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      ** - ' ^^ ^ ^ ** r-TM ^^^ M ^^^^^^ m mm ^ t— ^ . _ ,,. - ^ -... -- » ... ~ - - » .-.. •»»/ . , -r » - - - .. " ., . - * J ! jZ tuio moie iihm record the dtcision . The latter part of k , rate ai toths formation of a quorum , was amended in Sfo ilowinR ' Mnner :- " * FiTet <> forma quorum , andshonld ^ eooafi ty o f toteg take place , thequestionba referred to £ president . As to the filling of vacancies in the Cen-S Committee , canud by death or resignation , it was CdTtd that the next eligible candidate on the Confer-^ Bst of candidates should be elected to fill np the UCSflCV * ¦ . - Tht repon as thus amended was agreed to , and the Pomace proceeded to consider the other amendments * , tlic rules containedia the buanesspaper . jjrBoBsos moved the following scale of allowance to gi bers "hen ont of work , iBStead of that adopted at ^ Conference : —Avera ge wapes 2 s 6 d . pay per week f » n ! an R and receive 2 « . —Average wages 5 s , pay per Jj £ per man id , and receive 3 s 4 < L—Average wages 7 s Spur p * f wc « k per man | d , and receive 4 s 8 d . —Average

      Ices J 0 « , pay per week per man Id , and receive 6 s — igrage wages 12 s 61 , pay per week per man l | d , and l ^ ve 7 s Id . —Average wages I 5 s , pay per week per man Sand receive 8 s 8 a . —Average wages 17 s 6 d , pay per Jg per nun lfd , and Teceive I 83 . 1—Average wages 28 s , llpcr wMfcperman 3 d . and reeeivells 4 d . —Average lie 523 « 6 d pay per week per manS ^ d , and receive ^ . —A verage wages 25 s , pay per week per man 2 | d , ijjteeei ve Us—Average wages 27 s 6 d , pay per week « jibso 3 | d , and receive 15 s 4 d . —Average wages 30 s , * " per « rtckperman 3 d , and receive 16 s 8 ( 1 . —Average tJjsSS 61 , pay per week per man 3 ld and receive 18 s . jwraae wages 85 s , pay per week per man 3 § d , and L javel Ss «•—Average wages 37 s 6 d , pay per week per j ^ jSfd , and receive 20 s 8 d . —Average wages 40 s , pay tman

      ^ t ! t ^ V * fl i mi receive 22 s . His object in L- srio ? forward this scale was merely to simplif y the - ^ jng scale , and he believed that the princi ple upon « jj , it MS constructed was an equitable one , jlr Vox . of Nottingham , said if the scale was adopted l » in > al 0 haTe a m 0 st wjorious effect upon the trade he ren ted . It would have the « ffect of causing the fcjue-work knitters , in many cases where a reduction Lsefftred , ratter to take it than the allowance of the Ljjtisnon To certain portions of the trade it would Ki iiiiTalent , in consequence of the lownes » of their C ^ -inss . to an allowance of onl y Is 6 d ppr week , and he Egerta that if it was adopted it would cause a great t fliy istniters to withdraw altogether . Wr Esarexr . of Keighley , concurred in the views of

      r Dean , and was satisfied that any alteration in the Jan ? scale would produce great dissatisfaction in his jSty . If that scale was considered to be somewhat frwu rahleto the high-patf trades , it should be regabered that it was their interest to improve and sns . jjile low paid , as the preventive between the high and upiia trades , which was so injurious to the former , i 3 « hich bad in so many instances pulled down their refers to tfee lower IereL He was instructed to oppose ftfw and support the old scale , wilh which the mem . 5 a Hs locality were perfecUv satisfied . HrHiwKEswoMH , of Sheffield , would support thepreuntil it

      guticale , was shown that the funds of the Assojadon were not sufficient to pay the old allowance . HrBrcKixr , of Leicester deprecated the ase of such luiCTSe on thepart of delegates as threats that their ^ 3 j « Bia withdraw unless certain course * were purjaealj the Conference . He did not believe that any ( gafvooldactinthat manner , and lie hoped that the k-afotBM would in that and all other matters take Gatsppc sred to it the best conrse after a fall conside-UfiasafaDv particular snlject For his own part he tsstpposed to the proposed scale , because he believed it kossotsogoodaone as the scale adopted at the last

      jjuaftTtTM . There was one point , however , so imporjjittlat he conld not aveid pressing it upon the attengsnefth * Conference . It was , as he understood , not ftenCHitioacfthe Associati on to support the men in bgsfs upon such allowances , but to set them to work , Ubewnld testify to tfce fact that scores of men in Igtstersliirehsdbe n kept in work , and men ' s wages piaitea from being reduced , because it was understood gst lie Association acted upon that principle ; and also fcshet nowledge of the fact , that it had 18 men now at Hj&istfeat county . Be CHAastis said it was his dnty tosUtethathehad ¦ Kcireii letters from various trades who were unable to is ! adeatei to the Conference , stating that they gener . jStrwumrred in the amendment to be submittd to the

      feirence , but that they objected to any alteration in fcsfafe ( hear , hear . ) It was his duty to these trades ioRite that fact , and it would be for the Conference to fecSin mind in coining to a decision on the subject , ft Bvsb proposed as an amendment— ' That all bis belonging to the Association shall pay a weekly IfroflJd in the pound on the wages they return ; anda Bail ? contribution of ii in the pound to defiay the gjensesaf management , &c ; and receive on strike ( if Wfrnp ' ovea ) bythefbllowing scale : —2 s 6 d and ander Siiedmorethanhalf wages—7 s 6 d and under 10 s , 5 d QKthan half waws-lOs and under 12 s 6 d , 4 & more fisshalf wages—12 s 6 d andunder 15 s , 3 d more than half rcss—15 i and under 17 s 6 d , 2 d more than half wages

      c ti and under 20 s , Id more than half wages—all Ere 20 ; , one-half the wagei Ktuined . " He proposed a :-Mle from a belief that it would be more fair than fc-eristiiig scale to all the trades in the Association , teha- h gh or low paid . Mr Pattbs , of Manchester , proposed as another Hadmtnt , the following— " That all trades belong . stothe Association shall pay 2 d in the pound on the ess returned , and a monthly contribution of id in bponnd , to defray the expenses of maBagemenC&c ., ci receive on strike ( if not employed ) by the following ids-op to 10 s three-fourths of the wages they return im 103 to 203 two-thirds added—from 20 j to 80 s 24 ialfa 4 dec * _ from 30 s to 40 s one-third added . Aver-ETaps 2 s Gd . weekly pay id , receive on strike Is 184 d

      ¦»* iage wages os , weekly pay Jd , recsive on strike ¦ 'J-arerage wages 7 s 6 d , weekly pay | d , receive on Ei « 9 i 74 d _ -aTerage wages 10 s , weekly pay Id , receive aarike 7 s 6 d—average wages 12 s 6 d , weekl y pay 1 Jd , ¦ caw on strike 9 s 2 d—averaga wages 15 s , weekly pay iirasive on strike 10 s lOd—average wages 17 s 6 d , ** % P » J lfd , receive on strike 12 s 6 d—average wages s , Tf * lsly pay 2 d , receive on strike lfe 2 d—average wes 2 s 6 d , weekly pay 2 Jd , recdve on strike 15 s 5 d—JW | e wages 25 s , weekly pay 2 jd , receive on strike 33 l-averag 8 wages 27 s weekl y pay 2 | d , receive on i ^ elTs lid—average wages 30 s , weekly pay Sd . receive a stnke 19 s 21—average wages 32 s 6 d , weekly pay 3 Jd , scare oa strike 20 s—average wages 353 , weekly pay 5-, rectiv 8 on strike 20 s lOd—average wages 37 s 6 d ,

      **? pa ? 3 | d , rec « veon strike 21 s 8 a- ~ average wages 5 , "eeldy pay 4 d , receive on strike 22 s 6 d . " » Jacobs said the objection to the existing scale was , * ta jmnped too much from one rate of wagei to star . He had drawn up a scale which showed the ; Jadiate rates , which he was willing to submit to a * s committee , by which , he was of opinion , the ques . a eoald alone be properly settled . He had not found , « a experience in Scotland , that the high-paid trades ^ anj objection to the present allowance to the highponadts , it was merely desired that the scale should »* the allowance on wages not mentioned in the ex . n ^ scale , He had drawn up one in which the allow--Kwassho wnfor every Is of wages , which , he thought , * S obviate the objection he had alluded to . Bat the ^ snbject was , in big opinion , of so important a « fe . th « it should be referred to a Committee , so tni

      : «« ghtbesettled permanently , for nothing could more injurious than to be constantly altering the *« allowance . It would destroy all faith in the ™« rof the Association and the permanency of the *»• Si « n to members . « e Ciuiucis said thebest mode to pursue would be ** ' deds 5 on <> f the Conference on the question jaer there should beany alteration atall ; and , if so , ^\ npthe natnre of *•» alteration , and whether it ww be referred to a select comraittee or not . « J * ses proposed the following motion : —That the ¦ sent scale of rates and support , as stated in the 24 th fe . H * ndasit is . * Iidd seconded the motion , which , on being pntto -waftrence , was carried by a majonty of 5 C to 6 . « amended scales of course feH to the ground . * "MitAHsos , in order to olniate the objection to * l * esent scale , that i t "jumped too much , " proposed

      « ' there should be added to it the followiag word * : — 4 a 4 all intermediate rates of shiiluigs between 3 j and ; in proportion . " SMtPeel said he was afraid that the Conference had - « sioa permanent conclusion in voting that the pre-^ aaieshottia &e unaltered , if it was understood that ~ i V not to extend bejond wages of 21 s a week . By » W acoane ^ ej snnt ont aB the trades who received . " *« amount . He trasted the matter would be ^ Miafcrea with a view to include the higher-paid ^ Wthe seale . Itf&p KI 5 S > ofstIJinian > 9 » concnr « d in the opinions ? iU to the propriety of including the higher . Caa ^ * PossiWe . He also strongly urged upon the . "p ^ nce the necessity of maintaiaing the present bath alIowanee » because he was satisfied that it - ™ sefiect of preventing reductions , whereas if the ^ « iit , on refaeefl jtg ai ! Owance _ it _ M pmKn 1 flpn

      - wss ters to propose reductions which otherwise they 5 j J 7 t ^ er have thought of offering . They had a prac 4 J * T f « tionof the fact , that a good aliment from the j T ^ tioo had this effect in the case of the Camelon j * " ; for the sending down of the first week ' s allow . , - » T the Central Committee settled the dispute in that T ^ eaiately . ( Cheen . ) tSf Diamond , Winters , James , and Humphries , _» suuiisr view of the subject ; and on the motion of > hli MtBUEB > 8 eccn * ed by Mr Jenkins , it was re . j ** * thst that portion of the resolution maintaining the ?*^« aleshouldbereconsidered , wUhaviewofmerely f ? in the principle . 3 * subject was then reopened ; and after somefwrh « i UMion ' mthe coarse of which Messrs Chance , gj { "' aod others took part , it was ultimately resolved , ft , " * » ordi , " and upwards , " after 24 , be expunged lib ^ e 24 , and the words , " and so on in proportion j ^ •^ intermediate wages of shillings , commencing

      toed l ? " * % tii t tb tthe Conference having nega . « &a amendment on * e existing scale , he begged to ; * lach ^ aeam endments to rules 25 , 26 , and 28 , fey 6 S 5 11 E ln « nt to simplify the accounts , and have only fcSi < s iImen V the trades , instead of the two psy-^ 4 bv l 8 TieS ""^ montnl J subscriptions , at present * £ nld tte trades ; but he feared that the mere levies ^ notte sufficUnt both for manag ^ ient aad allow" « al delegates objected to the withdrawal of these ^ aents ; Md Was l Ca * ' * «« d the simpHfication of the accounts natter - trtth conse / wence Out he , though .

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      the rejection of ifr Kotrtony * cale bJ no means necessarily involved the withdrawal clllieametijmenti ^ by which that desirable object might be attauned . Mr Bosa said , he was decidedly in favour of K ^ Iataln . ing the monthly payments as affording a good cfteck upon theexpeaditure of the committee , which othenrift might exceed what he conddered t » be its legitimate limits , for mere management . He thought , however that the special payment for the expenses of manarel mentshonldbe regulated by the same principle of per centage as the payments for levies . p Messrs Jacobs , Peel , Pattern , and Ban * zfc ^ eA therimplincationof Ute accounts , and ^ dopS of one payment for aP purposes instead of two .

      Mr Gu » said that Mr Bush ' s statement as to expeases _ of the Central Co mmittee might lead to theSference that the committee had incurred expenses which decidedly that the Central Committee had done nothing more than they were empowered and instructed to do ; ty the last conference they were instructed to commence an agitation for making known the nature and objects of the association , and they had done so : On the motion of Mr L » dd , seconded by Mr Pabkeb , Kule 26 , respecting monthly payments for the expanses of general management was expunged .

      Upon Rule 27 , requiring that the payments to the as . sociation shall be made monthly , or oftener , a lengthened discussion ensued . Several delegates contended that a longer period should be allowed to the trades connected with the association , on account of the difficulties experienced by them in meeting the demands on theirfunds for local expenses . It was contended on the other hand , that one of the greatest difficulties experienced b y the association during the past year was the large amount of arrears which certain parties bad suffered to accumulate . The efficiency of the assodafimi depended mainly upon the regularity with which the levies were paid , and so far from relaxins the existing rales on that subject it was desirable to make them more stringent

      and that where trades allowed themielves to fall into arrears beyond a specified period , they should be dig . qualified from receiving any benefit some time after par . ing up such arrears . It was ultimately resolved that Role 27 be expunged , and the following substituted in its place : — " Levies shall be collected by the local officers of each trades' union in the association , and forwarded by them to the Central Committee monthl y , or eftener , to entitle the trades to the support of the association in cases of difficulty ; and any trade being more than three months in arrear , shall be disqualified from pecuniary benefits for two months after they shall have paid up such arrears . ' The Conference adjourned at one o ' clock till half-past two .

      AFTEBHOON SITTING . Mr Bobsoh said the question of the next greatest importance was the rules for the management of District Committees . On this subject there were two lets of propositions , one by the Central Committee , and the other made by the Manchester District Committee . The differ , ence between these two sets of propositions was , however so great that it would be better , in his estimation , to refer the whole subject to a Select Committee , in order that , if possible , such a set of rules might be drawn up as would secure the objects of both parties . With that Tiew , he moved that a Select Committee of seven be appointed to coaaider and amend the rules relating to the duties of District Committees . Mr Gocldek said that with the consent of the Man . Chester delegates , and for the purpose of savisg the time of the Conference , he would second the motion .

      Mr Jacobs said this question was a most important one . The constitution of the Association did not at present contain any detailed regulations on the subject , and as it was a question affecting the Association throughout the whole of its ramifications , he trusted that it would be maturely considered , and especially that powers would be given to the District Committees to levy funds for defraying their local expenses , by which means they would become powerful auxiliaries in extending a knowledge of the Association , and in perfecting its organisation . Mr James hoped that such a power would not be entrusted to the district committees , as be believed that it it would cause great discontent among the trades , who had already their own local funds to support , besides the levies to this Association .

      The motion was then agreed to , and the following members were elected to constitute the committee ( Messrs Itobsoti . Goulden , Parker , Hawkesworth , Forsythe , Wiuters , Humphries , Peel , and Hughes ) to report their opinion to the Conference to * morrow morning . Mr Gouldes moved that the accounts and statistical returns , ordered by rule 32 , should be issued to each trade within 21 days from the expiration of the date of each quarterly return . The motion was unanimously agreed to . The resolutions agreed to at the last Conference were then proposed far continuation . The first resolution— " That each trade shall belong to the Association six months before eligible to receive any support , " was unanimously confirmed . On the second being read— " That women and children be admitted members of this Association . ''

      Mr Clougzun said he trusted it would be understood that this excluded women employed in the coal mines . Such employment was illegal , and had been completely pet down in Scotland ; but they ware still employed in the pits in Lancashire , and hi thought that the Assoc ' a tion should give all the support in its power to the law in this respect . Mr Mietis said that both women and boys under ten years of age were employed in the pits of Lancashire , in defiance of the law , and the masters had threatened to discharge any of the workmen who gave information on the subject . . Several other delegates said the object in view would be sufficiently attained by a public statement of the facts , and that the Association would not be accessor ; to the violation of the law . Theother resolutions , which were as follows , were unanirr ously confirmed : —

      " 3 . That all traties belonging to the Association shall contribute to the immediate creation of a fund of not less than £ 20 , 000 , in proportion to ibeir average weekly earnings . The contribution to be a per centage of twopence in the pound per week oa such earnings respectively . The same to be remitted monthly . '• 4 . That this Conference do recommend the Central Committee to employ the members on turn-out , or strike , whenever practicable . " 5 . That the Central Committee be instructed to take from time to time , such number of shares in the ' United Trades' Association for the Em . ployment of Labour in Agriculture and Manufactures 2 as they may deem advisable , on condition that the said Association shall provide employment for hands dependent on the Association , in proportion to the amount invested .

      '' 6 . That this Conference recommend to the Central Committee that immediately after the breaking-up of this Conference an active agitation be commenced , with a view of bringing in all working men who do not belong to the Association throughout Great Britain and Ireland . " Mr Robsoh said that he was desirous of drawing the attention of the Conference to a most important question , namely , the amalgamation of the two Associations . At the present moment their relative position was a most anomalous one . This Association had £ 2 , 080 invested in the funds of the Association for the Employment of Labour , and had at the same time not the slightest control over these funds , except by the chance of bis being Vice-Presid . nt , and the now Chairman the President of

      the Association . There were , in fact , two distinct boar . ls of management , the one to famish the funds , the other to spend ) them . But the Central Committee might , in consequence of a misunderstanding or dissatisfaction with the measures of the Beard of Directors , withdraw all pecuniary support , and which would have the effect of at once stopping the operations of the other Association . There was one important question connected with this subject . At present there were individual shareholders in the other Associacion , but he thought that they were not now in a position to act upon the commercial principle , whieh was necessary to pay interest to snen shareholders . The- proper course to be pursued , in his opinion , was to take into consideration the difference betweea any loss incurred by the system of the Association just now , and the loss which would arise from keeping the men entirely idle . Thatdiffijrence would be the gain of this Association . If by adopt .

      ing this course , they prejudiced the eiisting . intf rests of individual shareholders , he thought they were bound to give them the option of withdrawing their investments , and thus converting the whole capital into that of trades for trades purpose ! , instead of private profits . ( Hear . ) While advocating this change as necessary for the present plan of the Association , he did not mean to say that the Association would never be successful as a commercial speculation . He believed that the time would come when the trades would see their way so clearly to the employment of their united capitals , as to make the works carried on by the Association highly profitable . He was quite satisfied , that though they might be in some degree departing from the original design of the founders of the two Associations , they would thereby the most effectually promote the objects they had in view , by amalgamating the management of the two Associations . With these views he moved the following resolution : —

      " That this Conference recommend the annual meeting j of the members of the Association for the Employment of Labour , with a view to greater unity of action between both branches of the National Association , as well as economy , to alter their laws so as to establish a combiued system of government between the Association for the Protection of Industry , and Association for the Employment of Labour ; and that the Central Committee use their influence at the annual meeting to carry out the above recommendation . " Mr James seconded the resolution , which was supported by Messrs Jacob , and Peacock .

      MtPaxkek said he found that the great principle of the Association , that of expending the funds in reproductive employment , and of creating a home market , which otherwise would not exut , was that which most attracted the sympathy and support of the trades in the country . The ISO batters of Oldham , who had joined the Association said that tens of thousands had been spent in use . less strikes by their trade , which might otherwise have been invested in profitable establishments . So far as the mere strike machinery ef the Association was concemed , the trades set very little store by it , but on the employment portion of the plan , they rested aU their hopes of bettering their condition . He Trtt f of opinion

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      that the propped amalgamation of the management of the two bodies WoS'd very much conduce to spread ge . neral confidence amon h tlietrade g ' ; ' ¦ ' . Messrs Diamond , Emmo . *' . Berry , and Winter , spoke in rapport of the resolution / Mr Foerest , of Cradley , said the Association might be Useful for domestic trades , but in the cise of hi * tradechafnmakers— . which depended mainly on « : foreign market , he did not see that it could be equally beneficial . Mr Bobsoh said it wai merely a question of degree . It would depend entirely upon the amount of capital invested , whether they should not become exporters of goods to foreign markets , as well as supply the home markets .

      The CsAiBUAN , ia pntting tba question , expressed himself strongl y in favour of the amalgamation of the two bodies , but at the same time deprecated the . idea of abandoning the commercial principle in regulating the transactions of the Association for the Employment of fiabour . He was satisfied that under proper and judicious management it could be made perfectly successful in a commercial point of view , as well as beneficial to the noiking classes generally . The motion was then put and carried unanimously . TheCHAiBHAN said that the next point to which he thought the attention of the Confersne * sheuld ba turned , was the necessity of having a complete registration of the members of the Association , by whieb means they would be preserved from liability to an abase which was

      possible under the present rules—that of being called upon to support parties who were not Jono ^ femsmbers of the Association . Among the returns to be made to the Central Committee was the number ofpayhtg members on the books of each local society . He thought that the returns should not only include the number , bat the names of the members , by which means fraud wooM bs prevented . He trasted the Committee now appohrted would take this matter into considerafon and report upen it . It was also important that the Btla y of men . bersofthe permanent executive should be fixed before electing them , as being at once a matter of justice to the parties who might be nominated to that office and to the Asso ciation , the affairs of which they would have to superintend .

      A discussion ot considerable length toob placeonthe latter point . It was moved that the salary ba £ 80 a-year , to which an amendment was proposed that the salary should be 36 s per week . Upon a division the amendment was carried by a majority of 48 to 3 . Tho Conference then adjourned at a quarter past five o ' clock till nine o ' clock to-morrow , in order to give the Committee time to prepare their report . ( Continued in { he Eighth page . )

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      ——^^» FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT . Chester , May 24 . Half-past 8 , p . m . —A frightful accident has occurred on the Chester and Rhuaboa Railway , by the giving way ( it is supposed ) of the girder in the centre of the last arch of the viaduct over the Dee . The train left the station at about a quarter-past six , and in less than another quarter every carriage was smashed to atoms . The scene of the accident is the noble bridge over the river Dee , close to the race-course . The river is there crossed by an iron-bridge of tliree spans , each span 100 feet in width . Each span is composed of iron girders , supported by stone of the most firm construction ; four girders in each span , one on each side of the up and down line of rails . Strong wooden beams were fixed across the girders , and along these the lines were laid . The girdera themselves were formed of twe pieces of iron , firmly riveted in the centre , and seemed well adapted to sustain an immense weight .

      The train which left Chester at 61 last evening , consisted of one firat-clas 3 carriage , two second-class carriages , and a luggage van ; but there was not more than two dozen passengers . The tr .- > in was proceeding as usual along the line , had already crossed two of the arches , and was in the act of crossing the third , when , without one moment ' s warning , all the carriages were . ' precipitated in the river , a depth of about 120 feet ; the engine and tender , which had crowed the bridge , pursuing their course along the line . The consternation of the passengers at " this time must have been frightful ; and some individuals who / witnessed the accident from' the Roodee describe their shrieks as being of the most heart-rending description . Bute 7 en this terror was merely momentary ; for the sudden shock and concussion

      rendered almost all the persons in the carriages totally insensible of their situation . One roan , indeed , named Proud , recovered himself almost immediately ; he found himself in a carriage turned upside down in the river , and being fully sensible of the horrors of his situation , he exerted himselt to the utmost , and succeeded in getting through the carriage win * dow , whence he precipitated himself in theiiver , and swam ashore . The crash was heard at a great distance * and assistance was promptly on the spot . In a brief time four dead bodies were taken out of the river , and twelve or thirteen passengers , more or less wounded , were extricated and conveyed to the Infirmary . As soon as the agitation consequent upon such a

      dreadful occurrence had subsided , attention was di- rected to the fallen arch ; but , strange to say , only oae of the girders , that on the outside , had given way , while the other remained perfectly firm and entire . Of course the weight of the carriages bore down the rails and the horizontal beams , which with the girder , now broken into several pieces , fell into the river . It also tore with it a portion of the stone work in which it was fixed on the Welsh side of the river . Very fortunately , however , nothing seemed to have fallen upon the carriages , and though they were crashed one against the other , they did " not appear to completely smashed as would have been the case had the arch been built of stone . Any conjecture as to the cause of the accident would be idle or misplaced . The following is a correct list of the parties killed and injured : — KILLED . ! 1 . John Matthews , a coachman on one of the Welsh mail coaches between Chester and some part ot Wales .-2 . — Knyvett , also a coachdriver-3 . George Roberts , guard of the train . —4 . The stoker , & yonng man , whose name we have not been able to ascertain .

      INJURED . 1 and 2 . Mr and Miss Town , of Wrexham ( hrothe and sister ) . The injuries which Mr Town has re ceired are of a very serious character . lie has sus tained a severe concussion of the brain , and it is ap prehended his skull is also fractured . —3 . Mrs Evi son , a middle-aged lady , from the neighbourhood o Rhnabon and Wrexham . Her injuries are ver severe , consisting of a fracture of the hip-bone —4 . Mr Isaac Jones , of Wrexham , has had his skn severely fractured , and lies in an exceedingly crit ; cal state . —5 . Mr John Jenes , from the neighboui hood of Wrexhara , a severe contusion about th head . —6 Mrs Elizabeth Jones ( wife of the above has had her thigh fractured . —1 . Ann Evan * , serrar to Captain Hoskins , who resides near Rhuaboi This young woman has suffered to a greater desire

      than perhaps any other of the unfortunate individuals who were injured . Her thigh is fractured , and she has likewise sustained a serious fracture of the collarbone , and a number of internal injuries . — 8 . Mr David Evans , of Wrexham , or the immediate neighbourhood , had his thigh fractured . —9 . Mrs Evans , his wife , received a number of bruises . —10 A boy named Stevens , the sou of one of the stationkeepers on the line , and himself employed on the line , dreadfully injured . —11 . Mr John Bruce Ford of Manchester , received a cut on the head , and other slight injuries . —12 . A married female , name un known , severe concussion of the brain . She has not spoken since her admission to the Infirmary . —13 . A boy or man , connected with some of the offices named M ' Gregor , had his skull fractured , but was nevertheless , quite sensible .

      ESCAPED UNHURT . Mr Walmsley , of Liverpool , who was proceeding to Iiangollen—A young man , named Proud , connected with one of the railway offices . —Lloyd Winn , Esq of Mount Z ' um , near O 3 westry , and his son . —And a young lady , Miss Maria Worthington , of Chester . There seems to be one man still missing , for a hat has been found , marked with the name of Ashelford , fer which there is no owner , but this is supposed to be the only body that has not been recovered . 0 d , a it 1 , O

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      Repeal of the Ratepatiko Clauses of the Reform Act—On Wednesday evening , a public meeting was held at the Music-hall , Buld-street , Liverpool , for the purpose of supporting the motion of i which MrT . S . Duncombe , M . P ., had given notice ot repealing the Ratepaying Clauses of the Reform Act . Lawrence Heyworth , Esq , presided , and the usual resolutions and petition were unanimously adopted . "Tom , "said a girl to her sweetheart , " you have been paying your distresses to me long enough . It is time you were making known your contensions , so as not to keep me in expense any longer . " A certain cure ior corns is to rub them well with salt every day for a week—then have both feet cut off , just above the ancles .

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      With all who war with ThoHght !" tu ° V i *** a "'"• birX ^ ho sings Tho people by-and-b y WH 1 b £ the Stronger . ^» o 1 ,. ENGLAND AND GERMANY . ( From the German of Dr . List . Continued from the Star of May 22 nd . ) T ^« T EANS ASSESSED BY ENGLAND OF MAINTAWING HBK SUPREMACY IN ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY . ¦ -... ' ¦ . ¦¦ - ¦

      Having clearly laid down tha danrnmn emergent that would accrue to England from thesubjection of Germany , or rather the positive loss that England would suffer as regards her present safety , we have now to bring to light the Iwsrum tenant arising therefrom , or that which Eng . land would lose by the fall of Germany in her prospects of future greatness . There are bat two means for England to maintain he » rapranugr agahnt thefast-increasing poiwof the United States of North Affierlca-E ngland must either discover gome mode of dissolving the North AmerJaw Union , or pursuing a plan by wlifch she will increase fester than that Union in wealth and power . '

      A » the future greatness of the American Union i »< ~ sought in the extension of fts population , culWr * anf civilisation on the territory beHndit toti , ePacinefite e . n and f » the incorporation of Mexico and Canada 'so in like maatttr , the future greatHes * of England lies ' fi / the extensioircrfEuropean population , culture , and civilisation over Aria , Africa , and Autfcafasia , with the single exception of Algeria , and the adjoining countries , together with some parts of Asia , which England can always leave to the Russians and French , that tftey may waste their strength in tbefr conquest and retention . Those barbarian , or half-barbarian ^ countries which England already possesses in the three attave-named parts of the world , or over which she maybeable to extend he ? power , or her commercial influence , number not less than 500 . 000 souh-a- number that may still be infinitely increased by culture and civilisation .

      The total value of tft « goods exported by England to these Tountries in the course of the last ten years " ( 1831 . 41 ) and consequently the valne of those slio had' received from thence , amounts on tlir average to not more than ten million pounds sterling ; that is , not more than 5 d . per head ; while the United States of North America ' , with only twenty million inhabitants , have consumes fn the same period from eight to nine million pounds sterling , or from 9 « . to 10 s . per head . ' In the East , however , there are countries which

      greatly exceed even North America as regard their pro . duction and consumption , and consequently 3 s regards their trade with England , namely , those the foundations ofwhosa culture have been laid by England . New South WaleB , Van Dieman ' s Land , and the colonies on the Swan River , consume in English manufactured goods £ 7 or £ 8 sterling per head annually , or sixteen times more than North America . There also seems no reason why an important increase of population should not be attracted to these shores by promoting European immigration , and settlement of cooliei .

      Among aU the countries we have mentioned , there is scarcely one with which England could not in the course of ten years double her present trade ; it being under , stood that she would take fitting means to advance their civilisation , and especially to provide them with improved means of communication , European Turkey , Egypt , and Syria , are an example of this . The exports ef England to those countries bave risen in tha ten years , 183 * 44 , from £ 1 , 400 , 000 to £ 3 , 300 , 000 , or 130 per cent . 3 y the extension of the new means of communication , railroads , to Asia and Africa , the countries on the Nile and the Red Sea , on the Euphratet and the Persian Gulf , may be brought as near to the English coast as were twenty years ago the countries on the Scheldt , the Rhine , the Weser , and tho Elbe , and the harbours of Bombay and Calcutta as near as Lisbon and Cadiz then were .

      xhe project of the continuation of the Be gian and German railway system from Vienna towards the north coast of the Archipelago , and from the south coast of the Archipelago aloDg the Euphrates and the left coast of thePewian Gulf , in nowise exceeds also—that project of the North Americans , by means of which they intend to unite the Atlantic coast countries witli the countries on the banks of the Rio Grande . and then with the Pacific Ocean . Think only wh » t an immense a 4 vantago will arise to England from the formation of an electric-telegraph line , by means of which the * East Indies may be governed from Downing-strest as easily as aro now Jersey and Guernsey .

      > i In all great projects , however , that England wishes to carry out , in regard to Africa and Asia , threo things are to be presupposed—The erection of an English medireg . mm or central kingdom , comprising Es typt and Asia Minor ; 2 . A close alliance between England and the wboIo of the German powers ; and 3 , tho extension of the German power over all the European possessions of the Porte , so that the English might , for all time , be assured the speediest land communication through the immediate contact of the possessions of the two powers , intact from any possible interruption by a hostile power ,

      l 1 < 1 ' This middle kingdom IMl'dreich ) would in every respect form the half way lionse between England and the East . Depots might be established here , not only for the commerce , but for the land and sen forces of Eng . land . Here , on this and the other side of the Isthmus , the English fleet would be concentrated , from here fleets and armies could easily , and in a short time , be despatched to any part of the East where they might be wanted . Through the forces concentrated here it would not be diffiult to fall on the Preach on one side , and bold the Russians in check on the other .

      That those two powers would make all possible exertions to prevent the foundation of a kingdom that would insure to England the possession of the supremacy of the world to an infinitively distant period , may readily be conceived . That England would hare little to fear from them , if all Girmany with her seventy or eighty million of inhabitants ( including the countries dependent on Germany ) stood by her side with heart and hand . An active alliance between these two countries presupposes that Germany is in possession of those national powers which free institutions , and a perfect national organization can alone raise her to ; for it is not only the potter and disposition of the German Princes aad Governments , i t is mainly the power and sympathy of the German people that England requires in a contest with France

      ! , . and Russia , ¦ I must here be permitted to make the assertion , that at present , at a period when so much might and should be done to satisfy the political and national wants and ; wishes of the German people , very little is contributed to this i reat object by tho German Government , or rather by their Bureaucracy ; whilst on the side of the commercial policy of England , at a timi when it would 1 be so easy to befriend the German people , everything is ! done to estrange their sympathies . It thus appears as if both parties had nothing better to do than to kill that ' : spirit of nationality in the German people of which they ; will jet stand so much in need , and which , if not now ! planted , cannot be suddenly conjured up in the hour of , need , unless in the mean time a new discovery be made r of producing it by steam .

      ! . , - , , | Everything in this world comes to an end , and so will i ! the universal peace . No one will complain of diplomacy i ! that it is now making every possible exertion to preserve . [ peace ; on the contrary , every man of head and heart . | will praise them hi ghly forit . But no prudentpolitician s J will conceal from himself that a time will come when , { even hngels , if they , were to alight on this earth and assume diplomatic functions , would find it impossible to .. preserve pence . ; The growing power of the United States , the necessity l thence accruing to England to make extraordinary exer . , tions to increase her wealth and power , the lust of ag . , grandit ement . and the warlike spirit of Russia and Prance ,

      , and finally , tha approaching fall of the Turkish em . pire , must at lam cause complications which cannot be unloosed by peaceful means . The last-mentioned , namely , the dissolution of the Turkish empire , is , doubtless , the strongest reason . Diplomacy ba 9 , therefore , taken tho utmost trouble to discover a given plan for solving this question peacefully , by a project of sharing the Turkish provinces between Russia , France , and England . It is possible to maintain peace some time longer by this mode . But will the thirst for aggrandisement of Russia and France be

      appeased thereby ? This ia much to be doubted . It is rather to be apprehended that , however the division may be made , the appetite of these two Powers for , the provinces of Central and Southern Asia will only be the more whetted . Such a division appears to us a palliative , which only serves to proloag the disease it is intended to cure . Ih all case * the alliance with Germany is the only real means England has of making Asia and Africa available I for her future greatness ; but not Germany as it now is , but Germany as it ought to be , and , with the help of Eng . land , could become .

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      PORTUGAL . : ¦' ' mi l p J * Civil > AB . . ,. , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Tho junta of Oporto insists upon tho follow ™ guarantees , without fchioh the intervention offi British £ . ? vernment is declared rejected- -1 iffi the Miguelite Officers who have joined tho national cause be confirme d m their military grades . —2 That tlie debtsincurt'ed by the junta be guaranteed * on accounts being furni ^ ed to the Cortes —3 . That the elections ( of tho Corks ) be direct . —4 . That all military and civil ranks and honours granted by the junta be confirmed . —5 . That £ » je military , forces under the command of the Junta , shall be main , tained on foot , occupying Lisbon anu Oporto until the Cortes shall assemble . —6 . That the

      military commandants throughout the provin ^ oa shall not be drawn from those employed under the . minis * % ° m , he 6 th ° ? tobe » ' ( the revolution of the pahjee ) . —7 . lhat the king shall resign the command of ihe fw ' nd ? nounwH for ^ ° ^ ture , his holding that office being contrary to the constitutional char ^ wTn ii * the shall nominato officers of nLtrT o Ti l 1 ^ fdiD g the wil 1 of tho roitiS ' hl -V'Sift juilta on these s ™* condi-5 » fe-W lriH { hen dissolve . —Ifc » said " '' ^ Minister hu-refused toeatwK bSSSSf * thttateM " an effecti ™ ~*

      „ , „ UOLLAUfft , . Jl ™^' ~ [ he amount * from Holland are-of eSL tn th V 0 UrabIe de 3 ^ iptioBV not only with S S ^ mRrwi ^ aa !?

      w „ ., GERMANY . FflussiA .-The chamber of the three clectiva SS 2 T n ° " * 'ft inst Tht ? « Si rfE day were : 1 he genwal debate on the dearth which prenufainthe oomnhry ; the appeal of Count Rich-SS ^ n peCt fW u electi ° ' * bJ ! on tfe wfth if' / T ; . th de *> ate on the law of election SXLf * jfori « knto ( German catholics ) . appeared Ph < J 3 e Proceed ' lD& 9 *« notyS The Prsss . —The Prussian government lately addressed strong comp ainfetoflS Senate of 8 SSS against a lirtle satirical jfeurnal called Mephiw mhile ?

      which had thrned into ridiioale the speech ' of the King of Prussia on the opening of the Diet . Accord-Singly the Senate called the-writers of this periodical : betore them , aad , after baarinjr their observations condemned them to a fihe- of I 50 f . and a month ' imprisonment . It also ordered that the joarna [ should be suppressed , and tlist one o its contriiui tore , a Dane , shoold quit Uafflburg , ! ITAM ;| Letters from Rome of the MUt insfc . state , tH&fr ' , the Pope ' s birthday was celebrated * with great enthnr aiasitt on the 13 th .

      GREjECE ' ! A letter from Athens , of 'the i&Sti ' , in the Debuts says :: —• ' Emissaries of the opposition are at present traversing the Pelopoanesus and Continental Greece exhorting people to refiae payment of taxes , and enrolling for an insurrectionary movement , of which Ueneval kalcrgi l 3 the shier , all the men with no irecoenised means of livelihood who ore disseminated ? ¦ uTj u \ u 8 do ? fl « Hy «« f « Pwl « BTBbeen digtributedltothem . places of rendezvous Hare been

      assigned , and it is announced confidentially that a re-• volt plotted in the political meetings at Athens will [ shortly take place . The QmtmrcV Alttm , which jisjthe ; avowed organ of the Opposition , declares that j M . Golettireaorts to the most extraordinary measures tosenureai majority at the-approaching elections . but ; liits-aaeomt of the impression caused by the dissolution ! oHhe Chamber of' Representatives be a correct one-, the Ministry will Rbi it difficult to obtain a more complacent Chamber than'that which hasbeen dissolved .

      PATHASyMay lO .-The King and Queen arrived here on the 7 th , accompanied by the PrinceKoyal of Bavaria . The o pposition party-, to the number of S . SOOJ went out to meet him , as also did tho- ministerial Darty ,. ia number about 800 . " A quarrel arose between the two parties , and some fldgs were ' taken away from th& ministerial party . One oflthe oppositionists was stabbed by a policeman * , and a- bloody affray would : have ensued had not : tho commandant of the troops arrested the offender , and' harangued the people . The King was met on his entry , by about 500 people ,, when a petition was presented to him , praying for a reform in the administration of government , and a cIobo adherence to the oharter and the constitution . His Majesty received it , and promised to give an answer the next morning ,, which- he did not .

      TAHITI . The Monitmr publishes a despatch from T&ar-Admiral Bruat , Governor of Otaheite , announcing the complete acUnowledament of the French " protectorate by Queen Pomare and'her subjects , and the final settlement of French affairs in that qparter . To Admiral Bruet ' s despatch , which is dated Papetoai , ( Island of Moorea , ) the 7 th ol February last , are annexed details of his interviews with Pomore , from wh » ch he would appear to have excluded an English missionary and some native chiefs .

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      Scarcity oy Corn ix Russia . —A letter from St Petersburgh , of April 23 , in the Germam-Uhiverml Gazette , says— " If the greater part of the centre and south of the empire has this year been blessed with so abundant a harvest as has been able to supply western and southern Europe , several districts of the north and west have not been so favoured , and are now in great want . It is said that all Eastern Siberia is afflicted in that way . In 1844 ar . d 184 & the harvest failed there completely , which-forced the government to establish dep 6 ts of grain in . that part of the empire . The harvest of the last year was certainly better , but still not sufficient to pay < back the

      supplies furnished by the Crown , and to support tho inhabitants . Already , in the month of March , tho Crown accorded new succours to the peasants ^ and the quantity whieh this district will require before the new harvest is ripe is estimated at 300 ; OOO ch « twerts . In good years , the province of Irkutsk suplies the country situated to the north-west as far as the frontier of China . The districts of the government of Jenisseisk have already required more than 1 , 000 , 000 chetwerts of wheat . These- districts , to which a greater population is each year . prooc 8 ding , require as much wheat as all the rest of- tho population of northern Siberia . "

      Loss of a Yacht and Five LivES . —A'sad catastrophe occurred in the Ueautnarie Roads ontheevening of Whitsun-Monday , of so appalling a nature , indeed , as to spread a deep gloom over- that fashionable watering-place . On the same morning a party of four respectable inhabitants put to sea on a fishing excursion in a yacht about ten tons-burden , taking with them an experienced boatman and a . youth of 16 to manage the boat . Of that party , which- left their homes at early morn the youth . alono survives , the others having perished miserably ,. within sight of their homes , by the upsetting of the boat .. Persons lost—Mr George Owen ( owner of'the yacht ) , ; Mr Thomas Lloyd , brother-in-law to the postmaster ; MrSpackman , Excise officer ; Mr-Jones , painter ; and Hugh Tyrer , boatman , an experienced seaman who had survived many a shipwreck ... Lloyd has left a widow and five children , and . Tyrer a widow and four children . Tho others were unmarried . None of the bodies have yet been recovered .

      Dreadful Firs . —Four Housss- Burnt : Down . — A most destructive ^ broke out on . Tuesday after * noon , in a cottage situate at Throckmortoru a village belonging to Sir R . Throckraorton ,. situate about five miles from this borough . The fire originated ia an outbuilding adjoining the cottago ( andiarose from some children who were play-ing with metohes , which ignited some louse straw in , the building , The fire immediately spread to the thatch of the cottage , and in less than ten minutes , so rapid was the progress ef the devouring element , tie whole of the building was in a mass of flame . The : next cottage adjoining it also took tire immediately , aa did alao two others at a short distance ; and in the space of' half m hour , before twenty people-had- collected onthe spot ( tha population , which is entirely agricultural , being all at work in the fields the four houses- were enveloped

      in a sheet of flame , roaring anclcraclding in an awful manner . The engines were immediately sent for on the outbreak of the fire , but . before they , could possibly arrive the whole of the four houses were reduced to a heap of ashes . Only a portion of the cottagers' furniture was s&ved .. Neither buildings nor their contents were insured , it pot being the habit ot the owner to insure any portion , of his property except . that occupied by himsdfi Everything was done by . the neighbours , to stop , the progress of the flames which the limited means , at hand would admit of , hut to little purpose , in eonssquence of the whole- of the house * , being thajwhed . Jn one of the burniag houses was > a , loaded gun , which exploded when heated , but without injuring any person . The ownerK who was assisting in the effort to put out thelfcmes , had his powder-flask in his pocket .

      Rotobries . —On Wednesday information of tho following robberies . was receWediby the police : —Fiora . a gentleman , in <» he neighbourhood of Strangsways , Manchester , a strong brown silk purse , containing a 4100 Bank of England note , dated Manchester , Feb . 25 , 1846 » No . 01 , 695 ; : four £ 30 Bank of England notes , also a £ 5 note ,. some gold and Bilver . Oa tbe 25 th , from the person of Mr Court , of No . 25 » Tavi » tock-9 treet , Covent-garden , a double-cased gold i watch wish open face * W . and& Cuthwood , makers . I From the person of Mr John Arthur , a gold lever engine'turned watch with gold dial , No . 9 , 032 . Ffeom

      the ooat-pocket of Mr Gladstone , of Brunmck * square , while assisting a gentleman in a > fit in a box of the Lyceum Theatre , a leathern pocket-book , containing a promissory note & »¦ £ 400 and a bill of exchange foe £ 152 2 s . lld , < teawn by Nathan Brothors , of Rio Janeiro , anA payable at Mastorman and Company ' s , Lombai&street , and not due until November , with sevi ^ al other do : u * moots and papers of value . They say that there is anatWstm this city , who paints imitation bottles of spruce beer so naturallyt that the corks fly out before he can paint th . e . $ tr \? Sl to fasten them .

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      A Case of Shatteeed Constitution Cured by Hollo- way's Pills . —Miss Glover , aped 2 t , daughter of Colonel Glover , 15 , Broadway , New York , had an enlargement of the liver , a constant palpitation of tho heart , besides being dropsical ; was ntvcrfrcR from a cough , accom- panied with much expectoration . She was so had as not j to be able to leave her chamber . The first advice in the ( country had been obtained for her , bnt to ' no purpose , as - she daily got worse , and kept her bed altogether . In this hopeless state the Colonel sent to Toronto , for 20 dollars worth of llolloway ' s Fills , which had tho effect of com . 1 pletely restoring the young lady to health in about nine i weeks .

      Axoko the many BiscovEBiES that oharacteriso the present age , nothing has contributed ; so much to the comfort and ease of the community ,, nor conferred such a boon upon smfferiiig humanity ,, as that important discovery and ncverfuiling remedy for gout and rheumatism , Blair ' s Gout and KheumaticPills . Thousands would join in the observation of an elderly female , as made to Mr Pogget , the Agent at Thirsk — " that she would rather be without butter to her bread and sugar to her tea , than Blair ' s Fills . " This important medicine is sold by all medicine venders . Price 2 s . 9 d . per box . Observe the name of * Thomas Prout , 229 , " Strand , London , " on . the government stamp , I

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      r . 8 c Tns Polish Ball . —A brilliant company assembled at Willis ' s Rooms , St James ' s , on Friday evening , attracted by the annual grand ball , in aid of the Sarmatian exiles resident in this country . Frequently as we have attended theso assemblies , rt& never sw one so crowded asthatevening . Both the lower and upper rooms were filled to overflowing , ; so much so , that it w » difficult in either for the dancers to find space for the figures of the nuadrille

      nd the Maz -urka . 'fh » latter , the national dance f Poland , was beastifelly executed by a party of 'oles , the ladies wearing the pieturesquo national I ostume , which , for the information of thoso of our eadcrs curious ia such matters , we may briefly leBcnbe to be—a scarlet Polonaise pelisse trimmed « th white swansdown , thrown over a white satin rest and petticoats ; red boots , with metallic heel jppendages , and square velvet caps , aleo scarlet , crlamentea with silver tassels , oomplete the costume . Hie " gay dance" was kept up till alato hour . Th » Sutlej medals for military distribution this auramer ; will cost the East India Company twenty thousand pounds . " Are the grouse sitting close to day V was the inquiry of a sportsman to a Lammennoor shepherd . " Uncommon close , sir , I have not seen one fora week , " was the consoling reply .

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      /• ; MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The rapid fall in the p " riTe of every description of grain which , commenced last Monday in this metropolises extending not only throughout this country but also oh the continent . The weather , in France , is most magnificent , and this , accompanied by every indication of a full harvest , has induced the holders of grain to launch out much more freely than the

      buyers have cared to meet them . A considerable fall has been the result in Paris , at also in Picard y , Alsace , and other departments . Vegetables promise a most abundant crop , and apples and other fruit will be equally pl « nt » fol . The hay crop will be exceedingly heavy ; an . aitfl ^ nse advantage in saving grain and pulse , fit for litwan consumption , which , otherwise , would be appropriated for cattle . Alto , gether , as regards France , the prospects of food , both plentiful and cheap , we * most encouraging . Very favourable reports have also reached us from HotfamMhe South of Germuiy , ihe shores o ^ the Meitersmean andt

      » e have heard noJhing further of the "horrible plots and ' conspiracies " ' aaid to have Been discovered bythe-Freash police last week . Most likely the discoverers were also the ooncoctors . We recommend the admii « r » of Monarafry to read the Spanish news given belbw . In Portugal Lord Fahnerston ' s ( not England ' representatives are doing their best ,-by their insolent , brutal ami tyrannical interference between the Portuguese audl their vile ijjieen , to irretsfevably damagir the charaoter of this doantry , and make the name o ? an Englishman stink itt the nostrils of the people . The ( fispute betweew Greece and Darkey remain * unsettled ^ , and is causing serious evil ' to the mercanf

      tile in tewsts of Greece . According to the Journal de Constantinople the somber of Greek vessels ' which passed ! the Straits of ! the Dardanelles in 1836 , amounted ta > 2 , 553 ; being tuore than the-vessels of . England , Russia and Austria put togetflen Thegreat strength of Greece is fa her mercantile navy , , and the immense majority oft'&er merchants-are engaged in the trade of the Black ; Sea . The retaliatory measures adopted b y Turkey against the commerce of Greece will , therefore , in all ' probability , excite a pablic feeling strongly adverse to M . Coletti , nnd cause his fall or eren events of still greater impsrtarcee .

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      INDIA AND OHINa . Bombay papers to the 15 th of AprH have been received . The Punjaub continues perfectly tranquil-: our troops at Lahore and in the Jullundur Doab arehealthy , and not likely to quit their cantonm-nts for six months to come . Gholab Singh is described as busy in his new states , extracting money as fast as he can from his subjects . Tho Governor-General has granted £ 600 a year for the establishment of schools in Scinde—a small contribution , but the only one that has been made from the public purse for the welfare of the people . We have little news from

      AttghaBistan , ^ excepting that relating to the obsequies of Mahomed Ukhbar Khan . There have been considerable disturbances in Oudh and the adjoining districts ; and ihe Nizam ' s dominions furnish the usual ground of complaint of misaovernment . The collection for the relief of the suffering Scotch and Irish amounts to £ 7 , 523 in Western Ind » a alone . The natives have shown a deep interest in the calamity , and contributed liberally to the fund . Lord Ilardinge reached SimU oh March 27 , " ushered in , " says a correspondent of the Mofussilite , "by one of the heaviest storms of hail ever witnessed . " Serious disturbanceshave occurred in the Ilnjwarra districts , caused by a freebooter named Dhoongher Singh , who at the head of about 4 , 000 men sometimes shows in

      one place and soon after in another distant one . He attacked Ramghur , plundered several villages , took black mail from others , burned several dweltingB , and then started off towards Bickaneer . The latest news is that he has gone in the direction of the Sirsa jungles . From the Bengal papers we learn that Dr Esdaile has performed some other very successful operations on patients reduced to unconsciousness by means of the mesmeric process . It has been stated that the use of sulphuric , ether has been found very efficacious in cases of cholera . The Straits Times ( Singapore ) of 27 th March mentions a rumour put in circulation by the nakodah of a native vessel that the King of Cochin China had died about the beginnin " of the month . The report was credited .

      FRANCE . The weather in France has changed remarkably within the last few days . On Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , the weather was nearly as hot as the hettest part of last season . On Sunday the thermometer stood at 85 degrees of Fahrenheit ' s scale . Notwithstanding this seasonable encouragement , the National draws the following gloomy picture of the general state of the country : — All commercial affairs suffer . All the springs of labour are strained . The lately most flourishing manufactures are by degrees exhausted . The city of Kouen will contain 50 , 000 operatives without bread at the end of the month . The same remark applies 'o several of our manufacturing cities . In Paris the princi pal manufacturers have diminished the number of their hands . At

      Pateaux alone , of 2 , 000 workmen employed 1 . 400 have been dismissed . The railroad directors , who are menaced with a crisis , threaten the government if concessions are not made to them . The Lyons Company , for example , declared that it would suspend the works on the line , and deprive 30 , 000 labourers of their daily bread . If this state of affairs continues we shall have the entire population reduced to the most dire extremity , at a moment when , thanks to the most infamous speculations , flour is becoming dearer . Who could have predicted on the barricades of the year 1830 that France so glorious could have fallen so low V M . Guizot has laid before the chamber a project of law for the reform of criminal courts in tho colonies .

      SPAIN . The Queen continues at Aranjeuz , where she amuses herself with hunting and other diversions . She continues separated from her husband , and it is said , is determined upon boing divorced . Two or three of the Ministers are for it , the others against . The general opinion is that the Cabinet will go out on the question ; and it is not considered unlikely that the Progresistas will come in , who , it is to be presumed , will make no difficulty of it . In the mean

      time , Olozaga remains as snug as possible at an Aranjeuz , ready to act if called upon . In Catalonia , on the 15 th instant , General Pavia overtook a strong band of Carlists , under the command of the famous Tristany , which was routed after a most obstinate resistance , the Carlist chief having been taken prisoner and immediately ordered for execution by his blood-thirsty conqueror . The Guerilla chief met his fate with perfect calmness . Hardly a day passes which is not marked by similar acts of cruelty on the part of the Captain-General .

      Later news from Madrid states that a Cabinet Council was held at Aranjenz on the 18 th instant , w ^ i en the Queen is understood to have announced again to her Ministers her desire that they should instantly take into consideration the question of divorce ; and she declared that if any obstacle were offered , either by i he Government or any other power , lay or otherwise , she was determined to renounce her crown—abdicate—go into exile even , rather than live in bonds she longed to break , and married to a being she always loatbed , and never more than at the present moment . She is said to have expressed herself in the strongest manner ; to have uttered what almost sounded like a malediction on the

      heartless old hypocrite of the Tuileries , for whom , and for whom alone , the veageance of Meaven must be yet in store for having sacrificed her to satisfy his vile cupidity . She told them to deeide , before twenty-four hours had passed over , whether they would sanction her divorce or qnit their posts ; and she intimated that one or the other they must do , or she should provide a Cabinet who would maintain her in her appeal to the cation , to all Europe , to its chivalry and its manhood ' , to womanly feeiingall over the world , of every clwne , country ,. and religion , to sympathise with and protect her against the base crew who

      betrayed hsr . and th * -tyrants wboloppressedand bullied lior int * a hatefe ! marriage . The Ministers repre- ! sentesj to h « r that there was still one way of cutting short the scandal that was now but too public and o $ preserving ttje decencies of life ; and that was by ll » r Majesty returning to her Royal Palace at Nfcu dyid . She absolutely refused to listen to any proposition short of separating herself forever and forever from a man she hates , and by whom she is bated ; and she again declared she would lay down hercrown and abandon her queenly rank , whatever might be the consequence , rather than continue to be the wife even in name , of Francisco do Assis . '

      TheKing . it is rumoured , now resolutely denies having given his free consent to his marriage with the Queen . He declares he was forced to marry her , and that he disliked her as much as she did him . It is , however , stated in reply , that documents now exist . in the War Office in which he bound himself to pay 8 , 000 , 000 francs tocertainparties now in Franco , who persuaded him they had the power of bringing about his marriage with Isabella . It ia further stated , that the money has been already demanded .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1420/page/7/