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      SONG S FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . XTIU A CHARTIST CHORUS . Go ! cotton lords and corn lords , go ! Ye live on loom and acre , Bat let be seen—some lawjbetween The gircrasa the taker ; 60 ! treasureirellyo nrmisertstore With crown , and cross , and sabre ! Desp ite you aU-r weUbrealcyoarflirall , And have our land and labour . Ton fofge no more—JOU foW BO more Tour cankering chains about us ;¦ We heed you not—we tieedjou pot , But you can't do without us . You ' ve lagged too long , the tide hag fanned Tsnrlelmsnien all were knavish ; And now weTl be—as tola and free ,

      ' As we ' ve been tame and slavish . Oar lives are not jour sheaves to glean—Onr rights your bales to barter : She all their awn—from COl to throne , Bnt ours shall be The Cbabtee ! jfep &ag , Jfiiy 26 ft , IMG . Ekhebt Jokes

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      £ H ) in * usual FEAST OF THE POETS ¦ will be given in the Star of June 2 ? th and will contain one or more contributions from the pen of Ebsxsi Jokes , Esq ., and a notice of the works of Robert Nicol , the Scotch Poet . All communications intended for insertion must be at the Scar office br Monday the Mth htsti

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      TATTS EDBSBUfiGHMAGAZINE . —Edinburgh W . Tait , Prince ' s Street . London : SimpMn and

      MarshalL The "English Opium Eater , ' continues his disser tation , on" Ghristiaaity , asan organ of political moyements . " bnt we cannot say we hare derived ranch instructien or entertainment from its perasal ; it would bejeasy to pick hole 3 in his arguments , but we are not disposed to indulge in criticism on such a subject . " A Ramble in North America in the Summer of ISO * " consists of extracts from a tourist' s mannscript journal , and TeiyamuMng they are . The eon * celt of onr Yankee friends is very laughable ; for instance onr tourist says , "One day when I was infixing a cigar , ' my custom always of an afternoon , ' -a man with a cheek fall of Virginia , who had bees attentively regarding me for Borne time previously , atlast abruptly said , 'Well now , stranger , I reekon you ' re a Britisher . ' I admitted the soft

      impeachment , and observed , * What a splendid country yours is ! ' ' Con-aiderable , ' said he after a prolonged pause , 'It whips you ' rn all to smash / At a public dinner on the 4 th of July , the Vice-President ( of the dinner party ) in the course of Ms speech said , ' Our greatgrandmother England , is pretty well used up now , I reckon , and I do calculate some , that although we are descended from the old country , we are an Almighty improvement upon the old stock . ( Tremendous cheering . ) " The interesting Romance of "Truthand Falsehood , " by Mrs . Col . Thobsion is -continued . Amongst the reviews are " Grote' s History of Greece , " and " Marshall on the Condition Of Soldiers . " This work appears to be one of the most valuable ever written on the Army , fpoin the -extracts ^ therefrom , we give the Jbllowii ) , g 2 illustrations of

      MLITAEr TTBAXST iSD CECELTY . Private riauagan , regiment , was a fine-looking soldier , abont six feet one inch , in height . He had excellent tiatoral talents , and had received a tolerably food education . He bad acquired a knowledge of Latin , and could speak the . French language . When the regiment mat to India , he was in a short time able to communicate with the natives , in several of the languages of the country . Although Flanagan was a smart clever soldier , he was liable to commit slight breaches of military discipline , and bis name , was consequently sometimes entered in ttie Defaulter Boofcs . ' Being a nian of high spirit and violent temper , he could Ul bear the reproaches ol the Adjutant , who repeatedly censured him for his irregularities . On one occasion hebecatue soirritated with the

      rebuke he was receiving , that he impatiently pushed the Adjutant from him with the back of Ms arm . Planagaa was forthwith tried by a court-martial fur offering vio lence to the Adjutant , and sentenced to suffer death . "When the sentence was communicated to him , he simply ¦ observed that he thought the award of the court " * as severe . On the day ol the execution he preserved the most remarkable firmness , and conducted Wmgplf with file strictest decorum . The square having been formed , be . by permission , addressed the company to which he belonged . Having reached the fatal spot , the Fort-Adjutant oamenced to read the proceedings of the court-martial ; bnt baring lost self-possession , his tongue filtered , winch being observed by Flanagan , he addressed him by saying , " ! see , sir , that von are agitated ; pray

      allow me to read the proceedings for you . " So notice was , of course , taken of this offer . He then begged that ne should not be blindfolded , and that he might be per . Bitted to Rive the wora of command to the execution party 5 both of which requests were granted . . He finally «* ave the word of command with as firm a voice as a Sergeaut-Hajor is accustomed to do on a drill parade . Flanagan ' s untimely fete toot place in June , 3828 , at Tricbinopoly—he , having , in all probability , fallen a victim to the unwise , injudicious , and harassing treatment of a superior offeer . We learn from Dr . Hamilton , that private Anthony Gregory , ef the 20 tb Foot . w * 5 punished with a hundred lashes , for

      suffering the qaeue of his hair to drop off when on duty , which , perhaps , he had rather carelessly tied on ; and I liave as late as 1811 , seen an African recruit , who did not knows word of our language , brought to a drum-head court-martial , and flogged , in consequence of some of his appointments being less dun than they ought to hare been . Unsteadiness in the ranks , caused , perhaps , by a man brosliing a fly from his race , and the disgraceful offence of stealing from a comrade , met with a similar chastUement , differing , perhaps , a little in the amooatof infliction , but the same in ignominy . By tbesemeans the moral judgments of officers were in some measure confoanded , as offences which received the same Mud of punishment come to be considered as of the same

      guilt . . . . . . ..-. . . > . Colonel Dickinson , when he commanded the 42 d Jtegunent / wasone day superintending the punishment of an © Id soldier , who had been sentenced , to receive corporal punishment in consequence of his being , as he himself said , a " vxefov .. " The man complained much under the infliction , and begged frequently to be taken down ; but the Colonel showed no disposition to remit any 0 / the sentence . He made another appeal to the Colonel ' shunanity , andesclaimed . "Oh , Colonel take me down ! for jeken I ' m just a puir auld drunken bodie like jourseL" The justice of the remark was uniyersaHy admitted , and military discipline could hardly restrain the risible faculties of the officers and men . The soldier was forthwith taken uomu His punishment erideatif ( lid much mure harm than any benefit which . Y : ould have been expected from it . ' t

      This number concludes with articles en ihe politics of the month ; the first is entitled " TheV > ord 3 on their trial * " th » Second is oc the subject of our " Colonies and Dependencies . " This hsih a valuable artiele , containing suggestions whicli statesmen would do well to ponderon , if they would maintain that empire on which " the sun never sets . "

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      THELONDOlfPIONEEKSPiBTlr ^ liohdoii' ^ B ' J ) . Gouging . 18 ,. Duke ^ Street , Lincoln ' s , Ion . Fields . . . . The first part of this " weekly and monthly journal Of progression in Science , Literature , and all that tends to instruct and : amuse the human race , " is before us , and ful / jlh the expectations , we were led to entertain from the appearance of the firstnumber Itisindsed a most interesting and amnsing miscellany of knowledge and entertainment . It is quite impossible for us to particularize : the numerous and raried contents , but we give the ' following from the pen of an old and respected friend , Allen Davenport . ' : ' . ¦'¦'¦¦ - ' - ' .: : " -. : ' - -i .. " .: ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ TflELO ^^) OyPIOKEER ^ PiBTIr ^ l ^ Kl ^ l « n' ^ B ^'' ... n . nn ,,. ; n . io n ., ira . < c » MO # - TjnnAi _>_ T"

      SAINT GEORGE . : . Mostpeople , I believe , are somewhat acquainted with the order of the garter , instituted by Edward in . from tlietririalcircumstance of tnatmonarch ' spickiogupiad j Salisbury's garter in a ball-room . His courtiers , who considered the lady to be not one who was overscrupulous in bestowing her ehariiyjset np a laugh ; on * which the king , with great gallantry , held up the garter , and exclaimed , "Smi sottqai maty pensf '—eril be to aim who eril thinks . Such was the origin of one of the most illustrious orders of knighthood in the world ; and , as King Edward predicted , the greatest monarchs in Europe are proud tc fall on their knees and receive , with joy and exultation , the representative of Lady Salisbury ' s garter .

      But the origin of St . George , I think , is not so well known . Therefore , as I love Ho trace every stream ¦ ¦ to its source , I will endeavour to trace this illustrious knight from his birth to his death ; and this I ¦ shall do as much as possible ™ the wards of the faithful and admirable Gibbon , in his 'Decline and Pall of the Roman Empire . ' In 861 , during the reign oftheBoman Emperor Julian , there sprang up in Capadocia a man of the name of George . He was of obscure origin , having been born in a fuller's shop . This man made his way in the world in a most wonderful manner . His patrons obtained for him the office of serving the army with bacon , in which capacity he outraged all honour and honesty , and for his peculation and corruption he was obliged to fly from the pnrsHit of justice . Some time after this he turned Cl > ri §

      tian and embraced the doctrine of Anus ; and , by some extraordinary contrivance lie managed ( or the friends of corruption managed for him ) to become ultimately the Archbishop of Egypt , where he practised oppression and villany to such a degree , that he was at last massacred , and his bod ; , when dead , was dragged through the streets of Alexandria , and at last thrown into the sea ! And , Io ! —can it be believed?—this very identical George , this martyr , this saint , this Christian hero is transformed into the renowned St . George , the tutelary saint of England , the patron of arms , chivalry , and the garter , whose precious image , during the reign of his namesake , George the Fourth , was exhibited with bis long spear in the act of killing the dragon on the gold soverigns ! We again recommend the London Pioneer ,

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      TIIE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH JUNE . Loadon ; A » ri Office , 85 , Fleet-street . Tais Number coinjilcfcw U ) C fi » t volume Of tWs capital Review of everylii ing and everybody , and a " richt roerrie" little volume it will make . . No lover of fnn shouH lie witlwut . it . ' We again extract from the admirable

      rpLTTICAL . HASlMS , ( J tC Uii ' iffow . ' iwl . } It is very < 3 > Sjen ? t te . ir ^ ae witft , the Frpttptionhis aboiv Prea Twde , 7 w ilicy will uot aainit " aaythij , ^' . NaUiersTioWKyims Uie adrsnt ^ geoTer England ' s ; i : has no d ! ik ? s . The mwittninns la Spain and Portugal We 62 . . fr . '« ju » nt , tbatwebegicto believe the -vorld cannot g : > round without tlA ^ n . "? rmsny is the grent European mart for kings and saasKijcs . ' ' x'fcs ^ rd Lieuunant of Ireland , who receives £ 38 . 090 a-year , ' mse ^ Va waJIed . tJe largest dravrer in the Cabinet . The sovereignty of toe people is a poormoekerj . Trhea they hare scarcely a crotrn amongst them . The Millenium will be when there is a Happy family made up of the British Lion , the Gallic Cock , the Russian , Austrian , and American Eagles , all

      living in the same cage together . Statues are the caricatures of the present day ; to make ' a great man ridiculous , yon must run him down in brosze . ¦ NothiBg in England can be * discussed without a dinner ; it Would seem as if an Englishman ' s , mind had taken its seat in the pit of his stomach . The best berths on board a Vessel of State are generally secured for the Ministers' families . The' Press is called the Fourth Estate ; how pleased Nicholas , Louis PhiKppe , and Co ., would be , if they could get George Robins to "knock down" this Estate ! It tabes six horses to carry the Queen ' s Speech to the House of Lords . The Royal Family will be in want of a catalogue shortly , as badly as the British Museum .

      Honey has been called the sinews of war , but Ministers make small bones of it . The motto of the Puseyites is , "Every road leads to Home . " The greatest gentleman in Europs now sits on horseback in Trafalgar Square without any trowsers 1 The Agriculturists : have been sowing lately nothing bnt the seeds of dissension . A glorious bit ef stuff lasts for a long time in England ; lout at the British flag , which has been braving for a thousand years the battle and toe breeze , and is not worn out yet . But the greatest bit of stuff we know , is the wisdom of our ancestors , which it is time should be polled to pieces We consider the wisdom of our ancestors to be the greatest folly of the present day . People only reverence it , because , they have so little wisdom of their own .

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      THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PA ™ ? H ^ by *•» Executive Committee ot the National Charter Assosiation . London : T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Dean Street , Soho . r The five parts of this edition are now published , containing the whole of Vjhs ^ s Political Works

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      ^^ t ^ mii SSS ^ iS ssa ^^ as ; thS& TaivS ^ asafisttasagL - *^ Monopoly , being a Plan for-mdiowiiiiSffSS tionotMan , &c" This planof aineliorltio ^ ^ mto create a national fund to pay to every person when »^^ tte « e ; of twroty ^ iiie .. yBi SBi ! , 3 fifteen pounds ster ing . to enable him , or her to be- ' ginlUe ymtt , » nd to pay all persons of the age of fifty years and all others , when they shall arrive at that age , the sum often pound 8 8 tferlir . tr di , rm » Ufo t « 1 > nda ^^ nrtrl . it rlf tT . ¦ u ¦ . ll ¦¦¦ x J ' ^ ==== ^ 7 r . ? - *? ™ * ¥ » utnorv . tojfeMier : »; ti ,- « -, , „„_ . „<

      enawe them to live mold age without wretchedness and go decently out of the world . Our Srs " vho ^/ r ^ ^^" ^ cting this plan wi iR ? WS refer to the work ; we do not think it necessary to inquire into the practicability and utility of the ^ e ^ ayve think : the W for its ^ gion hS gone by . Men have now clearer ideas of the causes aS 5 ^ 4 Ssc »» S 5 ^^ m ^^ m ^^ rablo raupnioe m viadieation of the natural Su of men ; we select the following extracts - '

      THE " CIVILISED" STATE . Whether that state , that is prouflly , perhaps errbneously , called cmhsation , has most promoted or moat in jured the general happiness of man , is a question that maybe Btrongly contested ^ . On one side the spectator is dazzled by splendid appearances- ^ on the other , he is shocked by extremes of wretchedness ; both of which it basereated . The most affluent and the most miserable of tlie human race are to be found in the countries that

      are called civiliged . " ¦ ¦ - * ' . " V * ' " ' * '¦ ' ¦ "" ' ? ' ¦ The first principle of civilisation ought to have been , and ought still to be , that the condition of every person born into the world after . a . state of civilisation commences , ought not to be worse than if he had been born before that period . But the fact is that the condition of millions in every country in Europe is far worse than if they had been born before civilisation began , or had been born among the Indians of North America of the present day / - - ' ¦ " " ' ~' " ' ' ' " " . "''

      THE LAND THE COMMON PUOPEETI OF THE HUMAN BAC £ . There could be no such thing a ? landed property originally . Man did not make the earth , and though he had a natural right to . MtfujJii it , he had no right to locate as his properly , in perpetuity , any part of it ; neither did thf Creator of the earth open a land-office , from whence the first title-deeds should issue . It is apoBition not to be controverted , that the earth in its natural uncultivated stats , was , and ever Would have continued to be , the COMMON PROPERTY OP THE HUMAN RACE . In that state , every man would have been born to property . He would have been a joint life-proprietor witk the rest in the property of the soil , andjn all its natural productions , vegetable and animal .

      Bat the earth m its natural state , as before said , Is caliable of supporting but a small number of inhabitants coranarod with what it is capable of doing in a cultivated fitutc . And as it is impossible to separate the irnprovenisnt laa ' cfe 6 y cultivation , from the ' ean& itsclr" upon Mrbieli that improvement is mado , the idea of landed property arose from that , insepar < ibie connection ;; -but it is neyertboisss true , t / bni it is tlii value of tie improvement C . iily , andn ' of tue u »' itu £ tk » lf . ' tUat is intiivitlual property . Every proprietor , therefore , of ' cultMr . c' i » r . d . owos to ( hecommunity a ffi-otaitf-raiC , for Ikn 6 < r no better U-i * r to express the idea by , for the laud which he holds ; and it 13 from this ground-rent that the fund proposed in this plan it to issue . ' - ¦

      SOCIAL BEYOLFTIOMS KECTISSAST TO VZBFECT FOt . lTlC . il '¦ I- ' BEVOtUTlONS . ' . A revolution in the state ofeirilisation is the necessary companion of revolutions in the system of government . If a revolution in any country . be from bad to good or from good to bad , the state of what is called civilisation in that country must be made comformable thereto , to give that revolution effect . Despotic government . tupports itself by abject civilisation , in which debasement of the human mind , and wretchedness in the mass of the people , are the chief criterions . Such governments consider man merely as an animal ; that the exercise » f the intellectual faculty is not his privilege ; that he has nothing to do to ' dh the laws but to obey ( hem ;* and they politically depend more upon breaking the spirit of the people by poverty , than they fear enraging it by desperation .

      It is a revolution in a Btate of civilisation , . that will give perfection to the revolution of France . Already the conviction that government by representation is the true system of government , is spreading'itself fast into the world . The reasonableness of it can be seen by all . But when a system of civilisation , growing out of that system of government , shall be so organised , that not a man or woman born in the republic but shall inherit some means of beginning the world , and see before them ' the certainty of escaping miseries that under other governments'accompany old . age , the revolutions of France will bare an advocate and an ally ' ih the hearts of all nations . - In concluding this work , the author says in words that we feel persuaded will be as eternal as time : —

      v An army of principles , will penetrate where an army Of soldiers cannot . It will succeed where diplomatic management would fail * 1 c is neither the Rhine , the Channel , nor the Ocean that can arrest its progress It will march on thehorizonof the world , and it will conquer .. , ^ . "Thomas Paine . "

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      * Expression of Horsley , an English Bishop , in the English Parliament . ; . " .: ¦; ,, . ;

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      A deep laid scheme of swindling , by evidently a practised hand , has just been successfully played off by a well dressed gentlemanly-looking man upon some- of the most respectableinnkeepers and tradesmen , of Windsor , Eton , and Slough . ; - : ; : ¦ -.-: ¦¦ - . -, It appears that on Tuesday morning week , a person of highly respectable appearance and gentlemanly manners arrived at Slough , by an early train , from London , nliere he took up bis abode at Hr . Detesio ' s , the Boyal'HoteJ , close to . tne Railway Station ; He remainecl there during that and the following day . On Thursday he told Mr . Dotesio that he was going to town to be present at the close of the debate on the Corn Bill in the House of Lords , having got a ticket of admission from his " friend . "

      the Duke of Beaufort , and that he should not return till the following morning . It appears however , that on that day , previously to proceeding to London , he went to Messrs . Revile ; Reid and Co . ' s Bank at Windsor , and paid in a cheque for a large amount , drawn upon - a London banker , stating that he was staying at the Royal Hotel , and that as he should have some payments to make when the bankers received advice of tbe cheque being honoured , it would be extremely convenient to him to be furnished with a blank cheque book . . This , was , as it has since proved , most incautiously given to him , and has been the means of enabling him to practise his art with . the appearance , at least , of a respectable man , having a banker ' s account open at Windsor . ¦ He perfectly well knew that as his cheque was not paid into the Windsor Bank until Thursday , Messrs . Reid and Co , would not be advised of its reception in London before Saturday

      morning . ' - -- . - . On Friday morning , when . he returned to the Royal Hotel by the first train from London , he sent fur Mr , Dotesio into the coffee-room , to inform him of the result of the division , observing that " be was of tho same opi nion as his friend a noble Duke , that it was doubtful whether a scrutiny of tbe proxies would not still . cause considerableembarrassmeat to the government . " He also spoke familiarly of several noble 'Lords his " friends , " as he represented them and acquaintances ! - He then said ho had an account at the 'Windsor Bank , producing his ebeque book , and asked Mr . Dotesio , to cash a cheque for £ 10 . -The appearance of tlie chequebook would have so completely disarmed saspicion , even if any hadbeen previously entertained , that the amount was immediately handed over to him , and he went out after breakfast , as he said for a " stroll . " It shouJd be mentioned that he signed the cheque "J . H-Wyndbam ; " and the inference was , from his gentlemanly manners and address , and other circumstaneeB , that he was a member of the Egremont family .

      From the Royal Hotel , it appears , he proceeded to Eton , where he called upon Mr . Yarrow , the tailor of the College , and ordered a suit of clothes ; stating that as he was going to a wedding the following ( Saturday ) morning , and as his own dress clothes were upwards of two hundred miles off , he must have them made anil sent to the Royal Hotel , at Slough , by seven o'clock that ( Friday ) evening . Although i t was . then nearly twelve o ' clock , the order was taken and promised to bo executed . He then said Mr . Yarrow , " As lama stranger to you , although I have received high , recommendations of your

      excellent cut and fit , I'll pay you at once . Just uv .-ku out your bill and give jne a receipt . " - The bill was paid by a cheque on the Windsor Bank . Mr . Yarroiv , however , having some suspicion about the matter ,, paid Air . Wyndkain ' s cheque , with other moneys , into the bank tbatafternoon ; calling the particular attention of tlie clerk to the cheque in question , and asking him if i t was " all right . " The elerlt having answered in the affirmative , and given credit for it , the suit of clothes were com . pltited and sent to tho Royal Hottl / punctually » t the time agreed to .

      The party then paid a visit to Windsor ; calling upon Mr . Hanson , watchmaker andjeweller , of the High-street , whom he especially patronised by purchasing a gol < l watch and chain , a breast pin , and other articles of jewellerji to tlie amount of between £ 11 a . n < i £ « , The production of his cheque book from the Windsor Bank , as in the case of Mr . Dotesio induced Mr . Hanson to imagine it was " a voucher of respectability , " and lie had no hesitation in parting with his property , which was paid for bj a draft oa Ncvile , Reid and Co . Ho intimated to Mr . Dotesio that as he intended to make a lengthened stay at the Royal Hotel , after " acer tain event" had taken place ( which was construed to

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      refer to ^ marriafce ) hewonldlike to look over the ' hotbl , to gelect ; a large and airy badroem , and one of the bast ¦ ittlngnMim . On Friday evening he proceeded , with thepropnetor . over such pwtions of the hotel as 'inn then unoccupied , and arranged for the occupancy of tWo apartments to comm . nee on Monday for a ' -lengthened penon . Shortly . Sfter the arrival of hU new » uit . oi clotues / rom Mr . Yarrow , he ordered hit bill , ' which was brought Mm , amounting to £ 8 3 a . 8 d ., ' stating that he was going to London by the last train ; and that he should return on Monday , to take possession , of his sitting and bed room . He also stated thnt a large quantity of luggage wouH Arrive ' for ' Urn Ky the twliv from town yfgtcr . day , and Tennpited that the carriage might be paid by the proprietor of the " hotel . He then drew a cheque for £ 5 , with whicb ; he paid his bill , receivingifromt Mr . D » tesio the"difference . ' Ho left Slough , by the last uptrain . 'for LondonJ and has ' hot been" seen or heard of since . . '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : "¦'••* '(¦' "''••¦ ' ¦ : ' ' '¦ ¦ : >¦• " > >• - - - "• ¦ ¦ : 1 : v- - P . « . h . i . t >^ . ^^ .. u . . . „ ,.

      The next morning , soon after , the -Windsor Bank had opened , tbe bubble burst , and his unfortunate dupes were made aware of the deception of which they had been ' made the victims . ( Hnerpersons similarly victimizsd in the neighbourhood , are cxpeetad to come forward tomorrow . -. ; When the different' cheques .. were , presented at Nevile , Reid and Co ., there , were no effects ; 3 . H . Wyndham being uhknon-n to the parties in London upon whom bis draft was drawn aDd deposited in the Windsor Bank , ¦ : ¦ ¦' . : ¦• - . ; - ' ; . -, - . ' . ¦;• ¦ •¦¦; . , y .. ' - ¦¦ 1 :. } "¦ ¦ ¦• The Swindler at Oxford . —Previous to Mr . Tfyndbam ' s visiting Slough and Windsor , where ,, as abovo stated , he patronized a few of the tradesmen there , ho favoured Oxford witha call . - Hetook- up his quarters at the Mitre Hotel , which is much frequented by the University and tbe leadiBg gentry of , the counU . Here

      Mr . Wyndham made himself quite at home , and from his a ^ greable * manners , his conversation , and remarks on passing events , became quite a favourite in the coffeeroom , and was listened to with . equal interest and plea- , sure . The landlord , who Ss tolerably afcUte , and not easily to beimpbseii upon , was in this instance ' tbnwh off his guard ; and believed that lie had a guest that would be no discredit to his house , or ; = to the company that frequented it , and this . impression was strengthened by Mr . Wyndham's sending letters to the post addressed to Lord Brsybrooke and others , with grhnm be represented himself as connected , or related to . On first visiting the Mitre , he toW the landlord that he should come up again shortly to enfer a younger brother at Chriat-Church , and should stay somo time , just . to get him well introduced , and the " rust rubbed off before he left him . " One of

      the first calls which Mr . Wyndham made was at Messrs . Wotten ' s bank , ' where he tried to get a cheque on a Lea . raington bank for 5 J . cashed , but could not succeed , in Consequence of being a stranger and unable to give a reference . In bis next attempt , which was at Messrs ' . Robinson and Parson ' s Old Bank , he got on better , adopting a different plan , by payinc a cheque on a Leamingt'Ui bank for 1001 ., stating that he was staying at the Mitre Hotel , and wished to make some payments , when the bankers bad received advice of the cheque being honoured . Before leaving the bank , however , he requested a blank cheque book , which he said he could fill tip at his leisure , and which ' was accordingly given him His next call wag on Mr . Parsons , the tailor , opposite tho Mitre Hotel , and lie favoured him with an order for a suit of clothes , which were to be made of the best

      materials , and with all possible speed—directions that were complied with to the very letter . ' Tbe clothes / rave great satisfaction ; and Mr . Wyndham immediately settled for them by givinga cheque on a Leamington bank for the amount . Mr . Parsons felt as well satisfied with his customer as he did with the clothes , and expressed a hope thntMr . Wyndham would favour him with any future orders , and assured him thnt be should be happy to wait on him again on the same terms ., ; . On Tuesday moruirijf , after-. staying i ' our days'i n Oxford , " Mr . Wyndham bailed iVliis bill at the Mitre . ' amounting to 4 J , and upwards , and gave the-waiter , a cheque on Robinson and 1 ' nrsoiw . for 10 ! , tlie waiter , giving hitn tho niffarence . Mr . Wya / iliam left Oxford by the » . . o ' ejook mpfmng ' trabn , Si . 7 " . 'previously arnmgert with 'ilr . Yanables fe I ' ooiiilis for a moilth , ' . J J'en he should ttittr hia brother ' at Chritif ui

      Chnrch . The wuitcii . ^ iUeii Robinson ' s bank , UHdgot Mr . Wyndh . am ' s cheqw TwriW ,. uh » iigsi 4 ; . o , v-tibb junior , Clerk , who , Icnowinff thnt Ji i = jpaid in 'ibt , ! .. ik ' , i 4 ' . day ; before , considered ••• it was all •> i <; 'bt . It turned rfiit 'l '< ' .-h ? sll wrong , tor ¦ . the next coiumunicatiou ifrom Leamingtonwas , that aofUing was known of Mr . Wyudham , and that 118 to cfteeis tljev *! wore none . Messrs ^ Robinson and Co . considered tfu-i . 'iseJvea fortiiiiate'ia' notbeing done to a larger amount than 10 { . ; and tliongh the Vnluc of tlie Leamington cheque was not ' . .. incre > t * ed ¦ in Mr- 'I / arsoii ' s estimation , still he congratulated hiiuself that hu iiHiMiot fitted his customer with more suits than ovic . It is ' a singular circumstance , however , that Mr , Wyndham proceeded direct by rail to Slough , and lost not a moment in commencing operations there and at Windsor , in which he succeeded to a greater extent , and more to his satisfaction , than he did during his s <> jurn here .

      Windsor , Tuesday . —Among other parties who have been swindled out of their property in this neighbourboo 1 by the soidisant Mr . Wynuham , is Mr . Menk-k , watchmaker and jeweller , of this town . He called at Hie shop of Mr . Merrick . just before dusk on' Friday evening , and purchased a gold watch cliaio , for which he paid £ i St ., by a cheque on the Windsor bank . He stated , as in tlie case of Br . Hanson , that he intended it as a present for a young friend , a pupil at Eton College . ' : ' ' ' It is expected thata due has been-obtained which maj be tbe means of bringing the delinquent to justice , but at present it is deemed prudent not to give , publicity to . the expected retreat of this Hitherto successful sW ' mdlei : '

      There appeared to be very little doubt tbat he is connected with a gang who are carrying on depredations of a . similar character in other parts of the country . This morning , Mr . Dotesio received two letters , unpiiid , by post , bearing the llaiiehester p ' at mark of June 1 . In the inside of the envelope was written ; " Your ' otd St . P . II . Wyndhara ; " and in the other , 't Your old St . Snooks ;" both written . by the same party , but not . in the bandwriting of the Mr . " Wyndham , " who Signed the cheques upon the Windsor Bank . One envelope ' contained an old . blank form of application for . shares'in the North Cheshire-Railway Company , and the other a bundle of patterns of chintz bed furniture . It is expected that some of the gang with whom he is connected posted ' those letters at Manchester , yesterday , for ., the purpose of inducing those in pursuit of him to imagine he . has proceeded to that town , and of thus causing a " diversion"in liisfavour . ¦ ' ¦ . - '¦ ¦ :-- - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ .- :. ¦ . ¦ : ¦¦¦¦ .. ¦' , ¦¦ •¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ , •' It is stated that l . e lately , paid Cheltenham a visit , where he was equally successful in his operations . ,

      Mft . WiNDHAM in Bath , —A man of gentlemanly appearance , a few days since , tosk up his quarters at ' the White Hart Hotel , in Bnth , and shortly after hi * arrival requested the landlord to give him change for a check for £ 50 , drawn on Messrs . Hey wood and Co . ^ of Liverpool , but , which the landlord politely declined . He then went to two joint stock banks , and also to a private bank , producing a letter purtorting to been written by Messrs . Martin , Stone , and Co ., of London , stating his checks on them would be honoured to the amount of £ 300 . With each of the above banks he opened' an account , and received a check book . From one of tbe joint stock banks he received £ 5 , and from the private bank , £ 15 .:. Th «

      following morning he left the city , and it was soon discovered that he was a swindler . Not contented with " the amount he hud obtained , he had the hardihood to send a messenger from . Bristol , with another cheek On the joint stock bank . The messenger was , however ,. detained , and hy that means the residence in Bristol of ' the "gentleman" was discovered . The manager ' of the joint stock bank went to Bristol , accompanied by a person from the private . bank ; and , having met with the " gentleman , " the manager obtained from him £ 4 10 s . in cash , a silk umbrella , his small wardrobe , and also the forged letter ; and then , with a most extraordinary feeling of commiseratiou , let him depart , to put his plans into operation at some other place . —Ba ( h JvVtndl , .,

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      Dreadful Steam-boat Explosion and Loss or Live . —Wigtown , Scotland , Mat 27 . —An . awful accident tonk place to-day ..., The Steamer Finn M'Coull left here at twelve o'clock for Liverpool , and on tlie passage ealled at Garliestown for goods , and when just loosing the rope to leave the quay , the boiler burst , and the under-engineer and one fireman were lulled , and the bend-engineer and two men ( we donotknow ' whether tjiy were firemen or not , but they belonged to the vessel ) , were dreadfully scalded , and not expected , to live . None of the passengers were injured . The boiler burst at the , bottom , it it had burst at the top , there is no saying ¦ what amount of lives might have been lost . The steam had just been shut off about one minute before the accident took place , and the poor fellows had to lie in the engine-room upwards of . five minutes before assistance could begot , on account of the great quantity of steam and dust . :

      Sksious Fikb . —On Monday morning , shortly after midnight , a most alarming fire broke out upon the premises numbered 25 , in , Cowcross-stree * near Snutlinolu-bars , in the occupation of a , variety of persons , to whom the several rooms were sublet . I he fare raged furiously for upwards of an liour , in a densely populated neighbourhood , notwithstanding the i > nt > rts ef the firemen . It was for . some time feared that a widow who occupied the front floor had perished in the flames , but it was subsequently ascertained tbat slio had succeeded before the fire penetrated her room , in getting through the attic window , and by passing along the coping , had made her way into one of the contiguous houses . This mur ' , t '' -have been a work of considerable difficulty ; for t '^ e poor creature had been confined to her . bod . by . ulnesa for several months . The infant child of , Mr *

      Pembcrton , in whose apartment the fire originated , was so frightfully burned , that not the slightest' hopes can be entertained of its recovery . Thdlegs and arms are completely charred , and the fa'je has a portion oi tho flesh burned off . The mothe , ^ it seems , had not left tho room mere than five ii ' . ' tnutes , when the first alarm was given . When she retired down stairs slic left a candle burning on a Uble some distance from the bed-side . There wei ; e however , two cats in th < rooms , winch werre iu t . 'de habit of frequently jumping upon the table , and it is supposed that thej must have done the , same , and by that means havi set themselves on fire , and then " rushed under tin bedstead and set , the clothes , in flames .. The whol < of the numeva&s persons living in the place havi lost every apti ( j ]© t ] iey possessed , several of them be ins forced to vush from the blazing building into th < fctroet vrlth nothing on more than their night dresses

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      The Electric Tkikobafh . — The electric telegraph on the Eastern Counties Railway has been for some time completed" ^ far ; as Ohesterford . On Wednesday last tlie result of the Derby at Epsom was made known to us in Cambridge by its means as early as half-past four o ' clock . A year ago it was thought to be a great achievement to bring down the account by eight o'clock ; but time and space are almost annihilated now by this marvellous invention , the benefits and convenience of which havejast been extended to ub . —Cambridge ChfCAieU . ^ ^ i /

      , Dbasb op ' Tboiiab BunBURT , Esq ., M . P . —We have to record the demise of Mr : Bunbury ; M . Pi for the county of Carlow , who expired on the , 23 th inst ., at his temporary residence in ( he neighbourhood of tho metropolis / The deceased , who was 71 years of age , was returned at tlie Jast election in l 8 il , on Tory principles , after a sharp struggle with Mr . Daniel O'OonnellJun ., and Mr . Yates , of Lancashire . ¦ ' . ¦ : Warhkb . —ThelJnderwnters at Lloyds ' , in preparation for any contingency arising from the hostile position of affairs on the other side of the Atlantic , have refused to insure American vessels , except at anadvanced premium . . „ ¦ , ,. ' - . Worsl

      Freemasonbt . —Lord ey , M . P ., has been appointed Deputy Grand Master of Freemasons for England . „ , ¦¦ ' ¦' Mr . Pbtbb PoRCEtL , the well known coach contractor and active public character , died last Friday , at his house in Rutland-square , Dublin . ! AMrsTSBwtfsPuMioifBBhfls been for wm- ^ m confined in the I ' ortreBs of Konigstein , in Saxony . It is said that he will be exiled to America . -5 Silesia , Ma * 23 . —An event has lately taken place in the circle of Nimpt which resembles what sometimes happens among tbe Irish peasantry . A landowner , who is said to be r&tht * strict in asserting his right , has a field ot very fine rape-seed ; in one night the whole was cut down . The loss' is stated to be several thousand pounds . ' Refrbsbbtation of Hebtfoiujshirk . —Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton , Bitrt ., hag consented to become a candidate for the representation ot this county in Parliament , on the next vacancy .

      '• Mr . Colquhoun lias announced to the electors of Newcastle-under-Lyne that he does not intend to come forward again as a candidate to represent them . Profanity at a Premium . —A few days ago , an aucfcionof birds took placeat theWallace Fen ? , Perth shire . As the exposer holds a high reputation among ornithologists as abird trainer rather more than the usual number of w ould-be purchasers appeared upon the spot . Several canaries sold at 5 s . each , and parrots from 25 s . to 30 s . A fine-looking bird of the atter Class was put up at 2 os .. Pretty Poll ' s organ of self-esteem seemed to be excited by his being offered at such alow price ; and before the auctioneer had time . to utter any recommendations in her favour , the animal commenced a round of swearing that would have " beat Banagher . " The audience seemed electrified by the unlocked for display of the bird ' s powers . Every oath raised his value a crown , till he ras finally knocked down at 31 . 5 s .

      The Pbace Movement is Birmingham . —On Saturday night a public meeting was held ia the Town Hall , for the purpose of discussing the general subject of war , and with the view to adopt a petition to ' arliament , urging the abandonment of the system of ballotting for the militia , and the necessity of inserting an arbitration clause in all future foreign treaties . The Rev . Thomas Swan presided , supported by several other ministers of various denomnations ; and amongst the laity there were Joseph Sturge , Esq ., John Palmer ,-Esq ., Mr . ' Councillor Field , and many other gentlemen , warm friends , of the peace movement . Between two and three 'thousand persons were present . The petition was adopted , and , after some other gentlemen' had addressed the meeting ; ifc brolcoup at half-past ten , the proceedings'throughout haying been of a most interesting GliaraotM : , , ¦ ' : : ' . ' '

      ¦ Burns Festivai / in Aus'ritit , iA .- » -T 7 e learn by ihe Melbourne Courier ,, an •' A » 3 tn » jifl »' . ; papery U > at a festi > c ; X . ! wa . 9 about t < i be held in iionouy of Robert Bun ! 3 . The '' uv ^() hstratioa"'waa expected to surpass unything iliat '* , Li « , evbr taken place in . Melbourne ; No hall of sufficient . vr-tentior the ¦ ¦ accommodation of the expected company troiii * . obtainabie ,- ' : arrange ; » jents , savs the newspaper we- i . «— . inentiened ; - have been nm < ie with the proprietor of / * t « : o . ucen ' s theatre for tbo use of . that Imiiding on Uieocchai ^ r , and it is proposed tohuve the pifc bonrded over , anir the entire spacew-Wch ' . wiJl thus \> e n ! Vo « led fitted' : up . as a dinner-room . "' It is oaleulatetl thete . will not lie fewer than 300 Scotchmen piesent . : ;¦ . ' j

      Remarkable Death of a Tigb& . —A wflgriihoeat royal tiger , forming part of a travelling iuenagencat : he fair of Metz , has recently met with ita death in ;\ very curious v / ay . Inconsequence of the , blo-ws of a whip or stick received in its youth , it had hear , the iawtwowens of some size ,,-which no one had ever thought of removing , till a veterinary surgeon ,, of Metz proposed to perform this perilous operation . The offer having been accepted by the proprietor of the menagerie , the tiger was securely fastened down with chains and ropes . The poor animal submitted to this unaccustomed manoeuvre with routh quietness : but on tlie operator , entering'the cage witu his knife , and attempting to perform the operatibn , the tiger was seized with such extreme rage , that being unable to burst the bonds , congestion of the brain ensued , and he expired in a few seconds * .,.,

      International Addresses . — We sometime / ago referred to the fact tbat . a correspondence had been opened ; between merchants , corporations , and other bodies in America , with the view of putting down the warlike spirit , and impressing and fostering the spirit of peace . Aniong the latest of these interna-. tional addresses , there is onel frpm the women of Exeter to the women of Philadelphia , and which re ceived 1 , 600 signatures . ' -- -. ¦ Dreadful Fire . — Cambridge .- -About two hours after midnight on Friday , an awful five suddenly burst forth near the village of Bottishnm , wliicli for hours threw a lurid glare over the surrounding country ; and was not extinguished till an immense

      quantity of buildings and valuable property were destroyed ; The scene of destruction was at the extensive homestead of the TrinityCollege , rented by Mr . Newman , one of the oldest and most respectable inhabitants in that part of the country . .-. ,.. , The Wilson . MoNUMHsirFuRD . — Mr . Ilastie , M . P . has forwarded to the secretary the sum oj" £ 5 . as his subscription in aid of the funds for erecting a monument to the memory of Wilson , the poet and ornithologi't . In his lesteiHransmitting the subscription , Mr . Hastie truly . remarks , that '' few of Paisley's departed sonstreflect greater credit on oiircoiiBtry . " Let us hope , therefore , that ere long the committee will be enabled . to complete the undertaking

      ma proper manner . t . ; . ... _ ,. Haymawhg haa commenced in many parts of Gloucestershire . Both ths grass and clover are looking well , and promise an . abundant crop . . Haymaking commenced in some of the upper parts of Essex , in the course oflast week . „ , , Fatal Fall j-ium Intoxication . — Qn l ! Hfisd& >; evening an inquest was held before MivW . Payae , at St . l Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on tl ; e body « 'f C . Thomas Hatehwell , aged fifty-six ,: a commfcsion agent . The diseased . resided in ¦ . Brick-lane-,. St . Luke's , and was addicted to drinking . On ilxe ^ sight of the 20 th ' ulCh ' c was . passing through Soho- in a state of intosieatidn ) when his foot slipped . from the kerb stone , and he fell heavily on tlie back of . his head , which , was severely cu . Thawoiaid was dressed by a chemist , but from Hhut time he kept Jus

      bed , and on Friday lust he was removed to the above hospital , where he died on the following : Sunday . Verdict , " Accidentaldeath . " ; Fright ^ Accidents at Stkpney Fair . ~ On Monday evening about ten o ' clock * a . lad named Ayres , about ten years of age , was in Stepney . Fais ; assisting to turn one of those machines , called - & merry-go-round , "' wliich revolves upon an axis , when , his fdoi got in hetween the iron wouKand before the machine could be stopped his leg , was torn off in a trigh-tful manner . Th&poor little-fellow was talcen . to the London Hospital , where-he lies in a precarious state . The medical officers of the instituti «» . give very little hopes of feis recovery . On Tuesday afterlinon another accident occurred in the sam&fair , to a female , who was thrown out of one of th « swings , and broke her lee in several places . Od

      Extensive . Robbers- - ^ - Tuesday afternooa , Mrs . Abder , residing in St , Martin ' s-Jaae , had her pocket pick . ed of £ ! $ , bettseen Lombard-streot and her residence . Mrs . Abder got into anomnibvis at tlie Mansjon-house , and was set down at St . Martin ' s Churchy but didaot discover her loss till she got PftAOBiwo ''' ar . Si .- James's PABK .-. At the Bowstreet Police Office on Monday , a young man , named G . eorge Cookson , was committed for trial , ^ barged < vitk stealing and killing a duck from the enclosure in St . James ' s Park , the property of the Ornithological Accident from Furious DRiviNd . —At the Worshipstreet Police Office on ; Tuesday , George Clark , a horse breaker , was fined 30 s . for furiously driving , whereby James Bennett , another breaker , was injured . . _ ¦ ., T , „ „_ ,, __ Lambeth Police

      Sad Reverse of Fortune . —At the Office on Tuesday , a person named Wood , was committed for trial , on the charge of receiving stolen property . Mr . Solomons , who defended Wood ;' -stated that not many years back his unfortunate client was worth 40 , 000 / ., though , lie was at present almost pennylesa . Sudden DEATiis . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Baker , jun ., held two inquests at the Captain Cooke , Marmon-8 treet , St . Georges ' -in-the-East , on the bodies of Yioletta Ann Spence , aged twenty-two years , ami Elizabeth Adame , the younger , aged six years . In the first case , it appeared that the deceased was : i sisgle woman , but had been living with a young m « n named John Wooldridge , who had left her , and ^ mo to sea . On Thursday evening the deceased cmnplained of pains in her head , and appeared to'lw very unwell , " Slie continued to get worse , ami was fouml in her bed on Saturday morning quite ticiKl . iu . lK second , case it appeared that tlve deoeased wasu ' ieij

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      " sieklychild ; and the spine of her'fack ' wasaffected / On Saturday . uwming she was . taken with an apop lectio fit , ' an ( I died shortly afterward * . The Joiyift each case returned a verdict of ' NatHral death /' A ? ENr ? f is Bailoon . —On Monday night the A ^ on balloon , ih which Mr . * C . Green ascended ThW " 7 . Crenjorne-gardens , crossed oyer the retSr ^ 8 idei « Putney-bridge ; when , after safely descend ? n ' havin ? beenan houp 5 n tbeair , ^^ & £ ^ $ ? te $£ The Cattle Diseask . — -We rnprpf tk u « - » i -L ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' considerable farmer iAtJSSI ^ ijgSSsSiSS recently lost twenty-seren cows and sixteen fitoar ' by the ravages of the murrain which , has been for some time prevalent amongst cattle .

      Fatal Fall from a WiNpbw . —On Tuesday even ins an . inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at the Snn jong-acre , on the body of Jane Bull , aged four years ' . i k fo as ? d was the daughter of a saddler residing ?*« r i' Lon ^ raj ; re- On Saturday evening last , a ™ flrI n ? med Bonner . nine years of age , whose parents res . de in the same house , was carrying her oa dfseSo «? S W > ., 7 ° P ' Pl ^ ed the ^ Ssf ^ ia aas as 3 SSw ^ nt ? wJr ' T geo ?> r s calldd m iinmedi . diately , but the diseased expired shortly afterwards , ironi , injury to the brain . Verdict "Accidental [ 6 fttD * .. : ¦ . ¦

      The ' 45 subscriptions for the Monument at CufV den are bem ^ paid to the promoters of that Scottiak memorial . ^ The Highland Society has been applied to for a contribution , and some of the northern papers speak yery energetically as to the duty of every Scot to contribute his mite for the erection of this mo . mento upon the memorable battle field . Suspecteb iNFANTiciDK .-iOn' Tuesday morning , the neighbourhood of AgaMown , was thrown- into a state of great excitement , owing to a report that a female had been seen fora considerable length of time loitering about the Regent ' s 'C anal , " adjoining

      Mr . Uoodhalrs wharf , m the King-road ; St . Pancras , and , was observed by a womaniiying nearly opposite , who had watched her movements for some time , to squat under Cambridge-bridge , and consign a bundle to the canal , which instantly sunk . Tin woman , who witnessed the circumstance gave the alarm to some persons on the other side of the canal , vsho succeeded in apprehending : tbe suspected female , and delivered her into the hands of the police , who conveyed her to the station house of the district . She refused to give her nanie or her place of abode , and said she merely threw in some bread . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦¦

      The Coast DKpBueES . —The armamont for the defence of the ships of war on the Canadian Lakes being completed , and the advance ships being for the most part equipped , orders have been received to expedite the supply of ordnance for the coast defences , i The giant scale on which these defences are tobe formed , maybe judged of from the annexed 'details of the supplies of guns , carriages , and ammunition , which are to be forwarded to the following places : —OFor the additional defences at Shcerness , one 56-pounder , of 97 ewfc . ; seventeen S-inoh , of & 5 cwt . each : twenty-eight 32 pounders , of 56 ewt . i and twelve 24-pounders , of 20 cwt . ; total for Sheerness , 53 guns . The 24-pounders are to be mounted on iron carriages , but all the heavier guns ' on carriages

      with ; traversing platforms . For the additions ! defences at Tilbury Fort , fifty 32-poundera , of 56 cwt , each , on carriages , with dwarf traversing platforms p . nineteen 32-pounders , of 33 cwt ., on iron carria £ 63-- ; total additional guns for Tilbury Fort , C 9 . Additional guns for Gravejend ,- fifteen 32-pounders , ef 56 cwt ., on carriages with dwarf traversing platforms . Guns , carriages , and traversing platforms for thfr defences at Portsmouth , Gosport ,- Portsea * and Eriddy ' s Hard , in addition to the existing armament , two 5 (> -pouiidors of 97 cwt ; ' 178 inch giins of Go cwt . and 158-inch of 50 cwt ; sixty-oneS£ers , of 56 cwt . ; thirty-nine Cl-pounders , - bl' 50 cwt .. ; thirty-six 8-incii -howitzers , « nd one 2-1-Rounder carronadu . On iron-cnTriayosi—Soventy-fivcSifpoursder « una ; ef 20 cwt . Total fov Portsmouth , : Gosp 6 rv > ' &c ,

      ' ^ i > : aroriuai . ee ' ; grand tolal for Shecvncss , Tilbury : F ( ii ' f ., ^< > .,- vesetiA , Portsmouth , < tc ,. 3 SS ' ' pieci-s ' of mT . tianiit ) off' ; v , r . ious sizes . A . - suiall ' .-irmiiment ; of Hani i ) U'ti ? pt ; ortlji ;« uRn . consisting of six O- ' poundpr guns , sis ¦ 3 : }> o : wr tV'v-nicnt . ' . 'foi ' - Qiifebee . ; ., Tills srinamoiit is to b ' B ' . twwaiMij'd . W ; . ^ . various forts o 'i ' Uu :, ,.-Hudson VBny ; pu / ujiynV inthe ^ North-west territories , to be remiy iu iln < event \ oS hostilities : occurrinj : iiv conncxicin with tlte Oveiion . As " guns of this kind will , in the cyRUtf / fw , ?!!' , 'have to .-be , conveyed over mountain districts , a . couivir « ince has been invented by winch the guns can be carried ' between a given number of . men . Several trials- of the -invention have been made here , anil it has been found that it is quite practicable .

      Fatal Accidents . —On Mondiiy , Miv Wi K ^ er , jun ., held an inqwest at the London Hospital , on the body of John Burlve , aced forty-seven , a labourer . It appeared from tl » e evidence that the deceased hadbeen working at Mr . Smith ' s-distillery , Back . Row * Whitecuapel . On last Saturday week ,. he was procuring some candles in tlie steam-engine room , and . was , descending , when his foot slipped , and he fell upon apiece of iron which was projecting out of the engine . He was immediately picked up , bleeding profusely Irom a wound in his abdomen . ^ Tbe deceased was speedily eonvayed to the Hospital , . when it was found his abdomen was severely contused , and

      he died on Friday morning last . The jury returneda verdict of "Accidental death . " Mr . Baker also , held another inquest at the above institution , on thebody of Charlotte Ogan , aged five-years . The de- % censed resided with her parents , in Tenace-stvcefc , Bethnal Green , and was playing near the fire , wJiea her clothes ignited . Her screams brought her motherto her assistance , who threw the bed-clothes round her , and extinguished the flames . Her-chest was * burnt in a shocking . aianner , and tl > e sui-eeon advised ' the parents to send the dceeasod to , the Hospital ,, where she died in a lew hours . Verdict- " Accidental Death . " , , -,.

      FAXAIi jCWSEQUBKCE ' S OF ReASJNO IS BRD . r ^ On-Saturdcay niglit ' an inquest ' was " - held liefoi'ft Mr-., i-Iigps , coroner , at the King ' s Head , -Park Hoadj Cfapham , on the-body of John Milner , E > q ., aged 42 ; . a stockbroker , . p esiding recently-at his country house , Atkin ' s Road . / Jrom the evidence of-the witnesses , it appeared that on the nig ht of-the 1 th ult . the , deceased retired to his dressing room , where lie Jrad : for some nights slept , his youngest child being ill in , his bedroom ; which adjoined ; . Between , twelve . and ! one o ' elocIS ; in- the night , Mrs . Milner < lJscor ^ e < Ji smoke lssuihg through ths crevices olMUc dressing ; room door , -and'having avtakened the servants , the ? room was . entered , -and the-decensed wnsvfmind

      enveloped in flfimos . The bed * and-window-curtainsiaaoi Other parts . » f the ' room were then » n tire , bufc : mi alarm haying brought ths neighbours , the names Yiftnfe speedily . exMngnished . Deceased : was- then insejisiv ble , and- 'dreadfully busnt all over the body ., lna few days , otter recovering liis senses , he said he-was readinij iu bed , and h& thought lve TOustlva -vo let . uke candle ftvll . This is supposed to be -the . -case , ftis a book entitled " Ma « -J | h- on the Tonga IslanuV '^ vas frtund by " the bedside , and-the candlestick under , lied . The- 'deceased , afte&snfiering great agon ? , hiaiirtftcrs being almost burnioff ,, died Qti Thursday last . . The dftiise af tho fire rat tfeins : ostablisbQilt&the s : ) i * fi » ction- . ef ' the jury ' - ' she inquest-was adjoarned ; ley fur-¦ ¦

      ther evidence . ; - : < ¦ •¦¦ . ElTAI . ACCIBSKT , HBOSS XHE SPABS . 6 B A I&tlLWAr Enqink . —During the progress of oaa or the traius on the York and , North jyUdlqnd , Yi ^ . a l '« w days ' ii « o . a . very distressing event occurred nt ' fehp MilfoW June tion StatioBj , owing to- the ojecitan of a biirpjii " pieceef coal from the chimney ei the engj&e , which alighted upon an interesting jrirl , abuut ekht ycara of age , oae of tlie waiters i » th , e refxcshnirat-roows v and her clothes being set on tire , she was so dreaciu . fully burned that death-terminated her sufferings ; the same evening . " Amidst all the vKwdorful iaiproveHients of the-age connected wklrrailway-tra * veiling , there appears to be a gveat iletcct in the prevention of accidents of this nattiio .

      EXTRNSIVE EiJBEi ; ZI . EJlEKl 111 ' & VtRISll OFFICER * , —On Monday morning , at the . Public , Ofliec , Biix minghnni , a genteely dressed man , named .. Joseph ., Piercy Yeoiuans ' Weloh , late clerk to tlio guaidiiWjs ^ bf the poor for the parish of Birmingham , and f <> su-. erly treasurer to the same body , was charged- * it ^ having embezzled various sums of money , the-j \ vo-, perty of the parochial officers . The , amount ( ifitiiCt defalcations , as at present asccvUiincd , i » '«\ l \ mfe £ 1 , 100 ;; and altfcough they have la'cii accunj ^ laiiiig : for some years-past , it is only within the last few months that any suspicion-attached : In Wel-oft ,. whose iirst appointment , under . tbo . pai . pchial . ij , uXhoritics took place in 1822 , ' and who was . aftor ihe lapse of ten years , elected treasurer , wliivli ( iffi- . -t he liclu iin-. til about twelve months since .. Weli . » contiflucd in

      the office of clerk to the- board of gus xitians till wi ^ iiin the last four or five , months , nv ijen pleadimj-ilU ness , he resigned his situation . S ' jpi-tJy after his resignation , he was called upon to make up las account * , when his book showed ft deficit of £ 460 , a nl the accusvd al . « o ni-l : i ) f ) wleils « l there wassa iurtlua sum of aboiit £ oOO . which hi- " oi'licved was dae to tlio parish , and which he regi \ fted his inability at once to pay over . Steps were . < aken to endeavour to ascertain correctly , aj ; d recover the amoutii ( in- ; to thu l >! j ! 'isl » , but while . tkosu ivcro . pondins .: 'Wel- ; u - ' " Ijiniiiv . iilnini , but was accidentally . seen i < nt <" ii >! : his a :-a > ' ments in ! Norton « $ tiv ' t : r , New ro « l . Infoiimttif . n-hiiving luen tVir \ vtinh d--to 'Kinu ' ing !»""» n - « : » i-• . loeii : ; -ot i ^ 'lice immadia . te ! y- e « ii )> ' U [ i to .. Loiiiion ! nnd nj'jiiTUiTiilCil VUo prisoner ou Friday , uigiit , . and i . conveyeUhim to LUvulinsUaui ,., ; .. : .

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      * t « . Jtviu . GUBESAKE , LET'S AGREE . { From the People ' s Journal . ) Am—MOkro / JDee . Some eighteen hundred yean ago , Han's moblest Teacher said , "A . house divided'gainst itself Mann prostrate sane be laid . " - Now , fiie fbia text to pnir folk a " Gude counstl I would gie ; Join hands , fling discord to the winds—And Gudesake let ' s agree . ' 'The thraldom dire of priest and feing Wea ' owerlanirhaebonis :

      Tbe meed of a" onr care and toil , Insnlt and Utter ICOrS . Bat , lid my text been borne in mind , Sic wrongs we wafoa dree ; Fell discord breeds us a ' our wae—Then Gnaesake let * s agree . * We sow , and ithers reap the fruit ; We * eave , and ithers wear ; We ' re scrtmpi ! batth in caup and cog , That ist&Tes laay hae good cheer . Sui wtt te ta ilk iih « - Ir-ue , Sic RTangs-weiradna see ; 'Tis iJiscord fell hr « t-2 s a'ourwas—Then Gudtski let ' s a » ree .

      * ave in s Kited teigar rotes , Our riehls we diBrna aaiae They ' ve Lloidbounds iarH fraepoortith ' 3 ran 3 f 5 Hk-wae-vvildiieart 10 tamo . But wereive to ourselves a' true , Sic fc'ols nas Idag \ t-ad see ; Our Olscord i * the tyrant ' s' pawit , Then Gudesske let ' s agree . The priest , wrapt ; a hjiinis ^ y creed , The chainless iaind may baun ; Xordiing and king bar f recdoia ' s path . And mat > the weal of man . But gie ' s jour hand , the day draws near These nicht-birds snne maun flee ; The pnir man yet shall hae his ain—We ' re learning fast f agree . HncH il'DosiiTJ . Paidev .

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      PUNCH Pabi LIX . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . The illustrations this month are superior io those of the preceding Parfc , but ihe literary matter exhibits no signs of improvement . " Even . ? . * ¦ The Sno bs of England" are but snobbishly pourtrajed in the last two or three numbers ; the " Clerical Snobs" b .-ing bat very gently handled , as though the writer feared to toneb . the black-coated tribe . The following is not amiss : we copy it for the use of the admirers of the " Liberator , " the " Irish Mo 3 es , " the ; ¦ "Saviour ef the nation not jet saved . " " ' KING DAN . A SEW TEBSIOS Ot " EIHG DEATH , " KingDamvas a rare old fellow , - ; On cash he was always bent " ; He called for tie gold so yellow ,

      And tbe ; forked out the Irish rent . ' Hurrah for the Irish rent ! . There came to Mm many starving , "Who'd forgotten the word content ; And widows , their last mites halving , To add to the Irish rent . Hurrah for the Irish rent !

      The workman gave half his earning , Though his children wanted clothes ; And the peasant , a penny turning , To the rent-fund a farthing : throws . - Hurrah for the Irish rent 1 : All came to the royal old fellow , Who laughed to his heart ' s content— - As he took up the gold so yellow , . And promised Kepeal for the rent . Hurrah ! hurrah ! - '; Hurrih for the Irish rent ! , In to-day's Punch , ( not included in the Part un der notice , ) we find the following :

      A MEEK BEMONSTBANCE . To the Editor of the "JAverpool Journal / ' in the matter of Ms " London Correspondent . " Mr . Editok , ' . ' . - . Some falsehoods may he made as like to truths as toad-stools are ilike to mushrooms . And folks who really believe . they have an excellent eye to choose the healthful from the poisonous fungus , have , nevertheless , gathered and cooked the sham mushroom—and all with the best intentions—to the passing inconvenience of the partakers thereof . Your London Correspondent , Mr . Editoe , has pl aced me in a like dilemma . He has—I am sure , unwittinglyin his basket of metropolitan gatherings , sent you . certain toadstools ¦ with his mushrooms . Here is one ; a very large toadstool indeed . .. ... , .. ;; ' : . "DoUGLiB Jehbold is ofp Punch ! " ¦¦ -. »

      Kow , Mr . Editok , lean contradict this , on I'believe the very best authority—my own . And inasmuch as the erroneous statement has been very generall y copied throughout the provincial press , I herewiththough solely in compliance with the wishes of othersformally and triply deny it : DoDGLis Jebeold is not off Punch . Has not been off-Punch . And will not db offPtmcft . In truth whereof , I subscribe myself , Mr . Editob , Your obedient and humble servant . DOUGLASJERROLD . "West Lodge , Putney Lower Common . . Tune 1 st .

      Tlie statement of Mr . Jereom ) being " off Punch , " having appeared also in this journal ( copied from a contemporary ) , we § ive Air . Jkbboid and Punch the benefit of tho atove denial . We must confess that we believed the report to be true , for the reason that of late we have seen nothing in Punch worthy of Mr . Jerkold ' s pen . Of late Punch ha 9 been little better than a mere illustrated copy of the League , and just about as witty and iuterestioor as that delectable organ of the millocrats . Ko journal in the kingdom has so constantly and heartily applauded Punch as tlie

      Northern Star has done , as long as we believed it worthy of that applause , but we can applaud no longer . It is no pleasing task for us to censure a contemporary , who in its time has " done the statejsome service , "—service which deserves to be remembered , but past excellence cannot excuse present deficiencies . The part of buffoon and caricaturist doing the work of the greedy gang of League hypocrites , is a part nnworthhy of the high character earned by Punch in dajs gone by , and must be abandoned , or the public ( wiio ate not all League ^) win abaudoa ' . * % aa ? &

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      Swindlinir At Windsor, .Slouah And Eton.

      SWINDLINiR AT WINDSOR , . SLOUaH AND ETON .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 6, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1369/page/3/