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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Fbidat , Mat 24 . Admiral BowiES took the oaths and his Eeat for the Jwrongb of Launceston , in 700 m of Sir Henry Bardinge . A vast number of petitions was presented against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill . Jlr . FjkbbaM ) presented a petition from a person named Lnndy , at Hull , complaining that Mr . Hame , tiie Cbainn&n of the Smuggling Committee , had re-Issedio pay bis erpences for coming np to give evidence . Mr . HTJas said the man claimed £ V 7—he gave him £ 5 for BotMug . Mr . Djlbbt said it "was the general opinion of the ComiEittee that the Ron . Member for Monlrose bad been done for the £ rst time in bislife . Tbe undoubted fact of a Yoifcshiiejnan doixg a Scotchman excited much laughter . Sir J . GkaHam gave notice that on the first day after the mcse 3 . he tronld move for a Stkct Committee co t >« TenOj Bsport of the Poor Law Cramissioners .
3 Ji . C . Bexklei asked what amusements of the people tbe Govfernmtnt intended to suppress , under lie general instructions which they had ' issued to the m 2 £ i £ tracy and police for their guidance at the EpBom aces ? Sir Jahjs GSahax stated that the interference of ihe police "with gEinblirj at Epsom and els = where , was & coEsequeEce of a determination to apply the law stringer . liy to the » e illegal amuseHicnta which , so far from beirg " innoesnt , * ' were the reverse , inasmuch as the dies used wtre " loaded , " the ronlstle tables falsely constructed , fcs . Mr . T . Smjxb said that the report er the committee amply bore out the Bight Hon . Baronet in every particular , except the suppression of stick throwing , is favour of wnich the committee had iaade an exception .
Mr . a Bsskelet repeated his quesfion , what amusements of tbe people it was intended that the instructions to the polite should interfere with ? S . r J G&aBaH referred him to the law against gambling , which law it was intended to enforce in every tesvect . On the motion of Sir R . Peel for an adjournment until Thursday next , Sir . Christie complained of the treatment which be received on the preTions night , "by the " counting out" of the House , as he was rising to bring on his motion rv" 8 peeting the Universities , which he re-appointed for the 13 * b of June next . Mr . Bi . ACSiTO > "E ? aid the surject was too important -fe > be discuratKi by a House of fa wer than forty Members ; and Colonel Sibthobp said , if the House had net been conn ted out , he wonld have done it
Sir Bobebt Peel declared that he had nothing J fco do with the matter ; he was absent for the necessary purpose of refreshment , and was sur- ; prised on learning that the House had been " counted ! out . " ' Op the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply , . Ml Etme desired to know whether any , and what ; Government had been appointed in Canada , to supply ' the place of t £ e Ministers who had resigned iheir ( . ffices j there > ] l ^ a-a Sia 5 LXT ssdd that the Canadian Adminis- ' tration had not jet been entirely formed , but that ' he hoped the arrargesjeuts for it woulfi soon be com- i pleted . : The House then went into a Committee of ; Supply . - j
In tbe course of tbe discussions on the esti- mates for colonial charges , some obserratioiia were j made by Mr . V . Smith on the subject of colonial immigration . ¦ lord Sia > 'L 2 t said he had requested fr ^ m the an . ho- ' Titles in India seme informaSen for tha guidance of Government icsr acting this subject , which , for the sake of the West Indian colonies , he was desirous of en- ; eouraging nsder safe regulations . ' Jlr . Hr 3 iE idvecated an entire freedom of transit for labour . i Mr . Hawzs thought that thr N-jble Lord the Secre- ' tary Tor tbe Cjionies was well disposed to arbitrate fairly between all parties . But te must say that he did not "agree with his Hon . Friend in the advocacy of
unlimited importation of labourers into the West . Indies , for it was intended by that means to beat down wages io the lowest point , and in fact it wcnld 1 > 9 used like the whip of old to extort the ^ greatest quantity of labour possible at the least eost , and therefore it wcnld re-establish slavery in those [ islands . Siiw ? took him
Mr . Bersax and Mr . P . ^ E to tuk for these imputations on the dispositions and intentions of the West Indian planters . Mr . Httme said , that no man had been more anxious than himself to promc-ie the independence and freedom of man—( tittering ) . He should be glad to know from thB Hon . Member for lambcth , who had used such Btron ? terms , how the free importation of labourers into the West Incies could wariant such insinuations as the Hon . 3 Ismber intended to convey ? In answer to questions from the other side of tbe House , Lord Sranley gave some details respecting the regulation of sorirsets between Chinese and . other immigrants , and the employers bringing them into British colonies .
Mr . Wiliiaxs objected to taxing the people of England for stipendiary magistrates to protect negroes . The blacks , being now free , should pay lite other free people for their own magistrates . These effises were retained upon our estimates , he btlieved for purposes of patronage . Xord Stxmet expiated , that p » tron 2 ge had nothing to x-o ¦ srith the matter ; but , aa tbe state of colonial society improved , thtse ofEees wonld be Sradn ^ By dbpenKd with-Colontl SlJTHOEP hoped Mr . WilliamB would divide , for the sake uf showing the country thst of the popular members tt-er * weie present only eleven , two cf whom irerefasl asleep . Mr . Hume said , that the attendance on the Ministerial side was probably owirg to the " whips . " However , as reduction was promised , he wonltl advise Mr . "Williams to Ttfrv-n from dividing . Mr . Williams acted on this advice .
On another Trtei Mr . Hume took occasion to remonstrate against the continuation of British expenditure for tbe tnppression of the slave trade , when experience ihowed that all our tfforts had rather aggravated than relieved the evil . Several other items connected with embassadorship ecnsnlar establishments . 4 :., having been arreed to , on a vote of £ 12 , 100 for ths assistance * of Polish Befugfces and for the allowance to distresssd Spaniards , Mr . Htjhe said , that he hid never allowed this vote to pass withent expressing hi 3 deep regret at the prejjent position of Poland . He saw that every year the autocrat of tbe Kussisns evaded and infrinzed more aod
3 HOT 6 upoii the treaty of Tienna , waUEt England seemingly crouched before him and never once lif ;^ d herToiee to stay tbe desolation which he spread aronnd him . Trance behaved more magnanimously . B-. ch succeeding year she lif » ed her voice arainst-the conduct of Bassia , whust England stood by witS criminal apathy , never once txrrcising the power the possessed to stay the Emperor in pursuing a policy whieh only created hecatombs of victims . He availed himself of this opportunity to expresss his regret that tbe Government bad not interfered to preTent the severities wkich had been practised in Poland . He did cot know how tbe Autocrat of Russia , who , it was Etated , was about to Tisit this country , could make his appearance here after his treatment of thai unhsppy country , Poland . He { Mr . Hmne > would willingly support the vote for this gfnnT ] 5 nm . Tfae vote waa ihen agreed to .
A large number cf items were then agreed to withoni discussion , and the House caving resumed , Sir Jases Guahak moved for a select committee to irqarre into the administration of the Isws for the TtfisI of lie poor in unions formed under Gilbert's Act , and to report to the House their opinion whether it is expedient thst such unions should be dissolved . Captain Pechell objected to the motion being Drought on at so late an hour , and in so thin a house-He also olj- ^ cted to tbe terms in which the motion ¦ w as worded , and could not see why the Ri ^ ht Hon . Baronet should assume that the Gilbert Unions were io be " diss-lv # i " Sir JaXes GbjlBaM said , if Captain Pechell objected to the expression " dissolved , ** he was qaite ready to alter it to the word " maintained . "
After some discussion , the motion was agreed to , and the Hsuse adjourned at half-past twelve o ^ clock , till Thursday , Slay 30 ih .
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LoyG ^ Tirr . —On Thursday ,, May 16 th , William SElneSj aged 104 years , tie oldest paup-r on the barocj toI- and pensioner on the Old Man ' s Friend Society , Glasgow , died in that institution ; The deceased yr&s brother to Andrew , who is still alive and hearty in the Old Man ' s Asylum . He is in his 103 rd year . _ America * Doings . —The treaty of the United 5 tateB for the annexation » f Texas , terminates characieristieally enengh with the words "Done at Washington . " It is to be presumed that the TexianB are the parties who have in the present instance been * donS at Washington . "—Punch . Rising wira thjb Sra . —* Come , SambOj get up ay good boy ; it is after sunrise . " " Wh * t ob dat M * ss » ; what if be after gun jise ! Spo «« if bom two b . oun fore day' poor Sambo must git lib , Jjeeanw sun yise , eh 1 Don'i « oao dat fame » Ter 4 tt water , b » how . "
3 Um » HTiraiows . — » N « w , Jaek , a » id tkt printer of a oonntrj newipaper , in jpTiiyj dirottioiu t * Mi apprentioe , " put tha Iriib Attorney-General aed tbe Sta-te prosecniora into the galley * , and htk Aanvp ; let the two Memberifor Liverpool have larger heads ; distribute the Amy in Ireland ; take « p & fin * and finish Ferrand and the Anti-Cornlaw League , and make the Prince of Walea nm on with the Dowager Lady Lyitleton ; move the Melton Mowbray bant oat of the chase ; get your stick and eondode the borrid murder that Tom began last sight ; after which , come in to dinner , and see that ail the piaiB elearfed up . " An CEpidus may befound Jb any printing office 10 explain tboB enigma . —Cork Southern Reporter .
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FRANCE On Friday the Chamber of P *« T 8 , after a debate of no less than twenty-seven days , got through all the clansea of the Secondary Instruction Bill , and ultimately passed tbe whole bill by a majority of 85 votes to 51 . The narrowness of the majority has excited surprise , aDd shows how much the ecclesiastical party gained in the course of ibis protracted debate .
ITA 1 Y . Thb Ir'SERRionoN ix Calabria — Malta , Mat 13 —The . Palermo arrived hen on the 12 h in ? t ., and brings aJartniBg accounts of the state of public feeling throughout Italy , but more especially in Calabria , where tbe most revolting and bloody tragedies hare been enacted . Nor is the feeling confined to tbe lower orders of tbe people . The navy and rhe anay are equally dissatisfied with tbe rule of despotism , and have deserted . The escape of the two sons of Admiral Bandiera from Smyrna has
apparently caused the feeliBg against Government to be strengthened , and their names are passwords to their friends and those who think like them to do ' as they have done . I mentioned in my last the arrival of ibe Adria and Creole , Austrian Bbips of war . The former has within a very few days lost three of her officers , the latter one , from desertion . ! On Wednesday last Lieutenant Moro absented him-• self from the Adria without leave , and has left the ; island . T . e police were sent on his trail , but witb-! out having aade tbe least discovery .
SWITZERLAND . Civil W ^ b . —Tbe Presse observes , that notwithstanding tbe extreme conciseness of the only telegraphic despatch pnblisbed by the French Government relative to the dismrbauccs in the canton of Yalais , it is yet the only authentic intelligence received from tbatquaiter . Tbe J 9 urnals and private letters received from Switzerland are written in too oonfused a style to give an accurate account of the sitnation of fcffair « . It appears manifest , however , that the aristocratio party of Upper Yalais are committing excesses that are unknown except in a Banguinary civil war . The Journai des Debats publishes tbe following correspondence from Switzerland , dated Lausanne , 20 th ul ; ., at twelve o'clock : —
" Tie troops of Lower Talais hare retreated . Ardon has been captured at eight o ' clock by the troops of the Upper Yalais , who are greatly superior in number , and are provided with good arms . The columns of Joris and of Barman , commanders of the Louver Talais , Tetired to Ridde * . They cut down the bridge across the Rhone at that spot . There were set era ! msn killed on both sides . The troop 3 of tbe Upper Valais have committed tbe most dreadful plunder .
" Thp 20 tb in tbe evening . —The troops of the Upper Yalsis have arrived at Martigny this evening . Those of Young Swiiz-.-rland , much inferior in number , &tp , it is said , retreating in £ ood order . The victorious troops constitute a levy en masse , and are out of the pale of all Itgal authority . Under tbe fear of aoy possible violation of our territory , the Prefect has assembled the local miiitia . In order to pj event any unpleasant consfqnences , the Council of State of the Canton de Yaua has determined to call ont ine federal battalions and one company of
artillery . "The Coiirrier Suisset of the 21 = t , contains the following : — 'Bex 13 filled with fugitives , who are flying from thB cor-flagration with which Martigny is threatened . A collection was being made in t-be Canton de Vaud to send bread to the Lower Yalaisians , who were suffering extreme privation . The conductor of the mail from Italy , who left Lausanne last night , aud who has jnst arrived here , states that be could Dot advance further than within half a league of St . Maurice , that the entire population was under arms , and that several wounded had been conveyed toBji . '"
' ] ¦ ! The Journal des Debats adds , *• that according to ! | other news , dated tbe 21 st , the Valais is suffering , i all tbe horrors of a civil war . Tbe troops of tbe ' ! Lower Yalais have been obliged to retreat before ' ¦ the superior forces of the Upper Yalais . Several j ; villages have been set on fire , and some bridges ; destroyed . Madame Barman ( wife of one of the i leaders of Youug Swiiz-riand ) wjS arrested between ' St . Maurice and Martigny by a detachment of tbe , opposite party and brought as an hos'age to Pisse- ;
Tache . She was strictly searched , and was grossly , insnlted by some drunken soldiers . " i Tbe supplement of t&e G-Jseue de Lausanne of j tbe 22 nd ult ., contains the la > t intelligence from the ' seat of the civil war in the Yalais . An engagement ' was fought on the 20 th between ihe forces of the i upper and lower canton at the bridge of Triente , and near La Balma . in which many livaB were lost .. Joris , tbe chief of Young Swiizerland , was said to have been taken prisoner , ana « he mam body of his msn bad retreated on S ; . Maurice , bringing with them the bodies of nine inhabitants of that town who had fallen in tbe action ; among them was that of Captain Y ^ rra . Tbe troops of the Upper Y ^ lais were stationed in the evening of tbe 20 i . h between Riddes and Martisny . tne latter being still occupied
by a pany of the Lower Yalais . Early in the morning ot tbe 21 st the report of artillery was distinctly heard &v Sv . Maarice , and % ne fusillade continued dnrlng the entire of tbe day . Barman Btill maintained himself at Martigny . On the 22 nd both parties were again in presence near Martigny and the ba * h « of La . vey . The forces of tbe upper territory bad burned a number of Tillages in their passage . The posroript of the Gazette , however , intimates that the collision was drawing to a close ; that after » he engagement at Triente the troops of Young Switzerland bad dispersed , with a determination sot to prolong tie resistance , and that the Government forces were marching to occupy Lowtr Talais . Tbe Grand Council of Vand assembled on the 21 st , and agreed to call on tbe Yorort to convoke an extraordinary session of tbe Diet .
TURKEY . Co > STAifnNOPLE , MAy 7 . —Every post from Albania bring accounts of fresh horrors p erpetrated by tbe insurgents in that province upon the unfortunate Christians . We cannot deDy ihat the Turkish government exens itself to tnt utmost of its abilities to check these atrocities , but unfortunately the spirit of hatred to the Giour ; engendered by late events , is so widely diffu .-ed , that the majority of Mussulmans , including boih the army and ihe fleet , if they co aot cpenly abet , at least tacitly concur in these txcc 53 ?? . The force under R < semd Pacha , sent aca'nst the Albanians still continues in a s"ate of revolt , and desertions to the rebels are of daily occurrence .
We learn by a letter from Trebizoud , that Abdullah Pacha , the governor of that province , put three men to the tortnre , who had been accused of the robbery and murder of a Ru-tian merchant . The cruelty oi th ; s proceeding is almost unexampled . Red-hot , copper caps were pm npon their heach , which , on being removed , earned off the scalp ; redhot balls were applied to tbe temples till the eyes started from their sockets ; their feet were held before the fire till the flesh was b-rned off , and other cruelties were practised upon them , too shocking to be related . We understand that the Pacha thus refined upon his usual cruelties , from a desire to please the government of which the murdered merciant was a subject .
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . SroBM . —The city of Dresden and its environs were visited on the 12 th by a severe s ^ orm , and a heavy fail of hail . The Eibe rose , and . oveiflfwing its banks , did much injury . At " -lie village of Rippehcn several persons lost their lives , and this calamity was followed by afire , which destroyed seventeen houses . Horkjblk -A btjses of the Cooue Ststem . —The attention of tbe Anti-Slavery pany in this country is invoked by tbe Friend of 1 diu to the scandalous abuses for which tbe Madras and Mauritius Go vernments are responsible , inruereoce to tbe shipment of Coolies . Of what avail are tha best regulations , when there is neither power to enforce them ,
Eor any punishment attached to the gross and corrnpt negiigfnoe of the public fuiietioiiaries entrusted with carrying them into tfLc ;? In direct contravention of the aet , we are told , the Madras au'horities have permitted 117 Cooiies to be shipped in a vessel which ought not to have been allowed to carry more tban eighty-b » x . " But the neglect of tbe Madras functionaries sinks into insignificance when compared with that of the Mauritius authorities . One hundred and fifty-si . * persons were sent back on board a vessel ( mo brig Watkms ) which , according to tbe Act , ought not to have brought more tban eighty-six . At tbe same time no attention was paid to securing an ample supply of water .
Tho confeqnenoe was , that the mortality began before the vessel had been a fortnight at sea . Five men threw themselves overboard in a state of delirium , of whom three were picked up j and before the vessel reached her destination , forty-four had perished , the victims of this inexcusable neglect on the part of the Mauritius Government . If those who are entrusted with the duty of protecting tbe Coolies can thus , openly neglect it , in a ease which is lzkelj to attract public attention , what reliance , " asks oar oontemporary , " can be placed on their oonaVientions attention to tbe necewUiee of tbe Coolies en tbe island itself , where detection is bo seldom likely to follow delinquency V
Auhbjcam Slatbbt . —Aeoording to late retnrnB , there are 2 , 387 , 265 Have * in the United Stat «« . In tbe Charleston Mtreurjfy of the 27 th of February last , we find an advertisement headed " Brilliant Entertainment , " which proclaims that Messrs . Germon , Harrrington , and Pelham will gir « " glees , sentimental , and oomio Bongs , " at Temperance Hotel . Tbe postscript to this advertisement is as follows : — "iVo coloured persons admitted'" The next is from an advertisement of a sale under decree , in Equity ; after announcing several parcels of land , j we find religion and BlaYery very pleasantly apprqxi- j mating : —Also , a Pew , No . 18 . in ibft middle aisle j of St . Michael ' s Cnurob , Also , the following slaves , !
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vz : —Patty , an elderly woman ; Kitty , her daughter , a seamstress and lady ' s maid ; Martha , Kitty'a obild ; Philander , a bouse servant , and has some knowledge of the carpenter ' s trade ; Cicero , a bouse servant ; and Chance , a field hand , accustomed to a rice plantation . Terms—For tbe slaves and pew one-half cash , tbe residue on a credit of one year , with interest secured by bond , mortgage ,, and personal security . For the Lands , one-third casb , and the residue in two equal annual instalments , wi ; h interest payable annually , secured by bond aud mortgage of the property . —James W . Gray , Master in Equity . Here too are copies of advertisements offering rewards for runaway negroes : —
Thirty Dox . la . bs Reward . —Runaway , in September last , from the Plantation of Mrs . Press , Mr . Smith , in St . John ' s Parish , ( Berkly County ) , her carpenter fellow Julius , sometimes called Jonas , he is a Tcmarkably fine looking negroe , active and intelligent , about six feet high , and thirty-six years of age , he has a wife on the Plantation of the Hon . William Aiken , and may endeavour to got there . Julius both reads and writes , and may have free papers . The above reward will be paid upon his being delivered at Bunker Hill Plantation , in the abovo Parish , or lodged in tbe Workhouse , on application to Mr . Wm . M . Lawton , Charleston . — C . C . Dubosb .
Twenty D llaes Riwabd . —Will be paid for the apprehension of Ciar . es , a blacksmith by trade , about thirty years old , five feet four inches high , jet black , stoops a lit ' . le , ha a short whiskers , and one of bis npper side teeth out . Ho was raised by Captain St . Amand , of this city , who sold him co Col . John Moore , of Sumter District , from whom he ran away , and was taken in Georgetown , S . C . where he has a mother residing . He has been seen repeatedly on Charleston Keck , and on board of soaie of the Georgetown coasters , on board of one of which he has a brother . —Alix McDonald .
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Newcastle . —A General Meeting of Delegates of the Miner ' s ABSociatiou , in Northumberland and Durham , ¦ was held in tbe TnreeTuns Long Room , on Tuesday and Wednesday , the 21 st and 22 'id instant In con-Btquence of the press in thin district misrepresenting the proceedings of their previous meetings , all newspaper reporters were denied admission . We understand the principal part of their proceedings were strictly of a local nature , not intended for publication . They think that as the Master's Union do not publish
their proceedings to the world , that the ? will tiy the same policy and prohibit the press from an opportunity of reporting their proceedings until they learn to state the truth . On account of the public being kept in the dark respecting the teal grievances of which tbe Pitmen have to complain , twelve practical Pitmen were selected to go to London to lay their case before the public in the metropolis . From the tenour of tbe resolutions which we saw , it would appear to be the unanimous leteraiinatton of the delegates and their constituents not to resume their labour until their many
grievances were redressed . Public Meeting . —A large publics meeting of tte inhabitants of Newcastle w . v » held in the Lecture Boom , Ncls fn-street , on Wednesday evening , the 22 nd inst , for the purpose of setting right the public mind respecting tbe claims and unbappv differences at present existing between the Pitmen and Coal-owners . At eight o ' clock Mr . Mark D « nt was called tu tbe chair , who in s very app . opriato address opened the proceedings of the evening . Hu showed tbt > puny attempt of a cbrtuin portion of the Newcastle and Durham newspaper press to misrepresent the Miners , and calumniate the delegates . The Chairman th-n introduced Mr Charlton , who addressed the meeting at great length , and explained many of tbe grievances of which he and his
fellows had to complain . Certain of tho press stated that the avar&ge wages of the Pitmen in these two counties , for the last twelvo months , was 3 * . Sd . per day . It scarcely required any attempt on his part to refute this untruth ; for any man acquainted with tbe real truth would know that tba average wages of tbe Pitmen did not exceed 11 ? . for the la « t tw « riv « months , and they had to find picks and other necessaries out of that lla . Although this wa » tbe average , ( and he defied any man to prove it a wrong calculation , ) tbare were many that did not receive twothirds of that amount He knew industrious honest Pitmen go and work three successive days in tho pit without tasting bread : and the reason thut neither he nor any of his family had not done so was , because they could raise tbe money to buy it . ftlr . C went on at great length to depict tbe condition of those men whom the master ' s press would wish the public to believe were comfortably situated , and bad nothing to
oomplatn of . Mr . Tbos . Pratt was next introduced , and said that the preas was not BitUfled with perverting tbe truth as regarded the real condition of tbe Miners , but exerted their influence ( thank God it wasnotmnch ) to vilify the character of the leading men amongst them designating them as luay men ef bad character . Mr . Pratt defied any man to come forward now , or at any time else , and prove that he ( Mr . Pratt , aud he was one of those wbo were named by the pess ) was addicted to hXnesa or ot a bad moral character . He was prepared to show that tbe masters bad reduced tbe wages of the Miner 22 J per csnt . at the two laat bindings , and if the Uniou bad not resisted it , they Intended to rn ? ke another reduction this , besides throwing 3 U 0 O men in these two counties ont of employment . In fact , the men in their disunited state were subject to tbe most disgraceful tyranny . A master coming down the pit in a bad mood has been known to fine tbe first sixteen men be met witb 2 s 6 J each . He had known a
man to huve been foed is because bis board was naif an inch wider tban orders ; although it was obvious that the man fined was not at fault In many cases the tubs vary from 6 to &A cwt . and if by accident oi otherwise it is two stones ' deficient when it cornea to bank , the hewer loses the rest of the coals , and in some ca « w , if 4 . bs . deficient , they would iose all . Mr . P . challenged any man to come and gainsay this . The pTcss stated the fines of the men for the past six months only averaged a halfpenny a man per week . But tbu reason of this was that soon after the arrival of Mr . Roberts intj this district , some of tbe masters were brought up and punished for levying such enormous and unreasonable fines as they had done prior to that time ; and they were afterwards afraid to go to tbe same extent . Onion and the professional assistance of our leg-ol adviser , made them more cantious . Mr . Edward Richardson was ntxt introduced , and said , a portion of
the press asserted that the pitmen wanted an advance of from 25 to 28 per cent on the previous prices . Now from a statement collected in the diffsrent collieries of the prices asked , this year , when compared with thoBe of last year , will not exceed 17 or 18 per cent , without taking into account the reductions made the last two bindings . Mr . K . Baid tbe press weie not satisfied with mis-stating their grievances , but they wanted to prevent public 8 } mpath > by saying that the whole of tbeir proceedings were conducted by tbe Chartiat leaders . He denied tbe assertion , and thu aftscrters kuew it was untrue . They , as a . Bociety of Miners , did not recognis > any grade of politics . Mr . Mitchell followed , aud showed tbe determination of all plaees be had visited not to resume work until their grievances were redressed . They had stood out seven weeks , and they were better prepared to stand out other seven than they were when they fiist started . —A similar meeting was held in Gbteshead on Ihursday evening .
St . Helens—Received from Golborne Mill 10 s lid ; Ashton Bannsmiths 6 d 0 £ 1 ; a friend Is ; King Williini , Hindley Si ; B'd Lion , do . 3 s j Brewers' Arms , No . 21 , Scholes 2 f ; R-pe and Anchor No . 6 , do . 10 a ; Lord Ntfton Lodge , do . 5 s ; Bolton-Houaa Co ) liery , Abram £ 1 lGs 6 d . TUie Edge-Qreew Men are still on strike . YTakwicrsbibe . —Messrs . George and Ramsay have visited tbu following places during the past week : — May 20 : b , Sowu . OpLned a new lodge , fourteen took ont cards of membership . 2 lat , Bedworth . 22 nd , Sowe . 23 rd , Coton . Had a good meeting , well attended by constables and blue bt / ttles ia disguise . Tfie
masters here are much opposed to the Union , and have done all in their power to prevent our holding meetings , ami the men from attending , but th « jy boldly declare Ibit Union men they wjll be . 24 th , Collycroft Numerously attended by tbe fair sex , wko have proved themselves to be lovers of the causa , vowing they tbey will have nothing to do with husbands or sweethearts until tbey join the Union . This has bad ft good effect . 25 th , Btdworth . Amongst these men a fine spirit of TJuion is manifested by their dauntless determination to support their brethren who are victim s ± d for their adherence to the principles of Union . At the close of this meeting twenty-seven new mumbere were added .
Cumberland . —John Auty addressed a meeting of the brave but much injured Bons of toil , on the Bulwarks , Whitehaven , onTnesday evening May tho 21 it The meeting was numerously attended , and the proceedings gave general satisfaction . Wednesday the 28 th , held a meetiDg at Little Brougbton , which was numerously attended . Thursday the 23 rd , addressed a most respectable audience at Flimby . Salsrday 22 th , Messrs . Auty and Bropby held s meeting on the Bulwarks . I am very sorry to record the death of Janus Smith , of Wbitebaven , a Miner , who has done his best to forward tbe cause of union . He inet witb his death on Thursday night , tbe 23 rd of May , in a pit at Cleator Moor , belonging to Messrs . Barker and Co , by choke damp . He had been married only about three weeks . Hia funeral took place en Sunday , May the 28 th , when the Miners of Whitehaven foliowel his remains to hia laat home . The procession was one of th « largest ever seen .
Db / wsbw&t . —The Dawsbmry Committo * of Coal Miner * have revived to * followiag sunu , for which tbey retmrn their sincere thanks : —Collected by Miohaal Boyl « , £ 2 6 « 4 d ; Messrs . Greavea and Brooks , Pewsbarr Colliery , £ 1 10 s 6 d ; Mr . Btrojamia Priestley , Osaett Common , la ; George Ginn , do ., Is ; from do ., 12 s ; from John Robert ' s Colliery , Batley , 7 s- from : * £ 2 0 a 5 d ; PuiUip CrawshaWB Bhop , Earlsheaton , 2 a ; Healey Milts , Ossett , 4 s ; Thomas Tong ' shop , Earlsheoton , U 2 J ; James Exley ' s shop , do ., Is ; small sums from other friends , is 4 ld .
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NeWcastle . upon-Tyne . —Tha labouring clasBea of Cb . e *« ter-l 0-Street , have subscribed the sum of £ 2 2 a . Id . for i / tbe unemployed Miners of Northumberland and Durham . South Wales—May 21 at—Messrs . Wilde and Taylor addressed tbe Miners of Tredagu . On tbe 22 ad—Addressed the Miners of Bloakwood , and formed a society . 23 rd . —Addressed the Miners of LsnvbbarJ . 24 th—Addressed tbe Miners of Newbridge . 25 th—Addressed the Miners of Merthyr . Mr . George Williams , during the last week , baa visited several places in Glamorgan and Monmoutfeshirea .
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Incendiarism in Suffolk—Bury St . Edmunds , MAX 23 . —The ' reign of terror" is uuh'ippUy not a mere figurative expression in its application to the state of this county . Since the commencement ^ f the last winter , scarcely a week has passed without tbe commission of one or more incendiary outrages . Many have been attended with serious loss of property , and all , from the derangement of husbandry operations , must lessen tbe demand for labour , and at a season when it is in most request . The progress ef incendiarism during the winter , alarming and extensive as it was , bad leas of the destructive characteristics of systematic aggression than it baa subsequently assumed . Tbe frightful scenes of December and January have
been re-enacted in May , a tiuio of the year when fleid labour is abundant , and the outrages are marked by circumstances which too plainly denote organisation of some sort , but without affording any possible clue by which it may by detected . The magistracy and the police have already used every effort within the rangu of ministerial and executive jurisdiction with a view to the suppression of the offence and the detection of the offender . These exertions have proved abortive .. Crime continues to bB committed with impunity , and th « very consciousness of the power to do niisehitf Beemi to extend and prolong the evil . Three flrea have been reported Bince lust week ' s return . One took place on Sundoy morning during divine service , at Abbott " s Hall , in the neighbourhood of Stowmarket . A stack
of hay and a stack of beans were consumed . By bodily exertion , a large wheat stack , the produce of ssveral acres , was saved . It has been ascertained tu be the work of an incendiary , the flames having broken forth at three different points of the stackyard simultaneously . Two men , who were seen nent tho premises at the time , have been taken up on suspicion . Tbe two other flrea were got under without material damage . Threatening letters have also been recently sent to some landowners and tenant farmers ; and altogether n slate of terror exists unprecedented in tbe history of this pact of tbe country . Horrid Murber of a Wife by her Husband —BathGate , May 23 . —Our hitherto peaceful locality has been thrown Into a state of unusual excitement hy
the perpetration of a in urder ot the most colit-blooded and deliberate kind . It appears that on lttat Sunday night , a man named M'Criuen brought bis wife nn > i child to Bnllancritrff toll-bar , in the vicinity of his dwelling , and after treating her to one Kill of liquor , tbey all proceeded homeward , hut when passing a neighbours house , the wife went in . and begcod of - woman inside to shut the door , and keep out her husband ; but he , getting in , ordered her out , when she went with him with great reluctance , at tbe same time atking the mistress of thu housi- to accompany tbem on the road , who complied with tbe request ,, and carried the child , until the husband told hur weiy abrupt . y , that she need not go any further ; ohe therefore returned to ber own bouse , but after byiniz in bed , she was
awakened , at one o'clock next morning , by Hie husband knqcklDg at the door , and requesting htr to rise , aa he said his wife would not go home with feltn . The woman , along with some others in the hou » e , proceeded to where M'Criuen said his wtf « was sitting , where tbey found bur quite dead , almost in a state of nudity , and in a horrid mutilated condition . It appeared as if he had dragge her up and down trie ro . id , , as part of her hair and blood was on the toll gate and atones in the road . The child who bad bttn exposed ' all night , was nearly dead , but was revived , and beard i to exclaim , ' O , daddy , daddy , you dnncud on i mammy ! " The foregoing are all the particulars we are j po 8 se 8 s « d of as yet , but have no doubt this horrible j affair will be minutely inquired into-. —Edinburgh Cvurant of Thursday .
Dreadul Murders near Nottingham—On Thursday evening , a quadruple murder , of a most revolting description , wus discovered to have been committed at Calwick , about three mil > -8 from Nottingham . The victims in this massacre were Ann Saville nnd her three children , two boys and a > girl , of the several ages of seven , rive , and four years , who were found with their throats cut from ear to ear , In a retired " apinny . " The husband and father , there is little doubt , was the atrocious criminal . It appears Mrs . Saville and her children , after having been in tbe union workhonse , at Nottingham , for the hist three months , came out at the r < quest of her sister la Mrs . Brownsword ) , on Monday last , and went in search of ber husband , a framework-knitter , employed at Mr .
Sutton ' s shop , s \ t Radford . On her finding him , be came book with her to the town , and left her to sleep at the bouse of Samuel Wardle , in Wood-street , . Vleadowplatts . Next morning , after breakfast , he fetched his wife and children away , and set out witb them to visit her sister , at Car Hon . He afterwards returned on the same-day to Wardle ' a , and as bis wife and her children were not there , he professed tu be much alarmed . It seems that he was paying hia addresses to a young woman at Radford , named Tait , and on that evening he actually went to her , and offued to marry ber . The . girl told him that eho understood he was already married , nnd refused to have anything to do with him . Saville replied , " She ' s not my wife ; she has never troubled you , and never will ;
she ' s safe , and the children provided for . '" The next day he went again to WardU's , and his wife not being there , he said he thought she must have drowned herself . Afterwards he made some other statements of a contradictory nature , which gave rise to a suspicion that hu knew more of her than be was desirous to have understood . This having got abroad an immense mob collected round the bouse , and , if the man had not been taken into custody , he would probably have received rough treatment at tbe bands of tbe populace , who believed that he had drowned bis wife and children in tbe Trent at Calwicb Weir . While under examination before the Mayor and Aldermnn Heard , intelligence , arrived that the bodies bad been found in a spiuny between Col wick and Carl ton , a picturesque spot , across which fa a footpath . The children lay
together , but the mother , with her throat shockingly mangled , was at some distance . A razor was in her left hand , but it wus held in such a manner as to tender it evidei > t that il fead been put there since her death . The unfortunate woman does not appear to have struggled much , and her hands were uncut ; there were , also , tracv-s ot her having been dragged along the grass . The bodies were quite cold and ' stiff , and the blood was congealed . The raaor can be identified as one that the prisoner was in the habit of using ; and when the prisoner ' s box was Bearched , his raeor-case proved to be empVy . Spots of blood were also found upon hia trowstrs . The bodies were removed to Mr . Parr ' s barn , whither the inhabitants of the districts surrounding have fl > cked in thousands to satisfy the curiosity by gcziug upon the bloody corpses . Tbe prisoner was committed till the result of the inquest .
Fatal DtiUMtENNESS . —On Monday , an inquest was held at tbe Pewter Platter Tavern , Charles-street , Hatton-garden , before Mr . Wafelwy , M . P ., on the b . 'dy of Mm Hannah Sayers , a ^ ed 47 , who met ber death on Friday last under the following circumstances : —It appeared frvm ihe erideaeo that the unfortunate woman was the wife of Wm . Sayets , the landloid of the bouse , and was a woman of very intemperate habits . On the afternoon of Friday , about four o ' clock , her husband observed that she was intoxicated , but as the mutter was of common occurrence be took no notice ; at seven o ' clock , however , she became still more intoxicated , and insisted on sitting with her gown off in front of tbe kitchen door , so that every one who came into the houte could see her . As she was Unable to w . ilk , her husband carried her up stairs to her
bedroom : on the first floor , and hav ' ng left her on the bed locked the door aud went down . In about two hours after a son of tbe deceased ran from the yard into tbe house , criing out that his mother was walking en tbe tiles of the washhouse ( which is immediately under the window of the room where she lay ) . Mr . Sayers and the servant immo ^ iattly ran np stairs and looked out of the window , when they htard a groan from the yard . On going down stairs they found tbe unfortunate woman lying across the top of the water-butt , quite dead . It appeared that she had slipped from the tiles , and her bead bad struck the edge of the waterbutt with such violence as to dt stroy life instantly . It appeared that she was so violent while in a state of intoxication as to compel hur husband to lock her up in his own defence . The jury returned a verdict that tbe deceased " fell accidentally while in a state of intoxication . "
Fatal Accident on the Dublin and Drogheda . HailwaY . —On Thursday week , Mr . John Qalbraith , a contractor for the formation of the above railway , met bis death in the following manner : —On the arrival ef the train at Riheny the passengers left the carriages to partake of the entertainment provided ; when about to leave deceased changed into a first-class carriage , aud on its starting , and while going at the rate of fifty miles an hour , he attempted to close tbe doot with his foot , when it was caught between the stage and the doorand , shocking to relate , he was dragged oat and almost dashed to pieces . He was conveyed to one of the Dab . lin Hospitals , and after a few hours' suffering ceased to exist— Drogheda Constrvativ * .
Csjllabdykb . —Eight Live « Lost . —On the aftec * aoon of Thursday week , our fisherae * put omt to sea to gay spirito—the wwthn btiag & , art the profjieot beautiful by sea and land . Abomt oltvan o'clock , p . «^ howeTer , while still on their way to thedsep-Beaflthiag , the wind which bad hitherto bean gentle , rbae furiously * and , descending from tha north like the fsahiogofa mighty torrent , caught a somber of the crows by surprise , and , striking their sails aback , pltced them in the greatest jeopardy . On this occasion , we are sorry to say , one of the crews , with their sails all set , were quite unprepared for the trying emergency , being , With the exception of a young roan at the helm , all fast asleep at the bottom of the bolt , little dreaming : they were soon to sleep " the sleep which knows no waking . * ' A neighbour boat , in passing , called out to them to strike their sails , but ) no sign was returned ot their being aen-
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Biblefcof the approaching danger . Tin consequence has been that they hard not been heard of since ; and there is no doubt that the boat was immediately upset , and swept oat to sea , and that all hands periafced . Six of the men were married , and hare left Wives and families in helpless circumstances—Scotsman . Sufposed Murder and Suicide . —About nine o'clock on Saturday night , a remarkably fine male child , witb long brown hair , and apparently between seven and ten months old , was taken out of tbe canal , near Cuffee-house-bridge , Bootle . When first taken out he shewed signs ef life , but soon afterwards died . He was very respectably dressed . The canal was afterwards dragged , and the body of a female , supposed to be the mother of tbe child , was speedily found . She was
rather delicately formed , and was apparently between twenty-one and twenty four years of age . She was five feet one or two inches in height ; and the colour of her hair was brown , j She also was rather respectably at ' . ireil . A gold ring was found on the fourth finger of her left hand ; and she was supposed to be from Liverpool . Whether she accidentally fell into tbe water , or deliberately threw herself and the child in , or whether both were thrown in by a third party , are questions not easily answered . Mr . Superint « ndant Stewart , of the Bootle constabulary , forwarded an account of tbe finding of the bodiea to the Liverpool police-office , and every exertion was' made daring tbe day to discover wbo the unfortunate female was , but without effect . Ad irqiest was holden on Monday , when James Gough
identified the bodies as those of Mary M'Ligau and William her son . The elder deceased was bis sister , and tbe wife of Juhn M'Lagan , joiner , residing in Portland-street , Liverpool . She was about twenty-nine years of age , bad been married several years , had . had four children , and was suckling the deceased infant , < vbich was about five months old . It appeared from the evidence of other witnesses that the deceased was addicted 10 habits of drinking , and had in consequence got into debt unknown to ber husband . As there was iittie in tho evidence on which to found even a guess whether the fatality was accidental , or the result of- a predetermination on the part of the unfortunate woman to drown herself and her infant , the jury returned a verdict of " found drownad . "
Serious Accident in a Coal Minb . —As Mr . James Lees , of Koyton , was drawing the props at bis work at tbe colliery at Kobin-hill , Oldhatn , belonging to Messrs . Backer , Evans , and Co ., the roof fell in and crushed Lim very severely . There are no hopes of his recovery .
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Horrible . —A . man named Joseph David March , calling himself a surgeon , and his wife Mary March , was apprehended at Birmingham lost week charged witb keeping a house where females in a state of * pregnancy , were privately delivered and the new-born children destroyed . A living child two or three days old had been discovered exposed in a bag hanging upon some pales , supposed to have been placed there to cause its death . The prisoners were remanded . The "Resp £ C ; table" Mibdle-Class— An immense quantity of counterfeit Dutch copper coin , resembling , and making to represent a doit , has been exported from this country to the Dutch settlements during the last three' years , and in const quenae of information communicated to tbe Dutch Government that it was manufactured " to order" in Birmingham , J . W . May , Esq , j Consul-Generol in England to the King of the Netherlands , and H . J . Enthovin , Esq .,
arrived here a few i days ago for the purpose of instituting inquiries . On Tuesday last the above-named gentlemen applied for and obtained two search warrants , which were placed in the hands of Superintendent Stephens , who with Sub-Intendent Maturin , Inspector Hall , and other officers proceeded to tbe workshops of two extensive manufacturers , and there found a large quantity of these counterfeit doits in a finished state , which tbey seized , with upwards of sixty dits , and conveyed to the station , in Waterloo-street . One of the doits authorised by the Dutch Government is about the weight of three of those manufactured in Birmingham . The penalty ob each counterfeit coin seized is , £ 10 , it takes 290 of them to weigh a pound , and the police have se'Zdd upwards of five hundred weight t We are informed that one house in this town exported two tons weight of these counterfeit doits to the Dutch settlements only a few weeks ago . —Birmingham Advertiser . I
Jusiices' Justice- —Preston , May 25 th . —TUb grand jury at this place ignored the bills against John Holgate and Richard Anderton , charged with stealing six drinking glasses , at Colne , on the 9 in of April . Oa handing in these ignored bills , the Chairman requested to kuow from the foreman upon what grou nd no bill had been returned , as it appeared to hitn that it was a clear case of thtft . The foreman replied that it a i pea red to them from the evidence adduced , that it was a mere " larking '' aff-tir . The Chairman expressed to the Grand Jury his strong disapprobation of their finding in these cases , and explained to tbem the nature of the oath which tbey bad taken . The foreman and his coadjutors remained &rm : but , at the request of the chairman , they again retired to consider the finding in these two cases . At the close of their duties , the foreman again returned tbe bills ignored , when tbe chairman severely censured the conduct pf
the jury , as a clearer case of theft never bad come under his observation , the accused party having been actually found with the glasses in their pocket" . Tbe fotoman , in reply , said the jury believed they had not been used as gentlemen by tbe court when their judgment was called in question by the chairman , who had been pleased to say that they were not men of common sense ; and ho ( tha foreman ) wished to know whether they had not tbe power to ignore any bills that came before them ? The chairman replied that the grand jury were not there to call in question the decisions of the court , and he believed they had manifested an unusual degree of obstinacy in still ignoring these bills , and ignorance as to the nature of their oath . The foreman , said they had most impartially examined the evidence in both cases . The Chairman answered that bis opinion , and that of the bench of magistrates , was , that they had not doue their duty . The jury were then dismissed .
Execution oftwo brothebs in Nenagh . — Yesterday , John and Thomas Wade , brothers , who were found guilty last asaizs of the murder of a man named Patrick Kyan , were executed in front of Nonagb gaol . A third brother , Patrick Wade , remains in gaol until next assizas , charged witb being concerned in tbe same awful deed , t At a few minutes after twelve o ' clock the two wretched men appeared on the drop , accompanied by the Rev . Mr . Power , R . G . C , and the Rev . Mr . Bowles ^ R C . C . Thomas Wade , who is rather a low slz ^ d man , about 25 years of age , repeated after Ruv . Mr . Power , a declaration of his guilt . He acknowledged that with his brother John , be was st the murder of Patrick Ryan ( Morgan )—that there was
no otter person at it but tbe two ; that Snanahan , tbe informer , swore falsely , for be was not concerned in any way with the murder , nor did he know of it . That be forgave his prosecutors , and prayed mo&t fervently for pardon of his sins , ond that the Lord might have mercy on bis soul . Juhn Wade , a taller and stouter man than his brother , about twenty-eight years ef age , repeated after the Rev . Mr ; Bowles , a similar declaration of guilt . The unhappy men bade each other farewell , shook hands , and kissed each other , prior to the light of heaven being shut out from them in this world . After the drop fell , Thomas Wade appeared to suffer much , but in a few minutes there was no appearance of life . John Wade died almost instantaneously—Nenagh Guardian , Saturday .
Execution of ; Williau Crouch , * or the Mvuder of his ' WivB . —Oa Monday morning , at eight o ' clock , Wm . Crouch Buffered tbe extreme penalty of tha law in front of the gaol of Newgate , having been convicted at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court ; of the murder of his wife , unaer circumstances of unparalleled atrocity . The wretched man is said to have conducted himself with great propriety since his conviction , repeatedly and earnestly acknowledging tho ; justice of his sentence . Crouch stated that he was ^ incited or impelled to commit the . act through the artifices of a female named Cousins , who persuaded him that his wife was unfaithful to him He expressed himself fully conscious of tbe enormity of his crime . After the service on Sunday , Crouch made
a hearty dinner , and having devoted the latter portion of the day to devotional purposes , retired to rest about nine o ' clock , Rousseau and Sandys , two of the turnkeys , and another person , Bitting up with faim during the night . At six o ' clock , the Rev . Mr . Davis arrived at the prison and joined the unhappy man , with whom be continued in earnest prayer until shortly after seven , wbtn the sheriffs ' , and undereheriffa arrived . The wretched man ate a hearty breakfast , and about , halfpast seven was led into the press-room , where he was formally delivered over into the custody of the sheriffs by « Mr . Cope , the governor of the prison . At a ' few miuutea before eight o ' clock , the announcement that all was ready having been made , Calcraft , the executioner , advanced toward * the wretched man wbo subjected
himself to the process of pinioning without a marmur . At five minutes to ; eight , all being in readiness , the procession moved from tha press-room through the chapel-yard towards the scaffold , the Ka * . Ordinary reading the impressive service for the burial of the dead . The crowd j outside the prison which , up to seven o'clock , had jbeen by no means numerous , was fc / this time Increased to a great extent , and there oould not have beeu less than tea thousand persons present The wretched msn bad throughout expressed hiflopiaion that upaa reaching the scaffold hU firmness would forsake him- ; but even thalow murmarof the crowd , as he approached th « external walla of the prutoa , aoMned to have * o effact mpoa faim , and be meunUd tho tuaffold with a firm atop , and appeared
to gan * b the iamanae crowd with ladifforesia * . There was , faowavor , at thla moment , a ooBtraetion of his features which seemed to reader apparent the intensity of his inward feeltag . \ Within a very few aeeonda of hia arrival oa the scaffold , Calcraft had completed the awful preparations , land , having drawn a cap ov . tr the wretched man ' s face , retired . The Rev . Mr . Davis , who had continued reading the burial service , was in the act ot repeating tbe Lord's prayer , the prisoner joining fervently with him , when the signal was given . Tbe drop fell , and in a few moments the unhappy-man had ceased to exist . The body was allowed to hang until nine o ' clock , when it was out down , and , after three casts of the head are taken , it Will be buried within tbe precincts of tbe gaol .
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Robbe&y of Fifteen Hundred Pounds On Thursday morning , May the 23 rd , the out-door clerk of the Royal Bank of Liverpool received Bank of England notes to tbe amount of £ 1 , 500 at the office of the Branch Bank in Hanover-street , and between that place and Tarlton-street a black leather case , in which tbey had been deposited , was picked from his pocket , and not the slightest trace of the property has since been discovered . A reward of £ 100 has been offered for the apprehension of tbe thief or thieves . One of the notes was for £ 500 .
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SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE . Lloyd ' s , Friday Night . —On Tuesday , the Shamrock steam-ship , Captain Hyde , while on her passage from Dublin to Bristol , with passengers , came up witb the American Packet Ship Roscius , on shore off the Arklow bank , and in a very dangerous position . She had upwards of 500 passengers ( chibny emigrants ) on board , and the excitement amongst them on tke vessel striking is described to have been very great , the bank , a kind of quieksand , like Goodwin , being the most dangerous along tbe coast . Witb the powerful assistance of tbe steamer , aud tbe ship being rocked by those on board , she was ultimately got off without sustaining the least damage . The Roscias is one of the largest ships in the American trade , being one thousand four hundred tons burthen . Sne was from Liverpool , bound to New York . Had the weather been any way boisterous , it would have been awful te contemplate the results . The ship proceeded on her voyage to New York .
Loss of the Levant Stak . —On the night of Sunday lost , at about eleven o ' clock , the Brig Levant Star , with a cargo consisting ; of two hundred and sixty tons of iron , bound for Rotterdam , was totally lost a few miles to the westward ot Portland . The vessel , it appears , was from Newport , in Monmouthshire , and from the statement of the master , Mr . Bicknell , it appears , when off Peterhead on Sunday evening she sprang a leak , occasioned , he supposed , by one of tbe bolts below water mark being knocked off . The pumps
were immediately set to work , but they bad no effect , for instead of tbe water decreasing , it was rising rapidly , and by eight o ' clock tbe crew sad master were necessitated to get into the boat , and abandon the vessel to her fate . They bad previously tacked the ship to run her into Portland Bill . In about an hour afterwards she went down in thirty fathoms water . Tbe crew , after seven hours' pulling at the oars , succeeded ia reaching Weymouth . Tbe vessel and bar orgo are only partially insured . She belongs to Exeter .
Dreadful Collision at Sea . —Letters received on Wednesday , from Cowes , detail the circumstances of a fearful callision , and a schooner being run down , with all on board ( except two , ) which took place at midnight , on Sunday evening last , in the British Channel , off St Catherine's Point . The unfortunate vessel lost is the SiJhoener Catherine , belonging to London . She bad sailed from the River Thames , in the early part of last week , with a miscellaneous cargo , intending to proceed to Liverpool . The crew consisting of the master , Mr . Kuott , the mate and five seamen . Mrs Knott was also on board . All appears to have gone on well until the vessel arrived off St . Catherine ' s Point , Islo of Wight , when , at about a quarter to twelve o ' clock , a large vessel , in full sail , was observed
bearing down upon tbem . The schooner was also cairying all sail , and going tbfough the water at the rate of about seven IfDots an hour . Those upon deck instantly shouted to the unknown vessel to alter ber coarse , but evidently there was no look-out kept , for no answer was returned , nor was there any alteration made to clear tbe Catharine . Tbe consequence was , that in a few seconds a meat frightful collision took place . The shock is described to have been terrific . The whole broadside of the schooner was dashed completely in , and , in an instant , the sea rushed into the hold , among tba cargo , and she went down , carrying with her the captain and his wife , and four seamen , who perished . Toe remainder , two seamen , saved themselves by leaping overboard as tbe vessel was sinking , and after swimming about for a considerable time ; got hold of pieces of the wreck which floated them , until picked up font house afterwards , by the Spanish Brig , which
conveyed them safely to Cowes . The unknown vessel reremained by the spot , where the Catherine went down , for some time , apparently to save the crew , but not hearing the cries of the seamen , then bore away . Since then it has been ascertained to be tbe Louisa , from QirgentB , for Dunkirk , which put into Portsmouth harbour on the following day , Monday , to repair damages , it is but justice to the captain to state , that he immediately reported the loss of the vessel to Lloyd's agents , and further , be was bore out in his statement by tbe crew , that they used every exertion to save human life , bat they feared every soul was lost with the vessel , for they could not observe any of them after . Tbe night they Bay was very dark , and they did not perceive tbe schooner until tbey were close upon her , when it was impossible to prevent a collision . The Louisa sustained much damage . The loss of the schooner and the cargo is estimated at £ 2600 .
Another Collision—Two Vessels Lost . —On tbe same night two vessels , ( one , singularly of the same name as the schoaner above reported ) foundered off the coast of Francs . TJsey were tbe Eolipse of Blankenese , belonging to Harwich , bound to AlUna ; and the Catherine , Master John Pateson , from Cardiff to Altona . It took place at about twelve o'clock . The fores of tba collision was so great , that both vessels went down within a tuw minutes of each other , and near the same spot The crews laakily succeeded in launching their boats , by which they were saved . They were afterwards picked up by the Saakenle , belonging to Ha « e , which landed them at Djver on Monday afternoon .
Total Loss of a Ship bt Fire—Letters were this day received from St . Domingo , announcing the wreck and subsequent wilful destruction by fire of the skip Thisbe . of London , Captain Charters ; the property of Messrs . Pearsa and Child , the ship-owners . No . 8 , Finsbury-place South , Finsbury-quare . The following is an extract of one of them furnished to the Reporter : — " Aux Cayes , April 18 , 1844—I regret to inform yon that Ifee barqne Thisbe , with a few barrels of wine and casks of provisions on board , and in ballast , bound from London to Jamaica , had been totally lost by fire , Tba vessel struck on the Lafolle Reef on the morning of the
3 « th ult ., at about ene o * 3 lock . The irregularities of the currents , bt-ffisd tbe master ' s ( Captain Charter ' s ) calculations , and drove him on the reef , where his log ' a account showed him at a safe distance . The ship was firmly fixed on the rocks , and could not be got off . Tbe wreck was , as usual , taken in charge of tbe authorities , who have dismantled her , and saved part of her cargo , and other articles . The work for lightening her was progressing , when an insurrection broke out among the natives , who set fire to the ship , and she was totally consumed . " The Thisbe , it appears , is fully insured . She wm built at Sunderland in tbe year 1821 , and was 323 tens burthen . She sailed from the Downs en the
19 th Feb . All the crew were saved . Wreck of the Eliza .. —Four Lives Lost—The vessel laden with salt , belonging to K > cudbright , bound from Liverpool to Dundee , was totally lost on the night of the 13 th inst . in the Pentlaud Frith , and all hands ( with the exception of one ) met with a watery grave . Their names are John Maeritchie ( master ) , John Smith , ( mate ) , John Rose , seaman , and John M'Kenzie , cabinboy .
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Fffects of a Severe Sentence . —An Irish girl , aged seventeen , who had borne a good character , was lately tried at Stafford for having stolon a gown and a pttticoat , and was sentenced to seven years' transportation . It is now believed that she merely took the goods to wear on some partieu ' ar occasion , without any intention of keeping them . She heard the judgment , and remained stupified ; in twenty-four hours she was a lunatic , and is now in the infirmary , with no hopes of recovery . She was a remarkably handsome girl ; but , from the period of sentence , her health visibly declined , and her hair has actually tamed gr ^ y . —Liverpool Albion .
Truck Systbji in the Lace Thade . —At Honlton , on the 18 th ult , Mrs . Chick , of Br * nscotabe , Iwe manufsoturerer , was called on to answer tbe complaint of Sarah Perry , a pauper of Ottery St Mary , for having paid her wages in truck . Sarah Perry was first called , and examined by Mr . Cox . She stated that she bad worked for Mrs . Chick between seventeen and twenty years , and that during the whole of that period she bad been accustomed to be paid in goods ; that sometimes « he received s halfpenny or a penny ia money , when the goods did not exactly come to the amount of the lace , but that she never had , on any occasion during that period , received as much sfs ! x > pence she most positively swore ; that just before Christmas last she took some lace to Mrs . Chick , wbo
ordered ber to go on making the same lace , and that on tbe 13 th of Fdbruftiy she took the lace to Mrs . Chick * agent and son-in-law , and that he took the lace , and paid ber in goods , via . —apiece of print , a loaf of bread and some butter . A Mr . Tuoker , a witness for the defence was cross-examined by Mr . Cox—Mrs . Chick sold bread , butter , drapery , feo . Employed five bakers . Did not deliver the bread to the lace-makers , but eaw them tickets to go to either of tke bakers for it Paid one baker £ 46 for ten weeks' bread , The difference m price at which Mrs . Chick told tbe bread , ana at which it conld be bought for ready money , was » banpenny per loaf ; th « difference in the price of bntt « r , one penny per pound . P » td all the persons on the day in question ia cash , whose laoe had been ordered , »«• having been eighty persona who brought laoe that daft
perhaps more , perhaps lest . Would apt swear thai n « paid £ 1 ia money ; wo » ld » waai tbat he paMi aooM money . Did not know if h « hadp * i * 6 » . ; ** ** ' z bad . Had tbe Bill declaring thathewo » ld «** " «" goods for ready-made laoe printed in coiweqaenea . or . w » resolution * of the Board of Gtuudlana . Wrote It ¦ " ¦• self ; employed no lawyer to do ao . Did employ * »*• yer'a clerk . Several other witnesses , whose evuttnee was unimportant , Wera then oalled , and tbe Benca ai once declared the offence proved , and fined Chic * " »¦ penalty of £ 5 , and £ 2 costs , and ordered that * iJ r should be paid to the poor woman , Sarah Perry . * P _ » further Intimated that on any farther conviction of W one they should award the fall penalty . The put »»» are indebted to the exertions of Mr . Carter of Otwrjr St . Mary , for this case having been brought forww 0 ' Wes ' ern Tiims .
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c THE NORTHERN STAR . j ¦ June 1 , 1844 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1265/page/6/
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