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      EYX 2 S 3 TOR CHABTIST CAMP MEETINGS . MO . II . ewafc are thy irorkB , 0 Ctod of all , And they « e wondrous in our Bight ; Tie ocean wide , each rolling orb , Attests thy glory , poorer , and might A mantle rich bath thus spread roaafl , The lovely srodd thon gar * t to man ; Its T&UeyB fair , its BtrejUM , its glades , Show fortb the goodness of thy plan J Bat , Ohl most Mighty Lord of HottsI We pine amidst thy bonntiea free ; On every hand are vice and pride , . And -we must bend to them the knee . Oar vrires , oar cafldren cry for food , While plenty crowns the bad man's board , Oar cries , oar " plaints , are laogh'd to scorn , Onr tyrants point us to the STroxd . Lord , thou art good—ean ' st than * se sin , And -rice , and pride , usurp thy place ? - Send down , O Lord ! thy thunderbolts , And 1 > l » Bt the mockers of thy face . ' ¦ ~ ¦ ' F .

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      -w . THOMAS MACQFEEN'S FAREWELL TO BRITAIN . I > sfii Ida ! 1 flrswa'd not twenty years ago , That J should wander on a stranger laud ; I dream'd not that tea fond , fond filial gloom , That bound my seal to thy bold ragged strand , Should dim and darken "neata the withering wand Of despot poverty , whose rancour sens , And blights , and hatchets , -with unshrinking hand—? SU * ping in bitterness , and burning tear * , Tbe friendships , hopes , and lores of more than twenty years . Ne sorrow wrung my guiltless bosom then , Ifor gloora'd my brow , * neath griefs unhallow'd thrall ; -Presb pleasures rose an every bill and glen : — Bnt ah 1 those bright things disappeared , as fall The leaves of Autumn , one by one , till all

      - Were sank in deathlike darkness ; and anon The heart that loved them , bleeding o ' er the pall Of periah'd pleasures , sliiver'd forth a groan , Ana seemed to darken , too , as tho' it lived alone . Tbj eons , mj native Isle , were gay and glad , And than wert naira Lord of the free and brave I " SEhou bre&tkist now of faction , feud and fraud The heartless home of sycophant and slave ! Thy boasted flag , that proudly wont to ware , As emblem of the free , is justly hurPd From freedom ' s tower , to flip o ' er freedom's grave , For bondsmen groan where ' er that flag ' s unfurl'd . And thon xrt all wheres haira , "The life-curse ei the world !" While common beasts , that serve their Lard ; are fed , And lodg'd and car'd for , proud immortals must First beg for wort , then beg stain for breaa ,

      Ana toil , and sweat , and gnaw the bitter crosfclicking the band teat grinds them to the dust 1 TitUB famine-featarM millions crawl the soil , Hidst pamper'd . lnxury , and bloated lust—For mere existence willing atill to toil — Tot , shivering , die of want , on thsir own wealth-gorg'd Me . And the sounds of bon ^ ag'd misery are heard ; The tyrant trembles not ; his men of blood , Poor trampled serfs , wbomnrder for reward , Can grre their friends cold sabre blades lOI lo ^ fl , And the . streams of sympathy , as if suMued " By one gold-grasping mania , stand still ; And each one ' s soul , in selfish solitude , Grows , like an anchorite , benumb'd and chill , Without one drop of balm to sweeten ovhers * ill .

      I go , my natiTe Isle ! I leave thy shore in grief and poTerty ; the filial fire Burns dimly , and can revive no more ; And yet I leave thee not in fretful ire . 3 35 s true I quail to see stanr'd man expire 'Midst greater wealth than e'er the world has known ; Tea , wealth tenfold beyond all dne desire ; Yet , jrdii i bear thy famisb / d children groan , And feel , « think i feel , t 3 itse cMlaren All my own 1 But oh ! whate ' er my fate where ' er I roam , A silent Toice will whisper in my ear , With all thy faults , thon wert , thoa art my home—The sacred sanetciry of all tbiX ' s dear ; T £ e haunts , the scents ¦ w hich memory mnst revere ; The "bright bless'd hours of boyhood ' s bnojant glee ; All . all of lore that ' s lovelv and sincere ?

      The fey , few friends that still were friends to me—These ail , my natiTe land I are yet a part of tiee . I 3 ove thy very dust ; in it are Jaid The household fnaada , that led me on life ' s way ; I loTe their ashes , and have oftso paid A tearful tribute to tie . serseless clay , * Tis EUpareUtion ! call it so—it may j Bat well I wot , it shrinks not from a name ; Tis ¦ nature's " secret homage to decay , It s krws o'er prince and peasant ' s grave the same ; 2 for wcnld I wish " the soul that cannot feel the flame . Farewell , dear Isle ! full many a hsrji has rung This doleful note , this mElarcfeoly knell ; The boldest minstrel that has ever sung . In g-ritf poux'd fenh bis plaintive " Fare-thee-well But bardB , in melody , like wbird's spell ,

      t The m € ra dull sounds of sorrow may express j Bat ah ! adieus and farewells cannot tell The £ eep dark dkroal horrors of distress—The besom-blighting pasg—the parting bitterness ! Fare-s-eH l I use , I mnst nse fashion's forms ; The feeling lives to breathe itself in sigha ; 1 It will survive all coining calms and bu > iiom , Till every other cherish'd feeling dies . Let weal oi wo « await my next emprise , Or gloomy grief , or mirth and revelry—Tfeath winder ' s scowj , or summer's sunny skies—WMlememTy seeks the past my thoughts mnsi be Xile injur'd , restless ghoBta , still wandering over thee ! Thomas Macqcjesx . Bsrris , Sin 3 tlarch , 1842 .

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      IiTiSDS . —Assattlt . —Last week , a charge of assault tvas preferred before the magistrates , ac the Court House , by a Mrs . Bron ^ htoa , against Thomas BroHghton and Ann BronghtOD . Tfie defendant , Thomas Broughtcn , who fpsides in Hirst ' s Yard , Erigga : e , is a mui of small dimensions , but double his s-ze in pugnacity and self-eoncfcil , and ia husband to complainant . Ann Broughion 13 an immaculate Bister of Thomas's . A . third person in the defence , as witness , is another Broughton , the Goliath of the family group , ¦ who , though not an exact personal fac-simile of its smaller members , is yet an amalgamation of pride , self-sufficiency , and arro > : aii&e , fui } j conscious of superior intellectual endowments , the only hinderauce to the development of which 'being

      the thickness of the skull in -which they are encased He , however , prored thai he was possessed of an nndeviating consistency , neTer once failing to say , — B , " to eTeryihing advanced by the opposition in &b affirmative . The charge of assault which was stated to have been committed at the house of the plaim . "ff , on Tuesday last , was sustained by the testimony of several neighbours . It appeared that on ihe day jnsc mentioned , a letter had been received in the defendant ' s family from a brother in Ireland and that Ann Broughlon , the female defendant , went to her brother ' s bouse , in Hirst ' s Yard , re specting aa answer . Having previously been the sonrce of repeated quarrels between Mrs . Broughton , and the male defendant , the plaintiff made some demur

      » t her presence for which she received s severe beating from her husband . Mrs . Bronghton , howerer , uiriinatelv succeeded in getting Ann into the jasd , / when the latter seizsu her by the hair of her beadj and another drubbing was given to Mrs . Bronghton , her husband eficiating a 3 second to Mb sister , exciting by every means his favourite jragflist to vigorcu 3 action , and exclaiming in extaticjoy , Laj into her ; it will be a greater trait to me than to witness the Gala at the Zoological Gardens . " The affray , however , was at last put an end to by the interference of some of thencighbours , some of -whom appeared as complainant ' s witnesses . On the bench asking what was complainant ' s wish respecting Ann Brouehton ? she replied , "I merely ¦ wish her to keep away from mv hcuse . Whose Jiobss ! " agniucantly interrogated her hvuband . B H

      My house" was the reply . I say , "—voeiforated the husband , at the same time giving a smart crack "with his finger , and a thundering blow upon the table vritT his clenched fist , — " I say— my house ! " — &ns establishing an important difference between tight and wrong . Ann Bronghton was then ordered to pay the costs , oh complacently promising to keep away from her brother ' s house in future . Thomas Brcnghton was ordered to find sureties to keep the S ** ee -towards his wife , which , * sitL characteristic ^ J ^ citj , he promptly refused ,, when he was Wuered into the prisoner ' s dock * where he had the al ternative of compliance or commitment to the JiOBSe of . Correction , h ^ mspuniBiity of soul soon BoWfcTer , shrunk to something like the . eizs which B&rare intended it eoould be—toioorrespoadenoe With his personal ttature ^ -and lie " entered into the requisite arrangements for his liberation .

      Fiowbb Show . — -The ieeds Old Florist Sooietj Iield their annual show of carnations and picotees a * ti » Boose of Mr . Rogers , Rose Bud Inn , itonndiay-wad , on Monday last . The judges were Mr . Dobbings , and Mr . Rogers . Tae room was most teaufifnily decorated with plants and evergreensi » J Mr . Rogers and Mr . Bradley , and the prizes were awarded to Mr . Benton , Mr . Stephenson , Mr . Bttdley , Mr . Birkby , Mr . Mnchell , Mr . Wright , Mdotfiers .

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      Assault . —On Monday last a young man named Thomas Bilks . wa 3 brought np at the Court House , on a charge of having , on Saturday night , committed a -violent assault npon a female named Emma Crowther . The complainant , it appeared , had been on a visit to some friends at Bradford , from which place she was returning home to her parents at Ntw Road End , Leeds , on Saturday night ; having missed the coach she set off to walk , and the prisoner coming bp with a cart , she asked him to allow her ¦ to ride . He did so , and after" stopping at two or three places on the road to get beer , when near Annley he proceeded to take liberties with the girl , and in pulling her about tore her dress . She , however , succeeded in getting out of the cart , and a woman being near she fled to her for protection , and told her whit the prisoner had done . She then got a man to see her home , and the prisoner was apprehended on Sunday . He was fined £ 3 and costs , or two months imprisonment .

      Horsb Stealing . —On Monday last , & labouring man named Richard Kay , underwent an examination before John Gott , Esq ., one of the West , Riding magistrates , at Leeds Court House , on a charge of having stolen a bay mare , the property of Mr . Wo Thompson , of Harrogate . The prisoner was apprehended by Policeman Whitehead , on the Saturday morning previous , and by his activity and vigilance the mare in question was recovered , and traced to her owner , as well as a bay hor 3 e the property of Mr . John Kirk , of Givendale , which had also been stolen . It appeared that the prisoner came to Leeds on the Tuesday previous , vmh the bay horse , which he had stolen during Monday night , and after telling a very plausible story , succeeded in exchanging this

      horse with ilr . Gharle 3 Cowburn , hay-dealer , Eaststreet , for a mare , the prisoner receiving a sovereign to boot . This mare , after saying that he wanted her for his own use , he afterwards sold in LeedB market , aHd , it would appear , afterwards spentinogi of the money in no very creditable manner . Hb , however , left Leeds , and on Saturday morning returned with Mr . Thompson's mare , which he had stolen from Harrowgate Stray during the night , and which he also took to Cowburn ' s , and oflvred her for sale , at a figure apparently below her value . This came to Whitehead ' s ears , and he went and took

      him into enstody , charging him at the . time with having stolen the animal . The latter case eiily _ was gone into , and on this charge the magistrate decided on sending the prisoner for trial at the West Riding sessions . We understand , however , that a bill for stealing Mr . Kirk ' s horse will be laid before the grand jury at York Assizes , and that an habeas will be . applied for to remove the prisoner there for lrial on fiat cha ^ e . The prisoner is well known in the neighbourhood of Harrogate , Ripon , &o . He is a very stout man , and we believe lived for several years with Mr . Maynard , of Marton-leMoor .

      Ths " Royal Mics" again . —On Saturday last , / onr young- men , who gave their names and addresses Thomas Princa , bookbinder , Coronation-street , Joseph Walker , cabinet-maker , Mill Hill , Henry Gavins , machine-ruler , Back Roctfingham-street , and Joseph Waring , dyer , Billet-street , were brought before the magistrates at the Court House , the first named charged with having " wallopped one Of the Charlies , " and the three latter with attempting to rescue him when he had been tak- ^ n into custody . The parties , it appeared , were " vat on a spree , " and having become pretty weir primed , were up to the mark , and as "Royal Mica" ought to do , refused to be quiet when told to be so , declaring their own independence , and their determination to " do as they liked , " not only with themselves , but with other people ' s property . They were fined 20 s . each and costs , which was paid .

      Resbtsg Hkj Roosts . —On Monday last , a man n&med John Cludcray , whose reported offences are neither few nor far between , was brought before the magiatrates as the Cour * House , charged with having been found on Sunday morning in the hen roost at Mr . Iredale's maUkiln , on the Dowsbury Road , with intent to commit a felony . A Bervant man , when he went to look after the horses , heard a noise , and discovered the prisoner attempting to hide himself , who , when he desired him to came , as he was waiting for him , very coolly told him there were two- more lads making their escape over tho walJ , and he had belter go and take thrm , and he would wait in the stable until be came back . The man , however , thought one iu the hand wonh two in the bush , and secured him . The place had been forcibly entered , bat no poultry was mi ? sing . He was committed as a rogue and vagabond for three months .

      Gardes Robbery . —On Monday last , a man named s Joseph Green . yood , was brough ' . up at the Court I House charged wilh having been found in the garden | of Mr . Ellis , of Armlcy , along wuh three or four ' others , at an early hour on Sunday morning . In [ consequence of frequent deprecations , Mr . Ellis bad j set a man to watch his properly , and about Your I o ' clock he came up with the prisoner and his com-. p \ nion 3 ; the otnsrsgot away , but Greenwood , after ; assaulting the watchman was secured . There was j no property missed ; the Magistrate-, therefore , ¦ fined htm £ 3 and c-.-sts for the assatslt , and in default | of payment committed him for two months to Wake-! field House of Correction .

      Death bt Drowmng . —On Monday evening , an inquest was held at the hoa > e ef Mr . W ' m . Sanderson , the Fo-ntiin Ii . n , Brid « e-fout , beiure John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mr . Joseph Stephenson , who was taken out of the river Aire the ssme morning , soon after six o'clock . The dtecastd was thirty years of ane ; . he has been for a number of years clerk with Messrs . J . and H . Richardson , solicitors , aad was highly respected . There was no evidence at all U > show how he got into the water . The last time he was known to have been setn alive was about a quarter past twelve on Snnday night * wb ^ n he was leaving the Bull and Sun Inn , in High Court-lane , from which place he walked with one of toe

      watchmen to the end of the Calls . He was at that time § pber , indeed he had had very little to drink , and had been during the evening very full of spirits , and seemed as cheerful as any person conld be . The end of the Calls , however , terminating the watchman ' s beat" in that direction , he bade him " good night , " and Mr . S ephenson , after asking the man if he was going no farther , turned back , and proceeded alone along the Calls , the watchman then losing sight of him . From this period he is not known w have been seen , nor iu it clear at what hour he got imo the water ; his vraxch , which he had in his- wai ? tcoat pocket , had fctopped at half-past two , but as the cases are very tight it might have gone some time afier he bad got in . He must , however , have proceeded the whole length of Call-lane , and over Leeds Bridge , the body bemg

      found above the bridge ; a hat and waiSTDg stick were found by the watchman on that beat at four o ' clock in the morning , on the parapet adjoining the river , and only a ftw feet from tho place where the deceased was taken out j these -were identified as his , and their being found led to a search berag made . The water W 3 ll or parapet , is at this place six feet above the level of the river , and is fenced off by strong posts and rail ? , the rails being double except one length next the corner , where the top rail only goes across , eo that it seems almost impossible to suppose that he could have fallen in , and there is an entire absence of motive for seli ' -desiracuoa ; the affair i 3 involved in mystery . "Under these crrcum-8 iacnss the jury returned a verdict of '' Found frowned , without any marks of violence , but how the deceased came into the water there is no evidence to show . "

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      On Thihisbat the mortal remains of the Duke of Orlean 3 were committed on the sepulchral vault of his family at Drtnx . On Wedesday much excitement was caused at Lambeth in consequence of t : e fall of part of the walls of two houses , situate in Lambeth-walk , at the corner of King-street , by wh ; ch John Brows , a little boy about five years of age , nearly lost his . ife . The houses have been uninhabited fox upwards ol two years , in consequence of tneir dilapidated condition . New Zealand . —The emigrant ship Bombay sailed from Graves 6 nd on Monday for Nelson , one of the settlements of the New Zealand Company , by whom she was chartered . She carries out nearly ISO passengers , chit fly artisans and agricultural labourers .

      The avticfs from the Worcester hop districts speak generally of improvement in the plan : itions ; and it was Eupposed another -week or two of warm weather would secure about an avtragecrop . - ¦ Duty backed at £ 13 . 000 , the highest yet quoted . Tho advices from other districts concur with these . Sovereign Remedies . —For tho gout , toast and water ; hooping-cough , ipecacuanha ; bile , exercise ; corns , easy shoes ; blue dtvils , employment ; rheumatism , new flannel and patience ; toothache , extraction ; debt , retrenchment ; and for love , matrimony . - NorrnfGHAM Ei-ectiox . —The returning officer made the official declaration on Saturday . The nnrabera were announced to be—for Mr . Walter , 1885 ; for Mr . Sturge , 1801 ; majority , 84 . :

      Suicide of Db . Bsewster— This gentleman , who resided at ^ rTrafalgar ; streel , Walworth , on Thursday morning terminated his existence by cutting his throat He had for some time been suffering much from an attack , of the goat , and his . mind had occasionally been affected by the severity of the disease . A VJAJmrrof massive Bilver sacramental plate , which . U supposed to have been concealed since the period fif the civil wars in the seventeenth ; century ,, has just been discovered at Norfolk house by the workmen employed in embellishing that mansion .

      Thb Agrjcuxiural and Horticu ltural Society of Bombay have resolved hereafter to print thei * transactions in England ; the state of the typographic -tat inBombaylttngBuohthat it is supposed they . will be received out overland cheaper , and in less time , than if got up there . - The Geographical Society , Medical Society , and Asiatic Society , each publish their transactions quarterly ; and it seems probable they may shortly be induced to print them at novas .

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      — - ~ - ¦ - - - | - ¦ —«~— -e ^ The Oyster Season . —The pale of ' . oysters . - " commenced * at BiiliHgBgate on Thursday at noon , in accordance with * a regulation of the corporation of London , altering the perkd of commencing the oyster season from twelve at night on the 4 th to the hour of twelve at noon . - Fock Men Dsowned . —Lbkwick , July 25 .---Another boat , while engaged m fishing , has been unfortunately IoBt , with four men—viz . Alexander Barclay , David Barclay . Robert Moncrieff , and Hugh Poleson . David Barclay was the son of Alexander Barolay . :

      Belpast . —A new writ has been issued for this borough ; the election is not expected to take place till Monday the 15 . h . On the Liberal side , Mr . Ross , of RoBstrevor , has addressed the electors , and it is said that Mr . Shafto Ad air will also come forward . Mr . Emerson Tennent , and Lord Hamilton Chichester , have iEsued their addresses on the Tory side . The Final Examination of Richard Hanlcy , Sarah Ann Hunt , and Richard Gifford , oharged with being concerned , either as' principals or receivers , in a large number of robberies involving property to an enormous amount , took place on Monday at Mariborough-street . Twelve complete cases out of twenty-one were fully taken against the prisoners , upon all of which they stood committed .

      Mobe Phtsical For . CE —The ^ imirality have ordered Mr . Ohvtr Lang , master ship-wrlnht of the Woolwich Dockyard , to submit a plan of a Steamvessel of 1 650 tons burden 4 and suitable for engines of 800 horse power , with a crev ? of 300 men . The largest first-class steam-frigates at present do not exceed above 1 , 000 tons , and 460 horsepower . A mehican Pobk . —We have just been informed that one of our merchants i Mr . Todhunter , we believe ) is now landing on our quays , and disposing of veTj freely , a large quantity of American pork , at 30 s . per barrel , equivalent to about 2 d . per pound . As regards quality , wo may venture our assertion it is of a very superior descriptioa . —Dublin Evening Post .

      The Rev . Mr . Drummonjj , of the Chapel Royal , Brighton , at the close of the services thereon Sunday last , gave Vne Tinusual intimation to hib congregation that there were two notorious pickpockets in the chapel , and all eyes were at once turned to two well dressed strang ^ r ^ in the m ddle aisle , who were followed to their cab , an < i surrounded by several hundred persons . On the grangers ir . quiring the cause of this , they were told rhey wwre the parties pointed out as pickpockets . One of them , however , proved to be a clerjiiman of Burion-on-Humber , and the other , a fellow of St . John 8 . The matter has been since explained ; and has passed off as a mistake .

      Mr . StewaR t , farmer at Tully ] umb , Perthshire , had a hen which died last wtek at the advanced age of 35 years . It had lived with him seven years at Tilllylumb ; previous to that it was in the possession of a person m Perth for eight years , who received it as a present from a wom : ui thai had it in her possession for 20 years ^ It is ca ^ ouared that the hen for 33 y « ars laid , for nine mouths in the year , an egg every day . giviD ^ a gra nd u . ' -al of 8 910 ejfg 6 , or 742 dozens , which , at 6 J . oer d < 2 en , is £ 18-lls . . The hen was jtiven by tho woman on the condition that it never would be kiilid , and from the kinduefcs shown to it , was a pet with the family .

      Flood at Csevitos — On Wednesday afternoon , an an-ful storm of thunder and lightning passed over apart cf thn parish , ;; nd a water . spout , of very great length , burst , inundating the fields and roads to an extent never before r ^ m ^ mbered ; and , in one or two instances clearing whole fields of the shocks of corn . The li'tle tr . reuni at Moorlafce was SWOlieil to a larye and rapid river , and rendered completely impaspab ! e , wa .-hing bwuy a fine bridga recently erected ov , r it , whicn many thought was a waste of

      the parochial finance ? , the stream bcintr so insigniflcaiit . Near the B .: rnst . np e-cross turnpike , at the head of a large fi- !« ., several yards of" the hefige were . wh ^ Jk d arrf-w the road , which was thereby rendered rapas-able for thosa on foot , and the road appeared as i' tt . e he < ig >' - had been across it for several y ^ ars , doia the Hushes remaining with tho e . irth . A / house near M \> orlak '< 5 ' was-swept clean off . The rain < Ji > cot « xi > iaii to the eastern parts of the town , round which the operations of harvest were go ; n « on all day — Western Times .

      Dublin . —Dfath fkom alleged Starvation . -- An inque . - -t was held on . V ] . n-iav , by Sir N , Brady , at No . 6 . \ l urea ! ey . on vinw 'f the body of a child who wa = sur > po :- > d io have bcih starved to death by his father , D < ini " l Cunmins . Wm Loech , a pdljce Constable , h : ivn . g n .-ci'ivi d iiifoyaiatinn on Saturday , that a chiifl liaci d > ed o' starvation' from neglect by its father , he proc ^^< » -d <> the house , where he found the body of a f * malu chiiu ^ a ^ ed about threu ' . years , lyinj ; dead in a corner of the room . It appeared that th < : crrlri ' s fa ; her was in the habit . of going- out in the evening and not rtiurnins ; until late , during which time he left tho child alone in the room . Tho appearance of . tha . b . ody wasappalliaxintheextreuK * -, ic wa-i ' niithiuK more ihau skm and bone , The verdict of the jury was to the effect that the child died from neglect and waut of care . The child ' s father was cowmited for trial at the next Commirieion for the wilful Piarva'ion of hi : i child .

      Shocking iNHrM . vNiTY . —On Wodi csdaytheattentioii of the authors t > in Gurbals was directed to a revolting case o : cru < 1 y on the person of Mrd Cassels , a niairied woman ,-iu Ci > burg-s . tr \ . ' et . From the cirpum- « tai ! ces that have tran » p . re < l it would appear that tiie womau in q : cs- ; o'i , who is of imbecile mind , a \ 'd deprived of the p-j- ^ cr of nearly the wbole of ope side by paralyn ^ w as d'Si'ovt .-rcd in hf'r owa house lock , d up in a press about three and a-hu . f feet in ifiigth by two and a-iaif f .-ot , -broad-, where sho had bseu confined for m «> ntns ia a wretched state of filth and nakedness , a \> Tvy to vermin and all the horrors of a ca ^ e-i » xir-t « 'nce , the door bfing "opened only when food was b . ing furnished -her . The bottom of the pr-= ss enn ' uint d seme straw , on which

      the poor wretofi fonTd coinnvo to sit ; but the limits within which she was confined were so small that there wa ^ not th * slightest po ? 9 ibili : y of her stretching herself or extending her limbs for the pu * pose of repose . When dra ^ ei out by Captim Richardson the specaele iV de-crib A as truly horrifying . TUq pcor creature , barely covered with a phirt or looso garment , her litnba comrinted , aHd her person emac atpd and covered w-jfh fiith , could scarcely be handled , from the dis-susting stench in which she was enveloped . The d " en l'self couid scarcely bear inspection . Aft-, r what has been srated . it will scarcely be believed that this female is in the house of her husband . H >; is at , present temporarily absent

      from , the ei y , and therefore no explanaiion «•{' . the shocking circumstances w ! : if ; h have been brought to light . have be-m received from his niouih . ' The app ^ -ara ^ ce of ' th receive proper p > cuiiiary suppliffl ior the purposes of housekeeping . The husbai-d , for who ^ e apprchen'iua m ^ aauies are in pro er « "S 3 , foliowr th « tra . i « i > r . a sawyer , and has hioheno bonie a most resptctabia character . —— Glasgow Chronicle .

      Distress in MaXCHi : stek . —We havf ju = t received a Iiule paajphlft , fnut . " . a ¦ ' tvi ' . lerjco ( abularand <> fc- crwift ) < a' the tiiitte ^ r the Labouring Clusses in 1840 42 . By Joseph A-lshtad . " _ We have neither lime nor s-pace for ' urgv extracts in our present , publication , but we may £ * to . * few of the fcanul Jacts h exhibits . The rAu •« fit- 'd rais-d by voluntary « ub ; cripuou , ' iu 1840 , £ 3 732 7 s . 6 J , was expended ia baddtn ' g and cloihiuj / , w . in which 1 U . 132 lamilifH ( . > ay 4 a 591 persons were : iinved in iwentj-ionr days , and there remai * u- 'i upward *} of 2 , 1 ) 00 ! amili ° B unrelieved fir w-j- \ r . o ' i ninda . ¦ Oi the 45 , 491 individual * , G !) 73 were hand ' o > m weavers ; 38 613 of van-us wrcunatioLS ; 25792 were En >; h * n : ' and-thu orncr 10 799 ( . ib . iir , tour

      ninths ) Irish . The nuoiber me udea 16 900 ' children under , and 9 , 030 chilor . n above , tw < : lvo years ot Ht : e . Of iho numbur , 2 . 040 families , comprising 9 . 175 persons ( upwards of one fifth o ? tho tvholi' ) lived in cellars mo > llv damp-and wnhoui ventilation Another examination g- 2 000 families gave- an averatro toiai income oi' 1- ; . 2 ^ . 1 . per h e ^ d per week for 8 , 866 persons , or 2 000 latu'lies a » S-. 3 J-. per week , ' in whoso ¦ posso * sioii « -tre sem i ? 2 , 4 J 7 pawji tickets ( more than twenty-two in a f . nu *; y on the average ) , the amonnc of ar-iclea plci ^ - 'd beiii 4 £ 2 . 780 14 s . 4 i . ( in avera ' itc valuu short o ! 2- * . 6 d . p < r pav * n ticket ) Another ex lminaiion of 5 OoOtamili ^ ) 8 , 136 per 3 ou .- ) , bj theajif uts oi the town inis-ioii , t ; ifve tbf averajfe < aruings or 1 . 6 * ! p » r head weekly , or

      6- 3 } d per fatniiv ; and tho amount of ' pledt > etr ( ilt this case tne number of p ^ wn tickets is not ^ ivcit ) was £ 2 , 135 10 s lOd . . Tiie relit f comuuittee r *? - * deptned arvicles from plecgo to tho extcLt oi £ 139 19 s ll ^ d at rhe following avtra ^ e amount for each article : 606 sheets , at Is Id fach ; 311 blankets , ai ' 2 s 8 i ; 208 bed quilt ? , ai Is 4 ^ d ; 51 be <> 'ick * 9 , at 3 s Id ; 477 pettiootts v . n < i fehii ;> , " at 9 ^ d ; 2 S 4 shine , at Is Id ; besides other articles of appar > 'i , be . ddnic , &c . A geatleman vbiwa , in 1841 , 268 faiuilie * ( 1 , 029 persons ) , mostiy v savers , whoou agerc ^ aie weekly earnint ^ s weire £ 32 5 s or less th& n 7 ^ J per head perweek . In 1842 , 8 , 072 ' amilies were ' reiie-vtd with jes , 029 153 lid , " the Princts of WsWsiund . " B ^ ideathis , about , £ 2 , 500 h » va been contributed to the soap charity , a « d . ir < . a 2 , 000 to 3 , 000 pereohs

      have been daily supplied with soup ior the last three or foa / months . The parochial expenditure , on account of th « poor , in 1838-9 , was £ 28 , 304 ; in 1841-2 ,: £ 40 , 777 ; the voluntary ' contributions in 1839 . 40 , were ^ £ 3 , 732 ; in 2841 > 2 ,- £ 5 , 529 ; together ^ 9 , 261 } and the poore ' -rate ; ahd toiuiitary oontributiona together exhibit an aggregate increase of relief afforded of . 63 i per cent- since ] 839 . —viz ., from .. £ 28 , 304 to £ 46 307 . 200 provision dealers , neliin / j on credit , had lost £ 23 , 664 in three years ; and . 50 shopkeepers in Saliora had their receipts diminished . irom £ 197 . 700 in 1839 ,. to £ 130 , 100 in 1841 ; . - ' » difffcrence ot' £ 67 , Gi ; 0 ., or a decrease of £ 1 , 300 per week . This -work luruiBhos a startling contribution to the statiatics of distress .... MontA « jier Guardian .

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      __ Affohahistan . —It appears by letters received ™ om Jh * neat of war , ( and and the report is comtirmed by the publio prints , ) that the disasters sustained by the British troops , arose from tho circumdtauceoi Genera ) Elphinstone being so ill from a wound and this goat , that he was unable to take active measures . In this case wo have not only to deplore ^ the Joss . - ' . of national glory * , but aieo the melancholy probability that thousands of our countrjmen bave fallen by the sword , in ( jonseqiienoe of the GommaQder-in-Chlef being afflicted with d \ sease . . It is ' easy to eonceive what horrors , might nave been avoided , had ^ the general ^^ been provided SJ ir % St «* teBt of all discoverieB in medicine , B / air ' s Grout and Rheumatic fills , which are the only certain remedy for that awl uJ visitation .

      T ^ b ; Bitk-r Bit . —Few perhaps who are not well acquainted with the habits and power of the weasel , will credit what we are about to relate ; though it is notthe / -Oniy similar instance that has : jcometo oar knowledge . A short time ago a gentleman , whilst u n a . journey in : tbe neighbourhood of ilandrindod , observed a kite hovering near the ground w'itbin ' .: a distance of fifty yards from hina | he BtOppjed , apd saw mm pounce / uppii hia prey j : lie then began to ascend to that measureless distance which seems to be' his pride tipoti , a hot day ; he'lia'd ' nbtjhpwover , left terra firma but a few feeconds till he began to

      quarrel with his bargain , he seemed as it were endeavouring to mend his hold ; at length , haying ascended to a distance almost beyond the ken of the eye , he fell like a stone dead to tfiogtound . Our informant Immediately ran towards the spot , and to his great surprise saw a little weasel leave the body ol ^ the wird , and make leisurely away ; upon examining the kite , he found a wound upon the neck , which was the cause of his death , and the question seems to be- ^ -did the w : casiBl disentangle himself from the bird ' s claws , and ride COmfOTtabiy upon " 'hia back till he effected his rcBtoratioa to his QWa ' i ? le " nient ?—Herefordpaper ; i ' ::

      Andover Union . —A Heavt Penai . ty . —At the meeting of the g-uardians held iat the board * r 6 om on Saturday , July 9 , the report of the accountant employed to investigate the union accounts , in consequence of the r < - cent embezzlements committed by Mr . Maude , was laiii before the board by the Assistant Commissioner , showing a deficiency of £ 1 , 338 , 133 . 3 Jd ., and which sum Mr . Lamb stated his intention of repaying to the guardians , as he eoold not suffer the union to sustain any loss through the misconrluot of ek clerk who ha : d repTesented him at that board upon whioh the following resolution

      was unanimously agreed to by the Roardiarisj-and directed to be enterad on the mi utes of their proceedings t- ^' Upon the motion of Mr . Parker , Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , Becohded by the chairman , it was resolved , that in the opinion of this board the conduct of Mr . Lamb , in stating his intention to reinnburse 'thp board or" guardians the Bum of £ 1 , 338 , 13 ^ . 3 ^ d ., Of which the union had been defrauded by Mr . Maude ^ is honourable , to his character in the highest decree . " The above sum has been since paid by Mr . Lamb into the bands ef the treasurer to the account of the union . —Salisbury Herald .

      Limerick . —Determtned Suicide of a Soldieu of the Royal Hobse Artulery . —Sunday -laStj the neighbourhood of the Artillery Barracks was thrown into excitement by a rumour having gone abroad that a private of the Royal Horse Artillery had committed suicide ^ by blowing off the roof of his head with , a loaded pistoV which turned out to be true . It appears from the evideniBe tttken before an inquisition , held the same day , by Sir Richard Franklin and Mr . Crips , that the deceased , whose name : was Rein art Wilkinson ^ aped tWenty-fWO years , one of the finest young men in the troop , had entertained , for a , long time deep affection for Mary Wilkinson , a servant of one of tho officers . The

      fliBJe , it further appeared , was not ¦ mutual ; Wilkiuson continued tp pay his a ^ ddressep , but they were sli g hted . He became reservod aad gloomy j tiie " fair one , " however , was obdurate . On Sunday morning ^ for the last time , he renewed his plaint befpro his inamorata , but she still refused . He then wrote a letter , couched in themost affectionate terms , enclosed a lock of hair , and having dre ? sed himself in his regimentals , he deiibefately loaded a larj ? e horse pistol , applied it to his head , and literally plow out ilia brains . The jury let'jrned a verdict ., that "We find that the deceased put an end to his existence by firing ; a loaded pistol at his head whilst labouring under temporary insanity . " \ . '• ¦ " .. .. ' .

      AlauMino Explosion of Gas . —A Female sfrioustY' Burned . —Oh Tuctjtlay njght , a few miuutea before nine o ' clock , an alarming explosion of gas occurred in the ' lower workshop of Mr . Michelesew , a carver and gilder , residing in East-street i Mau ^ chcstir-fquare , which had nearly been attended with fatal consequences to Mm . M . It appears that thvre was a-strong smell of gas at the lower par !; of tho house , and Mm . M . imprudently took a lighted can rlo in her hand for the purpose of asoerraviiiiig from whence it arose . On opening the back kitchen door ; which had been converted into a workshop , tho escaped gas from a small aperture in the pipe ignited , setting her cap , hair , arid upper part of her dress on fire . She ran out of the room screaming for assistance . Several persons hastened to her , and BUcceeGed in extingiushihff the flames , but not before she was dreadfully burnt about the face , head , and neck . ' . ' - ¦ - . '"" . , * . . * ' ; ...

      Fatal Railway AccidfiNT . —On Thursday afternoon an accident ocouired in the tunnel used by the passengers at the Liverpool rcrminus of the Liver ? pool a-jd Manchester line . The quarter to five o ' clock train from Liverpool io Manchester had started with its usual punctuality , and owing to one of the sheets on the top of the carriages not being properl y pecured , a porttinamed Connor , in thcconipany's fervice , rema ned oh the top of one of tho carriages for the purpose of adjusting it . Before he had finished his job , the train was in full motion , but unfortunately , as it is to bo hoped , contrary to his

      instructions , he attempted to descend , and jumping from the ooacb , came with groat force against one of the carriages , of a second class train from Manchester descending the incline on the opposite line . He was thrown under the wheels of the accond carriagft , which passed over his body , as well as did the remainder of the train . One of the carriages was thrown off the line without * occasioning any mi . « chief [ , further than the stopping the train . Oi ? assistance being procured , Connor was found lying on the rails quite dead . His body was dreadfully umtiJittod .

      Singular Discovery of a Shark . —Captain Rowland , belou # in # to the brig Anglesaa , from Rio . Janeiro for Antwerp , which arrived off Dover on Wednesday " laf-t . reports that on the 24 th of last montiv , in Iat . 53 47 . "long . 10 10 W ., he came up with the wreck of a vessel apparently ab . yut 500 tons burden , and of American build . 'l"he weather being favourable , he , together with several of the crow , boarded her ior the purpose of ascertaining her namft . On rcachiuu her deck , they were startled by

      a loud Fpla-hiug" iu the hold , when , upon taking off he ha'chwayj they ^ discovered an enormous shark en'an ^ led amongst the beani 9 of the ship ' s boVtom , which had been carried away ; on seeing them it made a desperato dart at one of the creyir , who luckily fell back upun the deck and escaped . After coiipiderablediflieulfy , they managed to kill the monster , and haul it out of the wreck on board tlusir vessel . It measured twenty feet in length s and was of a very great weight . The name of the wreck was not learned , on account of the stern being gone *

      Extraordinary Whirlwind ;—The vicinity of Haiiiela t > ruad Oak , Essex , was ou Friday visited by one of thesa singular a « d destructive phenomena . Uappily its tS . cia were confined to a oomparatively limited space , yit the damage done to property in its course is-very considerable . It alighted on a farm called Ware Farou in the occupation of Mr . Speller , Hatfieid Broad Oak . and patsed immediatel y across the homestead , producingaad havoc among the oiitbuiiiiiufts and ricks . It appears thai- Mr . Speller wag from home at . the time ( about ten o ' clock at uigtit ) , and hii housekeeper and Bervants were awaiting his return . The first indication of the approacii of the whirlwind was an unusual noise , which produced a gv * at deal of alarm among the

      ii / mi . te 8 , who , hearins ! the DiteoushoWlinff o' the yard aut , veuiured to look out of tlio door , in order to asccrram the cause , vvaeu they saw the ttiatch and almost iheeiitire roof Of the carthouse whirled into the air , and lhe whole of the materials of the shed scattered in all airections . They had ho S / oaer retreated to t ! iedwe ) ii ) i « -l ] ouse , vvhtm the thutchfromaveiy large barn wan forced a ^ auibt it , and at tlio same ; nifraent th « tiles from tiie root vfere nearly ; all-torn off , and maby of them ihrown to a great distance . It then parsed on io the stack-yard , and coming in _ contact with a recently-siaoked bay-rick , pulled it compleu-ly to p ; ect's , an l carried a great portion of it iiear . y half a mije across the fields ; and eo evenly was it spread , that it had the appeantnee of having fcten carVfuliy laid out to dry . The live stock on Die ftrm fortunately escaped , although Several trees around the pasiurts were torn np by the roots , and many of them thrown to the middle of the fieldB .

      The sianding crops also received but little damage , and iromthiE it is inferred that the power , of the w tiirlwjnd must have kept from three to four feet from the p- round . It is BOinewhat extraordinary thai the tiifecis * of * this unaccountable visitation shoBlti be boafinW to' one fafmj the 0 coiipants of neighbouring faifinaB baling heaird nothing of it till the following tfay . Thej » or '« J () g was found buried in the roina of the sbed > olos ^ to whio& no WaB chained , but was got out Without having sQBtained any itijary . The colditna < of wind ^ appearB . tOj nave taken a circuit , aaeevfiral trees in ito opposite direction Were either torn : up , or Btripped of their branoli . a . Where it firpt arose cannot be ascertained , but it passed off in a north-easterly direction from the farm , which fact was indicated byj the scattered hay / The noise produced is desor ^ ljed aS , being tewfio , and thei destruetipa of property ia very considerable . It is a singular f&at that the same spot has several times before suffered severely froa storms ; on one occasion nearly all the standing con was destroyed by tempest .

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      ExECDTiON at Tult . amorb . —Walter Wheelehan was on Friday executed at tHe front of the county gaol , in pursuance of the sentence passed upon him at the last issj-Res ,: for the cruel and uunatural murder of his wifi ? . ¦¦ - \ . * rV ' - ' . ¦ ¦ ' ''• ¦ : ^ - .: ¦; * Sausbury . —Supposed : Murdeb op two In-FANTS .- ^ -pn ThOTsrtay an inquest waa held in this cityy before Mr . Wilson , on the bodies of two « W 1-dren i twins , aged two yeirs , who were fonsid suffocated in a wash-tub , in the yard of a Ibdging-house i in Sfc . Anne's-street , kept by o person of the name of Brasher . ; The parents of the children are Irish of the lower order , and theif names ate ChaTiea Ester

      and Mary Ann Ester . From the examination of thewUnesses jt app ared that the children were found between one and two ofdock on the previous dayin the wash'tub ; and from its height and the difficulty , thev must have had to blimb it , suspioion of their haying been wilfully suffocated has arisen . The inquest after a Jong inrestigitioD , in ¦ which several witneeses were examined , and ^ amongst them two medical men of the city , were exammed , was adjourned by the Coroner ; in order that & pout mortem examination of the bodies of the children should be made . The mother has been takea into custody , bat not examined on the inqueati

      Present of a Li-puPOxiAK Horse to Heb MajEsrr ^ Windsor , Tuesday .- —A most extraordinary horse—perhaps the smallestin the world--arrived at the royal mews , in Sheot'Street , yesterday afternoon , by the Great Western railvvayi from town , as a present to her Majesty , from Java , ( in which island it was foaled ) , of the diminutive size of only twentyseven and a half inches in heighi—indeed not so tall as : many of the Newfoundland and other dogs belonging to her Majesty and Prince Albert . This extraordinary little animal , which is rising five years old , is '' . of a dark browni colour , weil formed , aad extremely quiet and playful .

      Visit of tiie Premier to JRoss-shibs/—We are informed that extensive preparationaare in progress at Redcastle , the seat of Colonel Etaillie , M . P ., in that county , in expectation of a visit from Sir B . ebt . Peel , immediately after the prorogation of Parliatneni . Sir Robert is passionately fond of Highland scenery , &nd at the Glasgow banqaet he spoke in terms of the warmest admiration ord short tonr he had when a , youth in the Western Highlands . There are differences of opinion here as" elsewhere , ai to the public character and conduct of Sir Robert Peel , but come when he may amongst us , he will receive a - " Highland welcome . "— -Scottish paper .

      The Ho . V ; HfiNRV Pktrb and nis lady , with their ^ servants , embarked on Monday , at Pprtstnouth , in the Thomas Sparkcs , bound for NowZjalahd . Mr . Petre was one of the first body of settlers who embarked in 183 J ) under the auspicps of the New Zoaland Coni pafly . ¦ : He visited England last y ear on private business ; and be now fulfils his original intention of becomiug a pfevmanent-.-eottler in Wellington , He calls at the Cape of Good Hope to purchase horses fcrWellington . Charge : of Bigamy against a CLERGYMANi—The Rev , Stephen A . ldhouae , late lecturer at Allhallows , in the ieity , has been committed for trial at Wandsworth policft-offioe , charged upon the path of H ? phzibah Roberts , widow ,. . . " for that he on the , 4 th . day of January , in the yeat 1 S 38 , at the parish of St . James , Cle-rkftnwell , did marry and take to wife the said Hephzibah Roberts , Frances Aldhouse , his liwt ' al wife , being then alive . "

      Suicide of a Maniac by Leafing prom a Window . —On Saiturday last , Mr . Baker , owing to the continued indisposition of hi 9 colleague , Mr . Wakley , held ah inquest at the Admiral Keppel , Fulham Road , on the body of Mr . Jaaies Gristwood , aged 35 , a corn and coal-merchant . Doceafie'i h ^ d been known for some time past to be subject to fits of insanity , ' and not long ago they were so freqnent , long , and severe , that by the advice of a professional gentleman , bis family were induced to confine him in a . Lunatic Asylum . Ho had been : confinod to his bed for tho last four days , and oU Wednesday night last he contrived to elude the y igjlahce of his atiendants , who had not been absent from him many moments , and unperccived leaped from the window of the second floor front room . A surif on was soon in attendance , but deceased died frora the injuries in two hours . Verdict— " Temporary insanity , " ;

      Newauk . — Recent circumstances have proved that the proprietor of this far-famed borough cannot "do as he likes with his own " . any longer , as that portion of the Crown laiids which was purchaseci by him was run up so highby his oppoacuts that he haa paid very deaf for his whistle ; and the purchase of Worksop Manor from the Norfolk family haa been au unprofitable speculation , ¦ causitig- his estabjialimont to be reduced , and nearly loO liboiu-ers to bo discharged j and the &picy tenuma who have been long in arrear have received noiieo to pay up ail they owe " forthwith . " Itis supposed aa Israeliiish banker haa become security for his Grace ; and it is more than suspected that the Crown lands , so recently purchased j will pass into other hands . The duke is at present rusticating at his seat in Wales . How aro the mighty fallen ! — Correspondent of Lincoln . Mercury .

      Mjk . Sharman CRAW ^ ORD . r-Mr . Sharraan Crawford , arrived in Rochdale by the five o ' clock train , on Tuesday week ; and at half-pasi seven the same evening , he met the electors and inhabitants of tbe borough , agreeably to noiice , in the JButts , for the purpose of giving an account of his parliamentary stewardship . Mr . Thomas Livesey beijrg called to the chair , Mr . Crawford gave a full account of his pailiamontary conduct during the session , aad spoke at considerable length on the new poor-Jaw bill and the corn laws . He mentioned the principal divisions in which he ' was concerned ; ana spoke vory highly of the independent conduct of Mr . John Fielden , of Todmorden , whose aid and assistance he had Kenerflliy received . A motion , approving of Mr . Crawford ' s votes in Parliament , and thankiug him for his honest , straightforward advocacy of the people ' s rights , was moved , seconded , and passed , without one dissentient voice .

      The Crops in Ibeland . —The operations of the sickle commenced in our nci ^ hboHrh ooQ yesterday ( Friday ) morning . A riold of fine wheat , belonging to Richard Burr , E ^ q ., was being : cut down until-. Tain fell , which , though slight , caused » temporary interrupt' . on . —NenayK Guardian . —Michael Qtti'Uog&nj of Park , cut down on Thursday a very fine field of white Lammas wheat , which has turned out to be an abundant crop - ^ Limerick Reporter . — - Tullamore—The harvest is rapidly approiching to maturity , and , in consequence of the very auspicious appearance of the crops , the markets are descending rapidly to moderate rates . The vchsat Sblds present a healthy appearancoand , from the genial weather

      , experienced during the time of earing , the grains are plump and heads large . The oat crop is expected to be thin , but the heaos are large , and will fully make up ior the thinness of the plant . Potato fields have raio ^ y appeared in better condition at this time of the year . Tiieso remarks apply to a district diverging about twenty or thirty miles iu every direction from Tnll&morti . —Leittsier Express A cart load of now oatmeal passed through this town on Saturday ; for ' shipment to Liverpool . We understand the oats were grown in the neighbourhood of Ardes . We believe this is the iirot new meal that his made its way into this town this season ,-rNewry Examiner .

      Hercules Outdone . —TKe most stupendous effort of huma . u strength and endurance ever exhibited ,. or that ever may be aga . iu , was . ' . witnessed by a large auditory on Monday evening , at the Bowery theatre . It was announced in the bills that Mons . Paul was to resist the power of two of the strongest horses to be found in New York , on a wager of 1 , 000 dollars . The animals selected to pull against him were a pair of large sizad Peiinsylvania bred horses , that are in the daily habit of drawiiig from two to three tons of granite at a load , suspended frem an enormous track used for thftt purpose . Paul , after firing the cannon , weighing 4001 bs . from his shoulders ^ and ascending the fireman ' s ropo feet upperniosfc to the flies , by means of hi 8 hands alone , and other Herculean feats ,

      proceeded to place himself horizontally upon a strong oak ladder , made for the purpose ^ in order to ma , ke the grand effort . The horses were led on by their regular driver , and harnessed to a rope fasr tened to Paul ' s feet . To thii rope wa «> Jtaclied th-roe broad ribands , or glrthsj one of which was drawn ; tightly over his loins , and the others over each shoulder . The brace afforded by bis feot against the step of the iatlder , ths divided power of tho girths , and his hold with both hands upon the upper part of the ladder , constituted his only resistance to the immense power he had to contend witb . Paul ' s bodyj when thuii disposed , rsseraoied tnat of a . malefactor upoa the inquisitoi-ial raek ^ . preparatory to being torn " to pieces . When the colossal fabrsea and to

      were brought upsnthe sta ^ e attached the feet of the intrepid performor , pt . sensation of hovror seemed to pervade the house . It was deemed certain , by those haying © barge of the horses , that he would be di awn off the ladder . The word was gives—the harness straightened—the ladder creaked and strained—the two ropes by ifthioh one end of it Wasseoured to the stage stretched arid threatened to break ; the horses , aided by a platform upon the stage with eleatti to brace their , feet , strained every muscle and vein , —the well-known voice of tho an \ er —the fash repeated ; again and agaiO j all -felled to force the Enduring ohanapion from : hi 8 hold . ¦ ¦ : ¦ The ahbutB of the audience—the waving of

      bandkerohieft , and the withdrawal of the horses , proolaimed bis triumph . Paul offered to repeat the j > erfonnance and to ie ©^ with oneliand' aiid one loot , butane manager jery properly would ; not permit , it ; The audience were satisfied with what they bad seen , that Eaul is beyond all question the most powerful Bian in existence . In order to convince the pubho thaftKere was no trick or Reception jn this extraordinaiy exhibition , a-Ir . Hamblininnted a portion of the audience behind the scene ^ io witness tha prepatationsi and fcxamiae evetsthiiig connected ^ itii the xertormance Mr . Paul takes hte benefit this even-¦ tne , and pulls against four horses , besides introdueiae a variety of other new feats ^ Monsieur Paul attained his eighteenth year in March last . —A ^ w YorkCourier andEnquirer .

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      trrTl . ¦ "" - ——* ¦*; " **¦¦* ' «* . ^**» fcv * l-iin » n 1 * 111 ¦¦ Jbjca ' - iac-avj . ' *^ :, : < ig wmm ** ¦< V " ^ Maimikg Horses . —On the night of Weone ?« lay or early on Thursday inornifigv some . Bior i'tfr in human Bhapecut out the tongues of { wo valuable horses , belonging to Mr , George Bishop , ooal-inerchant , French-street , Sudbury . The act was premeditaied and executed by Borne fellow well ac » quainted with the premises , for it appears che ' miscrea&t had first to make his ssray tliTOBgh'ia quick-set edge into an orchard , pass through that ^ i * -- . and . - ihea climb over a wall six feet high , which ; separates the stableryard from the garden . Ho afterwards , by means of a ladder , effected a- h entrance . ipto the loi * through an aperture which had been used > 3 a

      window ; end bo descended into thei stable , whero b » comtnitted ; the barbarous deed . The horses wtro found about six o'clock in the morning : iu aa extreme stat-3 of suffering , and upon examination ft was ascertained that five inches of tongue had beea cut from each horse , aud tho : mouths were also frightfully lacerated on either side . Wha . t could have been the motive for executing so barbarona a deed is a Bjystc-ry , as Mr . Bishop is boih a liberal and indulgent master . That gentleman Ms forwarded the requisite information to the poiice , an < £ declared his intentioii of sparing no expence in propurnig the apprehension and conviction of the perpetrator or perpetrators of the outrage .

      Closs o ? thb Inquest at RATnMiNES .--Thi 9 lengthened and painful investigation terminated on Thursday evonine . We gave the ^ particulars t ' iiroa Weeks 3 X 0 . ; Shortly before seven o ' clock , the Gorouer , addressing the jury , said that the evidence had been given so recentlv tnat it was not necessary for him to recapitulate it ; is therefore only remained for hjmto say , that if they believed that Mrs . Byrne was in a sound state of mind during the ' tiiaa . ihafc 8 he was id : ' tb ' e : room- in wHichMr . Byrno di&d , their verdict , siiquld be—first * that suspicion a ' . tach ^ d thafc Mr . liyriie died by violence ; and , secouiily , that 8 uspici 6 a attached to . Mrs . Byrne as bcia ^ piivy thereto . If * on the contrary , they believed -she waa of unsound " mind ., and did not know aayihing of what ; had occurred , they should of course discharge her . He srouitl ] earethem to Consider thr-ir verdict ,

      andif any quesiion , arose whichrequired his ad vice he would : be near at hand , and render any assistanCO iri'biB power . The room was then ( s ^ ven o'clock ) cleared of all but the juvy ; at eleyeu o ' clock it was reopened , when it was announced tha 6 they had come to a verdict . The coroner read out tbeio ! lov ( ring verdict , . aa that , which the jury ^ had found ¦ : — " We find that . Mr . Augustine Byrno was found dead in his bed , at Ko ^ 1 , Albert terracs , . Ri ' -hmmes , in the ; pai-itih of Sf . Pet&r , aud ; coivnty of Dubliiij upon Saiturday , the 9 tb of July , 1842 ; ai : d we fiud that the ew < i Mr . Augug ; ine Byrae met with his death at said place , between Sunday , tha 3 i of July , and Saturday , the 9 . h day of July , 1 JJ 42 , under very mysterjous . eircumstaincea , aud that the strongest possible suspicions ' attach to Mrs . Eilen Byrue , > yife of said . Augastiiie Byrao , oi * said house ? * of being acoesiory thereto . " :

      SufioEN Death . —Robert Drerit , sergcaut-major of the 60 th Rifles , stationed at the Pijjedn .-hou « e , Dublin , tell sviddcnly down and ; expired ou Tuesday ; Bsbruing . 'A post mortem examination was held on the body by . the surgeon of the regiiiieiit , and it appearid Uiat tbe riglii lung was greatJy diseased , and thai deceased was subject , to faintings from disease of the heai £ . ' ' : . - - * - ¦ ¦' . -. ¦' ¦ : ¦¦¦ ¦ . ' '¦¦ " . ' : ¦ '*¦ kOUTHAMPTON ELECTION . —Monday . CiosE of lhe Poll . Mildmay . ( Tory ) .. * .. -..... ; .. 686 Hope { Tory ) ... ; .............. 6 'do ^ Nugent ( Radical ) ............. ; .......... * ,. 5 ^ 9 * Thosnp 3 on ( Radical ) ....... 533 ' Majority .............. 148

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      AstERtCA . —The New Ycrk ¦ packet-ship N < rth America , refiched Liverpool on Sunday movnipg , after having been al anchor a ehort distance below the reck dunrn ; the night . She has . broun-ht files of pipers fi'om the : aboves-mentioned cityV ' to ' -tfco T 9 : h ultimo . Nothing whatever iias been avowed to trp . n ^ piferpg ' ardii / g the ne ' gooiatf . oiis pn ^ he boui'dary question , or . other subjects of disj > ut « botw . c-u th ; s country arid Ainerica , nor do tiie New--yTdifc jouruals offer their usual numb er of surmfses , bein ^ nearly filled with a lengthy correspondence between their Government . a ; id that of Mexico . The latter have decraidcdj in a Very imperious tone , that the United States shall order her ck'z ^ ns to refra , in from furnishiii' ?' Texas wish amnaumtion or men : and ftu . 3

      also intimated that they should also abs 1 air . from trading with that country . Iu reply to those requests , the American Secretary of Sate writ- 'S , thai Texas , having been recognise !! as an indep-c-iideut State , no impedimeuta will be ; thrown in tho way of her trade : aud he s : at ^ s , in conclusion , "that the Governniftht of the United States , in regard to thd war between Mexico and TexaaVhaTiug Jbeeii always hithertb ! governed by a strict and inipartiil ¦¦ legard * to its neutral obligations , will not bo . chav . eed or alteied in any respect or / degree . " 'iho T ^ r . ff liill , embracing the distribution clause , has passed the House of Representatives by a smill mbjority ; of four only . Two moto barks in New Orleans , tho Mcchanica and Traders ' , and the Union , have discontinued payment . M'Leod was compelled to Keek safety in flight from a mob , who had hooted him in . the streets of Buffalo .

      BvsiKESS at New York wasqmct . Flour met a dull sale at late rate ? , and cotton / wasnut in inuca deiiiand . Only a moderate business had been dona in bills for the packet . The rasa of Exchaaaa on England was 106 ^ ' to 107 ; on France , ot 42 c . to 5 f . 45 c ; . ; ' ' ' . - . *' - ; . - ; ; .. ;; - ;; W ' * ;¦ / : * ' - ' . _ , . Health op Nkw Oklean'S ;—^ Thcro were sovsnty deaths ia the . week ' ending the 7 ih inslant—one of spasmodic cholera . ; . . . ** Texas .- —Agreeably to the proclamation of President Houston , Cbngre 3 s has beea convened at lioaston . : 0 u the 29 lrj ult . the President delivered ' . " -his ' message to that body . It is a plain docutneac , written with perspicuity , and i ^ -principally . odn . iined . to a statement of : * the embarrassed state of the

      national treasury . The Preside'it is for disposing of the public lauds a ^ iho most prompt way of meeting the financial exj ^ enoy . Alter brkfly reviewing tho iiicursions of -tta Mexicans and his own ccurno relative to the preparations of the Mexicans for aa offensive war lie submits the whole matter to the discretion of Congvesr , recommending especially to their favourable ; notice tho national havy ; Nothing of importance ; had been done bj Congress up to the 4 th . —We learn by tins arrival that tho men are and ha , ve been well supplied with beef , coffee ,. and su ^ ur , and are doing very well , and were well satisfied . Several small partus of Indians have recently

      committed depredations on the ; northern frontier . Iu the bynfiicts that ensued between them i-nd fho citizons , ; iivc 3 have bucn lost on botli sidc 3 . Col . Patten wai ) lately-murdered itcar his plantation ia theticinivi of ? e ^ ar .: Itis p \ ipposcd that , the ifturderevs wera Borne of the dis » ff jctod rylcxicans . Tao son of Mr . Antonio IS ' avarro was recontly very « ian-. gerously wouiided near S ;? guin by tha Indians . Heavy rains have fallen in . tho vicinity of Victoria , and ttie planters are preparing to plant corn ' agaiu for a summer crop . The Hon . W . H . Landrum , while returuiuijirom a race-track about oac- mils west of 5 au AujiUttiuo , was shot by some pevson concealed iha thicket near the road and very revcrely

      woutfded . . , ; MEkico . —The news from Mexico , via HavaUnah , is of the usual character . In Zicatecas , poverty anddUtress had arrived at siioh a point that tht ? labourins elas . ae 8 Wera daily abandoning their usual occupauous , and taking to begging or robbiog , as the occasiou effored . I ; i the northern prcvinccs two T < xiau spies had been captumly and put to death offhatid . The people of Vtra Cruz have petitwncd Santa Anna to have Yora Cru ? deolarei a free port . A rich gold mine has been discovered in the Sau Pedro chain of mountains , in the department ojt ' San Luia de jPdtosi ^ Oue piece weighed , it is said , eight po uncis . General Arist * . bad ; writ tea to the , Go-r

      vernbr of the department , from Monterrey * requesting that 2 , ^ 00 f anega s of corn , and 308 horses , might be" sent to Mantamora 9 , for tho use of the , troops assembled there . There have been sdme disturbances-in the dopartment of Mexico , but the papers give-out that they had been suppressed . The cotton raantiiaotures or Mexico were far from being in » flourishing condition . : The New Orleans Courier of tho 6 lh instant coiitains , the following item :- > ' We are told that a letter from the city of Mexicoj ; received hero this morning via Havaanab , mentions that the American Minister would withdraw , ia which case President Sama , Anna intended to do-r clire war inunediately against the United States . "

      'Havannah . —Great complaints are heard of hard times among fcho comaierciai men in Havannah , and among tiie planters pecuniary distress is represented as greav&ud almest universal . Heavy storms visited the Island of Cnba about the middle of June , which continued three or fon * days , ; which are repoHed to have seriously injured the tobacco and other crops , besides occasioning the loss of several livea . Subscriptions were being made -among the leading people ^ in aid of the sufferers b ? the fire at Hamburgh . The total value of coffee exported . from the island of Cuba during the year 1841 . was 1 * 426 , 024 dollars ; andbf sngar ^ 11 ^ 13 ^ 93 ; dollars ;

      and the value of all the piioducfei exportcd ^ hat year was 22 , 282 , 753 . This was an increase ^ nearlir » million over the export of 1840 . The Spanish . qovemment colleoted in duties aad tax (? s m the island in 1841 , H ^ 1 ?^ S 9 dollars .- „ / ^ . ^ ¦ 1 Spain--Aceoiints firoib Spaui are «^« iev 31 si ni t . The Infant Dbal ? randsco-de Paula ana family were ta leave Ma&Mi f > a tfle following morniiift for Saa Sebwtia ?^ The " RoKent , the MimsterBj and : several personages of distinction bacl already ^ akea leave of the Princes . The troops of the gajrisgfha ^ bepa confined to their ^ qaaHers ^ ini coriacquiBn ^ a ^ tajfeport that a riotous demonstration WQUld be made pn . the acoasiQri olthedepftrtnre of the Infifmte , . ; ;? , v

      Thb Madrid Gazelle publishes a deoree ordering alltheofficerflof the army who hadnot obUlneda special permission to reside in Madrid , to retnra forthwith to their respective corps aud posts .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct901/page/3/