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ISRAHIM PAC 1 JA AT TI 1 £ MANSION HOUSE .
On Saturday the Lord Mayor entertained Ibrahim P&cha in a ma gnificent style . An immense numbw of guests were present , including Lord John RusselJ and several of the leading "Liberal" members of Parliament . As customary on festive occasiens at the Mansionlouse , the " loving cop" was introduced by the toastmaster , Mr . Barker , with great taet and ability-The illustrious guest , Ibrahim Pacha , partook e | and watched with great interest a ceremonial which several time 3 provoked his laughter to an extreme degree . His Highness actually shook with merriment when he saw the cup eoine rom-d in s « «^ " - trlc a manner , and the Lord Mayor entonrf ft . tan the object of the ceremony by signs which seemed to fee perfectly intelligible to him .
After the usual loyal toasts , lmnetPr callefi The Loed Mayor then by VaUnto **^ " ^ upon tlie company to fill bumpers . 3 " ° . * " hav ! pe oj . portnnfty which W been jjgJJJjftS , „< the honour of receives so J « g ^ ' him thr tte illustrious Prince ^ J ^ SS since he had highest gratification he ^ S ^ housc of the ^ Sf ^ TSXiS ^^ . ^ so fafla-$$ &i& *^? 3 ? ? feyortlSSd Bad proved an hospitable board .-Cheers . ) It was not , however , ior mere fe st . yepurposes thaUJie illustrious prince on his mht hand lad visited this country , bnt to witness for himself what Great Britain had achieved in arts , manufactvrea , and commerce . The visit , he was sure , would remit in tenfold benefits to this country , nor did he doubt that hi 3 distinguished guest would hare learned in England that which wr . uld be useful ii <
his own country . He therefore must ask the company to rise , and to receive with all the honours , the toast of " Health and happiness to his Highness Ibrahim Pacha . " —( Loud cheers . ) Tte-IjfTSBPKEXBK addressed the company in the French language to the following effect;—lie said that by command of his Excellency Ibrahim Pacha he had to attempt to convey to the company the desire of his Excellency to express that , although ho had been received by all classe ; of this country with the most marked feelings , he had not experienced a a reception more agreeable to his feelinsrs than that Afforded him upon that occasion by the Lord Mayor , the magistrates , and the chief merchants of this great and important city , and that he should upon learing England carry with him the recollection of all the kindness he had received , but more particularly for the attentions paid him by the first city in the world . —{ Loud cheers . )
The Lord Matob again rose , and said that he was anxious to adduce to his illustrious guest some proof of the regard ami esteem entertained in England for Ibrahim Pacha ' s illustrious father , Mehemet Ali , to * hom Great Britain was so much indebted for th » facilities that monarch had afforded in the means ef communicating with the British possessions in the East . He called upon all present to join him in drinking health and happiness to Mehemet Ali . — ( Greatcheerins . ) As ^ -oon as silence was restored after the rapturous ebullition of feeling which the toast excited , " hi * Highness rose , and for a few seconds communicated with great earnestness with his interpreter . At leneth
The Ikterfreter , by command of Ibrahim Pacha , responded to the toast . His Highness , he said , desired him to express that the name of his father , introduced as it had been , caused him the deepest sen-Bations of gratitude . He desired also to assure the company that his father enntinued in the desire to maintain the amity which subsisted between the two countr ies , and which was so essential to the interests of both nations —( Cheers ) . " The health of n » Majesty ' s Ministers and Lord John Russell called forth a speech from the new
premier-After a number of other toasts , the Lord Mayor , accompanied by his illustrious gue ? ts , then quitted the'banquettine hall , and after a brief sojourn in the drawing room , his Hiehness Ibrahim Pacha to ^ k leave , attended by his . mite , and was escorted to hi ? carriage by the Lord Mayor , in the same stately taanaerns had distinguished his reeeptinn . The rest of the visitors shortly afterwards retired .
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FORTY-THREE PERSONS DROWNED IN A MINE . Dreadful Accident ix a Mixb . —Fohtt-thrke lies Dbowjted . — Tkubo , " Frtdat , Juet JO . — The most fearful mining calamity ever known in this country occurred yesterday afternoon , at East Wheal Bose lead mine , in the parish of Newlyn , eight Iniles from this place . A thurxW-sform of unprecedented violence , attended with a flood which resembled rather the bursting of a waterspout than the heaviest ' rain , broke over the neighbourhood . The torrents pouring from Newlyn Downs , collected towards the-valley , where the mine is situated , and rushing in torrents down the shaft , quickly filled every level . Some of the people who were alarmed at the first flow of water , made their way to the surface and escaped , but I believe they were very few . Others reached so near as to be seen from the snrface , tut exhausted by their previous exertions to hasten up ^ llie ladders , were beaten down by the torrent and perished . Forty-three were drowned in the mine . — Standard .
FURTHER EABHCB 1 AKS On Thursday afternoon last an accident of an almost unprecedented character scarred at East Wheal Rose Silver-lead mine , situate in the parish of Newlyn , about eight miles north ot Trnro , Cornwall . At about one o ' clock dense thunder-clouds gathered over the mine from the north-west , and in a few moments they poured down , amidst vivid lightning and appalling thunder , such a flood of rain as very shortly covered the surface ef the mine to a depth of some feet . The flood , rushing onward through the mine , which descends towards the north , on reachin ? a narrow got between the hilis , attained a hei g ht of about eight feet ; and such was its force , that ft bore onward large pieces of balk and of iron boiler-plates , which were lodged at the height of
several feet above the ground . Unhappily , on beins checked by the sudden narrowing of the land ; the water rushed into one of the lower or most northern shafts , and soon afterwards , more or less , into the other shafts of the mine . The superincumbent weight of water , about the same time , broke in tbe " ctmntrj" forming a large pit . The timbers in the levels beneath , it is supposed , had been washed down by the water which had rushed into the shaft , and the " country , " or soil being of an exceedingly loo-e . friable nature , instantly gave way to the weight above , when deprived of its artificial props . In the levels at the time were upwards of 200 men and lads . The rnsh- of wind caused fev the sudden influx of water and breaking in of the "country , " instantly 7 > ut ont all their candles . They groped on a well as
they coald towards the shafts , were every effert was made from above to assist in bringing " to grass" all who could lay bold of the chains and kibbles let down for them . Clusters of the poor fellows were succes-¦ ivelv brought nn ; but we regret to say . that after well-directed efforts had been sustained for alone time to get up men , it was found in the evening that 43 were still below . Of these four came up the next morning early : and two were taken up dead from the 50-fathora level , about the middle of the day . The remaining 37 are . alas ! still below , drowned , or buried beneath the fallen masses of earth . The mine was being worked to the depth of nearly 100 fathoms ; and was flooded by this dreadful accident up to some feet above the 50-fathom level : this last named level , the principle one in the mine , being
about a mile in length . Great is the affliction in and about the neighbourhood of the mine from the loss of eo many lives , and from the fear that a large proportion of the labour must be stopped . The mine now pays £ 2 , 500 a month for labour only . The adventurers and agents are using every exertion to procure for the bereaved families the sad consolation to be derived from the recovery of the bodies of the men lost ; they are also kindly and considerately taking means / to alleviate the distress which must necessarily result to the survivors , deprived of their enly means /> f support by this awful visitation . To understand why the waters atttained so suddenly ¦ nch considerable depth and power , it should bo known that the workings of the mine ran north and ¦ onth thronuh the middle of a natural amphitheatre .
• with only one outlet , a narrow ravine at tlje north . The rain , which appeared to fall in almost solid masses , poured in on the b ? sin in which the mine is situate from ail the hills around , and , as we have already said , the nutlet was insufficient for the rapidly accumulated waters . The storm altogether lasted but little more than an hour , and was so partial as scarcely to extend beyond the limits of the hills which . encircle the site of tbe mine . An inquest was held at the Court-bonse of the mine , before Mr . J . Carlyon , coroner , on Friday , on the two bodies found . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death ; " and expressed themselves satisfied that every effort was made in the first place to present the water getting into the shafts , and next in pre-¦ ening the lives of the men who were below .
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THE MURDER AT KINETOX . Two persaHS are in custody charged with the murder It Kineton . The names of the parlies taken info custody are James Shelswell and William ifumfoi d . hotJi young meni and both native * , or residents , of Kineton . The former prisoner was lately a waggoner in tlja « in . 'iiloy of Mr . Adkins , farmsT , of Kineton ; but he is n w engaged as a labourer at Fcnay Compton . upon the Oxford and Bugby Railway . He lias been before •; onvic : o . i of serious assault * . itamfori was examined before Mr . King on Saturday , and from the evidence then brought forward , he , together with hid fellow prisoner , was apprehended on Sunday afternoon . Tbe chief ground of suspicion ag&init ihe prisoners is the feet of their asserting that
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they had not seen the deceased Owen . . ** ** % , * Jg htl ) and Crown abouthattpast " ^ g ^ oW produced , redhmtay week , whereas « «» 'ne 8 S ^^ prisoners and , l . o upon oath said that ^ fl ^ rds Moreover , -. he deceased together son .., ttaean ^ lodgings voted tad « MI « W ta "g fhf landIadv deposed after leaving * ° J < ° * Z $ S ho came homo in the . * ™ * ™ -V . " a " d she gave him the key out of ir ^ lw The goners were apprehended bySe nt wSer . of the London detective force , who had been speci » "j * »* nt down by the authorities when the traeical occurrence became known to the' Secretary of Stnte .
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THB MURDER AT SUNDERLAND . SrNDEBiAND , Saturday , Jul y U .-YesUrday , an In . queBt was held at the Londonderry Arms , before Mr . Afaynard , Coroner , oh the body of Catherine Hindmarshi supposed to have been thrown from tbe cliff at the Rector ' Gill , on to tbe Lambton Railway . Mr . Hanson , solicitor , attended onhehalf of the friends n- the . It-ceased ; and Joshua Turton , a puddler at the Bishopwearmouth Iron-works , who is suspected ofharing committed the crime , was also in the room at the request of the coroner . After some formal evidence as to the finding of the body and the cause of death was given ,
Rawimg Smith , the step father of the girl , deposed . — My daughter left our house about twelve on Saturday nieht , to purchase some hotter at a neighbouring Bhop . As she did nntreturn T went to seek herntvariouspiaces . and amongst . others , at Jonathan Ayre's house , to which she was accustomed to resoi t . The doors were fastened , but on listening I hoard a noise as if a man were pressing a woman , and the latter was saying , in a crying tone , " O dea r , what fcind of conduct is this ? Behave !" I thoaghtit w « s the voice of my daupjiter . I knocked repeatedly for admission , and no answerwas given . I was soinp to bnrst open the door , when I bethought myself that I might no * he justified in doing so . I therefore stepped over to our house , and said to my wife , "Jane , come down directly ; Catherine is at Ayre ' s , nnd I have almost rattled thi » doorin . and irot noanswer . " When T
returned with "her , I again beard a voice . I shouted , " Catherine , come away immediately , I insist upon it . " The Toice dropped instantly . I went for a policemRn , and on my return with one , he took hold of the snect , and walked ri ght into the room from which the voice proceeded . There was Mr . Ayre in one bed . and two girls in another—they all appeared to he asleep . We searched through the house , but couM not find my daughter ; she . had had sufficient time to escape whilst I was seeking thu police . After Inisl prosecuted my inquiries until lialfpast two o'clock , and then went to bed . A person named Joshua Turfr-n courted the deceased . He was in my front shop that nig-ht about nine o ' clock , when I came in ; he spoke to me but aa I did not approve of his coming . I did not speak again . He is a low blackguard , but my daughter favoured his addresses . On my wife seeing him , she said , '' It ' s of no use you coming here—yon are not a suitable match fop my lass—you had better eo and stick up to my
landlady , she will he a more suitable match for you . " He remained in the shop with the girl two or three minutes , and some private conversation passed between them . I do not knew they had any quarrel that night . I never saw any quarrel between them , but I have heard that he had threatened her . My daughter was naturally of a cheerful disposition , and she was in good spirits when she l eft the house , having got leave to goto Shields to see Givne relatives on the Sunday morning . I am satisfied she did not destroy bersrff . Turton came to my houseon Sunday afternoon , and when he saw me said , "It's a bad job , but I'm clear of It . " I said T had net blamed him for it , as I could not blame any one th * n . He told mehe had had a very restless nipht , he conld not sleep , for he dreamt abont nothing but blood , and the police dragging him away . He had been up sooner than usual that morning , and could not rest anywhere . Turton told me the conversation he had with Catherine on Saturday nigbt wa « nbont nothine particular .
Jane Cook and Margaret Boyes , the two girls in bed at Ayre ' i house , together with Mr . am ! Mrs . Ayre , were then called , and they all swore positively that they heard no noise In front of the house , or at the door , after twelve o ' clock , before the police came , and the words " Oh dear , what kind of conduct is this—behave ! " were never used by any of them ; and that neither the deceased nor Tnrton was in Ayre ' s house that night . They accounted for the policeman being able t « walk in , by Baying that they alwayit slept with the doors unlocked , and said they were never fastened that nii ; ht . They were very strictly "xamiurfi on all these points , ont confirmed each other ' s testimony in every material particular . " William Best , a shipwright , spoke to having seen a man and woman f whose description partly answered that of the deceased and Turton ) standing exactly at the place where the bonnet wasfonnd , about half-paRt 2 o ' clock ' on Sunday morning . He did not remain in tbe Gill five minutes after he saw them ; there were no cries of distress during that time .
Thomas "mddringtor ., a Rhoemaker , said he was standing at the end of Castle-street , not far from Smith ' s shop , abont 12 minutes past 12 , nnd saw Catherine Hindmarch paes with something under her apron . He spoke to her as she passed , and she was very cheerful . Mr * . SpediJing said she saw three men running in the direction from the Gill or Ayre's-qnay about 2 o ' clock . She did not see their faces , and could not describe their clothing . Alice Turner , who lives in Hopper-street , stated that a quarter before 2 on Sunday morning she was sitting at her own door , which is a short distance from the Gill , when she heard a shriek , which appeared to proceed from that part of the Gill where the bonnet was found . Several -ther shrieks came from the same direction . A dreadful shriek followed , which made the Gill echo again just as the chnrch clock struck 2 . She looked out for some time , bntrouidnot see aay perron . A man might have run along the Gill without her hearing him .
Jane Lloyd was then called by Turton to prove that he wan at home the whole of Saturday night . She deposed—T am a widow , and keep the Royal Trent public house in High-street . Joshua Tnrton lodged with me . and has done so two years . On Saturday night he came home a little after 8 o ' clock . He pat his hat , coat , and shoes off in the parlour , and said he was not going out any more that night . He was in the house until half-past 12 , when he went to bed . He was not eut any more that night . I locked him in his room from the outside , and about 9 o ' clock on the following morning he rang the bell , and the servant went and opened the door . ' Tnrton came straight from r > isro » m into the kitchen , and sat down . I swear positively he was never out of the house duringthat night . The window of Tnrton ' s room opens into the street ; it will be about eight feet from the ground , and
he could have got out and in again that way . When he came into the kitchen on Sunday morning , he said he had had some troublesome dreams he had . dreamed of fighting with the police and such like . I told him they were very bad dreams , and he was to mind he did not get into a scrape before night . He -ent out about 10 . and returned shortly after 12 . On his return I asked him if he had heard any news respecting Catherine Hindmarch . He said he h ad not . I told him that she had been thrown over the Gill banbs , and that people were Warning him for baving done it : He said he was very soiry for what hnd happened , but he was sure no person could blame him , for he had not been out during the night . There is only one key to the door of his room . His working clothes were in the closet of that room . I do not think Turton could hacegotont of the window of his room wlthont my hearing him , as it opens badly .
The Court adjourned at half-past 6 o ' clock until the following morning . On Saturday , the coroner and jnry re-assembled , and a great deal additional evidence was taken . Some witnesses spoke to having beard cries of murder at an early hour in the morning , as if they proceeded from the place in qunstion , and a young woman , named Ilfmn&h Riley , said that on Saturday night , about eleven o ' clock , she saw Turton ( whom she had known four years ) standing with a young woman whom she did not know , not far from the shop of Ranting Smith . The value of her testimony , however , was materially decreased , if not destroyed , by her admission that she had made contradictory statements to the policp . The only other important fact proved was , that Widdrington , the yeung man examined yesterday , and who so far as is at present ascertained wa * the last person seen with the deceased , was an old sweetheart of hers . But there is no reason to suppose that he was inanv manner connected with her death .
Turton , in his voluntary examination , confined himself to denying his guilt , and nrgin / v that if he had been guilty he would have absconded The Coroner briefly summed up , and the Jnry nfier a long consultation , returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown .
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- ¦ -,-.:: ¦• : ¦ : ¦¦ -: , ¦ - v ' { was not well , and he had done so . Serjeant Parsoii was not present when the conversation took place : . By the Coroner . —I did not hear the dogs bark « the morning of the murder , but my husband heard them . Jonas Stevens , K 73 , said , II knew the deceased about fix weeks before his death , that being about the time he had been stationed at Dagenham . I lodged in the same room with him at the station . Ho kept his box in that room , and it was always unlocked , the deceased having broken the lock at the Arbour . square station . lie kept his money in that box , aud I did also . The day previous to losing his life he told me be had £ 110 s in it . I saw him taks out a sovereign and get change for it . He told me that he had lent his cousin , residing at Bcxley-heath , money . I will swear that he did not toll me he had lent ii ————^———— . I
any one else money . I saw the deceased's mother at the police station on the morning before the inquest wan opened . That was the 4 th of July . On tbe following morning the mother wanted to examine the deceased ' s box , but she was not allowed to do so by tbe sister-inlaw of the serjeant . I left the station with deceased , Kimpton , Fames , and other constables , on the night of Monday , the 29 th instant , accompalned by Serjeant Parsons . I left them all at the top of Dagenham-street to go o » to my beat . I never saw Clarke alive after that time . I never saw anything of Kimpton or the other men during the night . I saw the serjeant about halfpast ten , ' and again between twelve and one at Broadstreet . On both occasions he was on horse-back . I saw him again on Tuesday morning at six o'clock , when I came off duty .
Mrs . Page said , the witness fainted in the field on the discovery of the bo'l y . and he was so bad whilst at her house that he constantly kept urging Kimpton to get hack to Dsgenham asquickly as possible . Kimpton , police-constable K , 340 , was called , and in answer to the Coroner , said I do not recollect making any statement to Mrs . Page that Parsons was ill , and that I did bis duty on horseback , on the night of tbe murder . I will swear I did not say it . Coroner . —Mrs , Page has sworn you did say so . Kimpton . —I deny it . lira . Page herestood forward , and confronting Kimpton . declared what she had stated was true .
Evidence continued . —I have on some occasions done duty for the serjeant , but not on this occasion . I will swear that I saw Parsons on horseback doing duty , himself on the Monday night and Tuesday morning in question . I saw him last at the station at Dagenham , at a quarter past three , when I took his horse to the stable . He then said that he had not seen Clarke during the . nfclit , and asked mo if I had seen him . I did Dot see Parsons again until a quarter before six , in Dagenham village , when he . told me that he had not found Clarke . It was not until dinner time on the Tuesday that Clarke ' being missed was reported to the Ilford station .
The Coroner here inquired of Mr . ; Inspector Richardson , who was conducting the case , if he bad any farther evidence , and being answered i n the negative , said that lie thought tliat was tlie proper time to inform the Jury that ciri-umstances had come to his knowledge which would render another adjournment necessary . The murder was one of great atrocity , and if the information that had been given to him were correct , he was certain the Jury would not regret adjourning . After some furtherremarks , the Coroner , addressing the churchwarden of the parish , said that he thought , in order to sift the ease to the bottom , that it would be necessary to have the body exhumed . The inquiry was then adjourned for a fortnight .
Immediately after the adjournment of of the inquiry a long interview took place with the Coroner and the principal police authorities , chiefly relating , it was understood , to a letter received from Bristol accusing certain perBons of the murder .
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BBHBIHBM ^^ HI FATAL ACCIDENT OK THB BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM BAILWAY . Birmingham , Tuesday . Yesterday afternoon a fatal accident occurred upon the Bristol and Birmingham Railway , about fix miles from tbis town , The following facts are obtained from official sources and may be relied upon in the . main as correct . Between Bromsgrove and the Barnt-green Station , the guard of the passenger train ( named William Stock ) which arrives in Birmingham at half-past 3 p . m ,, left his seat at the break on the carriage immediately behind the tender , to enter into conversation with a person—a contractor for work on the line—who was seated on the roof of the succeeding carriage . For this purpose Stock walked across the roof of his own carriage , and sat upon
tbe roof of the one upon an outside seat of which his friend was seated . Upon arriving near the Barnt-green station , the engineer or stoeker , whose 'duty it may he , gave the usual signal by whistle , when the unfortunate man Stock , whose back was towards tbe station , jumped up from his seat with a view to return to the break , when bis head almost instantly came in contact with the arch of the bridge , and his body was thrown between two of the carriages . The train passed over him , and it was not until the train stopped at the station that the body of the deceased was taken up . It was ( ben ascertained that the skull was dreadfully fractured ¦ otherwise he had suffered little iuiury .
The deceased , who , though insensible , was still living , was immediately conveyed in a compartment of one of the carriages to the Birmingham station , and thence to the Queen's Hospital , at Holloway-liead . He arrived there about 1 o ' clock and died about half-past S . Tt will be recollected that a year and a half ago an accident of a somewhat similar nature happened on this line , at the King ' s-norton bridge , only two or three miles distant from the spot where the present one occurred . In that instance the company were blamed for the erection of pillars on each side , for the support of the arch of the bridge . A guard of one of the trains , the time
referre ; i to , met with his death in consequence of his head coming in contact with one of those pillars . In the present case it does not appear that blame is to bo attributed to any improper construction of the bridge . It is one of the highest on the whole line between Bristol and Birmingham . So far as can be ascertained from present evidence , the accident , lamentable as it is , would appear to be the result of the deceased ' s own inriiscrctioni Hi ' was n man nearly six feet high ; and when it is consider , d that his head wa- struck by the centre of the arch , it does not seem probnhle that the height of the bridge could be deemed dangerous .
The body of the deceased having been removed out of Worcestershire into Birmingham , the case is noiv within the jurisdiction of Dr . Birt Davics , the borough coroner , who has appointed to take the inquest tomorrow . The deceasi d was a remarkably steady sober man , and much respected by the superior officers of the company . He has left behind him a wife and five children .
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AWFUL CATASTROPHE LOSS OF TnE BRIG 3 UTLEDGE , OF P 1 CTOU . N . S . —THIRTY PERSONS DROWNED . The brig Sutlej , of Pictou , Nova Scotia , has been ft recked—thirty lives lost . The following are the particulars , as detailed by the Captain of her , who was among the survivors i—The brig Sutlfj , of and from Pictou for Pall Eiver , sailed on the 12 th of June , with 56 passengers—men . women , and children . On the evening of tbe 26 th , at 8 o ' clock , it being thick and foggy , came to anchor ; and at 'I o'clock on the following morning got under weigh , and at about half-past 3 struck on a ledge of rocks ( in the Vineyard ) called the Sow : < nd Pigs , soon after which , the tide having caused her to slue round , she backed off the ledge , filled , and went down bow first , in ten fathoms water . Previous to her going down , the mate was sent below , forward , to ascertain if the brig leaked , but he discovered nothing that looked like it . The pump was
then ordered to be sounded , but before that could be . done water was reported in the forecastle . The boat was then got out and the passengers rushed into it , when the captain gave orders to stiuve her from the brig . He then jumped overboard and swam to the boat , and kept her an close to the brig as possible , picking up such as jumped into the water . The whole number picked up in the captain's boat was 31 , alive . The schooner Dusky Sail ) being near sent hir boat to assist , and succeeded in laving G more alive , who were iu the water , and 3 more do . from the riguing of the sunken brig . 16 dead bodici : ( 4 women and 12 children ) were aUo picked up by the two boats , which together with ' tbe survivors were put on board theR . S . and brought to this place , as above stated . The captain also states that another vessel was at the eame time picking up what was adrift from the wreck .
&c . The captain and creur , and the following passengers were saved : —M&rgtiret Bowie , Robert Bowie , George Oliver , Mary Oliver , Roburt Oliver , George Oliver , Jenett Oliver , I sabella Oliver , Hugh Oliver , John Oliver , John Hownt , JamrsIIi > wat , Michiiel Howat , Thomas Fatkin , John Fa'kin , Jane Love , David Love , Robert Me Millen , Margaret McMillen , Hugh Dcnoon , Margaret Fraz wr , Archibald , — Munrne , William Loraine , William Weir , AvcMh : ilil Smith , Ellen Smith —28 . The naraiM of those who Were lost , including the 16 picked up and brought io t ' lis port , are as follow * : —Margaret Bowie , Christie Bowie , Mary Bowie , Aletandcr Bowie , James Bowie , Jennie Bowie , ( nil children of the lady who was savc . l ) , Elizabeth Howat , Agnes nowat , Margaret Fatkin , Fi'ter Fatkin , Margaret Fatkin , ( daughter ) , Juii' - Love , ( mother ) , Alexander Love , Jessie Love , Mariraret MoMillen , ( mother ) , Elizabeth McMillen ,
Ann McMillen , Hugh McMilh n . William McMillen , Junnett McM-llen , Robert McMillen , Margaret Denoon , Marion Denouti , Mary Denoon , Daniel McLean , William Frazier , SarahFnizier , Ann Catherine Frazier , Effv Weir , Joanna Cream—30 . A slip from the office of the Sew port Ferald and Jihnde Islandtt sayn ;—A jury of inquest was held by the Coroner , ( J . C . Slmw , EsiiO over the Hdtes , who found a verdict in accordance with the forgoing facts , after which they were removed from th « t « ssel to a neighbouring hou c o , and arrangements made by the authorities for their decent interment . Through the exertions of a number of humane individuals , the survivors w < re comfortably provided for with food and clothing for the present . The passengers were all foreigners—mostly Scotch , and , we understand , were on their way to Pennnylvania , where they expected to find employment iu the mining establish !!) - , nts .
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THE ELECriOJSS . PERTH . The nomination and re-eleution of the Right Eon , Fox Maule / for the city of Perth , took place on Saturday , on hustings erected in front of the County Hall . His nomination was moved by " Mr . David Greig ( late provost of [ the city ) , and seconded by Bailie Clunie . There being no opposition the right lion , gentleman was declared to be duly elected . in m
CHESTER . The re-election of Mr . Jervis , Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , as the representative of this city , took place on Saturday morning , without opposition , and without creating the least excitement . EVESHAM . Lord Marcus Hill , who lias been appointed to the Oontrollership of Her Majesty ' s Household , was on Saturday re-elected without opposition , HERTFORD . Saturday . —Tho re-election of Mr . Cowpor , one of the new Lords of the Admiralty , took place to-day . GLOUCESTER . On Saturday , Captain Berkeley , who had accepted a scat at the Bonrd of . Admiralty under the new Administration , was re-elected without opposition .
TOWER HAMLETS . Tbe election of a member for this borough , consequent upon the vacancy occasioned by Col . Pox ' s acceptance of office as Surveyor GeneraLofthe Ordnance , took place on Saturday at Stepney-green . The proceedings were aa dull as can well he imagined . At one o ' clock , the hour appointed for opening the proceedings , there were scarcely 100 in front of the hustings , exclusive , of course , of policemen , who were , mustered in extraordinary force , and whose vigilance in preventing the juveniles from creeping under the ' ropes and infringing other national laws by the police \ for such cases made and provided , was a subject for infinite admiration .
Oftl . Fox ' s friends assembled hi 12 6 ' clftck , ai Wliitecbapel Court House , and walked with bim tt the hustings along the Mile-end-road , the most public place perhaps in all the borough . Their procession , however , did not attract even ordinary attention , and so little of , the " enthusiastic" was there amone the constituency that even the appearance of the candidate on the hustings was not a signal for a cheer . Much more curiosity seemed to he excited by the appearance of the returning officer and his legal assistant * , who , in full dress costume , and bearing staves decorated with white satin ribbon , drove up to the booth in a carriage and four , proceeded by the Borough ball Iff , an liumble imitation of the City Marshal , as outridei and clearer of the way . Georok Offoh ; Esq , a magistrate resident at Hackney , nominated Col . Fox , as a fit and proper person again to represent them in Parliament . Mr . Martineau , seconded the nomination .
The Returning Officer then asked whether there was rny other candidate to be nominated ? Mr . Box ( schoolmaster ) said he came forward to exercise bis privilege as an elector by asking Colonel Fox certain questions . If he did not answer them satisfactorily he would put another candidate in nomination , but if he did answer them , he would withdraw his opposition . He desired to know whether Colonel Fox was ready to use his influence , as a member of the legislature , in order to obtain a
complete suffrage for the people ? The other question he would wish to put was , whether he was prepared to advocate and promote a'total severance between civil and ecclesiastical affairs ? ( Hear . ) It was his desire that the question known as the Anti-State-Clmroh question . should be agitated until it would meet tbe same fate as that of the corn-laws ; and he begged mo 9 t respectfully to say , that a very considerable number of ardent and fervent spirits in that borough were ready to do their utmost that those subjects should meet with a full and fair discussion .
Colonel Fox rose and said—I bejjmost distinctly to let it be understood that I will give no pledge whatever relative to these or any other subjects . I declared my principles in 1841 , and it is for you to say if I have swerved from thmn . ( Hear , hear . ) But , as to giving any particular or individual pledge , that I cannot do , and I would sooner resign the honour of repre ; enting you than so bind myself . ( Hear , hear . ) As to the question of universal suffrage , I will observe , that I am by no means prepared to say that I will not suppsrt a gradual extension of the suffrage . I am not prepared however to pledge myself to what
is called universal suffrage , or anything of the sort . I consider the suffrage question goes hand in hand with the education question , and I can only say that I . for one , would be very glad to see the people fitted to hold such a power by the blessings of education . ( Hear . ) With reference to the other question put to me , 1 can give no pledge whatever . I am a friend to religious liberty in its fullest extent , but it would be exceedingly improper in me to give a pledge upon the subject , especially when I am aware that the greater portion of my fellow countrymen hold opinions adverse to those of the last speaker .
Mr . Box said as his object was satisfied in the putting the questions , and as he was anxious not to ap | ear to wish to cause vexation or cnibarmssnient , lie should not proceed to nominate a candidate . Colonel Fox ( in an under tone ) , You ' re a jolly fel ' ow ! [" jolly flat ! " 1 The hon . member and his qucstisner then shook hand ? , and the latter left the platform . The Returning-Officer then put the necessary queft ' ois , and the show of hands being for Colonel Fox , hi was declared duly elected ,
GREENWICH . On Monday , Admiral Dundas , one of the newly appointed Lords of the Admiralty , was elected without opposition . _
PLYMOUTH . The contest has terminated in tho return of the ministerial candidate . The following were the numbers at the close of the poll : — Ebrington 714 Vincent »• 1 S 7 Mnjoritv for Ebrmgton , 527 . After the declaration of the poll , Lord Ebrin » tOO addi essed the meeting , and was followed by # h r . Vincent who said that Lord Ebrmgton might
co back to Lord John Russell , and tell him that he did not represent the feelings of the mass of the inhabitants of Plymouth ; he ( Mr . Vincent ) would either present himself , orsome one else would be presenied , to the electors at any succeeding election , so that those who supported the great principles which he professed would have an opportunity of manifest-1 ing their opinions . He congratulated the inhabitants of Plymouth upon the peaceable manner in which the election had been conducted , and begged to teider them his very best acknowledgements .
MANCHESTER . Monday . —The election for this borough took place this morning , in St . Ann ' s-square , where , by ten o'clock , the hour appointed for the proceedings to commence , an immense assemblage of people had gathered , probably more than 6 , 000 in number . After the usual formalities , Mr . Alderman Walker proposed the Right Hon . Thomas Milner Gibson . Mr . Alderman Kersham seconded the motion . No other candidate appearing Mr . Gibson was declared duly elected . Mr . Gibson then de'ivered a Ions whig oration , after which . ' . —1
The Rev . Mr . Schofield begged leave to call the attention of the right hon . gentleman to the thousands of honest faces that were directed towards him . Did he know that the majority of these did not enjoy the franchise ? and was he prepared to givo them a vote equally with the ten-pounders ? Was he willing to acende to an extension of the suffrage ? Mr . Gibson . —I will not give an answer that may be calculated to mislead ; I will only state what my feelings are in reference to this subject . I am not aware of any measure that is about to be introduced , but if any well-considered measure for the extension of the suffrage be laid before Parliament , 1 will promise to give it my most favourable consideration ( Loud cheers . )
The Rev . Mr . Sciiofield . —I have two or three other questions . Under the present Poor Law , which gives authority to the persons putting it in force to imprison ( . the poor , and make them break and ' -pulverise bones , they ave obliged , from being hungry , to « naw the gristle and suck the marrow ( the remainder of the sentence wns lest in a deep and universal groan from the crowd . ) Will you , Sir , advocate any measure to ameliorate the condition ot the poor in these bastiles ? It is a strong phrase , but it is the only one properly descriptive of them .
Mr . Gibson—The object of the poor-law I imagine is to give a support to the destitute , and I never understood that the advocates ot the new poor-law intendi'd or wished that practices of a severe or cruel nature should be enfovced agafoist the inmates of workhouses ; indeed I am not aware that any man will advocate unnecessary cruelties being enforced aoainst the poor . AH I can say is tlvis , that if any acts of impropriety or abuse in tin- administration , of the l ; iw be proved and established , 1 am not the man to set my face against the suggestion or application of a remedy . ( Cheers . ) Tbe Rev . Mr . Scuopibld . —I have still another question . Are you an advocate i ' or annual parliaments to meet your constituent * once a year . ( Oriea of "No , no . " )
Mr . Gibson— I will frankly tell the reverend gentleman that I would not like it much myself , ( Laughter and cheers . ) I think it rather too short m interval to elapse , for tbe moment a man got into Ivirum aud understood his business , then came another election . ( " Hear , hear , " from the hustinf ! 9 ' ) 'fro long an interval between g « nerai elections is certainly a great evil , but I think too abort a one w « ttW be equally so . ( Cheers . ) The ltev . Mr . Schoheld—Are you prepared to support a Ten Hours' Bill ? ( Cheers from the crowd , anil «• cry of "No . no , " from the hustings . ) > Anc how nlso you can juatity your vote aeainat this bill whun brought forward in the House of Comni'wa by a eentloman of great experience on the subject , Mr . John Fielden the member for Oldham f ( Cheers , an . d " QMh , " )
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Mr . Gibson—I will answer my reverend friend si candidly and clearly as I can . It has always beer my desire that the question of the hours of laboui should be settled by the people themselves . ( Great clamour , and cries of " That won't do . " ) The rev . gentleman and his friends invite me to take upon myself the responsibility of preventing the working classes , whatever may be their own wishes on the subject , from working more than ten hours a day . ( Hear , hear . ) This is a heavy responsibility . ( Hear , hear . ) Labour is the working man ' s property , and lam asked to reduce at once by one-sixth the productive labour of the manufacturing districts . Hear , hear . ) I should consider myself unworthy of
your confidence if I gave off-hand answers that would vote for such a reduction . ( Glamour . ) My earnest wish is to see- ( a voice : " Slavery" )—no , my wish is to see a perfect and good understanding between the parties interested in this question ; but I will not take the resposibility of enforcing in these districts a Ten Hours' Bill . ( Cheers from the hustings , and groans and hisses from the crowd . ) The Rev . Mr . Schofieij>—Can vou give a reason why females and young persons should _ work two hours longer than the mechanic or agricultural labourer ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Gibson—I can give no reason on the subject . It is not the law—there is no act p f parliament for it . An Elector—Why not make it the law ? ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Gibson—Why not make it felony to drink small liner ? ( Laughter and cheers . ) Mr . Schofield here retired , loudly cheered by the multitude .
RICHMOND . Monday Evenino . —The election for the borough of Richmond , Yorkshire , took place this morning , when Henry Rich , lisq ., the late member , who had vacated his Feat by accepting the office of one of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Treasury , was re-elected without opposition .
DUNG . ARVAN . Saturday . —The election for the borough of Dungawan was generally looked to with some public anxiety , as a doubt existed whether there-election of the Right Hon . Richard Lalor Sheil would be opposed by O'ConnelJ or not , by starting a repealer in his stead ; but it was known in some quarters of Dublin on Saturday that the ordinary formalities of moving nnd seconding the nomination of the Right Honourable Gentleman aa representative " would
constitute the entire ceremony ; that Mr . Shell would m . t even go down to favour the electors with an antithetical oration , and that bis return would be communicated to him in a formal letter by his agent . It is stated that the Right Hon . Gentleman finding on bis arrival in Dublin on Friday , that he could " walk over the course , " determined not to appear at the hustings , particularly as certain parties threatened to put some questions to him in reference to " repeal / ' which woiild prove embarrassing and unpleasant . ' ¦ ••' -.
The Sub-Sheriff , Mr . Folet , having read the writ and made proclamation for holding an election accordingly . The Rev . Mr . Hally , P . P ., came forward and said—Mr . Sheriff and electors of Dungarvan . after a lapse of five years I have again the honour of proposing to your notice the Right Honourable Richard Lalor Sheil , as a fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parliament . A Voice . —For this time only . Never again unless he booomes a repealer . A Voice . —Will he get the repeal magistrates restored ? ( Hear , and cheers . ) Another Voice . —Three cheers for Old Ireland , repeal and O'Connell" ( Cheers . ) R . Lonoan , Esq ., came forward to second the nomination .
A Voice . —Hurrah for repeal ; Sheil is no repealer , and we must have one . ( Loud cheers , and cries for repeal . ) Another Voice . — Three groans for the Coercion Bill and it < concoctors . ( Tremendous groaning . ) A Third Voice . —We will let Sheil in this time . but we must have a repealer the next ; and if he is not we will put him ont . ( Cheers . ) A Fourth Voice . —Three cheers for O'Connell and repeal' ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Foley ( the Sub-Sheriff ) then asked the usual question , if there was another candidate to be proposed , three times , and having received no reply . The High Sheriff , in the usual manner , declared the Rifrht Hon . Richard L Sheil to be duly elected to represent the borough of Dungarvan in the present Parliament—amidst cheers , groans , and shouts for repeal . .
EDINBURGH . Monday . —« The nomination of a candidate to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of Mr . William Gibson Craig , to the office of a Lord of the Treasury , took place here to-day , on a husting erected in tbe Hiab-street . Mr . Dunlop , of Brocklock , wlio was solicited to come forward in opposition to Mr . Gibson Craig by the Complete Suffragists and a small section of the Voluntaries , having refused to allowhimsplf to be put in nomination at this time , Mr . Craig was allowed to walk over the course , and was declared elected without opposition .
Return of Mr . Macaulay . —This gentleman has not been allowed to " walk over , " but has had to engage in a rather severe struggle to win back his relinquished seat . Mr . Maoaulay ' s opponent was Sir Culline Eardly Smith , brought forward by the Free Church party nnd the Dissenters connected with the Evangelical alliance . The main gaound of opposition to Mr . Macaulay was his supportof the Maynooth Endowment Bill . The nomination took place on Friday , when the Lord Prov . st proposed Mr . Macanlay , and Sir James Foit st , Bavt , proposed Sir Culling E . Smith . After speeches from both candidates , a show of hands was then taken . The number of hands held up in both instances being nearly equal , the Sheriff declared that he would not undertake to decide which had the greater number . A poll was then demanded in behalf of both
parties , which was appointed to take place on Tuesday . Edinburgh , Tuesday , Four o'Clock , p . m . —The poll hasjust been declared , and Mr ! Macaulay has gained the election over Sir Culling Eardley Smith , by a majority of 903—Mr . Macaulay haying polled 1 , 735 votes , and Sir Culling 832 . This result was anticipated . The friends of Mr . Macaulay , however , expected a still greater majority . Tbe total number polled is 2 , 567 , or not above on ^ -half the number of electors on the register , which shows very distinctly , that there is a strong personal feelingr among the con-Rtituency against Mr . Macaulay . We understand that it is the intention of both parties to work the registry with the utmost vigour between this and the 20 th of July j ftft that il is n 6 t unlikely , in the event of another election , that Mr . Macaulay ' s majority will not be so decided .
LISKEARD . Mr . Buller was returned for Liskesrd on Wednesday without opposition , beinsr proposed by Mr . Adams , and seconded by Mr . Allen , a member of the Society of Friends . LITCHFIELD . The vacancy caused in the representation of this city , cousequcnt on the acceptance of the offices of Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry in Her Majesty ' s household by Lord Alfred Paget , was filled up on Wednesday . Lord Alfred was nominated by the Rev . T . 0 . B . Floyer , a magistrate of the city . Maj' -r Majendie seconded the nomination . No other candidate having been proposed , the sheriff declared Lord Alfred Paget duly elected .
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HALIFAX ELECTION . TO TnE EDITOR 6 F THE NORTHERN STAR . Mr . Editor . —I think it my duty to forward a few lines descriptive of the overwhelming strength of the Chartists of Halifax , and the devoted attachment of the people to the principles of the people ' s charter , as proved on the day of nomiHation . On Tuesday evening a deputation from Halifax waited on me , and required my attendance at the Piece Hall on tbe following day , to test the feeling of the people in favour of the Charter , the Ten Hours ' Bill , against the New Poor Law , and to- show their detestation of the paltry Whigs . According to their desire , I atteaded at Halifax , nnd met Mr . Crossley and some of tbe Chartist body , and understanding that my Droooser and seconder would ! be present , w *
proceeded ta the hustings , and , after some thrusting-, iecured plaecs in the front . After the usual pneliminaries were gone through , Mr . Jonathan Akrewd , an extensive manufacturer , proposed Mr . Wood * the Whig Chancellor ot the Exchequer , and both , him and th © seconder made speeches in favour « £ the Wliiga . and hoped that tho moderate men , of all parties would now unite . I was proposed by Mr . Elanson , a stout healthy innkeeper , and seconded by Mr- John Smith , who had to substitute Mr . Wood , imather innkeeper , who was suddenly saized with cholera on the previous night , and could not attend . The returning officer objected to Mr . Smith , as his name was not on the printed list , although he was duly qualified on the overseers' list , and not objected to .
Mr Wood then proceeded to address the assem- J blase , and made a regular " cut and dried" Whig speech , the sum and substance of which was that tbe ! Whigs would abolish the differential duties , equalise I the sugar duties , and promote the education of the people . I then presented myself to the meeting , and was told by the returning officer , that as the qualification of my seconder was disputed . I could , not be allowed to address the meeting as a candidate , Mr , Wood was therefore declared duly elected without a show of hands being called for , and was hooted and greaned at by the meetinc . The necessary papers being filled up , the returning offi cer \« y politely aftmed
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me to address the people . . I commented on the flimsiness of Mr . Wood ' s speech , a ™ showed the hoi . lowness of his pretensions to eu . eat the people whilst he voted against the Ten Jours' Bill , which ' would give them time for improvement I also took the sense of the meeting on the right < v the peop ] a to vote , on the Ten Hours' Bill , and against the Nflff Poor Law , and in all cases there was nearly a una . nimous vote , for only a few persons on the hustings n nmiinnmnj . *
objected . I finally called on all who thought Charlea Wood an unfit person to represent Halifax to hold up their hands , and the whole body of the meeting raised them amidst loud cheers . I take no credit to myself for the display of Chartist strength thus exlibited ; the praise is due to Messrs . Crossley , Bairden , Ben Rushton . and the men of Halifax , but I trust I have proved my steady devotion to my prin . ciples . I am , yours truly , George Whitk .
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THE PLYMOUTH ELECTION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . , Plymouth , White Cross Street , July 13 , 1846 ., Deak Sm , —While the treacherous nnd deceitful camp of Whiggery was receiving such castigafion at Nottingham , my tord Ebrington did not , as OHe of that party , " go scot free" at Plymouth , True , tbe people had not onein whom , as a representative ( Mr . Vincent ) , they could place much confidence . No doubt you have heard that Mr . Vincent the Chartist ( God bless the mark . ' } was the individual opposed to the Whig Lordling , and so far as declamation , coupled with argument , was concerned , Mr . V . left nothing undone , as every day last week , he addressed thousands of the inhabitants twice or three timei . True , his policy of taking 5 s . . in'the pound , and after , wards struggling for the recovery of the remaining 15 s ., is sickening to those who lore democracy ; however , he has
induced parties to carefully examine the principles of the People's Charter , who never did so before , many of whom now say there is no other way whereby the aalratjon pf the country can be obtained ; how long they will hold these opinions time alone will decide . On the day of nomination , Friday last , the Whi ? Lord , who was on all former occasions the favourite with the masses , had none but the serfs of faction to countenance him , while Vincent had the great body of the people to cheer him on ; and , indeed , to do him justice , it may be truly said , he gave Whigs and Whiggery a sound thrashing . Vincent launched ' out in a , truly masterly style , and was it not for his former delinquency and the simpering policy before referred to , his speech must have warmed the heart of every Democrat . Oftan has it been wished this week past , that he were more consistent , His desertion from
the Chartist ranks was brought against him by those opposed , though they took good care to hold him up all through as " the Chartist Candidate , " thereby working on the fears of the timid , as also pandering to the unstable Conservatives ( to the credit of that body be it known , many of them , said they would let all Chartists in , before they should support a Whig ) . At one of tbe preparatory meetiDgs , "his Lordship " stated he considered the working classes too illiterate and debased to be entrusted with the franchise , on which Mr . Robertson , tlie active and intelligent Secretary of the Chartist Land Association , gare a splendid specimen of "the illiterate and debased , " convincing those whom lie had addressed , that such an assertion was false as . it was unfounded : There is little doubt but that one expression raised more public indignation against "his Lordship , " than all the other acts of his life .
Somes of the partisans of "his Lordship" boasted of the superiority of his birth and descent , little imagining that tbe "ignorant" workies are well acquainted now-aday , with the origin of every aristocrat . How dumbfoundered some of the Whig shopoerats appeared , when informed that "his Lordship ' s" great ancestor was a Common Soldier in the ranks of " William the Conqueror , " who received promotion for aiding that archrobber in his wholesale devastation and plunder of their Saxon forefathers . At tbe nomination there were twenty to one for Vlncent against Ebrington ; thelatter ' s proposer demanded a poll . On Saturday morning before eight o ' clock , a rumour was current that a great boay of the Tories were ready to aid Lord Ebrington against the Chartist . This , on examination , proved to be too true , for several of the rankest Tories hurried to the poll , and many more
were in readiness . This completely damped the energies of most of Vincent ' .- ; friends . Owing to this coalition , many of those wbo pledged themselves to support Vincent , finding that his doom was sealed , fled to the enemy ' j camp . At four o ' clock , Ebrington was declared elected , he having 718 votes , and Vincent 188 . The numbers polled will show you that intimidation was fashionable , that the voters were not allowed to use their own discretion , or that the great majority of the electors were not favourable to either party , as there are in the borough ntarly 2 , 560 qualified to vete , where only 904 exercised the privilege . Of this one thing every unprejudiced mind is satisfied , that if the several parties who proclaimed disgust at Lord Ebrington on the Mavnooth grant , had been true to their " sayings , " as well as those who opposed him regarding local circumstances , and had the Tories followed their own , principles , Vincent would be now M . P . for Plymouth .
Earnestly hoping that ifr . O'Connor will throw overboard any squeamishness that may arise in his bosom , and take his seat for Nottingham , to which lie was duly elected , I am , in the cause of Chartism , yours truly , P . J . O'Bbiek .
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A WORD TO WORKING MEN . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Asitisinvariably the rule of statesmen to talk ot education in tbe Commons House of Parliament , I think it would not be time spent in vain to try what could be done out of the house , for , as we live , we find that the greatest men of the age have not been men of high birth , but men that earn their bread by tho sweat of their brow ; hence it is thnt a great statesman , a senator , has asaerted , that the most learned speeches , whether in or out of the house , have been by working-men . Sir , to be born of aristocratic parents is not to be a gifted man , he may be endowed with a genius which , by culture , may far surpass the poor man ; but tbe object I have in view
Is the co-operation of all classes , whether he be a dustman or a lawyer ' s clerk , tinker , tailor , soldier or sailor . The plan I propose is as follows ; supposing- a number , guy two hundred , confederate together , pay annually 8 s ., that is to say 2 s . per quarter , the first year they might purchase £ 50 worth of books , besides different papers of different politics , not forgetting the one thing needfulthe Northern Star . A good-sized room , with nil other things requisite , would cost about £ 15 , which making a . total of £ 75 , would leave in the hands of the treasurer £ 5 at the expiration of the year . No doubt the society would great ! , * 'augment , as there would be a surplus of £ 5 the first year . If the society increased , lecturers might be employed with tbe overplus . I remain , yours , TBOMiS MAI 0 CiPELl . Erighton , July 14 . 1846 .
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Effect of Sulphate of Iron on Vegetation . — The Journal < V Horticulture Pratique asserts that a tree , of which the wood is tender , poor , and sickly , to which a strong solution of sulphate of iron should be applied , revives and puts forth an extraordinary vegetationi This dissolution ot sulphate , of which M , Paquefc has made many successful applications this summer , should be given in and with the water , when the plants or trees are watered , so that the roots may more readily absorb the chemical agencies which reanimate the vital forces of the tree .
Minb Accident . —On Friday morning a serious accident happened in a pit in I ' awkes Field , at Cinder Bank , near Netlierton , worked by Mr . Fletcher which might have been attended with a terrible loss of life , it appeared that at about nine or ten o ' clock the gate road of the pit fell in , burying and almost suffocating thirteen or fourteen men . On the circumstance becoming known , a great concourse of persons assembled upon the bank , and rendered every assistance . About twe hours , however ,, elapsed before themen were released from their perilous situation , but we are happy to say that they were ail got out alfve , though they appeared to have suffered dreadfully from fright , and the apprehension of being entombed alive . —WolnrMmptoih Chronicle .
Fatal Accident at thb iate Review is Htihs PAER . ~ Yesterday evening an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of Henry Hailesbury , aged fifteen . The- deceased . Ki ¥ « d at 35 , Park-street , Gros ^ enorsquare , and or the morning of Moaday , the : 29 th of June , he an £ another boy was on the bough of a t » ee Jn Hyde Park , near the B * yswater-r » ad , witnessing a review of the troops before Ibrahim Pacha , wben the bough broke , and the deceased and his companion were precipitated to th&fii'ound . The deceased was picked up in a state of insensibility and taken to the hospital , when it was finmd he had sustained an extensive fracture of fae skull , under which , he sank and expired on Monday lasfe . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Thk IiAiB Fataa Explosion at Dsoitwich . — Wednesday . —I rogvet to have to announce that besides tbe unfortunate men , George and James ?^ h . u ' * , alread y stated in * P aPer , were killed by the explosion at the Droitwieh Patent Saltworks on Friday week , a third of the sufferers has expired fromthe injuries which he received at the titao . This Is a youth named Brickley , who it will bd remembered , wns assisting the Carters to load a j » aggon with salt , in the loading-room , which ad > joins the works , when the explosion took place . He
v ? aa very severely scalded by tho bursting forth of the steam and brine , and after lingering for some days expired in great suffering . An inquest lias been held on the body at the Railway Tavern , in tliis borough before Mr . W . S . P . Hughes , one of the coroners for Worcestershire , when the facts already detailed on the inquests on the bodies of the Carters , j new last Thursday , having been deposed to by tho several witnesses , the Jury returned a verdict to the like effect of that given on the former inquisitioni 1 tiz ., that the death was accidental , and impoBing * I nominal depdand on the boiler of one shilling , as Uhe former initoncea ,
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MURDER OF A P 0 LICE-C 0 NSATBLE IN ESSEX ; The inquiry in this case was resumed on Tuesday , at Dagenham , and the following singular evidence gone into : — Mrs . Elizabeth Page sworn . —I am the wife of Ralph Page , of Dagenham , farmer . I did not know the deceased Clarke . I first heard of a policeman being missing on Tuesday week last , and heard of one of the men being found on the Friday following , about half-past seven o'clock in the evening . At that time several policaronstables came to my bouse to ask me if I bad any objection to allow them to drag the poad . I gave them permission , and after they had dragged the pond I told them there was another pond at the top of one of my fields , and my little boys would go and shew them . My boys accompained Policp-constablesButfoy and Kimpton , to point out the pond , and in about ten minutes after I heard my children scream , and cries for the police . 1 ran to the spot , and saw my boys and all the police who had been in my yard together , and at their feet I saw the body of a policeman lying , on the | right side , I assisted in placing the body upon a door , and lent them a cart to take it away . About half-past eleven or twelve o ' clock the same night , my cart was brought back by Kimpton and two other policemen . 1 gave them some refreshment , as they appeared very much exhausted . In conversation , Kimpton said that , if it had not been for my children having taken them the way they did , they would not have found deceased . He also ' said that Mr . Parsons , meaning Serjeant Parnons , was not on duty the nUht deceased was missed , and had asked him ( Kimpton ) to take hii horse and do duty for Mm , at he
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Tna Foot Hurblk Race of half-a-mile aiul twenty-two hurdles , between Byron and E . Smith ( well-known men , ) was run on Monday , and terminated in the men running a dead heat . The race eame off at the Beehive grounds , Walwovth .
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