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    THE DERBY BRIBERY. Morgan, the man arres...

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    FUNERAL OF HENRY CLAY. Tur corpse of Hen...

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    EMIGRANTS BEWARE! Captain Lean, of the R...

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    impossible not to see that each of these two grand Parties , Sanitary and Agricultural , feels it has some lesson to learn , and some aid to seek , from the other ; that the two great movements of material amelioration , in town and country , which have hitherto run separate , though collateral , courses , must henceforth merge into one that tiie purification of our cities , and the fertilization of our fields , are but different aspects of the same problem , different parts of the same process , different results of the same organization ; and that ( we are still quoting

    Mr . Ward ' s impressive language ) as Sanitary reform is but the cultivation of healthier crops of men , so Agricultural- progress is but the improved hygiene of growing crops and cattle ; while both reforms require for their achievement the construction of a vast tubular net-work , arterial and venous , beneath every town and over the whole surface of the country . This mighty work presents to the national energy and enterprise a new field , still _Yiioter in conception , and more incalculably fruitful of advantages to mankind , than

    even the great railway movement , of which it is the logical complement . For while the railway system has quadrupled the facilities for transporting the pioducts of the soil from place to place , this new Tubular Organization will , at no distant period , quadruple the . productsthemselvestobetransporfced . The burst of real native eloquence from the Honourable J . L . White , which closed the evening with u striking antl hopeful effect , is a new and forcible tribute to that idea which is gaining ground on both sides of the Atlantic—the Anglo-American alliance . " So many eminent American

    citizens have now promised the practical championship of America , should England have to sustain the fight of freedom against the encroachments of despotism-- that the feeling must be too deeply rooted and too widely spread to depend upon the caprices of official intercourse . And these multiplied approaches between the citizens of the two countries , are a truer bond of federation in freedom , than the most plausible and wellbalanced of diplomatic treaties . The investigation into the causes of the Stockport riots continues , and the inquest on the body of Mor . ui has been concluded . So far as tbe

    evidence goes , it onl y discloses what strong feelings of rancour against the Roman Catholics are nourished , like noxious weeds , by the Protestants . Thi ; Queen has been cruising with a noble squadron of war-steamers from the Isle of Wight , skirling the coast , to Plymouth , taking the gentle population of Torquay by a sweet surprise , as she

    sal . sketching the beauty of her island cliffs ; wink the mv : i _) " youngsters" were sky larking on the deck . And Prince Aibert , with his ever alert public spirit , has mingled the useful with the pleasant , bv a living visit to the reproductive agricultural _opei ai ions on Dartmoor ; and by a minute inspection of the batteries that command one . of the noblest harbours in the world .

    The visit oft . be President , ot _hranee to Strasbourg , the iV-t . es and official ovations in that picturesque city ; the inauguration of the great line of railway from Paris to the Rhine ; and the pacific invasion of ( _Germany by the man who once expressed onr part of his mission to be the reeo-\ crv of tin- fruitier of the Rhino ;—such is the absorbing and ( xclusive . intelligence from France . Significant was that bridge of boats thrown across the rushiinr rive- Iiv the _I'Vench engineers , amidst

    the compliments of Prussian and Federal oiheers ; significant that t . ivnnphal progress through Alsace oi' the man for win in Alsace once refused to rise when the coup tie in An was but the rehearsal of the future roup d ' etat . As for the processions , and tht ; banners , and the shouts , and the illuminations , they had welcomed many a prince now exiled or forgotten ; even the state carriage bail served for more than one dynasty , and for the Republic in its brief noon of honour . As for the supple telegraph , this ready tongue of an unscrupulous functionnrisin , surpasses itself in delirious enloozymoozy , ami be-

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    comes almost sublime in shameless adulation , taxing the French language to exhaustion by its lyrical excesses . No doubt , however , Louis Napoleon has been received with considerable fervor by the " lads and lasses" of Alsace ; and the fatalism that allures him to trust his life to the crowd , wins even the disaffected to a feeling almost of sympathy to his person , so little attractive of itself , so unsusceptible of hero worship .

    Above the din of the elections , come still small voices from afar , showing that civilization and commerce are making conquests over barbarism-. Cotton grown in Australia has found its way to Manchester , and report speaks in the highest terms of its fitness for our manufactures . News arrives that the new commercial fairs will be held in December , at Sukkur and Kurrachee ; and

    merchants see visions of large commerce with Central Asia , and with Persia , via . Trebizond . From Chagres come letters telling of the progress of the railway across the Isthmus of Panama , which , when completed , will be a noble monument of human enterprize . Last , not least , is the story of whale-fishing with electric batteries , a process which is quite successful .

    Our list of crimes is rather heavy . We have a case of heartless and rascally breaking of trothplight ; four attempts at suicide by women ; a singular story of a portrait-swindler , who worked the fertile mine of human vanity with great success ; and scandalous revelations respecting a sham emigration company , set on foot on the pretext of assisting poor emigrants in their passage out to Australia . Enough for one week .

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    The Derby Bribery. Morgan, The Man Arres...

    THE DERBY BRIBERY . Morgan , the man arrested in the dark room , and on whom 135 sovereigns were found , was examined on Thursday . That he was a briber ' s agent was clearly proved . The following letter was found in his pocket , addressed to " Mr . John Frail , Clerk of the Course , Shrewsbury , " and was as follows : — " A good and safe man , with judgment and quickness , is wanted immediately at Derby . I suppose that you cannot leave your own place ; if not , send some one whom you can trust in your place . Let him go to Derby on receiving this , and find the County Tavern , in the centre of the town , and send his card to Cox , Brothers , and Company , lead works , aa coming from Chester ; that will bo enough . " W . B . " Monday . "

    Mr . J . Keogh , formerly secretary of the Reading and Reigate Railway Company , of which Major William Reresibrd , now one of" tho members for Essex , was chairman , deposed that the handwriting of the letter and the envelope was the handwriting of Major William Beresford , Secretary-at-War , and Tory whipper-in . 1 M organ was admitted to bail—himself at 300 / ., and two sureties at 150 _Z . eaeh . Two innkeepers appeared us sureties .

    Funeral Of Henry Clay. Tur Corpse Of Hen...

    _FUNERAL OF HENRY CLAY . Tur corpse of Henry Clay has been borne in solemn state , more like a triumphal than a funeral procession , from _Washington to Kentucky . On the 1 st of July the body was taken to the Senate House on a car drawn by six white horses , escorted by a large number ol _' o / _Ueial and parliamentary personages , and an attendant multitude . There a funeral sermon was preached over the body by the chaplain of the Senate ; and after the senators , representatives , military and naval officers , and others had taken a last , look at the face of Henry Clay , the body was removed to the Rotunda , and the great body of the people were admitted to file past tho eollin .

    _I'Yom Washington the remains were transported to Baltimore . When the telegraph announced that the i rain bad set out , minute guns began firing , bells tolling , Iho . people Hocked into the streets , ami the stores were closed . The eollin was deposited in the Exchange , and the crowd wore , admitted to see the body . From Haltimorc . it was taken to Wdimcyfon ; thence , to Philadelphia , arriving late in the evening . Here the pioeession moved through the streets , lighted hy

    _thousands of torches , and accompanied by an enormous procession to fhe Hall , where l . jie Declaration of Independenee was read in 177 ( 5 . As it passed along , guns doomed , fire-bells rang , and chnreh-he ) In tolled . Three harrels of tar were set a blaze in front of the Hull , and the crowd inarched past , uncovered ; and all night a guanl of honour , formed of the Washington ( _iveyn , watched over tho sarcophagus . At every place , _between Philadelphia and New York , similar signs of popular feeling were manifested . At New York the whole city

    Funeral Of Henry Clay. Tur Corpse Of Hen...

    seemed in mourning . The procession passed alon < , « . Broadway to the City Hall , through a vast 2 spectful crowd , and the body was placed in the ft vernor ' s room . Here the people were admitted to the coffin , and the ladies soon almost covered it w _'«? nosegays of splendid flowers . One gentleman nW on it a dollar piece which had belon ged to WashirU Erom New York the procession started on the 3 rd « July for Kentucky , and at the towns on the ront similar ceremonies were performed . " General Scott attended the " funeral , " as it is _calle .. at Washington ; and General Franklin Pierce deliver _^ a funeral oration at Concord , in New Hamnshirp ! the 2 nd of July . _P e ' °

    Emigrants Beware! Captain Lean, Of The R...

    EMIGRANTS BEWARE ! Captain Lean , of the Royal Navy , the Government Emigration Agent , accompanied b y several _working men , appeared before Sir Robert W . Carden , at th " Mansion House , on Wednesday , to make a complaint against an alleged " company , " called the « Australi an Gold Company and Emigration Company , " _professing to hold offices at 6 , Austin-friars . Several persons had partly paid for their passage to Australia , throug h the means of this pretended company , but on their applying for a passage by the Camilla , by which they were to go out , they found that the owners of this vessel

    disclaimed all knowledge of the company . The clerk who chiefly conducted this undertaking , and had signed most of the receipts for the money deposited , was found to be in Whitecross-stre _^ t prison . Captain Lean had applied at the offices of the company , but all attempts to obtain restitution had been vain . The prospectus of the company mentioned the names of a nobleman and several gentlemen of undoubted respectability as directors , but every one of these when applied to had denied all knowledge of the concern . Captain Smith , R . N 7 , whose name was published as secretary , disavowed all

    connexion with the affair , and came forward readily to assist in the exposure of the fraud . Sir Robert Carden said he believed that the prospectus had been before the public for some time , and thui it had been advertised in the newspapers . If such " "ere the case , he thought that all who were named as directors would be liable for the moneys received , from the fact that no public contradiction had been made of sueh statement . He thought that in such cases the contrivers of a scheme would often borrow this sort of

    authority by their representations , and when the real facts began to appear the directors were sure to declare that their names had been unwarrantably used . He thought that in this ease delusion had been used to obtain money , and he declared that he would sift it to the bottom . Captain Smith here assured the alderman that he had nothing to do with the office . He had distinctly declared that he wonld not act as secretary . In reply to a question from Sir Robert Carden , he said that he knew the man who had been mentioned as being ia Whitecross-street prison , but he had been deceived in regard to his character . He had never been at the offices but once , and he bad then been told that the

    nobleman and one of the gentlemen who were said to he directors were present . He said that tho _prospectus had been out about three weeks , hut it had not been , to his knowledge , advertised in the public papers . H « had cautioned the parties who had managed the business against committing themselves by taking deposits . Sir Robert Carden thought that , as Captain Smith , _irpon muting himself represented us secretary , had not disavowed tho imputation , ho was undeniably responsible as to all tbe pecuniary matters in which the company was involved . Captain Smith said he had dow all be could to serve the poor men , and to obtain restitution for them , and this statement was confirmed by Captain Lean . Captain Smith said he had written to the directors to request their attendance on this

    occa-. Sir Robert Carden inquired if any of the directors were present , but none appeared . Captain Smith _siutl lie had no idea at all of the amount of the receipts . Sir Robert Carden said there could be no doubt tha '' the money had been fraudulently received . " < 7 _^ _^ should grant Hiuiinionses against all the directors u > r Friday next , when he expected a great many visitors on questions of this kind . He hoped ho should he able to fix the responsibility . Captain Lean warned the public , against the advertisements of a person named Flynn , who had sent rouiK bills offering to enable men to get out to Australia by a sort of Derby sweep , at fhe rate of five _shillings

    a-head . , Sir Robert Curden hud understood that _Fly »» ,, lia given out that Messrs . Masterman , L _' otors , and iA > would receive deposits for him . Sir Robert further aaid that he should be happy to muko the _acquaintance ° Mr . Flynn .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 24, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24071852/page/2/