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      Peel And Uis "Difficulties." Irish "Conc...

      _^ _Tjore _articlesbould beatt-empted becwried out , and -measures introduced to put down the right of public ¦ meeting and public expression of wrong and injury , it trill be the duty of all who value liberty Ten in name to oppose with all force , such attempt to _rtsUt unyieldingly bucIi an effort . Thc rigktcf meeting akd _XiBEnTT of _efeecu , must not be lost through hat- , of O'Cossell and his obsequious tools ; nor t * , _disgust at their -wicked endeavours to »' * , - ii . 1 a j M u and Keep alive the worst passions and p _»; - _^^ bebwen the two i-ac « of Saxons and Celti . _aboTearticleshouldbeattemptedto becwried out , and

      On the whole , then , _Ireland k _^ to _^ _^ _ta- _iWofwesfiir _^^ _^ _^ _^ _nonnccditlongsmcePi _.. THSMmccMT :.. c # _rlalnlj the " difficult * is r Kmoved out of the Minis . terial path . To this " difficulty" uss tobe added the one arising from a deficient fe _west : forit is now ascertained that a deficiency _there-wiu be . Indeed the fnilurc ofthe potatoe p a - jone Would ensure that , even had the grain _r _^ _s been garnered unharmed . Potatoes , in this - _^ _j . _« ] , jgh state of civilisation , " have come _* ° _^ ihe mux food of great _masees cf the producers :

      9 the failure ofthe root is to hea a near prospect of famine . At afi events , that failure will necessarily drive those who iiave the means to bread-stufis to make up the deficiency : and , it iB now ascertained , that the yield of grain will be far from an average one . A " difficulty" to the Minister Aere presents itself , which it will require some statesman * ship to surmount . To "this lias also to hc added'the impending evils consequent on speculation . At present all is feverlsh- _^ _- _^ ll hectic—all cofc « r de rose . The imme--diate _^ danger of a total failure of the harvest having passed , the gamblers lave returned to their work

      with core ardour than ever ; and never were dice - jnore _^ nadly thrown , or the card-table more desperately besieged by the most infatuated of " players , " * ihnn is the " exchanges" of the speculators at the present moment . Upwards of seven _hwidrctl millions * f . re " subscribed" to be expended in Railways ! and 'lhe " greeks" and the " pigeons" are as busy as ' _Tnnopr _' s wife ia bartering and liuxtering their - " light" to a share in this grand capital J Meanwhile , many an anxious eye is turned to the Bank of

      England " parlour , " to notice tiie first turn of tlte screto , In thc shape of raising the rate of discounts : forthe "knowing ones" know , that when that game begins , the " property" in " premiums" will vanish Eke thin air ! Here , too , is a " difficulty" which PeeiwUI have to face : adifficulty which he may wish himself safely rid of . Hitherto it has been all "luck" to him : now it appears as if his fortune had got to the turning point , and as though difficulties were presenting themselves on every hand . lie will lie a clever Minister if fee steer through them unscathed .

      ^Tjore Articlesbould Beatt-Empted To Bec...

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      To Agents, Subscribers, Akd Headers.—For...

      To Agents , Subscribers , akd Headers . —For some time after our location in the metropolis , we were inconvenienced by having the paper machined away from the printing-office where it was " set . " ' This arose from the machines we had at Leeds having to he removed and re-erected . Mnch disappointment-to the readers was the consequeEce , hoth in bad printing and late arrivals . Another cause ef delay was in having the printing and publishing office so wide apart . Letters intended for one place -were constantly sent to the

      other ; and all the arrangements-we could make did not prevent mistakes arising from this source . This has determined ns to concentrate our operations . The printing machine is now at work in ourownoffiec ; and we have further determined to publish there also . In future , therefore , the •" setting" printing , and publishing of the Star will be -done under one roof . This will involve no change to the agents and subscribers , only in the addressing o'f their communications , and the greater punctuality with which their orders can be attended to . All communications-must , therefore ,

      in future , he-addressed as follows : — Orders for the paper and advertisements , to F . O'Connor , Esq ., 17 , Great " Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . Cmmunications for the paper , to Mr . Joshua Hobson , "Editor Northern . Star , Office , 17 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . All orders for-money must he made . . _nayable to Mr . O ' Connor j . at- , the Charing-cross _^ Post-office .

      To The Ibicesteh.' Chartists.—My .Friend...

      To THE _Ibicesteh . ' Chartists . —My . Friends , —I learn tliat you have collected some little money amongst you ¦ with a -view to relieve your old advocate . I cannot fail totliankyou ; but I have only to repeat what I have often repeated , that I cannot consent to receive it . _Tietmebeg _.-os a personal la vour roraj part , as well as a duty on yours , ihat , whatever tlie sum may he , you will devote it to the "Veteran I _* atiiots' Fund , " and 4 he "Exiles' AVcdows' aud Children ' s Fund . " I am sure , my fiiends . it will _gratify you to learn that , owing totlie success of my "Purgatory of Suicides , " I Lave

      made literary _engagements wliich will occupy me for more tlian a year to come , aud fully enable nie to discharge the debts into which our varied troubles , and the _nersccutionsof our foes , have plunged nie . Wishing job all well , trusting that the ensuing winter will sot surround yon with tlie want and starvation I daily witnessed among you , and confiding that I shall see yeu , and talk tcycu , in the course of next spring—if spared with healtli . aud strength to accomplish my purposes . — -J . remain , -yours , very affectionately , _Tuouas Coopeb , 134 , Elackfriars-road , Oct . 1 st ., 1 _^ 5 .

      Jons _Sichaeds acknowledges the sum of U _^ ., . received from the Somers ! Town Chartists . Mb . CLiBK . —Parties in the West wishing to communicate with Mr . Clack _durin-r the ensuing-week will please to address—" - € are of Mr , W . Thorne , _JTewsagent _, 111 , Ilca-street ,. Birmingham . " Mosies von _snE _Co-operative Land _Fcsn—Local officers And . shareholders of the Co-operative Xand Society are _requested , in . forwarding Post-office orders to the treasurer , per Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., to make then orders payable , . not at the _Charing _' _-eroES Oiiice , Irat fas heretofore } at the OQicc , ISO , Strand .

      A . M . M'DosiZl _* , _DnsinE _^ . —Deceived . JIenbt Bates , Oldham . —Of course the marriage . was binding , and the husband bou _^ d to afford a maintenance . It was to theperson , and not to Oie name , of her husband , that the wife wasmarried ; and the discovery that-.-iis reputed name was not his real name , would not cancel his obligation . . _Clauk , Stockkhit . — - The address in question was not inserted , because of its " humble" abjectness . We iad no wish to exhibit the body of operatives from _TvMch it emanated , in a _cramling attitude : nor any desire to place ourselves in sueh . a position as to be compelled to administer such a reproof as might have injured theobjectthe "humble" addressers had in view . ft is unfortunatelv the fact , that a becoming spirit of

      -independence is not observed by the working people . They , arc too apt to fawn-an wealth and station , and jeo prone to run into the opposite extreme ic censoriousni _SfS . with men in their own rank of life , or men , who , j , -wing elevated _tiemselvos , seek to elevafcs the class r _,, _-Bfiwhich-ihey have sprung . Much of the lesson of iIU * _e _liberty lias yet to be learned .: and whenhis " got _"bvl _<* r t . wc shall neither have the workers . an " humble" « . - _«* awlers to tlieir employers for advances of wages , nor fo . " _«» ng Parasites to those whoUarney them . We shall h :. _' - _*® them erect as men ; asking for rights because the _. V Are _righis ; _giving the flatterer distinctly to know that _iheyare aware he has some sinister otject in view , _vtJAsh he has taken the proper course to defeat ; and exhibiting far less censoriousness over their erring brethren than is now manifested . Mas . _Faosi . —It _faring heen rumoured of late that this ' ladv wife of the exiled patriot John Frost , had quitted has

      this country to join her husband , a correspondent fo rwarded to us the following contradiction of what proves to be an erroneous report : —For some time past there has . been a statement going the round of the papers , Stating that Mrs . Fresi had left England to join her husband , John Frost ; _andi-eeing some notice of this report in a speech recently delivered by Mr . Cooper , I heg to say that the report is utterly unfounded . Mrs . JFrost and her daughter * are now residing at Clifton , near Bristol ; and I know that she las net the slightest idea of leaving England . I saw a letter from lir . Frost a few weeks since , who , when the letter was written , was in _Dobart Town , and in it le savs nothing respecting Mrs . Frost leaving wis country . —JOHS Si _* evess , Trowbridge . _g £ VEBAL _CosiMCSiCATiOKS await the returoo : lhe J-. d-. tor , who is unavoidably _absent from town . T homas Clabk . —The letter from the Preston Guardian - has been received ,.- —Thanks .

      To The Ibicesteh.' Chartists.—My .Friend...

      RECEIPTS OF THB CHAIlTIST _CO-OPERATIYE LAND SOCIETY . IES . IO .. O ' COKKOB . Halif- '¦ „„ ,.. ' ' * s . d . Ws- - _* *• * , per C . W . Smith 7 5 8 >• 0 'an _, per _^ Canning „ „ „ ,, 698 _alanchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 12 0 0 Sowerby , per V \ . Woodhouse .. .. .. 200 Holbeck , per W . Sykes .. 200 Holnifirth , per J . Clegg .. 2 5 4 Burnley , per J . Gray .. .. .. .. 800 Leeds , per W . Brook ., ., .. ,, 500 Barnyley _, per J . Ward „ ., _., ,. 300 Clicltenliam _. per W . Milton ., .. „ 115 11 A female frieud , Bulwell , Notts , per J . Street .. 2 12 0 Prcstoa , per 3 . Brown .. .. .. ,. 11 12 5 Oldham , tier Wm . limner .. .. .. 280 receipts 0 _*

      Sheffield , per G . Cavill S S 15 Todinorden , per S . Withmn ,. „ .. 400 Wakefield , per T . Lnzeuby .. .. .. .. 200 Sowerby Longroyd , per J . Wilson .. .. 115 e Kidderminster , per G . Holloway „ .. 280 _KadelifTc , per T . Bowker .. .. .. .. 208 Bolton-le-Moors , per M . Stevenson .. „ .. 208 Ashton-undur-Ljne , perE . Hobson .. .. 8 10 0 Mr . _Tordofijoi Waterloo , Sew Bradford .. 2 C 9 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. „ 1 13 3 Halifax , per C . W . Smith 2 0 0 Bilstou , per J . Linney .. .. .. ,. 200 Exeter , per J . Sugg .. .. .. „ .. o 0 Wigan , per K . Canning , „ 711 8

      Dewsbury , per J . House .. .. .. „ 9 15 2 _Stockj * ort , per T . Woodhouse .. .. .. 200 Worsbro' _Commou , per It . Ellison .. .. 200 D . P ., Dowiais .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 J . S ., ditto .. .. .. .. „ 0 10 0 Norwich , per J . Hurry .. .. .. .. 300 Rochdale , per E . Mitchell .. .. „ 12 0 0 Oldham , per W . Hamtr .. .. - „ .. 200 _Manchester , per J . Murray .. „ .. 15 0 0 lladcliffe , per T . Booker .. .. .. .. 200 Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. „ „ 6 5 C Scarborough , per C . Weadley .. „ „ 2 0 0 Bradford , per J . Aldcrsou .. .. .. 14 0 0 Plymouth , per E . Hohertson .. .. .. 200 Ashford , per A . Daxey .. .. .. .. 0 17 0 Artichoke Inn Locality , Brighton , per W . Flower 2 6 4

      _TEB . GEKERAI . S £ C ££ TAST . _IN'STALUESTS . £ s . d . £ s . d . Barnoldswick .. 054 Mr . Aldous .. 0 1 4 _Wheatley-laue .. 0 lo 8 Mr . ltichard Miller 0 1 4 Mr . Parker .. 0 1 4 Mr . ltobert Bastiu 0 14 Mr . Fidge .. .. 014 Mr . Wm . Worledgo 014 Mr . Nudj ? ley .. 010 _Dalstou .. .. 0 10 8 Mr . Rawlins ., 024

      SHAKES . T . B . C . and Sons 8 0 0 Bath .. .. 118 Mr . Dickson .. 060 Leicester .. .. 1 10 0 Lambeth .. .. 400 Mr . Ilawlius .. 2 10 0 Greenwich .. 200 Mr . Dickson .. 0 3 0 Westminster .. 0 5 10 Hanley aud Shelton 2 0 0 Mr . Davis .. .. 0 2 0 Bacup .. .. 200 Whittington & Cat 0 15 0 Lambith .. .. G 00 R . Wright , Bar- Whittington & Cat 1 12 4 noldsivick .. 0 11 0 _CAKDS AUD BOLES . Camberwell .. 020 Greenwich .. 070 Mr . Dear .. .. 016 Sowerby Helm * .. 048 Hebden-bridge .. 0 ' 4 2 Liverpool .. .. 032 Ovendcn .. .. 014 Cockermouth ., 022 Halifax .. .. 020 Collumpton .. 0 : i 4 Keighley .. .. 0 11 0 Wigtou .. .. 0 2 10 Colne .. .. 012 Hull .. .. 039 Todmorden .. 0 0 10 Carlisle .. .. 0 7 4 lladcliffe .. .. 020 * This sum has been previously announced as for Cards of the _National Charter Association . Thomas _Mastin _Wheeleb , Secretary .

      National Chaltter Association. Executive...

      NATIONAL CHAltTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PEE HU .. O ' CONNOR . £ S . a . York , per G . Jefferson - - - - » 10 0 Sowerby Longroyd , per J . Wilson - - -050 DIXON FUND , 3 . Hurry . _JNorwicli - - . . . 010 Holme , per W . Traughton - - - -010 P £ & GENEBAL SECBETABT .

      EXECUTIVE . Liverpool - - 0 2 0 Oldham - - O 7 7 Kochdale - - 0 13 2 Heywood . -050 Do ., a friend - O a 6 Bolton - -050 Do ., ditto - - 0 0 3 Do ., W . Davies - 0 0 4 SUBSCBIPIIO _!* S . Keighlev t IS 0 Mr . Whiting , Tower Hamlets - - -010 mi ON FUKD . Camberwell - - - - - -053

      V 1 CTIHFUXD . Mr . Downing , Westminster- - - - 0 0 6 DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . Mr . Tohin ' s hook , from a few Slop Cutters - 0 12 6 _Toomas Mabtin _Wheeleb .

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      Tamwobtii.—Dnisadfui. And Determined Sui...

      TaMWOBTII . —DniSADFUI . AND DETERMINED SuiCIDE . —A very shocking occurrence took place last week at llopwas Ilayes , a village a few miles from Taraworth , which has created a painful sensation in the _neighbourhood . Mr . William Pallett , a respectable farmer , who was ia good circumstances , lived with his wife and a grown-up son in this place . Lately he was observed by the neighbours to be greatly altered in liis manners and appearance ; he was much * depressed in spirits , and he studiously avoided all conversation wiih his acquaintances . He was remarkable as an early riser ; but on Wednesday morning week , not making his appearance as usual , his wife , who had left him in bed a couple of hours before , went up stairs to awake him , when she was horrorstruck at perceiving him on his knees in the middle of the room , with an open razor in his hand , endeavouring to cut his throat . She immediately laid hold

      of his arms , and by a desperate effort wrencbid the razor from him , but not before he had inflicted some deep gashes . "She then rushed from the house , and ran into an adjoining held , where a neighbour ( Thomas Jeffries ) was engaged , and screamed out . in great distress that her husband had cut his throat , at the same time exhibiting the razor covered with blood which she had "wrested from him . Mr . Jeffries instantly returned with her tb the room in whieh she had left her husband , and found the unfortunate man lying on his face , with another open razor in his hand , and bleeding from a frightful gash of about four inches in length in his throat . Ile was not quite dead when they raised him up , but almost immediately after he breathed his last . lie was fiftytwo years of age , and was much respected in the neighbourhood . After a full inquiry into all the circumstances , the jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity .

      _ACCIOEXI'ON THE _LONnOX AXD _BlKUINOIIAM RAILWAY . —On Sunday considerable excitement prevailed in thc City , consequent on a rumour that another accident of a serious nature had taken place on thc London and Birmingham Railway . The circumstance which gave rise to this rumour was the fact that the letteis which arrived in town from Liverpool and otlier places in that direction , per the Liverpool mail , were not delivered until upwards of an hour after the regular time . __ On the reporter instituting inquiries , he had supplied to him officially , by the authorities of the railway , the following particulars : —The four o ' clock down luggage train left the Camden station for Birmingham yesterday morning at the usual hour , and proceeded at its prescribed pace down the line . -On arriving within about a mile and

      a half of the Marrow station , and but a short distance from the West London Junction , the enginedriver of the luggage train was astonished to find his speed greatly to increase , and on looking round he discovered that the train had become datcclicd , and that he was only proceeding with half the number of carriages he set out with . He instantly shut off the steam and put down his break , and the result was that the detached portion ofthe train , which still had great impetus on it , ran into the waggons preceding with- sufficient violence to throw them over , together with the merchandise they contained , on to the up-line . Two or

      three cariages were thus situated , and as the Liverpool mail train was nearly due , men were despatched to stop it at the Harrow station , and a large body of men having heen employed , the line was cleared , no further injury happening than the detention of the Liverpool mail , fifty-three minutes beyond its . proper time . 'The cause of the train becoming detached was the breaking of one of the coupling chains by which the carriages were connected together , on account of the immense strain upon it , created by the weight it had to bear , the train being an unusually long one . After considerable delay the luggage train was enabled to proceed on its journey .

      A Ship ' s Crew Destroyed bt Fever . —*• Portsmouth , Sept . 29 . — -The Eclair steam sloop , Commander -Walter G . B . Estcourt , came up to the Motherbank this morning , about nine o ' cloek , with the yellow flag , with a black ball in its centre , flying from her mainmast head , emblematic of death on board . Sho hasbeen so awfully visited with sickness since she has been on the coast of Airica that she has been sent home . The awful number of sixtytwo have died m . the vessel , and others are dying hourly . We regret to state Commander Estcourt is among the number , dead . The names of the other oflicers and men we cannot at present tell , no communication being allowed . We are informed there are now twenty-three ill on board . The surgeon was alive this morning , and on the quarantine officers going alongside the vessel , we are informed , he answered their inquiries , and said the mortality was

      from a fever something between the yellow and the black . One of them died this morning . The Customs authorities are fearful of removing any one on board . We believe , however , fresh provisions have been sent to the vessel , but whether any humane assistance we cannot find _out ; we believe none , owing to the fear of contagion . If she remains at the Motherbank , she will have to ride out forty days ' quarantine , but we are informed it is most probable she will be supplied with fuel and fresh provisions , and be sent for a cruise in the North Sea . Tlie Admiralty despatches are landed , but nothing else . A boat rows guard round the vessel to prevent communication and consequent contagion , as well as to prevent any one escaping from the vessel improperly . The Eclair was only commissioned last August twelve months , and is a new vessel ( first named the Lucifer ) of 350 horse pGwer , —Glok-.

      Tamwobtii.—Dnisadfui. And Determined Sui...

      Dreadful Accident , ok Lakk _Erib . —Thc Toronto Banner gives the following account , by nn eyewitness , of a collision between the British _Bteumera the London and . the Kent , on Lake Erie , on the 13 th of August : —At half-past three , a . m . ' , this day , below Point au Belle , on Lake Erie , tlic London steamer from Buffalo , and the Kent steamer on her downward passage , came in contact with a dreadful crash , and the result of the concussion was tlie loss of the latter boat , and . I grieve to add , several lives . I Jiave no henrt to dwell upon the scene which we witnessed . For some minutes we supposed that we had broken thc machinery of the London , and were going to the bottom , and were only relieved from the apprehension ofa watery grave " by the sight ' ol the Kent rapidly sinking at our bows . Every effort

      was made to save her passengers , and all who were in sight were saved , several of those from the cabin being transferred to our boat without even their clothes : but , tad to say , a number were lost , being unable to gain the upper deck in time . Among these we reckon—lier , Jair . ea E . < iuay , lledford , Michigan ; Mr . Osborne , Gcnesse , N . 1 ' . ; Mr . Sctb Doming , Berlin , Connecticut : Alastcr Bruce Doming , ( _ialen-i , W . T . ; James Lowden , _Ypsilauti , Michigan ; two youn >; ladies and a boy from neai Ypsilanti , nnmes not koown . All the ollicers and hands of the boat , and 79 passengers , including If children , were saved . Without any formal proceedings on tlie subject , our passengers have endeavoured to _xscertain the cause of this dreadful accident , and wc have no doubt it occurred in consequence of tbe

      error in the pilot of the Kent attempting to pass on the wrong side of the London , which brought her directly across the bow , and at this the engineer of the London , as soon as he saw the course of the Kent , shut off his steam , yet his boat had so much headway that the Kent was cut down in front of her wheelhouse . We remained five hours with the wreck , gathering floating parcels of baggage , & c ., nnd attempting to tow the hull ashore , but she gradually sunk by the head , ancl we were compelled to perform the sad office of hoisting her flag half-mast high and leaving her to her fate . The London is not at all injured . Our passengers have done something to relieve the necessities of the sufferers—the ladies dividing their wardrobes , and the gentlemen opening their purses .

      The Muroer of Mr . Peacop . —Committal of the Prisoners . —Chester , _Saturoay . —The further examination ofthe four prisoners charged with this horrible murder took place to-day in the Nisi Prius Court . Mr . Fielden Laving asked Mr . Chew whether hc appeared for the prisoners to-day , and being answered by that gentleman inthe affirmative , he said : 1 have to state tliat the magistrates have given tliis case that ample consideration which they promised they would do , and the decision they have unanimously come to is , that the case must be referred to a higher tribunal . The prisoners must , therefore , be

      committed to take their trial at the next assizes . Mi * Chew declared thcproceed . ngs of the magistrates to oe contrary to law and justice . Mr . Picldcn : Wc are not trying the ease . Mr . Chew : Then , are these men to be incarcerated in gaol for six months upon no evidence at all ! The prisoners appeared much woestricken at the result , as they had been led to the belief by their attorney that the bench could not commit them according to law . The immense number of Irish labourers , at Birkenhead , are also much disappointed at the resuit from the same cause , and a great deal of dissatisfaction is expressed .

      _Shoai , of Whales at Stromness . —Fatal Accident . —On Saturday afternoon our harbour presented a lively and exciting scene , a shoal of small whales having entered it , and gambolled about for a considerable time , keenly pursued by a number of boats . There were crowds of spectators on the quays , almost all the houses in town being emptied of tlieir inhabitants , witnessing the eager chase . The efforts made by tho finny triba to preserve life were as strenuous as were the attempts made by their pursuers for their destruction . Often did they fly from one direction to another , seeking to escape , causing the boats to " reel to and fro , and stagger like a drunken man , " threatening destruction to all around them , and awakening fears in the minds of many who were anxiously contemplating thc issue of the fight . The darkness of night closed the interesting and deeply

      moving spectacle , and aided the fish in gaining their freedom . There was only a small one caught , measuring about seven feet . This is a matter of regret , as the shoal was considerable , and had success accompanied the means used to secure them , it would have proved a great blessing to the place . But what is still to be far more deeply regretted , a young man , a ship carpenter belonging to the town , got his leg entangled in a coil of rope to which aharpoon was fixed , and the boat in which he and some other men were was suddenly overturned by a fish whicli was struck , and he must have been dragged to sea , as every effort has been made to get his body in the harbour without success . By this very melancholy dispensation a family has been unexpectedly deprived of a son , who , only a few minutes before , left them vigorous in health , no more to see each other till the judgment of tlie great day . — Edinburgh Witness .

      Robbery of Plate . —Cambridge . —a large quantity of valuable plate was missed on Tuesday morning from the plate-room of St . Peter ' s College , Cambridge . The butler had locked the door shortly before midnight , and saw that all was safe in the butteries , and the robbery must have taken place after that hour . The articles stolen consist of large tan kards , pint-stoups , goblets , dishes , covers , ' waiters , breadbasket—all silver , with the names of the donors on them , besides several dozen of silver forks and spoons of all sizes , soup ladles , fish knives , < 5 _ic , & c . All had the cross kevs and the arms ofthe college on them . To a late hour no clue had been found to the thieves , although messengers were sent to London , Norwich , Yarmouth , Bur */ , and in other directions . About two years ago a similar robbery was committed in the butteries of Jesus College of plate to the amount of about £ 700 . The va ' ue ofthe plate stolen on Monday night from St . Peter ' s is upwards oi £ 1 , 000 . It is a singular coincidence with regard to

      both these robberies , that the thieves did not take anything like the whole of the plate on both occasions . In the robbery at Jesus College , especially , they left by far the most valuable portion behind . Hopes arc entertained that should the thieves be discovered in the recent case , a clue will be obtained to those concerned in thc former one , as it is generally thought that the same gang committed both robberies . In neither were any locks or bars broken . Upwards of fifty yeara ago several colleges were robbed in one night , and it was some time before those concerned in it were found out . Thc plate was then recovered , luckily , in the hut of a sweep , one of the thieves , in the neighbourhood of the Midsummer-common . A good deal has been said about the want of thc electric telegraph on the railroad from Cambridge to London , by which- means the plunderers , had they gone in tho early train with tlieir booty , as it is not improbable they did , would not fail of being taken .

      Destructive Fire at Plymouth . —OnFriday night , about nine o'clock , a fire broke out in the saw mills of Messrs . Foster and Beal , situated in Coxside , by wliich property to a very large amounthas been completely destroyed . Only eleven mouths ago there was afire on the same premises , wliich was considered to have been the work of an incendiary , but this , we believe , can bo traced to the circumstance of Mr . Beal having thrown a piece of burning paper , which he had just lighted , on the ground , which lay smouldering for an hour before it broke out into a flame .

      When , however , it burst out , the ravages ol the lire soon became past all mastery , and all that the firemen could do was to direct their efforts to saving the neighbouring premises . The wood-works are adjoined by the patent paint manufactory of Messrs . Johns and Co ., in which was a very large stock of oil , turpentine , and other combustible matter , which were happily saved from ignition . The fire-engines took up their station in the paint-yard , and by playing . on that side of the lire , fortunately prevented its further progress in tliat direction .

      The Infernal Game Laws . —Aristocratic Justice ! —The Notorious Grantley Berkeley . _—Christciiurch . —On Monday last Henry Bury and James Purchase appeared before the magistrates , the Right Hon . Sir George Rose and the lion . Captain Harris , to answer a charge laid against them at the instance ofthe Hon . Grantley Berkeley , " for unlawfully using a dog for the purpose of killing and taking game . " The Honourable Mr . Berkeley appeared in court in his shooting trim , shook hands with the magistrates before the case was called on , and during the hearing of it took his seat between the two magistrates for a short time ; but which being complained of by Mr . Sharp , who attended professionally for the supposed delinquents , he resumed his former seat near them , but occasionally handed slips of paper to

      the magistrates , Captain Harris remarking that the honourable gentleman ' s object was merely to suggest certain questions to elicit the truth . The honourable gentleman's gamekeeper and his assistant swore that they saw a sheep dog running after a hare , in a field belonglngto Lord Stuart , and rented by Mr . Plowman , in which Bury and Purchase were mowing barley , and that thev threw down their scythes , and hallooed the dog on at the hare , but that the hare escaped . The three men who were _mowing with Bury and Purchase were then called , all of whom distinctly swore that the sheep dog had got loose from their master ' s yard , and found out Purchase , the shepherd , and was lying on his coat in the field , when suddenly the dog started up and ran in chase of a hare ; and to after the

      that one of them requested Purchase run dog , and bring him back , which lie succeeded in doing in a few minutes , by call ing to the dog by name ; and that Bury did not put down his scythe , or move from his work , but continued mowing all the time . The worthy magistrates , however , fined the two men one pound each , remarking at the same tfnie , "the fine was so small , because tbey did not think it a case of premeditated poaching , but believed that in the excitement of the moment they did halloo the dog on which they saw in chase of the have . " —Hampshire Independent . West Hiding Delegate Meeting — This mooting will be held on Sunday , October 12 th , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Bullclose-lane , Halifax , to commence at twelve o ' clock at noon .

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      Extraction of i Fragmekt of Glass from the _f _j _iE-itALL , nt M . Lenoir—A joiner , working at a gaM window , was struck by a fragment of glass in the right eye , and called Dr . Lenoir to examine the organ , ilie cornea was divided in its inner third by a vertical wound , encroaching , above and below , upon the sclerotica ; Irom the superior angle of this divisioii protruded a small portion of tlie iris and of tlie ciliary ligament ; further on , touching the upper lid , the surgeon felt distinctly a solid body cnt : _itis _* led iu the eyeball ihe foreign bodjproved to bea frfl £ iiiciit of _glaj-s of a triangular shape ; the basis of the triangle being more than half an inch in length , and eiichot the sidesmore than an inch . It was extracted with a dissecting forceps , and the patient "is doing well . —The Medical Times . _¦ ¦ _» ¦ ::

      Fatal Accidkst om tiie _Cboydox Railway . —On Tuesday niorning , between twelve and oue o ' clock , a frightful accident occurred on the London and Croydon _llailwxy , by which a man named CbarJes Hill , aged thirty-eight years , has unfortunately lost his life . It appeared that Hill was foreman of the ballast men employed on tlie line between New Cross and the Dartmouth Arms stations . It is customary lor two gangs of men to work ou the line , one by day and the other by night . At the hour above-mentioned Hill was about to start with a train of waggons containing earth to another part ofthe line , to torin an embankment . The train was propelled by a locomotive engine , which had been tet in motion before Hill was quite ready to accompany it , when he

      hastily attempted to get upon tlic engine , In so doing his foot slipped , and he fell beneath the wheels across the line of rails , and the engine passed completely over both his legs . The engineer stopped the engine as speedily as possible , and the poor fellow was extricated ; and it was found that his right leg wns smashed in _aiiightful manner , and nearly _sevewd from the thigh , and the left foot cut in two . A special train was prepared , and he was conveyed to Guy s llospita , where he was placed under the care of Mr . Shelley , thc house-surgeon . From thc nature of the injuries he had received , no hopes , from the first , were entertained of his recovery . He lingered until eleven o clock the same morning , when death put an end to his sufferings . He has left a widow and large family .

      Numerous Sudden Deaths . —On Tuesday , Mr . Baker held , at the Refiners' Aims , Bump-street . Commercial-road , four inquests , on the bodies of persons dying suddenly . The first was on Owen Clark , aged 55 , a blacksmith , of Hungerford-street . Deceased had not keen ill for twelve years until Saturday last , when he had a spasmodic attack , and died immediately after his wife had given him a cup of coffee and rum . —The second was on the body of Sherman Stimson , aged 54 , clerk to Mr . Brown , surveyor , Ac , of Billiter-street . Deceased had not been ill for twelve years until Saturday , when he had a paralytic attack , which rendered him speechless . lie was taken home and medically treated , but died at midnight—The third inquest related to the death

      of Eliza Ililc , aged 18 , a native of Birmingham . She was a remarkably fine young woman , and came to London on the 20 th _September on a visit to her sister . On Saturday morning last she was seized with violent internal pains , which continued until her death on Sunday niorning . A post mortem examination , made by Mr . Cory , of the Commercialroad , showed that death was cauied by an ulcer of the stomach , which had perforated its coats . —The fourth was on the body of Henrietta Elizabeth Bishop , an infant , who received a slight fall on Saturday week . The circumstance frightened the mother so much that it altered the character of ber milk , which brought on inflammation of the child ' s bowels , of which it died on Sunday . Verdict in each case , Natural Death .

      Shocking Case of Manslaughter , —Newcastleupon-Tyne , Monday . —An inquest was held this afternoon , before Mr . Stoker , coroner for this borough , on the body of Ralph Parker , a young man , who came by his death under the following melancholy circumstances . It appears on Saturday night week the deceased went into an eating house , in the Pudding Chare , kept by a Mr . John Thompson , to procure some refreshment . Some other persons were there when he went in , among whom were one named Selby Green and another named John Bell , better known by the cognomen of " Smasher Bell" at the

      police-court , where hc has been a frequent visitor . Green was enjoying thc luxury of a plate of beef , and Bell and others were tantalising him in various ways ; sometimes taking a portion of meat off his plate . Parker , the deceased , having sat down , and ordered a plate of meat , joined in the fun the others were creating by annoying Green ; and also attempted to take a piece of the meat off Green ' s plate , when , of a sudden , Green took the knife he was eating with and plunged it into Parker ' s eye , with such force that it entered the socket of the eye several inches , and he was obliged to relinquish his hold of it , and leave it there . The deceased shouted in

      excruciating agony , ana attempted to take it out , but could not . Bell endeavoured to pull it out , using great strength , but failed , and Green himself , awakened to a sense of the injury he had inflicted , also tried with both hands , and at length , with much difficulty , succeeded in extracting it . During this time the police had been called in , and they at once took Green into custody , and conveyed Parker home to his residenct ' in Gibson-street , where he _lingered in great pain till yesterday evening , when death put an end to his sufferings . On Saturday , it being obvious that he could not long survive tiie injury he had received , the magistrates attended , and took his deposition , whicli is substantially the same as the statement here given . After the jury had viewed thc body the coroner ordered a post mortem examination to be made , and

      adjourned tlie inquest for that purpose . At the adjournment the jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Green , who was committed to take his trial for the offence . Distressing Accident by Fire . —On Tuesday niorning , about ten o ' clock , the following most distressing accident by fire , and which it is much feared will be attended with the most direful consequences , occurred to a respectable female and her daughter , named Harrison , residing in Windsor-terraoe , Cit . vroad . It appears [ that Mrs . Harrison , who is living upon her income with her unmarried daughter , « young lady about seventeen years of age , and of great personal attractions , was sitting in the back parlour , in which was a fire , when she desired the latter to reach some article from the mantel-shelf . Miss

      Harrison immediately rose , and whilst in the act of obeying her mother ' s directions , a portion of her dress ignited . The mother , who at once rushed to her _daughters aid , was also set on fire , and before assistance arrived , both were shockingly scorched and burnt about the hands , arms , and neck . Medical aid was promptly sent for , and the necessary steps were taken , but we are sorry to say that both the sufferers are in a deplorable state of agony . _Execution at Ge . voa—Went to the mole , wishing to see __ what preparations had been ' made for tho execution , but was refused admittance at the gates . I then took a boat and went on board the Emulous , an English schooner , lying near the mole , and at a short distance from tho gallows . About noon the two criminals arrived on foot , escorted by a

      procession ot officers ot justice , monks , and others , with a banner , crucifix , & c . The gallows was very low , and had no drop nor stage , but a strong wide ladder was placed against the cross-beam . The executioner was a tall , powerful man , very well and very neatly dressed , with his hair nicely arranged , appearing somewhat like a respectable servant in half livery . He mounted the ladder first , and one of the criminals , apparently without any compulsion , followed behind him , dressed in shabby , dirty clothes , with no cap or other covering for his head or face . His arms were closely pinioned to his side . When the executioner had attached the halter , previously placed round the criminal ' s neck , to the hook , with a sudden thrust he pushed him off the ladder , and supporting himself by the beam , he stood on the neck

      and shoulders ot his victim , jumping , stamping , and bending thc head sideways as much as possible , while one or two assistants below pulled forcibly at liis legs . Tho wretched man appeared to be quite dead in less than half a minute . The execution of the second criminal , who was treated in thc same manner , was a still more horrid spectacle , for he was dragged up the ladder , step by step , by main force , by thc executioner and his men : and his terror must have been increased , if possible , by seeing the ghastly corpse of his companion dangling above him . In another minute he was himself a corpse hanging by his side . A handsome well-fed priest then mounted the ladder , and made a short address to the spectators , exhorting them ( as I was informed , for I was at too great a distance to hear his words ) to take warning by the fate of the criminals . Not more than 200 or 300 persons admitted the mole

      were on . The greater part of the spectators were in boats , or in the vessels in the harbour , and among them all I could not see more tlian about twenty women , who were chiefly quite ot the lower orders . The assembly behaved 9 , uiotly . _butshowedgreatindifference , and even levity _, ihe bodies of the criminals remained on the gallows till half-past five m the afternoon , and the spot was visited by thousands , the mole being open to the public as usual . They were natives of Savona . They had been notoriousl y bad characters , and one of them Had been a thief from the age of five vears , at which time he was in the habit of cutting off the leaden weights Irom tlie fishermen ' s nets when they were spread out to dry on the shore . The crime for which they suffered was a murder oftlie worst description . They had gone to the house of a priest in Genoa , and findingirom the servant that her master was out .

      ana would not return for some timo , they murdered her by strangling her with their own hands ; after which they hail brutally disfigured the body . They had then plundered the house of some plate and other articles o value They both made a confession of then , gmlt ThIS method of executing criminals , though really quite as humane as that adopted in -uigiand , and perhaps more so , appears very baroarous and uncivilised , and the spectacle is rendered infinitely more horrid by the face being exposed _, lhe rolling eyes , the protruded tongue , the features , purple and distorted in the death-agony of _stranguation , _^ and with that hideous expression upon them becoming gradually fixed and rigid , form a spectacle , _tue horrors of which can neither be described by

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      those who have witnessed it , nor _conceived by those who have not . But tlie advocates for capital punishments andpublic executions say that the example is useful in deterring others from committing crime . If so , the Genoese arc more rational than the English , _bemuse , without increasing the sufferings of tho criminal , they make that example as effective and horrible as possible . ' And the address of the priest , standing on the ladder by the side of the scarcely lifeless bodies , and speaking to an assembly ; every individual ofwhich , however depraved , must , fora * hort time at least , be in a serious mood , might be made , if well managed , a very solemn and impressive part of this dreadful ceremony . —( Prom an Eve-H'itness . )

      Explosion of Gas and Shocking Accident . —On Monday morning , between seven and eight o _' _slock _, tho inhabitants of Flect-stroct and its vicinity were alarmed by a loud report and smashing of glass , while smoke and flame were seen to issue from East Temple Chambers , in _Whitcfriars-strcct . It appeared that the housekeeper on going in as usual to prepare the rooms , perceived a strong smell ol gas , and called a lad , who came into the room with a lighted candle . Immediately a loud report took place , and the room and furniture were quickly on fire . The Farringdon-gtreet engine wag speedily on tiie spot , and the firemen succeeded in confining thc flames to the rooms in which the explosion occurred . We regret to add that the unfortunate woman was severely burnt , while lur clothes were destroyed . She now Jigs in a very _dangerouB state . The poor boy was also injured by the fire , but not so severely . The escape oi gas wliich caused the accident is supposed to have arisen from its not having been turned off at the main .

      _LivEitrooL—The Leg or a CArTAi- * - Tor : * off . — On Saturday Captain Owen Williams , of the Altlcida schooner , from Glasgow , engaged with a steamer to tow his vessel up to Runcorn . A hawser was passed to thc st anier for that purpose , and on the word being given to go a-head it was found that by some means the captain ' s leg had become entangled in the hawser , and hc could not be rescued until his foot was literally torn off above the ancle . He was immediately taken ashore in great agony , and conveyed to the Dispensary , where , two hours after he was brought in , thc stump was amputated about the middle of the calf , in a most masterly and scientific style , by A . B . Steele , Esq ., of Hampton-street , one of the honorary surgeons of thc institution . We are happy to hear that the unfortunate patient is now pionou need out of danger .

      Shocking Death of a Girl by Fire—On Monday night Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of _Elira , Evans , a fine little girl , aged six jrears . On Saturday morning last , about half-past six o ' clock , thc deceased , unknown to her mother , lighted a candle by means of a lucifer , and then proceeded to light the fire , in the act of which the flame of the candle caucht her pinafore , which , with the whole of her clothes , were burnt completely off _| her body . She was immediately brought to the hospital , where she was found to be frightfully injured , and she died a few hours subsequently in the greatest agony . Verdict—Accidental death .

      Grf . at Seizure of Contraband Goons . —A very large seizure has been made by Mr . G . Scanlon , and Mr . D . H . Watson , searchers of the customs ; and Mr . C Atkinson Davis , an extremely vigilant and active ofiicer , acting under them , within the last few days . In consequence of information received by Davis that a vast number of Roman cameos for brooches , and a large quantity of * French Mosaic work , had been passed without payment of duty , the officers proceeded to the house ofa _person who called himself Beauvet David , in tht City-road , a stone merchant , and after a slight search , fouud on the premises 1 , 610 cameos , of the value of nearly £ 1 , 4 . 00 , and several enamelled portraits , Mosaic buckles , die , to the amount in value of £ 200 . They seized thc

      goods for non-payment of duty , amounting to the sum ot £ 323 10 s . Id ., very much to the discomfiture of Mr . David . They afterwards proceeded , following up the information , to thc liouse ofa person named Marv 6 , whom they knew to be a constant passenger in steamers between Boulogne aud London , and who resides near Golden-square , when they made a seizure of seventy-three cameos of tho value , duty included , of £ 200 ISs . Upon further and more particular search , they found in the possession of Marvu certain documents , the examination of which induced them to visit the house ofa person of the name of Crcutzer , in Myddclton-strect , Clerkenwell . They had not gone tar in the gratification of their curiosity in this place before they laid their hands upon cameos which

      were considered , including the duty , to be worth £ 1 , 864 . Upon the premises ofthe first-named contraband dealer they laid their hands upon the boxes in whieh the above-mentioned articles had been _smuggled over , and upon ; qucstioning Mr . Crcutzer and the man who styled himself Beauvet David , and who it appeared has also the name of Coppa , and was in charge of the premises in which the cameos were found , the latter stated that they had been delivered to him by an unknown agent . The same answer was given by Mr . Crcutzer and Mr . Marvo , and all three were evidently in the same state , of preparation in ease of emergency . One of the officers , in rummaging Mr . Crcutzer's private transactions , pulled out a day book , which had been kept only since

      February last , and in the middle of the book were entries of goods which Crcutzer had received to thc amount of 214 , 0001 " ., which had been brought into liis custody without payment of duty , as was palpable from the fact that hc could only produce bills and receipts for the payment of duty on such goods as had been seized to the value of the paltry sum of £ 10 . It may bo supposed that thc officers examined the books of Mr . Crcutzer with no small degree of curiosity . After a little while they perceived an entry wliich led them to the house of a very wellknown and dashing jewellery concern in Cornhill , where they laid their unhallowed hands upon seventythree cameos set in gold , of the value of about £ 200 . Thc oflicers arc proceeding with an unerring scent , and their success will , it is believed , be enormous .

      More Aristocratic Law and Justice !—Whex will the end come ?—rochester sessions , _slipi . 29 . —A little boy , named James Mclluni , was placed in the felons' dock of thc county court at Rochester , before Mr . W . M . Smith , chairman , and four other justices , charged with having knocked down some walnuts fronia tree , the property of Sir John Marshall , Kilt ., K . C . H ., at Gillingham . Sir John Marshall was present , and was . accommodated with a sitting on the bench . The damage done to the tree by knocking down the fruit was valued at sixpence . The little boy pleaded " Guilty . " It appeared that this youngster was observed committing this enormous outrage by a man named Linnctt , and the prisoner was immediately apprehended and placed in

      the lock-up house , where he remained a prisoner until this morning . The chairman observed , tliat thc prisoner having pleaded guilty , he should inflict a penalty on him for the offence , that ot ' stcaling those walnuts . Captain Sir John Marshall ' s only object in bringing the prisoner before the court was to protect his orchard and fruit , which he had a right to do , and the magistrates therefore adjudged the prisoner to pay the penalty of Is ., and Cd . the value of the walnuts ; together with thc costs , 13 s . Gd ., making a total of 15 s . The mother ofthe hoy , on hearing tlic decision , burst into tears , and said sho could not pay thatsum , she having a large family of children , and nothing to support them except what she works hard for as a laundress and Cs . per week she receives from hcr _^ husband , who is a marine artilleryman . The chairman said that as she could not pay thc money

      he must commit thc boy to the common gaol for fourteen days . Upon this announcement , the pooi woman ' s feelings wore so groat that sho could scireelv speak . She prayed thc court not to send her child to gaol , as she would do all she could to pay the money if the magistrates would grant her time . —The Chairman : What time do you want?—Applicant : A month , sir , for I have my quarter ' s rent to pay , and the baker ' s bill and other articles of consumption for my family , which I go in debt for weekly . 15 s . is a great deal , and I implore you , gentlcmen , " to rcducc , it . The Chairman said he could not , but would give " a month ; and if the money was not then paid , the boy must go to gaol . The mother then became so excited that she left the court , and immediately fell into strong fits , which lasted some time , requiring several women to hold her . The poor woman resides at Gillingham , and bears a very excellent character .

      Fatal Railway Accident . — We regret to state that a dreadful and fatal railway accident occurred on Monday morning last , at Kenyon junction , near Leigh . A young woman named Ellen Piatt , oi ryldesley , started from the Bag-lane ( Cliowbcnt ) station by thc half-past seven o ' clock train , with tho intention of proceeding to Liverpool , On arriving at the junction of the Leigh and Kenyon line with the Liverpool and Manchester line , the passengers havo to get out of the carriages , and to await thc arrival of the rogpectivo trains to convey thorn onwards _^ Tho young woman above-mentioned , being unacquainted with the customs ofthe fine , got out of thc carriage on the wrong side , and walked round the carriages to cross the line to be in readiness on the arrival of the

      train which was to convey the passengers to Liverpool , the remainder of the journey . At tliismoment a train of third-class carriages was seen on the Liverpool line of rails , and the _whi-tie was blown . The eye-witnesses state that thc train was coming at a very quick speed . The woman was just crossing the track on which the approaching train was procceding , when a working man win was proceeding from Bolton to Warrington , rushed forward and endeavoured to pull her back ; before , however , he could do so , the buffer of the engine threw her a distance

      of seven or eight yards , and the man a short distance . They were both immediately carried to the station , and Mr . Bradshaw , superintendent of thc Bolton line , who fortunately happened to be with the train , immediately despatched an express engine to Leigh for medical assistance , and Mr . Bridcoakc , surgeon , was on thc spot in a short time , but in less than half an hour after the accident the woman expired . She was far advanced in pregnancy . The man was very much contused , but he is expected to recover .

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      _Melakcuolt Occurrence at Hounslow Barracks . —AVe reeret to state that an occurrence ofa melancholy character took place on Sunday night , at the barracks of the -1 th regiment of Light Dragoons , stationed at Hounslow , during which Quartermaster Thomas Tarlcton was stabbed in tho tally to LtCtt . tenant Martin Kerwnn , of that reg iment , _lfiogreatest secrecy relative to the circumstances connected with tlio unfortunate _sffair has ever since been maintained bv the military authorities of the barracks , audit was not until yesterday afternoon that tflO fact began to be known in the town of Hounslow . Various reports were immediately in circulation as to the particulars ofthe transaction , one of which was , that in consequence of tho promotion , by purchase ,

      of Major liarcourt Masters , of that regiment _^ to the rank of lieutenant-colonel , unattached , which appeared in the _Zonrfou Gazette of Friday last , that ollicer on Sunday last gave a dinner to his brother oflicers , which took place in the mess-room ofthe regiment at Hounslow barracks . The convivialities of thc evening were kept up until a late hour , and it is stated by some who profess to he well-informed , that about twelve o ' clock , while under the influence ot wine , Lieutenant Kerwan took umbragcat something that occurred , and finally quitted the mess-room for liis own apartments , whither ho was attended by ( _Juartcrniaster Tarlcton , who endeavoured to soothe his irritated feelings , but on reaching the lieutenant ' s apartments that officer immediately seized his _svosd and stabbed Tarletou as above described .

      _Houxslow , Tuesday _Evehing . —On Monday evening , on the return ot Colonel Daley , the commanding ofiicer , to thc barracks , who had been to town , Lieutenant Kerwan was , by direction of the military authorities at the Horse Guards , placed under arrest . Mr . Frogley , the surgeon of Hounslow , into whose hands , with the surgeon and assistant-surgeon ofthe regiment , thc care of the wounded man has been placed , saw his patient several times yesterday , and lie was _goinj ! - on favourably . At eight o ' clock the Rev . Mr . Trimmer , a local magistrate , attended by Sergeant Jocks , of thc police , attended at thc barracks , and Quartermaster Tarleton ' s deposition was taken in writing by the reverend magistrate , and afterwards also the evidence of Mr . Fiocley , the

      surgeon , as to the nature of the wound and thc state of tlic wounded man . At twelve o ' clock a meeting of the magistrates was held in the petty sessions room , at tho Three Pigeons Inn , New Brentford . A warrant was issued for the immediate apprehension of Lieutenant Martin Kerwan , on a cliarge of cutting and wounding , which was placed for execution in thc hands of Sergeant Jecks . Shortly beforo three o ' clock the prisoner arrived in a fly , accompanied by Colonel Daley , the police sergeant riding on the box . Lieutenant Kerwan was immediately taken into thc magistrates' room and placed at the bar . The deposition of Quartermaster _Tarletoi was then read over in the presence ofthe prisoner , as was also the deposition of Jir . Frogley , who , being present ,

      added to his testimony , that the very unfavourable symptoms which had presented themselves on Monday evening had that rcorniiig greatly subsided , but that he was quite unable to pronounce the wounded man out of danger . Colonel Daley expressed his readiness to enter into any amount of bail for the appearance of * Lieutenant Kerwan at a future day ; but the bench said the charge was of so serious a nature that they could not take bail , and it wrs their duty to remand tho prisoner to Tothill-fields Bridewell until tlic fate of Quartermaster Tarlcton can lieascertained , or his recovery be such as to enable him . to attend . The prisoner , acciiupanicd by one of tho officers of thc regiment , was then removed by Sergeant Jeeks in a fly to Tothill-fields Bridewell . Hounslow , Wednesday Evening . —It would

      appear that the officer betwe n whom and Lieut . Kerwan thc disagreement took place , was Captain Lane , of the same regiment . Most of the officers present at thc dinner drank freely , and while at table the altercation took place between Captain Lane and Lieutenant Kerwan . lt was stated that on Lieutenant Kerwan finding that thc Quartermaster Tarlcton would not allow him to leave his apartment with his naked sword in his hand , he shut the door , end pointing to another sword which was hanging up in the room , told him to defend himself , but before thc unfortunate man could do so , he received the wound from thc lieutenant's sword under which he is now suffering . Upon inquiry last evening the wounded man is stated to have continued in much the same state , but it "was impossible yet to pronounce him out of danger .

      The Latf . Affair at Hounslow . — Nothing decisive can yet be said of Quartermaster Tarleton ' s recovery ; biit the symptoms , which were alarming on Thursday , were yesterday ( Friday ) more favourable . Two Men Drowned in a Coal Pit . —On Sunday evening last , two jmen , named Hugh Adam and William M'Donald , lost their lives in thc Wellington coal-pit , at Millcrhill , near Dalkeith . Thc pit , Ave believe , is about 408 feet deep ; and being as yet unwrought , upwards of 120 foot of water had been allowed to accumulate atthe bottom . , On the night in question , the men whose names are mentioned above , _alaiisr with another individual named David Glunie

      were sent down the shaft for the purpose of stopping up an air-hole , and as they did not calculate on being many minutcsin accomplishing this matter , Ihey very carelessly and injudiciously descended without their lamps . When they were about half-way down , somo derangement took place in the machinery at thc top ofthe pit , in consequence of which the bucket descended with sueh velocity , that when it came in contact with the water it canted over , throwing out the unfortunate individuals . Clunic clung to the side of the pit , and got his head above the water ; in which position he remained tiU assistance reached him from abovc . Adam and M'Donald were , however , instantaneously drowned . —Scotsman .

      Suicide . —On Wedncsuay afternoon , as two young women were passing along a field near _Haverstoekhill , Hampstead , they discovered in a corner thereo / a man to all appearance dead , lying upon the grass ; they communicated thc fact shortly afterwards toa gentleman whom they met , and on his repairingti the spot hc found the dead body , still warm , ofa person apparently not more than 25 or SO _ycarsoj age . A quantity of blood , had flowed from iii * . mouth , and in each hand was a brass-barrelled pistol-, one of wliich had evidently been recently discharged *

      and the other was loaded with powder and ball ; some constables of the S divisionspecililyarrivcdaud removed the deceased ¦ on a stretcher to the Loadot Hay public house ; he was dressed in a blue _jacket blue cap , striped waistcoat , and dark trousers , anil in his pockets were a few silver and copper Frencl ( coins , of but trifling value ; there were no paper ! upon him by which any information could be gained with regard to his name or address ; hc had moustachios and very large whiskers , and it is supposed that he is a Frenchman .

      I ' atal Accident . —On Monday last , an inquest was held before Thomas Lee , Esq ., coroner , at the White Horse , Lepton , on view of the body of Benjamin Lee , son of Henry Lee , of Lepton ( Yorkshire ) , weaver , aged seventeen years . The deceased was a servant to his uncle , Mr . Henry Wood , fanner , and on Saturday last was sent with a horse and cart for some clover _, lie took the bit out of the horse ' s mouth for it to cat whilst the clover was being loaded , and on his endeavouring to put the bit into its mouth again , it set off , and threw deceased down , when the cart wheel passed over his head , and he died immediately afterwards . Verdict— " Accidentally killed . "

      Fatal Accident at Leeds . —On Tuesday morning last , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the Court House , on view of thc body of James _Bloomfield , a boy twelve years of age , the son of Humphrey BloGinfield , who resides in Off-street , Leeds . Thc boy worked at Messrs . Wilkinson and C ' o . 's , felt manufacturers , Hunslct , and , on the 19 th August , he accidentally got his arm entangled amongst the wheels of a scribbling machine ; and , before hc could be extricated , received somo very severe injuries . He was removed fo the Infirmary , and died on Mondav last . Verdict , "Accidental Death . "

      Loss Of Teeth.—In Consequence Of The Com...

      Loss of Teeth . —In consequence of the complete or even partial ruin of the teeth , the face shrinks . The countenance assumes a different expression , and wrinkles will prematurely furrow the face . The only remedy for this is to supply the loss with Artificial TVeth , thereby restoring clear articulation , perfect mastication , and preventing the hollow and shvunken cheeks , the thin and contracted lip , so characteristic of old-age . Thc new Incorrodible Teeth introduced by Messrs . Thomas and Howard , Surgeon-Dentists , C'l , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London , most fully answer this purpose , and are fixed without extracting any _roota or teeth , or giving any pain whatever . Tliey will also be found much more economical than any others .

      Experiment with Fire-resistiso Iimber , —Liverpool , Tuesday . —Yesterday , Mr . James B . Reay , of Dublin , the inventor of a preparation for rendering timber to a great extant fire-proof , tested the CXperi _** ment at thc Commercial llall , ; Gloucester-street , in this town , in the presence of the Mayor , Mr . David Hodgson , Mr . Henry Booth , Messrs . Milner and Son , and other gentlemen . Two piles of timber the one consisting of pitch pine , which had undergone tho process of preparation , and the otlier consisting of nierae ) , which was unprepared , were elevated in the form of thc rafters ofa house . Shavings

      were placed underneath , and firo was communicated . In a tew moments the memcl was in flames , and very specdly it v > as entirely consumed . The pitch pine , whicli was three several times exposed to thc aetion of 800 degrees of heat , stood lo the test admirably . Some of the timbers were more or less charred , but very little injury was efi ' ucted ; and a remarkable part of the experiment was , that tho prepared timber upon which the lighted shavings were placed was very slightly damaged by the fire . The Mayor and other gentlemen present , expressed themselves satisfied with the experiment so far as it had gone _.

      _AsHTox-uspEn-LYsis . —A public tea party oftlie members and Inemls ol the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held on Saturday , the llth of _SSflahbS CharU 8 t AssociaUo 1 _™™* Bentinck _,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 4, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_04101845/page/5/