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THE MftTHEfifsTlBr , SATX]BDAY , v JlIl^ E^ 1838^ ^~*
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Fibe at Lyons . —A terrible fire has consumed one of the suburbs of Lyons , called the Brotteaux . Gbeecb . —Sir E- Lyons , ODI minister at the court of EngOiho , laid ike & 8 t siaaB of a I * ro " testant ehjieh in Athens , on Easter Monday . - Ih ? : b&iXl Condescension . —The Emperor of Basaa has , as a great honour , authorised hi « minister of finance , who is also a general of infantry , to wear the royal TmHaU oh his epa . tJ . ets . Some . —At ihe Pala 22 o Sabinj in Home there was ^ on the 20 th ultimo , a grand festival in commemoration of the anniversary of the foundation of the citj } which has now , according to the authorities generally TeceWed , hut not undisputed , existed for ~ " ——
5 , 58 ? jean . . Bishopric op Bipon . —The plans &c of an episcopal residence for the Bishops of Ripon , haYe at length heen fixed upon , and tenders for . the erection are to he delivered on or before the 25 th June , fo be submitted to the " ecclesiastical commisaoners , " under whose sanction the same is to be built "Valuable Isteutiox . —Dr . Ackennan , surgeon-major in die French navy , has in-rented a portable case , containing not only instruments ^ for serious operations , but also all materials sufficient for dressing the wounds of fifty men , comprised in a Epaee not larger than a soldier ' s knap » ack , and weighing no more than 351 hs .
A Duxb Prodigx . —Parrot , a deaf and dumb Englishman was lately tried at Lyons for the murder of a courtezan . He seem 3 to have heen at onc e acquainted with almost every language , as in his notes of defence he mixed up English , French , German , Latin , Greet , Hebrew , &c , all confounded and confused together . He was acquitted , and a . large sum collected for him by the populace . Chess . —The chess club of St . Petersburg has sent a challenge to that of Paris , to play a march by letter for 10 , 000 fr . The challenge has been aer cepted , and the stakes deposited . F-MIGbatjox . —The Dntch papers mention that 120 emigrants , chiefly from Baden and " vYiftemburg arrived at Amsterdam on the 11 th inst ., to embark la a Teasel which was shortly to sail for Korth
America . Ixtesxatioxal Post . —As soon as the railroad "from Ghent to Ostend is finished , there will be a daily post established between England and Belgium , through Ostend , the packets sailing between that port and Dover . Seusuke . —The custom-house at Calais made a seizure , a few days ago , of a case , containing more than 4 , 500 yards of English contraband goods , addressed , as effete a usage , to Count Pablen , Russian ambassador at Paris .
A DiiFiccLTT . —A Paris paper , known to "be written under the dictation of the President of the Coaucii , says , that it will be difficult to modify the mixdsay , because nobody wishes to qoit it , and nobody wishes to enter it . Usury . —The tribunal of correctional police at PciragBan has condemned a man named Germa , for repeated acts of usury , to a fine of 27 , 8505 ., three rears" imprisonment , and five years' surveillance of tie police . - -
Baii / way Speed . —On'the Southampton railtraj which was opened on Mondav last , we hear that cue party performed-the distance , twenty-three zzi a half miles , in twenty-five minutes ! Terily , as Lord SufSeld remarks when he loses a race , this does beat cock-fighting ! WORTH A PxiTKY FOR THE SlGHT . — The public are not generally aware tbat the most refined cfthe '' exquisites" measured his length , the other G 3 y , in Arlington Street . The matchless brown rambled head over heels . ' What a sieht it must iave been !
. Ladies appearing at Covet . — Ance of Briunny , wife of Charles Till , and Louis XIL bugs of France , was the first who introduced the fasiipn of ladles appearing at court . This fashion T 2 S introduced much later into England , when , even do-n-2 to the devolution , women o * f rank never appeared in the streets without a mask . Tkatelxixg . —The mayor of Calais has issued i notice that no charge can be demanded for the couureragning of passports , nor for permission to esbark , delivered in the bureaux of the Maine to travellers going to England ; that the permit given them to embark their luggage is also delivered era-is ; and that they cnght to refuse any pavment Jthslfiver for any of these permits .
The Fresch Ambassador ExTRiORDi-XAEY . —His Excellency Marshal Souk is expected Le > -c on Monday next . The mansion taken for him is b Portland-place , the comer of Weymouth-street , * sd is the same in which Prince Polignae resided , sad for a series of years was the abode of the Duke San Carlos , the Spanish Ambassador , in the time of Ferdinand the Seventh . The Marshal brings a Enmerous retinue , and a superb stage coach , which i ? zm > buildin ? in Paris .
Plastatioxs ox the HorsE-xoP . —In Ss-f ^ en it is not a rare occurrence to find in the costly , and eren in small towns , houses built so Is * , that the roof covered with grass , serves as pasfere ground for a goat . In " Norway , tree 3 are planted in the turf which covers the cottages , so that a tillage , when seen from a distan ce / bears no slight resemblance to a grove . [ Nothing is more tommou than to see kitchen herbs cultivated on the ro-sfs of houses in these countries .
Dseabj itl Explosion . — A most dreadful exploson occurred at the Eennan gunpowder-mills , near Pearvn , on Thursday morning , the 10 th inst . Five mills View up in succession , and part of ' a roof va = found a mile from the premises . The report ? Treremost terrific , asd created the greatest alarm OTer an extensive tract of country . Nothing so sevtre ever happened at these mills " before , though , we are happy to sate , there was onlv one man Terr ser . ously irjured , and hopes are entertained of his recovery . — West BriU . n .
The Oldest Apple ix Devon . — There is pow m the possession of Mr . Daniel Harvey , residn ? la the parish of Exminster , an apple which was grown 1 = i St . SidweFs , in the year 1787 . It was predated by the father of the possessor to ; his grand-« s on bis christening in the May following . It t * s grown ia a bottle—the bottle being fastened to the branch , and closely sealed as soon a 3 it was c = l It is now as fresh as ever , and may be seen u ° « - " -bo will call on Mr . Daniel Harvey . — ntdtrn Times .
_ i -vccuBrsTiBLB Thatch . —It has been proved tjjepeated experiments that straw , saturated with w- ' ^ ° ^ unej or common whitewash , is incom-£ c « uMe . This fact is of great importance to the r ^ d peculation , especially as thatch is thus not 3 S -T rendered fire-proof , but mnch more durable . A sKrnci : of alum bas been tried , but , being soluble , _ - ^ rar ^ destroys its virtues . —American Paper . AiiZGED Murder . —On Monday forenoon , a ^ an residing in Great Dove Hill died of infiamssnoa of the bowels , occasioned , it 13 alleged , bv a soft brutal assault committed on Sunday by her strand . It is said that her husband struck her 2 : 1 knocked her down , and while lying on the p ^ nd , kicked her repeatedlv . The " bodv of the
woaan has been removed to the Police-office for Esrdieal inspection , and the husband , whose name J 5 _ Mae Millan , has been committed . —Glasgow Cunnich . Chtecb-Bates , La ^ ibeth . —A meeting of the rate-yayers of this parish was summoned on Friday Donnas week , at the parochial school on the Green , *? make a rate for tie repairs of the church ^ ttangh at a meeting held a very few weeks prer ? ^ ya great majority had decided to postpone the < p ^ on of a rate for ' a twelvemonth . The rector , tae fiev
. Dr . D'Oyley , took the chair Ex Officio T « a expressed his regret that the legislature had not tW . v means of providing for the , repairs of the j a ?? n' ^ obviating thereby the heart-burning Mw 1 ; ^ hich existed in that and so many other ^ - , ~ f . " ifr- ' " Wheatley , the rector ' s warden , wl , ? nto a statement " of the liabilities incurred S » ' ™ ^! ° ! ° the Aurct and o&e ^ expenses to ; T ^ ° ? V £ 755 ' wMch * Parish la ^ o funds liT ^ S ^ ^^ rate of one penny in the SettT 0 I % r" the p ^ V ^ ta a seconder , M ? pil ^ Te f ? - }*™ S f severe terms upoi thfexS ; ^^ " ^ ^ ebeen indulgedTin SS ^"" * * / * ; ^ red . thrt T&ea ^ SS ^ L W" ! ^
^ amounted to upwards of £ i i -a StS »^ S fee eW f > er > and that in the meantime * && wa , S ^ l ? ^ •^ ° v * amendment , A w > n ^ t ^ ately earned by a large maioritv * £ &rlSl ^^ a , *** eontinled ^ l go « 2 inal " ™ « fte num ; oers appeare-1—for the . teitf- ^ *
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Barere . —The celebrated Barere , president of the eonTention " at the trial of Louis XVI ., and orator of the committee of publio safety , is still living , in his 83 d year , in the south of France , where he is one of the council generate of his department TJskftjx Intention . —Messrs . Forsyth are the patentees of a Safety Gun , which we heartily regret was not in existence years ago ; many a melancholy accident , by which families have been almost heartbroken , would have been prevented . The valne of the invention , consists in the impossibility of firing off the gun until it is placed to the shoulder , the pressure of which alone relieves the trigger , and enables the lock to act . The gun , when loaded , may he dragged through a hedge by the muzzle without the possibility of explosion , and the most — - ^ - ^ -- ^ - -- ^
inexperienced cannot cause accidental explosion . All in the "Well . —Theodosia Hopwood was charged , on Monday last , before the Hull magistrate ! , by Nancy Ibitson , with assaulting her by throwing some dirty water upon her . The quarrel originated in a dispnte about a right to get water froix a well . This right was claimed by Mrs . Ibitson j and denied by Mrs . Hopwood . The latter lady said , that her neighbour had no right to come to her well , as she had a well of her own , and besides some time since , she stole a pair of stockiDgs ¦ out of her yard , —in consequence of which she told her not to come there again , or take what followed . The water hit her by accident . She having told her "to take what followed , however , was considered a suspicious circumstance , and she was fined for the assault Is" and costs .
Captain Satjnders , a gentleman of large fortune , who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Dublin , for sending a hostile message , has been liberated by the Lord Lieutenant , on the representation of Dr . Marsh , on his state of health . " Another S ^ am- Boat Accident in America . —The American public had scarcely recovered from the shock occasioned by the appalling history of the Moselle , the bursting of whose boilers opposite Cincinnati it has now been ascertained occasioned the death of at least 200 individuals ,-when another of these deplorable events was announced . On board of the steamer Oroojioko , on the Mississipi , by the collapsing of a fluiL upwards
of 100 lives were lost . The despair of the suffering individuals , who , according to the Yicksburgh Register , lay for hours in torment , produced a scene of misery far beyond the power of language to describe . Thirty helpless sufferers were taken to Vicksburgh from Princeton , sixteen of Tvbom have since died ! One of these , in his last moments , declared that he deserved his fate , for that he had wilfully set the Pinkcard Hotel , at Vieksbnrgh , on fire , in the hope of burning down the whole , city . He was a gambler , he said , and he did it in revenge for the hanging of some of hi 3 companions in Yicksburgh in 1 S 35 . The engineer , with his dying 'breath , said tbat " the boilers were full of water at the time of the explosion , and the engineer department was not in fault ; but that they were old and
worn-out boilers , not fit for such a boat . ' Thus have 100 lives been sacri Seed by the carelessness or cupidity of those whose duty it was to provide the boilers and machinery . These wholesale murders for assuredly ^ such they are , and criminal careless ^ ness , and still more culpable foolhardiness , are of themselves enough to make a man ' s blood run cold in his veins as he relates them—are on so mighty a ¦ scale of destruction and of death , that the consideration of all minor disasters of the kind seems to be absorbed in their recital . Yet there are otters , on a small scale , truly by comparison , but still they were attended with loss of life . The boiler of the steamboat Etilaw exploded the day after the destruction of " the Moselle on the Ohio . The engineer and one passenger were killed , and three others dreadfully scalded , two of whom are not expected to
sur-. Easter Dues . —The village of Haworth has , within the last few weeks , exhibited one of those disgraceful scenes so often presented in this country . The half-starved poor of this neighbourhood have been subjected to an Ecclesiastical exaction , called EasteT Dnes , for the support of the Parliamentary Church , or the State Priesthood . A short rime since the representative of the Yicar of Bradford , went round to the poor hunger-bitten inhabitants of this place , demanding of them various sums of money ; but the poor simple people could not conceive how they could owe anything to a clergyman whom they never saw or heard , and who lives ten miles off ; they therefore refused to pay . The
consequence was that a number of them were summoned . These poor fellows were dragged awav from their famishing families to appeaT before a bench of the " unpaid" at Bingley , on Tuesday . Tht « result was what mi ght have been expected—the poor men were rolrbed in the name of tho law , of both the oripiDal demand and costs . But let us do justice to the " \ icar of Bradford . These proceedings would probably never have taken place" had the matter been in his own hands . It seems , however , that three blues , of bo very enviable notoriety in Haworth , went to the Ticar a few weeks ago , and bought the dues of him ; so it was not the Ticar but these men who have been grinding the poor inhabitant * . Veil , this is only part and parcel of the accursed system . How long will the people bear it ?
Assaulting the Police . —George Short , Henry "W are , and Robert Phillipson were , on Monday last , severally charged , before the Hull magistrate * , with being shamefully disorderly at a ^ public-house , in Drypool , at half-past eleven o ' clock on Sunday morning , and brutally assaulting the Police , in the execution of their duty . It ap " peared that the prisoners and others had got into a drunken row and Policeman Bobinson who bad been on . the [ Night "Watch and was retired to bed was called up to " make peace , and while endeavouring to do so was knocked down by "Ware , and abused in a shameful manner . ; the by-standers inciting the prisoners to violent measures . Bobinson received two black eyes and had his nose much injured . Collinson wa 3 . also assaulted , and Joy was so severely
kicked over the knee as to require immediate bleeding , the surgeon giving it as his opinion that the hurts lie had received might be of serious consequence . "Ware bad been the most violent , and the magistrates determined , as far as he was concerned , to send the ease before a jury . He was required to enter into sureties , himself in £ 40 , and two bondsmen in £ 20 each , to appear and take his trial at the ensuing sessions . Short was to pay a fine of 10 s . and 5 s . cost , and find two sureties in £ 10 each -and . himself in £ 20 to ieep the peace for three months ; and Phillipson wa ^ fined los . and 5 s . co . ? ts . ^ Ve hope the Hull magistrates will see it their duty to hold a little edifying chat with the landlord of the public-house , where this disgraceful scene was enacted , next Brewster Sessions .
An Impostor . —John Goff , who pretended to be deaf and dumb , was brought up at the Police OmiT , Hull , on Monday , charged by Ann "Wilson , with disorderly conduct in her house . She stated that the prisoner came to the door , and made signs that he wished to light his pipe ; that he then came into the house , and began to make cofivas on hi < arm and on the floor . He also wrote her husband ' s name , and that he would die in four year .- * . She was much frightened , aad gave him in charge . Goff carried on the deception extremely well : not a motion of the countenance gave intimation that he understood a word of what was said . His wife , however , seemed to have the gift of speech without measure , and was so uproarious that the magistrates were compelled to
order her to be put out of Court . Gof ? wag asked several questions , but he was too old abirS to be caught with chaff . Two girls , one of whom had come with the prisoner and his wife from Goole , stated that he could both speak and hear . One of them was asked-how she knew that he could speak ; when she Teplied that she had heard him swear at ihe people in the lodging-house , and that he could talk to them at nights . Mr . Eyre asked him if he had anything to say , but received no answer . He then , in a very low tone , asked if he would like to go to the treadmill . The prisoner started at this , and , throwing up his cap , gave a sly look at the Bench . This was quite satisfactery to the Bench , as a proof of bis being an impostor , and he was immediately sentenced to a month ' s hard labour .
The Stottrbridge Murder . —Last autumn we gave an account of the murder of Mr . John Orchard , of Stourbridge , and at the time strong suspicions were entertained against his wife and daughter . "Within the last few days these suspicions have heen revived , in consequence of some hints dropped by a waterman with whom the wretched wife cohabited , out of reven ge for ber having instituted legal proceedings against him for the recovery of seme money she had lent him . Enough was gathered from what this man said to justify the
apprehension of Ann and Maria Orchard , and a woman' named Finch . They have been examined several times before the Magistrates at Stourbridge , and the result has been that Ann Orchard , aged 50 , widow , was brought under a warrant to our county jail , charged with the murder of John Orchard , by stabbing him in the left breast with a skewer , and Maria Orchard , her daughter , aged 27 , charged with" aiding and abetting . It is said a small iron instrument , with which it is supposed the revolting deed was perpetrated , has been found in the river Stour , under the bed-room window of the murdered man . —Worcester Paper . " ¦ ¦¦ "¦
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M « i I * * r&T 011 Fr » day ^ t , at Wate / head JS * ' Gliham , three chad *** two i of ^ hoin gouged to a pet « m named Fouldery vere fcnried were dead before they could , be extricated . ; ; ^ ^ -tSiS ^" ? ^* ? 180 * caDed Scoufiiead , i « rlSSV ^ O ^« n , the wife of * poor man , was delivered of threechildren on Friday fast . waSn ^ n ^ - - ""? 116 A ° ^» t Dmds intend I ^ Ufc mg in procession from the house of Mr . Samuel S ^ s ^ ses ^ jasasa ^ fe ^ - * ublic was - - ,
in So ^ JKfiKV ^ f ? meeting held m the Town Hall , Staleybridge , on Monday eveBin * last , to remonstrate with the House of Commons on the aboTe enactment , and to demand that Messrs . Oastler , Stephens , O'Connor , Bull , Cpndy . O'Brien , and XJobbett be heard at the bar , on behalf of the > eople of England , against that infamous statute , several spirited speeches were delivered , and a remonstrance to the above effect was unanimously adopted by the meeting . Total Abstinence . —A lecture was delivered on Monday evening last , in the Canal-street Sunday £ > cnool , Staleybridge , on the principles of total abstinence , by Jesse Ainsworth , Esq . ' from Oldham , ° v- v £ e and attentive audience , who appeared to be highl y interested in the cause , and evinced mnch gratincation at the lecturer ' s address .
Shocking Death . —An unfortunate young man named John Leech , of Staleybridge , died last Monday , in consequence of the injuries which he received m a Jerry-sbop fight . It appears he and some other persons were drinking on the previous Saturday evening at a beer-house kept by Daniel Greenwood , in V audrey-street , when a dispute occurred which produced a fight , and terminated in the untimely death of Leech . Leech ' s father , we are informed , instead of preventing the fight , actually encouraged his son , holding his clothes , and giving him directions how to beat his antagonist . He has thus been accessory to the horrible death of his own child !
Robbery . —A lady , named Vale , entered an omnibus ( a Blackwall one ) about one o ' clock on Saturday last , at the Bank , and was set down at the end of Surrey-street , Strand , when she found she had been robbed of . her purse , with Dpwards of £ 30 in it . Awful Shipwreck . —We have this week tp record one of the most calamitous cases of shipwreck that ever came under our notice . Of the forty-one hnman beings on board two were only miraculously preserved , one of whom , a highly respectable and intelligent young man second sou of Mr . David Wills , shipowner of this town , and who was second mate of the vessel at the time of her losshas
fur-, nished us with the following particulars - —The Margaret , of Newry , transport , of 82 G tons burthen , commanded by William Mowbray , after taking in a quantity of stores in the Thames , for the use of her Majesty ' s troops in Canada , proceeded to Cork , at which place she completed her lading . Sailing from thence to her place of destination , on the morning of the twenty-sixth p it ., having on board , in addition to the crew ( which consisted of the captain , the chief aud second mates , and twenty-five able seamen , ) two officers' ladies with their children ( seven 111 number . ) the captain ' s wife and child , two ostlers , and twelve horses . The weather at the time of her departure was fine ; but shortly after noon a
fresh breeze sprung up from the S . S . E ., which as the day advanced , increased to a gale , accompanied with thick showers of snow . At abont half-past eleven , p . m ., the ship , being still on the same tack , in the darkness of the night , and during a heavy , fall of snow , struck on the rocks lying off Cape Clear , at tke distance of about a mile from the main—the sea making a complete breach over her ; and shortly after the captain , his wife and child , were successively engul phed in the raging abyss . The chief mate with a new to steady the ship , which was beating violently en the reef , ordered the carpenter to cut away the main-shrouds and main-mast , which waspromtply done , the mast being left about
twothirds cut through . The whole of the crew and . passengers then sought refoge in . the fore-part of the ship , with the exception of the survivors , Mr . Wills , and a seaman of the name of James Johnson , a native of North Shields , who lashed themselves , to the mainmast on the windward side . Shortly afterwards the mainmast went over the lee , carrying with it the two hapless seaman , who , on their again rising to the surface , floated freely . A few minutes afterwards the fore-mast went by the board , hanging over the lee side of the vessel , only attached to her by the shrouding , with the unfortunate ladies and children lashed thereto for safety , the remainder of the crew clinging to various parts of the shiD . At
this moment the universal shriek of despair , which burst from the devoted gronp , wo * of th&mostlionj-fc rending description . Mr . Wills and his companion in misfortune at length drifted clear of the wreck , surroHnded by an accumulation of horrors . Exposed to the fury of the sea , the pelting of the storm , and enveloped by the darkest shade of night , the mast to which they were lashed continued to drive in the direction of ' Cape Clear until six o'clock , a . m ., when they perceived a large dog of the Newfoudland breed , which had belonged to the unfortunate
chief mate , swimming towards them , and which they contrived to p lace on the mast beside them . In this helpless condition they remained until half-past ten , a . m ., when they reached the shore , well nigh exhausted . The- sagacious brute which accompanied them , immediately on lauding , set off to a preventive station , where , by the singularity of its actions , it attracted the ' attention of four of the coast-guard , who were eventually induced to follow it , which circumstance led to the discovery of the suffering mariners . —Sunderland Beacon .
Murder axd Suicide . — 'A most determined murder and suicide _ were yesterday discovered to have taken place in Xewman ' s-mews , Castle-street East Oxford-street . The particulars relative to the , horrible event , which has caused the most painful excitement throughout the neighbourhood , we will now proceed to detail . It appears , that ' the name of the victim was Mary Conway , a widow of middle age , who kept the house , and carried 011 the business of a laundress . She had several lodgers , and among the rest was a man named John Parker , considerably older than -herself , and who was occasionally employed by her to turn the mangle . lie was a widower , and made proposals of marriage to
her , which she rejected ; and it was known that she had exhibited an attachment for another person . Parker became jealous of his rival , and was upon " more thantme occasion heard by the lodgers to mutter the most deadly threats against the woman , which , it will be seen , he carried into full effect . The poor woman , however , continued to employ him as usual , and on Saturday night the lodgers retired to rest , leaving them busily engaged at the mangle . Abont two o ' clock in the morning a Mrs . Newton , one of the lodger .-, was awoke , b y screams issuing from the apartment on theground-iloor where they were left at work , but uo particular attention was paid to them , as it was snpposed they were onlv
having a few words . As neither the man nor the woman were to be seen at the accustomed hour in the morning , and after several knocks had been given at the door without any answer , the parlour window-shutters , which were not fastened , inside , were thrown open , and the floor discovered to be deluged with blood . It was now conjectured that without doubt some horrible tragedy had been committed , and information was immediately conveyed to the station house in George-street , Bloomsbury . About eleven o ' clock Mr . Inspector Jenkins and Sergeant * Piper , and Mobs , of theE division , arrived at the house , which is No . 3 , in the Mews , and on forcing open the door ' entered the parlour , Sjjfiieii the
most appalling sight was presented to their view—the lifeless body of Mrs . Conway being found extended on the floor deluged with blood , which had flowed from a deep wound in her throat , and her hands were much cut in the struggle with her murderer . On Serjeant Piper entering the adjoining back room hebeheld me man Parker , sitting on Mrs . Conway ' s bed , leaning forward against the window . The serjeant , supposing from his position that he was alive , sprang forward to seize him as the murderer , when , to his surprise and horror , he found the man dead , having inflicted a frightful gash in his throat . Mr . Myers , u surgeon , of Castle-street , was sent for , but his efforts were useless . On searching
the parlour a table "knife and razor were found , and a letter was discovered on the mangle which fixes the crime on Parker , and shows the act tohavebeensome time meditated . The letter , which must have been written some time before the murder , as there was neither pen nor ink in the apartment , was addressed to Mrs . A ewton , the lodger alluded to , and ran shortly as follows : — " Mrs . Newton , —This horrid affair , which will not much surprise you , as yon know howmy feelings have been agitated , would not have happened had I not been rejected by Mrs . Conway , andT deprived of all hopes of becoming lier husband , which is more than I can bear . —Your unfortunate friend .
"John Parker . " Information of the horrible event has been conveyed to Mr . Stirling , the coroner , in order , that an inquest be held on the bodies . The deceased female was respected by-all who knew her ; on iopking over some . of her papers , the adddress of her sister was * discovered . ' She * Tesi'des in Berkshire , and information ha 3 been forwarded te her of the melmcholy event . The coroner for Middlesex has been sent to expressly , and- an inqjjest was be held on Monday . The bodies of the murdered female and her murderer are in a horrible condition , and a body of police are stationed at . the premises to prevent persons entering to view the remains .
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^ Sf ? v ^ ^ Woo * Of plum * afld W ^ t ^ t ^^^ ^ « pected crop will be cut ° ff ^^ Jate ^ unseasonably cold wea ^ n ^^ St **^ " ^*^^ C 0 the number W < of acres inSa ^ 'Sr' ffi e 0 Unt * ** ^ been SSS Sr \*? ^ ? ° f ° »« ch of that which 22 ffi ^ " " - ^ efcaredUat , under the most ^^^^ tences i the ensuing harvest cannot , upon the whole , ber * ver ^ prbdu&ive one . ^^^^^^•^ "W ^ MEEtiNG . —Thesittings g ^^ e Mociatiou ^ M ClwoS SmS '^ if * ? National Community Friendly Zm& * £ term ** tea on Wednesday ^ last . In S ™ i ^ P <* edings described in otif last , the EK ** ! ^ Po ^ acommittee , consisUuiTof ,
SSSkE 22 rP »; rinc * and •¦™ ifll V * ° ° out for an S ^ S ^ SmSJ i i ^ p ^^ sssss WBSiW ^ P ^™ caUen ^ or ^ p ! £ ™ - — a s P ecial congress is to be Sf # g *^ thVSVS ^ ?^ : ertaking to procure all ^^^ GSS ^ sSi ^ fe ^ ss ^ assfe
stands adjourned to Monday , the 30 th S JS ? at SiSee ? S ^ ^ H y P ° $ ¦ &&& £ mittees , wita a view to the commencement of K kw ? 1 k ? ™™ tanceS it seems Sv probable that Mr . Owen ' s benevolent and highly ffi . estmg theory ^ of human nature , will SR subjected to the test of practical experiment In order to call attention more effectually to the social views , the congress last week determined Won the calling : of public meetings throughout the kingdom S ^ Slr W « . ° , l ^ Ssin g ^ Practicability thereof . The hrst of these ; meetings was held in this town on Monday evening , in Bywater ' a large room-Mr . Owen in the chair . Theie was a vefy l ^*?* t ^ 3 ™ ¥ f ^ arl y filled . A suDmuted
Kr 11 ^ " a were , to the effect , that ^ all the industrious classes were , in a greater or lessdegree ^ inastateofsQcialsu . ffering anddeiradation -that the removal thereof conld only be £ ffSd nfn W ? , w ^ ^ - extant and beneficial employment—that , through the improvements in che ^ mcarand mechanical science , tlus is of easy attainment-and , that the plans of social amelioration propounded by Mr OVen , and advocated by the Association ofall Classes of all Nations , present the most practical means of attaining these objects , and also of securing to all classes the utmost degree of moral and intellectual cultivation . The spirit of these resolutions was enforced by excellent speeches feL ^^ nnan 5 Mr . Finch of Liverpool : Mr
, Rigby , of Maiichester ; Mr . Buchanan * of Hudders-J eld ; Mr . Newall ^ of London ; Mr . ' Fleming , oi Manchestery Mr . Douthwaite , of Bradford : Mr Campbell , of Glasgow ; and Mn Murphy , of Bir mingham . The resolutions affirming thegeneral principles , and the efficacy of the proposed remedial measures , were carried unanimously ; but upon the resolution for petitions to parliament , embodying the above sentiments , and including a request that Mr Owen be heard at the bar of both houses in support of his raws , and for a loaa to carry them into eftect sprae . slight opposition was-manifested . The opnosition was led by a young man named Easby , who with , a most amusing theatrical tons and m »< f ,, -in «« w
objected to the proceedings , as being objectionable inprinciple , impracticable in operation , and offensive as b ( eing of a party character . He moved an amendment , the grandiloquent phraseology of which may be judgedof by the following specimen , which contains the substance of the amendment : " Resolved , that tMs meeting is of opinion , that any application for a loau of money at the ; present juncture , to erect ro odel comrauhities , would scarcely be glanced at by royalty , contemptuously spurned by a haughty oligarchy , treated with the greatest disdain by the pnrse proud commoners of St . Stephens , and only add another foul insult to the already innumer-6 ' "" ij ih ujjun
— - " ^¦ » . u « . m ; u a Buiienijguna patient people . ' The amendment concluded by suggesting the adoption of a petition " embracing the true spirit of popular democratic . representaMon . " The amendment was supported with much force of argument ( founded however , upon an erroneous conception of the social news ) and propriety of manner , by K ^^ amed Sta nley . Mr . Lloyd Jones , of Manchester , repked , and ultimately the resolution lor a petition was carried by an overwhelming majority . — -At the close of the business ^ Mr . Owen read a proclamatiou agreed to by the Social Congress , and addressed to " civilized Europe and America , " setting forth the social views , and calling attention thereto
,. and which will be widely circulated over the ^ b ^ kiOf&onx ^ ManeAc secr / iitvzrliscr . \ MUHDEROUS AFl * nAY BETWEEN ENGLISH AND Irish Men . —Preston , Friday Night . —One of the most shocking affrays between parties of men of different countries took place oh Monday and Tuesday evenings last , at the village Penwbrtham , near this town ; aid on the second day the combatants , in number from six to eight hundred , were armed , not only with bludgeons , but also with guns , pistols , knives , sycthes , < fec , and it appeared that they made use of their weapons with dreadful effect . 1 ' he disturbance , so far as can be ascertained , commenced in the following manner : —The workmen emolovprl
on the North Union Railway , near Penwortham ( and who are for the most part Irishmen ) are paid their wages every alternate . Saturday .. Several of them were in the habit of getting -provisions on credit , at a shop in the neighbourhood , and amongst them two men ( brothers , ) of the name of Dean , also had credit . The shop-keeper having required the brothers to pay up the amount owing , the youngmen suspected that a fellow workman , also an Irishman , had been the means of preventing them from obtaining further credit . They accordingly vowed vengeance against the man , and went in search of him . Amongst other places they went to the dwelling oi au aged cottager , named Mayorand upon the
, alleged suspicion that he had concealed the party of whom they were in quest , seized the chairs , tables , furniture , < fcc . yand broke them to pieces . The two men then went to public-hoiise , wliere they found four other Irishmen and fourteen weavers , in the employ of Mr . Ba-shall , but who were unemployed , in consequence of the machinery being out ofrepair . The Irishmen , having armed themselves with staves , ordered the weavers to go down stairs or they would beat them . This the wearers did , and haying gone and obtained each n thick stick , they returned and had a regular set-to with the Irishmen , who got worsted , and went away , making violent threats as to what they would dp . They declared that they
would murder every bloody . Eiiglish ' inan . In a short timet hey returned with a strong reinforcement of the labourers employed on the railway , and , uttering aloud imprecations on their opponents , attacked iudiscrimately every person who fell in their way . A young man named Miller , of good character , was driving his own horse atid cart , containing coals , along the road , when the Irishmen attacked him in the most brutal manner , pushed his horse an _ d cart into the hedge , and beat hira so unmefcifully , that he now lies in a hopeless statej : hayine sustained a most dangerous fracture of the skull , and being apparently dead , lying in the road . They next attacked a carter named Almond , and an aged
farmer named Livesay , both of whom they maltreated in a similar manner , and the poor men are at present in such a condition as renders the hope of their recovery exceedingly doubtfui . On the following morning application for warrants against several of the parties are stated , to have been ma 3 e to the magistrates , but it appears they were refused , and both parties were directed to go horae and be peaceable . They did go home , but as will appear by the sequal for another purpose . Both parties determined to fight it on t , and accordingly armed themselves with guns , pistols , pikes , knives , and other weapons , and assembling to the number of about eight hundred near the house of a man named Smith ,
had a regular tight . One man named John Trafford was shot through the body with slugs , and after walking a few yards fell down and expired . Several of the Englishmen received dangerous gunshot wounds . Two Irishmen are at present in the Preston Infirmary , one named Gas 8 idy and the other Kavanagb . One of them has had both his arms broken by a gunshot , and amputation is about to be tried as the only means of preserving his life . The other has one of his arms broken by a gun-shot A man named Bacondale received three gunshot , wounds , one of wMch ( through his loins ) it is believed has entered bis bladder ^ Heis past the hope of recovery . 'A man named William Robinson
received a gunshot wound in the arm , and had his skull fractured . He isnot expected to recover . The Irishmen deny having carried fire-arms , but it is rather a curious circumstanctj that six or eight Engr lishmen should havebeenshotif theIrishmenhadnot carriedfire-arHis . It isbeheved that upwards of twenty Irishmen have been severely , ; if not dangerously wounded , but few of the belligerent parties dare come forward to give ^ their evidence in a proper maimeT . These doings haying been made known to the magistrates , a party of the 86 th Regiment of foot
were sent for fromBlackburn , and they arrived after all the mischief was over , and were quartered some in Preston and the remainder in temporary barracks erected near the place where ithe : disturbance took place , yesterday morning the coroner having directed an examination of this body of the deceased , the relatives , aided by a number of the neighbours , resisted , the xiat of the Buxgepn . The police were obliged to interfere , andatleiigth the inquesf took place . ; TheTesultof the inquest was a verdict of " Maualaughter against some person unknown , ' " —Sun of Monday , '
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rm-m and ^' k ff ^ ' ^^ ^ K and broken m two , with which the wounds haJ beenmflicted , was found ; in the house . The captam who had been maltreated in a dreadful ma ' hneK wil g ? ve no accoant as- to the ori gin of the affray ^ but these facts have since-been-ascertained . The landlord ! S very jealous of his wife , , who is many years younger than himself , and happening to surprise her in the act of saluting the captain ,- he immediately attacied the latter with the candlestick , which he brok » to pieces over his head , and left him for dead on the ground .
Incendiary Fire .-A cakmitous fire broke out on . Friday night , on the premises of Mr . Whnelock , of Silverston , NbrthBrapton . It commenced m a large thrashing barn ,- which , with the stable , cowhouse , hovels , a large hark rick , bean stack , and ^ wheat stack , containing in all about 80 quarters of corn , was totally consumed ; five valuable cart-horses were with the greatest difficulty rescued from the stable , while the roof was burning . in , upon them . Great fears were entertained that the llames would reach the dwelling-house , and W *
« mt > er sheds filled with valuable ^ timber and the homesteads of Mr . Amos and Mr . Wake , but the arrival of the Towcester , and Brackley engines , with several gentlemen and a large number of people from the aojoming villages , who , with the inhabitants of Silverstou , to- their credit , exerted themselves to the utmost , succeeded iu stopping the progress of the flames , Lord Southampton arrived soon after the fire commenced , and exerted himself in the most praiseworth y manner the whole -iii ^ ht . It is not doubted that it was the act of an iu-endiary . Ihe premujes were insured , and a large reward is ottered for tbe conviction of the offenders . —County Chronicle . . " '
An Unexpected Passenger . —A few days since , while the Normandie was landino- her passengers at Havre , an American lady , in the act of landing , was taken suddenly ill . She was carried to her cabin , where , in the course of a few minutes she was safely delivered of a fine boy . ' Mr . Livesey , and his Discussion with Mr . Acland on the New Poor Law . —This amiable and excellent man who in his Unsuspecting simplicity , became a sort of victim to Acland ' s practised trickery , in the published reports of the discussion between them , has published a little
pamphlet entitled " Livesey ' s self defence , " for the whole . of which we would gladly , if possible , have found room in the Star . This , hewever , we cannot do , and as Mr , L ' s explanations are too long to be quoted , and too closely connected to be mutilatedwe can only hope that the pamphlet will be read by every one , that so all may know exactly how the . " Hell broth" advocates contrive to make the worse appear the better reason . Mr . Livesey ' s " Self Defence" fully bears out all the statements on this subject contained in the "Protest" upon this subject inserted in our last .
Mysterious Death .-A good deal of excitement has been caused in Runcorh and the neighbourhood , by the somewhat mysterinus death of John Beswick , who was found dead in bed , about eight o ' clock on Tuesday morning last . The previous evening he had been spending very jovially with a few of hid brother workmen , at " a footing , " and about nine o ' clock he went home . He and his wife had a little supper , and they soon afterwards went to bed , to all appearance , in very good health : about three o ' clock on Tuesday morning he was thirsty , and his wife wished to give him some cold tea , but he preferred water , for which she went
down stairs . He was soon afterwards seized with vomiting and illness . At half-past five o ' clock , one of his fellow-workmen called at his house , that they might go together to their occupation , being quarry men at Mr . Wright ' s delph , and the poor man said that he was so very ill , he was unable to go to his work ; and at nine he was dead . A very respectable and intelligent juTy was impannelled upon the bod y , oil Wednesday , and after a variety of witnesses had been examined , including Mr , H . Wilson , eurgeon , ( who was called in about tbe time the deceased expired ) it could not be ascertained how he came by his death . A neighbour stated , t " h « t &Uc casually
went into decease : s house , about nine o ' clock on the Monday night , and he and his wife were eating bread and cheese ; he laughed , and said that he wanted more ale , but his wife would not let him have any , as he hadhad enough , and she ( witness ) thought so too . " Well , well , said the poor man , I was only joking , I don ' t want any more . " Other witnesses stated , that the deceased ' s wife was a straw-bonnet maker , and that in a part of the process in cleaning the straw , oxalic acid was used ; and it occurred to the jury , that , through carelessness or inadvertance , the water might have been given to the man in a poisonous cup : they , therefore , ordered , a post-mortem
examination , and as the surgeon stated , that it would occupy some time to apply the chemical test to the contents of the stomach , the inquest was adjourned iill Saturday . The adjourned inquest sat that morning at eleven o ' clock , and after several witnesses had been called and examined , the surgeon reported , that he had not been able to discover , upon analyzing the contents of the stomach , the presence of either mineral or vegetable poison ; and not being perfectly satisfied with the result , they had been sent to be tested by the principal chemist in Manchester , who had given the same opinion . A consultation of
surgeons had taken place , wlw said it was a most extraordinary case , and such as had not come under their practice , except about twice in Manchester ; and they came to the conclusion , that , as the dedeased had been drinking , more or less of strong drink , for four days previous to his death , and being of a delicate constitution ( according to the report of bis wife , ) that he had caused a violent inflammation of the stomach , which had been so rapid in its progress , unabated by medical aid , that it caused his death . The jury returned a verdict accordingly , much to the satisfaction of a considerable number of
persons , anxious to know the result of the proceedings , as the mysterious circumstances of the case had created a great sensation in the town and nei ghbourhood , which was much increased by the delay of the adjournment . —Chester Courant .
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. ^ .. . THE PAID POOR LAW AGITATOR AGAIN . On Tuesday week , this worthy again made his appearance at Preston , and issued placards noticing that he was going to resume the discussion on the New Poor Law , on Thursday evening at the Theatre . At the appointed time he made his appearance , and commenced by noticing the various placards which had appeared on the walls , he indulged for about an hour , no doubt much to the enlightenment of his numerous auditory , in the most violent personal abuse against some of our townsmen , after which he attempted . to discuss the bastardy clause , but such a futile attempt was never heard before , together with such coarseness of expression , that the hearers were quite disgusted with
him , as the following evening proved . On Friday evening he again , at eight o ' clock , did make his appearance ; but Oh ! alas ! alas ! how chop-fallen was our hero when lie looked around upon the . empty'benches . At a quarter past eight o ' clock , about half-a-dozen had made their appearance in a " place that would accommodate above 2 , 000 : but at nine o'clock , ( after some friend had sent the bellman round , with the following announcement— " Lost , Mr . Acland ' s audience , who so loudly cheered lam last evening , —whoever will bring the same to the Theatre immediately , shall be handsomely rewarded , " ) the state of the house stood thus : Boxes , 13 ! Pit * 11 ! Gallery , 101 ! So much for the success of this adventurer .
On Thursday evening , he repeatedly challenge d and calumniated Ms > Livesey , ( for his impudence is like Warren ' s blacking . ' matchless ;) on the day following ; therefore Mr . Livesey sent him a verbal challenge with the subjects for discussion jn writingv Terms ; the proceeds to be given to the Band Loom fFeavers—t \ x \ s he would not accept but sent a proposition to . the effect that he wanted one half the proceeds . Mr . Livesey , haying from the first refused to be a tool for his benefit , of course refused such an offer , but : forwarded another proposition by return , viz .: —that out of the proceeds Mr . Acland should receive for his exnenses what two independent
gentlemen should award . This he publicly declined with great pomposity at the " crowded meting " and would only " come to his " gun" on his former proposal . Oh Saturday morning , Mr . Livesey issued a placard headed " Eyes to the Blind ' desiring to know which party the term * Co > - abdice" would best apply to , and announcing his intention to : discuss the following subjects irr-The BASTABDV CtAUSEj—the OUT-DOOR BELIEF tb ABtEBODiED persons , and the poor-hodse : system , as ordered by the GoMMissioNERS . On Wednesday arid Thursday evenings ( this week ., ) Proceeds to the Weavers- To this Mr . Aclahd replied by another b ill , charging Mr * Livesey with ey ^ sion : bnt , ]\ ke
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; ' ¦ ¦ the press . . . :-. - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - .-How great is the despondency of powers whichin themselvea seem all powerful . The three estatea of this vast empire whose edicte we are bound to obey , and whose united will becomes law , would be in themselves impotent and powerless , was it not . for that mirror , the Press , which reflects them according to the dress and fashion in which the ' managers choose to exhibit them . The . press is the mould in which opinion is cast , and the mouth-piece through which it is expressed . It is the reservoir into whir *
all the channels of thought discharge themselves , — the great stage manager who fashions the several actors for the parts which they are respectively designed to perform . It defies cdntroul ; it UTes upon persecution , rand grows fat upon abuse . At war with all ; it knows no friend . It is a substance which wo « nds ; : a shadow which cannot be wounded . If itlie , it has defenders ; if it slander , it is from love of morality . Jf it ex ? Ose , it is from a reluctant duty which it owes to the public .: If it apostatise , it is from conviction j should itpraise . it is from
fear ; and should it fear , it is from peril of being honest . The several newspapers in the possession of the respective parties who alternately hold power , are a complete marketable commodity , and the only standard by whictthe market is constantly regulated , is the calculation as to the amount of safety to the proprietors , by which the transfer can be effected " , and a dread lest any indiscreet transfer , of too much stock from one party to another should open the door to new speculation , and cause a glut in the trade . By keeping the market steady the 4 union " can share the whole proceeds of the traffic-. If today , the Queen , Lords , and Commons , were
unanimous upon any given measure , and if the whole Press , of the Empire was equally unanimous against the measure , the Queen , Lords , and Commons , must yield to the paramount importance of the Press , If the people were unanimous upon any measure , but it suited not the Press to convey that unanimity , the identity of opinion would be useless . The great value of the Press to its party , then is , that it serves as a herald to proclaim to all the united opinion of all , and under its banners the forces are mustered without the expenditure pf much time or money . '
Many persons have marvelled at the manner in which a few scattered Tories have been enabled to hold their dominion . It has been b y the Press ; and what the Press is to them ^ public meetings are to the many . The rich have a daily interchange of opinion , the drill sergeant is amongst them morning and evening . While events , and the feverish excitement consequent thereon , are fresh , advantage is taken of the unprepared , who on a Saturday , when the deed is done , and excitement has passed away , merely wonder in astonishment at the fact
which they now have no power to prevent . To this want of a daily interchange of oDinions anA uuus ^ nt Knowlege of what is doing , we must , in . paTt , attribute the incessant state of alarm and ferment in which the people are held by their endea-Tours to cure rather than prevent . How comel y was the figure exhibited in the Reform Mirror when Althorp was an Unionist . Grey , a Kepublican , and Stanley , a Tithe Abolitionist , When BicHMONp , Russell , Lansdowne , Graham , and the minor Whigs , appeared like guardian angels and the Tories
, as hellish . fiends standing between the oppressed and these saviours . O ! how nerved was every arm , how loud was every tongue , how intrepid , every heart in the cause of "Peace Retrenchment and Reform ! " but where now is the victory ? In the grave , the dungeon , and the bastile . And yet are we once more told that prudence and expediency demand at our hands another trial for those who have condemned without law , sentenced without justice , and punished without remorse . To those who are for another trial we say ,
go you grovelling mean murk worms , who worshi p at the shrine of infamy—go and try your fate once more at the Whig thimble rig- go , because a Press leads you , and work for your superiors—go because the laws compel you , and sell the children of yonr wives to . the flesh merchant . Go , because the three Kings order you , and in your felons' dress and captives' cell , lie till welcome death shall terminate your miserable existence , and let your consolation be your " prudence and expediency . " Every indignity to which the people have been subjected may
have originated from other sources , but they have been confirmed by the press . A dail y paper speaks of freshness and passing occurrences , while a weekly journal is but an old almanack , recording past , not commenting upon , coming events . The reduction upon stamps ha 3 made the rich man ' s paper cheaper , and the poor man ' s paper dearer . All out best endeavours are but a poor substitute for the unstamped . . 'Tis only by violation that
a bad law can be repealed , and thus the unstamped produced a change which some thought beneficial ; but which our speeches and writings will prove we were opposed to . The Press is tie spir it of the age ; but to give vigour it must be a lively . spirit , daily animating the body . Can any man deny the . power of the press , or stem its omnipotence ? No ! Why then not , when it is within our compass , and offers gain instead of loss , ( if our pecuniary considerations are to operate . ) arm
outselv . es -with the means by which , and which . alone , the few have so long held dominion . The Morning Chronicle , in mentioning the foree 3 opposed to Tory power , when commenting upon Sir Robert Peel ' s speech , makes light of all save the "People , " whichthis people-loving paper now prints in italics , and" places as the army ; pf reserve , when the whole front rank shall have given way ; or been forced through . Yet we tell the " people , " that however an enemy may write them down in
convenient terms , that without a daily Press , they are but a poor link of that great social chain of which they should be the centre and the strength . Had Sir B / GBEftT ; Peel and his dinner party been , without the aid of a- daily Press , their winged arrows would have fallen silently upon the floor of Merchant ' s Hall j but in consequence of the Press , the proceedings serve as a general rallying point to the whole party . A Press is at once the cheapest ,
the most expeditious , and the most certain means ^ of keeping a party together , and when the Press , and the Press alone , has been so powerful ^ up holdiBg corruption , arid linking a bad faction together ^ what -would-be , the power of a virtuous Press in the hands of those who have wrongs to complain of ^ but lack the means of redress . Let the people establish , a daily paper , and there is , at pace , ait end tp the long reign of usurpatiQ ^ , ;; . . v > -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 2, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1008/page/3/
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