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      50 . YXET . Cw . nists : wbat strive yc for ? for liberty ! t . I -s : clorjoiis strife ] rat-re noble as more . hard . * T .: i 5 Ubcity iETJir'd ths British Br . rd " R"to iiiraain'd cur BrinUiDia— " The Free . ' " -jj ^ . jf : chiefest c-f p <> sts . ' yes , 'twas te . 33 nt -stuse , oh Brifens , when -win youSGCCOed ? ¦ flier . TtHl tie mary overcome the few ? vn-r ye yet toil to starve , or Sght or bleed ? 33 V- > j ro -iis tree of freedom i 3 as dew , Bat it hkould flow from lyraats , not from yon . A victory gain'd by blood is never kepty , .. Tr , icta , th&t yours shell be a bl ^^ less fight Ar ' d Tiitae ' s eyes will shine , that lonr , have wept 0 rd -raits tnhalp you , fur your Citise is right , And , 5 o succeed , you have but to TJraTE ! Jobs " Watkiss . B ° tt-frsea , near Londor > .

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      - THE EZllGJIA'ST'S SOXG . Though seTer'd from the land we loye O er the -wide ocean dnv ~ n , A bright bine Hearer , shines above , Beneath rtflccitd Heaven . ' B ^ i sh'd froni scenes to memory dear , On distant Ehores to d ^ tll , VTe part from Bntiin with a tear—Old England , fare thee WclL 5 Vi wherefore cccld w « -wee-plo leaTe Tee country of our birth , "Voters ; labour * s couni'il to toil and grieve , Ai-d plenty turns to dearth ? There painpet'd p-mp atid -wealth hold Kate , Acd * pride' 3 prtw-ns : cE 3 swell , Ti-c little svralio w \ i by the gr ^ -at—Old Enfilfiiid , fans the * well !

      Wtere we bare plied cu ? daily toil , To isisa the food of iaaa , iicnopoly usurps the soil , Or blasts it with its ban : Jin Oligarchy deny us bread , Acd tow tba ; trs rebel , If we bat say , " We would be fed . '' Old England , lire thee well l Th « Lsrd 'who on his parson bears . Tfce prod nee of the loom , Tet never works for whsi he wears , "Wi-ose frown the peasant ' s doom ; The hope of humble men can blight , Shail never mere repel , Or Tob us iuihit ££ iy if right—Old England , fsxe tae wdl 1

      Pilr freedom -walis tjponthe waves , Her voice is in the cale , Then who would lire as pauper slaves Where tyrnit laws prevail ? Tct our loved birth-land cha-. sed or free , Within cur hearts shall dwell , And whatsoever out fats may be—Old England , fare thee well > G . Sheiudjlx Ncssei L-: ds , April i , 1842 .

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      UNITED STATES . The packer-ship Sheffield , Captain Allen , arrived on Friday morninx at Liverpool from ! New York . She sailed on the loih ult ,, aud . has made the passage in seventeen days . On ihe 8 : h alt ., the Honss of Represenfativts received from the President a sp * fial message . It related \ j the finaacial embarrassments of the country . It set forth the cond . tlon of the Treasury ; the Impossibility of meeting tbe demands « a it , j the pre > s : i ;^ wants of the cavy , army . &c . ; and suggested ice necessity , as the Exchequer Biil would Bwpa-s- ^ and as tie Government would ime-00 meat ? of anticipating the revere or postponing del t ? , of speedy provision hi . l :.-d made bylaw for of il

      ihs e ^ t 3 D 5 ion and increase - loj . n , ot lor authority 10 issue Treasury nous to the extent l > I : Le emer ^ ecey . The Secretary of xiie Treasury , in his g . * i £ saeni of the sieans of ihe Treasury on the lit , of Hsrcb , ECccmpaDjing ihe mts&z . £ e , estimates tfaj tct -1 txpeiiditHre for the currem thre ^ months at S . o 74 , W- ' ) . 000 dollars , and the defidsney of estimated means at st 3 , 254 , 655 . 47 . Afier 2 brief conversation , tfca consideration of the futject was postponed . A eeond message was at the same time received from th * President , who had also sent a cosy of it to the Jkna-te , It related to the iateroaiionai relations of tie United States with Great Britain , and stated the fact of the arrest of Hogan , ie ihe state of ^ ew York , on tbe charge of aiding in burning the

      Caroline , The President suggested to Congress the adoption of some suitable legislative provision u for the removal , ai their eojQmenceicent . iDd at ihe option of the party , of all eneh cases as miz ' ht arise is S ^ ate courts involving national Questions , or qnestiona toachisz ihe faitaful observance snd discharge of ihe intesmionai obligations of the United States , from BBch Srare tribunal to the Federal Justiciary . I am Er ^ ed to repeat , &i this time , this recimm ' endation by ihs receipt of intelligence , upon which 1 can rely , that a subject of Great Brra ^ n , re-siding in Upper Canada , has been arrested upon «¦ charge of connection vriih the expedition fitted out by the Canadian

      authorities by which the Caroline was destroyed , and will in all probability be subjected to trial iii the State courts of New York . It is doubtful vrhethrr ( adis-the President ) in this state of things , shoald his discharge be demanded by tbe British Governsent , this Government is invested with » ny controul over the subject until tbe ease shall have reached the court of final resort of the state of New York , and ben decided in that court ; and although snch deJsy onghi not , in a national p ^ int of new , to give cause of umbrage to Great Eri : ain yet the prompt and hmaa . rendering of justice to foreign nations liiouid be placed among our highest duties . "

      " Mr . Barnard ( chairman of the Juoioiary Committee , ) said , thai & bill had already b * en reported from that committee , to meet sach cases , but thahe had not yet seen the time daring ; he session when he could , with any chance of sueces ? , have asked the House to take it up . He apd the committee were both aware , from in orma : ion received from cficsrs of the Government , that there "wap hazard tist just Each a case as the Prcsidtnt now informed the Hou ? s had arisen might shortly arise . He laoved the reference of the papers to lb *> Jadiciarj Cocsuttee , and the printing thereof . The original

      in-oiion of Mr . Barnard was a motion of reference to the Corojcinte of the whele Hotise en the siate of the UeK-b is ^ me had been referred the bill alluded to by hunt but he modified it on the seggsstion of Mr . Cufhiug . that by a reference to the Judiciary Committee , the subject would sgain come within the jurisdiction of that committee , and thus give them an opportunity to report a resolution fixing a dav when the resolution would be considered , iir . Pickets sa . d a few words about States' iight 3 and EOTereigEty , &c , when the paper 3 were referred to tie" Judiciary Committee , and the Hoase aijonmed- "

      Wiih respect to Hogan . vrhose arrest had induced the President to briiig his case by special message before Conijre-KF , it now appears that he did not elude justice , so to speak , by escaping from gaol , but tha : after a long argument before Jud ^ e Ransom , he was discharged on the ground of rhe iasiiSc : ency of the warrant . The Niagara Courier says , that " thtTe was sufficient evidence to have dt-tained him for trial , had ij cot been for the defect in tbe warrant . " Hoi-an , ii is stated in the Albany papers , made an ErSJavi . ' , « -h : ch was read at the triai of il'Leod , that he was in cr . e of the beats engaged to cut oat the Caroline , and that iTLead was not . What became of him after bis discharge by Judge Ransom does not appear . The ra : e of trade at New York is described in the

      journals 23 very bad . A complete stagnation pre-Taili ' d ! and , though the spring was commencing , business showed none of tbe signs cf improvement incidental to the season . Euglish « nd French manufactures had gone at the auction sales at ruinous prices . Money could be obtained without difficulty on good personal security , tut ihsre was scarcely any demand for it , so limiu d had business transactions been for some time . Liale was doing in stocks . The eieharge on England r ^ icaiiied unaltered . The Legislature of Maryland had passed a bill , requiring the banks to resai * casb / payrctnts on the Irt of SJay . Tie b 3 Kks had , meanwhile , virtually coEEjecced paying in cola and specie , and Bankcotes were at par . The Legislature of Pern ^ vlvaTiia had also , at leng-h , passed a similar bill . " Several of the banks of Philadelphia h ^ i panially resumed , but others had refused compliance with the law .

      BELGIUM . j Despaicb . es from the several minisieral depart- Bients were sent April 1 st . to ike King of the BeJgiane . The Government has rectiyed from the Belgian corrtul at -Marseilles a very interesting report ; on the commerce of Batavia . It gives a list of the ' principal articles Bold in that market . It like- ) wise givts information respecting the chief mer- j c&ntile houses at Batavia , and the terms on which > they execute comniksioned business- Many other documents accompany tMs report . It seems that ] the four persons condemned to death for the conspi- ' racy have expressed a desir * to desist from their ;• vpoeal to the Court of Cassation if their punishment j fen be commuted foi that of banishment . We have hd for 26 hear * a violent hurricane , with a heavy ! ** iu during almost the whole of its coniiEuaDee . The j Saae has risen very considerably , and we fear i Mother inundation . In Brusreli 3 some chiRneysi > oe thrown down , and a quantity of sf ^ tea yrcn \ » Wn off ib . 3 roofs . We are apprehta ^ . ve that j naiage has been done at sta . j

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      The Stpbge Coxfsbente . —Messr ? . Rev . T . Sptiiuer , of Hinion , Heury Vincent , and J . Clark , have been elected to attend theSturge conference -at Birmingham . A Cor . My Cobonek ' s Kit . —One of the coroners of ihecOaUVJ Ot l ) ublmv . T . ^ brougllt up before the magistrates of tbe head office , Pub . in , charged Wll-Tl bring drurk and disordoriy , at half-pa * t five o ' cluuk on Monday , in Camden-s : reer , and assaulting policeconstable 104 A . On beir . £ broujiiiL to the stacionhouse and searched , the following articles were found ia his possession , as deiaiied by the constabio on the j-heet which contained iha char ^ - : —A

      praverbot-k , a pack of cards , a pair of spectacles , a bottle ofwhi ? kj \ a tin bos containing some siiaaT . a tm teapo *; and saucepan , a parr of scisr-ors , two knive ? , a chain and seal , a rszor , three shillings and threepence halfpenny ; also a penny , a chain and s -a ] , some bread and butter , one and a penny in copper , a corkscrew , a rule , three small buses , a hammer , a pepper-bos , a comb , two locks , a k-y , a bottle , some nails , some iteel pe ^ , some tea , a gimblet , two inkboitles , and some tape , a fourper-ce in silver , aiid some soap , a stick In his oorket ! The entry ou theshves is— "Fined the county coroner one shilling , J j ~ M& 2 ee . "~ -Fr ££ man ' sfJoursta / .

      Dreadful Mcrdek and Suicide at " Xi . vgswood Hill . —The neighbourhood ol" Kin ^ swood Hill , near Bristol , was , on Tuesday morning thrown iuto a state of great esciiemeut by the discovery th 3 t the heinous crime of murder had been committed , and fiat the horrid deed had been followed by the suicide of the murderrr , tbe victim being his own sister . The sceBe of the murder was a cot : 3 ge , situate near Xingswood church . Hera the brother and sister , Samuel and Edith Cook , had resided for several years , and the same dwelling had b ^ en occupied by members of the same family for the l ' xst huF . dr-d years . The murderer , Samuel Cook , was about 55 jesrs of age , and his sister E < ihh ab- ; u ' . 46 ex 48 . It appears that Cook formerly f > l ] ovred the trade Of a

      limber hewer , a description of work belonging to tV > e collienes j but having , together with his sister , been attacked with typhus fevcr , some lime ago , which ] efj him in a stste of great ntrvous depression ' , he had declyied his trade i ' or the Lsi five years ; and having some small houses of his own , which brought him in sufficient to maintain himself , his occupation duriDg tb . it time has been a little work ia the garden . I ; is said that his sister and himself Jived very comfortably- togttaer , and he was a man oi religious habits , and a , very regular attendant £ t the meihodist chapel in the parish . —About halfpast C o ' clock , on Thursday morning , a Mr . Peacock , the next - door neighbour being alarmed by the cry of murder proceeding from Cook ' s house , bo immediately

      entered it , and fV-and the man , Samuel Cook , lying on the floor -with bis throat cut , ¦ weittriEg in nis blood Instead being towards tQe outer door , aud the door of the staircase leading towards the sleeping apartments standing wide oj > en . Not seeing the sister , Edith Cook , Ptacock "W 33 very much alarmed , and supposing that thieves hart broken open the huuss . und muruered both brother and Bisier , he ran away to give * ftu ther alarm , but -was met by n mi ' ikman , who had also been alarmed , aud on their way back to the premise * , they discovered the body of tb » sister , quite dtaii , her throat being cut completely tLroueh the side , lying in the garden . They then again entered ttie house , and finding Samuel Cook sdli alive . ih ' dispatched persons for medical assistance ,

      and in the mean time supported the body of the dying man in the best way they could . They still imagined that the hoHsa had been robbed , and that both parties had brt-n murdered ; but in placiDg Cook in a sitting position , Peacock discovered that he had his raz ; r ¦ which was covered with blood , in his hand . Mr . JBiggs , the surgeon , arrired shortly after , and sewed np the wound in Cook ' s throat , -when be was enabled , during the short time he lived , to mumble out a few vords , and 'once said , distinctly , " It was I who did it ; I murdered htr first , and then myself . " Every effort which surgical skill could direct , was nade to preserve the wretched man ' s life , but he continued sinking , and died in about two hours . A Point to be Gaxned . —Working men have been too long ' frightened into silence regarding th . ir own capabilities .. This must be tolerated no longer . The numerical circle of our Chartiss speakers id far t ^ o limited . Every working mau should stu--y to acqaire sufficient csnndence in his own ability to expre £ 3 - his opinions freely at ali times , and in all peaces , and before all men . Let debating societies start into existence everywhere—lot amity be the bond of union , bindiug eich to each —ist all sow that all may reap ihe produce—hear ,

      read , and vtudy—encourage honest literature , bui hear " all sides "—let prices be given to the meritorious ^ -let temperance be a symbol of good character—act towards each other , at all times , as if success in our movement depended on the individual exertions of every man claiming the Charter as his beacon and pilot—let this , and more , be done , until every hamlet , village , and town in Scotland can produee a Demosthenes and a Cicero , and then a fig for opposition , the greater the better . This will benefit the people as well after the Cn . ' . r . T £ ii i ~ ] &was before —Dundee Chronicle .

      Exfcution op Williams , the Murderer . — John Williams , the murderer of Emma Evans , paid the last p- cany of his atrocious offtnee in front of the county gaol of Salop on Satarcay . At eleven o ' clock , ihe chaplain administercU the sacrament to tbe culprit , who received it ia a manner that might hate been expected from b . 13 previous resigned and penitent deportment . A few minutes before twelve , the funeral bell rang through the corridors cf the prison , and immediately after , the Under-Sheriff came to the grated door , and demanded the body of Jobn Wilhams for execution . The culprit rose to obey ib . 3 summens , and , escorted by the chaplain , ascended the lodge leading to the gailow ? , on reaching which he averted his eyes from the thousand countenance- that vrere btnt uuon him , and leaut

      his head to t > . e voice of Mr . YoHL-g , the taskmaster , to whose words of comfort he responded by exclaiming—'' Lord have mercy on me J—Lord , have mercy on me . ' —Lord , have mercy on my soul : " The rope was now a < justed by the executioner , who , ju-rt before the cap was drawn on the eyes of Williams , pressed his hand , and exdaimed , " iStand firm when I leave you ; ' to which the ether replied , " Yes , " and again repeated " Lord receive my soul , " incessantly till the bolt was drawn , when the drop fell , and be expired with scarcely a struggle . Having hung for lha usual time , the body was chs . dov * n , and , by permission of the sheriff , two artists from the Coalport China factory , proceeded to take casts of the features . The crowds assembled round the place of execution were far greater than those prestnt at the 'execution of Misters . —Shrewsbury

      Ncics . Accident to the Yarmouth Mail . —On Sunday morning last , the 3 rd instant , as the Yarmouth and London Mail was oa its way to Yarmouth , when on Marlesford Hill the leaders shyed , whirn caused the coach to swerve from tbe road , aud the ground being very soft , the wheels sunk in , which caused the coach to overturn . We are happy to add , that although there were several passengers , none were seriously injured . A post-chaiEe was immediately obtained , which conveyed the guard and passengers to iarmoath . —Ipswich Express .

      Wholssabs Beee . —The hop growtra will not escape in the new tariff , although the import duty on foreign bops is not altered . Quassia , a well known but pernicious fnbttitote for tbe hop , now pays a duty of £ 8 17 s . 6 d . per cwt ., which is to be reuueed to 103 . per cwt . Tta heavy duly was intended , to be prohibitory ; the reduction of the duty will operate as a premium frr using it , and the pHblic may be poisoned at a cheaper rate — Mark Lune Express .

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      Fhohe . —Infamous Olthage . —Four male brut ? p , in human shape , are 111 custody here , on the charge of having nearly murdered one of the class of unfortunate women , n , m"d E . izi Wheler , whom they cnflced on Fiiday ajt . lt March 25 ; h \ to a field , called Taliis Leaz ? , adj-ining this town , where the poor creaiuro was found , on the following morning , in a dreadful stare , havinjc been nearly stripped naked by the ^ e unfeeling wretches , who also beat arid kicked her in a dreadful manuer , a ^ d then lt-fi her as they supposed for dead . The female , whose life was at

      iir .-t dispaired of , has received the best medical attention , and is now slowly recovering ; but , at present , is unable to make the necessary depositions . The names of the fellows , charged with this cruel and unmanly act . are Coombs , DowJy , Higsins , and Williamson . The two former , we believe , are labourers , Higgins is a weaver , and Williamson , a butcher . They have been twice brought before the Frome magistrates during the present week , but in consequence of the precarious state of the sufferer were remanded .

      Disastrous Flood at Derby . —Great devastation of property has been occasioned at Derby byj * sudden and tremendous inundation which occurred on Friday mornihg , April the 1 st . Between one and two o'clock the water of tbe brook which runs ihrough the town , owing to the heavy fall of rain in ifie nii-ht , overflowed its boundary -walls , and ran about one foot deep inro the neighbouring streets ; an a ! arm was given by tho night poiic ; , but the flood swelkd so rapidly that ihcy were soon driven , from their stations . The ram came down a complete deluge , an as the culverts of the brook cm-ae ia Victoria-street would not admit more than uuB-ilrird of the waters that rushed along them , all the lower streets were speedi'y inundated , and two rapid

      current .- W ; re soon formed by the flood : one running down Chcapside , the Wardvriok , aivi Victoria-faJ . reer-, the other along Wilow row , BdM lone , and Saddlersata ; those strtams met " fast , and fi ; r . ' .. v . o" ia the Cora-market , where by three o ' clock the immriaiion was as least , six feet deep : jt thence forced its way through ThomtTee-lane , and every yard aud avenue which led to the river Derwent . About four t ^ e rain abated , and at sunrise the flood gradually lowered . As it was market-day and Easter-fair , it is impossible to dei-cribe the confusion which existed among the inhabitants and tho country-people who were crowding to the town xrkh all their various wares . It is a n : e anc . ho ] y circumstance that thi 3 dhajferhas been attended with a loss 01 humau life t a poor woman , named JiigJiam , fell iuto the flood , at the batk of her re idence , in Upper Brotk street , abou ; six o ' clock ; and about half an hour afterwards she was found quite dtad by her hu&ba ; -. d . Several

      o ; hn- p ° m > ns have b » en seriouf ] y , but wot dangerously , iijurcd . Maiy hor-t > -, cows , calves , and pigs , have been tfiowi :- d ; and the gentieme :: and tradesm « n rtsjrfjnjf in the £ tmt ^ visited by tl ; e fi 'od have -ustaji-pii sreat damage in their hou > -js and i ' urjiiture , &o . Gnat loss has a 5 fo bepn suffered by the Fhop-Keeper . i 111 the Corn-markpt , whose premises en the ground fl-jor wcro inundated to : he hei « ht of four Jeet . The drawi-ijc-room of Mr . Joseph Strutt's house among ochs-rs w ; is completely flooded . The soliii s ' . oae bridge near St . John ' s church was paT'ly destroyed , and iho most , compact masonry seemed unable in some pans of the town te resist the rush of waters , in the afternoon business was resumed , and the principal streets uhich had been inundated were ajpin . pa ? sab . ' n . No accunue estimate can yet be foriaed of ihe dana . ue busi-a ne 3 , b « t the amoui ^ t must be something wrious . It is supposed that , as tie flood rose to so ' earful an extent in two or three

      n 9 urs , a water-spout must have bur ^ t over the town . The First of April . —As long ago as the days of Addison , tKo BritM ) < -t ! -ayii ; t £ bogan to raise their voices against the vulgar and ' m : schievous practical j > kes of ihe First of April ; and yet the nuisance seems to be increasing insuad of diminishing . The number of unfortunue «;> , 'hts * eijt upon " sieevelesa errands" yesterday was probably grtater than had been witnessed on any Fir > . t of April siuco the practice of " washing the iions » t the Tower" was finally discontinued by the trau .-f ' fcrence of the noblo amn als to the Zoological-gardens . In Edinburgh , a g 2 e . 1 t crowd was coiieeted by ati announcement that a public reconciliation and interchange of the

      kiss 07 peaue was to take place between the clergymen and elders of the liuriHion and Non-iutrusion parties . In Dublin the whol ? of ths in-msnen ot tiie Castle drove 10 tho Corn Exchange to he ^ r Mr . <) ComieH ' s final and irrtvocablo a ^ jura'ion of Repf al . In Manchester the whole population flocked to the railway-: erminus to sen the mtjmbpr for 6 t ic ^ - port bring down the repeal of the Corn Laws in his pocktt . In London tho day of hoaxes was celebrated with more spirit , if " possible , than in the provinces . A number of members of the Reform Club were drawn to pay their re .-pects at Downingstreet by a report that Lord Melbourne ivas again in office . A eimilar report had been sent to Lord PalmerstOH ; but his Lordship was too old a bird to be caught with chaff ; it waf > observed , however , that in the course of his forenoon ride he accidentally passed along Whitehall . An < fP > rtwas made to tempt the present inmates abroad , by rumours of

      county meetings , but they found their new quarters too snug to be persuaded to leave them . Lord John Russell was iuanced to open a coauuunication with " the farmers who attend Reading market , " by an intimraion Etnt , him from somb wag m the ofBce oi the Morning Chronicle , that they had declared they preferred his 8- - . fixed duty to Sir Robers Peel ' s sliding sca ' . e . Mr . Hume was nearly taken in by an intimation from Montrcse that the burghs wished him to s : ceed Mr . Chalmers as their ri-prescntative . Aboui five o ' clock the Reform and CarJi-on clubs were crowded , owing to rumours which had been industriously circulated that two eminent members of Parliament bad shaved that morning . Oriu hundred aud nineteen tradesmen were enticed to assemble in front of the Treasury to see the incometax : but ihis hoax seemed to give general offence , the impression being that though not there yet it wa 3 sure to come , r . nd that tho subject was too serious for a juke . —Spectator .

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      ASSAULT BY A MILITARY ON A CIVIL OFFI

      CEK . —WIGXEYS BANK AGAIN . Cajrtiin Duncan M'Leod , of the Sects Greys , appeared on Friday morning , before Mr . Basevi , Major Alien , Captain Heaviside , aDd Major Williard , the sitring magistrates , at Brighton , to answer a charge preferred against him by Mr . John Smart Mills , bailiff of the Brighton Court of Requtstd , for a vielent assault committed on Wednesday evening , at the Cavalry Barracks , where the Scots Greys are at present ttitioned . " - # 11 . Mr . S . W . Bennett attended as the adrocate of tfie complaint ; Mr . G- Dampster appeared fos Captain M * Leod .

      The case as opened by Mr . Bennett , and proved by the evidenca of the complainant , was as follows : — On Wednesday evening , tbe complainant proceeded to the barracks for the purpose of BarTing the defendant with a summons from the Brighton Court of Bequests , calling upon tie defendent to show cause why be did not pay Mr . Andrews , bootselier , £ 5 for money bad and rtcei . red . On reaching tbe defendant * door , the complainant knocked , and was desired to enter . He did to , and found tbe defendant in his Bitting room , in whip ; Q there waB no candle . A candle , however , stood oa a table in an adjoining room ., and the act of Pwlia

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      mant constituting tha Court requiring that the summons should , be read over and / explained to tlie dtfendant , complainant ,. Brst . tilling" the defondiinfc that lie had a summons for him , proceeded towards the light and read the summons , Gaptain--M- 'Lsed ; following aim and looking over his shoulder aa he did so . . Complainant th « n banded the sumiQons to tho defendant , whe tore it up , and ordered complainant to leave the room . Complainant did so , without offering any remark , and had ^ got halfway across the ouUir room , when he received a violent kick in the back from the defendant This was the assault complaimsd of ; and Mr . Bennet , after applying / some epithets to Captain M'Leod , for which he was reproved by the magistrates , called upon them to send the case to the aesBions .

      It appeared that overtures had been made by the defendant for the purpose of effecting a compromise , but that the judge and cle * of the Court of Requests , CGnsidering it of great importance that the officers of the cuuit Bnoald be protected from assadlte widie engaged in their duties , refused to accede to the proposition , and required the case to come before the magistrates . . ¦ . ¦ ¦ -.. ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : -. ¦ .: ¦ - : ¦ ¦ ¦ . " . ¦ ¦ : ¦ : . ; ¦ Mr . Dsmpsfcer , on the part of Captain M'Leod , denied that the assault was properly characterised as a violent one , and then expressed the gallant officer ' s regret at what had occurred in a moment of great irritation , and his readiness to apologise to ^ the defdndant * and make him any remuneration which the C 3 se required . Mr . D jmpster contended , however , that the casa was " not one which required the usual proceeding in cases of assault , of aOju < licatiflg summarily , to be departed from f > r the purpose of adopting the harsh course of sending the case to the sessions .

      [ The irritation alluded to arose principally from the circumstance which gave rise to the action ; the meney sought to be recovered by the suit beinjj forMe change of a £ 5 Wignty note given to the defendant after the bank had closed not to open again ] At the conclusion of Mr , De ( npster * s address , Mr . Bennett intimated that his client was ( satisfied with the apology that hart been made , and would consent to the withdrawal of the information , jf Captain AT ' Leod would pay £ 5 te the Sussex County ¦ Hospital . Captain M'Luod immediately signified * : his' assent to the proposition , and the case -was accordingly settled on those terms .

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      BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE , From Jan , 1 , uo til Aphil 3 , 1842 . P . CDS . E . CDS . £ . S . d . Balance in hand ... ... 3 15 9 ^ Ashton ... ... 1 10 0 Astley 24 ... 0 0 0 Acrin ^ toa ,. 0 3 4 Abardare 190 ... 0 15 0 Arnold 0 6 0 A . L . ... ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Bradford , Yorkshire ... 400 12 5 12 0 Bishops Wearmouth ... 150 ' ... 0 10 0 Bili-ton ... ... ... 400 ... 0 16 8 Banbury 100 ... 10 0

      Bury ... ... ... 50 ... 0 18 4 IHrmingham , Steelhouse-lane ... 0 10 0 Bacup 40 ... 0 6 8 Burnley 150 ... 0 16 8 Barnstaple 30 ... 0 0 0 Brighton ... ... 0 15 0 Bristol , / outha' ... 0 10 0 B 3 th . per Clarke j . ... 1 0 0 Bindley ... ... ... 170 ... 1 8 4 Bristol , Simeon ... ... 291 ... 1 10 2 Boston ... ... 3 38 10 0 Bristol , Terrell K ) 0 ... 0 16 8 BarnoMswick ... — 70 ... 0 0 0 Bath , Ninnes ... ... 100 ... 0 0 0 Chowbent ... ... 0 8 6 Chelmsford ... 0 5 6 Chorlton 40 ... 0 13 4

      Clithero ... . < .. 60 ... 0 10 0 Con ^ leton 50 ... 0 0 0 Canterbury 0 7 6 Cambridge ... ... 25 ... 0 2 0 Chorley * ... 0 12 0 Colne ... ... 80 ... 10 0 Colchester / ... . ... 30 ... 0 10 0 Croydon ... , i . 0 4 6 Carlisle ... 0 14 4 Cockermouth ... ... 40 2 0 10 fl Cnalbrook Dale 104 11 0 0 0 Chickonley < ... 0 5 2 Doyle ... ... 0 9 0 be » ph 24 ... 0 9 0 Duckenfield 35 ,.. 0 8 2 Davehtry ... 0 10 0

      Derby ... 100 ... 10 0 Durham ... ...- ... 24 2 0 17 0 Failsworth 50 ... 0 0 0 GrecHWich ... ... 1 ... 0 5 0 Gloucester ... ... ... 36 ... 0 0 0 Griffin 0 0 6 Glossop ... 50 ... 0 8 4 Hunslet 30 ... 0 10 0 Harleston ... ... 0 5 0 Huddtrsfield * .. < . . 1 5 0 Holbrook ... ... 0 5 0 HoRrdea .. 60 ... 0 0 0 Hull 100 ... O 0 0 Halifax — ... ... 0 14 11 Hanlcy and Shelton , Simpson ... " ... 0 11 0

      Upper IIau . ley ,. Richards 2 (? 0 12 2 3 4 HolrJirth ... ... ... GO ... 0 10 0 Holbeck ... ... ... 72 ... 0 12 0 Honley .. 6 " ... 0 1 0 Heywood ... 25 ... 0 4 0 Hyson Green ... ... 0 2 6 Hyde ... ... ... 75 ... 1 11 3 Isle of Wight , Ryde ... .. ... 0 2 0 Isham or Kettenns ... 30 ... 0 S 0 Ipswich -... ... ... 20 ... 0 0 0 Keudal ... ... ... 50 ... 0 5 0 Kiiiestou-upon-Railway ... 2 ... 0 0 0 3 li

      Km ^ 'swood Hill ... ... ... p « 0 London , Salmon ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 London , Lefevre .. . . 0 10 0 London , Tower Hamlets ... 0 11 S London , Maryiebono ... 200 ... 1 13 4 London , tailors , Three CroWDS 0 ' 18 : 1 . 0 Loiidoo , St . Pancraa ... 2 6 il L indoo , hatters ... ... 0 10 0 Londoiij Shoreditch ... ... ... 0 7 6 London , Chelsea ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , Burmondsey ... ... .... 0 10 0 London , Cleave ... ... 700 ... 2 9 4 London , Tower Hamlets ,

      Females . ; . ... O IS 4 London , Limehousa ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , General Council , per ijioipsoa ... 2 0 0 Leicester , Shakspere Rooms 100 ... 4 0 10 Lwjs ... y .. ... « . 35 ... 0 5 0 Lynn 50 ... 0 6 6 LongBuckby 50 ... 0 3 0 Liverpool ... ... ... 1 13 0 LounhborouEh .... ... 100 2 10 0

      Laiably — ... 0 3 4 Lou-tDH 120 ... 0 J 5 10 Ludd nden ... ... ... 40 ... 0 0 0 Leicester , All Saiuts Open 50 ... 0 8 4 Liversedge ... ... ... 30 ... 0 5 0 Manchester , ^ Redfern-street 50 ... 112 Manchester , Flatting ... 12 : k . 0 2 0 Manchester , Browii-street 100 ... 0 4 0 Manchester , Youths ... ... ... 0 2 6 Manchester , Straadrstreet 24 ... 0 4 0 Manchester , carpenters and ¦

      joiners ... * ... ... 50 ... 0 0 0 Midtlkton ... 24 ... 0 4 0 Mossley 60 ... 1 0 0 MerihyrTydvil 280 ... 2 0 0 Midfiley 0 7 0 Mytholmroyd * ..., ... 80 ... 1 2 10 Mjsenden . < ... ... 0 2 0 Milurow ... ... ... 0 5 0 Marple ... ... 0 6 0 Nottingham , Sweet ... 100 ... 1 4 2 Nottingham , Thatcher- * ... 50 ... 1 8 4 Northampton ... . ¦ ... 50 ... 0 8 4 Newport , Monmouthshire 50 ... 0 0 0 Newcastle-on-Tyne , Sinclair , 60 ... 0 0 0 Newoastlo-on-Tyne , Wallace 50 ... 0 7 0

      Uxtord ... ... ... ... ... 0 7 6 Ovenden ... ... ' ... ... ... 0 4 2 Oldham Females ... 0 3 0 Oldham ... 70 20 10 0 Openshaw ... ... ... 32 « . 0 10 4 Plymouth ... ... ... 0 5 0 Peujaae .... ... ... 12 1 0 2 6 Preston Youths ... ... 60 ... 0 8 4 Preston ... ... ... ... ... 0 9 0 Ridruth ... ... ... ... 8 0 0 0 Rochdale , per F .. .... 0 3 0 Rochdale , per Lsach .... ... ... 0 1 4 Rooden Lane , per GrimshaW 12 ... 0 5 0 Ripporiden ... ... 12 . ' .. . * ¦ 1 14 6 Koiherham ... ... 0 8 0

      iiojt'Jn ... ... 40 ... 0 00 Stokesley ... ... 1 0 0 Swckport 70 ... 0 10 0 balibbury ... ... .... ... 0 17 6 Suttou-in-AshSeld ... ... ... 0 10 0 Sowerby ... ' .. 17 0 Sonthampton ... :.. 24 ... 0 4 0 Stafford ... ¦ ... ... ... 0 11 6 Star Office ... ^« ... ... 4 4 6 i Sal . 'brd ... ... ... 98 ... 0 10 fl " St&leybridge ... ... 56 .. . 0 10 fatockport Youths ... ... 100 ... 016 8 Stoke-npon-Trent , Mart 58 ... 0 15 0 Sheffield , Otley ... 100 ... 0 0 0 Sheffield , Harney ... 280 2 0 0 0

      Sheffield Youths ... 23 ... 0 3 10 Scarborough ... ... , 50 . ; . O 12 O Spilsby ... ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 balford Youths ... ... 12 * .. 0 2 6 Sabden ... . » ... 25 ... 0 4 6 Skegbey . ... ... ... 24 ... 0 4 0 Stroudwater ... ... 24 ... 0 0 0 Sbeernesa ... ... ... 15 ... 0 3 0 Todmordea ... ... ICO ... 3 2 s £ Tavietock ... ,. ,.. .,. ... 0 10 0 Thornton ... ... ... 50 ... t 7 5 Ulverton ... 30 ... 0 5 0 Warrington ... ... ... ... 0 8 0 Worcester - ... ... 24 ... 0 0 0 Wigtoa ... .. . ... 60 ... 0 0 0

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      Wadsworth Row ... 25 ... 0 6 3 Warley Lower ... ... 0 3 8 Woiverhampton ... 120 ... 0 19 0 Willonghbro' 25 ... 0 9 2 West Auckland ... 40 ... 0 50 Walwprth ... ... 0 5 0 Wigan ... ... ... 50 ... 0 0 0 Walsall ... 30 6 0 10 C Wartninster ... 1 0 0 Woodhouse ... ... 0 5 0 CumstaH Bridge ... 60 .... . 0 3 4 Bishop Auckland ... 0 5 0 Hanley Females ... ... 0 6 0 Totallncome ... ... 8124 114 £ 108 18 111

      EXPENSES . £ s . d Jan . 1 . Secretary ' ts wages ... 2 0 0 „ Two tneinber ' a wages ... ... 3 0 0 j , Agitating expenses . Doctor M'Douall ... ... ... 0 1 . 0 . 0 „ Postage 0 18 7 „ Statiouery 0 8 3 „ 8 . Error ia the Dirlastoa accouut 0 7 6 „ Secretary ' s waxes ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member's wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Agitating expenses , Doctor

      iM'Douall ... ... ... 0 10 0 „ Postage ... 0 13 II ,, Siationery 0 4 0 „ SeCietary , agitating expenses 0 13 8 „ 1 . 5 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 200 „ Two member ' s wages . ' .. ... 3 0 0 „ Secretary ' s oxpensos agitating 06 7 „ Di ' . M'Djuail ' s expenses agitating ... ... 0 10 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 0 8 9 „ Siatioiiery 0 2 0 „ Fotherkill' 3 balance for card printing ... 13 10 0

      ^) O ^ 2 iam . **¦ mim * Ij * ' w * m *~ ~ . « . ' ^ J \ J \ i , 22 Sdernmry ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ M'Duuall ' s agitating expenses 0 10 0 „ Postage ... ... 1 12 10 ,, Stationery ... ... ... 0 3 9 - ,,: > 3 , 000 cards pristing ... ... 3 6 0 „ 29 Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 ,, Secret ary ' s expenses from Man * chts ^ r to London ... ... 1 1 6 „ Leach ' s ditto ... ... ... 1 5 9 „ Three member' . s fare i ' ro / n London to Bristol .... * . . ... 3 10 0 „ Morgan Williams , from

      Mertbyr to JBriyCul ... ... 0 10 0 „ Two member ' s wages 4 0 0 „ Posiaije . ; . ... ... ... 0 3 0 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 4 1 „ Morgan Williams from Bristol to Mer thy r .., ... ... 0 10 0 Feb . 5 . Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 „ Three member ' ^ wages ... 4 10 0 „ Three members' agitating expenses ... ... ... 1 10 0 „ Travelliug from Bristol to Bath ... ... ... ... O 4 6

      „ 12 . Secretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Three member ' s agitating expenses ... ... ... .... 1 10 0 „ Two member ' n wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Secretary ' s coach fare from Bristol to Manchester ... 2 2 0 „ Postsgo ... ... 1 -9-8 „ SratioiiGry ... ... ... 0 6 0 „ 19 . Sscrctury ' swages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two members wageg ... ... 3 0 0 „ Throe , mf-mbers agitating expence 3 ... ... ... 1 10 0 „ Laaehs co 3 oh fargfrom

      Bristol to Manobestar ... 2 0 0 „ Advertisements ... ... 0 14 0 „ Cards printing ... 1 18 0 „ Stationary 0 7 8 „ Postage 0 13 4 „ 26 . . Secrcia-ry ' ti wages ... ... 2 0 . 0 „ Two members wages * .. ... 3 0 0 „ Two members agitating expencos ... ... ... 1 0 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 0 14 7 „ Stati&nery 0 82 March 5 . Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 „ Two member's wages ... 300 „ Ojio xnembors aaitating

      expences ... 0 10 0 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 6 0 „ Postage 0 16 9 „ 12 . Secretary' 8 waives 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... 3 0 0 „ One member ' s agitating expe'iVces ... ... ... 0 . 10 0 „ Morgan Williama loss of time 1 0 0 „ Cards printing ... ... ... 4 2 0 „ Postage ... ... 0 11 11 „ Stitionery 0 7 0 „ 19 . Secretary ' a wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... 3 0 0 „ One member ' s agitating

      expences 0 10 0 „ Postage ... 0 9 5 „ Statiouery ... 0 6 2 „ 26 . Secretary ^ wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... 3 0 0 „ Three member ' s agitatiHg expencos ... ... ... 2 3 0 April 3 . Total expences V 2 B 0 4 108 18 Hi „ 3 , 1842 , dae to the Treasurer .. . £ 19 1 4 . ^ Audited aud found correct , - John Bailey , Thcmas Latchfoed .

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      Gawh / e . thonffh they fell a opsi ^ rable ( listance , escaped thM faiiinj ; iuas 3 , and both tbe Watir . ores . jun ., escaped with sorne ¦'¦ bruises , "tut not of a vtry eerioas nature Charles Knight 8 'atta that he / was at wc > rk oa th ^ same piatform with J < iiaes EatcWlor at the time of th 8 iiceWtnt , and mu'st have sharetl the same late hau he iwt , ia hia fall , ^ ot into sonie hole ressmbliit ^ an eld wall , and by this mrops he was protected frorn ' tb ^ falU ms . materiaVi hv % he ultimately fell a pi stance of forty f »• fet , hurt bis spine , and received Heveral severe b » uisea Gaiiible . toe , ; was preserveit fr * ai instant dest : tiction

      by his presence of niind . He states that Watmore was at work over him . and he recollects the poor iaaa falling paat him , and he ( Gamble ) was just in the . act of faliine too , -wb-cu be . fortuaately laid hold of a ropa -which hun < r from the BCHff . jlding , and held fist by it until the chalk which buried hia fellow-workmen had done failing ; but , being unable to hold on any longer , he was obliged to let go , and fell a depth of avioub forty feet . He , too , r ^ eeived a ; sevire injury of the syinfl ; . had . hia hips , the right side of his iacOi and hands very much lacerated , by the roughnes . 3 of the chaikst ' . mes ^ '••' .. ' ¦

      The tunnel where this unfortunate accider . t occurred is situated midway between the Winchester and Andover-road stations , and nearly a mile and a half from the village of Mitcheldever ; and an alarm having been given , the workmen , porters ^ and others , engaged at both % h < sa stations , were shortly on the syot to render ail the usaistanco in their power to remove the unhappy sufferers . Afcer tifcing up those who were comparatively on the surface of tbe fallen mass , they commenced dieeiug for those who were underneath , and tbe first they came to was Nyse , whom they found crushed in a frightful manner and . q-jite dead ; A Her t wasthenext , Watmore the ti . ird , and it was upwards of four teura btfjre they succeeded in finding the body of James Batchelori - . which was discovered nearly its far downaa the ra . ilro ; id -. itrJsW , and-in his fall- he niuet tave passed

      tkroiu ; h ihe brickwork , of tne arcU or top of the tuunel . When taken up it presented a . shock-in ^ specs . arie ; the head and almost everj bone in the body bswq crashed almost to a mummy , air . Walton , a fcurgebn , rtaiding in the yill . ge of Mitcbeldeveiywas in attendanca almost immediately aCtBr the aecidtnt , and rendered the most prompt and humane attention to the unfortunate suffurers . By hia'directions LawtB and Thomas Batchelor were removed to Winchester Hospital , where they wo e atiandtid by Mr . Bradfopt , the principal surgeon of that itiitttution ; and Gamble and Kuigtit were taken to their own bouses in tho viilageof Micheldevcr , whore Mr VVaUon was unremitting in hia attentions to them . The bodies of the four uufoitunate men who were killsd were removed to a , small but over the tunnel , and near to where thu accident happened , to await the coroners inoueit . - , ¦¦ * .: . . ; ¦ ¦ - . : ¦¦ ¦' . " .

      Fiighiful as the mslanclioly accident has been , it was well nigh being of an hundredfold more serious consequence . The seven o ' clock train left Southatnptoa at thr . t hour * aud had arrived at Wihchtitsr in duecfurse , and at its proper time , with a great number cf passengers . After stopping the usual time tbfcre , it proceeded on its way tn Aridovtjr , but was fortunately stopped bd ' ore it reached the tunnel ; by those who were nware of the accident , and gave an alarm and ititi'untion of the occurrence . Had the accident tiken piace when tbe men went to brea ^ l ' aat , and not been perceived by anyone , a sacrifice of human life to an incalcultible extent must have taken place , pa it was impossible for the engine-driyers ' on approscbing the tunuel to observe that anjtiing was the matter , the brickwork at the entrancd , and to a depth-o ithirtyfeeti being still perfect . Or bad it taken place at a late hcur of the evening when t ' ie workmen left off , and the down trains pass tbrougti it , it is even frightful to fanqy the Mschitf that would bave been done , and the number of lives lost .

      During the ithol * vl Saturday and yesterday a number of workmen were employed in removing t ' aa fallen materials , but , us has been btfore stated , it will be some time before the tunnel is passable . , Tbe following are the names of the sufferers : — James Watmore , aged 58 , a married mau with a family , dead . . Charles . Nyse , single , aged 20 ; dead . Jam « s Aliort , -uingie , aged S 3 , ' . dead . Jaaits Batchelor , single , aged 22 , dead . Thomas Bifcheior , single , aged 24 , severely iujured . Charles Knigbt , married , aged 24 , much injured . Daujel La , weu , singie , aged . , severely injured . John Gamble , single , aged 2 . 2 , severely injured . ; John aud Thomas Watmore , single , slightly braised .

      THE INQUEST . On Monday an inquest was held on the dead bodies , tvliich were laid at ! i small feuS , lieur tbe spaae of the accident . Tiw evidence was at great lengta , but fuiiy bore out the stite . ments above given . : Tae jury refcired at a quarter to eleven o'clock at ni « bt , and , aftur an absencu of thirty-fivetninuua , the tVilowing verdict was delivered : — " Accidental death . ineach case ,: ; with a deodand of £ od on the mi'terials thut fell . " The jury consider that Henry Ferris , th& forenua of the deceased , was not a fit and competent person to be intrusted -with the lives of men in so important a work . " : .. ;/ . * .. ' ¦ ¦* .:-, ; . The Cotoner said , he entirely concurred in the verdict , and he had great pleasure in being enabled to say . this , instead of being compelled to declare that he took it as tkeir flndiDg and not Eta bla . . ¦ . . . . . ¦• ^/^ r >^ 'A < H ^^ iA ^^^ ww . . . ¦ \ . ¦ -. ¦ '¦¦ - . - ¦

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      C / YHTiTSIiE . —AyoTiiER Case of Aesox—A few evenings a ^ o au attcmpi was made by some evil and wickedly disposed person or persons , to firj a weaving fhep , the property of Mr . John Donald , in the Wiliow Halen . A pane of glass had be * n taken out of one of the windows , arid l- 'ghted touch paper and oily waste thrown m amougfct ihe 3 'aru in one of the looms , which cf course had b * ea set on fire ; ba : fortunately ihe process cf the flames had , by some miracuious means , bern co-Sn ^ a to one loomthounh

      , tbere were other f : ; ree in ihe place . A cm , the property of Messrs . Tajrnson and Chamber .-, was compietely destroyed , along with the Lcalds and other gearju ^ bel onging 10 the J-j .-m , and for which the poor weaver , named William Spence , will have to pay , or make good , and which will amount with loss of lime to upwsxds of twenty shillings , a sum far beyond the means of a hand-loom weaver to pay . Are the party or parties commuting ihis diabolical and malicious act , aware that they have subjected themselves to a vsrj serious panibhinent 1

      POI . MOKT , ( BT Fi . LKIRK . ) -FATAL ACCIDENT . —A boy euiplojed at the new dock oi" Gran ^ emouih -while sitting on the from of 0113 of the wagons which heiad in change , accideutally fell off , and the whet-ls passed over his breast ij . Siotiag sucli serious iniariesas to cause his deaih tbe " 29-h ult-, t " : ie day atter the accident occurred . Suicide . —A lamentable case of Suicide occurred at ihe village of Camelon . a f-w days ago . A m dJle a . ^ ed zazn , and the father uf a liirgS family , huiiii hini ^ ell > vith bis ueck-cloth from a tree i \\ the niighbourhoodj and vras not discovered nil animanou was gone ,

      AlflXANPrilA . —On Tharsday evening an address vras ^ iven ; in tne siratts of Alcxandiiu by Mr . William Thonusos , leven , oa Peel ' s Tariff . Tbe streets -were swsJrmins and each -was impressed -with ihe necessity O { union iu the CMUe of Chartism . Oa Friday evening a concsrt toot place ia the Odd Fdlo-ws' Hall , for the benefit of the unemplojed connected -with tbe Order in this place . The tvemsg vras spent in sinaing , recitations , and instrumental masic , and continued till near midnight . The seats -were then removed , when dancing coromeDced -which was kept up till near six o ' clock on Saturday morninr .

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      THE BOBBIN NEIT HANDS OF MESSKS BODEN AND ilOKLEV , DEKBY . TO THE BOBBIN "NETT HANDS 6 F THE COUNTRY 1 ND FUBUC IS GENERAL . An appeal to cur felioiv workmen on behalf of a strike at this distressed time , may appear some-what s . range , but we think a little explanation of the tyranny and injustice about to be enacted by our mtisters , -will be a sufficient apology for our intruding on a generous public . The tyranny of which we complain is the t-nornioos reduction offered , of 14 i per cent in eur wa ^ es ; while at the same time we were receiving less prices than the men of Xott-nibani , Chesterfield , and the west of England . And as if t . o shew their despotic power , now , after six wefks of strike , thoyh . iVe the further injustice to offer anothtr reduction of H ^ per cent , making a total reduction of 29 per cent in our wages ! !

      It is agairst this wholesale robbery that we complain . It may be supposed that It is fur want of a sale for tbe njtie'e that this reduction is offered , but when we made tbe proposal to stop the machines of the nett , he could not sell , and to d < sale-band the macLines ot the nett , he could sell , so that each nii . ebt have a little , or work shun time—we were answered by the offer of being alio ^ ved to work twenty hours a-day ! instead of eighteen hours , to make up tLe atficieicy iu our w&geB , if we would submit to the reduction '; a plain proof tbat over-stock , or ¦ want of Bui 3 was not the cause of the drop . , but a wish on the part f f our employers to outsail tbe i . tber ma&ttTS in tbe nmrket , which would be the means of causing a general reduction throughout tbo t-ade ; £ O this reduction ¦ wonld not effect the uect weavers of Djrhy alone , but in all par ; s of the country . With these few statements wd coLfiMt-ntly appeal to the public for thtir support , seeing that it was generously awarded to the sfcjne ma-sons in their btrike acainst the

      tyranny of a man , wbile v .-e have" struck against the most tjrannica ! und ruinous of all systems the system of rednciug wages f » r tke aggrandisinent of two manufacturers , to tha injury of a . great number of indnstrious wo . kmen ; and bearing in mind th 6 old a'lage that " a Hiauy cm help one , whsn one can't heip a muny . " We now make this appeal to our fellow-workmen and the public for their support , in this struggle ot right against mig h ^ Et-nry Job-is Sa-mnel C : i- ? h Jjhu GiUon , Wiliiam Wardle , Ji / nn Tistxton , Frederick Smieb , Wil . iayi Tu . ner , P = ;? er Smith . William Birch , Wiiliim Gillwrt , Henry . Manl . y , Wntkin Louis Paire , Jost ph Fiith , Thomas Beesston , Ti . umos Murphy , Mosts Hudson , Gc « . rgf Huaaon , Johu L ' . vsey Jubn Pinuu , El ward Hudson , John Hiil . Hsury Glover .

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      DREADFUL ACCrDENT ON THE SO ¥ TH WlSt ^ BN RAILWAY . ( OFFICIAL ACCOUNT . ) Considerable apprehensions were excited at the Loadon terminus of the South Western Kailway , on Saturday morning , by the non-arrival of the early trains from Southampton and Go 3 port , which we find on inquiry was occasioned by a fall of cbalk in the shaft , » f the tunnel near Winchester . We regret to state that it was attended by aloss of life to four men ; the fall into the tuunel of some loose chalk ( immaterial in quantity ) has stopped the line , aud it has become necessary to eoiivey passengers from Winchester to and from th 0 next station if Andover-road .

      It appears that , from a peculiarity in the nature of tba material , it had not been d&enied prudent to fill up this shaft beyond . a certain height , the -upper portion being laft open until : the lower should have become consolidated . About a week ago a slip of chalk fell from off the sides of this shaft , which was obser / ed by tbe inspector cf Ihe district ; and * on Taesday last , an examinacioii took place by the engintars of the line , and orders were given to reopen the shaft , and remove the material arouud it , This process was then commenced , and a very considerable portion of the superincumbent weight . had been removed . Daring this period

      no perceptible chance of the arch took place ; but , on Sat'irday morning early , the part of the arcn iaitnediately beneath the shaft gave symptoms of motiou ; and , although the watchman below communicated tho fact' to the ¦ workmtn above , they still contiaued their operationB , and in about an hour , were unfortunately piecipitated , with a quantity of loose chalk , into the tunnel , and six of the number buried : ( . if these , two were taken out unhurt , the others met their death . Tho chalk ivhich fell is being rapidiy removed , and we are assured the use of the lire will be resumed this morning . :

      The engineer of the train , which arrived at naif-past ten o ' clock last night , reports that the first train this morning will pass through the tunnel .

      ANOTHER ACCOUNT ; On Saturday morning : last , at ten minutes before eight o'clock , an accident Of a frighifuloe'scription took placo at Waller ' s Ash Tunnel , by whicii four unfortunate men were crushed to death on the spot , and four otherB so dangerously injured thatitis very doubtful whether they willrecover . From facts collected on the spot on Sunday morning , it appears that for some time past a dripping of a chalky appeara-nce was observed to fall from tho archway or roof of the , Waller's Ash Tunnel , and particularly within aboutthirty ftefc of the mouth at the Boutbern ot Winchesitrencl . This dripping bad recently increased to such an extent that the astention of tbe engineer was called to it , and it was found , upon :

      examination , that the earth over the tunnel was slightly giving way , and . . inclining to a centre from a diameter of from twenty to thirty feet , and this was supposed to haye been . occasioned by boring made previous to the formation of the tunnel . This w » 3 done , itia said , to ascertaip the nature of the soil , and its effect waa to weaken the earth aboiit it , and leave a fissure , through which the substance before mentioned made its way , aud ultimately forced itself through the brickwork or arch of the tunnel underneath . To prpyent the further sinking , about a dozen men were set to work , about a fertnigbt ago , to remove the chalk from the surface to the extett of the falling in , and they had succeeded in excavating to a depth of nearly fifty feet .- ' :. , " ¦ ' . * . * ¦' ¦ - * .- ¦ .. *; ¦ . '*" . ¦ - - : * . ¦ . * ' C- \ ' ' -

      On Satnrday morning last the following persons went to work at the uBual hour : —Ja < nes Whatmore , aged 58 , and hiB two sons , one aged about 28 , and the ottier 19 ; Charles Nyse , aged 20 ; James Allert , aged 23 ; James Batchelor , aged 22 ; Thomas Batchelor , aged 24 ; Cbarlea Knight , aged 24 ; Daniel Lawes , aged 23 ; and John Gamble , Aged 22 . Nothing partictilar-I was obaervable in tbe place until tea minutes before eight o ' clock , when , -while they were talking about going to their breakfast , they heard a slight rumbling noise , and

      the next instant they felt the platforma underneath them give way , and saw the earth above closing in on them , and they seemed , as Gamble , one of the unfortunate sufferers , describes it , as If they were being sunk in a \ chirlpool . Jarfles Batchelor : appeared to have been tbrovrn to the grtatest deptb , Watmore , sen . next , and then Allert and Nyse : An immense mass of chalk haying fallen on them , they must have : been crushed to death instantaneously . Thomas Batebelor and Daniel Laves vrere also burled into the cbaoa , and partially buried in the falling materials . Koight and

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      Such is the depressed state of trade at DnnSee , that there are at present no less than 4 , 000 individuals of the workkg elates entirely dependent on charity Besides ihese , there is a large body of Irish supported from a separate fond .

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      OLD BACHELORS—WHAT . ARE THEY ? " Mr . Heming was what is calledan Old Bodiebr . ' —Mr . Balguy's Speech ( inre Homing o , Power ) . ; Mnnkind may be divided into three classes : — ¦ ... ' i . They wholookbeforet&ey leap ; .. '¦' . 2 . They who leap bef » re they , look ; and 3 . They who look but never leap . * . '• * * Of this last clas % - ^( who look and pondflr , and ponder a . nd iooK again , but never leap at all ) , Old-Bochelom form a very large msiety . They would rnpst of them like to get married , but they fear lest they Bhouid be made fools © f , or . make fools of themselve . ? . A girl cannot smile , but they espy a hidden snare lurking be ^ neath;—she cannot look , bat they fancy sita wishes to pry into the ininoifc fecessea ef their imipregQabla

      breasts ;—aha . cannot , in the dance , l > y her arm on theirs , but they feel on insinuiting pressure;—she cannot , at the card-table , " follow suit" when " hearts are trninps , " but they imagine she wishes to take their " king" with her" ace "—and M \ t for life;— -she cannot sing " The Forsaken One , " but they detect in the Bong a pointed allusien to the flmtiness cf their breasttL And thus they go on—looking , longing , doubting , — -tin at length . their , hair , becomes grey—the flight of Tim « shows itaelj in their - wrinkled faces—and a host of nephews and nieces have g-rown up around them , all of whom hope to be remembered by their rich Old Bachelor uncle ;" - - - ; when , 'tis ten to one but they niarry their housekeeper ,, who has invoked the aid of -Cupid by the care she baa always taken to air their nightcaps well , ; to mull their-cup of chocolate punctually to the niinute , and by . thoBe ; numerous other trifling attention * so essential to the comfort of an Old Bachelor;— -or they

      marry SQUIB Old Maid , who has always been verjr careful to inquire after their health—cautiously to praise their beinivtilence—anxiously to ask if their tea is svmtened to their liking—to : banish her eat the instant she htars their formal rat-tat-tat—and to tell her nitce , as soon as tbey are comfortably seated . and their coat and hat cajrefully hung up , that she had better go and see if the servants are attending to the household afiaira;—or else they marry a flirting giggling girl of Beventeen ot . eighteen- —or some handsome designing woman of Bix-and-seyeri-andrtwenty c * thirty—longing for . a home and " settlemtnt" us much as for a husband ; and who will -wish directly the ring is on and the '' settlement" sig&ed , \ that they ( the Old Bachelors ) would pop off , in order ; that she may marry sonie nice young man Whom she now prefers , but who is too poor to be thought of more serlonsly , as she thinks squaring brats aiid short commons to boot do not vaistly improve the holy state of ; * Matrimony ! : . . . . "¦ : *

      What unhappy , infatuated creatures are these selfsame Old Bachelors ! They have laughed at those of their acquaintances who hav 0 married ^ -while youngj the object Of their affections—have asked with a malicious sneer whether the " young ; pups" are hearty aad eat well- ^ -haye lamented with a- forced sigh , but gcarce-conceaied smile , the bicb price of bread ( the evil eff-jct of the Corn Monopoly !) and the late rise in coals , in consequence of ihe severe frost—and have piously thanked God- ( at least openly ) that they are free from any such incumbrances . They have acquired wealth— -are well-known at the B . mk apd on the Stock Exchange—and seldom is a Valuable estate puv up at the Auction Mart , but they are there to bid . And at liisi oneofthia class is ensrijvted . * '; * ¦ *" - " *

      If by a Sprightly lass Of skillol-angling -wpTnan , yrh . 9 , bt f > re marriage , was well content to give iip the comp ; iny of the ¦ yc ' atfg nien ; in order that she might e » jjy Bon \ e rational conversation with bimr-alas ! In tha . case , too . does he find . the '; scene is chiingeil ! Not a nen bonnet is the rage , but she must have it No | a ball takes place , fanioy or charity , but there she must be . Not a concert is given at which Lablache and Grisi sing and Toalberg plays , but ahe mutt go to bear them . Not a new tragiBdy comes but in which the lovers—( for there are lovers of necessity in every play ; the world could not go on Without Ioto and hat *) - —pass through before-unheard-of dangers in order to enjoy togtther the pleasure of lamenting and sighing over their hapless fate—or talk and sing to each other out of a cast : 9 window on a moonligbt night- ^ -or the lady

      takes poison , and gent stabs himself , and fells dead on tbe lifelesa form of his belbved ^ b ut she must see it . Not a novel is published in which the tyranny of the men acainst the fair sex is invdighed against , but she must r&ad it If she have -cot her -will in all theae things , she becomes listless and sullen—looks pale and eats nothing ( at least when " dear chuck" 1 b by )— -ia pronounced by the pbyaician to be in a decline—and the poor hapless wight of a ba&batd iB forced , to taka hei off to Bath or Cheltennant tfcat she may drink tha w « . ter « i" ot -r- ——— Too late , alas t he flnda out bis mistake , and perceives that ia " looking" so very long " before he leapt , " he has been guilty of greater folly than they who lea . pt without looking , ' : Such are two-thirds of Uie Old Bachelors . * . : * ' : -.. ; ; - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : " ;¦ . - ¦ ¦ ' '* - .: ' : '¦ ¦ - . - Q . v . K ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct885/page/3/