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      " . We call aw choicest . " CHAXEArBaiiyD—Seme years aro , \ re used to follow upon the ? aat Vdiairt , a personage of small sizs , as bs waited slowly , -wragt in his own rtfleciions , ihronsh fte cro"wa , " that -vast desert ot men . " Hla lace-wbs long , aadjomfe'what tidn skuS pala ; his features -were strongly -msikerf ; bEEeath ' biB pronrisent eye-brows , Bbone a look of singular beauty , a mixture of mildness , melancholy , energy , sadgrandeur I His front was of Olympian amplitude , his temples proj-cted , hia skull , though haia in the middle , -was B > TOea-with a Thick forest of -white hair ; his large head was inclinei tovrards his shoulders , as if -e-eighed down by its load of thought This little old sentieman ¦ was alirays dressed with an eleeance that was completely juveaila ^ Ms attire consisting of a short and "WeB-made frock eeat , an irreproachable cravat , gaiters , gloves , and a little ebony esne . As -se would thus

      xjIIow the patriarch o ! oui literature , we wonJd often gei intoan absolute passion to sea the heeditsa stupid 6 » wd jostling tie man whose name is co-extensive with the world , and were almost tempted to cry out , "Hats vSl make way for Chateaubriand ?" Once anxious to ihare with some one our delight in gazing at the illustrious writer , we stepped into the shop of an honest indiTidual of oar acquaintance , who was seated behind his counter , jrniing figures in his big book ; we aeteid him by the ana and dragged him towards the door , exclaiming — " Gome , snd sea the first writer of the epoch pass ! there he 3 s . » look at him well ! " As we pointed to the old man , we shouted in a trinmphanttone the name of Chateaubriand , in the full coBvietion that the conntensnee of our worthy friend would at once be lit up with transport . " 24 . de Chateanbriand ? muttered the heathen between his teeth , " oh , yes , I know what you mean : he is a ^ nnn of fine talents : he wrote the

      Journey to Switzerland . " It should be mentioned that Chateaubriand baa , in fact , written af ew page * about Switzerland , and that our shopkeeper was himsolf of Helvetian origin . This was all the poor mas knew about the matter . We were struck dumb . What ? a member of that class trhich M . Guizoi calh the legal rtalitn ; a citizen , vbo pays taxes . vAo reads the " Constiivtiomel ' xmd goes perhaps to the court balls ; replies when you thaw him Chateaubriand , yes , he is the author of the Jowney to Switzerland J" whilst the meanest Venetian gondolier sings , the verses of Kassa , and the poorest cebbler in Germany knows by heart the ballads of Burger and refreshes himself after the toils of the day in leading to bis good woman the poetry of Schillier or of 8 oetbe . —Zirwtf Characters of France . 3 XJCKHXEDT "RKATUSG SOBISSoS CRT 3 SOB TO HIS

      ASABS IK IKE DESKKT , Silence sat throned in darkness—not a sound Broke the deep slumber of the starry night , Save that , si intervals , lost to the sight Is the deep gloom that seemed to press around , Some courser , neighing , made yet more profound The stillness of the desert ; fitful light Shot up from iht red fire , and lit the white Enfolded tent at tames ; upon the ground Sat one , who , from a far-off western land Had jouzneyed , and had donned , —a Frank bo more , — The sheepskin and the turban ; en the sand , Half-hidden , lay wild swarthy forms , that wore The Bedouin ' s garbc h # read alondjthe book , And the blase , streaming up , showed joy in each dark look .

      WHAT SCOXLXKD OWES TO WALLACE . —A herok Wallace , quartered oa the scaffold , cannot hinder that his Scotland become , one day , a part of England ; bat he does hinder that it become , on tyrannous and unfair terms , apart of it ; command still , as with & sod ' s Toice , from his old Talhslla and temple of the br&ye , that ttiere bea just real union as of brother and brother , not a false and merely sembla&t one as of slave and master . If the unien with England be in fact one of Scotland's chief blessings , we th" »> r Wallace withal that it was not the chief cone . Scotland is not Ire

      land : no ; because brave men rose then , and said , " Behold , ye xanst sot tread us down like slaves ; and ye shall not—and cannot f Fight on * , then brave true heart , and falter sot , through dark fortune and through bright . The cause thou flghtest for , so far as it is true , no farther , yet precisely so far , is very sure of victory . Tie falsehood alone of it will be conquered , Will bej&bolisbed , as it ought to be : but the truth of it is part of nature ' s own laws , co-operates with the world's eternal tendencies , and cannot be conquered . — Thomas Cariyte .

      Ths Oxasge GfcOTES OT MEXICO . —This morning , after a refreshing sleep , we rose and dressed at 'eight o ' clock—late hours for tierra calienie—and then went out to the coffee plantation and orange walk . Any thing so lovely J The orange trees were covered with their golden fruit and fragrant blossom : ( he forest trees , bending over , formed a natural arch , which the run could net pierce . We laid ourselves down on the soft grass , contrasting this day with the preceding . Theair was soft and balmy , sad actually heavy with the fragrance of ths orange biooota and * t * Trj jwrpinp All around the orchard run streams af the most delidous clear waters , trickling with sweet music , and now and then a little rwrrrhra ? , like a bright red ruby ,, wouia perch upon the trees . We pulled booqueta of orange blossom , juansc , Gliea , dark red roses , and lemon leaves , and wished we could have transported them te you , to those lands where winter is now wrapping the world in its white winding-sheet The

      gardener or coffee plaster—such s > gardener—Bob Jnan by name , with an immense black beard , Mexican hat , and military sash of crimson silk , came to offer some orangeade ; and , having seat to the boose for tug&r and tumblers , pulled the oranges froa the trees , and drew the waterfrem a clear tank overshaded by blossoming branches , and cold aa though It bad been iced . ' There certainly is no tree more beautiful than the orange , with its goleen fruit , shining green leaves , and lovely white blossom with so delicious a fragasee . We felt this morning as if Altaeunnleo was an earthly paradise . * * But when the moon rose serenely and without s cloud , and s soft breese , fragrant with orange blossom , blew gently over the tiees , I felt as if we Could nave rodo on lot fiVer -withont fatigue , and in a lUte of ths most pel set enjoyment . It was hard i » say whether the first soft breath of morning , ox the languishing and yet more fragrant airs of evening , are store enchanting . —Madame Calderon de la Barca .

      Kapolkos ' S Tbjl and Scgab Policy . —Napoleon told us that , when Emperor of France , he did not permit any tea to be drunk except that grown in Switzsr-Und , and which so nearly resembled the Chinese plant that the difference was sot perceptible . He alse culti vated the growth of beet-root , foz the purpose of TnsYing sugar , instead of depending on foreign produce . —Mrs . AbdeJTs RecoUedions of Napoleon in the Sew Monthly . Fxexch Husbands "with Esgltsh Wives . —It is a curious fact , that notwithstanding the strong

      preprejudices which the French entertain towards England and the English , the French gentlemen give a decided preference to English ladies , when they mean to marry . As Englishman visiting Paris is surprised at the number of English ladies with French husbands , whom he Oeeis with in society . If as English lady , of passabia appearance , remains long unmarried in Paris , the preminptien is that the fault is her own . It is worthy of remark , on tbe other hand , that an English gentleman , resident ia Paris , - ? ery isrely sanies a French lady . — Paris and its People .

      The Wbosgs oe Womas—On your account , in this scatter , I have written to six ladies of my acquaintance , ihree married and three ^ single . Two of the married have replied that they have nothing to complain ofnot a wrong . The third bids me ask her husband . So 1 pat her don aa ambiguous—perhapB she wished to give him a bint through me . I am wise , and shall hold my tongue . Of the unmarried , one says she has received no wrong , but fears she may have inflicted Borne—another , that as she is going to be married on

      Monday , she cannot conceive a wrong , and cannot poasbly reply till after the honeymoon . The third replies thatit iB veryxerong in me to ask her . But stay a inoment ^ -here is s quarrel going on—two women and a man—we msy pick up something . ' B » t thee , John , " ay * a stout jade , with her arm out aad her fist almost in John ' s face , "I wish I were a man—I'd gieit to "W e . " She evidently thinks it a wrong that she was born a woman—and upon my word , by ihat brawny urn , and these masculine features , there does not appear to have bean a mistake in it—Blackwood .

      Babelais . —The whole life -of Bibelais , if his his-Kfflans may be believed , was a aeries of farces , as tS ? 1681 ani M humourous as anything ha has des-* noed . He was driven from tbe monastery in which « s 2 * sl entered lor having indulged his love of practical / esBng , by assuming the place asually ocenpied by a « Mae of St . Francis , on a day when tbe country peopifi brought their offerings to his shrine ; and he-died * iih x joke in hismouth en a snbj&ct commonly thought tbe gravest * The Bowie Ksitb , —Basin Bowie , tie man who invented that deadly wsspon the Bowie knife , which is the teaaut of every Texan ' s bosom , was a reckless d * jnkard , who bad squandered his property , and was subsequently obHged So flee from his country < rhe United States ) for slaying a maa in a dueL The fact it wen known in Texas , and is thus related by a friend of Bowie % who was present when Bsiin Bowie fought » duel with knives screw a table at the Alame a few

      « sjfl before Santa Amu toek it His first duel was fonght at batches , on tbe Mississippi , in the fall or 1 S 34 . A dispute arose at a card-table in the middle of &e day between Bowie aad a man fiaraed Black . 3 he lie was given by Bowie to his opponent , and t the wtTna moment , drawing , his knife ( which * w a case one , with a blade about four ffle&es long-, such as the Americans always Any in their pockets } , he challenged the J&antoSgbt , which was accepted , and Black having « ken his seat opposite Bowie , at a small square table , ^ cotffct began . It lasted about twenty minutes , f ? " !* which time both narties were aaverelv cut . when

      **» ie « wefrcm the table , and , with a desperate oath , *« &ed upon his antagonist , who immediately fell dead *™ k * t . The inconvenience felt by Bowie on this jwasion , from the smallness of the knife , having called jj * & the exercise of his detauchtd and sanguinary "aa . he invented a weapon which would enable him , « use his own w » rds , "to lipaman op right awry . " £ «¦ »* k he accomplished during his exile ia Texas , ¦* a which was the only legacy he could leave bis young * " ° Mopted Republic ; indeed , ft is all ih © em show

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      jot her rib ' zen , h--s body having been burned by the . Mexicans and his ashes swept from the face of the earth by tbe passing winds . The Teal Bawie knife has a two-edged blade , about nine inches long , slightly curved to wards the point , and sufficiently thick in the back to serve as a chopper , in which -way it is very formidable , bat not so much so as in thrusting . The blade is covered with a sheath , and when neatly got up , as- some of them are , it forms a pretty ornament enough , when coming from under the corner ot the waistcoat , or over the waistband of a pair of Texian trousers .

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      THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY—DUBLIN AND KINGSTON EXTENSION . ( From the Mechanics' Almanac for 184 4 . J " One of tbegreatesfc triumphs of modern science has been achieved . An atmospheric railway is no longer a theory —it is now a practical result of unerring principles and mechanical skill ; and to Irelnnd belongs the honour of having first risked the experiment , a&d carried the entterprise into an example for the rest of the world to profit by as weil aa herself . An experimental line on his principle has been laid down from Dublin to Dalkey , and is now on the point of being opened . Although but a mile and three quarters long , it presents some rather formidable difficulties ; starting from Kingstown , for more than half the distance it la a strccesaon of sharp corves , three of which are little

      more than 500 radius , whilst the ascent to Dalkey in that short distance is 71 ^ feet perpendicular—the small portion of this distance whieh Is unaffected by stopping ar starting , is uniformly passed over at a rate exceeding 40 miles per bour , fte indinatien being one in 115 ; the train of six carriages , crammed with passengers , has been occasionally permitted to travel at between 50 and SO miles per hour ; and , on one occasion , & single carriage was sent at a raVe of 80 miles per honr ; and , on this occasion , the resealing of the long valve was perfectly effected . Several times the train has been stopped by the brakes within twenty yards , the full power of the engine being still applied ; and , after Temainiug at rest for abont half a minute , a velocity of 35 miles per hour was obtained within half & mile up the same incline of 1 in 115 . 14

      The centrirngal tendency to fy off at a tangent has been remarkably connteratted by corresponding elevations and depressions on either line of rails , as ths case may require ; and as no danger could arise even in the narrowest practicable curves from this cause , except from an excess of velocity , that excess has been amply provided against by a most ingenious contrivance tot regulating the degree of exhaustion to be maintained in the cylinder while passing through the curves . r " Many who have seen the barometer gunge at Kingstown TisiBg from zero to fifteen inches in two minutes , by the acti # n of the airpnmpat Dalkey , J | miles distant , are inclined to assume that the fixed engines for working such a railway as this might be placed ten ot

      fifteen miles apart But few , however , have take © the trouble to ascertain what are tbe conditions on which will depend the distance at which the stationary engines should be placed from each other ; and it would profcably surprise almost every x > ne to be informed , that , if there were no leakage , a statienary engine would drawihe same load and at the same velocity from a distance of six miles , that it would be able to draw from a distance of but one mile . In the former case , indeed , the engine must work six times aa long to produce the required vacuum to start the train ; but it is manifest it must also work six times as long whilst the journey is being performed . It is thought that in practice a distance of from three to five miles will be found the most

      convenient . «• The leakage being proportionate to the time taken to exhaust the pipe of the air it contains , 'it follows , as a curious result , that on this > ystem there is little or no economy in working slowly . Every one who is at all acquainted with tbe locomotive engine , is aware of the enormous additional cost at which any increase of speed is attained . ' " Another unexpected result of the atmoBpherio system is , that no delay takes pl&cejn the time of performing any given journey , by making a moderate number of

      stops for a short time each ; sneb , for instance , as are usual on English railways when conveying the mails . After tbe train has overcome its »/» imrtia , it will move forward at whatever rate the air in the pipe is being withdrawn by the pump ,- and although the motion of the train must be retarded in approaching 8 station , stopped altogether there for a short time , and again only slowly resumed , yet all this time tbe action of the air-pump continues ; and the result is & greater rarefaction in tbe pipe , which gives a corresponding increased velocity to the train , until the power and the load mutually counterbalance each other .

      " With respect to the question , of expence , It Is confidently asserted , that , -ia any moderately difficult country , an atmospheric railway ( a single line ) , provided with all the apparatus necessary on a suitable scale , will not cost mow than for a single locomotive line , also prepared with a due allowance of engines for a sStnilwr traffic , with the necessary accompaniments of turntable * , coke , and water stations , cranes , he . ; bat , above all , of workshops , tools , and m&chlnery . ** With the loeom » tive , the safety of the passengers ( on a single line ) is admitted to depend on the electric telegraph , any derangement of which , ot asy mistcke ot misapprehension of a signal , may result in one of the most fearful calamities human imagination can well conceive—namely , a collision between two trains storing iaopporite directions at high velocities . On the atmospheric system , the worst that can happen from any derangement or mistake will be some delay t » the > -assengera .

      " With respect to the cost of working , it appears that tbe fixed engine at Dalkey , ot one hundred ( commercial ) horses' power , does not consnme more steam than one of tho locomotives on the Dublin and Kingstown line , when moving at the rate of thirty miles per hour ; and we have seen a calculation which has been attributed to one of the cleverest and most successful men in Ir » land , in which be has shown that tbe combustion of 51 b . weight of coal , costing one halfpenny , would , on this system , convey a passenger from Dublin to Cork , upwards of 150 miles , allowing six passengers aad carrfast * to the ton . " - The above is the bright side of the picture . It Is only fair that our readers should bear the objections which are advanced by parties who may be presumed to understand the subject they write upon . The following is from HerapatVs Railway Magazine , in reply to the Dublin Evening Mail , a warm supporter of tbe Atmospheric Bill way : —

      *? Our contemporary considers us prejudiced against tbe Atmospheric Railway . Prejudice we have , but it is tie prejudice arising from personal inspection and experiments made on the railway itself . Upon such . data , we presume , there are parties belonging to this Journal quite as competent to judge as the editor of the Ihtblin Evening Mail , or any of the advocates of the atmospheric scheme . It seems the editor cannot understand why we want twenty miles of continuous railway worked daily for a whole year , and throughout a severe wi&ur . We wiil tell him . Were a line tweoij miles long worked upon tbe atmospheric principle at a high velocity , with anything of a load , tbe piston would , in ail probability , be very quickly destroyed with tbe beat generated by tfee friction , while

      for tbe value of haif a mile or a mile , and intervals ot stoppages , it would sot be sensibly affected . Again , with icgard to the severe winter . Their use of a warming pan declares the necessity cf warming the grease round the valve to prevent leakage there , which their engineer , 3 Jr . Vignoles , declares to be the greatest obstacle they have to encounter . Now tbe idea of a warming pan to melt the grease is the most absurd and preposterous cf all contrivances . But admitting that a warming pan is absolutely necessary to - prevent the dreaded leakage , the coWer tbe weather the more necessary it is ; and ife is quite obvious that it will be of no good unless it rests a sufficient time over the valve to transmit the heat through it on to tne grease and to warm it . 2 fow wiil any ™* n toll us that this

      transmission of heat and melting conld be done under half a minute in a severe frost , or perhapB a minute ? If , theu , the train was going thirty miles an hour this warming pan must be a quarter of a mile long to be half a minute OTet any point Upon aueh ridicnlous and monstrous principles is the practicability of this scheme based . Lst the editor of tbe BuVXn Mail deny them if he can , We do nothu&t about for difficulties ; we take the principles put forth by tba projectors , as necessary to the success of this scheme , and show the absurdity of them—an absurdity that wonld at once satisfy any man of the practical folly of the whim who had one particle of science in him . But the data of

      these men are notmoKjabsard than are their deductions wild aad extravagant Mr . Tigsoles , the chief advocate of thiB chimera , told his auditors at a kctare he gave in October , l&ii , ( see our 4 th voL , p . 1095 ) , that the velocity of a train by this wonder of wonders waB " PER-» ECTLY I ?« DEPENDEST OF 1 OAD OB GBADlINTi , " that whatever the load or gradients , within certain limits , the train would always aiove at the sums rate of speed . " Again in another place he talks of a quadruple lead being taken with a double power , which carried on would at length give an infinate load with aa incomparibly small power . The proper parallel to this is the argument of the man who affirmed " that since the better the

      telescope the smalier the stars appear , it was evident that with a perfect telescope we shonld see ne-ne at jJL" To attempt to reason with persons who can utter Btuff bo repugnant to common cense and the A . B . C of science , wonld be a complete waste of time . Our heroes , in--deed , appear to be pretty conwloua that their scheme will not bear inspection , and is only fit to raise the wonder an * admiration of the ignorant , ef which tbe following , we think , Is a tolerable proof . Mr . Herapatb , some months before the line was intended to be opened to Dalkey , wrote to one of the parties connected with the Atmospheric Railway to inquire , if they would allow

      him to make certain experiments npori it , should he go to Dublin , or would furnish him with such data as would enable him to investigate its merits . T » this no reply was ever returned : a fact which we hope will be an-answer to our contemporary ' s challenge to come and Bee this wonderful invention , tbe merits of which it is bo&ited were reserved for the Irish to find out . If the schemers h&d been conscious of tbe soundness of their project , would they not at once have embraced tbe offer of a gentltnun competent to investigate it ? Bntno : truth had whispered them that what had been rejected and pronounced a failure in England , could not stand inquiry in Ireland with competent individuals . "

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      While the "doctors * thus disagree in word ? , let us see the results in practice . In the Dublin Monitor of Monday last , we find the following in is « leading notices : — 11 During the last fortnight , quarter-hour trains have been running daily , Sunday's excepted , on the Atmospheric line , from eleven in the morning to four in the evening , and not the slightest delay or accident has occurred . Passengers are carried free of expence , as the line is not yet open tot general traf&o , the negooiatious between the Company and the Lords of the Treasury being still psBfllng . ; "Trains will continue to run , as usual , daily , from eleven to four o ' clock , until the line is opened for general traffic .

      " Meantime the success of the Atmospheric prh > ciple is attracting attention from all quarters of Europe We are informed that ' the King of Bavaria has com missioned Dr . Pauli to proceed to England and Ire land , for the purpose of personally insp : cting the Atmospheric Railroad , and reporting his observations re g&rding the same to the Bavarian Government . "

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      The adjourned quarterly meeting of this body was holden on Monday last There were present , —The Mayor , Aid . Willans , Oates , Smith , Musgrave , Hebden , Gaunt , Maclea , Bateson , Goodman , Tottie , Pawson , Pease , Lupton , Luccoek , Jackson ; Couoeiilora Birchall , Wm . Smith , Lee , Moorhouse , Watson , Kslsall , Newsaru , Craven , Bramley , Jackson , Carbutt , John Wales Smith , Heaps , Bolmes , Hornby , Dulton , M . Cawood , Joseph Robert Atkinson , John Cawood , Barrett , Barlow , Yewdall , Dickinson ; Brbadhead , Bower , Artbington , Walker , Hall , Marshall , Cliff , Whitehead , Hobson , Ingham , Farrar , Addy , Butler , Strother , and Prince . At the commencement of the . proceedings the Town Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting ; and also the usual annual report from toe Watch Committee of tbe borongh to Sir James Graham , the Secretary of State for tbe Home Department

      THE ADVOWSON Q » ST . JOHN ' S CHVH « E . On the proposition of Mr . Alderman Gaunt , seconded by Mr . Alderman Oates , the following members of tbe Council were appointed Trustees of the Advowson of St . John ' s Church , namely , Aldermen Pawson , Bateson , and Maclea , and Councillor Marshall . KEQISTATION OF VOTERS . A report was presented from the Finance Committee , as to the expenses incurred by the Town ( Clerk , under the provisions of the New Registration Act , and the same having been adopted , It was resolved , on the motion of Alderman LuCCOCX , seconded by Alderman . M ^ CLEA , that the Town ' s Cterk accounts , of which the several items bad been declared correct by the Council , should be allowed by the Council , and that a certificate of the total sum , and also of the sums to be contributed by tbe various townships towards defraying such expenses , should be granted , pursuant to the provision of the act alluded te .

      PUBLIC PROSECUTOR * . Mr . Councillor Strotheb moved that no officer appointed by the Council , or by any committee of the Council , be allowed to act as public prosecutor at the Assizes or Sessions , the law not recognising such a public officer . Mr . Councillor Clijp thought that the position in which they stood called for inquiry , both as to the expediency and the law of the matter , and he moved therefore , as an amendment , " That a Committee be appointed to examine into the state of the law , as regards tbe appointment of Publio Prosecutors , —to inquire if the appointments of two such officers made by this Council , on the 14 th December , 1842 , have worked for the advantage of the Borough , and to report thereon to the ConndL "

      A discussion of some length took plaoe , in the course of which Mr . Alderman Bateson , ( trho seconded the amendment , ) In order to show the necessity for appointng a respectable solicitor as public prosecutor , stated ihat Mr . Ban had informed him that , in one case , a tolidtor of the town had actually been engaged , and srawn out the briefs both for tbe proseoutlon and the defence . Mr . Aid . Tottie said that , so far as the right of tbe appointment was concerned , neither the Magistrates nor the Town Council , had by law , any power to appoint public prosecutors ; it was a question , however , whether on the ground of expediency , and to preserve tbe source ol justice pure ic was not wise to make such appointment . The question being put the amendment was carried by a large majority .

      COUNCILLOR EOBSON AND ALDERMAN BATESON . The following was the fourth entry on tbe notice paper , and it was made by Mr . Councillor John Jackson : — " It will be proposed that Mr . Councillor Hobson be required to produce his evidence to substantiate his charge , publicly made , against an Alderman of tills Borough . " On the notice being called on , Mr . Jacxson rose and said that in moving tbe resolution of which he had given notice , he should , perhaps , need to claim tbe indulgence of the Council a little , and be did so principally on the ground of what be had seen in that room . . He exceedingly regretted that it had not fallen into abler hands to take up the smbject that he was about to bring before the Council . It

      had been hinted to him that the subject was one which could not be entertained by the Council ; with all due deference to other parties , he must state that be entertained different views . The matter had got into the London papers , and it was now going the round of the country : the charge was against an Alderman of tho Borough , s member of tbe Watch Committee ; and he thought , in justice to the Council , ia justice' to the individual charged , aud in justice to all other patties concerned , the matter ought to be sifted to the bottom . He was not interested in the matter himself ; but he was told that if tbe matter was sot investigated by tbe Council , it would be taken up by a Member ot Pariia . ment aud bro »* bV bof »>« Uvo Hon . o nf ( inmmnniL It

      bad been said ,- he believed , that be ( Mr . Jackson ) was acting in concert with Mr . Councillor Hrbson in this matter . Now he declared most distinctly that he had not Been Mr . Hobson from the last Council meeting till this day , and be had held no correspondence with him on the subject . He did not know whether the charge mode against the member of the Watch Committee was true or false . If his friend Mr . Joshua Bower bad been an Alderman , he should have thongbt that he was the person referred to , because he was in the habit of blowing up boilers—( laughter ) . He thought that tot tha honour of oil patties the affilr ought to be investigated . He therefore begged to move the resolution of which he had given notice . Mr . White seconded the motion .

      Mr , Alderman Biteson and Mr . Alderman Tottie both hastily rose together ; but a word or two from Mr . Tottie to Mr . Bateson seated the latter Gentleman , and - Alderman Tottie said he rose to submit to the Mayor and the Council that they had no jurisdiction in tbe matter which Mr . Councillor Jackson wished them to investigate . It wasright to sift imputations , and to see whether charges were properly or improperly impnted ; but tbe Council had so jurisdiction to sift them . The object of the resolution proposed , was to gain evidence against an individual , and that individual a member of that Council ; and it c&lled upen another member of the Council to produce that evidence . If be refused to produce it , what power had they to enforce that evidence 1 They had none . Suppose he brought what he called evidence , a letter , ox the copy of a letter , by what means , aud having regard to the ordinary

      rules of evidence , conld they try its validity t Tbe law in such matters would require that not only should the letter be produced , but also that the handwriting of tbe writer should be sworn to . But how could the Council swear any -witness . They had no power to administer any oath . It was all very well for Mr . Jackson to talk about sifting the matter to the bottom , but they had no power to sift it—it was beyond their reach altogether . And see what a position they would place themselves in by attempting to inquire into the matter . Why it would no » only be folly , but a great deal worse than folly . The Council were not sworn not could they swear the witnesses ; they were not a jury sworn to give a verdict according to evidence ; and if they were to inquire into tbe matter , were they to be , as they certainly wonld , both accusers and j udges ? He thought the Council would thus see that it was utterly out of their power to interfere in the matter , and therefore he moved as an amendment ;—

      " That tbe Town Council have ho jutisdictl « n in the case to which Councillor John Jaekson ' e motion refers , or power to enforce any motion which they might make in connection therewith . " Mr . Bowzr seconded tbe amendment Mr . Bateson rose to address the Council , but he had only declared that tbe charges brought againsfc him were entirely false , that they were false in every minatia , when tbe cries « f - ftaesttoa" were so load from all parts of tbe Cnamber , that he sat down . [ It is worthy of remark here , that this disclaimer ot Mr . Alderman Batebon's was made » E » oaa HE was aamed as tne party implicated !} ... ., _ , Mr . Hobson »« , and be was aUo met withlona cnei of " Question , question . " Mr . Bower said he bad no objection to hear both sides except that it would be a great waste of time . Alderman Totiie said that tho matter could not be entertained . ... , _ . , he had

      Mr . Ho » SOR put it to the Mayor whether not a right to address the Council , after a motion had been made , and an amendment moved and seconded Tbe ^ MATOB Bald that tbe Council hai considered that Mr . Bateson was pmt of order , and he tad declined to hear him ; therefore , he declined to bear Mr . Whojson claimed the right to address the meetin * A motion had been made and seconded ; an amendment had been moved upon it ; he wished , and would , address himself to the fuestionfl before the Council . Alderman Lotion said that both a motion and an amendment having been moved and seconded , however sorry he migbt be that the time of the Town Council Sd be taken up by a matter wMcfa it had nothing to do with ; and he fehould be glad to stop it ; hla impression was that they mnsfc now go on with it Alderman ToTTiB said that the amendment was against tbe subject being entered Into , as the Council bad no power to entertain It , or to interfere in it .

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      Mr , Hobson said that he was in tbe band * of the Mayor , but he thought that he hod a right to speak on Ue main question , » s well as on the point of order iww being discussed . Before be proceeded , howevei * he iu , ™* his Worship—whether he could speak on the principal matter or not , or whether on the point of order ? ¦¦ Tbe MAioB said that Mr . Hobsoa might speak on the point of order , but not on the question . Mr . Joun Cawood thought the Mayor would be justified iu stopping the discussion . Mt Hobson , seeing the Mayor in conversation with tbe Town Clerk , said— «• I will wait for the Mayor's deotslon . " j ; The Mayor said that as he had received the amendment , he thought Mr . Hobson might proceed . Mr . ToxTtB then left the Council , and did not return during its Bitting .

      Mr . HOBSON then proceeded to address the Council . He said that he had come 200 miles , at some personal mcouvynlenee , arid had loft urgent business in London , in order to attend the present raeatthsj of the Council . Mr . Jackson did perfectly right in saying that there was no concert existing between tbem . He had not Been Mr . Jjtckson ' s face since the last Counotl meeting ; and he did not know of hia motion being about to come before the Council until be saw it entered on the Council notice paper , which was Bent to him in London . But If the notice tad not been given by Mr . Jackaqn , or some other memberof theCouncil , he wouldhave niadea motion himself on the subject , and would have moved for the appointment of a Seleot Committee to inquire into the matter . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought it was due to the

      gentleman himself who was charged , that an inquiry should take place ; aad his friends ought not to throw any impediment in the way of a complete investigation . His ( Mr . Hobson ' s ) statement was very simple , and it would have been made before the face of the Alderman himself , had the objections urged against himself , ( Mr . Hobson ) as to bis capacity to sit on a Committee in the Council been urged to his face . The charge had been made public at a large meeting of his fellowtotfnsmenjand . be was fuite ready to give his authority for making the statement . The facts wete these : — A letter , —tbe authenticity of whichJfcere could not be a doubt , for the writer had acknow )| j (| bd to him , ( Mr . Hobson ) that It was his ; and there sat a gentleman within his sight now to whom he showed that letter on

      the morning on which he received it fiom London . That gentleman knew of the existence of the letter , for he saw it . It was still in existence , and might still be seen That letter stated that the Alderman sent for the writer , a machine-maker employing a number of men ; and the Alderman told htm that ft strike was about to take place , and he would greatly serve the cause if he wonld turn his men out , for they would know where the plugs wero , and could draw them out so as to stop tbe engines ; and if requisite they could blow up ttie boilers . This letter was sent to a Member of' Parliament ; and the writer voluntarily offered to prove the statements he had made upon oath at the bar of the House of Commons . The writer had slues then told him ( Mr . Hobson ) that

      the statements in the letter were true ; and he divulged many other things more shocking still as to the same Alderman . Under these circumstances , it appeared to him that the best course which could be adopted both for the Council and the Alderman would be to have an inquiry instituted . ( " This is not tbe place for it" ) Alderman Tottie had said that they had no power to enforce the motion . So far as he t 3 St . Hobson ) was concerned , he was most ready , willing , and anxious to go into such an inquiry . No power was needed , so far as he was concerned . If a committee was appointed , he would , without the least reservation , lay all . the information in bis power before that Committee . It was true that the members of the Council could not administer oaths ; and they should be vary chary of administering oaths , particularly when the legality of them might be questioned ; but they ceuld , he thought ,

      without administering oaths , get to such facts as would enable tbe Committee to report to the Council on what grounds the charge against the Alderman rested . As to being both judges and jury , the practice of the House of Commons was a precedent ; and moving for a select committee of the Council to inquire into a charge aga \ DBt one of the members of tbe Council was an analogous proceeding to what would have been the course in the House of Commons , it a charge had there been brought against one of its members . Ha confessed that the motion moved by Councillor Jackson did not meet bis idea of what should be done ; while be was altogether opposed to tbe amendment of Alderman Tottie . He should , if it were in srder for aim to do so , wait until the motions before the Council were disposed of , and then move tfcat a select Committee of tbe Council shonld be appointed , that the charge against one of , its members might be sifted to the bottom .

      Alderman Lu > r 0 N said that there was no personal charge brought forward . They were merely told that somebody , who lived somewhere , had written a letter to somebody else , living somewhere else , containing certain statements ; but they had no charge against any person in the Council . They had been told that if they did not take tbe thing up , it would be brought before Parliament Why , if the matter was really worth while bringing before tbe House of Commons , let the parties bring it there ; and then if any individuals committed perjury , they conld be punished , which they could not if they made their statements before tbe Council—( hear , hear ) .

      Mr . Hobson said that the name of the Alderman against whom the charge had bees made was Alderman Bateaon , aud the name of the writer of the letter was William Smith .. Alderman Bateson wished to read a letter from the solicitors to the fiat under Smith ' s bankruptcy , to show what sort of > character Smith was . Mr . Hobson thought it would not be tight to hear any such letter ,, at the present time . If a Committee of Inquiry was appointed , it would be the business of fcbat Committee to receive all evidence tendered to it : and' then the communication Alderman Bateson wished n « wto read , would be perfectly in order , as well as au other nvidenoB affecting Mr . Smith ' s credibility . But 'till racb inquiry tras entered tiP « M , to nuVuiitt ^ a that ths proeeding of Alderman Bateson was unjust , and highly disorderly .

      Alderman Gaunt considered that if they were to entertain the subject at all , they ought to allow Alderman Bateson to read tbe letter In bis own justification , especially aa Mr . Hobaon bad been allowed to address them . Alderman Bateson , with considerable warmth , said that he did not care what Smith bad said ; it was every word false . He was ready to enter npon any examination , and he defied Mr . Councillor Hobson , or any other man , to say that there was the slightest stain on either bis private or his publis character . " When yoa attack a man ' s character , " said the Alderman , in a loud tone of voice , and shaking his fist at Mr . Hobson , " take his life : take a pistol and take my life , but don't attack my character , don't take my character away . " ( Applause , and criea of " No , no / ' " Question , question . ") He was ready to meet any man , and he defied any man , either in the Council or out of it , to prove that he had ever done a dishonourable , or an improper action , or acted contrary to public morals . ( " No , no , " " Qaestion . " )

      Tbe Ma TOR observed that it was but fair to bear Mr . Bateson , and to hear tbe letter read also ; for as Mr . Hobson had made a charge against him , be ought to have an opportunity of clearing himself from it , * ; and as Mr . Smith had been named as the author of the letter on which the charge rested , they ought to know what sort of a character Mr . Smith was . Alderman Bateson then read the following extract of a letter from J . B . Prtston ( who was present at tbe last examination of Wm . Smith , under bis bankruptcy , on behalf of Messrs . Snowden and Preston , solicitors to the said Fiat ) dated Leeds , 30 th December , 1813 : —

      " On the 30 th January , 1841 , Wm . Smith appeared before the Bankruptcy Court for the purpose of passing his last examination . On this occasion he repeated his former statements respecting the fradulent payments , and | j swore that he had not read the first summons served upon him to appear in tbe Bankruptcy Court , although be stated that he had token tne same to his solicitor , Mr . Dunning . His prevariacations were so gross , and hla statements bo palpably false , that the Commissioner ( Mr . West ) adjourned his examination line dit ; and stated that he bad no doubt of his

      having perjured bimielf , and that he ( the Commissioner ) did not think there was a person in court who would believe the statements Smith bad made . In March , 1843 , information was received that Smith , in the early part of December . 1842 , had removed from his premise ; , before daylight , large quantities of goods , some of which had been sent to Sheffield to one of the parties to whom one of the fraudulent payments had been made , and others secreted in different places in Leeds . Search-warrants were obtained from the Bankruptcy Cosrt , and a considerable portion of tbe goods were recovered . "

      Mr . Bower said he considered the Council had nothing to do with the dispute between Aid . Bateaon and Mr . Hobson . It was a matter that ought to be settled in another place . If the matter did not concern the public , and be thought it did not—they had no bBSiness to take np the time of the Council with it He was glad they bad heard both parties for the explanations they bad given , and he hoped the subject would now be dropped . Mr . Tewdall asked of the Mayor if he was in order ia inquiring , to what member of Parliament Smith's letter was sent . Mr . Bo Web said that be supposed It was that harumscarum who represented Knaresborough—( Laughter ) . The looks' of many of the Council being directed towards Mr . Hobson , he rose and said he but awaited the Mayor ' s arswo * to Mr . YewdaH's question . Mr . Yewdall bad aoked of the Mayor if he was in order in putting it

      The Matob put the qnest . ' on to Mr . Hobson for Mr . Yewdall ; and Mr . Hobaon Ba » V * that that he had not the least hesitation in answering ' *; but before he did so , hemnrt remark on the gross departure from the rules of order that the whole proceeding «» inced . They had before them a motion in the shape of an jvmendment , averring that with the tffiir tbe Council had , ylhingtodo ; a motion intended to st'Jk inquiry , and stu ? * b ° who rose to support that amendment , were detennh ^ to deal with the main question in & manner to suit themselves—( loud cries of «• no speeches "; " spoke , " " spoke "; < kc . ) Mr . Hobson said that be was speaking in explanation , and to order . He had ns objection to answer the question pat to him ; bat he desired to

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      have his own position and the f-xhawdinary conduct of the patties eugftged in the discussion properly appreciated . \ The Mayor interrupted Mr . Hobson , and told him he was ont of order . \ Mr . Hobson then replied to Mr . YewdalPs question , saying— " The member of parliament who sent the letter t&mo was William Busfeild Ferrand ; and to that gentleman tbe result of the ] inquiries I was desired to make was addressed . " Mr . Yewdall said that it appeared that the moantain which had been so long in labour had brought forward , and brought forward what was to be expected from the parties who had brought it for ward—men whose praise ought to be considered in the light of cemure ,

      and their censure in the light of praise . But why had it been brought forward now , or why had it been kept back so long ? The disturbance in tbe country took plaoe in August , 1842 , and the request said to have been made by Alderman Bateaon to Mr . Smith took place in July ; and the letter sent to Mr . Ferrand had been sent soon after . What was tbe reason , then , it bad been kept a secret so long ? Wby had the parties declined to bring their charge until now ? Tbe reason waa , that Alderinan Bateson was on the Watch Committee and Mr . Hobson was not ; and that was tbe principal reason why the charge bad now been made—( hear , hear ) . Who were the parties to bring it forward , and the circumstances uDder which the letter was written ? First , came a great Member of

      Parliament —( laughter )—who Was looking out for cases of this description . He had the countenance of certain great man in the country to arrest , if be could , a great national movement ; bnt he found he could not arrest that movement : then he tried to { bring it into disrespect by injuring tbe character of some of the parties who were in favour of that movement—( hear , hear ) . Tflen came Mr . Smith , a man very likely to manufacture such a commodity as the M . P . for Knaresborongh was looking oat for . This Mr . Smith , whom he ( Mr . Yewdall ) did not know except by name , was made a bankrupt by Mr . Bateson ; and the Council had heard what was thought of Mr . Smith ' s conduct under that

      bankruptcy . The Council , then , had a statement made by Mr . Hobson , which statement was founded upon a tetter written by Smith , and they had that statement distinctly contradicted by Mr . Bateson ; and where they had such conflicting statements , they could only judge of the truth of either ! by the respectability and credibility of the parties concerned . ( Hear , hear . ) They had heard that the Bankruptcy Commissioner said that Smith was not to be believed upon his oath ; and be ( Mr . Yewdall ) believed that Smith was now out of tbe Way , he having so far committed himself as to be liable to transportation . Such was the wickedness of human nature , that the motive which influenced Smith in making his statement might be easily conceived .

      Alderman Lupton observed that it was contrary to rule to make charges against persons not present . The Ma ? or intim&ted to Mr . Yewdall that he had better refrain from making any other remarks about M " . Smith . ! Mr . Yewdall said that the charge made against Mr . Bateson , depended entirely upon Mr . Smith , and it was due to Mr . Bateson and to tbe Council that tbe character of the man who had originated this trumped-up story should be known . After what had token place that day , other persons would form their own opinion en tbe case , and it would be , that to be attacked by parties of this description , was no dishonour and no discredit to tbe patty attacked . ¦

      Mr . J . W . Smith said that he hai that morning Been tbe official assignee , ( Mr . Young ) under William Smith ' s bankruptcy , who would , if required , make oath of tbe truth of the letter read from Messrs . P / eaton and Snowdon . ' The Mator was about to put the question , when Mr . Hobson asked his Worship if it would be competent for him to m » ve , at another part of the proceedings , a substantive resolution for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the charge brought against Aid . Biteson . ' Toe Ma yob said that no amendment could be put then . ¦ Mr . HoiSON said that was not an answer t « his question ; and he should afterwards meve a resolution for a Committee . \ The amendment was then pat to the Council , and carried by a majority of VI to 6 . The votes were recorded as follows : —

      For the Amendment : —Councillors Jackson , J . W . Smith , White , Dufton , and Hobaon . AgaiHtt the Amendment : —Aldermen Willans , Oates , Smith , Hebden , Gaunt , Macleft , Goodman , Pawaon , Pease , Lupton , Luccock , and Jackson ; and Councillors Birchall , Lee , Moorhouse , Watson , Kelsall , Nswsam , Bramley , Carbutt , Heaps , Holmes . Hornby , Barrett , Barlow , Yewdall , Dickinson , Broadhesd , Bower , Walker , Hall , Cliff , Whitehead , Ingham , Oddy , Butler , and Strother . Tbe following were present at the division , but did not cote .- —Alderman Bateson , Coancillars Martin Cawood , Artbington , Farrar , and Prince . The original resolution of Mr . Jackson was then put pro forma ; and for It a few bands were bolden up . AMONGST THEM WEBB ALDERMAN BATESON'S 111 I !!!! What a farce !!!

      Mr . Hobson hereupon renewed his question to the Mayor , as to whether he could now move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the whole afluir . The May OB consulted for some time with tbe Town Clerk , and then gave his decision that " Mr . Hobson was at liberty to go on . " Mr . Eobson then rose and moved— " That a Select Committee of the members of this Council be appointed to ascertain the grounds for a statement made in open Council , implicating the conduct of Alderman Bateson , when a member of the Watch Committee in 1 S 42 . " He deemed this course to bs one of simple justice , due to all concerned ; due to Alderman Bateson himself ; due to the party making the charge ;

      and due to himself ( Mr . Hobson ) wko bad brought the charge before the : notice of the public The Council might depend upon it , that the adoption of the resolution just come to would not rid tbe Alderman of tb « iTiitation under w * ' « h'h « laboured . Notning would do so , and nothing ought to do so , but a thorough investigation ; and j for that investigation he ( Mr . Hobson ) sought It might be all very well for parties in that room to try to evade and shrink from inquiry , under tbe plea that they were not tbe proper parties to make Bach inquiry . ! Who , he would ask , bnt the Council ought to euqaire into the alleged misconduct of its members ? And was not ths charge brought against Alderman Bateson ope that called for inquiry 1 Depend npon it the publio would think so ; and

      the public would also think that tbe exparte statements made in that chamber against absent parties , and made too by . those who were determined to smothsr inquiry , were not the only answers that must be given to the direct charges made . As to the statements made respecting Mr . Smith be had nothing to say , further than to remark on the gross impropriety of those who made them in Mr . Smith ' s absence ; volunteered too when they had determined to close the door to all inquiry and investigation . He could neither confirm nor rebut those statements . With Mr . Smith he had no connection , further than he bad that day detailed . When "the letter" was sent to him from Mr . Ferrand , desiring him to institute certain inquiries , he did not even know of Mr . Smith ' s existence . When

      he found out that there ; was such a person , he had an interview with him , and received bis assurance that tbe statement , he bad made in " the letter" were perfectly true ; and from that time to the present , he had had no communication with him . He therefore knew nothing of him , farther than as related to this case : but notwithstanding this , be must protest against the course pursued towards Mr . Smith in that room , ! and which bad called for the very proper interference of Mr . Alderman Lupton . He felt assured that tbe public would not consider the matter satisfactorily ended by a refusal to grant inquiry . They ] would feel that such conduct did not get rid - of the charge . Tho person making it , mtebt be jail that he had been described to be , and worse ; but it would be necessary t » prow him to before they could expect the public to believe it : and bow could such proof be had without

      investigation 7 Look at the subject in whatever way they pleased , investigation and inquiry were called for . Affected contempt for a certain Member of Parliament would neither wipe ont the Implied stain fcom Alderman Bateaon's character , nor [ detract one iota from that member ' s usefulness ot standing with the world , nor injure him ( Mr . Hobson ) in public estimation —( derisive laughter ) . " Yes , " said Mr . Hobson , «« gentlemen may laugh and may sneer ; but laughing and sneering will fail to blot oat the charge ; made . Nothing will do thai , but investigation y and if yon are friends to the implicated Alderman , such investigation you will have . " He would now revertto what had been said about the time of making public this charge . His explanation ou that head would be as plain and as simple as bis other explanations and statements [ had been .- ( Great impatience was here manifested j by tfee Whig Corn'Law Repealing majority in the Council ; and )

      AUtoman Gaunt aaid , with all humility to the Mayor , he thought that the Council coald not entertain the question , after they had passed the amendment \ The Mator , after consulting the Town Clerk , said that he believed that he had made a mistake in allowing Councillor Hobson to proceed , after the Council had agreed to the amendment ; and he thought , and he believed tbe Council thought so too , that the Council would stultify itself by allowing Mr . Hobson to proceed . !

      Mr . Hobson said that be scarcely knew bow to act under the very extraordinary circumstances that the Mayer ' s conduct placed him in . He had Hot presumed to introduce his motion until be had obtained the Mayor ' s decision that it waaiorderiy for him to do so ; and now to be stopped by the same functionary , when only doing what he bad been told be l >" 'l a right to do , was somewhat curious . to was true that the amendment had negatived Mr . Jackson ' s resolution , but it did not prevent him proposing a resolution different from both the amendment and the original motion . The Council had said they had no power to compel him ( Mr . Hobson ) to produce evidence ; but a motion for a Select Committee was quite a different matter . ?

      ? bv Matob said that a great many things had been done , and aome ° f them might be out of order , and it was hax ^ b > U which were , and which were not : bat

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      rhie Council were not ; o nt . vliity Tht- r proceeding" * Wnioa tboy > vould do by a 3 k-wi : ig Mr . Hoiwon to goon . The subject then dropped—Mr , Hobson d ^ cKring i ; to be his intention to take it up aiiaju at a fitting opportunity . gg » This matter , we find , Is not to rest Inquiry ia not to be thus burked . Tha following notice has been placed upon the notice paper of tbe Leeda Town Council ; and thd motion will be made at a Special Meeting to bo holden on the 10 th day of January instant : —

      " To move that the resolution com *) to at the Council meeting on the 1 st of January , 1844 , t » the effect that the Council ar . vs no jurisdiction in a case affecting Mr . Alderman Batesou ' s conduct while a member of the Watch Committee , in 1842 , he rescinded ; it baing obvious that tho Council are deeply interested In all matters that affect its own character through t&e character of its members ; and , further , to move that a Select Committee be appointed to ascertain the grounds ot the statement made in open Council , implicating the conduct of Mr . Alderman Biteeon , while a member of the Watch Committee of 1842 . "Joshua Hobson . " On the motion of Mr . Alderman MacLBA , seconded by Alderman Bateson , Mr . Martin Cawood was appointed on the Watch Committee , in the room of the late Mr . Holroyd .

      Previous to the question being put , Mr . Cvwood declared that , in justice to the party to which he belonged , be could not act on ' any Committee until those Committees were reorganized .

      IMPROVEMENT AND BURIAL GROUND ACTS . ESTIMATED EXPfiNDITUBE . Alderman Luccock brought before the Couaeil the printed Estimate of Expenditure under the Improvement and Burial Ground Acts for tb . 6 year ending December , 1844 , amounting altogether to £ 10 , 055 5 s Id . A good deal of discussion took place as to the apportioning of the expencea ; bnt ultimately , in oonsequeuc 3 of a legal objection to the wording of the notice , the motion for levying the rateB to raise the estlmatud expenditure , was , by the advice of the Town Clerk , postponed until another meeting .

      LEEDS LAMP RATE . On the motion of Mr . Alderman LUCCOCS , it was agreed " That a Rate , to be called the " Lseds Lamp Bate , " of sixpence in the pound , be laid npon tha several occupiers of tenements in the Borough of Leeds , situate or being within the distance of 250 yards from any public lamp , ¦ which is now lighted by the Council , under the powers of the Improvement Act" ' SWEEPING OF ? HE STREETS . On tbe motion of Mr . Alderman Lnccocb , a letter ot the Overseers of the poor ofthe To wnahip of Leeds , to the scavenging and nuisance committee , requiring an advance from £ 200 to £ 500 per annum , for the labocr of the paupers employed in sweeping the streets , wps read , and it was resolved that the Council agree to grant the sum of £ 508 to the scavengum ; and nuisance committee for the year commencing 1 st January , 1844 , to be employed at their discretion .

      ENLABGEMENT OF KIBttOATE MARKET . On the motion of Mr . Alderman Oates , it wps resolved— " That the Borongh Seal be attached to agreements between the Council and Mr . Major Hurst and ethers , the Council and Mr . James Metcalfe and wife—the Council and Mrs . Elisabeth Wertwood—tb © Council and Mrs . Elinbeth Wesfrfood and Mr . Joseph Bramley—and tbe Council and Mrs . Hannah Rhodesfor the sale and purchase of estates for th « enlargement of Kirkgate Market , and also to duplicates thereof . The last notice on the paper was to fill np the vacancy in tbe Hackney Coach Committee , occasioned by the death of M . r . B- Holroyd . On the motion of Alderman Oates , seconded by Alderman Maclea , Mr . Martin Cawood was elected , after a decimation from him similar in effect to that he made on being elected on the Watch Committee . This concluded the business , and the Council adjourned at nearly three o ' clock .

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      PARADISE WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL MEN WITHOUT LABOUR , BY POWERS OF NATURE AND MACHINERY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sir , —It is some time since I took t&e liberty to write to you on the anbjeot of applying the progress and discoveries of science to the benefit of the working classes , by liberating them from compulsive labour for their sustenance , and making tbe powers of Jnature and machinery our friends and helpmates . The interruption of my letters was partly caused by my absence from England , on a tour to Germany , and partly by the desire to await Mr . Etgler ' s arrival in this country , to see what immediate steps he proposes for the gradual realisation of those promises and ideas , which are laid down in his remarkable book , " The Paradise within the reach of all men , " < fcc fefr

      Mr . Etsler has arrived ; and that no time might be lost , he went at once to the place of a sclent' iBc friend in the West of England , to superintend the construction of some working models , and a large machine for agricultural purposes , such as clearing land , ploughing , harrowing , sowing , mowing , fce . It ia desirable to show by ocular demonstration the practicability of such inventions , which promise , and ultimately will and must , okange the present state of society , in order that unnecessary arguments of prejudice , selfishness , and narrow-mindedness , and of

      persons in au infantine state of mind , may be avoided . Some of our friends entertain the hope that Government , or aome influential men and great landowners in this country and tbe colonies , will make use of Mr , Etsler ' s discoveries in establishing home colonies , 4 c , to avoid the dangers which are now threatening society , and which are daily increasing by competition amongst the farmers for land , and the labouring classes for work , making the rich richer , and tbe poor poorer ; creating luxury , refinement , and profligacy on the . one side , and starvation and crime on the other .

      It would , no doubt , be better if Government ot aome large landowners and capitalists , Wonld take tbe matter in their bands , for tne Uenefit of tho people and their ovm advantage .- but I have little hope that such will be the casfl—Governments are composed , in all countries , of poUticians / wfeose time ia absorbed hi seeking or retain * TngW ) wer ; iad they are generally provided for and care not how much others are sufferers . Rich rnon ara engaged in making money in their own way , and in keeping together what they have ;—( the late . Count of Nassau , ex-king of Holland , who died a few weeks ago , left a private fortune of three hundred and twelve

      millions of francs , about twelve and a quarter millions sterling next to England , Holland has the largest national debt , — " O , happy land , " 4 c)—and as long as they think that military force will enable them to keep what they have , they , will not be likely to trouble themselves about the miseries of their fellow-men . . However , there may be an exception to this rule , and 6 o& possibility of a rapid and more efficient application of the means which promise to remove the cause of peverty , misery , and agitation . The people are always ready to embrace an opportunity to better their condition , if offered on liberal terms .

      ' Ideas which only a year ago were pronounced visionary and impracticable , are now entertained by . the very organs who first denounced them . This shows bow rapid the truth is gaining ground , in spite of theopposition which at first is always directed against it ; and warrants the hope that the year 1844 will aea the commencement of a greater social aud political reform than was ever attempted before . Wishing you and your friends a happy new year , lam . Sir , Your obedient servant , . C F . Stollmeyeb . 3 . Northampton Terrace , City Road , Deo . 27 , 1843 .

      P . S . The New York Tribune ot December 4 th , 18 i 3 , states , that ths machine constructed on Mr . Etz : er ' s model , and under his superintendence , intended to bring water power ( or any other ) to the aid of industry in clearing and cultivating the earth , has been tested at the Colony of Mr . Smelnikar , in Warren County , state of Pennsylvania , and has established abundantly the value of the invention and the practicability of its application .

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      Boiler Explosion , and Extensive Less op Pboperxt .- —Sevebal Persons Seriously Injured . —On Tuesday morning , at about ten minutes before nine o ' clock , an accident which occasioned the greatest alarm in the vicinity of tho upper part of the Commercial-road , St . George ' s-in-the-East , took place at the extensive manufactory belonging to Messrs . Johnson aad Co , cigar and tobacco dealers , situate in Gloueester-street , near Cannon-streetgate by the explosion of a team-boUer of twentyfive horse power used in the factory . The premises ato considered to be one of the largest cigar manufactories-in and around the metropolis . It was joined by a large building almost the same height , used for drying purposes , and adjoining was the

      aDgine and boiler-house where the explosion took place . At tbe time mentioned it appears that one of the firm was about to enter the drying-room , when a tremendous report wm heard , which shook the buildings and surrounding property to a surprising extent , and the next moment it was followed by heavy crashes , sending forth dense elouds ef steam and dust . Unfortunately , most of the workpeople , amounting to nearly fifty were at work on different ioors , and fearing that tne factory had oa « ght fire , & rush was made to effect an escape . Those on too basement floor escaped easily by £ h « regular entrance , but those on the uppermost Btories suspecting the flames were ascending , forced their way through the windows , and jumped into the street ; while

      others lowered themselves down by the side of the spoat . Most of these , we regret to say , were more or less bruised , and five sustained such serious injuries that their immediate removal to the London Hospital was deemed necessary . As soon as tho temporary alarm had in some way subsided , it waa discovered that the boiler which works an engine of twenty hoxse power had exploded , occasioning the most serious destruction . The boiler was blown a considerable distance from its original situationthe roof and nearly the whole of the floors of the drying bouse ( which was overstocked with ofgara and tobacco ) , were hurled to the ground , nothing , in fact , remaining of the building but the outer walls . Considerable damage is also done to the case nouBe » and also to the faotor y walls .

      Leeds Town Council.

      LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1246/page/7/