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SONG FOB THB MILLIONS . Fbiskds of Freedom , swell the strain That peals ftcrosi th' Atlantic . main , > nrt echoes iride o'er hill and plain , Arousing men to Liberty . Tour erery moral power awake , B : stir yourselves for Freedom ' s sake ; Base Slavery ' s chains « hntl map and break Before your godlike energy . Lift up yonr faces from the dust , Ycnr cause is holy , pore , and juat ; In Freedom ' s God pat all your trust , Be he your hope and anchor . Give to the world yoor flrm decree , That Bntons will—they will fee free ; Shout , ahont far glorious Liberty ; It will succeed and conquer . Tain tyrants , that would make us dares , Go look upon the patriots' grave * , And study there , ye dastard knaves , The folly of your knarry . What ! think ye to subdue the mind . Which God hath given to mankind ? Ye surely will for ever find Men will not suffer slavery . Though ye bavs prisons to immure The poor , and friends unto the poor , Yet think not basely to allure The nock from they who leai th Tain are your dungeons , idly vain The rack , ihe torture , and the chain ; Ye neither can nor shall restrain Our strong darire for freedom .
We ask for rights by Nature given , Sanctioned and ratified by Heaven , For which our forefathers have striven On the battle-field and wave » "We wish to make no man our foe , For all are equal bom we know , And all must surely , surely go To the repnblic of the grave . Benjamin Stott Manchester .
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LABOUR'S WOES A > T > TRI " D 24 PH . By Ebenezee . Elliot . Victoria , cypress-crown'd ! thou good in vain I How the red wreath , with which thy name is bound , The pajte which tells the first deeds of thy reign , Black , and blood-clotted—cheers the Calmuck hound " , Whose growl o ' er Brunswick hails thee cypresscrown'd ! Canada weeps—and yet her dead are free ! Throned o ' er their blood ! who would not be a Queen ?! : The Queen of new made graves who wsuld not be J 1 Of glory ' s royal flowers the loveliest Been ! So young . ' yet all that the deplored have been . '
Here , too , oh , Qaeen ! thy woe-wom people feel , The load they bear is more tfcan they enn bear ! Beneath it twentv million ¦ workers reel 1 While fifty thousand idlers rob snu glare , And mock the sufferings vhich they yet may Ehare The drama soon will end . —Four acts are past : The curtain rises o ' er embracing foes 1 But each dark smtler hugs his dagger fust ! While Doom prepares his match , and waits the close Qaeen of the Earthquake ! wouldet thou win or lose ?* Still shall the Car of Juggernaut roll on , O " er broken hearts , and children born in vain , Banner'd wiih fire ! while " thousand men as one " Sink down beneath its coward wheels of pain . That crush out souls , through cru&hinq blood and brain !
Stop!— for to ruin Antoinette was led , By men who only when they died awoke ! Base nobles , who , o ' er France vain darkness Bpread , And , goading her faint steeds with stroke on stroke , Loaded the wain—until the axlei broke ! Stop !— "for ihe blasting engine ' s iron laics' ' Than saved not thrones from outraged Heav ' n ' s controul , When hunger urg"d up to the cannon ' s jaws A sea of men , with only one wild soul ! Hark !—still I hear the echo of its rolL +
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The first act was the war with our American coonies , arising cvi of Tory restrictions on their trade ! The second aet teas ihe coalition of the Whigs and Tories hi 1793 , to prevent that Reform which would have prevented a war that cost , perhaps , two theussnd millions , and ended in a tsx on food—which tax threatens to destroy our trade , and , < ° l course , to anarchiae the nation . The third act was the perpetration of that tax an food in 18 Z 5 , by which , sad by a . Isw , called Peel ' s Bill , its authors secured their war prices in peace , and their paper prices in gold ; vilianous advantages , which they have followed up by depriving the poor of their privilege of ont-door pay ! in the face of their own declaration , placed on eternal record , that they are
themselves the mist destructive horde of beggars and thieves that ever infested any community ; " For they cannot live without protection , " they declare ; and th ' . ir declaration must be either falre or true : if it is true , why do not they go to the woikhouse ? if it is false , why are they not sent to the tread-mill ? This ominous fourth act is now dosing , with another coalition of Whigs and Tories to prevent all Reform ! Even so was the French Revolution produced by the obstinate refusal of the aristocracy to bear any share of the taxes , they having untaxed themselves ; and they ended , as ours will , by fighting with the executive for the remains of the public * poiL ' Horribly like , " said Hum the Fourth , of his father ' s portrait . ' Shade of Toulon ! is it not »
+ Still thsre is hope that revolution may be avoided , if the workers will demand the franchise ; and they need only ask to have . Pitt perpetrated his crimes , by discoverirg that a new power bad arisen in Englandtfeat of the middle classes . If the workers obtain political power , ihey will not , like their betters , sell themselves for their own sixpence—or rather for a bad one , instead of it ; but they may rest assured thai they will soon find a minister to represent them in the counsels of the Crown : and that—though he and they may err—the majority can have no interest in doing wrong . " Wi ; t thou govern better than I ? " said a
dethroned Emperor of ConstantiEople to his successor " Could I govern worse ? " was the reply . Say , Marquis , could the workers govern worse than thou ? The French aristocracy misgoverned France till they stopped the tpade and the hammer . Here , you Marquises seem likely to stop the steam engine itself . The French , after a time , fell feack on a suffidtut agriculture ; but here an excessive agricultural population , and a still larger manufacturing one , will have to fail back on an agriculture in-ufficient to HtaJat ein either of them . Never mind . Drive on , ilarqoia . We may want a hackney coachman , af : ar alL
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THE LIFE OF SAINT IGNATIUS , BISHOP OF ANT 10 CH . London , H . G . Clarke and Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . 1842 . This is the first number of a series of the lives of the early Christian fathers , and is intended to recder young persons more familiar with the actions and Bufferings of these early witnesses for the truth . It is written in a popular style , and we are happy to perceive that the writer has , to a considerable extent , avoided exhibiting a party or sectarian spirit . There can be no doubt that some acquaintance with the personal history of those who first irradiated the gloom of pafi an darkness by the Jight and benevolence of primitive Christianity is most desirable for those whose limited means prevent them from acquiring information from the voluminous works ( most of tnem in the dead languages ) in which the facts have been transmitted to us . Any judicious
attempt , therefore , to collect those facts into a concise and popular form must be hailed with pleasure ; and in this little work , though it is not so faultless as could have been desired , we recognise the commencement of such aa attempt , and we cordially wish it success . To the members of Episcopal Churches , this little work cannot be but acceptable ; tui it has equal claims to the encouragement of Christians of every name , who wish to impress upon the minds of the young the bright examplts of primitive piety . We hope that in succeeding lives care will be taken to give a reference t » the acthomies from whence the facts stated are delived . Ih ' . a is done in some cases in the life of Saint Ignatius , but in others it is not . This is a point of vast importance , especially as the works are intended for the special instruction of the young . We ad ^ se that the lives should appear monthly j along with the other periodicals of the day .
A pew bats ago , while an elderly matron in Stewarton was sitting at her spinning wheel , and occasionall y noticing the gambols of a joung kitten , for which she had a particular regard , a large hawk r ^**^ & at the open window , pounced upon thectten , and , to the no smaU grief and astonishment rtfa owaer , it bore it away as a prize . —Edinburgh , niinus . SiAGE-ceicHES aio > OjcfiBr ^ BS . —Bj the new act relating to Etare-coaches ( 5 sh and 6 th of Victoria
¦ l-i c . 79 ) , and which comes into operation npon and * fter the 3 rd of October next , the average space allotted to each passenger is required to be sixteen inches , me&eariEg in a line lengthways © n the front of each seat . Children below five years of age , sitting in the lap , are not to be deemed passengers within the act . The number of passengers which such carriage is constructed to carry is . as »* present * required to be legibly painted , both inside and outside , foi the information of travellers by these rehicles .
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CRICKET MATCH ON WOODHOtJSE MOOR . BRUNSWICK CLUB V . OFFICERS OP THB 32 ND . A match at Cricket for a small stake was played on Woodhodie moor , on Monday last , between the members of the Leeds Brunswick Club and the Officers of the 32 nd regiment , now stationed in this town . The day was beautifully fine until about four o ' clock ; and the wickets having been pitched at ten , the game was nearly concluded before the commencement of a very smart shower , which , thongh it did not prevent the
termination of the match , went far to mar the pleasures of the numerous oompany who had assembled , not only to witness the game , but to hear the beautiful strains of the splendid band of the regiment , which , by the orders of the gallant colonel , attended , and greatly enlivened the scene by their excellent performances . The play on the part ef the Brunswick Club was greatly admired ; they were evidently an overmatch for their opponents The following score will show the result of the day ' s play : —
OFFICERS OP 32 ND REG : < ENT . First Innings . Second Innings . Private Robson 6 b by Womack 5 c by Wilson Private Sndbury 0 b by Ciwthorn 1 b by Womack Corporal Blias 11 c by Sanderson 12 b by Womack Capt . Dillon 1 b by Wumack 2 b by Womack CoL Markham 4 b by Womack 0 leg b wicket Capt Baines 0 s by Barrett 0 b by Womack Cspt . Markhwn 2 run out 5 run out Private T . Clarke 1 c by Sanderson 0 run out Private R . Clarke 5 c by H . Harrison 9 not out Capt Campbell 11 leg b wicket 6 s by Barrett Mr . King 1 not out 0 s by Barrett . Wide balls & byes 18 wide balls & byes 36 Total 60 76
BRUNSWICK . First Innings . Second Innings . Craven 0 c by Col . Markham 1 not out Birrett 43 b by Robson H . Harrison 54 b by Bliss . Womack 0 b by Robson 3 not out Wilson 2 b by Bliss Cawthom 3 c by Capt Campbell Sanderson 0 c by Bliss Atkinson 0 c by Capt Campbell J . Harrison C b by Bliss Young 2 b by Blias Wormald 1 not out Wide balls & byes 21 wide balls 2 Total 132 6 LEEDS . —North Ward Meeiikg . —A meeting was held at the Haiewood Arms , on Monday evening last , to nominate a candidate for Ihe North Ward at the forthcoming election for Town Councillors . Mr . Thomas Brumfitt was called to the cham A vote of thanks was proposed to the retiring Councillor , Mr . Watson , Jan ., for his services to the North "Ward Burgesses . This was opposed on the grouad that he had never rendered any services to the Burgesses , which were beneficial to them either in a local or political point of view ; the proposition wa ? , of course , lost to the great disappointment of the Whige . The next proposition was , that Mr . William Hornby , tobacconist , be . nominated as cand } date on the first » f November . It was then requested by Mr . William Baron and others , that Mr . Hornby should be present , and give a statement of his poli ; ical opinions , and also of his
views with respect to the local affairs of the town , as this was a period which rendered such a f-tep necessary to the burgesses , who ought to know the opinions of the men whom they were called upon to support before they gave a decision . An amendment was therefore proposed , That the meeting adjourn to Tuesday , September 27 tb , at eight o ' clock in the evening , and that Mr . Hornby be in the interim eommunicattd with , requestiug his attendence at the adjourned meeting , for the purposo above named . " The amendment was carried by an overwhelming majority . Burgesses of the North Ward ! attend the next meeting ! Shew to the factions that you are determined to have a man that will advocate your rights in the council , and contend for s reduction of the abominable and extravagant expenditure of the public money , and a reduction of the police force . This is an important crisis ! therefore let every burgess be there , and rally round a
man of their own choice . NEWCASTLE . Daring Robbert by a Policeman . —On Thursday morning last , the house of Mr . Wheatley , Blue Bell Inn , Quay-side , was entered by John NelsoD , a policemaD , and as he supposed they were all asleep , he went direct to the till , and was in the act of emptying its contents into his * pockets , when the noise which he made with the coppers was heard up stairs , and wheH Mr . Wheatley came down stairs he caught him in the act . He was immediately taken into custody , and after examination by the magistrates , was committed to take bis trial at the next assizes .
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The Amkbjcan Diver—Smith , the diver , took another leap from Sunderland bridge , on Monday , the 19 th instant , amidst a vast crowd of spectators , but it nearly cost him his life . The height is upwards of 110 feet , but he darted into the water without fear , and afterwards rose apparently in a very feeble and exhausted condition . On being brought ashore he was seized with convulsions , when it was found necessary to bleed him . At first the blood flowed slowly , and was as black as treacle , shewing the great congestion which had taken place in the luogs , together with the gorged state of the heart and blood-vessels . Ht , suffered sorne time from nervous exhaustion , but ultimately rallied .
The " Press Gang . "—The Shrffield Independent is in extacies with Mr . Vincent's lectures— 'hey form n event in the political history of Sheffield . It is the first time Bince the commencement of the Universal Suffrage Movement which dates from 1838 , that the subject has been brought before the public under favourable aatpices , and in a rational manner . But while praising this new light of Complete Suffrage , and urging a union of the middle and working classes upon the basis laid down by Mr . Vincent , the Editor ( no donbt unintentionally ) let ' s the cat out of the bag—( Hear him" ) '" There must , then , be a anion , complete and cordial , df the middle and working classes ; but it is plain that the working classes will not join that union , except upon one fundamental condition , and that is the acknowledgement and advocacv of their claim to the elective franchise . On
this basis , there may be a union , a living , hearty , powerful union , which may be made effective , not only to attain the franchise , but if that be delayed , to accomplish many other political objects ia the meantime . " Here is a projected uaion of the foxes and geese with a vengeance ; Cackle away ye dupes cf Complete humbug , ye'll find out your folly in due time . The proposed union may be made effective for the obtainment of the franchise ; but , " don ' t you wish you may get it !'' " but if that bo delayed other political objects may be accomplished id the meantime . Wnat political objects ? Of course rot Corn Law Repeal , for over and over again we have been told that is not a political object ; but to cocce to plain sailing , in sober seriousness let us ask what is the meaning of the above 1
Is tb ; re any other meaning than this , that while the basis of the projeetaa union of the middle and working c ' a 5 ? es is to be the acknowledgment on the part of the former , of the justice of the claim of the latter to the elective franchise , that that union is to be worked for the accomplishment of other political objects , to wit , Corn Law Hepeal and Vote by Ballot ! We reiterate what we have often before asserted , our conviction that tbe Complete Suffrage movement was Etarted for the purpose of dividing the popular party , and using the people's power for the obtainme&t of " other objects" than ihe " fix points" of thu Charter . Honest njon there cay'be in the ranks of the Complete Suffragists , bnt there are too many schemers associated with them for U 3 to have much faith in their political integrity .
The Scottish Regalia . —On her Majesty ' s visit to Edinburgh Caotle , the crown , sceptre , &c ., were removed to an apartment above , where the light was stronger , in order to be more conveniently inspected by her Majesty and the Prince . His Royal Highness , however , not content with this view , requested to be shewn the room where the regalia was discovered , about twenty-two years since , in an old oaken chest , covered nearly a foot deep with dust , and which now forms an interesting historical event .
Prince Albert expressed himself highly gratified by this . v ' iEit , aud remarked that he thought it would have been more satisfactory to her MajtBty to have seenthese relics in the apartment where they are generally exhibited . Her Majesty , we understand , expressed her admiration of the workmanship of the sceptre , and observed to some of her snite that this comparatively advanced state of art at such a remote period wa 3 to be accounted for by the intimate alliance subsisting between Scotland and France . — Caledonian Mercury .
Police Outrage . —Government Investigation . — An investivation , held by order of Government , took place ia Limerick on Wednesday , for the purpose of inquiring into tbe conduct of two policemen stationed at Ballycahane , near the post town of Croom . The inquiry was instituted on the memerial of a respectable farmer , a Mr . Carmody , of Ashford . The facts of the case may be gathered from the following statement given by tbe Limerick Reporter , from which it would appear that the pranks of these well-paid functionaries are played off with equal grace at both sides of the Channel : — " The memorial set forth the
factB which Mr . Carmody complained of , the gross , the indecent , the revolting outrage perpetrated in his honse , to which those poHcemen went , whilst under tbe influence of intoxicating drink—where they forced themselves into the bedroom of Mr . Carmody ' s daughter , outside which they fired rounds of ammunition , and where they acted in such a way —in a way connested with all the circumstances of this case , as to prove that the discipline of the force isJax and irregulajr—that the people can have no confidence in it ; and that a Radical reformation is loudly called for in erery ramification of ihe service . "
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All in the Dark . —During the performance of divine service at Sc . Helen ' s Church , in this city , on Sunday evening last , some graoeless urchin bad the audacity to enter the doorway from the street , and crept unheard to the spot where the gas meter of the church is deposited ; having suddenly tamed off the gas , and left the minister and congregation in total darkness , he hastily decamped ., and by dint of hard running , avoided detection . — Worcester Chronicle . Cider and Pkrbt—These delightful beverages ( fays a Newent correspondent ) will be extremely cheap next month . Good Perry then will be sold at . Ledbury at 25 s . for the hogshead of 100 gallons . A large farmpr at Dymook , near Ledbury , has engaged to deliver 2 , 000 gallons of excellent cider at Abergavenny , by the first week in November at 6 d . per gallon . Bottling perry of prime quality will be had for Is-per imperial gallon , whioh will fill six bottles . — Gloucester Journal .
The Wbsletan Conference , whose sittings have jnst terminated , have decided upon allowing their ministers stationed ia Scotland to wear the " gown " in their public services . There is a growing desire among the congregations in England that a . similar resolutloa may be adopted for this country . —Sunderland Times . Touching Liars—Truth has beoome bo soarce a commodity now a-days , that one hardly considers a man a liar , provided he lie ? for his own advantage ; for I verily believe that some men have akind of preference for a lie—that they would avoid telling the truth if possible , even though it suited them best . First and foremost of this highly respectable class are book-keepers at stag < vcoach or packet-offices ; after them come horse-dealers , et hoc genus omne . — Thrte Months' Leave .
Expeditious Travelling . —The steam-phip Antwerpen , Capiain Jackson , left Antwerp on Wednesday afternoon last at a quarter pastono o ' clock ; she got up to St . Katharines Wharf , Tower , before nine o ' clock an Thursday morning , and in sufficient time for a merchant of Liverpool to leave London for that place by the ten o'clock train , so as to reach Liverpool the same evening ; " thus , " to use the gentleman's own words in writing after his arrival , " accomplishing the distance of 440 miles in 30 hours . "
A River Dried Up . —The heats of the summer have bo dried up the waters of the river Elbe , that the watermilla are all at a stand ; and near Pirna the river is entirely dry . The waters , ia retiring , have given up a secret kept up by them for more than two _ hundred years . A square stone is left bare , having the following significant inscription in Saxton patois : —• " When last men saw me , in August , 1625 , they wept ; and they who see me next shall weep too . " Incendiarism at Stston . —We regret to state , that a stack of barley , belonging to Mr . M . Sheffield
, of Syston , was discovered to be on fire there , on Tuesday morning last , and that there is but too much reason to consider tha * it was wilfully and maliciously occasioned . Indeed , we learn that the person in custody , John Bellamy , has admitted the fact . He was fuliy committed for trial on Wednesday , by Mr . Heyrick . We are credibly informed , that the prisoner has stated tbat he was prompted to the deed by feelings of revenge , as he asserts that a son of the owner of the stack maintained an illicit intercourse with his wife , under the roof , and with the connivance of her own father aud mother . —Leicester Journal .
Pencarrow . —This seat of Sir William Molesworth , Bart ., has recently undergone considerable improvement . A piece of ground has been prepared , in which is planted a very interesting collection of New Zsaland plants ] at r ly sent home by the brother Oi the worthy Baronet . From the present appearance of the foliage , there seems to be many new plants among them ; aud there is reason to expect that they will be of great benefit to our shrubberies and ornamental plantations . —Cornwall Advertiser ,
Mr . R . Hill . —Wo have been informed that the individual to whom the country is indebted for the inestimable advantages of the cheap postage , has just been dismissed from his situation by the Govern meat . Mr . Rowland Hill is no longer to have even a share in the working of his own plan . This announcement beintc in accordance with an intimation made in Parliament towards the close of the session , may not occasion much surprise ; but we are greatly mistaken if it does not excite throughout tha country feelings of regret and indignation . The proceeding 18 one so discreditable to the Government , that we can hardly understand how it should have been sanctioned , as it must have been , by Sir Robert Peel . —Morning Chrotiiele .
A sang of pickpockets is now frequenting the different markets and fairs in this county , who carry out their detigns on their neighbours' pockets by means of neatiy dressed boys , whoso apparent innocence disarms all suspicion of their being thieves . In our last , we noticed tha apprehension aud committal of one of these lads , at Lincoln , as a reputed thief ; last week another of them was taken at Gainsborough , who was recognised by the governor of the Kirton Lindsey gaol as an old acquaintance , having bad him ia custody for picking pockets at Brigg . —Boston Herald .
Pickled Egos . —An industrious farmer's wife , residing at Shipton , near Andover , among a variety o : ' other pickles which sho annually introduces into her store-room , preserves pickled eggs . The process she uses in curing them is very simple . When she has a large stock of eggs on hand she boils some six or seven dozen till they become hard . She then divests them of the shell , and puts them into large jars , pouring upon them scalding vinegar , saturated with ginger , garlic , whole pepper , and allspice . This pickle is an admirable aid to cold meat , and is , in the winter months , regarded as a perfeot farmhouse luxury . — ( From a Hampshire Correspondent J
A Natural Protector . —The following acknowledgment appears as an advertisement in the Limerick Chronicle . Mr . Monsell does the thing well . Here is a permanent abatement made which will make his tenants " comfortable during their lives . " Mr . Monsell is a Tory : — * ' Pcblic Thanks . —We , tbe andersigned , tenants ou the estate ? of Kildonneil and Ballymartin , the propzrly of William Morsel ] , Epq .. of Terroe , do hereby return our most sincere thasiks to our kind landlord above named , fcr the liberal abatement he has been pltaseo . to give us in the rents of our respective iarmp , which amounts to the onofourth thereof , and which act of generosity we consider will render us comfortable during onr respective lives , ibr which we and our families will for ever pray for his welfare here and hereafter . " For selves and the other tenants ,
" John Hare , > T ~ ,. _ „ " Patrick Magrath , \ ^ 'Monnell . " IIenky Fitzgerald , Ballymariin " Limerick , 9 . h September . " Alleged Sdicide and Suspicious Death of a Jlw . — During the whole of Friday a good deal of excitement prevailed amon ^ the Jews in Petticoatlane , Beli-lane , and their vicinity , occasioned by the death of Hyam Hyams , one of " their people , " who , it was alleged , had committed suicide , and who was discovered dead in has bed at two o ' clock on Friday morning . It is stated that on Wednesday
last , being the day of atonement , anu a day of strict abstinence , as well as a holiday among the Jews , the deceased attended Synagogue with his family . After leaving his place oi worship , he proceeded to the neighbourhood of Old Ford , whero it is gaid he had .-ome bread , meat , and beer , and having been seen by two persons of his own persuasion , enjoying his repast , he was much jeered ubout , v . by a number of persons who were made acquainted wiih hie transgression . This circumstance , it ib said , preyed much upon him , and on Friday morning hi * wife fouiid him dead by her side . She gave an alarm , wheu police constable H 181 , entered the house , 5 , Bull-lano . and found close to tho bed a
handkerchief , with a noose in it , and tho medical man called in has given it as his decided opinion that death has been produced by strangulation ; the wife declares her husband was quite dead when she discovered him , and knew nothing of the means by which her husband destroyed himself . An inquest was held on the body on Saturday , when the Jury re ; urned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " Returned Emigrants . —We noticed ( says a Liverpool paper ) some weeks ago , that Jargo numbera f > f people who had emigrated to the United States had returned in the ships from New York .
Tlu-y continue to arrive in considerable numbers . The greatest number brought by ono ship , up to last week , were 250 by tho Hottingeur ; but on Tuesday night , the packet ship New York arrived with upwards of 300 , many of whom would have starved from w&nt of provisions , had not Captain Cropper humanely supplied the poor creatuvea out of ihe ship ' s stores . Amongst the passengers were a lot of British sailors , who had been some years in the American Navy , which they left , they say , lesc , if hostilite 3 should break out between Great Britain and the United States , they might be brought into deadly conflict with their own
country-The Shipping Interest . —We hear loud com plaints of the depression which this interest , i common with the other great interests con neete wiih trade , is now suffering . Freights from foreig ports , besides being scarce , are lower than they hav i ever'been known before ; while at home freights ar ; not only low , but cargoes with difficulty made u { i So scarce indeed is employment for shipping , even a I rates which will scarcely pay freight and charge : ) that the number of shins laid nn in Liveroool alon that the number of ships laid up in Liverpool alone
is beyoi'd all past experience . In most of the docks there are unemployed vessels and vessels on sale ; but the Brunswick dock , large as it is , has , if not two-thirds , certainly more than half of its space occupied by ships of large tonnage with brooms , the sign of being on sale , at their mast-heads ' . The west side is wholly filled with tiers of vessels on Bale , and on tbe adjoining quay all tramo has ceased , We have heard it mentioned , that one firm alone has from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 tons of shipping thus laid up . — Liverpool A Ibion .
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Chatham . —On Thursday morning the head- quarters of the 99 th Regiment marched from this garrison , under the commamd of Major Last , with Ensigns Esden and Mends . The head-quarters proceeded to Deptford . where they embarked ou Friday ou board tho convict ship Earl Grey , bound for Van Dieman' 8 Land . Steam Boilers . —James O'Connor , the American , in a memorial to Congress , on the subject of steam bailers , says that a steam boiler cannot be heated up to 308 ° without producing certain and inevitable explosion .
Temperance Hahvestmen . —Mr . Andrews , of Dunmow , ha 8 just finished his harvest , haviug twenty men in his employ who did not drink a glass of beer or any other intoxicating liquor during the time of their engagement . The men appear to have suffered but little from fatigue or the late sultry weather ; ihe whole of their labour was performed with a universal friendly feeling towards each other , and a bad word was not heard to escape their lips . Mr . Andrews gare eaoh man about Is . per day extra in lieu of beer ; their drink was chiefly coffee and tea , but their favourite beverage was mint tea . —Chelmsford Chronicle .
Oschatz , Sept . 8 . —A third part of this town , in which there are the largest aud finest buildings , as well as the part inhabited by most of our woollen cloth manufacturers , is reduced to ashes , together with the Senate-house and other public edifices . The number of houses destroyed is 144 , and that of the persons burnt out may be from 1 , 500 to , 2 , 000 . Posen , Aro . 30 . —According to private letters from KaUsck , changes aro about to take place favourable to tho inhabitants of the kingdom of Poland . The Emperor , it is said , has issued an ukase , which directs that in Warsaw , and propaWy in all Poland , ihe Polish language shall be again used as tho channel of instruction in the schools , and that 12 . 000
Polish troops shall be organised and commanded by Polish officers ( except the staff officers , who are to be Russians ) . It is believed that the Poles will be indebted for this change , if it should take place , to the visit of the King of Prussia to St . Petersburg . A Letter from Dresden of tho 8 th of September , in the Prussian Slate Gazette , says , " The fire in the forest on the frontiers of Saxony and Bohemia , is said not to be vet extinguished , out to continue its ravages in the forest of Prince Clesy , towards Tetschen . The remarkable circumstance has been observed there , that the fire continues to burn under ground , wholly destroying the roots , so that the trees which appear to be uninjured , suddenly fall down . — Hamburgh Papers , 13 th Sept .
Singular Circumstance . —On Wednesday-last a sale of wines , &c , took place at the Custom-house , Shoreham . Amongst tho articles sold wa 3 tho hull of Lo Mario Alexandra . It may be remembered that this ill-fated vessel was wrecked last January , having been abandoned by the crew , who were never heard of . When towed into Shoreham harbour it was found to bo laden with brandy and mustard seed . The vessel on Wednesday was recognised by an old English captaiu , as ono that he was compelled to abandon in the Bay of Biscay . It was then engaged in the London wino trade , and on that occasion drifted over to the French coa't , was repaired , &nd registered i \ v Frauce . Tho English crew were saved . but it may now be considered certain that the Frenchmen all met a watery gr&vu The hull fetched only £ 27 .
Discovert of the Bodies of Two Infants . — Thursday evening , about seven o ' clock aa Thomas Jane ? , a waterman , was perambulating the causeway near Whitehall-stairs , he observed a large box , which the tide had washed against the wall . Having Hf cured the box , he conveyed it on shore , when to his infinite surprise he discovered that its contents were those of the bodies of two infants—one a Kale , the other a female , each wrapped in a pieco of coarse linen . He lost no time in giving infoimation to the police , and the box with ita contents woro conveyed to St . Margaret ' s workhouse , where they at present remain . The bodies were this morning examined , but , from their state of decomposition , it was impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty whether the infanta were still-born or were born alive , and had been unfairly dealt with .
Duty on Rum . —Last Friday night ' s Gazelle contains an order in Council , fixing the duty upon rum from Madras according to the following schedule —For every gallon of rum . of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof of Sikes ' s hydrometer , and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof , and for every greater or less quantity than a gallon , being the produce of the territories subject to tho government of the Presidency of Fort Saint George , in Madras , not being sweetened or mixed with any article so that tho degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such hydrometer , nine shillings and fourpence . For every gallon of rum shrub , however sweetened , tho produce of , and imported from , such territories , and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity than a gallon , nine shillings and fourpence .
Her Majesty and Prince Albert are said to contemplate au aunu-il visit , to Scotland , not merely for personal gratification , but for the health of her illustrioun children . Cratgcuillar Castle , it is said , will be fitted up for her Majority ' s accommodation , and as a Royal residence . Mr . Little Glcnour , of Inch , whose property the castle is , will be constituted Keeper of this Royal Palace . Craigmiilar may bo said to be the centre of the residence of a large portion of the Scottish aristocracy , the Dukes of Buccleugh , Argyll , and Hamilton , the Marquess of Abercorn , Lords Dilhou < ue , Melville , Stair , YVemyBS , Rosebery , Torphichen , Biantyre , Buchan , Caithness , Elibank , Hopetoun , Huddiu ^ ton , Laudcrdafe , and Morton , have seats , or occasionally reside in the Lothians .
India Rubber Pavement . —Who would have thought of paving ouv streets , stables and passages with India rubber ? Yet such a thing seems to be expected ; for wo find in a monthly periodical the notice of a plan for so doing . The price will be about the same as ihe best aspbalte pavement . It 13 so elasticvliat it will not fraoture with the hoaviest Mow , which property prevents its wearing away It can ba altered , repaired , or relaid , at a small expense , as the old material can be taken back and reworked . We have understood that many persons of high rank have ordered that ; heir stables be la d down with the caoutchouc pavement ; tho advan tage of which , to thsfeet of horses ^ must immediately sugeest itself . —Journal of Commerce .
Important to Circulating Libraries and Book Clubs . —These establishments aro placed in a very serious position by the 17 th section of tho New Copyright Act ( 5 and 6 Victoria , 0 . 45 . ) It is well known that most of them have for years been in tha habit of obtoinim , ' and letting . out to hire foreign editions of English works , infinitely to the prejudice of English authors and publishers , who aro now , however , most amply protected by the act in question . The mere " having them in their possession for sale or hire" exposes them to the penalty of £ 10 for every such effynce , together with double tho value of every such copy of the work . This very
stringent provision is no more than has long been called for , and threatens those _ who disregad it with almost immediate ruin . It is not only by the encing out such , pirated copies , but the mere haying them in their possession for such purposes , that this penalty is inourred . Thcro are many libraries , especially in the country , tha : keep almost exclusively Buch cheap and foieii . 11 editions ; but we trust that this prompt intimation of the censequeaces of such acts will enable them to avoid the ruinous visits of the informer—for those gentry are , 110 doubt , on the alort . The penalty ia to becivided between the informer and the author . — Verbum Sap .
Discovery on Sablk Tsland . —The Halifax papers tf last week publish , the following singular discovery : — " The following facts have been made known to U 9 by a gentleman of this city , who had had his information from tho best authority—viz , Captain Darby , sen . Governor ( as he 'is ' called )' of Sable Island . For the last twenty-five or thirty years there has been a Jarge mound or pyramid of s-and , about 100 feot high , on the island , ana not very far from the residence of Captain Darby . The winds for some years have been gradually diminishing its height , and after a severe blow somo weeks since it was completely blown away , and siDgular to say , a number of Email houses , buih of the timbers and planka of a vessel , were quire vi-ible . On
examination they were found to contain a number of articles of furniture and stores , put up in boxes , which were marked ' 43 rd Regiment : ' the boxis or cases were perfeotly rotten , and would not admit of their being removed . A brass dog-collar wa « , however , discovered by Captain Darby , with tho namo of' Major Elliot , 43 rd Regiment , ' on it , and which Captaiu Darby brought to the city , and presented to Major Tryon , who belongs to the 43 rd Regiment . "—Halifax Herald . Captain Darby has endorsed this extraordinary announcement . Addrosing the editor of \ hc Halifax Herald , on Wednesday he eays , " The houses are appearing at the base of the hill , about two mtfes long , and eixty or seventy feet high , lying paialle ! with the south coast of tho island , the eastern end of which hill is about fiftyfive feet bieh , covered with grass and other
vegetation , above thirty-five feet below the eurface , and twenty-three above the level of the sea ; theso houses appear as the sands wear away with the action of the windB . There appeared at times numerous bullets of lead , a groat number of military shoes , parts of bales of blankets and cloths , brasa points of sword scabbards , beeswax , a small glass convex on both sides , a copper half penny of George II ., dated 1749 , some military brass buckles , a great number of brass paper-pins , a very small dog s brass " . collar , with Major Elliot , 43 rd Regiment / numerous bones , some whole and some broken , with the scalp of hair and head drc * s of a young female , a piece of gold bandi There are three buildings , which seem to have been constructed of the fragments of some Bhip ; they are situate about ten feet apart , in a triangular form , and are ten to twelve feet square . "
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On Wednesday , as some workmen were constructing a drain at the White Ladies , the residence of Captain Thomas , in this city , they discovered the bones of a full-grown person enoiosed in some ftones arranged in a coffin-like form , and placed east and west . Close to it were also the bones of a child . Lower down ware also several pieces of tes-Belated tiles , aud , still lower , several Roman aud Greek coinB , one of Julian being in fine preservation The place where these were found is in a direct line with the Grand Stand and the centre of Britannia-square , both of which had been long since ascertained to have been the sites of Roman buildings . — Worcester Herald
Sschecy ondkb the Income Tax . —Toe blessings of this tax are now beginniug to descend on the dovoted heads of a too-confiding public The filling up of the schedules has oausod an annoyance second only to that of making the payments , and curses both loud and deep are vented on Sir Robert Peel . On the very first day that the returns vere made in this town , tbe contents of the sohehules were known , and were the subject of common conversation !—Devizes Independent . Extraordinary Specimen of Weaving . — We have recently had an opportunity of inspecting what we believe to be the most extraordinary specimen of the textile art that has yet been seen in this country , produced at the works of Messrs . Jamos and Abraham Mever and Co . of Bran enburg , near
Berlin . It contains a medallion portrait of the late King of Prussia , supported by four emblematic female figures , representing Wisdom , Power , Justice , and Mercy , aud also a copy of the will of that monaroh , and of his well-known addross to his son and successor . The produce of the Prussian loem , however , appears to us greatly superior iu delicacy of execution to the French ; and some of the futures , with their draperies , are equal in tff ct to the finest productions of the ettgraror . We understand it is probable that this beautiful and uuiqae specimen , which still belongs to the manufacturers , would , on proper application , bo presented by them to any publio institution in Manchester , where it could be publicly seen ; and we are quite sure that there is no institution to which it would not do oredit . —Manchester Guardian . '
The late Riots at Manchester . —On Thursday a ppeoial session was held at tho New Bailey , before Mr . Maude , Mr . J . H . Wanklyn , and Mr . Elias Chadwick , to decide upon tha claims made by certain mill-owners in the borough of Manchester , against the treasurer of the hundreds , for damage done to their mills during the late riots . Therd wore four claimants , but as the only question was as to the legal responsibility of the hundred to make good the damage done by the rioters within the borough , only one case , that of Mr . Beckton , of the firm of Mesers . Stirling and Bsokton , Lower M 03-ley-8 treet , was gone into . Mr . Charlewood , in
support of the claim , called witnesses , who detailed the circumstances attending the auaoks upon Mr . Beckton ' fl house on the-. 9 th , lOoh , and llih of August , and estimated tbe damage at £ 23 . Mr . Rutter , as- treasurer of the hundred , opposed the claim on two grounds—Sr .-t , he contended tbat the damage done was not wit ' iin the meaning of the Act 7 and 8 George IV ., under whicii tha claim was made , inasmuch , as the object of the rioters was shown to be merely to turn cui tho hands ; whereas is had been decided , in the case of " Rex t > . Thoraas , " that there must be > & » evident intention on the part of the mob to demolish the property , or , as the act expressed it , " a bogihiu ' ng to pull down ; " and
secondly , he argued , that si : ico the establishment of a valid corporation , the borough of Manchester , by the 12 ch section of the Municipal Act , was exempt from county rates , aud if the magistrates made an order upon the treasurer of the county , he had no power to reimburse himself by a rate upon the borough ; the claim , therefore , ought to b « made upon tha borough , and not upon the county or the hundred . Mr . Gorsb also argued , ' on the same sido , that tho borough only was liable . Mr . Hamilton , for the claimant , cited the act 7 and 8 Georgo IV ., cap . 31 , sec 12 , to show tha liability of the hundred ; but tho Court , through Mr . Maude , decided that the hundred was not longer liable to make compensation for damage done by rioters within the borough , inasmuch as the borough was exempt from the payment of county rate , except for special purposes named in the Municipal Act , suoii as the prosecution of felons at tho assizas . —Manchester Chronicle .
The Queen and the Laird of Ballengeich . — When her Majesty visited Stirling Castle on Tuesday , the Governor , Sir Archibald Christie , directed the Queen's attention to an old chair which was placed on tho top of the flight of stepB leading to his hpuse , which had attached to it , printed upon a piece of white satin , the following : — " The identioal chair on which James V . sat , wheu the following circumstance , narrated ia the Statistical Account happened : — ^ Being once benighted when out a hunting , and separated from , his attendant ? , he happened to enter a cattago in the midst of a moor , at the foot of the Ochil hills , near Alioa , where , unknown he was kindly roceived . In order to regale their unexpected guest the gudemun ( i . e . landlord , farmer ) desired the gudewife to fetch the hen that roosted
nearest the cock , which is always the plumpest , for the stranger ' s f ? upper . Tho king , highly pleased wi" h his ni g ht ' s lodging and hospitable entertainment , told mine host at parting , thai he should be glad to return bis civility , and requested that the first time he oumo to Stirling he would call at the castle and inquire for the ' Gudeman of Ballengeicb . ' Donaldson , the landlord , did not fail to call oa the' Giiueman of Ba-llengoich , ' when his astonishment at finding that the king had been his guest afforded no small amusement to the merry monarch and his courtiers , and to carry on the pleasantry he was henceforth designated by James with the title of the King of the Moora , which namo and designation have descended from father to son ever since , and they have continued in possession of the idtiuioal pdv ., tho property of Mr . Er ^ kui ( now Earl ) of Mar ,
till , very lately . ' ( the last King of the Moors , John Donaldson , died at Ballochleam , in Stirling , shire , 28 years ago , ag , A ninety-three . Ho would not allow ihe chair to bo tossed , or even moved , affirming tha ' , while he lived no harm should come to it Her Majesty smiled to Sir Archibald , and bore off tho primed cloth . The chair above-mentioned was brought to Stirling by Mr . Hamilton 01 tha Falkirk noddy . It belongs to his . wife ' . - * relatives at Denny . She herself is grand-daughter of tho last King of the Moors ; and their anxious wish was thai ; Her Majesty should have placed herself in it . This she did not do , ' but to gratify all parties she touched it , and carried off the anecdote an narrated . We may here notice , aa a coincidence , that the p rinted piece of satin was bound ronnd by Her Majesty ' s einbroideross for Scotland , Mrs . Wright , of Edinburgh . —Stirling Observer .
An Awkward Mistake . —Arrest of the Ex-Duke of Brunswick on Suspicion of being Onk of the Swell Mob . —Most 0 ! our iva . dc-. rs ar » aware of the extensive robbery committed at Proston on Monday se ' nnight , during the celebration of . the guild , by a party of accomplished svviu-lers , who succeeded in introducing themselves to Mr . J . Jlarquig , of Accrington , and easing him of bis poeketbaok , coHtainin < r £ l , J 90 O in Bank of England notes and one hundred sovereigns . In rho evening of tho Thursday following a dashingly-attired foreigner entered one of the hotels in that town and called for a pint of wine , tendering a £ 5 Bank of Ecgla-nd note inpayment . The waiter h : ivin ;» heard a description of the person by whom the robbery of Mr . Marouis
had been effected , fancied that the personal appliance of the strange guest tallied with that oftne of the parties implicated in the theft ; and this bupposilion was converted into almost absolute certainty whon the former withdrew from his purse a note of the identical bank whose promissory obligations constituted the bulk of the Btokn property . Fired with the supposed discovery , ho communtcatci hia suspicions to the proprietor of the hotel , who concurrod in the piobability of the supposition , and despatched a messenger in quest of a policeman , who was ushered into the room where the supposed " conveyancer " was luxuriously reclining on an ottoman , and bumming snatohes of an opera . tune , whenhisprivacy was thus rudely disturbed . The coustable , without
ceremony , marched up to the sofa , grasped his occupant by the collar , and after stating the nature of the charge against him , blandly desired the favour ol his company to the station-house . Words are wanting to deEcribo the mingled air ot ' rag 3 and astonishment with which the " strange gentlemen " received this intimation and its accompanying infringement of personal liberty . For some moments he seemed deprived of utterance , but at length his topgue returned its office , whon in terms of indignation and disdain , he haughtily repelled the charge , declaring himself no less a personage than the Duke of Brunswick . This avowal , however , waa disregarded by the policeman and his abettors , who considered it a mere aitiflce resorted to in the hope of overawing
them ; and iu spite of his earnest protest against such a proceeding , dragged him to the police-office , a distance of from four to five hundred yards , a crowd of persona following , attracted by the rumoured deteotion of one of the scoundrels , by whom Mr . Marquis has been plundered . Oa arriving thare the stranger reiterated his former declaration , and in proof of his assertions , referred to the owner of the mansion where he had taken up his stay , and also to several distinguished individuals whom he named . On inquiry this statement proved correo ; , and , his Serene Highness , after being literally overwhelmed with apologies and protestations of regret for the blunder which had placed him in so awkward
a predicament , took his departure , accompanied by Baron Andrau , his equerry , who reached the stationhouse at the moment of his royal master ' s liberation . The dethroned prince , we understand , has since recoived from Samuel Horrocks , Esq ., tho worthy mayor of Preston , a most handsome apology for the unintentional affront , with which his Highness has expressed himself satisfied , aud thus ends the matter . The festival of the guild exhibited many sights worthy of special commemoration ; but the spectacle of a deposed ruhjr , allied to the most illustrious reigning i&miJies of Europe , being dragged to a police-office on a charge of pocket-picking , is , wo may safely assert , without parallel . —Lancaster Guardian .
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A Constable Ootwitted . —The executor of fche law of a neighbouring parish ( we suppress the name ) went to Chatham races the other day in search of two men who were " wanted . " Assisted by two of our police , who were there on a Bimilar errand , tho rogues were caught , handcuffed together , and placed in a van under the care of a rural constable for conveyance-to Maidstone , whenlo ! on the road one of the knavc 3 contrived to pick the constable ' s pocket of the key of the handcuffs , released him 3 el ;' from "durance" and got clear off ! Being met tha next day on the race course by tha police , who ha 1 assisted in his capture , and who knew nothing of his escape , he coolly said he had been disohargea ¦!— Maids tons Journal .
Burning of a National School-house . —The Belfast Vindicator , contains the following , from which it appdars that the denunciations against the " National Board " have not been wholly unavailing : — "A national school house waa bnrned iu Cuialeeky in tho course of the last month . The CornojisainnLTS consented to continuo to the master the salary , provided he could procure any house in which the children might be accommodated . The owner of a house which was promised to the master for tin ' s purpose , received a threatening letter , informing him that his tenement would suffsr the same fate . Tha outrage
was investigated at the Bally mena Petty Scssio . is on the 29 ch and 30 th of August , but nothing tangible could ba elicited beyond the deposition of a wituess , that the threatening notice was written in the hand ot ' a certain person . Iu the course of the examination of fvitnesses it appeared thatiu that district a strong party prejudice prevailed agaiust the National Board , as beiug identified with * Popery . ' Tais is passing stranga , as the patron of the school is a miaister of that communion . The Government have offered a reward of £ 20 for the appreheosiou oi tho offendar . - *"
A very simple method baa been adopted for stopping tho illegal taking of Salmon in the Watarford Haven , by tho River Suir Preservation Society , viz .. by serving notices on the steam-boat proprietors , that the penalty of £ 2 per fish would be levied , if thftjr carried salmon , amounting to 481 b per box . Tha proprietors behaved most correctly , and at once assented . Tims , at one blow , the greatest service has been rendered to the river Sair , Nore , and Barrow- A great meeting of landowners was to have taken place on Thursday , at Mallow , to carry out the new bill on tho River Blaokwater . It appears that the gentry in the South of Ireland are determined to put the law in force , and to require the government to carry out the provisions of the Irish Fisheries Bill .
Lohp Djsnman and the poor Matchmax . —On Saturday Lord Den man pawed through this town , accompanied by his son , for his aeat at Stoney .. Vlid dleton . On his Lordship ' s carriage stopping in front of ono of tbe fishmonger ' s shops in Far *>* te , a tall , venerable-looking artizan of the towu approached with a small basket in his hand , au . 1 lifting his hand to his hit , his ^ Lirdship enquired what he had for pale j he thea unwrapped a clean -. vhito oloth , and exposed to the Noblo passenger a small stock of oiatchoij . Immediately afterwards the vehiclo was driven off ; and a by-stander goim , ' up to
the old man , put ihe significant question to him ,,, "What ' s-he given the-3 ? " " Nothing , " was the ready reply . The other , however , assured him he had seen something fall into thfl basket , and oa its being again opened , to their surprisa a Fovroign wa 8 , found among cha hum ale wares . The carriage driving . away , the old man lifted up his arms and uttered blessings on his unknown benefactor , and the gathering knot of people to enquire into the " why aud the wherefore thereof , " altogether afforded tlie element- ! of a picture worthy of a first-rate pencil . — Sheffield Iris .
Fatal Accident to J . B . Wilson , Esq ., Bank . br OF Yokk . —It is with the most painful feelings thai we record the premature death of oue of our most respectable citizens , which took place on Thursday morning last under very distressing circumstances . Mr . Wilson was ou a visit at the country-house of hia brother , Thomas Wilson , Esq ., at Fulford ; and on the fatal moruing be took breakfast with his friends , and appeared as usual . After breakfast he went out about eleven o ' clock , and , being a fine morning , walked down to a retired situation ou the bank . of the Ouse , with au intention to bathe . He threw his clothes off , laid them on the bank , placed his gold watch upon the clothes , and then incautiously plunged into the water . Unfortunately the deceased had mistaken the place , there being a
shallow part of the water near , to which bathers often resorted , but the place he entered being of very great depth , He could not swim ; and it is supposed that he met with a watery grave almost immediately . About twelve his clothes were found lying On the bank , and search was immediately made for the body . It was soon found ; and a coroner ' s inquest was held the same evening , when tbe case waa so clear that the jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of " Found drowned . " Various rumours ( as usual ) were soon afloat , but tbe above are the fact ;; and there is no donbt whatever but that tho dreadful event was purely accidental . Mr . Wilson was a gentleman of unassuming manners and of a kind disposition . He was highly respected iu lifd ; and his melancholy fate is deeply lamented by every inhabitant of the city . —York Herald .
Di . st 3 uciivb Fire in Makcheetjbr . —The large cotton Mill of Mesers . Lookwood and Thornton , Blackfriara-street , Salford , seven stories in height , was discovered to be on fire in the lower story , oetween five and six o ' clock on SatErday morning , and in an almost incredible short time was completely devoured by the flames , in spite of the most strjnuouB exertionB to subdue the fire . Six engines were shortly on the spot , and Boon after their arrival an immense body of water was poured into the factory from all six engines , but it was of no avail . After this experiment the efforts of the police were directed to the surrounding property , and it was fortunate that nearly a dead calm prevailed , or the whole of Blackfriars-Btreet would most certainly have been consumed . Although some rumour of incendiarism prevailed , it is now considered tolerably certain that it was a pure
accident , having originated in what is termed the blowing room , and is supposed to have been caused by friction from one of the shafts . From tho basement story there is a communication from room to room to the top of the factory by means of a kind of basket or tub , wbioli is hoisted up through trapdoors in each story . Through these places the flimes immediately spread through the factory , and with suoh astonishing speed that the work people , who had only jusc begun labour , were compelled to make a precipitate retreat from the spot , most of them wiih the loss ' . of-some portion of wearing apparel . Such was the rapidity with which the flakes spread , that iu little more than two hoor 3 the whole edifice may be said to have beoome little better than smoking ruins , not a vestige of the property having been saved , except the books of the concern . For somo time considerable alarm was
experienced lest an explosion of the boilers should take place , they having been filled with water for tho day , and it vras apprehended that should the flre heat them red hot , the quantity of steam which would in consequence be generated would cause a tremendous blow up ; bur , either from the safety valves proving how safe and efficacious they are , or from some other cause , the anticipated event did not happen . Nothing is now standing of the immense edifice but the ruins of a portion of the walla . The damage is variously estimated , but the most probable amount is £ 13 , 000 . Tae machinery and stock was injured to che amount of £ 9000 , and ib is said the building is also insured , but of this fact we aro not cerraia . Constantinople . —Lcttors have arrived from Constatuiiicpie -to \ . ht 31 st of August . Iazet Mahomet liaB-bu-n rii .-mifsed from the post of Grand Vizier , and Itabuf Pacha appointed in his stead .
Halil Pacha is nominated Presidont of the Superior Couucil of Justice . The Hatti Scheriff , dismissing Izzat , gives as cause his incapacity to bring to a good termination the important negotiations entrusted to him . T . ihir , ' it is thought , will alao be dismissed . Tho Sultan himbtit has effected this Ministerial change , propria tnotu .
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QUARTERLY NEWSPAPER RErURNS . ( From papers just ordered by Old N—k . J Tartarus , Sept . 19 . The . number of lies told hy the Times during tbe months of April , May , and Jane last , ( not including 690 , 000 white ones ) waa ... ... ... ... 1 , 730 , 000 Number of lies told by the Chronielet Herald , and Post , during the same period ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 , 225 590 Number " of the Times beyond the united lies of tbe other morning pr . pen 504 . Abusive and blackguard tcords used during the samt period : — U 30 d by the Times ... ... 109 , 846 , 304 Used by the Chronicle , Herald , and Post 70 . 684 , 119
Excess of abusive and blackguard words of the Times ... ... ... ... ... 39 , 1 « M 8 « Mason ' s Defence , &c—The following subscriptions ha ? & been received by Mr . Samuel Cook , of Dudley , from September the 14 th to the 20 th inolusive : — £ B . d . Daventry •¦• ••• ' — ... 0 10 0 Hull ... " — ••• . 0 10 0 Doncaster ... 0 2 $ Nat inserted in last week ' s pap .-r , Northampton ... 0 14 8 . ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ £ 1 16 6 AH persons holding monies will please to send them to Mr . Cook , before Sunday , if possible .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1180/page/3/
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