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      IECTOBB ON THE STATE OF THE NATION . 3 T THB XET . "ST . XTjnfOOD , OP UAKSFfKIJ ) . Os TVe 3 nesasy ergning laat , Jnly £ 5 , lite Glula-b&D , JbQbs town , -was crowded to excess to hear alecture on « a stated ihenaSon and ether topics ; hundreds of vea "wesi awsy nnable to obtain admission . At j ^ pssi seven o'deck , on the motion of Mr . Crockford ,-^ t Geo- Psflm took the chair . TJieKer . " W . Xauwoop , on-presenting himself , was warmly cheered . BecommeEced fey atatang , that before jny xreat c&SBgaTfraslyroashtabonfc , there "srerealways certain signs or tokens -which cooia not be mistaken . In Qie present flay , thEre-cere bold and palpable signs in ft > e TilifriosS , the pdlUicdL , and -the social world . In the

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      lefijpoos wla , there -was frest tfefcfcrion ; bni this did sot prove Hi&t the peopls "were naturally averse to the great subset of leligionjbiit the Buidsters of religion -were behind Sh&eoneation . ol S » people ; again , ia the political -world , there t ere part ; Teeriminaiaons , and the ntrnost depths of discontent ; bn £ these siras only proves the rottenness of onr political institutions , and xegvaxed them to be adapted to the advanced education of the people ; so it is the social * wodd , the adranced education of the people-sained Intellectual ana moral -worth smong ¦ w amen . raare than they do Sob sad gstaajflo'wer * . These ¦ vereagnsof the tdmei ! "which could not be nristaisn , sad between tuat the conntry groaoed Tinder-oppression and injustice , TrMeb produced discsntent ; and thai

      iheprasentagitstion . 'whichTjeTerwonldceaBsnntil the vast fabric of aristocraticopprrasioaandHusnileahflll be brought down to the dust . He said hB should be glad to see tie ministers of the Christian religion advocate these -yfe-wa ; but they had the feu of losing some of the loaves and fishes , and therefore they neglected to moot these great principles . He pointed attention partienlarly to the present amount of discontent , and asked what tfiset preaching contentment could have to 3 mas -who -was starving * or irbat use it -was saying , - Set JOOT affections on things above , and not on things below , " to a man who "was obliged to go supperless to bed , and , on lising in the morning , did not know -where to get a "breakfast for his f * TnT « Mng children ? Iiefc men hare

      means to obtain a livelihood , and then they-will be in a state to listen to , and to put in practice , moral lessons . He touched upon the Constitution ot « or country , remarking that it Tras made for all , and not for a few . He iras decidedly in faTonr of an aristocrecy , andahonld jnonrn for the fate of Britain if there were no aristocracy , as lie-felt that . God always xatsni there thcrald be be aristocracy ; he has made mountains as-well as mole-hills ; graft beasts and litHebeasts ; great stars * and Ktile stars ; great minds and little minds ; and he designed the grea- to lead and instruct the little minds : hence-wehaTsan idea of the constitution of a Hoses of . Lords , bat It tihonW be a Honsa of genuine noblemen , sot of iiohle pttrsss . What sort of an

      aristocracy is that -which consists of Hood and not of brains ? Ths people do not wish to put down aristocracy , bat toniss it up i it is xn aristocracy of intelligence and moral power that is wanted—that is , of men -who have fjfPr / Ha -to command respect and Intelligence to SFin it ; men of this description are the true nobility of a population , and thesa are the arMomey founded by God . He dwelt npon the state of the country , its distress , discontent , and agitation , and added , that snch being file actual state of the country , it became the raally y ^ on ^ -ft- -pi ^ rifi Jo consider tba remed y . They Ijjfc cf Church y ^ fAmnnn—{ laughter };—•• only , " say Ibey , get a church on every hDl and in * very valley , and yon will have the raiUftnnnn . Yes , bat it

      wonl& be the mmenium of parsons . ( Cheers . ) Ho would mate every man in a certain sense Ma own jrkst ; bvetj man !« home Ms otmaJtar , and ereiyman ' s cottage his own church— - ( bear , hear )—Only snrronnd the people bj happy tircmns&nce * , and free them from slavery , and they wm feel the higher obligations of religion , and cosBdoas gratitude will swell within the poor man ' s bosom , cherishing the noblest -virtues . He disagreed with Socialism ; bnt still he thought there were honest men amongst the Socialists , and therefore he Would not heap upon them wholesale abase , Especially as they seemed to wish to » ee a purer state of society Then euro corn law repeal— ( laughter )—abont which ihey might differ ; and though no one wonld deny that

      free trade was a good thins in the abstract , yet the tjnesfion was , whether a gigantic evil could be cored > y the repeal of the somlav ? He should say it could not —( hear , hear ) - "Then comes the Charter , a thing which the people had introduced ; and lie begged to say tkat for the ears of these erDs , he proposed the Char * ter—( tremendons und long-continued cheering ) . There is , « "ri the lecturer , something prophetic in that chesr ; aye , people may sneer at such a thing , "but I say there u ssmetbmg prophetic in thai cheer ; I regard it ss . the "key-note to the ^ reat and nniTErsal cheer that will echo on erery iill and -ralley throngbont England , Scotland —the empire where tyranny shall be oTerthrewn , acd fha Charter « stabKahed—( cheers ) . I iiear * oiae say ,

      what can & tiaistian jpinini-jtT hare to do wiQi the Charter ? what lias She Ssr . Wm . Linwood to do in coming forward to advocate the Charter ? I will tell you something more . 2 hare sot only introduced it here , but I haxe been crnciTial enough ts adyocateit in siy own pulpit . ~ Wiiy say som& , -wiai can C ^ xristlsa wiiittjwii haye to do with tbB Charter ? My answer is they bars as mnch to dp tnth &e Cb&rter 29 they 2 ut 9 to dowJth common sanas ; and as surely as I stand upon thia ptetf osm , when ths people hare got the Charter , they will haye something ro do with their ministers . The sheep who set ahead of their shepherd wHl 3 M * nniidliiiB , » ad ibe people -trio get a head of iheii tgitApx axe jiot to be led by them ; and 2 most » y , thstif half the pulpits were swept clean with a besom of the men who stand in them , it would be s

      Sreat advantage to the community—Icheers ) . l ^ efend the Charter , on the gronnd cf simple justice . Ton may csll it theOisrtei < x Csaapteia Sufirage , ; lor the Complete Suffrage party Is pledged to ibe Sis Points , and they are prepared to carry out the Charter . The moment they wase to be prepared to carry out the Charter , he ceased to be one of them—( eheerav . He defended tbB Ctarter as a Tn ttyT of justice ; he would haye nothing to do with erpediency , as that would se-ver jsianyttting- He-was oppoeedto daSB legislation ; and ie asked the middle classes , what right they had to iB&seths working classes the Charter , if it were Just ; and he defied them to proye that it was unjustteh&ers ) . Hen go te ckapels , and hear in rermons ibat they axe to lore their brethren-, but in itaiityicitead ^ rf doing * a they lore airfr pockets . He " » onia « ik , wiatsortof Christianity did ihey call that ? Because Its was a CfeMtlan minister he was a Chartist ,

      sag if they were Christians the ; -were Caartista also "JFhom Sid Christ associate -with ? The poor , the -aspised , and the outcasts . He arjued to show , if a nan obeyed laws he had a right to say who should Tepresent Mm in imposing tiiem , and he contended that TTEry man of twenty-one years of age , of sound mind , and untainted by crime , ought to have the Suffrage—( cheers ) "Hlth regard to n » property qualification , what waB it fiat constituted a good senatsr ? la it a long hanking vs&mit , * large estate , « nd a good , carriage ? Would flsy send a man to the House of Commons merdy baeanse he had a gooS pune in hia breeches pockets . He knew they did not -wish , though they often did . send -fools there ; Sut they desired to hare men of

      Intellect and moral power , which alone can- "qualify men io become senators . Money does not qualify a man ; tiara are many taught men ~ wito txrs ns > t i £ 300 a-year , but they possess that which ; £ 1 , 000 a year cazmot ^ mr-* hase—jcheere ) . He agreed with the payaient of memien , electoral districts , -rote by ballot , and annual par-Ssments , and armed strongly In their fa-roar , repuffiating the agsertion that if the Charter became the i » of fha land they wonld iaye nothing bat-rolgarityj S » Jact was , Hot men did not - want Tiilgarity ; they sottbe means of obtaining refinement , and instead of desbing to ^ o down , they wished to ascend . Bid he not speak the sentiments ef themudience ?—1 Cries of

      Yes , yes . " ) -. Poor men imd respected property in tSstress , ynri TafhoT than destroy it had . gone toUie i « aej would they destroj it when Hug had the *» sbb xS enjoying It—Je » e » of "Jfo , jmj * - ) Grant Ibem the Charter , and property win be well protected —Icasem . They say if the Charter is granted , the asmtry will be levolutioniaed ? What state is the lODntry sot in ? Is il ' Toot already revolntiinTnwvi ? loot si Inland , Scotland , Wales , and England ; tonld they find a peaceable sguara mile 7— { " No , no . 1 5 be reyolufion , which is said mag come from gran&zg a laeasnre of jostles , 3 s xirm going on , like a mighty xbettm ; 2 nd witheut it is instantly arrested in its course ,

      * 31 oyerwhelmand plunge the nation in eneyastmass cf nan and irre tchedness . The Terolution is going on in many a gauej , jjjid many a cellar ; in many a heart Sod many a fcram , sow ground down by the band of tJPJttession . The reydlnUon is going on in the minds of Stay thousands and tens of thousanda possessed of in-^ tectand moral worth , who will lead on their fellow ^ u to BrfbnB , -with energy , -vigour , and success j and ?*^ ° nld * ay , ! D those -who deny jnsflce , beware that ^^ toerrea Troteffi the heart ackj and be -would ^» ttkeieeS , lest they oppose tSl the mighty tempest into

      ^ Hare swept them irresistably one common r ^ -itkeeM ) . He appeared there to . ^ adreas the ^ file classes , and he trusted they would aotionaeinn ? aioi « pe aKDg Jua ioaert sentiments . They might wlciatoioovnpoa such a demagogue aa Qje lecturer r ™ eanSoffl ^ but lie reminded them , ftat the man ^ "a ^ ruB jjjgjg ^^ ju , - pointed out their e-rils , and ^^^ greatest enemies are those ministera who , ^ ' . « sr Snnoay ^ tell them aifetiering and delusiye tt ^ r ^ v ***! . a most eloquent description of toe ^^ J ^^ Jw ^ ifisa population , He quoted tlie od

      ^ € set H » fountains rflightin fi » skies , ^^ sbcnM look up witlx tears in Ins eyes ? j ^ Vroo jsais iias «« b , « oa * nnaantana ± air , i ^^ M BlJonlfl iob ¥ &um wi& a groan of despair i ™ Gad fiHthe -jrt ^ a -wiaiianntfflioMi life , ^^ M ^ aonldgojartiiTriaidestrneiion and strife J ^ fiad-Ecaiter ireedom o ' er mountain and iraTe , y ** sanilsottU e ^ st as a tyrant and slaye ? p !^** «» hopeless —»^ oyless a creed , Jar Kieaonl that beiieres it , 3 s darkened indeed . " S » eto * ^ PeopleEooaia not compromiaeor ti ^ fc ^ lfj 1 * 5 oI ^^ Charter—jcries t& - no , no ! aj- ^^ = Ben dedded npon long sincel—and fee afcS ^ Jfi ^ aie dassea IT they did nofcioinin ttie -ss » e ,-4 tOT PMj a .. ... i-c ^ ijju , -rflnhof «> iserv tfceni

      lifi ^ w ^^* * by .: way-of eacouragement to " ^^ poii ^ ja ! a ^ n ^ aaon ^ j ^ aad-T ^ £ . J 1 '» y fefcaa I fair quaen of the sea ! an ihBe ths land of the fearless and free ;

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      They » y thou art first on the records of fame ; They speak of thy glory , bat not of thy shame ! Despair not , my country , for truth is revealed . — Set hands hare the fouataios of knowledge unsealed ; ; Thy children shall gather new life from the stream , Tell the pains of the past , are forget as a dream . " , The lecture being concluded , a vote of thanks was mor&d . to the lecturer . Kl . Msgga , in seconding tbe motion , informed the meeting that there was a newsroom established in SwamVs-yard , opposite to the Police Office , for the working classes , at one penny per week , which , dnring the present exciting times , wenld be of great advantage- _ ^ . Hearty cheers followed tbe proposition of tnanss to thB lectnrer , and also a vote of thanks to the Mayor , Thomas Wakeleld , Esq ., for his liberality | in allowing the use of tbe Town-hall for tbe lecture . . The meeting broke up at a qnarter-past ten o ' clock .

      [ We hsve eseat pleasure in giving the above report fiani the Nottingham Review of last week . It ia refreshing to fiad a minister so faithful to his calling as to rebuke the wickedness of those in high places , " and to make common cause with the " poor oppressed , " iranrpsting forth their wrongs and asserting their rights . It would be well if the fair , and candid , and catholic spirit of the reverend gentleman was generally inuiated , not only by the members of his own profession , but by all parties . T&ere wonld be leas of misunderstanding , illnature , bad feeling , and uucaaritabieness in the world

      than there is . were such the case . From a private letter from a friend we learn with much satisfaction , that the reverend gentleman has arranged to give another lecture in Jf dttingham , at the request of the Ifottingham Chartists ; and that they intend to obtain the nse of the large and splendid I 5 xchange Hell for the occasion . This is right The arrangement does credit to boih parties , and speaks well for the good spirit and right understanding existing between them ; and which ought te exist between all who honestly acknowledge the full rights of the full people , and do their utmost to obtain and enforce them . 1

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      TO THE KDIIOB . OP IBS , KOBTHEKJI STAR . Sin , — " The glorious uncertainty of the law" has been a proverb for time immemorii ?; and never has that saying berti better verified tfean in ths conduct of ihe Whi ^ s during ibe late debates on Irish affairs . What magic influence the opposition benches have upon the perceptive organs of parties , from the most learned to the lowtst satellite . From the proceedings of the last ten days it is obvious that our legislators not only change their opinions as to law making as they change benches , bnt that they change in what is more important to

      aodety , tba ' r views as to the powers of the Executive . The Whigs have attacked the Tories for having dismissed Magistrates , on the ground of having attsno ^ d Repeal meetings , and havegone bo far as to declare the conduct of Sir Edward Sugden to be unsonstitntional , inasmuch as thssa Magistrates were entitlKi to attend any regularly constituted meeting , having for its object to petition Parliament to repeal a certain legislative enactment I shsU not attempt to follow all that has been said in the Commons , nor by the party press , but shall confine my observations to the conduct of the late Whig GisnceUor and Attorney General

      Oa Priday , July 1 ith , the Marquis of Clanricarde bronght forward the following motion in the House oF L ^ rds , " That to dismiss magistrates from the commission of the peace under such circumstances as those in which Irish magistrates had been dismissed by Sir B . Sadden , was tmcoDstJtntiocal , unjust , and inexpedient ?* ¦ Dnring the debate that followed on the above motion , Lord Campbell ( late plain John ) said , " the magistrate stood in the position of a judge , and he utterly denied that a judge could be dismissed until he had committed an efftnee . " To hear this from ^ the ™» " who boasted at a public breakfast at Edinburgh that Chartism was dead , that 2 re had crashed it , is not so extraordinary as the following from Lord ( Tottenham , John Campbell ' s superior in the years 1839-41 . The Noble and Learned

      ex-Whig Chancellor is reported to have said : "he thought the conduct of the Irish Government , though sot amonnting to Sigh Treason , as had been Eb . ted ,. had been perfectly unconstitutional ; and this was shown by the statements contained in the letters of Sir E . Sugden himself . His interference was not sanctified by law , and was most unconstitutional in its character . " Now this is all right Lords Cqgpbell and Cottenham have taken a correct view of the Irish Chaneellor * . B conduct . WMle tbe Repeal magistrates had done nothing contrary to law , the Chancellor ought not to have had the power to supersede them . Those who contend that he is { invested with that prerogative ,

      may with equal propriety say that he has the power to disperse by force any public meeting covened for -whatsver purpose , wbfan it suite the party in power to say that such meetings ought not to bo held . These Whig lawyers have very properly condemned tbe conduct of the present Government in removing from the comraiasion of the peace certain magistrates for haying dared to exercise their rights as citizens . If it be competent for 3 msmbsc of Parliament to bring forward a- motion to Rapes ! the Xegifil&tive Act of Union , it must be competent far any portion of ths people to petition for it ' This is constitatibnal—without this there is no consti-i tnHon . :

      Lord Cafctenham , ex-Whig Chancellor , declares the conduct of the Tories to be Wile short 0 / high treason ; ass I agree with him . Yet these very Whigs , four years sso , removed &om the commission of the peace , on the same grounds , one of the most upright magistrates that fc-rery sat upon a bench—the humane , the pbUantSvropic , thB virtuous JOHU FROST ! In case this should meet the eye of any who may not be acquainted -with &a circuinssances connected with Mr . Frost ' s lenjoyal fi = m ite magisterial office , let it bs borne in mind that he was superseded long before the Newport nmibrlune . Do the Whigs suppose these things arc forgotten ? If they do they are woefully mistaken . Lord Campbell is not to flatter himself that tbe people forsrst that ha is the same Sir John Campbell , Whig Attorney General , who in person piOEecuted the

      expatriated Frost Williams and Jones ; or that the peeple forget the means used to secure the destruction of Frost and his companions . Whatever steps the Tories may take against Ireland they cannot be more execrable th » n those pnrsaed by the Whigs when in office . The Whig Slayor -of Uewport knew from Tnursday that the town -was to be attacked—this was four days before the outbreak'took place—yet he took no steps to evert the attack . Pray who could give the information on Thursday ? The 'first meeting of Frost with the delegates was on Friday night , twenty-four boors subsequent to the Mayor knowing what was to -happen . This -was admitted bj the spy-witness himself when cross-examined by ProsTs counsel ; and it demonstrates the dsmnable machinery put in operation by the late Whig Government in order to crush the infant cry of liberty in England .

      The Mayor of Newport , notwithstanding the jnfermation -which be possessed , did liotbixig to prevent the people from the hills entering the town ; he allowed ths people to approach the Westgate Inn , where he had surrounded himself by a body of constables and a party of soldiers . To certain inquiries by tbe people , the constables returned irritable replies : a collision toot place ; tbe Mayor ordered tbe military to fire , and they being in 2 room specially selected , ( the people np to that moment knew nothing as to them I slot ; within the Westgate , ) they were enabled to do so with fatal effect ,

      and which there is every reason to believe they continued to do after the people had given way . A number were mortally -wounded ; some' of whom lay ia tile street for a considerable length of tame weltering in their blood , aad in the last agonies of expiring nature cried for one mouthful cf cold water to cool their dying hearts ; but . no ! there they were doomed to perish , and when some of the inhabitants offered to give them a drink of -water , the soldiers threatened to fire upou HiBm *' iftiiei > adsxBU ! ed asUp / uri ? ie . > 'J" A magistrate { a clergyman ) passed by them ; but , deaf as an adder , paid no attention to their agonising cries .

      Frost was known to havB been with the people that morning , bnt not at the Westgate Inn . He was apprehended , acd charged as tbe leader of a treasonable plot ; and , in the -words of Sir Frederick Pollock . *• the grealc& monsters thai ever disgraced a court cf justice ' were produced against him as witnesses ; and apoa the testimony of third parties as to language said to have been expressed by Frost , ( the msn in the " draft great aai and ff ' azed hat , " of whom Frost and his friends could learn nothing , was not placed in the witness-box by Sir Joan Campbell , ) yet on the testimony of this third parry tbe late Government asked said obtained a verdict against one whom they found to be an uncompromising political opponent ; and though from sirenmstances the sentence was commuted , yet it is being -earned oot in its modified form with unrelenting crnelty 1 Frost has not been allowed say communication " withhis bereaved fcrnDy tor wore than two years .

      The Mayor of Newport instead of being called to account for not having taken steps to have prevented a breach of the peace , was called up before the Queen ana honoured with thus iafle of Kirightbood- Thus the TPV who allawfcd SPIES to pursue their hellish work of espionage till their diabolical olgect was secured , instead of being punished for having permitted , with his knowledge , such things to be committed , was by Lords ^ Campbell and Cottenbam * * friends publicly rewarded . This is not a solitary instance of Whig -treachery towards the people of England , They "were jastaBed ' in employing means to obtain information but they were guilty of treason against the state , in employing men first to lead the people astray . { in order that they might betray them into the hands of ( Jovernmest ) and then become witnesseragsinst them .

      , This was ihs conosct pursued by the Whip towards thoss who had raised them to power . It will be their conduct again should they be lestored to office . What they have done in England they are prepared to do in Ireland when it suits . Whenever the Irish people shall ask-for anything calculated to benefit t £ e masses , the Whigs will be as much their enemies as ever tfee Tories « an be . Cursed be tbe name of the hireling that nay lend himself to either party . C J . Glasgow , July 24 th , 1843 .

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      "THEKB IS BTTT © KB STEP IUOM THB BEBtmE to thb kidiccx-otts . " —Sir C F . Williams , the Bankruptcy CsaJzaiMJoner , observed a bankrupt leaning upon the desk . " Sir , " said the great little man , { orvice twrsai " yon have been sworn , and your present aUiKide is neither respectful to yonr God nor to me ' . '' „

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      TO THE MINERS ; OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bbothkks IN Bondage , —My reason for addressing you en the present occasion is to warn you agalnBt the machinations of several unprincipled scamps that are abroad in the pay of tbejmastars , endeavouring to entrap yon into a premature strike , and thereby prevent you from securing that Organisation , without which It is impossible for us to successfully contend with that systematic oppression which , for years has crashed as to tbe earth , and which every day becomes more and more unbearable . \

      Brothers , —I hope yon " will be on your guard against those , -whose only object Is to crash our movement , and make us again an easy prey to our cruel task-masters . They have always hitherto been able to crush our sectional movements against their oppreaaive exactions ; and after the expenditure of vast aums of money , and many good and honest men have bean sacrificed to unbending cruelty , our condition has only been rendered more ( Tailing . I hope ; therefore , that you ujiU not countenance any man that advocates a Strike under present circumstances ; nor give oar to any strangers , except they be the authorised agenta of the Coal Miners ' Union , and can produce credentials from the Executive . By these means you will be able to establish that OrtpmizaSion so much dreaded by those that have hitherto trampled upon the tights of the tolling miners .

      ftly respected friend , Swallow , and myself , are doing wonders in Lancashire . The good work of X ) rgan ? zition is spreading with & rapidity far beyond onr most sanguine expectations . I hope that in a short time Lancashire will be able to do its own work , and allow us to go to some other part of the country were the poor enslaved miners have not heard of our national movement for a good understanding with each olher . I am happy to inform you that the cause is taking deep hold in the following places and their neighbourhoods , viz : —Oldham , Ashton-unfler-Lyne , Dokinfield , Hyde , Clsytan . Rochdale , Bury , " Boltoc , Wigan , Chowbent , Ratcliffe-bridge , Bingley-bridge , Halshaw-moor , Hindley , Chorley , West Haughton , &a . Ac But we are watched at every step by the creatures of the masters , acting as spies upon oar actions . Tbey even get into our Bleeping rooms to listen to our private conversation ; but as our work is done openly and aboveboard , we have nothing to fear , and ; defy their malice .

      Brothers , in conclusion , let 1110 again call your attention to your Organizitioo , for by the perfection of that alone can we hope for success . It is 7 jy means of Organization our -employers have been able to oppress us in the manner they have done . Whilst we have been divided , they have been united . They have kept up a complete systematized Organization . Even now in fchis county , tbey have a meeting of tbe Employers on tfae first Monday in every month . In those conclaves they concert their new plans of eppression . Having these facts before as , can we hope to accomplish any good , or produce any lasting benefit , without having a power-MNational Organization ? Let then all our energies be

      devoted to this purpose , and this alone for the present We have borne with patience our manifold SQffctinga for years . Let us exercise that virtue a little longer , until we are able to meet our enemies on equal terms . But for the sake of our cause , our wives and little ones , let us not by Sectional and premature Strikes throw away our vantage ground , and jcive the enemies of justice another opportunity of laugbing at US and effectually oppressing us for years to come . I am , brother Miners , Tours , in the good cause . Manchester , July 26 , D . Thompson , 1843 . Agent to the Association .

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      HORRIBLE MUriDER IN NORTH TIPPE 11 ARY . The following letter fcivea an account of an appalling murder in the northern division of Tipuerary . Like moBt acts of violence in that county , this san suiaary deed is connected with the competition for Jand amongst the peasantry : — * Toojuvara , Fbidat Sight . —A most horrible murder has been perpetrated in North Tipperarj . IA respectable farmer , named Rody Donohoe , who lived at Nicane , near Toomavara , was waylaid by four men between these two mentioned plact-s , who beat bis head into a mutilated and shapelesg mass , With . 'tones and bludgeons .: The unfortunate man , though in this state , extraordinary 10 say , fctruggled From one convulsive fit to another until post-hour this night , when he parsed fife in the extremity ot human agony .

      • " Mr . Tabiteau , the resident magistrate , from Nenagh , was at the scene of the outrage at midnight , when he concentrated the police from the adjacent stations , and scoured the Burroundi / ij ; country bnt without any success . Some suspicious characiers were arrested , bnt were released after examination . The murderers , who were four in number , were Eeen by several persons . They were Btrangers , and armed with Btteks only , thus painfully illnstratiig the fact that , when men are determined to murder , any weapon is asj deadly and as fatal in their bands as ** fire-arms . " I Tie diabolical wretch that plots the sacrifice of human life little recks with what ipsVrumentB he carries into execution his hellish ceagns . Even if the . use of fire-arms were a still-to-be-discovered invention , the victim could not

      escape his destroyer . 1 " This murder , like all ethers in the same county , with one or two exceptions , claims for its cause the taking of land . There is one melancholy circumstance connected -wiih it , which , if possible , makes it more deeply distressing , i Rody Donohoe was murdered in mistake Jbr bis brother John , who had lately taken some land in ! the neighbourhood ef loom , from which the Shelleys , relatives of hi ? by marriage , had been ejected ; Tee murderers had beea lying concealed iu & pit near the Shelley s' house for flia greater part of Thiirsday evening , and it was out of it they roshed" upon iheir nnsuspecting and innocent victim . The mistaking of one brother for the other is a fuitlier cunfirmaiion of ibe four men being strangers in the locality . "

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      The J *! SH | MAOlSMucy . -Thd Packet states feS ^ n ^ ?? >« of ^ oksaVage , county of ^ SHfa ^*>^^ Ki 8 ^ fo * & »* county , haa been diaiiusaed the eommissioa of the peace for S «/ ThlfiH Farwll « Es *» hare also been rertSfS '? ^ ^ ^^ Tories , rv ™ T * ^ J v ° ^* wasistraoy : of Ireland :-^ f * $ aJz * 7 c ^* * $ ?* v for the cdunty of Sligo KL ? S ? ? VUlWr 8 t B 8 q ' » ? *« county of Gross Cbsdputv . -A widow in Looboarreu , havms lately tot £ 2 which waa stolen out of her house , actuated ! by the remains of an ancient but nowneariy exploded credulity , resolved to have recourse to a weird sister , iu order to regain her lost rt | to ? l W « Hwly came all the way to Din « wal , to take the good advice of Catherine Campbell or Beaton , wsidinc there , a notorious

      nretender to witchcraft , Catherine returned with her dupato Lochcarron , and commenced operations ty 6 a ing , that no good could be done unless the same sum as was lost } coald be procured , which the poor womaa borrowed : and then the witch put it away carefully rathe ^ oaian ' s chest , and it was not to be looked at till tha next day , when tho former lost , £ 2 were to be found with it ; but the witch went off by the mail-cart , j and neither the £ 2 nor the £ i were lound where the , money was supposed to be put , but some « onea and oatcake , the impostor having heiped herself to the former . Information having reached VingmtlQt this , gross imposition , Campbell was apprehended , and is fully committed for trial . She is a native of Lewfe , and an old offender in the same line , having often Bet the simple country people by the ears , by pretending to discover parties who , by "theevil eye , " had taken the virtue out of thoir neighbours' cows' milk . —Rosshire Advertiser .

      KoVALiy in Danger . —Last week , during the progress of Her Majesty and Prince Albert in the Royal bar ^ e on their way to the Thames Tunnel , they narrowly escaped being run down by the Syren , a Woolwich steamer * The Royal barge was steered by Mr . Roberts , Her Majesty ' s barge-master , a very experienced man , the Admiralty barge by Mr . Masterman . The Queen ' s barge-master received particular directions to follow the Admiralty barge , which led the way . The barges were proceeding down the river , keeping rather towards the north shore , and" on reaching the Dublin tier off the Tower , the Admiralty barge all at once shot across the river towards the south shore . The Queen ' s watermen followed in pursuance of the orders given them , and they met the Byron steamer coming up the river in a contrary direction , at full speed . The master of tha steamer who had been keeping a straight course , and , who did not expect that the

      state barges would have so very suddenly altered theirs , was close ] on to the Royal barge before he was enabled to stop the engines , and he was within a very few feet off the prow when a natal officer , who was outside the ( house between Her Majesty and tho watermen , stood up on the cushions , waved his hand , and , unmindful of the presence of Royalty , sang outfit the top of his voice Halloo ! halloo ! G—d d—n you , where are you coming to ! " And one of the watermen ceased pulling , and following the example set him , called out " O , you vagabond . The rudder of the Royal barge was put hard over , &ud fortunately the collision was avoided , but some of the distinguished party were greatly alarmed . Prince Albert locked serious , the Prfheess Clementine appeared frightened , but the Queen laughed heartily , and did not exhibit the least ; symptom of fear .

      Melancholy Accident . —Four Lives Lost . —On Sunday Iastj about hall-past eleven o ' clock , a party of four persons entered 1 a pleasure boat , lying at Inverness , and proceeded down the Firth as far as Kilmuir . When { returning , and within about two hundred yards of the Longman Point , a sudden squall caught them be f ore they had tirao to shorten sail , and the bosit filling , instantly swamped . The accident was seen ; at Kilinuir , and boats put out to render assistance ; font before they could reach the spot , the whole had disappeared amidst the stormy currents that prevail in this part of the Firth . The unfortunate parties were George Munrb , formerly of the Atala ! nta revenue cutter ; but who had , for the

      last eighteen months , kept a public house in Pettystreet . This man has left a wife and seven children to regret hia lossi William Camroinff , son of Mr . Gumming , carpenter , Shore , aged 19 . This young man had left bis father ' s house to go to church , and a copy of the New Testament was found ia one ol his pockets . John Ross , aged 13 , son of j » hn Ross , shipmaster , Cromarty ; and William Kirk , a seaman , on board the Janet ef Liverpool , at present in this port . Kirk was a native of Auchenoairn . in Galloway ; he was an expert swimmer , and bad obtained several medals from the Humaue Society for his exertions ia saving persons at sea . —Inverness Courier . 1

      Granite anb Wood Pavements—Ak a recent meeting of the institution of civil engineers , ' a paper was read " On the relative merits of granite and wood pavements and macadamized roads , " by C . T . Hope , F . R . S . L . S . A . It is shown that macadamizing has few if any advantages for public thoroughfarfs , owing to itB rapid abrasion , tho frequent application of new material , the uncertainty of its condition , the abundance of mud and dust , the great expense of maintenance , and [ from the power employed in draught requiring to be so variable . It is contended that granite pavement can be made superior to macadamizing as regards economy of construction and maintenance of way , power ot draught , and generally

      of all other qualities , with the single exception of noise , which by proper construction may be greatly diminished ; that wood paving is superior 10 any other description for Btreets , and from the results of experiments made fay the author during a period of eighteen months , it ' appears that tho vertical position of the fibres sustains less abrasion and injury than blocks in any other position—that cohesion is not a fluctuating quality , as the blocks do not become ma and dry with me , changes of the seas / Hi , since when onoe they havo absorbed as much uioiflturo as they can contain , and their volume is thereby increased , they never can be entirely desaicated , even by a loaa series of dry weather . The author ' s views were carried out at I great length .

      Rebecca ' in EBELAND .- ^ -The Northern Standard , an Orange paper , j contains the following : — " On Friday last ^ i five men dressed in female at tire attacked the house of ( one of Mr . Shirley ' s bog bailiffs named Bryan M'Ehahy . It appears that the outrages committed in'that neighbourhood lately havo been all perpetrated by men in the garb of women , and are known by ! the appellation of the girls . ' Those fellows w < rle eeen approaching Hhe field in which M'Enany waa working by his son , who gave the alarm , and the father had just time to reach the house and inform his wife , when they rushed to the

      door—the wife sprang out to keep them off , while M'Enany closed , the door , and barred it with a log of wood . The ruffians endeavoured to break the door open with stones , and while they were thus employed , the boy who remained in the field ran to his ucole ' e houee , a resolute and able young fellow . Who immediately came to his friend ' s ro ^ cue ; the ' girls' made off , pursued by M'Connin , but upou reaching the road ho was intercepted by a crowd of persons , who compelled him to give up tho pursuit . Oae of tho crowd ia now iu custody , but' the girls ' escaped . " '

      Frightful Scaffold Accident . — - On Friday morning a man named William Parry , a bricklayer , fifty-seven years of age , fell from the third story of the bouse No . 26 , Park-street , Hyde-park , a height © f upwards of forty tee ' ., into tho area below . He was immediately conveyed in an apparently dying state to St . George ' s Hospital . The injuries ho had sustained in the back , l'r / ibs , and head , are of such a nature aa to leuve but slight hopes of his surviving . The imprudent man had been standing upon a single plank , and at length , finding that ho required to be raised for the purpose of finishing his work , he procured aj box , but had no sooner placed his feet thereon than the plank gave way , and he was precipitated 011 to the area pavement .

      Opposition to poob bates . —On Saturday last , at one o ' clock , a sideboard , the property of Mr . Charles O'Connell , was sold ; in High-street , by public auction , for £ 2 15- ? , being seized under a civil bill for poor rates . Mr . O'Oonnell iddressei those present from an adjoiningwrndow . He strongly denounced the present , system of pr . ir law ? , and declared he would never pay a farthing rate until such ohatagaa were made as would perre the poor and lessen tho numerous salarios of bloated commissioners . The police mustered strom-Sy with the resident magistrate and sub-inspector , but there appeared to be not the slightest occasion for their presence . — -Ennis Advertiser . )

      French Finance .-4-The National Dnbt of France , which in 1572 , under Charles IX ., was only 17 , 000 , 000 / :, was , -inj . 1832 , 5 , 417 , 495 , 017 ^ At the present time it is aluioat 7 , 0 l ) 0 , 0 i > u , G 00 f . France has already been bankrupt bix times , viz : —Under Sully , who deducted the interest , formerly paid on the oapital ; at the ertd of Loui * IV . ' s reign , under Po&maret , who paid neither capital nor interest ; at : the fall of the " systene law , " under Lepelletier ; under the Abba Terrai , who Hid not pay the assignments ; during therevolutioBjafW tho creation of 45 ^ 000 , 000 of mortgages ; hstly , in 1799 , by thejeduot | on of twothirds of the debt . ;

      Kotelty inj Crab ! Catching . ^ A short time ago , while a gentleman belonging to this town , wbo is a capital swimmer , was enjoymg the luxuries of that delightful exercise at firougbfcy Furry , one of his largo toes was suddenly seizvc upon by " something ;" and , notwithstanding ail his efforts , he was unable to release it from the grasp of tbe unseen captor , which seemingly evinced a determination to drag him under water . Feeling , no doubt , that he was likely to come off "second best" in the 6 tj-uggle , he made with all possible despatch for the shore ; and , on landing , found thai his antagonist was a huge crab , which even then would not relinquish its hold till its clenched " olaw * ' was broken to pieces . : Bathers ! beware of crabs . —Dundee Courier .

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      Fobkign Steah Power . —Oa the 1 st of Jauaary , 1842 , there were m France 5 . 605 steam-boilers and 2 , 807 steam-engines , besides 169 locomotives- Of the 5 , 605 boilers , 4 , 857 were of French manufacture . ; 1 , 747 of them furnished J ^ ata for various uses , and the remaining 3 , 858 supplied the 2 , 807 engines . Of the 2 807 engines , 584 were I 05 W pressure , equalling 11 , 114 horse-power , and 2 , 223 high , pressure equalling 25 , 182 horse-power , making together 37 , 296 horse-power ; that istheforc ! e of 121888

      draught-, , horses , replacing strength of 783 , 000 men of labour . These amounts , as compared with the year 1840 , present on one side a reduction , of 40 boilers , not used for steam eagines ; andJen tho other , an increase of 285 boilers for steaml-enff ues , of which last 216 were fixed , and 27 locomotive . This increase gives an equivalent of 2 946 ( horse-power , or 8 , 836 draught-horses , or 62 , 000 men . In 1841 steamengines in France did the labour of 55 , 061 draughthorses , or L 085 . 427 men . I

      Definition of a Clock .- ^ As a blunt sort a witness in an action of trover , ] at York , was undergoing a cross-examination by I Mr . Dundaa , a clock became tho subject of inquiry , and when the question was put as to what sort of a | clock it was , the witness replied that it was " a sheep-head clock . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . Dundas , apparently considerably surprised , inquired— " What sort of aclock is that V Witness—" Why , a clock without a case ; they pall it wag by't wall . " Thw definition was giveu amidst roars of laughter . j Purgatory by Amicipatiojj . —At a neighbouring assize town on the Oxford circuit , in the present

      term , the gentlemen of tho Bar were complaining of the heat and inconvenience ! of the Court , which the presiding Judge admitted was exceedingly annoying . Amongst the complainants was an Obese attorney , who , starting upou his legs in the lower part of the Court , thus addressed his Lordship , " And , my Lord , you see the [ attorneys are thrust down here into a bottomleBas pit" "Ol never mind , Mr . —— , that is only anticipating your doom , " drily responded his ( Lordship , amidst the irrepressible laughter of the Court .

      Abmy and Navy . —The troops m Ireland have a prospect of some rest after their summcr ' a campaign of marching , countera&Tching . jand re-countermarching ia quest of the ghost of an insurrection . It is ooufidently stated that the Duke of Wellington has determined to concentrate the scattered fragments of the regiments in Ireland into a few stations , wheuce , when the insurrection ventures to show itself in -bodily shape , the whole mass of military may sally forth in a concentrated mass and make minced meat of it at once . It is therefore to

      bo expected that the Hepeal war , when it doeB break out , will be commenced , foughi , and concluded , like the battle of the frogs and mice , within the compass of a day . The Irish fleet is maneuvering wo supposo in quest of a foe ; or perhaps to entrap American sympathy half seas over , j There is , therefore , every reason to expect that this mighty movement which keeps Ireland in agitation , and paralyses England , will end , like the Spanish war , in a cordial shake of hands between tho belligerent parties , and with the explosion of a plentiful discbarge of blank cartridge . —Dublin World ,

      Beefsteak no Meat . —Poor ! Waeb . ee was so pestered by a Roman Catholic Missionary , that he consented to turn Christian . He was duly baptised , and the priest changed his heathen name of Washee , to that of the apostolio John . ] One of the duties imposed on him was to eat ] no meat but fish on a Friday , which he very much objected to , and ojjly promised to observe through fear of " eternal punishment . " The following I ? riday , however , the priest called on tho negro , and found him busily employed upon a fine rump-steak . The horrified Catholic was commencing a long sermon , when master blackee exclaimed , " Dis no meat , massa ! disdamnfine . / wA . " " How ? " "JHow . I tell you : you baptizo poor Washee—yon sprinkle water in his face , and bay , " your name no more jWashee—you henceford call John . " Well , massa , me baptizo beef-take ; me sprinkle water on it;—me Bay , " you name no more meal—you called henceford ^ isA . "

      The Univers gives the following as an authentic account of tho martyrdom of M ) . Borie , tho Missionary at Tong-king in China : — " When surprised by the soldiers who went to arrest him , he rose , ana like tho Saviour , asked them , * Whom seek ye V They were for the moment struck dumb by his majestic countenance and extraordinary stature , so imposing in these climates . When put in irons , the confessor took advantage of the } eagerness shown by the poople to visit him , to deliver Ireely to them the

      words of eternal life . His execution was horrifying The executioner , who was half drunk , scarcely knew what he was about . His first stroke with the sabre fell on the ear of the martyr , and out him to the jaw ; tbe second came npon the top of the shoulders and turned the flesh upon the neck ; the third was better directed , but did not ' sever the bead from the trunk . At this sight the [ criminal mandarin vhrviuk back with horror . It required seven strokes before the sanguinary work was finished , during which the holy priest did not utter a single cry . "

      T . ROBERTS , AND COMPANY . AM ACROSTIC , T he life of Parr a twofold good displays—R elief from snff'ring pain , and length of days . O let us not despise these boons as nought , B ut readily embrace them as we ought . E xtensive lire , and freedom from disease R e warded Parr—and we may [ purchase these ; T hat healthful balm which formed his life anew , S hall flourish still , and bless his followers , too . A balm like Parr ' s , which health and age supplies , N o human'being can too highly priz . \ D ear as the ri < Jhes of the world are

      thought—C ompared with this , they sinkjat once to nought . O ur life at best , is but a transient day—Man from his birth is subject to decay . ' P arr thought on this—he viewed the ills of man , A nd wisely sought to lengthen ; but his span . tf or did he vainly Beek . While here below , Y ou'U find that Parr wa 3 Death ' s severest foe .

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      From th » London Gazette 0 / Friday , July 28 . BANKRUPTS . Edward Reynolds , Merton , Surrey , silk and woollen printer , to surrender Aug . 10 ., Sept . 8 , at half-past eleven o ' clock , at ths Bankrupts' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , FrWayistieet ; official a 3-sigtsee , Jir . Whitmore , Basinghull-atreet Meyer Lever , Great Winchester-street , commission

      merchant , Aug . 10 , Sept . 8 , at eleven o'clock , at the Bankrupts'Court : solicitors , Messrs . Heed and Shaw , Friday-street ; official assignee , Mr . Alsager , Biichinlaue . I George . Salter , Daviea-rtreet , builder , Aug . 4 , at ten o ' clock , S ^ pt . 7 , at eleven , at tho [ Bankrupts' Conrt : aolicitor , Mr . Parker , St . Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . PennelL 1 Eifzsbcth Hannah Foster , Hathern , Leicestershire ) tanner , Aug . 4 , at three o ' clock , j 31 . at two , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . ( Joddnrd , Kingstreet , Cheapside : official assignee , Mr . Belcher .

      Jessie Sldcton , West Bromwich , Staffordshire , hollow ware manufacturer , Ang . 12 , Sept 9 , at twelve o'clock , at tbe Bankrupts' District Court , Birmingham : solioitor , Mr . Br iy , Birmingham ; official assignee , Mr . Bittleston , Birmin ? feam . John Henry Taylor , Wakefleld , joiner , Aug . 9 , Sept 13 , Bt eleven o ' clock , at tbe Bankrupts' District Court , Lseds : solicitor , Mr . Bu'ni 9 r , Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Young , Loede . j Edwin Kaynei 1 , Sheffield , merohaat , Ang . 9 , Sept 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Bmsun , Sheffield ; cffiuial assiarnee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds . j

      David D xan , Leeds , dyer . Ati ? . 81 Sept . 5 , at eleven o'clock , at tile Bankrupts' District Court / Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Bjnd , L-. eds ; official assignee , Mr . Fgarne , Leeds . J John King , Kingston-upon-HullJ merora An ? . 9 , Sept . e , at elevt-n o ' clock , at the JJanfcnipfa * ' District Court , Leeds : solicitors , Messrs . Sale and Wortbinfeton , Manchester ; and Messrs . England acd Shackles , Hull ; offictai assignee , Mr . Frienian , Leeds . Henry Chalteonibe , Swansea , eail | m » ker > Aug . 10 , at one o ' clock , Sept . 11 . at eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Bristol : solicitors , Messrs . Burfoots , London ; . Messrs N-jwman and Go , YeovU ; and Mr . Short , Bristol ; official assignee . M-. Huttoa , Bristol .

      DIVIDENDS . Aug . 11 , W- Millar , Wapping-wall , engineer , —Aug . 28 . W . Stent , Oxford-street , hosier . ~ AuK . 18 , J . Penfold , Goring Sussex , brower . *—Aug . 18 , D . Ellis , jun ., Havarliill , Suffolk , draper . —Aug . p , J . CoUinsoD , Sautu Molton-fane and South Molton-street , carpenter . Aug . 21 , G . F . Cobbam and W . B . | Wright , CUmdenplace , Pdcknain , and Gravesend . bjulldets . —Aug . 21 , J . T . Burgoo , Bacfelersbury , hard wareman .- ^ Aug . 18 , M . Potter , Manchester , merchant . —Au ? . 25 . J . Stoano , Liverpool , hatter . —Aug . 21 , R . Py > cklington , Winthorpe , Nottinghamshire , and W . Dickinson , Newarfcupon-Trent—Aug . 18 , X . Baker , Birmingham , brass cuck maker . 1 Certificates to be granted , unless catLse be shaven to tbe contrary on the day of ! meeting .

      Aug . 18 . W . Stent , Oxford-street , jhosier .- ^ Ang . 18 , J . Grieve , Nieholas-lane , engraver . —Aug . 21 . J . Hutton , Kingwood , Hampshire , draper . —Aiujt 18 . M . C . Price , Brentford , glass Belter . —Aug . 19 , J . j C . Wbittenbary , Blaefeheatn-nill , builder . —Aug . 19 , j | M . Mallan , Ladgate-hill , dentist—Aug . 18 , E . P , Smith , Bristol , carpenter . —Aug . 30 , W , Cooke , Bradford , Yorkshire , worsted spinner . certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before August IS . |

      J . Rose , Sp ^ ldingf , Lincolnshire ironmonger . J . Yarrard , jun ., Spaldinsr , Lincolnshire , grocer . —W . M . Senior , St . SwithinV . ane , hardwaroman J . Crow , North-end , Fulham , licensed victualler—T . Whitmarsh , Xuobri'jge-welisj , nctil keeplr . —W . Ledbury ,

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      Hagley , Worcestershire , and Coaiboombroolc , Staavrdsbire , coal merohaot—J . C . Mumford , Mile-end-read , grocer . —J . Towers , Wolvprhampton , hatter . — £ . Gbambers , Hol'ea street , milliner . PaBTNEBSITIPS DISSOLVED . J . Gregson and Co ., Over D it wen and PreBtot > , Lsravasbice , s ' z ^ ra of cotton twist . W . Medcalf and Co ., Manchester ; brush tnanufketarers . M'Tear and Brice , Liverpool , ship-brokers .

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      From ths Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . 1 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas S&inner , butcher , Godalming , Snrrey . to surrender Aug . 10 , at 6 alF-past twelve , and Sept 13 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Ala-iger . official assignee , Bircnin-iane ; aolicitor , Tusker , Cannonstreet , City . James Wilkinson and George Wilkinson , indigo brokers , LnadeBhall-Btreet , Ang . il , at two , aad S

      Henry Morgan Goodwin and Charles Lse , shipowners . Bishops-gate-street Within , August 10 . at halfpast one , and Sept 12 . at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alaager , official assignee , Birctiin-lane ; solicitors , Oliverson , Danby , and Lavie , P / ederiek ' s-place , Old Jewry . William Bunting and William Jeffcoat , bookbinders , East Harding-street , City , Aug . 10 , at twelve , and Sept . 12 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Alsager , official assignee . James Martin , innkeeper , Bexley-heath , Aug . 10 , at eleven , and Sept . 9 , at two , at the Court , of Bankruptcy . Belcber , official assignee ; solicitors , Sadgrove , Marklane , London . Hyce Daviea , grocer , Abercarne , Monmouthshire , Aug . 11 , fat two , and Sept . 13 , at eleven , at the Bristol District Court Acraman , official assignee , and Bigg , Bristol .

      Thomas Bite , William Smith Bate , and James Hellings , brewers , Rugeley , Staffordshire , Aug . 12 and Sept . 12 , at ele » enr at the Birmingham Distriot Court Valpy , official asBignee , Birmingham ; solicitors . Wil-ld Rees , Humphrey , and Wilde , College-bill , London Smith , Rugeley . Nathaniel Neal Solly and Richard Solly , ironmasters , Tividale , StaffordBhite , Aug . 24 and Sapt 23 . at halfpast eteven , at tha Birmingham District Court Bittleston , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Carter , Birmingham .

      Joseph Wright , bander , Exeter , Au \ 16 , at one , and Sept . 13 , at eleven , at the Exeter D ' strict Court . Hir ( Z 3 U , official assignee . Exeter ; solicitor , BroUon , Exeter ; Clipper ton , Bedford-row , London .

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      London Smithfield Cattle Market , Mondat , July 31 . —From all parts of England , but nioio especially from Norfolk , the Fresh arrivals of Beasts up to our market to-day were compared with those reported for several weeks past , on a very moderate scale , whilo a considerable falling off was observed m their general quality . Notwithstanding this deficiency , the limited state of the receipts of countrykilled meat up to Naw ^ ate and Leadenaall markets , and the fair averts sUendance of buyers , the / Jeef trade was in a eluggish state , and last Monday ' s quotations were not supported . In consequence , turnover , of tbe numbers of really prime Scots being unusually scanty , 4 a 21 per 8 I 03 was in aomn tew instances obtained for them : but the general figure

      for the -best Beef cannot * e noted higher than 4 s , at which a clearance was with difficulty effeoted . From Norfolk we received about 400 Scots and homebreds ; from Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , 90 Scots , homebreds , and runts ; from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , 200 short-horns ; from Yorkshire , 140 runts ; from the Western and Midland districts ^ 300 of various kinds ; from other parta of England , 340 Scots , runts , Durhama , &o . ; from Dundee and Aberdeen , 140 horned and polled Scots by sea " , and from Ireland , via Liverpool , 40 Irish Beasts . With Sheep we were heavily supplied , even the time of year considered , and several severe cases of epidemic were observed amongst that description of stock , owing to which a depreciation took

      place in the value of the middling and' inferior descriptions , which fell fully 2 d per ( jibs , and trade ruled estrcmely dull . The extreme quotation for the best old Downs was 43 4 d , but that for superior half-breds was only 3 s 104 per 8 lbs . Lambs came freelj to hand , but a-very small portion of the supply was above the middle quality . Ia this kind of stock a small amount of business was doing , and the currencies were from 2 d to id per olbs beneath those obtained ou this day ee ' nnight , The number of Calves were large ; wbife the Veal trade ruled extremely dull , and the rates were 2 d per 8 U » s lower . In Pigs very little was doing , yet we can notice no material alteration in their value . During the past week no . Foreign Cattle has beea imported into any part of the United Kingdom .

      Potatoe Mahkets . —New Potatoes from 3 s to 5 a Gd per owt . Scarcely any foreign Potatoes have beea on . offer . Borough Hop Mabket . —Owing to thfe receipt of rather more favourable accounts from the plantations , we have to report a very active demand for all kinds of Hops here , but prices remain without alteration . In tho duty we have little betting , but it is oalculated . at from £ 135 , 000 to £ 140 , 000 . Woox Market . —An unusually large arrival of wool has t-akca place in the Port of London since our last report . Public sales are appointed to take place at Garraway ' son the 8 th and twelvo following days .

      Privately a moderate business is doing at late rates . Tallow . —The market is again firmer this morning , and Tallow on the spot is scarcely to be had at our quotation . For forward delivery it is 42 s 9 | the ! twt three months , and for separate months , from August to December , 43 i and upwards has been pa >< J iu several instances within the last few days . Tuere are advices' in London , from St . Petersburgh , by way of Hull , to the 22 nd ins * . Prices there were about the same as by previous post , ' the quantity shipped off was 121 , 000 casks , again 3 t 118 , 000 last year , and . 122 , 000 in 1841 . Town Tallow is 42 s net cash .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , July 31 , — -We have trad a good supply of Cattle at market to-day , and any thing prime was eagerly sought after , and sold at good prices . Beef 5 % A to 5 £ d , Mutton 5 d to 5 | d , Lamb 5 J to 5 Jd per lb . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 1 , 153 , Sheep and Lambs 10 , 527 . % Liverpool Corn Market , MONDAY " , Juir 31 . — During the last seven days we have received 8 , 667 Racks of Flour from Ireland ; but the imports of British Grain , &c . have with that exception been on a very moderate scale . The trade generally haa been

      less hyely than during the preceding week ; the millers and dealers nave bought Wheat with much caution , and were on Friday in most instances able to supply themselves , at a reduction of Id to 2 d per bushel from Tuesday ' s rates . Flour was also Is per Back and barrel cheaper . Oats were held at previous rates , but very few were sold , and Oatmeal moved slowly at 6 d a load decline . No change as regards Barley , Beans , or Peas . Two or three parcels of EgypHan Wheat have changed hands in bond at 26 s to 28 j par imperial quarter . Except a heavy fall of rain on Friday and Saturday nights , the weather on the whole has boon favourable for the

      country . ' Manchester Corn Market , Satcbdat , Jult 29 . —Daring the week the weather in this neighbourhood hasbaenof a more favourable character , and the activity previously displayed in our markes has altogether disappeared . The supplies of Ftour from Ireland are to a liberal extent ; and , considering the advanced period of the season , those of Oatmeal are very considerable : of other articles thence and coastwise thoy are unimportant . Of Flour from the 3 iterJor arrivals are rather on the increase . There was but a moderate attendance of buyers at our market this morning ; and , notwithstanding an unfavourable change , with indications of unsettled weather , there wa 9 very little passing . Wheat and Flour may be quoted nominally as on this day se ' anight ; but on Oatmeal and Oats the advance then demanded could not be realised , and a deoline of 6 d per load on the former article was submittod to .

      London Corn Exchange , Mosdat , J dly 31 . — A good deal of rain appears to have fallen in different parts of the country on Saturday and Sunday , and tho reports respecting the outstanding crops do not by any means improve . Harvest operations have , we believe , been partially commenced thi 3 morning in the neighbourhood of London ; bat reaping cannot , under auYciroamstaneeB , be general for some weeks to come . Having a large showr of English Wheat ( prmciplly from Essex ) , the trade opened languidly ; and before any progress could be made in sales , tactors haa to submit to a reduction of 23 . per qc . on the rateB of this day se ' nnight , and even at that abatement a clearance was not effected . The inquiry for free Foreijsjn was slow , holders , however , maniteated no particular anxiety to realize , and purchases could not have beea made much below former terms .

      1 he transactions in bonded Wheat were on rather a retail scale , but previous prices were firmly insisted on . Flour moved off slowly , and ship samples were th « torn cheaper . The receipts of Barley wore trifling ia the extreme , and though the demand for this grain wa 8 not important , the recent advance was well suppor ^ d . the little business done ia Malt was likewise at fully the currency of Monday last . There were not many Oats fresh up thia saoraine the quantity left over from last week's supply being , however , considerable , and the dealers acting with much caution , prices bad a downward tendency . On Irish thei reduction since this day week may be estimated at from fid . to Is ., and on even the finer . kinds of English and Scotch as least 6 d . per qr . Beans and Peas moved off iu small quantiuea , at ; about previous prices ,

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      TRAGICAL AND SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT THE CAMBRIDGE GAOL . On Tbnrsday week a young man named Henry Bnrnham waa , at the Cambridge Ass ^ s , convicted npon an indictment charging him with having Btabbed his wife with intent to do her grelvons bodily harm The evident * against Mm ! was conclnsive , and would indeed have jnstified the jury in finding that the intent of the prisoner in the outrage npon hia-wife was not ahnply to do her bodily harm but to murder her . It appeared that he was a young man of 28 years of age , and she was in her 24 th year , and that they had been married ax years , daring which time she had given birth to four children , one of whom at the time of

      commission of the felony was ^ only three weeks old . On the 19 th of May he returned to his home drunk , and after some angry words with his' wife , he fetched a carvingknife from the kitchen , which he sharpened an a steel ; and declaring tost " he would finish her , " he inflicted wounds on her throat , face ^ arms . and hand . They had not before that time lived happily together ; indeed , she told him daring the quarrel which proceeded the outrage , •' that she had lived the life of a transport for the last six years . " The learned judge sentenced him to be transported for 15 years , and it waa remarked that he bore his sentence with tbe utmost composure and indifference , and retired from the dock with a scornful smile on bis face . On bis return to the gaol he told one of the turnkeys that he should leave the country

      with a clear conscience , and that be thoald sleep sounder that night than he did the night before . Having been supplied with a pint of beer , which he said was sll he should need , he went to bed , the turnkey having taken away all 'his clothes except his shirt slockicgs , and braces . Between seven and eight o ' clock on the following morning , the nnder-turnkey entered the cell , when be xezs horrified at finding tbe wretched man suspended by Ms braces from an iron bar , quite dead . Assistance was procured and he was cut down . It appears , that in tbe wall over tbe door of the cell there -was a small opening , about a f-aot square , which had keen made for the purpose of ventilating tbe cell , and up the middle of tbe opening there rau perpendicularly a bar of iron placed in order to prevent

      escape . To this bat tha wretched man had tied his stockingE , and to them one end of his braces , the other end of which he fastened round his own neck , and having probably jumped off his bed , the act of selfdestruction was completed ^ The body presented a shocking appearance , being' black and livid , and tbe fatal noose had left a broad ' and deep mark round bis neck , which was much lacerated by the buckles of tbe braces . He was in the habit of having his Bible ana Prayer-book given to him when he went to bed , bnt when the turnkey locked him np on Thursday evening he told him he should want only tha Prayer- \> ot > k , wfclch waa ot conrse given to hun . On the following

      morning the boat Jay on bis bed folded down at tbe serviee "tor the burial of the dead ; " and it wonld appear from some noise , as of reading or talking , that was heard dnring the night by a convict in an adjoining cell , that tbe unhappy man must have read his own funeral service shortly before he committed tbe dreadful act of self-destruction . Another very singular fact remains to be noticed . The cell in which he hanged himself is paved with bricks , ( and witfa the metal tongue of the buckle of tbe braces . with which he destroyed himself , he had written on the bricks what he intended aa his-last will and wishes , which , as nearly as it could be deciphered , -was in the foIloTring words : —

      " Take notice . 2 ?* reweIL Give my property to my dear daughter Elizabeth , God bless her . Don't let her see me ou any account . Bury me in Whittesea churchyard , next to ay p > ot brother DinieL Lave to my mother , sisters , and brothers . " This "was not written continuously , but on a brick here and there . It will be seen that ho only mentions ene of his four children , and does ' not allude to his wife . She cilJed at tbe gaol early ia the morning to ask if he wished to see her , or to leave any message for his children , but he was then dead .

      An inqaest was beld in the gaol in the afternoon of the fame day , and it was proved by his brother-in-law , a solicitor , residing in the Isle of Eiy , that be had on many occasions since his niarriago shown symptoms of aberration of mind , and paui « u ! arly abouo the peried when he made the murderous assault on his wife ; and that os tbe inorsiiit ; after that assault he ran down itaira in his nlght-sbirt and attempted to destroy him * self . The jury , under all the circumstances , took a humane view of the case , and returned as their verdict , . that "he had destroyed himself , being , at tbe time , lunatic and distracted . "

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      Market Intelligence.

      MARKET INTELLIGENCE .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct813/page/7/