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      THE PATRIOT'S PBAXER . God of barren and of earth , & > d of all that breathes and lives , Tbou T » bo gaTe creation birth , "Whose goodness every blessing gives , God eternal ! sourcs from whence Ail motion Is thatfllletb space , Fountain of Omnipotenoe , Patter of the human race , iind , ve beseech thee , lend thine ear , Hearken to onrtfervent jjrayen , Come to aid us , come to cheer , And to free us from ooz cares . Cnuh the oppressor in thy wrath , And in thy mercy free His slave ,

      Tumthoa Sie tyrant from ha path , And stretch thy strong right arm to * ave The suffering poor from grief and woe , Prom mating want and torturing toil , — Thoa sorely can and "wDl o v erthrow Injustice cloVk'd in treacherous juile . let not the widoWa "bnroing tears Gash from her sorrowing joul in rain ; Id pity hush the orphan ' s fears , In justice burst the bondsman ' s chains ; Saceonr fee capirve , 'wiiaee desire "Was thai lus fellow-man should be In social virtue raised higher . Is purpose pure , in action free , Is it a an in man to say

      Bsat tyranny m Ionl and base ? 1 j it a an in man io pray ? or freedom to the human race ? Shall iron fetters bind him down - tSTio dwas to tell men of ^ heir rights ? Shall cmslty those feelings drown Is -which the free-born soul delights ? Parish ifce mortal that would dare Bassos to blind or thought uproot , Driving thine image to despair , Dsgrsding nun to senseless brute 1 All-seeing God , vouchsafe to hear gQiepiniotfd patriots * gracious moan , To nhom this glorious truth is dear—That thou art God , and God alone , BE 5 JA 3 na Stott

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      ATs ODE . Ob , ilame «» & ^ 3 of tbe free , Whose children submit to be alares , Who fcaselj to tyranny bend the Tile knee , Oi « mt to iaeir ignoble graves . Tbe jcornrfthejustand the good ShaHier ever cling to thjiale ; Ths cry of the widow and orphan for food Shall greet thee , instead of their smile ; And thy glcry and greatness descend to the tomb , Uimonm'd sad forgot in futurity * gloom . Ah ! : ? rher « is the spirit of old , That burnt in the breasts of your sires , Wbai , -with giant might , and with freedom hold , They cherish'd pure liberty ' s fires ? Whea freedom's Sag floated on high , And justice and truth -were -unfcrTd . liberty or death was their battle cry ,

      'ilidsi the cheers and praise of the world ; And their falchions flash'd fire , and the Bieel clank'd loud , And the crimson-tide fitain'd the false foems& ' a shrcsd . A vale ! arenas from thy slumbers , Throw aside delusion ' s dark veil , Join the rants of the brave in your numbers , An € the ** good old cause" ahaD prevail . Enrl tyranny-down from its throne , Baise liberty up in its stead ; And your sons with pride will their fathers own , And their memTies bless when dead . Thpn n » Tl the blight banner -of sweet liberty J All hail to the Charter , tie right of the free . ' EDWI 5 Glli . Sheffield " .

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      HYiLN TO SPRING Thou bringgr of new life , Welcome thou hither ! Though with thee comes the strife Of changeful weather . Oh I young and coldly fair , Come with thy storm-blown hair , Down casting snow-peails fair , For earth to gather ! Approachest thou in shower ? -SEst hsth enroll'd thee , Tin , changed fiy -viewless power , Bright we behold thee ! "WMM chilling gales do ly , Thou wsnderest meekly by Green holm acd mountain tagb , Vrll uTiflrtoit unfold ties .

      By dusky woodland ade , Silent thon rovest ; Where lonely rindles glide , Unheard thon moress ; T ? iC £ -itre ^ iag bnds and fldwers , By fields , and dells , and bowers , * Mid winds and Eunny showers , Boanteeas thon provest . Though ever »» ymTip »» fe'l six 3 Iver bestowing ; The earth receives her fin Of thy good sowinjr ; And lo I a spangled sheen Of herbs-and jloarers between , Blent -with the pasture green , All beauteous srowing !

      l » ow comes the driven hail , Battling and bounding ; A shower doth mert prevail , Thucdir asiounding ! TTntD the glorious sun Loots through the storm-dond dun—Ana , as the light doth run , Glad tones are sounding . The throstle tunes hiB throat , On tall bough sitting ; The ow 3 e ' s wisird * note By dingle flitting ; 3-he lor'd < me , too , is there , AboTe his snow-plsih'd lairi ~ Be zings , in sun-bright sir , ' - ^ Garo ! befitting .

      Come tveiy tone oljoj 1 Add to ihe pleasnre ; Sweet Robin ' s melody Joins in the measure : And echoes teake and sing , And fairy-bells do ring , " rViere Slver bubbles fling Thar sparkling treasure . The h ^ e bloom is hung Where beams ^ re * hininp 3 ifi fejuty-bine ba ' -h clung , Garlands tntwining , Pot one who wacders lone "C ato that bower unknown , Ana finds 3 -rorld , his own Pcie jr-ys combining .

      Thsn , bringsr of sew life , Welcome thon hither ; And wticome , too , the strife Of changeful weatfeer ! Oi ! trer yonng and fair , Cast from thy storm-blown hair Bright drops , and snow-pearls fair , Hoi earth to gather J SAMT 31 BXMTOBD

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      DEATH FHOM STABBQfG IN LEEDS . On Wednesday -morning , an inqnest was held at the « eds Com House , before E . C . Hopps , Esq , deputy ^ Koer , to inquire concerning the death of James ¦ "tth , who died at the fcrenerd Infirmary on Tuesday ^ J ?*™? - 3 ie deceased came to his death i ) j the hand « Mi sister , vto g tabbed him with a knife on Good f ™ syAfteroocn . The circnmBtances were of a pain-« a nttare , and will he found fnlly detailed in Ihe eri-^>» spaced-at the inqu est , a full report of-. which wb have ^ jven below . P « : Tions * o the jnry proceeding ^ J ^ w tiie bc ^ y , Mr . Socps addressed them , sod ex-I «™ fid the Estsre oi the law as it bore on the case , ** i th& difference feetweeu murder , manslaughter , and ¦«^ aade bj nuadYenture . j ^ ary Ann Piith , -who had been in custody from J ^ aay Homing , was in the room In custody during fi » in quest .

      ^ following witnesses were examined ;—ussrge lancaster—I reside in Z on ^ treet , at Sie ~~~* i * ad am a mechanic by trade . I lire with my K&er . Ifaanrthe deceased , Jamea Firth ; he liTed " JSf c 2 , E ^ on-atreet , with his father . He was in our « w % e on Good Priday last ; at about » gnarter to ™» In the afternoon . His aster . Mary . Ann * nta , waa ^^ ^^ time ; ahe had been ttsre joi 4 ay ; she assists in my Jathert wese , Iherewere in the house besides , at thetinie •* aM tame , my father and myself ; we were all Jn tibe ¦* Mroom , but I Velieremy father was Just gomgnp *™ when he cams in . I belieT © Maij Ann was ^ mgi ome water when Jamet oms in . My father *™ t » P stain , and Mi me . Jame * . and Mart Ann

      ?» nc , in fiae rooai helow . TRienJamaieaneinheast Wra hy my j ^ g . ¦ Bre iadiome conTenaflon , about ¦ o « I was doing—i was fastening ay ihoe sole with **»»« id , and took out my poeket-knife far Hie j > bt-*« boT cntangtheend off Mary Ann then earns up , ^ " ^ both s tajd watching me . WSea I had done *« a&y knifel putit downed Mary ^ imKrthtookit ^^ " I would not haye such an old knife as this , I " ** « hare * new ons .- I said it wouia 3 ast white it lJ ™ 6 » sna i then ireat on mending my thoe . The * " *« and iigier gjen j ^ aj , playing togeth » ahe

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      said it was a bad krife and he said 5 t was a good one . They were in play , and not-quarrelling . I had Dot heard that they had had any words previously . They then got to scuffling , but I took no more notiee . Hb was a Very queer « hap , and had featfnl queer , rort . of speeches . I took no further notice of them until he sat himself dora ; when 1 looked at him , and saw that he looked Tery white , and heldTiia head down . He made no « aream or cry . He said , She has cot me , " I asked him where , and after some persuasion he showed ma I saw a cut in his body , on the left side . He loosed the waistband of his trowsers to let me see . I told him h * had better go home , and he got up and walked to his father ' s house I followed him there , and then left "him . There wss not

      much blood—next to nothing . 1 did not look at Mary Ann Firth , until I had returned fr » m her father ' s house . I cant say ¦ whether she had a knife in her band or not when I first saw James looking pale ; She was somewhere behind me when i looked at him . They were standing np on the floor playing with each other before he sat him down . My father came down stairs just as James Firth was sitting down in the chair . He remained in the room until the deceased went home . I heard some words pass between deceased and his sister , bnt I took no notice of what they were . They were not quarrelsome words , nor did I hear any blows struck . When the deceased said , " She has cut me , Mary Aim « Ud not make any remark . She got him some water . They had not had jany conversation previous to beginning to play as I feaTe described .

      By a Juror—They had not been playing for more than a minute before James sat him down . Mr . Jftlm Allanson—I am house surgeon to the Leeds Infirmary ; the deceased was brought to the Infirmary about half-past ten on Good Friday night I examined him , and found a Email wound rather less than a quarter of an inch In length , in the lower part of the abdomen to the Jeffc side , penetrating the cavity of the abdomen . I considered it a dangerous wound . There were no signs of the b&wela being wounded . He died yesterday ( Tuesday ) morning about three o ' clock . Death was

      caused by inflammation arising from the wound . The » om . d seemed EkeTy to hare been inflicted by a stab with a sharp instrument On a post mortem examination 2 found that the wound was a little longer internally than externally , though there was rery litUe difference ; it had been done almost by a direct sub . The clasp knife now produced would cause the wound . The point of the knife bad not penetrated mnch more than half an inch at the very deepest The knife is Tery sharp , and a yery slight degree -of force would be required to produce the wound .

      Matthew Lancaster . —I live in JUra-street , Bank , and am a linen wearer . The deceased was at my house on Good Piiday but , In the afternoon . There were myself , my son George , and Mary Ann Firth , in the house when lie came in . J went up stairs when he came in . I staid tnere about a quarter of an tour . I heard no noise while I was up stsirs—no quarrelling^—no blows . When I came down the deceased was sitting down , on a chair . I saw something was amiss with him and « Bqnired what was the matter with him . I received no answer , and then I asked him again ,-when he-said , " She has cut me . " He afterwards said he was sick , and his sister gave him some water . 1 looked for the place in his trousers and found it The trousers now produced are the same that the deceased bad on . I afterwards saw the -wound on his bod ; , -which correspond «| 2 Jth the cut in his trousers . The deceased ¦ TnflTt

      TyRflyflfWBAHannah . Firth . —I am mother t « the deceased . We live in Zion-street The deceased was eighteen years of age in December last . I visited my boh alter his removal to the infirmary ; he did not tell me any particulars as to how the wound had been inflicted ; he never gave me any account of it I had heard from others how it had been done , and that was my reason for not asking Tifm . Joseph Craven . —I am a Serjeant in the Leeds Police lwent to the house where Mary Ann Firth lives

      yesterday morning ; and took her into custody . 3 got a clasp knife from George Lancaster . That knife 1 produce ; he said it was the knife the deceased had been cut with , and it -was his Vnife . I got the trousers of the deceased from the Infirmary , and hia shirt at his own house . The shirt and trousers are both cnt through on the left side . Mary Ann Firth cried , when I charged her with having cut her brother ; she said it was true , and that she did it because be bad " burst her month . " I then told hex she had better not say any more about it

      This being all the evidence , the Coroner told Mary Ann Firth that she was then at liberty to make any statement ; but that it would be taken down , and might be -used against har if the verdict of the Jury rendered it necessary . The girl , who wept bitterly , sat for some time nnable to speak . At length ahe Baid she could not tell what her brother and her were talking about , but she had the knife in her hand , and be bit her over the month , go sbe hit him with the knife . They were not quarrelling ; but she could rot tell what they were talking about The blow he struck her made her mouth bleed . She had no intention whatever of itabbing him .

      The Coroner then addressed the jury . He said there could be no dcubt on their minds that the deceased , James Firth , had come to his death from a stab by a knife , given by bis sister , Mary Ann Firth . There was no evidtnee before thEm to » how that any previous intention existed or that the parties had bad any previous quarrel ,- indeed if they believed the evidence of George Lancaster , the parties were playing together when the unfortunate accident occurred . The only question for them to consider , therefore , was whether their verdict should be one of manslaughter or homicide by misadventure—fjHe then read over th « whole of the evidence which had been given , and afterwards proceeded to lay do-sra the law of the caseO—The simple

      question , he said , was whether the wound was given by Mary Ann Firth to the deceased accidentally or by intention . If it was their impression from tbe evidence they had heard , that the wound had been inflicted unintentionally -while the parties were struggling or playing together , then their verdict would be one of homicide by misadventure ; hut if they were of opinion that the -wound had been inflicted in return for a blow , and whilst suffering under the provocation which such blew would awaken , no matter whether the intention was to stab or not , then the verdict must be one of manslaughter ; for , in pity to human frailties , the law mercifully reduced tbe crime from munier to manslaughter , in cases where sufficient provocation h&d immediately preceded the blow which caused death .

      The jury then retired , and , after an absence of about five minutes , returned with a verdict of Homicide by Misadventure . Opjeksite Conduct . —On Monday last , a fellow named Thomas Blakelock was charged with being drunk , on Sunday , at midday , and with indecently exposing Ms person . He was fined 20 a and costs , or in default of payment sent to WakeSeld for a month . -Wa Gilbert , for a similar offence , was subjected to the same punishment .

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      STOCKPOE . T ;—Brotai . and Disgusting Comdtjct of a Druskkn Policeman—At the Court House , on Saturday , before John Marslaud , Esq ., William Andrew ; Esq : ; . and Alfrsd-OrreH , Esq ., Mayor ,-sitting Magistrates . jVir . Thomas Clark appeared , to . make the foliomag charge against P . Potter , one of the Borongh police : —Sir . Glarke ' 8 statement -was as follows . •— ** On Thorsday evening last , about twenty minutes or a quaTter to seven tf'clock . Policeman Potter opened my door , and entered the house . He { proceeded towards the stairs leading up to my bed room ; he turned from there , and went to tlse pantry , opened the door , and shook it almost off its hinges . From there he went to the door leading into the back kitchen , and used it in a

      similar manner ; he then proceeded to open tbe door opening into the back yard . All this time I stood oehindinay counter . Seeing that he had gone so far , I followed him into tbe kitchen , and demanded to know by what authority be entered and conducted himself , in such a manner' in my house He answered by telling me to be off ! I then opened the back door , and ordered him to go about bis bnsiness . He would not go . I again ordered him out . He told me he would not go , but that I must put htm out . I desired a third time that lie would leave the bouse , when , without the least provocation , he turned round and knocked me down . I then fastened on him and a sufile ensued , ! which doubtless would have

      terminated in my being throttled had not a person who is now in Court , and was in the house all the time , come to the rescue ^ and assisted me in forcibly ejecting him , which we ultimately did with great trouble , but during the scuffle Mrs . Clark , who had been confined only five days before , and who had only just before that j ^ ot out of bed , for the first time since her accouchement ^ hearing the disturbance , and not knowing the cause , came running down stairs with a young babe in her arms , and seeing mp almost choked by a policeman , fainted in the back yard . It , has thrown her into * , relapse , and the consequence as far &b she is concerned , will , I am afraid , prove serious . This , gentlemen , is the case against policeman Potter . —The Mayor—Have you any witnesses ? —Mr . Flinn / of Bradford , was here called and sworn —He stated that on Thursday evening last , passing

      through the town of Stockport , he had occasion to call on Mr Clark . He had not been in the house more than ten minutes , when the policeman entered , and conducted himself in the manner already described . He ( the : witness ) went to remonstrate with Potter , but before ho had time to say a word Potter struck him a severe blow . He then assisted Mr . Clark in turning him out . He was mad drunk , and behaved himself in a most brutal manner . Mr . Clark had exeroised the greatest forbearance until he was knocked down . Mrs . Needham was sworn , and corroborated the foregoing statements , adding that she never lived neighbour to a more peaceable or a better disposed person than Mr , Clark . Potter was then called upon for his defence . He stated ^ that about one o'clock on Thursday afternoon , some relations called to see him . He went out with them

      and had a few glasses to drink . On his way home be met two of the other officers , who were in search of a certain person in the town . After leaving them and going down by tbe Bull tap , he saw one of tbe bad women running down tbe street , and as it was market-day , he thought she had been commiting a robbery , followed her , and she ran down an entry , near Clark ' s house . He wanted to see if she had got into his house , that was the reason why ho entered it . —Mr . Clark—He was in a beastly state of intoxication , and since then he has msdo several overtures to me , through different persons , to compromise tbe matter . Yesterday bis wife waited

      upon me and offered me two pounds to abandon the case , but thinking I had a duty to perform to myself and the public , I refused io come to any terms , but to lay it at once before thebench . —The Mayor to the snperintendant . —What's Potter ' s general conduct ? Superintendent—He has been brought np before . Bowers , another policeman , was sworn , and stated emphatically that Potter was drunk beyond all dispute . The Magistrates consulted for some time , when the Mayor said he did not think they could do anything in the matter , they bad not the power . The Clerk pointed out an act or clause of an act which provided for the interference of the Magistrates in suoh cases . A second consultation was

      hold on the bench , when the Mayor addressed Potter , and said he was very sorry that any officer of that court shonld conduct himself as it had been proved he had on this occasion done . If be were again brought up , he should discbarge him from the force . This time he vrould inflict the severest penalty the law allowed him . He must pay a fine of forty shillings . Mr . Clark applied for expenses . The Mayor said he had no power to grant them . Mr . Clark—Is there no appeal from this court ! Can I not now lake tht case before the Watch Committee ! The Clerk—You can take it before the Watch Committee if you like ; but I don't think they will interfere , as they have a resolution that the Magistrates * dtcipion shall be final . Mr . Andrews , who is the chairman of the Watch Committee , and wh « was on the Bench , said it was so . The case was done with .

      ASHTOH-TJNTDEB .-SVS'SrE -Change Rij « g-IJ . G EXTRAOBDIIURV FOR UPWARDS OF SlX HoUKS . —On Easter-Monday morning , six of the Collega youths of Ashton-under-Lyne , and four of the mem bers of the society of St . John ' s , Manchesttr , ascended tbe Tower of of St . Michael's , Asbton-under-Lyne , and rung , in a masterly style , a true and complete peal of grandsire cators , consisting of 10 , 259 changes , which was completed in the short space of six hours and ten minutes , the longest peal over rung in that method on ten bells , north of the river Trent . The artists were stationed as follow : —treble ^ nZphn Hobson , Ashton ; 2 nd . Joe Burgess , ditto ; SrdjfJaa . Wood , ditto : 4 th , Charles Wood , St . John ' s ; 5 th

      Robert Howe , ditto ; 6 vh , Samuel Far rand , Ashtou ; 7 th , Joseph Winterbottom , St . John ' s ; 8 th , William Rayle , ditto ; 9 ib , George Burgess , Ashton ; tenor , Brian Vernon , ABhton . who rung it single banded . Weight of the tenor , 28 cwt ; weight of the 9 t ! r , 20 cwt . On the same day there was a prize riflging at Rochdale for a very handsome silver cup value £ 5 , for band-bellrin ^ era at tunes , which was won by tbo Royal Harmonic "Victoria band , established at the Horse Jockey , Ashtoh-under » Lyne , in their usual scientific and masterly style , defeating the following societies : The Independent Youths of Ashton ; the Godley Hand-bellringers , and the Oldham Victoria Society .

      CARLISLE . Phreno-Mesmbbism . On Thursday and Saturday evenings last , two lectures were delivered on this science by a Mr . Adair , of the Sheffield Phrenological Society , at the Athenaeum , Lowiher street . Mr . Adair was accompanied by a young girl and a boy , on whom he operated . The girl he bad brought from Sheffield , but the boy ( a tailor ) , he bad picked up a few days previous , at Skipton , in Yorkshire . He operated on the girl first , anc the principal points which struck us as remarkable , were , firstly—the girl keeping her arms rigid and extended ac right angles for about five mmutes , apparently in a cataleptic state . Secondly , on a medical gentleman forcing open the eyelids of ibo boy , the eyes wre turned up and did not seem

      BHSceptible of the influence of light . Mr . Adair then operated on the various organs by pressing them with bis Su £ er . On pressing the organ of tune , the girl suug in a lively and animated manner ; but on Mr . Adair taking hi-j finger from this organ she instantly ceased to sing , and on bis replacing it , she commenced ss lively as before , exactly where she had left of . On excitfng the organ of imitation , she closely imitated various singular expressions and sounds made by the audience . On exciting the organ of acquisitiveness , she abstracted a number of articles from the pockets of saveral gentlemen who were placed on the platform ; and when

      conscientiousness was touched restored them again to the owners without making the slightest mistake , strongly resisting the taking away of the property by others to whom it did not belong . Mr . Adair invited the audience to state in writing any organ they wished to have t-xcitcd , when several slips of paper were handed in and the organs excited accordingly , with a happy and singular ef- , feet . On the organ of fear being excited the female rushed from her seat , started back , and exhibiting all the expression of this passion , fell , with great force on the platform . On the organs of progenitiveness and tune being excited together , j she rooked backwards and forwards in the chair ,, as if nursing an infant , and on a gentleman ' s plaid being rolled up and put into her hauds ,. she bulged j

      it to her bosom with an apparent motherly afivc-1 tion . ~ Mau } other organs were excited with similar j accurate results ; and if we ere to credit tbe evidence of our senses ( providing there is no deception ' or collusion practised , ) we must certainly belitvO ) in tbe truih of phrenology . Mr . Adair was asked if be would mesmerise : any one from among the andience ; but this be refused to do , alleging as his ; reason , that this course wonld be attended with a | great loss of time and inconvenience to the public : but if any gentlemen wonld meet him on tbe fol- lowing day , in a private room of the Athenaeum , he would endeavour to operate upon them . On Friday , j a number of persons assembled to witness the cxki- j bition ; hut Mr . Adair would not operate until tbe , whole left the room , with the exception of tho ^« i anxious to be operated upon , and two or three others , ' who might remain to see that no deception was

      practised . This request was accordingly complied with , and tbe principal : portion of the-company retired into the Museum to await the result ; as Mr . Adair promised to call them in if he succeeded . After repeated attempts ( which lasted for upwards of an hour , ) to mesmerise ~ tyro individuals , Mr . Adair , in a great measure failed , for though he did put one of them into a temporary sleep , it waa not lasting . This circumstance increased- the doubts already existing in regard to the truth of this singular science , if such . it may be called . On Saturday evening , however , these doubts were partially removed , by Mr . Adair effectually operating on a young female in the service of Dr . Thom , a medical gentleman of this city , who came forward , and informed tbe audience , that Mr . Adair had successfully operated on this young woman , at his house , in the fore-part of the day .

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      XiASSWAX > 3 . —A general meeting of the carpet weavers . of this place was held on Saturday last , whenafter transacting some business connected with the strike of the . Q ; lasMow : oP « rp 6 t vveavers , tha following resolution , was passed nem din . Moved by Mr . William Paniell 8 , seoonded by Mr . Charles Bucban , "Tnat a cordial vote of , thanks is due , and is horeby given , to Mefsra . CroS 8 ley of Halifax , and Henderson of Durham , carpet weavers , for their handsome conduct incoming as a deputation to Scotland , for the of to heal the differences

      purpose endeavouring that existed j between the araployera and the employed , in Port Eglington Carpet Works , Glasgow , and . for using their influence to prevent a reduction of the prices ; paid for carpet weaving in Scotland . Also we heartily thank our brethren the English carpet weavers , for their spirited conduct in sending the said deputation , and hope , a good understanding with a view to each others interests , will ever exist between us ., That the Seoretary of the work send a copy > of the above to each of those gentlemen .

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      The first steam frigate for the royal navy to be propelled by the Archimedian screw , named the Rattler , was launched at Sheeraesa on Thursday . Health . — " How much is expressed in this short word , and how few sot a true value on its enjoyment . How readily ' would the high aud mighty when racked by pain , and approaching a premature dissolution , sacrifice all factitious distinction , and part with ail their wealth to add a few more hours to their existence . Ought not this startling fact to induce us to secure by ( all-the moans in our power a good constitution ! This desirable state can now be secured by a steady course of Parr ' s invaluable Life Pills "

      Sicily , March 28 , — Within these few day 9 no less than three murders have been committed in the city of Palermo , whose population dees not exceed 160 , 000 . A naval captain , having obtained proof of his wife ' s infidelity , killed her by stabbing her with a knife . Another man , irritated b > the well-grounded reproaohes of his wife , whose anger was roused by hisbad conduct and love of gaming , cut her throat whilst she was asleep . The third mnrder was commuted on Sunday last , in open daylight , and in the most frequented street of the oity . Whore a man was stabbed with a stiletto by his own relation , to whom he refused to return a certain sum of money , which the murderer alleged he had lent him .

      Extraordinary Case op Polygamy . —It will be remembered by our readers , that in the month of February last Wigan was visited by a strange young man , who called upon several parties in the town , producing documents and declaring himself to be entitlv to property worth £ 600 . 000 per annum , The man has been known in different parts of the country , particularly in Birmingham , and Bilston , in Staffordshire , by the name of Robert Taylor , alias Lord Kennedy ; and has attained considerable notoriety by his extraordinary conduct towards the fair sex . Not content with adhering to the laws of marriage as instituted in this country , his Lordship , though possessing a most repelling countenance and unseemly person , has " connifopted '' to use his own term ) no less than half-a-dozon fair ones in the snare ; and the unfortunate damsels who g&ve credence to his " rich effusions" respecting the handsome dowry ho would settle on them have severally had the mortification to discover that the soi-disani rich lord

      was still a coal-getter , and she a jemme sole . His " lordship" states that his first : wife was transported ; that he has suffered for having taken to himself four others , by imprisonment ; and for one very unjustly , because the marriage was nuil and void , having been performed after twelve o'clock at noon . The last one h « married from this town , after going down from the different factories , and promising to settle £ 300 a year ou his wife immediately after the ceremony . The marriage took place on the 13 th of February last , in the parish church , and created a great sensation in the town , as a warm dispute arose in the street between two young women , to both of whom he had offered marriage , he himself appearing quite undecided in the matter . On arriving at tbe church doors , he , however , made up his mind and took to himself , " for better for worse , " Deborah Forster . The adveuturer was

      takon into custody on tha 4 th instant at St . Helen ' s by Mr . Storey , the active superintendent of police for that district , on a charge of obtainingmoney under false pretences . Through the instrumentality of Mr . Charles Figot , solicitor , of this town , the charge of bigamy has been brought against him , and he arrived here on Wednesday last in the custody of Mr . Storey . He was brought , before Mr . J . Acton , county magistrate , when Mr . Pigot proved the prisoner ' s admission that he had a wife living at Todmorden and produced a letter from Littleborough , proving his marriage with a girl named Kerehaw , at that place . Mr . Pigot called a witness to prove the prisoner's marriage at Wigan , and he was remanded for a week in order to give Mr . Pigot an opportunity of bringing further evidence against him . His last wife declared she would stick to bitn , and both were looked up together . —Manchester Courier .

      Iko / jest — On Saturday , Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Plough , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-innfields , on tbe body of a woman named Eliza Delmor , aged 44 . It appeared in evidence , that d-jce&sed was a married woman , but many years ago her illconduct caused her husband to abandon her for ever . She thenAohabited wi-. h a noble lord , had children by him , out afterwards she chose a plebeian paramour . With him ( a man named Dear ) , living in a court in Drury-lane , ehe remained for fifteen years , during which time she abandoned herself to drink and dishonesty , robbing continually the man of her choice , and receiving at his hands continuous and summary punishment . On Wednesday week , sbe ran away , with what intention the following letter , left behind hor , will show : — " Dear , —When fSu see this I hope I sball be no more in the world .

      I have been very ill-used by you , a « d by those belonging to you . I forgive you . 1 am mad with your unkind treatment , and your beating my face . — Eliza Delmeh" After this , the wretched woman disappeared until Thursday last , when she called on a female namtd Ewers , in Wych-street , and having drunk some gin with her , afterwards swallowed half an ounce of laudanum , and a very largo dose of arsenic . Ewers immediately sent for Dootor Edward Johuson , of Drury-lane , who used tho B { . omach-pump , and , having drawn off as niuoh of the poison as he could , ho advised the immediate removal of deceased to King ' s College Hospital . Though she was able to walk thither , she soon began to sink , and died , Dr . Russell , the resident physician , said , on Friday afternoon , from the effect of the poisons . Verdict— - " Temporary Insanity . "

      Melancholy Occurrence . —We copy the following melancholy account from a letter addressed to Captain Joseph Cooke , Superintendent of Pilots , by Captain Cornish , of the ship Pickwick , dated March 2 , in lat . 5 10 N ., long . 20 40 W . — " On Sunday , the 19 ; h of February , at twenty minutes past eight o ' clock , when in lat . 18 20 N ., long . 25 10 W ., ship going seven knots before the wind , and rolling tnucli with a heavy northerly swell , Mr . Cooke , the chief mate , and Mr . Henry J . T . Browne , a passenger , were skylarking about the decks . I then went on deck , when they gave over , and I thought no more about it . About ten minutes after , as I was standon the break of tbo quarter deck , I accidentally turned round , Bind at that moment saw a leg—I think of poor Cooke—level with the rail . I ran aft , bnt was too late . 1 then threw the life- ' uoy ovorboard , put the helm down , and brought the ship right aback ,

      cut away tbe gig with four men , aud hoisted a light at the staff end . The gig returned about ten o ' clock after pul'iog about for more than an hour ; but , I am sorry to say , brought no tidings of either Mr . Cooke or Mr . Browne . I think they must have been stunned in falling , by striking on the quarfer-bargo , as they neither spoko nor made any noise whatever ; indeed , we should not have known what had become of them , had I not turned my bead at the time of tbe accident . I never saw them afterwards . " Mr . Cooke was brother-in-law of Captain Cooke , of the Pilot service of this port . He was a young man of considerable promise , and high in the estimation of the owners and captain of the Pickwick , of which vessel he had been for some time chief mate . Ho has left a widow to mourn his untimely fate . Mr . Browne , the other unfortunate individual , was a respectable yotfng man , on his way to settle abroad . —Liverpool Albion .

      New Locomotive Carriage . —A steam carriage has been invented by a young man lately connected with the firm of Messrs . Barrett , Exall , and Andrews , extensive ironf ' oundersin this town , which appears to have overcome the obstacles hitherto experienced in getting these machines to act upon the common T . > ads . Several experimental trips have been made wiih it with complote success , the average rate of speed being fourteen miles per hour . The journey from Reading to a mile beyond Maidenhead was formed in about an hour , but it is pos&ibie to greatly accelerate the speed . Our reporter was kindly permitted to inspect tbe machine , which is abuut fUteen feet in length by five feet in width , aud contains a tank , a steam engine of four horse power , worked with either one or two pistons , a boiler holding two buckets of water , aud a convenient plaoe for coke and conveyance of passengers . Tfte consumption of coke is but trifling , from one to two

      g&cks only being required for a trip from Reading to Maidenhead , ' and we are not aware of any other excuse attaching to it after tho first outlay Although not fitted np for the carriage of passengers being only , as it wore , in its rough and primitive state , W 8 , nave been informed that not less than a dram p ^ wns rode on it with perfect ease and s afety It goes u w >» three wheels , in a somewhat similar manner to ft Bath chair , and turns the corners with more facility' than might be supposed . The pace up the hills 6 u thii iiaverBham-road , towards Hanley waa about twelve i . nies per hour . The principal inconvenience to bo aiHwehended is from the taking fright of tbe horses at in to novel machine . We understand that th ' Q ingenious inventor has left this country , and has taken up his" permanent abode on the coatment , notwithstanding which we hope he will not lose Bight of the object we are attempting to describe , but that it may * um oat a subject of publio utility and private emolu . meBt . —^ ffrft n ^ Paper .

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      A nother monomaniac has found the way to Buckingham Ptthtsa , from % distance . A woman was discovered on Thurstl . iv morning , crouched up under a tree , in a wood at Walton upon-Thamcs , unable to speak n word of English . Taken before tha local Magistrates , ska proved to be a native of France . She says that she is the wife of a > mechanic ; and she gives two reasons for coming to JCagland—to see two brothers whom she imagines to hold responsible situations in Buckingham Palace ; and to claim the throne of England , which is here by right . She also calls hersalf Queen Isabella the Second of Spain . On Friday evening she was I brought to Buckingham Palace , to see if her story'hud any shadow of foundation ; which , of course , it had not .

      Patriarchal Almsmen . —The charity trustees , at their monthly meeting on Wednesday last , elected Joseph Andrews , glover , to the vacant almshouse in Berkeley Hospital . Andrews is one of a venerable trio of brothers whose united ages amount to 250—viz ., Mosea , 86 , an inmate of St . Oswald ' s Hospital ; Samuel , 84 ; aud Joseph , 80 . Samuol , as well as Joseph , is now enjoying the otium cum dignilate of Berkeley ' s Hospital . We believe them to be the only survivors of a family of 23 children by the same mother ; anil , singularly enough they were all born in the month of March—viz ., Moses

      on the 6 th , Samuel on the 4 th , and Joseph on tho 10 th . The blessing of a tolerably numerous family appears also to have been the heritage of each , having had no less than 40 children between them ; of these , however , the largest number fell to the lot of the youngest , Joseph , who had 19 ; next Samuel , Id ; and Moses , the eldest , 5 . Considering their advanced age , they enjoy ! good health , and may be said alike to be worth y and deserving objects of the munificently-endowed charities which have provided a comfortable asylum and shelter for them in their latter days . — Worcester Herald .

      NORTHLKACH HOOSH OF CORRECTION AGAIN !—Another prisoner is pronounced to have been killed by the rigorouB treatment of Northleach Honse of Correction . An inquest was held at Cheltenham on the body of Richard Jones , who died soon after his discharge , and the inquiry ^ closed on Friday . Jones had been sentenced to twelve month ' s imprisonment , and to be floggod in the last month : the term expiring on the 1 st March last . After his admission to the prison , bis health became bad , and he was affected with dropsy ; but he died of consumption . John Barton , a fellow-prisoner , said that the soup was so thin , that two sheep-heads ! serred to make it for all the prisoners , forty . Jones was kept on the treadwheel when he was too weak to stand . The prisoners were removed ; from the wheel in a state of perspiration and ] placed in cold damp colls with Ptono floors . Jones used to

      walk about the yard , i complaining of pain and crying like a child . The Under-Turnkey , Harding , said that he was shamming ; and once struck kim with a key on the leg , so that he was lame after it . Thomas Lamy , another prisoner , said that Harding gave Jones some extra rounds for complaining : He heard Harding say , when he struck Jones , " I will make you remember Northleach as long as you live ! " John Ralph Bedwell , tbe Prison Surgeon , described the state of Jones ' s health . He suggested that the man should be

      discharged , as perhaps he might then recover ; and the Secretary of State was written to ; but he would not consent . The flogghig , however , was dispensed with . When he was discharged , Mr . Bed well advised him to apply for medical assistance as soon as he reached Cheltenham . Richard Townsend , the Governnor , said that he importuned the Visiting Magistrates to ! obtain his discharge , but witho . it success . They used to give only three shillings a-weftk for the meat of which they made soup for the prisoners : the gruel diet was thin , but as Hood as Mr . Townsend dared to make it . There

      had now been a great alteration in the priRon-diet ; an order having come down from the Secretary of State on the 16 th February . The new allowance , Mr Townsend thought , wap sufficient to support the prisoners in their work , j Among the other witnesses , were Elizabeth Jones , tho mother of the deceased ; Dr . Hartley , Surgeon of the Cheltenham Hospital ; and Joseph King , a discharged prisoner , who was himself too weak to give evidence . The Jury returned the following verdict" That the deceased , Richard Jones , died from the ill-treatment he received wf'ile in Northleaoh House of Correction , from hard labour , want of food , and from no other causes . " The Jury also desired the Coronor to record their declaration , that tbe authorities of Northleach were deserving of censure for their conduct throughout the affair .

      SiNGUtAR and Fatal Casualty . —Mr . Baker , on Saturday last , hold an inquest at the Prince of Orange , Philip-street , St . jCreorge's-in-the-East , on W . Rogerson , aged three years . It appeared by the evidence of several witaessfs , that on Friday afternoon last two little lad . i , one of whom was named Coaies , broke into a cooper ' s yard , in Sarah-place , in which were several empty sugar hog « heads . Their mischievous design was to upset some of these casks , which were placed jsnd-wise one on the top of the other , in order to see them roll about the yard . They approached three hogsheads , piled in the way described , and , inrferting between the top of tho lowest and bottom of tho second lowest of them a piece of plank as a lever th « -y leant upon if and caused the two upper casks to topple down . They then ran away , unaware that loss of life would be

      the retiiilt of their froiic . Unhappily , deceased waa playiiig on the other side of the hogsheads , and one of them foil upon him in such a way that its edge rested on his neck , covering his body beneath it asid leaving his head only exposed . The pressure of the cask was so great , thai the child could not cry out for help , and another chilo \ who saw the fatal posi tion in which he wa . s , went and merely said that he was'iu a tub , so that no notice was taken of that information . The poor deceased child remaiued unobserved beneath the hogshead for three hours , and when at length extricated , he was of cours * in a lifeless state . The Coroner severely censured the boy Coates and his companion , telling them they had very narrowly escaped btiing sent to gaol , on a charge of manslaughter . Verdict— " Accidental death . "

      Mallow . —Luxuries or the Workhouse . —At the last meeting of the Guardians for this Union , Mr . Williams asked th Clerk to state the dietary of the Workhouse , as Sir D . SNorreys boasted in the House of Commons of the " { luxuries" of the Workhouse system ? Clerk—( he dietary consists—for able-bodied men 3 ^ Vb potatoes , and one pint of porridge . Women , 3 ib potatoes , and one pint of porridge . Children , 2 ) b do . and half pine do . Mr . Barry—Sir Denham should be mn <\ e feed on it for a month ( loud laughter ) . Mr . Barry—I propose that the paupers of this Workhouse ^ et a meat dinner on next Easter Sunday , at tho coot of the Union . Mr . Williams—I second it ,. Mri A Newman—We gave them a meat dinner at Christmas by subscription , and I don't think we can entertain this proposition . Mr . Barry—I am aware such was the case , but I

      want to establish the spirit of our competency to give meat to the paupers on ihe two days in the year . Mr . Longfiald did not think \ t could be put from the chair , as fourteen days' notice was necessary . Mr . Haines— We did not give fourteen days notice when changing milk for porridge , and I am certain ( hero is not a Rate payer in the Union would object to it . Mr . Long&eld—But that alteration was a saving to the Union . Mr . Barry— I'tio expense is swallowed by other parties , and if we canuot order meat to the poor creatures on two days ; in the year , I don't see what is the use of Guardiano at al | . The Chairman —Mr . Barry would you alttr the resolution so as to request Mr . Voules to order yrhat you require ! Mr . Barry—I most respectfully Beg to decline doing so , as I want to establish a principle . Mr . Webb Ware — I think you ou ^ ht to put the resolution . The Chairman then put the rcsoiu : iou which was carried , there being eleven for , and four against it .

      Atbocious Outrage—Tbe neighbourhood of Boherburg was greatly excited on Monday evening by the report of & boy havmg been found , almost lifeless , with histnroat cut from ear toear . in a lonetome piece of ground adjoiuiug the tK w jbarracks . On enquiry it was ascertained that the fo ^ il de ^ d was perpetrated by a young soldier -f ihr 3 Gsh Regsmuut , named Thomas Raff- ^ rty , a native uf JGalway , who privately induced the littio ienow to sell a pair of boots aud regimental trousers forhim . a ' ud at rfudk had thrown from his window the boois ,- and subsequently the trousers ; but it appears * the bo » ts were taken off by some person who heard them : la ! l , aud the youn ^ accomplice , not being ujj to umb , found , only the trousers . The soldier , exasperated by the loss , knocked

      the boy down , and tviih a knife which ne drow from his pocket , cut his help ] .- s victim ' s throat across iu a . shocking manner . 1 ue poor , creature was bieediug to death , and wa . s removod' to l > is father ' s house , where he was promptly attended by a surgeon of iha 36 : h and suigecn WJkicsou , who einerrain hopes of his recovery . Immediately onihtariug of the outrage Colonel Maxweil , ou the same evening , issued a regiinental order express : ve ot the horror he felt at a soldier of the 36 th being charged with 6 uch atrocity , aud called upon every , -oldi- r iin the regiment to iadeavour to discover the lawless wroich who had disgraced his uniform by so inhuman a dced . The com * mandingofficer also direr : fd lvj rymttu to be confined to barracks till th « ass-xa&iu j was found out . This prompt and well-advisad order was read in every man ' s room that evening , audjhad the desired effect .

      for the suspected party was soon discovered and lodged in the military prison ;| and the colouei issued a second regimental order on the followiug mosning , conveying the great pleasure jhe had in rescinding the previous order confining | the men to barracks , aud that it was a consolation to him to know that the prisoner eras none of his old and valued soldiers ., but a young recruit , undisciplined and unprincipled , who , during bis brief military career , had been repeatedly a delinquent . The accused was yesterday escorted , handcuffed , by a sergeant ' s guard , to the police-office / and handed over to the civil authorities by the adjutant of the corps , and remanded for further examination . Ho was hooted out of barracks by the soldiers of his own regiment , so indignant ) were they at this disgraceful conduct . —Limerieh Chronicle .

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      Arbest op a Murderer . —On Tuesday last constable Kearney wrested a man named Munha Walsh , on private information , at Mountbolus , for the murder of a man named Cleary , about thirty years ago , on Buckley-hill , within a mile of Tullamoore . There was also a person named Boon implicated in the transaction , and he and Walsh having absconded at the time , they had not been heard ot till the present . Walsh was brought before Dr Wallace , fully identified , and committed to take hia trial for the offence . —Leinster Express .

      A Packet Ship Struck by Lightning . —By the arrival of the packet ship Virginian ,. Captain Allen , at Liverpool , on Friday morning , from New York , advices have been received of the arrival at New York on the 20 th ultimo of the American line-ofpacket-ship Toronto , Captain Robert Gnswold , which sailed from the St . Katharine ' s Dock oa the 27 th of JaHuary with emigrants and a general cargo of merchandise , after having been detained twentyeight days west of the Banks in consequence of one continual gsle from the west-ward . On the 1 st of

      March , in a tremendous gala from the north-west , the Toronto was struck b y lightning , which passed down the foremast , knocked down all hands upon deck , and instantly killed a boy named James Collina . About half an hour after the mast waa struck , the electric fluid burst ten feet above the deck , the whole of which was covered with fire , but fortuuatcly no damage was sustained . Tho American line of packet ship Ontario , Captain W . R . Bradiuh , arrived at New York on the same day as the Toronto , viz . 20 th of March .

      Barristers and Attornies . —At the opening of the Doucaster Sessions , on Monday , tho Recorder , Sir Gregory Lewin , intimated to the attornies present that he had received a letter the night previous , signed by two barristers—Mr . Allen , and Mr . Johnston—members ef the Northern Circuit , in which they said it was their intention , along with two other barristers ( Mr . Hammerton and Mr . Stapleten ) to attend these sessions regularly in future , Sir Gregory had intimated at the previous sessions , thai if four barristers chose to attend , he should feel

      bound by common law and the custom of the realm to give audience to the bar , to the exclusion of attornies . Mr . Fisher , on behalf of ths attornies , objected to this course of procedure , and said he believed the solicitors and the suitors in the court had made up their minds never to doliver a brief to a barrister appearing at these sessions , unless he w ? s a counsel of some standing—seen and heard in Westminster-hall , and at York Assizes . Mr . Hammer ton , for his brother , baristers , eaid it was their intention to attend regularly , and here the conversation dropped .

      Coal-Pit Explosion near Bakic-ikt . —On Friday morning , shortly attei the miners ( forty in number ) had desqended the coal-pit at Darlsy Maine , near Barnsley , the property of Messrs . Travis and Horefall , an explosion of a frightful nature took plaoe . The alarm on the occasion was exceedingly great , as it was feared tbat a great number of lives must have been sacrificed . Fortuntaely , however , the whole of the miners mentioned above , with the exception of two , almssfc entirely escaped in jury , being ; whea the explosion occurred in a contrary draught ; but two of th . ir number were so dreadfully burnt that one of

      th « m ( called Senior ) has since died . Ifc appears that the pit in question has not been in a working state for some weeks past , in conseqnence of having been , filled with water ; and this was the first morning of the coiliers resuming their labour . The cause of this sad accident was occasioned by one of the men fastening a naked candle against one of the props , and he was in the act of taking off his jacket when the draught of air produced by this movement disturbed the sulphnrio gas which was lodged near the roof , and which , coming in contact with the flame of the candle , ignited and caused the explosion .

      The Late Hurricane at Bahcelona . —Intelli" - gence has been received of the total loss of the schooner David , of Perth , 132 tons register , Captain M'Callum , during a hurricane , on tbe rocks of Barcelona . It appears , from authentic particulars , that , on the 27 th of February , as the David was discharging her cargoe at Barcelona , it came en to blow a strong breeze , from W . S . W ., when Captain M'Callum , fearful of danger , prudently hove the schooner off from the quay and although still riding at anchor , the wind having increased to a tremendous gale , the vessel dragged her anchors , in

      consequence of which she went on the rocks . Captain M'Callum immediately applied to , and received prompt assistance from Her Majesty ' s steam-packet Geyser , then lying at Barcelona , By great and continued exertions , the David was , next morning , got off the rocks into deep water , when she was supplied with an additional anchor and hawser , from Her Majesty'b brig Savage ; but , as the gale bad now increased to a violent hurricane , she was again driven on the rocks , although sbe had four anchors down , and soon afterwards became a total wreck , the captain having only time to save part of his clothes .

      The Learned Attorney-General . —At the last meeting of the Royal Society a paper was read " On a method of proving the three leading properties of the Ellipse and Hyperbola , " by Sir Frederick Pollock . Tho method , though foinded on a well-known property of the oirnle , is described to us by a very competent judge as distinguished by perfect originality , and demonstrated with great clearness and eloqnence . That a good lawyer should also b- a good mathematician is nothing surprising

      ( for where should a first wrangler succeed if not at tho barf ); but that a gentleman at the head of his profession , and holding a high office of the first importance , should , amid the multifarious , arduous , and harassing duties- which he has to discharge , and discharges so well as Sir Frederick Pollock does , be able to snatch a leisure hour to contribute to the philosophical transactions of Vis country , and inclination so to employ it , is surprising , if not indeed without a precedent in the history of Attorneys-General . —Mechanics' Magazine .

      Longevity . —A very aged couple , Joseph Sargeant and hia wife , are now residing at No . 6 , Kirk ' s-yard , Belgrave-gate , in this town . The former is in his 92 i year , and the latter in her 89 th , and they have been married 62 years . Though so fir advanced ia life , the old man still follows his occupation of a chair-mender , and may be seen walking about our streets almost daily in pursuit of business . He was a soldier for 18 years in the reign of George III ., and during that time was in tho East and West Indies , North America , as well as in various parts of Europe . His period of service having expired while in America , he solicited : his discharge from General Burgoyne . He was at thiB time a sergeant , and being an aotive steady soldier his request waa reluctantly complied with , and he returned home This was so far back as 1783 , when , to use the

      veteran s own jocular remark , he quitted one service to enter upon another "—meaning tbat he took unfo himself a wife , his present venerable partner . He remembers thfi north , south , and west gates of the town being removed , and also the shambles being near . to Mr . Jones ' s toy-shop , and tho M Gainsborongh , " a building used for the administration of justice , standing in front of the Lion and Dolphin Inn , Market-place . He has only been once seriously unwell during his long life , which was- ' about fifty years ago , when an attack of fever confined him to his room for some week 3 , and he now seems more robust aud energetic than many men thirty years his junior . He is an early riser , seldom remaining in bed after five o ' clock , and he says he feels more comfortable ' up" thai m bed alter that hour . — Leicester Chronicle .

      The Iron Tjudb . —The osual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters and parties connected with the iron trade took place during the past Week . The business transacted at these meetings has usually been the settlement of accounts and the making of bargain ? , contracts , and agreements " of all kinds connected with the trade . The taking of mines and royalties of mines , the supply of coal , ironstone , and all materials in tho manufacture of iron , and the prices of carriage—these have generally been settled at tho principa' meetings , hold ' on the Wednesday and Thursday , at Wolverhampton and in this town . The mt etings of the last week were looked forward to with some anxiety , arising from the late depression , not only with reference to the prospects of the

      trade generally , but also in regard to the settlement of existing and current accounts . The result has shown , that notwithstanding the prevailing unfavourable impression , the engagements were met and no defaulters were reported ; and has auo proved th : it the trade in Staffordshire and Shropshire is now in the hams of a much more substantial blody of capitalists than it had been at aiiy former period of depression . 'The price cf pig-iron wa 3 merely iioiciV . al , a * very few if any sale 3 were made ; with r < gard to matm ' aotured iron , the prices offered , being fouHctid upon the depression of the trade , were scarcely in any instance accepted ; thus again confirming the conviction that the trade is in the hands of men of real capital , who will look for

      remunerating prices . The products of the Scotch furnaces were frequently referred to by buyers as tending to the depression of the Staffordshire market , but without producing any material effect . The : 8 ufteriority of the Staff jrdshire manufactured iron was asserted and acknowledged ; and a determination was expressed on the part of several manufacturers to adopt an improveEaeDi which has lately been introduced into seme works in the neighbourhood , namaly , that of running the iron iu a heated state dirdct from the smelting to the puddling fornaco , by which the expense of casting into pigs and re-heating would

      be saved . By this means the ' cost of manufaotuted iron will be materially reduced ; and it is probable that the deteraiuatioa expressed by two or three influential makers , to compete with the Scotoh makers in price with the superior quality of Staffordshire iron , although it did not meet'with 'Jhe concurrence of tbe trade generally , may be not only justifiable but ' advantageous . The fluctuations in the iron trade have always been great , bui the prices at this time being below the cost or production , afford snch an opportunity for speculation or investment as the present state of the money-market cannot fail to encourage . —Birmingham Gazette . '

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      HULX < . —Bbutal Cokduct op the Pou « e . — On Wednesday evening last , a public meeting was held in tbe Marke ; Place , to petition Parliament to investigate the conduct of Baron Gurney at Leic « Bter in reference to William Jones . The meeting was a nnmerons one , and remarkably peaceable . Mr . West rose to propose the adoption of a petition , and had spoken about half an hour , whea & large body of the police , in rank and file , headed by Supenntendant M'Manus , made their appearance . M'Hanus approached West , and told Mm he most come down . West asked by what authority ! and the constable told him he was sent—that he did not ¦ wish to do any harm—tbat they might retire to their private rooma , said no one would interfere wiih

      " them . West remonstrated , but in vain . Meantime the work of dispersion was going od , and , had not the people been peaceably disposed , no doubt there wonld have been a riot . In tbe morning , Mr . West waited on the magistrates , to have theiT opinion on the subject . He detailed the facts as they occurred , and asked whether it was the intention of the magistrates to prevent the peaceable meetings of the people . The magistrates said they knew nothing about it ; but they considered the police justified in removing any obstruction In the Market Place—it being a thoroughfare . Mr . West said he conld bring hundreds to prove there was no obstruction . Magistrate—But there slight be . Mr . West said if the people had hot

      peaceably dispersed , no doubt tbe conduct of the ! po 1 i £ e wonld have produced a riot . Magistrate—Thea that proveB the right the police bad to interfere . Mr . West expressed his surprise tbat a magistrate . should use such language on the Bench . Sir William Lowthorp wished to know v ^ iat Mr . West wanted of ihe magistrates ? Mr . West—I want to know before taking further steps in this matter , whether the magistrates sanction or authorise the dippersion of the peaceable meetings of the people , for we have the able opinion of the most able Crown lawyers as well as Judges , that the people have a right to meet whan and where they please , to discuss real or imaginary grievances . Sir William Lowthorp—We do not wish to interfere with the

      meetings of the . people in proper times and places . Town Clerk—Yes , your Worship , in their private rooms . Mr . West—No , yonr Worship , Tvhai 1 contend for is , the right of out-door meeting—tho people - are too poor io pay for your large rooms , and had they the means , they would not be let to them . The Superintendant here said that he went on Ms own responsibility , and if they met again he would disperse them . West—Then we will KBist you . Magistrate— -You know tkrpoljce most do their duty . West—Yes , and the magistrates must do theirs , and I must do mine , which ir tourjhold the riehts of the modIc at ' aJI

      hasards . '; Mr . "West then left tbe office . The conduct of the polies hae excited universal disgust among &U clisseB . —Oa Monday evtnifig , a public meeting wasiield on the Dock Green , and the petition adop ' ed . The meeting was numerous , and great Bombers of the * bines" were present in disguise , bat no interruption took place . _ Mr . West also delivered two discourses on Sunday , in the 6 ame place , without interruption . —There frill-be a public meeting on Monday next , in the Freoeia ^ * lodge , to adopt a petition to Parliament , pra-yiPg for an investigation into tbe conduct of the police . That is the way to beat them .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct799/page/3/