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      Section Ho. 1. Per Mr. O'Connor. * Shake...

      IBRAHIM PACHA . > A _fewrjirticulare concerning this remarkable _persiinage , now on a visit to this country , may , at the pr esent moment , be considered interesting . "Whether he is really the son of Mehemet Aliis doubtful , some travellers having -asserted that "he is merely a son by adoption , and others that he is tbe son of Mehemet Ali ' s wife by a former husband ; but there appears to be no real foundation for this statement . His birth is supposed tohave been in . 1797 . During the _^ lifetime ofTussuff Pacha , his elder brother , but little attention was raid , to him . In the East , as in England , elder brothers are more highly regarded than their younger brethren . _Tnssnff died in ISIS , aud the native energy of character ef Ibrahim Pacha having then developed itself , he at once

      became the favourite son of the Pacha , and was by "him adopted as a partner in tbe toils of state , and as bis ultimate successor . His personal appearance would stamp him as ihc true son and representative ofthe great rolerol Egypt . In person and features he has a striking resemblance to his reputed sire . Stern and unbending to all others in the earlier part of their career , they were always , according to the reportof every Eastern traveller , tender and devoted to each other ; and now that the . harder traits in the characters of both have been modified andsoitened bv time and circumstances , they display the same mutual affection . Ibrahim , in the most recent works on the East , is represented to be a model of respect and attention in the presence of his father , and the old Pacha is said to indicate the same feelings of

      regard , almost of fear , for the energetic character of his fiery son . Circumstances' have endeared , and possibly " rendered them indispensable _toeach other . When the task of suppressing the Greek insurrection was assigned to Mehemet Ali , and death had deprived that prince of his eldest son , who moreover was said to have been of a mild and gentledisposition unsuited to the purpose , noone seemed so fit to aid him as the ready and ruthless Ibrahim . He was accordingly at once despatched , with the Gapitan Pacha , from Constantinople to the Morea with a powerful fleet ; and , though inferior in years , he soon proved himself to be , boih . in stratagem and action , superior in the cabinet as well as in the field . _^ When the two admirals met at Manuorice , theCapitan Pacha , who had previously beca afraid to expose himself alone to the Greek fleet in the Dardanelles , endeavoured to persuade

      Ibrahim to sail along with Mm , and considerately proposed to allow Mm the honour of leading in the van . Ibrahim , however , who knew that the other loved him not , sagaciously inferred that where there wa ? honour there must be _danger too ; and when on inquiry he found that it was his own vessels that might be first exposed to the dreaded encounter of the Grecian fireships , he took precautions which at once redounded to his own fame , and proved fatal to that of his , opponent . He acquiesced , or seemed to acquiesce ; but instead of sailing direct upon the enemy ' s fleet , he weathered it , and proceeded in the . first instance to _Samos , and having taken this , he assailed the Greeks in rear , without eneonntering the slightest risk from their fireships at the opposite extremity , and dispersed and destroyed the whole , after one of the most decisive actions recorded in that long and disastrous warfare .

      His subsequent course and career in the _"Morra was stained by massacre , devastation , and atrocities to which cur pen refuses to give a name . If any one could have restored the Morea to the Ottoman race , or reduc . d it to order at all , it would have been Ibrahim . But fate willed it otherwise , and theallies interposed . The issue of the struggle is weil known ; the united British , French , and Russian fleets met in the , ' Archipelago , and at Navarino crushed the _Turko-Egyptian host . But , though defeated on this occasion , Ibrahim lost no reputation . The fleet _brought against him was overwhelming , and commanded by officers against whom the followers ofthe Crescent have never been able to make head .

      Throughout the action his conduct was most courageous . During the whole of it he remained conspicuously en the poop of his ship , issuing orders with promptitude and calmness ; and , when all was over , he was found by the British officer who boarded bim smoking his pipe with the same serenity . He had been defeated , bnt was not subdued ; and had not the Ottoman Porte wisely seen , the expediency of discontinuing the straggle , doubtless he would have maintained it with the same imperturbable coolness while a ship or a gun remained . Syria was the next field of importance in Ibrahim ' s martial career : and here he evinced , as a general , abilities still greater than those which had marked his conduct as a naval commander . The two

      services are , in modern days , deemed incompatible ; bnt it was not so in the older annals nf English and European warfare , and it is not so at present in the ' Turkish system of hostilities . The leading Pasha there is still expected to take ihe command of the Sultan ' s forces by sea or land , or both , as occasion may require , as did our old English commanders , "Howard of Effingham , the Earl of Essex , Raleigh , Drake , Ac ., in the days of Elizabeth . But utility as well as custom seems in favour ofthe separation , and Ibrahim bas undoubtedly shown greater abilities as a general than as an admiral . Ue has to be sure had inferior foes to contend with , or at least has not had to encounter tiie disciplined forces of the East But all reports concur in representing Ms campaign to have been very able , and the troops over which he

      triumphed were amongst the fiercest of the Eastern population . France has long exhausted her strength with inferior forces in Africa , and Russia has for many years attempted to put down a similar race of men in Circassia ; but Ibrahim in two campaigns completely accomplished his task . The battle of "Nezib was memorable for its importance as well as its sanguinary character ; and for many years secured Syria to Mehemet Ali ' s sway , until the country was again torn irom Ms grasp . by the English , nnder Sir Charles Napier , at St . Jean d'Acre . No other part of Ibrahim ' s career calls for notice here . His and his father ' s _magnanimous conduct in allowing free transit to our Indian mail and passengers while . we were dealing deadly blows at their power is well-known , and has already called forth the strongest expressions of esteem and respect .

      In so far as regards Ms personal appearance , this very remarkable individual is no Jess striking than past events have entitled him to be considered . His age is said not to exceed fifty , but there is a general air of lassitude and of wear and tear , which bespeak either a more advanced period of life , or else that he has used the gifts of nature somewhat freely : combined with , grave aSability which may be said bo characterise the manners of oriental potentates , there is an occasional severity in the cold , stern glance of his small grey eyes , that tells forcibly of the past , and which reminds the observer ofthe terrors attributed to the aspect of the man before Mm during the memorable campaign in the Morea of 182

      G-7-Solyman Pacha , who had accompanied Ibrahim Pacha to England , is a Frenchman who greatly _distinguished himself in the field under the Imperial ' . Dynasty . His name is Selve , and he held the rank i of colonel under the Emperor Napoleon . He went 1 to Egypt in 1815 , and by Bis military talent and ' high c « nduet there attained the elevated rank he mow holds . Portsmouth , June 6 . —This illustrious Egyptian (( the Pacha of Mecca ) arrived here yesterday morning iin the French yacht steamer Gomer , from Treport , sand _according to instructions from the Government , IMs Highness was received with every distinction _bei coming his exalted rank . At half-past six the Go-- mer dropped her anchor at Spithead . and as soon as ithe Egyptian standard , a large red flag with three i silver crescents , could be made out to be flying at her _** main royal mast head , the garrison immediately sa-] luted it with twenty-one guns ; the Canopus also

      ! saluted the Egyptian flag , which tf * e Gomer re _^ ! 5 umed . Mr . Brown , the Assistant-Master Attentdant , went on board to pilot her into harbour , aud l soon after seven she weighed and steered in , As she ; passed the platform the garrison again saluted . The " Victory , now bearing the flag of the Commander-in-I Chief , dressed in colours with manned yards , also i fired a royal salute as the Gomer passed ; Ibrahim ] Pacha and his suite being on the quarter deck _apparently taking much interest in the _interesting scene . j As soon as the Gomer was fast to the buoy in the "" harbour , the Commander-in-Chief , Admiral Sir i Charles Ogle , went on beard in his state barge , and 1 was graciously received by Ibrahim , on the quarter i deck . At hall-past nine o ' clock Ibrahim and bis i suite , a ; tended by Captain Guobion , of tbe _G-mer , sand Captain- _I'asco , landed at the dockyard from the ' Gomer ' s _barne . _SUKDAT E 7 EKIK 0 .

      On Saturday the Pacha was out by half-past nine , ] Ms first visit _being-to the dock-yard , where the Adimirai ( Sir C . Ogle ) was in attendance with his barge . ] Ibrahim and his suite , including Soliman Pasha (( Colonel Selves ) , Major Dickson , R . A ., and M . Zohirab , visited in succession the Victualling Yard , the _IDock Yard , the Excellent , practice ship ( when the I manual of ship-gun exercise was gone through to the I great delight of the war-loving Oriental , ) and the 1 Victory , three-decker . After this , the Prince went i io tbe copper rolling mills , and the foundry , where ] he witnessed the operation of hammering an anchor 1 into shape by the huge machinery invented b y _Nassmyth . Thence his highness procedced to the c other pari * of tbis public establishment . , and if the aaccoun' 8 of an eye-witness may be credited , heapppeareil to comprehend the different wonders that he

      t beheid very sufficiently , for he made several highly { pertinent remarks , which were translated into the v vernacular for the benefit ofthe unlearned in the © oriental _tonsues . This species of entertainment _, t though meagre and unsatisfactory to the ordinary rrun of si _^ hi-seers , must have had great attractions f for a practical man , whose counsellors are mostly eengineer _= and craftsmen , and who at this monment , h occupied with a gigantic scheme for _closiiin in the mouths of the Nile , and for fertilizing aagain , after the lapse of a thousand years , those bbarren sands where the cern fields of Egypt fiformcrly offered their rich harvests . After the Pacha hhad seen ail the objects of curiosity which presented _tlthemse ' TCs in the dockyards , he repaired to Portsea CCommon . whereabout 1400 infantry of the line , eon-• kisting of the 74 th Highlanders , the 3 rd Bufis , and

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      the 13 th Light Infahtryy were _djawn Up m reneorder . His Highness _inspeoteaThe men-very narr rowly , andmadea _^ remark / or _*^^* fe ham , commandant of _theW _^ whieh , _shejred how shrewdly he appreciated the points of _^ _this branch of the service . After-. going u . anddown the of the 74 th would play soma Scotch airs , which was immedi ately _compliedwith . _^ The regimental pipers afterwards indulged the Prince with a ' « lilt " u pon the pibrdchs , much to his . gratification . At seven o ' clock tho Pacha and his suite of attendants went In three carriages from the George Hotel to the Admiral's official residence , where dinner was

      served to a numerous party , including . Sir Hercules Pakenham and a few of _thejprincipal naval and military authorities . On Sunday morning , at about half-past ten , Ibrahim and Ms suite were conducted by : Major Dickson on board the Canopus lying at Spithead . On Monday , before noon , Ibrahim Pacha , and the distinguished personages in' his retinue , arrived in London , frdmPortsmouth . \ , ; - The Earl of . Aberdeen , Secretary , of State for Foreign Affairs , came about half-past two o ' clock , and was conducted to the presence of the Pacha , with whom the noble Earl had a lengthened interview . Sir Robert Peel came on horseback about half . past four to inscribe his name in the call book kept at the hotel . Tbe Right Hon . Baronet was

      recognised by the crowd of persons assembled in the street , and was warmly cheered . „ _.,.. .. _„ -. The Pacha , accompanied by Major Dickson " and several members of his suite , went out late ' on Monday evening for ' a carriage drive . Oa leaving Mivart ' s , the carriage took the direction of Regentstreet , and went by "Waterloo-place , along Whitehall , to as far as Westminster Abbey , and . then returned by Regent-street to the Regent ' _s-park . The Pacha there got out of his carriage and walked some distance in the enjoyment of a cigar .. _-. _.- ' . On Tuesday morning the Pacha , in company with the Duke of Wellington , Prince ; Albert , and others , inspected several bodies of troops on the . open space in the park facing the Horse Guards ,. anciently

      known as the tilt yard . . The troops assembled for inspection arrived from their respective barracks and took up tbeir positions punctually at half-past nine o ' clock . They consisted of a squadron of the 1 st Reeiment of Life Guards , and twelve companies of the Foot Guards , four from each of the regiments of Grenadier , Coldstream , and Scotch Fusiher Guards . An extraordinary number of the . aristocracy . were present , and the assemblage of spectators extended on each side of the mall from the palace to the place of inspection . Ibrahim Pacha was the . great object of attraction . His Highness wore the ' superb military costume of his coantry . a gorgeous uniform of deep scarlet velvet , " sumptuously embroidered in god , with a cap of scarlet velvet . The left side ef

      Iii 8 breast was covered by several decorations , and he wore the " riband and decoration of the Legion of Honour , recently presented to him by Louis-Philippe , in Paris , together with the diamond-enriched scimetar . The other parts of Ms equipments were equally splendid . The troops went through their usual evolutions . It transpired , from a gentleman holding a high position in the army , that Ibrahim Pachaexpressed his admiration of the infantry corps to the Duke of Wellington and Prince Albert , his Highness _concluding his observations by saying that they were the fin & t troops he had ever seen , as a body , and tho best equipped .. His Highness seemed to participate in the spirit of the inspection , for he watched the

      movements of the troops with a keen eye , as might be expected from such a redoubtable commander . The Pacha on retiring from the parade was cordially cheered by the populace . We understand that the Pacha and suite intend to leave for a tour in the provinces and Highlands of Scotland , towards the close of the ' ensuing week , unless any unforeseen circumstances should arise to alter the contemplated movements . The Pasha visited several of the principal objects of interest in the course of Wednesday . The carriages were ordered at twelve o ' clock , and his Highness , accompanied by his finite as usual , was driven by the route of Oxford-street , Holborn , Cheapside , & c , to the Limehouse entrance of the Thames _Tun-, nel , which he descended into , and inspected from

      end to end , traversing each of the causeways , and putting , as is Ms wont , innumerable questions to the gentleman who , at a moment ' s notice , undertook to represent the chairman and directors of the Tunnel Company . Some sort of apology for the absence of these functionaries was offered to his Highness through the medium of Major Dickson , upon which tbe Prince very readily said , that it was perhaps lucky . no trouble had been given by Ms visit , as he preferred taking an nncrowded walk to being stifled by carious spectators in so narrow a spot . From the Tunnel Ibrahim drove to the Tower , where , likewise his presence was unexpected . After a short delay the Prince was conducted into the jewel-bouse _, where the Regalia of England are kept . The sight of so rich a collection of jewellery excited the lively

      attention of Ibrahim , who , more two , assailed tlio elderly lady in charge of the crown diamonds with so many questions , that she was at length obliged to resign ber functions , and to suffer some one else to be the cicerone on the occasion . Ibrahim grasped with both hands the rails which enclose the glass ca > e containing the Royal insignia , and , leaning leisurely against them , eyed the glorious _rubyin ihe crown of state with an admiring gaze , talking volubly all the while to Nubar Effendi , bis secretary . From the jewel-house he proceeded to the horse armoury , and thence to the vaulted chamber in the White Tower , in which the Anne Boleyn block and hatchet , together with the Spanish instruments of torture , are kept . The Prince and his immediate attendants regarded these rdics of past barbarities wilh an indifferent air .

      The "Mint was the next place of resort for the illustrious visitor , and the Prince went first into the metal rolling-house , " where the operation of preparing the strips of copper for catting blanks was going on . Ibrahim stood by the p _onderous rollers watching them for some time with great interest . He went leisurely through the whole establishment , making enquiries and putting searching questions . After having successively seen the operations of cutting blanks , of striking the dies , and of sorting the coppers , ( for it was a copper coining day , ) with the result of an experiment on the accuracy of the moneying department , he was shown a certain weight of coin taken freshly out ofthe receivers in tbe stamping-house , and being told that there was an exact number of pieces of money in the heap , he took the trouble to verify the monyer _' s assertion by telling oyer the cash , when he found that Sir Jasper had rightly informed him .

      It was nearly four when the cariages conveyed Ibra-Mm from the Mint to the bank of England , where , it being likewise a premeditated visit , the governor and his deputy were in readiness to receive their illustrious visitor . The Prince was conducted at once to Mr . Heath ' s reception room , where a collation of fruit , ices , and confectionary was prepared , after partaking of which , the tour of the vast establishment was commenced by the Pasha being conducted to the vaults , wherein their are stored some ten or twelve millions ( perhaps more ) of gold ; thence Ibrahim was ushered through the issue offices , the rotunda , the national debt department , the " private account shop , " & c . The fatigue o £ the continuous examination of these various objects , at length induced the Pasha to order his carriage , and at . half-past five he returned to Mi-Tart ' s where he remained during the remainder of the afternoon .

      Itis s ' -ated that the Chairman and Directors of Ihe East India Company intend to invite the Pasha to a grand entertainment , prior to his quitting this country for Euypt .

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      Death Bt Drowsing At Brixton.—On Wednesd...

      Death bt Drowsing at Brixton . —On Wednesday an inquest was held before "William Carter , Esq ., at the Hope Inn . Acre-lane , Upper Brixton-hill , respectin * the death of "William Galton , aged twenty years . "Willam Voules , a brickmaker , deposed that the deceased was a labourer and worked for the same master as witness . On Saturday evening last , witness , deceased , and two other workmen proceeded to a pond in a large brick-field , near the Bedford Arms , Clapham-road , fbr thc purpose of bathing . They all undressed and walked into the water . The deceased , after a few minutes , struck out towards the opposite bank and when about three parts across he suddenly disappeared . Witness swam to thc spot and dived down after him , and brought the deceased up , and made an attempt to climb up the bank with him , but the dereascd clung so tight that they both fell

      backwards again and sunk . "Witness finding that the deceased could not swim , caught hold of him , and brought him to the surface oi * the water a second time . The deceased then sank fer the third time , and although greatlv exhausted , witness dived to the bottom again . Deceased caught hold of witness , when a terrific struggle ensued between them , until tbe deceased became senseless and relinquished his hold Witness rose to the top of the water and with great difficulty managed to reach the shore . The two young men who were in the water were no swimmers , therefore were unable to render little or no assistance . The drags were brought soon afterwards but the body wait not recovered for three hours . The Coroner and Jury spoke in hig h terms of the conduct of the _yonng man , William Voules , and at-the close ofthe inquiry raised a subscription for Mb intrepid conduct . The Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .

      Fatal Fall . —On Tuesday Mr . W . Payne held an inquest in Guy ' s Hospital on the body of John Kellaway _. _aiicd sixty-two years , a painter , lately in the employ of Mr . Boulter , a bmluer . The deceased was _engaged on Saturday last in painting the front ofthe Blue-coat Boy Tavern , _Walworth-raad , and while ascending the ladder lie slipped , and fell about forty feet to the ground . He was picked up and carried to a surgeon ' s and subsequently to the above hospital , where he died in four hoursi at towards , from concussion ol the brain and other injuries . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Death Bt Drowsing At Brixton.—On Wednesd...

      . THE MARRYING SCOUNDREL ; Z \ - ; _fEITaAORDINARY DISCLOSURES-y , ' ..: At the . / Guildhall Police-office , on ; Saturday , - Joseph Mortimer , who assumed to be an American merchant , and bbtainednearly £ 70 . from Eliza Loyer , under the pretence that he Intended to marry her , was brought up for further examination , and again remanded . Respecting him the following romance is abridged from the Liverpool Journal . In June , loU , ) _ust as the- _Woodside boat was about to leave the Cheshire slip , a well-dresBed female hastily _approached , and was _assitted on board by a well-dressed man ,: who afterwards entered into convenation , with her . The lady having stated that she had lived in Panama three years , aB housekeeper to a rich merchant , the stranger spoke to her in Spanish , and sbe replied in the same language . In the ten minutes

      occupied in crossing the river they had become acquainted , and , on landing , he wished to _eseort her home . This sbe dsclined , but be persisted in accompanying her a part ' of the way _^ ,, iam , "he said , * ' anxious that yeii should think well of me . My name ; is Bainbridge . I am the captain of a vessel now lying at Havre , belonging to Messrs . Cropper , Benson , and Co ., and I am here for a few . days on business of my own . I am a widower , have two daug hters—both very young ; and I would willingly provide a mother to look after them . It may seem strange that I have taken a liking to you ; lam sincere ; yon are _jnst the kind of person I could wish to place over my children—not too young for such a charge , not ' tbo old for companionship . " The lady smiled , blushed , and told him her name was Carson , tbat sbe _wasfceepiiig house for Mr . Bread , in Shaw-street , but as he was About

      to marry a'beauteous and accomplished lady , she would soon be bnt of place ! That did not , however , give her much concern ; she had respectable friends , and had some money . Captain Bainbridge was at once deeply in love , ; and so earnest were . his entreaties , that she consent ed to meet him next night in Lord . _street . Both were punctual . She took his arm , and during their walk the captain again alluded to his daughters , and being a man of business , " popped the question" at once . She referred him to her brother , an esteemed gentleman who then filled a high office in the customs . The brother was pleased with the frank manner , of the captain , but being a prudent man , he went to Cropper , ' Benson , and Co . "Did they know Captain Bainbridge i " r-r '' Tery well : he sailed in one ef their ships , and bad their entire confidence . '' . ' - _"' , •¦

      . This was enough , Thebrother held a feast that night .- AU friends were invited to meet the captain , and were ' delighted with him . He was full of fun and anecdote , and was moreover a religious man . Before going to supper he proposed family prayers , and his ex . tempore devotion was so ardent and touching that he drew , tears . ¦ After the -departure of the guests , a family council was held / and the unanimous conclusion was , that the wed . ding should take place nest day , which it did , and the happy pair started for London , the lady having given a quantity of [ plate , doubloons , and about £ 400 to her husband to "take care of . "

      On their way to _theSwan-with-two-Neoks _. _she told him that she had arranged to dine with her relatives oh Sunday . " I am sorry for it , " said the captain , " Sunday is devoted by me to my wife and my God ; I can't go . " On arriving at the hotel , he found a' letter , urging bis instant departure for Havre . They arranged to start for Southampton in the morning . The morning came , and the captain was np early removing the luggage to the coach-office . "Maria" was dressed for the journey , but tbe captain did not appear , A waiter entered with a message , that the gentleman had run to the bank , and could not go that day ; he would be back to dinner at

      one . One came , but no captain . Four o ' clook arrived , but no captain . Night passed , and the lady grew in . quisitive ; she had discovered that Ihe captain bad opened the trunks ! Here was a discovery . The plate was gone , the doubloons gone , the £ 400 " gone , and the captain gone ! The shock prostrated her mind ; she grew gloomy , dejected , and died in a local asylum a few years afterwards . Last autumn one of ber bridesmaids met her betrayer In _Byrom-street . He recognised her , and darted np Hunter-street , disappearing before she could give the alarm . On inquiry , it turned out that the real Captain Bainbridge had been at Havre at the time specified , bnt had not been in Liverpool .

      In 1842 , a Yankeedooking person put np at the Bear * inn , Dale-street , and , in conversation with the landlady , mentioned thathe was a planter in America , was a widower , and had two daughters , for whom he wanted a governess—a staid , elderly female . The landlady knew just such a person Miss Lovejoy , who supported herself in credit and respectability by keeping a ' * ladies ' school . " " ¦' . '¦ '' She had just commenced her daily toil when Mr . Mortimer was announced . He came , he said , from the White Bear Inn , and explained the purport of liis visit . She was flattered by the proposal , but declined it . In 1848 . he renewed his proposal , was excepted , and they spent

      the honeymoon in a house in Belle Vue , Woodside . Whilst here Mrs . Mortimer sold all her furniture , and proceeded ttf New York with her husband . They sailed In the Rosclus , Captain Cobb , and when ont a few days the lady grew ill , very 111 , but ber husband would permit no one to see her but himself , and his language was harsh and brutal . "When seventeen days out she died , and was cast overboard . Mortimer affected great grief ; and be gave a proof of it by seizing a lapdog belonging to the deceased and pitching it into the ocean . On arrival at New York , he transferred himself to a ship about to sail for Liverpool , where'he was recognised , as already stated , by Mrs . Carson ' s bridesmaid , as Captain Bainbridge .

      The fact being made public , it was discovered that Mr . Mortimer was a blackguard from Armagh , who lived by hawking braces in New York and the other cities ofthe union . ; Is not truth stranger than fiction ? At Guildhall , on Saturday Mr . Alderman _Musgrove read a letter , which he had received from Mr . Hart , of SI , Lord-street , Liverpool , from which it appeared that the prisoner got acquainted with a young lady who kept a respectable seminary for young ladies ; and be told tbe same story of being a great man at New York , and expecting a remittance in flour . He Induced her to become bis wife . They were married by license , which Mr . Hart saw , and he sold them the wedding ring . The con . sequence was , she broke up her establishment and went with him to America . Believing the prisoner to be a very dangerous fellow , Mr . Hart thought it his duty to state the matters within his knowledge . The alderman also read another letter he had received from Mr . Dawson , a solictor , in _Bloomsbury-streeet , Bedford-square . It stated that Mortimer became acquainted with a Mrs .

      Langhorne , in June , 1839 , and proposed to marry her , agreeing that she should settle her property ( £ 1 , 200 ) upon her two children by a former marriage . "With this conenrrence the deed of settlement was engrossed , but atthe last moment he refused to sign it , and ultimately he married the lady , and got hold of ber property . It was sub . _sequently discovered tbat be bad a wife living in Ireland , and one or two in America , and a clerk of Mr . Dawson followed the prisoner to Liverpool , and made him give up some merchandise purchased with Mrs . Langhorne ' s money . Notwithstanding the exposure , the poor woman accompanied bim to New York ; There he treated her in the most cruel manner , even beating her , and finally deserting her . The writer concluded , " the prisoner will well remember my name , and also the name of my client ' s mother , Mrs . Col . Hind . " Mrs . Brown , of Westmorelandplace , City-road , has also sent a letter stating that in answer to an advertisement for a housekeeper ' s place she received a call from the prisoner , and she also received a proposal of marriage .

      Sudden Death At A Railway Station.—An In-

      Sudden Death at a Railway Station . —An in-

      Quest Was Held On Tuesday, At The Black ...

      quest was held on Tuesday , at the Black ilorse , _Kingsland-road , before Mr . Baker , jun ., Deputy Coroner , on the body of a man apparently about fifty years of age . name unknown , who had died in an awfully sudden manner in the booking-office at the Shoreditch terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway . . One of the railway officers stated that about a quarter before eight last Thursday morning , the deceased entered the booking-office for the purpose , it was supposed , of taking a place by the Norwich and Yarmouth train , but he had hardly entered the office when he staggered and fell forward upon his face , in a fit , it was thought ; but a surgeon being immediately sent for , found that he was dead . Mr . Hancom , the surgeon , said the deceased had died

      from disease of the heart . Sergeant Price , 15 K , said , on searching the deceased he found in his pockets a purse containing 9 s . 6 d . in silver , 7 d . in copper , a pair of black kid gloves , a case of needles , and a paper containing snuff ; and he had with him a basket , in which were some bread and meat , a blue cap , a pair of white trowBers , and a striped shirt . He had no papers or anything to show his name or address , but his linen was marked "W . S . " He seemed to have been above the labouring class of men , was of good height , had dark-brown hair , with rather sandy whiskers , and was dressed in an invisible green frock coat , a "Valentia waistcoat , with white spots , and lavender-coloured trousers . The Jury returned a verdict of— "Died by the visitation of God . "

      Fatal Accident on me River . — On Sunday _, about twelve o ' clock , a young man , named Gregory , lost his life , and two other persons narrowly escaped the same fate . The parties were proceeding up the river in a small skiff from Hungerford , and when off the place above named , they rowed athwart a barge that was lying at anchor , when their frail bark instantly filled with water and went down , _Gregory instantly sank . The bargeman rendered every assistance , and succeeded in rescuing the other two , who were clinging to the cable oi the barge . Thej were much exhausted .

      Fatal accident on me Clyde . — _Geei-nock , June 8 . —A new steam-vessel , built by M ' Nab of Paisley , made an experimental trip from . " Renfrew down the Clyde , on Saturday evening , and on her return from the Battery Point , near Greeu . ock , going at the greatest speed , and within fifty _r * ards of the shore , van over a small boat , in which , two English gentlemen were sitting smoking cigar _.-a . The bodies of both were soon alter recovered , very much lacerated , and the boat cut from the gunwhalo to the keel . Tho names of the _unfortunate sufferers arc Ilbery and Howell . The former held a respectabh appointment in the _Railway , office here—and tin latter was superintending the works now in progress for the formation of an extensive new dock on tlw east side of Greenock .

      Quest Was Held On Tuesday, At The Black ...

      DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POLAND'S IREGENERATION . RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE y COMMITTEE . ' Collecting Book , ' £ . _s : d . Mr . ; Keeu ... ... ... 0 3 0 . ; _L ° * rry ... 0 fi 0 Michelot ... ... ... 0 15 0 Wheeler ... 0 3 9 ' Milne 0 0 10 Bosb ... 0 3 0 Mojr ... ... ... 6 2 11 Schapper ... ... 0 16 0 _*<* d ... o 4 10 Olaik ... ... ... 0 2 6 Cuff . » ... ... 0 1 0 Ditto ... - ¦ ; .. ... 0 16

      Harney ... ... _. . o 7 0 Milne ( 2 nd account ) ... 0 3 11 Ditto ( 3 rd account / ... 0 16 Dunnage ... _.,. 0 4 0 Grasiby ... ... . „ 0 6 0 _livesay ... ... „ 0 19 _Nobbs - " .. _; ... ... o 2 31 Greenwich Chartists ... . ... n 5 0 Whittington and Cat , per Randall 0 7 1 Mr . Rathbone ... ... o 2 6 Caughlan ... ... 0 2 8 Fletcher 0 5 0 _Eatfe . „ o 711 _Sbaw ... o 16 0 Knight ... f ... ... o 1 0 Bloomfield 0 3 4

      Dunn ... ... ... 0 16 Browett ... ... " ' ... o 8 0 Doyle ... ... ... 0 2 0 '' . Rowland , „ „ 0 13 Dear ... ... ... 0 4 6 Grassby ( 2 nd account ) ... 0 1 6 Drake ... , „ „ . 0 0 9 Ridley ... ... ... 0 2 0 Rogers ... ... ... 0 0 9 Dron ' ... ... ... o 6 Collected at the * Crown and Anchor Meeting , March 25 th : ... i 13 6 J Ditto at the South London Chartist ' HaUyy _; . ; 7 y _: y . . ; . y } .. ' 912 10 } " . Monies received by Mr . O'Connor , as per Northern Star , A Lady ( Sunderland ) ... ¦ ' ; ' „ 0 1 0

      Bilston Chartists ... ... 0 6 0 A Manchester Mechanic - ... 0 2 0 Carpenters' Hall * Manchester , per D . ' ; Donavan ... : ... ... 1 S 9 S . Hencliff j ... . _" . ... 0 10 Worcester , per Mr . Griffiths « ... 0 8 0 A few Friends , Wellington Foundry , Leeds ,., , „ , „ 010 0 Norwich , per C . Springall .. _; 0 10 3 Oldham , p # r _VT . Hamer , ... 0 12 0 G . S ., Leeds ; _.. ... ' ... 0 10 H . Frisk , Gloucester ... ... 0 0 6 Chartists , Ship Inn , Birmingham ... Ill 0 J . C . Ingram , Abergavenny „ . 0 2 6 H . Roberts , York ... ... 0 10 M . _Paulhase ... ... ... 10 0 C . Theme . Chepstow ... ... 0 10 Madame Sampson , and these in her

      employ , Lowther Arcade ... 116 0 J . Newsome ... ... ... 0 0 6 J . Drumfleld ... 0 0 6 T . Thredden ... ... ... OO 6 Rachel the Jewels ... ... 0 0 1 Pilkington ... .,. , „ 0 6 6 Sheffield , per G . Cavill ... ... 0 5 0 Sunderland ... ... ... 0 4 0 Wilkes ... ... ... 0 0 6 J . H ,, near Leigh ... „ . 0 Oil Monies received by Mr . Wheeler , as per Northern Star Leicester Shaksperlans ... ... 0 2 0 Preston , perR . Marsden ... ... ' 0 10 0 The German Democratic Society ,,, 1 0 0 The French Democratic Society ... 10 0 The Fraternal Democrats ... 10 0 Collected at the National Hall Meoting ... ... ... 6 14 4 }

      Total Receipts £ 26 14 4 EXPZNDITUM . Crown and Anchor Meeting , Hire of Room ... 14 14 0 National Hall Meeting , ditto ... 3 0 0 Placards for Meetings at the Crown and Anchor and National Hall ... ... , „ 1 12 6 Ditto South London Hall ... ... 110 Board-men and Bill-Stickers on three occasions 2 19 Four dozen Collecting Books ... ... 0 6 0 Paper , Postage of Letters , Books , < * _sc . ... 0 6 6 Stars ( containing report of the Grown and Anchor meeting ) sent to Paris , Hamburgh , & c . ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Engrossing a petition ( adopted at the Crown and Anchor ) ... ... ... 0 5 0 Minute Book , Cash Book , and 600 Circulars ' 0 12 1 Stationery ... ... ... ' .,. 0 110 Total Expenditure £ 24 2 8 Total Receipts ... 26 14 . 4 Total Expenditure ... 24 9 8 Balance in hand 2 118 ' { John Mot , Financial Secretary . ' Audited and found correct , this 8 th of June , 1846 . Jons Milne , _** | William Touko Sowtbb , J AutUtor , _«

      Third Quarterly Account Ofthe Income And...

      THIRD QUARTERLY ACCOUNT Ofthe income and expenditure of the Veteran Patriots' and Exiles ' , Widows ' and Children ' s Funds : quarter , ending Sunday , June 7 , 1816 . MONEY SUBSCRIBED FOE THE TWO FUNDS JOINTLY . London : Mr . Knowles , Whitechapel , 3 s 6 d ; £ . s . d . , „ . Mr , Marriott , Bow-street , 8 d ; Mr . Tobin , 2 s 6 d ; Mr * _Wiiks , 4 d ; B , W . 6 d ; P . W . Bourne , Commercial Road , 2 s 6 d ; Lover of Justice , ls ; R . Wells , Is ; P . W . B ., ls ; B . Truelove , 2 s ; Greenwich _Chartists _. _lgId ; Mr . Live _, sey , 6 d ; Mr . Marratt , ls ; J . Moring , ls ; E . M ., 6 d ; T . S ., 6 d ; J . George , Windsor , 3 d ; Mr . _Wilks , ls ; R . G . B . 2 s ; Mr , Sunn , ls ; Ruffy Ridley , 10 s ; Julian Harney , 6 s , ... ... 119 8 Net proceeds of _Cooper'Festiral ( the whole of which sum , however , was handsomely contributed by the Chairman , Thomas Wakley , Esq ., M . P . ) £ 5 ; net proceeds of a few lectures , by myself , during the quarter in ; Lendon , £ 2 3 s 91 . at Colchester , 7 s lOd ... 7 11 71

      Liverpool : n . r . r ., zs ou ; _- _~—^ tion , 5 s ; ditto , Ss 0 12 6 Leicester : W . Stafford , ls ; Mr . Knox , ls 0 2 0 Brighton : Chartist Asssociation , per W . Flower ... ... ... 0 10 0 Bilston : Chartist Association , per J . Linney •„ •» _••• v I 0 - Exeter : Chartist Land Society , per T . Clark ... ... ... 0 S 8 Manchester : Chorlton - on - Medlock Chartists , per M . Lambert ... 1 0 0 Scotland : Denny , in Stirlingshire , 19 s , " 1 Alva , 5 s . Sd ., J . Fildes , Glas- . . „ .. gow , Ss , Bonhill , Dumbarton , 3 s . 6 d , ... ... J Hull : Thos . Jameson , Drypool ... 0 6 6 Gloucester : Mr . H . Fink ... ... 0 2 0 Scarborough : Mr . Kneeshall ... ... 0 2 7 Stafford : Mr . W . Peplow 0 0 6 Sheffield : Chartist Association , per Mr . CavUl ... 0 1 7 Loughborough - . Chartist Association , per Mr , Skevington ... ... 0 1 9 Newcastle _. on . _Tyne : Chartist Association , per M , Jude ... ... 0 7 0 Warwick : Chartist Association , per Mr . French ... ... ,,, 0 2 6 l i l Will I £ 15 0 4 i

      fiiflonw : —Half of the above named sum ... 7 10 21 In hand at close of last quarter 4 1 ft _1 J 12 C 3 $ Expenditure : — John Richards , 12 weeks at 5 s . per week 3 0 0 T . R . Smart , - do . do . 3 0 0 Thos Preston , do . do . 3 0 0 A . Davenport , do . do . 3 0 0 12 0 0 Balance in hand n 6 3 | EXILES , WIDOWS , AND CHILDREN'S FUND . Income . '—Half of the above-named sum ... ... ... 7 10 2 _J In hand at close of the last quarter 4 19 4 _J <— - 12 9 62 Expenditure : —Mrs , Ellis and children 12 weeks , at 10 s per week ... .,, 0 0 0 Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham , and children , ditto ditto 6 0 0 ' — -. 12 0 0 Balance in hand ... £ o 9 _Gj P . S . —Is . from Mr . Ingram , of Abergavenny , since the foregoing was drawn up . Owing to illness and press of engagements I have not been able tc call the committee together before going out ; and , now I am about leaving town ior afortnight , in _ordei to plead poor Frost ' s oase in the provinces , I thinl it best to print tlio foregoing quarterly statement without staying to have it audited . Nothing is si ruinous aa delay in presenting public accounts There is my account—let the public be its auditors

      Third Quarterly Account Ofthe Income And...

      One word to _my'feto will immediately call a ' public meeting , get the . <> . % . _cers elected forthenext ' quarter , and be doihgsom _^ thing noble towards' ' collecting funds 'in London , ( which has always demonstrated its cheerful willingness to help , ) while I draw attention to the state ef these two funds , in the country . I promise them that though poor Frost ' s case chiefly draws me into tbe country , I shall not forget to plead the cause of the Veterans , and of- the Widows and Orphans . Thomas Cooper , Secretary . ( Letters to be addressed 53 , _Goswell-road , for the present . )

      The Ten Hours' Bill. (From The People's ...

      THE TEN HOURS' BILL . ( From the People ' s Journal . ) The Ten Hours' Bill has been again lost , but only by a majority in favor of Ministers of 10 . Another introduetion will probably carry it . Public opinion is fast travelling towards its triumph . If nothing else had been gained , it were worth the whole trouble which the bringing forward ofthe question has given to those concerned in it , to have produced the speech of Mr . Macaulay . That is a speech which will spread a wide conviction on tbe subject . It dealt at once with the great principles of the question—whether governments had a right to interfere in tbe restriction of the amount of labour ; to interfere between the ; employer and the employed , and if . so , on what grounds ; and it declared—as it appears to us according to the best of all philosophies , [ common

      sensethat it has a right , and is called on to interfere , where the health and happiness ofthe subject clearly . demand it . The right honourable gentleman showed that this interference had long been recognised and acted upon , asd that clearly to the public advantage . He said we had interfered to protect hares and partridges , and that surely we might extend that interference to human beings . He might have added that we had interfered to prevent dogs from overwork , and had , by Act of Parliament , abolished entirely their drawing in carts ; nay ; by the Act against cruelty to animals , we have interferred to protect all sorts of brute creatures from abuse ; surely , then , that must be a singular argument which would seek to establish a bar to such protection for our fellow-creatures . But he showed that We had interfered repeatedly , and in factories too . We had , thirty years ago , reduced the

      hours in factories from fifteen to twelve . We had again interfered to reduce the hours of _youths ' under eighteen , and females . They were not allowed to work in the night ; and children between the ages of eight ' and thirteen were restricted to six and a half hours per day . Had these regulations produced injurious effectB to trade t Nobody pretended that tliey had . There the right and the benefit , too / were established . He might , also , hare instanced the -restrictions and ' prohibitions - respecting females and children working in mines . He reminded the House that by their BuUdings' Act , and Health of Towns' Act , they interfered essentially for the public health . People were not allowed to build houses without certain conveniences , nor streets loss than of a certain width , If people would not whitewash their houses , Government wonld do it for them . -The case and the

      necessity of interference were most logically _established . The right honourable gentleman put the question again on its right basis , by the doctrine that the health and happiness ofthe people must be made paramount to all other questions . % ' ¦ that of interest , our mere trading interest must be secondary , This doctrine wag well maintained . . We have no right to allowmen , for their private profit ; to overwork their _fellow-creatures , merely because they are not their property , when they would not overwork their horses or asses , because' they are ' their own property , Mr . Macaulay , however , _^ observed thai the doetrlne sf a loss to the manufacturers , by the rednction of undue hours of labour was a fallacy . He showed that two hours a-day , or one whole day in every seven , - had been taken from aU labour throughout the Christian _woridforthese eighteen hundred - years , or , in othtr words , a period of fifty years had been taken from labour

      during that time , aad was the world any poorer for it i On the contrary , he believed it was richer ; inasmuch as unceasing labour exhausts the finely constructed human frame , which he happily termed the machine of machines ! That was the case as It regarded days' works .- If it was not a fact that as much work coutd be done in ten hours as in twelve hours of any given day , it was true as applied to a series of days . And this is the fact , as it regards the manufacturing districts , The system of forced labour and close confinement is deteriorating the race , and shortening human life ; and there is a frightful idea started when we reflect oh'Mr . Macaulay ' s assertion , that though a man might do more work in twelve hours of . one day than in ten , he could not do the same through a course often years ; and that when one ten is put to the end of another , and this operating from one generation to another , the consequences become fearful to contemplate _.

      We feel satisfied that the triumph of humanity on this question is not fur off . The alarm of reduced profits and unequal power of competition with other " countries , we believe to be utterly groundless . On tbe one hand , unlimited working of factories only leads to a keener competition amongst manufacturers , to the production of far mere manufactured produce , and thereby to reduced prices , bringing with them reduced price of labour . On the other , men—and still more , women and childrenworking fewer hours , will avoid exhaustion , debility , and disease ; while by checking over-production at one period , it tends to spread it more regularly over others ; and thus manufacturers , as men of foresight , will be induced to work more at slack times , a circumstance particularly j favourable to the working class .

      Out-Door Relief In Ireland. Mketing At "...

      OUT-DOOR RELIEF IN IRELAND . Mketing at _"Baknslky . —A public meeting of Irishmen resident at Barnsley was held in Mr . _Acklam ' s large room , on Thursday , June 4 , . to petition parliament in favour of a permament system of outdoor relief for Ireland . Mr . Michael Deane was called to the chair , and opened the business of the meeting . After which Mr . Poulet Scrope ' s fifth letter to Lord John Russell on the subject was read by Mr . Swanny . Mr . Michael Skgbave proposed the first resolution—That this meeting is of opinion that the British legislature have of late years enacted laws calculated to elevate the middle classes of Ireland in the scale of

      society , whilst at the same time they have totally neglected the wants and sufferings of the starving people ; that this meeting therefore agree to petition parliament'in favour of a permament system of out-door relief for the Irish people . He said tbat as the millowners and manufacturers of this country were combining together for the purpose of crushing labour , as the aristocracy were endeavoring to maintain their falling privileges , as the _monarchs of-Europe are leaguing themselves together in order to stay the march of republicanism , and last though not least , as Daniel O'Connell and his tail of placehunters were endeavouring to starve the workingpeople of Ireland out of existence , by declaiming against the very measure that would relieve them , it was hig h time that the working classes should look after their own interests . Mr . Wilkinson seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously carried .

      Mr . Uriah Smart proposed the adoption of the petition . Mr . Johh Lbabt rose to second the adoption of the petition . He suoke at great length , and depicted the _wrongsof his country in an eloquent manner , proving to the meeting that the mock patriots of Conciliation Hall were the greatest enemies of his unfortunate countrymen . The speaker , in a thrilling and effective manner , drew a picture of the maimed , the decriped , the aged and infirm , sitting at thei chapel doors begging with all the energy of their souls from the passers by to give them a small mite in order to relieve their miserable condition , yet Mr . O'Connell , calling himself a Christain and a

      philanthropist , comes over to the Saxon House of Commons , as he terms it , raised his voice and proclaims that those spectacles of human misery and wretchedness have no right to a living in the land of their birth , whilst he has aggrandized himself and family at the expence of his much betrayed and impoverished countrymen . The speaker made a heartstirring appeal in behalf of his starving but yet noble-minded countrymen , and sat down amid the plaudits of the meeting . The petition was put from the Chair , and carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was proposed by Richard Mackkt , and seconded by _Anm-kw Cotle , to P . Scrope . Esq ., M . P ., for his advocacy of a system of out-door relief for the people of Ireland .

      Another resolution was unanimously agreed to , that a report ofthe meeting be sent to the people ' s only advocate , the Northern Star , for insertion , hoping that other towns will follow the example . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , each denouncing in the strongest terms the great juggler of Conciliation Hall .

      The Strike In The Building Trades. To Tn...

      THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADES . TO TnE EEITOR OF THE NORTHERN 8 TAB . Liverpool , June 9 th , 1846 . Sib , —I beg to acknowledge , through the medium of your columns , the receipt of 18 s . from the Block Printers of Campsle , near Glasgow , in aid of the Building Trades of Liverpool and Birkenhead . I need hardly inform you that the local press here , during _thepast week , has been pouring forth abuse without limit upon the masons for having , as they state , broken faith with the employers , and repudiatedan agreement come to before Mr . Rushton , on the 27 th of May , and as many of your readers hiive no doubt seen tho garbled statements they have put forth , I have to solicit the favour ofa corner in the Star for the following communication , which is a correc t copy of a letter I sent to the Times in reply to a correspo ndent who expanded himself through a column and a half of that paper on Monday , the 1 st inst . : —

      THE TURNOUTS IS THE BUILDING TRADE . TO THE E ErtTOB OF TnE TIMES . " Sm .-In / our ParJ 6 r of Monday , the 1 st Inst ., appears a l . ° , 1- _? ' a-C 0 "esP < mdent , > dated 'Liverpool . May _29 , ' relatingtqcertttin n _egotiations ' between theraaster Builders aad their workmen , before ' Mr . Rushton , the

      The Strike In The Building Trades. To Tn...

      - r . - . ; . ¦; : ¦! ; .- « - ¦ ' ) > r . * rK _>« _- ' . / . ; _-. . _;* . » ,..,: . _-. , ., i . ~— : _- _. „ , 77 = S tipendiary ; Maghrtrateof this town ..-. il have before m e * written copy of the resolutions agreed , to on that occ * . sion , which I reoelved from Mr . Bushton ' _i own hand , a _$ Hading the statements of your correspondent are not cor . root , Ibeg _. onjhe workmen ' s behalf , the favour of a Iitti _, space in your columns , to lay before your reader * a _brifc"fbut true statement of the ease . ; _,-«< On , the 30 th of March , the , master builders turne 4 nearly , 80 C ° workmen out of employment , for refusing t » 8 ign > document pledging themselves to give up , all coo . nection with their various Trade ' Societies , The num .

      ber of those Workmen who signed that document lam notprepared to aay , but none of the mniona did so , aud after a lapse of _eigbt weeks' cessation from labour , _publlo opinion , urged on _' _ybyn portion of , " the press , became so strong , tbat it was evident the employer * couM no longer persist in retaining the declaration , and the intervention of lorae impartial person appeared , to ba all , that waa wanting to bring about a _^ settlement . Mr . Rushton , with ' his usual care for the _p'ibhV interests , took upon himself the important task , antJ requested an interview with a deputation of workmen , who met him at his onm residence at nine o ' clock in-the mprmng _. of . the 27 th nit _.

      The deputation being admitted , Mr . Rushton entered into the subject , and frem questions , put did elicit answers from ' the joiners , bricklayers ' , plasterer « ,: and ; plumber * , that *; the declaration they were required to sign was tho only " obstacle . which prevented them resuming their employment ; ' , but on the part of the masons , I distinctly stated' that there had been a proposition sub . mitted to the master masons for , a reduction in the hours of labour , and I was wot prepared to say that the masons would resume work on the withdrawal ofthe declaration , bnt , that having been the oause / of the dispute , I had no doubt . if it was withdrawn , the masters and the men WOUld soon settle the other matters amongst _themselvSg , '

      At the . meeting in the magistrates' _roem the same day four resolutions , submitted by the employers , were read by Mr . Rushton , the second of which was to add an additional hour : per week to the present hours of toil , and referring to this resolution your correspondent says , To this the masons strongly objected , and after a long discussion it wa * agreed that the , hours of labour should remain as heretofore . ' The written statement I received , from Mr . Rushton aays : — Aftera protracted discussion , which elicited much difference of opinion , they master ! agreed to withdraw the second proposal as to the hours of labour , leaving that matter for adjustment between tho masters of the several trade * and the men . ' .. -..

      _-Upon this condition the mason * considered that they were quite at liberty to , make anyproposition .. to their employers in reference to the hours of labour , or rate ot remuneration they might deem advisable , without , in any way ; violating the resolutions cpmo to , and accordingly they Waited upon Mr . Tomkinaon . to propose to , him , _« thatln consequence of the great sacrifice the employers had caused the men to make without any just reason ; they would expect one shilling per week advance on their wageg , ' making 278 . per week , and be allowed half an hour each day at four o ' clock to take refreshment ( not 'for recreation ' a * stated by your correspondent . ) This was the extent of the proposition , and In the presence of Mr . Rushton tbe same day , with Mr . Tomkinson , the _request ' wag lowered to half an hour at four o'clock for refreshment , ( which is allowed all over Lancashire , ex . cept Liverpool ) and the question of wages was set aside j therefore the statement of your correspondent in that re . _spectisalso untrue , to which Mr . Rushton can bear _testimony .

      I will now leave you to judge whether any agreement has been violated by the masons , and whether , after nine week 8 | privation and loss , forced on them by their « r _» . ployeri , they are notentitled to some compensation . The insertion of this letter will confer a great favour on tho workmen , and oblige "Your humble servant , " 39 , Shaw _' _a-brow , Liverpool , " Thomas Caeteb . "June 3 rd , 1846 . " Since writing the foregoing , I S 66 that the Editor of the Dispatch is "fiddling on the same string" as the Timet' corre » pondent . He says the workmen " sought the mediation of Mr . Rushton . " Why , sir . I have before me at this moment , in the worthy magittrate ' _t own writing ,

      a list of the names of ten individuals that he requested ta wait upon Aim , ' which I received through the worthy proprietor and editor of the _JJiuerpool Journal , therefor * not one of the deputation were elec ted by the body they are set forth to have represented . Nevertheless , aU , except the masons , were prepared to enter into a final _sr . rangement ; and the masons not being thus prepared , insisted upon keeping the question of time and wages open for future arrangement . How far they succeeded in doing this I will leave you to judge from the following conversation , which passed between one of the masons and Mr . Rushton , in the presence of the employers , which I extract from one of their own organs , the IL . verpool Mercury .

      Mr . Steadman , one of the working men , asked , . was he to understand that he wa * to go back to work upon tha same terms as those existing before he left employment ! Mr . Rushton said , according to the condition ofthe arrangement , if a man choBe , upon leaving that room , to go to Mr . Tomkinson , or any other employer , and could make a bargain with him for work , he was at perfect liberty to do so upen whatever terms he thought proper . Mr . Steadman . —Suppose we were to go and say that we had been out of work for a length of time , and wish to have compensation in the shape of an advance ot wages 1 ' ¦ ' ¦ ' . ¦

      Mr . Rushton said , what tbey ( the building trades ) , as working men , had wanted , was the withdrawal ofa certain document which had been an _obstruction to their continuing at work ; and upou certain preliminaries being settled , which had been placed upon paper , the masters had agreed to that withdrawal , and thus the cause of the men going out was removed , and the terms upon which they were to resume work was a matter to be settled between themselves and the masters ; but tht presumption was , tbat the terms heretofore existing would be considered as satisfactory , and if the men chose to ask for greater remuneration for their labour they could do so . Mr . Rushton remarked that the present dispute would have the effect of showing that there was but one common interest between the industrious or working classes and their employers , and that it would be bitter for all parties concerned that disputes which might arise between them should be settled by amicable arrangement .

      After the foregoing , 1 am sure it doe * not require one word more from me to show that the masons have violated no agreement , it being proved by their own report * that tl > ere was no agreement as to time or wages made . There is just one point more I have to notice before 1 conclude . It is stated , by some of the papers , that the delegates "pledged _theinselvesnot to jointhe National Association of . Trades . " I most emphatically deny this . No such pledge was taken by any one ; they only having stated that they then had no connexion with the National Association , Wliat their future connexion would b » was never stated . This I also prove from the ilercwy ' s report , which states;—¦" " The workmen present having declared that thetrades whom they respectively represented did not belong to the National Trades' Union , the masters , on this distinct understanding , withdrew the first proposition . Peter Toung , for the labourers , having at tha same time stated , that the society he represented did belong to the National Trades'Union . " -

      As I have already taken up too much of your space , I wiU now leave the matter with you and yoar readers ; and conclude with a hope that the proceedings ofthe master builders , during the last ten weeks , will have the effect of arousing the working classes to a seme of their dnty , and adding thousands to the ranks of those already in union , and beg to subscribe myself , -Yours , in freedom ' s cause , Thomas Cabtek . P . S . —The masons are still out , and are determined either to have a reduction in their hours of labour , or a corresponding advance of wages . This information wiU be sufficient for the trade . When the matter is settled , due notice wiHbe officially given in the Northern _Star-ani the ZwerpooJ Journal ; no other reports must , therarore must be depended upon .

      Of Iuesii Ivir Death Under Hydropathic Treatment.—Verdict »* R»_ 'P..„„.!„„ Iu_ D„..__ .._

      of _iuesii _ivir Death under Hydropathic Treatment . —Verdict »* r »_ 'p .. _„„ . _!„„ _iu _ D „ .. __ .. _

      Of Jmanslaughtek.—Un Ay, . Xayne Resumed...

      jmanslaughtek . —un ay , . xayne resumed , at the George , Eastcheap , the inquiry re . _specting the death , at Dr . Ellis ' s h ydropathic establishment , Sudbroke Park , in the parish of Petersham , of Mr . Draper , of No . 8 , Eastcheap Mr Prendergast and Mr . Hawes , the barristers , ann ' _parp _^ on the part of Dr . _Elli * _. The following summa _r y of very diffuse evidence will enable the reader to _Vv ccive the chief and material points of the case --Mr * Draper suffering from sciatica , voluntarily _enured _meuKV'pil _^ > _' * _**? _^^ to _^ _SSffi ment ot Dr . _idhs , m whose skill he had _creat confidence Bfe treatment waa daily immersion fon feSSl _^; _^ 13 * _tempeiture oiTd _ff lie was then placed in bed . nnvpmri _™; tr , ' . _i „„ wt

      _SSJr _« cl _?* , _, . _-d ? ges , moistened or dipped in » wk" P J ? lied l ? * _^ not distinctly proved wiether the water was cold or tepid . His food was tapioca made with water and milk , and bread and butter He died in the establishment on Tuesday last . Dr . Ellis , aftei his death , gave his widow a written diagnosis ot his disease , which he said was not sciatica , but inflammatory and suppurated disease of the liver . Mr . Waterwor-th , a surgeon ofthe New Kent Road , who had , in conjunction with his partner , M . llicks , opened the body , said deceased died of congestion of the heart and lungs , caused b y some sort of external violence , such as exposure of the body tocold , whether air or moisture . He had disease of the liyer—no disease resembling in any noint the dia « noa _"»

      ot Dr . Ellis , and if he bad the hydropathic treatment to which he had been subjected would have been highly improper . Mr . Prendergast could not by a long and rigid cross-examination , shake the credit of the witness s testimony . The Coroner summed un and will there could be no doubt that deceased died irom the effects of the hydropathic treatment The question the Jury had to decide was / whether Dr . Ml _» had been guilty of gross rashness and undue caution in lus treatment of the case , or whether he Bad onl y been guilty of an error of judgment . If they found lum guilty of the former , their verdict would be manslaughter ; if . only of tbo latter , they could not find lum criminally responsible . Verdict , Manslaughter against James Ellis , " who was bound over in his ' own recognizance of £ 500 , and of two sureties of of £ 250 each , to appear to answer the . I charge at the Central Criminal Court .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 13, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13061846/page/6/