wiliest not that this should ever be ; In all thy works fair purity is found . The winds , the waves—all elements are free—Shall man alone in fetters base he bound 1 Perhh the minion formed of basest clod , Whose dastard soul ignobly does not dare In face of day to supplicate his God , That all may eqaal privileges share . ( Ever of life sad light come to oar aid—Soothe Thon our anguish , listen to our call , Let the oppressors in the dust be laid , And freedom give exulting joy to all .

      Thou who controm the planets in their course , And rnlss the varying seasons of the year—Whose haaa can stay the Iightning ' 8 mighty force , And stop the whirlwind in its mad career—Thou who givest time and space its breadth and length , And in the justice of mankind delights , Give to the people fortitude and strength , That they may gain their long-lost sacred rights . BBXJAMIU BlOXT . Manchester .

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      THE || £ I ! IONAL GALLERY , its Pictures and Piunteis . A hand-book for visitors . Bj Hzkay G . Clabkk , E = q ., Editor of "The Disfitt * Gallery . "—London : Clarke and Willan , 66 , Old Bailey . —1842 . THE NATAL GALLERY OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL ; its Pictures and their Painters . A Guide-book for visitors . By Hbhbt G . Clabkb , Esq . —London : H . G . Clarke , & Co . 66 , Old Bailey .-July , 3842 . THE DULWICH GALLEK . Y ; its Pictures and their Painters . A Guide-book for visitors . —By Hxxky G . Clauke . Editor of the P Naval Ganery , &c&c . —London : H . G . Clarke , * Co ., Old Bailey . —1842 . -

      These little works are evidently intended to be useful , and they are "well calculated to answer the end designed , and io bs safe guides io visitors , such as ¦ visitors of bus limited information would naturally desire . They hare a merit which catalogues , even when pot forth by authority , do not always possess ; that of accuracy . Mnch pains has been taken by the Editor , more especially in the Rational Gallery , on this point ; aud it is much to the credit of the Trnsteea that they have permitted it to be sold at the entrance to that collection . Some of the names of the paintings are accompanied with appropriate notes . This gives additional value io the Guide , and we hope that a similar plan will be adopted in future editions of the others as it would enhance materially their value aa guide books to the publie .

      THE LADIES' HAND BOOK OF FANCY IsEEDLE WORK AND EMBROIDERY ; containing plain and ample directions wherebv to become ft perfect mistress of these delightful arts . London : H . G . Clarke and Co ., 66 , Old - Bailey . 1842 . This little work 5 cheap , elegant , and accurate , Trill become a favourite with every fair votary of the art of needle work . The directions are so plain that any yonnp lady who will exercise her thinking powers upon what she readsmay soon learn to exceL The anthor appears to have had a perfect conception of Vf hat a hand book should be , and the task is executed with clearness and precision .

      The work is divided into chapter ? , and embraces ample information on the preparation of frames , materials for working , instructions for working , instmetions in embroidery , &o .- &c . besides which , there are spscial instructions , explanation of stitches , suggestions as to patterns , and an introduction and conclusion full of valuable matter . The Work is , in truth , mtillum in parco , and deserves the encouragement , which we donbJ not it will leceive .

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      UNITED STATES . By the arrival of the Arcadia , which came to anchor in the Mersey , last Saturday morning ,- important intelligence is received relative to the boundary question , which Is believed now to be finally Bettled . * The National Intelligencer of the 20 th nit . has the following remarks on the negociation : — " Lord Ashburton is believed to have held out long for the entire Madawaska settlement . Bat the Maine commissioners are said to have been as immovable as any four pine stumps on the disputed territory . So Maine , under the arrangement , goes to the river St . John ' s . It is not unlikely , we learn , that the line which the Dutch arbiter decided for , the line

      of the St . John ' s and the St . Francos , will b 9 agreed to . But then Maine gets what the Dutch king did not give her , the navigation of the river ; and this trebles the value of all her tall p : ne trees . West-Trardly of the St . Francis , England takes a tract of Biountadn land , untimbered , and of no earthly valne but as a boundary ; and she relic quisles to the United States RoaBe ' s-point , the key of Lake Champlain , and a large territory heretofore supposed to belong to . New York and Vermont , but which turns out to lie north of the 45 Jh degree of latitude , and is therefore a part of Canada . It is said to be , and probably is , in consequence of this cession , that the

      United States Government agrees to pay a sum to each of the States of Maine and Massachusetts for the acres they have parted wiih ; not mere than a Quarter as mnch , however , as General Jackson offered to give to Maine alone , during his administration in the year 1832 . It is thought there are questions of boundary further up , as the secretary of Et&te has summoned here the commissioners , &c . who ran the line , or endeavoured to do so , under the treaty of Ghent ( bat could not always agree ) , from the river of Si . Lawrence to the Lake of Woods ; and it is supposed that all remaining questions , in that far-off world , will be settled . "

      The Weekly Herald ot the 30 th says— " We have _• received . highlyimportant intelligence from Wash"^ g * * indicating that the new treaty with England tT ^ iproiaJAy be rejected at the senate of the United Js e 8 » " , ?? u * tbat &e whole of our commercial rela-Heas with that power will fce thrown open to the ¦ ? 5 ™* £ * ke wide ocean . The promulgation of the ( •*»«»* a kealy &r the settlement of fcha bouKdary ? * M sees KBccetsfoliy made by the American execu-H * W and fee- British uleniDotentiarv . h » d created

      ^ ' •' . ^ siteiBentamong the political circles of Washington . We are informed , on what we « on-*» TBio be competent authority , thai the nltras of 'Waenate will form « coalition , aad reject the If **? hy * very considerable majority ^ This treaty , ftwiU be- recdi&eted , is nearly tht same which grew tot ef the award of the King of the Netherlands . If wureia any difference , the terms are not iseaedso « wmraile a » tha » was . , ThaM treaty was rejected JByue senate during the presideney ti Gtneral •»« 8 oa—the Whig -party , ihea i « tke aiaori ^ , * « Bg the erieeiBal opponents of its passage . We

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      are now informed , positively , that the democratic senators—particularly those in favour of Mr . Van Buren—are already ont in opposition to the treaty , deaounoing it as . anti-national and anti-American Mr . Silas Wright and Mr . Bnchannan are probably both of this opinion . On the other side , it is also stated that Mr . Mangum , and those who act with him , intend to assume a similar position . A caucus or confutation was , however , to beheld on Monday , to deti . Ouine what line of conduct they would adopt . The chances were that the Ultra .-Whigs would assume the same grounds as the Ultra-Locofocos had , tad that the treaty would be rejected by a large vote . This intelligence may be relied upon . It is obvious , therefore , that our relations with England are in a more ticklish condition than they have been for aquarter of a century past . We are assured that on the rejection of the treaty , Lord Ashburtou will immediately return home in the Warspite , and Mr . Fox will demand his passports and follow him . "

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      . Featos at the Custom-hocsb—An important inquiry is now pending at the custom-house , connected with fraud to a great extent on the revenue , having been committed by parties holding high and responsible situations . Already seven officers have been suspended . One of the officers has absconded . —Times . Quid pbo Q , do . —An Englishman on landing at Calais , called for a barber . One was speedily in attendance , and the traveller thus addressed aim : "My dear fellow , I am extremely sensitive in the matter of the heard ; here is a guinea if yon shave me without cutting ; there is a pair of pistols ; if you cat mo , I will send the contents throngh your br&iu on the instant . " w Fear not , " said the barber , and away he went to work "with the utmost care ,

      circumspection , and delicacy of operation . The task being completed , the enchanted Englishmen observed , "You were not afraid of the pistote then . " u No , my lord . " » And why ! " "Because , " replied the barber , "if I had been unlucky enough to make a slip , I wonld have cnt your throat . " At Weils Assizes , last week , the Reverend Thos . John Theobald , Rector of Nunney , was tried for two criminal assaultB on Caroline Dorm ' s , a housemaid at the Rectory . The prosecutrix described the assaults as having taken place , the one in Mr . Theobald ' s dressing-room , where she went to take Borne net water one morning , and the other at night in her own bed-room , which she had been provided

      with at the defendant ' s special desire apart from the cook . She did not tell Mrs . Theobald , who was very near her confinement ; but she told the cook and her aunt of the first assault , who advised her not to leave her place , as Mr Theobald promised not to repeat the offence . She left the house on the morning following the seoond attack , and told her aunt . Cross-examination drew from the prosecutrix that she had some time back admitted one Piper to the closest intimacy ; and before b&r . Coekburu had concluded his address for the defence , or called evidence , the Jury interrupted the trial and acquitted the prisoner .

      Re-Assembling of Parliament . —We have heard a ram our that it is the intention of ministers toreassemble Parliament in a short time , in order to pass a Coercion Act for the manufacturing districts . We notice the rumour , to express our entire and complete disbelief in it . Though the manufacturing population have ceased to labour , and in many cases have forced others to ceaBe from labour , the actual outrages committed by tbera , taking all circumstances into consideration , have not been of an aggravated character . With the exception of their

      conflict with the police at Manchester , they have caused no deaths , and inflicted no wounds . They have broken windows , and in the Potteries have burned down houses ; but for these offences , particularly the latter , which is a heinous crime , the law already provides . Additional penal laws , or a Coercion Act , might exasperate the people , but could not prevent offences , and would injure trade . It would go far to reduce tas manufacturing districts to the condition of Ireland . Such a policy would be , indeed fatal , and we give the rumour that Sir R . Peel intends to adopt it an emphatic denial . —Sun .

      IKPUDK 5 T ROBBKBT BT A DASHIKGLT DRESSED Female . —Cavtioh to Tradesmen . —On Saturday , information , was given at the different police stationhouses of a most impudent robbery committed on the preceding evening by a dashingly-dressed female . It appears that on Friday evening a carriage drove np to the shop door of Mr . John Metealf , jeweller , Pall-mall , out of which a fashionably-dressed female , about thirty years of age , alighted , and entered the shop . She spoke in a mixture ot French and Eaglish , and requested to be shown some diamond ring 3 . ; A variety were placed before her , out of which she selected four , of a half-heop put tens , the value of which was £ 100 . She then represented herself as the wife of Count De Morel ,

      private secretary to the French Ambassador , and desired that the rings with a bill should be sent to the honse No . 39 , Albion-street , Hyde Park , at half-past seven o ' clock , when the amount of the latter would be paid . The rings were sent at the time named , and the Countess , who it appears took care to be close , to the door , informed the shopman that she wished to show them to a lady in the house . The shopman , having do suspicion in the matter , Teadily consented to her wish ; but ihe Countess no sooner got hold of the valuables than she " bolted , " and the shopman , to his great consternation , found that she had only taken a lodging in the house on the same morning , and he was obliged to return home minus the rings or their valne .

      MvEDER at Swasska . —On Tuesday morning last , the town of Swansea was thrown into a state of very great excitement , in consequence of a report that a poor Irishman , named John Bowling , had been murdered in cold blood early that morning by Eome five men . It appealed by the evidence adduced ou the coroner ' s inquest , that a quarrel had taken place early on Tuesday morn-ng between some Irish women , who lived in the same court as the deceased . The five men charged ¦ with the crime were attracted to the spot by the noise . Soon after those men attempted to take indecent liberties with the women—spoke of their intention of passing the night with them , which conduct some of the Irishmen resented . Blows ensued , and the Irishmen were worsted , and two of them beaten dangerously . Soon after , the deceased , John Bowling entered the

      court , and said , " What is all tbis noise about ! ' ' when the five men said , "We will soon let you knowyyou Irish — - ; " and with that he was cut down with a hatchet , and fell dead at once . After he had fallen he was kicked and stabbed repeatedly , and his wife , in attempting to save him , received very dangerous injuries . An inquest was held on Tuesday , and adjourned to Wednesday , for the purpose of receiving further evidence ; but , from the evidence already produced , there cannot be the slightest doubt of the guilt of the five men , as all equally participated in the destruction of the unfortunate deceased . Another Irishman who ran to his assistance waa so severely kicked , that no hopes are entertained of his recovery . The police were most active , and apprehended all the prisoners in the course of the

      mornmg . ExjEJfsrrE Foegehies by the Vestey Clerk of St . LtTKK , Middlesex . —Considerable consternation prevails among the rate-payers of the parish of St . Luke , Middlesex , in consequence of the discovery that Mr . Joseph Barton , who for above four years hi * been vestry clerk , and has also occupied the situation of clerk to the trustees , had committed forgeries on the treasurer by means of forged checks , to an amount between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 . About a jnon'h ago he a > ked permission of the board of trustees to be allowed leave of absence for a few days , with his family . The board granted him a week , when he went out of town , as was snpposed to

      Ramsgatg or Margate , and left his son , who was bis assistant , to transact his business duriDg his absence . Last Monday , as he was some days bejond his time , that being board-d ry , it was discovered that a forgery had been committed through the means of the-banker ' s cheques , to which the names of persons alleged to be trustees were attached , but who did not belong to the board . It is the practice when a cheque is drawn out , for two of the trustees to affix their signatures to it , when it is countersigned by their clerk . An inquiry was in consequence made at the banker =, fciesETB . Masiennan and Co ., to ascertain how thesignaturesoj ' aseumed trustees could have succeeded in having cheques cashed , when in the list of

      trustees "which isforwaided to thebankerssuchnames were notincluded , as having beenthoseof such persons who were returned at the antecedent Easter election , when it wa 3 found , to the Burprise of the trustees , that the names had been transmitted to the banker . It was then discovered that , in addition to the autographs , which had been sent to the bankers after the Easter election of trustees , snd which is always done subsequent io an election , the clerk had added the autographs of three imaginary trustees , and that in defrauding the parish he had made use of these fictitious names for that purpose . From that time to the day on which their clerk absconded , not the slightest suspicion was raised that he was acting dishonestly to the board . As far as has been ascertained , above £ 3 , 000 has been obtained by means ef these forged checks , from the bankers , and which it is believed

      has been entirely changed for gold at the bank , as , for a fortnight previous to the Ssh insfc ., he was in the habit of sen < iing a person there with notes , for which the person brought hack gold . In one day twenty £ 10 notes were eo exchanged . Application was made on Friday to the Lord Mayor , at the Mansion houseforawarranttoapprehend him , and which wonld be placed in the hands of the Forresters . ^ It is . supposed that he has gone with his family , which consists of his wife , a son , and four daughters to America . The trustees have offered £ 200 reward for his apprehension . A few weeks ago Reid , who ¦ was oae of the beadles of St . Lnke . ' s , and who was previously a Eerjeant of the G division , suddenly absconded , when it waa di « e 6 Tered that he had been borrowing money of various tradesmen in thsparitb , in sums varying from £ 10 to £ 59 . '

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      The Murder , at Highbury . —On Friday it was ordered by government that Mrs . Daly , the widow of Timothy Daly , the murdered policeman , should be paid £ 450 from the treasury . Mott , the baker , who was wounded , £ 50 , and . Moss the policeman , £ 20 . The two latter persons are perfectly recovered , and are now at their psoal vocations . Moss is performing duty in the N division . Thb tbial of Mrs . Byrne , for the murder of her husband , closed on Monday , after lasting two days . The body was found in Mr . Byrne ' s bed , in a state of great decomposition . Several medical witnesses

      were examined , the general tenoHr of whose evidence was , that the appearance of the- body indicated death by strangulation , bat not with sufficient certainty to induce conviction . The arguments for the defence were that death must have been produced by apoplexy or epilepsy , the result of excessive intoxication ; and that Mrs . Byrne must have partaken of the intoxicating drinks to such an extent as to be unconsoious of what was passing around her . The Jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty , " which the prisoner heard with thesameindifference that she had manifested throughout the trial .

      . A Labouring man was discovered last week in the footman ' s waiting hall at Windsor Castle . He had been lying for an hour on a bench near a stair * case leading to the snite of private apartments and ihe Royal nursery . He was taken before the Earl of Liverpool , Lord Steward of the Household ; to ¦ whose interrogatories he replied , that he had : that day walked thirty mile ? , and come to Windsor Castle for his pension , and that he had followed a pot-boy into the Castle . When he was about to be removed , he made a slight resistance , saying , "I ' ve now gat into good quarters , and here I'll stay for the night . "

      He was , however , taken to ; the Station-house ; andoD Tuesday to London , where he was cxinrincd at the Home Office , before Mr . Hall , the Police Magistrate . He proFed to be Thomas Quested ^ a native of Maidstone , who has an insane idea that he i 3 * fc Lord Godolphin d' Arcy " ; and he had gone simply to * ask the Queen to reinstate him in his " rights . " He has a mad sister ; and medical examination has put his insanity beyond ; ,-a . ' doubt . On Thursday , he was again examined and was committed to Bethlehem Hospital under the Home Secretary ' s warrant , there to remain during the pleasure of the Crown . ;

      At the Gloucester Assizes , William Dwyer , Jeremiah Dwyer , and Charles Dwyer , ( three brothers , ) James Regan , Patrick Donovan , and Dennis Callasban , were tried for tho murder of Roberts , the Policeman . Very early on the morning of the 19 th of Jane , some of the men were found by Roberts and another Policeman quarreling , and raisiug a disturbance in St . James ' s Baok , Bristol . In leading them off to the Station-house , Roberts was attacked by tlse Dwjers : Charies Dwyer struck him on the

      head and kicked him very brutally ; and he died in consequence of the injuries within eight and forty hours . The Jury returned a verdict of * Manslaughter " against Charles Dwyer , William Dwyer , and Rpgan ; acquitting the osber three prisoners , and accompanying their verdict with a recommendation to mercy , oa tho ground that it appeared to them that Sktdaer , the other Policeman , struck the first blow . Charles Dwyer was sentenced to triBsportation for life ; and Regan and William Dwyer to ten years ' transportation .

      At Bow Street , on Wednesday and Thursday , several persous were charged with bearing or exposing at their dcors placards couched in "inflammatory " lar . guage , and annouueitig meetings to be held on Tuesday and Thursday at Stepney Green and Islington . The bearers pleaded poverty , and ignorance or inutteniiou to the nature of the placards : two of them could not read / They were let off under their own recognizances to keep tho peace or to appear in answer to any future charge . Craven , a coal shed-keeper , in St Pancras , Baid that the placard had been hung at his door at the request of a customer , while he was out ; and he promised to take it down . The case was dismissed . Jeans , a hairdresser , in Snow ' s Fiulds , Southwark , had also exhibited the placard at his door io oblige a customer ; but he vindicated his right to do so , and refused to remove it : and he was ordered to find two sureties under penalties of £ 20 each , that he would answer any charge at the Central Criminal Court .

      Temperance . —The advantages of the spread of teetotalism in Ireland are strikingly illustrated in the improved condition of many of the agricultural labourers who annually visit England at this period of the year compared with the wretched state in which all for many years appeared , with rags barely sufficient to cover them , and their pallid looks indicating their love of ardent drink . Articles of grocery were rarely needed ; but now coffee and sugar have supplanted gin and whisky . This pleasing alteration forced itself upon the notice of the principal tea-dealer in Boston , to whose shop multitudes of the son ? of Erin have applied for the useful articles he vends , and a few days Bince one man purchased lor himself and comrades thirty five packages of coffee and sugar at one t me . —Bravo , Father Mathew and Teetotalism!—Lincoln Mercury .

      The Assize Court at Devises tras occupied on Wednesday and Thursday , with an action for breach of promise of marriage , brought by itissRooke , aged twenty-six , ihe daughter of a tradesman at Salisbury , » gaiust Mr . Conway a hale widower of Bixty-seven . Miss Rooke passed eleven mouths at Mr , Conway ' s house in 1839 , ostensibly on a visit to the daughter j and in that time the host" gained her affections . " He went eo far as to Bit on the came sofa with his arm round her waist , to walk with , her morning and evening , and to correspond by letter ; wording his effusions cautiously , however , and using a feigned name . He was proved to be worth £ 2 , 000 , or £ 3 , 000 . The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff , witu one farthing damages .

      Father Mathew in Glasgow . —On Wednesday asenous accident occurred in the Cattle Market , during the time Father Mathew was administering the teetotal pledge . Three lads , the better to view the proceedings , had mounted upon a chimney Black built of brick , but the weight was too heavy , and the stack gave way , whereby the whole three were thrown to the ground , the bricks and rubbish falling Hpon them , and we regret to say that ouo of them has lost his life . Tho other two were very severely bruised , but not so dangerously but that hopes are entertained for their recovery . Fa . htr Mathew has been engaged the " entire day in . the" Cattle Market , pledging and confirming the thousands who have flecked t » his standard from all quarters . —Glasgow Chronicle .

      SmCiDE . —Shortly after four o'clock on Saturday morning , as a ballast engine was conveying some policemeu and excavators along the Eastern Coun : i < is Railroad from the tt-rmiuuB at Shoreditch to Siralford , they noticed what appeared to them a man Bitting against the pailin ^ s which divided the line from the Old ford » road , Bow , apparently asleep . They , thinking it a very dangerous place for a person to be , particularly afc that time of the morning , immediately stopped thb engine and reversed it ; and on coming to the spot where the man wasj they soon discovered that ho was suspended by a rope , it being made fa ? t to somehcok 9 on the top of the

      palling to prevent persons getting over ; and to carry his design into tffct , he was obliged , the pailing not being high enough to extend his person in a setting position , to lighten the rope round his neck and strangle himself . He is aboat forty years of age , and was drcssid in a black frock coat , black waistcoat and trovFoers , aud his hat had a piece ot crape around it . No property was found in his possession , except a pocket- book and a duplicate . The engine-drivers and svokexs of' the various engines , wh' > were goinn up and down the line all night , have been questioned as to whether they had seen him before , but nut the slightest informa . iiuu could be obtained .

      A Cheque stolen fkom the Custom House . —For some time past , private investigations by the borough magistrates have been going on with respect to the circumstances attcmiina ; the lo ; s of a cheque , for £ 110 10 . s . lid ., from the Custom Hou = e . io appears that on the 7 th of July a cheque for that amount ^ drawn on Messrs . Maddisons , was paid into the Custom House by Messrs . Forders , spirit-merchants ^ and in the course of business handed over to : Mr . Graves , of that establishment . The following day Mr . Graves missed the cheque , an . i from thenuiry of business at the time it was paid , he did not recollect whether he had put the chtque into the cashbox , or had accidentally laid it on his desk . An immediate inquiry was made at Messrs . Maddison's

      bank , when « wag found the cheque had been pre-Bented immediately after the opening of the bank in the morning , by a young man named Job Earle , a porter at the Vine Inn , and cashed by Mr . Maddison with twenty-five five pound notes , five sovereigns , and ten shillings and elevenpence . Earle had left the town , and irom that time to this the most active exertions have been made by P . S . Terry , who , on Wednesday last , in consequence of information he had obtained , proceeded to Havre , and there , with the assistance of two of the French police , apprehended Earle , and got him on board the steam-vessel , and brought him over to Southampton . On the voyage , the prisoner , without any promise or inducement , made the following statement : —He said he went out one morning to fill his backets with water , and saw the old man -who sweeps the long room of

      the Custom House come down , and empty a tub of some rubbish , in which were some pieces of paper . He ( the prisoner ) went and searched amongst it for some pieces of string , and amongst the papers he found a cheque . He took it to the Vine ; and shewed it to the cook , who could read better than he could , and Bhe told him it was not worth anything . After he had had his breakfast , he went ap to Maddison ' s bank with the cheque , and "Mr . Maddison paid him the money without a word . He * gave one of the £ 5 cotea io bia father and two others to his siBter-in-law , and then went off to Bristol . Afterwards , he went to Rouen , in France . About a iortmfeht * back he got tipsy at the house of a inj , au- named ' Frtzpatriek , stt RoueH , and during the night Ho was robbed of sixteen of the £ 5 notes and some French silver . The prisoner was folly committed to take his trial for the felony . —HampshireIndependent , ' . ' : '"

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      Ttphps Fever has prevailed iu Paris for the last six weeks or two months , with an intensity equal to , if not fittrpaBaingythat of the epeidemic of 1841 . The . Lord Hingerford ( East Indiamen ) , Honour , able Cbmpany . Service , has arrived off the Isle of Wight froin CalcQtia , having on board Lord Auokland late ^ (^ erno « iGeneraT « f Jndia , and family ; her dates of leaving are—from C ^ lcattagJklarch 12 ; Algea Bay , May 27 ; and St . Helena , June 27 ; . ' . • The MoDBt Pbison at Pentonvilte ^ is now epmpleted , and it is nnderstood that it will be open for the reception of inmates early next month . In the mean time , all the appointments will be filled np . The applications for the prinpipal situationa have b&dh very nqmeroua . UpwardB of ; one hundred candidates for the appointment of Governor have

      Bent m teBtimoniah ? , most of them respectable and competent persons . The salaries will be asfollow :--Governor , , £ 600 per aniium ; Surgeon , £ 400 : Chaplain , i £ 300 ; Deputy-Govern 6 rVie 200 ; MaBtermanufaoturer , £ 200 | with suitable residences , &c . The inferior officers , with residences outside in the angles , will have sahwies fromj £ 120 to £ 60 . : ; Theek IS now living in this county a man named Ripley , who for the last eighty years ( without intermiBsjon ) has taken out a hawker ' s license , and has consequently p * id to government upwards of £ 300 . The patnarchal hawker still travels the country , although he is now at the advanced age of 103 . The above fact was related to Mr . Taylor , stamp distributor ofthistowh . by a grandson of the aged Ripley , who also exercises the same oalling . ^ -Sussfi Advertiser . ¦• .. - ' : ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ . ' w -: ¦ - . .-: ' . ¦; . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ -. ;• ' . ¦ ¦ - " ¦ . - ..

      A Man GoaED to Death bt a Bull ' , —Wednesday morning , a man ; named Grooves , a glazier , residing at Feltham , whilst passing , through la . narrow meadow belonging to ^ Mr . J . Parson ^ ofHyde farm , near Wallint ; field , was attacked by a -bull . Grooves instantly took to his heela , but being hard pressed by the infuriated animal , ho contrived to asoejid a tree growing in the meadow , from which be shouted for assistance to a party of labourers who were harvesting jh an adjoiuin « field . The men accordingly entered the meadow , armed y ? ith stickB , arid

      attempted to drive the bull away from the tree , round which the animal continued to walk , apparently waiting tho descent of the : man Grooves , but on their approach : the bull made at : tbcin furiously , and whilst they were in the act of making a hasty retreat , one of the party fell on his hands aud knees , and before ho could recover himself , the buil drove ifshoru 8 completely through the uufortunutema , u ' H body , and , shocking to ^ relate , killed him upon the spot . The poor /• ¦ f ellow ' : belonged to the parish ot Feltham , and ha . ! left a wife aad seTea children to deplore his untimely fate . f : : ' . ' : : J"Sr ¦¦''¦ "¦?¦ - ¦¦¦

      .- -. Thb Corporation— ---End : of Mr . 'vO'CoNWEt ' t ' s MAyoHAUTy .-rMr . O'ConDoll has annouticod that ho doe 3 cot : again assume thei office of lord- mayor ; and thus those : sanguine beings who calculated so complacently oa trautferring the burthi n of his maintonarice from their shoulders to those ' of the Citizens of Dublin , have that cup of consolation dashed from their lips for tho present . Hci as ^ iiins as hia reason the improprioty of holding civic office while so exclusively engaged in political ayitatidnaa

      ho says ho intends henceforth to bo . We ftiv « . him every credit for assigning a suflioientroason , if jt . be the true one ; but tho truthy wo have no doubi is , thatr the several lord mayors expootant have kicked against the proposal Of keeping him ^ crpeiualiy in office , and that ho finds it safer- to reiiro with a goorl grace than to riska wore fiummary fjeotipn . Be it as it may , he goes to ronewau agitation , the cessation of which , he admits , has beon attended by a deoided advantage to the ^^ country .- —Dublin Evening Mail . - ¦ : ¦ ' - : . ¦ ' ¦ V : ¦ ' : . - '¦ ^ v . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' : - - ¦ :. '¦ : ' ¦ '''¦'¦ ¦ "¦' - - ¦ ? :

      Petition from Guernsey for an u lMPBdv ? . D Constitution . " ^ At a special ^ sitting of the douiztiiers of St . Peter Pat , at Guernsey , oh Thursday last , to take into consideration the present state oF affairs of that island , after a long and animated discussion , a resolution was proposed and carried , that an application be made to her Majesty for a change in the constitution of iho states of that island ; and a committee was appointed to take the preliminary measures that are necessary for carrying that resolution into effect . At tho same sitting a committee was appointed to present a petition to the royal court , praying for a repeal of the ordinance of the 24 th of April , 1824 , which prohibits the importation of French cattle into that island on pain of confiscation . The revocation of this ordinance is considered bul an aot of justice , aa the operation : of Sir ¦• R . Peel's new tariff has removed all obstacles for the introduction of cattle to the other branches of her Majesty ' s dominious . v ¦ : :

      An Enlightened PotiCEMAN . ' —David Ridge , a poor fellow literally in ra » 3 v was charged at Q , aeen Square with being destitute ; A police constable of the P division proved that he found the poor fallow lying in Belgrave Terraoo asleep . ^ He eaid ho was destitute , and had no plabo to g 6 t ? T Mr . Bllrrelll ' Is the poor man suffering under mental dehility ?" "Why , yes . Sir / ' sai ' oj ! . -. thei polioeinan , "he hag & shocking bad coat and waistcoat , hia shirt is all in rags , and he hasn't got any fihoes to hw feet . " This reply produced considerable laughter . Mr . Burrell directed that the poor follow should be taken to the Workhouse . v ' : " - ¦ : . - ¦¦' " - ' . ¦' ;• ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ - '

      The Augsburg Gazette of the 12 fch instant publishes a letter from Canstantinople , of the 27 th July , stating that the manifoato of the 3 hah of Persia against Turkey left no hops of an amicable arrangement between those two countries . "The Porte considered the war aa inevitable , bting determined not to make any concession to the Shah , either as respected the boundary-liue or tho required indemnity . " At one of its last deliberations , the Divan had resolved to appoint ss Generalissimo of the army of operations the uncle of the ^ reigiiing Shah , and brother to- the lato Aobas Mirza , who . lives retired in Asia Minor , and has repeatedly applied to the European Powers for aid to enable him to re ?

      cover his throne . The object of the Graud Vizier was not only to conquer the Shah , but to dethrone him and substitute in his place the Pretender , who is said to hayei a powerful party in Persia fiutlzzit had been compelled to abandon that project , in consequeaco of the Ambassadora of Great Britain and Russia having declare i that the reigning dynasty was placed under the protection of their respective Courts , who would oppose the usurpation of the sceptro by another branch of the Royal family . Aocording to advices direct from Constantinople of the 27 oh , the goneral impression is that there will be no serious rupture , but that the offered mediation of Great Britaiii and Russia will be effectual . ¦

      Charge of Murder against a Liverpool CAPrAiis ' . —Thames Police . —On Saturday ^ Capt . Partridge , master of the Jarrow , of Liverpool , vyas charged with tho wilful murder of three Spisnish sailors on the high seas , between the eosst Africa aRtl Tencriffe . Thjj prisoner was brpHghthome in confinement in her Majesty ' s steauier Albajn , which arrived ou Friday at Wooivvkh from Teneriffe , where Captain Partridge had been for sohle time detained by the Spanish authorities for non-payment of a fiue of £ 400 for cruelty towards tho seamen . : On being claimed by the Koverument ,. fhe prisoner was given up . The first wunesawa-a Joseph Fishbr , who said he went out as a boatswain in the Jarrow , and came home as rhato : hegave his evidence very reluctantly ,

      but the magistrate pressed and threatened him , saying he was determined to . get tho whole of the . facts ontoi him . Ho then said , the ship was bound from Africa to Liverpooi , and soon jtfter she sailed , fhe became very leaky , which compelled them to pat into Prince ' s Island , where they shipped four Spaniards as able Beamien , but who proved to be quite the reverse .. TK ^ y had bcQn takeu out of a slaver by a man-of-war , and were all ill when they came oa board , but two of them . ' . particularly so . Tho first , wnom they called Humbry , was flogged becauBo he could not do his duty properly ; he died six weeks after he was fir&t beaten ; he was flogged repeatedly ; neither of tho Spaniards had a haiumock ; they had small mats and rugs to lie upon :

      the . day before he died witness found him in the scuppers , and pulled hi in out ; ho supposed he had been ' sitting oiii some of the spars , aud by the rolling of the ship fell off . The secoad , called Marianna . was contiuHally flogged by the captain ; he wag beaten thirty-six hours before he died , oo tho head with a double-folding log-slate , the frame ot which broko into a dozen pieces | the-, man ' s , head was cnt severely and bled profusely ,: buti he was , nevertheless , kept on deck for two hours :. until ; hi j time was up , and then he went to the pump ; he either could not or would riot puinp , and the captain sent him into the ringing for four hours and a half : when he left tho rigging , he was insensible , and never moved afterwardg . The third man was called

      Rosanii © . ' Ha was beaten as often as the others ; he was flogged before he had been on board a dozau hohi' 3 , because he could not pump hard enough . This mau did not die until they \ - reaohed Teneriffo ; witness had repeatedly ' seen the captain knock him down ; the maa was dirty , and he died throush that and weakness and hard work * When the Bhip perforiusd quarantine the man was mustered with the others at the gangwayjibuinpthihjf ! was said to the doctor , who came alongside , about his being ill . All three of the men went to the puinps when they could sbarcely atahdi Witness had reported to tte captain that ona of the Spaniards was too ill to come on deck , and was ordered to rouse him dead or alive . The prisoner eaidI he found the

      Spaniard asleep at the helm . and therefore he gave him a " Blap ?? with the slater- Richard Gerard , oar pen ter of the ship , detailed a number of gress cruelties , and added that the Spaniards had less vrovifiioBS than the other menV The man whftAdiea at Tencriffa had his arm in a sling , owing to : a . wound in the hand he received irpia the eaptain . They had Bhipped two Frenchmen at Liverpool ; one ran away at Teheriffe , and the other disappeared frona the ship one morniug when oa the coast « f Africa . : Iit-.-. * jriis ; supposed Jjejuujped overboarci v a , nd he ^ wari thomght to be out of his mTnd ^ Other f itnesses de 5 o ;? ed tb the extreme cruehids praotiaed towards tho Spaniards , aud ultimately the magistratea xepiaadeel she prisoner on thachar ^ e » f tturuer , in order that he might ebnsUlfc-with his frienda , and ebtain prpfeiK siooftl adHce . previous K kis being oozamitted .

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      HiohLipb Below Stairs . —A ScaNE at Crock JOM's ; and LiABitiiv oif Hcsbands . —Amos » JBNrtiNGS . —In tbe Secondaries' Court , CFuildball , oa Friday , bafore Mr ; Secondary Potter and a cammen jury an action was brought by the plaintiff , Mr . T . Ataoa , landlord of the Bell , Mount-street , Qccsvenor-Bquare , to recover of the defenuant , a Mr . Jennings , " night w » iter , " at the St James ' s Club , better knawn as Crockf « rd' 8 , the sum of £ 5 3 s . 4 ^ -i , the balance of £ l « 18 s . i | d , for meat and drink aupplied to the defendanfa wife . Mr . James waa counsel for' the plaintiff ; and Mr . Baaly for the defendant . —From the statement of the learned gentleman it appsured tbat in the month of September , 183 $ , the dependent and fats -wife came to reside at No . 58 , Mount-street , ntxfc door to the Bell , and on the 3 rd

      of that monta the plaintiff began to supply the wife with beer and meat for her dinner , the husband sleeping at homo in tbe day , but dining at seven o ' clock in tho evening , with the test of tho " ^ waiting gentiemen " at the \ ¦>• club . * ' The plaintiflf cohtioued to supply meat , drink , &o ., to Mrs . Jennings until the 9 th of June in thefoHo » ing ; year . ~ To prove the plaintiffs case , Sophia Bradley , the barmaid waa called , and a wok to supplying Mra . JyBninga and her child , ¦ with beer , meat , and vegetables / alraoBt daily . But did not recollect her having any spirits , ^ klr . Jennings was generally at home . She went through a great part of the bill p ' fI paxtioutarsy ¦ which consisted of nvt pages , to theuneasinesa ef the jury ,- ; ' who thought they would be obliged to hear the whole , as the counsel tor the

      defendant appeared determined to faaveovety itemptffpetly . made out , so that hia clitut shouhtTiotibe charged for " gin . " On cross-examination , ahe stated Mrs . Jennings waa often the worse for liquor , but the gin was got at the ' Compasses , " and not at the Boll . She took the bill to Mr . Jonuings after he left Mount-street , and he said if she came again he would kick her oat . —Mr . Dann , a baker , carrying on business at No . 58 , aaid he almoBt daily saw the dinaer go by hia shop : to iUra Jennings ' a , and from the odoriferous ; smell of the coofeed raeata going up stttira , he always felt an appetite' for his dinner ( laughter ;) . Mr . Jennings vas iilways at hems then , ami if bew » . not - 'asleep , was playing the cornopean , whiiathi 9 > if 9 was eating the dinner on the atairs . ( Xoud langhter ); Neter had the

      felicity to cook a joint for Mrs . Jtmningg . She often cooked vegetables , and was preoioua fond of peas . —Ciosa examined . Coald ^ rit tell whether it was ; always hot meat as a plate waa " kiyoted' * over it ( Laughter . ) Mrs . Jennings vteg often drunk . Mr ;; Bushy contended that the wceuns-. vas a fabricated ono and that the defendant was cot liable , as there was no necessity : forisupplytngliis wife m % h soi mueh beer . He contended that he was nsfc liable , aa his wife was living with him and had every thing necessary , and also that the plaintifftod been tolrt not to let htir nave things—The secondary said that the Lusband was liable for any amouat of good * received at the place where he was living with his wife . —Mr . Buaby said the credit was given to the woman , and : not to the main r and ,

      therefore , he / was not liable to be called . —Georife Bryan , an attorney ' s clerk , deposed , to going ; to the plaintiff ' s , ' ; and off ^ ripg £ 3 ia full , which was not accepted . He alab attandert at the Court of Hequests , where the defendant was suriirnoned by the plaiutitF , but the case was ; diainissetl in consequence , of the abseuce of the latter . Ttio plaintiff , in reply to being told that he buj ? ht not to give the woman aay more Oreidit , replied that sho was a srodd customer . — -Cross-examined : Had known Jonniiigs five or six years aud has dined ¦ with him at the " ' clob ^' ' They ( the night waiters ) dined at . seven o'clock . , JMlrs . JeEnings is now in Ireland , having been sent there for committing an assault ..-: Jennings lived occasionally with her , but in consequence of her drubken habits , phe was often In gaoL- —William Si mmonds , a

      night waiter , at Crockford ' s Bald he had known the defendant eight years . Toeir business began about ten o ' clock , and finished at five , six , and seven o ' clock the foiiowing morning . The salary is £ 3 per week , and no perquisites . Tiie dinner hour Was s « ven o'dock ; had often Been Mrs . Jennings coma to Crockford'fl is a state of dtuakenneasi and threw the monay Jehritogs had given her at him in the halJ-T-Cross-iXiaiiiied ; Jennings always dined at the club .- I have . Visited . in Mount-street , but never saw a joint , alHiough I ' ve been invited to dinner . Soinwiuies Jennings was asleep , sometimes playing the trombone ^ { Laughter . j We are all wide awake at Crockford ' s . . ( Laughter . ) The

      aihner consists . of a joint and vegetables , and we eat at it as we like . In value is is worth Is . ed ., and I call It something like a dioner . We drink sherry when we cau get it , but when we cauiiot—• ' heavy . " ( Laughter . ) If 1 get a good pull at the pewter first , I don't want any more . I think Jennings is a heavy feeder ^ but I don't watch hia aiotiona ; ( Laughter , ) We have a *• snck " -Qfteii during tba nimhfe .-- An : undertaker" proved drinking gin on three occasions with Mrft Jennings , while her husband was asleep o » am using himself with the trombone , which he procured from the BalLr-Mr . James replied in a most humorous speech , and the secondary having aumuioned up , the jury returned a verdict' for the amount claimed .

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      Swan Tavern , King William-street , when the following evidence was adduced : —Robert Fuller Rvlfa , & policeman , stated that' about half-past t « n on Friday morning , when coming bythe Weighhouee chapel , he saw a female falling ; from th « top of the , monument . - She struck against eaeeide of the building , and rebounded into the middle of the street . He assisted in raising her up , but she was quite dead . Ihomas Jenkins examined : The young female came to the Monument oa Friday at a quarter-past ten o ' clock , and paid me ' sixpence to go to the top . I told her to take hold of the railing on the left hand aide . She replied , «; ' Oh , jres , I know . " She dld ; not appear flurried , or at aU ; distressbd . " I did not Bee her again until she had thrown

      hersfclf into the street . A person of the name of Fletcher is appointed to conduot all persons who go to the top of the . MoDument , and hit instructions are not to leave a person alone ; if there are several at the top , he ia required to walk round , but not to interfere . Tier © Was no other person present wheu the unfortunate female threw herself off Nathaniel Fletoher said , he was on duty on Friday morning at nine o ' oJock . The deceased cams about a qoattex past ten o'clock ., and asked to view the Monnment . She then wets * np stoirs . He was with her at the top i but hearing a door shut , he left for a Bhoxt time , duriDg which , ehe threw herself off . He thought ahehadgoiie down stairs . The last time he saw the young woniau she -was standing at the flag ^ jaffi Thia witness appeared to

      have , aa imperfect recollection of what took place . — Sarah . Trimming -. -I am a « qaaitst « S with the ^ ^ deceaBed ; she was in service . She Called on mu on Thursday ! she appeared very happy . There was no particular couversatiori between us . I do not know :. ' thai there was any trouble on her mind . She said she was going to CamberRrell toliiJ- ^ -S / it . Rowbottom :: I live at Eattteland-strieet , Hoxion . The deceased w ' w in my BerYice .: She left her employ on Thuraday morning . She al ^ aya appeared in good health . I am not aware of hbr being in low spirits . —Mrs . Rowbottom : When the deceased lefc home on Thursday ruorniug , she said that she ; was going for a hoUdaytoyaiTntball . I told tie ?; Vo be at home . byeleveii o-cibck > but I never saw her afwrwaids until tc-dav . 8 ome . lett 8 ra found on the deceased were wit the in

      jreadVytheCorra ^ r ; f * oni situation ¦ whica the reporters were placed , coupled with the crowded state iftneropm , they were not distinctly heard . They * howayeiri related W' a teve affair , with , ; a yoo-ag ; maa whose nameCaid ; not transpire . . -4 Mr , Pullen , sur « eqn , of King ; WilMih-street , stated , that he saw the deceased skortly after she bra ! thrown herself from the Monui inent ; aha was quite dead . He did not think she was enci <; tite , 'bVLt no doubt exbted but that she had deviated from the paths of virfeae .- —Louisa Edwards , a . married fiinter of the deceased , Baid she had not seen her for a twelyemonta . and yaB . not a \» are of any cause which led her to commit ffie fatal " act . There were two geattemen . lodgers « t Mrs . Rowbottoia'a , sind witness wished to know ; why it was that l tbey were HGt . calleA— -Mrs ; Rowbottom w » 3 xecalleU , and .

      in answer to ( juestions by wie Coroner , said she haJ not the least idea -there was any ,. not even tha sligh'test , intiniacy between her lodgers add deceased . —Louisa Edwards readied : My sistar told me that sa © should leave Mrs . Rowbbttom ' s on account of receiving low wages ,- and being kept in tha . back ground , —A person in the room , whose name ; did not tran ^ pive , wud the deceased bore a most excellent character . —The C <> ryner summed np the evidence . There coul'i be no doubt that the deceased met with her death by an aof < cf her own . 'i"he only question was , whether the unfortunate female , v , -as in a sane state of mind at tbe time . —Tbe Jury , without leaving the room , returned the foiiowing Verdict ' : — " That the deceased destroyed hers ^ if while laboaring under temporary insanity , brought oa by indiscretion . " ' . ' . . - ¦ "¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ' •¦ . - . ¦¦ .- ¦ ' . -. - - r- .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . ¦ .- ' ¦ ¦ " = ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ¦ . ' .

      The deceased is the sixth person who has committed suicide in the same dreadfol manner . 6 a : the 2 tStn of July , 1750-. a young man , supposed to be a weaver , who was never owned , precipitated himself from the gallery , and was killed on the spot . Oh tbo 7 th of July , 1788 , Joha Craddocfc , " .-tt joutheytuan baker . Oa the 1 Stil ' of Jane , 2810 , Mr . Lyon-lkii , - a diamond nierchant , reaiding in Haydon Square . In September , , 1839 , Margaret Moves , daughter of a baker , in Heuiming'a Row ; and a few weeks after a youth , one of the pupils oC ' St . Ann ' s Society ' s ^ Schools . ' . ; ; ;

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      DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN tUDOR-PLAGE ,: TQT" TENHAM-COTJOT-BOADi . On Sunday morning , shortly after three o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises of Mr . Morgan , an extensive soap boiler and tallow-melter , No : 18 , Tottenham-cbuit-toad , which for extent of damago will probably very nearly , equal the recent destructive conflagration in Barmohdseyy v : ¦ ' - . ' ,-- ¦¦ ; ' . Mr . Morgan ' s pieBiises ate situatewithin . .- ' one ^ 5 ocrot Tudor : place , a narrow turnfng , just above Han wayyard , and the whole range , including the fltables , extends back mora than 309 feet , the patty-wall at the extremity forming the bonndary of Biack-horse-yard , through which there is a thoroughfare for foot-passengers to Ritfibone-place . The width is about . sixty foet , through a great part of the range , and they abut immediately on the private house and shop in Toltenhamcourt-road . ' ' ¦ ' ,. > - ; ';¦ .-.. ¦' . '¦¦ ¦ ... . . / ¦ : ¦ ,- . / :: \ :, - - ?¦>" . / ' /

      It appears that the workmen in the service of Mr . Jones , also a tallow-melter , occupying premises in an angle of Tudorplace , opposite to Mr ; Morgan ' s , were engaged all night on Saturday in their business , aud at the house above-naoied one of them having occasion to ^ o to the outer door observed a strong glare of light vhreugh some of the windowsbf Mr . Morgan ' s warehouse . Oh a closer examination he discovered tkat a portion of the preniises was- in fltmea , find calling hia companions , the alarm was instantly given , and messengers despatched to the various ; engine 'Stations . / Mr . Morgan employs heavly forty men , and uluiost al ! of them iivirig near the spot , a body o £ assi ^ taats were soori gathered , which , under other " cii'ijamstances than

      those which unfortunately existed , mi « ht have stayed in some degree the dovaatating elemt-nt ; but the contents of the ajjajimeiit In whlcb . it first broke put , being almoBt entirejy t ^ UoW ; and unmelied fat , the fire got suclihpidi tD 3 t before water Was procured ia anything like a sufficient quantity to be of seryic 6 , the whole of the tailow and soap warehouse was one mass , of flame . SoHie of the fire engines were : stationed in Tottenhajji-court ^ road , two , in Hanway-streefc , the hose beiiig . carried through the houses on the Nsrth aide , some in Black Horse-yard , and three in Tudor-place , where the heat was so intense that it was with the greatest difficulty the flriiaon could stand against it . It is to be regretted that there Wai a serious want of water , at ' . theearly stage of the fire in seme posiUbns . ' ^ . "

      ; No loss of life has taken place , although the walla have fallen in solid masses in every direction . The following is a copy of the official report made at a late hour on , Snnday evening ,: and supplied by Kr . Braid wood . Tiie extent of damage , it Will be seen , is enohiious : — . ' - ¦¦ ' ¦ ' . ' ¦'¦ / '¦ ¦ :.: ¦¦¦¦ : : ¦¦ '¦' - . ' ¦• • ;¦ , •¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦''¦ . '

      TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD . ¦ ¦ ¦ No . 18 , Thomas Morgan , soap-boiler and tallowrnelter ; the whole of the warehouses at the back of jiriv&te hbose whoiiy destroyed , and back front " .. of private dwelHiigmuoh burntj contents insured in the Norwich Union , and building in the Westminster iSre . offi ce . ¦ ¦ ¦ : . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ . - '¦ - '"" ¦ ' . ' . - . '¦ ¦ " : ' ' ¦ . ' . ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ . •¦> Nc .. l 4 > Heury Bare * stay-maker ; slightly damaged ; contents uninsured , building insured ia the Son fir * . Office . "¦ ; - ¦ " ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ •;; ¦> . . . . ' : . " , ¦ - , ¦ : - ¦ ' ¦ :. ' . '' ¦< ¦ : ' .:: ' ¦ : . - ' ^ ' ¦' No . 16 i Louia Kyrqr , watehmaker ; stock and furnitttre niuch damaged , buildinfl ; scorcbed ; contents insured in the British fire-office , building nn /> knpwii ; ' . - ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦ '¦ ¦ . . " . ' : . ¦ , "• ¦ - ' ¦;• ' •"¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' . ' , ' - ; ' . ' ¦ " ¦ , ' : . ' ¦ - ' ¦ ' ' '¦ : ' ; No . 17 . James Johnson , shoemaker 1 roof and bask froBt ; much damaged ; contents uninsured , building iusarWiu the County fire-office .

      No . 19 , S . T . Edwards , victuall « x ; stock an&buMins riiuch damaged ; contents insured in the Sun firecfiico . buHclmg ia lie County fire-office . No . 20 , Biily , butcher ; roof mnch .-damaged ,- content * uriiiisnied , building insured in toe Licen&ad Victuallers ' ¦ fire-office . :: \ . y . - '••; . . -. ' ¦¦ . ; . - ; ¦'¦ " ;/ . ' . ' ' -. ' : ¦ - : / ¦ ' : ¦ ¦¦'" No . 22 , iimbert and ; Co ., grocers ; stock much damaged by removal ; uninsured ... •; . ¦ : ; ¦ TUDOB-PLACE . ¦ : ¦ : ' ' : ' V-. ' ^ ' . 3 ^ b ; 1 , : charles Kerslake , tin-mannfactursrj rc ^ f entirely destvoyeci ; coutenta insured , building ditto . No . 2 , fet ont in tenernentB : ; : wind » ws burnt out , and furniture destroyed ; contents uninsured , buiiduig ditto ; " - " - ' - ' :- ¦ •¦¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ . ' . '••¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' "¦ V ' ¦ . - ' - ¦ ¦ ' - .. - . - y -- \ . ¦ ¦ - . - ¦; ¦ " ¦¦ ¦" '¦ : ' ' : Ne . 1 , ( in the coiner ) , C . Parker , cowkeep&r slight dainage to furniture j contents Insured in the Fhceuix office . ¦" ¦¦ " ¦ : ¦ .: ' ¦ : -:- : > ' - . '' . ¦ ' - - ^ ¦ :. - "¦ . ' " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ .: - . :- . ; : : ; . ¦ ' - .: ; .

      No . 10 , the St . Patrick ^ Society ools ; roof barat off , end' otherwise much damaged ; building iusured in the Alliance office ; content * unknown . " ... ;

      . " . ' - ...-jBRESSSrSTBEET , ; : RATHBONE-FtACS . Mr . j . Biir () eli , ooacb and omnibug proprietor j roof and ' skyiijilitbtiMitj a « d a quantity ^ of oats and cloTer much damaged ; contents insured to the Sen fire-office , buildiisg ditto .. ^ . ; ^ V ¦ ¦' : ' V- v' I . " - '' . . ";¦ :: . -: ¦ nANWAT-YAItD . -:. :- ' ' y . " ¦ Mr , B ^ ldock , cabinet-maker ; Toof and skylight much damaged juninaured .. ; .: '

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      . COISVEYANCE OF TROOPS . ' The following is a return of the number , of troops and quantity of eromnnition conveyed by the London and BirmiDgb ^ ainIl * ilway within tee last . eight days . Eight or nine hours sufficad for the journey from London to Manchester and Lends , formerly a fourteen days * matcb . - ' .:, :- ' ' ¦ . - ¦ ^ ¦ . '¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' . ' - ' ¦ ' : ''¦ * - : ' :- : -T-h . y ^? - ' ; ¦ ¦¦¦ '••¦ : ¦ •¦ ¦ SaturdayNlght—Half a battalion of GreoaaierQnarda , ^ -ryite , 20 officers , 500 Bicni and fr horses j ! <* oop of Boyal Horse Artlllery . ' ^ -mz ^ - 3 ^> ffice « , j «»; -oten , 5 . 0 horses ; -2 cannon , ' sods atamnMtion-wa ^ oo& ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ : SMd » y Mw ^^ Hi ^ Aictill « tjf ? -. ti « . vSoffieers , - 41 men , -aaijora ^^ guns , and 2 ammunition waggoM . ¦>? .- ; - >; «•} . j . ;> ^ . i ' Sunday ; E >^^ - ^ Pj «^ ito > SitI » /^ officers , 577 men and wen horses .- ^ ' : ' v » 'nto :- ^> * . v •;¦; ' . . . Tuesday Mo » lng ; -MI ^ mft { ad ^^^^ vJz , 4 officers . 21 B men , 63 woinea ^ snd *^ 4 c « hildren , about 12 or 1 * toii » : bf antiuiidtiWfcyi : } 'vdt .: *;« V ;

      Thuraday McrniBg . —The 73 d Foot ,-- ^^ 2 * officera / 633 men , four horses . VJ-H ^' : tf ?« l : ' -& > M-- *¦ ¦¦ &&& : "'¦ ; : Thursday Nigbt ^ -Twd t 6 sd « l tnuainlfcion .- -ft \ Friday - ^ 24 offlcersj 650 m «» , ^ iorsesy ^ - ¦*? * ; m i-. /; , ; fr . ^ v .. ;; : ^ ; . . - ¦ . ;¦ ; In addition , to the foiegoiB ^; i JMge- ^ fiMoJotir have been conveyed on ; froiu Weedon , tad jettlaca ^ , by the 12 l 6 ! Fopi brbight » i > from towNorUu J * rg « ^* atlHe « of ' tfiigagej ^ &oij have akw been tiMUDnitte 4 . -ijRa » i » av Tut * . ¦ :..: " ¦ : " :, ¦ ' ; -M -f v ' - ' ^ 'i ' -W > fe * : l ; ; - - ' : ' '' : ¦ . ¦ _ . '¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v ; ••' ' ¦ ¦¦ " ¦ . : _ ' ~' ' .. ! -. : ''' . - ; ' " - * - ^ --¦ "' - . - ! - ;¦ ' ¦ ; ¦ rf *» "w ' . ' i ';^ . v >» . v . > . ' .. •' . ' ' ' . ' y .: s r : * . ; . - . ; , ' ; a , ' .. * . /¦ ¦ - ' . ¦¦ : lii& : gy , y ' - ' .- - : iii ; ' i ; 'r i << - ^ ¥ >>;/ . |¦•' .. " - . ; ¦' . ¦ ¦/

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      ANOTHER SIHC 1 DE BY LFAPINa FJROM THE ;; - .. " : ' - > -V ' ; ' : ' : : ¦ '¦' : [ monument ^ ' ' : ' ;; - ; - . ; ;> v- ¦ : ¦ : ¦'; M : The neighbourhood of the / Monument , on Friday , again became the scene of a most painful aecsation , hf the suicide of a young woman , from Iho gallery of this edifice . Boon after ten o ' elocfe that ruorning Bhe applied for admission , and was accompanied to the top of the building by one of the men-wlio , for tJi ^ last three years , always : attend upon ; persons visiting this anoient build , ing , t ? whom she put several minute nueationa relative to the various objects that aVe to be witnessed . She appeared quite Ciilm and coL ' fcCted , and nothing waa exhibited by which any suspicion coaid be entertained that sho contemplated a precipitation . iSo-wever , she

      had scarcely beea up a quarte : of an h < j \ xi , when , onrmg a momentai ^ Baspeitsiba of the kteper ' dtistial vigilance , ahe . alertly cliaibed over that portion of the railing facing Arthur-atreet , opposiLe Fish-street Hill , whence , after hanging by the rails fc * a few seconds , during whicU she was occupied in tucking in her clothing tightly between her knees , she let go "with a slight spring , descending head fosemoati and in her fall striking the griffin : at the tog of the right side ; of the base . She then was precipitated forward into the open space fronting the Monument , and reachiid the ground about three or four yardsfroni the pedestal . Assistanco was prpmptly rendered by tha policeman ou duty , Rolph , 571 ; but she was a corpse , and sadjy : bruised . In her descent she struck off the hat from the head of a

      carman who was passing : by , at the time , and -then tonching the horse's neck , reb < itincled . aud fell upon the ground . Her head at- the back ; portion iippeawid to be slightly fractured , her eye-browa -a " : id nofla discoloured , her legs and ancles both broken , the bones protrading thtpugli the skin j aud she ; was other wisa conaiderably bruised . After she had Wen examined by a surgeon , her ^^ body was conyeyod to St . Magnus ' s ^^ Church , and placed in a shell , to await tha Coroner's ic ^ uesjt . Her geuetal appearance was tbat of , a naisevy-niaid her clothing decest end clean , but not of aa expensive description . Her chemise . was marked J . C . . Sins had oa a muslin lilac coloured figured gown ; straw bonnet , inside lining white ailk , and puce ribbou ; light brown BhawU fringed v 7 itB green ; and blank half-boots . She

      was thick set ,, rather unds . r fira feet ; :- in height j ha 4 a fall face , with but Iitfcio : colour , and Leautiful dark eyes ; she appeared to be about twenty-three years df tiffd ; and in the opiinon ; of a medical gentleman , was encienta , \ At ty ? a o ' clock > Q the aftetnoon ehei Sad not been identiiied ; but one of the metropolitan police said that ha hk'l obsurved hor for ths last six or seven days walking tha stree's of Southwark , but' had hot stieu her ptHviousiy to that pen 6 d . It will be recollected : that imuiadiately aft ^ r the last two occurrences of a similar Sind wliicliocaurred three years ago in September , the city authorities erigaged two individuals , whose duty it was to EUperiritend all persons visiting the monument ; one being ^ employed in the morning , and the ether in the afuruoph-of theday .

      J ^ oweyer , notwithstandiug the ? e precautious .: tho usual vigilance of the attendant was not kept sufliaiently aliva , and another death has been the uafo ) tauate consequence . The unfsrtunate deceaswd wss the only individualwho applied for admission ^^ during the morning . Of course a . grea * crowd . was collected around the spot , but an extra suppl y of police wa 3 immediately forwarded by the city commiBsioflertQ keep the streets clear . It is a mslancholy ri'fl . ction that this is the thi / d * time that life has been eacrificcd in the Barae dreadful manner within one yeas and a haifc The . almost uselessnesa of appoiBting a sentinel in tho

      galleiy must now be ' apparent to eyery person ; anct if the Monument be not altogether closed against the public , some better means of prtiventipniiiust be . ado |> ted than at pxescnt ¦ . ' . exists .- But the matter will , doubtless , be carefully discussed-. ' l > y ; : ' tIJe : cojniiiiUee , after the " extittement of the catastrophe has passed ; iway , v ' V .: 'M r . ' Bleadoii , chairman , of the Comniercial Steam ; Packet Company , who is the present responsible lessee of the Rlonument , states that Fletcher is a man in whom he > . ad great confi . ienco , and his neglect on tiiis occasion is altogether ^^ extraordinary to ^ vthosawh * have known him for many years past . The deceased ? was the first person who ascended the Monument on Friday . - ;

      iDENTllT : OF fTHE Body . — - Shortly after seven © 'clock oa Friday eveniog , a gentleraan named Robottorn , who stated his address to be 64 ; Buttlsland-Btreet , East-road , Hoxton , applied to the officers in charge of the body of the female , aV St . Magnua church , for permission to see the body . He th « n said her name was . . - ' 'J ane Cdopar , that she was twenty-two years , of age , and a servant in his family . She had been ia his service twelve montiia , and had conducted herself with the greatest propriety . On Wednesday jast she asked permiesion to be granted ft holiday on the following day' ( Thursday ) , as she said

      shekad » dealre to see heir relatives . He thought it etr * Dgeat the time , inasTnuch as she had always previously aiated that her father aud mother were both dead , and that she had no rifllativ& He , bowevfir ; granted her request , and she left his house on Thursday morning , attired in the clothes in which he now viewed her body . ^^ They were lonclJ > surprised : ; that , she did _ not return homo on ¦ Thursday ^ nlghti and to'tfie course of the afteruoon hearing that a female anawering the ; de * KrlpUott of tn « idecaase * tod throwhohess ^ fi onvtt ^ j npnume&t , lie deemed It advisable to make the preaent inq [ ulry , A He was ; . sate is ^^ tb her identity , but could not account fofafly ' reWsbiir sae ^ hatJtojcdmmiti br-to entertain the ' desiizn of oommiUing , so dreadful an act . v .

      ¦;¦ . > ¦ i , -. ; ¦ ; : ^^ : s :: iKO ^ EM : ON " ' « H £ '" 86 riT . : - V , v ; v ' : ¦ : ¦; : ; :- '¦¦ ' A corcnflrtteque 3 fiwwh 9 ld on Saturday afternoon , at tbweoWoffc Wow ^ Payne , the d ^ corojoer , at tl »

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 27, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct768/page/3/