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" ~~~ the ATE < UZ $ CBiKtra , Satarday Sight . —On Thursday after . nnn a storm of wind and rain from the northfnrtb-east , partaking more of the nature of those Solent east 8 peculiar to southern latitudes than our V L nor ' -easters , broke over the coasts of Northumberland and Durham , and continued , without intermission , until about nigbtfal yesterday . We re not in receipt of what is doubted will be an ap-° L , x m ation of the loss sustained by the shi pping , tL it will be very serious indeed , as a number of % = * el 3 were on the coast at the time the storm hSst Those that got into port were stri pped o { Sefr canvas , the wind blowing it to tatters . The principal p art of the vessels that wer e inshore , off ihe coast of Durham , escaped into either Hartle-Zpi or SnnderJand , bnt as stated , with loss of i ^ ras ana spars . Considerable alarm is felt for the safety of a number of laden colliers that went « nton Wednesday , as the sea broke as far as the
eve could reach on iimreuay and Friday , and it is d oubted that some of them will be overwhelmed by I jje breaking waveR . J It is stated that fifteen Bail of light Teasels 8 re 0 D shore at HeHcar , but it is positivel y known that tie Wiitwell Grange and the Meridian are ashore jidod Bedcar rocks , and that the Meridian is a total £ e& . A part of the Redcar railway was flooded t hree or four feet deep yesterday , bo that the pastsDg ei 3 had to get out of the train , walk to a point , and get into another train to proceed on their iflurney . Two new houses were blown down at
SoBtn smews , ana the tide rose to twenty-four feet on the bar on Friday afternoon . A very serious amount of mischief has been done by the tide sni high . Bea to the southern entrance of- the Ee * docks at Sunderland . A portion of the breakwater has been carried away , with 400 feet of sealing between the groins , two pile drivers , a mass of excavated eartb , and a mile and a half of the temporary railway . The loss to Messrs . PawsonV Bjson , ; ind Co ., must be rery considerablessome thousands of pounds . Tiie new ships building on ine 2 forth Sand were considerably endangered by the receding tide working the ground from under them . Two keels went ashore behind ( be pier at Sonderland , but their crews were saved . A Teasel is ashore at Hawthorn hive ; a Lynn brig js ashore at the Boiling Well , near Blyth . The rreir is saved . •
Information has reached U 3 this evening that six fjssels are ashore at "Whitby . There is also a rumour that a foreign vessel and a tug steamer have cone down , and all bands been lost . The local papg-s of this morning state that a brig and a jcbooner hare gone down off the coast . A number & tvsg steamboats belonging to the Tyne were out vlen the storm came on on Thursday , and had to jnn south . Some of them had narrow escapes , ( torn their fires being put out by the sea , but they ffere ableto procure shelter in the neighbouring laiboars of Dartlepool and Sunderlana * .
Sine Tyne pilots , who went to sea on Thursday fc&re the gale came on , are missing . Two Of them , brothers of the name of Freeman , it is more than likely are drowned . They were seen in great distress on Thursday afternoon after the gale came en , acd the sea rose so fast that there was no chance of their getting to the shore . The other sereo men , who were to the south , it is hoped , will have got on board some of the laden vessels . The London steam-ship , which sailed from London on Wednesday , has not arrived , bnt it is reported she u safe in one of the Yorkshire bays . Some laden
ships from the Continent arrived this evening . Ti . ore was snow in the neighbourhood of Stanlope ob Thursday . The crops that are oat will fre completely steeped . The match , between Hussej ' sand M'Coraick's reaping machines , though attempted , was put a slop to at Middlesbro' on Tiiursday . It was to be resumed to-day , and probably , as the weather has been rather fine , completed . A monster meeting of seamen and minera was to have been held on Newcastle Town-moor to-day , 1 st on account of the weather has been put off for a week .
Tne weather looks very unsettled . Wehave Bftinibnnation that the gale went further-south than rinmborough Head . Liverpool , Sept . 27 . —The fine weather we have experienced for some time past has given place during the last few days to-violent gales of wind , fogs , and almost incessant heavy showers of rain . On Thursday . afternoon , almost without any previews indication , a violent and destructive " gale of sind from the north and north-west , accompanied st intervals by . heavy showers of rain , sprang up , sad continued with little or no intermission Sroughout the night and daring the greater part of Friday , causing a very- heavy swell both on the Ever and outside in the channel , which , we are arry to say , has proved very destructive to both life and property among the shipping .
The first casualty which we have to record happened tO the flat America , bound from Ityhl for Preston , laden with bark . The fishing smack Dolphin was making through the Victoria Channel when she perceived the America in great distress , and labouring very heavily . She immediately bore cam to her assistance and took her in tow , but tbe ropes having broken several - times , they were compelled to abandon her , after taking off her crew , when near the Kelson buoy . The flat sank immediately afterwards , and there is no doubt soon broke up . as her careo was seen
floating about in all directions . A few minutes after the America had gone down the men on board the Dolphin saw a schooner sink near the Bell-buoy . They were , however , at too great a distance to be able to render any assistance to her unfortunate crew , and all on board perished . have been informed , however , that the Dolphin made known the circumstance to the crew of the Formby light-ship , but they took no notice of it . The name of the schooner is not known , but as far as could be made out , the first three letters Of her name , painted on her stern , appeared , to be " Goy . "
Another sad affair which we have to record occurred to the-schooner Eliza , a vessel of ninety tons , belonging to Mr . W * Threlfal , Iron merchant and shipowner , of Preston . It appears that , about seven o ' clock on Friday morning , as the steamer Iron Duke , from Dublin , was coming through the "Victoria Channel , when near the Bui'bo bank Captain Christie observed the masts of a vessel , sunk of the bank , above water , and two men lashed to tie rigging . Sotwithstanding a tremendous sea was running , and a fierce gale blowing from the north-north-west , the Iron- Duke was brought as tear as possible to tbe sunken craft , and a boat ordered-out to the rescue . Mr . Edniondson , the chief mateand four men sprang into the boat , and
, sfter two hoars' hard -work , they succeeded in picking the captain , John Broekbank , off Ihe shrouds . The other man , though alive when the Iron Duke first saw them , died before the boat reached the schooner . When restored , Brockbank stated that the schooner was bound from Troon for r « Hon , witb . iron , and while running to this port for shelter , became unmanageable , and struck on Barbo bank about half-past three o ' clock the previous afternoon , and sank in ten minntes after w ards . As soon as she struck two of the crew ^ ere washed overboard . Their names were
Matthew Brad y and William M'Grath , both unmarried . The captain and the other man , whose name was Brannan , then lashed themselves to the rigging , in ¦ which situation they had been for upwards of seventeen hours when seen by the Iron Duke . Great praise is due to Captain Christie and- bis crew for the indefatigable exertions made by them in proceeding to the rescue . A subscription was entered into by the passengers on board the Iron Duke , which realised £ 6 , half of which was placed at the disposal of the captain of the Eliza , and the remainder will be given to tho men who so nobly nndertook to man the boat .
To-day the wind has almost died away , but it haa rained almost continually . The marine-telegraph reported this morning that a schooner was seen to go down at nine o'clock last night , near the Northwest Lightship , hat we are not aware if the crew ^ ere saved . The schooner Amatolia , hence for the Cape of Good Hope , was also reported to be moored to a bnoy at the entrance of the river Dee , having lost both anchors and chains , Yobesoibe . —There was a very heavy storm at sea all along the coast by Stockton , Middlesborough , Bedcar , etc ., on Thursday last , commencing
ia the after part of that day , and continuing thoughout the night , and the whole of Friday . We have heard of several ships and boats having been in very precarious positions and so on , the result in each case being more or less damage . As yet there has not been time for any positive information respecting crafts out at sea , but at several of the ports along the Yorkshire coast untoward accounts are apprehended , the storm , as far as could be seen of it ihere , being very -violent . At some pointa the sea " ran mountains " high , " and the wind blew a perfect hurr icane .
Ddbus . —On Monday morning , about eleven o ' clock , the brig Etigulk Canaway , 109 tons , Canaway master ,, from Whitehaven , bound for Cardiff , with iron ore , while standing in for Kingstown harbour struck tfie barque Kingston , lying at anchor . near the harbour ' s mouth , carrying away her bowsprit , jibboom , foremast , fore and maintop maintopmast . The injured vessel was towed into harbour by the steam tug Ellen Fawcett , and now 2 ie 3 alongside the Wolf , east pier . The barque
proceeded to Dublin . The Holyhead and Liverpool steam packets arrived at Kingstown some hours after their usual time , but free from damage by the storm . The following returns are from Cork and Sewry : — Cork , Monday Evening . —During last night and this morning a -violent gale has blown . The sea ran so high in Qaeenstown as in many places to cover the quay , and to render it impracticable for the calf past nine steamer , which came up from Aghada this morning , to get a landing there . Several of
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the vessels in the harbour dragged their anchors , ^ d'ere /"' en towards Qaeenstown ; butwe have not heard of any vessel being gent ashore , with the 2 !? j of ° \ ° ? tff 0 P S" «» yaohts , or any IBrious damage having been done . A great portion of the quay at Monkstown was swept away by the sea , and in the reach between Passage and Carrigaloe the fury of the gale ' was tremendous . The wind has since considerabl y abated in violence . flEWBY , Monday Evening . —Since Friday we have had very severe gales from the north-east , which 01 ™ e been 8 evere on tne shipping in the channei . The Sea Jfymph , steamer , from Liverpool , due at Warrenpoint on Saturday , did aofc arrive until Snnday morning , having delaved her deDar .
t rora Liverpool . One of the Dundalk boats Which did not venture out was , we are told , partly dismantled ; the , however , made her passage good . The Sea Nymph sailed again from Warrenpoint Dock , with passengers , cattle , and goods , on Sunday at midnight . Her passage must have been a rough one , as during the whole night and all yesterday it blew hard from the same quarter , accompanied by heavy and almost unremitting rain . The cold was intense , and winter fires have been consequently had recourse to much earlier than usual . The worst of it is that the " poor man ' s harvest , " especially on the mountain sides , has not yet been gathered in .
Gbatesksd , Monday . —Mr . Donaldson , master ef the brig Ann and Elizabeth , from Newcastle , saw a brig founder on the Deeps ; has every reason to suppos e she belonge to Blyth ; her bowsprit , bulwarks , and aail 3 were all gone ; the letter " T" was in the centre of tho stern ; saw a woman on deck , but could not render any assistance in consequence of the gale . ' j Yarmouth , Monday . —A vessel was seen to founder on tbe 26 th inst ., about ten miles north Of Dudgeon ; all hands drowned . ; supposed to be the
Venus , Harvey , of Arundel . The Echo , Horracks , reports having seen a small schooner founder on the outer Dowsing , about 100 tons ; the crew had left her , and supposed to have been taken out by a smack . The WeAton , Watson , of Newcastle , from St . Petersburg for London ( reported yesterday ) , was fallen in with on the 27 th , waterlogged and with bowsprit gone ; and was boarded by a smack belonging to this port , but the vessel shortly after struck ou Winterton Ridge and broke up . About 217 casks of tallow hare been landed here . '
Whitbt , Monday . —The Triton , Scott , cf Newcastle , has been wrecked near Eettleness ; crew drowned . A handspike and oar , marked " Wave , " have washed on shore at the same place . The Wave , Page , sailed from Hartlepool before tbe gale came on . Hull , Monday . —On Friday last the schooner Young Mary , K . Hudson master , of and for Goole fromMaldon ( laden with wheat ) , drove from her anchors in the mouth of the Humher , and struck on the Sand Ilale and soon filled . The master , his wife , and crew took to the boat and were picked up by the Shepherd , ISiehoUs , of Wisbeach , and landed hero . Shields , Monday . —The Falcon , of Aberdeen , from Stettin for Grangemouth ( with wheat ) , was lost , with all hands , on the rocks at Holy Island , during the gale on Thursday . No intelligence has yet been heard of . the missing pilot cables and their crews .
Berwick , Saturday . —The Margaret and Ann sloop , Melville , of 2 fbrth Sunderland , from- the Tyne for Pettycur , missed stays in tbe Fair Way , 25 th inst ., and drove on shore on the lslestone rocks , near Bamborough' Castle , and is like to become a wreck ; crew and greater part of stores saved . The Margarets schooner , Simpson , of Invergordon , from Cromarty for Sunderland , was wrecked on the same day at Holy Island ; crew and part " of stores and cargo saved . The William brig , Catt , of Rye , from Aberdeen for Hartlepool , was wrecked yesterday on Holy Island ; crew and part of cargo and stores saved . The Aid sloop , Harrison , of Inverkeithing , from Hartlepool for Port Dundas , drove from her anchors on to the beach at Beadnell , on the 25 th , struck heavily , and is full of water ; but if the weather mo
Ociobeb 1 st . —Wednesday ' s reports furnish an additional list of casualties , resulting from the recent heavy gales from the north-east . As the coasters which had been driven back to the eastward by the violence of the storm , reach their respective ports of destination , they report having seen some ill-fated vessels foundering during the height of the gale ; and , from the fact of assistance to the crews being rendered impracticable , in consequence of the tempestuous state of the weather , there is too much reason to suppose that many ; it not all , ' belonging to them perished . Numerous and fatal as the losses were in the vicinity of the entrance of the Humber , and which have already been recorded , it would seem that their actual
extent is yet to be learned . The Sarah from Sliorehim , on her way to Hartlepool , encountered the gale off the Spurn , and about half-past four on Friday afternoon , the light ship bearing west by north , distance perhaps twenty-five miles , the master , Mr . Duflstall , reports seeing a brig low down . Her name could not be distinguished , but she was supposed to belong to Sunderland . Her bulwarks were gone and her sails were blown away . A man was noticed in the rigging waving for assistance , and the master , apparently , was observed on the deck begging to be taken off . Unhappily the Sarah ' s state prevented her affording any aid . Being in ballast , she was rapidly driven away , and soon lost Sioht of the poor fellows . The Sarah also saw
another brig in distress , with tbe crew employed in bailing water out of the hold ; but , as in the former instance , could render them no relief . Another vessel is said to have foundered near the Dudgeon . She ia stated to be a schooner , and in eight fathoms of water , the light bearing no-th east by east , distant seven miles . A fleet of disabled cruisers , with loss fcf various spars , put into the neighbouring ports ; and subsequent accounts from those places record other wrecks . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ In the details of the loss of the ship Seven Brothers , on the Leniann , it has been aacertained that the following unfortunate persons perished with the
wreck : —Mrs . Sibbard , the master's wife ; John Shepherd , carpenter ; William Coulson , seaman ; Robert Kingston , seaman ; John Bobson , apprentice ; Deni 3 Toomay , William Grafton , and Edward James Braint , apprentices ; John Pearson , cook ; and a passenger whose name is unknown . Hebelonged to Low Walker , on the hanks of the Tyne . The master , Mr . A . Sibbald , and three of the crew , contr ived to gel into the vessel ' s boat , when the wreck broke adrift with the unhappy sufferers on board . The survivors , after many hours' suffering , were picked up by tho "Whim cutter , of Yarmouth . The wreck lias created much sensation at Shields , were most of the sufferers were known .
The arrivals in the Wear within the last day or so report many disasters . Quantities sf wreck had been passed , and the Ellen , from Newcastle , is announced to have foundWed some considerable distance off Flamborough-head . The crew , however , were preserved by the Boyne , from London , which landed them at Sunderland . Since the wind had somewhat moderated a number of light colliers had succeeded in beating up to the coal district
harbour . Bv the accounts from the Cornish and Welch coasts it would appear that the gale was productive of mischief in those quarters . On Thursday night a schooner apparently wa 3 seen to founder off Padstow by the Mary and Eliza , trader to Swansea . A square-rigged craft was seen to go down almost at tne same time , and no tidings can be gleaned of tho unhappy crews . In the Bristol Channel the gale is stated to have been very severe . In the neighbourhood of Pwllhall two traders belonging to Iberystwith were driven ashore , but the crews cuecGDded in preserving themselves . Considerable havoc was done on the Pembrokeshire coast , and several vessels met with seiious injury near lisn-< raard . Several were lost , but no serious loss of fife is reported . -It is reported that a more recent gale has proved more destructive on the Irish coast , but the authentic details have not as yet been received .
TJVBKS , Oct . 1 . —The following vessels were in Kineatown naruour yesterday , wina « uouna : — Schooner Hannah Grayston , 108 tons , from Ardrossan , for Cardiff , iron ; schooner Mary Kelley , Bixtyeight tonB , from Ohan , for Harfleur , iron ; schooner Diadem , ninety-five tons , from St . John ' s , New Brunswick , timber ; sohooner Washington , fortythree tons , from Troon , for Seville , coals ; schooner Magic , 10 S tons , from Galetti , for Drogeheda , with maize ; schooner Swallow , 147 tons , from Glasgow , for Limerick , general cargo ; brig Amity , 84 tons , from Limerick , for Glasgow , oats ; schooner yatch Arid , ninety-seven tons , from the Clyde , bound for Cowes , Rojal Yacht Squadron , Captain Douglas .
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EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS BY THE JUDGE OF THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT . Liverpool , Monday . —This morning , at the sitting of the County Court , the case againBt Mr . Whitty , the proprietor and editor of the " Liverpool Journal , " for an alleged contempt of court , was called ou , when Sir George Stephen appeared on behalf of that gentleman , but the learned Judpe decided upon having the defendant present in person . ¦ In about half an hour Mr . Whitty mad « his ap . pearance , and the charge was immediately proceeded with .
The first witness called by the learned Judge was Mr . Sumner , the examiner of the court , who , on being sworn , deposed that on Saturday morning last , about ten o'clock , a person was posting bills in the neighbourhood of the court , some of them within ten or a dozen yards , and others thirty or forty yards from the court . Those placards were announcing the publication of the " Journal , " and contained a line in large letters , "Mr . Ramshay ' s opinion of the people of Liverpool . " It was impossible for tbe Judge , in coming to the court , to avoid seeing those placards , and witness did not consider them fair reporting at all . They were placed bo as to catch his Honour ' s eye , in bis way into court . Upon the arrival of the Judge , witness received orders to pull down the-placard , which he
accordingly did . It was now produced in court . The practice was common for newspapers to post bills in the neighbourhood of tho court ; tbe " Chronicle" bills had twice referred to Mr . Ramahay , but the " Journal" several times . Sir George Stephen inquired of his Honour what previous acts had to do with the specific offence charged against Mr . Whitty ?—The Judge said tbat the evidence went to show that it was a practice to insult the Judge , and bring the administration of justice in that court into contempt among the people of Liverpool , and , therefore , it must be considered in the amount of whatever , punishment lie might feel it his duty to inflict . —After a lengthy discussion between the Judge . and Sir George Stephen , Mr . Sumner , the officer of the court , was recalled , who , in answer to some questions from his Honour ,
said that he knew of many cases wherein insulte to the Judge and the officers of the court bad been given , chiefly , he believed , in consequence of these placards . That very morning a person in court had ' insulted the officers before the Judge took his seat . —The Judge : Is that person in court ? ' Witness : He is , your honour . ( He then pointed out one of the reporters for the " Albion . " )—Judge : What were the words used ? Witness : He asked me to give him a chair ; anda 3 he had been pointed out to me as one of the reporters for the " Journal , " I refused , when he said that I was as mad as my master . —Judge ( to the reporter ) : Stand up , there . —The reporter stood up . —Judge : What is your name ? Reporter : Simon Havker— Judge Let thia case stand over until tho other is disposed of . — The learned Judge then went over the evidence of Mr . Sumaer and the comments of the learned
counsel , stating tbat he considered . the offence to be one of groat enormity , and , for the protection of the court , aud as an example to . others , he inflicted the full penalty of £ 5 , or seven days' imprisonment in Lancaster Gaol . He was sorry the law did not impose a more severe penalty ; but he felt bound to inflict the very highest tbat the act allowed . —Mr . Wbitty was then ordered into the custody of the bailiff , and placed in the . dock appropriated to defendants , where , for more than three hours , he remained , while some other cases arising out of the same transaction , were proceeded with ..
SECOND CASE . Mr . Michael James Whitty , editor and proprietor of the " Liverpool Journal , " having been placed in custody in tbe defendants' dock , bis Honour the Judge directed the bailiffs of the court to stand forward , in reference to the charge against the defendant , of resisting them in the execution of their duty . —Hartley , one of the bailiffs , was then placed in ' . he box , and being sworn , deposed thftt Q 0 SftluVu&y lasb he received from the Judge an order to bring Mr . Whitty before this court , for an insult to the Judge in going to the court . On arriving at Mi . Whitty ' s office , about eleven o ' clock , he had not arrived , and ou going again about one o ' clock , the defendant had been in , but was gone out again ; he ( witness ) left word that Mr . Iiamshay wanted to
see him ; and at three o clock he found him in the office . There was then another bailiff , named Chandley , present . Witness told Mr . Whitty he had orders from the Judge of the County Court to bring him before the Court for insulting the Judge . Defendant replied ho didn't know the man , aud Baid he wouldn't go ; but that if we would get a summons or a warrant lie would go , and be would wait for us an hour . Witness thon returned and stated the answer he had received , when he got orders to go immediately and fetch the defendant . Witness got assistance , went back , told defendant the answer , and said he must go with them , and that he hsd better go . quietly . Upon this Mr . Whitty pulled out a drawer , and took out a large knife , about a foot long , and threatened to " cut
our souls out if . we attempted to touch him . " He then backed through a door , and went down stairs . We followed , but defendant ' s son interfered , and called the printers to put us out . Among fourteen or sixteen men who came , there . were some policemen , whom the witness knew as detective officers . The defendant had formerly been headconstable of Liverpool . On asking these men to assist us , they inquired for our warrants , and on our replying that we had none , they said they could not assist us . One of the men said we had no authority . —Judge : Do you see that man now ? —Witness : Ko , your Honour : —Judge : Then look after these men . I'll have every one of them brought up here . His . Honour then directed the hish bailiff of the Court , to apply to the Mayor for
assistance for this purpose . —The witness then underwent a long cross-examination by Sir - George Stephen , in the course of which ho admitted that he was not quite sober at the time . —Sir George Stephen : Who gave you the order . to arrest . Mr . Whitty ?—The witness was silent for some minutes ; when the learned Judge said , "I did ; I gave him the order . By the word bring , I meant to use force if necessary . " —Sir George Stephen : There can be no doubt as to your Honour ' s intention ; but I submit you have not tho power . —Sir George Stephen ( to the witness ) : The knife you have spoken of , was it round at the point ?—Ye 9 , it was rounded off . —Sir George Stephen : Did you offer to take Mr .
Whitty into custody before he took out the paper knife ?—Yes . —The court was crowded with a very respectable audience , Sir George Stephen declaring that had the case been his instead of Mr . Whitty ' s , and officers had entered his house without any legal authority and attempted to take him into custody , instead of merely threatening them with a paper knife , ho ( Sir G . Stephen ) would have shot them . The declaration was received with a burst of applause . —The proceedings in this important case terminated at half-past four . Tho Judge fined Mr . Whitty £ o each on tbree cases of assault , and seven days' imprisonment each for two cases of alleged a « ault on the officers of the court .
Tuesday . —It was generally supposed that aa the warrant had not been executed last night , it would not perhaps be so . However , thi 3 morning , on the assembling of the court , Mr . Ramshny slated that he had signed the warrant last night . Mr . Lowndes intimated that Mr . Whitty was at his office , and thereupon Mr . Scone , the superior officer of the court , proceeded at once to enforce it . Mr . Whitty was however , allowed to remain at his office till the train for Lancaster departed at 125 , and was , in the meantime , visited by troops of frieuds , in fact , hoth there and at the railway station we have seldom Been more enthusiastic greetings . At the meeting of the court this morning , the Judge , on taking his seat , said , it was desirable to make a few observations in reference to the disgraceful
occurrence which had taken place in tbe court . They must be extremely vexing to himself and offensive to every ona . He had now found it necessary to gwe direct orders to the officers that every man who interfered in an improper manner with the proceedings of the court should be treated by him with the most severe punishment . He had now come to the conclusion that it was necessary to have the matter decided , whether the Court . was to be treated with , proper respect , ' or to be insulted aud rendered anything but respectable , by the filthy comments aud insults of the town . He would try whether the law or . the slanderer and libeller should prevail . That question he was prepared to try , and he would urge that trial to its utmost limits . Depend upon that . He hoped by that
course to secure that respect due to-the officers of the court and the judge of it . In the course of the proceedings on the preceding day ho had occasion to say that the course pursued was necessarily such , as to excite the minds of ignorant persons against the jud"e and against the court , and he had a painful proof of it that morning . He held in his hand a letter threatening him with assassination . 16 was a painful proof of the naturaLtendehoy and consequence of such proceedings as were on the- previous day the subject of inquiry . He held in his hand a letter threatening him ; with assassination , on tnis very day ; but he would tell the dirty slanderer , it i « . < 4 . nf thf . ™ that he . feared . him not . The usual
business was then proceeded -with . It having been announced that Mr . WbUty . would leave the railway station for Lancaster-Gaatle at oae oclocK , a great concourse of most respectable persons assembled at the . Lime-atrcet station at that hour to witness his depattsse ... Or makiog to appearance ia the custody : of Mr . Stone , high , bailiff of the county cor . rt , and several assistants , Mr . vrnitty was warm ' ly greeted with hearty cheers , shaking of hands , a ' every demonstration of sympathy : calculated to enoourage and cheer him ., He appeared to be in good spirits , and received the . cordial demohs . tvationsof his friends with the utmost good huir . our and . satisfaction . At half-past oae the trr . ia started amidst deafening cheers ,
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MBEIWO OP THB UVKRFOOL MAQISIRATKS . on the same afternoon one of-ihe moat numerous meetings of magi 8 traten that ever assembled at Liverpool , took place in the grand jury-room of the AsSl t - \ C AI houghthe circular calling the meeting had been issued only three hours , there F * iiifiT" thirty - and forfcy gentlemen holding her Maje s ty s commission of the peaces n attendftlv ^ subJecLwas Tell known &S * . r V * to ^ WMy conduct of the judge of the County Court ; but in the present stage of tho proceedings it was not deemed expedient to admit the representatives of the press . It has been ascer-% rlS tne presence of Dr . M'Intyre , and two other eminent physicians , had been specially secured , trom which the opinion generally entertained
as to the proper eauBe to be pnrsued , may be more easily conjectured than safely predicted . Indeed charity itself suggests such an opinion . . Amongst tho magistrates who called upon Mr . Whitty , as soon as the resolution to send him to Lancaster waa known , were men of all anades of political ODinion , including Sir Joshua Walmsley , who was a witness of the intense excitement on the subject ; an excitement never exceeded , it ever equalled , by any event that has taken place in Liverpool for more than thirty years . Groups of tradesmen , merchants , and people of all other classes assemble m the streets , and nothing else is talked of but where these things are to end . It is hoped that Sir George Grey will immediately interfere until proper medical and judicial inquiry can be instituted . V ' . .
John Whitty , iunr ., was brought up on Wednesday betore Mr . Itamaoay , at his court , charged with obstructing the bailiffs and others in the proper execution of their duty . The . evidence in this case being similar to that in the above we refrain from reiterating it . fiis Honour , in concluding , said he should impose afine of £ 2 for insulting Hartley , and * 2 for the same offence against Charnley , or be imprisoned seven days in Lancaster Castle . He was also sentenced to pay £ 2 each to the same men for obstructing them iu the exeoutionof their duty . Tiiere was no imprisonment added to the latter penalty , because he looked upon it as a debt recoverable by action , and if not then paid , the defendant would bo liable to eighty days' imprisonment . If an action were brought , the damages might , or might not , be laid at £ 50 , and he did not know what he should , if he tried the cause , be justified in cutting the damages down . Tho charge against the police officers was withdrawn .
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KOSSUTH'S INTENTION TO VISIT ENGLAND AND LAND AT SOUTHAMPTON CONFIRMED . The following important and interesting communication dictated by Kossuth himself , to the Mayor or Southampton , was received by that functionary on Tuesday afternoon ;—¦ "Marseilles , Sept . 27 , 1851 . [ 'Sir , —His Excellency , Governor Kossuth ( my chief ) , with thankful sentiments acknowledging the lively interest and the high-minded sympathy which the generous city of Southampton , and you , sir , particularly , were on so many oecaaions honouring the Hungarian cause , the fate of its exiled leader , and of all Hungarian exiles who chance to land on your hospitable shore , has entrusted me with the agreeable
duty to present you , sir , his hearty compliments , and respectfully , to inform you that , embarked , with the generous consent o ! " his Majesty the Sultan , without any previous condition whatever , but rather with illimited liberty , on board the United States steam frigate Mississippi , sent over by the Congress and Government of the United States , precisely for his and his associates ! liberation from Kutayah , stopped at Marseilles , nith tbe purpose to pass through France directly to England , and to land from Havre at Southampton , having the warm desire to thank personally for tbe protection which the public opinion of the high-minded people of . England pleased to throw in the balance of his destiny .
¦• A rrived here yesterday iij 8 Excellency liumediabV applied *» M . Je Prefet of this department to grant him and family free passage through France . M . le Prefet judged convenient to report to Paris by telegraph to the ministry , but the action of the telegraph being hindered by the misty weather , an answer has not yet arrived . " So not being able to give you exact information about the issue , or in case of granted passage about the time ^ f his Excellency ' s arrival at Southampton , still I feel gratified to be the organ of communication of his said design , and of his firm intention to go , in every case , for some few days , to England ; which , should he not be permitted to execute directly from Marseilles , he has decided to proceed immediately to Gibraltar , and hence to visit England , and ask for an asylum to his children there while he proceeds to the United States , to thank personally for the most generous aid and assistance which the people , congress , and government of the United States honoured him with .
" His Excellency left Kutayah with the confident hope that the sacred cause which , it is his glovy to represent oanuot fail to have a future yet , being honoured as it is by the powerful sympathy of the English race—that mighty , great , and glorious guardian of justice , right , and freedom on both hemispheres . 11 1 have the honour to sign myself to be , with the most distinguished consideration , Sir , your humble and obsequious servant , ¦ " J . Ha ' ske , L .-Colonel . " J . Andrews , Esq ., Mayor to the City of Southampton . " The following address to Kossuth—when he lands at Southampton—was for signature in the town on Tuesday , and received immediately numerous names of all classes of persons : — " ADDRESS TO LOUIS KOSSUTH , LATE GOVERNOR
OP HUNGARY . . . '' Honoured Sir , —We , the undersigned inhabitants of the town and county of the town of Southampton , cordially bid you welcome to the shores of Britain , where your name is well known and dear to thousands , as being identified with the same principles on which the liberties , social order , and prosperity ot this country are founded ., Be assured that the feelings with which we hail your arrival amongst us are designed to express something more than the . ordinary formsli ties of civility , We have been deeply in . t ' erestedin all the patriotic enterprises which your love of freedom and truth so eminently contributed to originate , for the purpose , of maintaining , the ancient independence and free constitution of your native land , aud which your wisdom and disinterested
energies , for so long a time , served to promote ; and in your endeavours to obtain for them a . successful issue you have shared our sinceret sympathies and been the object of our most constant and heartfelt Solicitude . W ^ forbear alludiug to the various causes which have , hitherto , interfered with your zeal and self-devotion ; but we cherish the firm persuasion that the victory you have sought is only postponed , and that I here is an era- to arrive in tbe . history of Europe , when the principle * for which you have contended will be recognised and established , on a firm and enduring basis , in that great and glorious nation of which you are the ornament and the boast . . We
thank the Almighty disposer of human events , for preserving you . amidst innumerable perils , and we pray that wherever you sojourn , you may enjoy that best of earthly portions which is set before the great and good of our race—the honest admiration of enlightened minds , and the sincere affection of upright hearts ; and that whilst an unanswerable refutation of the calumny of your enemies shall be furnished in the characteristic nobleness of your own soul , the most earnest and cordial wishes of all the friends of freedom may be realised , by the extended prolongation of your life amongst them , in the full enjoyment of health , peace , and every other source of human happiness . .
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An Old Railway Abbanoement . —when railway companies first sought at the hands of parliament fov powers to construct their lines , they were driven into all sorts of queer and oxpensiye arrangements with landowners to ward off their vexatious opposition , or to satisfy their great demands . One of the most curious , though not one of the worst , arrangements ever made with a landowner ,, was that made b y the old Cheltenham and Great Western Union Company ( now in , the hands of tbe Great Western ) with a farmer living near © louces ter . To meet the wishes of this person it was enacted that , whenever he was standing near the railway opposite- to his farmhouse the train abauld stop and take him up , but we believe not to . carry
him free of charge . Of course it doea not pay to stop a train to take a single passenger up ; but still , in a commercial p&infc . of view , this arrangement is infinitely better than -inany . > othevs ( some of them made in days which oujjhfc to- be more enlightened , boeause moc 8 recent ) , by which not only is a heayj ! bribe . given , ta buy off opposition , but a station is built , and a clerk and porters maintained ,, to accommodate perhaps not as many passengers a 9 they ( the , clerk , « id porters ) themselves immb&r . "With segard to ih » Gloucester farmer , we are told that the old gentleman is frequently seen scamperingacross the fields . to be on the : railway by the time the train comes up , but the train is not bound to stop unless he ia at Ma post . — Hwapaik ' s Journal . , ¦
Local Boabds of Hbalth . —On Monday operations to drain the town of Watford , and to make further improvements , were commenced . In Watford , as well as in other towns , local- boavda cf health have been formed within the last few days uidUr recent actB of Parliament passed in the late session ; ¦ ,:: .-. - -, ¦ .. v . The , MAOisiRACv . —We understand : that Mr . Fitzmaurice , the magistrate ,- who , it will be remembered , was stated to have committed an assault on the High Sheriff of Mayo , has , reoeived directions from tue Lord Chancellor not to act in his magisterial capacity until the law proceedings which have arisen out of the transactions shall have terminated . —freeman ' s Journal , , -
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THE " TIMES" AND THE PEOPLE . ( From the " Operative . " ) Two remarkable articles have lately appeared in tho " Times" newspaper , to which we wtah . specially to direct the attention of our "Operative " readers , as intimately concerning their immediate interests . The first of these articles appeared about tbree weeks since , and the latter on the loth ult ., and both relate to the well-known trial at tbe last Stafford Assi ' zes , of the Wolverhampton Tinplate Workers .
Before touching the articles themselves , it may be as well to endeavour to understand tbe character of the journal in which they appeared . The " Times" ia , as everybody knows , the leadingjournal of Europe , with a vast circulation , extended influence , and large funds . Its corps of newagatherers and arrangers is highly organised and efficient , and it has writers of tbe first class at command , who , in obedience to the mandates from Printing-house-sqnare , are always ready to write on every , or any , or upon no side of any given question . The same pen which spatters a man with abuse on one day , is ready to gild his name with honour upon the next ; and the party which a year or two apjn , was nobly-exalted , generous , and
statesmanlike , becomes , when the tide turns , petty , mean , debased , and contemptible . We are quite suro we need not give many examples to prove the truth of this . A portrait of the " Times " before the repeal of the ( Jem Laws , and after tlie Corn Law 8 _ were repealed , inay be sketched by every man who ia old enough to remember that recent political event , and never were two things more ditfurcnti The free traders ( so called ) when success seemed far distant , were fustian spouters , moutherB , agitators , mercenaries , incendiaries , knaves , and fools by turns—hut , successful , they became political heroes and philosophers of thefirst water ; and their atrocious theories at the same time grew into noble and comprehensive doctrines .
In short , thu " Times " is a very powerful political engine without any settled principles , or any very steadfast morality . It is a sort of apoatle of the present , forgetting the past and ignoring the future . It is an apostate without memory or forethought—a literary prostitute , ever ready to be sold to the higlieBt bidder .. If it has any political religion , it is akin to thai ) of the eastern sect , who worship the rising sun . There is scarcely any man so foolish as to deny its power—few , even among its own disciples , to assert its justice or its virtue . Jt is an engine capahle of either good or harm , but in the main directed to effect the latter . It follows pretty logically from the above premises , that the " Times" is , at the present moment , the unscrupulous advocate and supporter of the power of capital . Equally destitute of the sympathy or tho confidence of the aristocracy on the one hand , or the people on the other , it belongs ,
in fact , to the money interest of the country . It is the representative of the Stock Exchange , and is well fitted by its moral code for its office . . The accumulation , of wealth—the means of dispensing with labour—the mode of aggrandising the power of the capitalists * are its great object * , and anybody or any class interfering with them , is sure to come in for a plentiful share of abuse and vituperation . We do not believe that any powev like this CMi be an enduring one The spread of intelligence and of morality , must , littlo by little , weaken its influence . It has come already rather to be admired and feared for its talent than respected , or loved for its goodness . Those .-ire the feelings now uppermost in the breast of almost , every man who speaks or thinks about it . It probably , for that reason , does not sensiblv affect or dominate over public opinion as it did ; but ; still it is a great power , < MU it presses like nn incubus , not only on the better sense and better feeling of this country , but of all
Europo . Of course , no one ever doubted which side the " Times " would take in the groat struggle hetween OapUftl atld labour—a struggle which is everyday growing fiercer , and which a power ten times greater than that of the greatest journal , strive as it might , could not put an end to . The sacred fire of liberty , though it burns slowly , is kindled upon the altar of truth , and has taken too firm a hold for the breath of the modern Thersites to blow it out —how strong a hold perhaps the desperate efforts of the " Times" best prove . No sooner was the trial of the Wolverhampton men over , than the first article to which we allude , appeared , the object of which was to aggravate the punishment of those who were convicted . There were many remarkable facts in connexion with the trial of which
the " Times" took no noto . In a previous leader it had chuckled because tho case had been removed from a criminal to a civil court , where it wjis to be tried by a bfkcial jury ; and that it held Up triumphantly as a presage of certain conviction . Bofore one tittle of evidence had been adduced—before the counsel for the prosecution had opened his brief—before the bearing of tho facts could propwlybe known , the "Times" rejoiced that the constitution . of the jury was ominous of a verdict of . guilty , and that the defendants , in addition to suffering in person , would become liable t > the costs . After the trial , however , it buried the fact that this same special jury was so anxious to convict , that , after they had agreed upon the second day of the trial there was no evidence
against one at least of the defendants , they on the third day , without even going through the farce of retiring , found all the defendants guilty on all the counts , and it became necessary for the learned judge upon the bench to remind this jury of gontlenieu , that one at least of those they had so unhesitatingly found guilty must be acquitted . It ignored the fact that one of the prosecutors , in his . evidence , admitted that ho had becit guilty of a systematic course of deceit , not only to workmen around whom he was cunningly weaving the meshes of the law , but to his own partners . It had not the honesty to notice the evidence , that , so far
from the workmen being untractablo , they offered to submit ; their grievances to tho arbitration of the Mayors of the three neighbouring towns , and that the prosecutors refused tbe offer . It was raw pant about intimidation and coercion , but it hid the truth that the greatest intimidation proved against the men , was a threat to n , workman , that if he did not leave the employ of Messrs . Perry , " it would be the worse far him . " It totally kft out of sight tbe injustice of the law itself , under which this prosecution took place , which makes breach of contract a civil offence only upon the- part of tho master—a criminal misdemeanour on the part of tho man .
It did not suit the policy of the " Times" to notice any of those , things—it had another part to i > lay—it had to defend capital against labour , and it set about tbat in right earnest . It represented the workmen of Wolverharapton generally as well paid , and lightly worked , and perfectl y contended , and , contrary to the notorious fact , it pictured tho workmen of Messrs . Ferry , in particular , as existing in a sort of politico-ecouomieal pitxadise , where the lion of money was reposing with the lamb of toil in perfect amity and -peace ; when suddenly , into thia mutvuf . actv « vcg Garden oi Eden , there came the serpent of the National Association of United Trades , and tempted the men to eat of the apjvlft of knowledge ,, which made them think that they were ill-treated ? It waa against the delegates
from the Association , m particular that the "venom of the " Times" was especially , directed . But for them the workmen would have been ignorant enough , and sufficiently quiet to let masters such as Messrs . Terry do as they liked ;• . and so these delegates were to be put down once for all . It was not to be borne that there should be an organised band of men ready to interfere between employers and employed , 'i'hese fellows -were agitators of the worst sort , living on the miseries of their fellowsplebeian agitaioss , that was- worse still—paid agitators too , that , was worst of all—men , who grew fat upon the proceeds of agitation—fellows , who were too lazy to work—rogues ., wftkoul principle or truth-rijjaorant rascals , wha had somehow nicked up the ability to string togothor a few-hard
words thejt did . not understand—clever rascals though ,, who were very astute and knowing , and therefore' daiigorou 3—scouudie-lv to whom , pickpockets are estimable characters . These men must be- put down , and the workmen must be taught to distrust theirs ! Did it never occur to the vecacious - Times" that its own hired nnd paid writers are agitators ,. living upon ths proceeds of agitation—swneiimes pandering to anything but tho highest sentiments of humanity , and , often growing fat by supporting injustice to their fellows . ?; Dui it never happen to think that there are are . those among its favoused friends who not only do uot work , despise work , hut would deem it : a degradation to : soil thoir hands at such toil as nukea up-the daily life of ¦ the Wolverhasapton workers ? No , it did not jump with the purpose of . the " Times . " to recolleot that . It had two things to do : first , to make the workmen , distrust theif-auvocotes as venal , selfisu , and ignorant ; next ; , ' to get
for those advocates the greatest . possibly punishment . We fanoy that those who know much of the National Association in particular , or of the people ' s Aasooiations in general , will agree with us that > in a pecuniary point of view , such agitations are about the worst trades , a man can take up witt ^ - that they are very unlikely avocatioas to get overfat in—tbati life-time of devotioa to them . would hardly gain the r&oempense of the worst paid " soribbler in the " Tunes "—that ihe men who hare endeavoured to forward trade oo-operation , so muoh wanted , have , generally been the elite of their class , and that man for man there has been less of corruption and time serving among them than among the well-paid officials of the State—more honesty than the « , , Times " is likely to exhibit . And . it is worth while too to mark the contradiction . : Tiv&s& agitators are ignorant blockheads when the confidence of their fellow 3 " wto he alienated from them but they ar < f Q ^ r rogue . 8 wh . e . 0 , their punishment
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is to bo aggravated ; and on that ground , thfl 11 Times , " tempering its injustice with mercy , aU * dacioualy seeks to influence tho dignitaries of thfl law to let off the workmen who were deluded , but to visit with tho heaviest penalties the members of the National Association , Wealthy men may combine together to protect their own interests , but the hewers of wood and the drawers of water must be punished if they attempt it . The people must not have organisations and advocates of their own order ; they must not employ jften to watch tbeif interests . Those are luxuries reserved for the better off , but those whose only safety is union , must act the part of the bundle of nnbond stickskeep separate from each other , go that they may bg easily brokeu up when necessary .
We must not omit to notice that the mercy of tho " Times "—strained as it was—waff far too be * nevolent for the- meek , long Buffering , sad injured Messrs . Ferry \ for shortly after the article referred to , a letter appeared in its columnsj-bearing the signature of tbff most active member of that firm . The object of that philanthropic epistle waa to correct the generous error of the Times , " It was not only the members of the Association who ought to be heavily punished , but all the defendants alike . It was not ignorant workmen who had been deluded by designing rogues of organised agitators , thty were all knaves alike . The division of the criminals into wolves and lambs was only a benevolent fancy ef the " Times . " Mr . Perry begged to corrrect the charitable error , to enumerate hia
manifold wrongs and injuries , and to invoke ven-r - geance upon all the convicted . Kind , good-hoarted creature , that J How the •? Times" must love ? him for spoiling its ideal of tho manufacturing Eden , and for his generous philanthropy and Christian charity . The heart of that man , and tho brain of tho writer of the " Times" conjoined would make a model benefactor of our race . The-latter article- of the 13 th ult ., was especially directed against Mr , Duneombe , the Member for Finsbury , who has dared to commit the high crime and misdemeanour of publishing a letter , justifying the National Associatson of which he is the President . That was not to be brooked . Of the lettet itself the " Times" cautiously kept clew . \ % bad nothing to- say against Mr . Buncombe ' s argument ?*
but a great deal against Mr . Duneombe . That is an . old dodge off the " Times , " which is by this time pretty well understood . Unfortunately , it could not say that Mr . Duric&mbe was pauperised , or plebeian , or venal , or . mercenary—it dared not hint ; that he drew hia funds from the National Association , or pot fag upon its pay , or Jived upon the sufferings of his fellows . Those would have been mendacities too obvious oven for the " Times " to venture upon , so- it went upon another tack . Mr . Duneombe is a gentleman demagogue , and a nootila to boot . The people ought not to trust him because he wants brains—the'people—tho samepeo * pie who , according to the "Times , " hate and despise all those above them—also , according to the " Times , " follow him because he has a supe »
rior position . —Curious logicthat , but the best that was ready to hand . An impartial reasoner would iuvve come to the conclusion that it is not rank the people detest , but those sentiments which are too generally associated with it , and which tend to make men slaves ; and that , when a man of social mark ia found to speak for the masses , they follow him only too readily . We do not know whether a love of aristocracy is or is not a characteristic of the human mind , tout at all events , in the present age the error is rather on the aide of two much Bu . bservienoy to men of birth than otherwise . At all events , of this the " Times " ia certain , that Mr . Duneombe is a dangerous and stupid gentleman demagogue ; and the convicted of Stafford are lazy r dishonest , mercenary , plebeian agitators—the
upshot of it all being that tho masses must not have advocates , either from their own ranks or from those above them if it can be helped . They must not be suffered to form organisations for their own protection ,-and if they attempt it Ihey mast be made to distrust their leaders , and the law TOUBt put a strong hand upon them . If that Will not dO » stronger laws must be made to protect the Perrya of Society . The advocates of capital see dangeif in organisation , and they see too how imminent that danger is , and how unscrupulous tho effort * which they must make if they would avert it . Of the influence of the " Times" over thegreafc body of the avtizans we have not the least danger . However ignorant it may suit their opponents ta represent them , they are better educated in point
of general knowledge than the aristocracy of hall a century ago , and as well aware of their own social nnd political condition as any class in the community * The " Times ' has- not an atom o £ moral power over them—they know it too well . They may fcav it for its acknowledged power ; bu& with that feai ? is mingled hate of its injustice , and contempt for its morality . They are not , wo ara certain , by sueh means to be alienated from theitf leadevsand eo-wovkevs , or ¦ diverted from that organisation in which lies their only hope of safety ; and the bullyings of the Thunderer may perhaps have the «; ood- offset of mailing them- watch to seg that the law is not strained against their order and that-still greater injustice is not introduced into the statutes ¦ which govern the relations of employer and employed ,
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TIIE : AUSTRALIAN DIGGINGS . The following is an extract from- a letter dated Sydney , Maj 22 : — « ' Sydney , during the last eight days , has been in an intense state of excitement in consequence of gold having been discovered in the Summer Hill Creek , and other places in tho Bnthurst district , about 110 miles from Sydney , and , from all the accounts that have reached here , the diggins' appear to he as productive as those in < California . Ifc is said that tho auriferous soil extends from north to south a distance of 100 miles or upwards . All necessaries of life , especially flour ; have risen very considerably and suddenly . Carriage to the Bathurst district has risen four and fiva fold . The rise in tbo pi'ioc Of provisions , rate of carriage , ifcc , 10 , however , nothing in comparison to the loss tho floekowners will suffer by their men leaving them . I have heard several of the flocknja 3 ters speak of thoir ruin as- almost certain , and , indeed , how can it be otherwise with those whose Socks are their
only dependence , if their men all leave thorn ? Many have already begun to kill their sheep and boil them down ,. in order to save the skins and tallow . It was said in the Sydney Herald ,, tvro or three days since ,, tbat thousands of persons must he ruined by the loss of their flocks , which cannot possibly bo obviated if men cannot be had to take careofthetn .. If tho flocks were abandoned they WOUld SOOn be eaten Up by the native dogs . This gold mania lias almost entirely caused business to Se suspended , except for such supplies as are required by . the miners . " I have this morning seen- a . letfcer from a gen . tleman who has a son at the mines ,, and he speaks of gold'being in great abundance , but requiring eouob labour in washing the soil . 11 They think it very little if-they do not mako morethan 23 s .. or 30 s . a day ; ; but one mart found a luiap . of gold which he sold to a gentleman I know well for £ 30 . It was pure gold , and weighed
thirtysis sovereigns . ' . ' Tho flockraasters in Hew South 'Wales aTe not the only persons Who Will : suffer , for an immense number of ' anen , when they hear the news , will most certainly come here from the neighbouring colonies . You may therefore confidently calculate on a very considerable decrease of Australian wool to arrive ia England nostseason . ; " From New South Wales I do not expect theiaiwill be more than ono-third or one-fourth tho quantity of wool shipped tharo was last year . It is con-. auently expected , here that we shall have a groat * influx of persons from tho united kingdom and other parts of Europ ? , and I mjsclf should be very
much surprised if there was not , as it is a very tempting thing'for a . labouring man to earn his £ 8-or £ 10 ia week , that is ; with only motlevate success ; and , indeed , if the gold mines were entirely , to fail , he would find ? his condition infinitely better in New South Wales than if h& remained in any park of Europe . I do . not believe tbat the labouring cIaSS 69 enjoy so many comfoHs , or are able'to save so much out of ' their earnings , in any part ot the-world asthey . are abis to do in Now South VTales . " I shallwrite you furthar particulars , BM I am afraid the ships will havo great difficulty ^ leaving for England , as the sailos 3 are deserting in large , Bumbers . ' .,
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Cure for .-ihe . TooTnASHE . —In the Anllago , of Druracondsa , about a mile and a half on the rior- ' . them side-of Dublin , tliero i 3 an . old churchyard remarkable , as'the buryiag-place of Gascon , tho architect ,, © ross , the antiquary , and Tijpmas Furlong , the traaslator . of " Cfarotan ' s . Remains , " On th ' 8 bprdesss . o ' f this churchyard there ig-a " , well of beau- , tiful Wter , which ia resorted to by . the folks of t . he village afflicted wULh . too | , h&ch 4 » . j » ho on their- Way across the graves , p > ick up an olds skull , which , thev
cawy with them , so drink trom ^ the doing of * hicb \ theytassert to b& an infallible ouve . ' . Others merely esort to tbe place for tbei purpose of pulling a iooth from a akull , whichAhey place on o ? over tha mle or attuapof the grow * tooth , aud . they affirm that by keeping it there fora certain time the paia ceasesaltogether . Thweis a young woman at thia loBtant iu the employment " -pf my " *< & « , who has wactised these twa remedies , and tfho tells me she snows several others whohave done ihe -time ' . —Notts and Queries . ,, '• ¦ . ¦
WINCHESTER Coiusa £ —The " Hampshire Indfl * aendent ' - says : —The " great fact , " for a fact w » , that the college of Winchester , ' with on incoma Of £ 15 , 000 a yfar , according , to their own r | corded evidence , educates , but seventy W » starting enough ; aud it becomes morestartiing * w * when it ia known that thejparents ««^ the charity boys educated ^ " * tmS ' put to an expenseoflpj / fi-Uppw annum eaon .
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Bbiti-h Isdepesdbscb ahd Hbspossibiutt . — The English sloop the Lord Duncan , was on Friday driven by the violence of the wind from Havre towards Honflcur , when there was no one on board but a cabin boy . "When the boy found that the vessel was before the port of Honfleur he let go the anchor , notwithstanding the difficulty , o' ( the operation and so secured the vessel . The Custom-house officers having presented themselves to visit it , the little fellow positively ! refused them admission , sayfor all oh board
inff that he was responsible . It was not until ' the English eonsul interfered , that the courageous boy allowed the officers to make the visit . ° The Lord Duncan waa afterwards taken into ^^ tSSTi emmWAK .-An elderly lady , named Power , who is now in her 110 th year , was Surning during the early part of this week i at ? h e Stln Hotel . She had jost returned from Siting % Great Exhibition ! Tue old lady ap . MarS to be iu excellent health and 8 pint 3 .-BristolMrror . ¦ . - •¦ ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 4, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1646/page/7/
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