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      O'CONNORTTLLE . ABA LtAD . BT AMES DAVSSPOBT . The "Deserted TOlase , " has been suns . In sympathetic numbers , By one whosa harp was sweetly strung , Bat now that sweet harp slumbers . Poor Ireland ! that hast oft beheld , Thv vil » s « deserted ;—Beheld thy peasantry expelled , To wander broken hearted ,

      Prom place to place to seek a shed , The aged and the younger ; And some unshelteru and unfed . Have died with cold and hunger ! ' The preud usurpers of the laud No mercy show to any , They govern with an iron band , . And trample on the many . But had thy champion been the friend And advocate of labour , He would have gloried to defend His wretched homeless uaigbtour ' . For he has money at command And need but recommed it , Por tbe Expelled t » purchase land , How could be belter spend it !

      A good man wDl some care bestow On every thing that passes ; Bat be seems deaf to all below The priests and middle classes ! He has the power , bat not the will , To raise the low in station , Or he'd have an " O'Connorviue , " Where ' er there was occasion . Sat I my mission to fulfil Sing what has long been wasted , The village of O'ConuorviUe , By British Chartists planted . O'Connorville ! land of the frss , The patriot and reformer , The cradle of young liberty , Whsre every heart grows warmer .

      Bold was the genius that first nlan'd That scheme of reformation , There is no road but through , the land To man ' s regeneration ! The Jubilee is corns at last , The day of restoration ; The Rubicon has now been passed By the grand Demonstration , I saw the long procession start . Two hundred vans were moving , I could not still my throbbing heart , I felt tha world's improving . And all was managed with that skill Which man of mind inherits , That whsn we got to O'Connorvilia Thsre itemed a world of spirits !

      So buoyant was the nappy throng , So grand the music sounded ; So gay tha dance , so sweet the song , That all was joy unbounded , A shout was heard—a general cry , Can I forget it ? never ! " This land is ours up to ths sky , Por ever and for aver . " Tho cottajjes that stand in view Called forth the people ' s wonder , And they tbe long loud shout renew , 1 was like a peal of thunder ; All seemed in their admiring eyes The work ef some enchanter ; O'Connor bid a vlllasre rise , ' And a village rose wjian ' er .

      The grand palladium now is found On which onr rights depended ; Tha sons of toil shall ba unbound , And all their sorrows ended . The land—tbe now reconquered laud : With such small sums or money ; Shall be to the indu-tri » us band " A Iaad of milk and honey . "

      Songs For The People. So. Xxix. The Land...

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . XXIX . THE LAND . ¦ William with Ms brigand horde , First conquer * d us with fire and sword , And introduced the feudal Lord "Who robbed us of our Land . Their base decendants laws have made , Tbe commons lent a willing aid ,

      3 fan' « dearest rights they did invade To steal away our Laud . O'Connor straggles with his might , To obtain for man his right , How bright ' a the effulgent flame of light He's open'd on the Land . He ' s foremost in tbe battle field , To tyrants never known ta yield , He ' s shewn ns that onr ecly shield , 'Gainst tyranny's the Laad .

      Rise Britons , hear jour country ' s call , Come Scotland , Ireland , Wales and all , Join band and beart , work each for all . Ind soon well hare the Laud . By the duties that we owe . To wives , and children , country too , let ' s pledge onr lives , come weal come woe , To have onr common Land . ALEXAKnza Yates

      3g~Tlie Next " Feast Of The Poets" Will ...

      3 g ~ Tlie next " FEAST OF THE POETS " will appear in tbe Star of September , 19 th . Contributions must be at this office by Saturday , the 12 th . sf eptember .

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      Pictorial Shakespeare. Parts 10.11.-Pict...

      PICTORIAL SHAKESPEARE . Parts 10 . 11 .-PICTORIAL BALLADIST . Pabts 10 , 11—London J . ft Moore , These publications we have several times noticed , and we have now the satisfaction of announcing that the first volume of each work is completed ; and tbe ascend volume commenced under the most favourable auspices . When finished these publications will be a monument of the good taste and enternrisin ?

      Spirit of the publisher . The second volume of the Pictorial Shakespeare opens with " King John , " and includes also a portion of the play of " Richard the Second . " The parts before us of the Pictoria BaZladut contains a number of favourite old ballads , Some of them of a very ancient date ; amongst them ¦ we notice " The Hermit of Warkworth , " " The Knight ' s Revenge , " ** Owen of Carron , " "Robin Hood and ' the Potter , " " The Berkshire Lady ' s Garlan-3 , " Sir Wambb Scon ' s " Eve of St . John , " and Dr . M & gian ' s parodj «• The Eveof St . Jerry . " The illustrations to both works are excellent .

      Zhson's Mstrokt Of The Sew Act Relative ...

      Zhson ' s MstroKt of the Sew Act relative to Friendly Societies . A timely publication of an Act of Parliament of vital importance to a very large class of the people , ublished at the lowest possible price .

      Etiers To Infidels On Charles Southwell'...

      etiers to Infidels on Charles Southwell's Manifestations of Sympathy for the late M . Q . R . of the "Movement "< £ e . & c . « fce . By Thomas Patehsox . London , 13 , Wine Office Court , Fleet Street . This pamphlet treats ofa personal subject into the merits of which we cannot enter . We may , however , remark , that Mr . Pateram ' s statements , whether true or false , are calculated to seriously damage the party with which he has been connected , and at the same time serve the black-coated gentry against

      whom be has battled , and at whose hands he has suffered bitter persecution—although , if his statements be true , certainly not more bitter than the persecution to rrhicuBome of his " friends" have subjected Lim . We hare reason , to believe , to say the least , that many of the statements of the sufferings efMr . Paterson caused by his "friends , " are true , that , although himself not blameless , he has been a wronged and injured man , and , therefore , while we lament its publication , we admit there is much to excuse so retaliatory and revengeful a production .

      Tee Manchester Massacre. " A View Of St....

      TEE MANCHESTER MASSACRE . " A view of St . Peter's Plain , Manchester , on the memorable 16 th of _ August , 1819 , representing the forcible dispersion of the People by the Yeomanry Cavalry . " This is a coloured print , representing the ever-to be-exeerated atrocity above named . The engraving is good , the colouring natural , and the whole picture bears the impress of being a faithful representation of the tragic scene of Peterloo . The engraving may he bad of Mr . T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Dean-street , Soho .

      Thomas Paine, A Portrait. This Portrait,...

      THOMAS PAINE , a portrait . This portrait , published by tbe Chartist Executive , ( to bo had of Mr . Wheeler , ) is fully equal , if not superior , to the best of the portraits yet published of this immortial political philosopher . We earnestly recommend both this ' portrait , and the engraving above noticed , to every Democrat , as the most valuable embellishments with which he could possibly ornament Ms abode . We hope we shall see both , in arery cottage at O'Connorville .

      Thomas Paine, A Portrait. This Portrait,...

      > WAR ! A Soldier ' s Life . The extracts-iT « nbslow we take front the Jnlv number of tne' Uer . Ud „ f Peace , " published at " if fceirKoaArtreef . aild 15 , BisUopsgate-street , With out . The disclosure of the hanging and shooting of the unfortunate Sikh prisoners is new to ua ; the atro . city reflects eternal disktnouron tbe English name . Englishsoldiers uow rival the " civilisera" of Algeria , and share with them a world wide infamy . » WlPJ

      THE LATE BATTLES IN INDIA . Aieiberlrom Print * John limn , of tha SOthBegimant . to bis father , of St . Leonard ' s-street , Stamford , dated from the Camp before Lahore , on the 8 th of March , relates some incidents connected with the battles on the banks of tho Sutu-j , which h » ve not hitherto been published . The following are extracts : — "On the 8 th of December , our regiment marched from Umballah to Moodkee , a distance of 15 ft miles ; and on thellth , in the evening , after a fatiguing day ' s march , wo were ens-aged for the first time : the battle commenced at four o ' clock , and lasted till ten , whsn we were marched back to our camp , having sustained a loss of only seven killed , and ten wounded . On the 19 th there was no fighting , Cu the 20 th we started in pursuit of the enemy , and came up with them at four o ' clock , when the British forces

      formed for aetwn , and engaged , the contest being carried on till ten the mxl morning ; at that time the enemy retreated , and we thought they had relinquished the contest , but in about an hoar after they came down upon us ia thousands , severely harassing our comparatively small force : we , however , effectually resisted them , aud at four o ' clock in the afternoon , they ms . de a second te . treat . At this time , the weather being excessively hot , and our exertions overpowering , we were drawn up to receiverations and grog , when to our disappointment it was announced that the camel which had borne our grog had been shot , and all had been lost We then made far the enemy ' s camp , aud helped ourselves ( nearl y famished as we were ) to the best we could find : all we obtained was dour , with which we made some cakes , and fried them , —glad indeed of anything , hunger and thirst

      having become almost insupportable : our officers were as badly oS as tho men , and in fact got nothing but what the soldiers divided with them . On the succeeding morning , we commenced hanging and shooting all the prisoners , which dreadful work occupied us nearly the whole of the Hay . ' On the 22 nd , we commenced our march towards Ferozepore Plains , which we reached in a few days , and then remained quietly in camp for a week . "— "On tha 10 th of February , having received orders to be ready at a minute ' s notice , we marched out to face the Sikhs , and confronted them at about eight o ' clock' when our big guns cracked about their ears , and their numerous guns about ours : ' we soon came to close quarters , and then many a brave man's life departed . A . cannon-ball pays no Wspect to persons ; it will kill generals as w < -ll as private soldiers : aud * when such

      projectiles are flvinjr about , it is , every man for himself ;' though , if a soldi-r does not want to lose the number ef his mess , the cloaer be keeps to bis work the safsr . 'But at such times a curious sensation steals over even the bravost , for no one knon-s but that the next monv .-nt maybe his last . At the tim-- 1 went into the field and heard the roar of the guns , I confess that I felt rather curiously , though I do not consider that I was then , or am now , anytiiin ; : ofa coward . It was a horrid sight to see mangled corpes of friends and foes , to hear the groans of the dying , aud the cries for help of the wounded ; those who lnve never seen a field of battle cannot picture its horrors ; nor can ther knot * the regret a soldier feels at not bsing able to assist a wounded comrade . The enemy were strewed in thousands all over the field , and amount th ^ ni were to be seen the lifeless

      bodies of numbers of our brave countryman . I had nn opportunity of seeing a great deal more of the carnage than many others , as I was sent out the day after the aotion , to assist in bu-yins the dead , and to bring heme tbe wounded . 1 a ! tt glaA to SttV that WIS l'ISt comparatively v »> rv few of onr men , although oar r ginient was in the thickest ofthenjrht : by dead and wounded we were deprived of 4 ? '; among t '** letter w .-m Caleb Foreman , a Stamfor . i snas . who wa < twitv disabled , but riot dangerously . " The wriu-r the : i mentions John Christain , from Stamf-.-rd , attd Saniu-1 YVoudivanl , from Easton , both oi whom were in tbe actions , but received no wound . Lunn was himself siUetly hurt , and had recovered at the time be wrote thMci' -r . A , son of Abel Blades l « st a le ^ . ( : i » -. ta - *« ii , a ' inner yaper , ) and at the time of Lunn ' s « tj : ! t : ? , was ia Feroz .-pore hospital in a stat » of swat sivScriag , but was ? x ; ircted t <> rally .

      Observe the Confession * whii-n this soldier roMies as to the t'TTsble ~ c- ~ r .- - " = ot slau-il-t-. r which he witnessed : the feeling' * be -15 cri = i > - < : &< : "Our hi ^ ga-si . " » nyhe . " eruckvd = •!• . ' -. - ;• .-.. -r ,-kv . : n : <; t ' -iwr numerous k' : ; i . < abf . ut ours . "— " tYjj-a *« - ; .. vr- j-rtii .-s v . er * flying nhn : T , 'it is every mm iov liuuscii . "— " At such liuit-s a curious sensation steals over even the bravest , for no one knows but that the next moment may be his last . At the timo I went into the field and heard the roar of the guns , I confess that I felt ratu « r curiously . "— "It was a horrid sight to seethe mangled corpses of friends and foes , to hear the groans of the dying , and the cries for help of the wounded ; those who have never seen a field of battle , cannot picture its horrors , nor can they know the regret a soldier feels at not being able to assist a wounded comrade , " & c . Look for a moment at these confessions . War is here presented to our view as itfs , —an . effective organisation for the destruction of human life . One speaks for all . Selfishness reigns supreme . But tbe worst is vet behind—What is said of

      The Peisoners t Sow , mark ! This is British warfare ! —Defensive war ! The war which , has been so exuUiogly said to have refleeted no discredit on British kindness , but to have been distinguished by a generosity almost unparalleled in the practice of war , and to have succeeded in securing the confidence and admiration of the conquered Sikhs ! This is the War for which we have been asked to render solemn thanksgivings to Almighty God , and for which the country has been called upon to vote peerages and titles , pen . sioni and medals . ' We have no language in which to

      express the horror w # feel in directing attention to this monstrous wickedness : let it speak for itself ; it ds . scribes the soldier's trade ; it records the foul disgrace of our country ; ire blush for our nature , our land , our Christian name ; we have but one predominant feeling , and that is , that "the God of peace" may in his great mercy forgive the perpetrators of this deed , and all those who by giving him thanks for this war have expressed their sympathy in the deeds that characterise it . It was bad enough to fire a park of artiilery upon the drowning , but tbe prisoners—oh I what of them ?

      " On the succeeding morning we commenced hanging and shooting all the prisoners , which dreadful work occupied us nearly the whole of the day ! \ \ December , " 21 , 1845 !!!"

      A Look At Life. Bt Chaeles S. 3waix. Bel...

      A LOOK AT LIFE . BT CHAELES S . 3 WAIX . Bells were sounding from the steeple , And the eannoni from the Tower , And the congregated people , Were exulting in the hour ; Thus th » v wailed the thousands slaughtered , By that stream whose fatal shore * Saw its banks of battle watered , With a tide of human gore . These awaked my ready dreams , Of a thousand times and things , Wherein I reviewed tbe schemes . And the crafts of courts and kings : And the simple vision teemed , With a picture of such worth , That , remembering what I dreamed , 1 would tell it to tha earth . Now I saw on either hand ,

      How tha nations round me lay : Here , a free and happy land , There , a kingdom in decay— * And 1 turned to the Elysiau Panorama of repose . To examine its condition , And tha means by which it rose OU a world , and while of peace Morning and her choir awoke ; On the happy daj ' s increase , A consenting evening broke . Dwelling on the smiling plains , Where his fathers were at rest ; There tbe son of honest pains , Won a meed its manner blessed . And the free man went erect .

      And not halt , beneath tbe sky ; Not in splendour clad , but decked In his nature ' s majesty : And he trod the primal field , With such blessings on his birth , As a woman ' s heart must jield , To her son on Freedom ' s hearth There her cry was merer heard . To her God to take her boy , A & d her sweet lips never stirred , But in words of grateful joy . No ! no law was there to sever , Whom the heaven ot their hearts . Had united , and for ever

      ;—And a Christian statute parts ! There the infant was not yoked To the chariot wheel of goinj Nor its midnight task provoked By the bloody scourge of pain . Then the cheerful children rambled Gathering flowers by the way , And , like happy spirits , gambolled In tha Eden » f their play . They were nobler than the great , And were lords upon the soil ; Being born to an estate Which was fattened by their toil : Whilst who held , but held his own , And the hand but held which made What no petty power , or throne , Took , or crushed them to be paid . In this silent solitude

      Prisoas there were none to see , For where all are free in mood , Seed of these will never be . Splendid temples were unknown—But the eternal shrine was there ,

      A Look At Life. Bt Chaeles S. 3waix. Bel...

      At wh » se altar , and alone , God and Aiigel hear the prayer . In this land , where all are free , . Nature gladdened in her kind , Setting what she wished , to be , On her system , but refined ; Where all men became the lot Which that power ordained them for , And ware equal , knowing not Any one superior . So to be , is to be all That our natures shall presume ; If we are not to . we fall

      By our kind , But not by doom , For who holds a double store , PreysJ to feed it , on the rest , Since who would possess still more Still finds more to be possessed , # * * * Turning to the other hand , From the vision that I saw , 1 beheld an armed band To thefiold of battle pour . Strains of marti . ll music gave Their inspiring sounds on high , Whilst they thronged around a grave , For they thronged to kill , or die . ] Kings were there in pomp and power , Riding in the erestid car . Looking on the fated ftotver Of their chivalry at war : Then the hellish game begun ,

      And a leader pressed the plain ; Lands and laurels passed to one , With—a funeral train ! Seated on his throne of pride , In his chains of gold , I saw him , With bis courtiers by his side , And a thousand guards before him But beyond his palace walls , Whera tha patient people were . To a bleeding kingdom ' s calls Turned ha never ear or cara . Till too late ; the people rallied , Awed no more by court or crown , And from every point they salliud , And they tore his palace down . How , upon Ibe open way , Rose a scaffold , grim with gore ; The Earth's hunters were her prey , And the tyrant was no more .

      He went weaker to the grave , Than the meanest in the press , To be outlivedby his slave 1 Who has much of love to bless . What may move in its dominion-Wealth ! that makes the monarch poor , Who shall dare to no opinion With the realms he nerer saw . And I turned me from the vision , Where these opposites were dealt , With a due and just decision In my mind and heart , and felt How much mightier the man In his liberty aud cot , Than who haads a nation ' s van . Is a king , and kuows her not . August , 18 *? .

      * Sobraon ; The Golgotha Of The Sutk-J.

      * Sobraon ; the Golgotha of the Sutk-j .

      My Sterious Amd Honaibmt Affair At Chatham.

      My sterious amd HonaiBMt Affair at Chatham .

      —Vn Aionany Morning, Between Two Anil Th...

      —vn Aionany morning , Between two anil three o ' clock , Mr . Richardson , a coke and lime-burner , living at Chalk-pit Hill , Chatham , was awoke by the barking of lii . t dogs , and on looking out of his bedroom window saw on his premises the figure of a female , apparently with only a petticoat and shawl thrown over her , but thinking it mijiht be an old tramping woman who occasionally slept a !> out bis place , be thought little of the circumstance . The dags .-tii ! barkins , he looked auain , when he saw the same ' emaU approach the mouth of the coke oven and siidiif uly throw . « omethin $ into it , wlion a bright flim =-burst forth from the same and appeared to scorch her , as she quickly drew back , as if to avoid bein- biintod . TIw heat of the furnace at the time must have been intense , as it had been burning for

      eighteen hours . Having accomplished her purpose , 8 *> e hastily qn-ttid ilia yattl . lie related what he had observed to his wife , who remarked that most likely it w . i * somcthim . ! the party had stolen and wnnltd to vet riii 0 * , an-l under this impression he ivtlivd to rt « t . In the ni' -rning when he went to tho ov-on h = i was hor .-orstrui-k sit Miol- 'ing what appi-a / ed to him M Uts the remains of ; i child iying in tiie i . uinin ^ mass . The bones in shape were distinctly to bo seen , but on disturbing them crumbled into ashes . They were carefully extracted from the furnace , and conveyed to Mr . Steddy , surgeon , oi Chatham , but of the original it does not appear that anything can be produced on which an inquest might beheld . The case is involved in the greatest mystry , and has produced , as may be imagined , an extraordinary degree of horror and excitement in the neighbourhood .

      Manslaughter for Selling Poiso . vous Berries . — On Wednesday , at two o ' clock , Mr . W . Baker , Deputy Coroner , resumed and concluded the inquiry ( which was adjourned from Wednesday last ) , at the London Hospital , relative to the death of Thomas Parker , aged thirty-four , lately the proprietor of the Victoria beer shop , Whitechapel-road . who was poisoned by eating a portion of a tart , made of tbe berry called the deadly nightshade , or the bella-donm , which was alledged to have been bought of a man named John Hillard . residing in William-street , Kingsland-road , an itinerant dealer in herbs and berries , who has been apprehended on the charseon which he has been Iremanded at the Thames Police Court , the circumstances connected with which have already been given in the Northern Star . The

      investigation was adjourned , for the purpose of the post mortem examination of the body , and tho identification of the accused . Upon his absence the Jury expressed their opinion that the ends of justice could not be attained by the person charged not being present to be identified . The Coroner observed that it was a difficulty constantly occurring . He would send the witnesses to Tothill-tields , where the man was , but he thought the governor would not allow the prisoner to he seen without an order from the visiting justices . The widow of the deceased said , that she had seen the man charged at the Police Court , and that he was the same person who sold her the berries . Mr . T . C . Day , surgeon , who made the postmortem examination , stated that death was the oSecl of the specific influence of the bella-dorma on the nervous system . On the deceased being brought to the

      hospital the stomach pump was applied and the proper means resorted to , but without effect . The Coroner , in summing up , said , that the charge resolved itself into one of murder , manslaughter , or accident . He would leave it to tho Jury to decide whether they were of opinion that the accused sold the 6 eHa-o * onna with the knowledge of the properties of the berry , or that he acted with culpable negligence , or whether they thought he acted in ignorance . In the first case they would return a verdict of wilful murder ; in tha second one of manslaughter ,- and in the last it would be accidental death . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of '' Manslaughter against John Hillard for gross and criminal negligence and want of due caution . " He was committed on tho Coroner ' s warrant , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute .

      Suicidb or a Female Atheist . —On Wednesday an inquest was taken by Mr . W . Baker , Deputy Coroner at the London Hospital on view of the body of Sarah Ann Drewett , aged thirty-eight . It appeared that deceased was married to a man of the name tf John Drewett , who was formerly a barge master , from whom she had been living separate about two years . On Friday last he heard that she was about to sell some furniture of his that she had , when he took it away . Last Sunday they accidentally met , at the house ofa person of the name of Turner , in Tooley-street , St . George ' s in the East , where the deceased , who was intoxicated , and who had been in that state two days , threatened to drown herself . Mrs . Turner endeavoured to persuade her against the rash act , when she observed that she

      had a total disbelief of a future state , and that when she died , she was entirely done with . She left about nine o'clock , following her husband , whom she abused until they reached the south dock of the West India Docks . She there pushed her husband on one side , andjumped in . She was got out in about five minutes , aud means , for about au hour , were employed to restore her . She was then removed to the London Hospital , and died there in an hour after her admission . Verdict * ' Temporary Insanity . " I ) £ ATH ynou Glutton v . —On Sunday evening a man , named James Holden ^ a weaver , residing at Thompson ' s-buildings , Pinmill Brow , aged about 51 , met with his death under the circumstances detailed below . It appears that a person named J . Walton , had lately opened a beer house in Naylor-street ,

      Oldham-road , and entertained ^ several of his friends at the opening on Saturday night last . Some who did not attend on Saturday went on Sunday evening , and amongst them the deceased . They had some beet ' , and the deceased was observed to eat very YOVaciously . He had dispatched the contents of one plate , and being served with another containing three pieces , he forced them successively into his mouth , without giving himself time even to swallow the first piece . He immediately rosa and moved across the room , as if he was going out , but instantly fell down , and was evidently choking , his face turning quite black . Mr . Storer , surgeon , was sent for , and

      rendered him every possible assistance , but he died in about a quarter of an hour . The deceased had just before the occurrence boasted of bis having but a wctk -previous swallowed eleven raw eggs with the shells , as many bunches of radish tops and bottoms , ifcc , ; and he eat his meat as if he could not eat fast enough . The quantity he was then attemp ting to swallow was between five or six ounces . Mr . Chapman , the borough coroner , held an inquest on the body on Tuesday , at the Nottingham-castle , Oldhamroad Manchester , and the above facts having been given in evidence , the jury returned a verdict of 'Died from , accidental guftoQatiya . "« - ^»^ (? ' Guardian ,

      —Vn Aionany Morning, Between Two Anil Th...

      potatodisea . se . Extraordixarv Fact , connected with thk Po-TATo . DiSEASB . --In the early part oflast year , Mr . tuWingg who farms some land , in the parish of C . eaver , about a mile from Windsor , planted some P ?^?^ -, They , however , were so seriously affected with the disease , that they were considered entirely useless and dangerous even to give to the pigs . He therefore determined upin letting them remain in thft ground throughout the ( then ) ensuing winter and the Mowing sprin , ' , in order that they might rot and thus act as manure for the hnd . After

      remaining in the ground for upwards of eighteen months , he had the lftsvl upon which they were grown au up , and to his great surprise discovered that the whole were entirely free from disease , and that every potato , without a single exception , was per . fectly sound . Mr . Giddings' crops of potatoes this year are in the same diseased state as they were last season . He has therefore determined to adopt the same plan he formerly pursued by letting them remain in the ground until tbe spring of next year . Several ^ of the neighbouring farmers whose crops are similarly affected , have likewise determined to try the sutne experiment .

      East Rktford . —We are sorry to say the disease so extensively prevails as to cause the most painful apprehension that the growing crops will be of scarcely any real value . On the high land as well as on the low the disease is quite common , and it appears to be progressing rapidly every day . The tops seem all at once to droop , the leaf to wither . " , and , on examining the tubers a day or two afterwards , it is easily discovered that "tho plagueh » begun . " i Lincolnshire—At least one-half of the potato crop throughout Lincolnshire is infected with the

      disease , it is generally feared that the whole will be destroyed . WiMSBins . —The disease is almost universal in Wiltshire . Carrots and parsnips are also much infested . Acres of turnips , with their tops turning "foxey , " as some call them , rotting throuiih . Onions Generally infected , and , in fact , every garden production appears to have been struck with this widely and almost generally extending scourage . — It is currently reported here that a meeting of the affluent and charitable is about to be convened at Salisbury an < 3 Devizes to devise plans to stem , if possible , or alleviate , the threatening poverty and famine .

      Ireland . —The Londonderry Journal says , "We are convinced that the potato in these counties is a total failure , for any exceptions there may be must be so rare as not to call for qualifications of the expression . We may also state , which we do most advisedly—that many fields of wheat have within the last fortnight been much mildewed , owing to the heavy rains and fogs . Dublin , Auz . 22 . —The accounts received from the country this morning are all perfectly alike on the subject of the now almost universal failure of the potato crrp . Great apprehension is entertained for the safety ef the oat and wheat crop . The sustainment ot even partial damage would add incalculably to the unavoidable miseries and misfortunes consequent on the utter failure of the potatoes .

      The Mayo TVeorawfi . says , that "on Monday last , upwards of five hundred poor , wretched , emaciated human beings , assembled , with loys , shovels , & c , at Greenhills , the residence of Dominick J . Burke , Esq ., J . P ., ' demanding work , to keep them from dying of starvation . Their appearance and their declarations before the God of Heaven—that unless speedily relieved , they and their families would be all tUad from starvation , elicited much commiseration from all who beheld them . " The Tippemry Vindicator asserts that in the neighbourhood of Shinrone some of the landlords are actually seizing the crops for rent .

      Savoy . —The Potato Disease . —A letter from Chambery , 17 th inst ., says , that throughout that country the disease in the Potato crop has declared itself with greater intensity than last year . The Bishop of Chambery has ordered prayers to be offered upin all the churches of his diocese to avert the evil . Lincolnshire . —The Turnip Ceop is said to bk suffkrino fr 03 i a p-i 3 kase similar to that which is DESTROTlNO THE POTATOES . —A Mr . MoiTlS , who writes from Gasbertmi , near Spalding , says : " On Saturday week 1 was induced to go amongst the swedes , from what I observed in some white stone too turnips ( alwut half an acre ) , which I bad hnd drilled in the same piece , but which I no-. v found to be .-ill rotten , and omitting an tflhvia of the most offensive kind . I thought as the white turnips had attained a very large size , they might have

      overgrown themselves and decayed prematurely ; but on examining the sound ones I found them perfectly sound , not h ollow . Now the swedes are certainly affected . is above stated , but not so extensively as the white turnips . I found many putting ou this appearance—the leal a little mildewed , in the centre of the eye a dark appearance ; in a word , in every respect like the disenseu potato . On putting the end of my stick down the eye , I could force it into some of them as much as a couple of inches ; the smell from them was most offensive , a kind of mattery appearance , the same as the potato had last winter . I visited the same field last Saturday , and am sorry to say nearly tile whole of the white turnips are a fleeted , and tho swedes to a much greater extent . Not feeling satisfied , I have visited several of my neighbors ' crops , and can easily seothe same disease amongst them , in tlie incipient state ; beins later in their growth , the disease has not yet developed itself so fully .

      A Svjbsiituie Vor Flogging, Is This Army.—We

      A Svjbsiituie vor Flogging , is this Army . —We

      Are Informed By {Fir Charles Isapior Oii...

      are informed by { fir Charles isapior oiistenng was successfully tried as a substitute for flogging in two corps , and he is not aware that this mode of punishment was adopted in any other regiment . The commanding officer of one of the regiments in question , then stationed in Guernsey , where liquor is cheap , determined to put a stop to the crime of drunkenness on duty , by an appeal to the honourable feelings of the soldiers , and at the same time to make drunkenness as unpleasant as possible , but without the lash . He gave out an order to aay that he would not flog , but trust to the soldier ' s self-respect for keeping sober on duty . Next day a man was drunk and confined . The colonel , accompanied

      by the surgeon , went to the guard-house , mw felt the drunkard ' s pulse . lie was declared to be in a fever . Nothing ceuld be more true . He was therefore put into a blanket , and four soldiers bore him through the barracks . His comrades all laughed at the care taken of * him . On reaching the hospital , the patient wns put to bed and blistered between the shoulders , fed on bread and water for a week , and then discharged curod , He was then brought on the parade , when the commanding officer congratulated him on his recovery from the fever , and sent him to rejoin his company , where he was laughed at

      and jeered by his comrades during the space of a week . Many others underwent the same treatment ; but the joke , though very amusing to the sober soldiers , soon began to be none to the drunkards . There was considerable pain and uneasiness—some bread , plenty of water , but no pitying comrades—no commiseration—no mercy . The experiment was completely successful . Not a man of that regiment was flogged in Guernsey from the time the men were treated " with blisters ; " and after a fortnight there was no such thing as a man drunk for guard or palatle . Now this regiment had been in an infamous state . — Military Miscellany , by Henry Maxwell .

      Fearful Collision at Sea . — On Friday night between seven and eight o ' clock , the weather at this timo being thick and hazy , and occasioning a premature darkness , a dreadful collision took place off Folkestone , between the American barque . Luzan , from Trepoit , in the state of Maine , which was 011 Its homeward voyage laden with quicksilver , beer , and chalk ; and the Stftkesby , another barque , belonging to Chapman , of London , bound for QueLec . The result was curiously illustrative of tho superiority of British shipping . The Luzan , which has been built only five years , left the London Dock ? on Wednesday week , having in addition to her cargo about twenty passengers . The Stakesby , which was bound for Quebec , is a barque of twenty-five years' standing

      and , as report runs , was coisdonmea at Lloyds ' , and was held in such contempt that when spoken of by seamen she was described as a cradle brought home in arms , viz ., by pumping ; yet though the American had all the advantage of the momentum , being the first to strike , the British ship sustained by far the slightest injury . She merely had her jib boom carried away , and putting into Portsmouth to refit , is now on her voyage . The Luz & n suffered severely . Though a new vessel her head was completely stove in to the extent sf two feet , her larboard bulwarks were completely torn away , the figure-head smashed , and all her forward iron fastenings ( some of which

      were four inches square ) were twisted into screws . The first shock produced a terrible sensation amongst the passengers , who instantly rushed on deck . Just then the foremast , foretopmast , and foretopgallautmast and gear were carried away . The shock was dreadful , and the passengers gave themselves up as lost The scene on board was indescribable—the vessel was ultimately towed up by a steamer , and exhibited 11 great amount ot misery . It will take more than a month in the refit , whilst a number of persons , whose passage was to be paid for at the other side , are left to look for the wherewithal for their maintenance in the interim .

      ExTKNsivE Robbery is an Omnibus , —On Wednesday , a clerk in a very extensive mercantile firm had his pocket picked whilst being conveyed in an omnibus from Chelnca to the Bank , of a pocketbo-jk , containing Bank ot England notes to the amount of £ 125 . The unfortunate loser , for the better security of the property , wrote out a list , detailing the dates and number of the notes , and placed it in the same pocket-book , ; conseque » My it was stolen along with it . The clerk alluded to had not the slightest knowledge who could have obtained the property , but suspected that it was " a | U « J » with whom ho had been conversing .

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      Sentence of Court-Martial . —The sentence of the Court-martial recently held on Serjeant Rorabillow , of the 3 d regiment ( Buffs ) , now stationed at Gosport , for embezzling moneys belonging to the eaptain of his company , has been confirmed by the Horse Guards , and was read at the head quarters , Forton Barracks , on Wednesday last . He ia to be imprisoned for two years , one half « af which period is to be attended with hard labour , the other half to be spent in solitary confinement . At the expiration of the sentence he will be placed under stoppages until the sum emfcezrted 18 repaid—Hampshire Advertiser . ¦ Knifb Swallowing —The following singular case occurred during the present month , in the practice 1

      \ jv ? ™" S »* Pentonville . A child seven J ^ eit' £ i ns , in Miagtam , swallowed on the evenih « i « n- 6 t rru of , Ausust ' an ° Pen Penknife three inches Jong . The lad , a very sickly okb was subsequently visited by Mr . GffllWB ^^ S , * hgM , consisting only of a Utile , feverlshness , with occasional pains , and some tenderness over the lower part of the stomach . He was kept perfectly quiet the stomach fomented , and sedatives , with occasional doses of castor oil administered . On the morning of the sixth day , csr . trary to the opinion of some eminent physicians , to whom tho ease was related , tho knife was passed from the body , blade downwards with perfect impunity , to the patient , who rapidly

      recovered . Scarcity op Fbuit . —Notwithstanding the large quantity of foreign supplies of soft fruit during the present season , the quantity that has been offered for sale in the London markets is less than has been known formany years past , whilst in many cases , as in plums , damsons , pears , and apricots , the price is four times greater than at the same period of the season Iastyear . Tub latb Mr . IfArooN . —The subscription for the pT ? w ' dow and chlldjren of iao lale Benjamin Robert Haydon , th « historical painter , now amounts uj or

      «» ^ rarus * z , vw exclusive ot tlie annuity of Lady Peel . City . Antiquities . —Ia tho course of excavations , whic < i aro being made , for the formation of a sewer through Lawrence Poultney-lane , Cannon-street , City , a large quantity of Roman tiles , brick-work , and portions of walls , the remains of a building of some extent , was discovered by the workmen . About halfway down the lane a part ef the building was met with , on which was between four and five feet of a column , ab <» ut twenty inches in diameter . Outside this was a wall about 14 feet in thickness , composed of the most solid materials of stone and cement . It

      is supposed to be part of the same wall that has been met with in Bush-lane , and at different places between the Tower and Doctors ' -commons . All thk Houses in Upper St . Maktin's-laxh , as well as a great many in Castle-street , Long-acre , are to be forthwith rased to the ground , preparatory to the formation of a new street . The occupiera liave been warned to leave en or before the 29 th of September next , _• Unfounded Report of Van Amburoh ' s Dbath . —

      By letters received by Mr . Wallett , the celebrated clown at Astley's , from Boston , U . S ., it appears that there is not the slightest foundation for the report that Van Amburgb , the famous ' brute-tamer , had been destroyed by a tigress at Woonsuckett , Rhode Island , while endeavouring , at therequestof a young lady , to take away some meat which the beast was about to devour . The story is a pure fabrication , invented to bring a new paper into notoriety . Van Amburgh was reported to be in good health , and making a most successful tour .

      The Nsw Gxrman Reformation . —On Sunday afternoon , the Rev , Joseph Czercki , whose name is so much identified with the recent religious movement amongst the Roman Catholics in Germany , preached a sermon at Trinity Episcopal Chanel , John Street , Edgewace R

      Ihb Evawkucal Alliancb —This Confederation commenced its sittings in London last Thnr .-

      Opening , of Three Pl-buc Pabks at Maxcukstkk . On Saturday last the public parks in the neighbourhood of Manchester , which , have been purchased by voluntary subscriptions , and are devoted to the recreation and amusement of the working community in that densely-populated district , were thrown ov » n with great ceremony and display of rejoicing . The parks have been severally named the Q , uecn ' s Park , the Peel Park , and the Philips Park , ( the latter in honour of Air . Philips , who is one of the representatives of the borough of Manchester ) . Explosivb Compound sinoNCER than Gunpowder I —The attention « f the scientific world has been drawn to tlie discovery , by Professor Schonbein , of an explosive compound which appears to possess

      many advantages over gunpowder . A cotton is prepared , by a process not yet divulged , —but which is in all probability one that depends on the formation of a nitrogen compound . This cotton possesses many remarkable properties . On the application of a spark , the solid mass is at once converted to a gaseous state ; and a scientific gentleman who has witnessed some experiments In tha laboratory of Professor Schonbein informs us that whereas an equal weight of gunpowder , when exploded , filled the apartment with smoke , the cotton exploded without producing any—leaving only a few . atoms of carbonaceous matter behind . Common balls and shells have

      been projected by this prepared cotton , and it is stated to have nearly double the projectile force of gunpowder . London Italian Society—On Monday evening , a numerous meeting of the friends of this soewty was held at the Music Rooms , in Stove-street , when the chair was taken by . tlie Hon . Mr . Cowper , M . P . The meeting was very numerously attended , and the chairman entered at " length into the objects of the society , which were the education of the youth , and extension of Protestant principles , amongst the numerous class of Italians who , as niinstreU , and for other purposes , were annually introduced into this country .

      Wholesale Desertion . —It is said that within the parish of St . Leonard ' s , ShoreuUch , seventeen men have , during the last fortnight , abandoned their wives and children . Fatal Collision between thb Silk Workmen at Lyons . —A serious collision took place on Sunday last , at Lyons , between two classes of silk workmen , designated by the slang appellation of ferrandinicrs and renegats . The two classes assembled , to the number ot six or seven hundred , in one of the streets , armed with knives , One workman received eight stabs , and ne hopes arc entertained of his recovery . Several others were seriously injured . A pistol was discharged ; but , whether it was loaded with powder only , or did not take effect from bad aim , no one was hit . The police seon anm to tho spot , and suc « ceeded in arresting ten or twelve of the ringleaders , and in dispersing the rest .

      ( JuACKERr . —A Dr . Mene , who had acquired a great reputation in the treatment of diseases of the ear , has just been condemned by the Coyrectionftl Tribunal to a fine of 300 francs for selling an acoustic oil which was proved to be nothing more than coloured oil of olives . Tub Abbe Rongb lias been condemned to four months' imprisonment , for having performed divine service in the little town of Lachu , without having previously demanded the permission of the authorities . It is thought , that he will appeal against the sentence Stabbing . —At the Marlborough Police Office on Msnday , John Morgan was committed for trial on the eharge of stabbing a constable employed on the Great Western Railway .

      Attempt at Suicide in a Police Court—iAt the Lambeth Police-Office on Monday when the magistrate was engaged hearing a charge of attempted suicide , against a man named Thomas Dell , who had attempted to strangle himself , the hearing of the case was interrupted by an alarm raised by Cook , the" gaoler , who accidentally discovered one of the prisoners in the act of cutting her own throat . It appeared that whilst sitting at his own desk , which immediately adjoins the cells of the prisoners , he heard a noise as of something heavy having fallen in on « of the adjoining cells , the door of which he immediately opened , and found a woman lying on the ground , and Wood copiously flowing from her throat . In her right hand was an ordinary-sized penknife , firmly grasped , with which she was still cutting at her throat , when he called for assistance , and prevented her inflicting further injuries upon herself The attendance of surgeon Hiffe having been obtained it was found there were two wounds in hei

      throat , supposed to be the first , a transverse one ou the left side of the neck , but only superficial ; tho other was lower down , and in the centre of ' the throat , about four inches wide , and deep enough to separate the windpipe nearly i » two . The wounds were sewn up , and she was immediately removed to St . George ' s Hospital , where she remains in a very precarious state . The naiuo of tho woman is Wary Jones , aged 50 . She had been committed for trial on a charge of stealing Sibs . of ham , 'value 2 s . ( ivom a shop in the New-cut , Lambeth . The otiier yvisoner was remanded for inquiry into the state of his miad .

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      Libhbaxkw ' or CoimcM . —The Secretary of State for the Home Department ( by her Majesty ' * royal clemency , ) has issued warranto for the release of ohs hundred and thirty convicts recently brought to England in the Scotia transport from Bermuda , ami Placed in the Warrior hulk . Part of the term o £ transportation having been remitted by recommendation to her Majesty ' s free pardon , on account of their exemplary conduct . [ When will" her Majesty " remember the Welch Exiles ?] BioAMY—Atthe Central Criminal Court on Moiv » day , James Hu-kraan , a hawker , aged twenty-four , was indicted for feloniously marrying Carolina Gwer , on the Gth of July last , his wife Marsaret being then alive . He was found guilty , and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment with hard labour .

      Bask Robbert at Berwick-wos-Twerd Con « siderable excitement was caused at Berwick-upoa-Tweed , on Friday morning last , by a rumour , confirmed by subsequent inquiry , that the premises of the N » rth of England Joint Stock Bank , situate iu Bridge-street , had been entered and robbed ofa con * siderable . sum . of money .. From the safe £ 1 , 000 of Bank of England notes were abstracted , £ 1 , 433 of Scotch notes of various denominations , £ 361 10 s . ia gold , and upwards of £ 15 in silver . The cash-box contained about £ 600 of gold , but part only of this was taken . All the bills running due at the bank were left , as also some letters of credit which were deposited . None of the locks which secured the property are broken , nor does the least violence ap « pear to have been applied to them .

      Eoo Law . —A somewhat ludicrous exhibition oi this mode of proceedure was witnessed in Stamford butter-market on Fridaylast , and which was inflicted upon a female vendor of eggs—one of those who visit this market evidently with the intention of defraud * mgHhe public . This honest woman , it appears , had stood in the market that day with a basket of putrid eggs , part of which she succeeded in palming off at the usual market price , hoping , no doubt , to get cleat off before the purchasers found out their mistake ; but she had good reason to lament her dishonesty , for before she could make her exit her enraged customers returned , and possessing themselves of there mainder of her ware , pelted her with them so lustily that she was obliged to retreat into a tradesman ' s

      shop close by to avoid a further infliction of this not very agreeable punishment , which has doubtless taught her that , after all , "honesty is the best ^ sAicy . "—Lincolnshire Chronicle . Thb Balloon Race . —On Monday night two balloons ascended from Cremorne Gardens—the object , as stated in the announcement , being , by a race , to show their aeronautic powers . The extraordinary excursion attracted a very numerous company , larger than on any former occsaion—a great portion of whom were composed of foreigners . The machines were the " Coronation , " in " which were Mr . C . Green , the veteran aeronaut , who made the 340 th . aerial voyage , and Captain Davies ; and the "AJbion , " which carried Mr . H . Green , the power of each not being able to take up any one else , and before start * ing Mr . 0 , Green , w » s compelled to nart with several pounds of ballast . Upon being sufficiently inflated ( the gas , as on a former occasion , being supplied

      through the now gasometer ) the balloons went in a direction west , by south . The ascending power of Mr . Green ' s being soon apparent , as it speedily rose above that of his brother , and as it r . se , veered more towards the west . Upon the other balloon rising it got into a similar current of air , but did not obtain a much higher altitude , and they kept in that position , Mr . C . Green bfeir > « in adywaee as long aa they were visible . They remained in sight ai > out twenty minutes . Mr . C . Green descended at Thames Ditton , and Mr . H . Green at Kingston—the former having , therefore , gone the greater distance . Mr . C . Green was ab ' y assisted by the inhabitants , and subsequently was most hospitably entertained by Mr , Walker , a farmer of the neighbourhood . Mr . H . Green , unfortunately , as his machine was very roughly hasdled by the townspeople of Kingston , and suffered very " serious damage . Mr , C . Green , arrived at th- Gardens , on his return about eleven , o ' clock , and was aoon after followed bv bis brother .

      Prdbstmanism . —On Monday the race between Patterson ( of London ) and Handley ( of Nottingham ) earne off at Mitoham , distance 140 yards , stakes £ 10 ., and a'ter a good race Handley won . The London fancy le . « t large sums of money on the race . Cork Rioi . —A letter from Macon ( Saone et Loire ) sives anaccountof a violent corn riotwhich occurred on the 18 th instant at Chauffailles . in the same department , It appears that the working classes irritated by the dearness of bread , conceived the Idea that an association of forestallers had bought up alt

      the corn , in order to raise the price for their own profit . Under this impression nn assemblage ot more than 800 persons took possession of the loads coming to market , and sold the grain at an inferior pric . The mayor and gendarmes interposed in vain , being beaten off by the populace . Reports were then forwarded to the Prefect and the Commandant of the Department , both of whom set out immediately for Chauffailes , followed by two companies of the 13 th of the line , garrisoned at Macon . The result is n « t yet known .

      Escapk from Oxford Cororr Gaol and Revival of Fldcoi . no . —On Friday morning last , a prisoner named Saundi-ra , who was convicted at the last March assizes for stealing a horse and cart , and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment , made his escape from the county gaol , and has not yet been heard of . He was assisted by a feliow-prisoner named Preston , ivho did not succeed in gei ting away , in consequence of Saunders having left him in the lurch . The county magistrates met within the walls of the gaol on Saturday , and it is rumoured , and on tolerably good ( uithotity , that they have ordered Preston to be confined in irons , and to be well flogged in tha presence of all the prisoners . The rumour has

      escitod co- siderable indignation . FoWEIUL OF Tils LATB SlK ClIARLES WkXHEREIX . —On Tuesday mornm ? the remains oftheJate Sir Charles vVetheveU were deposited in the vault of the Inner Temple Church , appropriated for the interment of the benchers of that Society , of which Sir Charles wa « the senior member . The arrangements were of a strictly private-character . The Mlafiv « s who attended his remains to the grave were , his brothers ,- the Rev . Richard Wcthcre'l . ind Archdeacon Wetherell ; his brother-in-law , Richard Spooner , E ? q ., M . P , ; and the Uev . Edward llowden * . and his nenhews , the Rev . Richard Lane Freer and Nathan Wetherell , Esc .

      Extraordinary Escape . —On Saturday a man named Cunningham , in climbing the rock at Ailsa , lost his bal .-mce when at an altitude of 300 feet above the level of the sea , and rolled to the bottom , bounding from crag to crag , and in one instance falling SO feet . He was taken up insensible ; -iiid strange to say , though dreadfully cut about the face , ho was not materially hurt . The Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte is on a visit to our city , and we understand that he intends to remain here for a few weeks , in order to avail himself of the Bath waters , his health not being good . He resides at the Pulteney Hotel , Sydney-gardens . ' The Prince is attended bv no retinue , and lives quite en simpteparticulier . —Bath Herald , St . Kilda . —A boat ' s crow from Harris lately visited the remote is ' and of St . Kikia . and found the

      natives all well . Tobacco and groceries were given to the islanders in exchange for a few small cattle . In accordance with a wish expressed by the natives the minister of Harris is about to pay them a visitmany of their children being unbaptized , and a few yrung couples anxious to be united in marriacre . Hotoo Matcix . —The sculler ' s contest between Long , of Rateliffo-cross , and Harvey , of Kitlneystairs , Limehouse , took place on Monday . The match was for £ 10 aside , and created some interest amongst the below- bridge .-iinateurs and friends of the parties . The distance was from Chelsea Britleo to Hammer * smith , and hoth the men on taking I heir station exhibited "cod condition , and appeared very confident of success . They went away very slowly , and a beautiful match succot-ded the start , tlie men being scull and scull for nearly half a mile . Lous then gradually drew away , maintained it , and won by above a quarter of a mile . The following stranee scene took place two days

      ago at the church of St . Eustache . Just as the marriage ceremony between a tradesman and a female of the neighbourhood was concluded , another female , with whom he had been living for some years , and whom he had abandoned , entered tlie church with their two children , and , approaching the bride , presented her the children , saying , "There , Madame , is your wedding portion . " The mother and tlie two children were removed by the Swiss and tho bedeau , but the astonishment and agitation of the bride may be well cow eived . —Galignani . Witticism op Hood . —Poor Hood , whose wittiest sayings were profound , never said a better thing than when , whilst he was suffering in bed , intelligence waa brought him that a popular English author meditated an imitation of Eugene Sue's " Revelations of Paris . " The dying poet involuntarily shuddered , and said that the mere idea of the thing had given him the & aefc-s 7 uiH-6 aao .

      A Novel-Bee hive . —Some time since a swarm of bees alighted on the head of one of the ornaimntal lions in front of Viscount O ' Neill ' s residence , Shane ' s Castle . They proceeded down his throat , aud are at present strong and healthy , and seem " secure from every harm , "—Freeman . Fatal Accident is Bbech Street , Barbican-. — On Tuesday evening Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , ou tbe body-of Sophia Baustcr , of Silk street , Milton Street , aged eighty-seven , who met her death in consequence ot

      being knocked down ami ran over by a cart m Leecn Street , Barb-can , opposite Golden Lane , about one o ' clock on Saturdav last . This cart , which was an emntv spring cart , was going at iho time about sin . miles ' an hour , the deceased was m the act ot crcSn *" road at the time , when the shaft struck uJr - . ami no twithstanding the driver pulled as quick Lie could , the deceased fell , nnd tho-w heel passed nvcriwr back , inflicting injunw of "Inch , nouith-¦ standiii" her Wins taken to tne above hospital , she ( lied m- 'kinda ' .- evening . Tlie whole of the ' witnesses swore that no blame-was attached to . the dmer .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 29, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29081846/page/3/