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SONG FOR THE MILLIONS . Onr Qoi is " good , hia -works are fair , His gifts to man are rich and rare ; His holy presence everywhere , O'er land eea , Proclaims that ill should equal share Sweet liberty . The air with sounds of Freedom , rings , Whene'er the lark his carol sings , Whene ' er the bee bestirs his wings ; From tiny bird And joyful twittering insect things That sound is heard . Tib first o f Nature ' s wise decrees , It floats upon the healthful breeze , II spe&ksxh in the ntstling trees , Without controul ; It rolls o ' er waxes of mighty seas , From Pole to Pole . Wherever mortal man hath been , In deserts -wild , or prairies green , In storm , or solitude serene , Oa hills , or plains , He hath in Nature's Kingdom seen That freedom reigas . Bear liberty ! foul slavery's ban , Destroy thee , tyrants never can , For When the flight of time began , God reads all free ; He breathed into the soul of mau , Pore love for thee . That love ! inspired Great Bruce and Tell ; Before them despots fled and fell ; That love hath often rung the knell Of coward knaves , Whose powerful villanieff compel Hen to be slaves , Au £ yet that love shall millions bless , Its power will all their wroi » gs redresh Base tyranny shall soon confess The rights of ail ; Then woe to Mm that dare oppress With chains and thralL Far Grdd is good , his -works are fair , . His gifts to man are rich and rare . His holy presence everywhere , O ' er land and sea , Proclaims that all should equal share Sweet liberty . BK 5 JA 5 UX STOTT . Mas Chester .
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CHINA AND INDIA . By the overland Mail from India we have received letters , papers , and advices from Bombay of the ilh of May , Madras of the 13 sh of April , Calcutta of the 21 st , Caubnl of the 12 ib , Candabax of the 5 th , Lahore of the 10 th , and from Delhi of the 30 th of the same monih ; also from Chusan of the 3 d of March , from Macao of the 6 ih and from Buraab of the 30 th of that month . Of this mass of intelligence the news from Affjhaaistan only is of paramount importance . The first and most hnponant is the surrender of ihe fortress of Ghnznee by Colonel Palmer on the 1 st of March , and the snpposed slaughter of the garrison by the Ghazees tribe as soon as they had marched out of the city . The following is from the Bombay Times : —
The insurrection which broke out at Caubnl on the ¦ 2 nd of iJovember appears almost simultaneously to have manifested itself at Ghuzcce , ninety miles to the sonih , and thus ouch further from the Pesh&wur frontier . On that day Captain "Woodburn and 150 men were cnt to pieces forty miles to the nonh . A few d&ya after this Lieutenant Crawford , ia charge of about 100 prisoners , narrowly escaped ; his baggage fell into the enemy ' s hands , and the greater portion of his men were killed . From the 7 th of November to the 1 st of March , nothing definite or intelligible was heard from Ghuznee . By the beginning of December the eountry round was completely snowed up , and though we from time to time heard of the town being filled with insurgents , and Col .
Palmer sorely pressed by the enemy , as his commitilariat was believed to be well supplied , a hope ¦ wa s entertained that he might hold cut till relieved by General Noit from Candahar ; or that he might , so soon as the country was open , be able to retreat witboni assistance . About the end of February ¦ w aitr began to fail him , the enemy appear to have increased in audacity , and oa one occasion thej were driven back by a gallant charge made on them by the Sepoys , who bayoneted them in great numbers . A dispatch from him , of the 1 st of March dispelled the illusion as to his safety . His original force , which consisted of the ' 27 th " Bengal Native Infaatry , with some artillery , was considerably under 1 , 000 strong—latterly
profcaoly not more than / 00 ; of these 137 had fallen in the course of the siege , and about 100 were sick or wounded ; 200 men were detached holding an outpost , where water had become so scarce that , within 48 hours of the date of the dispatch , it jau&t have been abandoned . The enemy was under cover in . overpowering force within 50 yards of the garrison . The thermometer had , for some time , been 46 degrees below freezing . The garrison were exhausted by the fatigue of incessant duty , and disheartened by their total isolation ; and , under these circumstances , there appeared to be no choice but capitula tion left to the commander . He states that , in cori-Bequtncs of this deplorable pass , and of having received orders from Sir William M'Nauahten
to retire , he . bad agreed te evacuate about the 6 th of March . The city was at this time filled with Ghazies , the religious Mussulman fanatics ¦ wh o had worked so mach woe at Caubnl ; and these ¦ werenere , as they are everywhere , and at all times , wholly beyond the controul of the chiefs . The ground was thickly covered with snow ; and- CoL Palmer , at the conclusion of his dispatch , expresses fesxs ror die safety of the force . They were to have proceeded immediately in the direction of Caubnl , on their way to Jellalabad , under a safe conduct from the chiefs , Kotbing whatever having since this
period been heard of them , there remains scarcely aaj reason to hope but that they have all likewise perkhed . According to a rumour lately prevalent in Scinde , three or four of the officers were in the hands of the enemy as prisoners . Thu 3 have the Ghkzaes avenged the massacre of the prisoners nnavr onr authority when Ghuzoee was taken by Sir Juha Keane . On the 21 st of July , 1839 , it wa 3 cap"urvd by us , with a sacrifice of five hundred of the enemy . It was surrendered by us about the 6 th of March , 1842 , with a loss , it is to be feared , of the ¦ whole garrison and camp followers , amounting to upwards of 1 , 009 men .
Another reverse was experienced by General England at the pas 3 Kojack , Eixty-eight miles' from Qufcita , on the march to Oandahar . His force was composed of five companies of her Majesty ' s 41 st Hf-fcimeni , six companies of the light battalion of Native Infantry , one troop of light cavalry , four guns of Leslie ' s horee brigade , and fifty roonah horse , having in charge a convoy , consisting of tita-ure , medical stores and ammunition , together wiiii 1 . 500 camel 3 , &c , destined for die relief of the troop ? at Candahar . The convoy proceeded , without encvuBtering any great obstacles , and without receiving notice from the inhabitants of any contemplated plan of resistance , to the pass , where it , on ibe 28 th of March , found that some field-works had beta , erected . An attempt was made , by sending -00 men to attack those works , to dislodge the enemy , when they showed a strong force of iufa&try and cavalry . CapuMay , of the 41 st , was
shol -lead , as well as severs ! of his men . Major AnifcoTp , of the 30 th Native Infantry , was cnt down ( he died of hia wounds on the following day , ) when the General resolved not to risk the loss of the co ^ vcj , and madfe a skilful retreat to a neighbouring viliatrc- which he defended , and thence withdrew to Q , ut .: a , where he intrenehed himself ind waited for moro troops , then- on the march from Dadur and Sukkur , to join him . The 1 oh 3 on thi 3 occasion , besides the officers mentioned , was two sergeant ? . one corporal , and fourteen privates of the 41 > t killed , and one sergeant , one corporal and fifty privates ¦ wounded of the light battalion . Of ihe 20 ih , 2 o : h , and 6 th Regiments Bombay Na : ive Infantry , there were Bine kiiled and eighteen wounded . The great difncu-tv of the position at Qaetta has been the want of fora g e for the camelfi , and the efforts of the Govern-Edit are directed towards enabling the troops to proceed onwards as speedily as possible . as a contrast to this reverse , a force from Landakar , which tw sent by GenenJ Nott to meet General England , having been attacked , after two day ' s march , by a large body of Affijhans , gave the aa-si ints snch a reception , as obliged them to take to fl-gufc . ¦ They are described as fis ; tiung with reck-2 es bravery , and charging up U > tie bayonets point ; ihey therefore suffered */^^ gJJS ? particularly as they were charged by the British favsury during their flight . About three hundred art- said to haw fallen , including five of their chiefs . ¦ Tbe loss on the side of the British was five failed and twenty-five vf oraded . The Commander of the British fo / cevfas Col . Wyaer . Candahar is stated to have abundant provisions , bat there is want of ammunition , The pass of Kojack can , as jt u now affirmed , be easily turned . _ .. . . . " ,
The divisionnnder General FoUocK *«»«»™« the renown of opening a pas ? whien even *» firbb * P w ^ obliged to purchase . Having taken dne precautions , this division , consisting of her Majerty s 9 th regiment of Infantry , and the z 6 ih , cHKn , oara , 53 « J , ar . d 64 th Bengal Native Infantry , and a regiment cf Jezaiichees , with ar tillery , in three columns , on the 5 * of April , foroed the difficult pass , of Ae Kbybar . and , notwithstanding the determined ressumee ' of the Afreedees tribe , saeeeeced . inreaenmg All M ^ sje-vd , -witn tha loss of only one officer U ^ ieut . Camming , of the » . aj and 13 rack and file killed ,
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and 104 wounded . On the 9 : h of April the division was at Lundee Khan , whence to the point of junction with the garrison of Jellalabad , nothing like effectual opposition was to be expected . The Sikh troops , who on the occasion attacked another part of the pass , co-operated cordially with the British , and behaved with great gallantry . During the period of the attack oniheKhyber , Akhbar Khan , who with 6 , 000 Affghana had invested Jellalabad , exhibited great eagerness , as if to aid the tribes around the pass in defending it . On the evening of the 6 th , he caused a feu de joie to be fired in honAr , as he said , of the repulse which the British troops had met at the entrance of the pass near Jumrood . But the gallant and experienced warrior , General Sale , was not to be deceived ; he resolved to anticipate what he
oonsidered to be « n intended retreat of the Sirdar , and on the morning of the 7 th , sallied forth to attack the Afighaa camp . Three columns , composed of her Majesty ' s 13 th Infantry , and 35 th Bengal Native Infantry , with a detachment of the Sappers and Miners , supported by a light field battery and a small cavalry force , issued from the "blockaded " town , and completely routed Akhbar Khan and his 6 , 000 men , burned their camp , and retook four guns of those seized at the massacre of lOioord Caubul in January last , " the restoration of which is regarded by the troops with much honest exultation . " This . victory , glorious as it ia , has been dVarly purchased by the fall of Col . Dennie , whose dealh , even upon the field of honosr , will be regarded as a great calamity , while his memory will be always held Eacred , as a brave and worthy officer .
Intelligence of a recent date ( not ascertained ) has been received at Jellalabad from Cajbul about the 8 th of April . Another revolution was reported to have taken place , and the rumour will most probably turn bat well-founded , though not as yet authenticated . The Shah Soojah was said to have been shot in his litter when coming out of the Bala Hissar—a circumstance this also extremely piobable . Our ho&tages and prisoners , both here and at Futteabad , were safe and well—thongh some of them had , of late , been less kindly treated than formerly . The news from China ia unimportant .
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LEEDS . —Bobbery fbom the Pebson . —On Monday last a young man of bad character , named John Kaye , who gets his living as best he can , was charged , at the Court-house with having stolen eight shillings in stiver from the person of an aged man , who had on the Friday evening been drinking at the Queen ' s Arms Inn , Kirkgate , and who deposed that , as soon as he left the house , after having had several pintB of ale , he was met by the prisoner at the corner leading to the White Cloth Hall , who at once thrust his hand into his side coat pocket , and not being able to get off with the money alone , he tore the pocket out altogether . He was not apprehended until Saturday , when of coursa it was too late to expect to recover the money . Not being able to rebut the charge to the satisfaction of the bench , he was sent to Wakefield for three months .
Juvenile Thipf . —On Tuesday last , Wm . Harrison , a lad not more than twelve years of age , was charged at the Coart House with having entered a dressing room at the Waterloo Swimming Bath p , with the intention of committing a robbery . It was stated that a gentleman was bathing , and that the prisoner had , unseen , abstracted & purse from his clothes , containing about £ 2 in silver . He was observed , however , before he could get off , and laid the purse on the seat , where it was found . He was further charged with having , while in company with two other lads , stolen foar shillings in copper , from the shop of Mrs . Wood , in Wood-street . The money in thb case was not found , but the la-1 having been previously imprisoned , was sent to Wakefield for three months .
Attempted Robbsby . —On Monday last , a wellknown character who gave his name Christopher Petler , but who was staled to have an innumerable number o f aliases , was charged at the Court House ¦ w ith having , on Saturday last , in the Vicar ' s Croft , made several unsuccessful attempts to lighten the pockets of her Majesty ' s lieges . Information was given to the police , and by Mr . Read ' s orders he wa 3 taken into custody , having been first 6 eeu by an officer to try the pocket 3 of several persons . He pleaded innocence , but it would not do , and he was ssnt to WakeSeld for three months .
Accident . —On Wednesday week , about noon , as Mr . William Marsh , of this town , ( clerk to W . T . Smith , Esq , solicitor , ) and Mr . M . Farrar , of Cawood , farmer , -were proceeding in a gig to Keighley , and when within about six miles from that place , the horse ( a young one ) took fright , and ran away down the bills nntil it came to Denham Toll Gate , where a horse and cart were atanding between the gates . The horse attempted to jump over the cart , and the wheel of the gig caught the back of the cart and threw it and the horse over , damaging th& cart , and the gig was thrown over , and Mr . Marsh and Mr . Farrar were thrown out with considerable violence , the former being severely wounded . This ought to be a warning to the tollbar keepers allowing any sort of conveyance to block up the road through the toll-gates , which is at any time , a great nuisance . *
Juvenile Thieyl 6— On Monday last , two lads named Christopher Clarey and Alfred Baxter , were charged before the Leeds magistrates with having stolen an iron grate from a reservoir in the yard of Mr . Sheepshank's mill , Wellington Road . It being their fir .-t offence , they were , with the consent of their parents , ordered to be whipped and discharged-Gabden Robbery . —On Monday Jast , a respectable looking man named Cuthbert GibBon , residing in Cavalier-street , Bank , was in custody at the Police-office , on a charge of having stolen a number of cucumbers on Sunday morning . On the easo being called on , ths prosecutor did not make his appearance , and it was stateo . by the officer into whose charge the man had been given , that a compromise had been effected . On being called , however , he made his appearance , and then stated that his name was Thomas Fowler , and that he had a garden in Pontefract-lane , which garden , between
Saturday night and Sunday morning , had been robbed of some cucumbers , which he could not identify , neither had he seen the prisoner in the neighbourhood . He had previously told a different tale , and the Bench then asked him how much he had got to compromise the affair ? to which he replied that he had received a sovereign . This he was at once ordered to Tefund , upon which the prisoner's wife stepped forward , and said she had paid him 25 a , which with great relnctance he was made to pay back . Another charge was then preferred againsi Gibson , for haviBg stolen a bird out of the garden , which had been pUoed there by a young man ** to learn some wild notes . " Thi 3 was found in hi 3 house , and it being valued at 7 s . 6 d ., hevfas ordered to pay that amonnt besides a a fine of 20 a and the cosib . This was paid , and the parties left the Court , the gardener grumbling at the Joss of both encumbers and money .
Robbeey and Mubderous Attack . —On Tuesday , two men , named James Weafoerill and Thomas Cro 5 sland , were brought up at the Court House , and remanded , under the following circumstances : —Mr . James stated that one of the night police , named Henry Thompson , was on duty on the York-road , on Sunday doming , about two o ' clock , when he heard tha screaming of pig ? j and following the sound he saw two men in a _ field , . each carrying a young pig under his arm ; he got up to them before he was seen , when iho men dropped the pigs and ran away . Thompson pursued them , and seized hold of Weaiherill , -who struggled violently ; and Crossland , seeing no one near , went to his assistance : the watchman and Weatherill , in the Btruggle , f ell
agaiiiat a rail in the fence , which was broken , and Crossland seizing hold of a piece of the rail , about four feet long , struck Thompson several times over ihe head . To prevent a repetition of the blows , he put up hi 3 arm , over which he was struck repeatedly with such violence as to fracture it in twoplacts . The men then escaped , and Thompson was left in a ditch ia a state of insensibility . Ho waa not discovered for three or four hours afterwards . He % vaB immediately taken to the snrgery of Mr . Price , where his injuries were fully di > covered , and he was removed come ; we understand thai the frarfcured 13 mb has not jet been Eet , on account oi the swelling , but that ha is likely to do well . The pigs , waich were left in the field by the robbers were ^ taken into the possession of the police , and were afterwards identified by Mr Rose , of York Road , as having been stolen from his premises . From subsequent
information , the two prisoners were apprehended , and on being taken to Thompson ' s heuse , he was able to swear to both , Weatherill as the man he had in custody , and Cro&sland as the one who struck him with the rail . They were remanded until Thompson is able to appear . ' Assault on the Police . —On Monday , a young man , who gave his name George Lowe , was charged before the magistrates at the Court-House with havisg , at an early ionr on Sunday morning , assaulted one of the nightly watch whilst in the execution of his dnty . The prisoner had been drinking , and being on his road home , in Primrosestreet , along with some companions , they could not resist the opportunity of serenading those of early retiring habits j on being remonstrated with for the noise they were making , the prisoner very coolly knocked the watchman down . He was fined 20 s .
and costs . Stkalikg Ieon . —On Monday last , a man named David lllingworth , was charged at the Court House with having stolen a quantity of old and new iron , the property of Mr . Dobson , of Neville Hill Colliery , Oemondihorp . The prisoner was apprehended wbiist offering the iroa for sale , and on being questioned by the police , refused to give any satisfactory account of its possession . After being taken into cnsloay an . owener was found who was fully able to identify the property , and he was committed for trial .
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Afflicting Suicide . —We have the painful duty of this week recording another act of determined suicide by » respeotablo and respected tradesman of this town , Mr . James Rhodes , of the firm of Niokols and Rhodes , tanners , Joppa . The deceased has been for some time labouring under nervous debility and irritation , and has more than once recently manifested symptoms of incipient derangement . He had been in his own house in North Hall-street , the whole of Saaday , and returned to rest before nine o ' clock ia the evening . Mrs . Rhodes went to bed before tea , at which time he made some incoherent remarks , but afterwards seemed to compose himself to rest . He got out of bed a little turned half-past two on Monday morning and after putting on his stockings and flannel
drawers , entered a water eloset , which opened out of his bed-room . He had not been here above a minute , when an unusual noise attracted the attention of Mrs . Rhodes , and on following him she found that he had cut his throat in a dreadful manner . She alarmed her son , an intelligent youth of twelve years of age , and the servants were soon assembled ; Mr . Flood , surgeon , was at once sent for , and arrived in a quarter of an hour , but Mr . Rhodes was dead on his arrival . He had severed the carotid artery , the jugular vein , and the windpipe . An inquest was held on Tuesday morning before Joha Blackburn , Esq ., aud a respectable Jury , at the Beckett ' s Arms Inn , when sufficient evidence was adduced to show th » t insanity had usurped the place of reason , and a verdict to that effect was returned . Mr . Rhodes was in the forty-sixth year of his age .
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THE LEEDS IMPROVEMENT BILL . From notices that have from time to time appeared in the Star , our readers will know that for sometime a contest has been waged in the Town of Leeds , between the friends of Right and the lovers of Might , for the Powkr and PATRONAGE likely to ke conferred on the Executive of a certain Bill , called the Leetis Improvement Bill , now before Parliament . The friends of Right have struggled to keep the power in the hands of the ratepayers at large , by having it bo ordered that the Act shall be Executed by a Board of Commissioners direct ? ;/ elected by those of the inhabitants of the borougn liable to be rated For its purposes and" ends- ; while the lovers of Might have moved earth and hell to have the powers conferred on themselves ! A series of adjourned vestry meetings have been holden in Leeds , from time to time , at which the feelings aud wishes of the inhabitants have been unequivocally expressed . It now being convenient for those who in
days of yore were so fond of the " sweet voices" of the people at vestry meetings , to disregard and despise whatever militates against " respectable " ASCENDANCY , those feelings and wishes have been set aside ; and Parliament appealed to , to declare in express enactment thai it cares more for the private interests of wealthy " respectables " than for the well-being of the community . At one of the adjourned vestry meetings , a committee waa chosen to prepare a petition to Parliament on behalf of the Owners and Occupiers of Property in the Borough , to put our legislators in possession of the facts of the case , so that if they sinned against the people they might do it with their eyes open . Such petition has been prepared , and forwarded to Mr . Beckett , M . P . for Leeds , for ' presentation . Hero follows a cepy of that petition . We commend it to the perusal of all concerned ; and should like to see the hoary old Jesuit of the Mercury try to controvert its positions : —
TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IBELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Property in the Borough of Leeds , in Public Vestry assembled , Humbly Sheweth , that there is a Bill now before your Hon . House , entitled , " a Bill for better lighting , cleansing , Bewering , and improving the borough of Leeds , in the county of York . " That the grounds upon which application was made to your Hon . House to consider upon and pass the said Bill , were the desire that existed in the minds of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds to compel the necessary sanatory regulations indispensible fur public health , and to gTeatly augment nnd extend the powers conferred upon the present " Loeds Improvement Commissioners" by an Act now in existence , and which received the Royal Assent on the 17 th June , 1821 .
That from a variety of causes , the said Bill as originally prepared and read a first time in your Hon . House , was in a most crude and uusaViflfacto . y state , haviDg been hurriedly drawn up , and no time existing for a : evision of the draft , advantage was to be taken of tho permission o' yonr Hon . House to " bring in" the said Bill even after the period fixed by the " standing orders" of your Honourable House . Tkat under these circumstances , nothiDt ; more than the general consent of yonr Petitioners to the introduction of the said Bill waa Bought for by its promoters , on the distinct understanding in open vestry , that as there
was not then time to consider the measure In detail , an opportunity Bhouldbe given the inhabitants generally to meet and consider upon the Bill after it had been read a first time and printed by your Honourable House ; the promoters of the said Bill pledging themselves to the inhabitants in open meeting to use all their power and influence to induce your Honourable House to accede to snch alterations and amendments on the original drift as might be deemed by the Owners and Occupiers of property in the bor < ugh to be needful for the dee accomplishment of the purposes and ends sought to be attained by the said Bill .
That , nfUr the said Bill had been read a first time in yonr Honourable House , and printed , copies of it were circulated amongst the inhabitants of the Borough , and a public vestry meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of property in the borough convened ( upon fourteen days ' notice ) to consider its provisions , and to suggest such alterations and atnendmeuts as to them , collectively , might seem necessary ; and generally to sanction in detail what they had before only betn able to sanction con&itionaUy . That , at such meeting of the Owners and Occupiers cf property in the boiongh of Leeds , after careful examination of such Bill in all its details and bearings , and after judicious deliberation , several amendments and alterations were determined upon , particularly one
affecting the constitution of the Executive body entrusted with the powers conferred by the Bill , should it become law ; and one relative to the proportioning of tho rates Bought to be ra ' . sed for tffecting the purposes of the Act , between the Owners and Occupiers of property . That the constitution of the Executive body as it stood in the original draft of the Bill , and as read a first time by your Honourable House , was liable to many serious and grave objectiona ; inasmuch as it was composed of three distinct parties , each elected and chosen in a different and distinct manner ; which weuld have so divided and frittered away RESPONSIBILITY , that the inhabitants generally would have had litt e or no control over those who were to have the expending of theit money .
That the deliberate opinion of yonr petitioners upon this point was , that a Board of Commissioners / elected by sneb of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds , as were liable to be rated for the purposes of tfeo eaid Bill ( should it become law ) would be the best Executive that conld possibly be formed , inasmuch as such Commissioners would be elected because of their especial fitness for the duties they would have to perform ; and would , moreover , be directly and immediately responsible to those with the expending of whose money they-would be entrusted .
That the opinion of your petitioners , as to the manner Iu which the payment of the rates Bought to be raised by the Bill should be apportioned between the Owner and Occupier of propttty , was either tlict the Occupier should pay in an increased ratio according to hia rental ; or that the Owner should pay one h : if of the rate impoBed , and the Occupier the remaining half : the object of your petitioners being to throw the burden ef paymentupon the inhabitant * generally in the ratio of their means , or income ; and to approximate , in some degree , to the form of that clause in the public bill-for * effecting " Improvements in certain Boroughs and large Towns /' now before your Honourable House ; which directs that tke Owner , in most cases , shall pay the entire of the rsl * a
That , -when these alterations were determined upon neariy unanimously by the O wneia and Occupiers of property in the Borough of Leeds , the patties who bad had the preparation of the Bill , and wera promoting it through your Honourable House , and who had , in the first instance , obtained a conditional general assent of the inhabitants to the introduction of their confessedly imperfect Bill into your Honourable House , broke faith with the inhabitaata generally , and refused to accede to the alterations determined upon by tht > Osraers and Occnf-iera of property in pnblio vestry assembled . . . ' That a number of private individuals then took upon themselves to apply to your Honourable House to pass the aforesaid Bill into a law , in a shape conformable to their own private intere&ts and viefrs , and without reference to the interests of the inhabitants generally .
That , in pursuance of such assumption on the pait of such private individuals , the said Bill has been referred to a Select Committee of your Honourable House , where evidence has bees taken of such nature and value as suited the purposes of the parties new promoting the Bill to offer . That , in consequence .. of such evidence , and the pleadings of counsel relative to the constitution of the Executive power under such Bill , { different claims having bees put forth by the private parties who have sought your Honourable House , ) your Select Committee have determined to entrust the execution of the said measure to the Town Council of the Borough of Leeds .
That youi petitioners are free to admit that the selecting of the Towa Council for this purpose is far preferable to the entriutment " of the Executive powers to a body of thena ' ure originally proposed : inasmuch as the Town Council is but one body , and is , in some degree , responsible to those yrho will have to pay rates , should the Bill become law . That there are , however , many and serious objections to the vlaciBg of such powers iu the handB of the Leeds Town CounciL
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Thaft it fa notorious that that Town Council have already more duties imposed upon them than they can decently and oredttably perform . . That it Is equally notorious that the Council Chamber of the Leeds Town Council has been , ever since their first meeting ohder the Municipal Coiporations * Reform mu ? * fcotww -tipAi Pwty fight * , That exhibitions , ef a yejy discreditable eharaote * have been made in that pkee that crindnatlon and recrimination have iuhcIi abounded ; that one party has designated the other patty *»• "TDBPlNa ; " that ^ the eompUmeat b&a been ^ wtoriiai wjth interest ; and that the time of the Council hail been consumed in the utterance of disgraceful personalities and by ne less disgraceful party contest * .
^ That it la equally notorious that thousands of " p < raindi nave been expended by the adherents of each of the respecttTO parties -who have thus struggled for assendancy in the borough , to curtail and cripple the constituency who elect the members of the said Town Council ; their objeet beingf to prevent any but u ?? P" * 52408 Ning placed on the burgess roll ; in wflicn object they have but too fat succeeded . That it is equally notorious that at every election taken for members of the Town Council in the Borough of Leeds aince the pausing of the Municipal Corporations' Reform Act , gross bribery , treating * Mid other corrupt practices have extensively prevailed ; eo much so , that it is well understood in the town thut the present majority of votes , which one of the two contending political parties have in that Council , is PURCHASED by gold and drink !
That , under those circumstances , your petitioners are of opinion that it would be more wise in ypttr Hon . House , and more advantageous to the inhabitants of the borough , to entruat the Execution of the Baid Bill , ( should it become law ) to a Board of Comniisaionels . elected by those of the inhabitants liable to be rated for the purposes of the BilL That your petitioners are strengthened in this opinion by the experience they have had of the working of ihe present Laeds Improvement Act , which confers its powers upon a Board of Commissioners partly so elected ; that
none of the factious fights and paltry pietaonal disagreement * which have so often disgraced the Leeds Town Council , have interfered with the duties ef the said Board of Commissioners ; that from the passing of the Act , in 1824 , up to the present period , only one contested election foraBoardof Commissioners has beenhad ; and that during the whole ot that period the respective Boards have given general satisfaction to the ratepayers , attended to the interests of the inhabitants generally , and originated and effected many and important improvements in the town and neighbourhood of Leeds . ¦* - ¦ * . - . - .. ., . ; . ¦* " ¦ . ¦ ¦ - . * .. *¦ . ¦ . '¦ . : •¦" ¦ ¦ .
That , in the Bill as read a first time in your Hon . House , there was a clause , restricting the persons entrusted with the Execution of the said Bill , ( whoever they might be ) from expending more than £ 600 in any one year , on any one improvement , without the sanction of the rate-payers in vestry meeting assembled ; which clause , your petitioners understand , has been withdrawn from the said Bill , with tho concurrence of the select committee of your Hon . House . That your petitioners would represent to your Hon . House the absolute necessity there is ; if their interests are to be at all cared for , for the re instateinent of the expunged clause ; inasmuch as the Bill seeks to confsr great and variedpowers for many and various purposes , and as by it property in Leeds will be affected in a
great degree , some of the contemplated improvements are but of doubtful utility ; othems such as would meet with general concurrence ; Tqproyent jobbery , and to make certain that those improvements are first attended to which would be of general benefit , , the clause requiring the cenwnt of the rato-payers in vestry assembled is imperatively ueeded . That it is possible that the Executive under the said Bill ( whoever composes it ) may be so constituted as to be worked upon by interested parties , and the money of the ratepayers expended in purchases and in tho improvement of property where such improvement would only be of individvial or private advantage ; whiie it is scarcely possible
that the whole body of the ratepayers could be so actuated . Power in given , in the said Bill , to the Executive to 1 purchase the tolls of certain bridges , erected over the iiyer Aire ; that to purchase these tolls may or may not be desirable , according to circumstances ; but that the purchase of them involves the expenditure of considerable sums of money . That these bridges have been built on speculation by numerous bodies of shattholdera . that it is possible that those speculations may have been failures ; and it might happen thai it would conduee to the interests of these respective Companies to sell ; thatthese bodies are numerous ; that they may ait in concert ; that thfey may manage t influence the election of a considerable
number of the Executive body ; that the purchase of these tolls may be then determined poi and the interests of the ratepayers generally sacrificed to cover the losses of private speculators . For these reasons , and others no less obvious , your petitioners timst your Honourable House will see the necessity of restoring the clause which requires the consent of the ratepayers in ve&try assembled , before great sums of their money are expended on objects bf doubtful utility . Tbat your petitioners would point to the fact that a protection of this so ; t exists in the present Leeds Improvement Act ; and your petitioners defy the mention of one single inbtunco in which snch protection has stood in the way of improvements . being effected . Whenever the existing Commissioners have appealed to the vestry for their consent to the purchase of property and the effecting of improvements , they have , ' invariably , after detailing their plans , and giving their reasons why such improvements should be made , obtained the consent of the ratepayers .
That your petitioners hope that your Honourable House In not disposed to plr , ce them in a worse position by Ihe New Bill , as to the legitimate controul of the expenditure of their own money , aud as to the rights and privileges appfcitaining to rate-payers , than they occupy under the present act And Your petitioners , therefore pray , That if your Honourable House do pass the aforesaid Leeds Improvement Bill , it may be in such & shape aa ta be in conformity with the generally expressed wish of the OwneTS and Occupiers of property io the said Borough , So .
That the Execution of the Act ( Bheuld it become such ) may be entrusted to a Board of CommiBsioaerB chosen expressly for the purpose , by those of the inhabitants liable to be rated for the purposes of the said Act , from , such of the inhabitant rate-payers as may bava resided in the Borough for the spacer ' of etyhtewn months , and shall be considered qualified to ptrfarm the duties of the office : and That the rating may be so ordered that the man of slender means may not be required to pay in like proportion with the man of large means : or that the ratts be raised in equal proportions from the Owners and the Occnpiers of property in the Borough : and That a controul be given to the rate-payers over the expenditure of large sums of money , by a restoration of the expunged elause limiting the Executive from spending more than £ 500 in any ouo year , o « any one i wprovement , without the sanction of the rate-pay era iu vestry mettlng assembled . . ¦ -. * ¦ ..
The passing of the Bill in conformity with these requests will give unmixed satisfaction to the inhabitants of the Borough of Leeds ; while the passing of it in the - ' shape . ' in which it now appears befoie your Hon . House will only lead to bad feeling between iiifferet sections of the community ; entail a great txpence upon the inhabitants for the passing of a measure they are adverse to In many of ita essential points ; and will prolong the party fights which have so long disgraced onr town . Therefore , if your Hon . House is indisposed to accede to the afore recited prayers of your pe-titionera , They then further pray ,
That your Hon . House will reject the said Bill altogether , and pass the public BillB now before your Hou . House for effecting the Drainage , General I mprovemeht , end Regulation of Buildings , in Boroughs and largo towns , as soon as they can be matured and made effective for their purpose . This course will eave the inhabitants of this Borough many thousands of pounds , aud place them upon an equal footing with those of all other Boroughs . For your petitioners are of opinion , / that / if they , the ilibabitants oi Leeds , are to be exempted from the operation of the public Acts , they ought , at feast .
to 1 * 3 no worse off than these vrho moy be subjected to those Acts ; the passing of the Leeds Improvement Bill in any other shape than that pointed out in this the petition of your petitioners will place the Owners and Occupiers of property in a far worse position than they would be u der the public Bills , judging of them as they now stand before your Hon . House ; therefore , your petitioners icapectfulSy call the attention of jour Hon . House to the reasons they have endeavoured to adduce , with a view -to your Hon . House doing tbat ¦ which is just and right to all concerned .
And your petitieners wjll ever pray . Signed on behalf of the Owners and Occupiers of Property in the Borouga of Leeds , in public Vestry assembled , William Rolekts , Chairman .
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SUNDER&AND . —O : i Thursday evening another meeting of the unemployed * working nien was held : on the town moor . Tho local Whig and Tory press have stated that the number present wasi upwards of 2 , 000 , and therefore we cannot be accused of exaggeration when we adopt their statements . Mr . John Burnett one of these who are receiving what is called parish relief , was called to the chair . In a feeling and sensible manner , he briefly addressed tht meeting . He described hia sufferings and tiia sufferings of his family , but he had now got some relief as it was called , namely he waa permitted to bieak stones three duysintue week , at one shilling a-day . This -was all tbat he bad Hitherto from seven to five was considered suffielently
long for half starved men to be employed , but now the authorities bad determined to extend the hours of labour from six till six—two hours additional without , however , any addition to the remuneration . Mr . Pierce was next called on , He addressed the nieetibg at great length and with much ability . He described the reception he and a deputation bad met with from the ministers oi the town and others upon whom they were appointed to / wait . The raport was very cheering . Th e tui ' iiistirs of the church had displayed great sympath y f ' jr them , and he believed would be found active in their behalf . He had also been one of a deputation , to obtain signatures to a requisition to the mayor an ^ niEglEtale * fox a public meeting of the inhal&itaab
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respecting the existing distress . They had not been Buceesaful in procuiing signatnres . ( Thepetition has since been numerously and respectably signed . ) But some of the ministers asanrefl him , that if the wealthy would not sign the requisition , nor the magistratee call the meeting , they would undertake it themselves ; Mr . Willams then came forward and addressed the meeting . After suggesting' to them various means of obtaining some amelioration of their present wretched condition he wound up his address by urging them to seek for justice rather than charity , and to look only to the pos session of political power and its right pxcrcise , to effect fall emancipation from their present oppression and suffering . At the close of the proceedings it was announced that another meeting would take place on Monday evening .
Adjouhned Meeting of the Unemployed . — On Monday evening , another very large meeting of the unemployed was held on the Town Moor , for the purpose of receiving the report of the deputation appointed to wait upon the magistrates with a requisition for public meetfeg of the inh&bit&uta . The deputation who were originally appointed for the pttrpose not having been able to attend on the magistrates , Mr . Bruce , grocer , ancl > Ir . Williams waited "upon : them . Mr . Bruce being called to the chair , proceeded to state the result of the interview which had taken place . The magistrates treated the deputation with the utmost respect , and held a long co . vorsation with them respecting the extent of the distress , arid the various plans
that might be adopted to alleviate it They fioally determined to call a public meeting on Monday next , at which they promised their personal attendance and assistance , and they expressed a hope that all possible information should then be produced respecting the distreBS of the town , and that in the meantime parties would be considering some plan or plans for the relief of the ppor . Mr . Bruce jhenmade some further judicious observations npon this suVject , after which he called upon Mr . Pierce . Mr . Pierce then addressed the meeting in a good and useful speech . Mr . Williams then being called upon , came forward and wound up the proceedings in a brief but energetic speech , which was extremely well received .
BABNSXtEV .- — -Statk of Trade . ^—the unemployed operatives of Bamsley held a meeting on May-day Green on Monday noon , to adopt means to alleviate their distress . Alter a Committee of flyetiad been appointed t > draw up an address to be presented to the niagistrates on Wednesday , the meeting ¦ Was adjourned to Tueaday evening , when the address 'Was read and adopted . LONDON . — -Trades' Delegate Meeting . —At an adjourued meeting of delegatea from the Building Trades , held on Juao 2 ad at the Royal Geor ^ o , George Street , Chelsea , Mr . Copfield in ihe chair , the tbllowing busineya WiiB transacted . The delegates frdta the Carpenter '^) Arms , Catharine Street ,
Pimhco , and the Kojal Ge ^ ej George Street , Chelsea , stated that their societies had adopted the measures proposed by the Buil : 'ing Trades Committee , and had appointed a committee to carry them into effect . The deJe ^ ate from the Artillery Arms , Rochester Row , stated that they had oiilled a general meeting for the purpose of discussing the Buhjeot od the 7 th of June , and they would give in their retura on the 30 th of June . A dolexata from the King ' s Arms stated , that they had called a general meeting for the 13 th June , and would report on the 30 th . After transacting other basiaefis , the committee adjourned until the 16 th Of June , to receive or give informatioa to any ot" the Building Trade Societies .
SHEFFIE 1 J > . —State of the Toww . —There is no imprbvement in trade ; things get worse and worse . The payments to the " regular ticket poor , " for the week ending May 28 th , amount in money j bread , &c . to £ 94 . 0 s . 6 d . The payments to the " casual poor , " in money , bread , &c . for the week ending as above , amounts' to £ 303 . 8 s . 6 d . j bcinx a sum total of £ 157 . 9 si for one week only . The sufferins ; of the working clashes is by no means confined to the pauperized hundreds merely existing on the poor ratesj some thousands but half employed or hardly employed at sil are living God only fcnows how ; indeed it may be Safely . asserted that more than halt of the distreas of the working classes is caused by the want of sufficient nourishment . It is too oftv > n our paiai ' ul task to denounce the heartleBa-»< eog anii tyraUtiy of the wealthy ; we gladly embrace tfoo opportunity of reccrding 4 he kindness of
one of ihe so-called •'_ better orders . " We had strolled to the pleasant villagft of Heeiey , on Monday last , and on our retura toward the " towa of the cloud" overtook a pooi fellow who had been takea Guddejuy ill and ^ wai writhing with pain- ; fortunalteiy Miss Spurr , a lady residing at Hetley , whose benavolenoejs too well known to need trumpeting hers , was passing at the iaomsui , aad hastened to administer medicuial refreshment to the sufferer . The lady requested the writer of tbis to procure a conveyance from the town , to take the poor iellow hoaie . This was done , and the expence paid b y Mas Spurr , whose kindness to th « ¦ 6 nfferer and iiis family wo have rcasou to believe mil not rest here . '" ¦ ¦ Would to Heavun that iha conduct of this good SamarHan wa 3 imitated by the many who hate iS ' -ih their power to alleviate the sorrows of miffering humanity ! this earth would not then be the heli that tyrauuy and guilt has made it . : ' u : . ^
Sudden Deaths . —Several cases of sudden death have iately occurred in this town . On Tuesday evining , May 31 st , Henry Parxamore , a chimneyswepper , residing in Pmstone-street , twenty-nine y ^ ars of age , when seated in Lindley ' s beer-house , Holly Lane , suddmly fell back ia the chair and expired . The deceased was not intoxicated . Apoplexy was the cause of d ; ath . —The next day ( Wednesoay ) . Ann Phelps , aged ; tweaty-eighfc , residing in Batti-street , was found dead in bed . Her husband had gone out to work , leaving her in bed with their two children . On his return to breakfast ^ he found her laid with her head hanging over the side of the bed , and quite dead : the two children were playing about her . It appeared that she had died in a fit oi apoplexy .
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I > ram-I ) rinkers Look Out!—Oa examination of the contents of the stomach of a woman , named Norrey M'Donnell , who , died from the effects of drinking ardent spirits Ao excessi , a considerable ( Jnantitj : of arsenic was detected , owing to tlio deleterious nature of the -spirits , - in which a lar ^ a proportion of yitrjol must have predominate-... ' —• Dirry Examiner . Improved Method ' of Mana ' g ' ino .- " ( Pigs — Ia Haoapshirp , the cohditicn of pigs has been
muchimproved by cleanliness ; it is tho custom thsre frequently to wash and rub the skin with a hard brush . It is well known that the bacon of the above county will fetch 2 d . per lb . more than any other , which arises from good management , and tho prac ; ica now alluded to , ais well as burning the pig , which gives the peculiar flavour . The pfan of letting the pig 3 runabout the BtreeJsand feed ; upon t , & * l £ sh , and filth , as is ihe case in sea-port towns , is ut . known in . the couatica of Wilts aud Hants . —Gardeners ' Chronicle .
FaiGHiFi'i , Accident . —An accident of the most melancholy description took place on Monday morning in the Jana leading into Topsham from ihe Exmouth Road . The omnibus , belonging to a * person named Htne , which runs bt > iween Bn ^ leighSaltevtoa and Exster , had ju 8 t ; turned in to tho Is rie , wh era there is a very awkward turning . andinorder to avoid a cart which was in front , waskeopmu : as near as possible to the side of the roatd , but driving wiih great caro . Tho wheel of the omnibus came in contact with one of those obstructions called " spur stones ; " and the effect of the concussiou was to "tilt up" the vehicle and upset it . So violent waa the shock , that a lady who was seated inside v ? aa thrown fcrwarcl , and her head came in ' . conttct with a stone wall which bounds the road . Mr . Tuckor , surgeon , happened to be near in . bis " gig at the time , and , hearing . the crash , hastened to the spor . Tho '
uisfortunate lady was removed to tho Lord . '" Nelaoa Inn , but in the course of a few minutco she expired . It appeared from a letter found in hfer possession , that she was a niauien lady named Lan ^ Jord , ro-Biding at Bristol , who had been staying at Eudlfcigb . Salterton for the benefit of heir health , and was to proceed oa to Bristol , where she had appointed to meet her sister that evening . Her dress and appearance betokened great respectability , and care wa ? taken to secure the valuables found on her person . Another female passenger , Mrs . Rew , of St . George ' s Clist turnpike , who had but just entered the vehicle , received severe injuries on tha head , and is suffering from concussion of the brain . A male passenger who was riding oa the outside had several ribs broken , and a perspn in the employ of Lady Rolle as ' , a coachman received a severe blow on the head . The - 'driver , and three other pers ;> ii 3 , escaped unhurt . —Western Times .
Treatment of Medway Paupers . —A special meeting of the guardiaos of the union was held lasfe week at the Comniitte-room of the union house , Chatham , in con *? equenco of a lo ? ter from the Poor Lawr Commissioners having been received : by Mr Friend Hoar , the clerk to tho board , requesting the Poor Law Gr . ardiaifs to furnish - -the coniaiissioners with the number of inniatcthe house will contain consistent wiih health aud comfort . The Bijard , upon a fornier application of the Poor Lav ? Commissioners , fefuseu to comply witK this v : quest , but forwardoji a < iesoription of their building , and the measurement of tho diffaent wards ; and let ' s it to the conimi 3 sio ! : cr 3 to form their oifvn opinion as to h (> w many such a building would
contain . This seccud appiicaticn appears to arise ftom what has recently taken pla ' co in tbe Sovenoaks Union .. Ai ' tersome discussion and great diversity of opinion , the Poor Lnw Commissioners' letter was loft to the discretion of their clerk j to do as he liked in' the matter ; and the subject of the treatment of the casual poor curno under consideration , as several complaints had been made to the board relative to their diet . It was proved that several paupers were taken into a lodging-house belonging to the union , and kept there , genie for twenty weeks , others for forty daye , and their only diet had beea bread and water . A soldier ' s wife , with a child at her breast , whose husband had gone out to India wish hia rugiment , was kept , ia this lodging-house tor tony days , and nothing but broid and ' . water was allowed her to exitt upon aud sft ' ord : nourishment to ker infant .
Several other simiiar cases of hardship were fcrougljt under the censiderauoh of the J'Oard . The lorigir . g hoase is a siiutli ono , aud coi ^ tains about forty inmates . " Men , women , boys , and girls , are all huddled together indiscriminately , without any re ^ jtrd to sex ; and instead of the lodging-house beins under the aupcrinteEdenco of the mast ^ i ' of the union , tha guardians were surprised to find that the building , and the regulatioii of the paupers and their diet , were under the sole controul of the rolieviug officer ; and that each pei son was only allowed by that i ' unction . ary to havo , per d » yi one pound of bread aud two ounces of clioyse , wivh some water . The board ordered that . ' the ' master thould take charire of the . lodging-hcnsei an / i ' a-diniaister the sainc treatment ^ to ; tVi 6 : oaaual ppori as ' to" the inmate ^ of the other MrtS ofthe establishment ; " --- ^
CaiaMitous Accident at ApothECATjiE ^ -Hall .- — Qfl Saturday mornjng , about . five miniites ' after tea 6 * clpi 5 k , ' . a' . ' toast distressinjg afeoident : took -place ia thei above ^; iestabli 5 hiii € nt ^ whereby the lilitJ of a very clever man , 'knd ail-ifiValuabro iert ^ nt' of -the Apothecaries' Company , has been ' sacrificed in ' a most frightful manner ; and seiious injury resulted to the building itself . -It appears ' = that an- order had beoa recently received from tho Eaet- India Company for an unusually largo quantity offulcaiaating mercury , a substance used ia- the mamifaoture of percussioncaps , and theprooegs of makinaf which was ai ' . cnded with pecdliar danger . Unable ; to procure b / the time specified a Eiiflicicin quantity of the- nmveral from the ordinary manufacturers , it was arranged ¦
by Mr . Hennell , the chief chemical oparator , that the parcel required ( 5 ibs . ) should be made under his own gupijrinu-iidence , on the premises , and the managers , placing the fullest reliance on bis care and ability , aHovved him to undertake ii , though , on no former ooca&ion had the pxoceBs been carried oa there . The mercury in question was to have been , shipped on Sunday , arid had undergono all but the final mixture , i » i the act of doing which the deceased met his death . The accideut occurred in a Jarge paved couri yard , situated at the back of tho publia laboratory , which is surrounded by ' . warehcuses , used in Btoring away tho drugs , arid containing the steam engine arid chemical apparatus used in tho various processes : carried on . From oiio of those
the unfortunate mari was seen to come out a few moments before the explosion took place , bearing ia hie hand-a paper containing a portion of nnrtury with which he advauced towards a block of wood , situated in one corner of the yard , and ijsed ior chopping sarsaparilia npou , which ,. at this tiiiie ,: 'had a small round basin upon it , aiso cantaining a quantity of mercury . Sjarceiy a moment had olapsed afte-i reaching the block betbro the accident ocenrred , and , from the statement of Mr . Rivers , the assistant to Mr . Henneil , who wa 3 the first person to discover the deceased , wo loarn . that en hearing th « explosion , which perceptibly ehook the whola buildii-. g ,. ' ho was at once unprtjssed with the dreadful cerrairity that the •¦ ml ieury . had exploded ; and ,
hasteningdown stairs , be discovered mangled portions of iha deceased ' s body lying in various directions about the yard . Four of the workmen who happened to bd employed within the building in the vicinity of the deceased , were struck down by the force of ibo concussion , but on boin ^ properly a ' . ttnded to sooa recovered ^ Th e eccns at this time yeas one of the moat heartrending that can possibly be imagined . Around the whole caui't tlyj wiadcews vrerc eutireiy destroyed , and portions of the mangled remains were seen attached to the wall ia various places . Tha upper portion of the deceased ' s skull was entirely blown away ^ and w-,-13 afEerwards picked up a t soine yard 3 distanc . e-iri- the engine-room , while the braiiia were found nearfy entire in quite another-direction .
The lower extrcmitida of the body were , scarcely injured , but from tho waist upwards not a vestige of form remaihed , the clothes aud ll- 'sh being converted into one horribly confused mass . The heart was fully . exposed- '• ¦ '¦ to view * and had isot eeased to pulsate -when Mr . Rivers reached the spot . Assistance was immediately procured , and the scattered remains of the deceased gathered together and placed in a shell . The exact cause of tha disaster can . '' only bo suricissd , but the prevuiiing : opinion seems to ' be , that altho \ ish Mr . Uci .-. neil ' a perfect kuowiodRe of chemistry entirely disaiiows the supposition that be would have cartles * . !? coiabined the supstaiices when in too dry a state to bear f riction jS'JBie . -rmall particles of the mineral contained moistureand
in the basin must have been free from , subjected to the action of defccased ' s finger or rhumb in the process of adui / . xtur ^ , thua caustd ihe whole to explode . Ihs iorce of the concuisiori could scarcely bo imagined ; the spot oa which the deceased stood i 6 close to a wall eighteen inches in thickness . This is completely ; perforated and drivta in to a considerable extent , while the pavement on which he stood is shattered into ' . a thousand pieces , and shrunk several inches into the ear-ith .... . On the opposite siiies oithe yard the wiadoiv irames are completely driven cut , and , in an angle of the court , at distanoe of 60 feet from the spot where deceaeed stood , a , water-pipe wasbentcompletely flit by a portion of one ihe arms , whichi remained imuedded in tho lead for some time after . A finger witn the Ion g sinews attached was also picked up in Unitm'Strtet ,
Blickfriars , by a hairdresser , who resides at least 250 yards from the spot , Ono feeling of glooia pervades the whole of the establishment at the melanoholy accident , tho deceased being highly esteemed by all who knew him . He had been from childhood in the service of the company , and though only forty-five ycafs o age , had been a practical cbemis ; nearly thirty years . He yra-3 remarkable for his attention and care , and enjoyed tne ' cor . u ' derce of the higbett medical men in the kingdom . Hia caution . iu not allowing any of the juniors on the establi 8 hmeiit to taks p *? t in the maaufacturc of the mineral , which h ; s caused his death , cawnot be sufficieitly admired , y / hslo his ; own death must oe universally deuloreii . ' Th « deceased had do childrenv -Tba explwion was plainly heard , at a gr « at di ^ ar . ce , but protiuoed a muoii duiier Eouad thau gun .-powder . V ; * '" - - ; •¦ - ;; ' .: ;; : ; : - ; : - " . ¦' ; - ' :- ¦ '¦ - ' ¦' - ' . ' ' :- }_ ''
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Cbim . Con . in Paris—A case of crim . con ; has juso been tried before the ' . Correctional Tribunal of Paris , ia which the defendent yra . s M . Boucher de Monthuel , a gentleman -worth , it is said , 300 , 000 f . a-year . From the evidence it appeared that the plaintiff , M . P- —7 , had resided for some years in the country strugj ; l ' ' S to establish a journal . After many efforts he failed ia his attempt , and was reduced oonsideraWy in oircamsiances . Ia fact , poverty began to glare hideously at him , when aesistancfl came through his wife , wbo waa a fine woman of 35 years of ago , and apparently . attached to her husband . She informed him that a friend and former school mate , who was richly married , bad sent her a present , and tha present she handed
over to hinii By degrees other supplies camo , which were ascribed to the same quarter , so that the condition of M . P— , was soon altogether improved ; At last a letter , purporting to be from the same generous friend , arrived , praying Madame P ^—~ to pay her a visit . She went , and roturned "with a present of 10 , 000 f ., w 2 ; ich , as usual , she gave to her husband . Other sums of 8 , 000 f ., 6 , 000 f , and lO . OOOf . were sent from time to time , aud the lucky couple wero soon , able to set up their carriage . M-. P——again tried to start a journal , but wanted the caution money . The everlasting friend supplied it . Tho journal failed ; but the devoiedtiess of the generous friend redoubled , and M . P- — - bad every luxury man could desire . One day , however , chance preeeriied him with a packet of letters , which proved to him that the femaW friend was an imaginavy being
invented by his wife to deceive him . and that all the benefits lie received came from M . Boucher de Monthvel , an old man of pixty , who had been for a length of time the lover of his wife , and with whom she had passed the visit w . iich hroaghfc back the JO SlOpf . Each letter concluded with the phrase "Je t ' crhbrosse jtisqu' a la finde mes jours , " and all were eviJ ' entiy' written by ihe triniuious hand of age . The husband sought reparation for the loss of bis wife ' s society , and ibe sc-dnced and the sediicer were both subjected to criminal prosecution . The deiendant's counsel cojitan& ' ed that h 8 was not entitled to damages as he must have known of the connexion between hi * wife aud the defendent . The tribunal condtiiatted the wifo and M . Boucher de Mpnthuel to six months iinprisonment , and the latter to 2 , 000 f . fine , aad lO . OOOt . damages .
¦ Scene-wita thk Unemployed—This forenoon a novel ECeno waa witucssed iu cho vicinity of the Royal Exch » Luge , and the top of Maxwell-street in connexion with feeding , the starving operatives . About eleven o ' clock , marly l £ 0 of these ragged and emaciated creatures asscmbled al the Royal Exchange , with the iiitent ) oa of sending a deputation of their number to solicit subscriptions from the attfcnuer 3 oi" the rradiug-rooin . With the view of withdrawing the crowd from that quarter , or from an impulse of benevolent feeling , Mr . Cooper , a weilknowr ifVequenter of the Exchange , resolved to spend the sum . of 30 s . upon twopenny loaves at the nearest baker's ahop , and to hand them out to the . suifercrs . Accprdihgly , the assemblage , headed by Mr . Cooper , proceeded down to Argyle" 8 treet , to the baker ' s shop at the corner of Maxwell-street , where that gentleman purchased a supply of ioavas , and
commenced to distribute them to the grateful ope * rativea . It would have affected the heart of tho most oarel ^ s to behold the eagerness with which the impoverished crowd pressed forward their withered hands to seise on the welcome donation . Mr . Coop ^ > who stood % ithia the shop , aud who had k <* the front of tis coat and trousers almost as white aa the baker from whom he purchased , continued to throw out the bread , until the police Arrived to Btop the proceedings . Th < j officers considered it their duty to bring Mr . Cooper to the ofiice , not because of his well-meant charity , but in case he might get himself injured by the pressure of the crowd . Ot course the lieutenant on duty dismissed the case , witn a request that Mr . Ccoper v / ould take an opportunity of bestowing his charity at a time and place where he might not interrupt tho thoroughfare . Mr . Copper had only spent abous 10 s . in this way when he was so inoppoi'tuuely intertuptsd . —Glasgow ChranvsU .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . / 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct434/page/3/
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