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      BEESZONBSEY . A priblic conversational meeting was held on Thnrcday evening -week , at the Ship Inn , Long iane , Bermoadsey . Mr . Snags was ealled to the chair , and opened the proceedings by informing the assembly that it was an j adjourned meeting from the previous -week , and tkat its ; objc-ct -sras to end-avour to effect » union between the Metropolitan Rt form Association asd the Chartists . Mr . MaisaKD moTed the following resolution : — " That this meeting cannot tut feel , ¦ with horror ar d alans the present awful distressed state of the count ? . y in -which not only the working classes , bnt the ma fintuctvr'T and the Email capitalist . " are alite npon the brink of ruin ; and being convi » ced that the cau * e of this distress is cUsa legislation , we feel assured t lat no

      permanent good wrl ? -riss until the People ' s Char ter becomes the le * = : tee land , <* hkh ¦ would noon be accomplished I : nn honest union ~ of tN : Twiddle and ¦ workiig classes directing taeit energwi iui tins great object . *' He stood before thein in rather a peculiar position , and big motives were liable t « be misrepresented ; but he gloried ittis position , and iras-determined to pursue an honest straightforward coarse , and had no doubt their efforts to promote a nnion would hs successful . To the Msolntfon he was sure no Chartist could object . He ¦ was well aware they ought to entertain a jealousy of the middle classes , if they dosbted their sincerity ; but they should also take into consideration their peculiar circumstances . The great ebject they had in view was iha attainment of the Charter , and if they were to

      obtain it morally , it was his firm opinion it could not fee done without the aid of the middle class . Distress vas ravaging the country ; tens of thousands rose in the morning uDknotring where they should procure food for the dsy , whilst another class , who neither toiled nor spun , wer e " clothed in fine linen , and fared sumptnoDsJy every day . " Sach a state of things was enough j to make a man ' s hair stand on end . The great cause of this was that the ro&ssts were unrepresented . Until file Charter was obtained , this could never be removed . He w as a " whale heg" Chartist ; he would not lose one of the points . A man could not lose an arm without bis whole body being irjured , neither could one point of the Charter be atandoned without an injury to the whple machinery . He did not blame them for being jealous of the middle classes , they had been so often deceived by them ; but some were as honest as

      themselves . Home Tooke , Hunt , Cabbett , 0 Cannor , and otter great advocates of their rights , ¦ were middle-cliss men .. If the Charter was to be gained morally , it must be obtained in the Housa of Commons . Their grand object , then , would be to nrze on those who had votes to give them to no tti-. ti who wonld not pledge himse : f to the Charter . He ¦ was well atrare the middle classss would on ! y join them from interest They felt the shoe pinch them , and were anxious to remove its pressure . A great movement was being carried en in that body . Those that a little time back -would have Uvated the Chartists with disdain , \ rere now seen coming amongst them , seeing it was their last resource from the locusts who were devouring the land . They must- all be aware they would get the Charter sooner by the aid of the middle class , and until they joined the hon&ft portion of them , in bis op inion they would never obtain it

      Dr . Black seconded the resolution . He was suffering from indisposuion , and nothing but the importiuce of the meeting would have induced him to have attended . They had a powerful enemy to contend against , an enemy completely organ : zid . It had ¦ what might be termed its t fficial organization , perfect in all its details , embracing every spot in the kingdom ; it had a priestly organ zition covering the whole iar . d , ss it were ens great moral club ; it had another peculiar organ i zation , its gentlemen's clubs , meeting in their aristocratic establishments , and perpetually eEgaged in plotting the best means to retain their ascendancy over the people ; they had also a powerful military organization , well efficered , supplied with every description of the munitions of warfare , and affording situations for the younger sons of the aristocracy , whose salaries they

      • were compelled to pay ; there was also their police and constabnlatary force ; and this was not all , they had also a great moral-force organiz ition , not only among the middle but also among the working classes—the feeling which induced men to bow down to a name and a title , was one of the greatest evils-they had to contend against ; it infected all their proceedings . The power thus exercised by a prieEt or magistrate was enormous . He knew a n ho n es t Char t ist , -who recently told him that he could not stand with the same ease in the presence of a Lord as of another maD . This powerful opponent , possessed of these three complete organizations , called themselves in addition their masters , and the country their country , telling them this was law , and they must obey it—this was illegal , and they must refrain from it—making laws by which they could

      scarcely meet togetbsr , and give vent to their honest indigestion , without endangering their liberty through the spy system . This was a picture of the enemy they had to cope with , and what was their position ? Had they evea one complete orcaaizition ? Were they in possession of a physical f ^ rce power officered and disciplined like that of the enemy ? He said it fearlessly , but "with an aching heart , that they were standing before the best prepared enemy in the world , qusxrelling among themselves , allowing j salons petty feelings to spoil the causs in which they were engaged , quarrelling-even in their own localities . Good God ! were they so insensible to their own position that nothing could make them lock at their re&l position ? TVtrs they longer to go on as mailmen or boys , engaged in idle sport . True , they might call the Government hard names , bnt they imprisoned or banished whom they pleased . They raised subscriptions for their defence and support , bnt was

      that to be all ? Were they to go on so to the end of the chapter . No ! In spita of jealousy , in spite of wrong thinking , he would net S 3 y wrong motives , the dawn of a union was breaking over them ; and , before many months the great Suffrage party throughout the land would , he believed , be united as a band of brothers . Truth had only to be fearlessly proclaimed , and its ultimate triumph was certain . They might be called dishonest ; they might be suspected , but they would still ge on , until they conquered them . He felt that the middle classes were liable to be suspected . The working men suffered under the sting of eppressors in that class , and it made them irritable , but when they met in a friendly manner , like the present , error was dissipated and friendship produced . " They had only been two or three months in active operation ; and they had the satisfaction of seeing that those who were then the most suspicious of their intentions were now their greatest friends . This gave them encouragement to go on in eadeavonrine to effect a cordial anion .

      Mr . Fairchild said the present appeared to him to be a mosiectous crisis . If a union could be honestly bronght about , he Ehculd hail it-with delight . It was what be had been looking for many a long day . The only question to consider was , would it be consistent to unite with those men who had ever coerced the working classes . He thought they might Eafely unite with asy man , -whether peer or peasant , who -would go for the Charter ; but he would have the Charter whole and ent re , name and all , or he would die for it . He asked the gentlemen , did they mean to give them a substance or a shadow ? if they meint to give them the substance , in God ' s name he said to them , Go on and

      prosper . If they meant to deceive them he trusted they ¦ wonld fail ; tut they must have something more than : words , they must have actions . The middle class were ' their most oppressive tyrants . Feargus O'Connor was a middle class man , but he did not think any more of him for that circnrcstar . ee , and if he deserted the prin-j ciple they would immediately hurl feim to the winds . ' He for one would say , Give me the Charter , you may go to h—11 . They bad no objection to hold out the hand of fellowship , to Jet the two associations run together ; and assist each other . They had the means at their i command , let them use those means to assist the : men now in prison , and he w ^ uld bail them as i patriots and brothers . As until they did chat he could ! not believe they were honest or trustworthy ; he did j not wish to throw cold water on this attempt , for he knew that if the middle classes honestly united with them , the Charter would be attained in less than six months . The three per cent , com mis borers were telling tfeem a lesson they would never forget . Peel : ¦ was a Chartist to the back bone , and y rzs making ! Chartists by wholesale . If it had not been for tht tarffandthe income tax , they would have heard but ¦ little of Chartism in that quarter . He did not expect , as Mr . Maynard did , any good from a House ol Commons like the present . "Was it likely a House containing 132 boys under twenty-twe and a hsiir years ; of age would grant them the Charter ? He knew they would scout the idea , after the manner in which . the petition was treated ; every man who signed that document , he da r e a v o w , had more sense than these 132 boys , and yet they taunted working men with

      ignorance . Was that man ignorant who could dig a road under the Thames ? A pretty idea , truly , to call that man ignorant who could make machines to travel sixty miles an hoar . If a union based on principle eould be formed , he should rejoice , for he knew the Charter would be quicker obtained , The middle classes had more funds at their disposal ; and if they meant honestly , they would not . suffer one individual now in prison to be lost for want of funds , bnt would join in that merciful object with heart and hands , and hands too well provided -with the netful ; and they ¦ would think more of their sincerity than' if they made professions for eeven years to come . He' believed Br . Black to be perfectly sincere . He thought if the middle class were all like him they -would' aoon have the Charter .

      Mr . C . WKSTEBT 05 hailed with great pleas "ore the exertions of his friend Dr . Black , in endeavour . ng to procure a union among all sections of the Chai tists The chief objection be h 3 d heard advanced aealn . " ^ a union was , that the middle classes , after making ma . *> y professions , always hid deserted them -when thei . * assistance was most wanted ; and as ' yeomanry cavalry , and in the jury box , they had ever been their persecutors . ( Hear . ) He admitted the middle classes had preved traitors ; that they had insinuated themselves among them , and then sold them to their enemies . But ¦ was it just to say that because some had done this that all were equally dishonest ? As weH might they say that , because certain -working men had turned spies , or because some of them had destroyed property , or committed acts of violence , that the whole class ¦ were equally as guilty . They would , he knew , hurl back the foul assertion upon the party who made it

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      and he , as a shopkeeper or middle class man , equally hurled bick the charge against his class . Many of the middJ f > class were equally interested in abolishing class legis' Ation , as themselves . They wanted a union not so mnr h for a love of them , but fre-m a regard for their ovr interest They wonld find that some of the men nc , w foremost in their ranks were middle class men . r t hat were O Connor , Frost , and that sterling and and high-minded patriot who was now forced to fly , his home Dr . M'Douall ? iGreat cheering . ) He trusted I they shonld be judged by their conduct and not by such idle imputations ; it was a libel upon the working men

      to assert they would be betrayed . Could they rob them of their intelligence or of their prinicple ? They did not ask them to give np their organisation or to pin their faith to their sleeves ; they did not even want them to join their Association , unless of their own wish ; their object was to rally round them the tine and honest of the middle class . He trusted they would fern their jndgment by their acts alone (" and that of your committee . " ) He thought that was a harsh remark . No association was free from some bad characters , t he r e was always some black sheep in the flock ; he was only anxious for a good understanding that they might cooperate together .

      Rcffy Ridley wished to ask Dr . Black a question . In the pamphlets they had issued , one of the points was that " Parliaments were not to be larger though they misht be for less duration , than three years . ' He wished to know whether , having seconded tha resolution for the Charter , he , or the committee acting with him , were prepared to expunge that role , and place Annual Parliaments in its stead . Dr . Black stated that they had great difficulties to contend with among the middle classes . If his own feelings could have been consulted he would have come eut boldly for the six points , name and ail : and he was of opinio n tha t if a sufficient num be r of m en of itfluence could be got to take that standing it would

      be the best and most manly course . He had been a firm Chaitist ever since the first Convention . They had considered the point of Annual Parliaments , and found many good men preferred Biennial Parliaments , and some few Triennial ; and to afford every facility for the junction of those men they left the point open . He had no donbt whenever the Charter was adopted , it would be settled to have Annual Parliaments ; yet many evt-n of the Chartists if they had to write the Charter over again , and to consult their individual opinions , might make some slight alterations in it ; but in a great combined movement it was essential they should give way on all those little shades of op inion t o ensure union on the whole . Tno great majority of his association were in favour of Annual Parliaments .

      Sir . RtFFY Ridlet stated that he had no doubt theEe individuals we : e actuated by good motives ; but it was the dnty of the pnblic to scrutinise whether their acts would have the desired effect Dr . B ack might , as an individual , think it prudent to give way on some minor point ; but he , as a member of the workin ? class , could not abandon one io ' . a of the Charter . ( We don't want you . ) iie thought thut if the majority were for Annual Parliaments , IS was a delusion to have that rule on their pamphlets ; it was keeping a phantom before the public to delude them , and would ouly hn . ve the r e s u l t of producing disappointment when it was discovered ttat their pamphlets and their professions

      were at variance . He considered three years too long for a member to be exposed to the temptation of the Government ; too long for a man ' s honesty to be depended on . He asked these gentlemen to come manfully forward and advocate that complete measure of justice which woedd ensure the salvation of the country . One speaker had said that injustice had ever characterised the proceedings of the middle towards the working classes : of that the Reform Bill was a fatal- example . He requested them , for consistency eake , to expunge that rale from their booka . One man gained under the honest colours of Annual Partliaments wonld be worth ten men gained by a delusion .

      Dr . Black , explained ; in his opinion if they got the Suffrage , if the duration of Parliament was fixed to 3 , 5 . or even 100 years , if they found it did not answer , they could easily rectify it . Mr . Wheelee briefly spoke on the necessity of the Reform Association giving up such a minor point before any thirjs ; like a firm union could exist . Mr . Rrppi Ridley S 3 id be still considered tbat rule a delusion , but he should leave the audience to decide ; he shonld not have been doing his duty if he had not alluded to it ; he gave them every credit for the manliness with which they bad explained their views . He should be sorry to throw anything in the way of a reconciliation , bnt he thought they shonld first explicitly understand each other : if they went on in their present straightforward manner he should wish them every success .

      Sir . Stall-wood entirely coincided with Mr . Ridley in his objections . Dr . Black seemed to treat the question of Annual Parliaments lightly , but he could not have sufficiently considered the subject or he would have seen that " Universal Suffrage could not exist without it , for the Charter said that every man of twenty-one should have a vote , but if Parliaments were Triennial , be could not in thousands of instances have it until he was twenty-four ; they were pledged to the whole Charter , name and all , and any union not based on that would be a rope of sand . The Complete Suffrage men adopted the whole of the Six Points , so did the largest party , the National Charter Association , and if the great majority of the Reform Association were for Annual Parliaments he felt convinced they could easily convert the minority .

      Mr . MORTON made a very excellent speech m favour of a co-cperation of the tvro bodies ; he belonged to every association which had for its object the destruction of tyranny , and allowing of working men to manage their own affairs . He knew that it was the shoe-pinching them which caused the middle classes to look to the Chaitsr ; but had not the case been the same with the working men ? di < i tkey care any thing about Reform until the shoe pinched them ? they allowed one after acother to be imprisoned in their cause ; they allowed the hand loom weavers to be persecuted and starved ; why then reject the middle classes when the pinching of the shoe drove them into their raiiks ? Ha agreed with the previous Bpeakers , that the middle classes should showtbeir truthfulness and love of justico by assisting the incarcerated victims .

      Mr . J . Duncan made a long and able speech in favor of a friendly spirit of co-operation existing between the two Associations , and concluded in the words of the battle charge of a celebrated Yendean chief , " advance , follow me ; if I retreat , kill me ; if I die , avenge me . " He would say the same ; : f they retreated , let them be consigned to tbat political death which they would richly merit Bat give them the English justice to be accounted innocent until they were proved to be gnilty . Mr . Ross was anxious to have a fair understanding . He did not like the terms middle class and working class : the sooner they forget those distinctions the better . The middle men had ever looked down upon working men with contempt They did not even deign to attend their meetings , but gathered into tfeeir minds every prejudice which was sown by interested

      individuals , and took no opportunity to dispel it The speakers , especially the last , had spoken much about the working classes refusing to unite . When had they ever refused a union on the principles of the Charter ? It was the middle class which stood aloof in their pride and prejudice . The Char tists had ever been grateful for assistance , come from what quarter it would . But when they saw the nameB of persons on their council , the study of whose lives appeared to be to sow diseord and division , it made them look with a suspicious eye on the whole body . These men say they are Sturgites—they are moral men—and they will have nothing to do with the Feargusites—this did not look like union . He thought it was nseless to have meetings like the present ; if they wanted to ascertain the sentiments of the two bodies they should call a large public meeting , or a conference , composed of an equal number of delegates from both parties . ilr . Wheeleb agreed with the sentiments uttered by Mr . Ross . They had never declined the assistance of the middle class , bnt they would not desert those principles to which they were pledged ; he wished to understand what the gentlemen meant by co-operating with them ; if tkey meant they should bs members of both associations he could frankly assure them they could do no such thing , for the working men unfortunately had not funds sufficient properly to support their own organizition ; with the middle class the case was widely different ; they pess&Jsed the means , and if disposed to co-operate , could belong to all the associations , like their friend Mr . Morton ; if by co-operation they meant assisting them ty their numbers and presence at any public meetings , he could readily assure them it would be done provided they adhered to the principles of the Charter .

      : i Dr . Black slated that they had three means of accomplishing their object by petitioning , by the press , and , by public meetings ; petitioning was briefly nsefnl as a ' means of banding together public opinion . The press , unfortunately with a few exceptions , was under the influence of their opponents ; their chief strength Jay in public meetings ; they had that evening had a good ; talk , and understood each other ; prejudice was disappearing , and it was only by such meetings that unani-; Biity could be prodnced ; they would shortly hold a ¦ large public meeting for the same good purpose . i A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , five I shillings were collected for the victims , and air . Mor-¦ ton enrolled himself as a member of the National Char-! ter Association . i

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      j Loed John Ritssell , it is said , has been occn-I pying his leisure hours , since his retirement from I office , in preparing for publication selections from the ; correspondence of John fourth Duke of Bedford , I from the originals preserved at Woburn Abbey . — Times . Thb Wabspite , 50 . Captain Lord John Hay , arrived at Spithead on Saturday afternoon , bringing borne Lord Ashburtoa from has mission in America 1 "Us Lordship left the Waxspite between two and t 2 u ~ £ & o ' clock , and loaded at Gospott , the ship salu ting' him when he left her , and the batteries npon his b , "oding . The Warspite has been seventeen days fro m j . Vmeriea , having left on the morning of the oih instant . She _ was becalmed two days , or would have made the'Iun iQ fifteen . Lord Ashbnrton , npon bis landing a * Gosport , immediately proceeded to his residence i ^ Anglesey , where Lady Ashbnrton baa been waiting his arrival .

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      A MARE'S NEST . ( From the Times . ) " An investigation into circumstances of the most alarming character , connected with a Chartist conspiracy to destroy the Queen ; has been secretly going on before the magistracy of Southampton for some time past We have taken all imaginable pains to obtain correct information on the subject We believe our account to be correct in the main , though , from having been denied permission to look at the depositions , we may slightly err in the details . The party through whom the notice of Government has been directed to the investigation is named Peirce , a grocer , in Canal Walk , Southampton . Peirce was considered some time back the leader of the Chartists in this town , and from his having made himself very conspicuous in that character , was doubtless thought by the chiefs of the London Chartists , as a fit person to enrol in their secret

      band . This band , the existence of which has long been suspected by the London police , seems to consist of a select number of the most desperate characters among the great body of the Chartists . They direct the movements of the unitiated , arrange the principal meetings , send delegates to disturbed districts , and , as it will be seen , are sworn to attempt the accomplishment of their treasonable designs , at all hazirds , even if by the assassination of the Sovereign . It would Beem that the secret conclave we have referred to . considered that the destruction of the Queen would have the effect of overthrowing the Government , and that they should , in the general consternation and confusion that would ensue , be able to carry out particular ends . About five months since , as we are Informed , three men called on Peirce at his Chopin

      Canal Walk , and after making themselves known to him as leaders of the London Chartists , and by communications which , to him were convincing , a n d af t er going into details with which we are unacquainted , proposed to him take the oath binding him to assist in the destruction of the ' Queen ! Peirce was horrorstruck at the proposition , beinj ono of the crowd of deceived persons who believed the acquisition of the five points to be the be-all and end-all of Chartism . The parties left Peirce with a threat of fatal consequences to himself if he drvulged their visit to « any party . He , however , did communicate his secret to a brother Chartist , and for the credit of that peraon , we hope it is true , that it was owing to his counsel that Peirce communicated with the Government on the business . Peirce was sent for to London , and was

      examined at the Secretary of State ' s offi c e , and being taken to " Newgate to see Francis , the regicide , at once pronounctd him to be one of the three men who had paid him the visit spoken of 1 It was deemed advisable by the Privy Council to let the matter rest for a period , in ordtr to see if any further movements were in contemplation . The fact , however , of Pierce ' s revelations had probably como to the knowledge of the Chartist leaders , for on the evening of Friday , the 2 d instant , as Peirce was returning to Southampton down the London-road on the Common , a fellow suddenly appeared before him from among the trees , and presented a pistol at him , uttering , at the same time , some expressions relative to bia having betrayed somebody , bnt at that moment a carriage approached , which from the softness of road had not been heard till

      then , upon which the ruffian ran off among the trees towards a place adjoining , called Highfield . Peirce made his way home , and was too much alarmed to communicate the matter to the police . On the following Tuesday Peirce was returning home acrosR the Houndwell ( an open piece of ground near the Highstreet , Southampton ) about eight o'clock in the evening , when be found himself dogged by a man whom he recognized as the rufiian who assaulted him on the Common . At a moment when no person was apparently near , the fellow fired a pistol at Peirce , and the bullet passed thrsugh his bat , doing him no injury . The assassin fled and escaped . Peirce communicated

      the facts to the Home-office , and a gentleman ( Mr . Hay ) from thence , and subsequently , ne believe , Sir James Graham , have attended the examinations of Peirce before the borough magistrates . No clue has been at present obtained , but a Government proclamation , offering £ 100 reward for such information as may lead to the apprehension of the assassin , will be issued forthwith . As before stated , we hava been refused a pernsal of the depositions , or any information , by the magistrates , who , however , s eem fully i m p re ss e d w ith a belief of the fact of Peirce having been shot at , a police constable and a woman in the vicinity having heard the report of the pistol at the time , "

      [ Co monstrosities coming from certain quarters , we generally reply , in significant monosyllables , such as , " Bah ! pooh ! boo ! fudge ! sham ! " or the like ; but to so grave a subject as the assassination of a monarch , and coming from so respectable a source as the Times newspaper , we feel ourselves called upon to reply at greater length . And as the above paragraph will be read with horror by al ) , and with surprise by the Chartists ; and as they especially will look not only for an answer , but for complete refutations , we give that of which alone it is susceptible . One morning , before

      Bun-rise , a little after noon , in the middle of the day , towards evening , as I sailed over the mountain in my little boat , with my stick on my head , and my hat in m y hand , I met the man I overtook . " Good morrow , ma ' am , " says I . " Good morrow , Sir , " says she . " Pray , Sir , " says I , " can you tell me if the little old woman is alive yet , that was hanged about five years ago upon Ritcliffj highway , for drowning herself in a shower of feathers V ' Upon my word , Sir , I don't know , I am a stranger in this country , but if you go to Sir Gammer Vangs , he is a neighbouring magistrate , and he'll be more accurate in his detail of the old

      woman s demise , perhaps he can miorrn you . " " Sir , I ' m a stranger also ,- how do you go to Sir Gammer Vacgs ?¦• "Oh , it ' s very easy ; first turn to the right , then to the left , then to the right again , always minding to keep straight forward , until you meet with a great large stone brick house , all built of flint , iu the centre of an open space , all alone by itself , encompassed by five or sixaaii-twenty other houses ; knock at the door , a n d t here you'll ate Sir Gammer Vangs . " So I accordingly went first to the right , then to the left , then to the right again , always minding to keep straight forward till I met with the self-same great large Btone brick house , all built with flint , in the centre of the open space all alone by itself , when I knocked at the door , and up ca m e Sir Ga mm er 's eldest daughter , a justice of

      peace . Just as I was speaking to this damsel of seventy , up came her second eldest sister , a churchwarden to a troop of horse , " Good morrow , Sir , " says I . "Good morrow , Hia ' am" says he ; " pray , Sir , " says I , " can you tell me if Sir Gammer Vangs is at home ? " Just as I spoke , u p l e aped Si r G am m er himself , out of the neck of a half-pint bottle . " Good morrow , Sir Gammer , " says I . " Gsod morrow , ma ' am , kindly , " says he . " Pray , Sir Gammer , " says I , " can you tell me if the little old woman is alive yet that was hanged about five years ago upon Ratcliflehighway , for drowning htrBelf in a Ehower of feathers ?'" " Upon my word , Sir , I don't know ; but I don't think she was banged , because she was a near kinsman of mine , and if sh e w as , she'd certainly write me word ; but to ascer t ain , we'll offer the following

      reward' Lost or mislaid , stolen or strayed , off the lands of Ballyraggat in the Queen ' s couKty , a . 'ittle old woman , with three white hind legs before , a shorn mane , cocked tail , end jolly ivory eyebrow . Any person or persons giving tale or tidings of the said little old woman within six calendar months of the date hereof , will receive as a reward , the longest , and widest , and Iarg 3 st ridge of potatoes in old Garratfs town ; first paying the rent , then the tithe and Incomo tax , and then digging them . ' " Bravo , Sir , but you hav ' breakfasted . " Oh , thank you , I ato five or six-andtwenty dizan turkey eggs , a whole parcel of bread and butter , and a proportionable quantity of tea . " " God Sir , you ' re starving ! So he sent me in a round of betf , a hamper of vegetables , a garden of greens , a jackass stuffed with a foot soldier , and several other delicacies .

      together with the London Times ; and I sat down , and eat and read as if I hai ' nt a moment to live . Just as I bad finished this gentle repast , up leaped a little white grey blue mastiff lapdog , upon my white doe-skin breeches made of black velvet by the Manchester fnstian-cutters . " Down , damn you , " says I . " Dou't damn him , Sir , " says he ; " there ' s not a finer greyhound in existence ; it ' n o t t wo ho u rs ago since he killed a 3 fine a hare as ever you saw ; if you don't believe me , come into the garden , and I'll show him to you , as alive as ever he-was ; " so he took me iuto a round , square , triangular , hectagon , oc t agon , kind of a garden ; in one corner was a fox hatching rats' eggs , in another was an iron steel apple tree , all hung with roasted the

      pears ; m third was the self-same little hare that was killed about two hours' ago , as alive as ever she was . The moment sha saw me , she took fright , leaded over the garden wall ; I run after her , caught her by the scut , and turned her inside out , and she ran away to Printing-house-square , to write an article upon morality for the Tim e s , as if the devil was after her tail . Now we pledge ourselves that the refutation is jast as true a 3 tB 3 allegation , and that not a single ChartistinEngland . no not on e , ever entertained for one moment , the notion of irjaring th 9 Queen or the foolish idea that her death would put one more ' potatoe F /^ J ^ Pt > t ) ° r deatroy the P ° wer of co « ou lords , which , if not destroyed , will destroy her . —Evening

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      GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL . ( From the Liverpool Times . J Early on Friday morning , the most destructive and calamitous fire which ever occurred in Liverpool broke out in the premises of Mr . Peniston , drysalter , in Crompton-fltreet . As Inspector Massey and officer Hitchmough were going their rounds , about five minutes before three o ' c lock , they discovered the fire , and on entering the premises , whioh are situated close to Mr . Isaac ' s oil and varoiBh mill , they found a bench on fire , which they supposed communicated tha flames to the roof of the shed . The fire was alive under the engine boiler , and the door of the furnace wide open . When t hey e n ter e d , there was no person bat themselves upon the premises . The steam in the boiler was also partly up at the time . Information waa immediately conveyed to the Fire-police Station , and three engines , under the direction of Mr . Hewitt , immediately started off , and reached the scene of destruction shortly after three o ' clooK . The wind at this period was blowing a strong

      gale from the north , and the rain poured down heavily . The threa engines were instantly got into play , and in a few minutes were joined by the remainder of the eng ines / and one belonging to the West of England Insura nc e Co m p a ny , making in all thirteen or fourteen . All their efforts , however , availed little , for owing to the combustible materials of the premises , as well as the nature of the goods which they contained , the Sre continued to gain head , and in about twenty minutes after its commencement , the warehouse in whioh it had commenced , and two others adjoining it , were completely destroyed . Mr . Isaac ' s oil and varnish works next fell a sacrifice to the flames , and the combustible materials in this gentleman ' s premises , caused such a volume of flames as excited in the beholders feelings of awe a .-. d admiration . Henceforth the fire set at defiance all the efforts of the fire-police , and t he c o n t inu e d torrents of water which , without intermission , they poured npon the burning mass , did not appear to make the least impression upon it .

      The sheds and cooperage of Messrs . Taylor and Green were next assailed , and added fuel to the devouring element . The wind being chiefly from the north , forced the flames towards Formby-street , w hich , with the exception of a range of new cottages at the top , and a dwelling-house opposite , in the occupation of Mrs . B : irk , consisted of ranges of splendid warehouses recently built . Ifc still advanced eastwardly towards Great Howard-street , devouring in its onward course several yards and sheds , and at length reached the yard of the Messrs . Molyneux , the front of which is in Great Howard-street , but it runs a considerable distance backwards iu a westerly direction . Here again it received additional strength from considerable quantities of timber in the yards and sheds . The fire still progressed onwards up Formby-street , a n d caugh t

      some bonded sheds which front Great Howard-street Th e se , with the goods which they contained , were in a short time added to the miss of burning and smoking ruins which now occupied the sites of the previous buildings , and left nothing bnt outward walls standing . AH the sheds and yards between Crompton-atreet and Formby-street were , in a few hours , either a mass of ruins or in flunes ; and the wind still continuing to blow freshly from the north , the fire was communicated about five o ' clock from the adjoining sheds to the rear of the fine warehouses and sheds on the north side of Formby-streot . On this side of the street , in the course of about two hours , four warehouses belonging to Mr . Nathaniel Rayner , one ditto , the property of Mr . Taylor , and three bonded sheds belonging to Mr . Gray , were destroyed . At this period the fire had assumed an awful magnitude , and burned with great fury . These warehouses and sheds

      were chit fly filled with cotton , but contained considerable quantities of other kinds of merchandise . On the ground floor of one of these warehouses , there were no fewer than one thousand barrels of turpentine , t o w hich , w he n in fla m es , no description can do adequate justice . As long as any of the turpentine remained , it burned with the fiercest intensity , and by its own mere force , as its situation precluded the operation of the wind , it set fire to the new sheds on the opposite side of the street , in the occupation of Mr . M'Knight . The working of the various fire engines , the encouraging cheers of the men as they rapidly plied the handles of the engines , the roaring of the vast voiunie of flame which ascsnded frem the burning pile , the crashing of the timbers , and the falling of the disrupted and destroyed walls , could not fail of impressing every beholder with the strongest emotions of terror and astonishment .

      About six o clock the wind veered a little to the westward , and drove the flames over Formby-street to the warehouse and sheds on the south side . These were speedily in flames . The sheds of Mr . M'Knight , and the sheds and warehouses of Mr . Riyner were rapidly enveloped in one fiery muss . Mr . M'Knight ' s p r ope r ty was filled with sugar and rice , just landed from the Bland , from Calcutta . Much of this was destroyed , and much , we are happy to state , was removed in time ; but ef the cottsn which filled the warehouses and sheds of Mr . Rayner , little was saved . All these buildinga were entirely new , and auoh was the avidity of the fire , that in about two hours after they were attacked , th e y were one mass of flame from Formby-street to Neptunestreet . Two iron warehouses , in Formby-street , owing to the incombustible nature of their materials , es c a p ed destruction ; but the warehouses and sheds on each side are a mass of utter ruin .

      The ground upon which the fire took place forms an obloug square . To the north it commences in Crompton-street , and terminates to the south in Neptunestreet . On the east it runs along a portion of Great Howard-street , and to the west it is bounded by Waterloo-road and Dock . In the interior of this square , ( the extent of which is about 30 , 000 square yards ) , the Sre had now uncontrolled sway , and consumed every thing within its re&ch , saving the two iron warehouses already mentioned . That portion , however , which lies in the neighbourhood of the Waterloo Bock escaped the fury of the fire . From this time until about eleven o ' clock in the morninir , the conflagration contined with

      almost unabated activity ; but an expectation began to be entertained that the flames might be prevented from extending further , and about one o ' clock the expectation ripened into certainty . There was still , however , within the doomed limits , an immense mass of burning materials , the heat of which was moat intense , and when night again fell , the sky was so brightly illuminated as to causo an apprehension that the devastating element had seized upon some fresh prey . This , fortunately was an unfounded fear . The engines continued to play uninterruptedly on the burning materials during the whole of Saturday , by which time great progress had been made in the quenching of the flames . All apprehension had entirely vanished .

      The loss of property has been immense ; but a still greater calamity has been the serious loss of life which has been sustained . On Friday morning , two of . the fire police engines , with a full complement of men , were bard at work , pouring a continued discharge of water upon the sheds of Mr . 'M'Knight , when , without any warning whatever , a great explosion or crash took place in one of the warehouses on the north side of the street , nnd almost over where the engines were being worked ; simultaneously with the noise , the wall of the warehouse fell , partly into the street and partly upon a shed adjoining , belongiug to Mr . Gray . Some of the men had the Rood fortune to make their

      escape ; but such as bad not time were buried in the ruins . Of the number of those who were thus everwhelmed by the falling mass , were three men in the employ of Mr . M'Knight , who , at the time of the occurrence , were busily engaeed in removing goods lowered from the sheds . Several of the fire-police were also buried in the ruins . With every promptitude the sufferers were released ; but many of them without the least signs of animation . All the wounded were immediately taken to the Northern Hospital , where every suitable attention was immediately paid to them . Amongst the number taken to the hospital was Inspector Riding , who had one of his legs broken .

      In addition to this calamity we have to notice the death or a very useful and active oifijer of the namfi of Samuel Hodson . The station of this officer , previous to his death , was in Castle-street , opposite the coach stand , and he was well known through bis civility and the faithful discharge of his duty . About half-past six , he and officers Bntes and Tack were holding their branches directing the water against the burning premises of Mr . M'Knight . Tuck , it a ppea r s , had some idea of the wall falling , and gave intimation to that effect to the other officers . A burning bale of . cotton , however , fell into the street ; Hodson ran towards it to remove it put of the way , when the wall fell , and buried him in the ruins . Tuck at the moment seizad bold of Bates , aud fulled him from beneath the falling mass , and thus happily saved both their lives . The body of poor Hodson still remains under the ruins , a n ineffec t ual at te mp t having been made on Sunday to clear away the rubbish from it .

      Several gentlemen who were assisting and encouraging the men had also a very narrow escape . Amongst thes e , were the head constable , Mr . Whitty , and Mr . Maxwell , agent for the insurance companies . The following is a list of the sufferers , twenty-five in number , who were during tho Friday taken to the Northern Hospital : — < Dead . — James Bell , labourer , dead when admitted ; Luke Smith , labourer , Westraoreland-Btreet , and John Martin , labourer , Chisehall-street , both of whom died two hours after being admitted . D angerously Injured . —Robert Black , Newhall-street , fractured skull . Eight others severely injured , of which number Superintendent Riding is one , he having his heel bone broken and a severe injury ol the ancle . Beside the above , there wete thirteen others slightly injured , bnt who were enabled to leave the hospital on being dressed , four of whom had lost their sight from the snofce . flam e , and dust of tfaefire . _ ... . .

      The following is a list of the buildings which have been destreytd : — , ' ¦ Four w arehonsea , ( Grey ' s ) b « rnt . One ditto , ( Taylor ' s ) ditto . Two ditto , ( Rayner ' s ) ditto . Two ditto , ( Poole ' a ) ditto . Four dit t o , ( ilaw ' s ) ditto . One ditto ( Roger ' s ) ditto , fire-proof , partially burnt Two warehouses , ( Rajner ' s ) south , burnt . ' One shed , ( Rayner ' 8 ) ditto . Two sheds , ( Horsley ' a ) Neptane-st ., dit ' . c . Two large sheds , ( M'Knight ' B ) west of the above , burnt . Taylor ' s cooperage ^ ? Moljnsux ' s timber-yard , >

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      Cart-bouses , s t ables , a row of about sixteen houses , and a large mass of property of various descriptions . The value of this property la estimated at from £ 35 , 000 to £ 40 , 000 . The principal contents of the warehouses , < fec , were cotton , flour , rice , turpentine , fee . Of cotton 48 . 000 bales have been destroyed , the value of which is about £ 400 , 000 . Including other articles , and the buildings , the loss will in all probability amount to about £ 660 , 000 . The total loss at the great fire at the Goree , in 1802 , was £ 323 , 000 . On Saturday , at one j ' c k , a meeting of the agents representing the different fire insurance offices took place in the Underwriters' Committee Room , N . D . Bold , Esq . in the chair . After " comparing notes" on the engagements of each office having liabilities in connection with this destructive event , the following was reported as the resnlt : —

      The Sun ..... £ 47 , 000 Globe .... 40 , 000 Royal Exchange 30 , 000 Phoenix 30 , 000 London Corporation 30 , 000 Liverpool 25 000 York and London . 25 000 Imperial 20 , 000 Scottish Union ..... 20 , 000 West of England 20 , 000 Alliance 13 , 000 Atlas ... 12 , 000 Manchester 10 . Guardian 7 , 000 Yorkshire ..... 5 000 Norwich Union 3 , 000 County ... 3 , 300 North British 3 000 London Union . 7 , 000 Total Liabilities ......... £ 350 , 900

      Some uncertainty , however , exists as to whether all the liabilities have been ascertained , the meeting having been called so soon after the conflagration . No doubt , there would be much property uninsured ; so that the result of the meeting tends to prove that the Ions cannot be far under what we have stated . The exertions of the flre police , and of all in connection with it , have baen spoken of , and with truth , as praiseworthy in the highest degree . If we were to mention the names ol all the parties who were presunt at oue period or another , and rendered valuable assistance , either in the direction of the fire-police , the saving of property , the preservation of order , &e ., we might occupy at least half a column of our paper . It is only an act of justice , howe v e r , to state that great

      praise is due for their : exertions to his Worship the Mayor , Mr . James Lawrenco , Chairman of the Watch Committee , Mr . Rushton , tho Stipendiary Magistrate , Lieutenant Maxwell , Inspector of Salvage , Mr . Whiteho u se , of the West of England Fire Office , Mr . Richard Dawson , of the Manchester Insurance Office , Mr . Commissioner Dowliag , Mr . Highton , Governor of the Borough Gaol , Mr . M'Knight , the owner of one of the warehouses , and many other gentlemen , including several members of the Town Council . Mr . R V . Yates was also on the spot , nol , however , with any intention of aiding in the extinguishing of the flames , but'for the humane purpose of making inquiries aft r those who had been injured . Mr . Rushton was on the ground immediately after the commencement of the fire , and did all that could be dose ta save life ,

      for he saw from the first that all was lost . At ono time , fears were entertained for the safety of the Borou g h Gaol , and Commander Revan , R . N ., sen t a corps of marines from H . M . S . Etna , to the assistance of the magistrates and police force , who , iu the event of the gaol taking fire , would have been employed to escort the prisoners to another , place . Happily their services were cot wanted , the danger to the gaol having been overcome . Mr . Whitty , Mr . Hewitt , and Lieutenant Maxwell exerted themselves with an indefatigability and intrepidity which could { not ba surpassed , and were , in common with many othe r s , subjected to great danger . There certainly never was a time at which exertion waa more

      necessary on the part of the flre police , and on this occasion they showed that too much reliance could not b e placed on t h e i r d i s c i pline , skill aud bravery . The heat arising from the voicano-Iike conflagration , was during the whole of the Friday morning so intense that it could be hardly borne at a considerable distance , and in addition to this the air was loaded with smoke , sulphureous particles , and other exhalations from tha burning materials , which pained the eyes excessively and in many instances blinded the officers and men for a short period . Even those at the outskirts of the fire had occasionally to lave their eyes ; but the poor fellows who held the hose , aud were in close proximity to the flaming piles , suffered dreadfully .

      When Mr . M'Knight ' s shed foil in , and Luke Smith and John Martin lost their lives , the scene was most heart-rending . The two poor fellows were in the employ of Mr . M'KnigUt ,. and were mo 3 t zealous and active in their exertions to save his property . One of them , when sinking in the flimes , called out iu agony for Mr . Whitty , who was near , to save him . Another , who was within Mr . W . ' s reach , stretched forth his hands for help , but , though an effort was made to save him , which was unsuccessful , from the fierceness of the flameSj be too sank into the burning ruing . Tha bones which were yesterday

      We ought also to not ' re that through the great exertions of Mr . E . P . M'Knight , who had a body of his workmen present , acting under his directions , there were saved , in good order , 3900 out of 4200 ba ? n of rice , and the whole of the sugar from the B ' . nud , which hod on the preceding day been stored in his premises . There was at first great difficulty in obtaining men to work the engines ; but there was a still mote pressing and fatal want experienced—that of an abundant and accessible supply of water . Vast as is the amount of property in that neighbourhood , th ^ re is not a main in Great Howard-street , and though the neighbouring docks were had recourse to , tho supply , was insufficient during the whole of Fiiday and Saturday , and Sunday morning . Mr . Cunningham , surveyor of the Highway

      Board , was sent down by Mr . Ashlin to open sewers , fee . This his men did quickly , and a good supply was obtained from the overflow from the canal . On Sunday , however , this waa exhausted by the engines ; but i n t his e m ergency , Mr . Tathaui , of the canal , kindly increased the overflow , And furnished a further supply . Had it not been for these sewers , the want of water would have been still more seriously felt . At the breaking out of the fire , Mr . M'Fadzsn thoughtfully recollected this overflow from the canal , and caused an opening in the sewir to be made in Great Howardstreet , from which a supply for two engines was drawn . Different opinions prevail as to the origin of this disastrous fire . The more generally received statement ia

      the ons given above ; but another account id , that the fire was most probably communicated to Mr . Peniston ' s shed by some flakes of burning soot which fell from a chimney that was known to be on fire in Stewart-street , at about half-past ten on Thursday night . Inspector Abraham , who visited Mr . Peniston ' s works immedi . ately after the flre broke out , made his report to the Watch Committee on Friday . He confirms the statement of Inspector Massey as to the first appearance of the fire ; but he is of opinion that it did not originate from the furnace under Mr . Peniston ' s boiler . He gives it n s hi s o pi n ion , that it was either the work of an incendiary or had been caused by some large flakes of burning soot from the chimney above mentioned , which flakes were seen to drop into Mr . Peniston ' s yard .

      The estimates of the Io 3 s vary from £ 435 , 000 to £ 716 , 000 ; but we shoull think , as our previous statement will show , that the foruwr is too low and the latter too high . The Albion says : — 11 We have received from an intelligent and accurate gentleman an estimate of the quantity of produce destroyed , which , ns it is drawn from sources likely to be correc t , we are disposed to place more eonftdenca in it than in any of the rumours which we have heard on and off 'Change . This estimate makes it appear , that 45 . 908 bales of cotton have been consumed . Wt > also learn , f r o m t he sa m e sour c e , that thera were in the w a re h ou ses 250 casks of t allo w , 2209 barrels and 800

      sacks of flour , 60 tons of cod oil , 8500 barrels of turpentine ; addition unknown quantities of fl '» ur , turpentin e , and tallow ; besides India rubber , lixh ' &n corn , sperm oil , fustic , rice , sugar , and bark . Amongst the cotten is a considerable quantity of Sea Island , which is very valuable . It is considered a low estimate to value the cotton at £ 8 per bale , all round . This will yield a loss , in that commodity alone , of £ 3 ( i 2 264 . The loss in merchandise of other descriptions , with tho smaller buildings , is taken to be about £ 95 . 000 . Add to this £ 32 , 000 for the warehouses , and we have an estimated total loss of £ 489 , 264 , or , in round numbers , of Half a . Million !"

      On Saturday , it was rumoured that a considerable number of persons , probably from twenty to thirty , were buried underneath the ruins of the fallen buildings , and it was suspected that amongst the number were some few of the fire brigade . Whatever may be the case as toother individuals ( and we hope the calamity has been greatly exaggerated , as is not uncommon in such ease » y , it is now kno ^ n that the unfortunate Hodson is the only flre-poHc-officer whose life , has been lost . On Sunday and yesterday , men were busily employed in clearing away the rubbish . In the shed belonging to Messrs . Horsleyand Co . the labourers on Sunday

      morning found on the ground a cotton hook and a penny . In clearing a little further , they found a quantity of calcined bones , which had , doub t less , belonged to the owner of the hook and the penny . The Btate of these bones gave evidence ef how intense most have been the heat . Not only has every particle of flesh been dissipated , but nothing save the earthy portion of the bones remains , and they are light aa charcoal . The men cleared away more of the materials , and , in a short time , they found another cluster of bones similar to the last , amongst which were several of the spinal vertebiee , and some ends of the humeral and femoral bones .

      Part of the merchandise consumed in the sheds in Neptune-street had been saved from the fire in Galtonstreet , olily about two hundred yards to the sou ^ b . The wounded men at the Northern Hospital were yesterday all doing extremely welL Black , whose skull was fractured , Is now considered to be out of danger .

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      Subscription fob the Families of the Meh Killed or Injured at the Fibe ;—We are nappy to hear- that some benevolent gentlemen have determined to originate a subscription for the destitute wives and . families of the unfortunate men who lost their lives , or sustained serious injuries in the late disastrous fire . All those who are dead perished whilst attemping to Bave the property of others , and of those who survive the injuries which they received ,- some are'disabled for life , and most of them for a' considerable time . The number of families and children Uft destitute by these sad events is very great , and they certainly have every claim on the public , both on the ground of their own necessities and misfortunes , and the courage and devotednesa of their connections , now dead or disabled . We hope that this subscription will be liberally supported , and tbat eveiy thing that is passible will be done to relieve the misery and the destitution of these unfortunate creatures , thus awfully deprived of their natural proteetors .

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      THE LATE INQUEST . The inquest upon the body of the murdered outlaw , poor Lyons , the weaver , has been holden , a n d a c orone r ' s jury of hit new middle class associates , as we might have anticipated , has returned a verdict of " JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE . " We do r . ot arraign t he fi nding n po n a ny ge n e r al feel in g of suspicion , which we may justly entertain , when the privileged are the accused , and the unrepresented the accusers , because it may follow tbat weavers as well as masters may be guilty of violence in resisting , while , to protect life , the homicide of an aggressor may be perfectly justifi . able . _ Iu ninety cases in every hundred , howeve r , where a poor man complains of any injustice done by one of the privileged order , the very fact of complaining is , " primd facie . " a proof of the charge ; inasmuch as the poor man ' s case must be strong indeed , when he seeks justice in hell , where the Devil is judge . As the

      question now before us , howe v er , rests not upon " prim a facie" evidence , but upon the sworn testimony of several unimpsacbed witnesses for the prosecution , corroborated in the material poiuts by witnesses produced for the defence , —Life having been l ost , J 1 U KDER , a foul MUKD 2 R , having been committed , —it becomes our duty to inquire whether or not justico has been done—whether or not the finding of the coroner ' s jury is calculated to give satisfaction , and to create a respect for the laws in the minds of those who are told that they are equally administered to tha rich and t he poo r , the privileged and the unrepresented . We claim the calm attention of th 6 reader , while we criticise the evidence upon which our mi Idle-class friends returned a verdict of "Justifiable homicide . " The evidence of Sullivan , Cassidy , M'Adam , and Maria Beckett , unshaken by cross-ex-anrination , Is plain , simple , and convincing , and would of itself establish the charge of murder against the accused . Beyo n d t his , however , we have tha opinion of the Coroner , after the evidence of these four witnesses was given , and it runs thus : "That it had been fully PROVED THE D E CEASE D H AD MET HIS DEAT H

      FROM BLOWS , AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN INflicted by Thomas Wrigley . " This observation was drawn from the Coroner , in reply to the solicitor for tho prosecution , who stated that he had eight or nine witnesses to prove that the deceased was perfectly quiet when struck by Wrigley ; a most important fact ; and especially , provided the farce of trying T . Wriglej be repeated upon the Lancaster stage , before twelve performers of the order of masters . However , it becomes impor t ant , as wa shall examine , firstly , the parties who were produced aa witnesses for the maa-killer . Old M orri s , tho first witness , is , with his son , owner of the premises , and he saw no windows broken ; he found some broken when he returned , but he saw stonea thrown when his men ( that is , his engineer , car t er , o v e r seers , and body guard ) , who had been

      previously armed , rushed upon the unoffending people . He wza the principal ; and it appears that he , unescorted , held parley with the MOB , aud suffered no damage at their hands , —a strong proof that there existed no intention of doing him , or unybody else , any bodily barm . But Old Morris swears to stones being thrown . Another Morris , one with a scriptural name , Seta , the Bon of Enoch , what docs he swear ? He saw all . He corroborates the other Merria , whose evidence , with the exception of the stone-throwing , corroborates the testimony of the witnesses for the prosecution . What doea he say about the stone-throwing ? " He said fcbas HE SAW NONE THROWN . " One J a m es Bo y le is t he n brought up to corroborate one of the Morris ' s , aud t o contradict the other , —thus destroying the whole defence so far . The case for the defence then commences

      again , and two girls , Anne Potter and Harriet Johnson , swear that they saw Wrigley and others strike the deceased , but that Wrigley had been previously struck by the MOB . Mind , not by the deceased . Then one Diggles , a constable , aa a matter of course , is produced aa a kind of finisher ; and what doea ho swear 1 Why , he deposed to previous attacks which had been made by other parties upon the mill of tho Morris ' s . Now such is the sum and snbstance of the evidence , —the whole case for the defence resting upon the evidence of the two fjirls , Potter anil Johnson , and which gosa for little , and would go fcr leas , had Mr . Taylor produced his w i t nesses to pro v e t ha t the M U RDE R ED m an w as quiet and unoffending . But how does the law stand ? ¦ If a man ia apprehensive of his life being in danger , he has a perfect right to defend it , even at , the huzud of

      depriving his assailant of life ; but so tender is it on such points , that it rr-quiros the party attacked to use all subtsvfa ^ fca for his protection , by flight , capture of the offender , or otherwise , before a homicide can be justifiable . What , however , did Wrigley do ? Young Morris , the acting manager , vsry properly gives instructions that the hands were not to be allowed out , unless the doors were forced open Yet , in the teeth of such order , Wrigley , one of the hands , and before any apprehension of further injury than the mere stopping ef the mill could have been reasonably entertained—regardless of consequences , rushes out with a picked gang of bloodhounds , before , . is Seth says , any stones were thrown , knocks hia victim down , beata him in . humanly while down , follows him again , knocks him down again and again , and then boasts that he has settled the b . Upon such evidence a jury of Englishmen return a verdict of " JUSTIFIABLE

      HOMICIDE , " instead of WILFUL MURDER , as it ought to have been . The case ia now fiirly placed before the public ; and however parties may look tamely on , w hile t he ow ne rs of machinery are robbing , stripping , pillaging , starving , bullying , and ejecting Englishmen , women , and children , yet'do we confidently hope that , iu a country where nearly ten millions per a-mum is paid for civilisation , a COLD-BLOODED MURDER will not be allowed to pass a 8 ; i necessary part of m-mmon ' s means for amassing treasure . Surely the blood of the murdered , all poor and naked as he wa 9 , calls t o Heaven for vengeance ; and thoae who hear ths aixth commandment , " THOU SHALT D O NO M U RDER , " and-to which they respond , "The Lordli / ive mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law ;"—surely , we say , those who so pray on Sunday , will not allow their eyes to be defiled by the sight of the murdered on their return from the sanctuary of the tru 6 God . — Evening Star .

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      The Moneteur pnbljshes an order of the Minister of War , granting a free passage on board the Government packets to persons proceeding to Algeria to settle in the villages , twenty-two in number , about to be established by General Bugeaud . ' J u" ? f SaHDKL , » ° wjj , aged twenty-one , a clerk in the Money-order-offioe of the General Post-office was indicted at the Central Criminal Court , for forging money-orders , purporting to ba drawn in Sittingbourne , npon the CamberweU office , to the amount of £ 39 , 5 s . 5 i The defence was insanity : Brown had been ostentatious

      absurdly ; he had waked his sister at night to askher if he was not beautiful ; had dressed m uniform , and signed himself " Colonel James Samael Brown ; had pestered a friend with consultations about marrying a countess ; had plunged bis hand into boiling lead , Baying that it would not hurt him ; and had committed other absurdities . About twelve years ago he received an injury from an accidental blow with a brick , and he had been subject to fits . Medical evidence placed his insanity beyond a doubt ; so he was acquitted , bnt ordered to be detained in custody during the pleasure of the Crown .

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      Grace Darling , the heroine of the Fern Islands Lighthouse , died a few days ago . The Herring Fishery . — The herring fishing since our last notice haa been extraordinarily buo > ccjssful , and the herriDgs were consequently selling at a very low price , often at five a penny . At the fishing grounds they were bought by the curers and calipers at Is ,, la . 3 d ., and Is . 6 d . por hundred , and the price here ranged from Is . 6 d . to 2 s . 6 d . Last week the moon changed , and , as was anticipated by the fishermen , the fishing fell off , and we are sorry to say there is no better prospect this week . — Greenock Observer .

      At the Suerey Sessions-house , on Thursday , seven actions against the Earl of Uxbridge on account of several annuities , of sums varying from £ 0 " 0 to £ 239 , were tried . Mr . Jonea stated that the annuities , were duo to persons , many of them in humble life , who had advanced money to the Earl ou the faith of the annuities beinj < punctually paid . " The Earl was heir to the Marquiaate of Ahglesea , but had been called to the Upper House during the lifetime of his father ; a somewhat unusual course , which might leave a doubt upon the minds of the Jury whether the defendant had been so raised to the Peerage in order that , as a legislator , he might

      benefit his country , or that ho might himself enjoy the privilege of freedom from arrest . At all events , the plaintiffs would be prevented availing themselves of a remedy as against the person of the defendant ; arid they feared that ho had very little property . " The Marquis of Anglcsca was examined . He stated that he believed that ho was the father of the Earl of Uxbrid ^ e . He could not say where the Earl was in 1838 : he had a house in Bruton-etreet , and the Marquis was told tbat he had taken a house in Hertfordohire ; but as to what his establishment was he had not the slightest knowledge . Verdicts were given for the sums claimed , with interest .

      Extraordinary Suicide of a Man Ninety-seven Years of Age . —An inquest was held last Friday evening , before Mr . Baker , at the Salmon and Ball , Bethnall-green , on thobody of Mr . Joseph Farrer , aged 97 , who committed suicide as follows : —It appeared from the evidence taken that the deceased latterly , owing to his advanced age , bad given signs of derangement , and laboured under the delusion that the Devil wa 3 after him . On Wednesday he tootc his dinner , and appeared in better spirits than usual . He afterwards , according to his custom , went up stairs for tho purpose of having a nap , and remaining longer than usual , one of his daughters went up to call him

      . On reaching the room door , she fonnd it locked inside , and after repeated calling , without receiving an answer , a ladder was procured , and an entrance made by the window . On getting into the room , the deceased was found seated in a chair ^ quite dead , with hishead leaning against the bed-post A cord yas round hia neck , and also round the bedpost and chair , to the extreme end of whioh was fastened a 141 b . weight . The weight had , after being fastened to the rope , being thrown across thebed-Etead . thereby causing strangulation . He had also closed the shutters before committing the act . Verdict , Temporary insanity . "

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      THE NORTHERN STAR

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct975/page/6/