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      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . " so . A CHARTIST CHORUS . Go ! cotton lords and com lords , go ! Ye live on loom and acre , But let be seen—some law between The giver and the taker . Go ! treasure well your miser ' s store With crown , and cross , and sabre ! Despite you all—we ' ll break your thrall , And have our land and labour . Ton forge no more—you fold no more Your cankering chains about us ; We heed joa not— we need you not , But you can't do without us . . YotrYe lagged too long , the tide has turned ,

      Tear helmsmen all were knavish ; And now we'll be—as bold and free , As we ' re been tame and slavish . Onr lives are not your sheaves to glean—Our rights your bales to barter : < Jive aU their own—from cot to throne , Bat ours shall be The Chaktek ! _ Baiy » fta 4 , Jfco 26 fA , 18 * 6 . Ebsest Jones

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      so . xvrn . GUBESAKE , LET'S AGREE . ( From the People ' s JournaL , Ant—MUUr of Dee . Some eighteen hundred years ago , Man ' s noblest Teacher said , "A house divided ' gainst itself Maun prostrate sune be laid . " Kbw , frae this text to pnir folk a ' Gude counsel I would gie ; Join hands , fling discord to the winds—And Gudesake let ? s agree . The thraldom dire of priest and king Wea' ower Jang- hae borne ;

      The meed ofa' onr care and toil , Insult and bitter scorn . Sat , iad my text been borne in mind , Sic wrangs we wadna dree ; Fell discord breeds us a' our wae—Then Gudesake letfs agree . We sow , and ithers reap the fruit ; We weave , and ithers wear ; We ' re scrimpit baith in canp and cog , That knaves may hae good cheer . . But were we to ilk ither true , Sic wrangs we wadna see ; 'lis discord fell breeds a ' onrwae—Then Gndeske let's agree . Save in a bated beggar voice , -

      Ourrichtswedaurna name ; They ' ve bluidhonndslureJ frae poortith ' s ranks Ilk wae-wild heart to tame . But were we to ourselves a * true , ¦ _ Sic tools nae king wad see ; Our discord is the tyrant ' s' power , Then Gudesake let ' s agree . The priest , wrapt in his misiy creed , The cnainless mind may bann ; Lordling and king bar Freedom ' s path . And mar the weal of man . But gie ' s your hand , the day draws near " These nicli thirds sune maun flee ; The pnir man yet shall hae his aba—We ' re learning fast tfagree . Eves M'DonaID . Paisley .

      ^"Our Usual Feast Of The Poets Will Be G...

      ^ "Our usual FEAST OF THE POETS will be given in the Star of June 27 th and will contain one or more contributions from the pen of Ebnest Joses , Esq ., and a notice ofthe works of Robert Kicol , the Scotch Poet . All communications intended for insertion must teat the Star office by Monday the 15 th inst .

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      TATTS EDLNBURGHMAGAZINE .-Edinburgh : W . Tait , Prince's Street . Loudon : SinrpMn and

      MarshalL The "English Opium Eater , " continues his dissertation , on" Christianity , asan organ of political movements , " bat we cannot say we have derived much instruction or entertainment from its perusal ; it would befeasr to pick holes in his arguments , but we are not disposed to indulge in criticism on snch a subject " A Ramble in JS orth America ia the Summer of ISii , " consists of extracts from a tourist ' s manuscript journal , and veryainuslng they are . The conceit of oar Yankee friends is very laughable ; for instance our tourist says , " One day when I was inhaling a cigar , * my custom always of an afternoon , ' a man with a cheek full of Virginia , who had been attentively regarding me for some time previously , at last abruptly said , 'Well now , stranger , I reckon you ' re a Britisher . ' I admitted the soft

      impeachment , and observed , * What a splendid country yours is I' * Con-siderable / said he after a prolonged pause , * It whips you'rn all to smash . ' At a public dinner on the 4 th of July , the Vice President ( ofthe dinner party ) in the coarse of his speech said , ' Our greatgrandmother England , is pretty well used up now , I reckon , and I do calculate some , that although we are descended from the old country , we are an Almighty improvement upon the old stock . * ( Tre mendous cheering . } " The interesting Romance of "Truthand Falsehood , " by Airs . Col . Thorkiox is continued . Amongst the reviews are " Grote ' s History of Greece , " and " Marshall on the Condition of Soldiers . " This work appears to be one of the most valuable ever written on the Army , from the extracts therefrom , we give the following ! illustrations of

      MnJTAET TVBASXT ASD CRUELTY . Private Flanagan , regiment , was a fine-looking soldier , about six feet oae inch in height . He had excellent natural talents , and had received a tolerably good education . He had acquired a knowledge of Latin , and could speak the French language . When the regiment ireatto TnW ; a , lie was in a . short time able to communicate with the natives , in several of the languages of the country . Although Flanagan was a smart clever soldier , he was liable to commit slight breaches of military discipline , and his name was consequently sometimes entered in the Defaulter Books . Being a man of high spirit and violent temper , he could ill bear the reproaches ofthe Adjutant , who repeatedly censured him for bis Irregularities . Oaoneoccasionbebecaniesoirritated with the rebuke he was receiving-, that he impatiently pushed the

      Adjutant from him with the back of his arm . Flanagan was forthwith trfedhya court-martial for offerin g violence to the Adjutant , and sentenced to suffer death . When the sentence was communicated to him , be simply observed that lie thought the award of the court was severe . On the day of the execution he preserved the most remarkable firmness , and conducted himself with the strictest decorum . The square having been formed , he , by permission , addressed the company to which he belonged . Having reached the fatal spot , the Fort-Adjutant commenced to read the proceedings of the court-martial ; but having lost self-possession , his tongue faltered , which bring observed by Flanagan , he addressed him by sa ; . ing , "I ses , sir , that you are agitated ; pray allow me to read the proceedings for you . " Xo notice was of course , taken of ibis offer . He then begged that

      he should not be blindfolded , and that he might ne permitted to pive the word of command to the execution party ; both of which requests were granted . He finally gave the word of command with as firm a voice ' as a Sergeant-Major is accustomed to do on a drill parade . Flanagan's untimely fitte took . place in June , 182 S , at Trichinopoly—he , having-, in all probability , fellen a victim to ihe unwise , Injudicious , and harassing treatment of a superior offecr . ...... We learn from Dr . Hamilton , that private Anthony Gregory , ofthe 10 th Foot , was punished with a hundred lashes , for snfiering the queue of his hair to drop off when on duty , which , perhaps , he had rather carelessly tied on ; and I ,

      have as late aslSll , seen an African recruit , who did not know a word of our language , brought to a drum-head court-martial , and flogged , in consequence of some of Ins appointments being less clean than they onght to have been . Unsteadiness in the ranks , caused , perhaps , by a man brushing a fly from his face , and the disgraceful offence of stealing from a comrade , met rath aslmilar chastisement , differing , perhaps , a little in the amountof infliction , but the same in ignominy . By these means the moral judgments of officers were in some measure confoanded , as offences which received the same kind of punishment come to be considered as ofthe same guilt .

      Colonel Dickinson , when he commanded the 42 a lle s iment , was one day superintending the punishment of an « ld soldier , who had been sentenced to receive corporal punishment In consequence of his being , as be himself said , a " vjeefou . " The man complained much under the infliction , and begged frequently to be taken down ; but tha Colonel showed no disposition to remit any ofthe sentence . He made another appeal to the Colonel ' s liunanity , and exclaimed . "Oh , Colonel fake me down ! for jeken I ' m jast a pnir auld drunken bo'lie like yoursel . " The justice of the remark was universally admitted , and military discipline could hardly restrain lie risible faculties < if the officers and men . The soldier was forthwith taken down . His punishment evidently did much more harm-than any benefit which could have been expected from it .

      This number concludes wiin articles on the politics of ihe month ; ihe first is entitled "The Lords on their trial : " ihe second is or . the sublet of our " Colonies and Dependencies . " This last is a valuable article , containing suggestions which statesmen would do well to ponder on , if they would luainiain that empire on which " the sun never sets . "

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      THE LONDONPIONEER . EamI . London : B D : Cousins , ' 18 , ' 'Bake Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Kelds . - "" ¦ '" ¦ " ¦ ' - ' ¦¦ - ' - - -A ¦ ¦• , The first part of this " weekly and monthly journal of progression , in Science , Literature , and all that tends to instruct and amuse the human race , " ia before ns . andMSIls the expecta tions we were led to entertain from the appearance of the first number . It is indeed a most interesting and amusing miscellany of knowledge « nd entertainment , It is quite impossible for us to particularize the numerous and varied contents , but we give the following from the pen of an old and respected friend , Aixen Davenport .

      SAINT GEORGE . Mostpeople , I believe , are somewhat acquainted with the order of the garter , instituted by Edward III . from the trivial circumstance of tfaatmonareb ' s picking sp Lady Salisbury ' s garter in a ball-room . Bis courtiers , who considered the lady to benot one who was overscrupulous in bestowing her charityj set up a laugh ; on " which the king , with great gallantry , held up the garter , and exclaimed , " Ebni soitqui maly jwiue "—evil be to him who evil thinks . Such was the origin of one of the most illustrious orders , of knighthood In the world ; and , AS King Edward predicted , the greatest monarchs in Europe are proud to fall on their knees and receive , with joy and exultation , the representative of Lady Salisbury ' s garter . But the Origin of St . George , I think , is not so wen known . its

      Therefore , as I love " to trace every stream to source , I will endeavour to trace this illustrious knight from his birth to his death ; and this I shall do as much aspossiblein the words of the faithful-and admirable Gibbon , In his 'Decline and Fall ofthe Eoman Empire . ' InSGl , during the reign ofthe Roman Emperor Julian , there sprang up in Capadocia a man of the name of George , " He was of obscure origin , having been born in a fuller ' s shop . This man made his way in the world in a most wonderful manner . His patrons obtained for Wm the office of serving the army with bacon , in which capacity he outraged all honour and honesty , and for his peculation and corruption he was obliged to fly from the pursuit of justice . Some time after this he turned

      Christian and embraced the doctrine of Anns ; and , by some extraordinary coatrivanceae managed ( or the frirnds of corruption managed for him ) -to become vdrimately the Archbishop of Egypt , where he practised oppression and villany to such a degree , that he was at last massacred , and his body , when dead , was dragged through the streets of Alexandria , and at last thrown into the sea ! And , lo ! —can it he believed ?—this very identical George , this martyr , this saint , this Christian hero is transformed into the renowned St . George , the tutelary saint of Eng-; land , the patron of arms , chivalry , and the garter , whose precious image , during the reign of his namesake , George the Fourth , was exhibited with his long spear in the act of killing the dragon on the gold soverigns ! We again recommend the London Pioneer .

      The Almanack Of The Month June. London: ...

      THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH JUNE . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . This Number completes the first volume of this capital Review of everything and everybody , and a " richt merrie" little volume it will make . No lover of fun should ie without it . We again extract from the admirable

      POLITICAL MAXIMS . ( Ala Moehefoucaidd . ) " It is very difficult to argue with the Protectionists about Free Trade , For they will not admit anything . NatueVs nobility has the advantage over England ' s ; it has no dukes . The revolutions in Spain and Portugal are so frequent , that we begin to believe the world cannot go round without , them . Germany is the great European mart for Hogs and sausages . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , who receives £ 20 . 000 a-year , may be called the largest drawer in the Cabinet . The sovereignty of the people is a poor mockery , when they have scarcely a crown amongst them . The Millenium will be when there is a Happy Family made up ofthe British Lion , the Gallic Cock , the Russian , Austrian , and American Eagles , all

      living in the same cage together . Statues are the caricatures of the present day ; to make * a great man ridiculous , you must run him down In bronze . Nothing in England can be * discussed without a dinner ; it weuld seem as if an Englishman ' s mind bad taken its seat in the pit of his stomach . The best berths on board a Vessel of State are generally secured for the Ministers' families . The Press is called the Fourth Estate ; how pleased Nicholas , Louis Philippe , and Co ., would be , if they could get George Robins to "knock down" this Estate ! It takes six horses to carry the Queen's Speech to the House of Lords . The Royal FamUy will be in want ofa catalogue shortly , as badly as the British Museum .

      Money has been called the sinews of war , but Ministers make small bones of it The motto of the Puseyites is , "Every road leads to Rome . " The greatest gentleman in Europe now sits on horseback in Trafalgar Square without any trowsers ! The Agriculturists have been sowing lately nothing but the seeds of dissension . A glorious bit ef stuff lasts for a long time in England ; look at the British flag , which has been braving for a thousand years the battle and the breeze , and is not worn out yet . But the greatest bit of stuff we know , is the wisdom of our ancestors , which it is time should be nulled topieces Wc consider the wisdom of our ancestors to be the greatest folly ofthe present day . People only reverence it . because they have so little wisdom of their own .

      Punch Part Lix. London: Punch Office, 85...

      PUNCH Part LIX . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . The illustrations this month are superior to those ofthe preceding Part , hut the literary matter exhibits no signs of improvement . Even " The Sno bs of England" are but snobbishly pourtrayed in the last two or three numbers , the " Clerical Snobs" b .-ing but very gently bandied , as though the write / feared to touch the black-coated tribe . The following is not amiss : we copy it for the use of the admirers of the " Liberator , " the " Irish Moses , " the " Saviour of the nation not yet saved . "

      KING DAS . A SEW VZBSIOX OF " SXNO VEATB . " King Pan was a rare old fellow , On cash he was always bent ; He called for the gold so yellow , And they forlccd out the Irish rent . Hurrah for the Irish rent ! There came to him many starving , "Who'd forgotten the word content ; And widows , their last mites halving , To add to the Irish rent . Hurrah for the Irish rent !

      The workman gave half his earning , Though his children wanted clothes ; And the peasant , a penny turning , To the reut-fund a fartbing throws , ffarrak for the Irish rent ! All came to the royal old fellow , Who laughed to his heart's content—As he took up the gold so yellow , And promised Repeal for the rent . Hurrah ! hurrah ! Hurrth for the Irish rent I In to-day ' s Punch , ( not included in the Part nn der notice . ) we find the following :

      A 3 JEEK HEMOSSTKAWCB . To Qie Editor of Oie " Liverpool Journal , " in the matter of his " London Correspondent . " Mr . EniTon , Some falsehoods may he made as like to truths as toad-stools arc { like to mushrooms . And folks who really believe ; they have an excellent eye to choose the healthful from the poisonous fungus , have , nevertheless , gathered and cooked the sham mushroom—and all with the . hest intentions—to the passing inconvenience of tho partakers thereof . Your London Correspondent , Mr . Editor , has placed me in a like dilemma . lie has—I am sure , unwittinglyin Ms basket of metropolitan gatherings , sent you certain toadstools with his mushrooms . H ^ ro is one ; a very large toadstool indeed . "Dou gms jEsaotD is off Punch }"

      Now , Mr . Editob , lean contradict this , on I believe the very best authority—my own . And inasmuch as the erroneous statement has been very generally copied throughout the pro-rincial press , I herewiththough solely in compliance with the wishes of othersformally and triply deny it : Douglis Jebkold is not off Punch . Hss not been offFunch . And will not be offFunch . In truth whereof , I subscribe myself , Mr . EnixoB , Your obedient and humble servant , DOUGLAS JEHKOLD . West Lodge , Putney Lower Common . June 1 st .

      The statement of Mr . Jerrold heing " off Punch , ' having appeared also in this journal ( copied from a eonteinjjorary ) , we give . Mr . Jr . nnoii > and Punch the benefit of the atove denial . We must confess that wc believed the report to be true , for the reason that of late we have seen nothing in Punch worthy of Mr . Jehrold ' s pen . Of late Punch has been little better than a mere illustrated copy of the League , and just about as witty and interesting as that delectable organ of the millocrats . No journal in the kingdom basso constantly and heartily applauded Punch as the

      NorUicrn Star has done , as long as we believed it worthy of that applause , but we can apolaud no longer . It is no pleasing task for us to censure a contemporary , who in its time has " done the statoconic service , "—service which deserves to be remembered , but past excellence cannot excuse present deficiencies . The part of bufiooa and caricaturist doing the work of the greedy gang of League hypocrites , is a part unworthily ofthe high character earned hi ¦ Punch m days gone by , and must be abandoned , or the public ( who are not all Leaguers' ) will abandon a .,.- / ..

      The Political . Works Of Thomas Paine. P...

      THE POLITICAL . WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE . Published by the Executive Committee . ot the Aational Charter Association . Loudon : * T . M Wheeler , S 3 , Dean Street , Soho . The five parts of this edition are now punched , containing the whole of Pmxe ' s Political Works

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      and a portrait of the author , together with a copy of the"Pebple ' s Charter . ' ^ The portrait is an engraving on steel ; and is one of the best , if not the very best of theportraits of this terror of tyrants . We understand that thesentire volume may be had neatly bound for 3 s . 6 d . At this price every one may and ought to possess the works of the groat political teacher . Some weeks ago we noticed the " Dissertation on the First Principles of Government ; " in the present edition , following the "Dissertation" is the " Agrarian Justice ; opposed to Agrarian Law and Agrarian Monopoly , being a Plan for ameliorating the condition of Man , dsc . " This plan of amelioration was to create a national fund to pay to every person , when arrived at the age of twenty-one years , the sum of fifteen pounds sterling , to enable him , or her , to beall

      gin the world , ' and to pay persons of the age of fifty years , and all others when they ' shall arrive at that age , the sum often pounds sterling during life to enable them to live in old , age without wretchedness , and go decently out of the world . Our readers who may be curious respecting this plan will do well ' to refer to the work ; we do not think it necessary to inquire into the practicability and utility of the scheme , as we think the day for its adoption has gone by . ? Men have now clearer ideas of the causes of social wrongs and their remedies thantliey had in the days of Paise , and hence larger and more comprehensive measures are aimed at as necessary to save the many from the evils of poverty . Independent , however , of the particular scheme advocated m ^ h " - 'his li ^ e tra ct contains some admirable reasoning in vindication of the natural rights of men ; we select the following extracts

      ;—THE " CIVIHSED" STATE . Whether that state , that is proudly , perhaps erroneously , called civilisation , has most promoted or most injured the general happiness of man , is a question that * nay be strongly contested . On one side the spectator is dazzled by splendid appearances—on the other , he is shocked by extremes of wretchedness ; both of which it has created . - The most affluent and the most miserable of the human race are to be found in the countries that are called civilised . # # - * # The first principle of civilisation ought to have been , and ought still to be , that the condition of every person bom into the world after a state of civilisation commences , ought not to be worse , than if he had been born before that period . Rut the fact is that the condition of millions in every country in Europe is far worse than if tbey had been born before civilisation began , or had been bora among the Indians of North America of the present day .

      THE LAND THE COMMON PBOFEBTJ OF THE HUMAN BAC £ . There could be ho such thing as landed property originally / Man did not make the earth , and though he had a natural right to occupy it , he had no right to locate as Ms property , in perpetuity , any part of it ; neither did the Creator of the earth open a laud-office , from whence the first title-deeds should issue . - < v * . : ' - * * * It is a position not to be controverted , that the earth in its natural uncultivated state , was , and ever would have continued to he , the COMMON PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN' RACE . In that state , every man would have been born to property . He would have been a joint life-proprietor with the rest in the property of the soil , andjin all its natural productions , vegetable and animal .

      But the earth in its natural state , as before said , is capable of supporting but a small number of inhabitants compared with what it is capable of doing in a cultivated state . And as it is impossible to separate the improvement made by cultivation , from the earth itself upon which that improvement is made , the idea of landed properly arose from that inseparable connection ; but it is nevertheless true , that it is the value of the improvement only , and not the earth itself , that is individual property . Every proprietor , therefore , of cultivated land , owes to the community a or 0 un

      SOCIAL BEVOLPTIOK 8 NECESSARY TO PERFECT POLITICAL BEVOLUTIONS . A revolution in the state of civilisation is the necessary companion of resolutions in the system of government . If a revolution in any country be from bad to good or from good to bad , the state of what is called civilisation in that country must be made comformable thereto , to give that revolution effect . Despotic government supports itself by abject civilisation , in which debasement of the human mind , and wretchedness in the mass ofthe people , are the chief criterions . Such governments consider man merely as an animal ; that the exercise ef the intellectual facuf ty is not his privilege ; that he Ms notldng to do with thclaws but to obey them ;* and they politically depend more upon breaking the spirit of the people by poverty , than they fear enraging it by desperation .

      It is a revolution in a state of civilisation , that will give perfection to the revolution of France . Already tho conviction that government by representation is the true system of government , is spreading itself fast into the world . The reasonableness of it can be seen by all . Bat when a system of civilisation , growing out of that system of government , shall be so organised , that not a man or woman born in the republic but shall inherit some means of beginning the world , and see before them the certainty of escaping miseries that under other governments accompany old age , the revolutions of France will have an advocate and an ally in the hearts of all nations . In concluding this work , the author says in words that we feel persuaded will be as eternal ' as time : —

      "An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot . It vnll succeed where diplomatic management would fail . It is neither the Mine , the Channel , nor Hie Ocean that can arrest its progress . It will march on the horizon of the world , and it ivill conquer . " Thomas Paine . " . * Expression' of Horsley , an English Bishop , in the English Parliament .

      Swindling At Windsor, Slough And Eton.

      SWINDLING AT WINDSOR , SLOUGH AND ETON .

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      A deep laid scheme of swindling , by evidently a practised hand , has just been successfully played off by a well dressed gentlemanly-looking man upon some of the most respectable innkeepers and tradesmen , of Windsor , Eton , and Slough . It appears that on Tuesday morning week , a person of highly respectable appearance and gentlemanly manners arrived at Slough , by an early train , from London , where betook up bis abode at Mr . Dotcsio ' s , the Itoyal Hotel , close to ; tlie Eailway Station . He remained there duria ;; that and the following day . On Thursday he told Mr . Dotesio that he ivas going to town to be present at the close of the debate on the Corn Bill in the House of lords , having got a ticket of admission from his " friend , "

      the Duke of Beaufort , and that he should not return till the following morning . It appears however , that on that day , previously to proceeding to London , he went to Messrs . Jfevile , Beid andCo . ' s Bank at Windsor , and paid in a cheque for a large amount , drawn upon a London banker , stating that he was staying at the Royal Hotel , and that as he should have some payments to make when thebankers received advice ofthe cheque being honoured , it would be extremely convenient to him to be furnished with a blank cheque book . This was , as it has since proved , most incautiously given to him , and has been the means of enabling him to practise his art with the appearance , at least , ofa respectable man , having a banker ' s account open at Windsor . He perfectly well knew that as his cheque was not paid into the Windsor Bank until Thursday , Messrs . Reid and Co . would not be advised of its reception in London before Saturday

      morning . On Friday morning , when he returned to the Royal Hotel by the first train from London , he sent for Mr . Dotesio into . the coffee-room , to inform him of the result of the division , observing that " be was qf the fame opinion as his friend a noble Duke , that it was doubtful whether a scrutiny of the proxies would not still cause considerable embarrassment to the government . " He also spoke familiarly of several noble Lords his " friends , " as he represented them and acquaintances ! He thro said he had an account at the Windsor Bank , producing his cheque book , and asked Mr . Dotesio , to cash a cheque for £ 10 . Tlie appearance of the chequebook would have so completely disarmed ssspicion , even if any hadbecn previously entertained , that the amount was immediately banded over to him , and he went out after breakfast , as he said for a * ' stroll . " It should be mentioned that he signed the cheque" J . H . Wjndham ; " and the inference was , from his gentlemanly manners and address , and other circumstances , that he was a member of the Egremont family .

      From , the Royal Hotel , it appears , he proceeded to Eton , where he called upon Mr . Yarrow , the tailor of the College , and ordered a suit of clothes ; staling that as he was going to a wedding the following ( Saturday ) morning , and as his own dress clothes were upwards of two hundred miles off , he must have them made and sent to the Royal Hotel , at Slough ,, by seven o ' clock that ( Friday ; fcvening . Although it was then nearly twelve o ' clock , the order was taken and promised to-be executed . He tht-n said Mr . Yarrow , As I am a stranger to you , although I have received high recommendations of your

      excellent cut and fit , 111 pay you at once . Just nwke out your bill and give me : i receipt . " The bill was paid by a cheque on the Windsor Bank . Mr . Yarrow , how . ever , having some suspicion about the matter , paid Mr . Wyndham ' s cheque , with other moneys , into the bank that afttrnoon ; calling the particular attention of the clerk to the chequu in question , and asking him if it was " all right . " Thec ' crls having answered in tlie affirmative , aud given credit for it , the suit of clothes were completed ami sent to the Royal Iluttl punctually at the time agreed to .

      Tlie party then paid a visit to Windsor ; calling upon Mr . Hanson , watchmaker and jeweller , of the High-street , Whom he especially patronised b y purchasing a gob : watch and chain , abreast pin , and other articles of jewellery , to the amount of between £ 11 and £ 12 . The production of his cheque book from the Windsor Bank , as in the case of Mr . Dotesio induced Mr . Hanson to imagine it was " a voucher of respectability , " and he had no hesitation in parting with his property , which was paid for by a draft on Sevile , Reid and Co . He intimated to Mr . Dotesio that as lie intended to maken lengthened stay at tlie Royal JIoteli' after " a certain event" had taken place ( which was construed to

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      refer to hw mwriage ) he wouldlike to look ' over the hotel , to select a large and airy : bed roam , andone of the best sitting ro » ms . ; On Fr iday evening he proceeded , . with thepropnetor . over such pwtions of the hotel as were then unoccupied , and arranged for the occupancy of two apartments to commence on ; Monday for a lengthened period Shortl y after tht . arrj ¥ a , flf / hilI : new fiuit 0 , clothes from Mr . Yarrow , he ordered his bill , which was brought him , amounting to £ 3 3 s . 8 d ., stating that he was going to London by the lost train , and that he should return on Monday , to take possession ' of his sitting and bed room .. ... He also stated that a large . quantity of lug . gage would arrive for him by the train from town yesterday , and requested that the carriage might be paid by the proprietor of the hotel . He then drew a cheque' for £ 5 , with which he paid : his bill , receiving from Mr . Detesio the difference . He left Slough by the last uptrain , for London , and has not been seen or heard of since !

      The next morning , soon after the Windsor Bank had opened , the bubble Iburst , and his unfortunate dupes were made aware of the deception of which they had been made the victims . Otherpersons similarly victimized in the neighbourhood , are expected to come forward tomorrow . .-. When the different cheques were presented at Nevile , Iteid and Co ., there were no effects ; J . II . Wyndham being unknown to the parties in London upon whom his draft was dra and deposited in the Windsor Bank . •¦ ' . •" . ¦ * ¦ ¦ - ¦ .- .- - ¦ THE SWINDLER AT Oxroan . —Previous to Mr . Wyndham ' s visiting Slough and Windsor , where , as above stated , he patronized a few of the tradesmen there , hefavoured Oxford with a call . He took up his quarters at the Mitre Hotel , which is much frequented by the University and the . leading gentry of the county . Here

      Mr . Wyndham made himself quite at home , and from his nggreable manners , his conversation , and remarks on passing events , became quite , a favourite in the coffeeroom , and was listened to with equal interest and pleasure . . The landlord , who is tolerably acute , and not easily to ho imposed upon , was in this instance thrown off his guard , and believed that be had a guest that would be no discredit to his house , or to the , company that frequented it ; and this impression was strengthened by Mr . Wyndham's sending letters to the post " addressed to Lord Braybrooke and others , with whom he represented himself as connected , or related to . On first visiting the Mitre , he told the landlord that he should come up again shortly to enter a younger brother at Christ-Church , and should stay some time , just to get him well introduced , and the " rustrubbed off before he left him , " One of

      the first calls which Mr . Wyndham made was at Messrs . Wotten ' s bank , where he tried to get ' a cheque on a Leamington bank for 51 . cashed , but could not succeed , in consequence of being a stranger . and unable to give a reference . In bis next attempt , which was at Messrs . Robinson and Parson ' s Old Bank , he got on better , adopting a different plan , by paying a cheque on a Leamington bank for 100 ? ., stating that he was staying 1 at the Mitre Hotel , and wished to make some , payments , when the bankers had received advice ofthe cheque being honoured . Before leaving the bank , however , he requested a blank cheque book , which he said he could fill up at his leisure , and which was accordingly given him . His next caU was oh Mr . Parsons , the tailor , opposite the Mitre Hotel . and hefavoured him with an order for a suit of clothes , which were to be made of the best

      materials , and with all possible speed—directions that were complied with to the very letter . The clothes t ; ave great satisfaction , and Mr . Wyndham immediately settled for them by givinga cheque on a Leamington bank for the amount . Mr . Parsons felt as well satisfied with his customer as he did with the clothes , and expressed a hope thatMr . Wyndham would favour him with any future orders ; and assured him that he should be happy to wait on him again on the same terms . On Tuesday morning , after staying four days in Oxford , Mr . Wyndham called for his bill at the Mitre , amounting to 41 , and upwards , and gave the waiter a cheque on Robinson and Parsons for 101 . the waiter giving him the difference . Mr . Wyndham left Oxford by the 9 o ' clock morning train , having previously arranged with Mr . Yenables for rooms for a month , when lie should enter his brother at Christ

      Church . Tfte waiter called at Robinson's bank , and got Mr . Wyndham ' s cheque for 10 Z . changed by the junior clerk , who , knowing that he paid in 1001 . the day before , considered it was all right . It turned out to be all wrong , for the next communication from Leamington was , that nothing was known of Mr . Wyndham , and that as to effects there were none . Messrs ; Robinson and Co . considered themselves fortunate in not being done to a larger amount than 102 . ; and though the value ofthe Leamington cheque was not increased in Mr . JParson ' s estimation , still he congratulated himself that he bad not fitted his customer with more suits than one . It is a singular circumstance , however , that Mr . Wyndham proceeded direct by rail to Slough , and lost not a moment iu commencing operations there and at Windsor , in which he succeeded to a greater extent , and more to his satisfaction , than he did during his sojurn here .

      Wmnso * , Tuesday . —Among other parties who have been swindled out of their properly in this noighhourhoo 1 by the sot dtsant Mr . Wyndham , is Mr . Merrick , watchmaker and jeweller , of this town . He called at tho shop of Mr . Merrick , just before dusk on Friday evening , and purchased a gold watch chain , for which he paid £ 4 5 * ., by a cheque on tlie Windsor bank . He stated , as in the case of Dr . Hanson , that he intended it as a present for a young friend , a pupil at Eton College , It is expected that a clue has been obtained which mav be the means of bringing the delinquent to justice , but at present it is deemed prudent not to give publicity to the expected retreat of this hitherto successful swindler :

      There appeared to be very little doubt that he is connected with a gang who are carrying on depredations of a similar character in other parts of the country . This morning , Mr . Dotesio received two letters , unpaid , by post , bearing the Manchester p st mark of June 1 . Iu the inside ofthe envelope was written , "Your old St . P . H . Wyndham ; " aud in the other , "Your old St . Snooks ;" both written by the same party , but not in the hand-Writing of the Mr . " Wyndham , " who signed the cheques upon tlie Windsor Bank . One envelope contained an old blank form of application for shares in the North Cheshire Railway Company , and the other a bundle ot patterns of chintz bed furniture . It is expected that some of the gang with whom he is connected posted those letters at Manchester , yesterday , for the purpose of inducing those in pursuit of him to imagine he has proceeded to that town , and of thus causing a " diversion"in his favour . It is stated that 1 e lately paid Cheltenham a visit , where he was equally successful in his operations .

      Mb . Wyndhaji in Bath . —A man of gentlemanly appearance , a few days since , took up his quarters at the White Hart Hotel , in Bath , and shortly atter his arrival requested the landlord to give him change for a cheek for £ 50 , drawn on Messrs . Heywood and Co ., of Liverpool , hut which the landlord politely declined . He then went to two joint stock banks , and also to a private bank , producing a letter purporting to been written by Messrs . Martin , Stone , and Co ., of London , stating his checks on them wonld be honoured to tho amount of £ 300 . With each ofthe above banks he opened an account , and received a check book . From one of the joint stock banks lie received £ 5 , and from the private bank £ 15 . Tho

      following morning l . e left the city , and it was soon discovered that he was a swindler . Not contented with the amount he had obtained , he had the hardihood to send a messenger from Bristol with another check on the joint stock bank . The messenger was , however , detained , and by that means the residence in Bristol of the "gentleman" was discovered . The manager of the joint stock bank went to Bristol , accompanied by a person from the private bank ; and , having met with the "gentleman , " the manager obtained from him £ 4 10 s . in cash , a silk umbrella , his small wardrobe , and also the forged letter j and then , with a most extraordinary feeling of commiseration , let him depart , to put bis plans into operation at some other place . —Bath Journal .

      Dreadful Stkam-Boat Explosion And Loss Of

      Dreadful Stkam-boat Explosion and Loss of

      Life . —Wigtown , Scotxand , May 27 . —An awful accident took place to-day . Tho Steamer Finn M'Coull left here at twelve o ' clock for Liverpool , and on tlie passage called at Garliestown -fi » T goods , and when just loosing the rope to leave the quay , the boiler burst , and the under-engineer and one fireman were killed , and the head-engineer and two men ( wc do not know whether th y were firemen or not , but they belonged to the vessel ) , were dreadfully scalded , and not expected to live . None of the passengers were injured . The boiler burst at the bottom . if it had burst at tlie top , there is no saying what amount of lives mi ght have been lost , the steam had just been shut off about one minute before the accident took place , and the poor fellows had to lie in the engine-room upwards of five minutes before assistance could be got , on account of the great quantity of stcain and dust .

      Serious I ike . —On Monday morning , shortly after midnight , a most alarming fire broke out upon the l ' V ?' „ , "umbered 25 , in Cowcross-strcct , near Smitiihekl-1 / ars , m the occupation of a variety oi persons , to whom the several rooms were sublet . 1 lie lire raged furiously for upwards of an hour , in a ucnscly populated neighbourhood , notwithstanding the efforts oi the firemen . It was for some time feared that a widow who occupied the front floor had perished in the flames , but it was subsequently ascertained that she had succeeded before the fire penetrated her room , in getting through the attic window , and by passing along tlie coping , had made her way into one of tho contiguous houses . This must have been a work of considerable difficulty , for the poor creature had been confined to her bed by illness for several months . The infant child of Mrs .

      Pemberton , in whose apartment the fire originated , was so frightfully burned , that not the slightest hopes can be entertained of its recovery . The legs and arms arc completely charred , and the face has a portion of the ilosk burned off . The mother , it seems , had not left the room mere than five minutes , when the first alarm was given . When she retired downstairs she left a candle burning on a table some distance from ( he bed-side . There were however , two cats in tho rooms , which wcrreiu the habit of frequently jumping upon the tabic , and it is supposed that they must have done the same , and bv that means have set themselves on fire , and then " rushed under the bc . ' stead and set the clothes iu flames . The whole of the numerous persons living in the place have lost every article they possessed , several of them heins forced to rush from the blazing building into ilia fctroJt with nothing on more than their night dresses ,

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      Tub Electric Trlesr / ivu . -TIiQ electric , telegraph on the Eastern Counties Railway has been tor some time completed as far- as Chesterlord . vn . Wednesday Jast the result of the Derpy ; at , Epsom was made known to us in Cambridge by . ite means as early as" half-past four o ' clock . A year ago it was thought'to be a great achievement' to bring down the , account by eight o ' clock ; but time * and space are

      almost annihilated now by this marvellous invention , the benefits and convenience of which have jast been extended to vis . —rCambridge Chronicle . Dbatii op Thomas Busbury , Esq ., M . P . —We have to record the demise of Mr . Bunbury , M . P . for the county of Carlow , who expired on the 28 th inst ., at his temporary residence in the neighbourhood of the metropolis . The deceased , who was 71 years of age , was returned at the last election in 1 S 41 , on Tory ; principles , after a sharp struggle with Mr . Daniel U'Conncll , jun ., and Mr . Yates , of Lancashire .

      Warlike . —TheUnderwriters at Lloyds' , in preparation for any contingency arising from the hostile position of affairs on the otlioi' side of the Atlantic , have refused to insure American vessels , except at an advanced premium . Freemasonry . —Lord Worsley , M . P ., has been appointed Deputy Grand Master of Freemasons for England . , r . Mr . Peter Purcell , the well known coach contractor and active public character , died last Friday , at his house in Rutland-square , Dublin . A Mysterious Prisoner has been for some time confined in the fortress of Konigstein , in Saxony . It is said that he will be exiled to America .

      Silesia , May 23 . —An event has lately taken place in the circle of Nimpt which resembles what sometimes happens among the Irish peasantry . A landowner , who is said to be rather strict in asserting his right , has a field of very fine rape-seed : in one night the whole was cut down . The loss is stated to be several thousand pounds . Representation of Hertfordshire . —Sir Edward Bulwev Lytton , Bwct ., has consented to become a candidate for the representatioa or this county in Parliament , on the next vacancy . Mr . Colquhoun hasi announced to the electors of Newcastle-under-Lyne that he does not intend to come forward again as a candidate to represent them .

      Profanity at a Phemium . —A few days ago , an auction of birds took place at theWallace Fens , Perth shire . As the exposer holds a high repu tatibn among ornithologists as a bird-trainer , rather more than the usual number of would-be purchasers appeared upon the spot . Several canaries sold at 5 s . each , and parrots from 25 s . to 30 s . A fine-looking bird of the latter class was put up at 25 s .. Pretty Poll ' s organ Of self-esteem seemed to be excited by his being offered at such a low price ; and before the auctioneer had time to utter any recommendations in her favour , the animal commenced a round of swearing that would have " beatBanaghcr . " The audience seemed electrified by the unlocked for display of the bird ' s powers . Every-oath raised his value a crown , till he was finally knocked down at 31 . Ss . The Peace Movement in Birmingham . —On

      Saturday night a public meeting was held in the iown Hall , for the purpose of discussing the general subject of war , and with the view to adopt a petition to Parliament , urging the abandonment of the system of ballottfng for the militia , and the necessity of inserting an arbitration clause in all future foreign treaties . The Rev . Thomas Swan presided , supported by several other ministers of various denominations ; and amongst the laity there were Joseph Sturge , Esq ., John Palmer , Esq ., Mr . Councillor Field , and many other gentlemen , warm friends of the peace movement . Between two and three thousand persons were present . The petition was adopted , and , after some other gentlemen had addressed the meeting , it broke up at half-past ten , the proceedings throughout having been of a most interesting character . ¦ , .

      Burns Festival in Australia . —We learn by the Melbourne Courier , an Australian paper , that a festival was about to be held in honour of Robert Burns . The " demonstration" was expected to surpass anything that "has ever taken place in Melbourne . No hall of sufficient extent for the accommodation of the expected company being obtainable , arrangements , says the newspaper we have mentioned , " have been made with the proprietor of the Queen ' s theatre for the use of that building on the occasion ; and it is proposed to have the pit boarded over , and the entire space which will thus be afforded fitted up as a dinner-room . " It is calculated there will not be fewer than 300 Scotchmen present . Remarkable Death of a Tiger . —A magnificent

      roval tiger , forming part of a travelling menagerie at ihe fair ofMclz , has recently met with its death in a very curious way . In consequence ofthe blows of a whip or stick received in its youth , it had near the jaw two wens of some size , which no one had ever thought of removing , till a veterinary surgeon of Metz proposed to perform this perilous operation . The offer havinff been accepted by the proprietor of the menagerie , the tiger was securely fastened down with chains and ropes . The poor animal submitted to this unaccustomed manoeuvre with much quietness : but on the operator entering the cage with his knife , and attempting to perform the operation , the tiger was seized with such extreme rage , that being unable to burst the bonds , congestion of the brain ensued , and ho expired in a few seconds .

      International Addresses . — We some time ago referred to the fact that a correspondence had been opened- ' between merchants , corporations , and other bodies in America , with the view of putting down the warlike spirit , and impressing and fostering the spirit of peace . Among the latest of these international addresses , there is one from the women of Exeter to the women of Philadelphia , and which re ceived 1 . G 00 signatures . Dreadful Fire . — Cambridge . —About two hours after midnight on Friday , an awful fire suddenly burst forth near the village of Bottisham , which for hours threw a lurid glare over the surrounding country , and was not extinguished till an immense quantity of buildings and valuable property were destroyed . The scene of destruction was at the extensive homestead of the Trinity College , rented by Mr . Newman , one of the oldest and most respectable inhabitants in that part ofthe country .

      • The Wilson Monument Fond . — Mr . Hastie , M . P . has forwarded to the secretary the sum of £ 5 , as his subscription in aid of the funds lor erecting a monument to the memory of Wilson , the poet and ornithologist . In his lester transmitting the subscription , Mr . Hastie truly remarks , that "fewofPaislev ' s departed sons reflect greater credit on our country . " Let us hope , therefore , that ere long the committee will be enabled to complete the undertaking in a proper manner . ¦ - / ,,-Haymaking has commenced in many parts of Gloucestershire . Both the grass and clover are looking well , and promise an abundant crop . JIatmakIkc commenced in SOMe of the upper parts of Essexin the course of last week . .

      , Fatal Fall trom Intoxication . — On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr . W . Payne , at St . | Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body , of C . Thomas llatchwell , aged fifty-six , a commission agent . The deceased resided in Brick-lane , St . Luke ' s , and was addicted to drinking . On the night of the 20 th nit . he was passing through Soho in a state of intoxication , when his foot slipped from the kerb stone , and he fell heavily on tho back of his head , which was severely cu . The wound was dressed by a chemist , but from * that time he kepthis bed , and on Friday last he was removed to tho above hospital , where he died on the following Sunday . Verdict , "Accidentaldeath . "

      Frightful Accidents at Stepney Fair . — On Monday evening about ten o ' clock , a lad named Ayres , about ten years of age , was in Stepney Fuir , assisting to turn one bfthoseraacbir . es , called "a nierry-go-rciiud , " which revolves upon nn axis , when his foot got iii between tlmiron work , and before the machine could be stopped his leg was torn off in a frightful manner . The poor little fellow was taken to the London Hospital , where belies in a precarious state . The medical officers of the institution five very little hopes of his recovery . _ On Tuosdoy aftcrhoon another accident occurred in the same fair , to a female , who was thrown out of one of the swings , and broke her leg in several places .

      Extensive Robbery On Tuesday afternoon , Mrs . Aider , resit ) ins : in St , Martin ' s-Jane , had her pocket picked of £ 173 , between Lombard-street and her residence . Mrs . Abder got into an omnibus at the Mansion-house , and was set down at St , Martin's Church , but did not discover her loss till she got home . Poaching in St . James s PARK . ~ At the Mowstrcct Police Office on Monday , a young man , named George Cookson , was committed for trial , charged with stealing and killing a duck from tin : enclosure in St . James ' s Park , the property of the Ornithological Society .

      Accident from Furious Driving . —At the Worshipstreet Police Office on Tuc day , Gcnrec Clark , a horse breaker , was fined 30 s . for furiously driving , whereby James Bennett , another breaker , was injured . Sad Reverse op Fortune , —At the Lambeth Police Office on Tuesday , a person named Wood , was committed for trinI , on the charge of receiving stolen property . Mr . Solomons , who defended Wood , staled that not many years back his unfortunate client was worth 40 . 000 J ., though he was at present almost pennyless .

      Sudden Deaths . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Baker , jun ., held two inquests at tho Captain Choice , Mai - mon-strcct , St . Georges ' -ra-tluvliust , in the bodies of Violctta Ann Spcnce , a « cd twenty-two years , and Elizabeth Adamc , the younger , aged six years . In the first cave , it appeared that the _ d ' ceased was a sivglc woman , but had been livhiu with : i younir man named John Wooldridgo , who had left lice and gone to sea . On Thursday evening the deceased complained of pains in her head , and appeared to be very unwell . She continued to get worse , aud was found in her bed on Saturday morning quitu dead . In the second case it appeared that the deceased was a very

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      sicklychild / andthe spine , of her back was affected ^ On Saturday morning she was taken with an apop lectio fit , and died shortly afterwards . The Jury rtt each case returned a verdict of " Natural death . " :, . Descent ot the Balloon . —On Monday night the I A lbl 0 n ty ! . ! » . in w M « h Mr . C . Green ascended with aTriehd ,- at Cremorne-gardens , crossed over th © Thames on this side of Putney-bridge , when , after returning , it proceeding towards Uxbridge , and about eight o ' clock , having been an hour in the air , / safely descended in a meadow on the estate of—Way , ; . Esq ., ofDenham ' Park , Bucks . The aerial machine was brought to terra firma by means of the guide line , which was held by several men , there being no necessity , from the calm state of the atmosphere , t » - use the grappling iron . , ' '

      ,.-The Cattle Disease . —vve regret to learn , that a considerable farmer in the vicinity of Edinburgh has recently lost twenty-seven cows and sixteen calves , by the ravages of the murrain which has bounfor : some time prevalent amongst cattle . Fatal Fall from a Window . —On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at tho Sun , Long-acre , on the body of Jane Bull , aged four years . The deceased was the daughter of a saddler residingat No . 88 , Long-acre . '"On Saturday evening last , a little eirl named Bonner , nine years of age , whose

      parents reside in the same house , was carrying her on her back down stairs . On reaching the third HoOP staircase window , " which was open , she placed the diseased on the window-sill to rest , when the unfortunate child let go her hold , and fell headlong oof , of tlie window into the backyard , a depth of sixij " : feet She was picked up by one of the lodgers in an insensible state , and bleeding profusely from the ears and nose . Mr . Brooking , surgeon , was called in immedidiately , but the . diseascd expired shortly afterwards , from injury to the brain . Verdict "Accidental death . " ¦¦¦ ¦ - .

      -The . ' 45 subscriptions for the Monument at Cul !* - den are being paid to the promoters of that Scottish memorial / The Highland Society has been applied to for a contribution , ' and some ofthe northern papersspeak very energetically as to the duty of every Scot to contribute his mite for the erection of tliia momento . upon the . memorable battle , field . . Suspected Infanticide . —On Tuesday morning ,, the neighbourhood of Agar-town , was thrown into a state of preat excitement , owing to a repor t , that * female had been feen for a-considerable leiiifth of

      time loitering About the . Regent ' s Canal , adjoining Mr . Goodhall's wharf , in the King-road , St . Paneras , and was observed by a woman living nearly opposite , who had watched her movements for some time , to squat under Cambridge-bridge , and consign a bundle to the canal , which instantly sunk . The woman who witnessed the circumstance gave the - 'alarm , to some persons on the other ; side of the canal , who succeeded in apprehending the suspected female , and delivered her into the hands of the police , who con » veyedher to the station house of the district : She refused to give her name or her place of abode , and said she merely threw in some bread .

      , The Coast Defences . — The armament for . the defence of the ships of war on the Canadian Lakes being completed , and the advance ships being for the most part equipped , orders have been received to expedite the supply of ordnance for the coast defences . The giant scale on which these defences are to bo formed , may bo judged of from the annfexed de « tails ofthe supplies of guns , carriages , and ammunition , which are to . be forwarded to the following places - . —For the additional defences at Sheerness , one 56-pounder , of 97 cwt . ; seventeen S-ineh , of 65 cwt . each : twenty . eight 32 pounders , of 50 cwt . ; and twelve 24-pounders , of 20 cwt . ; total for Sheerness , 58 guns . The 24-pounders are to be mounted on iron carriages , but all the heavier enns ' on carriages

      with traversing platforms . For the additional defences at Tilbury Fort , fifty 32-pounders , ofu 6 cwt , each , on carriages , with dwarf traversing platforms ; nineteen 32-pounders , of 33 cwt ., on iron carriages ^ ; total additional guns for Tilbury Fort , 69 . Additional guns for Gravesend , fifteen 32-poundev 3 i "« £ ¦ 56 cwt ., on carriages with dwarf traversing platforms . Guns , carnages , and . traversing platforms for the defences at Portsmouth , Gosport , Portsea , and Priddy ' s Hard , in addition to the existing armament , two 56-pounders of 97 cwt ; 17 8 inch guns of 65 cwt .. and 15 8-inch of 50 cwt ; sixty-one 32 " pounders , of 56 cwt . ; thirty-nine Cl-pounders , of 50 cwt . ; thirty-six 8-inch howitzers , and one 24-pounder carronade . On iron-carriages—Seventy-five 24-pnunder guns , of 20 cwt . Total for Portsmouth , Gosport , & c ,

      246 ofordnar . ee : grand total lor Sheerness , Tilbury . Fort , Gravesend , Portsmouth , & c , 388 pieces of ordnance of various sizes . A small armament of light pieces of ordnance , consisting of six G-pounder . guns , six 3-poundcrs , eight £ 2-5 ths howitzers , and eight 2-5 ths mortars are ready for- shipment , fop Quebec . This armament is to be forwarded to the , various forts of the Hudson ' s Bay Company in the . North-west territories , to be " ready in the event of hostilities occurring in connexion with the Oregon . As guns of this kind will , inthe event of war , nave to be conveyed over mountain districts , a contrivance has been invented by which the guns can be carried between a given number of men . Several trials of the invention have been made here , and it has been found that it is quite practicable .

      Fatal Accidents . —On Monday , Mr . W . Baker , jun ., held an inquest at the London Hospital , on the body of John Burke , aged forty-seven , a labourer . It appeared from the evidence that ( he deceased had been working at Mr . Smith's distillery , Back Row , Whiteehapel . On last Saturday week , he was procuring some candles in the steam-engine room , and was descending , when his foot slipped , and he fell upon a piece of iron which was projecting out of the engine . He was immediately picked up , bleeding profusely from a wound in his abdomen . Tho de ^ ceased was speedily conveyed to the Hospital , when

      it was found his abdomen was severely contused , and he died on FrkUy morning last . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " Mr . Baker - also held another inquest at the above institution , on the body of Charlotte Ogan , aged five years . The deceased resided with 4 ier parents , in Tenace-street , Bethnal Green , and was ' playing near the fire , when her clothes ignited . Her screams brought her mother to her assistance , who threw the bed-clothes round her , and extinguished the flames . Her chest-was burnt in a shocking manner , and the surgeon advised the parents to send the deceased to the Hospital , where she died in a few hours . Verdict" Accidental

      Death . " Fatal Consequences of Reading is Bkd . —Qn Saturday night an inquest was held before Mr . Higgs , coroner , at the King ' s Head , Park Road , Clapham , on the body of John Milner , Esq ., aged 42 , a stockbroker , residing recently at his country house , Atkin ' s Road . From the evidence of the witnesses it appeared that on the night of the 7 th ult . the deceased retired to his dressing room , where he had for some nights slept , his youngest child being ill in his bedroom , which adjoined . Between twelve and one o ' clock in the night , Mrs . Milner discerned smoke issuing through the crevices of the dressing room door , and having awakened the servants , the room was entered , and the deceased was found

      enveloped in flames . The bed and window curtains and other parts of the room were then on fire , but art alarm having brought the neighbours , the flames were speedily extinguished . Deceased was then insensible , and dreadfully burnt all over the body . In a few days , after recovering his senses , he said he wasreading in bed , and he thought he must have let the candle fall . This is supposed to be the case , for a book entitled "Martin on the Tonga Islands , " was found by the bedside , and the candlestick under bed . The deceased , after suffering great agony , his fingers being almost burnt off , died on Thursday last . The cause ofthe fire not being established to the satisfaction of the jury , the inquest was adjourned tor further evidence .

      Fatal Accident fhom the Spake , of a Railwat E . vgixe . —During the progress of one of tho twins on the York and North Midland line , a few days ago , a very distressing event occurred at the Milibrd June , tion Station , owing to the ejection ofa burning piece of coal from the chimney of tlie engine , which alighted upon nn interesting girl , about eight years ofage , one ofthe waiters in the refreshment-rooms , and her clothes being set on fire , she was so dreadfully burned that death terminated her sufferings the same evening . Amidst all the wonderful improvements of the age connected with railway travelling , there appears to bs a great defect in the prevention of accidents of this nature .

      Extensive Emmzzlemext by a PAnisn OriMCEB . —On Monday morning , - at the Public Office , Birmingham , agenteely dressed man , named Joseph Piercy Yeomans-Welch , late clerk to tho guardians of the poor for the parish of Birmingham , and formerly treasurer to the same body , was char-rod with , having embezzled various sums of money , " the property of the parochial officers . The amount ofthe defalcations , as at present ascertained , is about < i' l , 100 , and although they have been accumulating for some years post , it is only within the last few months that any suspicion attached to Welch , whoso first appointment under the parochial authorities took place in 1822 , and who was . after the lapse of ten year ? , elected treasurer , which office he held until about twelve , months since . Welch continued in

      the office of clerk to the board of guardians till within the Jast four or five months , when yielding illness , lie resigned his situation . Shortly after his resignation , he was called upon to make up his accounts , when his book showed a deficit of £ 460 , and the accused also acknowledged there was a further ? sum of about £ 500 , which he believed was d-ic to tho . parish , and which he regretted his inability At once to pay . over . Steps wore taken to endeavour to ascertain correctly , and recover the amount duo to the parish , but while tkeso were pending , Weldi Icjc-Birmingham , but was accidentally seen entering his apa rtments in Norton-street , tfewroul . Information having been forwarded to Birmingham , an inspector of police immediately came up to London and apprehended the prisoner on Friday night , ana conveyed him to Birmingham .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 6, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06061846/page/3/