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      ON THE RELEASE OF MR . O'CONNOR , The glorious flag of liberty Floats on the breese again , There let it ware—O'Connor ' s free , O'Connor's come again , To lead na on to victory , And break the tyrant ' s rh * tn . They said a prison ' s dungeon cell Sis lion heart iroold tame ; They found he was inviatible , O'Connor was the same ; His deeds shall after ages tell , And blea his patriot name . They'll bless his name and courage bold , That dar * d the tyrant ' s rage , Who fearless did through heat and cold The people ' s battle -wage , And kept his spirit cneontrelFd , Though coop'd in prison cage . He ' s left stone oell , and iron bar , To walk abroad in light , And rays of freedom from his Star , Shall skim so fierce and bright ; They'll scatter tyrants , iride and far . And -we shall shine our right TIT ^^ Sert 7 th , 1841 .

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      - ^ THE GOYEIHfMENrS ADDRESS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . How bow ! ye blustering , discontented knarea , VTho claim the title of industrious bees , What would ye haTe ? ye grovelling base-born slaves , To dare to interrupt the public peace , "With threats of daggers , torches , pites , and stares , "With , which you "would compel us to release You from the easy yoke -which sita so light , And grant you what you Tainly call your right . What tho' the mountain fastnesses may ring "With yonr mad shonis for justice , and tho' your Seditions leaders may still fondly cling To the false thought that our defeat is sure , We laugh to scorn yocr haratess threatening , Jour urar . i of xndcn renders as secure , TVe disregard your hypocriiical petitions , Tis not our interest to alter your conditions .

      To alter your conditions , did we say : Vile traitors ! that shall never be , we swear ; TThst would ye have ? feave we not thrown away The ease of private life for yonr welfare-Do we not always your commands obey , Vhen to object , requires a greater share Of moral courare , than we can command , Or , vhtn uxanimondy you demand . Tain Voisting wretches , ~ we again fronJd ask , Why with your stations are ye discontent ? Ji to support the state so hard a task , That j ou would our extrvragsnee prevent ? Or "would you always in tht sunshine bask , And live in idleness , that you present Petitions so unmeaning , ti ere is scarce a line , Which , for oar pocket's sake , -we'd ratter not define

      Should not the hew Poor Law your thanks engage ? Have -we r . ot ir&nted all you coald dtsire ? Provided bastile * , to which , when eld age O ' ertakes you , you may quietly retire , And there remain , until you quit the stage Of mortal life ; which should ycur heart ' s inspire With love and gratitude for us , who ne ' er neglect , The interest of those * e > e chosen to protect . Are we not labouring in the grand defence Of our beloved country ' s brilliant fame ; Art we not willing , at a moderate tipence , To slaughter thest * who now dispute our claim , And right to poison them , when common sense Should tell them ' tis a sin and deadly shame , To manifest such pagan impudence , but we Will make them take our poison for their tea . Cease then of our exactions to complain ,

      Tii madness to pretend je are oppress ed , $ or dare to question our just right to drain Your pockets , any fashion we like best With us alone such matters should remain , Acd shall ; for we ' re resolved to arrest , Imprison , and severely punish , those Prtisumptuom villains , who our tricks expose . Tes , let these mad , mis-namsd patriots spread ¦ Their absurd notions , and your wrongs relate , But let them our severe resentment dread , For they shall shortly feel the crushing weigh . Of enr aroused vengeance , tho' 'tis said You will such gross injustice reprobate , And break their bonds , which nought can rivet , save Tour base neglect of the advice they gave . Your petty opposition we defy ,

      Andyour request we fearlessly reject , Your glorious cause iso call'd ; shall shortly die ; Its death-blow shall fee dealt by your neglect Then may we safeiy our plunder erjoy , ~ We gazs with pleasure on the brght prospect , Believing » e can frustrate your design , Until UKeihtr heart and soul you join ,

      W . J XiTOpOO :. * The Chinese .

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      THE FLEET PAPERS . [ Written for our last , but excluded by press of matter . ] Mr , Ozsiler continues , in this weekly outpouring of his own good feeling and jost spirit " , Cdespite his Toryism , ) to ^ enunciate sentiments and offer advice ( the result of great experience and deep investiga - tioa ) which it will be well for England apd her people if the present Government lend a willing ear to , and be prepared to act upon . In the number for tins day we find the following excellent remarks upon the position of several of the immediate and pressing qaestions of the day , and which we extract a ; length : —

      " The question—the universal question now raised Id every bosom is , ' What ought the new Government to do ? ' Many subjects press on the mind when this question is asked—many which , in the short space of one letter , it would be impossible te mention . 11 seems to me , however , that two questions have been settled by the people of England at the last election ; and if it be true that the Queen is constitutionally bound < as all parties acknowledge ! to change her Ministers "wiien their measures are disapproved by her people ' s representatives , so mus $ it be the constitutional duty of Parliament to obey the will of their constituents , whenever that will is manifest and undeniable .

      " There can be no doubt that the question propounded bj her Majesty to her people was , ' Are you for free trade ' : ' It is equally certain that every exertion was made , every argument was used , every exciting inducement was offered , to persuade the people to answer ' Yes l' SdU , despite the most strenuous efforts of the Irte trade party , the answer returned to ber Majesty was No : '—in consequence of which , the Queen has discharged ber free trade Ministers . It cannot , therefore , be too mneh te require Parliament also to attend to the constitutionally declared will of tbe people . The evils of free trade are exhibited in the facts that the more foreign trade we have under Us operation , the more we lose , the poorer we become , and the Ies 3 wagei we pay . Thus have facts proved twhat common sense has so long taught ; that poverty is the consequence of ¦ unrestrained competition . The new Ministers ought , therefore , to abandon the system of free trade , elsa why have the Whigs been driven out ?

      " There is , however , another subject upon which they were not questioned , but on which it is admitted on all hands that the people have declared their trill—namely , the New Poor Law . Upon that point there has been neither j / nor but . The new Ministers will , therefore , if they are wise , and resolve to walk in the light of the Constitution , repeal the New Poor Law , and return to the glorious . 4310 of Blizibeth . " It would not be wise to modify the former . To pretend to modify the hateful tking , is parleying with Satan , for it is the Devil ' B work . The very cams of it is so odius , that it is due to the insulted and outraged feelings cf the nation , that it be for ever obliterated . "Then , " say some , " what will you do with the bastiles ' : " That is no business of mine ; let those who built them ac&wer it , or , at once pull them down , leaving not one stone upon another . The sooner the whole thing is forgotten the better . A mistake npen the New Poor Law will prove fatal U > the new Minister * .

      Commen u only needful to discover , that if we are to have tht : Xsw p i ^ yi , the New Poor Law Ministers have bets nnjustly treated—if that be a good measure , they ; the Whigs ; must be good Ministers . " I ask not what is Sir Robert Peel ' sprirai opinions ; nothing is more dear than the fact , that it ia the people ' s hatred to the 2 \" ew Poor Law which has given him so large a majority . If his supporters have < leladed the people by their electioneering addresses , Sir Robert would have proved his wisdom by refusing office , for , in that case , the re-action " must be terrific

      " The new Government will , If its members are wise , weaken and impoverish , the nation no more by emigration ; but , on the contrary , they will offer every inducement to persuade and encourage the people to locate on tbe land , irrawing the " surplus population , " as fast as they prudently can , out « f the manufacturing towns , » sq thus restore the just proportion of the creation of wealth , by gradually red * eixg the quantity of our manufactures , until they are equalled by the demand , and by vartasing our agriculture , so as to reach the demand , and thus meet the pressing wants of the people . We have land enough for all we ne * d in England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland , but we have fooliihly witharawn tfce fcsafo . ^ consequently , we are minta the r

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      " If our new Ministers are eoBstttntioMj , they win , of course , repeal the Ratal Police Act , abandon the scheme of centralisation , and restore the local system of management . In other words , they will abandon the insane Whig notion of governing the people by force . It is futile say longer to attempt to keep the people in awe by force and coercion—it is against the genius of their laws , and the spirit of tbe Constitution . The presence of forte implies injustice . " The Ten Hours * Factories Regulation BiH they cannot refuse , when the evidence of its necessity has been so often proved before Parliament , and it is remembered that Sir Robert Peel ' s father was the first who

      introduced it ; nor can they safely neglect to protect the labourers from the power of wealthy —w ^ mum This subject ia obtaining more and more importance in the minds of the well-disposed manufacturers . They tet \ that somethiBg must be done by law to prevent the wasting influence of universal competition . They are well aware , that all onr great statesmen recoil at the very thought , still they feel that something must be done to prevent the cruel aud selfish from getting rich by any means , regardless of the miseries occasioned to their work people , and the loss sustained by all who wish to give a fair day ' s wages for & fair day ' s work .

      " The question of some restraint npon machinery , is , I am . happy to say , forcing itself upon out manufacturers , and they say , ' Parliament must interfere . ' The approach to free trade has had one good effect—it has proved its unsoundness , by emptying the pockets of hundreds who were formerly its admirers . " " There are many other subjects which require the immediate attention of Parliament , which I have no room to mention , but wkich , in due time I shall place before you in the Fleet Papers . It is self-evident that the case , of the working classes must now be seriously considered , with a view to their amelioration . I shall ever be ready to aid in that labour . "

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      STOCKPORT . —The spinners have boldly resisted the attempted reduction of the masters , whioh has stopped some of them in their diabolical pursuits ; and , if persevered in , will cause the other masters to give way , that is , if they are Bupported by tbe spinners of the surrounding district as they ought to be . They have always been ready to subscribe to others when called on . To the Shopkeepers , Publicans , and Tradesmen of Stockport .

      Fellow Townsmen , —We , the spinners of this town and neighbourhood , appeal to yon at this Important and truly alarming crisis , humbly soliciting your support , to enable us , successfully , to resist tbe enormous , cruel , and scandalous reduction offered by the cotton masters , mentioned in our placard , Issued this week , believing , as we do , reductions , however small , are detrimental to the beet Interests of society , both locally and nationally , and if the one now pending be effected , the consequences must be dangerous and awfuL

      Firstly , by taking money out of circulation , which will be of no benefit at all to the cotton masters themselves , as no sooner do the merchants get to hear of aa abatement than they seixa the advantage in lowering the price of goods ; as a striking proof of this , the masters' interest fell , from 1815 to 18 * 1 , 55 per cent Secondly , by taking the money from the working people , they disqualify them from purchasing a sufficiency of food and clothing , and thereby ruin the best market , viz , home consumption . Thirdly , by depriving the people of the means of paying their rents , cottage property is reduced in valne .

      Fourthly , those who are fortunate enough to procure employment , will be reduced so low as not to be able to contribute to their unfortunate brethren who may be out , the remit of which will be , a larger number will have recourse to the workhouse for a living , which will greatly augment the rates ; the working elasses not being able to pay rates , those who can must , the authorities knowing full well that it is useless to attempt to Bell the Roods of the poor , as such would only incroass the burden , the brokers' shops being crammed already ; thtir policy , as a matter of course , will be to press more heavily upon you who have property .

      Fifthly , the people cannot purchase high articles , which will cause a failing off in the revenue to a serious amount , and will be likewise a fertile source of , and cause misery , destitution , vice , crime , poverty , want , hunger , disease , pestilence , robbery , murder , bloodshed , and suicide to be more prevalent and frequent ; by sach tyranny and oppression , they are disgusting the honest operatives , and depriving them of the means of obtaining an honest livelihood in the land of their birth , and driving them to the painful necessity of emigrating , as hundreds are doing , to otbet countries , to enrich our rivals and impoverish ourselves .

      Sixthly , because you shopkeepers , many of you , entered your houses when wages were at such a standard as only to be able to get a living , by attention and economy , say that the people were earning sixteen shilHngs per week , and you could then only just live , what will y&u do when they are only earning half that sum , whilst your rents are the same , rates the same , expences every way the same ? Nay , rates will be higher , because there will be more poor , besides , customers will be fewer . Then , if such be the case , and ¦ we presume no one will contradict us , what but loss and ruin awaits the shopkeepers and publicans ? We call npon you , for the sake of yourselves and society , to help us iu this desperate struggle . Signed on behalf of the body of spinners , James Mitchell , President , CiUBLES Dxview , Secretary .

      BILSTON . —The third anniver ? ary of tho Bilstou Auxiliary Bible Society was h « ld jn the Bchoolroom belonging to St . Mary ' s Church , on Friday evening , the 10 th instant . For some days previous the public had been invited by placards and circulars , therefore the Chartists considered it their duty to attend and hear what the gentlemen in black had to say , and also to watch their proceedings , determined , if an opportunity offered , to seize it , and thea plant the Charter before them . When the hour arrived oar men were at their post of duty , and a fine turnout the brave men of Bilston made . They flocked in hundreds from the mine and the forge , and astonished the clerical gentlemen to see so many of their own colour ; indeed the blacK slugs

      were awe-struck beyond description , as they had been previously informed that the Chartists would attend , and , in consequence of this report , the parsons took the precaution to have the piece surrounded with constables . Before the publio were admitted the chair had been taken by the Rev . J . B . Owen , who commenced the proceedings with prayer , juBt at ihe time that our general , Stiran , and his aids-de-camp , entered , provided with their amendments ready to propose when the Reverends would submit their resolutions to the meeting . Prayer being ended , the Rev . Chairman briefly stated the reason for calling the meeting , and observed that there were persons assembled there for the purpose of opposing their holy cause ; but he assured the

      meeting that no one would bo heard vrho was hostile to their pious purpose . It had been announced in the bills that many reverend gentlemen and enquires would attend and address the meeting . They were punctual in their attendance , and the platform displayed a fine show of the cloth . The first speaker called upon was the Rev . Mr . Rogers , Wesleyan minister , of Wolverhampton , who , in the usual strain , set forth the blessed advantages that would accrue to the whole community , and particularly the poor , by their liberal support of such a holy institution , at the same time begging hard for every poor man to give his help , if it was only a shilling or a sixpence : they could spare it—he was sure they could—and they would never be anything the poorer

      for doing so . He conclnded by beseeching the poor people to imitate the example of the poor widow in the Gospel and her mite—that was to give all th « y were worth , and more if they could . He sat down , and the Rents tried to raise applause , but it was no go , the Bilstonians were silent . The Rev . Mr . Bourne , from London , was next introduced . He stated that he had travelled over tho greatest part of the globe ; but he did not say that he had been in Freezeland . His speech was a disgusting rhapsody . He said that fifty years ago there was noi a Bible to be found in the Welsh language ; but since the establishment of the society they printed Bibles in Welsh , and they "were now plentifully circulated through that principality . This assertion

      was met by the disapprobation of several Welsh people present , who could flatly contradict it , and declare they can produce Bibles in the Welsh language that have been in possession of their families upwards of a century . One part of this gentleman ' s speech was worthy of credit , and has produced a good effect—i : has made the people more aaxious to obtain the Charter : he stated that a Bible meeting had been held on the lawn in frout of a gentleman ' s house , who was a planter , a slave owner , and a member of the Bible Society . The meeting was chiefly composed of negroes , from whom £ 40 was collected , which made the working men of Bilston conclude that the black slaves are much better off than the white slaves in this country . He quoted

      another instance which made the people stare : he said that in some of the countries of South Africa , they gave fat sheep for Bibles ; and the missionaries frequently exchanged a Bible for a fat sheep , which was another proof that the people of that country were much better provided with the means of living than the people of Britain . This speaker shewed nimseif a good economist , as well as Beggaxman . He advised those gentlemen who drank mree glasses of wine per day , to drink two ; and those working men who drank one pint of ale per day , to drink but half-a-pint ; and ladies , who wore two yards and a half of ribband , at one shilling per yard , to wear , in future , but two yards ; and thus the savings of money produced by sparing the wine .

      ale , and ribband , to be given into the Bible fund . This system of economy did not escape the discernment of the crowded audience , and particularly the working men , who thought the grasp too much ; one half their allowance was , in their opinion , too mueh for the blackB to ask at onee ; however ladies and gentlemen might abridge their luxuries , the poor meu could not relish such a proposal , and shook their heads as a symptom of disapprobation , which was soon observed by the gentlemen on the platform , wi ; ose faces exhibited blushes , whether of shame or disappointment we cannot tell , and finding they had many hearers , but few supporters , the chairman instantaneously dissolved the meeting , observing that the place was too hot for the ladies ; but , in fact ,

      they louna it too hot for themselves , ai they perceived they were not encouraged to carry on any longer . This announcement was unexpected , as we had hoped for an opportunity to have a few words with them in the usual course of business , but the parsons put by their resolutions , seeing there was no chance of having them passed , and they did not like to incur the disgrace and mortification of defeat . On hearing the unexpected announcement , Mr . Stiran arose , and addressing himself to the chairman asked leave to put a question to the speakers , bnt tbe chairman promptly refused to hear him , as the business of tbe meeting was over . By this time tbe meeting was greatly excited . A person

      near the platform called out " Mr . Suras , they are afraid ; they won ' t hear you . " This excited tbe audience still more , and Mr . Stiran replied that he submitted to the chairman , but he felt aggrieved that he was not allowed to ask a question , and impressed on the people the propriety of peaceable conduct , as there were constables in attendance , and we had gained our object by our silence , and defeated the parsons , as our formidable appearance prevented them horn offering their resolutions . We then moved out , and Mr . Stiran addressed the people , who flocked round him . He requested them to follow np their blow , and do the same at all public meetings in future . He then proposed three cheers for Feargue O'Connor and the People ' s Charter , which were cheerfully responded to by three deafening cheers , that made Bilston ring . —Correspondent .

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      SOw **» . wASK . —A numerous mwtinr of the members and frienda of th © Repeal Association , took phwe on Sunday eTehin / j , at Mr . Roche ' s , Bed Lion , Mase ; Tooley-street . A teetotal Cliartat , of twenty years standing , took the chair by aedamation . beveral excellent speeches were made by /^•^> ea < 5 ^ ° « Mu * Phy , O'Leary , 0 ' % an , Dale , and Mr . Parker , from tho City of London Charter Association , who , in a beautiful spaeoh , fully proved that a Kepeal of the Union would do no good to the working classes of Ireland , unless it was accompanied with the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . A rote « f thanks was passed to the chair-™ an » who said that the Northern Star was the only

      . Repeal Jieivspaper pablished and sold in London , and therefore he wished all sincere , sober , and honest Repealers to give their support to that paper , which was a real friend to the working classes or all nations . Eight members were added to the Repeal list , which makes near four hundred paying Repealers in this locality . Mr . O'Leary , a good and true Repealer , will take the chair on Sunday week . Several Chartist and Repeal ladies were present on this occasion , who took great interest in the proceedings of the evening , after which the meeting separated ; but resolved to meet again , and agaiH , until the unconditional Repeal of the Union took place *

      BERMONDSEY . —A publio lecture , on behalf of the London Journeymen ' s Trade ' s Hall , was delivered by Mr . Sherman . Subject— " The moral and social improvement of the working class of London , " at Bigg s Temperance Coffee Houbp , Abbey-street , George-street , Bermondsey , on Friday evening ; the worthy lecturer stated his conviction that working men would nevor gain their social and political rights without they had places for trades and public meetings , which they could call their own . He highly complimented the men of Lambeth for not meeting at a publio house , and censured the men of

      Bermondsey for meeting at a public house , when they could meet at a respectable coffee house , or have » trade ' s hall , which they could call their own property ; after the lecture was over , Mr . William Jones , in a cool and convincing speech of considerable length , proved , to the satisfaction of all present , the political importance of this noble undertaking , which would prove a great blessing to the working classes . He also promised to become a shareholder . After a vote of thanks to the lecturer , the meeting separated , highly pleased with the proceedings of the evening .

      Sign of the TiMfis . —A wharfinger , in Tooleystreet , Borough , advertised in the Times newspaper , a few days ago , for a clerk , who must be a married man , at the large sum of twenty shillings per week . This honest Reformer received above three hundred letters .

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      A « i » a * 0 b Execution . —In the year 1836 , a sow ate part of She child of a day-labourer of Falaise , g amed Janet . This accident reached the ears of the judge , who , condemned the . animal to suffer publieljr the penalty of retaliation , ai prescribed by law . The faoe and one arm of the child had been devoured : the bow was mutilated in the same manner , and then hanged by the executioner in tbe public place , amidst a concourse of people . The judge presided at the execution on horseback , with a feather in his hat . The father was forced to attend , by vray of punishment , for not taking proper care of his ohud . Tha culprit , when brought to the gallows , was dressed like a man , wore a waistcoat , breeches , and gloves , and a human mask before her snout . — Excursions in Normandy . .

      Terrible Conflagration . —Twenty-five Houses Destroyed . —On Thursday last , about one o'clock in the afternoon , a dreadful fire happened ac Fordington , a small village situated a few miles from Dorchester , which we regret to state extended to a frightful magnitude , and occasioned destruction to bo fewer than twenty ~ hfB bouses , and property to the amount of some thousands of pounds , It appears that the fire originated on the premises occupied by a baker , named Anstey , situated in the centre of the village , and tho names were first discovered raging from the thatched roof of the bakehouse , which adjoined the dwelling at the back , and also a brewhoase belonging to the Union Arms Inn , in the same street . On the alarm being given , several of the inhabitants mounted on to the roof ,

      and attempted , by throwing buckets of water over it , to stop the progress of the fire , but in consequence of tbe drynessof tbe thatch , it was impossible to do so , and in the course of a few minutes the premises were in a body of flame . Within five minutes after , the dwelling-house and the brewery of the Union Arms caught , and from thence the work of devastation extended with frightful rapidity to a row of dwellings two stories high , tenanted by respectable families , in the rear of those buildings ; and in a short time four of them were levelled to the ground . The engines belonging to tho village were brought to the scene shortly after the commencement of the fire , and were put into play , but their services were of little utility , owing to the scanty supply of water , and the result was the destruction of the whole of

      the abovo-iaeniioned premises , amounting to twelve brick buildings . _ The excitement that prevailed throughout the village was beyond measure great , and the scene on the immediate spot amongst the inhabitants was of a , most heart-reading description . People were running about in the wildest confusion , saving what property they coald snatch from the flames . About three-quarters of an hour after the discovery , four engines arrived from Dorchester , accompanied by a detachment of soldiers belonging , to the 9 th Lancers , with a party of the officers of the regiment , and were shortly followed by other engiues from Stafford . By that period the fire had

      extended to five houses in a line with the premises where it commenced , and at three o ' clock other houses had ignited , and very quickly became aheap of ruins . The conflagration raged With great violence for many hours after , and the military were unable to check its progress until three houses were pulled down , which cut off the communication ; and , but for their powerful assistance the greater portion of the village would have been reduced to ashes . The number of families burnt out is reported to be forty-five , most of whom are fortunately insured . The amountof property destroyed in very considerable . No liveB were lost .

      Effects of Railways . —A statement of the income and expenditure of the turnpike trusts in England and Wales , whioh has been printed by order of the House of Commons , will show , in reference to those counties which are more or less intersected by railroads ( for the year 1839 ) , how the income of those trusts has been affected . In Bedfordshire the ncome in 1839 amounted to £ 13 , 599 , and the total expenditure to £ 12 , 914 , leaving a deficiency of £ 315 . In Berkshire the total income was £ i 8 , 362 , and the expenditure £ 17 , 151 . In Buckinghamshire the income amounted to £ 14 , 838 , and the expenditure to £ 16 , 199 , leaving a deficiency of £ 1 , 36 * 1 . In Cambridgeshire , the total income was £ 15 , 123 , and the

      expenditure £ 14 525 . In Cheshire , the income amounted to £ 50 , 854 , and the expenditure to & 52 . 015 , leaving a deficiency of £ 1 , 161 . In Derbyshire the income amounted to £ 40 . 997 , and the expenditure to £ 42 , 800 , leaving a deficiency of £ 1 , 803 . In Durham the income amounted to £ 32 , 612 , and the expenditure to £ 32 , 204 , leaving a surplus o ( only £ 408 . In Essex the income amounted to £ 31 , 460 , and the expenditure to £ 31 , 729 , leaving a deficiency of £ 269 . Iu Gloucestershire the income was £ 78 , 339 , and the expenditure to £ 81 , 594 , leaving a deficiency of £ 3 . 255 . In Hampshire the income amounted to £ 26 957 , and the expenditure to £ 27 . 07 & , leaving a deficiency of £ 1 , 021 . In Kent the income amounted to £ 6 * 1 , 721 , and the expenditure to £ GQ , 964

      In Lancashire the income amounted to £ 143 , 822 , and the expenditure to £ 139 , 288 . In Leicestershire , the income an 4 expenditure were respectively £ 25 , 250 and £ 23 772 , and in Lin « olnshire , £ 31 , 274 and £ 33 , 574 ; leaving a deficiency iu the Jalter county of £ 2 , 300 . Iu Middlesex the dtficiency amounted to about £ 2 , 418 . In Northamptonshire the deficiency was no less than £ 4 , 443 . In Oxfordshire the iucomo was £ 23 , 680 , and the expenditure £ 22 , 006 . In Shropshire the deficiency of income was about £ 2 , 595 . In Somersetshire there was a surplus of £ 578 . In Staffordshire the income amounted to £ 58 , 128 , and tho expenditure to

      £ 59 , 752 . In Surrey the income was £ 61 , 000 , and the expenditure £ 63 , 573 , leaving a deficiency of £ 2 . 578 . Ia Warwickshire tne income was £ 28 , 685 , and the expenditure £ 28 , 384 . In Worcestershire the tho income amouuied to £ ' 42 , 824 , and the expenditure to £ 35 820 . In Yorkshire tho income amounted to £ 201 , 438 , aud the expenditure to £ 199 , 107 , leaving a airplua of £ 2 , 331 . Thus , of tha abovo twenty-four couuties , there arc no less than twelvo in which the income is exceeded by the expenditure . These statements furnish a curious addition to the history of railway travelling aud its effects ia this country .

      Dueadful Calamity—Fouu Lives Lost—On Saturday morning , between the hours of one and two o ' clock , a frightful accident , attended with circumstances of an extraordinary nature , occurred on the river near Southwark Bndgo , by which four persons lost their lives . It appears that the Orion , an iron steamer which runs between Ipswich and London , and the Pearl , Gravcsend steamer , were moored near Southwark Bridge on Friday evening , and several men belonging to both vessels went ashore to obtain refreshment , and also to have a game at skittles at the George , public-house , Bankside . Among them was a man named Robert Clarkson . residing ai Ipswich , an invalid , who possessed an income of about £ 200 a-year , and was in the habit

      of fioing up and down the r : vcr m the Orion , and spending a great part of hid time in the steamers . He appeared in a very low and desponding state wneuho came ashore , and paid he would make away with himself . On reaching the public-house his companions endeavoured to rally him , and began ? inging and joking with him , and begged him to be cheerful . Clarkson , however , continue d in tho same melancholy condition , and told hia friends to acquaint a female at Ipswich , when they returned to that place , that she woald never see Robert any more . At a late hour Clarkson procured some laudanam and swallowed a quantity of it , which his friends prevented taking effect , by giving him emetics , brandy , and other liquids . At half-past one o'clock the party , seven in number , four of

      whom belonged to the Pearl , and the remainder to the Orion , proceeded to Bankside stairs opposite the Welch Trooper , wi < ere the Pearl ' s boat was lying , for the purpose of returning to their vessels . It was agreed that four of them should first proceed to the steamers , and return with the boat for the other three . Accordingly four persons , including Clarkson got into the boat , which pushed off , but they had not proceeded more than ten or twelve yards before Clarkson roso from his seat and jumped overboard into the water . The others all got up in tae boat at once , and endeavoured to save him , when the boat instantly c ^ psizid , and they were all thrown into the river . The tide carried them towards the bridge ; their struggles were

      short , and thev all perished . The poor fellows on Bhore coula offer no assistance to their drowning companions ; there was no boat at the stairs , and it was come time before any aid could be procured . The people on beard the Orion were no sooner made acquainted with the occurrence than a boat was lowered , aiid the drags were thrown out . In about twenty minuteB afterwards the body of Clemontson was picked up , and takcu to tho Welsh Trooper public-house , to await & coroner ' s inquest . The names of the other unfortunate individuals are—John Oxley and Joseph Taunton . of thePearl , and Wm . Clementpon . of the Orion . Soon after the accident , a Thames Police galley , containing Inspector Maddox , and Gregory and Rowcroft , river constables , rowed down to the spot , and also attempted to find the bodies , but were unsuccessful . Tho boat was found bottom upwards , off Horsleydown , by the Thames Police , and Oxley ' s jacket was also picked up . The parties took

      were all sober when this sad occurrence place . The tide was about half ebb when the accident occurred , and the bodies were carried down the river . By six o'clock in the evening three of the unfortunate men were picked up and conveyed to th « George public-house , and which were identified as Clementson , of Ipswjch , and Oxley and Clarkson , of Gravesend . Clementson , it appears , was the second steward of the Orion steamer . The Becond body found was that of Oxley . who was a sailor on board of the Pearl ; fortunately , he was unmarried . Hia unfortunato death is , however , expected to be attended with most calamitous results to his mother , who is confined to her bed , occasioned by the sudden death of her daughter about a month ago . The third body picked up was that of Clarkson , the second steward of the Pearl , also a resident of Gravesend , and who has left a wife to lament bis untimely end . Thornton , the chief steward , who is supposd to have been the cause of the calamitous accident , has not b « en found , and , like Clarksoo , h * a kA a wife .

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      Sale of Vauxhail Gardkhs . —The justly celebrated property , for bo many years a favourite place of publio resort , was on Tharsday submitted to "tha hammer , " by direction of the assignees of Messrs . Gye and Hughe ? , late proprietors , under an order ef the Court of Review . The tale , which was intrusted to Mr . Leifchild , took place at Garraway ' s Coffeehouse : the numerousattendance of wealthy capitalists and gentlemen engaged ia theatrical speculations suflloiently attested the lively interest which prevailed as to the finaldisporal ofthe " royal property . " The bidding reached £ 20 , 200 , at which sum the hammer reluctantl y fell . The purchaser is Mr . Thomas Fowler , a gentleman ^ we believe , wholly unknown in the circles to which sach a property might be supposed to bo more peculiarly desirable . This deposit-money , £ 2 , 020 , was paid down immediately after the sale by Mr . Fowler ' s agent , by a check on a London banker .

      How the Public is Gulled akd Poisoned!—On Saturday , at the Court of Requests , Kingggatestreet , a pork-butcher , named Cutta , summoned a tailor , named Williams , for £ 1 14 s . under the following circumstances : —The plaintiff said , that in December last he sold the defendant three pigs for £ 3 4 s , - £ 110 a . were paid at the time , the defendant promising to . pay the balance in three or four days , which he had never done . Mr . Heath , the Commissioner , asked the defendant whether he had any defence to make 1 Defendant— " Certainly I have . The pigs died as soon as I had got them horn * , and Mr . Cutts knows it . Why , directly after the first one gasped its last , I sent for bis foreman , who cama and cut its throat , and I dressed it and sent it to

      market . " Mr . Heath ( shuddering )— " What did it die of , pray ?• " Defendant— " Why , the mullens and yellow water . " ( Laughter and groans . ) . Mr . Heath — " And you stand there and tell us coolly that you sent a pig that had died of a disease to a market to be sold for human consumption ! " Defendant— " Yes , I could ' nt afford to lose all my money . " Mr . Heath— " You ought to be ashamed of yourself , and be driven from society . ( To Mr . Cutts)—What have you to say to this } " Plaintiff— " The pigs were in good health when he bought them , and it was through his own negligence they became diseased . I heard that they were bad , and went to see them , and I found them confined in a small privy , and the steam and stench arising from them was dreadful . Thev

      were suffering from a disease which all pigs areliable to . It is like the measles , and , like children , they have it but ticco . ( A few of the persons present here began , retching , and others laughed immoderately . ) Mr . Heath— "Did you give him a warrant ! " Plaintiff— "No , we never warrant a pig . I will swear that they wer « quite well when I parted with them . ' * Defendant— " Oh ! old Richards , the pig-killer , knows different to that . " Old Richards , by the desire of the Commissioners , was called . Mr . Heath" What do you know about the pigs \ " Old Richards ( shaking his head . )— " They were very bad . Oh , so measely . You ' ve seen people with the small-pox . " Mr . Heath— "Don ' t make the case worse than it is .

      You will make us all ill . " Old Richards— " Ah , I trimmed one of ' em , but all my ingenuity would not make it go off . I hung it up for sale , but it was ne go , and we were at last obliged to bury it . " Mr . Heath ( turning to his brother Commissioner)—" Well , Gentlemen , I think you must have had enough of this abominable case . The defendant and hia witness ought to be indicted . The plaintiff swears that it was the defendant ' s own fault that the pigs fell sick , aud if yea believe him you will find a verdict ; for tht > amount claimed . The Jury agreed with what had fallen from Mr . Heath , and decided accordingly ; and the defendant , fearing summary punishment from some of th « bystanders , made a precipitate retreat from the neighbourhood .

      The Bee Business . —Mr . Rice , of Ripley , Erie county , Pa ., has an extensive establishment for keeping bees . Twenty years ago he had one swarm , from which , in twelve years , he had 396 swarms . Tho Erie Gazette states that they had then become to powerful , that they commenced depredations on tho neighbouring tribes , going out on predatory excursions to the distance of two or three miles , much to the annoyance ofthe unfortunate neighbours . He then killed off a number of swarms , and obtained above two tons of honey for the New York market . Ho has now adopted the patent hives for a part of hta bees , in which small glass drawers are placed in the upper part , with small apertures for access from the main part of the hive . In this way , by drawing the elide , the bees can be seen at work , and the amount of honey ascertained . When filled , the drawer can be removed and tho place supplied by another , without destroying the industrious insects .

      The Laib Murder at Livebpool . —We underland that a respite , during her Majesty ' s pleasure , signed by Sir James Graham , the new Home Secretary , has been received for Girolomo Capella , the convict under sentience of death in Xirkdale gaol for murder , —Liverpool Mail . A Nfcw Wat to Get Married . Splendid Prospects . . — At the Guildhall Police-court , on Thursday , Anne Parrott , of Little Surrey-street , Blackfriar ' a-road , who appeared to be about thirty years of age , was charted with attempting to drown herself at Blackfriar ' s-bridge . about ten o ' clock the preceding night . Ebemzer Kibblewhite , a policeman , said , some man passing over the bridge gave the alarm , and he and Cockrell another policeman ran down the steps on the south-east end . ' They found her immersed up to the neck , and were obliged to

      rush into the water to save her ; she said she had quarrelled with the man she was living with . The man came forward and said , he waa a labourer at the City Gas-works , and he had been living with her about four months . Her sister was married on the precedingday , and , they were to be married at the same time , but he could sot afford it at present . When the prisoner got a drop of drink she felt the disappointment , they quarrelled , and it appeared she attempted to drown herself . Mr . Alderman Pirie asked him if ho was in earnest as to intending to marry her . The man said he was , but he could not afford it just now , as it would costal . Mr . Alderman Pirie said he would find him the means , and he trusted he would treat the young woman kindly . He might put up the banns directly , and he should have the £ 1 on the day of tho ceremony . The prisoner was discharged with a kind admonition .

      Death fbom Bad Meat . —About a fortnight ago , a farmer in the neighbourhood of Whitworth , near Rochdale , Io 3 t a calf by the disease now raging among cattle ; after its death he got it dressed , and then sold it to a person who , ou Saturday week , retailed it . No less than thirty-one persons who partook of it on the following day became suddenly affected ; one man died , and it is feared some others will not recover . —Liverpool Chronicle . Policemen ajjd Prostitutes . Thb Tables TuiuNED . —On Saturday , considerable amusement was created at Bow-street Police Court , by the * following extraordinary disclosure : —For some months past the police of the F division , on duty in the Strand , have been very active in bringing before the

      magistrates , of the above court such unfortunate nymphs of the pave frequenting that neighbourhood , who , either from want of money , or other reasons , have been unable to make " all right" with thoso disinterested and impartial gentlemen . Among the more active in this kind of warfare , was one Job Thome , F 75 , a worthy follower in the steps of Russell , the ex-policeman , who was lately dismissed ihe force . Scarcely a night passed that Job did not apprehend five or six unfortunate girls , on the charge of soliciting gentlemen in the streets . On Friday night , two of them hit upon the following novel and laughable method of revenging themselves : —They induced one of the frail sisterhood ( unknown iu that neighbourhood , and whom Job

      had never seen before , ) to solicit him to take a little walk with her . Unfortunately the temptation of her charms was too strong for Job , and after looking roundtd see that no busy sergeant wa « - watching his movements , he was led by the fair damsel , nothing loth , to a court in the Strand . Now , although it was his duty to take into custody all females of a certain class , . who solicit gentlemen ia the street , yet as policenwn do . not come within that description , he did not think he wa ? authorised in taking her to the 6 tation * house , and instead of doing so allowed her to take him to a house of a very different description . No sooner had he entered than one of the girls , who had laid the trap for him , filled with a laudable anxietv to preserve the morals

      of the Police Force , started off to the Station-house and gave information of the '' * whereabouts" of the amorous blue-devil , and the nature of the " duty " he was then engaged in . The officers at head-quarters were so shocked at the alarming intelligence , that they were some time before they could decide upon the proper course to be adopted in such an emergency ; but at length a detachment of the Force , headed by a sergeant , was dispatched to the naughty house in question . On arriving there they proceeded to the ' two pair back , " » ad on breaking open the door , they discovered their frail and erring comrade locked in the arms of his seducer . The astonishment of the guardian of public morals may be more easily conceived than described ( to use a common phrase ) when he saw his sergeant and several of the rank and file surrounding the coach o ' a which he reclined with his lady love . The virtuous party Were deaf to all remonstrances , and

      they soon dragged the delinquent off to the Stationhouse . Sandbrock , the superintendent , who is anxious that the movements of the force should be conducted with as maoh regularity as those of a Dutoh clock , on being informed ofthe above circumstances ordered the offender to hold himself in readiness to appear before their mightinesses the Commissioners , an the following morning , and in the mean time , to consider himself as placed under arrest . The culprit , however , considered that nnder the circumstances , it would be much better for him to bolt , and as a well-tried dog who discovers preparations for kicking him down stairs , saves his master the trouble by walking off , bo Job , whose patience would not allow him to wait till the Commissioners ordered him to be dismissed the force , stripped himself of his uniform , threw down hif staff of office , and without even taking an affectionate leave of hia comrades , left the Station-house fox era , .

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      THE ENGLISH MAIDEN , a Modified Reprint of an American Work . ' We have been favoured with a sight of tbe first fire gheets of a email work under the above tide , ¦ which is now m the press , and which will , we understand , be in the hands of the Publishers in a few days . As far as we can judge from the specimen we bave seen , will be highly deserving of ; he most extensive public patronage . The work appears to us to bs of an entirely anti-sectarian character , ' while , at the same time every page breathes with the vital spirit of practical Christianity , and is redolent with tbe beams of the most exalted patriotism . The chapters we have seen are entitled " The Capacities of Woman , " " The Influence of Woman , " " The Education of Woman , " and " Home . " And each subject is treated in a clear ,

      forcible , and attractive manner , at once calculated to please , interest , and instruct . The EHgli&h Editor has erased several portions of the original work , which were adapted to American rather than to English society , and has added matter more suitable for the maidens of his own conntry . Much of the new matter thns iDtrodnced is of a very valuable kind , and calculated to expand the intellectual , while it most carefully strives to improve the moral nature of those for whose especial benefit the work is intended . Should the book , as a whole , sustain the character which is jnstly due to the portion we have seen , we shall hope that every parent and guardian will lose no time in presenting to those under their cue a present so well worthy their acceptance .

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      AX EXAMINATION OF THE CORN AND HROVISION * LAWS . By Joh . \ Campbell , General Secretary to the National Charier Association of Great Britain . This gives promise of being a most valuable and useful * rork—crammed with statistics from the works of the Anti Corn Law party by which their own arguments are stultified . We have as yet merely had time to glance at a few pages ; but what we have seen satisbes us tbat no chartist ought to be iTithout it . When we have more leisuoely examined i ; we shall return to it

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      THE GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRULY MADE EASY AND AMUSING , BY THE INVENTION OF THREE HUNDRED MOYEABLE PARTS OF SPEECH . By George Mudie . London : J . Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet-street . This is a great effort toivards the accomplishment of a good work— tho disentanglement of the OrammaT of oar beautifully simple language from the mass of rubbish which has been so mixed with and wrapped round it , by the pedantry of authors , as to deter many minds from undertaking the study of it , and to present to many others a web so thoroughly ravelled as to bid a successful defiance to their capicities .

      It i 3 the shame of English literatnre -that with a language the most simple of any in existence , and , notwithstanding its great copiousness , requiring fewer rales for its construction than any other , we are nationally ignorant of its mechanism ; and we perfectly agree with tne opinion of Mr , Mudie that tbi 3 national evil is in a great measure owing to " the unnecessary parade which is usually made by tbe authors of ' School Grammars , ' by their utterly useless and contemptible exhibition of frivolous , because already well known and well understood , information , on the one hand , and by their ostentatious display of almost equally useless refinements and distinctions , on tbe other ; as if the primary and nltimate objects of the authors had been to terrify and subdue the spirit , asd to perplex and overwhehn the understanding of the stndents ,

      by the array of everything likely to inspire tkem with the conviction of tbe impossibility of their ever comprehending a subject which has hitherto been rendered , by the mode of treating it , so abstract , and apparently both complicated and vast . " * * * * " Rendering it no wonder that , after Grammar has been pretended to be taught by the ordinary methods of the school-books , the pupils , generally speaking , though they have been forced to go through the drudgery of committing to memory a set of unintelligible rules , find that they literally know nothing whatever of that Grammar which the so-called rulea snould have made plain to them ; and that , if any of them ever do know anything of Grammar in their after lives , that knowledge they owe not to the soidisant expounders of the science , but to their own subsequent researches . "

      In another portion of his preface Mr . Mudie observes , very truly , " that every instance in which children are forced to mumble and dwell upon unintellibie jargon , not only wastes but depresses their energies—has a direct tendency to stultify and even to paraljzs their mental faculties , and assuredly fins them with loathing and abhorrence of those very tasks wbich , if they cannot always be rendered delightful , ELould a-i least be divested of everything calculated to make them unnecessarily disagreeable . 'Twere better to introduce an improved game at marbles into the school-room , than to teach anything there that can be as well or better acquired out of doors ; and it would be wiser to dismiss a class altogether , than to attempt teaching what the pupils are unable to understand , or even what requires very severe efforts of the mind for its apprehension . "

      In seekiug to remedy the many mischiefs of the method generally adopted in teaching grammar , Mr . Mudie has very properly endeavoured to divest his book of repulsiveness . By the ingenious device of " moveable parts of speech" —an adaptation of the well-known plan of conversation cards—he gives an amusing plaj fulness to the study which cannot fail to work well on the joungmind . Mr . lludie claims the honour of having invented these " moveable parts of speech . " We are not disposed to be captious or to detract anything from the merits of a good performance , and siall , therefore , not dispute this claim , though the principle—being precisely that of the conversation cards , the geographical dissection njapi ; and the amusement puzzles which have been long familiar to the nursery of the " upper and middle" elasses of society—is

      certainly tot new ; and the present mode of applying thai principle was snggested by the writer of thio notice , in various public lectures on the science of Grammar , delivered eight or nine year ago . It is very possible , however , thatMr . Mudiemayhavenever heard , or beard of , those lecture ; asit is certain , that their author had never heard of Mr . Mudie or his book ; so that the merit of originality may be and we have no doubt is , as effectually his own as if the pJm oS having " moveable part of speech" had never been mooted or thought of by any person but himseli . We are sorry to observe that Mr . Mudie still retains the absurd and irrational nomenclature ot our ' common school grammars ; though he affirms its defeciivenesA He also adheres to the " nine pans of speech , " and the six tenses ofthe verb , with their foolish designations , and to all the nonsense about moods and participles .

      He aims rather at simplifying the means of attaining to an adequate knowledge of the system of Grammar commonly laid down and received , than effecting any considerableimprovement in the system . This is our objection to the otherwise estimable grammar of Mr . Cobbktt , who did that for the adult person which Mr . Mudie has here done for the child—placed what it exiled " the grammar of our language perspicuously before the student . In all the mere elements of the language which can be exemplified by bis moveable words or parts of

      speech our author has gone far towards annihilating much of the mystery hanging o \ ex the whole matter in ordinary books ; though we are Eorry we cannot afford so much praise to the philosophical department of his work . This , however , is a great achievement , and we very cordially recommend to all parents and teachers who are determined to adhere to tbe *• nine partB of ipeech , " Mr . Mudie ' a very pleasant and amusing mode of teaching their hikiren how to use tbes ,

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      Royal Aiitillert—General Order , Sept . 8 th . —Lieutenant General Lord Vivian cannot quit the ordance department , over which ho lias had the honour of presiding during a period of six years , without expressing to all those belonging to it the greatest satisfaction he has had in carrying on the service in conjuncti on with them . It is a pleasureto him to bear his testimony that he has ever found all in their respective offices discharging the duties

      attached to them with zeal , ability , and efficiency . To the ordnanco military corps , Lord Vivian would especially address himself . Many years of military service had afforded him opportunities of becoming acquainted with their merits and witnessing the excellent conduct of the officers and men of the royal artillery and royal engineers ; a more intimate connection with them confirming him in the high opinion he had previously entertained . In now parting from them , he ventures te express his sincere and earnest hopo that they will ever be found pursuing the same course which has acquired for them their present high character , and ever be equally distinguished for their gallantry in the field , and their loyalty to their Sovereign . —( Signed ) H . D . Ross , colonel , deputy adjutant-general .

      Frightful Accident on the Bristol and Exeter Railroad . —On the arrival at the Bridgewater terminus , on Saturday last , ofthe four o ' clock afternoon train from Bristol , the engine which brought down the train was employed , after the passengers had left the carriages , in removing the traia from the down line to the other . To effect this transfer it is necessary to remove the carriages from the station to a point on the line about 150 yards distance , where proper means are provided for transferring carriages from ono line ofr&ils to the other . Between that point and the station is a crossing for coaches , &c , over the rails ; tho engine had already transferred some carriages from the down to the up line , and was returning for others , with its tender in

      front , when , on arriving at the crossing , the Exquisite stage-coach , with passengers for Exeter , was in the aot of passing over the rails . The tender struok the fore part of the coach , which it shivered to pieces . The hind wheels , with a part ofthe body of the coach , were forced off the line by the violence of the shook , and fell over , while the passengers were scattered about in every direction . The horses , from the complete smash of the coach , were liberated , and escaped with but little injury . Six persons are more or less injured . Mr . Burferd , of Bristol , one of the passeBgerri , was removed to the Clarence Hotel , where he is suffering under a concussion of the brain , and other internal injuries . His head was so jammed under one of the wheels of the tender , that he could not be extricated until the engine was

      baoked ; another inch and his skull would have been crushed to atoms . Johns , the driver of the Exquisite , and Hatch well , the well-known coachman to the Sheriff at the assizes , are both seriously mangled . The other passengers have escaped with some seriouB bruises ; but Ann Gore , a poor old woman of 73 , who had jast crossed the railroad , was caught by the falling coach , and is not expected to survive . She was taken to the Bridgewater infirmary , when it was found that both bones of one leg were broken close to the ancle joint , a considerable portion of the skull laid bare , and a frightful contusion over one of the temples . She has continued , with slight intermissions , in a high state of delirium , and cannot bo expected to recover . We cannot learn that the least blame can be justly attached to the driver of tho engine .

      Disgraceful Affair in the Queen ' s Bench Prison . —At Union-hall , on Thursday , Robert Newman , a debtor in the Q » een's Bench Prison , was brought up by habeas , ou an alleged charge of indecently assaulting James Haggett , an inmate ofthe same gaol . From tho complainant ' 9 statement it appeared , that he was a tortoiseshell comb-maker , and had been incarcerated iu tho above gaol , bet ween four and five months ; that on a recent occasion he was accosted by the prisoner , who spoke to him on the subject of making a leaden comb to prevent his hair from turning grey . On that occasion the accused invited him into his room to smoke a pipe of tobacco , and conducted himself in each a manner , as to convince the complainant that be was a man of

      improper character . On another occasion the defendant behaved in a similar manner , and the complainant determined on exposing the practices of such a man , informed a person of thenamo of Darrell of tho circumstances ; and it was agreed between them , that on the next visit to defendant ' s room Darrell should conceal himself underneath tho bed , in order to witness the conduct of the alleged delinquent . Agreeably to this intention the complainant went to the defendant's apartment , and , while Darrell was underneath the bedstead , the defendant proceeded to act in such a manner towards complainant as to justify the present accusation ; at which moment Darrell started from his hiding place , and witnessed tlj - ¦ assault , which wa 9 described , but was of a naturo

      uufit for publication . It was further stated by tho comp lainant that on the last occasion of the alleged assault he made an alarm while in the defendant ' s room , and that several persons came to the spot , and the aggressor was dragged out into the lobby aud beaten by some of the other prisoners , who were about to inflict summary vengeance upon him , and pitch him liead-foremoet into tbe large water-closet of the gaol , had it not been for the interference of some of the officers of the prison . Darrell confirmed the complainant ' s evidence , and said that on his rushing out from beneath the bedstead tho defendant begged for mercy and forgiveness . Other witnesses gave testimony of their having been attracted to the spot by

      hearing the affray iu the defendant ' s room , and of having witnessed the disordered state of his clothes on their entrance . The complainant , and also the principal witness , Darrell , underwent a rigorous cross-examination by Mr . Locke , in the course ot which they said that th <» y were acquaintances , and that they were both confined as prisoners in the above gaol , for offences committed b y them at the election of bridgemaster , and that indictments had been found against them . Darrell admitted that he had been imprisoned iu Giltspur-street Compter . aud had been fined £ 5 for assaulting a female , but be had no remembrance of ever having been charged with uttering unlawful coin , or of having swallowed three base half-crowns to prevent detection . Mr . Locke contended , that the evidence of such men could not be received with any degree of safety , particularly as such charges were so easily tramped up . and so difficult to be disproved by the unfortunate

      persons who happened to be tha accused parties . In the course of the examination the defendant ' s trousers were produced , to show the state in which they wero torn , and he declared that it was done by the complainant , in order to induce a belief that he ( defendant ) had exposed his person . The defendant , who is a man of respectable appearance , declared that it was a foul conspiracy got up against him , and he complained that he had been most shamefully UBed on the occasion , and was determined on instituting proceedings against his assailants . Mr . Cottingham said , that notwithstanding the credit ofthe two principal witnesses was impugned , still their evidence was supported by the testimony of other persons who could have no motive ia coming forward . The Magistrate then adjudged the defendant to enter int « Ms own recognizance of £ 500 , and find two sureties of £ 2 S 0 , to answer the eharge at tfaeSeauo&ff .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct862/page/3/