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      IECHJKB ON THE STATE OF THE RATIOS . 5 T JTSfB 31 EY . TT . XIirffOOD , OP 1 UBSPIE 1 D . On Wednesday evening last , Jnly 25 , Hie ttafld-iall , ia this totrn ,- » as crowded to excess to hear a lectors on ^ BjBbdiel it ? the nation ana other topics ; hundreds of persons Trent a-way unable to . obtain admission . At laJf-pssVBeveno'cl&cfc , on tlie motion of 2 d * . Czockford , > Tr- fieo . \ garkip took the chair . 32 je Ser . W . Ion wood , on presenting himself , irag warmly cheered- He commenced fey slating , th 3 t before iny great flange "was "bronehtabont , there-were always certain agns or tokens "which could not be mistaken . Is the present day , there -were bold and palpable signs in the re ? iiw »» , the political , and the socia ? world . In the TeJIeions Trosflfl , there tcss great defection ; but tills did

      not prOTe that the people -were natnrallyaverse to the greai sniped « freli £ icm , but iiieministtrs of religion » ere behind the education of ths people ; again , in the politicil Torld , there v ; ere party recriminations , and the utmost depths ol discontent ; bat tfaese-slrns onlypreved tfee rottenness -of ooi political institutions , and required them to be adapted to the . advanced education of the people ; aoitis thesodal-world , iheadTsnced edncation of the people -rained intellectual and moral -worth among ¦ women . more than iheydofiaeagtl ganajfto-wers . These \ reresigns of the times -which could not be mistaken , and betsken that the eonntry groaned . Tmrt » r oppression and iBjasaoeiirhidi produced discententj and then ihepresgntasitaeon ,-which nerer-would ceaas until the vast faV jMofj ^ tocratic oppression and mismle shall be brought

      down to fire dost . Be said he should be glsd to sea the ministers of the Christian religion advocate these views tot Otty had the "fen ol Iv&sg some of tie loaves and fishes , and therefore they neglected to moot these great principles . He pointed attention particularly to the present amount of discontent , and asked what tffect preoebinjr contentment could have to a man who traj starring t or -what use it "was saying , *» Sefc yonr aftecfions

      xematlong- that It was made for an , and sot for a few . He was decidedly in favour of an iristocracy , and should jnonm for the Jate of Britain if there -were do aris tocracy , aa b . B felt that God atoays meant there should be an aristocracy ; ha has made mountains as "well as mole-hills ; great beasts and little beasts ; great stars and little stars ; great minas and littia mieds ; acd he tleagned the great to lead and instinct the little minds ; hence-we havaaaiSe&ol the constitution of a House of . Lords , but it should be a Souse of genuine noblemen , sot of noble parses , wnat sort of as aristocrMy is that ^ rbith consists of blood and sot of brains ? The people do not wish to put do-sra aristocracy , cut to raise itnpt it is an aristocrat ^ of intelligence sad moral power that is -wanted—thai is , of men -who have

      morals to command respect and intelligence to win it ; men of this dess&ptroa are theimo nobility of a population , and these are the aristocracy founded by God-He d-welt upon the state of the country , its r »» Wre , discontent , and agitation , and added , that such being the actual . atfJs of the country , it became the . really ¦ wtmyrfin mind to consider the remedy . They talk of Gflnrcfe . -f > T * ° ?»"""—( laughter ) ;— " only , " say th £ jj ; -get a church on every bill and in . every valley , and jou -will have the ^ mVUTmiTn "Yes , but It 'Would , be the ir"Hgn «» n of parsons . { Cheers . } He ¦ would make -every man in a certain sense bis o-scn priest ; every man ' s home las own altar , and every man ' s cottage Jus o ~ wa church —/ hear , hear }—© nly surround thB people by happy circumstance ! , and free them from

      ilavery , and they -RSI feel the higher obligations of religion , and conscious gratitude "will rwell srtthin the poor man ' s bosom , cherisfcing the noblest virtues . He disagreed -with Socialism ; but stall he thought there -were honest men amongst the Socialists , and . therefore he vonld sot heap upon them-wholesale abuse , especially ss they seemed to "Wish to aea sparer state otaodety . Then came corn law lepeal—^ laughter )—iboutr Trhidj they might differ ; and though no one would deny that free trade ^ was a good thing in the abstract , yet the question -was , -whether a gigantic evil could be cured by the repeal of the corn law ? Be a&onld jay it conld not —( hear , hear ) . Then cornea tiis Charter , a thing-which the people had introduced ; and . he begged to say * ft » t for the cure of these evils , he proposed the

      Charter { tremendons and long-conhnned dieering ) . -33 iere Is , read the lecturer , something prophetic in that cheer ; aye , -people may meer at auch a thing , but I say there is something prophetic in that cheer ; I regard it as the key-note to the great and universal cheer that -wQl echo on every bill and valley throughout England , Scotlsnfl —a » -empire Triers tyranny stiall be oYeribre-sm , and the Charter established—( cheers ) . I "hear some say what can a Christian minister have to do "with the Charter ? -what has the Esv . Wm . Idmrood to do is coming forward to advocate the Charter ? I will tell you something more . I have not only introduced it Ziere , but I 2 » ve been criminal enough is advocate it in soy ovnpnlpit . Why say some , what can Christka TriTn ? K * > w » have to do -with the Charter ? My answer is

      they have as mnch to do with the Charter as they have to do with common sense ; and as surely as I stand jzpoa this platform , -when ; thg people have got the CftiarfET , litey "will iiave something to do frith tteir TnTn 7 « tBWL The sheep -who jjet ahead of then : shepherd niQ not mind him , and the people -who get a head of Iheir t « Kfcgr » are sot to be led by tbsm ; and I must zay , that if half the pulpits -were jropt clean -vritha besom -of the -mt * n -who itaud in them , it ironld be £ great advaatBge to the community—icheers ) . J defend She Charter , on the ground of simple justice . You may call at the Charter or Complete SaSrage , for the -Complete Suffrage party is pledged to the Six Points , and they are prepared to carry oat the Charter . The moment they erase to be prepared to carry oat the Charter ,

      ie ceased to be one of them—( cheers ) . Ha defended tiie Charter as a matter of justice ; he -would have nothing to do -with expediency , as that 'would never gel anything . He -was opposed to class legislation ; and he asked the middle clmae * , -what right they had to refuse Uie -working classes t&e-Gfaaxtez , if it-were just ; and lie defied them to prove that it -was unjust—Idifcsrs ) . 3 den go te ekapels , aad sear is sermons that they are to love .- their brethren ; but in reality , instead of doing sb ~ they love their pockets , He 9 oold ask , -what sort of Christianity did they call that ? Because he was » Christian minister he * wss a Churtint , * na tZ ihey Tfexe Christiana they -were Chartists also . "Whom . aid Christ associate with ? The poor , -the despised , and the outcasts . He argued lo show , if a

      man obeyed laws he had a sight to say -who should represent him ; in imposing them , and he contended that ererjman of twenty-one years of age , of Bound mind , and untainted by crime , ought Lohave the Suffrage—( cheers ) "With regard tone property qualification , what was it that constituted a good senator ? Is its long banking aceennti & large estate ,. and a good carriage ? Would ihey . sends man to the House of Commons merely because ie lad a goo § purse in his breeches pockets . He tse-sr they aid not wish , though they often did . send fools there ; but the ; desired to have men of intellect sad moral power , -which alone can qualify men to become senators . Honey does sot qualify a man ; there are many bright men -who have ngt £ 300 a-year , but they possess thai ^ rhicfc d £ l , ODD a year eannot

      purchase—( cheers ) . He agreed with the payment of members , electoral districts , ^ ote by ba llot , ana annual parliaments , and argned strongly in their favour , repnj «« it ^ g ihs > aaerticm that if the Charter became the lav of the land they -would have nothing bat vulgarity the fact -was , that j xaea did not -want val ^ srity . ; they "Want the means of obtaining lefinement , sai instead of desiring to go down , they ^ wished to ascend . Did lie not speak the sentiments ef the audience ?—t Cries of "Yes , yes . " ) ? oor men lad respected property in distress , and lather than destroy it had gonB to the bastile ^ -would they destroy it -when they . bad the means of « njoying it—( ctIbs of *' 3 fo no" - ) Giant them the Charter , and property -will be -well protected —loheera ) . They say if the Charter is granted , the

      country -win be revolutionised ? What state is the eonntry now ! n ? Is it not already revolutionised ? Xook at Ireland , ScoUand , "Wales , and England ; eo&ld Jhey find a peaeeablejigiiara mile?—{ " No , no . " ) The revolution , "whichis said may come from granting a measure of justice , is now going on , like a mighty stream ; and ^ ritheut it is instantly arrested in its course , ¦» rill « venrhehn andplnnge the nation in ene vast mass of ruin » nd wretchedness . ~ The revolution is gojng on in many a garret and many a ; cellar ^ ta many a heart and many a brain , now ground down by the hand of oppression , TheMVolntion is going on in the iinds of many thousands and tens of thousands possesses of inteDeet-andmoralworth , who irill lead on their fellow menioBefom ,-with energy , vigour , and success ; and tiiat

      he-irouJd aay , to those -who ^ eny-jnstiee , I » ware hope deferred maketh Hie heart eict ; and he -would Md , take heed , lest they oppose till ihe mighty tempest lOwtTi tsn swept them irreastibly into " one common tomb—{ cheers ] . He appeared thsre to address the middle classes , and Ae trnsted fiiey -sronld not gnn ^ pmTi 3 ran iorspesMng his honest sentiments . The ; might be told to look upon Bach a demagogue aa the lecturer -With esntioiL ; but be reminded them , that the man » as their irae friend irho pointed out thebr evils , and ^ at their greatest enemies are those mmisters -who , Snjjoiy after Sunday , tell them * flattering and delusive k ^ - After giving "» most eloquent descripSon of ihe I ^^ aft atate of flie Brifish population , he quoted flie ^ DoB iBPiesiSfal

      lines?—** JMd flpd . set bis fountainsoflightin the akies , That man Bhcmld look up -with tears in Ms eyes ? Did God raake this earth , so abundant and fair , [ Q atman ahonld look down -witia groan of despair ? Did God fill the -world -with harmonious Jifc , That manehould go forth with destrnetion and strife ? Did God scatter freedom o ' er mountain and wave , That man shoulel esst as a tyrant and slave ? A-wsy wia-so 3 » peless- ^» 3 <> ylfiss = » creed , ¥ ar tits Bool thai believes it , ia darkened indeed . " He advised iimt the people should sot compromise or gSvenp one iota of &e Charter—( cries of " no , no ! * hat 3 » s beai decided npon long amce" )—and he assured lbs middle classes if they did sot join in the struggle , they -wenldall failintothe gnlphof misery aad -sBsft ; sad tten , by -way cl encouragement m ^^ " * oricf political jsgeneraaon , lie said" Oh , isle <^ my fetheisl faarojieen ef ike aea ! Men call thee the land of the fearlesa and free ;

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      They ray thou art first on the records of fame ; They speak of thy glory , bat not of thy shame t Bespair not , my country , for truth is revealed . — Her bands have the fountains of i knowledge nnsealedj ! Thy children shall gather sew life from the stream , Tell the pains of the past ,: are forget u a dream . " . The lecture being concluded , a vote of thanks -was moved to the lecturer . Mr . Baggs , in j » conding the mofiOQ , inforaied the meeting U » t there was a newsroom established in Swann ' s-yatd , opposite to the Police Omee , for the vrorking classes , at one penny per -week , ¦ wh ich , during the present exciting times * -would be of great advantage- \ Hearty cheers followed the proposition of thanks to tbe lecturer , and a 3 so a vote of thanks to Ibe Mayor , T&omas Wakefteld , Bsq ^ for Ma liberality in allowing the use of the Town-halt for the lecture . The meeting broke up at a quarter-past ton o ' clock .

      £ We have j ? reat pleasure in giving the above report from the Nottingham Review of last -week . It is refresll ing to find a minister so faithful to his calling as to ¦*• Tebuke the -wickedness of those in high places , " and to make common cause "with the " poor oppressed , " trumpeting forth their -wrongs and asserting their rights . It -would be well if the fair , and candid , and catholic Ep ? ri £ of the reverend gentleman -was generally imitated , not only by the members of his own profession , but by all parties . There -would be less of misunderstanding , iUnature , bad feeling , and uncbaritableness in the world

      than there is , -were such the case . I ? rom a private Mter from a friend -we learn with much satisfaction , that the reverend gentleman has arranged to give another lecture in Hettingham , at Ihejieqnest of the Nottingham Chartists ; and that they intend to obtain the use cf the large and splendid Exchange Hall for the occasion . This is right The arrangement does credit to both parties , and speaks well for the good spirit and right understanding existing between them ; and -which ought to exist between all who honestly acknowledge the full rights of the full people , and do their utmost to obtain and enforce them . 1

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      ^ TO THE EDITOB , OP IKE KORTHKB-K STAB . Sra , — " The glorionsnncertalnty of the law" has been a proverb for time immemorial ; and neverhas that saying been better verified than in the conduct of the Whigs during the late debates on Irish affairs . What magic influence the opposition benches have npon the perceptive organs of parties , from the most learned ! to tbe iowtst s&wlIUe . Prom the proceedings of the last ten days it is obvious that our legislators not only ] change their opinions as to lax ? making as they change benches , but that they change in what is more ! important to

      society , their views as to the powers of , the Executive . The Whigs have attacked the Tories for having dismissed Magistrates , on the ground of having attended Repeal meetings , and have gone so far as to declare the conduct of Sir Edward Sugden to be unconstitutional , isaamnch as these Magistrates were entitled to attend say Tegniajay constituted meeting , having for its object to petition Parliament to repeal a certain legislative enactment I shall not attempt to follow all that has been said in the Commons , nor by the party press , but shall confine my observations to the conduct of tbe late Whig Chancellor and Attorney General .

      On Friday , Jnly l * ta , the Marquis of Cl&nricarde brought forward the following motion in tbe Home of L « rds , " That to dismiss magistrates from the commission of the peace under such circumstances as those in which Irish magistrates had been dismissed by Sir E . Sogden , was snconstitatSosal , nnjasl , and inexpedient " During the debate that followed on the ^ bove motion , Lord Campbell ( late plain John ) said , " the magistrate atood in the position of ajndge , and he utterly denied that a judge could be dismissed until he had committed an effence . " To hear ibis from tbe man who boasted at a public breakfast at Edinburgh that Chartism was dead , that he had crushed it , is not so extraordinary as the following from Lord Gottennam , John Campbell ' s superior ia the years 1839-4 » . The Noble and Learned

      ex-Whig ChancelloT is reported to kave said : "he thought the conduct of the Irish Gavernment , though not amounting to Sigh Treason , as had been stated , had been perfectly unconstitutional ; and this was shown by the statements contained is the letters of Sir £ . Sugden himself . His interference was not sanctified by law , and was most unconstitutional in its character . " Now this is all right . Lords Campbell sad Cottenbam have taken & correct vie-w of the Irish Chancellor ' s conduct . While the Repeal magistrates had dose nothing contrary to law , the Chancellor ought not to have had the power to supersede them . These who contend that he is 1 invested with that prerogative .

      may with equal propriety say that lie has . the po-wer to disperse by force any public meeting covened for -whatever purpose , when it suits the party in power to say that such meetings ought not to be held . - These Whig lawyers have very properly condemned the conduct of the present Government hi removing from ! the commission of the peace certain magistrates for having dared to exercise their rights as citizens . If it be competent for a member of Parliament to bring forward , a motion to Repeal tbe Legislative Act of Union , it must be competent for any portion of the people to petition for it . This is constitutional—without this there is no constitution .

      Irard Cattenham , ex-Whig Chancellor , . declares the conduct of the Tories to be little short of high treason ; and I agree with him . Yet these very IWhigg , four years ago , removed from the commission of the peace , on the same grounds , one of the most npright magistrates that t-rery sst upon a bench—the humane , ! the philanthropic , the virtuous JOHN FROST 1- In case this ahonld meet the eye of any who may not be acquainted with the drcnmstances connected with Air . Frost ' s removal from the magisterial office , let it j be borne in mind that he was superseded long before the Newport misfortune . Do the Whigs suppose these things arc forgotten ? If they do they are woefully mistaken . Lord Campbell is not to flitter himself that the people forget that ha is the samt Sir John Campbell , Whig Attorney General , who in person prosecuted the

      expatriated Frost Williams and Jones ; or that tbe people forget the means used to secure the destruction of Frost and his companions . Whatever steps the Tories may take against Ireland they cannot be more execrable than those pursued b ; the Whigs when in office . The Whig Mayor ef Newport knew from Thursday that the town was to be attacked—this was four days before the outbreak took place^—yat he took no steps to evert the attack . Pray who could give the information on Thursday ? Tbe Qxet meeting of Frost with the delegates was on Friday night , tvonty-fonr hours subsequent to the Mayor knowing what was to happen . This was admitted by the spy-witness himself when cross-examined by Frost " s eonnsel ; and it demonstrates the damnable machinery pnt in operation by the late Whig Government in order to crush the infant cry of liberty in England .

      The Mayor of Newport , notwithstanding the information -which he possessed , did nothing to prevent the people from the Mils entering the town : he ' allowed the people to approach the Westgate Inn , where be had surrounded himself by a body of constables and a party cf soldiers . To certain inquiries by the people , tbe constables returned irritable replies : a collision took place ; the Mayor ordered tbe military to fire , and they heing in a room specially selected , { the people up to that moment knew nothing as to them leing j within the Westgate , ) they wers enabled to do so -with fatal effect ,

      and which there is vwexj reason to believe they cantinued to do after the people had given way . ¦ A Dumber were mortally wounded ; some of whom { lay in the street for a considerable length of time weltering in their blood , aad in tbe last agonies of expiring nature Cried for one mouthful cf cold water to cool their dying hearts ; but , no J there they were doomed to perish , and when some of the inhabitants offered to give them ft drink of water , the soldiers threatened to fire upon them *• if they advanced a step further ! " A ; magistrate { a clergyman ) passed by them ; but , deaf as an adder , paid , no attention to their agonising cries ,

      Frost was known to have been with the people that morning , but not at the Westgate Inn . He was apprehended , and charged as the leader of a treasonable plot ; and , in the words of Sir Frederick PollocS . " Vie greatest monsters that axr disgraced a court of justice ' ' were produced against him as witnesses -, and upou the testimony of third parties as to language said to have been expressed by Frost , ( the man in the " drab great coal and glazed hair of whom Frost and bis friends could learn nothing , was not placed in the witness-box by Sir John Campbell , ) yet on the testimony of this third party the late Government asked and { obtained a verdict against one whom they found to be an uncompromising political opponent ; and though from eircumstances the sentence was commuted , yet | t is being carried out in its modified form with unrelenting cmelty : P ^ ost has cot been allo-ared any communication With his bereaved family for more than two years .

      The Mayor of Newport instead of being called to account for not having token steps to have prevented a breach of the peace , was called up before the Qneen nnfl honoured 'srith tbe title of Knighthood . \ Tnua the man who allewed SPIES to pursue their hellish work of espionage till their diabolical object was secured , instead of fceieg punished for having permitted , with his knowledge , such things to foe committed , was by Lords Campbell and ( Tottenham's friends publicly rewarded . This is not a solitary instance ] of Whig treachery towards the people of England . They were justified in employing means to obtain information ; but they were guilty of treason against the state , in employing men first to lead the people astray ( in order that they might betray them into the hands of Govern mest ) , and then become witnesses against them .

      This was the conduct pnrsned by the Whigs towards those -who bad raised them to power . It -will be their conduct again should they be restored to office . What they have done in England they are prepared to do in Ireland when it suits . Whenever the Irish people shall « k for anything calculated to benefit the masses , the WhigB -will be * s maeh their enemies as ever the Tories ean be . Cursed be the name of the hireling that may lend himself to eitker party . , C > J . Glasgow , July 24 th , 1843 .

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      TRAGICAL AND SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT THE CAMBRIDGE GAOL . On Thursday week a young man named Henry Burnham was , at the Cambridge Assizes , convicted upon an Indictment charging him with having stabbed his -wife with ; intent to do her greivons bodily barm The evidence | against him -was conclusive , and would indeed have justified tbe jury in finding that the intent of the prisoner in tbe outrage npon bis wife was not Btmply to do her bodily harm but to" murder her . It appeared that he was a young man of 28 years of age , and she -was in her 24 th year , and that they had been married six years , during -wbifih time » be had given birth to four children , one of whom at the time of

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

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

      eseape . To this bar the wretched man hud tied his stockings , and to them one end of his braces , the other end of which he fastened round bis own neck , and having probably Jumped off his bed , tbe act of selfdestruction was completed . The body presented a shocking sppeoracee , being black and livid , and tbe fatal noose had left a broad and deep mark ronnd his neck , which was mush lacerated by the buckles of the braces . He tt&s in the habit of having bis Bible and Prayer-book given to him when he went to bed , but when the turnkey locked him np on Thursday evening he told him he Bhould want only the Preyer-boob , which was uf course given to htm . On tbe following

      morning the bosk lay on his bed folded down at the service for the bnrial of the dead ; " and it WOUid apptar from some noise , as of reading or talking , that was heard during the night by a convict in an adjoining cell , that the unhappy man must have read his own funeral service shortly before he committed the dreadful act of self-destrnction . Another very singular fact remains to be noticed . The cell hi which he hanged himself is paved with brickB , and with the metal tongue of the buckle of the braces with which he destroyed himself , he had written on tbe bricks what he intended as ' his last will and wishes , which , as nearly as It could be decyphered . -was in the folio-wing words : —

      ¦** Take notice ; FarewelL Give my property to my dear daughter Elizabeth , Qoi bless her . Don't , Jet her see me on any account . Bury me in Whittiesea churchyard , next to aiy poor brother Daniel . Love to my mother , sisters , arid brothers . " This was not written continuously , bat on a brick here and there , it -will oe seen that ho only mentions ene of his four children , and does not allude to his wife . She called at the gaol early in the morning to ask if he wished to see her , or to leave any message for his children , but he was then dead .

      An inquest was held In the gaol in the afternoon of the same day , and it was proved by his brother-in-law , a solicitor , residing in tha I&le of £ iy , that he had on many occasions since his marriage shown symptoms of aberration of mind , and particularly aboux tbe period ¦ when he made tbe murder oub assault on his wife ; and that on the morning after that assault he ran down stairs in his night-shirt and attempted to destroy himself . The jury , * under all the clrcum » UpcoB , took a humane view of the case , and returned as their verdict , that ho had destroyed himself , being , &t the time , lunatic and distracted . " ' ±

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      1 ——¦ - —¦— - — ¦ — - . . . tJ § r ! I * " MAO » ttticr .--The Packet states Jeotfry ^ French , ! of Rocksavage , ooun ^ of v ° 1 k " T * "" < JWqs * Wfetrate For that county , w& f 119 II 21 ^ the ^ miaissioa of the peace for vJJ ^ S f&fi&Jto * 1- fating . John" Maher , St'rtJr ? - ° . ^ rell , Esq ., have also , been removed . The followinggenfclemen , out-and-out Tories , have been added to the magistracy of Ireland : <* - rh ° X ? w ° & fr ** tho coubt * « f Louth ; f % * F ^ * EsqV for the county of Sligo and Edward Crips Vilhera , Esq ., for the coimty of

      G ^ oss Crbduxitv . —A widow in Loohcarren having lately lost £ 2 whioh was stolen out of her nouge , actuated by the remains of an ancient but uow near . y exploded credulity , resolved to have recourse to a weird Bisterviin order to regain her lost property , bhe accordingly came all the way to l > inj { w » L to take the fiood advice of Catherine uampbeii or Beaton , residing there , a notorious pretender to witchcraft . Catherine returned with her aupe to Lochcarron , and ! commencod operations by eayingj that no good could be done unless the same sumias was lost could be procured , which the poor woman borrowed : and then the witch put it away et

      carully m the woman's : chest , and it was not to be looked at till the next day , when the former lost £ 2 wer <* to . be found with it j bat the witch went off by thewail-cart jiand neither the £ ' 2 nor the £ i were found where themoaey was supposed to be put , but some stones and oatcake , the impostor having helped fterselr to the former . Information having reached Cinawall of this gross imposition , Campbell was apprehended , and is fully committed for trial . She is a native of Lewis , and an old offender in the same Ime . fhaving oftoa set the simple country people by the ears , by pretending to discover parties who , by the ; evil eye / ' had taken the virtue out of their neighbours' cows milk . —Rosshire Advertiser .

      RoYAWy in Danger . —Last week , during the progress of Her Majesty and Prince Albert in the Royal barge on their way to the : Thames Tunnel , they narrowly escaped being run down by the Syren , a Woolwich steamer . Th q Royal barge Was steered by ft | r . Roberts , Her Majesty s barge-master , a very experienced man , the Admiralty barge by Mr-Masterman . The Queen ' s barge-master received particular directions to follow the Admiralty barge , which led the way . The barges were proceeding down theriver , keeping rather towards the north shoro , and on reaching the Dublin tier off the Tower , the Admiralty barge all at once shoe across the river ! towards the south shore . The Queen ' s watermen followed in pursuance of the orders given them , and ' [ they met the Syrett steamer coming up the riven in a contrary direction , at full speed . The master of the Bteamer who had been keeping a

      straight course , and who ; did not expect that the state } barges would have so very suddenly altered theirs , was close on to the Royal barge before he was enabled to stop the engines , and ho was within a v ^ rjy few feet of the prow when a naval officer , who was outside the house between Her Majesty and tho watermen , stood up on the cushions , waved his hand ; and , unmindful of the presence of Royalty , sang Out at the top of his voice "Halloo > halloo . ' G—d | d—^ you , where are you coming to ' . " And one of the watermen ceased pulling , and following the example set him , called out " 0 , you vagabond . ^ The rudder of the Royal barge was put hard over , aud fortunately the collision was avoided , but some of the distinguished party wore greatly alarmed . Princse Albert looked serious , the Prin < 3 ess Clementine appeared frightened , but the Queen laughed heartily , and did not exhibit the lease symptom of fear . -

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

      last eighteen months , kept a public house in Pettystreet . This man has left a wife and seven children to regret his loss . William Cumming , son of Mr . Cumming , carpenter , Shore , aged 15 . This young man had left his father ' s house to go to church , and a copy of the New Testament was found in one of bis pockets . John Ross , aged 13 , son of J » hn Ross , shipmaster , Cromarty ; and William Kirk , a seaman , on board the Janet ef Liverpool , at present in this port . ' Kirk was a native of Auehencairn , in Galloway ; iho was an expert swimmer , and had obtained several medals from the Humane Society for his exertions in saving persons at sea . —Inverness Courier .

      Granite and Wood Pavements—At a recent meeting of the institution of civil engineers , a paper was read V Oa the relative merits of granite and wood pavements and macadamized roads , " by C . T . Hope , F . R . S . L . S . A . It is shown that macadamizing has few ifj any advantages for public thoroughfares , owing to its rapid abrasion ,, the frequent application of newpmaterial , the uncertainty of its condition , the abnndauce of mud and dust , the great expense of maintenance , and from tho power employed in draught requiring to be so variable . It iscOntonded that granite pavement can be made superior to macadamizing as regards economy of construction and maintenance of way , power of draught , and generally

      of all other qualities . With the single exception of noise , whioh by proper construction may bo greatly diminished ; that wood paving is superior to any other description for streets , and from the results of experiments mads by the author during a period of eighteen months , it appears that thevc-woa . ) position of ttye : fibres Bustaina less abrasion and injury than blocks } in any other position—that , cohesion is not a fluctuating quality , as the blocks do not become wee and dry with the changes of the sea&on , siuce when once they have absorbed as much moisture as they can contain , and their volume is thereby increased " , they never can be entirely dessicated , oven by a loig series of dry weather . The author ' s views were carried out at great length .

      REBECCA IN IbeiaND . —The Northern Standard , an Orange paper , coutains the following •—*' On Friday ! last , five men dressed in female attire attacked ! the house of one of Mr . Shirley ' s bog bailiffs named jBryan M'Enany . It appears that the outrages committed in that neighbourhood lately have been all perpetrated by men in the garb of women , and are known by the appellation of ' the girls , ' Those fellows mtQ seen approaching the field in which Al'Enany waa working by his son , who gave the alarm , and the father had just time to reach the house and inform his wife , when they rushed to the door—the wife sprang out to keep them off , while

      ftl ' -Enany closed the door , and barred it with a lo ^ of wood . The ruffians endeavoured to break the door open with stones , and while they were thus employed , the boy who remained in the Sold ran to his uncle ' s house , a . resolute and able young fellow , i who immediately came to his friend's ru . seua ; the ' girls' pnade off , pursued by M'Connin , but npon reaching the road he was intercepted by a crowd of persons ; who compelled him to give up the pursuit . Oao of tbe crowd is now in custody , but' the girls * escaped *"

      Frightful Scaffold Accident . — On Friday niorniu ^; a wan named William Parry , a bricklayer , fifty-seven yearB of ago , fell from the third story of the bou § e No . 26 , Park-strait , Hyde-park , a height of upwards of forty feet , into the area below . He was immediately conveyed in an apparently dying Slate to St . George ' s Hospital . The injuries he bad sustained in the back , 1 'inbs , and head , are of such a nature as to leave but slight hopes of his surviving . The imprudent man had been standiug upou a single plank , and at length , finding that ho required to be raised for the purpose of finishing his work , his procured a box , but had no sooner placed his feet thereon than the plank gave way , and he was prec pitated on to the area pavement .

      Opposition io poor bates . —On Saturday last , at one o ' clock , a sideboard , tho property of Mr . Charles O'Connell , was sold in High-street , by public auction , for | £ 2 15 s , being seized , und ^ r a civil bill for poor rates . Mr . O'Coanell niddressed those present from an adjoining window . He strongly denounced the present system of poor laws , and declared he would never pay a farthiag rate until such ehaHgos were made as would serve the poor and lessen the numerous salaries of bloated commissioners . The police mastered stron ;; i ' y with the resident magistrate and sub-inspector , bat thereappearod to be not the slightest occasion for their presence . —Ennis Advertiser .

      Fkench Finance . —The National Debt of France , which in 1572 , under Chavies IX ., was only ly . OOO ^ OOOf ., was , in 1832 . 5 , 417 , 495 , 017 ^ At the present time it is almost 7 , 00 ( hOOu , 0 O 0 f . France has already Been bankrupt six tirajes , viz : -Under Sully , who deducted the interest formerly paid on tho capital ; at the ead of Louis iV . ' s reiga , under Desmaret , who paid neither capital nor interest ; at the fall of the * ' sysl&ne law , " under Lepelletior ; under the Abbs Terrai , who did not pay the assignments ; during th ' e revolution , # fc <* r the creation of 45 , 000 , 000 of mortgages ; Irstly , in 1799 , fey the reduction of twothirds of ' the debt .

      Novelty in Crab Catching . —A short time ago , while a-fientlemaa belonjRiag to this town , wfao is a capital swimmer * was enjoying th « luxuries of that delightful exercise at Brought ferry , oae of his largo toes was suddenly seizvtUipon by "something ;" and , notwithstanding all his efforts , he was unable to rolease it from the grasp of the unseen captor , which seemingly eirinced a determination to drag him under water . Feeling , nb doubt , that he was likely to come off '' second best" in the struggle , he made with all possible despatch for the shore ; and , on landing , found that his antagonist was a huge crab , which even then would not reliuqaiah its hold till its clenched'" claw"' was broken to pieces . Batheis ! bewc-ro of crabs . —Dundee Courier *

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      Foreign Steam Power . —On the 1 st of January , 1842 , there were in Franco 5 . 605 steam-boilers and 2 , 807 steam-anginas , besides 169 locomotives . Of the 5 , 605 boilew , 4 M 7 were of French manufacture ; 1 . 747 of them furnished .. tnam for various uses , and the remaining 3 , 858 supplied the 2 , 807 engines .. Of the 2 807 angines , ] S 84 were low pressure , equalling 11 , 114 horse-power , and 2 , 223 high pressure equalling 26 , 182 horsepower , making together 37 , ? 9 S horse-power ; that is , tlie force of 121 . 888

      draughthorses , replacing strength of 783 , 000 men of labour . These amounts , as compared with the year 1840 , present on one side a reduction of 40 boilers , not used for steam engines ; and , on tne other , an increase of 285 boilers for steam-eng- ' nes , of which last 216 were fixed , and 27 locomotive . This increase gives an equivalent of 2 , 946 horse-power , or 8 , 836 draught-horaes , or 62 , 000 men . In 1841 steamengines in France did the labour of 55 , 061 drangbthorses , or 1 , 085 , 427 men .

      Definition of [ a , Clock . —As a Wuut sort of a witness in an action of trover , at York , was undergoing a crosa-exaaiination by Mr . Dundas , a clock became tho subject of inquiry , and when the question was put ag ta what sort of a clock it was , the witno 83 replied that ] it was " a sheep-head dock . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . i Dundas , apparently considerably surprised , inquired— " What sort of a clock is that ?" Witness— " Why , a clock without a case ; they call it wag by't wall . " ! This definition was given amidst roars of laughter . Pubgatory by Anticipation . —^ t a neighbouring assize town on the Oxford circuit , in tbe present term , the gentlemen of the Bar ware complaining of the heat and inconvenience of the Court , which the presiding Judge admitted was exceedingly annoying . Amongst ) the complainants was an obese

      attorney , wao , starting upon his legs in the lower part of the Court , thus addressed his Lordship , "And , my Lord , you seethe attorneys are thrust down here into a bottomless pit " " O ! never mind , Mr . —— , jthat is only anticipating your doom , " drily responded his Lordship , amidst the irrepressible laughter of the Court . Aemy and N a ^ y . — -The troops in Ireland have a prospect of some rest after their summer ' s campaign of marching , countermarching , and re-countermarching in quest of the ghost of an insurrection . It is confidently stated ] that the Duke of Wellington has determined to concentrate the scattered fragments of the regiments in Ireland into a few stations ,

      whence , when the insurrection venture ? to show itself in bodily shape , the whole mass of military may sally forth in a concentrated mass and make minced meat of it at once . It is therefore to be expected that the Repeal war , when it does break out , will bo commenced , fought , and concluded , like the battle of the frogs and mice , within the compass of a day . The Irish fleet is maneuvering we suppose in quest of a foe ; or perhaps to entrap American sympathy hali seas over . There is , there ! ore , every reason to expect that this mighty movement whioh keeps Ireland in agitation , and paralyses England , will endJlibe the Spanish war , in a cordial shake of hands between the belligerent parties ; and with the explosion of a plentiful discharge of blank cartridge . —Dublir ^ World . Beefsteak no Meat . —Poor Washeo was bo

      pestered by a Roman Catholic Missionary , tUa . 1 he consented to turn Christian . Ho was duly baptised , and tho priest changed his heathen name of Washee , to that of the apostolic John . One of tbe duties imposed on him jwas to eat no meat but fi § h on a Friday , which } he very much objected to , asd only promised to observe through fear of " eternal punishment . " The following Friday , however , the priest called on tho negro , and found him busily employed upon a fine rump-steak . The horrified Catholio was commencing a long sermon , when master blackee exclaimed , "Dis no meat , massa dis damn finefish : j " How ? " "How , I tell yon : you baptize poor Washee—you sprinkle water in his face , and say , " your name no more Washee—yon henceford call John . " Well , massa , me baptize beef-take ; me sprinkle water on it;—me say , " you name no more meat—you called henceford ^ jA . "

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

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

      T . ROBERTS , AND COMPANY . AN ACROSTIC , T he life of Parr a twofold good displays—R elief from suff'ring pain , and length of days . O let us not despise these boons as nought , B ut readily embrace them as we ought . E xtensive life , au'd freedom from disease R ewarded Parr-jandwe may pinchase these ; T hat healthful balm whfbh formed his life anew , S hall flourish still , and blesa his followers , too . A balm like Parr ' s , whioh health and age supplies , N o humanibcing can too highly priz ? . D ear as the riches of the world are

      thought—C ompared with this , they sink at once to nought . O ur lifts at best , ig but a transient day—M an from his birth is subject to decay ! P arr thought on thi 9—he viewed the ills of man , A nd wisely sought to lengthen but his span . N or did he vainly ! seek . While here below , Y ou'll find that I ^ arr waa Death ' s severest foe .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , July 28 . BANKRUPTS . Edward Reynolds , Merton , Surrey , silk and woollen printer , to surrender | Aug . 10 ., Sept . 8 , at half-past eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Friday-street ; official assignee , hir . Wbitmore ^ Basinghall-streefc . Meyer Lever , Great Winchester-street , commission merchant , Aug . 10 , S ^ pt . 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' Court ; solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Friday-street ; official [ assignee , Mr . Alsoger , Birchinlaue . 1 frsorge Salter , Davies-atreet , builder , Aug . 4 , at ten o ' clock , Sept 7 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Parker ] St . Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . PennelLj

      Elizibetb . Hannah Foster , Hathern , Leicestershire , tanner , Aug . 4 , at three o ' clock , 31 . at two , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Goddard , Kingstreet , Cheapside : official assignee , Mr . Belcher . Jessie Siddon , Weal Bromwich , Staffordshire , hollow ware manufacturer , Aug . 12 , Sept 9 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Birmingham : solicitor , Mr . Bny , Birmingham : official assignee , Mr . Bittlestoq , Birmingham . John Henry Taylor , j Wakefleld , joiner , Aug . 9 , Sept 13 , at eleven o " clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court ,. Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Bulmer , Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Young , Leeds . 1 Edwin Baynar , Sheffield , merchant , Ang . 9 . Sept 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at j the Bankrupts' District Court ,

      Leeds : solicitor . Mr . Branson , Sheffield ; official assignee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds . D ^ vid D . xon , Leevla . jo ' yer , An ? . 8 , Sept . 5 , at eleven o'clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Bond , LsedsJ ; official assignee , Mr . Fearne , Leeds . I John King , Kingston-upon-HulL mercer , Aug . 0 f Sept . 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at thf Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds : solicitors , Messrs . Sale and Wbrtkington , Manchester ; and Messrs . England and Shackles , Hull ; official assignee , Mr . Fr ' iemau , Leeds . Henry Ctalicomb « , Swansea , sail maker , Aug . 10 , at one o'clock , Sept H , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Bristol : solicitors , Messrs . Burfoota , London ; adeasts Newmanjand Co ., Yeovil ; and Mr . Short , Bristol i official assignee , Mr . Hutton , Bristol .

      DIVIDENDS . Aug . 11 , W . Millar , jWapping-wall , engineer . —Aug . 28 , VV . Stent , Oxford-street , hosier . —Aug . 18 , J . Penfold . Goring . Sussex , brfewer . ~ Aug . 18 , D . Ellis , Jan ., Haverhlll , Suffolk , draper . —Aug . ' , J . CoHinsoE , South Mollon-lane and South Molton-street , carpenter . —Aug , 21 . G . F . Cobham and W . B . Wright , dmdenplace , Pocfchatn , and ( Jravesend , builders . — -Aug . 21 , J . T . Burgon , Bucklersbury , bardwareman . —Aug . 18 , M . Potter , Manchester , merchant—Aug . 26 , J . Sloane , ' Liverpool , batter . —A . ug . 21 , R . Pocklington , Win- * thorpa , Nottinghamshire , and W . Dickinson , ISewarkupon-Trent . —Aug . 18 , ! T . Baker , Birmingham , brass cock maker . Certificates to be granted , unless canse bo shewn to tbe contrary on the day of meeting .

      Aug . lg , W . Stent , Oxford-street , hosier .- —Ang . is , J . Grieve , Nicholas-lane ^ engrave r . —Aug . 21 , J . Button , Ringwopd , Hampshire , draper— Aug . 18 , M . Q . Price , Brentford , glass seller-j-Aug . 19 , j . , c . Wnittenbniy , Blackheath-hlll , buUderi—Aug . 19 . J , M , Mallan , lad ' gate-bill , dentist—Aug . 18 , E . F . Smith , Bristol , carpenter . —Ang . 30 , W . Cooks , Bradford , Yorkshire worsted spinier . certificates to be granted by the Conrt of Review , unleaa cause be Bhovm' to the contrary on or before A « guatI 3 . J . Rose , Spalding , Lincolnshire , ironmonger . —J Yaward . jun ., Spaldinjr , Lincolnshire , grocer .- ~ W . 61 . Senior , St . Swithin ' s-lape , hsrdwaremaniv-J . Crotv , North-end , Fulhara . licensed victualler—T . Whitmavsh , Tunbridge-wellsj hctil keeper . —W . L 9 dbury ,

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      Hagley , Worcestersbire , ond Coatbonrnbrook , Staffardshire , coal merchnnt—J . G . Mamford , Mile-end-r-jad , grocer .- —J . Towers , Wolverharapton , hatter . —0 Chambers , Hotltn -street , milliner . partnebships dissoxted . J . Gresrson and Co ., Over D lrwen and P /« ton , Lancashire , s ' zers of cotton twist . W . Medcalf and Co ., Manchester , brush manufacturers . M'Tear and Brice , Liverpool , ship-brokers . . - *» — From the Gazette 0 / Tuesday , Aug . 1 . BAMtKCTTSi Thomas Skinner , butcher , Godalming , Surrey , to BUrrender Ang . 10 , at half-put twelve , and Sept . 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alsager . official assignee . Birchin-lano ; solicitor , Tucker , Canaonatreet , City . James Wilkinson and George Wilkinson , indigo brokers , LsadeEhall-street , AU 2 . 11 , at two , and Sept . 9 , at twelve , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy . Belcher , official assignee ; solicitor . Child , Chancery-last . Alexander Laing . draper . Halifax , August 9 , at twelve , and September 9 , at one , nt the Court of Bankruptcy . Belchar , official assi-jnec ; solicitor , H ^ and Shaw , Friday-street , CbeapsiUe . Henry Morgan Goodwin and CharleB Lne , shipowners , Bishopa-gate-stteet Within , Aa ^ nat 16 . at halfpast one , and Sept 12 , at one , at the Cuuro of Bankruptcy . Alsager , official assignee , Birchin-lano ; solicitors , Oliveraon , Danby , and Lavle , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . William Ranting and William Jeffcoat , bookbinders , East Harding-street , City , Aag . 10 , at twelve , and Sept . 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alsager , official assignee . James Martin , innkeeper , Bsxley-heath , Ang . 10 , at eleven , and Sept . 9 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Belcher , official assignee ; solicitors , Sadgrove , Marklane , London . Ryce- Davies , grocer , Abercarne , Monmouthshire , Aag . 11 , M two , and Sept 13 , at eleven , at tbe Bristol Piatrict Court . Ac ' raraan , official assignee , and Bigg , Bristol . Thomas Bite , William Smith Bate , and James Hellings , brewers , Rageley , Staffordshire , Aug . 12 and Sept . 12 , at eleven , at the Birmingham District C"nrfc Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; soticitors . Wild © Rees , Humphrey , and Wilde , College-hill , London Smith , Rageley . Nathaniel Neal Solly and Richard Solly , ironmasters , Tividale , Staffordshire . Aag . 24 end Sept 23 . at halfpast eleven , at the Birmingham District Court Blttleaton , official assignee , Birniingham ; solicitor , Carter , Birmingham . , Joseph Wright , builder , Exeter , Au > . 16 . at one , and Sept . 13 , at oleven , at the Exeter District Court . Hirfzell , official assignee , Exeter ; solicitor , Brutton , Exeter ; Clipperton , " Bedford-row , London .

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      London Smithfield Cattle Markbt , Monday , Jvly 31 . —From ail parta of England , but m&ro especially from Norfolk , the Fresh , arrivals oi Beasts up to our market to-day wore compared with those reported for several weeks past , on a very moderate scale , while a considerable falling off was observed in , their general quaiity . Notwithstauding tin .-, deficiency , the limited state of the receipts of countrykilled meat up to Newgate and Leadenhall markets , and the fair average attendance of buyers , the Beef trade was in a sluggish state , and last Monday ' s quotations were not supported . In consequence , however , of the numbers of really prime Scots being unusually scanty , 4 s 21 per 81 bs was in some few instances obtained for them ; but the general figure

      for the best Beef cannot be noted higher thaa 4 s , at which a clearance was with difficulty effedted . From Norfolk we received about 400 Scots and homebreds ; from Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , 90 Scots , homebreds , and rants ; from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , 200 short-horns ; from Yorkshire , 140 runts ; from tho Western and Midland districts , 30 Oof various kinds ; from other parta of England , 340 Scots , runts , Durhams , &o . ; irom Dundee and Aberdeen , 140 horned and polled Scots by sea ; and from Ireland , via Liverpool , 40 Irish Beasts . With Sheep we were heavily supplied , even the time of year considered , and several severe cases of epidemic were observed amongst that description of stock , owing to which a depreciation took

      place in the value of the middling and inferior descriptions , which fell folly 2 d per Sibs , and trade ruled extremely dull . The extreme quotation for tho best old Downs was 43 4 d , but that for superior half-breds was only 83 lOd per 81 bs . Lambs came freely ta hand , bpia very small portion of the supply was above the middle quality . In this kind of utock a small amount of business was doing , and the currencies were from 2 d to 4 d per 8 lbs banoath those obtained on this day se ' nnight . The number of Calves were large ; while the Veal trade ruled extremely dull , and the rates were 2 d per 81 bs tower . In Pigs very little -was doing , yet . we can notice no material alteration in their value . - During the past week no Foreign Cattle has been imported into any part of the United Kingdom .

      Potatoe Mabkets . —New Potatoes from 3 s to 03 6 d per cwt . Scarcely any foreign Potatoes have been on offer . Borough Hop Mabket . —Owing to the receipt of rather more favourable accounts from the plantations , we have to report a very active demand for all kinds of Hops here , but prices remain without alteration . In tho duty we have little betting , but it is calculated at from £ 135 , 000 to £ 140 , 000 . Wool MABKET .- ^ -An unusually large arrival of wool has'taken place in the Port of London since our last report . Public sales are appointed to take place at Garraway ' s on the 8 th and twelve following days .

      Privately a moderate business is doing at late ratea . Tallow . —The market is again firmer this morning , and Tallow on the spot is scarcely to be had at oar quotation . For forward delivery it is 42 s 9 i the last three months , and for separate months , from Aus ; ast to December , 43 * and upwards has been paid ia several instances within the last few days . There are advices in London , from St . Petersburgb , by way of Hull , to the 22 nd inat . Prices there were about the same as by previous post ; the quantity shipped off was 121 , 000 casks , against 118 , 000 last year , and 122 , 000 in 1841 . Town Tallow is 42 s net cash .

      Liverpool Catile Market , Monday , July 31 , —We have had a good supply of Cattle at market to-day , and any thing prime was eagerly sought after , and sold at good prices . Beef 5 ^ 1 to 5 £ d , Mutton 5 d to 5 | d , Lamb 5 d to 5 hi per lb . Number of Cattle at market : —Boasts 1 , 153 , Sheep and Lambs 10 , 527-Liverpool Corn Mabket , Monday , July 31 . — Daring the last seven days we have received 8 , 667 sacks of Flour from Ireland ; but the imports of British Grain , &c . have with , that exception been on & very moderate Bcale . The trade generally has been less lively than during the preceding week ; the

      millers and dealers have bought Wheat with mnoh caution , and were on Friday in most instances able to supply themselves , at a redaction of Id to 2 d per bushel from Tuesday ' s rates . Flour was also Is per sack and barrel cheaper . Oats were held at previous rates , but very few were sold , and OMmeal moved slowly at 6 d a load decline . No changa as regards Barley , Beans , or Peas . Two or three parcels of Egyptian WheaJ have changed hands in bond at 26 s to 28 i par imperial quarter . Except a heavy fall of rain on Friday aud Saturday nights , the weather on the whole has been favourable for the

      country . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , July 29 . —Daring the week the weather in this neighbourhood has been of a move favourable character , and the activity previously displayed in our market has altogether disappeared . The supplies of Flour from Ireland are to a liberal extent ; and , considering the advanced period of the season , those of Oatmeal are vary considerable : of other articles thence and coastwise they are unimportant . Of Plonr from the interior arrivals are rather on the increase . There wa 9 but a moderate attendance of buyers at our markeS this morning ; and , notwithstanding an unfavourable change , with indications of unsettled weather , there wag very little passing ; Wheat and Flour

      may be quoted nominally as on this day sa ' nmght ; but on Oatmeal and Oats the advance then demanded could not be realised , and a decline of 6 d per load on the former article was submirtod to . London Corn e | J | angb , Monday , July 31 . — A good deal of ram appears to have fallen in different parts of the country on Saturday and Suuday , and m reports respecting the outstanding crops do not by any meana improve . Harvest operations have , we believe , been partially commenced this morning in the neighbourhood of London ; but reaping eannot , under aay ^ iroumatanoeB , be general for eoaie weeks to come , flaving a large show of English Wheat ( prwcipUy from Essex ) , the trade opened languidly ; and before any progress could be made in sales , factors had to submit to a reduction of 23 . per qr . oa the . ratea of thia day se ' nnight ,- and even at that abatement a clearance was not effected . The inquiry for free Foreign was slow , holders * however ,

      manitested no particular anxiety to realize , and purchases could not have been made much below former terms . The transactions ia bonded Wheat were on rather a retail scale , but previous prices were firmly insisted on . Flour moved off slowly , and ship samples were the turn cheaper . The reoeipta of Barley were trifling in the extreme , and though the demand for this grain was not important , the recent advance was well Bnpportad . The little business done in Malt waB likewise at fuUy the Currency of Monday last . There were n <> t many Oats frosih up this nictaing ; the quantity left over from last week ' s supply being , however , considerable , tind tKe dealers acting wilh much caution ! pricea had a downward tendency . On Irish the redaction since'thia day week may be estimated at'frbm 6 d . tt ) ls . ^ and oh even the finer-kinds of English and Soofch at least 6 d . per qr . Beans and Peas moved off ia small quantities , at about previous prices ,

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      "THEKE IS BCT OTTB STST KE 0 M THB ^ SXTBITBTE TO the HiDicurous . "—Sir C F . Williams , toe Bankruptcy CammiwioDer , observed a feankrnpt leaning npon the desk- " Sir , " aid ibe great Kttle man , ( or vice versa ) " yon have been sworn ; and yorir present altitude is neither respectfol to your Gtoi nor to me J' _

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      TO THE MINERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brothers jn Bondage ,- —My reason for addressing you en . the present occasion is to warn yon against the xnacbinaUoni of-several unprincipled scamps that are abroad in the pay of the masters , endeavouring to entrap you into a premature strike , and thereby prevent you from securing that Organization , without -which It is impossible for us to successfully contend with that systematic oppression -ertricD , for years bag crushed us to the earth , and which every day becomes more and more unbearable . be

      Brothbrs ,- ^! hops you will on your guard against those , "whose only object is to crush our movement , and make ns again an easy prey to our cruel tasfe-maflters . They have always hitherto been Able to crush < W sec tional movements against their oppressive exactions ; an ! after the expenditure of vast sums of money , and many good * and honest men have been sacrificed to unbending , cruelty , our condition lias only been rendered more Railing . I hope , therefore , that you will not countenance any man that advocates a Strike under presttdcircumstimces ; nor give ear to any strangers , ex ? cepi they be 'the authorised agents of the Coal Minors ' Union , and can prod nee credentials from the Executive . By these means you wHl be able to establish that Organization so' much dreaded by those that have hitherto trampled upon the rights of the toiling miners .

      My respected friend . Swallow , and myself , are doing wonders in Lancashire . The good work of Organizition is spreading ^ rith a rapidity far beyond onr moat sanguine expectations . I hope that in a short time Lancashire will be able to do its own work , and allow ns to go to some' other part of the country were tbe poor ea-B&ved minerB have not heard of our national movement for a good understanding with each other . I am happy to ] inform you that the cause is taking deep hold in the followiug places and their neighbourhoods , viz : —Oldham , Ashton-nnder-Iiyne , jDakinfieia , Hyde , Clayton , RocQdaJfc Bury , Bottoc , Wig&n . Chqwbent , Ratcllffe-bridge , Ringley-bridge , Halshaw-moor , Hindley , Chorlej , ; West Haugbton , &a && But we are -watched at every step by the creatures of the masters , acting as spies upon our actions . They even get into our sleeping rooms to listen to our private conversation ; bnt as oar -work ia done openly aod aboveboard , we have nothing to fear , and defy their tnalicd .

      Brothers , in conclusion , let me again call your attention to your Orgai . izi . tion , for by the perfection of that alone can we hope for success . It is by means of Organization our employers have been able to oppress us in the manner they have done . Whilst "We have been divided , they ' have been united . They have kept up a complete systematized Organisation . Even now in this county , they have a meeting of the ^ Employers on the first Monday in every month . In those conclaves they concoct their no w plans of oppression . Having these ficta before as , can we hope to accomplish any good , or prodnce any lasting benefit , without having a powerful National Organization 1 Let then all our energies be

      devoted to this purpose , aud this alone for the present . We have borne with patience our manifold sufferings tot years . Xet as exercise tbat virtue a little longer , until we are able to meet onr enemies on equal terms . Bat for iho sake of our cause , our wives and little ones , let us not by Sectional and premature Sirtfces throw away our vantage ground , and give the enemies of justice another opportunity of laughing at ns and effectually oppressing us for years to come . I am , brother Miners , Yours , in the good cause , Manchester , jaly 26 , D . Thompson , 1843 . Agent to the Association .

      Itfarilmtptg, Srt.

      Itfarilmtptg , srt .

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      THE NORTHBRN STAR > 7

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      HORRIBLE MUhDER IN KOHTH TIPPEKAHY . The following letter givea an account of an appalling murder in the Dorthern division of Tipperary . Like most acts of violence in that county , this eanguinary deed is connected with iho competition for land amount the peasantry : — * ' Toomavara , Fiudat Nighj . —A most horrible murder has been perpetrated in North Tipperary . A respectable farmer , named Rody Dofaohoe , who lived at Nicane , near Toomavara , was waylaid by four men between these two mentioned places , who beat his head into a mutilated and shapeless mass , with stones att , d bludgeons . Tho unfortunate man , though in this state , extraordinary io say , struggled from one convulsive fo to another until post-hour thia night , when he parted life in the extremity of human agony .

      " Mr . Tiblteau , the resident magistrate , from Nenagh , was at the scene of ihe outrage at midnight , when be , concentrated the police from the adjacent stations , and scoured the surrounding country bnt without any success . Some suspicious characiers were arrested , but were released after examination . The murderers , who were four in nnmb-r , were seen by several persone . They were strangers , and armed with sticks only , thus painfully illnstrati- g the fact that , when men are determined to murder , any weapon is as deadly and as fatal in their hands as tfire-arms . " The diabolical wretch that plots the sacrifice of human life little recks with what instruments he carriea into execution bis aeUish designs . fEven if the use of fire-arms were a snll-to-be-discovered invention , the victim could not escape his destroyer . like in the

      " This murder ^ all others same county , with one or two exceptions , claims for iiscauBetfie taking of land . There ' is one melancholy circumstance connected wiih it , whioh , if possible , makes it more deeply ^ distressing . "Rody Donbhoe was murdered m mistake for his brother John , who had lately taken spine land in the neighbourhood ef Tooro , from which the Shelleys , relatives of hi * by marriage , iad bsen ejected . Toe murderers had been lying concealed in a pit near the Shellcys'house for the greater part of xjiursd&y evening , and it waS « nt of it ibey rushed upon thair nnsuspeciing and innocent victim . The mistaking of one brother for tne other 5 s a further confirmation of tho four meji being strangers in the locality . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct943/page/7/