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      THE PATRIOTS PRATER . God of teaTen and of earth , God of all that T > reathea and liTes , Them T * ho gave creation birth . Whose goodness ever ? blessing giTes , < jod eternal I aource from -whence All motion is th& ££ Qs £ b space , Fountain of Omnipotence , ji ther of ihe "turnim race , L-nd , ve beseech thee , lend thine ear , Hearken to onr fervent prayers , Come to aid us , come to cheer , And to free u » from our cares . Cnwb the oppressor in thy "wrath , And is thy mere ; free the slave , Tarn toon the tyrant iroxh his path ,

      And etretca thy strong right arm to save Tie suSkriag peor from grief and wos , From wasting want and torturing toll , — Thou sorely can and will o ' erthrow Injustice * loak * d in treacherous guile . let not file widows bnrnfng tears Quxh from ter sorrowing soul in Tain j In pity hush the orphan ' s fears , In justice hurst the bondsman ' s chains ; Succour the captive , -whose desire "Was that his feUow-man should be In social Tirtue raised higher . la purpose pure , in action £ r » e , Ib it a fiin in man to say

      That tyranny is foul and base ? Is it a sin in man to pray Tot freedom to the inm&n race ? Shall iron fetters bind him doirn Who dares to tell men o ! their lights ? Shall cruelty those feelings drown In Trhich the free-born soul delights ? Perish , the morial that " -would dare Haason to blind or thought uproot , Driving thine image to despair , Degrading man to senseless brute ! All-seem ? God , TonchBafe to hear The pmioa'd patriots' gracious moan , To -whom this glorious troth is dear—That tfcoa art God , and &od alone . BESJiHIH STOTI . ^ aBchester .

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      A 2 f ODE . Oh , sbsmft to the land of the free , ¦ R ^ iose ehBdren submit to be slares , ¦ VTho basely to tyranny bend the Tile knee , Ot ant to thsir ignoble graves . The scorn of the justand the good ji ^ xT ] for evsr cling to thy isle ; Tb » ay of the "si&o'w and orphan for food ShaD freet tbee , instead of their smile ; And tliy glorj and greatneBs descend to the tomb , ^ jnmonni'd and forgot in iutnrity ' a gloom . Ah . ' -whew is the spirit of old , Tisst bsmt in the breasts ol your sires , "JFhen , irith giant mijjht , and withireedom bold , They thensh'd pure liberty ' s fires ? "When freedom ' s £ as floated on hish .

      And justice and trnffi -were nnfurTd . liberty or death -was their battle cry , "Xi&st the cheers andpi&ise of the "world ; And their falchions flsah'd fire , and the a " : eel . dank'd loud , JLsd fl » crimson-tide stain'd the false foeman's shroud * Aiake ! aronse from thy slumbers , Throv aside delusion ' s dark Tell , Join the ranks of the brare in your numbers , Ani the " good old cause" shall prevaa . End tyranny down from its throne , Biise liberty up in its stead ; And yoar sons -with pride -will their fetters own , And their memiias bless -when dead . "Then hail the bright banner of swset liberty I iB baa to the Charter , tie light of the free ! Edtve ? Giul SbEfieia . . » .

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      HTim TO SPBTSTG . Tboa bringei ot ne-ss life , "Welcome thon Miher i Though -wifli iheecomes the strife ¦ Of ^ V ^ TTg ^ ol 'Wftathfci . Oh ! younsand coldly fail , Come -witb thy stQnn-blo-srn hair , Do-wn tastinf snow-pearls fail , "For earth to gather ! JLpproachest thou insho-srei ? Hist hath enroll'd tbee , Tin , changed by Tie-wless poiret , Bright -we behold thee i WhiM chOHng galea do fy , ^ Thon -wanderest meekly by Green holm aivd mountain high , Till shadea nnfold thee .

      By dusky -woodland side , SEtent ihon TOTBst j Triers lonely rindles glide , Unheard thou merest ; Wide-strewing buds and fl ^ irers , 3 $ y fields , Kt& dells , and bowers , * Hid -winds asd sunny showers , Bounteons thon pro-vest . Though ever changeful , etill Brer bestowing ; The earth receives her SB . Of thy good so wing ; AzkJ lo J a xpsngled sheen Of habs and iowen "between , Blest 'with the pasture green , AH beauteous growing I

      It ow comes the driren hail , SiUling and bounding ; A shower tioib next preT&Q , Thucda astDunding ! T-nffl the glorious « un looks through the storm-cloud dux *—Asd , sb the light doth run , Glai tones are aounding . The Qm ® ae tnnes Ms throat , On tall hough sitting ; The onzSe ' j iiizird ^ note By dingle Sitting ; Ths loT'd one , too , is there , Abore his snow-plash'd lair-He Bings , in sun-bright ah * , Carol befitting .

      -Come erery tone o ! joy ! Add to ib « pleaEure ; SwBetBohin ' s melody Joms in the measure : And echoes -wake and sing , Anafiury-bells ^ o ling . Where tflrer bubbles fling ^ harijarkling treasure . TieiKie taoom is hung ^ here beams are ahining ; lie ioney-bine hath clung , Garlands entwhiing , jPor one who -H-andoa lone "Cat © that bo-a-er unkBovm , Ana finds a world , his own , Pme joys CDmbining .

      ¦ then , bringer of ne-w life , Welcome tkou hither % Ab 3 welcome , too , the strife Of ehanf ^ eful weather ! Oli ! erer yonng and fair , Cast from thy storm-blown hair 2 * Mht < lrops , and mow-pearis fair , JPor earUi to gather ! SAiTCEl BiMrOBD .

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      BEATH PfiOM STABBING IN LEEDS . On TTednescay morning , an mqnest "was held , at the **«» Court House , before E . G . Hopps , E » q , deputy S ^^» to Jnojdre concerning the death of James *?»> . * ho died at the eenenl Innrmary on Tnesday » o ^ ag . xhe dfeteassd came to his death by the hand « en sita , who stabbed him with a knife on € tood jfoSsy afternoon . The circumstances were of a pain-« u Mtoe , and will be found folly detailed in tbeevi-° a ^» aaucea at the inquest , a fnll report of which * e hwe jvren helo-w . Prerious to the j nry proceeding W TiswUie body , Mr . Hopps addreEsed them , andex-^ BEff ae mature of the law as it bore on the case , f " fiis difference ketwp *> -n Tn-DTripr . maTiglsnphter . and

      c ky ^ ntadVeBtae . ^ 7 A nn Jjith , who had been in custody from j ^ wsj Biomicg , -was in the room in custody dnring » ce ai 9 taesL ~^ foUswing "witnesses ¦ were exaniined ;—^ feorge Lancaster—I reside in Zion-street , at the ^* j ana am a mechanic by trade , I lire Tritb my ^^ ' knew the deceased , James Krth ; he liTed rf - 2 , ZloD-stxeet , with his fa&er . He-was in onr f" |* Pa Good Friday last ; at about * quarter to iS * 3 ° the afternoon . His sister , Mary Ann {??)> ^ 23 there ati ? ttiat ttae ; she had been ^ s ffl fisyj she assists in mj ifcOiert Z £ *>_ ThereTrere in thehonse beside * attheSme ^» eaae , my fatter and myselfj Tfe -were » H in 4 he rg *; Kwm , but I beJisre my lather -was Jnrt gdng np r ^ " » hsn he came in . I beli « Te 2 &axy Ann -wao

      Sft ^ t . & ** " ^ left m 8 » JameB » " ^ " Ann j ^ a the lo om below . When J * mb » « smeinhe s 84 » a p } my Bide ; -we had some conTeraaabo , about % *« r * ¦¦ ^ omg-I ttm fiurtening ' ay « boe w » le ^ rith " *« aa , sad took oat my pocket-knifs for . the pur-« fln ? ^ S « e end gZ Mary Ann tfien came up , raJr ^ stooa etching me . WkeM 1 had done « 2 * , 7 ? . fufellmtit flown , » i ! d 3 IaryAiinFiraitookifc , ¦ itaSf-. i'otilfl not haTe anch an old knife as Aib , I ^^ JaT eaiarw on ^ . I Baid it -would last-while it fcrtfcw * ad 1 ^ "weat on menamg my shoe . The «« ana Bistei thai b ^ aa playing together ; she

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      said it was a ba 3 knife and be « aid it was a goed ona They -were in play , and not , quarreJliDg . 1 had not heard that they had had any words pre-viously . They then got to scuffling , bnt I took no more notice . He -was a -rery queer chap , and bad fearfol qneer sort of speeches . I took no farther notice of them until he svt himself down , -when 1 lookedathim , and saw that he looked very white , and held his head down . He made no scream or cry . He said , « She has cut me . " I asked him -where , and after some persuasion he showed me . I saw a cut in Ms body , on the left side . He loosed the waistband of Ma trowsers to 3 et me sea I told hinth * had better go home , and he got up and walked to his father ' s house . 1 followed him there , and then left him . There was not

      much blood—next to nothing . I did not look at Mary Ann Firth , tmffl I had returned fr * m her father ' s house . I cant Bay -whether she had a knife in her hand or not when I first saw James looking pal * . She was somewhere behind me -when 1 looked at him . They were standing up on the floor playing -with each other before be sat him down . My father came down stain just u James Firth -was sitting down in the chair . He remained is the room until the deceased -went home . 1 heard some words pua between deceased and hia sister , but I took no notice of what they -were . They -were not quarrelsome -words , nor did 1 hear any blows struck . When the deceased said , " She has cut me , * Mary Ann did not snake any remark . She got him some ¦ water . They had sot had Jany conTeraation prerious to beginning to play as I haTe described .

      By a Jnror—They had not been playing for more than a minute before James Bat him down . Mr . John Allanson—Tarn house surgeon to the Leeds Infirmary ; the deceased -was brought to the Infirmary about half-past ten on Good Friday night I examined him , and found a small -wound rather less than a quarter of an inch in length , in the lower part of the abdomen to the left side , penetrating the caTity of the abdomen . I considered it a dangerous -wound . There -were no signs of the bswela being "wounded . He died yesterday ( Tuesday ) morning about three o ' clock . Death -was

      caused by inflammation arising from the -wound . The woutd seemed likely to haTe been inflicted by a stab with a sharp instrument . On a post mortem examination 3 found that the wound -was a little longer internally than externally , though there was Tery little difference ; it had been done almost by a direct stab . The clasp knife now produced wonld canse the wennd . The point of the knife had not penetrated much more than half an inch at the Tery deepest The knife is Tery sharp , aad a Tery alight degree of force -would be required to produce the wound .

      Matthew Lancaster . —1 liTe in Hon-street , Bank , and am a linen -weaver . The deceased was at my house on Good Fxiday last , in the afternoon . There -were myself , my son George , and Mary Ann Firth , in the houss when he came in . I went up stairs when be came in . I staid there about a quarter of an hour . I heard no noise while I -was up Etairs—no quarrelliDgno blows . When I came down the deceased was Bitting do-sro on a chair . 1 saw something was amiss -with him and enquired what was the matter "with him . 1 receiTed no answer , and then I asked him again , -when h « said , " She has ent me . " He afterwards said he was sick , and his sister gaTe him some -water . I looked for the place in his trousers and found it The trousers now produced are the same that the deceased bad on . 1 afterwards saw the wound on his bod j , which corresponded -with the cot in his trousers . The deceased then-went home .

      Hannah Firth . —I am mother t # the deceased . We live in Zion-street The deceased -was eighteen years of age in December List 1 visited my son after his removal to the infirmary ; he did not tell me any particulars as to how the wound hadbten iisflicted ; he never gave me aBy account of it I had beard from others how it had been done , and that was my reason for not asking him . Joseph CrsveD . —I am a seijsaut in the Ireeds Police lwent to the house where Mary Ann Firth lives

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

      Thi * being all the « vidence , lie Coroner told Mary Ann Firth that she was then at liberty to make any statement ; fent that it wonld he taken down , and might be used against her if theTerdict of iae Jury rendered it necessary . . The girl , -who wept- bitterly , sat for some time unable to speak . At length she said she could not tell what her brother and her were talking about , bat she had the knife in her hand , and he hit her over the month , so she hit him with the knife . They were not quarrelling ; but she conld not tell whit they were talking about . The blow he struck her made her mouth bleed . She had no intention whateTer of stabbing him .

      The Coroner then addressed the jnry . He said there could be no doubt on their minds that the deceased , James Firth , had come to his death from a stab by a knife , giTen by bis sister , Mary Ann Firth . There was no evidence before them to » bow that any preTious intention existed or that the parties had had any previous quarrel ; indeed if they belieTed the evidence of George Lancaster , the parties were playing together when the unfortunate accident occurred . The only question for them to consider , therefore , "was -whether their verdict should be one of manslaughter or homicide by misadventure . —[ He then read over th « whole of the evidence which had been given , and afterwards proceeded to lay down the law of the case . 3—The simple

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

      The jury then retired , and , after an absence of about five minutes , returned with a verdict of Homicide by Misadventure Ofpsxsite Coxdcci . —On Monday last , a fellow named Thomas Blakelock was charged -with being drank , on Sunday , at midday , and with indecently exposing ins person . He was fined 20 s and costs , or in default of payment sent to Wakefield for a month . — ¥ b . Gilbert , for a similai offence , was subjected to the same punishment .

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      STOCKPORT .- 'Bbdtai . xvd Disgusting Cojidect of a DswtkeV Policeman—At the Conrl ; House , « n Saturday , beffli * 6 John Marsland , Esq ., William Andrew , Esq ., ai d Alfred Orrell , Esq ., Mayor , Bitting Magistrates . * ^ w- Thomas Clark appeared to make the following charge against P . Potter , one of the Borough pou ice : —Mr . Clarke ' s statement was as follows ;— Oft Thursday evening lasv about twenty minutCB or » quarter to seven o ' clock , Polic < Tnaii Potter opened wy door , and entered the house . He ( proceeded towards the stairs leading up to my bed room ; he turned from there , and weai to the pantry , opened the door , and shook it almost off its hiugea . From there he w > entto the door leading into the back kitchen , and uset . 1 it m a

      similar manner ; he then proceeded to op en the door opening into the back yard . All this £ > me I stood behindjmy counter . Seeing that he bad £ oue so far , I followed him into the kitchen , and demanded to know by what authority be entered and « ondnoted himself in such a manner in my house ! He answered by telling me to be off 1 I then opened the back door , and ordered him to go about his business . He would not go . I again ordered him out . He told me he would not go , bnt that I must put him out . I desired a third time that he would leave the house , when , without the least provocation , he turned ronnd and knocked me downl I then fastened on him and a suffle ensued , ! which doubtless wonld have

      terminated in my being throttled had not a person who is now in Court , and was in the house all the time , come to the rescue , and assisted me in forcibly ejecting him , which we ultimately did with great trouble , but during the scuffle Mrs . Clark , who had been confined only five days before , and who had only j « st before that tot out of bed , for the first time since her acconctcmeni ^ hearing the disturbance , and not knowing the cause , came running down stairs with a young babe in her arms , and seeing me almost choked by a policeman , fainted in the back yard . It has thrown her into a relapse , and the consequence as far as she is concerned , will , I am afraid , prove serious . This , gentlemen , is the case against policeman Potter . —The Mayor—Have you any witnesses 1

      —Mr . Fmm / of Bradford , washer * called and sworn —He stated that on Thursday evening last , passing through the town of Stockport , he had occasion to call on Sir Clark . He had not been in the house more than ten minutes , when the policeman entered , and conducted himself in the manner already described . He ( the witness ) went to remonstrate with Potter , but before he had time to say a word Potter struck him a severe blow . He then assisted Mr . Clark in turning him ouf . He was mad drunk , and behaved himself in a most brutal manner . Mr . Clark had exercised the greatest forbearance until he was knocked down . Mrs . Needba ' m was sworn , and corroborated the foregoing statements , adding that

      she never lived neighbour to a more peaceable or a better disposed person than Mr . Clark . Potter was then called npon for his defence . He stated jthat a ^ out one o ' clock on Thursday afternoon , some relations ealled to see him . He went out with them and had a few glasses to drink . On his way home he met two of the other officers , who were in search of a certain person in the town . After leaving them and going down by the Bull tap , he saw one of tbe bad women running down the street , and as it was market-day , he thought she had been commiting a robbery , followed her , and she ran down an entry , near Clark ' s house . He wanted to see if she had got into bis house , that was the reason why he entered it . —Mr . Clark ^ He was in a beastly state of

      intoxication , and since then he has made several overtures to me , through different persons , to cornpremise the matter . Yesterday his wife waited upon me and offered me two pounds to abandon the case , bnt thinking I had a dnty to perform to myself and tbe public , I refused to come to any terms , but to lay it at once before the bench . —The Mayor to the superintendant . —What'a Potter ' s general conduct 1 Superintendent—He has been brought up before . Bowers , another-policeman , was sworn , and stated emphatically that Potter was drunk beyond all dispute . The Magistrates consulted for some time , when tht Mayor said he did not think they could do anything in the matter , they had not the power . The Clerk pointed out an act ^ or clause of an act which provided for the interference of the Magistrates in such cases . A second consultation was

      held on the bench , when the Mayor addressed Potter , and said he was very sorry that any officer of that court should conduct himself as it bad been proved he had on this occasion done . If he were again brought np , he should discharge him from the force . This time he would inflict the severest penalty the law allowed him . He must pay & fine of forty shillings . Mr . Clark applied for expenses . The Mayor said he had no power to grant them . Mr . Clark—Is there no appeal from this court I Can I not now take th « case before the Watch Committee ? The Clerk—Yon can take it before the Watch Committee if yon likef bat I don ' t think they will interfere , as they have a resolution that the Magistrates ' decision ahall be SnaL Mr . Andrews , who is the chairman of the Watch Committee , and wh * was on the Bench , said it was so . The case was done with .

      ASHTON-UNDEB-LYNE -Change Kino-ISG EXTRAOEDISABV , IOR T 3 PWASD 3 OF SlX HOVSS . —On Easter-Monday morning , six of the College youths of Ashton-under-Lyne , and four of the members of the society of St . John ' s , Al » nehester , asoended the Tower of of St . Michael ' b , Asbton-under-Ljne , aid rang , in a masterly style , a true and complete peal of grandsire cators , consisting of 10 , 259 changes , which was completed in the short space of six hours and ten minutes , the longest pe&l ever rung ia that method on ten bells , north of the river Trent . The artists were stationed as follow : —treble , John Hobson , Ashton ; 2 ad . Joe Burgess , ditto ; 3 rd , J&s . Wood , ditto ; 4 th , Charles Wood , St . John ' s ; 5 th ,

      Robert Howe , ditto ; 6 « h , Samuel Farrand , Ashton ; 7 th , Joseph Winterbottom , St . John ' s ; 8 tb William Rayle , ditto ; 9 ^ , George Burgess , Ashton ; tenor , Brian Yernon , Ashton , who rung it single handed . Weight of the tenor , 28 cwtj weight of the 9 th , 20 cwt . On the same day there was a prize ringing at Rochdale fora very handsome silver cup value £ 5 , for hand-bellringers at tunes , which was won by the Royal Harmonic Victoria band , established at the Horse Jockey , Ashton ^ under-Lyne , in their usual scientific and masterly style , defeating the following societ ies : The Independent Youths of Ashton ; the Godley Hand-bellringers , and the Oldham Victoria Society .

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

      susceptible of the influence of light . Mr . Adair then operated on the > arions organs by pressing them with his finger . On pressing the organ of tune , the girl sung in a lively and animated manner ; bat on Sir . Adair taking his finger from this organ she instantly ceased to Eing , and on his replacing it , she commenced as lively as before , exactly vrhere she had ieft of . On exciting the organ of imitation , she closely imitated various singular expressions and sounds made by the audience . On exciting the organ of acquisitiveness , she abstracted a number of articles from the pockets of several gentlemen who were placed on the platform ; and when conscientiousness was touched restored them again to the ownera without making the slightest mistake ,

      strongly resisting the taking away of the property by others to whom it did not belong . Mr . Adair invited the andience to state in writing any organ they wished to have excited , when several slips of paper were handed in and the organs excited accordingly , with a happy and singular effect . On the organ of fear being excited the female rushed from her seat , started back , and exhibiting all the expression of this passion , fell with great force on the platform . On the organs of progenitivenesa and tune being excited together , she rocked backwards and forwards in the chair , as if nursing an infant , and on agentleman ' s plaid being rolled op and put into her hands , she hugged it to her bosom with an apparent motherly

      affection . Many other organs were excited with similar accurate results ; and if we 8 re to credit the evidence of our senses ( providing there is no deeeption or collusion practised , ) we must certainly believe in the truth of phrenology . Mr . Adair was asked if he would mesmerise any one from among the audience ; but this he refused to do , alleging as his reason , that this coarse would be attended with a great loss of time and inconvenience to the public : bnt if any gentlemen would meet him on the following day , in a private room of the Athens&am , he would endeavonr to operate upon them . On Friday , & number of person ? assembled to witness the exhibition ; but Mr . Adair would not operate until the whole left the room , with the exception , of those anxious to be operated npqn , and two or three others who might remain to see that no deception was

      practised . This request was accordingly complied with , and the principal portion of the company retired into the Museum to await the result ; as Mr . Adair promised to call them in if he buoceeded . After repeated attempts ( wbieh lasted for upwards of an hour , ) to mesmerise two individuals , Mr . Adair , in a great measure failed , fox though he 4 id put one of them into a temporary sleep , it trttB not lasting . This cirenmstance increased the doubts already existing in regard ta the truth . of . this singular science , if snoh , \ it may be called .. On Saturday evening , however * these doubts were partially remoTed , by Mr . Adair effectually operating on a yoang female in the nerrice of Dr . Thoxo , a medical gentleman of this city , who came forward , and informed the audience , that Mr . Adair had successfully operated on this young woman , at his house , in the frre-part of the day .

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      XiASSWADQ —A general meeting of the car-P 3 t weavers of this place was held on Saturday last , when after transacting some busings connected with the strike of the Glasgow carpet weavers , the follow * "JS ,-f ? ? ° wion was passed nem dis . Moved by Mr . William Daniells , seconded by Mr . Charles Buchan , iuat 4 cordial vote of thanks is due , and is hereby given ^ to Messrs . Crosaley of Halifax , and Benderaon of Durban ) , carpet weavers , for their handsome conduct incoming as a deputation to Scotland , for the purpose of endeavouring to heal the differences tftat existed between the employers and the employed , m Port Eglingtott Carpet Worka , Glasgow , *? * L - n 8 mR th eir ir » fl aenoe to prevent a reduction ot tne prices paid for carpet weaving in Scotland . Also we heartily thank our - brethren the Enclish

      carpet wearers , for their spirited conduct in sending tne said deputation , and hope a good understanding with a view to each others interests , will ever exist between us . That the Secretary of the work send a copy of the above to each of those gentlemen .

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

      Sicily , March 28 . —Within these few days no loss than three murders have been committed in the cjty of Palermo , whoss population dees not exceed 160 , 000 . A naval captain , having ebtained proof of his wife ' s infidelity , killed her by stabbing her with a knufe . Another man , irritated by the well-grounded reproaches of his wife , whose anger wag roused by his bad conduct and love of gaming , cut her throat whilst she was asleep . The third nmrder was committed on Sunday last , in open daylight , and in the most frequented street of the city , where a man was stabbed with a stiletto by his own relation , to whom he refused to return a certain sum of money , which the murderer alleged he had lent him .

      Extraordinary Case of Polygamy .- —It will be remembered by our readers , that in the month of February last Wigan was visited by a strange young man , who called upon several parties in the town , producing documents and declaring himself to be entitled to property worth £ 600 , 000 per annum , The man has been known in different parts of tho country , particularly in Birmingham , and Bilston , in Staffordshire , by the name of Robert Taylor , alias Lord Kennedy ; and has attained considerable notoriety by his extraordinary conduct towards the fair sex . Not content with adhering to the laws of mar riage as instituted in this country , his Lordship , though possessing a most repelling countenance and unseemly person , has " connifoaled" to use hia own

      term ) no less than half-a-dozon fair ones in the snare ; and the unfortunate dameels who gave credence to his " rich effusions" respecting the handsome dowry he would settle on them have severally had the mortification to discover that the soi-disant rich lord was still a coal-getter , and she a fenime sole . His " lordship" states that hia first wife was transported ; that he has suffered for having taken to himself four others , by imprisonment ; and for one very unjustly , because the marriage was null and void , having been performed after iwelve o ' clock at noon . The last one ho married from this town , after going down from the different factories , and promising to settle £ 300 a year on his wife immediately after the ceremony . The marriage took place on the

      13 ih of February last , in the parish church , and created a great sensation in tho town , as a warm dispute arose in the street between two young women , to both of whom he had offered marriage , he himself appearing quite undecided in the matter . On arriving at tbe church doors , lie , however , made up his mind and took to himself , " for better for worse , " Deborah Forster . The adventurer was taken into custody on tho 4 th instant at St . Helen ' s by Mr . Storey , the active superintendent of police for that d JBtrict , on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences . Through the instrumentality of Mr . Charles Pigot , solicitor , of this town , the charge of

      bigamy has been brought against him , and he arrived here on Wednesday last in the custody of Mr . Storey . He was brought before Mr . J . Acton , county magistrate , when Mr . Pigot proved the prisoner ' s admission that he had a Wife living at Todmordeu and produced a letter from Littleborough , proving bis marriage with' a girl named Kershaw , at that place . Mr . Pigot called a witness to prove the prisoner ' s marriage at Wigan , and he was remanded tor a week in order to give Mr . Pigot an opportunity of bringing further evidence against him . His last wife declared she would stick to him , and both were locked up together . —Manchester Courier .

      I « qtjest — On Saturday , Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Plough , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-inniieldg , on the body of a woman named Eliza Delmer , aged 44 . It appeared in evidence , that deceased was a married woman , but many years ago her illconduct caused hor husband to abandon her for ever . She then cohabited with a noble lord , had children by him , but afterwards she chose a plebeian parajnour . With him ( a man named Dear ) , living in a court in Drury-lane , she remained for fifteen years , dnring which time she abandoned herself to drink and dishonesty , robbing continually the man of her choice , and receiving at his hands continuous and summary punishment . On Wednesday week , she ran away , with what intention the following letter , left behind her , will show : — " Dear , —When you see this I hope I shall be no more in the world .

      I have been Tery ill-used by yon , a » d by those belonging to you . I forgive you . I am mad with your nnkind treatment , and your beating my face . — Eliza Delher . " After this , the wretched woman disappeared until Thursday last , when she called on a female nam « d Ewers , in Wyoh-streot , and having drnnk Bomo gin with her , afterwards swailowed half an ounce of laudanum , and a very large dose of arsenic . Ewers immediately sent for Doctor Edward Johnson , of Drury-lane , who used the stomach-pump , and , having drawn off as much of the poison as h 9 could , he advised the immediate removal of deceased to King ' s College Hospital . Though she was able to walk thither , she soon began to sink , and died , Dr . Russell , the resident physician , said , on Friday afternoon , from the effect of the poisons . Verdict— " Temporary Insanity . "

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

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

      New Locomotive Carriage . —A steam carriage has been invented by a yoang man lately connected with the firm of Messrs . Barrett , ExalJ , and Andrews , extensive ironfoundersin this town , which appears to have overcome the obstacles hitherto experienced in getting these machines to act upon the common roads . Several experimental trips have been made with it with complete success , the average rate of speed being fourteen miles per hour . The journey from Reading to a mile beyond Maidenhead was formed in about an hour , but it is possible to greatly accelerate the speed . Our reporter was kindly permitted to inspect the machine , which is about fifteen feet in length by five feet in width , and contains a tank , a steam engine of four horse power , worked with either one or two pistons , a boiler holding two buckets of water , and a convenient place for coke and conveyance of passengers . The

      consumption ol coke is but trilling , irom one to two sacks only being required for a trip from Reading to Maidenhead , and we are not aware of any other expense attaching to it after the first outlay . Although not fitted up for the carriage of passengers being only , as it were , in its rough and primitive state , we have been informed that not less than a doien persons rode on it with perfect ease and safety . It goes . npon three wheels , in somewhat elmiJar manner to a Bath chair , and turns the corners frith morefacility than might be supposed . The pacanp the kills on the Oaversham-road j towards Hsnley Was about twelve miles per hour . The principal inconvenience to be apprehended is from the taking fright of the horses at this novel machine . We underhand that the ingenious * ' ' inventor has left ihiB country , and has taken up his permanent abode on the continent , notwithstanding which we hope he will not lose sight of the object wa are attempting to describe , but that it may turn out » . sut > jeot of pub-| lio utility and private emQlnrAenl . —Reoding Paper ,

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      Ah ^ th er monomaniac has found the way to Buckingham Pa ^ ce , from a distance . A woman was discoverer on Thursday morning , crouched up under a tree , in a wood at 'Walton upon-Thames , unable to speak a wpru of English . Taken before the local Magistrates , sk « j ^ rovjad to be a native of France . She says that she itf >} f w . ife of a nj ^ Bhan ie ; and she gives two reasons for c ^^ S 'to England—to see two brothers whom she imagK es to hold responsible sitnations in BuckinghaM PaK " -e ; and to claim the throne of England , which is WJ by right . She also calls herself Queen Isabella the Second of Spain . On Friday evening she was brought to Buckingham Palaoe , to eee if her story ha-d any shadow of foundation : which , of course , it had not .

      Patriarchal Almsmen . —The charity trustees ' , at . their monthly meeting on Wednesday last , elected Joseph Andrews , glover , to the vacant almshouse in Berkeley Hospital . Andrews 13 one of a venerable trio of brothers whose united ages amount to 250—viz ., Moses , 86 ' , an inmate of St . Oswald ' s Hospital ; Samuel , 84 ; and Joseph , 80 . Samnel , as well as Joseph , is now jenjoying the otium eum dignitate of Berkeley ' s Hospital . We believe them to be the only survivors of a family of 23 children by the same mother j and , singularly enough' tbey were all born in the month of March—viz , Moses

      on the 6 th , Samnel on the 4 th , and Joseph on the IOth . The blessing of 3 , tolerably numerous family appears also to have been the heritage of each , having had no less than ] 40 children between them ; of these , however , the largest number fell to the lot of the youngest , Joseph ) , who had 19 ; next Samuel , 16 ; and Moses , the eldest , 5 . Considering their advanced age , they enjoy good health ; and may be Said alike to be worthy sp ^ deserving objects of the manificently-endowed charities which have provided a comfortable asylum and shelter for them in their latter days . — Worcester Herald .

      Northi . each H 008 B iOF Correction Again !—Another prisoner is pronounced to have been killed by the rigorous treatment of Northleach House of Correction . An inquest was held at Cheltenham on the body of Richard Jones , who died soon after his discharge , and the inquiry closed on Friday . Jonea bad been sentenced to twelve month ' s imprisonment , and to be floggod in the last month ; the term expiring on the 1 st March last . After his admission to the prison , his health becanae bad , and he was affected with dropsy ; but he died of consumption . John Barton , a fellow-pmoner , said that the soup was so thin , that two sheep-heads served to make it for all the prisoners , forty . Jones was kept on the treadwheel when he was too weak to stand . The

      prisoners were removed from the wheel in a state of perspiration and ] placed in cold damp cells with etone floors , Jones used to walk about the yard , complaining of pain and crying like a child . The Under-Turnkey , Harding , said that he was shamming ; and once struck him with a key on the leg , so that he was lame after it . Thouaaa iLamy , another prisoner , said that Harding gave Jones some extra rounds for complaining : He heard Harding say , when he struck Jones , " I will make you remember Northleaoh as long as you live . " John Ralph Bedwell , the Prison Surgeon , described the state of Jones ' s health . He suggested that the man should be discharged , as perhaps he might then recover ; and the

      Secretary of State was written to ; but h * would not consent . The flogging , however , was dispensed with . When he was jliacharged , Mr . Bedwell advised him to apply for medical assistance as soon as he reached Cheltenham . Richard Townsend , the Governnor , said that he importuned the Visiting Magistrates to obtain bis discharge , bnt without success . They used to give only three shillings a-week for the meat of which they made soup for the prisoners : the | gruel diet was thin , but as good as Mr . Townsend dared to make it . There had now been a great alteration in the prison-diet ; an order having come down from the Secretary of State on the loth February . The new allowance ,

      Mr . Townsend thought , was sufficient to support the prisoners in their work . . ] Among the other witnesses , were Elizabeth Joae 9 , the mother of the deceased ; Dr . Hartley , Surgeon of the Cheltenham Hospital ; and Joseph King , a discharged prisoner , who was himself too weak to give evidence . The Jury returned the following verdict" That the deceased , Riohard Jones , died from the ill-treatment he received while in Northleaoh House of Correction , from hard labour , want of food , and from no other causes . " The Jury also desired the Coronor to record their declaration , that the authorities of Northleach were deserving of censure for their conduct throughout the affair .

      Sikqvlar and Fatal Cascalty . —Mr . Baker , on Saturday last , held an inquest at the Prince of Orange , Philip-street , St . George ' s-in-the-East , on W . Rogerson , aged three years . It appeared by the evidence of several witnesses , that on Friday afternoon last two little lads , one of whom was named Coates , broke into a cooper ' s yard , in Sarah-place , in which were several empty sugar hogsheads . Their mischievous design was to upset some of these casks , which » vero placed end-wise one on the top of the other , in order to see them roll about the yard . They approached three hogsheads , piled In the way described , and , inserting between the top of the lowest and bottom of the second lowest of them a piece of plank as a lever they leant upon it and caused the two upper casks' to topple down . They then ran away , unaware that loss of life would be

      the result of their frolic . Unhappily , deceased was playing on the other side of ithe hogsheads , and one of them foil upon him in such a way that its edge rested on his neck , covering his body beneath it and leaving his head only exposed . The pressure of the cask was so great , that the ] child could not cry out for help , and another child , Who saw the fatal posi tion in which he was , went and merely said that ho was'in a tub , so that no notice was taken of that information . Tbe poor deceased child remained unobserved beneath the hogshead for three hours , and when at length extricated , he was of count * in a lifeless state . The Coroner severely censured the boy Coates and his companion , telling them they had very narrowly escaped being sent to gaol , on a charge of manslaughter . ' Verdict— " Accidental death . "

      Mallow . —Luxuries of the Workhouse . —At the last meeting of the Guardians for this Union , Mr . Williams asked th Clerk to state the dietary of the Workhouse , as Sir D . Norreys boasted in the House of Commons of the litanines ' of the Workhouse system \ Clerk— -the " dietary consists—for able-bodied men 3-3 'b potatoes , and one pint of porridge . Women , 3 < b potatoes , and one pint of porridge . Children , 21 b do . and half pint do . Mr . Barry—Sir Denham should be made feed on it for a month ( loud laughter ) . Mr . Barry—I propose that the paupers of this Workhouse get a meat dinner on next Easter Sunday , at the cost of the Union . Mr . Williams—I second it . Mr . A Newman—We gave them a meat dinner at Christinas by subscription ,

      and 1 don ' c think we can entertain this proposition . Mr . Barry—I am aware such was the case , but I want to establish the spirit of our competency to give meat to the paupers on the two days in the year Mr . Longfield did not think it could be put from the chair , as fourteen days' notice ! was necessary . Mr . Haines—We did not give fourteen days notice when changing milk for porridge , and I am certain there is not a Kate payer in the Union would object to it . Mr . Longfield—But that alteration was a saving to the UnioD . Mr ^ Barry—The [ expense is swallowed by other parties , and if we cannot order meat to the poor creatures on two days in ; the year , I don't see what is the use of Guardians at all . The Chairman —Mr . Barry would you alttr the resolution so as to

      request Mr . Voules to order what you require ! Mr . Barry—I most respectfully beg to decline doing so , as I want to establish a principle . Mr . Webb Ware — I think you ought to put tbe resolution . The Chairman then put the resolution which was carried , there being eleven for , ; and four against it . Atrocious Outrage . —The neighbourhood of Boherburg was greatly excited on Monday evening by the report of a boy having been fouad , almost lifeless , with bisthroatcutfrom ear to ear , in a lonesome piece of ground adjoining the new barracks . On enquiry it was ascertained that the foul deed was perpetrated by a young soldier of the 36 th Regiment , named Thomas Rafferty , a native of Galway , who privately induced the little fellow to sell a pair of boots and

      regimental trousers for him , and at dusk had thrown from his window the boots , and subsequently the trousers ; but it appears the boots were taken off by some person who heard them fall , and the young accomplice , not being up to time , ifound only tbe trousers . The soldier , exasperated by the loss , knocked the boy down , and with a knifejwhich he drew from his pocket , cut his helpless victiin ' s throat across in a shocking manner . The poor creature waB bleeding to death , and was removed to his father ' s house , where he was promptly attended by a surgeon of the 36 th and surgeon Wilkinson , wtyo entertain hopos of hia recovery . Immediately onJheariDg of the outrage Colonel Maxwell , on the same-eyening , issued a regimental order expressive of the ; horror be felt at a

      soldier of the 36 th being charged with sucn airocity , and ealled upon every soldier in the regiment to indeavour to discover the lawless wretch whahad disgraced 'ais uniform by so inhuman a deed . The commaadvug officer also directed evcty ' m&n to be confined to * barracks till the assassin -was iovra 4 out . This prowpt and well-advised order ; was read in every man ' s room that evening , and had the desired effect , fof the suspected party was aioon discovered and lodged ia the military prison ; and the colonel issued a second regimental order on the following morning , conveying the great pleasure he had in rescinding

      the previous order confining the men to barracks , and that it was a consolation to him to know that the prisoner waB none of his oldj and valued soldiers * but a young recruit , undisciplined and unprincipled , who , during bis brief military career , had been repeatedl y a delinquent . The accused was yesterday escorted , handcuffed , by a sergeant ' s guard to the poliie-office , and handed OTer to the civil authorities by the adjutant of the corps , and remanded for further examination . He was hooted out of barracks by the soldiers of his own regiment , « r indignant were they at this disgraceful j coadaot . —Limeriek Chronicle . '

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      . Arrest op a Murderer . —On Tuesday last constable Kearney arrested a man named Murtha Walsh , on private information , at Moantbolnaj for the murder of a man named Cleary , about thirty years ago , on Buckley-hill , within a mile , of Tulla * njoore . There was also a person named Boon implicated in the transaction , and he and Walsh having absconded at the time , they bad not been heard of till , the present . Walsh was brought before Dr . Wallace , fully identified , and committed to take his trial for tbe ofiencQ . —Leinster Express ,

      A Packet Ship Stbock bt Lightmkg . —By tie arrival of the packet ship Virginian , Captain Allen , at Liverpool , on Friday morning , from New York , advices have been received of the arrival at New-York on the 20 th ultimo of the American line-ofpacket-ship Toronto , Captain Robert Griswold , Much sailed from the St . Katharine ' s Dock oh the 27 th of January with emigrants and a general cargo of- merchandise , after having been detained twentyeight days west of the Banks in consequence of one continual sale from the west-ward . On the 1 st of

      March , in a tremendous gale from the north-west , the Toronto was struck by lightning , which passed down the foremast , knocked down all hands npon deck , and instantly killed a boy named James Co !* Iin 3 . Abont half an hour after the mast was struck , the electric fluid burst ten feet above the deck , ths whole of which was covered with fire , bat fortunately no damage was sustained . The American line of packet ship Ontario , Captain W . R . Bradiab , arrived at New York on the same day as the Toronto , viz , 20 th of March .

      Barkis verb and ATKraniES . —At the opening of the Don caster Sessions ,, on Monday , the Recorder , Sir Gregory Lewin , intimated to the attornies present that he had received a letter the night previous , signed by two barristers—Mr . Allen , and Mr . Johnston—members ef tho Northern Circuit , ia which they s&id it was their intention , along with two other barristers ( Mr . Hammerton andMr . Stapieten ) to attend these sessions regularly in future . Sir Gregory had intimated at the previous sessions , that if four barristers chose to attend , he should feel

      bound by common law and the custom of the realm to give audience to the bar , to the exclusion , of attornies . Mr . Fisher , on behalf of the atEornies , objected to this course of procedure , and said he believed tbe solicitors and tbe suitors in the court had made up their minds never to deliver a brief to a barrister appearing at these sessions , unless ha wssa counsel of some standing—seen and heard ia Westminster-hall , and at York Assizes . Mr . Hammerton , for his brother , b&risters , said it was their intention to attend regularly , and here the conversation dropped .

      Coal-Pit Explosion near Barnslet . —On Friday morning , shortly aftci the miners ( forty in number ) had descended the coal-pit at D&rley Maine , near Rarnsley , the property of Messrs . Travis and Horsfail , an explosion of a frightful nature took place . The alarm on the occasion was exceedingly great , as it was feared that a great number of lives must have teen sacrificed . Fortuntaely , however , the whole of the miners mentionedabove , wita . the exception of two , almsst entirely escaped in jury , being wbea the explosion occurred in a contrary draught ; buttwo of their number were so dreadfully burnt that one of

      them ( called Senior ) has since died . It appears that the pit in question has not been in a . working state for some weeks past , in consequence of having been filled with water ; and this was the first morning of the colliers resuming their labour .. The cause of this sad accident was occasioned by one of the men fastening a naked candle against one of thoprops , and he was in the act of taking off his jacket When the draught of air produced by this movement disturbed the sulphuric gas which was lodged neat the roof , and which , coming in contact with tha flame of the candle , ignited and caused the explosion .

      The Late Hurricane at Barcelona . —Intelligence has been received of the total loss of the schooner David , of Perth " , 132 tons register , Captain M'Callum , during a hurricane , on tho rocks of Barcelona . 1 % appears , from authentic particulars , that , on the 27 th of February , as the David was discharging her oargoe at Barcelona , it came en to blow a strong breeze , from W . S . W ., when Captain M'Callum , f » arful of danger , orudently hove the , schooner off from the quay and although still riding at anchor , the wind having increased to a tremendous gale , the vessel dragged her anchors , in

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

      The Learned Attorney-Genebal . —At the last meeting of the Royal Society & Daner . wm . . * m « i " On a method of proving the three leading properties of the Ellipse and Hyperbola , " by Sir Frederick Pollock . The method , though founded on a well-known property of the circle , is described to us by a very competent judge as distinguished by perfect originality , and demonstrated with great clearness and eloquence . That a good lawyer should also bra good mathematician is nothing surprising

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

      Longevity . —A very aged couple , Joseph S&rgeant and his wife , are now residing at No . 6 , Kirk ' s-yard , Belgrave-gate , in this town . The former is in his 924 year , and the latter in her 89 th , and they have been married 62 years . Though so far advanced in life , the old man still follows his occupation of a chair-mender , and maybe seen walking about onr streets almost daily in pursuit of business . He was a soldier for 18 years in the reign of George III ., and during that time was in the East and West Indies , North America , as well as in various parts of Europe . His period of service having expired while in America , he solicited his discharge from General Burgoyne . He wa 3 at this time a sergeant , and being an active Bteady soldier his request was reluctantly complied with , and he returned home This was so far back as 1783 , when , to use the

      veteran s own jocular remark , he ** quitted one service to enter upon another" —naeaaing that he took ( into himself a wife , his present venerable partner . Ha remembers the north , south , and west gates of tha town being removed , and also the shambles being near to Mr . Jones ' s toy-shop , and the M Gainsborough , " a building used for the administration of justice , standing in front of the Lion and Dolphin inn , Market-place . He has only been once seriously unwell during hia long life , which was about fifty years ago , when an attack of fever eonfihed him tohis room for some weeks , and he now seems more robust and energetic than many men thirty years his junior . H « is an early riser , seldom remaining in bed after five o ' cloek , and he says he feels morecomfortable- '' up" than in bed after that hour . — / Leicester Chronicle .

      The Iron Trade . —The usual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters and parties connected with tha iron trade took place during the past week . The business transacted at these meetings has usually been the settlement of accounts and the making of bargains , contracts , and agreements of all kindg connected with the trade . The taking of mines and royalties of mio . es , the supply of coal , ironstone ^ and all materials in the manufacture of iron , and' the prices of carriage—these have generally been settled at the principal meetings , held- on the Wednesday and Thursday , at Wolverhampton and in this town . The meetiuga of the last week were looked forward to with some anxiety , arising from the late depression , not only with reference to the prospects of the

      trade generally , but also in regard to the settlement of existing and current accounts . The result hasshown , that notwithstandiag the prevailing unfavourable impression , the engagements were met and no defaulters were reported ; and has also proved that tUe trade in Staffordshire and Shropshire is now ia the hands of a m » ch mere substantial body of capitalists than it had been at any former period of depression . The priee of pig-iron was merely nominal , as very few if any sales were made ; with , regard to manufactured iron , the prices offered , being founded upon the depression of the trade , were scarcely in any instance accepted ; thus again confirming the conviotioa that the trade is in the hands of men of real capital , who will look for

      remunerating pjices . The products of the Seoteh furnaces were frequently referred to by buyers as tending to . the depression of the Staffordshire market , but without producing any material effect . The superiority of the Staffordshire manufactured iron , was asserted and acknowledged ; and a determination was expressed on the part of several manufacturers , to adopt an improvement which has lately been introduced into s » me works in the neighbourhood , namely , that of running the iron in a heated state direct from tha smelting to the puddling furnace , by which the expense' of casting into pigs and re-heating would be saved . By this means the cost of maaufaotured iron will- be materially reduced ; and it is probable

      that the determination expressed by two or three influential makers , to compete with the 'Scotch makers in price with the superior quality of Staffordshire iiont although it did not ineetwith the concurrence of the trade generally , may be not only justifiable but advantageous . The fluctuations ; m the iron trade have always been gre ^^ uyhe Drices at this time being below the coBi \ a » prwsC TMjKla afford such , an opportunity for Bp « oa 1 ^ , onjaJM ^ i ^* ment as the present state of the Aoney- ^ aMeta"ta ^\ X not fail to enisovxage , —Birmingpa ^^ xn ( H ~^^ vMtHty •^ il&L

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      HULL . —BnCTJkX Co ^ DVCT OF THE P 0 U « £ . — On Wednesday evening last , a pnblic meeting was held in the Market Place , to petition Parliament to investigate the conduct of Baron Gurney at Leicester in reference to William Jones . The meeting was a

      nujneions one , and remarkably peaceable . Mr . West rose to propose tbe adoption of a petition , and had spoken aboui half an hour , whea a large body of the police , in lank and file , headed by Superintendant M'Manus , made their appearance . M'Manus approached West , and told him he must come dowij . West asked by what authority ! and the constable told him he was sent—that he did not "wish k > do any harm—that they might retire to their private rooms , and no one would interfere with them . West remonstrated , but in vain . Meantime the work of dispersion "was going on , and , had not the people been peaceably disposed , no donbt there- would have been a riot . In ihe morning , Mir . West waited on the magistratea , to have their

      opinion on the subject . He detailed the facts as they occurred , and asked whether it was the intention of the magistrates to prevent the peace&ble meetings of the people . The magistrates said . ihey knew nothing about it ; but they considered £ he police justified in removing any obstruction in the Market Place—it being a thoroughfare . Mr . West said he could bring hundreds to prove there was no obstruction . Magistrate—But there might be . Mr . West said if the people had not peaceably dispersed , no donbt the conduct of the police wonld have prodneed a riot . Magistrate—Then that proves the right tbe police had to interfere . Mr . West expressed his snrprise that a magistrate should nse such language on the Bench . Sir

      William Lrovnhorp wished to know i ^ hat Mr . West wanted of the magistrates ? Mr . West—1 want to ^ now before taking further step 3 in this matter , whether the magistrates sanction or authorise the dispersion of the peaceable meetings of the people , for we have the able opinion of the most able Crown lawyers as well as Judges , that the people hare a right to meet when and where they please , to discuss real or imaginary grievances . Sir William LowtLorp— "We do not wish to interfere with the meetings of the people is proper times a&d places . Town Clerk—Yes , your Worship , in their private rooms . Mi . WesV—No , your "Worship , whatl contend for is , the right of ouvdoor meeting—the people are too poor to pay for your large rooms , and had they the means , they -would not be let to them . The Snperinttndant here Baid that he went on his own responsibility , and

      if they , met again he -would disperse them . West-Tien we will resist you . Jldagistrate—Yon know the police mnst do their dnty . West—Yes , and the magistrates must do theirs , and I mnst do mine , which is to uphold the rights of the people at all h&wrds . Mr . "West then left the office , The conduct of ihe police has ^ excited universal disgust among aU classes . —On Monday evening , a publie meeting was held on the Dock . Green , and the petition adopted . The meeting was numerous , and great numbers of the bines" "were present in disguise , but co interraption took place . Mr . West also delivered two discourses on Sunday , in the same place , without interruption . —There will be a pnblic meeting on "Monday next , in the jFreemason ' s lodge , to adopt , a petition to Parliament , praying for an investigation into the eocduct of the police . That ia the way to beat them .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct930/page/3/