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. SO . XX . , THE GHAJtTIST EXILES . -. When the voice ofthe exiles , whose memory we cherishi A . tear frern the fount of onr . sympathy draws . The beloved of our hearts , are tiey destined to perish * The best and the boldest in Ubertv ' s cause . . So . peri-di the powers that hath doom'd them to languish , Whose souls were too pure for the torture t » bend ! NorrhaUouringratitade add to their anguish , But prove to the world we will still he fteh- friend , Despl'ethe resolresof thedespots who rale ns ,
Their lives to embitter , their exile prolong , The millions shall teach thero , the heartless , die soulless , To whom doth the title of freeman belong . They remind ns of death , ofthe torture , the scaffold , Tnerack and the gibbet ,: the dumjeon , the care . But away with such threats , their attempts shall be baffled , N'V fears can exist in the hearts of the brave . Our voice shall he heard till onr prayers are complied with . - - -- - - •¦ Wtffl pester the powers tut the mandate gees forth That shall loosen their chains , that shall ease all their
pains , And restore them once more to the land of ' . heir birth . Each Breeze that is pasting shall waft them our blessing .. And tell them of happier days yet to come . So power shall withhold them ; onr arms shall enfold them , Onr welcome shall cheer , and onr hearts be their home . J . Habkness . Edinburgh , 15 th June , l & G .
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . - ' - '¦; . ¦'¦ ' ho . xix . ' _ '"" " WE'LL BALLY AEOCSB HIM . ( An old Song , by Thoscas Cooper the Chartist . ) The lion of Freedom is come from his den ! "We'll rally around htm again and again I Well crownbim with laurel onr champion to be—O'Connor the patriot , —for sweet liberty ! The pride of the nation—he ' noble and brave ! A terror to tyrants—a friend to the slave ! The bright star of Freedom—the noblest of men 1 Well rally around him , again aad again : Though proud daring tyrants his body confined , They never could conquer his generous mind ! Well hail our cased lion now freed from his den—We'll rally around him , again and again !
-Who strove for the patriots , was np night and day He saved them fram falling to tyrants a prey ! T was Feargus O'Connor was diligent then ! Well rally around him , again and again ;
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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL Part V . London-. J . Bennett , 39 , Fleefc-streei . We find ourselves constrained to find fault , so we will do so at the outset , and hare done with the disagreeable task . ' : We owe much to Charles Mackay , a rhymester , who realizes our idea of what a poet should be more fully than any other ofthe tuneful band of tie present day ; he may . therefore , be assurred it is with regret that wecomplain , when we would fain praise . In the 20 th number of this Journal , we find a ifcymennder the head of "Daily Worhf' which , penned doubtless with goni intentions , nevertheless
contains ideas against which we must enter oar zea Ions protest ; witness the second and third Verges :-Sol let ns wort ! We only ask Reward proportioned to our task : — We hare no quarrel with the great ; So feuu with rank— - WiauniD , orbaufc—So envy of a lord ' s estate . If we can earn sufficient store To satisfy our daily need ; Anil can retain , . For . age . and pain , A fraction , we are rich indeed .
Ho dread of toil have we or ours ; "We know our worth , and weigh onr powers The more we work , the more we win : Success to Trade ! Success to Spade ! And to the Corn that ' s coming in ! And joy to him , who o ' er his task Eemembers toil is Nature ' s plan ; ¦ "Who , working , thinks—And never sinks Sis independence as a man .
Now , we , who belong to the working order , represent no inconsiderable number of that class , and certainly have to work , and pretty hard too , beg to protest asainst this laudation of " work . " Taking the Christian view of the question , we _ ar » given to understand that labour was originally inflicted upon the human race as a " curse ; " and certainly we can * sot think that corses demand songs of praise . Taking the common-sense view ofthe question , we laioiv that excessive labour is -a curse , and the sooner that br the aid of machinery , under proper arrangements ) which shall make the machines the property ofthe people to work / or and not against them , this labour can be shortened , and as far as possible dispensed with , the better for the human race . We beg to sav that " we fast / e a quarrel with the Great ;"
{ hey " are " Great" only by wronging their fellowereatnrss , and sneh greatness we owe no respect to . We do not envy lords , that is to say , we do not want to be lords ourselves , but neither do we want lords at all ; and . as to the " estates" we think the lords tavetaken the estates from thepeople , and thesooner the estates come back to their rightful ownerethe better . This doctrine of" dailyneeds " " fractionsforold age , " and so forth , we repudiate ; it isnotthe crumbs that fall from rich men ' s tables that will satisfy us . Iiis , jiot true of the people , that "the more they work , ihe more they win ; " we know the Free-traders sav so , but we know that the reverse is rather the truth : and that generally they who work must
get least . If toil be "Nature's plan . " be it so , but hi all toil and all share the products of toil fairly , and then perhaps we may he induced to chorus the praises of labour , but not before . TVe have . been induced to offer these remarks Hialuly because amonsst several of our friends ^ e have heard no little dissatisfaction expressed at this production of Charles Maefcay ' s . Now wc desire Charles Mackay to be popular—as we wish all poets to deserve and have the love of the people , and we are very anxious that the Peoples Journal , should be pornilar , for we earnesilv desireits success ; we , therefore , beg to gently hint that no more of such poems will be most advlsab ' t-
. . , Our disagreeable task is ended , and BOW to do justice to the merits of this pnrfc of the - People ' s Journal" would take up far more of our time and space than we could possibly devote to it . At the head of the contributors to this Journal stands William Howiit , with his "Letters on Labtur , " M ? "floViuavs for the People , " rod o ther coitrilations . His "Letters on Labour" clearly eucidate and beautifully enforce the soundness ami practicability of the co-operative principle , and should be read by every one who " earns his mead in th * sweat of Ms k-row . " In his third * ' Letvsr " ( contained ia thi ? part ) he truly says— ,
The truth of the matter is , that the labour of the nany for tie few , instead of for . themselves , is owing t « no Order of nature , or oraextag of TJro-viSeEce ; it is -the simple and natural result of Catitai . and BnrcAJioS . In whatever hands these powerful agents come b lie , there wBl be the mastership . These , at all times , nave been in the hands of the few ; and , therefore , thi few have very much their own way in the world . On this text he enlarges at gr . -at length on ' . the appliea'ioa of the powers of labour . " We sail most likely have more to sav on these letters wien the next partis before us . From a beautiful article ( by William IIowitt ) pn " May Day" we give the following extract : —
H 0 L 1 DATS TOR IHE PEOPLE . The spirit and the necessities of Use present Gxse fe , " Work , wwfc , wpr ! c ! With all our prOglesS , WC hale not progressed into half the ease and gaiety that ouancestors possessed . With all our improvements , \\> . have not improved on their habit of enjoying themselves With all our triumphs of machinery'and of knowledge , we have « roh no leisure , no happiness , not even our daily bread . We have lost all that our ancestors possessed , and have gained nothing which they had not . That is a poor story to tell ; that is a strange result of progress and ritUisatioii . Progress ! is it a progress into poverty , toil , an-l wretchedness that we boast of ? tct those boast who win , Civilisation ! Is it civilisation to have famine and expulsion from htmse and home in Ireland— " work ! ll in
work ! work 2 ? ' . nnd Sn ^ nki and GoatacreEngland Oh ! thtreis still something hugely wrong ! Whichever way we turn a giant monster meets us , andstartles us out of our dreams of poetry . We call this an enlightened age . In what , is it enlightened I With ail ourlightaud knowledge can any mac tell us , even on this question of . Mayday * how thepeople , as one universal people , coub ! turn ut for a single day and enjoy themselves , : Xo ! the mills want us , the shops want us , the banks and railroads want us . We want our daily bread , and Mammon Wants his . lie opens all his thousand months of gaj . ii . g smithies , workshops , and offices , to swallow us up . Wu have won millions , but we have not won leisure for a single day ! Where is the man that dare say we are wiser than onr ancestors ?
AnuvclSaiUrcaudtUeHnmanlleartaretliesame . The cue has all ' hi * biinnties ar . d delights siill to < 'ni-r , tJuother has all hs glori .-us capacities to eujoy ! 0 ! : ! how bwuiifid isXalurcat t ] , js mouienil H < jw sre u is inr gra * , ! , w tzi . dcr is 3 ; er foliagci The cuckoo b : ; s re turned frail for hinds , and shouts his gladness one e more . The n ' K iitiagale ponM hymns of lore and worship fr ... » evwv :: ou ; h " m » re beautiful tl-an 1 'iwUr , or even David evBi- " wrote . ' The cowslip and the primrose hatiiein detvy jma . 1 < - . « s , and breathe up incense to the heaven thai smile on them . The whole country is a pai-adise of
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youth , and love , and beauty ; and it timid be the holiday of every man , woman , and child , now to break loose from labour and care , and go forth and enjoy it . This should be the festival of May . Without returning to the hobby horse and the more foolish customs of our ancestor ? , we should « t kad return to Hature , w should make it the holiday of May—if not on one dayj at least on another—for every soul to go out and abandon itself to the general joy of the season . To breathe the fresh , pure air ; to revel in the feeling of all the delicioos greenness , and amid the heaven-suggesting flowers ; to let the " work , work , work ! " cease for at leant one day in the weary , whirling brain ; and the heart , opening to the perception of die mighty joy that covers the whole face of the earth , repose for a single dayon the sense of God ' s goodness , and feel that it still can * sympathise in the pleasure of its fellow man . This zhovM bethe holiday of
May—and ! would say , letit be so for all that it can . God never meant that all the loveliness of May should be left to the bird upon the bough , and the beast in the field ; and that man , the noblest of his creatures , should be im . prisoned in the workshop , and have none of it . Shall the otter bask in the sedge , the snake ' on the bank , tho very toad in its hole , and shall hot' man bask too ? I « et those who can-enjoy the feast of Nature , now go forth and enjoy it—but above aU , let them , when they see how gloriousMay inthe country is , and feel howit strengthens . and refreshes their hearts , resolve never to rest tilijho whole working population is enabled to enjoy this tooand that the time shall once more come when this may be " a holiday for all , and there shall be a dance on the village green , and a dancing : heartin every pcor man ' s bosom , at the festival of youth aiid nature—the poetical Max Dat .
The following extract speaks for itself . William Howirr ' s ideas on " the Irish question , " . coupled with" what he is doing for the advance of the allsaving co-operative principle cannot fail to render him one of the most popular—and being so , one of the'most influential and useful —of the people ' s friends : —
IRELAND—THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONS . Ireland has long been the paradox of OUT policy , the enigma oi onr national feeling , the regret of our well wishers , the glory of our enemies—our opprobrium before the whole world . Bat that parados , that enigma , that regret , that hostile glory ,. that opprobrium , will from this hour become magnified to a monstrous degree in the eyes of every people of the earth . We can no longer sleep upon it . The time is come when Ireland must be attended to , and converted into a source of honour instead of shame . The time is come when this unhappy island shall ho longer place us -in the' first rank of ridicule , and lay us open to the charge of the foulest hypocrisy When it shall no longer make us the practical defenders of every injustice on the eartd that , as a nation , we are spending onr strength , our name , our money , and even
our blood to yut down . TVhen it shall no longer make us the guarantee and justifier of American slavery , and of the atrocities of the Autocrat of Russia , of the Emperor of-Austria , and the King of Prussia . ' As it is we are all these , and most be so till we do justice to Ireland . TT 6 have spent three thousand Trillions , and the blood of more than a million of our fellow-subjects , to restore the Continent from the anarchy of French domination ; and we have here one whole se Jioa of our domestic empire in a state of bloody anarchy , which puts the government on the vain attempt at arbitrary coercion . . We have spent twenty millions to free the negroes of the West Indies from their slavery , and we have a worse slavery . at onr own doors . We complain to France other treatment of Otaheite , and she points to Ireland . We would call on the three Northern despots to spare the blood and the
rights of Poland , and they again point to Ireland ..,- We taunt the Americans with the continuance of negro slavery in their free state , and they again point to Irish wrong and wretchedness in our free state . We spend annually £ 95 , 000 , to send Bibles to the heathen ; 90 , 0002 . our Christain . Knowledge Society expends inprenoting Christain knowledge ; 30 . 000 ! . our Church Missionary Society expends in diffusing a knowledge of the philosophy of love ; 80 , 8001 . the very Tract Society expends annually in scattering in nearly every direction itssybilline leaves of duty , warning , and instruction . In short , we expend every year £ 774 , 000 for the purposes of Christain truth , sound knowledge and the relief of wrong and suffering ; yet , with a strange inconsistency , we have a whole nation , a kindred nation , lying before us in a state of destitution , and under the horrors of an exasperating
system which has no parallel ; and we treat this great spectacle as if it were no evil , and demanded not a single sympathy . Look through the whole world , and the whole history of the -world , and there is no case like it . There is no record of any nation , however stupid and debased , which thus preyed upon its own vitals , martyred its own children , desolated its own fairest territories . The three Northern despots dismembered Poland , ' but we dismember our own empire . Thsy keep down with cannon and police that wretched country , but they keep it down as a country disowning their lordship , and struggling to he free . We keep down Ireland , whieh is an integral part of our state , which does not seek any separate sovereignty ,
which calls upon us for help , and is proud to be part and parcel of the greatest and most glorious empire which ever rose in the world . Nay , if in the annals of nations we could have found one nation which at any time had treated a fraction of its own body as we have treated Ireland—which we cannot , for our policy towards Ireland stands the grand solecism of history—how far less could we find this conduct iu a nation like ours , There never was such a nation as Great Britain . There never was a nation which wielded . the same power , achieved the same extent of empire , took the same unconquered stand amongst the great nations ofthe globe—and which , with all this , set itself at the head of the mighty work at civilisation , liberty , and humanity . ,
This is thestrangest of all strange thirejs Having stood alone iu the stupendous content agahst the great continental Conqueror ; having stood when" all other nations fell ; liaving put aim down on the plan of Waterloo ^ having broken the chains of West Inditn slavery , and called on America and all European nation : to follow our example ; having pushed the extinction of me slave trade to such a pitch that we ran the sharpest hazard of a war with France ; having stood forth as the champions of free government , of pure religion , of the difftsion of principles of peace , justice , and knowledge all tht world over—foreigners , who from their despotic home ; have gazed on onr declarations and our deeds with a-eiorous
admiration , have visited U 5 , and deepened all tZieir impressions of our magnanimous greatness by a cloaei inspection ; they bave passed over to Ireland , and rctrea ' with a horror of amazement ! Turn to the details . if the travels of Von Ranmer , of Prince Puckler Muscat , and of Kohl ; thiy all express but one shuddering won derover the unparalleled wretchedness of Ireland . Tlu-y declare that when they saw her shores receding from ' hern they seemed to cast off a terrible nightmare—a deadly oppression of a dream of misery- These are tka statements they hare sent on the wings of the press to every region of the civilised world ; this is the tale they have told to aU nations , tongues and peoples of the great and admired Britain .
There is but one clear duty , and that for us all . The veil is dragged away from the face of the foulest mystery which . ever disgraced any nation ! It cries to God aud man for redress , and thereis but this forit ;—no matter how this state of tilings came about , it must end . ' So matter who is most to blame , ail now suffer . The landlord surfers in character , temper , and estate ; the ten .-mt suffers to the death ; the kingdom at large suffers through all its frame and fame . England the great , the heroic , the Christian , and the f « e , can no longer be what she is , if for one hour longer she tolerates this "Abomination of
Pesolatian" The whole civilised world cdls to htr to put an end to it . We need not pause to accuse and recriminate - whoever lias been to blame , from this hour the responsibility lies on U 3—the people and the nation : The Government must he compelled by the universal voice to set seriously to work ; seriously to inquire into the real c-iuses of this gigantic evil , and seriously to cra-Ojcate Aiiem- It is no party question ; it is the question for every konett man and every feeling woman . The changes which arc required , a ; e required for the good of evrry IrUkuian , belie lord or be he cottit-r .
Itisnseksstosay that it is a most difficult question . The necessity of redress is more imprrative than the difficulty . There is nothing which is just that is impossible to England , when she rises up in her heroic moot ' ., and says—It shall be done ! She who founded America , can adjust the disturbances of Ireland . She who put down Napalcon , can put down the little despots of Ireland . She who bent to her yoke a hundri-d millions of the people of India , can btn * 5 to the yoke of harmony the eight millions of Ireland . She who has done a tlionssn-l gloriots dee 2 sof lioble-heartedn . ss aad generous policy on her soil ; who has established Magna Charta—established tke lk'fiirjnation—given freedom to the citizen , by jury and by press ; who has expelled bad kings , and demolished bai customs , as those of persecution and slavery—can , when she wills it , expel from
Ireland the Demon of Discord , aid restore peace , industry , and happiness . It requires tit the Government to set about it as a sacred duty , aud \ a that spirit of sage and beiici-oleut policy which so enjncutly distinguishes the lu ' . trs of this country , when oii-e roused to the godlike mood ot ' a truly magnific . lit transaction . We kuOW thtt Leavy pressure of a host ofseriois measures which weigh ou the Ministry andParliameutyr . ndlead them to put off theaiduoushouruf such an entrprise ; but the Nation has uowajrreatduty also toperftrm ; its character , its ¦ property , its every principle of reSgion , justice , and hUwaidty are at stake : it must standforth , aud campei the Government to doits will . From e > d to end ofthe country there must hi ; the demand fori solemn , impartial , unnhichinjt , and yet temperate inqury into the actual sia-: e of Ireland , and a steady procedure to the enactment of such measures as shall be found thoroughly effectual
The nation , by umvir ? al petition , must insist on Ireland bAns assimilaied in all i : s laws and institutions t » those of England , or henceforth iho Warne will not lie on the noo : n"iy assassin , on the heartless landlord , or on the tvii porting Parliament , but dn thepeople of Englard themselves . Evivy man , in every place and station , who ncgUKtsio put ids hand to a petition for a prompt and thorough reform ofthe pres . nt coiriitiuu of Ireland , consents to a contiiiuancc ofthe crime , bloodshed , famine , and misery that exist there , ' and will still exist theiv . Ev * ry journal which dues not raise its powerful voice tn tliis end , will jrriKVouFly nr-iieet the beneficent power which res-ides in every portion of the pri > ss . Without this earnest appeal to th * People of England on . behalf <¦*' the People of Ireland , ire should not have di charged the sacred aud obvious duty of the Peace ' s Journal . WlLLUM IIowitt .
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We had intended to have , said much more , but extraordinary demands' on o ' uir space prevents us . Enough' that we refer our readers to the work itself , assured as we are that the poetry of Mary Howitt , Barry Cornwall ^ . aHd . others , the prose of Joseph Maaini ( who adds to the gallery of Italian martyrs ) , and others " too numerous io mention ; ''Wild the'illustrations every way worthy of the names attached to themiiWill do more than we can . hope to accomplish , no . matter Jmw warm our praise , ia extending the circulation of the [ People ' s , Journal , jgr'She People's Journal , of this day ( June 20 th ) , contains Mr . Hewitt's fifth letter on Labour , in the course of which he notices-: — ¦
- Tbe Chabwst Lavd Estate add Ma . O'Connor . — The powerlul body of the Chartists ; . with Mr . Feargus O'Connor at their head , have formed a National Land and Building Association , to provide any ' subseriber with a good house and several acre * of land on perpetual lease . . Theyhav ^ salready ^ upvparjjgof £ 7000 subscribed ,-and seemlikeiyxogbdnzealou ' gly aud steadil y with this plan of raising as many men as possible above the mere labour of their hands ' . ' They have purchased an estate at Herringigate , nuar-Uxbridge , and are actively engaged in lotting out their land , and in building houses . Mr .
Fearers O ^ Connor , on the spot , exhibits the utmost enthnsissm in founding ' this colony . His "letters in the JVcrS & rn Star remind'hs " of the writings of Cobbett in past times . They describe him as being up and at work amongst the people at sixoMock in . a movirmg , aud the feeling of success , and happiness in that feelingj give a great life and charm to them . To give men something todepend upon besides the mere wages derived from ma . nufacturing under the present distorted arrangements of trade , is certainly to get ridof one of the greatest curses of this country .
Eesidesmuch . other interesting matter , this number contains a memoir and portrait of the celebrated Ibrahim Pacha .
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"We received on Saturday , tho ' following letter with its enclosure : — ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ' * TO ' THE EDITOE OF THE TIMES . Sir , —I feeVsorry that you have , deemed it right to parade my name as you have done before the pablic , as it was not with any idea of improper or dishonourable conduct that I drew checks upon the Windsor , Gloucester or Liverpool banks . I confess I lodged cash at Gloucester by check , which I had reason to believe my agents at Liverpool would have honoured ; as also at Windsor , I have been advised by my friends to come here and call upon my friends , Messrs . A . Heywobd and Co ., which I have done , and feel much pleasure in enclosing a copy ofa letter , received from them in vindication of my late trans , actions with them , which will speak for itself . I request you ! may be so kind as to insert this letter , as also their certificate in your journal , as I feel certain you will
be as willing to be the means of redeeming n > y lost character as you were of " loosing "it j . hy so doing you will do justice when it is crying for justice to a wronged person ; and if you will convey through your paper this information it -will be doing more justice—namely , that I Will and am willing to accept at thirty days' sight for all that I am indebted at Windsor or elsewhere ; and a * i will be here for ten days , the different parties will have an opportunity of sending forward their bills , which will be duly honoured ; Perhaps , sir , you are not aware I am heir-apparent to an estate of a dear and revered uncle , which I cannot be kept out of at his death , of £ 12 , 000 a year , unencumbered . If you will not insert this as addressed to you , will you do so as an advertisement , the Cost of which I shall remit on hearing from you ?
J . H . WYNDHAM . Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , June 11 . ' . ' Bank , Brunswick street , Liverpool , June 11 . - Sir , —It is with feelings of deep regret that any irregularity should have occurred with respect to your checks on us not being honoured . We are now perfectly satisfied with . your explanation and security ' of your uncle , J . H . Jackson , Esq ., of ! Jackson Hall , in the county of War wick , and we . certify herewith that you are at liberty to check to the extent of £ 3 , 000 sterling . You are at liberty to make what use you please of this certificate . Yours ,
A . HETWOOD , SON , and CO . J . H . Wyndham , Esq .. Adelphi Hotel , Of course , upon application being made , through our Liverpool correspondent , to { the Messrs . Heywood , it turned out that no such letter had been written by them , nor had Wyndham ever had credit at their house . From his evident acquaintance will ? the routine of banking business , it is conjectured that Wyndham has had some experience as a banh elerk .
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Falt , of a Large Boildixg is the Tower . —On Tuesday morning , about ten o ' clock , an accident of a most frightful character took place at the Tower of London , whereby five men were so injured that two are not expected to survive . It appears that during the last two days a large number of workmen have been engaged in the east end of the Tower in removing the frontage ofa large building , termed the "Old Map office , " which was about to be re-built to correspond with the new barracks , immediately adjoining . At the time aBove-named there were five men on various parts of the premises , which are fo r stories in height . Their names were William Holmes , aged 45 ; John Chasson , aged 55 ; William Evans , aged 45 ; Thomas Edwards , aged 31 ; and Michael
Sheen , aged 32 . " They had removed the front part of the upper story , and lowered the bricks and rubbish to the back part of the building . Chasson , Evans , and Edwards were on the third floor . Holmes and Sheen were engaged shoring up at the basement floor , when all were alarmed by hearing a loud crushing noise ; the next moment the whole structure fell in , and buried the five unfortunate men , who were entirely lost among the ruins . The excitement was of a most painful description among the other workmen , and the soldiers who came to render assistance . An alarm was raised in every part of the tower , which soon brought very efficient aid . All bands were busily and instantly scttowork , and after about three minutes they succeeded in finding the man Holmes , who waslying on his back , with an immense beam across him . He was released and placed in a
boat by two of the Guards , and conveyed across the river to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he was found to have received fractures of several ribs , a severe lacerated wound of the 8 Ciilp » and concussion of the brain . Shortly afterwards Evans was seen , and soon extricated in an insensible state , with compound f' -acture of the left lea :, fractured ribs , and severely contused . The men Chasson and Sheen were next brought out of the ruins , with extensive contusions and lacerations over the body and arms . They were also speedily taken to the same institution . The . ioor man Edwards was not found for upwards of an lour , apparently dead , and likewise much injured . He was taken to the samo hospital , where everything tlat medical skill suggested was promptly rendered tt the unfortunate men , who have large families depisident on them for support .
INQUEST OV THE ITOS . COL .. BUTLER / M . P . —Of ! Tuisday , Mr . Carttar held an inqucsfcnt the Ordnance Arms , York-road , Lambeth , on the body of Colotel Butler , a ^ ed 72 , M . P . for Kilkenny . Richard Green , a police constable , deposed that on S aturday night last , whilal OU duty Sit Astloj ' s Theatie , he went , being requested , to the house where tile deceased resided , in Yorlt-strout , and found the door of the back room , on the first floor , locked from the inside . Having forced the door , he discovered the deceased partially sitting Upon a chair , and his head reclining upon some linen . He was quite dead , and had his clothes on . Witness noticed a bottle standing on the mantelpiece , but nothing indicating that he had taken any deleterious
mixture . Mrs . Eliza Pernadday said that the deceased had regularly resided in her house for several years , during tho period he had to be in town to attend io his parliamentary duties . She saw him list alive on Saturday afternoon ; he then appeared more composed than he had been during the previous d & y . An hour prior , he was seized with a shivering sensation resembling the ague . Witness : asked him " to let her send for medical assistance , which he at first refused , but afterwards lie sent her to Mr . Farmer , a chemist , ofthe Westminster-road , who gave him a mixture , of whieh he took one dose Witness then left him . and on her reiumto his bedroom shortl y afterwards , sha found the door locked . Having knocked at the door , sbesald , "Jc is time ,
Colonel , to take your medicine . " lie replied , "Aye , " a very common expression of his . At five o ' clock she heard deceased c > ugh ; . and at seven o ' clock , on her husband returning home , he went ( o inquire whether he could be of any service to the deceased , but he could get no answer . Their apprehensions becoming excited , the door was forced , and the deceased was found iu the position previously described . Mr . William Culver-well , licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company , said lie was sent for to attend the deceased on Saturday nisrht , On his arrival , he found the deceased dead , and lie had been so some time , probably three or four hours . He had no doubt deceased died from natural causes . —Verdict , " I ^ . tural death fro m general dec ay of nature . "
Fatai- Accident nv the Loxdojt asd Dovkk Express Traix . —On Monday evening ] Mr . Win . Payiif , City Coroner , cvunpleted an inquest , at Guy ' s Hospital , respecting the death of " 1 nomas Ward Field , aged forty-six , a coachbttildcr , employed by the Croydon Company . —Mr . James Curtis examined ; 1 am station clerk at the Brighton and Dover station , lit Croydon . I did not know deceased personally , but 1 understand he was carpenter and coach-painter to the Croydon Hallway Company . The fatal occurrence took place ou Saturday last , a few minutes before eleven a . « . 1 was ( in the platform which i :- on the down side , the left fund side lioni London . Th < express Dover train was running through to tint town , and my attention was called to it from hearing thiee sharp , whistles , caused by the driver of tln train . Isa ' w dece-ased with Ks back to the train , walking ; slowly between the rails on the main dnw » . line , and immediately aftcrwarfs lie was knocked down . He had not time to get off the line after the
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whjstle had sounded , lie fell between thelines , and was dragged by the carriages twenty-two or twentytnree yards from where he fell . He had been warned , 1 have hoard , , before : the whistle sounded , but he ¦ ° u J ' notice of the caution . ' - . ; He was ^ promptly picKea up , and seemed very muuk , hurt , aud hardly breathed . His ^ hf f odt was ' cut clean ' off by the wheels ofthe carriage .- The'Dover express train ? t ° P ^ nowhere between London arid Tonbridge .-i Ihe Coroner : At whatpace does it run ?—Witness : It completes the journey in t \ vo " and a half hours , the distance being , ! believe , eighty ^ eig h ' t ' miles .- " Mr . VV . ; F . Cleveland , home surgeon , said deceased was brought to the hospital on Saturday last , and
was then quite dead . He had severe injury to the right " foot , ' fracture ' of the'left ankle , and : severe contusions about-the body . He had one on the right side ofthe head , but witness could detect no fracture of tho ' skull or . spine . It was rather difficult withouto . peniu " g " tue' body to say wbiVww the exact cause of death . ' ¦ Had seen injuries quite as severe when death did riot result iu so short'a time , ' ¦ After a very long and and anxious deliberation , ; twelve out of the fourteenjurymen thought the ; , ratje of twenty miles anhbtir upon . railways not an imprsper one , and they returned a verdict of . ' - 'Accidental death .: ; The two dissenting jurymen who were for a verdict' of fuanslau ghterrdid riot , of course , sign the requisi- ' Hon . r .-. ; -u
Dkbabfdi , and Fatai Accident at Worcester . — A shocking occurrence happened on Tuesday , within a few miles of this city , whereby one iniiividuai war ) sent in a moment into eternity ,- ' and a set-dud lies in a very dangerous condition . < 'From the , information which I have been enabled to ; glean , '¦¦ in the interval which has elapsed between the bccuriencc of the accident and the departure of the post , it appears ' that two persons—names net yeo ascertain ' ed- ^ were driviiig a spirited horse . in , a -, gig along the > SpGtoliley road , about three miles from . this city ,. aud near to the Spetehley station of the Bvis'ol and .
Birmingham Railway , when the horse took fright , „ and started off . He . had not ' proceeded far along . the road before the affrighted animal overthrew the gig , which is terribly shattered , and one of the unfortunate individuals ' was thrown with such violence to the ground that he was killed on the spot . ' His companion also has . '¦ received some -very severe injuries , and was bleeding profusely when the messenger was dispatched for surgical assistance . Immediately on the occurrence ofthe accident , 'the maimed person and his ill-fated companion- 'were taken to a house adjoining , and a servant of R . Berkeley , Esq . ywas dispatched , post , haste , to this city tor surgical
help . Fatal . Accident , at ithe / Nbw Houses of Pahwamest On Wednesday evening between the hours of five and six , an elderly man , hi tlieemploy of Messrs ; Grissel and Peto , was engaged at th ' eNew Houses oi Parliament , hoisting a block ofc stone to the top of one of the ¦ towers , bymeans of a travelling crane . The poor fellow was in the act of turning the handle of the traveller , when by some accident the same slipped off , and the unfortunate man losing his equili . brium , fell to the ground a distance , of upwards of 50 feet- Some . of his fellow-labourers immediately went to his assistance , but be appeared quite insensible . He was , therefore , removed to Westminster Hospital , where he was attended to by . -the house-surgeon , but the injuries he had received were . of such a dreadful character that lie died shortly after his admission .
Attempted Assassination in Dburt-Laks . —On Wednesday night , shortly , before ten o ' clock , the vicinity of Drury-lane again became the scene of alarm and consternation ,, occasioned by a deliberate attempt at assassination . ' From the particulars collected , it appears that at the hour above-mentioned loud screams were heard to emanate from the kitchen of jtlio house Not 3 ; Feathers-court , occupied by a man named Hanrian , aud his wife -Margaret Hannan , and in an instant after a female was seen rush ing from the house into the court , bleeding profusely from a frightful wound in the neck . ' The poor creature stopped and fell into the arras of some neighbours Who , attracted by her screams ; had assembled round the house . She was sensible at the time , and
exclaimed , " Oh , my husband has stabbed me , " and without loss of time the unfortunate woman was carried to the shop of Mr . Walker , the surgtibn , at the corner of Blackmoor-street , when on examination by thatgentleman , a large wound was discovered in her neck , on the right side , in length upwards of three inches , and completely dividing the jugular vein on that side . The blood was flowing copiously from the wound , and it was with some difluulty Mr . Walker succeeded in tying the jugular , aud in sewing up the gash . Having effected this , however , the woman was conveyed in a fainting condition to King ' s College Hospital , where she was placed under the care of Mr . Duncan , the house-surgeon , by whom she is pronounced in a very dangerous condition . On the arrival of tho accused at the station-house , the
charge was taken against him by Mr . Inspector Logan , and in answer to interrogations , ho said his name was John Hannan , that he was a bricklayer by trade , but got his living by selling play-bills at the Princess's Theatre , and carrying boards , iledenied the charge against him , and said . if anything had happened ' to his wife she did it hei'self . The accused was then more minutely examined in the presence of the inspector , but no marks of blood were found on him . He then asked to be admitted to bail , but which was refused . He was lacked up . The last accounts at the hospital ^ as to the state ol the woman was , that she was in a very dangerous condition . She persists in the statement that her husband stabbed her with a white-handled knife , but which has not been found .
The Melascholv Loss of Life off Greenock . — The recent sad accident on the Clyde , by which Mr . E . G , Ilberry , the superintennent of the locomotive department ofthe Greenock railway , and his cousin , Jlr . IIowcl , were rundown by a steamer , and thus lost their lives , created the deepest sensation not only at Greenock , but at Glasgow and Paisley , where the unfortunate gentlemen were highly respected . Since the night of the fatal occurrence , the Lord Provost has been assiduously engaged in investigating tbe ' eircumstances of the collision , and sufficient has been adduced to warrant the arrest of tho owner of the steamer occasioning the loss of life . The particulars have already appeared . The steamer is a new powerful iron one , not yet named , built by Ban- and M'Kab , of Renfrew ; and on tho authorities boarding her
after the lamentable occurrence , they were surprised at finding no pilot , or person acting in the capacity of captain on board . She was . in charge of Mr . M'iSab , and from the excited condition of those on board , and the reckless . way the vessel was staled to have been . travelling , induced the officials to arrest the principal , Mr . M'Nab , who was subsequently liberated , on providing satisfactory sureties . The channel where the accident happened is between three and four miles wide , and her track should have becu more in the centre of the channel . The vessel was on an experimental trip , and it is stated that she was at one period ol * the day at the rate of IS miles an hour . The Lord Provost has forwarded the minutes of evidence relating to the catastrophe to the Judge Advocate , at Edinburgh , who will determine upon whom prosecution shall be instituted .
ROBBlilUES AT TUB West . End . —During the last eight or ten days the most systematic practice of plundering the residences of medical gentlemen at the weit end ofthe town in the vicinities of Knightsbi-idge and Bronipton has been carried on successfully , and te an extent almoafc incredible , by a knot of well-dressed swindlers , who collectively devise schemes for effecting their objects , but individually carry them out . They have up to the present moment eluded the vigilance of the police , notwitn standing that active exertions have been made by the most expert officers to detect those mid-day depredators . The manner in which the swell mob gentry pl ;» y off their pranks , and make themselves familiar with the uropcrty of medical practitioners ,
may easily be gleaned from the particulars . of the following robberv , whieh occurred on Saturday , ami was immediately after the discovery reported at the ' Brompton police " station . Between tho hours of three and four o'clock a young man , -of rather gentlemanly appearance , middle stature , fair whiskers , biue eyes , and dressed in dark-coloured clothes , called at the house of aiivdicol practitioner , residing in a street immediately adjoining Laurie- * qunre , am ! inqtiiml if Hi ' . 0 . was ufc home . The servniHreplied that his master had been out since morning , and in all probability would sot return before dinner hour . "The family , I believe , " said the visitor , " are " also ' gone out ' {" ¦ The servant replied in the affirmative . This , intelligence apparently perplexed
the visitor very much ' , lie declared that his lather , v . 'ho , be said , was an intimate friend of Dr . C , lay dangerously ill , requiring immediate professional assistance . The servant suggested that he sJiouh ! write his name and address on the slate hanging at backoi ' thchall-dnor , and that . there was nodunbi whatever but that the case would bo attended to immediately on ths doctor ' s return . The visitor pleaded that ho had a- decided objection to place h ' c father's name and address among those patients already pencilled down on the s ) "te , but requested permission to walk up to the front drawing room , in order that he might write a pi-irate und contidentiit ) uote to Dr . C , explaiuinc the maimer in which
the " old gentleman ' was affected , and requesting that a prescription might be forwarded without delay . Liberty having been given by the too credulous and incautious servant , tho visitor went up stairs , wrote on the back of a card , " Mr . Taylor wishes to sec Dr . 0 ininiediutely upon his return home , " and having done so decamped , taking with him a magnificent four-inch cornelian stone seal , beautifully carved and ell !! raved with tho Doctor's coat of anus and cre . st , valued at five guineas , some Indian silk pocket handkerchiefs , and several articles '' f vertu , ainountinp iiltogether to about 81 . It is almost needless to say that tho Doctor never knew " Mr . Taylor , " and that lie has uot since made his acquaintance .
The Tea Tfade , June 15 . —The deliveries of tea last week were 447 , 9901 b , being a decided decrease as compared with the preceding week ,
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j FooLHAnniNKSS . —Mr . Rea , soon after starting with } one of theytraihg oh thelSotith Devon , on the ! day of : its op ' etiintr , ' discovered amariridiri ' z oil the ' engine ! buffer , about the most smashable place on which a | man could place himself ; for supposing he could j have licit ! his uoat till ho arrived at ihe station , uuo & erve'd by tlie ' . ehirihe-di'iver . it was quite possible ¦ that , ' in pulling ! lip , lie might have been squeezed againsV-tiie . nexfc carriage and killed oh the spot . - . Miyftva immediately blew the guard ' s whistle , the ( treats were applied , and the train stopped ; but it requned '' vigorous efforts to displace the gentleman .,
, who stuck llke ; a'direct 6 r topreniium , and could only be ilispiaeed by . main force . CiiABuB op Violation . —At Hammersmith police- court o > . M jonday . Mr . Hardy HMop , of Lanadown Villas , Fulham . r 6 ad , was again charged with violating tlie person of Caroline Matlock , his servant , who was left , alone with him in the house during her tnistressXabsence in the country . The complainant greatly prevaricated on cross-examination , and the surgeon said there were ho appearances to justify the charge , the : magistrate therefore dismissed-the complaint . ; , ¦; ; ..-. ., ...-. i ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' '
, DisoovGiiy ; OF . . THB Deao Body of a Man in a W , ooi ) , . ~ - .. Sun « lay . morning ; last , as a , shipwright iihd . bis son , from Chatham , were walking through the B ' lidj ^ woods , Ma ' ulstohe-road , in searcli of blackbirds' nests ; ' they discovered , near the spot ' where the boy-Tiiylor ^ vas murdered by two oilier boys , named Bell , in the year 1831 , the body ofa welldressedman , near atree . lying on his face ; with his hat . on . his back , with both his arniK extended , his left hand firmly grasped to-a bit of young growing asii ; They immediately proceeded for assistance
, anri nn vxi-ress was seat to theOoronvr's ottico , Mr . GeoiSje . Urkddy , ; at . Rochester , who , o » his arrival , discovered , the remains to : be < those of Mr . James Clark i a married man , living at H , Ordnance-place , Chatham , and who has -been missing from bis home for the last fortnight . It is supposed that ! he must hivve 'fallen in a , fit against one of tho a » h stumps * in the ground . " . The man has been flight * in bis i > ind for some time . 'He is about 50 years of age . The body is in ' a state of decomposition , and was kept from falling to pieces by his clothing .
- A . Rum 'Un . —Martha Fuller was ordered to find sureties to keep the . peace for twelve months , at II find petty sessions , for being drunk , and threat cuing " to do" foe James Gibson , Esq ., one of fcne magistrates . She had ; a great penchant tor assaultiiiga magistrate , and s-ho was registered as having been 400 times committed for various offences . Death fhom Incautiously taking SnhLTEK under a Tube Dunnra a Thondsr-siokm . —An inquest has been held at Bakew ' ell eh the body , of George Bown , aged thirty-five years . It appeared from the evidence that heiwas milking some cows , 'when a storm of thunder and lightning came ' on , and the deceased took shelter underneath a tree . Whilst , there he was struck with lightning on his left side , aud when
found was lying . upon a hedge quite dead , Verdict «« Killed by lighting . " , . Novel Modk ofi Interment . — -Mr . T . Brookhonso , Roman cement manufacturer , of Derby , having died , was interred in All Saints' Churchyard , on Tuesday week . A thick layer of cement was spread at the bottom of the grave , just before the -coffin was lowered ; the sides and ends were then filled , and another layer of the game material at the top coin > pletely hid the coffin from view , and rendered it air tight . Ere it hardened , which the cement did in a few minutes , to the consistency of the hardest stone , the deceased ' s name , was traced in the yielding mass , so that , if at some future age , the deposit should be disturbed , the name of the occupier of the interior may be read .
DnEADFUi . Colliery AcciDENi . ~ An accident occurred near Cheadie on Monday morning by which three unfortunate individuals lost their lives , and two others were most seriously , if not fatally , injured . The catastrophe took place at the Deepmoor pit , _ It seems that hve colliers were descending to their work , ia a corfe , and had gone a short ,, way down when the rope broke , and they were all instantly precipitated to the bottom . The shaft is about forty-five yards deep , and it is supposed the distance tuey fell was upwards of one hundred feet . Castor Oil . —The following was related to us by a friend ofoursaday or two since . A gentleman in the neighbourhood who had a pint and ball bottle of castor oil , asked his servant to bring it to him , when lie toldlhim it had all been used for salads , he having from time to time filled the dinner carter * with it , believing it , from the label , to he intended for thai purpose . —Yarmouth Advertiser .
A Floating Church at Glasgow has just been launched . The vessel is built of iron , per fectly fiat underneath , the one end formed after the fashion of a bow , and the other , or stern part , quite square . The extreme length is 78 feet , breadth 23 , and depth of iron 4 * feet . The area of the church has a line , roomy , and most comfortable appearance . The height from the floor , which is level with the base of the boat , to the top of the church is 17 feet , and in the middle of the roof there are three cupola windows which light the whole house , and these have their centre pieces moveable to act as ventilators There are as yet no seats formed in cither area or galleries , and it is doubtful if any will be placed till tlie ' church arrives at its destination , which is not ,
we understand , yet definitely fixed . It is intended to accommodate about TOO persons . Two Men Picked tip at Ska . —On Monday , as the Princess Royal was proceeding down St . George ' s Channel , on her way to Glasgow , the captain observed something strange in the distance , and on approaching nearer , discovered that it was a man clinging to an oar . On being taken' on board , ho stated that himself and two others were boatmen from Liverpool , and that the boat had been upset in a squall . His-comrades , he feared , had been drowned . At a short distance , however ,, a man was seen floating by means of a mast , and he proved to be another of the mon . The third was . drowned . He left a wife and family unprovided for .
The Colossal Statue of the Ddue of Welukgton . —Mr . Wyatt ' s colossal equestrian statue of the Duke , after somewhat like ten years' labour is at length arrived at completion , and , as our readers arc aware from the late conversation in Parliament , will in a few days be raised upon the top ofthe arch at Constitution-hiil . Some idea of the nature of tho work which has yet to be done , may be gathered from the fact that the horse and its rider iiave consumed between forty and fifty tons of metal , and . that Messrs . Grissel and Peto ' s contract for removing and fixing
them amounts to £ 2 , 000 . Such are its dimensions that a man on horseback may ride between the hvvsc ' s legs . Its capacious stomach forms a compartment , in which some fifty men might be packed away and in which thirteen persons have actually dined . The head is six feet in length , which may enable the reader to judge of the other proportions . The horse is standing on its four legs , and the duke is also in an attitude of repose , with the exception of the right hand , which is extended , holding a telescope , as in the act of giving the word of command on the field of battle .
The Success of jhe Dwarf Tribe , who have recently been exhibited in London , appears likely to afford another illustration of the political axiom , that "demand induces increased auppliea * " The }; ood fortune of the loebcarron pigmies , says the Inverness Courier , seems to have given an impulse to that species of exhibition . There are at present , wc understand , about thirty specimens of the same class preparing to leave their Highland glens for England ! Artesian Wells for London . —The chalk beds of London are considered to be an unfailing source of supply of pure soft water . The metropolis south of
the Thames is at present supplied from that river , and it need scarcely be said that the quality of that supply is not so pure as might bo desired . Speculation thwarted in railways has , it appears , now been directed to sinking artesian wells for the metropolis , and last evening a meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Southwark was held at the Bridge-house Tavern , for the purpose of hearing an explanation of the plans ofthe new company , the nominal capital of which is no less than £ 2 , 000 , 000 . The explanation appeared to afford satisfaction to the auditory , bur . whether the plan will ever be carried into effect <»• not , time alone can show .
Disease amoxost Cattle . —The ravages of pleuropneumonia amongtit cattle are fearfully prevalent at the present time . The fatal eases are so numerous —frequency to the extent of one-half or two-thirds of a herd—that tho premium of insurance for stock amongst which it has prevailed has been necessarily increased . The caprice of this disease is extraordinary , and as little to be accounted for as the potatoe murrain ; it frequently breaks out on a farm where it had never before been heard of , or even known in the locality , anil when once it has appeared , not only extends amongst the stock , but also in the neighbouring farms .
MadDoqs . — -On Saturday , the Commissioner . - ' of tho Metropolitan Police cautioned all persons to keep their dogs chained or muzzled , and reminded them that the ' act 2 and 8 Vic , c . if , see . 61 . enacts that it shall be lawful for any constable of tho metropolitan police force to destroy any dog or other animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state , or which has been bitten by any deg or animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state ; and the owner of any sued dog or animal , who shall permit the sanw to go at large , may be liable to a penalty not exceeding £ 5 . Public Reception to Mtt . Smith O'Bmen , M . I ' . — The people of Limerick , Clare , and some of Tippcrary . joined in giving a public reception to Mr . Smith O'llrien upon Thursday week . The hon . gentleman was afterwards entertained at a soiree , at which 2 , 000 persons were present , In the course of his address , Mr . O'Brien , in reference to the alleged rivalry between himself and Mr . O'Connell ,
said—Gentlemen , —I ammost happy to have this opportunity of assuring you that , between mo and the other individuals \ v ! iO arc prominent in theItepealmovement—nni especially between me und our illustrious leader—then is uot the slightest separation , ( Tremendous cheers . ]
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Gentlemen , Mr . O'Connell atands . fat this moment •> . > h always stood , the undoubted leader of the Irish people . ( Cheers . ) -, ; libelieve . ri ., t those—I was going to nay false friends of Mr . O'Connell—but I will say his over-zealous ftieu ( ls- ^ who wish-to . 'perirtade ^ ou that amongst the repeal party ; Or any section'Hereof , there is anv disposition to overthrow his leadership , menr , hear . ) " I know not any . ndmdunl , and I need not sa , on my own behalf that I am the iast man in the comm . nitv lvno , . VulM lend himself to such an attempt ?' - - '( Cheers- > i' : jj e P „ . tif . men , as long ns Mr . O'ConnelPliv ' es hVslue ,: " ^ th-Buidsiuce , of the Irish ' nation—so Ion ' g . 'he shah ' ' leader and Kuide of the Irish people .. ' . ( Ch ' corii . Lv
Sudden Death of Mr . Peter Gnimos ^ On Mon day afternoon Mr . Peter ? GriIHoir , ' -the 'well-known proprietor of Grillion ' 8 . 'Hotel i ' Albema . rI (^ Stveet , Piccadillyvdied ; "uhder ^ stances : r . Between nine and ' teno ' eloelc ' he ^ H ^ standing in his rick yard on his extensive farm iii East Acton , Middlesex , superintending tlfinsrectifcn of a stack of new hay , when he > was sudtleBlftfibSiM ved to stagger and fall to the ground . He was immediately picked up , and conveyed into his residence , and Mr . Glubbe , surgeon of Acton , sent for , but Mr . trillion never rallied , and expired ¦ justafter the , arrival ofthe surgeon . ' . ' ... "' ..:- , . -.-.. . "'"
, . , A Rawd ' Boo . —On Monday between twelve and one o ' clock , a terrier dog , seemingly in a rabid state , was observed running along the VauxhaJl Road , biting and snapping at everything that came in hla way . On reaching Millb' anfc , heseizeaariian named John Phippsj a bricklayer ' s labourer , by the calf of the leg . and mflicted . a severe wound . ; i ,, Phip . M , who bad a shovel-in his hand ,- immediately ^ attacked the dog , and fortunately by a well-directed blpw i »! nnned the animal , whom he immediately despatched . The wound was at once incised and cauteriBed ; by , aiioigh ' bmirin" surgeon . . ¦ v ? . ^' : matest bmirtn" surgeon . . , ? . t ;' : nrad ^
Child Kiixkd bt Palling from a ,. Window , —On Thursday night , about nine o ' clock ; a fine intoresung child , the son ofa man named Stirling , a . tiuk > r > residing in Sydney Court , ^ Argyll StreetqGlast'ow , fell from a window two stories high , and was killed upon the spoti The unfortunate 5 had beeri amusing himself at the window , aM in-leaning against a flower box it gave way , and he was precipitated to the ^ ground . Dfath Ffloii a Nut . —On . Tuesday ; an inquest waa held before Mr . Baker , | jun .,, at [ the Ttyhite ' , Horse , Poplar , on the bodyofJohn Thoroas ,, Norris , aged two years , whose mother , on Sunday ,. gay . e him a nut kernel , which lodged in the deceased ' s windpipe * and he died shortly afterwards of sufibcation .. Verdict . "Accidental death . " '• .-i ' tlrf
Dkath by Suffocation . —On Tuesday , Mr . Wm , Baker , Depufcv Coroner , held an inquest at tlte Black Bull , Brook ' Street , Ratcliff , on iWilliam Martin , aged three months . OnvMonday ! evening' deceased was very fretful , and , > in order to . appease-: it , the mother tied up , in a small . piece oftmuBlin , some sucar and butter , with a piece of tape , for it tosuck , when it slipped , down its throat , by which the infant was suffocated . Verdict ^ " Accidentally , choked . " ' SiBAM-BoATS . ~ Inl 8 litherewas ^ but one steamboat belonging to the British empire , During thirty years the numberhas increased to about 1 , 000 British steam-boats , which are now , navigating to and from all parts of . theVorld , ' **' " f .. -. . Ambrtcan Icii ;— -A vessel , called'the Tlannah Sprjijuue , has arrived in " the St . ' Katharin ? a dock from Boston , United' States , ^ having' ^ car go
consisting entirely . ot ice , and comprising the large quantity of COO tons of that article .. . Since tho arrivals of ice whieh recently took place ' froni _ Norway and other parts of the north of Europe , which Lave ceased from the time they were last noticed , this is the first importation of the article which has taken place from any foreign country ; and it wiltno doubt , if the present sultry weather slioulrtcoritiriuo , he in very general request . ' ""'' ' ^" A Well-Stocked Larder . —Mr . Thomas Pearson , of Pool Bank , Crosthwaite , shot in L"w Park , the other day . near Witherslach , a bustard hawk , or as it is locally termed , a buzzard . In the nest of the voracious bird were found three rabbits , one hare , one pheasant , three micej one rat ; - two-hag : woinu , and a blackbird . Both worms had their heads oft ' .- — Emdal'Mwrnry . ' ' i- 1 : " "' -h ** Another White Whalk CApruBBn ir- tite Midway . —On Saturday morning another Beluga , was caught by some Strood nshermen ;' bff the Gfirrison Point at Sheerness , and brought to--Rochester . It
was about half grown , and , as described by . 'natural ., ists , had not yet attained the generally purewhiteness ofafull-grownfish . f Miss Makw . vkau ox the Ai > rnoACiiiSG Oboikiu . —Another fact of the time is , that the cholera ia . isain approaching us . It is spreading from Asia , and has already crossed the Russian boundary ; ' There is time to consider what we can do to make it ' a ' s little mischievous as possible , if it should visit us—probably in a few montha . It will be wiser to b ' cj j in now to keep our persons and houses clean , to preserve our general health by wholesome and temperate" fond aad exercise , and by encouraging in our homes a cheerful tranquillity of mind . than by making si fuss when the time comes with white-wash and flannel pet : icoats , and dings and new diet , all tried in hurry-ahu panic . The Colossal Bronze equestrian statue-of the of the Duke of Wellington , ' by Mr ; 'Wyatfc ? wi » h was expected to be placed on the arch by the 18 th of this month , will not be ready , 'it ia Stated , for some months . *' . ' ,.
-FlVK VnHBObS "DllOWKBD WH 1 XST " 'BaTJIINC -.- OB Tuesday inquests were held on the bodies of live persons who were drowned whilst bathing . Two ofthe inquests were held by Mr . Baker on the bodies of a boy eleven years old . ' named Henry Eeywood / and of a young man named Charles Harper , aged nineteen , who were drowned in the river Lee . . „ Mrt Wakley held inquests on the bodies of Philip ' , Pictit , aged twenty-six , and Frederick Brown , ' aged , ties , who were drowned in the Regent ' s Canal ';* and Rii ' . Bedford held an inquest on the body of JamesKtily , aged thirty-two ; who was drowned in-the ' -sSerpentme , whilst bathing , on Sunday evening . . u , ~ i
Djjath fbom a Coup de Soleil . — On Tuesday Mr . Higgs , coroner , for the Duchy of . Lancaster , received information that a child , four years and a half old , residing with its parents , afc ,: C ] aph ,-im , waa killed by a sun stroke . The inquest on the body will beheld at the Union Arms . Union-road , Clapham . The Lbagce We uuderstand that the . ' members ofthe Anti-Corn-law League will assemble in a day or two after the Corn Bill has recetved . the -royal assent , and will declare that the object for which they united nasbeen accomplished . They . will , then itis said , announce that no further subscriptions are required .
and will adjourn the sitting ot the . League « Waj <» A committee will be appointed to see that no attempt is made to repeal the bill , or to re-establis ;!" protection . If no ' such attempt is made , -the League will never assemble ' again , hut if it-is , it will immediately be called together to defend what it . has already won . Its life < iv death will therefore depend ; nn the conduct of the Protectionists themselves . ' After the League has been dissolved , the . f riends of free trade will becalletl together , arid steps ' will betaken-to acknowledge the unexampled ' services of Mr . . ; Cobden to the cause of commercial freedom .
The Notomws Pcsehte Moxasterv . at Tattlemore , near Oxford , is announced for sale . Tub German Reformer Czkrsri , is expected in . this country in the course of a few weeks . The Queen is siow the mother of five children , viz .. Princess Koval , bom Nov . 21 , 1810 ; Prince of Wales , Nov . 18 , 1841 : Princess Alice ; April 2 r » , 1813 ; Prince Alfred , iVug , 0 , 1844 ; Infant Princess , May 25 . 1846 . , „ , ' ' - , .,. .. . . : , Death or a Matador . — The art of iauromaucy lias just sustained an irreparable loss , ' by the ; death of Montrs , the Spanish matador , who was mortally
wounded by the horns of a ferocious bull , Xeres , a sliorttime ago . - - - " , Murder is Liverpool . —On Monday evening-, a woman was killed by her husband , -Richard ; « -jgnali , in Gm-c-strcet , Toxteth-park . Wigriall was at once taken into custodv . ' lie is a joiner ; and "it is said , that being reproved by his wife for being absent all the day , and neglecting to do a job which he premised a neighbour , his nngrer was roused , and he struck and kicked her , ending by n heavy blow Upon her head with a piece of wood * , ' which killed her . upon the spot . Jbksy Li . vd . the Swedish songstress , js , engaged at tlie Imperial Theatre of St . Petersburg , at the rate of £ 2 . 240 per monzh . exclusive of presents .
Battles , —Tho iSih of June ; is the ' anniversary of t ' lvet .- memorable battles : —The battle of Nazcby , in 1 C 45 ; the battle oi'Marcngo , in 1800 ; ' and the battle ofFricdlaiid . iiilSOT . ' . . , . ^ i- ; ' Slave Ixsuukec-iion-. —A Pensacola ( FJorid . ' i ) cot * respondent of the -Cincinnati Citizen writes , " 'under date i > f May 9 , as follows : — "Last night ; was an anxious one with its ; a woman had . tohl 'her mistress that the servants were determined that ^ as . soon as a sufficient- number of white men went . ' oft ' to ; the Mexican war , they should rise , burn the town ; and destroy all the white women and children .-The' eitixens
were out all night patrolline ; they' have _ put one of the negroes in gaol . '" 'There is preat excitement , and every exertion is martc'to find out'tlie . truth of the story . Everybody is armed , and . seine of the ladies sire so frishtened that they keep pistols-loaded . As a great many negroes are employed at ; thc navy yard , Commodore Latini ' er lias kept it under martini law . If it bad not been found out , God knows ; what ' would Live become of us here , a ? jjere is riot a ship ia port . " ' . ¦ '" . . " -.-. ¦ Scutch-like . —After a warm discussion , the General Assembly ofthe Free Church of-Scotland lias determined not to send back the money'fonvarded fo it by the slave-holding churches of tlic'IJriitod States .
Tiik Great ' Bpitain . ' — This' reagniftccht steamship arrived at i \' ew York on the 29 th May , having been eonsideraWy retarded by ati unlorvuaaic accident , which deprived her of the rise of her sttam power after the fourth ( lay of her voyage . A Body Fousivin tue Tuamks ^ -Ou Wednesday morning the body of a female , unkno wn , aiu ! whose age appeared to b & 'aboot 25 , wasfound . -floistiiij ' nudet diie ofthe nrehes < f Waterloii-lnulip < l » inquest was opened hist cvoiiiifc at the Essex j !««« , i ^ seistreet , Straitd ' , by ' 'Miv-fliggs ,: wh ' o . adjpfii ; nfd theinqmry to afford an ' opporturiity for , deceased , s trirndi to identify the body , which was dressed ¦ .-respectably m half mourning .:-.-. ... ¦ >^ fx '¦ ' ¦ : Tubes Eagles arc reported to lave ken seen in Northamptonshire last week ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 20, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20061846/page/3/
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