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    • FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK.
    • INDIA AND CHINA.
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      EESP S . —FKBOCiors AsSATa ? . — On Tuesday ugt-two young men , brothers , named George and rjiristop ber Duffield , were charged at the Court flense , before Messrs . UaineB and Mnsgrave , with jj ^ -rin ^ assaulted and threatened to stab Mr . John ijoss and his son , of Osmondthorpe- The two prijoneiS jOnthe SSih of March , -were in a field at 0 = mondihorpe , in ihe possession of Mr . Coatea ^ and ja trmtb . some bones had been placed for manure , ffkese the prisoners were gathering -op to carry away , wien Mr- Ross and Ms sou happening to pass jhronfh the field , accosted thenr , upon which the srisoners set npon , and seriously assaulted them , ^ ch of them drawing bis knife and threatening to jisb them if they yrere not oS . One of the prisoners n& < j been ont of the way every since , and only appeared again in Leeds on Monday . They were Jmr i £ 5 each , and sent to Wakefield two months n defoolt of payment .

      B 0 >~ S SWiliOTf DOES KOT MASS A SuXMEE . — Qa Monday afternoon last , several swallows were gean wheeling about in the air , near the river , » t ¦ gunslet ; vriihin an honr afterwards the atmosphere -p-as darkened by a heavy faB of snow ; and during ike nieht , with the wind at north-west , there was a ¦ itrj seTere frost . The jjronnd ^ on Friday morning * frss a 3 hard as possible ; and ice was seen an inch jd th ickness . We are afraid some damage w £ H be gone to lie opening blossoms . Sunnc . Death . —On Saturday evening lait , an

      JBtme * was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq ., to inquire concerning the death of ¦ Mrs . Franee 3 Prince , residing in Somerset-street , Js Peter ' s Square . Tie deceased was sereniyssren years of age , and had been for some time confined to her bed . On Thursday last , she got up , and in endeavouring to regain her bed , she fell and cut her head . Assistance was rendered to her , and fhonei apparently no worse than usual , she -was famd . dead in bed on Friday evening . Terdict—¦ Diedby the visitation of God .

      Scbxetobs of THK Highwayb . —On Thursday , at noon a vestry meetingwaa held at the parish church , to audit and pass the accounts © f the Surreyors of tie Hiefew » JB for this township for the past year Mf John Jackson , corn miller , was called to the thair Considerable discussion ensned , and the following resolutions were carried : ~ That the item * of ^ 1 2 s . 6 d ^ being the amount of a bill presented "Mar 12 ih , 1 & 42 , to the Board of Surreyors by Messrs . 52 aey aad While , two membera of the said Board , for expenses incurred by them in the prosecution of thar dnties as members of the said Board , without the authority or sanction of the Board , bediBaUtmed by this Testry . such payment being decidedly

      Illegal , the aci of Parliament not . authorising any SarVeyor to charge the expenses attending his dnties U lie ratepayers unless he he a hired assiEt » nt sur-Tejor acting nnder the orders of the board . ' ¦ fist Mr . Wiffiam Brook , Mr . Benjamin Knowles , and Mr . Joseph Jones , be appointed by this vestry to mil upon the magistrates at the Special Sessions to i « l » £ > ldea for the examining and Terifyingof the araonnis now prodnced , to lay before them the resolution corns to bj the "Vestry disallowing the account set forth , and to state to the Bench the ground © f objection against such payment . " The accounts were passed with the exception of the disputed item , and were ordered to be advertised in all ihe Leeds papers .

      BAHNSLK 7 . —A most strange and alarming phenomenon took place here on Monday morning about ten o ' clock , and lasted for aboat twenty jninntes , A darkness came rvei the town , snch as vrasnmrseen by the oldest inhabitants , somuch so , that the people had to stop "working , every body running to their doors to see what was amiss . The general opinion was that another shock of an earth-^ saJrenras as iand . A fall of snow was the conseqnenee . CLAYTON " . —Ash-Cobs Law Petitiok . —On

      Wednesday last , A- H , sad S . A . perambulated a townsKip not a hundred miles from Clayton , with two petition sheets , to get signatures , for a repeal vf the Com Laws . Having gone till they were yeary , and with very little success , they called at the house of J . W . and requested him to sign , but he refused , stating he had signed once this year ; noibin * daunted whh hisrefnsal , they put his name down . A nKghbour followed them in , on which ibey inquired if he knew all the neighbours ' names in the neighbourhood , and being answered that he knew all the men ' s names , and telling them , they pot them down until they had got their sheets nearly full . Some of the names are . set down two ¦ or three limes . The petition will look rather qneer If , on examination , it contains more male names than there is in the township ; it is rather doubtful but it W 2 L

      Milk . —On Monday last , Mr . John Ward , farmer , Clayton , reduced M 3 new milk to three-halfpence per qnart , it being like a great many other commodities , " orer producti-re . " This has caused the lowering of prices , with this consideration , that tnflk cannot be put into the warehouse until a scarcity comes : HEWCaSTXiB—Awrm , SuirGHTKB op Htthab Bhsgs . —An awful explosion of gas took place at the King Pit , Wreckington , near Newcastle , on Tuesday , whereby it is supposed that thirty lijes haTe leen lost . W « hare receired a communication ob tins subject , reflectnig severely on somB parties , 1 st as no doubt an investigatien will take place , we refrain from giving it .

      BASSHEAU . —The Leagcers m Retfsew SHjse . —Mr . Acland , the respectable hero of the Lsignfi , has made this locality the scene of Ms per-Kalrakcon for some time past . On delivering te second lecture in Milston on Friday , 30 th of March , he boasted of the superiority of the Corn l » r igitttion orer any other . Mr . S . Eidd , of Glasgow , challenged Mr . Acland to a public discua-Sdd in MHston , Barrhead . or any other town in Scotland , England , or Wales , but the wily repealer < Sd net accept it , declaring that he was the serrant -tf Ae League , and ihey iad xesolTed to hold no more

      • GJsensaons . In consequence of this , Mr . Kidd lectured in Mrs . "Walker ' s large hall , Barrhead , on the tTeping of Monday last , Mr . Jaanes Kspil in the * to on » Kepsal of the Corn Laws , on which oc--caaon hB proTed that a repeal of the Corn Laws Tfoald not benefit the working and shopkeeeping tksses . The hall was crowded to suffocation , and although the lecturer had publicly challenged Adatd « r » B 5 « f Ms party to defend the Free Trade ^ octeiies , tiere wa 3 no opposition . The League is © ompleid y chop-f illen , and has declared that they wiH hold no more pulic meetings , bnt will agitate the pabSe works throngh the medium of intimidation .

      S TSASSABK . —A meeting of the anti-Corn i *» Association was h . eld In the Town Hall , on Me erenmg of Priday , Mr . Irring , one of the Town ConneQ in the chair . Mr . Irring hairing wieSy explained the object of the meeting which ^ » petition the House of Commons for a repeal w tbf > Corn Laws , Mr- W . Magee , bookseller , arose and begged permision to state to the working » ea present , Ms Tiews of the efforts now being ttade to obtain an immediate and total repeal of the urn Laws , He said that many present , no doubt , **? uected the manifold and espensTe exertions Wueh had been made by the British public for the raaacipatlon of the black psoplB in the West -uuEes , and at last had to nav twenty millioBB

      ** erliDg for the mere name of emaneiation , for osihad ao more power in making -ftelaw 3 they "lejhad to obey , than the non-electors of EngJind-^ epeanyj > ostage was yielded also upon condition «« Hhonld the rerenue be injured thereby , new g * ss would bB impo 3 edto make up the difference , ^ ce arose Peel ' s infernal Income Tax , and tariff «¦««!» , and how that affected the working man ' s woQitton , the crowds who now traversed our popu-*? s eifies , exdahniag bread or death , could b ^ t SiT ^ ^ lies 6 treasons , I am , said ihs speaker , wemedj j of opinion that no bad law will evsr be 2 J **™ J by our present class-legislation , more j ^ allj if it affects their own interest , nntil they Tf Pfiffectly satisfied theT will be fullv compensated it Mr . had

      g * . The Chairmaa said lie agreed with every ^^ M . adTancedj but as the meeting was rjf Jor the express purpose of petitioning for a ^^ oT the Corn Laws , he hoped that nothing « uo i > e sajd or , jone ^ mar ^ e harmony of it , and " * ny one called a meeting for the advocacy of the *** pe * , be pledged iimself to grre it bis support . . H&W 2 CX . —Eyer since December last , the r *« e m iiog town has been getting worse and nn 0156 * A sreat number in the varions trades are "v * out of work . The hosiery trade , the principal A i ' ^ JocalitJ > is * t present extremely dnlL ~ Sreat nuiaber of the workmen are ont of employ ^^> and icose still in work are stinted to various ^ au Enias pa- week . Still they have endeavoured J anaal weekly contributions , to maintain those f ^ uWn off ? Vn » ? t ? = »« ¦»« . tovraA rtat -r tipv enm > t

      ^ w * ? Be » a 3 ^ 6 unemployed are increasing i&h « £ ' e * t the same fime those partiallj emww are getting more and more unable to confkfy * MTtning towards their Bupport .- In one of iz ^^ ones , a notice was pnton the door of the f ^ f * a lew days ago , that ihe « int wonld in * S * be only four shillings for singlfi , and six r ^ Sa for married men per week ; but that the ^ r ^ to ^ orkmoreif they would take goods in rgfeaV I » this not ihe truck system ! The ^« 8 in this factory are particularly tsonspieuons rf V ^ iaw Hepealere—ieal ~ weeping adtocates " Jj ™ PWr man ' s ^ cause . Good , tender-hearted ?™ - - _ Bome ofihem cannot eren get a sound sleep ¦»« . _ - *** Ql I > BflU ftvr v"k » - « t 4 *^ r » a ** ( Va m ^ cav « h 1 o rf * f \ Tk of of

      ^« a the TTorkiBg men this country \ and all ff ** by these abominable Corn Laws 11 Really g *! astonishing that a class of working men will ftjrij uoir > a ie , and even applaud , such men , or for Sf ^ WK oelieTe their profession of regard for ~ = ?» erest 3 of the working classes , when it is £ g *« i 3 ihat they are Invariably in the habit of g ""^ , eTery cpportunity which their position gives * W » . ? i ^^ furJher reducing tbe small pittance ^ wie -m > : kmen Tecm ^ -Correspondent .

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      OtrrLAWHT at Brighton . —A novel occurrence took place on Sunday morning , in the parish churchyard , just as the congregation were leaving the church . Previously to the service , the Sheriffs ' officer had posted on tbe door a proclamation of outlawry against a Mr . Knight , formerly a surgeon and apothecary , residing in Sill wood-place , and now rumest ; and at the close of the sermon , the officer , elevated on » tomb close to the principal door , read , three several times , a proclamation , warning the said Mr . Knight , that unless he appeared on ihe follow-^ tt »? "T i-nrn-v ¦ « n 'Dni /^ TT < aAu A «« M ** 1 ,

      ing day before the Barons of her Majesty ' s Exchequer , he wonld be *• ¦ outlawed . " The congregation speedily formed a circle around the officer , and at the repetition of the appalling word exchanged looks of surprise with each other ; but as their astonishment was reaching its height , the officer , having finished his duty , left them to their wonderment . Tbe copy posted on the church-door notified that the proceedings are taken by a considerable nnmber of Brighton tradesmen , to whom the ontlaw was , we hear , indebted to a large amount .

      Loss o ? Two Ships by Firb . —Accounts have , withis ihe last two oi three days , been received at the different , insurance companies in the city , of the total Ios 3 of two vessels , with their cargoes : —the schooner Agnes , belonging to London , and the brig Jemima , of Glasgow . The loss of the first-named vessel , which was a fast sailing schooner , about 150 tons burden , occurred on the night of Friday , the 24 th nit ., lat . 54 . de « . 9 . h . long . 3 , east , while on her passage from Havre to Hamburg , having a valuable general cargo on board . She had been but a few days on her passage , when , at about half-past nine o ' clock at night , the watch on deck were startled by the appearance of smoke issuing through the main hatchway , which was instantly torn off , and ,

      to the dismay of all on board , they found the cargo to be on fire ; but it was evidently at the very bottom of the vessel . For three or four hours water wad poured down in torrents amongst the -cargo , withoai producing the slightest effect upon the fire ; in fact * it was rapidly gaining head , and , as a last resource , the hatches were closed , battened down , and means adopted to stifle the flames . In the meanwhile the master , whose conduct throughout is spoken of in terms of high praise by the crew , brought the ship round into a different coarse , in hopea of meeting with some vessels , and lights were hoisted at the mast head as a signal of distress . At about half-past two o ' clock the destruction of the vessel became inevitable , for the decks were nearly

      burnt through ; and before there was time for the crew to launch the boat the devastating element burst forth in an immense volume Irom the main hatchway , in its ascent communicating to the mast , sails and rigging , and , ere a quarter of an hour had elapsed , the whole vessel from stem to stern presented one vast body of flame ; the crew , -who had previously jumped into the long * boat , remaining withia a short distance of ihe burning ship nntil she went down , which did not take place until between six and seven o'clock . Everything in'her was by that time consumed ; the mast had fallen overboard , and nothing remained bnt her mere shell . Two hours after the vessel had sunk the crew were picked up by the Norwegian barque

      Sosostre , Captain Hol * t , from Holmstrand for Harlingen , the fire having been seen by them at a distance , and were bearing down to afford assistance . On board of that vessel the master and received the nwnost kindness and on Monday week last they were safely put ashore at Texal , near Niewdiep , The vessel and cargo are only partly insured . The destruction of the other ship , the Jemima , of Glasgow , by fire , happened on the morning of Wednesday , the 22 ad of February , in lat . 55 . long . 18 , under similar circumstances . Soon after the outbreak of the flames , a vessel , called the Gartsherrie , came alongside and took the crew on board , and afterwards landed tnem safely at Madeira . The ship is fully insured at Glasgow .

      Fatal Accibkjt at Blackball to B . Fkbxukd Bcsfield , Esq . —Wednesday morning , at four o ' clock , a melancholy accideat occurred toB . Ferrand Bnsfield , Esq ., late of Magdalene Hall , Cambridge , and who is nearly related to the members for Bradford and KnaTesborouj » b , which terminated fatally . It appears that at an early hour he left town and proceeded in a cab to the Brunswick Wharf , at Blackwall , for the purpose of going upon a crnise in her Majesty's steam-ship Vulcan , a revenCe vessel , whicb has been recently fitted out at BlackwalL On his arrival , Mr . Buifield hailed the steamer , which was moored directly opposite the wharf , and immediately

      after a splash was heard in the water , and cries of a Help , help I" The cabman instantly raised an alarm , a boat polled oSfrom the Ynlcan , and drags were procured , but Mr . Bnsfield was never seen afterwards , rhe commander of the Vulcan gave directions to the boatmen in the neighbourhood to continue tbeir search for the body , and offered a reward of £ 10 for its recovery , but it is not yet known whether tbe body has been found . The deceased was a young gentleman of promising abilities . It is . only a fortnight sinoe that intelligence was received of the death of a brother of the deceased , who ptrished in Canada by drowning .

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      TO THE EDITOB OF THE SORTHSSN 5 TAK . Stb ., —It appears the Whigs on going ont of office contrived te bestow on each other , thB sum of Thirlpfour thousand pounds per year , in the Bh&pe of pensions Does this tn&a include Lord CBenelg and Jock Commell ' s pickings . It is really dreadful to contemplate tbe outrage committed on the nation at large , by these worthless fallow * carrying off bo much plunder , jost ss it , they were in an enemy ' s country , and had the right of conguest to plead in justification of their shameless conduct , amidst a peopU actually is masy iTHttancwi dying of wank Hot is it possible the people of England can submit to such barefaced injustice ? You say , your English , are a thinking people , if so , thought is a very patient " beast of troitlen . - Yourt , A S ^ BSCEIBKB ,

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      Lokdon . —Messrs . Wheeler and Sewell will attend on Monday and Tuesday to open a new locality at Coggleshall , in Essex . The inhabitants of tbe surrounding district are invited to attend . Tdesagais-Lase . —A ball will be held on Easter Monday , at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lane . Tickets , Is . each ; double ditto , lsued , A Special Meeting of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting will take place on Sunday afternoon to discuss the new proposal for an improved Organization , also to consider the propriety of co-operating with our brethren in Surrey , in calling a meeting of the Council resident in London , for the above object ,

      The Cambkbwell Locality will meet , as nsna ] , at the Cock Inn , to transact business , and a lectnre will be given by Mr . Anderson or Mr . J . Sewell . Mr . Maittz will deliver a lecture at No . 1 , China Walk , to the yonng men of Lambeth , and the public n general on Sunday week , at half-past seven , — On Easter Monday , there will be a free concert and ball , at U © . 1 , China Walk , got up by the Young Men ' s . locality . —There will be a discussion on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . LraEBorsE . —A discn 3 sion will take place on Monday evening next , at the School Room , Bopemaker's-fields , on the education clauses of the Factory BilL—Mr . Mantz will lecture on Tuesday evening next , at the above place , at half-past seven o ' clock .

      Mr . Faebes will lecture upon a most Important SttbjecVbn Sunday evening , at the Goldbeater ' s Arms , Old St . Pancras-road . The members of the Somera Town locality are earnestly requested to attend at the above place on Monday evening iiext , to discuss and consider a new Plan ef Organization . Notice . —In consequence of the interference of the authorities , the members of the Clock houBe locality have removed their place of meeting to Mr . Pierce ' s , the Golden Lion , 51 , Dean-street , Soho , opposite St . Ann ' s Church , where a lecture will be given on next Sunday evening , at half-past eight o ' clock . Bbistol . —Mr . J . N . Clarke , of Ledburgh , will lecture at Bear-lane Chapel , on Monday , April 17 , at eight o ' clock in the evening .

      NoBiHjJiRraifSHiBB . —Mr , Mason , of Birmingham , will lectnre in the following localities next week : — Long Buckby , Easter Monday ; Northampton , Tuesday ; Keuering , ( new locality , ) Wednesday and Thursday ; Oandle , Friday ; Peterborough , Saturday ; Wellingborough , Monday and Tuesday , the 24 th and 25 th ; Kettering , { old locality , ) W « dneBday , the 26 thj Long Bnckby , the 27 th . AsHTOH-raDBB-LTUB . —The member ' s fortni g htly Heeling will be held on Sunday next , when business of importance will be brought before them . Oi ? Eastbb Monday a concert and ball will be held , in the Chartist meeting-room Charlestown , at five o ' clock in the evening j proceeds to go to the funds of the association .

      Halifax . —The monthly meeting of thiB district will be held at Lower Wailey on Sunday , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Mr . Ssowdoh will lecture in the Association room Swan Coppice , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening . On Mokday and Tuesday evenings the above room will be open fo 7 rational amusements , namely , singing , dancing and recitations . Doors will open at seven o'clock . Admission threepence each . 51 a . Jei ^ kiab Lasb , of Manchester , will lecture in the Association Room , Cbarlestown , at £ ts o'clock on Sunday night next . It is requested that lecturers visiting Ashton will be more punctual in their attendance .

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      NcrmKGHAM . —Mr . Thomas Cooper will preach on Nottingham Forest , on Easter Sunday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , and at half-past two in the afternoon , and in the Chapel , Rice-place , at half-past BIX . The Chabtists of this town intend holding a Tea Festival on Eister Monday , in Mr , Bean's Rooms , Lower Parliament-street , to celebrate the return of the twenty-six victims who fell a prey to magisterial oppression , on the 23 d of August last , at the memorable battle of Mapperley Plains . " Mr . Cooper , from Leicester , Mr . Dormon , of Nottingham , and other gentlemea of talent will be present on the occasion . Sheffield . —Fig-Tbeb Lane . —Mr . Julian Harney will deliver an address on Sunday evening at seven o ' clock , on Che inefficaoy of Free Trade to remove the distress of the people . - » . m m > .

      A Festive Ball will be held in the Fig Tree-lane Room , on Easter Monday and Tuesday , to commence each evening at seven o ' clock . Siddall . —Mr . Hanson , of Elland , will lecture in tbe Association Room , Cinder-hills , on Sunday ( tomorrow at six o'clock . Oldbah . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . M Farline , of Salford will lecture in the Chartist room . Greaves-street , at six o ' clock in tho evening . On Eastejl TuEaDAV , a Chartist tea patty and ball will take place in the Town Hall , in honour of tho liberation from Kirkdale Gaol , of Messrs . Yardley , Hurst , Bell , Jones , and Warwick , when Mr . Leach , of Manchester , and the abore individuals are expected to be preseut .

      Holuhgwood . —A . tea-party will be held in the ChartiBt room , Ralph Green , on Easter Monday . Tickets , Males 8 d . ; Females , 6 d . each ; may be had of the following persons : —George Booth , Underlane ; Edwin dough , Tinker-lane , Robert Whitehead , Drury-lane ; Nathaniel Marlar , Bradley Bent ; and John Raynor , Ralph Green . Mr . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester , has consented to be present , and will address the meeting after tea . Tea on the table at five o ' clock . Rochdalb . —Mr . Isaac Barrow , from Bolton , will preach two sermons in the Chartist room , Yorkshirestreet , on Sunday next , ( to-morrow , ) in the afternoon , at half-past two , and in the evening , at six o ' clock . A collection will be made after eaoh sermon to defray expences .

      DfiwsBPBT . —A District Council Meeting will be held on Sunday in the large room over the Co-operative Stores , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when delegates are requested to attend from all parts of the district , to ascertain the most appropriate means of support for the families of Messrs . Clissett and Sheldrake , during their incarceration . Old Basfobd . —The Cdartists of Old Basford will hold a tea party , on Eister Tuesday , at Mr . Charlton ' s , the Old Pear Trte . Tickets for tea , eightpence eaoh , may be had of Mr . Charlton , Mr . John Hobroyn , and Mr . W . Brown , grocer .

      Macclesfikld . —The Chartists of this town have determined on a concert and ball , on Easter Monday , at seven o ' clock in the evening , in their new Association Room , Stanley-street . Tickets may be had of the following persons : —John Stints , BackwalJgate ; Henry Hargreaves , Waters Green , and at the Association Room , Stanley-street . The proceeds to be appropriated towards the repairs and decoration of the room . All communications to the Chartists of this place must be addressed to Henry Hargrave , boot and shoe maker , Waters Green . It is also requested that all lecturers for the future , wishing to visit this this locality , do give four clear days notioe , Mr . Beesley will lecture in Sooth Shields , on Tuesday evening next , at the Scarborough ; the lecture to commence at half-past Beven o ' clock .

      Bradford . —The Chartists of Little Horton will meet on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , in the School Room , on important business . The members and scholars will hare a public dinner in the School room , to commemorate the establishing of a Chartist bunday School . After dinner several select pieces of music , vocal and instrumental , will be performed . Dinner on the table at two o ' clock . Tickets for dinner , Is . each , may be had of Mr . Richard Elsworth , Mr . Waddington , and at the School room , Park-place . On Monday and Tuesday evenings , a ball will take place in the large room , Butterwortb Buildings , to commence at seven o'clock each evening . On Stjnday evening , a lecture will be delivered in the large room , Butterwortb Buildings , to commence at six o'clock .

      The Chabtists of New Leeds will meet in their room , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . The Members of the Co-operative Store are particularly requested to meet en Tuesday evening , at eight o'clock , in the rouin over the shop in Chapellane . The rules are to be examined previous to getting them enrolled .

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      ( From the Times . J Our despatches in anticipation of the Indian Mail to the 1 st of March are arrived . They bring most important intelligence from Scinde . It appears that tbe Ameers of Hyderabad , while making arrangements to collect a large army , continued to play " fast and loose" with Major Outran ? , whom the Indian Government had in December sent to them in order to make- terma . It must be

      recollected that those Amoers ; who were long regarded as tributaries of the Affghan Empire , had within some years enjoyed a sort of independence of all subjection . Their principles were those of Eastern desposts who govern the country for their own special advantage . Industry ana civilization were at a stand there , while the most fertile districts along the Indus were turned into wastes or jungle deserts for the preservation of the wild animals whom those Ameers amused themselves occasionally in hunting and destroying ^

      The British Government having introduced civilization into a portion of Scinde , and having taken possession of the Indus , the navigation of which became a matter ef general benefit , a demand was made on the Ameers to give up for the use of that navigation certain strips of land lying along the liver . Tbey , feeling that they could not immediately refuse , temporised until at length their troops were collected , when on the 14 th of February they sent word to Major Outram to retire from their city . Major Outram , who did not suppose that they

      would proceed to extremities , delayed . On the 15 th , the residence of the British Political Agent , or Minister , waB attacked ; it was gallaDtly defended by 100 men for several hours ; but at length their ammunition having been expended , the British soldiers retired ; with a small loss , to the steamers , and proceeded to join Sir Charles Napier , then at the head of about 2 , 700 men , at a distance of about twenty miles from the capital of the Ameers . The latter hastened , at the head of 22 , 000 men , to attack the British force .

      On the 17 th a battle took place , which can only be compared to the celebrated one at Plassey , in which , after a severe struggle of three hours , the Ameers were totally routed and their troops dispersed . The loss of the British troops was considerable . The Ameers on the following day surrendered themselves prisoners of war , and Hyderabad was ocenpied by the conquerors . The capture of thiB most important position is of immense value ; the valuable and fertile districts along the

      Indus can now be restored to industry and the arts of peace , and millions , as of old , will soon lire in happiness in those plains where those despots have during a century scattered misery and desolation . The official acsounts are subjoined . It appears that the plan of an attack in order to exterminate all the British in Scinde was not confined to Hyderabad , it extended itself throughout the territories of the Ameers , but their ntmost efforts hare been baffled , and they are now prisoners .

      The intelligence from Afghanistan is that anarchy continues to prevail there . Akhbar Khan is said to be master of Cabal , and his father Dost Mahomed is proceeding from Lahore towards Peshawar , as if to join him . Akhbar Khan has threatened to invade the province of Peshawur , and to take it from the Sikhs , but the good treatment of old Dost Mahomed by the latter may prevent that invasion . From Candahax news has been received that Sufter Jung had been compelled to quit that city , and to seek safety in flight .

      ' . Lord Ellenborough who had arrived at Delhi on £ th of February , was preparing to go to Agra , where his presence was considered necessary , not only on account of the death of Scindis , the powerful chief of Gwalior , at the age of twenty-seven years , to whom an adopted heir has been named , but also in order to contribute by various arrangements to put an end to the disturbances in the Bundelkund districts . Among the reports was one that the BrahminB at Somnauth had declined to receive the much-talked-of gates , wtich they regarded as polluted by their application to a Mahommedan s tomb , and that these celebrated trophies were to be sent to another destination .

      The Courts Martial on ihe officers engaged in the proceedings at Cabul hare terminated in the acquittal of all ; but though the verdict of " not guilty" h * s been pronounced for eaoh , there is ft most marked distinction made on ihe remarks of the Governor-General and of the Commandsr-m-Chief as to the opinion formed of the acts of Major Pottinger and the other leadiDg officers . The latest intelligence from Canton comes down to the 21 st of January , from ! which it appears that the Imperial Commissioner Elepoo had arrived there on the 10 th , bnt it was doubted if the negooiations respecting the tariff would commence until after the beginning of tho Chinese new year , which was on the 30 th of January . Sir Henry Pottinger hai left Hong Kong for Canton on the 17 th in order to pay a visit of ceremony . Colonel Malcolm left Bombay on the 18 * h of February , on board a steamer , in order to deliver the ratified , treaty of the Plenipotentiary .

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      ROCHDALB . --Mr . Dixon lectured in tho Association room , Yorkebire-streefc , on Tuesday evening last , to a large and respectable audience . After the lecture , a collection was made in aid of the General Defence Fund . Bradford . —On Sunday the , members of tho Council held their usual weekly meeting , in the large m ™?'* BaWem ° Mb . > 8-l > uildings f when it was resolved i hat amusements of various descriptions be held every baturdaV and Monday evening ; to commence at seven o ' clock . " The meeting adjourned to Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Mr . Hobmjt lectured in the council room , Butterworth s-buildings , on Sunday evening . After the lecture , a discussion took place between Mr . Hurley and several of the Repeal Association . The discussion was adjourned to Sunday next , at seven o clock in the evening , when a lecture will be delivered by Mr . Smyth .

      MA » CHE * TER .-On Sunday last , Mr . David Ross lectured in Carpenter's Hall , both afternoon and vemng , to large and respectable audiences . Le ^ owe Mode of Recruiting . —At the close of Mr . Ross 8 lecture in Carpenter ' Hall , on Sunday , a person named Grifiin attempted to excite prejudice against the lecturer by a long tirade of personal invectire in which he charged him with havi » g sought to get into the pay of the League , and with coming over to the Chartists upon finding that they would have nothing to do with him . Mr . Ross , after apowssing the chair , said he was thankful to Mr . Grimn for the manner in whioh he had treated him , and also for tbe statements h « had made concerning him ( Mr . Rosb ) and the anti-Corn La-v League

      , and more especially , as it was done in the presence of his fellow-townsmen , who knew him beat and also were well acquainted with his political career ; but by those statements ho had forced upon him a duty which he would now fearlessly perform , and that was to expose the League in their attempts to purchase him ( Mr . Ross ) to become one of their tools . At the time that he joined tbe Young Men ' s anti-Monopoly Society , one evening he was out taking a walk with his father-in » law ; it came on rain , and in going past this very hall there was a meeting , but he ( Mr . Ross ) knew not the business for which it was called , but . came in for shelter out of the rain . A geatleman of the name of Neald went and got his name set down

      as a member , without ever asking his ( Mr . Ross ' s ) consent , or without him having any knowledge that he had done so . He then went on to the platform and moved that he ( Mr . Ross ) be the vice-president of the Association . Thia was the first that he had heard of the business . He was about to ask what was the meaning of the motion , as he was not a member of the Association . However he was saved the t ouble by a gentleman well known in Manchester , a Mr . Warner , who opposed the motion on the ground that Mr . Ross was not a member . Mr . Neald said that he was , and called the Secretary to prove it . Mr . Warner still opposed his ( Mr . Rosa ' s ) election to that office . But Mr . Neald persevered in pressing hia motion . Mr .

      Warner brought forward a young man as an amendment , but the young man said that he would not allow himself to be put in nomination in opposition to Mr . Ross ; the consequence was , that he was elected Vice President . At that time he thought that the repeal would be a benefit to the people . He ( Mr . Ross ) made it his duty to endeavour to bring about an union of the whole people , tor the purpose of giving to the whole people their rights . They would remember that he ( Mr . Ross ) delivered a lecture in the Corn Exchange , in connection with that Association . In that lecture he w ent too far for the League ; he was for too much , and must only go so far . After that he had a discussion with James Leacb , and he ( Mr . R&ss ) pledged himself

      that if Mr . Leacb could overthrow his arguments in favour of the Repeal , that he ( Mr . Ross ) would join the National Charter Association ; and he considered it no disgrace to Bay that Leach beat him soundly , and thoroughly convinced him of the absurdity of seeking a repeal of the Corn Laws under present circumstances . Well , after this , he ( Mr . Ros ) went to the Young Men ' s Anti-Monopoly Association , and moved that they all joined the National Charter Association . Oh ! but said Mr . Warren , what will the League say—will they allow us to join the Chartists ? Indeed . ' said Mr . Ross , and are we then the serfs of the League ? —are we to ask ( hem what we shall do ! The Young Men ' s Association was broken up that

      night , and he , ( Mr . Ross ) with several others , joined the National Charter Association on the following Sunday . And now , said Mr . Ross , for the League . After the time that Mr . Leach and himself had made the arrangements for the discussion , and the night of meeting , what did they do 1 Why , they sent one of their tools down to his ( Mr . Ross ' s ) house , in Rodney street , with a whole load of books with certain passages marked out for him ( Mr . Ross ) to use in the discussion . " Weil , my good fellow , '' said Mr . Ross , " where have these come from and what are they for f The man replied , the League have sent them for you , and if you will take them and use them in yeur discussion

      with Leach , they will pay you wall for it . Well , said Ross , take them back to your employers , and tell them from me that I am going to meet Mr . Leach upon principle and not ior money ; and , further , that if he could not cope with that gentleman without their assistance , he would be beat ; and on the night of the discussion they kept handing him notes , telling him that if he would only be lead by them and use the statements which they gave him , he should be well paid for it ; and he called upon them , if they could , to gainsay any of the statements that he had made ; he dared them to the proof ; and as he promised the next time he appeared in public was upon the Chartist platform . Mr . Ross sat down amidst the repeated plaudits of tbe meeting .

      LONDON . —TU £ Metropolitan Delegate Meet ing was held oa Sunday afternoon . Two shillings was received from Camber well . Mr . Simpson reported from the Observation and Victim Committees . Credentials were ^ received from Mr . Ritchie , for Somerstown . Mr . Wheeler reported from the committee for getting up a meeting in honour of Mr . Duncomba ; and Messrs . Mills , Knight , Ritchie , Pickersgill , and Salmon were added to the committee . After the transaction of other business the meeting adjourneql , reports having been received from various localities approving of the new arrange * ments for organizing the metropolis . Lambeth , 1 , China-Walk . —On Monday evening a lecture was delivered here by Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , to whom was passed an unanimous vote of thanks .

      Mr . Bknbow leotured at the School room , late Zion Chapel , Ropemakers' -Fields , Limehouse , on Tuesday last .

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      NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . NOMINATION—Wednesday , April 5 th . Mr . O'Connor said , that the gentleman who proposed Mr . Walter alluded to the untoward event by which that gentleman had been unseated , and believed that that event had been brought about by the most puerile and insufficient evidence , as indeed he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had told Mr . Walter He , however , could not complain , as he had been ousted by ttie casting-vote of a " whole-hog" ( Hogg ) Tory , bristles and all—( laughter ) . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) supposed that although the charges were futile , and thfi evidence . insufficient—he Buppo&ed that casting vote had been given from the feeling that he ( Mr , Walter ) deserved unseating for 20 a . bribery , while Hogg had at his own election given £ 26 pet

      head to his voters—( cheers and laughter ) . The Chartists had been taunted with having formed an anomalous coalition with the Whigs , Sat he ( Mr . O'Connor ) never heard of an individual who refused aid when he needed it ; and in this case the Chartists were the mountain , and the Whigs Mahomet , for they came to the Chartists —( hear , hear ) . It had been balm to hiB ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) soul to bear the speech of the Noble Lord who had proposed Mr . Gisborne in advocacy of those opinions for which he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had suffered persecution , as that Noblei Lord was one who had a stake in the country , and a character to lose—( " hear , hear , " and a voice- ; - " Has he really ? " ) He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had said last week , in his speech in

      the Market-place , that unless they could get & man worthy of their support , he himself would go to the poll , and he now begged to tell Mr . Gisborne that he must give them a better account of the Charter—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . These were trying times , but Mr . Gisborne had given them nothing but a hodge-podge detail of Bishops of Jerusalem and Ecclesiastical Courts , while they wanted the Charter as the leverage by whioh the corruption of State might be overthrown—( cheers ) . He supposed Mr . Gisborne had given the assurance he required on behalf of the Chartists to the leaders of their party ; but was he now ashamed to publicly acknowledge his promise to support the Charter t—( hear ) . Mr . O'Connor then charged both Whigs and Tories with

      oppression and self-seeking , and went on to say that the Chartists ought not to take up the cudgels for any adherent to either party , but only for such a candidate as was a confirmed friend of Annual Parliaments , Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Bleotoial Districts , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members . Some allusion had been made to the Poo ? Law , and to give honour where honour was due , he gave praise to Mr . Walter for his opposition to that measure , aud acknowledged that Mi . Walter had likewise done something to set his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) house in order—the prison—( laughter ) . But supposing he had done this and more , it was all of no value taken spctionally ; the people must have the power of making the laws , and then no poor laws

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      could exist —( cheers ) . The burdens which now orushed the people to the earth would be removed , and happiness would be restored to the land . He thought , when he heard Mr . Walter ' s speech , that there was more than onej vacancy ; he certainly seemed speaking for himself and his father too . In the anxiety of the son to make his youth of do disadvantage he appeared to be at the same time making out the walki ?*? ticket for his father . — ( laughter ) , Mr . Walter was connected with the Ttmes newspaper , and he a / so connected the individual with the journalist . ' In that paper , when rt was some time ago giving ; accounts of the arrest of Chartist leaders for ' advocating the rights of the people , it daily added a postscript . " Thev

      have not caught the right man yet . " Now , Jie tMr . O Connor ) found no fault with the judges , and less with jurors ; but he did find fault that the Times newspaper , with the gigantic power that h post sessed , should descend to thp task of ferreting withe game for the Government ; and from the moment of his ( O'Connor ' s ) victory over Sir James Grabaai , the Times was constant in its recommendations to Government to get him ( O'Connor ) transported —sent out of the country—(" hear / 7 and " shame ") . God forbid that he ( Mr . ; O'Connor ) should let bis political objects merge j into personal feelings , but he had plenty of such opportunities as the present of taking ample revenge . Mr , O'Connor then , in allusion to the Bishop ofi Jerusalem , abused the

      Church at some length , saying that its dignitaries never set foot even upon the most remote island but they caused confusion , j war , and destitution . Whig corruption was next attacked under the image of a rotten tree , which made the air putrid , and , like the Upas of the de 3 ert , was fatal to everything , both animaf and vegetable , Within its baneful influence . Ho then alluded to the free trade party , who were anxious that the Chartists , if they could not go all the way with them , should ; at least go as far as they could ; but , when they had got everything they wanted , it would be , " Good night , Mr . Chartist , we are at home , and you may go back or not as you can 1 " They wanted to make mere machines of the working classes—to lead them ont in the

      morning to work , and into their stalls at night when their labour was over . But When the labour of the working man was protected in the same ratio as the capital of his employer , then there would be a return of those halcyon daya when the children of the poor man might be gambolling and playing , with rigour in their limbs , and health painted on their cheeks , instead of beingjearried to work on the backs of worn-out and wo-begone mothers . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor concluded a very long speech , by an attack Upon Mr . Walter for changing his politics , and said , that if | ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) had disposed of the organ tfhich represented the Chartists ( meaning the Northern Star ) as Mr . Walter had disposed of The Ttmes , he should blush

      to show his face in public again . He could not say anything about the compromise , as he was not in possession of the faots of the case , but he could tell them something about the sale of the Times , because he was acquainted with the whole of the transaction . Alexander Baring , now Lord Ashburton , and Lord Wharncliffe , Were the Tories who bought it ,-and £ 187 . 000 was ! the sum paid . They then said to Mr . Walter , " iWe shall want a new editor , " Mr . Walter said , ! " Oh , no , 111 see Baroee . " Mr . Walter then J went to Barnes and said , "We must come ont Tory to-morrow . " ( A laugh . ) He then told Barnes that they wanted to havo a new editor , to which BarneR replied , u What fools they must be to think I can write only on one side ! " ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Giaborne had

      given the Chartists the best ; possible proof of bis sincerity in promising to resign his seat when called on , and if he answered the questions whioh he intended shortly to put he should recommend them to support him . ' Mr . Walter . —I beg to claim the indulgence of the meeting fora single moment , while I notice an allegation which has just been made by the individual who last addressed you ; Upon my honour , I have not spoken to any public man on the subject of the press for the last twenty j years . With respect to what he says as to the Bale of a property with which I was then conuected , j I tell you , upon my honour , there is not the shadow of a foundation for it , and I believe that he knows what he says to be utterly false . ; Mr . Tyas then addressed the electors , but was much interrupted .

      Mr . O'Connor said he had pot yet resigned , as , before he did chat , he must have from Mr . Gisborne , who had spoken in favour of the six points , an unequivocal answer to a straightforward question . Did Mr . Giaborne , when the People ' s Charter was brought under the consideration of the House of Commons , intend to support that measure 1 Mr . Gisborne . —I think I have given an explanation . Mr . O'Connor .-Say " Yes" or " No . " ( Cries of " Order , order . ") ; Mr . Gisborne . —I have spoken as an independent man ; I have deolared my principles in such a way that no man can misunderstand thorn . I cannot be misunderstood ; I do not think it fair . Mr . O'Connor . —If I understand Mr . Giaborne aright , I am satisfied . <

      Mr . Charlton—I am not , and I request a plain answer . Will you , or will yon not support the Charter ! I ask for a plain " yes , " or " no . " No answer being given , Mr ! Charlton Baid , Mr . Gisborne will not answer ; I , therefore , put it to your ( the electors , ) common sense , if you have not a right to infer , that he will not support the Charter ! Mr . O'Connor—I put a question to young Mr . Walter , will you support the six points in the

      Charter ? Mr . Walter , jan . —I will give an explioit answer , if that will elicit an equally explicit answer from Mr . Gisborne : I will not— ( confusion and cheers ) . .. Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Tyas having retired from the contest , the Sheriff called for a show of hands for Mr . Gieborne , when almost every hand was held up in the body of the Hall—( cheers ) . A very few only appeared for Mr . Walter , jun ., with tbe exception of those on the hustings , i

      Mr . Gisborne having been declared to have the showof haBds in his favour , Mr . ( Charlton demanded a poll for Mr . Walter , J an ., which was appointed to take place in tbe Market-place , at eight o ' clock the next morning , to whioh time ail adjournment took place . ! The Hall was cleared about twenty minutes before two o ' clock , the proceedings having occupied nearly four hours .

      THE POLL—Thursday . The canvassers , election agents , and district managers , set to work in good earnest , at a very early hour . It was understood that many of the Tones had breakfasts provided , and then the voters were brought up to the polling booths , so as to have the first chance . Great were their rejoicings at sine o ' clook , the conclusion of the first hour , when the numbers were announced as follow : — at nine o ' ctoCK—Walter 455 Gisborne 391 Majority 64 The poll booths were constructed this time , on a different plan to what they had been heretofore , being a / I in a straightline , with the entrances fronting the Long-row . Within a common enclosure at the back , the sheriff ' s booth was placed , with egress on both sides for the voters .

      at ten o'clock—Walter .. 810 Giaborne i 849 Majority 39 at eleven o ' clock—Giaborne 1291 Walter ... 1179 Majority 112 AT TWELVE O ' CLOCK—GisWa © 14 < 53 Walter .. ; 1372 Majority 91 The excitement was do-w very great . Much rain had fallen , but round tbe booths there was a forest of umbrellas .

      at one o ' clock—Gieborne ...... 1714 Walter 1587 Majority ... AT TWO O'clock—Gisborne 1751 Walter . 1634 Majority

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      half-past two . —Gisborne ; 1786 Walter 1672 Majority 114 at a qua&tek to THREE—Gisborne 1802 Walter ... 1681 Majority 121 THHEE O ' CLOCK . —Gisborne ; 1814 Walter ; 1705 Majority 109 half-past thbee . —Gisborae ... i 1847 Walter ~ 1721 Majority ......... 128

      FINAL CLOSE OF THB VOht . GISBORNE , L .... 1854 WALTER « L 1736 Majority for Mr . Gisborne . 118 Mr . Gieborne , attended by Lord R&ncliffe , Mr . Dancombe , Mr . Alderman Rogerai the chairman of the committee , and many other friends , amidst the shouts of the people , went from tho booth to the balcony of Mr . Dunn ' s house , in the Market-place , where animating addreesss were given by Lord Ranoliffe , Mr . Gisborne , and otheM . Mr . Duncombe went off to London by the five o ' clock train , intending to announoe the result of the election in the House of Commons , and to vote upon an important motion . ¦ The following is the Sheriff ' s statement : —

      GISBORNE 1839 WALTERS , 1728 Majority for Mr . Gteborne m

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      TRIAB OF BETrY ECCLE 3 , FOR TdE MFRDER OF HER CHILDREN . LIVERPOOL , Tuesday , April 4 . Cbown Sim . —( Before Mr . Baron Parke . J Betty Ecolra , aged 38 r was indicted for the wilful murder of William Eceles , at Bolton , on the 26 th of September last , by admistering to him a qnantity of arsenic . Mr . Armstrosg and Mr . Brandt conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Dr Brown , assigned as counsel .

      The prisoner was , it appeared , the who of a per * son residing is Little Bolton , but who at the time of this occurrence was employed in a mill at Man * cheater , and in consequence was during the week away from home , returning to his family on the Saturday evening , and leaving them in time for his work on the Monday . The prisoner , previous to her marriage to her present husband , was a widow , and had a family of several children , all of whom , however , were now dead . The deceased waa a > step-80 B , a child of about 13 years of age , and the other members of the family were a younger boy and a little girl of abont 10 years old , both step-children . Tbe deeeased was employed in the mill of Messrs . Eden and Tbwaitee , at Bolton , at three shillings

      per week ; his brother was in the same employ at a salary of balf-a-crown per week . This money they always paid over to their step-mother on the Saturday . On the 26 th of September last , the deceased went to his work at Messrs . Eden and Tbwaites ' s as usual . He . then seemed in his usual health . He left his . work to go to dinner about half-past elevea o ' clock , being somewhat earlier than usual , he having some errands to discharge for his employers About half-past twelve , his brother , Richard Ecolea , met him as he was coming out of the bouse , apparently after having got his dinuer . He then seemed as well as usual . Richard , on going into the House , found all the plates washed up , and pot away , but he himself had his dinner off some potato

      hash , as it was called , from which the prisoner said she herself hs . d dined . The deceased , it appeared , after leaving the house , had some further errands to attend to before returning to Messrs , Eden and Thwaites ' s , and did not get back there until nearly two o'clock . He then seemed very ill , was troubled with a continual retching , and complained of a dreadful pain in his stomach . At three o ' clock , h-i was finally obliged to leave his work , and go home . His mother ' s house was about a mile off . One of the witnesses , about four o ' clock , was in the direction leading to his mother ' s house , and found him lying in a ditch in great agony . He asked what he was doing there , and the boy replied he was not able to get any further .

      The witness assisted him home , and about a quarter of a mile off the prisoner ' s house tbey met her . Before anything had been said by either of them Bhe remarked , "You ' ve brought him home , have you ? " The witness replied , " Yes ; get him home as soon as you can , and get him some hot tea . " She replied , " Ay , I ' ve some tea ready for him . The deceased , however , was not in the habit of going home to his tea , and there did not appear any reason why she should on that occasion have made any preparation for that purpose . Ttie deceased continued very ill during that evening , but no medical assistance was sent for , and in the coarse of the afternoon he died . In the course of the next day one of the neighbours called in upon the

      prisoner , and inquired whether it waa Richard Eceles who had died ? She said , " No , it was William . " The witness asked if she knew what was the cause of his death ? She replied , " Inflammation . " It waa then suggested that she should have the body opened , for fear it might be some infectious disease , but she was very angry at the suggestion , and said she had trouble enough on her mind withont having more . In the course of the same day she went to the works of Messrs . Eden , and Thwaites , to demand 50 s ., the usual allowance for the burial of persons of the age of the deceased when in the employment of those gentlemen . It appeared that on the 10 th of the same montn she had made . a similar application on the occasion of the

      death of one of her own children , Alice Haslam , but it was then refused her , and it was explained that burial money was paid only on the occasion of the death of a child belonging to a person employed in the works , or of a child himself in the service of Messrs . Eden and Thwaites . Oa this second application the suspicions of the bookkeeper were excited , especially as he himself had sevn the child apparently in perfect health the morning before , and she was put off with aa intimation that she must call again on the following day . On that day , however , & medical man was sent to examine tbe body . Oa opening it , he found the stomaoh in a highly inflamed state , with a white powder embedded in mucus adhering Co its coats , and presenting such

      appearances as induced him to believe that the child had died in consequence of some irritant poison . The stomach , the duodenum , and the fluid they contained were handjed over to Mr . Watson , chemist , by whoa they were analysed , and who applied all the various tests which science has suggested for the purpose of detecting the presence of arsenic . All these showed that the poison was present in large quantities . He finally reduced the greater part of it to the metallic state , and it waa apparent that at least from thirty-five to forty grains of the mineral had been in the stomach and its contents . It appeared from the statement of Mary Eceles , the sinter of the deceased , a young child of about tea years Of age , that on that day William and her

      mother had promised her a damson pudding for her dinner . The witness was at school in the forenoon , and on her return home she dined off the potato hash , of which her step-mother said she herself bad made her dinner already . She asked for the damson pudding , and the prisoner said she bad not bad time to make it , but would do so on the following day . To another party tbe prisoner stated that the deceased had dined off a damson pudding on the day in ques tion . It appeared also , from the statement of a carrier travelling between Bolton and Manchester , aud who was acquainted with the prisoner , that oa the day after the death of William Eceles the prisoner called to him as he was passing the door and told him to tell Henry , her husband , who was then

      at Manchester , that William was dead . She said she thought of burying htm on the Friday . Oa the Thursday the witness saw her again , and brought a message back from the husband that there was no use in his coming before Friday . The prisoner then told him that the policemen had come and searched the house , and two doctors had opened the body but it was all right , they found nothing . She said she wanted Henry home , as she had been for { the club money of the deceased and they would not give it to her . The prisoner was taken into custody .. on Thursday , the 2 # ih . To the constable she stated the deceased had come home very ill on -the Monday , and that Bhe had sent for Dr . Mallett , but he was not at home . She said

      she had never had any poison in . her life , and had never bought any from Mr . Mosaorop , druggist , at Little Bolton . It was proved by the evidencejof Mr Barlow , assistant to Mr . Mosscrop , that the prisoner had been in the habit of dealing at Mr . Moss , crop's shop for several months previous to this occurrence , and that five or six weeks before she had come and asked for a pennyworth of arsenic to kill mice It was refused unless she would bring a witness with her . She-went away , and in the course of half an hour came back with another woman , and finally was allowed to buy an ounce of arsenic , which was put up in paper marked " Poison . " His Lordship having summed sp , the Jury retired for about an hour , and finally returned into court with a verdict of Guilty .

      There were two other indictments against the prisoner for the murder of Alice Haslam and Nancy Haslam by the same means . Alice had died on the 9 th of September , and Nancy some time before , when the prisoner was a widow . On the bodies being disinterred , arsenic in large quantities was discovered in the stomachs . In these cases , a verdict of " Wilful Murder" had been returned by the coroner ' s inquest , but these indictments were not now proceeded with . His Lordship in a most impressive address sentenced the prisoner to death .

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      Total Withdrawal of the Manufacture of Mail Coaches in Ireland . —For the last two or three days , a rumour has been prevalent through the city which has created considerable sensation . It was generally stated , that Mr . Purcell had lost tbe contract , which he held for years , for building and supplying the mail coaches in Ireland , and that a Scotch firm had been enabled to purchase up , for most insignificant sums , large quantities of stage and ma l coaches , in consequence of the spread of railways iu England and Scotland , which , had thtewn them idle on the hands of their owners , and , being thus

      provided with some hundreds of ready made coaches , obtained at a most trifling cost , they had underbid Mr . Purcell and the Messrs . Bourne . This rumour occasioned considerable discussion oa Friday at the Commercial Buildings , and in other public places , and was rather discredited by mercantile men . We have since cauBed inquiries to be made , and hare reluctantly to state that this painful report is founded in truth . We have ascertained that Mr . Parcel ! has positively , lost the contract , and that Mr . Croat , a Scotch gentleman , is the successful competitor . We are enabled also to state , that the contract takes effect from May , and has been made for five years . Mr . Croal has no factory in thia country , and will , of course , import his coaches from Edinburgh and London . —Dublin Mercantile Advertiser .

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      A PERFECTLY sober , steady MAN who is a first-rate Workman , may have constant and full Work , at the Top Wages of the Trade , ou Application to Mr . James Bolingbroke , Last and Boot Tree Manufacturer , 8 , Church Side , Hull . If he also koow& something of the Patten Trade , all the better : but he must , in any c % se , bg $ thorough workman w } tfj the knife .

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      _ THE NORTHERN S TAR . 5 t # ¦ * " * " " ' ¦

      India And China.

      INDIA AND CHINA .

      To Last Makers.

      TO LAST MAKERS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct798/page/5/