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SO >~>~ ET . Chartists ! what strive ye for ? for liberty ! Most glorious strife ! more noble as more hard . Twas libertv isspir'd the British Bard Bttoh' cbiefest cf potts yes , twaslie . Butwhoi * oli Britons , uten ^ ill you succeed ? "When -will the many overcome the few ? vnst ye yet toil to starre , or fight or bleed ? Blood " to the tree of freedom i 3 as dew , But it should flow from tyrants , not from you , A victory galn'd by blood is never kept—Yo-sF i thtn , that years shall be a bloodless fight And virtue ' s eyes will shine , that long hare wept . God -waits to help you , fc * your cause is right , And , to succeed , you hate but to Umie ! John Wa . tx . ixs . Battersea , near London .
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THE EMIGRANT'S SOXGThough sevei'd from the land we love Oei the wide ocean driven , A bright bine Heaven shines abore , Beneath reflected Heaven ! Binish"d from scenes to memory dear , On distant Bhores to dwell , We part from Britain with a tear—Old England , fare thee weiL Yet wherefore could we weep to leave The country of our birth , Where labour ' s doom'd to toil and grieve , And plenty turns to dearth ? There pampei'd pomp and wealth hold state , And pride ' s pretensions swell , Tae little swallowM by the great—OH England , fare the « well !
Where w « have plied our daily toil , To raise the food of toaa , ilonopoly usurps the soil , Or blasts it with its ban : The Oligarchy deny us bread , And vow that we rebel , If we but say , " We would be fed . " Old England , fare thee well ! The Lord who on his person bears The produce of the loom , Tet never works for what ie wears , "Whose frown the peasant ' 8 ( loam ; Tie hope ot tunable men can Kiglit , Shall never more repel , Or rob us ruthlessly cf right—Old England , fare the well !
Pair freedom walls upon the waves , Her voice is in the gale , Then who would live as pauper slaves Where tyrant ia-wrs prevail ? Yet our loved birth-land chained or free , Within our hearts shall dwell , And whatsoever our fat * may be—Old England , fare thee well . ' G . SHEfclDAS NtSSET Leeds , April 4 , 1 SA 2 ,
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UNITED STATES . The pacfcet-sMp Sheffield , Captain Allen , arm-ed oa Friday morning at Liverpool from New York . See sailed on the loth nit ,, and has made the passage in seventeen dajs . On the 8 ih ult ., the Honse of Representative received from the President a special message . It related is the financial embarrassments of the country . It set forth the condition of the Treasury ; the impossbilitj of meeting the demands on it ; the pressing wants of the navy , army , &c . ; and Euggesied the necessity , as the Exchequer Bill would not pass , and as t ^ e Government wonld have bo means of anticipating the revenue or postponing debt ; , of speedy provision being made by law for
iae extension and increase of the Joan , or for authority to issue Treasury notes to the extent of ; he emergency . The Secretary of the Treasury , in his statement of the raean 3 of the Treasury on the 1 st of March , accompanying the message , estimates the iciH expenditure for the current three months at 9 , 574 , 040 , 000 dollars , and the deficiency of estimated jneaHs at at 3 , 254 , 650 , 47 . After a brief conversation , the consideration of the = nbject was postponed . A second message was a ; the same time received from the President , who had also sent a copy of it to the Senate . It related to the international relations of the United State 3 with Great Britain , and stated the fact of the arrest of Hogan , in the state of New York , on the charge of aiding in burning the
Caroline . The President suggested to Congress the adoption of some suitable legislative provision " for the removal , a » their commencement , and at the option of the party , of all such cases as might arise in Siate courts involving national questions , or questions touching the faithful observance and discharge of ihe inte ^ siional obligations of the "United States , from such State tribunal to the Federal Justiciary . I am urged io repeat , at this time , thi = recommendation bv lie receipt of intelligence , upon which "I can rely , t £ at & subject of Great Britain , residing in Upper Canada , has been arrested upon «• charge of connection with the expedition fitted out by the Canadian
authorities by which the Caroline was destroyed , and will in all probability be subjected to trial in the State courts of Uew York . It is doubtful whether ( adis the President ) in this state of things , shoald bil discharge be demanded by the British Government , this Government is invested with any controul over the subject until the case shall have reached the conrt of final resort of the stat 3 of New York , and b& .-2 decided in that conrt ; and although such delay ought not , in a national point of view , to give cause of umbrage to Great Britain , yet the prompt and insiant rendering of justice to foreign D . atiOH 3 should he placed among onx highest duties . "
"Mr . Barnard { chairman of the Judiciary Committee , ) said , that a bill had already been reported from that committee , to meet such cases , but that he hid not yet seen the time daring the session when he could , with any ehasee of success , have asked ihe House to take it up . He and the committee were both aware , from information received from oScers of the Government , that there was hazard that just such a case as the President now informed the House had arisen might Ehortly arise . He moved the reference of the papers to the Judiciary Committee , and the printing thereof . The original motion of Mr . Barnard was a motion of reference to the Committee of the whole House on the state of the "Union : o whom had been referred the bill alluded to by him ; but he modified it on the suggestion of Mr . Cashing , that " by a reference to the Judiciary
Comznictee , the subject would again come within the jurisdiction of that committee , and thus give them an opportunity to report a resolution fixing a day when the resolution would be considered . Mr . Piciens said a few words about Slates' right 3 and MTerefgnty , &c , when the papers were referred to the Judiciary Committee , and the House a-ijonrned . " ¦ Wish respect to Hogan , whose arrest had induced the President to bring his case by special message before Congress , it now appears that he did not elude justice , so to speak , by escaping from gaol , but that after a long argument before Judge Ransom , he was discharged on the ground of the Insufficiency of ile vrairant . The Niagara Courier Bays , that 11 ttere was sirScieut evidence to have detained Mm for trial , had it not been for the defect in the warrant . "
Ho ^ an , it is stated in the Albany papers , made an affidavit , which was read at the trial of M'Leod , that he was m one of the boats engaged to cut out the Caroline , and that M \ Lead was not . What became of him after his discharge by Judge Ransom does not appear . The state of trade at Kew York 13 described in tbe journals as very bad , A complete stagnation prevailed I and , though the spring was commencing , business showed none of the signs of improvement incidental to the season . English and French mannfactnres had gone at the auction tales at rninons pr ices . Money could be obtained Tfi&oui difficulty on good-personal security , out there was scarcely anj demand for it , so limited had bnsnes 3 transactions been for some time . Little was doing in stocks . The exchange on England remained unaltered .
The _ Legislature cf Maryland bad passed a bill , requiring the banks to resama cash payments on the lit of May . The banks had , meanwhile , virtually commenced paying in coin and epecie , and Banknotes were at par . The Legislature of Pennsylvania had also , at length , passad a similar bilL Several of the banks of Philadelphia hid partially resumed , but others had refused compliance with the law .
BELGIUM . Despatches from the several ministers ! departments were sent April 1 st , to the King of the Belgians . The Government has received from the Belgian consul at Marseilles a very interesting report on the commerce of Batavia . It gives a list ot the principal articles sold in that market . It likewise gives information respecting the chief mercantile houses at Batavia , and the terms OB Which fcty execute cozamirsioEed business . Many Other documents accompany this report It seems that Vhe four persons condemned to death for the conspi-** ey have expressed a desira to desist from their *? peai to the Court of Cassation if their punishmen * tfci be commuted for that of banishment . We have = * £ for 35 hours a violent hurricane , with a heavy ^ during almost the whole of its continuance . The " ^ se has risen very considerably , and we fear ^^ er inundation . In Brussells some chimneys £ * s thrown down , and a quantity of slates were 3 * Ja ' c . 'fftlie roofs . We are apprehenihe that ° ^ tp has been done at sea .
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CARLISLE . —Another Case of Arson . —A few evenings ago an attempt was made b y some evil and wickedly disposed person or persons , to fire a weaving shop , the property of Mr . John Donald , in the Willow Halen . A pane of glass had be * n taken out of one of the windows , and lighted touch paper and oily waste throw * in amongst the yarn in one of the looms , which of course had been set on fire ; but fortunately the progress * f the flames had , by some miraculous means been confined to one loom , though
there were other th-pte in the place . A cut , the property of Messrs . Taynson and Chambers , was completely destroyed , along with the heald 3 and other gearing belonging to the loom , and for which the poor -weaver , named William Spence , will have to pay , or make good , and which will amount with loss of time to upwards of twenty shillings , a sum far beyond the means cf a hand-loom weaver to pay . Are the party or- parties committing thi 3 diabolical and malicious act , aware that they have subjected themselves to a very serious punishment 1
POLMONT , ( by Falkirk . )—Fatal Accident . —A boy employed at the new dock of Grangemouth while sitting on the front of one of the waggons ¦ which he had in charge , accidentally fell off , and ths wheels passed over his breast inflicting such serious injuries as to cause hi 3 deaih the 29 ; h ult-, the day after the accident occurred . SucmE . —A lamentable case of Suicide occurred at the village of Camelon , a few days ago . A middle aged man , and the father of a large family , hung himself with his neck-cloth from a tree in the neighbourhood , " and was not discovered till animation Vf as gone , AX » TXANSKXA . —On Thursday evening an address was given , in the streets of Alexandria by Mr . William Thomason , Leven , on Peel's Tariff . The streets were
swarming and each was impressed with the necessity of union in the cause of Chartism . On Friday evening a concert took place in the Odd Pello-srs' Hall , for tne benefit of the unemployed connected with the Order in tois place . The evening was spent in- singing , recitations , and Instrumental music , and continued till near midnight The seats were then removed , when dancing commenced which was kept up till near six o'clock on Saturday morning .
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The St-ubge Conference . —Messrs . Rev . T . Spencer , of Hinton , Henry Vincent , and J . Clark , have been elected to attend the Sturge conference at Birmingham . A Countt Coboner's Kit . —One of the coroners of the county of Dublin wasbrought up before the magistrates of the head office , Dahlin , charged with being drunk and disordorly , at half-past five o ' clock on Monday , in Camden-street , and assaulting policeconstable 104 A . On being brought to the stationhouse and searched , the following articles were found in his possession , as detailed by the constable on the sheet which contained the charge : —A
prayerbook , a pack of cards , a pair of spectacles , a bottle of whisky , a tin box containing some sugar , a tin teapot and saucepan , a pair of scissors , two knives , a chain and seal , a razor , three shillings and threepence halfpenny ; also & penny , a chain and seal , some bread and batter , one and a penny in copper a carkscrew , a rule , three small boxes , a hammer , a pepper-box , a comb , two locks , a key , a bottle , some nails , some steel pens , some tea , a gimblet , two inkbottles , and some tape , a fonrpence in silver , and Bome soap , a stick in his pocket ! The entry on the sheet is—" Fined the county coroner OQ 9 Shilling , J . Magse . "—Freeman's / ournal .
Dbeadfcl MuRnER and Suicide at Kingswood Hill . —The neighbourhood of Kiugswood Hill , near Bristol , was , on Tuesday morning thrown into a state of great excitement by the discovery that the heinou 3 crime of murder had been committed , and that the horrid deed had been followed by the suicide of the murderer , the victim being his own sister . The scene of the murder was a cottage , situate near Kingswood church . Here the brother and sister , Samuel and Edith Cook , had resided for several years , and the same dwelling had been occupied by members of the same family for the last husdred years . The murderer , Samuel Cook , wa 3 about 55 years of age , and his sister Edith about 46 or 48 . It appears that Cook formerly f illovred the trade of a
timber hewer , a description of work belonging to the collieries ; but having , togeVh ? T with his sister , been attacked with typhus fevcT , some time ago , which left him in a ststj of great nervous depression , he had declined his trade for the lust fire year 3 ; and ha ^ ina , some'Emall houses of his own , which brought him in sufficient to maintain himseif , his occupation during thit time has been a little work in the garden . It is said that his sister and himself lived very comfortably . togtther , and he was a man of religious habits , and a very regular attendant at the meihodist chapel in the pariah . —About halfpast C o ' clock , on Thursday Tnornin ^ , a Mr . Peacock , the nest door neighbour "being alarmed by the cry of mnrder proceeding from Cook's bouse , he immediately
entered it , and found the man , Samuel Cook , lying on the floor with his throat cut , weltering in his blood , his head being towards the outer door , and the door of the staircase leading towards the sleeping apartments standing wide open . Not seeing the sister , Edith Cook , Peacock was very Hiucb alarmed , and supposing that thieves bad broken open the house , and murdered both brother and sister , he ran away to give a further alarm , but waa met by a milkman , who had also been alarmed , and on their way bock to the premises , they discovered the body of the sister , quite dead , her throat being cut coJBpletfcly tbrongh the aide , lying in the garden . They then again entered the house , and finding Samuel Cook still " alive , they dispatched persons for medical assistance ,
and in the mean time suppoitsd the body of the dying man in the , best way they could . Tta-y still imagined that the honis had been robbed , and that both parties had been murdered ; but in placing Cook in a sitting position , Peacock discovered that he h ? . d hia razor , which was covered with blood , in hia hand . Sir . Bigfs , the surgeon , arrived ahortiy after , and sewed up the wound in Cook ' s throat , -wnen he waa enabled , during the short time he lived , to mumble out a few words , and once said , distinctly , " It was I who did it ; I murdered her first , and then myself . " Every effort which surgical skill could direct , was made to preserve the wretched man ' s life , but he continued sinking , and died in about two hours .
A Yoim to be Gaised . —Working men have been too long frightened into silence regarding their own capabilities . This must be tolerated no longer . The numerical circle of our Chartist speakers i 3 far too limited . Every working man should study to acquire sufficient confidence in his own ability to express his opinions freely at all times , and in all places ,. and before all men . Let debating societies start into existence everywhere—let amity be the bond of nnion , binding each to each —let all sow that all may reap the produce—hear ,
read , and Etudy—encourage honest literature , but hear ** all sides "—let prices be given to the meritorious—let temperance be a symbol of good character—act towards each other , at ail times , as if success in our movement depended on the individnal exertions of every man claiming the Chahteb &s his beacon and pilot—let this , and more , be done , nntil every hamlet , village , and town in Scotland can produce a Demosthenes and a Cicero , and then a fig for opposition , the greater the better . This will benefit the people a 3 well after ihe Chab tjsb is law as he / ore —Dundee Chronicle .
Execution op Williams , the Mup . dxbeb . — John Williams , the murderer of Emma Evans , paid the la = t penalty of bis atrocious offence in front of the county gaol of Salop on Saturday . At eleven o ' clock , the chaplain administered the sacrament to the culprit , who received it in a manner that might hare been expected from his previous resigned and penitent deportment . A few minutes before twelve , the fnneral bell rang through the corridors of the prison , and immediately after , the Under-Sheriff came to the grated door , and demanded the body of John Williams for execution . The culprit rose to obey the summons , and , eBcorted by the chaplain , ascended the lodge leading to the gallows , on reaching which h . e averted his eyes from the thousand countenances that were bent upon him , and leant his head to the voice of Mr . Yosng , the taskm 2 ? ttr ,
to whose words of comfort he responded by exclaiming— " JLord hare mercy oa me I—Lord , have mercy on me !—Lord , have mercy on my soul I" The rope was now adjusted by the executioner , -who , just before the cap was drawn on the eyes of Williams , pressed his hand , and exclaimed , " Stand firm when I leave you f to which the other replied , " Ye =., " and again repeated "Lord receive my soul , " incessantly till the bolt was drawn , when the drop Fell , and he expired with scarcely a etrnggle . Having hung for the usual time , the body was cut dovin , and , by permission of the sheriff , two arti * t 3 from the Coalport China factory , proceeded to take casts of the features . The crowds assembled rouud the place of execution vf ere fax greater than those present at the execution of Misters . —Shrewsbury News .
Accident to the Iasmoxjth LI ail . —On Sunday morning last , the 3 rd instant , as the Yarmouth and London Mail was -on its way to Yarmouth , when on Marlesford Hill the leaders shyed , which caused the coach to swerve from the road , aad the ground being very soft , the wheels sunk in , vfhich caused the coach to overtnrn . W e are happy to add , that although there vrere several passengers , none were seriously injured . A popt-cbaise was immediately obtained , which conveyed the guard and passengers to Yarmouth . — Ipswich Express .
Wholesale Beeb . —The hop growers will not escape in " the new tariff , although the import duty on foreign hops is not altered . Quassia , a well known but pernicious substitute for the hop , now pays a duty of £ 8 17 s . Cd . per cwt ., which is to be reduced to 103 . per cwt . This heavy duty was intended to be prohibitory ; the reduction of the duty will operate as a premium for using it , and the pablic may be poisoned at a cheaper rate . — Mark Lane Express .
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Frome . —Infamous Outrage . —Four male brutes , in human shape , are in custody here , on the charge of having nearly murdered one of the class of unfortunate women , named Eliza Wheler , whom they enticed on Friday night . March 25 th , to a field " , called Vallis Leaza , adjoining this town , where the poor creature was found , on the following morning , in a dreadful state , having been nearlystripped naked by these unfeeling wretches , who also beat and kicked her in a dreadful manner , and then left her as they supposed for dead . The female , whose life was at
first dispaired of , has received the best medical attention , and is now slowly recovering ; but , at present , is unable to make the necessary depositions . The names of the fellows , charged with this cruel and unmanly act , are Coombs , Dowdy , Higgins , and Williamson . The two former , we believe , are labourers , Higgiusis a weaver , and Williamson , a butcher . They have been twice brought before the Frome magistrates during the present week , but in consequence of the precarious state of the BUffefCr were remanded " .
Disastrous Flood at Derby . —Great devastation of property has been occasioned at Derby by a sudden and tremendous inundation which occurred on Friday morning , April the 1 st . Between one and two o ' clock the water of the brook which runs through the town , owing to the heavy fall of rain in the night , overflowed its boundary walls , and ran about one foot , deep into the neighbouring 6 treets ; an alarm was given by the night police , but the flood swelled so rapidly that they were soon driven from their stations . The rain came down a complete deluge , an 1 as the culverts of the brook curaein Victoria-street would not admit more than one-tbird of the waters that mshed along them , all the lower streets were speedily inundated , and two rapid
currents were soon- formed by the flood ; one running down Cheapside , the Wardwiek , and Victoria-street , the other along Willow row , Bold lane , and Saddlergate ; these streams met " fast and furious" in the Corn-market , where by three o'clock the inundation was at least six feet deep : it thence forced ita way through Thorntree-lane , and every yard and avenue -which led to the river Dement . About four the rain abated , and at sunrise the flood gradually lowered . As it was market-day and Easter-fair , it is impossible to describe the confusion which existed among the inhabitants and the country-people who were crowding to the town with all their various wares . It is a melancholy circumstance that this di ^? terhas been attended with a loss of human life
a poor woman , named iDgham , fell mto the floed , at the back of her residence , in Upper Brook street , about six o ' clock ; and about half an hour afterwards she was found qsite dead by her husband . Several other persons have been seriously , but not dangerously , injured . Many horses , cows , calves , and pigs , have been drowned ; and the gentlemen and tradesmen residing in the streets visited by the fl ? od have sustained great damage in their houses and furniture , &c . Great Ios 3 has also been suffered by the shopkeepers in the Corn-market , whose premises en the ground-floor were inundated to the height of four
feet The drawing-room of Mr . Joseph Strutt ' s house among others was completely flooded . The solid stone bridge near St . John ' s church was partly destroyed , and the most compact masonry Beemed unable in some partB of the towa-to resist the rush of waters . In the afternoon business was resumed , and the principal streets which had been inHndated were again passable . No accurute estimate can yet be formed of the damage sustained , but the amount must be something serious . It is supposed that , as the flood rose to so fearful an extent in two or three hours , a water-spout must have burst over the
town . The First op Apeil . —As long ago as the days of Addison , the British essayists began to raise their voices against the vulgar and mischievous practical jokes of the First of April ; and yet the nuisance seems to be increasing instead of diminishing . The number of unfortunate -wights sent -upon " sleeveless errands" yesterday was probably greater than had been witnessed on any First of April since the practice of " washing the . lions at the Tower" was finally discontinued by the transference of the noble animals to the Zoological-gardens . In Edinburgh , a gre-it crowd was collected by an announcement that a public reconciliation and interchange of the kiss of peace was to take place between the
clergymen and elders of the Intrusion and Non-intrusion parties . In Dublin the whole of ths inmates of the Castle drove to the Corn Exchange to hes . r Mr . O'Connell ' a final and irrevocable' abjuration Of Repeal . In Manchester the whole population flocked to the rail way-terminus to seethe member for Stickport bring down tho repeal of the Corn Laws in his pocket . In London the day of hoaxes was celebrated with more spirit , if possible , than in the provinces . A number of members of the Reform Club were drawn to pay their respects at Downingstreet by a report that Lord Melbourne was again in office . A similar report had been Bent to Lord Palmerston ; but his Lordship was too old a bird to be caught with chaff ; it waa observed , however , that in the course of his forenoon ride he accidentally passed along Whitehall . An effort was made to tempt the present inmates abroad , by rumour 3 of county meetings , but they found their new quarters
too snug to be persuaded to leave them . Lord John Ttussel ] was induced to open a communication with " the farmers who attend Reading market , " by an intimation sent him from some wag in the office of the Morning Chronicle , that they had declared they preferred his 8-. fixed duty to Sir Robert Peel ' s sliding scale . 5 rlr . Hume was nearly taken in by an intimation from Montrose that the burghs wished him to succeed Mr . Chalmers as their representative . About five o ' clock the Reform and Carlton clubs were crowded , owing to rumours which had been industriously circulated that two eminent members of Parliament had shaved that morning . One hundred and nineteen tradesmen were enticed to assemble in front of the Treasury to see the incometax : but this hoax seemed to give general offence , the impression being that though not there yet it was sure to come ^ and that tho subject was too serious for a joke . —Spectator .
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THE BOBBIN NETT HANDS OF MESSRS BODEN AKD MORLEY , DERBY . TO THE BOBBIN NETT HANDS 0 F THE COCNTKY AND PUBLIC IN GENERAL . An appeal to cur fellow workmen on behalf of a strike at this distressed tune , may appear somewhat strange , but we think a little explanation of the tyranny and injustice about to be enacted by our masters , will be a sufficient apology for our intruding on a generous public . The tyranny of which we complain is the enormous reduction offered , of 1 * 4 per cent in our wages ; while at the saint ; time we were receiving less prices than the men of Nottingham , Chesterfield , and the West of England . And as if to shew their despotic power , now , after six weeks of strike , they have thefurtber injustice to offer another reduction of 1 i ^ per cent , maiinB a total reduction of 2 o percent in our wages ' !
It is agaicst this wholesale robbery that we complain . It may be supposed that it is for want of a sale for the article that this reduction is offered , but when we made the proposal to stop the machines of the nett , he could not sell , ami to double-hand the machines of the nett , he could sell , so that each might have a little , or work short time—we vrere answered by the offer of being allowed to work iu-e > dy hours <* -day . ' instead of eighteen hours , to make up the deficiency in our wages , if we would submit to the reduction ; a plain proof that over-stock , or want of sale was not the cause of the drop , but a wish on the part cf our employers to outsell the other masters in the market , which would be the means of causing a general reduction throughout tho
trade ; go this reduction -would not effect the nett weavers of Derby alone , but in all parts of the eountry . With these few statements we eopfidently appeal to the public for their support , seeing that it was generously awarded to the stone masons in their strike against the tyranny of a man , while we have struck against the most tyrannica . and ruinous of all systems , the system of reducing wages for tae aggrandisment of two manufacturers , to the iDJury of a great number of industrious workmen ; and bearing in mind the old adage that " a many can help one , when one can't help a many . " We now make this appeal to our fellow-workmen and the public for their Bupport , in this struggle of right against might .
Henry Jones Samuel Cash John Gatton , William Wardle , John'IlafcXton , Frederick Smito , "William Turner , Peter Smith , William Eirch , William Gilbert , Henry Man by , Watkin Louis Faire , Joseph Firth , Thomas Beeston , Thomas Murphy , Moses Hudson , George Hudson , John Livsey John Pimm , Edward Hudson , John Hiil . Henry Glorer .
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ASSAULT BY A MILITARY ON A CIVIL OFFICER . —WIGNEYS BANK AGAIN . C'ptiin Duncan M'Leod , of the Scoba Greyi , appeared on Friday morning , before Mr . Basevi , Major Allen , Captain Heaviside , and Major Williard , the sitting magistrates , at Brighton , to answer a charge preferred against him by Mr . John . Smart Mills , bailiff of the Brighton Court of Requests , for a vielent assault committed on Wednesday evening , at the Cavalry Barracks , where th < 3 Scots Gre '/ s are at present fcta-Mr . 5 . W . Bennett attended , as the advocate of the complaint ; Mr . Q . Pcmpsv . r appeared for Captain M'Leod .
The case as opened by y ir . Bennett , and proved by the evidence of the comr iainant , was as follows : — On Wednesday evening , t \ ae complainant proceeded to the barracks for tha purpose of serving the defendant with a summons from . " the Brighton Court of Requests , calling upon the dtfer . dent to show cause -why he did not pay Mr . Andier rs bookseller , £ 5 for money had and recemd . On . r caching the defendant ' s door , the complaisant knodr e ^ and was desired to enter . He did so » and fousd thfrdefendant in his sitting room , in ¦ wbicis there waa no candle . A candle , however , stood onitaJjleinaBiadjoiniDg room , and tteacfc o f Parlia-
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ment constituting the Court requiring that the summons should be read over and explained to the defendant , complainant , first tilling the defendant that he had a summons for him , proceeded towards the light and read the summons , Captain ii'LeBd following him anfl looking over his shoulder as-. ie did so . Complainant then handed the Batnmons to the defendant , who tore » t « p » and ordered complainant to leave the room . Complainant did so , without offering any remark , and had got half way across tbs outer room , when he received a violent tick in the back from the defendant This was the assault complained of ; and Mr . Bennst , after applying some epithets to Captain . M'Leod , for whieh he was reprdyed by the magistrates , called upon them to send the case to the sessions .
It appeared that overtures had been made by the defendant for the purpose of effecting a compromise ; but that the judge and clerk of tho Court of Requests , cenBidenng it of great importanca that the officers of the court should be protected from assaults while engaged in their duties ;' refused to accede to the proposition , and required the case to ^ oaie before the magistrates . . :. -. . . ; .- ' . .- ¦ ¦ ¦ .,-.-. ¦ .-, ; . ¦ ¦¦ .. ¦ ,. - .. - Mr .- . Dempster ,, on the part of Captain M'Leod , denied that the assault was properly characterised as a Violent one , and then ' . expressed the gallant officer ' s regret at what had occurred in a moment of great irritation , and his readiness to apologise to the dfefdidant , and make him any remuneration which the ^ casei required . Mr . Dempster contended , hewever , that the case Was not one which required the usnal proceeding in cassa of assault , of adjudicating summarily , to be departed from for the purpose of adopting the harsh course of sending the case to the sessions .
[ The irritation alluded to arose principally from the cireumstanee trhjch gave rise to the action ; the money sought to fee recovered by the suit being for the change of a £ 5 Wigney note given to the defendant after the bank had closed not to open again . ] At the conclusion of Mr ; Dempster ' s address , Mr . Bennett intimated that his client -was ' -satisfied with the apology that had been made , and would consent to the withdrawal of the information , if ^ Captain M'Leod would pay ^ C 5 to the Sussex County Hospitoh , . Cf-ptain M'Leod immediately signified his assent to the proposition ,, and the case was accordingly settled on those terms . ;
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE , Fbom Jai « . 1 , until April 3 , 1842 . P . CDS . E . CDS . £ . 8 . d . Balance in hand ... ... 3 15 9 h Ashton ... ... 1 16 0 Astley 24 ... 0 0 0 Acrington ... ... 0 3 -t Abardare 190 ... 0 15 0 Arnold ... ... ... ... 0 6 0
A . L . ... ... ... 0 5 0 Bradford , Yorkshire ... 400 12 5 12 0 Bishops Wearmouth ... 150 ... 0 10 0 Bilston ... 400 ... 0 16 8 Banbury ... 100 ... 1 0 0 Bury ... ... ... 50 ... 0 18 4 Birmingham , Steelhouse-lano ... 0 10 0 Bacup . ... ... ... 40 ... 0 6 8 Burnley ... 150 ... 0 16 8 Barnstaple ... ... 30 ... 0 0 0 Brighton ... ; . ? ¦ 0 15 0 Bristol , Youths' 0 10 0 Bath , per Clarke „ ... 10 0 Bingley ... 170 ... 1 8 4 Bristol , Simeon 291 ... 1 10 2
Boston 3 38 1 0 0 Bristol , Terrell ... ... 1 C 0 ... 0 16 8 Barnoldswick 70 . *' . 0 0 0 Bath . Ninnea ... .... 100 ... 0 0 0 Chowbent ... ... 0 8 6 Chelmsford 0 5 6 Chorlton ... ... 40 ... 0 13 4 Ciithero ... . CO ... 0 10 0 Congleton ... ... 50 ... 0 0 0 Cantorbnry 0 7 6 Cambridge 25 ... 0 2 0 Chorloy 0 12 0 Colne SO ... 1 0 0 Colchester , 30 ... 0 10 0 Croydon 0 4 6
Carlisle ... ... ... 0 14 4 Cockermouth ... ... 40 2 0 10 o Coalbrook Dale 104 11 0 00 ; Chickenley ... ... ... 0 5 2 Doyle ... ... 0 9 0 Deiph 24 ... 0 9 0 Duckenfield 35 ... 0 8 2 Daventry 0 10 0 Derby ... 100 ... 1 0 0 Durham 24 2 0 17 0 Failsworth ... 50 ... 0 0 0 Greenwich ... ... ... 0 5 0 Gloucester ... ' 36 ... 0 6 0 Griffin ... ... 0 0 6 Glossop ... .. i ... 50 ... 0 8 4
Hunslet ... 30 ... 0 10 0 Harleston ... ... ... 0 5 0 Huddersfield .., ... 15 0 Holbrook ... ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Howden ... ... ... 60 ... 0 0 0 Hull ... ... ... 100 ... 0 0 0 Halifax ... ... ... ... ... 0 14 11 Hanloy and Shelton , Simpson 0 11 0 Upper Hanley , Richards 260 12 23 4 Holmfirth ... ... ... GO ... 010 0 Holbeck ... 72 ... 0 12 0 llonley 6 ... 0 1 0 Heywood ... 25 ... 0 4 0 Hyson Green ... ... 0 2 6 Hydo ... 75 ... 1 11 3 Isle of Wight , Ryde ... 0 2 0
Isham or Kettering ... 30 ... 0 5 0 Ipswich ... ... ... 20 ... 0 0 0 Kendal ... 50 ... 0 5 0 Kingston-upon-Railway ... 2 ... 0 0 0 Kin « swood Hill ... ... 36 ... 0 6 0 London , Salmon ... ... ... 0 2 0 London , Lefevre ... 0 10 0 London , Tower Hamlets . ... 0 11 8 London , Marylebone ... 200 ... 1 13 4 London , tailors , Three Crowns 0 18 . lo London , St . Pancras ... 2 6 8 London , hatters ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , Shoreditch ... ... ... 0-7 6 London , Chelsea ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , Bermondsey ... ... 0 10 0 London , Cleave ... ... 700 ... 2 9 4 London , Tower Hamlets ,
Females ... ... ... ... ... 0 15 4 London , Lime-house ... ... 0 10 0 London , General Council , per Simpson ... ... ... — 2 0 0 Leicester , Shakspere Rooms 100 ... 4 0 10 Leee ... ... ... ... 35 ... 0 5 0 Lynn ... 50 ... 0 6 6 LougBuckby ... ... 50 ... 0 3 0 Liverpool ... 1 13 0 Lou ^ hborough ... J . 100 2 1 0 0 Lanibly ... 0 3 4 Longton 129 ... 0 15 16 Luddenden ... ... ... 40 ... 0 0 0 Leicester , All Saints Open 50 ... 0 8 4 Liversedge ... ... ... 30 ... 0 5 0 Manchester , Redfern-street 50 ... 1 1 . 2 Manchester , Platting ... 12 ... 0 2 0 Manchester , Brown-Btreet 100 ... 0 4 0 Manchester , Youths .. - 0 2 6 Manchester , Strand-street 24 ... 0 4 0 Manchester , carpenters and
joiners ... ... ... ' 50 ... 0 0 0 Middkton ... 24 ... 0 4 0 Mossley ... 60 ... 10 0 MerthyrTydvil 280 ... 2 0 0 Midgley ... o 7 0 Mytholmroyd ... ... 80 ... 1 2 10 Mixenden ' 0 2 0 Milnrow ... 0 5 0 Marple ... ... ... 0 6 0 Nottingham , Sweet ... 100 ... 14 2 Nottingham , Thatcher ... 50 ... 18 4 Northampton ... ¦ ... 50 ... Q 8 4 Newport , Monmouthshire 50 ... O 0 0 Newcastle-on-Tyne , Sinclair 60 ... 0 0 0 Newcastle'on-Tyne , Wallace 50 ... 0 7 0 Oxford ... — 0 7 6 Pvenden ... ... ... ... ... 0 4 2 Oldham . Females ... 0 3 0 Oldham 70 20 1 0 0 Openshaw 32 ... 0 10 4
Plymouth 0 5 0 Penyane ... ... ... 12 i 0 2 6 Preston Youtha ... ... 50 ... 0 8 4 Preston ... ¦ . 0 9 0 Redruth ... ... ... ... 8 0 0 0 Rochdale , per F .... ... ... .... . ' 0 3 0 Rochdale , per Leach ... ... ... 0 1 4 Rooden Lane , per Grimshaw 12 ... 0 5 0 Ripponden ... ... 12 ... 1 14 6 Botherham ... ... ... ... 0 8 0 Royton 40 ... 0 0 0 Stokesley 1 0 0 titockport ... ... 70 ... 0 10 0 Salisbury ... ... ... ... 0 17 6 Sutton-in-Ashfield ... ... ... 0 10 0 Sowerby ... ... ... ... 1 7 0 Southampton 24 ; .. 0 4 0 Stafford ... 0 II 6 Slar Office ... - ~ ... :.. i 4 4 64
Salfbrd ... ... ... 98 ... 0 10 0 St&leybridge ... ... 56 ... 0 10 Stockport Youths ... ... 100 ... 0 16 8 Stoke-upon-Trent , Mart 5 ? ... 0 15 0 Sheffield , OUey ... 100 ... 0 0 0 Sheffield , Harney ... 280 2 0 0 0 Sheffield Youths ... 23 ... 0 3 10 Scarborough ... ... , 50 ... 0 12 0 Spilsby ... ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Salford Youths ... ... 12 ... 0 2 6 Sabden ... ... ... 25 ' ... 0 4 6 Skegbey ... ... .. . 24 ... 0 4 0 Stroudvrater ... ... 24 ... 0 0 0 Sheerness ... ... i .. 15 ... 0 3 0 Todmordeu ... ... 100 ... S 2 ^ 5 ^ Tayistock ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Thornton ... ; .. . ; . 50 ... 1 7 5 Ulverton ... ... ... 30 ... 0 5 0 Warriugton ... ... ... ... 0 8 0 "Worcester ... ... 24 ... 0 0 Q Wigton ... l .. ... 60 ... 0 0 Q
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Wadswortb Row ,.- 25 ... p 6 3 Warley Lower ... ... ... ... 0 3 8 Wolverhamptoa 120 ... 0 19 0 Willoughbro * ... ... 25 ... 0 9 2 West Auckland ... 40 ... 0 5 0 Walwortfc ... ... 0 5 0 Wigan ... ... ... £ 0 ... 0 0 0 Walsall w „ . ... 30 6 0 10 6 Warmiaster ... ... ... ... 10 0 WoqdhouBe ... . -. 0 5 0 Cutnstall Bridge ... 60 * . 0 3 4 Bishop Auckland ... ... ... 0 5 0 Hanley Females ... ... 0 6 0 Totaliucome ... ... 8124 114 ^ 108 18 Hi
EXPENSES . ¦ ¦ : ¦ - .: v' ' £ s . d Jan . 1 . Secretary ' s wagos ... ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Agitating expenses , Doctor M'Douall ... 0 10 0 ,, Postage ... ... 0 18 7 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 8 3 „ 8 . Error in the Darlaston account 0 7 . 6 „ Secretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ -Tw . o ; member's wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Agitating expenses , Doctor M ^ Douall ... ... ... 0 10 0 , j Postage ... ... 0 13 II „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 4 0 „ Secretary , agitating expenses 0 13 8 „ 15 . Secretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0
„ Two member * 8 wages ... ... 3 O O „ Secretary ' s expenses agitating 0 6 7 „ Dr . M'Douall ' s expenses agitating ... ... 0 10 0 „ Postage ... ... 0 8 9 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 2 0 M Fothergill ' a balance for card printing ... ... ... 13 10 0 „ 22 Secretary ' s wages 2 0 O „ Two member ' s wages ... ... 3 0 0
„ M'Douairs agitating expenses 0 10 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 112 10 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 3 9 „ 3 , 009 cards priating 3 6 0 „ 29 Secretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0 n Secretary ' s expenses from Manchester to London ... ... i i 6 „ Leach ' s ditto ... ... ... 1 5 9 „ Three member ' s fare from Loa-. don to Bristol .. ... 3 10 0 ,, Morgan Williams , froa
Merthyr to Bristol ... ... 0 10 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... ... 40 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 0 3 0 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 4 1 „ Morgan Williams from Bristol to Merthyr ... ... ... 0 ] 0 0 Feb . 5 . Secretary ' s wages . 2 0 0 „ Three member ' s wages ... 4 . 10 0 „ Three members' agitating expenses ... ... ... 110 0 „ Travelling from Bristol to Bath ... ... 0 4 6 „ 12 . Ssecretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Three member's agitating expenses ... ... ... ... 1 10 0 n Two member's wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Secretary ' s coach fare from
Bristol to Manchester ... 2 2 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 1 9 8 „ Stationery ... 0 6 0 „ 19 . Secretary ' s wages 2 8 0 „ Two members wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Three members agitating expences ... ... ... 1 10 0 > , Leacha coach faro from , Bristol to Manchester ... 2 0 0 „ Advertisements ... ... 0 14 0 „ Cards printing 1 18 0
Stationery 0 7 8 „ Stationery 0 7 8 „ Postage ... ... 0 13 4 „ 26 . Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 „ Two members wages 3 0 0 „ Two members agitating ex' :- pences ... ... ... 16 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 0 14 7 „ Stationery 0 8 2 March 5 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 ,, Two member's wages ... 3 0 0 „ One members agitating
expenses 0 10 0 „ Stationery 0 6 0 „ Postage 0 16 9 „ 12 , Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... 3 0 0 „ One member ' s agitating expeuces ... . ; .: ¦ ... 0 10 0 „ Morgan Williams' loss of time 1 0 0 „ Cards printing ... ... ... 4 2 o „ Postage ... ... ... ... 0 11 11 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 7 0 „ 19 > Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s v ? agea ... 3 0 0 „ Or © member's agitating expences ... 0 1 . 0 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 0 9 5 „ Stationery 0 9 2 „ 26 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... 3 0 0 „ Three member ' s agitating expences ... ... ... 2 3 0 April 3 . Total expences ... ... 128 0 4 108 18 Mh „ 3 , 1842 , due to the Treasurer ... £ 19 1 4 'J Audited and found correct , John Bailey , Thcmas Latchford .
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Gamble , though they fell a considerable distance , eseapedth « falling mass , and both the Watiriores , jnir ., escaped with some bruises , tut not of a very serions nature . Chairles Knight states that he was at work on the sama platform \ vith James BatchGlor at th « time of the accident , and must have shared the same fate had he not , in bis fall , got into some bole resembling an eld wall , and by this m « ans he was protected from the falling material , but he ultimately fell a distance of forty fetfc , hurt his spine , and received several severe famisea Gamble , tois , was preserved fr * m instant dtstruction
by Ms presence of mind . ' He states that Watmore was at work over him , and he recollects the poor man falling past him , and he ( Gamble ) was just in the act of falHiiK too , when he fortunately laid hold oia rope which bung from tho Bcaffolding , and held fist by it until the chalk which buried his fellow-workmen had done failing ;; but , being unable to hold on any longer ; he was obliged to let go , and fell a depth of about forty feet . : He , too , received a severe injury of the spine ; had hia hips , the right aide of bis face , and hands very much lacerated , by the roughness of the cfiaikitonea .
The tunnel where this nnfortonate accident occurred is situated midway between the Winchester and Andover-roadstationB , and nearly a lnile and a hah" from tne Tillage cf IMitchelcieveT ; and an alarm having been given , the workmen , porters , and others , engaged at both these stations , were shortly on the syot to render nil the assistance in their power to remove thb unhappy sufiferfcrs . After taking up those . who were comparatively on the surface of the fallen mass , they commenced digging for those who were underneath , and the first they canie to was Nyse , ¦ whom they found crushed In a frightful mannervand quite dead Allert was the next , Watuiote th « tliird , and it was upwardB of four heurs before they , siicceeded in finding ; the body or' James Batchtilpr , which was discovered nearly as far down , as the railroad itself , and in * his fall he must bave passed
through the brickwork , of the arch or top of the tunnel . Wheii taken up : it presented a shocking spectacle ; the head and almost every bone in the body being crushed alnioat to a mummy . Mr . Walton , a surgeon , residing ia the village of Mitcheldever , was in attendance almost immtidiately . after the accident , and rendered the most prompt ami humane attention to the unfortunate sufferers ; By his directions Lawes and Thomas Batchelor were removed to Winchester Hospital , where they weie attended by Mr . Bradfoot , the principal surgeon of that inetitution ; and Gamble arid knight were taken to their own houses in the village of Micheldever , where Mr . Walton was unremitting in his attentions to thorn . The bodies of the four unfortunate men who were killed were removed to a small hut over the tunnel , and near to where the accident happened , to await the coroner ' s inquest . . ¦; ¦' " • ' .. ¦ - . ¦ . ¦ '¦¦¦ ••¦ ¦ . ' . ' ' . ¦ ' ; , ¦ ¦ .: ' '
Fngbfful as the melancholy accident has been , it was well nigh being of an hundredfold more serious consequence . The seven o ' clock train left Southampton at that hour , aud had arrived at WinchbSter in due course , and at its proper time , with a great number of passengers . After stopping theinual time there , it proceeded on ite way to Andover , but was fortunately stopped before it reached the tunnel by those who were aware of the accident , and gave an alarm and intimation of the occurrence . Had the accident taken place when the men went to breakfast , and not been perceived by any one , a sacrifice of human life to an incalculable extent must have taken place , as it was impossible for tho engine-drivers on approaching the tunnel to observe that anything was the matter , the brickwork at the entrance , and to a depth o ilhirty feet ; being still perfect Ot had it taken place at a late hour of the evening when the workmen left off , and the down trains pass through it , it is even frightful to fancy the iniachief that would have been doae , and the numbai-of lives loat .
During the whole of Saturday and yeaterday a number of workinen were employed in reiuoving tae fallen materials , but , as has been before stated , it will be some time before the tunnel is passable . . - The following are the names of tie suffeiers : — James Watmore , aged 58 , a married inan with a family , dead . ' Charles Nyse , single , aged 20 , dead . James Allert , aingle , aged 23 , dead . Jamts Batchelor , single , aged 22 , dead . Thomas Batchelor , single , aged 24 , severely injured . Charles Knight , married , aged 24 , much injured . Daniel Lawtjs , single , aged 23 , severely injured . John Gamblej single , aged 22 , severely injarefii John and Thomas Watmore , single , slightly bruised .
THE INQUEST . On Monday an inquest v / as held oa the dead bodiea , which were laid at a small fcuV , . new .. the . scene of the accident . The evidence was at great - length , but fully bore out the . statements above given . The jury rejtired at a quarter to eleven o'clock at night , and , after an absence of thirty-five minutes , the following verdict was delivered : — " Accidental death in each case , with : a deodand of £ 50 on the materials that ; ftll . The jury : consider that Henry Ferris , the foreman of the iVeceased > was not a fit and competent person to be intrusted with the lives of men in so important a work . "
Thu Coroner said , he entirely concurred in the verdict , and he had great pleasura in Deing enable ^ to Bay this , instead of being compelled to declare that he tjok . it as tkeir finding and not as hia .
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OLD BiCHELORS—WHAf ARE THEY ? ¦«"« Mr . Heniingwas what is called an Old Bachelor . ' — Mi : Bdlguy ' s ; Speech ( in re Hemtag v . Power ) . Mankind may be divideel into three classes ;— - 1 . They wha look before they leap ; . 2 . They who leap before they look ; and 3 . They who look but never ' leap . * ¦ ¦ * Of this last clasa—( who look and ponder , and ponder and look again , but never leap at all ) , Old Bachelors form a very large m # iety . They would most of them like to get married ; but they fear lest they should be made fools ; ef , or make fooia of themselves , A girl cannot smile , but they espy a hidden snare lurkiag beneath;—she cannct look , buV they fancy aha wishes to
pry into the inmost recesses of their impregnable breasts;—she cannot , in the dance ; Uy her arm on theirs , but they ' feel an insinuating pressure;—sho am * not ; at the card ^ tabie , " follow : suit" when hearts are trumps , " but they imagine sho wishes to take their " king" with bpr " ace' *— -and that for life j-Hahe cannot sing " The . Forsaken One , " but they detect in the song a pointed allusien to the flintiness of their- breasts . And thus ^ they go on—looking , longing , doubting , —till at length their hair becomes grey—the flight of Time shows itself in their wrinkled faces—and a boat of nephews and nieces have grown up around them , all of Whom hope to be remembered by their ' . «• rich Old Bachelor uncle ;"— 'When , 'tis ten to one but they marry their housekeeper , who has invoked the aid of Cupid by the care she baa always taken to air their nightcaps well , to mull their pup ef chocolate punctually to : the minute , and by those numerous other trifling attentions
so essential to the comfort of an Old Bachelor ; -r-or they marry sotne Old Maid , who has always been very careful to inqnire after their health—cailUoiialy to praise their benevolence—anxiously to asfc if their tea is swettened to their liking—to banish her eat the instant she hear * their formal rat-taktat ^ -and to tell her niece , as soon as they are comfortably sBated and their coat and hat carefully hung up , that she had better / go , and see if the Bervanta are attending to the household affairs ;—or else they marry a flirting giggling girl of seventeen or eighteen--or some handsome designing woman of aix-ancl-seven-and-twenty or thirty- ^ lonsing for a home and " settlement" as much as for a husband ; and who will wish directly the ring is on aud the " settlenient" signed , that they ( the Old Bachelors ) would pop off , in order that she may marry some nice young inah vfhoni she now prefers , but who is-too poo ? to be thoagbt of moie seriously , as Bhe think * squalling brats and short commons to boot do not Yastlz improve
the holy state of Matrimony ! - What unhappy , infatuated creatures are these selfsame Old Bachelors 1 They have laughed at those of their acciuairitances who have married , wbile young , the object of their affections—have asked with a malicious sneer whether the " young pups" are-hearty aad eat : well--have lamented ; with a forced sigh , bat 8 carce-conc « ate < V smile , the high price of bread ( the evil effect of the Corn Monopoly J ) and the late rise in coals , in consequence of the severe frost—and have piously thanked God ( at least openly ) that they are free from any such iticumbrances . They have acquiied wealths-are well known at the Bank and on the Stock
Exchange—and seldom is a valuable estate put up at the Auction Mart , but : they are there to bid . And at last one Of thiaciaaa Jb ensnared . - . * : . . ' ¦ * ' . ¦ ¦ * If by a SprighUy Ia 3 a or skilful-angling woman , who , btfjre marriage , was well content to give up the company of tae young inen , in / order that she might enjoy some rational conversation with him—alas I in tha case , too , does he find the scene is ch-ingeiU Not a new bonnet is the rage , . but she must have it Not a ball takea place , fancy or charity , but there sue must be . Not a concert is given at whicH tablache and GrisiHing and Thalberg ; plays , but she must go to hear them . Not a new tragedy conies out in which the lovers—( foi there axe lovers of necessity in every play ; the wbild ' could iaot go on without love and hate )—pas 3 through before-unheard-of dangers in oraeir to enjoy together the pleasure of lamefitjng and sighing over out
their hapless fate—or talk and sing to each other ^ of a : cast ' e window on a moonlight night—orthelady takes poison ; and gent stalbs himself and falls dead on thelifelessform of his beloviid—but she must see it-Not a novel iapnbiished in which the tyranny of the men against the fair sex is inveighed against , but she mustreadit . If she have not her wiilia all these ; tbiugs / BhebecomeslisOe ^ and Bullen—looks pal e wid eats nothing ( at" least when " dear chuck" is by >—Ss prooonuced by Vlie physician to be in a decline—aad the poor hapless wight of a husbaud is forced to take her off to Bath or'Cheltenham that she may drink the traters , " or ¦ ¦ Too late , alas I he finds oat hia mistake , aod perceives that in " looking" so very long ; "' before he leapt , " he has been gmJHy of greater folly than they who' ' . leapt without looking . " ¦ ' : Such are two-thirds of the Old BacheldMu r ¦ ¦ ¦/ . ¦¦ : " ¦ /¦ ' . ¦ " : -. -: ¦ " . "¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ . ' : ; ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : - : ^ y / ;\ - -Q . V ^ K . ' r . / . ¦
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DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE SOFTH WESTERN RAILWAY . ( OFFICIAL ACCOUNT . ) Considerable apprehensions were excited at the London terminus of the South Weatem Railway , on Saturday morning , by the non-arrival of the early trains frptu Sputhanipton and Gosport , which we find on inquiry was occasioned by a fall of chalk in the shaft # f the tunnel near Winchester . We regret to state that it was attended by a loss of life to four men ; the fall into the tunnel of some loose chalk { immaterial in quantity ) has stopped the line , and it has become necessary to convey passengers from Winchester to and from the next Btation of Andbver-road .
It appears that , from a peculiarity in the nature of the material , it bad not been deemed prudent to fill up this shaft beyond a certain height , the upper portion being left open until the lower should have become consolidated . About a week ago a slip of chalk full from off the sides of this shaft , which was observed by the inspector cf the district ; and , on Tuesday last , an examination took place by the engineers of the line , and orders Were given to reopen the shaft , and remove the material around it . 'JMb process was then commenced , and a very considerable portion of the superincumbent weight bad been removed . During this period
no perceptible change of the arch took place ; but , on Saturday morning eariy , the part of the arch immediately beneath the shaft gave symptoms of motion ; and , although tho watchman below communicated the fact to the workmen above , they still continued their operations , and in about an hour , were unfortunately precipitated , with a quantity of loose chalk i into the tunnel , and six of the number buiied of these , two were taken out unhurt , the othera met their death . The chalk which fell is being rapidly removed , and we are assured the use of the line will be resunied this morninc .
The engineer of the train , -which arrived at half-past ten o ' clock last night , reports that the first train this morning will pass through the tunnel .
ANOTHER ACCOUNT . On Saturday morning last , at ten minutes before eight o ' clock , an accident of a frightful description took place at Waller ' a Ash Tunnel , by which four unfortunate men were crushed to death on the spot / an ( l four others bo dangerously injured that it is very dbubtful whether they will recover . ' From facts collected on the spot On Sunday morning , it appe&tB that for Borne time past a dripping of a chalky appearance was observed to fall from the archway or roof of the Waller ' s Ash Tunnel ; aiad particularly within about thirty feet of the mouth ot the southern Or Winchester end . This dripping ;' ba 4 recently increased to such an extent that the attention of the engineer was called to it , and it was found , upon
examination , that the earth over the tunnel was slightly giving way , and inclining to a centre from a diameter of from twenty to thirty feet ; and this was supposed to have been occasioned by boring made previous to the formation of ; , the tunnel . This -was' done , it is said , to ascertain the nature of the eoll , and its effect was to weaken the earth about it , and leave a fissure , through which the substance before mentioned made its way , and ultimately forced itself through the brickwork or arch of the tunnel underneath . To prevent the further sinking , about a dozen men were set to work , about a ^ feitiiight ago , '" . to " teiaove the chalk fipm the surface to the extent of the . falling in , and they had succeeded in excavating to a depth of nearly fifty feet . . ¦' - . - .. ' ¦;¦' ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦¦ . -V . •¦ ¦ -. "¦ - • ¦¦ • ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ' '¦' .. ' ¦
On Saturaay morning last the following persons went to work at the usual hour : —James Whatmore , aged 58 , and his two sons , one aged about 28 , and the other 19 ; Charles Nyse , aged 20 ; James Aljert , aged 23 ; James Batehelor . aged 22 ; Thomas Bcitchelorj aged 24 ; QborleB Knight , aged 24 ; DiniellAwes , aged , 23 ; and John Gamble , aged 22 . Nothing particular was observable in the place until teii minutes before eight o ' clock , wnen , while they were talking about going to their breakfast , they heard a Blight rumbling noise , and
the next instant they felt the platforms underneath them give way , and saw the earth above closing in on them , and they seemed , as Cfamble , one of the unfortunate sufferers , describes it , as if they were being sunk in a whirlpool . James Batchelor appeared to have been thrown to the greatest depth , Watmore , sen . next , and then Allert aud Nyse . An immense mass of chalk having fallen on them , they must haye been crushed to death instantaneously . Tuomas Batchelor and Daniel Lawes were al 8 « i hutled intovthe chaos , and partially buried in the falling materials . Knight and
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct425/page/3/
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