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      LOED MAYOR'S DAY . On Saturday lart tfce desire on the part of the public to witness tie progress of the civic procession must hare been intense and general , if -we may judge from the numbers ° * persons -who crowded the route timngh which Alderman ( xibbs , the Lord Mayor elect , wai to pass on Mb "way to Westminster Hall . The footway * were lined "with rants ol pfrsons five or b 5 x deep—the -windows of the house * throughout , sot excepting the ibop "Window ? , were very generally occupied , and every avenue wMea intersected the line was filled -with ¦ janona Tfibiclet and temporary Btagea , from wihicfc an tlcvated view of the specb » ele might be obtained on payment of a small fee . In truth , there "was an . immense concourse ef spectators—not silent ones .

      however , for they hailed the new Lord Mayor -with lond shouts neither musical nor merry - ; and ever and anon as as advanced , or tried to advance , the cumbersome jtate ooicb whiilr carried him . as If uneasy -with its burden , rolled from « ids to aide , stopped , litched , jnd seemed ready to pitch its load in amongst the popokce , who therefore redoubled their exertions to acquaint hia Lordahip that-they -were folly sensible of bis presence . The groans and growls of contempt snd jndl ^ nadon ensued , amidst the surge * of which the gingerbread earriage appeared to roll more -wildly and -woefully MtUL Ttn « ws » notoriety—enviable On eo aeeonnt , and jiistiflable oa the so ? re of obstinacy at Is&st

      Gciidhall-yard na kept clear from public intrusion , a strong barrier h&ving been erected -with a gate guarded ty * company of police along King-street , paraael -cith Cateaton-street , now called Gfeihamstreet . Pram sn arlyhouj the Tain fell heavily ; oolwithrtsnding which , the crowds continued to increase . At a little past ten the lord Mayor arrived in his state cosrb , acconjpjoied by the Town < Jl «* , mace and rs-ord bsMeta , asid proceeded to the painted room , There most of the dvio functionsKiw mi in -waiting to receive him . At twelve-o ' clock it was anaiwnced Hat the procession -was duly formed . Among the tqaJpage noae struck ns as being so splendid as the Kate carriage of the two Sheriffs , Aldermen Hnnter ard Sidney .

      Of the procesmn we need not give the programme ; itis esoo ^ b . to »•? that it reaembled Ita predecessors in most > jinii ; Vat spaa thi « occasion there -were two men in brass presents At starting an incident of ill-omen took place . Sir IHIIiam 3 Jagnav . having advanced amid load and universal cheering , all eyes were turned to catch sight of the stats carriage of the Lord ilsyor elect spaa lu emerging from Guildhall-yard . The Lady Mayoress , the standard-bearer , the ancient knight ( a bi&san fellow amjed to match the occasion ) , all passed by with slight observance , and then came the band and suite of bis Lordship ; bat , alas ! the Jk > rd Mayor ' s eoachsan not beixc s > good whip , —bat « ach a Lord Mayw csght to have a good whip , —drove awry , and one of the bin * wheels becoming locked with one of the posts attached to the barrier , the coach became stationary . An nnlocky rencontre to his Lordship , though the crowd did not bo contiiet it ; for "while be

      remained hugging the post until it wsa forcibly removed , tee * » as more than ample opportunity for the explocos of that angry totting wbicft had been hitherto kept bottled np by the dense mass of persons -who now gave utterance t » their aweefc voices , in yjnes so load snd discordkuit , that though the band of the Life Guards blew their trumpets and best their drams as if they would either burst blood-veseels or breifc tkeii own armi in their efforts , lb « ir music could not be beard above the uproar . At length , there was a slight Ml , and then the witty stentorian * of tbB mob would bswi cut questions to test , as it woold seem , the arith metical powers of *• Mr- Gibbs / ' such as— " Wbtt is a f ? Bre of six turned npsjde dowo ?* " How do yon change nines into noughts V Ace ., while other persons tailed npon tha band to play cyphers to convey sarwittib . Oae person elevated a model of an account book , of which the Lord Mayor , of course , took no aceooni .

      At length the mountain of gilded timber was re-Issued , and advanced tbrongh a -roaleraua yell from the ElultitulB in Giesham-street into King-street , -wbsr e equally lood token * of -disrespect assailed tbe mwly cbc * en chief magistrate , occasionally relieved by the wiving of a white handkerchief or two from some window aloft , and a faint " bravo , " ejaculated apparently " more in sorrow than in anger . " Similar doisgs were re-enacted In other places . Oa the procassion turning into Walbrook , the street -Was found , to be densely thronged , mere especially In the vicinitj of the church of St . Stephen , -where an immense crowd w assembled , who booted the Lord Major lustily and heartily . Some of thB Inhabitants of the street , namely , those in about every fifth house ,

      leaned somewhat favourable to him ., but their cbeert were drowned in Ihe booting of those below . At tbe lower and -of Cannon-street a rope wass drawn across tie street , from which trae rospended aa in' ¥ 'ffn | tft flig , with the motto , " Honour and virtue will finally trhunpfe , "—a motto , -which like old oracles conld bear a double application , as the c&se might torn _ ont . Tbis banner seemed to be the point roand -which the maltoat « tt « rallied , Hid CsrMnlj , When his Lordship passed tnider this Sag lie assembled multitude gave him snytiun ? but a sadsfaetory intimation of their pereept 5 « a of the apporitenesi ef the compliment intended by the motto . The salutations with which he was here hailed were such as these— " Where ' s your ac-Bount ? " " Close vestriesJ" " Twenty-three years ' iicfei" is . To all of vrhieh ttie banner of hb

      iord-Ttap retnrned a silent but significant reply , his motto iang , " Tenamprqposiii' —id al , My pertiasdty . Along the Poultry and Qaeen-street simQai manifestatiaai of disspprt-bation were exhibited by the multitnfle assembled ; * bnt at tbe point of embarkation they seemBd to hs- ^ e mastered unusual strength of lungs to give him » pardng " salute" before taking -water . " His Lordship , wbo seemed rather to be taking to whine , sat hw £ mhiss » Btecarriage , and , as far as could be observed , Tig pale ana nracti agitated . I On the Thames be met ^ Hth a -warmer reception , 2 possible , tb « 3 be did on terra firma , from the mul-Sicues who swarmed the bridges , steam-boats , aiid i ^ gea .

      J .: the Temple Gardens tbe sober members of the inns ££ risted their feelings to laughs and sneers of scorn Ed derision ; and on landing at Westminster be seemed fid to escape in the Hall of Courts from the fcesh roar tf Execration which arose from * throng of persons In I Pskce Yard , who , though they could not see the abject & iteir attention , weia very anxious to convey to him &e 5 r reipects in their own pecalis * style , -which they frequently Tepeated while he was swearing in tbe Court cf Exchequer . Xixj 5 G thb OiTHS- —Upon no previous occ » sioa perha ^ s-of the swearing * a of * Lord Mayor has bo much * = xkiy been evinced by tke p « pulace generally to

      ^ ain xa entrance to the Court of Exchequer as ~ wss ^ tibited by them an Saturday bat The ceremtny is ¦ Oscal ly Tegaided as a mere matter of foim , occupying &K 5 few minilftS , and the « igbt-seer esteemed bim-* £ f mnch bappia * in obtaining a good view of the Focestinn , or " show , " u it is vulgarly termed , than is oming entrance to the Exchequer . On this oecason , however , the very revErae aeemad to prevail ; "T , dapite tb » rain ,, ¦ which cama down in torrents dsring the early psrt of the morning , crowd * of persons baa assembled outside thtcourt , -wbiDbby eltven o ' clock Vss quite filled , nearly * ii the back benches being occapad sy ladies . .

      At half . past one o ' slock , the Lord Mayor arrived , ¦* isn tbe usual ceremonies took place . TH 2 Retttrk . —Tbe interval between the depirture ^ tbs civic proceesian for "Westmmstfer-hall and its filnrn thence was of considerable duration , but crowds siii lingered in Hie streets or hastened to the neighbcitinj tavemt for i-fresbment . . TtBmerous banoj of Emieians bad taken up their stations on different spots 5 bougbout theTonte , and played incessantly ^ it be " ing ^ served that they were not asKfoua to collect brass ittsn tbe bystanders , it was snspocted that they had "fea snpplied from another quarter for tbjeir services , or PeAapg-would be . Here and there knots of persons * e % csnv&ssing the m . oial qualitiea of the gentleman *^* e ovation the day -was to calibrate in no very flatteBBj language ; vrhil&in other places ware laughing f ^* listening to a new ballad to s right merry rollickis ? tone , bellowed forth with no manner of delicacy , in

      ¦ Each one " Gobble Gibbs" is supposed to recount bis ° * b aovsctures and designs . The ceremony within the C ° art of Exohtqner having terminated , similar upttBriDai shcrnts to those which had hailed the arrival of ^ nsrw Lord Mayor now mnrlarl his embarcation for ^* ij , and in bis passage down ib « Thames , -with but tat- iBd there a solitary exception , tha civic barge -was tbenrget of repeated vollles » f 7 ells and groazis , «» eIled bynonnBkiifnl <» jneffeefiv « voices at It from u * bsnks snfl bnflgea ol tbe rival . Tbe landing at 2 &d&jail y ^ . attended with a bom concentrated

      attack or " pnblic ¦ sscration , " for there an Immense J& £ Sade were wedged together , anxioas to be spee-° | ° of the sceaa , though not inactive ones . ** aotwithstandinf all the pushing and squeBng , ^ pressing ef the police , it w » a carious to observe I «>» icBiincttvely those on the guard kept aloof from « s itcii ^ nd-Bcratcb shop at the » wner of Earl-street , * ew Bridsre-strefet , formerly tbe forge of the convict £ * rb « . oa th « procession paased amidst the con-Csn * d manifestationa of public disapprobation of the ^ eaent » " > d respect for ihe retiring Lord Mayor . ¦^^ 7 interrogations of . a searching nature were rej ^ Utflybawlaa forth , aottbat they could reach the right hoaonrable ear , " but they "were exerdst * in that P ^ Mzx art stjled f * talking at folks . - The sanie-detaiptioa mcEt apply to Iiudfate-hill , St . Paul's Cbnrchj ** * > Hd Cheapside , In . which l »« t-pla «» aome jnena--P " u " ^^^^^ ^> J * P * * ? ctanianf in appropriate " 0 , Alderman Gibbsi Pray dub up the iibbs V ^ "frM soaewhat after fonr o ' clock "when the a » ie $ ^ 6 d at the bottom of Eng-street , vrhcreamnredia-^ ybefore Gtfldhall-yard about 2 , 000 " peraons had to Cied * " ^ ° * er > pressing ont of the s * V 6 ral streets ** d a 4 iense sqrsiTb be formed . TMs was the place «« s Parting alation -was to be' presenteS to tbe in d •? L * y or by-6 is pltaesa paaculan , and a tnLF ** 1 llitw ° * * e BGeaB waa attainablB from an ^ window on the -westcni angle of Gresham-Btreet . . ' .-.: ( Ty and confimied cheeriiij announced the process fob « . W" M a * ra 5 '; bot as won as tba state coach ten D 6 W Loni ^** Joi « mn d < & « 7 ^ ' aDd * ***» which broke iforth were perfectly Btun-1 * 5 . 2 ^ ever was tbe manner in which Abe

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      two Lord Mayort had been received throughout the day marked with « troBger contrast . The accumulation of carriages in Guildhall-yard caused the ^ detention of the st aw coach for aome minutes , during which a real tempest of execration was poured forth upon the unfortunate gentleman ; and many persons did not hesitate to testify their dislike to him in a manner to be condemned , by spitting at tbe carriage , their distance from woich , however , defeated their in . tentUn . In troth , throughout Mr . Gibhihad to endure a perpetnalsnd pitiless stsnn of hisses , yells , groans , gibes , sneers , and jeers j and at every stoppage where the crowd was in close proximity to his carriage , nsnally farious bursts of indignatieD broke forth . Why ? The anger of the populace was , increased by observing that he was strongly guarded by a body of Lancers , who rode dose to the wheels as well as behind tbe carriage , besides ttfoers at the doors . Perhaps this was

      considered prudent : but that it was unnecessary may be fairly inferred from the fact that no misBile was thrown sJl the day long , nor , as far as we could learn , the slightest attempt as personal violence made . The presence of the military in such a position was the real cause of the augmented disaffection of tbe people , who etherwise would , in all probability , have contented themselves with a less vociferona expression of tbeii opinion of ths new Lord Maior , to who » w * are willing to concede ai&t here and there he was * ecogni » d favourably by his friends—a very natural event . But as to the public , he may congratulate himself upon the fact , that no Lord Mayor conld be mc « a successful in gathering around him a population showing by unmistakable tokens how little they esteemed and respected him . The firing of guns and the ringing of bells , and all the usual formu ** of such proceedings which are prepared and paid for , cannot be taken as any indication of the public feeling .

      ( X tha conduct of tbe police generally on tha present occasion we can speak in terms of approval ; bnt there wera , m puhaf * there always will be , « co » ptlon » . This was particularly observable at Guildhall-yard on tbe . return . Three or four of them at the north-east angle seemed to use their staves both unnecessarily and unsparingly ; and one fussy policeman on the western side of King-street was most active in the use of his truncheon . Really these bn-voa should be provided -with bsagen imstssd of staves ; they would do m » re *« r-¦ rlce the ooct ttmo when they go to bsat men bec&tu * they cannot push back against the forward pressure of a mob of 500 . But , probably , Borne allowance ought to be made for their seal in the cause of the New Lord Mayor . The usual " feed '' took place at Guildhall in the evening . Tbe only one of tbe ministers present was Sir J . Graham .

      - Tke following was the bill of fare .- —250 tureens of real turtle , containing 5 pints each , 200 bottles of sherbet , 6 dishes of fist , 30 entrees , 4 boiled turkeys and oysters , 60 roast pullets , 60 di&bes of fowls , 46 dUhes of capons , 6 dishes of Captain White ' s Selim ' s true India curries , 50 French pies . 60 pigeon pies , 12 bsens { ornamented ) , 13 tongmes , 2 quarters of house lamb , 2 baroDs of beef , S rounds of beef , 2 stewed rumps of beef , 13 sirloins , rumps , and ribs of beef ; 6 dishes of asparagus , 60 dishes of mashed and other potatoes , 44 diBbea of shell fish , 4 oiibes of prawns ,

      140 jellies , 50 blancmanges , 40 dishes of tarts ( creamed ) , 40 dishes of almond pastry , 30 dishes of orange and » ther tonrtes , 20 Cbantilly baskets , 60 dishes of minced pies . 56 salads . The Removes— 80 roasted turkeys , 6 leverets , 80 phe&HUtts , 24 geese , 40 dishes of partridges , 15 dishes of wild fowl , 2 pea fowls . Dassert—100 pineapples ifrom 21 b to Sib each ) ,. 200 dfcfces of tot-house grapes , 2 * 0 ice creams , 50 dishes of apples . 200 diaaes ol pears , SO ornamented Savoy cakes , 7 i plstas of walnuts , 80 plates of dried fruits and preserves , 50 plates of preserved ginger , 60 plates ot rout cafct * a&d chips , 46 plates of brandy ch « Hies .

      Wixzs . —Champagne , Hock , . Claret , Maderia , Port , and Sbwry . —Ti * nes £ > Dd while the masjiatea feasted , tha poo ; starvedand Wakley had to " inquire" into the cause of death 3 ]

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      Thx Drbadtul Accident at Oldham . —Ab-JOOnSED I 5 « ITBST . —OLDHAM , WSDNiSDAi NIGHT . —Toe ioqnest was resumed , pursuant to adjournment , at two o'clock this afternoon . The preliminary business hiving been gone through , Mr . Fairbnrn said , that the otject both be and his coadjutor , Mr . Bellbeuse , had in view waa twofold—in tbe Irrt place they bad to satisfy the minds of tbe jury as to the true causes of the accident which had been unhappily attended by such extensively fatal results , and secondly , It was their anxious desire to place sneb a statement on re card as might be calculated lo prevent a recarrence of such -accidents m future , though in so doing they should be under tbe necessity of goinf more minutely and at greater length into the subject than was customary on

      such oeeafiioos . Mr . Faiiburn then proceeded ta read a lengthened report , and commtn * e « on tbe different puts of it as be proceeded . It was then arranged that tbe jury should retire to eonsnlt on the mode in which their reception and approval of tbe report ihould be embodied in their verdict , and they Withdrew accordingly . After a consultation of upwasds of an hour induration , the jury again took their seats in the Court , when , after a short discussion on a few points ef technicality , the following verdict was returned : " Accidental Death , caused by the falling of tbe building ; and the jury are unanimously of opinion that the causes af the &ccid « nt are fully pointed out by the able report of Messrs . Fatrburn and Bellhoose . "

      ATPbehehsios or a Mtjrdereb This moruing about nine o'clock , Me . John M'Laren . sheriffs officer , appreben 4 ed in Waibisgton-atreet , Anderston , John M'Lancblane , lately a plasterer ' s labourer , tbe Rian who , In tht month of September last assaulted a person named Dunn or Bunion , with a reaping-hook , durisg a quarrel , in a harvest-field on the farm of Alton , in tbe parish of Oampaie , whereby-tee weapon In qoeatlon entered the body of Dans below the arm , ana the point of which touching bis heart , be died almost instMtaneoofly . The prisoner , who has not been nwor heard of since the fatal affray , altbongb every search has been made for him , me quite cool and collected when apprehended by Mr . Sl'Lartn , and intimated that it was hi * intention at any rate to give

      himself np to justice . He was conveyed by the officer on his way to Stirling Gaol , by the eleven o ' clock train en the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway . —G 7 « - fftv SaiKuiay PosL I > -c * sdiabism is Sussex—BBiGHieN , Sunday . —Between ten asd eleven o'clock last night , a light was observed in tbe north , which was evidently the reflection from a large fire in tee neigkboir ood , and half an hour afterwards newB arrived that a bam on Mr . Gorringe ' s farm at Witbdean . two mi 5 ea and n half froi * Brighton , was on fire . Tbe villagers turned ostf awl every man seemed to exert himself to the utmost to Qatll tbe -limes , which in a few minute * bad completely enveloped the barn , the roof of which

      immediately fell ia wi » a crash . Owing to the extteme drought of the summer , little water could be ebtained , and the only thing to be done was to endeavour to save the c * rn in the barn , and > o prevent tbe extension of the £ re to the adjoining farm buildings . The latter object was accomplished , * nt tbe former almost entirely failed , not more than about a waggon load of whesi-sbeavt * being saved , and thtse are » o much scorched aa to be nearly worthless . The fire msde rapid progress , and notklng is now left of tbe bam but tbe stone walls . The whole of the contents of the barn are now i « x o ' clock p-m . ) a mass of smouldering fire . We regret to add that no doubt exists that tha fire was tbe wuk of an incendiary .

      DESiB . rcri" » B FiB-B at Pithdcth . —A flre broke out on the morni&g of Friday , tbe 8 th inst ., on tbe premises of C . Tanner , E * q ., Tsvlstoek Road , and which Jk » occaaone 4 the destruction of mnch valuable property . The property destroyed belonging to Mr . Tanner la estimated , we hear , about £ 1 . 500 . Calamitocs Fibe . —On Sanday morning , shortly befora four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premised belonging to Mr . CaBoway , draper , three doors from Astley ' s Amphitheatre . The first discovery was made by . tbe sbop-boy , who was sleeping in the kitchen , and who was awake , in constqueDce of bearing a loud cracking noise proceeding from the shop ; he immediately jumped out ef bed , and tried to alarm his master . Fmdlnj ; , however , that he was n&able to

      accomplish test object , be rushed np stairs , and broke a > quare of Klasa in the first fluor froDt , and then shontad Fire , " which brought the police and some of the neighbours to the spot The female servant and the l » d were taken from tbe first floor down a ladder , and thereby escaped uninjured . Mr . Calloway , bowerfcr , was not so fortunate ; for tbinkiDg he « oald subdue tbe flames with the aid of & backet of water , he ran down Stair * to ptOCUCe One , but bfi WBJ met by a huge sheet of name and smoke , which forced him backwards , destroying the hair on his head , and sadly burning him about the iaoe , neck , and ears . Be managed , after considerable difficulty , to reach the

      kitchen area , nearly suffocated ; and before he could be named , the iron grating over tbe same was compelled to be forced . In the meantime , tbe flames had broken through the roof , and were extending in th « direction of tbe theatre . The valuable stud , consisting of 63 horse * , were Jet loos * , and turned into Amphitheatre row , when some of the animal * commenced kicking and plunging in a most fearful manner . Some males that were in the ^ tables , cpon ptrceivi « g the fire , could not by any possibility "be made to stir ; arid , had the Esmes reached their stables , they must have perished . The flames were xtrnguisbed' by six o'clock j but not until the boildingB and the stock-in-trade , furnitnre , Ac , were nearly destroyed .

      CO 5 TICTIO 3 OJ A M 31 X 0 "W : t : £ &---MA . NeH £ STEB , Saturday . —Tbe lint conviction of a millowner in a penalty for injuries reetived by a psxty in a miU , ewing to tbe machinery being left iu » n insecure state , took place this day at the Borough Court , before Messrs . D . Maude and S . Walker , two of the' magistrates for this division , and considerable interest attached to the case , in consequence of tbe question raised being Wbeiher a per » on aot a worker in a cotton-mill could mot receive compensation for injuries received from unprotected machinery . Mr . David Waddiugtoa , cotton-msnafacturer , | of Commercial-Btreet Mill , "wbb mmaoned by Mr . Arsisttun ? , Superintendent ef factories , to show cause wby be ihonld not be convicted in a penalty of Eotmore than £ 100 , nor less than ^ 10 , for not having securely boxed off and gnarded a certain upright shaft in his weaving establishment , in constquence of which a girl , named Emma Emrst , had received bodily injuries .

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      The pros « cntion was brought by order of the Secretary of State , a-id Mr . Leonard Homer , tbe Factory Inspector , was on tbe Bench . The facts of the case were as follows . —The mother of Emma Hurst and her brother were power-loom weavers , employed in No . 5 loom of Mr . Waddington's -mill , and the girl , who is twelve years old , was in the habit of coming to the mill every afternoon with ner mother ' s and brother ' s tea . On the afternoon of the 8 th of October the girl came ss usual with her mother ' s tea , and shortly afterwards waa heard to utter a piercing scream , and was observed to be fast bound by her clothes to an upright shaft , and turning round at a frightful rate . Some time elapsed before she was released , and not before she was dreadfully injured about her head and face . Mr . Bagshaw ,

      of tbe firm of Bagsbaw and StevenBon , solicitors , who appeared for Mr . Waddlngton , took a preliminary objection to the proceeding , his client not having hod four clear day ' s notice , according to the Act of Parliament . He next drew the attention of the Court to the Act of Parliament . He contended that no penalty could he recovered in this instance , the intention of the Act of Parliament being to protect mill-worktrs , and not parsons who might intrude themselves into a cottonmill . He suggested that the only clanceto which be ought to be called upon to address himself was that ¦ whicb referred to tha not fencing off the machinery , and for which the penalty was not less than £ 5 nor m « rethan £ 20 . The 60 th section used the words •• any persons employed in a mill . " Mr . Maude said , that

      looking at the clauses prior to the 60 th , it would appear that the Legislature did not contemp : ate that any person not being a worker would be present in a mil ]; bnt , looking at the 60 th section , be could not suppose that the words " any person" were mera Burplng » ge . It appeared to him that tbe 5 S « b section was f » r the purpose of protectipg the factory workers , and the 60 » b for the pnrpose of protecting ' other" persons . Emma Hurst was then called , and sb * stated , that on the day In qnutlon she had taken her mother ' s tea into the mill , and on passing the nprigbl shaft she was cangbt by the clothes and twisted round in the manner described , and received various injuries . On her cross-examination she stated , that there was a tin caiing Bx . » d round the

      abaft , bat it was split open at the side , the opwsin * being about the breadth of her hand , and It wns through thiB opening that her clothes were caught by the shaft She denied that she had been playing with the shaft Mr . B . Fovherrill , oi . e of the managers at the extensive works ef Messrs . Shiffp , Brothers , machine-makers of this town , stated that on the 5 th inst . be went with Mr . Homer to Mr . Waddington ' s ssill , and inspected the shaft in question . It w&b then performing sixty-eight revolutions per minute . He considered a tin casing for such a i-luft as that to be very inSBc « re , as it was constantly liable to damage . The tie

      casing had since been replaced by a wooden casing . Some other witnesses were called , who spoke to the insecurity of the casing . The Court havine intimated an opinion that they tbenght that the defendant was liable to tbe penalty under tbe 60 th section , Mr . Bagsbaw urged that this was tbe first case , and the Act of Parliament was not generally known . Mr . Maude said that tbe pinion of the Bench was . tb&t there ought to be a cenviotion , with a penalty of £ 20 , and it wbb to ba understood that rocb was the oecision of the Court ; fcnt he would consider the law more narrowly , and Mr . Bagshaw would know the result in the course of a few days .

      Liverpool—Savase Assault by an American Bailor . —On Monday , an American sailor , named Farrell M'Dowall , waa brought before Mr . KushVon , on a charge of having savagely assaulted Robert Murray , a rwpestable looking young maa , of maritime appearanca . He stated that he was walking along Waterloo * road , on Saturday last , when tbe prisoner , with whom he was wholly unacquainted , sprang suddenly upon him , threw bim on the wet ground , and thereby cut the back of bis head , &u < l injured him so sevtrely that he lay in a langxmh'n ? *» ate upon the footpath . He was almost immediately removed to the Dispensary , and the prisoner was taken into custody by a

      policeofficer . In a few minutes after the assault bad been committed , some persona , in the garb o ( sailors , came up , and requested the complainant not to prosecute , upon the ground that the prisoner bad intended to assault another party , and that ho had mistaken bis man . Mr . Rashten remarked that this was the third case of tbe kind which had recently occurred in Liverpool , and in which American sailors bad attacked parties on shore wi'b tbe intention of committing grievous bodily harm , or asewssinating them . He then ordered the prisoner to pay a penalty of £ b , or to be imprisoned two months , and to find bail , himself in £ 20 and two sureties in £ 10 each , or to be imprisoned four months in addition .

      Dreadfitl Accident » t the Btjrstino of a Steam Boiler—Seven Lives Lost . —About five o ' clock , on Tuesday a ( temo » n , a moat frightful and fatal accldesi , involving tbe death of sev « n persona , fecurred on board the stum-boat tffpsy Qu en , lying at one of tbe Black wall bnoys off the Brans wick Pier . Besides tfce loss ef life , there are Gva persona more OX lets iBJnred by the unfortunate occurrence , and who were conveyed to the London Hoepita ! , one or two with alight hopes of recovery . It would appear that tbe unfortunate vessel ( the Gypsy Queen ) is a new iron steam-boat , of about 500 tons burden , having two engines of 150 horse power each . The engines are upon a new construction , being what are called " bellcrank '' engines . At three o ' clock in tbe afternoon tbe

      vensel left the creek for an experimental trip , having on board » bont twenty persons , including Mr J . Sarnads , tbe principal of tbe firm . Sbe went down the river to below Woolwich ia gallant style , answering all the expectations of her constructors . On her return to Black wall , she was moored to one of the buoys , where it waa intended she should remain all night , and be got ready for another trip the following day . In a short time after the vessel had been made fat . an explosion was tjeard by persons on the Brunswick Pier to proceed from the direction of the steamer , and almost immediately afterwards cries for boats proceeded from the same fa&rter . Not a moment was lost in making towards the steamer , when the most heart-rending sight presented itself to those who went to tbe rescue .

      Five persons were there found , apparently in a state of madness , running to and fro the deck , screaming with anguish , while their appearance ibtmed that their lamentations were reaL With all speed they were conveyed on shore , and met -with every attention that COUld be afforded to persons in their situation by Captain Ronth , managing director of tbe Black wall Railway , and assistants . The agonising cries of tbese unfortt * nate persons was said to be dreadful . Taey begged for cold water to quell the scalding heat tbt-y were suffering in their throats , and when tbe cooling fluid was applied to tbe mouths of one or two , tbe skin from their lips peeled off as though under tbe influence of a searing iron . They were all conveyed , without lost of time , to the JLoodon Hospital . It Was well known to those who vent on board that the above

      five were not tbe only sufferers ; but , alas , for them there was no means of escape ; they were in tbe engineroom , which ¦*»*• do filled with steam , that to get them out were Impossible nntil the scalding vapour had escaped . In order , therefore , to facilitate their extrication , tbe decks were cut up witb pick-axes , ad 2 » , crowbars , and every sort of implement at band that could be applied to tbe pnrpose . By this means the steam got a greater vent , and subsided mnch sooner than it would otherwise have done . As soon as the engine-room was sufficiently clear , a descent v ? as made , and seven human forms , scalded to death , were there discovered , with features contorted with a « , ony , some bleeding from the nose , ears , and mouth , and their flesh peeling from the bones at tbe touch . In fact , it

      may be said tbe clothing alone kept fl ^ eh and bone together . Tbe bodies were taken ashore , and pl . i (« . in one of tbe Blackwall Railway warehouses , where » ix of them were shortly aftexwaTds recoRuiaed , and proved to be Mr . Jacob Samuda . the head of the firm ; Dodds , engineer ; James Saundera , also an engineer , appointed to the Gypsy tyieen , and who only went on board a few hours before he lost bis life ; Mr . Scofleld , engine-fitter at the factory of the Mewsrs . Ssmuda ; Thomas Nugent , an apprentice ; John Newman , stoker ; and a man whose name ia not yet known , he having been employed only a ftw hours by the firm . Tbe names of those who were taken to the hospital are —Mr . W . Ryley , foreman to the Messrs . Samuda ; James Hill , boiler-maker ; Charles Mills and William Donovan , stokers ; and a third stoker , whose name conld not be ascertained . Up to a late hour on Tuesday morning , no examination bad been made , in order to discover the cause of the explosion , but it is

      conjectured that the main steam-pipe to the engine became affected bjr a stuf&ng-box in the junction-pipe , tbe giving way of which let the steam Into the engineroom . It is alsa said thai the boilers were made to stand a pressure of tOlb . per inch , and their working power was 251 b . per inch . This latter pressure had not been maintained the whole distance of the trip , but was np to that mark when the vessel arrived at tbe moorings . As soon as she was made fast , Mr . Lowe , principal engineer to the firm , -was about to give instructions for the raking out ot the fixe , when be was requested by Mr . Jacob Samuda to go on deck to ascertain how she was blowing off . Mr . Lowe accordingly went upon deck , a » d bad not got above ten feet from the engine-room entrance when the explosion took place . The preservation of this gentleman mu » t be considered as a miracle—a few seconds later , and be most probably wonld have shared the fate of his unfortunate companions .

      HSKOIC RESCUE . —On Saturday , during tbe heavy rain that waa falling , a boy named Ackland , whose parent * reside at Lee , next Lewisham , fell into the river Lee , at the back of the Eltham-Toad , and » & carried down by the land-flood about 1 , 000 feet to the bridge which separates the parishes of Lee and Lewiaham , when Mr . Abraham Owen , jun ., whose shop tdjoins the bridge , immediately ran out , and leaped over the wall into tbe river , the waters of which nearly tonched the roof of the arch of the bridge ,

      -and before be conld seise hold of tbe boy ho was carried through the arch about fifty feet , and With mnch difficulty reached the opposite > an& . In this situation , however , he was still determined to save young Ackland , if possible , from tbe jaws of denth , and as the boy floated thron ^ h the arch , he dashed once more into the stream and succeeded in bringing him to the bank . Some humane persons assiate'l Mr . Owen , and conveyed him a *> d the lad to a droijcista at Lewisham , where they were ultimately restored to a state of sensibility . The boy is now doing -well .

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      Dreadful Case of Suicide at Dalkeith . —as nine o ' clock yesterday morniug an old man , nearly eighty years of age , formerly a miller , ca » his throat from eat to ear , completely dividing the windpipe . Dr . Jefierisa was immediately on the spot , and rendered every assistance , but found the man fast expiring . Tbe onJy reason assigned for tha rash act was the intemperate habiU of bis wife , a woman seventy years ol ago—Caledonian Mercury . Atrocious Conduct . —On Sunday afternoon the Djver np-traiii , with nine carriages and 160 passengers ,

      when within one mile of the London side of Folkestone , was nearly meeting with a most fatal accident . Tbe guard on the first carriage perceived , about 150 feet forward , and between an embankment of sixty feet high , an obstruction lying across tha line : he signalled the other guards { two of them ) to use tbe break ; the engineers did bo instantly , when the first engine ran over a parcel of ptanka twelve in number , which had been most maliciously placed across the read ,. and crushed them to piece ? . Happily , however , from the caution taken , the train was not upaet , and immediately stopped .

      MYSTERIOUS DEATH . —Late on Monday night lengthened inquiry w : uj proceeded with before Mr . Wakley , on th e body of a woman , faund on Friday last , in the Counties Creek newer , King ' s-road , Fulham . It appeared , on Wednesday , about a quarter-past one , the deceased catpe down stairs with a jug In her hand , u if going for her dinner . The deceased appeared in good health and spirits , but never returned , nor waa she afterwards seen alive . All her relatives rejected the idea that she had committed suicide , and said it was most mysterious bow she could have come into the water at that spot , unless she had fallen into the river below bridge , and the body had floated with the tido to that place . Mr . Waring , surgeon deposed that he had examined the body , but could find not the slightest mark of injuries on it , although the lips were muoh swollen . The jury returned a verdict of " Found dead in the Counties Creek , but there is no evidence before the jury to show bow she came into the water . "

      Mail Coach AcciDENT .- ^ -About 12 o ' clock on Saturday ni « kt last , one of the wheels of tbe London mail ooaota going northwards , about a , mile oa the north side of the town of Sh&p , in the country of Westmoreland , gave way , but fortunately the accident was discovered before the coach was overturned , and on the driver pulling ; up it was found that the wheel wag in a sadly damaged state ; the horses were obliged to walk slowly to Ponrith , a distance of ten miles , where they arrived upwards of three hours behind the usual time . There was not a coach in the town but the Darlington mail , into which the bags , luggage , and passengers were pat , and after considerable delay proceeded on their journoy to Carlisle , where they arrived above four hours behind the due time .

      Heavy Gale at Liverpool . Liverpool , Monday . —During the night we have been visited with a heavy gale from the north-west , and it still continues to blow freshly . A few disasters have occurred , not , however , of a fatal charaoter : —The Albion of this morning contains the following from a corrrespondent at Wexford : —** Wexford , Nov . 8 . The weather during last night was very severe , blowing a galeof wind , and with rain . I regret to say that the ship James Matheson , from Liverpool to Couching , Hongkong , and Whampoa , went on shore this moruing in North Bay , near Kaven Point . The active agei ^ t for Lloyds , Mr , P . Harpur , started this morning , at Revert o ' clock , for the seine of distress . I am happy to say the crew are all saved ,

      the captain being the last to leave the ship I very muoh regret the above melancholy occurrence , and it points out moBt forcibly the necessity of putting a light-ship on the south end of Blackwater Bank , or adopting some other measure for preventiug the loss of lives and property so frequently occurring on this coast . A subsequent communication from the agent for Lloyd's states , that he expects to save the materials and cargo , though vre believe in a damaged condition . The Troy , from New Orleans , which was on shore on ihe bar near New Orleans for some time , was blown on shore near Wilson's ship-building yards . Wo understand she has got off again . The Santos , in coming in , went on shore in the Rock Channel . She has got off .

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      FRANCE . It was said in Paris on Saturday , that private letters from Madrid stated , that M . Martinez de la Rosa received a note from Mr . Bulwer ou the morning of the 3 rd inst , announcing that General Espartero , who it was said had been indisposed , and had not been seen for some time , had disappeared from London , » nd had not since been heard of . Ho was said to have quitted 'London on the 2 feh or 27 th of October . The Morning Chronicle has the following remarks on the above : —

      Wo have another precious sample of the war against truth as well as freedom which the French are carrying on in Spain . One Court journal accuses Eapartero of the attempt to assassinate Narvatz ; another , the Presse , accuses JMC . Mendizabal of h % ving bribed Prim to do it . This is lie the second . Lie the third comes from the French lithographic sheets , of which' the editing is notoriously connected with the French and Spanish Governments . Those sheets solemnly state that Mr . Bulwur has informed the Spanish Cabinet , that tbe Duke of Viciory has quitted London , and is on his way to Spain . Not content with single shots , these scribe 3 fire double , and would implicate Mr . Bulwer as the iuformcr as well as Espartero as the assassin . We have not words to express our sentiments of these infamous snd daily inventions , wbioh indeed are but of a piece with the conduct of the French ministerialists towards us and cowards Spain .

      : SPAIN . The Barcelona journals of the 31 st ult . contain the particulars of the execution of the four unfortunate men sentenced to death by court-martial on the 29 th . " The aspect of the Rambla , " aa-ya the Terdad , " was extremely imposing this morning , when the four convicts traversed it on their way to the place of execution . The authorities bad displayed a formidable military force , and religion offered the mournful spectacle of its majc ^ tio participation u that execution . The cortege was ooenwd by the " Congregation of Blood , ' bearing the great crucifix , the object of their adoration , and preceded by the choristers , who excited the commiseration of thb faithful in favour of the souls of thobo whom J ustice was about to strike . Next advanced the condemned , aocompanied by two clergymen , chaplains of

      regiments , who never ceased exhorting them until tbe moment of the execution . A strong detachment of troops formed the escort , and the cortege was closed by a large body of military . The prisoners marched with resignation , and appeared to pray with fervour . " The Impartial states that , " at the moment when the * Cougregation of Blood' was crossing the llambla , on its way to meet the funeral procession , a clergyman attached to the military hospital threw himself into a well , from which he was taken out almost lifeless . The awful sight presented by that oongregattoa made such an impression upou him that he actually lost his reason . " Four or five persons were arres-ted , on the 30 ih , in the stage coaohoffice , just as they were preparing to quit Barcelona . Among them was Colouel Caro , who had arrived there on the preceding day . of

      Made ^ d Journals 4 th , announce that on that « ay the trial of General Prim commenced , before a court-martial composed of seven general officers , with General Mazzaredo , the Captain-General of Madrid , as President . The defence on the part ot Prim was read by General Shelly , from a manuscript drawn up by the two couusel . General Shelly protested against the competence of the tribunal , but he protested in vain . The defence of the other prisoners were read , or rather attempted to be read , by the officers of the court , for it appears that one of them wan so ignoranc that he could not read in an intelligible way , and one of the spectators was selected to perform that duty . The prisoners were all absent dnriog these proceedings . Alter some deliberation the President announced that the Court did not coneider it had got sufficient evidence , and further proofs must be produced . '

      More Blood . —The followjng account of a fresh execution at Barcelona appears in the Terdad of the 5 ih : — " This morning Autoaio Sanjust suffered capital punishment in the glacis of the citadel for a crime commuted last year at the time of the Centralist revolution . The military foroe was in full uniform , as well as the ' bloody brotherhood . ' The greatest eclat was given to the execution . " The Impartial of the same date says : —" . Antonio Sanjust was the son of the unfortunate General of that name who fell as Malaga , in a public tumult . His grandfather fell in the same manner . " The report that General Espartero had left London for Spain had caused some uneasiness to the Government , and orders had been dispatched to all the authorities , both on the land and sea frontier , to use every exertion to prevent hia entering the country . ;

      PORTUGAL . The March of Absolutism goes on apace in Portugal . A bill of indemnity passed the Chamber of Deputies on the 2 ud inst ., by a majority of seventytwo against twenty-six voles . Ia the Ciiamber of Peers , Ministers , being apprehensive of a defeat , had determined on dispensing with the diacuBsion ot the various ordinances of a legislative character promulgated during the recess ; considering them as passed iato laws iu the Chamber of Deputies , where they were sanctioned iu the mass without separate examination or discussion .: i PERU . Livrrtool , SIondat . —The following late intelligence was recited here this morning : — ;

      " Lima , Auqxjsx 18 . 11 Vivanca has been defeated , and haviug been brought prisoner to this city , was banished to Mexico by the Constitutional Council which governs the city . " " General Castcllo has taken possession of Arequipa , and is t . Cvr advancing upon this city . It is supposed that ihe council w > ll not oppose bis authority here . "

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      POLAND . The Siksian Gazette states that , in the course of the mouth of August last , a secret association for political purposes was discovered in the kingdom of Poland , and many arrests were made at Warsaw and at other plaoes . The Committee appointed to inquire into the facts , after having ordered twenty-two porsone to be set at liberty , condemned the following persons to hard labour for Ufein Siberia ;—G rvasiu 3 J . Jowski , Assessor of the Criminal Tribunal at Legya ; Wladislas Wieckowski , Advocate ; and Alexander Karpinski , Advocate , Eighteen others were condemned to the same punishment for tea years . The property of the condemned was oidered to be confiscated . !

      WEST INDIES . The Guiano Times mentions that a slight shook of an earthquake had been felt there on the 4 th ult . The weather in that colony is reported to be particularly pleasant and favourable to agriculture . Barb&doea had beeu visited by one of the severest thunder-storms , accompanied by torrents of rain , that had taken place for many years .

      CANADA . Mr , Sherwood , one of the most influential of the Government candidates , has been elected at Brookville , Canada . No other I returns have been received . We give tho following extract : — "On looking over the Canada pipers , wo find that electioneering concerns occupy the greatest part of their columns . Little reliance can be placed upon the statements of either party , for it is quite apparent that , as much excitement , partisanship , asperity , and intolerance , is at work among the Canadians , as in any other quarter of the world . — New Fork Herald . \

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Horrible . —The following almost incredible story is rtlated by the Memorial de Rouen : — "A few days ago a peasant of the neighbourhood of Louviers , when at . work in the fields , with bis young son , a boy of twelve years of age ; got into a passion from his not doing precisely what he had ordered , and flung a stone at him , which ! fell , right on the child ' s head , and killod him on the spot . The unhappy father ran homo in the utmost despair , and informed his wife of what had occurred . She , struck with the dreadful intelligence , threw into a cradle near

      the door au infant sbe was then oursing , and rushing to the spot where the accident had taken place , found that the sad account of her husband was only too true . She carried home ( lie lifeless body of her son , but , melancholy to say , her misfortunes were not at an end , for a pig had entered the cottage during herabsence , and having overturned the cradle , had devoured a great part of the child which was left there . She fell insensible at discovering this new misfortune , and only recovered her senses to find that her husband had ended his days by hanging himself . " I

      Exicution bt the GurLLQTiNB . —The execution , of Pierre Guyonet , tor parricide , took place a few days back at Aiigoul&ne . It may be remembered that this unhappy man murdered his father , an old man of eighty-six , in order to avoid paying a pension of 40 francs a-year . When the intelligence was communicated to him on the day of execution that he had only a few hours to live , he was seized with a nervous trembling , which ( continued to his last moment . He continually cried out , " Pardon , pardon 1 " and manifested every mark of dreading death . As it was near twelve o'clock ! before be left the prison , a vast crowd had collected round the scaffold . He ascended the steps with a tottering tread , clad in a white shirt , his feet bare , and a black veil on his head , in pursuance of his sentence . When close to the instrument of punishment he again cried out for pardon . In loss than a minute be had ceased to live . !

      The Wa >»« rino Jew . —Dusseldorf , Oct . 96 . — - The newest piece of news that we have here ia , that in all three ftomau Cat holt , churches an anathema ha ? been pronounced against ' ^ The Wandering Jew , " and the paetols of those churches have delivered to the censors a very significant ; remonstrance against the reprinting of " The Wandering Jew , " in the journals published under the title of Ernst undShem This journal in consequence ; of considerations on the part of the publishers which could not be overcome , has been obliged to defer the continuation of this amusing article . —Hamburg papers , Nov . 1 .

      Mubdkr . —The following tragical event is pnblished iu Galignani ' s Messenger of Friday : — " YeBterday ovening , about uine o ' clock , M . Jacob , the box-maker in the Rue Laffltte , was amusing himself in his shop by threatening his dogs with a whip . As he waa at the same time surrounded by his apprentices , a person passing by imagined ! A . Jacob was ill-treating them , and entering , reproached him with unwarrantable severity . ; A quarrel ensued , and they went into the street to fight it out , but were separated by the neighbours . ] The stranger went

      away , and M . Jacob entered a trine-shop to calk over the uSkir with his friends . Wfiile there , one of his men camo to tell him thai his assailant was returned to the shop , vociferating vengeance and brandishing a poignard-knifd . M . Jacob immediately went to get rid of his troublesome intruder , but , before he could get hold of anything to drive him out , he was stabbed with a knife in the bream , and dropped down dead . The murderer ealtnlythut up his weapon , surrendered , without resistance , to the friends of the deceased , and w * s carried to the guard-house of the Opera-Com i que . " 1

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      AN- AMERICAN PQRTRAIT . The Americans are , indeed , a funny sort of people . Tbe following ia one of the man / specimens of the numerous plan * adopted by tbe several newspapers opposed to tbe election of Henry Clay to the presidential chair , and intended in ridicule of ; him . Ttjere is a cut in the paper from which we copy it representing Mr . Clay ' s coat of Arms , with the words ?• shoot lower " across it , and "war , pestilence , ; and famine : " at one comer four or five playing cards ; aad at tho opposite end a pistol cocked . At tbe head he is represented firing at bis opponent , and a bottle ia the centre of the assailant , marked " brandy . " ¦

      ( From IJy . Larain Republican . ) THE 'EMBODYilENX . " " Henry i Clay , tbe living personification and embodiment of whig principles . " Whig address . IN 1777 ' born : in ;¦ 1805 quarrelled with Col . Davis of Kentucky , whf cbried to bislflrat < tnel : In 1808 he challenged Humphrey Marshall , and fired three times at his heart

      In 182 5 ho challenged the gteat Jo h n Raa dolpd , and Bred once at bis be art but without effect . lnl 83 S he plan ned the GIL LEY DUEL , jby wh ieh A MURDER was Iperpe trated , and a wife made a maa i aa I <> 1841 , wh en 65 years old , and \ gr e f be a ded , is under 6000 dollars BONDS to KEEP the P EACE ! At the age of 2 9 h e PERJURED hinuetf t o s ecure a Seat in tbe Unite d S tates Semite . In 1824 he mad e an infamous bargain with John Q'lin ay Adams , by which he SOLD our for a £ 1 , 300 a-year OFFICE He is also weJI fcn own nis a Gambler , and SA 8 BATH BREAKER . His t o l i T I c S are precisely and Sex&ctly those « f the Hartford coo vention fed eraliats opposed to e qmilrights , equal laws ; and in favour of mono poli » iDg laws and char tered

      priv I leges . Also he : hul 8 tai na the i

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      Wobsbro' Common . —The inhabitants of this place met on Monday , the 11 th instant , ] to take into consideration the best means of opposing the introduction of the accursed Poor Law Act into this parish . Mr . J . Tomkia was called to the j chair , who introduced Mr . J . Grioash&w to tha meeting , for the purpose of moving a resolution , condemnatory of the Act , which was done in a very able manner by that person . The second resolution waa moved by Mr . R . Elison ; after which a memorial was adopted on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the meeting separated . i

      Cuurous . —At Mgffiat , in France , on the 20 th ult ., two females , mother and daughter , were each delivered of a male child within two minutes of each other . The babies were put into one cradle whilst the mothers wore attended to , and ! the result war an impossibility to distinguish wbioh yr&s the uncle and which the nephew . i New Wab ; Stbaiier . — On Tuesday , the enormous tabular iron boilers , manufactured by Messrs . Maudcsley and Field , were removed from their foundry to the East India Docks , preparatory to their being fitted in the new war steamer which has recently be « n built at Portsmoatbi and named the Scourge , and which was to arrive in the River yesterday . Some idea of the magnitude of the boiiwra may be formed from the faot that two of the fonr compartments of the boiler alone weigh eightefn tons , and required fourteen horses ? o bo employed in removing it from the factory to tho wharf . i

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      Ma . JAMkS Hogg Mb only * on oi the Bitriok Shepherd , was tn sail yesterday for India , seeking his fortune in the East , as the sons of Burns and tho sons of Allan Cunningham have done before him . Mr . Hogg has been appointed to a situation in the Banfc at Bombay . The only surviving son of Sir Walter Scott is now doing duty with his rr-giment at Madras * How strange the destinies of genius ! A Stmm boat Dimver . —The first thing that struck me was the tremendous motion of every thing on the table . The boiled mutton bad tho palsy ; the vinegar cruets kepi up a chilly chattering in their frames ; one nosegay incessantly shook its head ; the beef shuddered under the carving knife , as if it were hurt ; the tall bottles of vin ordinaire d&nced like volatile Frenchmen ; only the punchy bottles of English porter stood , with characteristic solidity . — Hood ' s Comic Magazine .

      Whales . —On Monday morning a whale waa found near the shore at Rosncath , and towed in by a fisher * man . On the opposite shore another made its appearanee , and b « ing sickly like ita fellow , was soon capght . Tho fishermen , being afraid of tke claim made by the landlords in tho whale eases , prudently anchored the fish , to prevent the landlord claiming anything of the prize . This monster of the deep waa no sooner secured than a gentleman offered to buy it , and whether the bargain was eventually concluded ornot we cannot say , as oar informant left ere the parties could agree . The whales were from twentyfive to thirty feet in length . —Glasgow paper .

      Thk Polka ; ob Barbarism Refined . —What ia the Polka ! Trie Polka was originally a war-dance . " Polk " or " Pulk " is the name of a regiment of Cossacks , and is an old Scythian word , originally applied to a tribe . It therefore included both the male and female members of a nomadic horde . This derivation accounts , therefore , for theve remarkable features of the Polka , which distinguish v . from every other dance . The spurs , the tapping of tho ground with the heel , flourishing a battle-axe in the air , and other gestures of a warlike nature , are al ) the accompaniments of the Polka , when danced by the Servians , among whom it was firstobserved : though , subsequently , inquiries have found it equally practised in Hungary and Bohemia . It is also danoed ia Russia and all parts of Germany .

      A Wife of mawy Hcsbands . —Some years ago , a woman lived in a village in Glamorganshire , whose hu . iband , with the little fortune he got with her , b'night % small farm . He had hardly closed the purchase when death dosed Mb eyes . Ho * . vevr . r . not intimidated by this , the widow married & -ecend husband , who sowed it . He likewise died ; aud . she tried a third , who reaped it . But death soon snatched him away ; and she then married a fourth , who thrashed it . He , too , followed his predecessors , and she then married a fifth husband , who is now living . All this happened in lesa than eighteen months . —Daniel's Book of Sports .

      Priestly Plunder . —SuteTHwicn , near Birmingham . —On Wednesday , the 30 th of October ^ 1844 » the officers of Smethwick entered tbe premises of Mr . W . Hacket with a warrant of distress , and took therefrom a cart , value £ 10 , for a tithe of 7 s . ; or aa expressed ia the warrant , " rent cbanie in lieu of tithe ; " and on the same day they took a mahogacy dining table from Mr . Samuel Habberley , for Is . 6 Jd . § who only occupies about one hundred and five yards of garden ground attached to his house . It is generally understood that the law allows five clear days previous to the sale . The distress was made oa Wednesday , and on the Monday following tha things were sold . On the day of the sale a public meeting was held in Mr . W . Hacket ' s mill , at seven o ' clock in the evening , to consider on the best means to protect individuals from unholy and unjust impositions .

      Cdke fob Cholera . — -When the labourers employed . in tbe salt-pits of Salzburg were attacked with cholera , they were restored by being plunged into hot salt-water baths . The dark skin besame red ag&t ' n ; the pulse , heat of skin , and eonsoiousnere , returned ; the suppressed urinary secretion re-appeared , and the life of the patient was saved . —Medical Times . Simple Mode op Ppbiftino Water . —It is not so generally known as it ought to be that pounded alum possesses the property of purifying water . A table-spoonful of pulverised alum sprinkled into a hogshead of water ( the water stirred at the time ) will , after the lapso of a few hours , by precipitating to the bottom tho impure particles , so purify it that will be found to possess nearly all the freshness and clearness of the finest spring wat « r . A paiFul , con * taming four e&Hons , may be purified by a single tea * spoonful . —Southern Planter .

      March op Civilization . —Last wefk , at the How den Horse Fair , the greatest , perhaps , in England , among those present , strange as it may appear , there waa a buyer from the Emperor of Cmna , in the person of one of bis Bubjpctp , attended by an interpreter . Owing to the scarcity of animals of every kind in China , a horse is a great curiosity . —Tyne Mercury . A Romantic Stort . —Th « followiug romantic affair is related by the Marseilles jmrnals : —In the year 1814 the son of one of the principal inhabitants of a small town of Provence formed & liaison with a young and pretty woman without fortune , and having in vain solicited his parents to consent to

      their union , he left his home , abandoning her , who was at that time in a state of pregnancy . A male child , the fruit of this unhappy attachment , waa brought up in great care and tenderness by the mother , but no communication of this event was made to the young man , who , in the se&reh of fortune , was travelling in the moat distant part * of the globe . It appears , however , that he wrote repeatedly to his family for information respecting her whom he had seduced , bnt never received any answer . The mother of the child took an hotel at Marseilles , and had her son , as he grew up , taught the culinary art , thus providing for bis future support , and retaining him under her own roof . A few

      months since , tbe father , who was then at Valparaiso , resolved to return to France , and arrived some days ago at Marseilles » having first writtea from Valparaiso to a friend in his native place , apprising him of his intention , and requesting him to make inquiries respecting 1 the party in question . The friend waa mnch astonished to hear that tho wanderer was still in existence , his family having led all bis acquaintances to belie re that he was dead , and hastened to Marseilles , as well for the purpose of making the inquiries requested in the letter as to receive the gentleman himself , and to inform him that during his absence considerable property had come to him from different

      deeiased members of his family . The inquiries were toon answered , and the friend ascertained the residence of the woman . In the mean time the wanderer had arrived at Marseilles , and had . taken up bis residenoe at this v « ry hotel ; but y « 6 rs and travel having entirely changed hia appearance , and bearing one of those very common names of which there are hundreds ia a large ' city , liule was it suspected who tho guest was . Soon afterwards the gentleman who had been written to went to the different hotels to inquire if hia friend had arrived ; and , having found him , told him that he was in the house with the mother of his child , They w » re soon locked in eacb other ' s arms ; and the SCuIie * gkya the S&maphore % was one of great

      emotion . DR . Fothergill—One Instance , ( of his benevolence ) amongst others , I am urged to communicate here , as death now equally precludes the power of bestowing and the g-akitude of aeknowledgiag , future bounties . Captain Carver is a name known in * he annals of misery , to which he was reduced by Ions-continued want . Disease , its natural constquence , gave him necess to Dr . Fothergill ; and , I am informed by hia widow , that , as often as be applied for medical relief , the Doctor as often accompanied his prescription witb . a liberal donation . Bat C » ptain Carver was not aa importunate solicitor . The mind not hardened by familiarity of refusal , or that bath » ot acquired , by

      freq «* nt struggles , the art of suppressing its emotions , posseeee that diffidence , which ifl the inseparable associvte of worth . Between diffidence and want , many were the struugles of Capt Carver ; but , overcome at length by frequent acts of the Doctor's generosity , a jealous flaspieiori of becoming tronbl 6 some to his benefactor determined bim to prefer that want , from tbe deprivation of the necessaries of life , which put it out of the power of his choice- Death soon tramples over famine . What a corflict of sullen greatness does thia tragedy exhibit ! When bis fate v « as communicated to the Doctor , how Under was his expression ! "If I had known his distress , be should not thus have died ?'* " The K'ng has sinca graciously condescended to

      allow the widow Carver an annuity ^—Pity , that ' ha . grace was not granted in the lifetime of the deserver . Pity , that royal reward of letters , so scanty at ita utmost in its individual regsrd , should so seldcm be extended ; anrt ev . n when it is . should be stained by the compulsion that merit is subjected to , of intriguing for its du ' j ! " The unfortunate husband was only known to me on his death-bed . In the early stages of his disease he was able to wait upon Dr . Fothergill j but irx the progress of it , being confined to his bed , the Doctor requested mo to visit the Captain at his lodgiog 8 ; snil my first interview was within three Jaya of his dec £ « i 9 « . It was after his fuHeral that I felt myself more immediately interested in tbe succour of ihe

      widow and orphans . As th « Captain died penny ! es » , be was burled , to avoid expense , in the poor ' s ground , a part of the church yard usually appropriated to the nbject poor . When I reflected on . the utility of f > ls " travels , I considered him as a public loss ; and his off * spring as the children of tbe public ; and I prfsinte < t \^ the widow with a few pounds to clothe and feed her- i' Tself and children . Bat tire money thuB designed to ! satisfy her hunger , sbe employed otherwise ; sbe had tht&sorpseof her husband ta&in out of nn punt ' * * ronu 4 and buried in ground containing the aehes of hjj « fegF ~ v T >~< : v . company ; and over it she raised a decent j ^ o ^ j ^ afci i ^ gK ^_ \ to hia memory . His travels , however , wiJL ; fatott ^ idp ^" - ^?^ . 1 2 more durable monument tbrn stone : end ^ V ^^^ % cr ^^ ffi ^ dust with which wo are ' mixed * avails not to ^^^ p ^ 4 ' ^ f % r » - * S iB ' - or to the dead , yet I was sensibly touched w »» b ^ J ^ feiJft ' - * ' * v ^ i ^ T ^ *^ S stance of posthumous affection , and have s | b « ; jaftflfr * y £ ) v hT ^ Js * ' 5 voared to mitigate the miseries of a mind M > 5 flW !!^\^ Hi ' ' -ffw ' ' ' ! S- ^ ' - SUCh tetdtr senaiblltiea . "—Medical timn . x- \ " 0 'J- < SlJi ' 'f S ^ . JC S ^ ' ' ¦'' &- / y ? -Z'tiffi'&k 5 : * a i ? :: ' -- : « f ^ pp ' . " . . .. .. ... ¦ -:- , ' « Sifei ^^^ v ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1289/page/7/