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Hun —A lecture , on the present state and prospects of Chartism , and the best means of promoting its interests , will be delivered by the Rev . W . Hill , in bis Church , over ihe Grammar School , on Monday evening , at half-past six for seven exactly . A members' meeting trill be held in the vestry , after the lecture , to cons-der "what steps are best to be taktn in \ h& present slats of " affair ? among the Chartists of HulL It is hoped that every member Will be at his pest . I / dXBos . — -A pnblie meeting will be held on Mondaj evening , athalf-T > ast seven o ' clock , at rhe Social Bail , John-street , Toitenham-court-road , to hear the report of lae srs , Parry , Lucas , Wheeler , and Bnchaaan , delegates from Marylebooe , to the Conference , William Loveti in die chair . Feargus O'Connor , ~ Dx . Black , Mr . Hetherington , and others ¦ will attend . Admission one penny , gallery
ihreepenee . Katiosai Assciaiiojj . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Parry trill lecture in the Ball , at half-past Beven o'clock , on the life and Genina of Lord Byron . On Wednesday evening , at half-past eight o'clock , John RobltBon , E&q _ will lecture on tha Mechanical Properties of Air , with Illustrations . A G-scert for the benefit of the family of Dr . Jl ' Dcnai ! Trill be held on Tnesday evening at 55 , Old Baiiey . Mr . Se-stexi . vriR lecture at the Goldbeaters * Arms , Old-street , St . Paucras-road , on Sunday evening . Mr . FrssTU . will lecture at the Britannia Coffeehonse , 85 , Waterloo-road , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .
Putszt . —Mr . E . Sisllwood will lectnre at the Millers ' Aims Inn , Lower Common , on Sunday evening . Black Bttll . Hajhsefshuh-Road . —A public meeting will be held here on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , to consider Mr . Cooper ' s plan of Organization , and on orher business . Ueemoxdssy . —A social tea-party will take place on Sunday evening , January 29 ih , at « x o'clock
for the purpose ef eelebratieg the birth of the immortal Thorns ? Paine . Tickets one shilling each , can be had of 3 » ir . Gathard , tailor , 16 , Grange-walk Bermondsey ; Mr . Jeanes , l , Snows £ eld ; Mr . Bailey , 2 , Hanover-place , The above will take place for ihe benefii of the unprotected wife and children of B- Wild , now suffering two years imprisonment for speaking th irn-: h , the whole truth , and nothing hut the truth . Ho feckeis told after the twentysj-rih instant .
Mb . Boiwell will leetnre at the Clock Honse , Castle-street , Leieester-ajnare , on Sunday oexi . Mr . Besbow will lecture at the Chartist Hall , 25 , Svar-street , Commercial-road , on Sunday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening . A LEcnnRE will be given at the Prince of Wales , J * p . 9 , Little Coxam-strtet , Russell-Square , on ? he effects likely to emanate from a repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . SrKTLL , late Delegate to the Conference , will lecture at ibe Cock , Camberwell Green , on Monday evening . Shobeditch . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr . M'Grsth , at the Gloucester Coffee Boose , on Tnesday evening , at seTen o'clock .
WoKKJXG Mk » * S HilA , 2 SJ , MlLE EjTD B . OAD . — Mrv BairBtow will lecinre Eere on Sunday and Taesdsy , on which occasion one penny each will be charged as mission Toweb Ba 3 ciat& . —Mr . Rohsoawill bring forward the subject of National Organization for public dis-« nsson in ihe Chartist School Boom , Grey Eagie-Etreet , on Sunday evening next , to commence at seven o ' clock . A tea farty will be held in the above room , on Monday evening , tickets 9 & . each , the pructeds to be appropriated i& 'urnishing the room . Ths CxKBKFVHrsu , Chartists will meet on Monday eveninjij at the Patriot Cr-ffee House , -Clerk « nwell Gir * ai , wht-n Mr . Cooper's plan and -otherimportant business will be bronght forward . Ihe « hair to be taken eight o'elock .
Mjlstlebgsb . —A . funeral sermon will be preached at the Workujg Men ' -s Hall , Circns-street . on ihe -death of Mr . Lane and Mr . FinletVer , on Sunday erasing next , by Mr . Savage . 55 , OLD BaILET . —Oa Sunday evening next , s lectore -win be delivered hers . Every Monday evening , S ball is held here , for the benefit of the new Hzii . Admittance , threepence . The ball to commence at half-past -eight precisely . On Tnesday evening , a concert ard ball Trill be hcU here , for the benefit of Dr .
23 D / nslL Concert to commence at seven , and ball st tea o ' clock predssSy . Tickets , sixpence each person . Every Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , and every Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , the committee ior securing and getting np the new Hall , meet here for tbe purpose of disposing of shares , "which are five xbUiiccs each , payable 3 t sixpence per wetk . Any country friends wishing to take np the shares , address to J . Cleave , Shoe-iane , treasurer , or Mr . Salman , secretary , 5 , Sew Court , Farnngdon-Htreet , City of London .
ljj 3 XEi . iowx-i > --Tj -rE £ 5 FDGE . —Two sermons will be preached at this place , ob Sunday , by Mr . lake Bradley , of Lockwood , when collections will he made tow&iiU iMpida&og * b& Expenses of the Boom . Service to commence in the afternoon , at half-past two , and in the evening at six . Mr . Bjcbt will lectnre at Derby on Snndaj sext , and at Kotticgham , on Sunday the 29 » b . instant . Alho 5 dbtjb . t . —A public meeting will bB holden in the Town Hall , Aldmondbury , on Monday evening , to hear an account of the proceedings of the Birmingham Conference , from Mr .. William Cunningham . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precise ^ , Mr . Jaiixs Gbee » will lecture at the Saracen ' s Head , Warwiek , on Sunday evening next . Chair to be taken at half-past six .
"Dpy za " Wa-pt . tt —A lecture will be delivered in the Association Room on Sunday evening , at sis t >' clock . Haxifas —A delegate meeting of this diskrict will be hdd sa Sowerby , on Snnday ( to-morrow ) at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Each locality is particularly requested to appoint delegates to attend , as the Balance Sheet of the district , and other business of importance will be bronght before them , Ojr Scsdat ( to-morrow ) three discourses will be ^ ehvrred in i he Odd Fallows Hall—first at halfpast ten o ' clock in ihe morning , by Mr . E . Manlz , of Loadon- ^ secosd at half-past two in the afternoon , by Mr . Browr , of London ; and the ihird at six in the evening , by Mr . Mantz . Collections will be made after each discourse , to defray expenses .
Hr . H . G . Gauiugs , of Normamptofl , will lecture a * the followinE places , duriDg ihe next week—Coventry , Sunday 22 nd ; Birmingham , Steelhonse-Jane , Monday 23 rd ; Aston-streei , Tuesday 24 th ; Dudley , Wednesday 25 th ; StOBrbridge , Tanriday 25 thj Eidderminsier , Friday 27 th ; Worcester , Saturoay and Sunday , 28 » h and 29 ih . As East and North Riding Delegate Meeting will beheld at Selby , on Sunday , February oth , at Mr . WoodalFs , Temperance Hotel , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , when it i 3 hoped that every place that can
send delegates will do so ; those towns who cannot send delegates must Dot fail to send their opinions by letter . These localities -who cannot snpport a lecturer must state so by letter , addressed to E . 3 nrley , 19 , BHton-street , Lsyerthorpe , York . Any Chartist lecturer wishing to become a candidate for the lectureship of ihe East and 2 ? orth Biding district , mnst forward his address , with eredemials from the Sseretary of the locali'y in which he Tesdes , befora the 2 nd of February , addressed a aivove .
Cabhisgtos , srab . i \ oxti > gham . —A member ' s meeting will be held next Sncday evening , at £ even o ' clock , whtn every member ia requested to attend , as business of importance will be bronght before the meeting . KomsGHA 3 i . —Oa Sunday { io-morrow ) Mr . Bridges will cream on the evils * of bribery , in the democratic chapel , Bice-phicej at six o'clock . WAKiri-iEij ) . --This evening ( Satnrday ) Mr . D . Jtoss will lecmre in the old Mechanic ' s Institution , Crown Court , Wood-street , at seven o'clock . Chartists attend I CovKxrKT -A mseSng of the Coventry Chartists wffl be h ^ den m the Association room , Wells-Bireet , on Monday next , at seven o ' clock , to elect & new council , and lor the despatch of business .
HoiiisGwooD .-James Mitchell , of Stockport , -milleciurehere on Snnday evening , at six o'clock ! 0 pHA 3 L-Gn Sunday ( to-morrow , ) Mr . John M'Farhae , of Salford , will lecture in the Chartist loom , Greaves-Kreet , at six o ' clock in the evening . Mas . Ftldzs , ( who was cut down at the Peterloo Massacre ^ wiH deliver two lectures on War in York-street Academy , next to AH Saints School , Chorlton-npon-Medlock , Manchester , one on Sun 7 day aiglit , ( lo-raorrow ) , » t half-past six , and mother on "Wednraday next , at raghto'doek . ioiBEPOoi . —A jaeefeyj of the membera will take place on Snndaj eTening , ih thejrooa of iho Associadon , Preston-street , np « a important business . Uochdjllb . —Mr , ThoiaM Clark , of Stockport , will lecture here on Sunday next .
Stockpobt . —The Ber . W . T . Jackson , wfllpreaeh iwo sermons here to-morrow , one at two , and the other at ax o ' clock in the evening . Admission Id . the proceeds to go towards erecting a Chtpel for the Reverend gentleman . . PEEsibN . ^ A discusson wiD taie place ia the As-BOdation room , here , on Sunday tto-morrow ) evening , on the ^ uesrion ^ - " What hop ^ -s are there of a speedy and cordial union of the middle and "working classes ; and how is such nnion necessary , or likely tO fWiu ^>^ iv . £ ial W - ^* »> Ui . aJuJ ^ CuaUlfliuli V I "
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Hoibeck . —Mr . Hill will preach two sermons oh Sunday , xhe 29 th instant . Afternoon and evening . Bust . —On Monday next ,. the members are requested to meet in the Working Men ' s Hall , on business of importance . The Evening Star will be read . Thb Sooih Lajtcashibb Delegate Meeting will be held in ihe Chartist Room , Brown Street , on Sunday , ( . to-morrow . ) Chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in tne forenoon . Ma > chestkb . —Cahpenters Haxl . — Two lectnres wili be delivered in this Hall , on Sunday , by Mr . Thomas Dickinson . A Gehkbal Meeting of the Chartists resident in Manctester , will be held in the Carpenters Hall , on Sunday , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , to take into consideration the new plan of organization .
Os Mom > at Evening Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will deliver a lecturein the Carpenters Hall , Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . After the Iecture 4 here will be a Ball and Concert . Admission , 4 d each . Hetwood . —Mb . Read ' s Liberation fbom Pbisos . —The friends of Mr . Read , and the cause for which he has Btffered , will hold a tea party and ball in the Chartist room , on Saturday night , the 28 th instant—the proceeds to be applied to the use of the local victims . Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture in the Association room , on Monday evening .
Leeds District . —A General Council Meeting of this district will be held on Sanday , Jannary 29 th , in tbe Chartist ronn , Cheapside , to commence at ten o ' clock . It iB particularly requested that those residing at Woodhouse , Armley , and Wortley will be presect . Chkapsidb . —Mr . Fraser wilt lecture to-morrow afternoon at half-past , two , and in the evening at six o ' clock in the room , Cheapside . Collections will be made after each lecture towards asssisting Mrs . Ellis in her intended business . BiKHijtGHAH . —The Chartists of the Ship Tavern locality will meet on Tuesday next , to take into consideration Mr . Cooper ' s plan of organization . -Eolbeck . —A sermon will be preached in the Chartist meeting room on Snnday eveniDg at halfpast six o ' clock .
Sheffield . —Fig Tbee Lane , —Mr . Edward Gill will Itcture on Sunday evening at half past six o ' clock . A MiJiBKES meeting on special business will be held on Monday evenir . g at half-past seven o ' clock . Mes-bs . Jdlian Harxky , and Edwin Gill will address the inhabitants ol i > ungworth on Wednesday evtmng ai seven ©' clock . ^ BRADFORD . —Mr . Ibbetson will preach a sprmon in the large room of Butterwonh Buildings , on Sundaj evening , at six o'clock . Alter the sermon a collection will be made to aid in liquidating the debt incurred by ihe delegates to the Birmingham Conference . Mr . Hekuy Edwabds-will lecture at Thompson ' s Houses , on Snnday morning , at ten o'clock .
Sir . Smtth will lecture in the Association room , Park lane , to the Chartists of Little Horton , on auncay morning , at ten o ' clock , on the Currency and Banking System . Mr . Ssrrrt ^ will lectme at the White House , Bro&d Stones , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , on the only means of obtaining a Repeal of the Union . The Chartists , meeting in Bntterworth ' s Buildings , are rtquested to attend on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , on special business . The Chartists of Bowling Back-lane , are requested to meet in the Association room , on Sunday morning , at ten o'clock , on important business .
^ Thdbstonlasd . —A District Delegate Meeting will be held in the Democratic Chapel , on Snnday , { tomorrow , } on business of importance ; chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock . DiwsBCiiT . —A District Council meeting will be held on Sunday , Jan . 29 th , in the large room over tne Co-operative Stores , when delegates are requested to attend from all parts of the district , aa the present Secretary and Treasurer are resigning c-fnee .
The Late Railway Accident.
THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT .
We stated last week that an accident had occurred to a North Midland train at the BarnsVey station , by which a gentleman had lost his life . Tbe deceased was Mr . Robert Harvey , a commercial traveller from Glasgow . An inquest was held on his body on Friday last , at the Barnrley station , before Thos . Lee , t-Fq ., and the following is a summary of the evidence adduced : — William Horbury , o ! Cndworth , watchman on the North Midland Railway , at the Barnsley station , said , —I saw the deceased lyins ender the broken carriages befor « I went up the line . There was no whistle made or signal given by the luggage train as it was coming up . I should say it was coming at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour . At that speed , and within about 100 or 150 yards of the other train , the luggage train could not be stopped without a collision . The luggage train was four hears behind its time .
Joseph Towndrow , of Royston—I am one of tbe por ters at the Barasley station . Immediately after the passenger train arrived I went out with the signal , and proceeded down to the Iron-bridge , a quarter of a mile from the station , and heard the Inggago train coming . 1 heard the engine coming at a fast pace . The weather was fogicr 5 and I waved tbe signal , which was a red signal lamp , backward and forward . As the driver came nearly to me , I waved my hat and signal , thinking that as there was snow en the ground , he might see the contrast of colours .
To Mr . Homer—The train , as near as I can tell , was going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour . It was much faster than he ought to have gone on that part of the line , and fa 3 ter than merchandise trainB nsuallygo . He ought to have bad bis steam off a mile from the station , considering the speed he was going at , and to have sounded a whistle before he came to the station . I did not see a guard ox any other person on the train . W . Allen , engineman at the Barnsley station—1 heard the luggage train coming , and I should say it was coming at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour , which is a speed too fast for a luggage train in snch a fog as there was that morning . Joseph Beard , one of the guards of the North Midland Railway Company—If our engineman had been accustomed to stop at the station , and acquainted with our custom , he woald have placed the train in a different position , so that we should have got away
sooner . To the Foreman—There have been great irregularities since ihe new enginemen came . 1 have never brought a train in at its proper time since the change took place . W . Prime Marshall , of Derby , superintendent of the locomotive department , said—Edward Jenkins has been employed as engine-driver since the time of the change , nearly three weeks ago . I select the engine-drivers myself , and I considered Jenkins competent for the situation . In a ease of fog , additional precaution is to be taken , by checking the speed sooaei and greater nse of the whistle . Twentyfive mOes an hour is not an excessive speed for a lug gage train ^ for the main line , and , having run at that speed into the station , it is evident thai Jenkins had mistaken the place he was at . It was his duty to look out , and he has b « en very negligent in this rase . The luggage train was not obliged to stop at the B 3 Tn ? ley station ; bat , it being in a fog , he ought to have whistled and gone through the station with
caution . Samuel Stocks—I was stoker to Jenkins yesterday moraiBg . It was a very thick foggy morning . It appeared as if we could not see ten yards ; to my knowledge I never saw it worse . Jenkins did not make a whistle as we approached the station . We do sometimes pass stations at 25 miles an hour . Edward Jenkins , after having been cautioned , said —It was a very misty morning , and as soon as I s » w the signal I reversed the engine . I sent tbe fireman to the tender-break to turn it . I held down the safety valves , on account of more pressure . The morning was so foggy , and the rails so slippery , that the engine took no hold of the rails . After an absence of a few minutes , the Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter" against Edw , Jenkins .
Jenkins was accordingly cOiomHted for trial at the next York Assizes . The Foreman of the Jury then addressing the Directors of the North Midland Railway Company , who were present in the room , said , " We think the Roilroad Company are very highly to blame for employing such inefficient men , and not having a sufficient number to attend tbe stations . We think the accident might possibly have been prevented if there had been a sufficient number of men at the Barnsley station , to get off tbe passenger train in due time . " Mr . Hudson ( one of the Directors )—Allow me to say that there are the same number as there have been for some months . The Foreman—There are not so many as there have been Binee 1 have known the station . Mr . Hudson then intimated that tbe Directors would pay proper attention to the observations of tbe Jury .
xhu concluded tbe inquest , and the Court separated at nine 'dock . DbEBT , JtjKIHEB AcCIDBfTB , —SxTVSJDXT JJjGHT —This evening a collision took place between two coke trains within smile or two of Derby , which though not attended with loss of life , smashed one of thsengines to pieces , and did considerable damage besides . It appears that the engine of tbe first coke train ec-uld not get along ( a common occurrecce since the change of the enginemen , owing to the reduction of wages ) , and the consequence was that before reaching Derby , another coke train overtook it . The guard on ihe first train exhibited the w&iial ii * u * j WiU&a IS ft gl&iing rvU ligut . bu * euii
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the train approached nearer and nearer without any abatement of the speed , and the guard had only just time to jump off the first train , when a tremendous collision took place , and the engine of the second train was shattered . No lives were lost . Yesterday we had narrow escape of a dreadful calamity . A passenger-train was leaving the Derby station for Nottingham , - when a North Midland luggage train came up ; and had it not been fur tbe extraordinary presence of mind of the points-man , a collision must have taken place , and the
passengertrain : wonld undoubtedly have gone over the embankment . The points-man turned the passengertrain into another line just in time to prevent tbe collision . Publio feeling here is very strong against the Company ; and tbe writer of this has heard many people declare that until a better regulation takes place , and more experienced drivers are put on , they will not travel by the North Midland . Stoppages on the line are frequent . A number of engines have been totally spoilt for want of management . An incendiary fire took place at the station on Thursday night . Several carriages were destroyed . ?—~
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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE STORM . Leith Roads , Sdn » at . —For the last forty-eight hours it has blown a terrific storm from the N . W ., with severe frost and heavy fall of snow . Shortly after it commenced on Friday morning , an event of a most deplorable character took place in the Frith of Forth , whereby several liveB were lost . A sloop of about fifty tons , called the Janet of Montrose , in making a passage through the Forth , was overtaken by the storm , which almost immediately nhivared her sails into numberless pieces , and
afterwards drove her on a rock called Mickery-stone , where she , in the course of a few hours , went to pieces , and every scul on board met with a watery grave . Some of the unfortunate seamen were married men , and have left large families to deplore their Iob " . The sloop was laden with a valuable carjro of wheat , which , with the vessel , was insured . She had left Montrose in the early part of last week , and was bound to Glasgow , to deliver her cargo . Considerable portions of tbe wreck have been washed on shore , and amongst it was a spar with the body of a man lashed to it . He was a seaman , apparently about thirty years of ago .
At Bowcastle on Friday morning , before daybreak , a ship named the Elizabeth Aletta , was wrecked on the coast of Cruckington Haven , about six miles from this town , and the whole of her crew , amounting , it is supposed , to twelve persons , perished . Ujion the discovery being made , a number of boats hastened off to their as . si . -itaiice , but upon airiving alongside of the vessel she was found to be a complete wreck , for the greater part of her hull had broken up and was scattered along the beach . Up to the period of this rt port being sent off only three bodies had been discovered . Near the same piace two other vessel were lost in the course of the storm , one a schooner , belonging to Southampton , from Swansea , laden with copper , on shore near Hartland Point ; and the Sarah , of Teignmouth , whi » b foundered off Tmtegile Head . Tnose who manned the latter were saved , but of the schooner , all ( with the exception of one ) perished .
The xatjj Stosm at Brighton . — Intelligence has reached the town of the gafe ' y of the four trawl or v > hog" boats which were missing since the storm . It appears from the statements of the crowv that after gr < -at suffering their little barques got into places of safety ; three of them ran ashore at Hastings , and the fourth drifted to Rarnsgate liarbour , which the crew succeeded in reaching in almost an exhausted state . Messrs . Chetseman ' a brig , the George , which was off the town in the storm , alp" made Rams-gate Harbour , greatly damaged . ^ The crew went down on their knees to the Captain to brg of him to run ashore on the Suss . x coast ; bnt he would not lister to their en treaties ^ although the vessel bad sprang a leak , fearing that by so doing their lives would be sacrificed . Fortunately they succeeded in safely entering the Harbour .
WRECK OF THE CONQUEROR . Further and interesting intelligence relative to this unfortunate vessel was received on Wednesday by the French mail as to the immediate loss ; and the City of Poonah , Indiaman , which arrived in the Downs on Tuesday , brings a file of Capetown papers containing some important facts relative to the passeng . rs and state of the ship when she left Table-bay in Nov . last . Tbe subjoined is an accurate list of the passengers and crew on board the Cmqueror when she struck off Lornel on Thursday last , all of whom perished , with the single exc « ption ef the cuddy tervant , Hem y Abchurch :
James E . Duegan , commander ; John Harvfy , first mate ; Wiiliam Smith , second mate ; Charles Rush , third mate ; James Rogers , burgeon ; Thomas Wilson , carpenter ; F . Martin , sail-maker ; W . Nelroep , steward ; Peter Constant me , captain ' s cook ; J . M'Dougall , ship ' s cook and baker ; G . Davison , butcher , H . Howship , caddy servant ( this individual left the ship in India , bat returned before she sailed ); F . Bowen , boatswain ' s mate ; P . Kel ! y , ditto : Charles Brown , George Harcourt , G . Dawson
W . Lewi 3 > C , Rowburth , K . Adams , J . Mann , T . Johnson , P . N . Peterson , R . Davidson , H , Scott , J . White > George Kinment , M . Barkholm , T . Walsh J . M ^ Lane , T . Prudey , able seamen * , W . Millar , W . Roash , W . Hepper , J . Payton , B . Jennhigs , ordinary : seaman ; W . Joaes and T . Pant , apprentices ; W . Pedley , fidder and joiner ; and W _ Pattison , pantry boy . Midshipmen . —Messrs . Thomas Allen , A . T . Skynner , Frederick Verner , G . P . Barton , W . H . B . Whitchairch .
Passengers . — Mrs . Thompson and four children ; Mrs . Major Johnstone and four children ; Miss Turtoa , Mr . Marshall , Lieutenant Marshall , 73 d Native Infantry ; Captain Milner , 39 th Bengal Native Infantry ; Master Blake and Master Reeves . William Kellar , boatswain ' s mate , died at Calcutta on the 21 st July . James Cotton , able seamen , and Charles Pepernell , cuddy-servant , were drowned at the same place a few days before the ship sailed . It is stated that nine men of the 91 st Regiment embarked ^ at St . Helena on their way home as iavalids . They must of course have perished with the remainder of ths crew . A bchurch ( the unfortunate sttrvhor ) is much better , and got up for the first time on Monday .
The Conqueror left England on her ill-fated voyage on the 8 th of January , 1842 . Her crew consisted almost exclusively of sailors from Black wall , and Poplar ; the widows and orphans are numerous , and public sympathy is very generally excited in the neighbourhood . The Conquerer wm engaged to leave England nest month . Nearly all her cabins were engaged , and another of Mr . Green ' s vessels has been appointed in her stead .
LOSS OF ANOTHER EAST INDIAMAN . On Wednesday information was received that another East India trader had been added to the melancholy catalogue of losses occasioned by the late violent gales . The vessel was named the Jessie Logan , the property of Mr . Logan , a merchant at Liverpool , from which port she traded to and from Calcutta . She was 850 tons burden , and commanded by Captain Major . On Monday last the vessel was on her homeward voyage , beating up Channel , and apparently making for Tintagell or Bude Bay , on the Cornish coast , for which the north-west wind would have been favourable but for its extreme violence .: At length she became unmanageable , and was driven agreund off Boscostle , formerly
Botterean Castle , about seventeen miles from Launceston . Blue-lights and other signals of distress were made , but such was the fury of the gale and the violence of the surf , that none whatever would venture to her assistance , and at It ngth sho drifted on the rocka and soon became a total wreck . She had evidently been abandoned by the cr 9 W and passengers , but from the long-boat having been washed on shore , it is feared they have all perished , as up to the time of writing this account no information had been ob tained respecting them ; and , from the fact of the Jessie Logan not being a London trader , no account
of the number of her crew or passengers could be procured . She was a North American built vessel , termed , in commercial parlance , a Quebecker ; her cargo , consisting of rum , sugar , spices , and general iiast India produce , was being hourly washed ashore , but no despatches or papers of any kind have , it is presumed , been recovered , as none have as yet reached the East India-house , Jerusalem Coffee House , or Lloyd ' s . It is not at present known whether she was uninsured , or whether underwritten at Liverpool or London , nor till further accounts arrive , can any clue be given as to the value of the cargo .
Maxims woetht of Public Attention . —MeD can bear hunger for a long time under the equator , but cold and hunger united very Boon exhaust the body . The cooling of the body , by whatever cause it may be produced , increases the amount of food necessary . The time which is required to cause death by starvation depends oa the amount of fat in the body , on the degree ef exercise , as in labour or exertion of any kind , and on the temperature of the air . As an immediate effect of the manifestation of
mechanical force , wo see that a part of the mnsca ' ar substance ! loses its vital properties , its character of life ; and all experience proves that this conversion of living muscular fibre into compounds destitute of vitality is accelerated or retarded according to the amount of force employed to produce motion . With tbe external cooling the respiratory motion becomes stronger ; in a lower temperature more oxygen is conveyed to the blood ; the waste of matter increases , and if the supply be not kept in equilibrium with this waste by me 3 K 3 of food , the temperature of the body &ladUoLjf huJia . —Litltiy * siimual Clwiiioiiy .
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n HUDO £ > R 3 FIEIiD . —On Saturday morning last , Mr . Thomas Rushworth , landlord at the Navigation Tavern , Shore-foot , put an end to his exietance by throwing himself head first into a large tub of water on kis own premises . A Jury has sat over the body and returned a verdict of "temporary insanity . " ( The body waa interred oa Wednesday . A great number attended . About Two Miles south of HuddersSeld a number of young men or youths in tbe employ of several millownors , professedly religious , and pillars of their respective establishments , have preferred of late years literary pursuits to beer house conversation , and for the prosecution of which , have contributed
to the extent of their means , money to purchase books . They regularly met , read , conversed and improved eaca other in the best manner they could , and Shave so far succeeded as to astonish not only their parents bnt all who knew them . The surprise spread rapidly amongst the more influential , amougst whom were their respective employers , who , instead of being proud of having such men { in their employ , and supplying them with the means of extending their pursuits , not only condemned their intellectual acquirements , but issued a declaration to their parents to the effect that if they allowed their sons so to improve themselves , they { would not only discharge the youths but them also . —Correspondent .
Socialism and the Socialist Commwmtt—We see by placards ported on the walls of Huddersfield , that Mr . James Rigby , Deputy Governor of tbe Socialist Community , is to deliver two leotareS in ihe Hall of Science , Bath Buildings , on Sunday , ( tomorrow ;) in the afternoon , on ** the Rise and Progress of Socialism ; " and in the evening , ou "tho Arrangements now in progress at Harmony Hall , Hants , to fsffect the entire regeneration of the Human Race ; ' and on Wednesday evening , by particular desire , " on hew Lanark as it was , and New Lanark ! as it is . "
STOCKPOB . T . —Committal of Shop-lifters . —Three notorious 6 hop * lilterb , from Manchester named Thom ' as Goulden , alias Rynes , Sirah Goulden , a / ta * Ryhes , his wife , and Eliza Wiliianas , alias Barlow , werje detected whilst ou a professional visit to this town , on Friday last . On the forenoon of that day , the two females went into the shop of Mr . J . J . Moody , draper . Lower Hillgate , and requested to look at some silk handkerchiefs . A variety was placed before them , and , after some delay , the prisoner Williams was observed to place a parcel of seven handkorchiei ' s , worth about 26 s . und ^ r her cloak . She v ? as charged with the theft , at which sho aff c ' . ed to be greatly shocked , and denied the accusation , j Before she could be searched , she
dropped the handkerchiefs upon the floor ; and the other female I picked them up and placed them on the counter , observing that the hooks of Williams ' cloak must have caught them , and by ' -hat means have draggedf thorn off the counter . Tae action was so well dbserved by one of Mr . Moody ' s assistants , thai this excuse did not satisfy ; and they were both accordingly placed in the hands of tbe police . The male prisoner was afterwards apprehended in Jhe Market Place , by policeman Tatton , he having been previously seen in their company . On his being confronted wiih the other prisoners at the police-kffice , he denied ail knowledge of them , and
thsy stated thai they ha . d never seeu him before . On thtiir being Brought before the magistrates , however , on tho tailoring day , several witnesses proved having seen them all in company previous to their apprehension ; and , from their conversation , which wa > overheard by some of tho police , whilst they Were in tho lockups , their guile and connection w&s proved boyuud a doubt . They were all recognised as old (! ff . ' ndprs , each having been once or oftener conv ' cted . Tne male prisoner , it was mid , had been in SaU ' ord , Leeds , Htill , Cariible , and other ^ aolb , in addition la having been transported seven yt ars from Chatham , They Wcro all aoaiuiitted to the sessions for trial .
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? - Imposition iov Railwa y Cleuks . —Ou Saturday last a ve > y respectable tradesman , residing at Hudderpfleld , haying occasion to &o to Lcedd , took his fare in tho third class , being 2 s . 6 dM ng proceeded as far ¦ as the Norman ton sta'ion , at which place he got out of the carriage for the purpose of seeing his son , whom he kad brought with him thus far , . safely seated in one of the carriages attached to another train which was going up the Noun Midland . By this time * the Leeds train , in which he had been taketi to Norman ton , had left the station . This being the case , he ful'y , and very justly so , expected to be allowel to proceed to Leeds fcy the next irain . But , behold , the officers at the siatum who strut about , dressed in a little brief authority ,
refused to allow him to go to tne place of his destination unless jhe would submit to take his fare o ? er again from that s-tation , which is two shillings , and p <* y an extra shilling besides ! ( his necessary here to observe , that the faro from Cooper Bridge to Normanton , in the third class , is three shillings and sixpence , aud two shillings from Normantan to Leeds ; bat when the ! fare is taken through , from Cooper Br'dge to Leeds , it is ouly half a . crown . ) This extra shilling pas to make up the three aud sixpence as if the gentleman had only paid for proceeding to Nprmaatoo . He , however , protested against' the imposition which they thus attempted to practice upon him . This drew down upon his head a volley of abuse , accompanied with threats to have
him secured in the lock-up ; but he was not to be intimidated with language such as that , aud stoutly maintained hi 3 right to be allowed to pursue his journey without any further impost being laid upon him . Notwithstanding all his firmness , however , they still insisted apon his paying the extra charge which they demanded . Again , he told them positively that he would not enter the carriage under any such disgraceful circumstances ; sooner than doso , he would walk the remainder of the way . Upon this they demanded the ex ^ ra . shilling for the distance he had already travelled ; , and told him that if he would not pay that they would take him to Wakf-fisld . ' He paid the shilling and walked away about his business . He proceeded forwards to Loeds another way , got his
business done and returned home , taking care that the Railway Officers should not have another opportunity of picking his pocket . After he got home , he sat down and ) wrote to the Directors , informing them of all the circumstances of the case , and the abusive language with which he had been assailed by their servants , and asked them whether such' unjust proceedings , on the part of those whom they employ , was in compliance with their orders . On Tuesday he received a letter , from one of the Clerks in the more immediate employ of the Directors and by their order , in which '; was enclosed 12 postage stamps * in lieu of the shilling which , ho had been compelled to
pay at Normanton . Thus , it appears , the Directors have honourably exonerated themselves from having issue- a iy such ; unjust law , for the purpose of being carried out by their servants , and discountenanced such disgraceful proceedings as were manifested by their clerks at Normanton , towards the gentleman in question . Travellers by railway will do wall to look to this ; and whenever any imposition is attempted to be practised uppn them by these understrappers , let them write at once to head quarters , and expose such conduct ; where , aa in thia case , they wilt , no doubt , obtain redress . They will keep the offenders within proper [ restraint , and secure to the public justice and respeotful treatment . —Bradford
Observer . | The Murder in Wharfdalb . —This brutal affair , the particulars of which appeared in this paper about a month ago , has , during the past week , been officially investigated by the magistrates , the result of which has been the committal of Joseph Bey , of Beamley , ( the person on whom suspicion was ia the first instance oast , ) on a charge of wilful murder . Siuce the inquest was held , tho greatest anxiety has been felt by all , both rich and poor , that the mystery should be cleared up ; but , unfortunately , feeling bo ; b iu Beamsley and l ' . kley , appears to have' been against Hey ; all his actions have been canvassed , his every movement has been watched , and however simple the deviatiou from
hid usual course of conduct , it has been noted , and inferences but seldom favourable to him deduced therefrom . Reports that evidence had been withheld by witnesses who were examined on tbe inquest , and that some had been mis-siated , were in circulation freely , and having reached the ears of E . C . L . Kay 4 , Esq ., of Addingham , who attended the inquest , and has since been engaged in endeavouring to clear the mystery up , he summoned other magistrates immediately to his assistance , and held -a consultation as to what course was best to adopt . This took place last Saturday , and appears to have resulted in a determination 10 apprehend Hey j and investigate the matter again . Oa Monday morning last , at half-past ten o ' clock ,
the investigation commenced at feb . e Lister ' s Arms in Ukley , the magistrates being E . C . L . Kay , W . R . C . Stansfield , and F . Hawksf / orth Fawkes * Esqs . Mr . Wag&taff , j solicitor , from Bradford , with his clerk , Mr . Farrar , attended to take the depositions . Thomas Brook , j Esq ., of Fjkipton , the coroner , also attended . As before , the case excited great interest . Hey was j present during the whole of the examination in the custody of England , the constable of Addinghaib . Tv / o of his brothers and several relatives and fritnds r , f the deceased Hostwiek were also present throufl ' aout . No professional person attended on behalf of the prisoner . The witnesses
called to narrate t ' ae finding Huatwick's body , - and the other circumstances , were precisely the same aa before ; and in fket , the evidence altogether , with the exception of . jone or two facts , was precisely the same as at t ' ne inquest . Tbe examination being concluded , tho room was cleared , in order that tlie magistrates might consult together . After a short time had elapsed , Hey was ordered in again , and informed that tie stood committed for trial at the nex . { i asf / izes , on the charge of wilful murder . The commitment was ihcn made out , aud he was removed in the charge of the constable of A ^ iUAjuu ^ a ,
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Six Men Dhowndd . —It ia oar melancholy A ^ tJais day to record the following distressing ^ fiital circumstances : —It appears that the fishery * . of Wbitehilla , a village in the neigbbpurhood ^ Banff , were at sea on the morning of Wednesdit when , about half past seven o ' clock , a tremtja ^ humcane came on , by which two of the boats cob taining eight men , were upset . Only two of j £ crew were saved by clinging to the boat till ft . arrival of another boat . Those who met avC grave ate W . Watson , James Watson , and Jdkf Watson , brothers ; George Ritchie , George WaW sen ., anrf George Watson , Jan ., all married w and who frave left wives and families to lameat thS untimely fate . The two saved were much exhauaw when brought to shore , but are now in thewjt rf reconery ; tfteir names arelDavid Watson and J |^ T Watson , all oonneoted with each other by marrl ^ Efoin Courairt .
Cask op Stabbing . —Patrick Murray , an Irijv man . resident hi Bradford , an oyster hawkey » J on Wednesday committed to York Castle , for ^ on a charge ot * having stabbed John Priestu wheelwright , Bradford moor . From the evidaS it appeared that on Monday night , about t *^ , o ' clock , prosecutor andafriead , named John Wjj * . an overlooker , res / ding in High-street , left jg Beehive Inn , in Vest-gate , with the intention jf going to the Victoria public house , in Silsbridrt . lane , with the intention of stopping all night , jj Priestley was going to Halifax , early in the ooij . ing . Wten in Silsbn'dge lane , prosecutor W 5 . sidered he would be too late for the Victoiia , ^ -therefore resolved to go U' the Odd Fellows' Hj ^ With that object , he and Waite proceeded downt ^ Leys where the prisoner lin 's . As they approached !*
house , the prisoner , who * 'as standing at his o ^ door , with a poker in his «' & "& $ _ hand , and an ojsfg knife in his left , cried out ( mi king use of an inde ^ expression ) that ho would kill them by G—d , auj | j they were passing he struckPri "^ stley on the forehai with the poker , and immediately i afterwards hesnj , a lunge with his knife at the sid e of prosecutor , ^ at that moment was crouching ft om the effect oftij blow , he received the blow on h \ " head , the ks $ passing through his hat , and infi , cting a womd , quaver of an inch in depth ou 'be head . injuries altogether were of the most * ^ rious chara « g Waite also received many severe V ^ ows from tin poker , in his endeavours to rescue 1 riestley . ^ j 8 prisoner sought to fix the charge of ii toxicatioa ob tho prosecutor and Waite , but in thi 't he toUBj failed , Ho then declined to say anythii ig iu his 4 , fence till on his trial .
Charge of Administering Drcgs at W . akefihj , —Singular Care . —During the sitting of i to na » j «] trates , on Monday , at Wakefield Court Ho use , j ^ John Eley , master tailor , applied to the bench ssjg ' tho following circumstances . He said that v-wbpj their worships would allow him to make an ap $ tt tion for summonses against certain parties , and la was desirous of doing so in tbe open court , as he ioj not sure that the charge he had to prefer would c < tej properly before them . His life had been placed ia great jeopardy for nearly a week , either by theLv excusable folly or the wilful malice of the ptmi ] of whom he had to complain , and it was necesu ] 1 that tbe case should be made public , in order ( lit
unsuspecting persons might be placed on their gnati He then went on to state that he had gone to a pit lie-house in Kirkgate , in company with a friend , jad whilst there some of the company put some dana ; . ous drug into his liquor , which had occasioned tin serious consequences he had alluded to . We purposely omit the remainder of the statement , aaiii publicity might frustrate the object that the cooplainant has in view . The Court ordered summonses to be issued against two young men named Wiefr nail , and one of the name of Shepherd , and advisej Mr . Eley to summons witnesses , if he thoughttlot they might , be induced to hold back . Mr . Eley promised to do so , and left the court .
Stealing Poultry at Ossstt—A ppbeheksio op the Thieves at Wakepikld— Oa the night pi Wednesday week , the roost of Mr . James Mitchell , of Ossett , as well as the roost of Mr . George 'Wilij of the same place , were robbed of a large qaanftj < if hens , cocks , and turkeys . On Thusday morning , between eight and nine o ' clock , James Moslej , of Wakefield , confectioner , wen * , into a shed ini field in Goody Bower , occupied by his father , ui there found concealed three turkeys , two c « b , and twenty-one hens . These he took away , bat earied them back again by advice of Mr . Brierley . In
the evening , Mr . Briorley , with his son and apereoi named Bolland , watched the premises , and beiwees nine and ten o ' clock , three men got over tho wall of the field ( which is quite enclosed and has n&to&d through it ) , and proceeded towards the shed , one of them saying , " I'll go in , choose who the hell is in . " A pursuit took place , and one of the men escaped ; but two of them , Joseph Caslow and George Firth , were taken . The fowls found turned out to bett j property of Messrs . Mitchell and Wilby . The prisoners were brought up at the Court-house , on Monday , and committed for trial .
Committed to Yoi . k Castle . — Edward JeniiHB charged with the manslaughter of Robert HarTej . it Roystone , on the 13 ' , h inst . —Henry Linen am , ebarged witn having-on the 14 th Dec , at Leeds , fraudulent obtained frr > m Sarah Pullan , a cheque for the pay ment of £ 575 17 s . 7 d ., with intent to defraud the said Sarah Pullan . Also charged with having 01 the same day stolen four promissory Bank of Eng land notes , one for the payment of £ 550 and ooS for £ 50 , one for £ 20 , and one for £ 5 , and £ 1 7 U 4 » tbe property of Sarah Pullan- And further charged with having between the months of Deo . 1841 , wl August last , at Leeds , whilst in the employment 0 / Messrs . Ward , solicitors , embezzled sums amonriing to £ 11 , and upwards . —Joseph Hey , chargji with having on the 17 th of Dec , at Uklty , murdered William Hustwick .
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Jan . 17 . —Tm arrivals of Grain to this day ' s market , are much I ' m same as last week . Fine dry Wheat has scared made 90 much as last week ; other descriptions and damp qualities Is to 2 s per quarter lower . Barlej in fair demand , at fully last week ' s prices . Oiti and Beans little alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THE VE& ENDING JAN . 17 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . P Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Q » 3274 1536 640 — 185 « . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ B . d . £ a . d . £ * - £ 2 9 9 f 19 0 0 17 113 0 0 0 1 8 7 i OOOj
HUDDERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET , TUESDAY Jl" « 17 . —There was no visible improvement ia ouiffl * »™ to-d&y ; complaints fell thick and heavy in W } quarter about the inactive state of the market , « a the more felt as many were so sanguine of * " ^ piovement . in trade in the new year ; Fancy Woollfl ^ were in most request , and in this department » could not be said it was good . Wools , &t » remain steady . State of Trade . —The partial depression w ^ we mentioned as existing in the market last vt&h has now become more general and more deBflW " Tiiefe was yesterday but little demand , either i «
gcods or yarn ; and as many of the manufa cturer ! have now completed the contracts into which tiffl had entered , stocks have shown some little tenoj- ntl to accumulate ; and consequently the buyers Bsj " had the advantage as compared with last w * This tendency in the market has been someffha * ^ creased by the continued accounts of a large profiw * of cotton in ths UA ed States , as well as by the unexpected failure of a bank at Sheffield ; which . a ^» almost invariably the case , has given rise to 8 PP"j hensions of further mischief in o ; her quarters , ought to be recollected , however , that tho ^ sopP ** of the bank of Messrs . Parker . Snore , and to . « » : l
arisen , not from any general want of credit or e f ci of money , likely to affsct other establishments ^ from circumstances quite peculiar to itself . **\ some of the joirit-stooK banks in this neighbour ^ the firm had endeavoured la prop up mercanii " manufacturing firms whioh had suffered from late disastrous times , aud had thereby bec < ? S !^ cumbered with a large amount of inconTerti »«> cunties , of which no use could be made ww "L ^ were wanted to meet the demands upon *? , " ^ We understand the claims upon the es tai ) ltii T M amount to about £ 600 , 000 , and the apparent tfsea . abont £ 725 / 100 , without including the large Jreen estates of Mr . Shore , which are entailod . —& Chester Guardian .
WAKEFIELD COEN MARKET . Friday , Jan . 2 O .-The Wheat trade h « s * g very heavy to-day . Samples of fine vv nea ^ scarce and support last week ' s rates , but aii o > sorts must be 10 ed Is . per or . lower . 1 ™ ' v « J parcels of Barley are taken off at an abateBCTf 6 d . per quarter , bat middle runs are fully »>* , quarter lower In Beans , Oats , and SbelliDg W" » remain steady . __ - » -a
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PROSECUTION FOR SABBATH BREAKING . Five cases of alleged Sabbath profanation were brought before Mr . Rushton , stipendiary magistrate , at the'Liverpool Police Court on Friday , and excited the attention of an immense number of the merchants and other inhabitants of that town , partly on account of the extraordinary and unusual nature of the proceedings themselves , and partly because ; Mr . Robertson Gladstone , ( the Mayor of the borough , and tbe brother of the Vioe-President of the Board of Trade , ) was one of the parties mainly interested in the result . His worship occupied a seat on the right of the bench , surrounded by several gentlemen .
The first case investigated wa 9 that of Joseph Sheppard , a newsvender , of Vauxhall Road , who had been summoned on a charge of having his shop open for the tale of the London journals and other publications , on the preceding Sunday . This was the third occasion during aa many weeks , on which Sheppard had been summoned on a similar charge . On the two termer occasions he had been fined in the penalty of five shillings for each offence ; but on both he informed tbe court that it was utterly impossible for him to meet the demands of his customers unless his shop was open on tbe Sunday ; that he was determined to keep it open , even though he should thereby subject himself to a 5 < . penalty for every infraction of the act during the next twelve
months ; and that he could not understand why he , a poor man , should be singled out as an object of persecution , while the Mayor wa 3 permitted with impunity to ride to and from Church in his carriage , the publio news-rooms of the town were kept open , and many of the more " respectable" of the inhabitants were allowed to indulge themselves in other practices on the Sabbath of a like profanatory nature . Mr . Rushton , while he admitted the justness of this line of reasoning , aud the oeoe-sifcy that existed for having caution exercised on the part of those who instituted prosecutions of the kind , declared , at the same time , that he had only to deal with such case ? as mi ^ ht happen to be brought before him , aud that as infractions of the
hot had taken place in tnat instance , the fines should be paid . Finding that he had been firfed a second time , and wishing to bring the subject more at largo before tho public , Shepherd had summonses sorvea this week upon Wrn . Spence , the Mayor ' s coaefcinan , for having driven his worship to and from church on Sunday last , aud also upon John Jones , the master of the Exchange ; David Hughes , the ma&ter of the Lyceum ; and Edward Griffiths , the master of the Athenaeum newsrooms , lor having bad their respeotiye rooms open for public amusement and instruction upon Sunday last . The case against Sheppard was first gone into . He did not deny that he hud his shop open , but complained of the partial execution of tho law against Sabbath-breaking .
The information against him bad been laid by the churchwardens ; but he thought , that it could not be from religious scruples that the ohurohvvardens had interfered , inasmuch as they had not endeavoured to put down tho whole system of Sunday trading in the town , but merely that part of it with which tho humble classes were raoro immediately concerned . Mr . Rushton said , that whether they did their duty or not , generally , or merely interfered in isolated cases as the defendant's , did not affect the matter . The question was , whether , under the statute , the defendant had been either trading on the Lord ' s day , or following bis ordinary occupation . It had been proved beyond doubt in this , as in former cases , that he had been so ongaged ; and therefore the Court had nothing to do but to put the law in force .
The fine having been paid , the case against Win . Spence , the Mayor ' s coachman , was called on , when Sheppard deposed , that abont a quarter to one o ' clock on Sunday las' :, he was passing along Fenwickstreet , when he observed the defendant , in the act of turning round tho Mayor's cosu-. h—an occupation which Ithe man ordinarily followed . Jl was decided that this case did not come uilhin the mcaninq of the act against Sabbath breaking , and Mr . Rushton dismissed it . The case of John Jon <* s , the master of the Exchange news-room , was next called on ,
whereupon Sheppard deposed that about one o ' clock on Sunday last , be went into-tha aforesaid news-room , having foand it open , and that he considered the parties who were occupying the place to be equally liable with himself- On those grounds he had laid the information . Mr . Rushtou said , that the evidence did not sustain the information , inasmuch as Jonea ' had not been proved to bo the master of the room . Mr . Corson , solicitor , who appeared for the defence , said he would admit that Joaes was the master . Mr . Rushfcon refused to allow the admission , and dismissed the case .
Sheppard said , that not having been able to recognise Mr . Hughes at tho Lyceum , or Mr . Griffiths at the Athei < cim newsrooms , he would relinquish the two other informations .. He expressed a hope , however , that from what had taken place the pnbiic would see the odionsnesa of tho law . Mr . Rushton said that if the law were odious , it was the duty of the public to petition for its repeal , and not for any in > ividua 1 to mention its " odiousness" in presence of the bench . He thought the law was gooH , inasmuch as it was designed to preserve the Sabbath in the way it should be'preserved . The parties then withdrew .
Mo . ^ t determined Suicide . —On Sunday last , Thomas Mitchell , Esq ., surgeon , &o , Birstal , committed a most determined act of self-destruction by stabbing himself through the heart with , a dissecting knife . From the facts adduced before the coroner and jury upon the iuquest , held oa Tuesday last , it appeared that upon the maid servant proceeding to lay the cloth for dinner , she found tbe door of tho room fastened , and Mr . Mitchell called out from within for her to wait awhile ; she mentioned the circumstance to her fellow-servant , who tried the door , and fkid > ng it still fastened , informed Mr . Henry Mite . ell , Mr . Mitchell ' s second bon , of ind very singular circumstance , who
instantly called in other assistance , and the door was forced open , and Mr . Mitchell was found with his upper garment taken off , and after one convulsive sob expired . A case of surgical instruments was found 'ymg op-n on the table , and the bloody knife ty his side , which appeared to have been thrust up to t e handle . From the evidence of a man , a connexion of the family , it appeared that the deceased had for some montha back laboured under a great depression of spirits , and under a delusion with respect to his monetary affiirs , amoanting to an aberration of mind . The jury returned a verdict , "Ruled himself whilst labouring under aberration of mind . " Deceased was sixty-two years of age , and has lived upwards of forty yeaxs ia birstal .
France . —The Paris - Journals of Sunday and Monday teem with more alarming interest , as regards the stability of the present pacific relations between France aud England , than did any of their immediate predecessors . The Committee ou the , Address , which had already held thtir third sitting , and discussed seriatimeyery paragraph of the speech from the . Throne , had , it is said ou all sides , agreed to introdueo an amendment , relative to that most portentous of all questions—the right of search . It is stated with equal confidence ( the republican National chiming in with the organs of the Court and the Cabinet ) that the amendment will not have the effect of overturning the present Ministry . Thus , the compliments so prodigally lavished on the
moderation of the Soult-Guizot Cabinet by our English contemporaries of all shades of opinions , are flung back in their faces with contempt ; and it is now clear that all parties in France join in one loud chorus of hostiliy to England . Even the courtly Debate , hitherto the loudest , and apparently tbe Bincerest , of the ve > y few French journals which had up to this time the courage to insist on the inconveniences of a rupture with this country , has now taken an indirect mo . hod of fanning the antv-Eiiglish feeling , showing upon what a Bandy foundation our oligarchical rulers have built their hopes Of maintaining , through tho agency of Guiz-Jt and Co ., the outward forms , if no * the cordially of poaee , in the present awkward state of all our
great national interests . With extraordinary glee docs the mouthpiece of the French Ministry dwell on that very item of the French revenue , which our masters , ia presenting their yearly budgets , were always , uutil very lately , in the habit of representing as the only sure test of naiional prosperity or depression—we mean , of course , the Excise : — " The improvement in the revenue , particularly in the Excise , is a certain indication of public wealth , as the increase of consumption necessarily implies an increase in labour and in production . " "France ' continues the Z > eia / s , " Las Buffered a series of political changes , traversed a serious commercial crisis , recency engaged immense sums of money in works necessary , perhaps ,
though unproductive ; but strong in her elements of national wealth , Bhe is every day actively repairing , without additional taxes , but solely by the natural course of affairs , the encroachment made on her fortune by the faults , the errors , or the exigencies of political parties . This is because hex strength is neither factitious nor extraneous . It is because her power reposes upon an admirable soil , which , with the help of peace , will be rendered more fertile by the public works voted last session . The financial prosperity of our country is a remarkable fact whea compared with that ef other countries . France had to apprehend two formidable obstacles—anarchy at home , and war abroad . Tbe
wisdom of the lung ' s Government has preserved us from tbe first of those calamities , ami the Governments of Europe ; will preserve France and themselves from the other . "—In the foregoing loud note of exultation over tbe really prosperous state of a country , whioh the organs of our privileged classes have one and all joined in describing as all but sinking under the weight of her hardens—how many ely hits are given to the land , which , in the language of prostituted orators and writers , was bo long , so pompously , and so mendaciously termed "Tne envy and admiration of surrounding nations ; whose merchants were princes , and whose nobles had all the state and more than the pride of l ^ iifcO .
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