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HYMKS FOR CHABTIST CAM ? MEETINGS .
KO . n . € t « at ire thy workx , O &od of all , And ibey *** "wondrous in our sight ; The ocean » ida » ^^ r olling orb , Attests thy glory , power , and might A in » nfie rich , hath thus sjread ronnd , TheloreSj » oridthou gBT " Bt to man j Its vsUevafair , its streams , Its glades , She * forth the goodngss of thy plan t But , Oh . ' most Mighty Lord of Boats ! We pine amidst thy bounties free ; On errary hand are Tics and pride , And -we must bend to them the knee . Our-wires , our children cry for food ,
"While plenty crowns the bad man ' s board Our cries , our " plaints , are laugbM to scorn , Oar tyrants point ns to the sword . Lord , fiiou art good—can ' stthon see sin , Aad TiCB , and pride , usurp thy place 7 Send do-wn , 0 Lord ! thy thunderbolts , And blast the mockers of thy face i : F .
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THOMAS MACQTTEEN'S FAREWELL TO BBITAIN . Dear Idel I dreani'd not twenty years ago , That I shoBld "wander on a stranger land j I dream'd not that the fond , fond filial gloom , That bound "my botI to thy bold rugged strand , Should dim and darken " ueath the "Withering wand " - Of despot poverty , whose rancour sears , And blights , and butchers , with unshrinking hand - -Steeping in bitterness , and burning tears , lie fideadships , hopes , and loves or more than twenty -- ' yean . ' . .
2 Ss sorrow wrung my gnilUess bosom then , Kor gioom'd my brow ^ " neath griefs nnhsJIow'd . . 4 bra& ; Fresh pleasures rose on every hUl and glen : :. ^ Sut ah 1 those bright things disappear'd , as fall The leaTes of Autumn , one by one , till all Were sunk in deathlike darkness ; and anon Ths heart that loved them , bleeding o ' er the pall ^ " Qf pertfih'd pleasures , shiver ed forth a groan , And seemed to darken , too , as tho' it lived alone .
Krysoas , sry native Me , were gay and glad , And ihou wert haij'd " Lord of the free and brave J " Thou breatfeist now of faction , fend and fraud ^ Hie heartless home of sycophant and slave ! Thy boasted flag , that proudiy wont to wave , As emblem of the free , is justly huri'd Prom freedom ' -a tower , to ilip o ' er freedom ' s grave , For bondsmen groan "Where ' er that flag ' s nnfurl'd , And thou irt all wheres hail'd , " The life-curse © f the "world !" While common beasts , that serve their Lord , are fed , And lodg'd and ear'd for , proud immortals must First beg for work , then beg again for bread .
And toil , and sweat , and gnaw tb . 9 bitter crnst—JJcilng ths hand that grinds ttem to "the Qust ! Tana famine-feater'd millions crawl the soil , 'Midst pamper'd luxury , and bloated lust—For mere existence willing still to toil—Tet , shivering , die of want , on their own wealth-gorg'd Isle . And the sounds of bond&g'd misery are heard 5 The tyrant trembles not ; hiB men of blood , Poor trampled serfs , yrbo murder for reward , Can give their friends cold sabre blades for food , And tbe streams of sympathy , as if subdued " By one gold-grasping mania , stand still ; And each one ' s soul , in selfish solitude , Grows , like an anchorite , benumb'd and chin , " Without one drop of balm to sweeten others" ilL
I go , my native Isle ? I leave thy shore In grief and poverty ; the filial fire " * Burns dimly , and can revive no more ; And yet I leave thee not in fretful ire . Tis trne I quail to Bee starv'd man expire 'Midst greater wealth than e ' er the world has known Tea , wealth tenfold beyond all due desire ; let , sffll I tear Siy famish'd children groan , And feel , or thick I feel , these children all my 0 WBJ But oh J whate ' er my fate where ' er I roam , A silent voice will whisper in mj ear , With fill thy faults , thon wert , thou art my heme—The sacred sanctuary of all th » f s dear ; The haunts , the scenes which memory must revere ; The bright ble ^ 'd hours of boyhood ' s buoyant glee ; All , all of love that ' s lovely and sincere ; .
The few , few frknds that still were friends to me—These all , my native land ! are yet a part of thee . I love thy very dust ; in it are laid The household friend * , that led me on life ' s way ; I love their ashes , and have often paid A tearfal tribute to tbe senseless elay , ' 33 s superstition r call It so—it may ; Bat -well I \ rotr it shrinks not from a name ; lis nature ' s secret homage fc > decay , It glows o ' er prince and peasant ' s grave the same ; "Nor -wonld I wish the soul that cannot fed the flame Farewell , dear isleJ full many a . harp has rang TbiB doleful note , this melancholy knell ; Tha boldest minstrel tiat has ever Bung , In grief ponr'd forth his plaintive " Fare-thee-well !" But bards , in melody , like wizard ' s spell ,
Tee mere dull sounds of sorrow may express ; But ah ! adieus and farewells cannot tell Tbe deep dark dismal horrors of distress—The bosom-blighting pasg—the parting bitterness ! Farewell ! I use , I must nse fashion ' s forma ; lbs fe = iiu 5 Eves to breathe itself in tasks i It wiH ^ airive all coming calms and stotms , Till ertry olhar cherish'd feeling dies . Let weal or woe await my next emprise , Or gloomy grief , or mirth and revelry'Jfeath winter ' s scowl , or summer's sunny skies While mem * ry seeks the past my thoughts must be like fcjur'd , restless ghosts , still wandering over thee ! Thomas Macqtjjeek . Barrfs , sSj March , 1542 .
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LEEDS . —Ass Arm . —Last week , a charge of assa-nlt was preferred before the magistrates , at the Court Honse , by a Mrs . Broughton , against Thomas Broughton and Ann Bronghton , Tie defendant , Thomas Bronghton , who resides in Hirst ' s Yard , Bri ^ gate , is a man of small dimensions , but double his sz 2 in pugnacity and self-conceit , and is husband to complainant . Ann Broughton . is an immaculate aster of Thomas ' s . A third person in the defence , as witness , is another Broughton , the Goliath of the family group , -K-fco , though not an exact personal fac-simile of its smaller members , is yet an amalgamation of pride , self-suinciency , and arrogance , fully conscious of superior intellectual endowments , the only binderance to the development of which being the thickness of the skull in
which they are encased . He , however , proved that he was possessed of an Bndevt&ting consistency , never ones failing to say , — * No £ to everything advanced by the opposition in the affinaarire . The charge of assault which was stateito have been committed at the house of the plaineff , on Tuesday last , vtas sustained by the testimony of several neighbours . It appeared that on the day joss mentioned , a letter had been received in the . deftsndam ' s family from a brother in Ireland , and that Ann Broughton , the female defendant , went to her brother ' s house , in Hirst ' s Yard , respecting ; * a answer . Having previously been the source , pt repeated qnarrels bet ween Mrs . Broughton , and tb ft male defendani , tbe plaintiff made some demur at her presence for which she received a severe
beating from her bosbani Mrs . Bronghton , howera-, ultimately succeeded in getting Ann into the yard , when the latter seized her by the hair of her head , and another dxnbbing was given to Mrs . Broughjon , ; ber husband offisiating as second to bis sisJer , exciting by every , means his favourite pugilist to vigorous action , Mid exclaiming in estatfc joy , " Lay into her ; it "will be a greater trait to me than to witness the Gala at the Zoological Gardens . ' The affray , however , was at last put an end to by the interference of some of the neighbours , Eome ot whom appeared as complainant's witBecses . On the btuch asking what -was complainant ' s wish respecting Ann Broughton ? she replied , " I merely wish her to keep away from my house . " Whose hoB 3 e F' significantly interrogated her hasbaiid . My Louse" was the reolv . I Ba ? ? —vociferated
the hosband , at the same time giving a smart crack with cis finger , and a thundering blow upon the table wif * ms ^ slaicbed fist , — " I say—my house ! " — thus erti&fehing an important difference between right and-ivrong . . Ann Bronghton was then ordered «> P * 5 ihSL «^ s .. 02 complacently promlsiae to keep ? p ^? ° ^ M « d « wd to find sureties to kee p the ^^• 7 ^ ^ ^ which with characteristic pertinacity , he promptly refused , when h& was orderedintothe prisoner ' s dock , where he had the alternative of compliance or commitment to the iioose of . G » rreefaoiu His magnanimity of soul soon however , shrank > o something like tae gizg yfMdh mature intended rt Bionld be-to & oorrespoadence * ith his personal 6 t&tur&—and he entered into the requisite arrangements for tis liberation .
Plowkb Show . —The Leeds Old Florist Society "eld their annual show of carnations ana pieotees * t the hoose of Mr . Rogere , Rose Bud Inn , Hound » oar-road , on Monday last . Tbe judges were Mr jobbings , said Mr . B ^ gers . Tne room was most ^ totifnily decorated with plants and evergreens , " ? 2 Jr . Rogers and Mr . Bradley , and the prizes * ere awarded to Mr . Bsnton , Mr . Stephenson , Mr . Bradley , ilr . Birkby , Mr . llivchell , Mr . "Wright , * & « others .
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Assault . —On Monday last a young man named Thomas Bisks , was brought up at the Court House , on a charge of having , on Saturday Bight , committed a violent assault upon a female named Emma Crowther . The cemplauxant , it appeared , had been on a visit to g ome friends at Bradford , from which place she was returning home to her parents at New Road End , Leeds , on Satnrday night ; having mis sed the coach she set off to walk , and the prisoner coming up with a cart , sh& asked him to allow her to ride . He did so , and after stopping at two or three places on the road to get beer , when near Armley he proceeded to take liberties with the girl , and in pulling her about tore her dress . She , however , succeeded in getting out of the cart , and a woman being near she fled to her for protection , and told her what tbe prisoner had done . She then got a man to see her home , and the prisoner was apprehended on Sunday . He was fined £ 3 and costs , or two months imprisonment .
Hobsb Stealing . —On Monday last , a labouring man named Richard Kay , underwent an" examination "before John Grott , Esq ., one of the West Riding magistrates , at Leeds Court House , on a charge of having stolen a bay mare , the property of Mr . Wm . Thompson , of Harrogate . The prisoner was apprehended by Policeman Whitehead , on the Saturday morning previous , and by his activity and vigilance the mare in question was recovered , and traced to her owrieT , as well as a bay horse the property of Mr . John Kirk , of Givendale , which had also been stolen . It appeared that the prisoner came to Leeds on the Tuesday previous , with the bay horse , which he had stolen during Monday night , and after telling a very plausible story , succeeded in exchanging this
horse with Mr . Charles Cowburn , bay-dealer , Eaststreet , for a mare , the prisoner receiving a sovereign to boot . This mare , aft « r saying that he wanted her for his own use , he afterwards sold in Leeds market , and , it would appear , afterwards spent most of the money in no very creditable manner . He , however , left Leeds , and on Saturday morning returned with Mr . Thompson ' s mare , which he had stolen from Harrowgate btray during the night , and which he also took to Cowburn ' s , and offered her for sale , at a figure apparently below lier value . This came to Whitehead ' s ears , and he went and took
him into custody , charging him at the time with having stolen the aDimaL . The latter case enly _ was gone into , and on this charge the magistrate decided on sending the prisoner for trial at the West Biding sessions . We understand , however , that a bill for stealing Mr . Kirk's horse will be laid before the grand jury at York Ass : zes , and that an habeas will be applied for to remove the prisoner there for trial on that cbaTge . The prisoner is well known in the neighbourhood of Harrogate , B . ipon , &c . He is a very stout man , and we belieje lived for several years with Mr . Maynard , of Marton-le-Moor .
Ths " Koyal Mjcs" again . —On Saturday last , four youn . e men , who gave their names and addresses Thomas Prince , bookbinder , Coronation-street , Joseph Walker , cabinet-maker , Mill Hill , Henry Gavins , machine-raler , Bick Roctingham-street , and Joseph Waring , dyer , Billet-f treet , were brought before the magistrates at the Court House , the first named charged with having " wallopped one of the Charlies , " and the three latter with attempting to rescne h'm when he had been taken into custody . The parties , it appeared , were out on a spree , " and basing become pretty well primed , were up to the mark , and as " . Royal Mies" ought to do , refnsed to be qniet when told to be so , declaring their own independence , and their determination to " do as they liked , " not only with themselves , but with other people ' s property . They were fined 203 . each and costs , which was paid .
Erbbi . tg Hex Roosts . —On Monday last , a man named John CludeTay , whose reported offences are neither few nor far between , was brought before the magistrates at tbe Court House , charged with having been found on Sunday mornicg in the hen roost at Mr . Iredale's maltkiln , on the Dewsbury Road , with intent to commit a felony . A servant man , when he went to look after the horses , heard a noise , and discovered the prisoner attempting to hide himself , who , when he desired him to c&me , as he was waiting for him , very coolly told him there were two more lads making their escape over the wall , and he had be : ter go and take them , aud lie would wait in the stable until he came back . The man , however , thought one in the hand worth two in the bush , and secured him . The place had been forcibly entered , but no poultry was missing . He was committed as a rogue and vagabond for three months .
Gaex > sn Rcbbest . —On Monday last , a man named Joseph-Greenwood , was brought up » t the Court House charged with having been found in the garden of Mr . Ellis , of Armley , along with three or fonr others ; at an early hour on Sunday morning . In consequence of frequent depredations , Mr . Ellis had set a man to watch bio property , and about four o ' clock he came up with the prisoner and his . comp . tnions j the othsrs got away , but Greenwood , after assaulting the watchman was secured . There was no property misssd ; the Magistrate ? , therefore , fined him £ ~ 3 and c ~> sts for fte assault , and iu default of payment committed him for twomoiitbs to Wakefield Honse of Correction .
Death by Dhowsisg . —On Monday evening , an inqueit was held at the house ef Mr . Wm . Sanderson , the Fcmtain i ^ n . Bridge-foot , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mr . Joseph Scephen-SOn , whe Was taken out of the river Aire the same morning , soon after six o ' clock . The deceased was thirty years of a << e ; he has been for a number of years clerk with Messrs . J . and H . Richardson , solicitors , and was highly respected . There was no evidence at all to show how he got into the water . The last time ho was known to have been seen alive was about a quarter past twelve on Snnday night , when he was leaving the Bull and Sun Inn , in High Court-lane , from which place he walked with one of the
watchmen to the end of the Calls . He was at that time sober , indeed he had had very little to drink , and had been daring the evening very full of spirits , and seemed as cheerful as any person could be . Tne end of the Calls , however , terminating the watchman ' s " beat" in that direction , he bade him " good night , " and Mr . Srephenson , after asking the man if he was going no farther , turaed back , and proceeded alone along the Calls , the watchman then losing eight of him . From this period he is not known to have been seen , nor is it clear at-wrat hour he got into the water j his watch , which he had in his waistcoat pocket , had stopped at half-past two , but as the cases are very tight it might have gone some time after he had got in . He must , however , have proceeded the whole length of Call-lane , and over Leeds Bridge , tae body being
foond above the bridge ; a hatand walking-stick were found by tbe watchman on that beat at four o ' clock in the morning , on the parapet adjoining the river , and * only a few feet from the place where the deceased was taken out ; these were identified a 3 his , and their b-. ing found led to a search being made . The water wall or parapet , is at this place six feet above the level of the river , and is fenced off by strong posts and rails , the rails being double except one length next the corner , where the top rail only goes across , so thaV it seems almost impossible to suppose that he could have fallen in , and there is an entire absence of motive for self-destruction ; the affair is' involved in mystery . Under these circumstacnes the jury returned a verdict of *• Found drowned , without any marks of violence , but how the-deceased came into the water there is no evidence to show . "
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O > - Thcbsdat the mortal remains of the Duke of Orleans vsere committed on the sepulchral vault of his family at Drcux . Os WedesdIt much excitement was caused at Lambeth m consequence of the fall of part of the walls of two houses , situate in Lambeth-walk , at the corner of KiDg-street , by which John Brown , a little boy about five years of age , nearly lost his afe . Tne houses have been uninhabited for upwards ol two years , in consequence of tneir dilapidated condition . New Zeaiaxd . —Tie emigrant ship Bombay sailed from Graveseud on Monday for Nelson , one of tbe settlements of the New Zealand Company , by whom she vras chartered . Sfce carries out nearly 150 passeoaeis , car fl > artisans and agricultural labourers .
; The advicls from the Worcester hop districts speak generally of improvement in the planations ; and k was supposed another week or two of warm weather would secure about an average crop . Duty backedai - £ 13 , 000 , lie highest yet quoted . The advices from uihcr districts concur with these . Sot ££ eign Remedies . —For the gont , toast and water ; hooping-couKb , ipecacuanha ; bile , exercise ; corns , easy shoes ; blue devils , employment ; rheumatism , new flannel and patience ; toothache , extraction ; debt , retrenchment ; and for love , matrimony . Koctikgham Election . —The returning ofiicer made the official declaration on Saturday . The numbers were announced to be—for Mr . Walter , 18 S 5 : for Mr . Stnrge , 1801 ; majority , 84 .
Spicide of De . Brewsteb . —This gentleman , who resided at 6 , Trafalgar-street , Walworth , on Thursday morning terminated his existence by eutting his throat . He had for some time been suffering much from an attack of the goat , and his mind had occasionally been affected by the severity of the disease . A quantity of massive silver sacramental plate , which is supposed to have been concealed since the period of me civil wars in the seventeenth century , has just been discovered at Norfolk honse by the
workmen employed in embellishing that mansion . The Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Bombay have resolved hereafter to print their transactions in England ; the state of the typographic art in-Bombay beirjg such that it is supposed they will be received out overland cheaper , and in less time , than if got up there . The Geographical Society , Medical Society , and Asiatic Society , each publish their transactions quarterly ; and it seems probable they may shortly be induced to print them at home .
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The Oysteb Season .- —The sale of oysters commenced at Billingsgate on Thursday at noon , in accordance with a regulation of the corporation of London , altering the period of commencing . 'the oyster season from twelve at night on the 4 th to the hour of twelve at noon . Fouk . Men Dbowhed . —Lekwick , July 25 . — Another boat , while engaged in fishing , has been unfortunately lost , with four men—viz . Alexander Barclay , David Barclay . Robert Moncr ' , and Hugh Poleson . David . Barclay was the son of Alexander Barclay ,
Belfast . —A new writ has been issued for this borough ; the election is not expected to take place till Monday the 15 sh . On the Liberal side , Mr . Ross , of Rosstrevor , has addressed the electors , and it is said that Mr . Shafto Adair will also come forward . Mr . Emerson Tennent , and Lord HamUtoQ Oh ' Chester , have issued their addresses on the Tory side . The Final Examination of Richard Hanley , Sarah Ann Hunt , and Richard GifFord , charged with being concerned , either as principals or receivers , in a large number of robberies involving property to an enormous amount , took place on Monday at Marlborough-street . Twelve complete cases out of twenty-one were fully taken against the prisoners , upon all of which they stood committed .
Mobb Physical Force . —The Admirality have ordered Mr . Oliver Lang , master ship-wright of the Woolwich Dockyard , to submit a plan of a steamvessel of 1 . 6 * 50 tons burden , and suitable for engines of 800 horsepower , with a crew of 300 men . The largest first-class steam-frigates at present do not exceed above 1 , 000 tons , and 460 horsepower . American Pobk . —We have just been informed that one of our merchants ( Mr . Todhunter , we beliflVci ) is now landing on our quays , and disposing of very freely , a large quantity of American pork , at 30 s . per barrel , equivalent to about 2 d . per pound . As regards quality , we may venture our assertion it is of a very superior description . — Dublin Evening JPost .
The Rev . Mb . Dbummosd , of the Chapel Royal , Brighton , at the close of the services there on Sunday last , gave the unusual intimation to his congregation that there were two notorious pickpockets in the chapel , and all eyes were at once turned to two well dressed strangers in the m ddle aisle , who were followed to their cab , and surrounded by several hundred persons . On the strangers inquiring the cause of this , they were told they were the parties pointed out as pickpockets . One of them , however , proved to be a clergyman of Burton-on-Humber , and the ovher , a fellow of St . John ' s . The matter has been since explained ; and has passed off as a mistake .
Mr . Stewart , farmer at Tullylumb , Perthshire , had a hen which died last week at the advanced age of 35 years . It had lived witk him seven years at Tullylumb ; previous to that it was in the possession of a person in Perth for eight years , who received it as a present from a woman that had it in her possession for 20 years . It is calculated that the hen for 33 years laid , for nine months in the year , an egg every day , giving a grand total of 8 910 eggs , or 742 dozens , which , at 6 d . per dozen , is £ IS Us . The heu ^ vas given by tha woman on the condition that it never would be killed , and from the kindness shown to it , was a pet with the family .
Flooo at Creditor . — -On Wednesday afternoon , an awful storm of thunder and lightning passed over a part of this parish , and a water spout , of very great length , burst , inundating the fields and roads to an extent never before remembered ; and , in one or tvro instance . ' , clearing whole fields of the shocks of corn . The little stream at Moorlake was swollen to a large and rapid river , and rendered completely impassable , washing away a fine bridge recently erected over it , which many thought was a waste of
the parochial finances , the stream being so insignificant . ISear the Barnstaple-cross turnpike , at the head of a large fi ' . ld , several yards of the hedge were washed across the road , which was thereby rendered'a ) passable for those on Foot , and the road appeared as if the hedge had been across it for several years , from the bushes remaining with tho earth . A house near Moorlake was swept clean off . The rain did not extend to the eastern parts of the town , round which the operations of harvest were going on all day . —Western Times .
Dublin . —Death from alleged Starvation . —An inquest "was held on Monday , by Sir N . Brady , at No . 6 , Mitre-alley , on view of the body of a child who was supposed to have been starved to death by his father , Daniel Cummins . Wm . Leech , a police Constable , having received information on Saturday , that a child had died of starvation from neglect by its father , he proceeded to the house , where he found the body of a female child , aged about three year 3 , lying dead in a corner of tho room . It appeared that the ch'ld ' s father was in the habit of going out in the evening and not returning until late , during which time he left the child alone in the room . The appearance of the body was appalling in the extreme , it was nothing more than skin and bone . The reraict of the jury was t o the effect that the chiW died from neglect and want of care . The child ' s father was committed for trial at the next Commission for the wilful starvation of his child .
Shocking Inhumanity . —On Wednesday the attention of tne authorities in Gorbals was directed to a revoking case of crueHy on the person of Mrs- CassclB ) a married woman , in Coburg-street . From the circumstances that have transpired it wonld appear that the woman in question , who is of imbecile miiid , aad deprived of the power of nearly the whole of one side by paralyfis , was discovered in her own house locked up in a press about three and a-half feet in length by two and a-half feet broad , where she had been confined for months in a wretched state of filth and nakedness , a prey to vermin and all the horrors of a caged existencej the door being opened only when food was baing furnished her . The bottom of the press contained some straw , on which the poor wretch could contrive to Bit ; but the limits within which she was confined were so small that there was not the slightest possibility of her
stretching herself or extending her limbs for the purpose of repose . When dragged out by Captain Richardson the spectacle is described as truly horrifying . The poor creature , barely covered with a shirt or loose garment , her limbs contracted , and her person emaciated and covered with filth , could scarcely be handled , from the disgusting stench in which she was enveloped . The den itself could scarcely bear inspection . After what has been stated , it will scarcely be believed that this female is in the house of her husband . Hois at present temporarily abseat from the city , and therefore no explanation of the shocking circumstances which have been brought to light have been received from his mouth . The appearance of the house , and the style in which it is iurnished , indicate at least the exterior of respectability ; aud we are , therefore , utterly at a loss to account for the facts which have been narrated ;
Tho house is at present under the charge of a female sprvanr , who would seem to reeeiye proper pecuniary supplies for the purposes of housekeeping . The husband , for whose apprehension measures are in progress , follows the trade of a Bawyer . and has hitherto borne a most respectable character . Glasgow Chronicle . - ; . Distress in Manchester—We have just received a little pamphlet , entitled " Lvidenoe ( tabular and ot ^ erwiee ) of the State of the Labouring Classes in 1840 42 . By Joseph Adshead . " We have neither time nor space for large extracts in our present publication , but we may give a few of the fearful facts it exhibits . The relief-fund raised by voluntary subscription , in 1840 , £ 3 , 732 7 s . 6 d , was expended in bedding and clothing , wiih which 10 , 132 tamiJies (? ay 45 , 591 persons were relieved in twenty-four days , and there remained upwards of 2 , 000 families nnrelieved for want of funds . Of
the 45 , 491 individuals , 6 , 978 were handloom weavers ; 38 , 613 of various occupations ; 25 , 792 were English ; and the other 19 , 799 ( about fourninths ) Irish . The number included 16 , 500 children under , and 9 , 030 children above , twelve years of age . Of the number , 2 , 040 families , comprising 3 J 79 persons ( upwards of one-fifth of the whole ) lived in cellars mostly damp and withoui ventilation ; Another examination of 2 , 000 families gave an average total income of 1 * 5 . 2 Jd . per head per weeit for 8 a 8 SC persons , or 2 . 000 families- ' . at 3-:. d ^ . / per ¦ week ; in whose possession were seen 22 , 417 pawn ticktts ( more than twenty-two in a family on the average ) , the amount of articles pledged being , £ 2 , 7 SQ 14 s . 4 " . ( an : average value short of" 2 s . 6 d . per
pawn ticket . ) Another examination oi 5 , 000 families ) 8 , 13 G persons ) , by the agents of the town mission , gave the average earnings of If . 6 &d ptr head weekly , or 6-3 | d per family ; and tho amount of pledges ( in this ease the number of pawn t , ickefc 3 Is nosgijeu ) was £ 2 , 135 10 a lOd . The relief committee " redeemed articles from pledge to the fixtcutof £ 139 ldi . llA-1 at the following average amount for each article : 606 sheets , at Is Id each ; 311 blankets , at 2 s 8 d ; 208 bed quilts , at Is 4 ^ d ; 51 bed ticks , at 3 s Id ; 477 petticoats and shift * , at S £ d ; 234 shins , at Is Id ; besides other articles of apparel , bedding , &e . A gentleman visited , in 1841 , 258 families ( 1 , 029 person ?) , mostly weavers , whose aggregate weekly earnings were £ 32 5 s ox lesa than . 7 £ d per head per week . In 1842 , 8 , 072 families were relieved with £ 3 , 029 15 s lid , " the Prince of Wales ' a fund . "
Besides this , about £ 2 , 500 have been contributed to thesoup charity , and from . 2 , 00 & to 3 , 000 persons have been daily supplied with Boup for the IaBt three or fonr months . The parochial expenditure , on account of the poor in 1838-9 , waa £ 28 , 304 ; in 1841-2 , £ 40 , 777 ; the voluntary contributions io 1839-40 , were £ 3 , 732 ; in 1841-2 , £ 5 , 529 ; together £ P , 261 j and the poors ' -rate and voluntary contributions together exhibit an aggregate increase of relief afforded of 6 SJ pe * cent . Bince 1839 . —rjz .. from £ 28 , 304 to £ 46 . 307 . 200 provision deal Bra , selling on credit , had lost £ 23 , 664 in three ye ars ; and 50 shopkeepers in Saltord had their receipts diminished from £ 197 , 700 in 1839 , to £ 130 / JOO in 1841 ; a difference of £ 67 , 6 ( 0 ., or a deer ease of £ 1 , 300 per week . This work turnishes a startling contribution to the statistics of distress ... * Manchester Guardian .
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. Affghanjst an . —It appears : by letters received from . the seat of war , ( andand the report jsconfirmed by tha public prints , ! that the disasters sustained by the British troops , arose from the circumstance of General Elphinstone being so ill from a wound and the gout , that he was upable tatake actvHs measures . In this case we have not only to deplore the loss of national glory , but also' the melancholy probability that thousands ^ of our countrymen have fallen by the sword , in ooDsequence of the .. Comma&der in-Chief being afflicted witn disease- -li is easy to conceive what horrors might have been avoided , had the General been provided with the greatest of all discoveries in medicine ; Blair ' s Gout , jjuid Rheumatic Pills , which are the only certain remedy for that awful visitation .
The Biter Bit . —Few perliaps who are not well acquainted with the habits and power of the weasel , will credit what we are about to relate , thongh it is not the only similar instance that has come to our knowledge . ^ A short tim e ago a , . gent " eman trln " 8 t upon a journeyin . the neighbourhood of Llandrindoa , observed a kite hovering near the ground within a distance of fifty yards from him ; he stopped and saw him pounce upon his prey ; he then began to ascend to that measureless distance which seems to be his pri < ie upon a hot day j he bad not , however , left terra firma but a few seconda till he began to
quarrel with his bargain , he seemed as it were endeavouring to mend his hold ; at length , having ascended to a distance almost beyond the ken of the eye , he fell like a stone dead to the ground ; Our informant immediately ran towards the spot , and to his great surprise saw a little weasel leave the body of the bird , and make leisurely away ; upon examining the kite , he found a wound upon the neefci which was the cause of his death , and the question seems to be—did the weasel disontanglb himself from the bird ' s claws , and ride comfortably upon his back till he effected ' . his . restoration to his own filer ment?—Herefordpaper , . -.--.
Andover Vrndn . — -A . Heavy Penalty . —At the meeting of the guardians held at the board-room on Saturday , July 9 , the report of the accountant employed to invesugate the union accounts , in consequence of the recent embezzlements committed by Mr . Maude ^ was lai d befere the board by the Assistant Commissioner , showing a deficiency of £ lj 338 , 13 s . 3 id ., and which sum Mr . Lamb stated his intention of repaying to the guardians , as he could not su | Fer the union to sustain any loss through the misconduot of a clerk who had represented him at that board ; upon which the following resolution
was unanimously agreed to by the guiardians , and directed to be enterad on the mi utes of their proceed ' ngs :- ^ - " Upou the motion of Mr . Parker , Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , seconded by the chairman , it was resolved , that in the opinion of this board the conduct of Air . Lamb , in stating his intention to reimburse the board of guardians the sum of £ 1 , 338 , 13 a . 3 | d ., of which the union had been defrauded by Mr . Maude , is honourable to his character in the highest degree . " Th& above sum has been since paid by Mr . Lamb into the : hands ef th « treasurer to the account of thei union . —Sa Hsbury Herald ,
Limerick . —Determined Suicide of a Soidier of the Royal House AnTiLtpEy . —Sunday last , the neighbourhood of the Artillery Barracks was thrown into excitement by a rumour having gone abroad that a private of the '¦ ¦ Royal Horse Artillery had committed suicide , by blowing off the roof of his head with a loaded pistol , which turned out to be true . It appears , from the flvideacetajken before an inquisition , held the same day , by Sir Richard Franklin and Mr . GripSj that the decoased , whose name was Reman Wilkinson , aged twenty-two years , one of the finest young men in the troop , had entertained , for a long time deep affection for Mary Wilkinson , a servant of one of the officers . The
flame , it further appeared , was not mutual ; Wilkinson continued to pay his addresses , but they were slighted . He becarae reserved and gloomy ; the " fair one , " however , was , obdurate . On Sunday morning , ior the last time , he renewed his plaint before his inamorata , but she , still refused . He then wrote a letter , couched in the most afiectionate terms , enclosed a lock of hair , and having ' dressed himself in his regimentals , ho deliberatelyloaded a large horse pistol , applied it to his head , and literally blow but his brains . The jury returned a verdict , that " We find that the deceased put an end to his existence by firing a loaded pistol at his head whilst labouring under temporary insanity . " . . ' ¦ '••• . . ¦ ¦ '¦/ : ¦; ' ;¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ ..
Alaksukg Explosion of Gas . —rA Female seriorsLY Burned . —tin Tuesday night , a few miuutes before nine o'clock , an alarming explosion of gas occurred in the " lower workshop of Mr . Michelesew , a carver aud gilder , residing in East-street , Mauchester-square , which had nearly been attended w < th fatal consequenees to Mrs . M . It appears that there was a gtrong smell of gas at the lower part of the house , and Mrs . M . imprudently took a lighted canole in her hand for the purpose of ascertaining from whence it arose . On opening the back kitchen door , which had been converted into a workshop , the escaped gaa from a smai { aperture in the pipe ignited , setting her cap ; hair , and upper part of her dress on fire . She ran out of the room screaming for assistance . Several persons hastened to heir , and succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not before she was dreadfully burnt aboijfc the face * head , and neck . ¦•¦ . ' ¦ . . ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ . ' . ' . ¦¦ ' .. - . ¦ ¦ ' - ' , : ' ¦ ¦' ' . "
Fatal Railway Accidfnt . —On Thursday afternoon an accident occurred in the tunnel used by the passengers at the Liverpool icrminus of the Liverpool and Manohester , line . The quarter to five o ' clock train from Liverpool to Manchester had started with its usual punctuality , and Owing to one of the sheets on the top of the carriages not being properly secured , a porter named Connor , in the oompany ' s pervice , remained on the top of one of the carriages for the purpBse of adjusting it . Before he Had finished his job , the train was in full motion , but unfortunately , as it is to be hoped , contrary to his
instructions , he attempted to descend , arid jumping from the coach , came with great force against one of the carriages of a Becond classtrain from Manchester descending the incline on the opposite line , He was thrown under the wheels of the second carriage , which passed Over his body , as well as did the remainder of the train . One of the carriages was thrown off the line Without occasioning any mischief , further than the stopping the train . On assistance being procured , Connor was found lying on the rails quite dead . His body was dreadfully mutilated . ¦ : ^ "
Singular Discovery of a Shark . —Captain Rowland , belonginK to the brig : Aiiglesea , from Rio Janeiro for Antwerp , which arrived off Dover on Wednesday last , reports that on the 24 th of last month , in lat . 53 47 , lougi 10 10 W * , he came up with the wreck of a vessel apparently about 500 tons burden , and of American build . The weather being favourable , he , together with several of the crew , boarded her for the purpose of ascertaining her name . On reachiue her deck , they were startled by
a loud spla ? hing in the liold , when , upon taking off the hatch way , they diacovered an enormous shark entangled amongst tho brains of the ship ' s bottom , which had been carried away ; on seeing them it made a desperate dart at one of the ereW , who luckily fell back upon the deck and escaped . After considerable ' - ' difficulty , they managed to kill the monster , and haul it out of the wreck on board their vessel . It measured twenty feet in length , and was of a very great weight . The name of the wreck was not learned , on account of the stern being gone .
Extraordinart WHiRLWiND .-eThe vicinity- of Haifield Broad Oak , Essex , was on Friday visited by one of these singular aad destructive phenomena . Happily its tfiVcts wore confined to a Qnmparatively limited space , ' yet : the damage done to property in its course is vtry considerableV It alighted on a farm called Ware Farm , in the occupation of Mr . Speller , Haifieid Broad Oak . and passed immediately across the homestead , producing sad havoc among the outbuildings and ricks . It appears that Mr . Speller was from home at the time ( about ten o ' clock at
night ) , and his housekeeper and servants were awaiting his return . The first indication of the approach of the whirlwind was an unusual noise , which produced a great deal of alarm among ^ he inmates , who , hearing the wteoua howling o' theyard doe , ventured to look outof the door , in order to ascertain the cause , when they saw the thatch and almost the entire roof of the carthouse whirled into the air , and the whole of the materials of the shed scattered in all directions . They had no sooner retreated to thed welling-house , when the thatclifrom a very large barn was forced against it , and at the same momerit the tiles from ithe roof wero nearly all torn ofiyand many of them thrown to a great distance . It tten passed on to tliestackryard , and coming in contact
with a recently-Btacked hay-rick , pulled it completely to pieces , and carried a great portion Of it nearly half a mile across the fieldV ; and so evenly was it spread , that it had the appearance of havifag been carefully laid out to dry . The live stock on the farm fortunately escaped i attnovJgiv several tlWS around the pastures were torn up by the roots , and many of them thrown to the middle of the fields . The standing crops also received but little damage , and from this it is inferred that the power of the whirlwind must have kept froni three to foar feet from the ground . It is Bomewhat extraordinary that the effects of this nnaceouhtable ¦ wisitatioa should be ooafined to one fann , the occupants of
neiMhbouring farms having Heard nothing of it tul the foHowingdaj . The poor dog was found ^ buried in the rains of the shed , close to whieb . he was chained , but was got out without having ; : sustained any injury . The oolnnin pjf wind appears to have taken a oirenit , as several trees in an opposite direction were either torn np , or stripped . Of their branohi . B . Where it first arose cannot bei ascertained ; but it passed off in a north-easterly direction from the farm , which fact was indicated byvthe scattered hay . The noise produced is described as being terrific , and the destruction of property is very considerable . It is a singular fact that the same spot has several times before Buffered severely frora storms ; on one occasion nearly all the standing i corn was destroyed by tempeBt .
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Execution at TcLLAMOHE . r-Walter Wheelehan was on Friday executed at the front of the county gaol , in pursuance of the ' sentence passed upon him at the last assize ? , for / the cruel and unnatural murder of his wife ; : . - ¦ ¦;• ¦ "' . ; -j' . ;• . - ; v . '¦;¦¦ ' Salisbury . —Sdpposed -Muedeb op two In-FANTS . ^ -Oh Thursday an in quest was held in this city , before Mr ^ Wilson , on the bodies of two ehildren , twiusVaged two year 8 , who w « fl | : found suffocated in a wash-tub , in the yard of a Ibaging ^ house , in St . Anne ' s-stree ^ , kept bya person of the name of Brasherv The parents of the ohildren are Irish of the lower order , and their names are Charles Ester
and . Maty Ann Ester . From the examination of the witnesses it appeared that the children wore found between one and two o ' clock on the previous day in the wash-tub ; and from , its Height and the difficulty , they must haVe had to climb it , suspicion of their having been wilfully suffocated has arisen . The inquest after a lori ^ investigation , in which Bevetal witnesses were examined , and amongst them two medical men of the city , were examined , was adjourned by the Coroner ; in order that a post oto ^ - ^ em examination of the bodies of the children should be made . The mother has been taken into custody , but not examined on . the inquest .
Pbesbnt op a LiLLipnTiAN Horse to Hee Majesty . — Windsor , Tuesday . —A most extraordinary horse—perhaps the smallest m the world-r-arrived at the royal mews , in Sheet-street , yesterday afternoon j by the Great Western railway , from town , as apresent to her Majesty , from Java , ( in which island it was foaled ) , of thei diininutive size of only twentyseven and a half inches in height—indeed not so tall as many of the Newfoundland and othigr dogs belonging to her Majesty and Prince Albert . This extraordinary little animal , *« h " oh is . rising five years old , is of ia dark brown . colour , well formed , and extremely quiet arid playfuL s
Visit op the Premier to Rqss-smriE—Woare informed thatextensive preparations are in progress at Redcastle , the seat of Colonel Baillie , M ; P ., in that county , in expectation of a visit from Sir Rebt . Peel , immediately after the prorogation of Parliament . Sir Robert is passionately fond of Highland scenery , and at the Glasgow banquet he spoke in terms of the warmest admiration of a short tour h ® had when a youth in the Western Highlands . There are differences of opinion herei as elsewhere , as to the public ; character and conduct - of Sir 'Robert
Peel , but come waen ; he may amongst ns , he will Receive a " Highland welcome . "—Scottish paper . ' The How . Hbnjby P £ iraE and . iis lady , wiih their servants , embarked on Monday , at Portsmouth , in the Thomas Sparkes , bound for New Zaaland . Mr . Petrewasoxie of the first body of settlers who embarked in 1839 under the auspices of ^' "the New-Zealand Company . He visited England last year on private business ; and he ; npw fulfils his original intention of becoming a permanent settler in Wellington . He calls ail ; the Cape of Good Hope to purchase horse 3 for Wellington .
Charo £ of Bigamy : against a Clebgtman . —The Rev .- Stephen Aldhouse , late lecturer at AllhallOws , in the city , has been committed for trial at Wandsworth police-office , charged upon the oath of Hephzibah Roberts , widow , '' for that he on the 4 th day of January , in the year 1838 , at the parish of St . James , Clerkoiriwell , did marry and take to wife the said Hephzibah Roberts , Frances Aldhouse , his lawful wife , being then alive . " Suicide of a Maniac by Leaping from a Windo * . —Oa Saturday last , Mr ; Baker , owing to the continued indisposition of his colleaeue , Mr . Wakley , held an inquest at . the Admiral Keppel , Fulham Road , on the body of Mr . James Grist wood , aged
35 , a corn and coal-merchant . Deceased had been known , for some time past to be subject to fits of insanity , and not long ago they were so frequent , long , and severe , that by the advice of a professional gentleman , his family-were induced to confine him in a Lunatic Asylum . He had been confined to his bed for the last four days , and on Wednesday night last he contrived to elude tho vigilance . pf his' attendants , who had not been absent from hiin many moments , and unpereeived leaped from the window of the second floor front room . A surgeon was soon in attendance , but deceased died from the injuries in two hours . Verdict— ''Temporary insanity . ' *
Newark . — Recent circumstances have proved that tho proprietor of this far-famed borough cannot "do as he likes with his own" any longer , as that portion of the Crown lands which was purchased by him was run up so high by his opponents that he had paid very dear for his whistle ; and the purchase of Wortoop Manor from the Norfolk family has been an unprofiiable speculation j causing his establishnient to be reduced , and nearly 100 labourers to be discharged . , ' and -the- spicy tenants who have been loiigin arrear have received notice to pay up ail they owe " forthwith . " It is supposed an Israelitish banker has become security for his Grace ; and it is more than suspected that the Crown lauds , so recently purchased , will pass into other hands . The duke , is at present rusticating at his seat in Wales . flow are the mighty fallen I—Correspondent of Lincoln Mercury .
Mit . Sharman Crawfokd . —Mr . Shavman Crawford arrived in Rochdale by the five o ' clock train , on Tuesday week ; and at half-rpast seven the same evening , he met the electors and inhabitants of the borough ,. agreeably to noiice , in the Butts , for the purpose of giying an account of his parliameutafy stowardship . Mr . Thomas Livesey being called to the chair , Mr . Crawford gave a full account of his parliamentary conduct during the session , and spoke at considerable length on the new poor-law bill and the corn laws . He mentioned the principal divisions ill which he was concerned . ; and spoke very Lighly of the independent oonduet of Mr . John Fielden , of Tpdmorden , whose aid and assistance he had generally received . A motion , approving of Mr . Crawford's votes iii Parliament , aud thanking him for his honeat , straightforward advocacy of the people ' s rights , was moved , seconded , aud passed , without one dissentient voice , .
The Cbops in Iheland . —The operation 8 of the sickle commenced in pur neiiihbottrtMWd yester ^ - day ( Friday ) morning . A field of fine wheat , belonging to Richard Burr , Esq ., was being cut down until rain fell , which , though slight , caused a temporaryinterruption . —Nenagh G « a » 'fi"ian .---Michael Q , uillo ^ an , of Park , cut down on Thursday a very fine field of white Lammas wheat , which- has turned out to be an abundant crop>—Limerick Reporter . — Tullamorer-The harvest is rapidly apprOacliing to maturity , and , in consequence of the very auspicious appearance of the or op 3 , the markets are descending rapidly to moderate rates . The wheat fields present a healthy appearance , andi from the genial weather
experienced during the time of earing , the grains are plnuip and heads larger The oat crop is expeoted to be ttiin , but the heaas are large , and will fully make up lor the thinness of the plant . Potato fields have rarely appeared in better condition at this time of the jear . These remarks apply to a district diverging about twenty or thirty miles in every direction , from Tnllamore . —Leinster Express . A cart load of new oatmeal passed through this town on Saturday , for shipment to Liverpool . We understand the oats were grown ia the neighbourhood of Ardes . We believe this is the first new meal that has made its way into this town this season . —iye wr ^ Examiner . : . ' " ~ ¦ - . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦"¦ •' ' ¦
Hercules Outdone . —The most stapendons effort of human strength and endurance ever exhibited , or that ever may be again , was witnessed by a large auditory on Monday evening , at the Bowery _ theatre . It was announced in tho bills that Mons . Paul was to resist the power of two of the strongest horses to be found in New York , on a wager of 1 , 000 dollars . The animals selected to pull againBt him were a pair of large sized Pennsylvania bred horses , that are in the daily habit of drawing from two to three tons of granite at a load , Buspendedfrem an enormous truck used foi that purpose . Paul , after firing the cannon , weighing 4001 bs . from his shoulders , and ascending the fireman ' s ropo feet uppermost to the flies , by means of his hands alone , and other Herculean feats ,
proceeded to place himself horizontally tipon a strong oak ladder , made for the : purpose , in order to make the grand effort . : The horses were led on by their regular driver , and harnessed to a rope fastened to Paul ' s leei . To this rope was attached three broad ribands , or girths , one of which was drawn tightly oter his loins , and the others over each shoulder . The brace afforded by his feet against the step of the ladder , the divided power of the girths , and his hold with both hands upon the upper part of the ladder , constituted his ' .. only resistance to the immense ^ power he had to contend with . Paul ' s body when thus disposed ^ reseraoled that ot a malefactor upon the inquisitorial raoii , preparatory to beink torn to pieces . When the colossal horses and attached to
were brought Tipsn the sta ^ e the feet of the intrepid performer , a sensation of horror 8 eerjQed to pervade the 'house ; It was deemed certain , by those having charge of the horaesi , that he Would be diawa off the ladder . Tho word was giVex—¦¦ the harness atraightenbd—the ladder creaked and strained ^ the two . ropes by ythich one end of it was secured to the stage stretched and threatened to break ; the horses , aided by a platform upon the stage with cleats to brace their feet , strained every muscle ^ and vein , —the well-known voice Of the driver —the lash repeated again and again , all Tailed to force the enduring champion from his Bold . ¦ . L £ e Shouts of the audience—the waving of nandkerchfefa , and the withdrawal of the Ixorsea , proclaimed
hiVMam ^ li . ' ^ FatJo ^' eiriiid . tb . Tepe . at the performance , and to icBist with one hand and one foot , . bnt ^ e manage * * ery properly would not permit it . ine audience were satisfied with what they had seen , that Paul is beyond all question the mostpowerful man in existenw . In order to convincethe publio that there was no ttick-or deception ^^^ ia this extraordinary exhibition , Mr . Hambhn invited a portion of the audience behind the scenes to witness the preparations , and Examine every thing connected with the performance Mr . Paul t akes hiB benefit this wening , and pulls against four horses , besides introducing a variety of other new feats . Monsieur Paul attained his eighteenth year m March last . —New York Courier and Enquirer .
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Maiming Horses . —On the night of Wednesday or early on Thursday ihorning , some monster in hnnmn ehape cnt out the tongues of two ralaabla horses , belonging to Mr . George Bishop , coal-merchant , French-street , Sudbury . The act wag premeditated" and executed by some fellow well acquainted with the premises , for it appears the miscreant bad first to make his : way through a quick-set edge ibio . an orchard , pass through that , and then climb over a wall six feet high , which separate ^ the stable ^ yard from the , garden . He afterwards , by means of a ladder , effected an entrance into the lplfe through an aperture which had been used as a windowj « . and bo descended into the stable , where he
committed the barbarous deed . The horses were found about six o ' clpck in the morning in : aa extreme state of suffering , and upon examination it was ascertained that five inches of tongue had beea cut from each horse , and the mouths were also frigtofully lacerated on either side . What could have been the motive for executing so barbarous a deed is a mystery , aa Mi . Bishop is both a liberal and indulgent master . That gentleman has forwarded the reqaisite information to tho police ; and declared his intention of sparing no iexpence in procuring the apprehension and convictioa of the perpetrator or perpetratdrs of the outrage ,
Ctosa' of the Inquest at RATUMisES .- ^ Thia lengthened and painful investigation terouiualed on Thursday evening . We gave tho particulars three weeks ago . Shortly before seven o'clock , the Coroner , addressing the . jury , said that the evidence had beengivehsd rgcehil y ttiatit was not necessary for him to recapituiate . it J 'it' therefore only remained for him to say , " thiit if" -they \ believ , 2 d . that Mr 3 » Byrne was in / a Eound .-state pi mind durinx the umsihafc she was ia the room in which Mr , Byriie died , their verdict . should be—first ,, that ^ Ujpicion a'ttiched ihat Mr . Byrne died by : violence ; and , secondly ; that suspicion attached to Mrs . Syrue as bem # privy thereto ; .: If , ' on the contrary , they betieVed sho was ofnnspuad mind , ajid , did riot know anything of what had occurred , they should of courfie discharge her . He would leave . them to consider their verdict
ahdif any question -arose which required . hiB advice he would ba near at hand , and render Jiny afisUtanca in hia ' power . The rooia - ' . was then Csevea o ' clock ) cleared of all but the jury ; at eleven o'clock it wsw wopehed , when iti was Announced ; that they had come tO . " a . verdict . The coroner readiout the toUqwing Verdict , aa ^ ^ tnat which the jury had found : — " We find that Mr . Augustine Byrnu was found dead in his bed , at No . 1 , Albert ternce , Rathmines , iaihe ''' pdnsh / ot-. Sti ' , Peterr ^ i , ad ) coantj--M .: Dablia , upori Saturday , the 9 ih of July , 1842 ; and we find that the said Mr . Auguaane Byrne met with his death a , t said place , between Sunday ,: thy 3 d of July , and ' : Saturday , the 9 ih : day of July , 1342 , und » r very mysterious circutnstances , and that tbe strongest possible suspicion 3 . - ' - ' attach to Mrs . Ellen Byrne , wife of said Augustine Byrne , of said house , of being accessory thereto . " .
Sudden Death . — -Robert Drent , sergeant-major of the 60 th Rifles , stationed at tJie Pigeon-house , Dublin , fell suddenly down and expired on Taesday niorning . A postmortem examination was held ott the body by the surgeon of the regiment , and it appeared that the right lung was greatl y diseased , and that deceased was subjectr to faintiiigs from , dicease oftheheart . ' ¦ - ' . ,: . -.. " ' - " - - . ' : ¦ SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION .-Monpay . . Close 6 e lhe Poll . Mildmay . ( Tory ) .. 686 Hope tTorj ) ,.......... ; .......-............. 683 Nugent ( Radical ) ............,.....,.,....,. 539 Thompson ( Radical ) ........, b'd'd ; . - ¦ Majority ......,.....,.:...... 148
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AMEBicA .--Tbe New York packet-ship N'jrtli America , -reached Liverpool on Snuday morning , after haying been at anchor a short distance below the rock during the night . Shc . has'brought files of papei'a from the above-mentioned city to tho 19 , h ultimo . ' Nothing whatever has been allowed to transpire regarding the negociations on the boundary question , or other subjects of disputo between this country and America , nor do the Nevr York journals offer their usual numbsr of surmises , bting nearly filled with a lengthy correspondence between their Government and : that of Mexico . The latter have demanded , in a Very imperious tone , thaithe United States shall order her citizsns to reftaia from furnishing Texas with ammunition or men ; and has
also intimated that they should also ab 3 > ainfrom trading , with that country . In reply to those requests ; the American . Secretary of Scate writes , thai Texas , havinx been recognised as au independent State , no impediments will be thrown in the way of her trade : and he states , in conclusion , " that that Governuieiifc of . the United States , in regard to the Vfar between Mexico , and Texas , having been always hitherto governed by a sti-ict and impartial regard to its neutral obiigations v will not ba changed or altered in any respect or degree . " The Tariff Bill , embracing 'the distribution clause , has passed the House of Representatives by a small majority of four only . Two more banks in New Orleans , the Mechanics" and Traders ' , and the Union , have discontinued payment .: M'Leoti was compelled , to seek safety in flight from a mob , who had hooted him in the streets nf Buffalo . - : \ .
Business at New York was quiet . Flonrmet * dull sale at late rates , arid . cottoil Was not in much demand . ' Only a moderate business had been dono in bills for the packet . The rate Of Bxchaoge on England was 106 J to 107 ; on France . 5 f . 42 c . to 5145 c . ¦ ¦ - "• ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ ' ¦ : " ; . - . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;• • - •; ' ¦ - / ; ' .:. ' ;' / :- ;• ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ . '¦ Health op New Okleans . —There were seventy deaths in the week endini ( the 7 th instant—one of spasmodic cholera . ';¦¦ : . Texas . —Agreeably to the proclamation of President Houston , Congress has been convened at Houston . Ou the 29 'M nit .- ' - " the . President delivered his message to that body . It is a plain document ^ written with perspicuity , and is principally confined to a . statement of the embarrasscd state of the
hationaitTeasury . The President is for disposiugof the public lands as the most proinpt way of meeting the financial exigency . After briefly reviewing the incursions of the Mexicans and his own coarse relative to the preparations of the Mexicans for aa offensive war , he submits the whole matter to the discretion of Congresr , recommending especially , to their favourable notice the national navy . Nothing of importance liad been done by Congress up to tba 4 ih . —We learn by this arrival that the men are and have been well supplied with beef , coffee , andsu n' «' f and are doing very well ; and were well satisfied . Several small parties of Indians have recently committed depredations on the northern frontier . In
the conflicts 'that ensued between them and the citizens , lives have been lost on both sides . Col . Patten was lately murdered near his plantation ia the vicinity of Bexar . ; It is supposed that the murderers were some of the disaffected Mexicans . The son of Mr . Antonio Navarro was recently very dangerously wounded near Seguin by the Tudians . Heavy rains havei fallen ^ in tho vicinity of Victoria , and the planters are preparing to plant corn again for a summer crop ., The Hon ; W . H . Lattdrum , while returning from a race-track about one mile west of San Augu&tine , was shot by some person , concealed in a thicket near the road and very severely Wounded . : : : l . .
Mexico . —The news from Mexico , wJaHavannah * is of the usual character . In Zxcatecas , poverty and distress had arrived at such a point that the labouring classes were daily abandoning their asaal occupations , and taking to begging or robbing , as the occasion , offered ^ In the : northern provinces : two Texian spies had been captured , and put to death off hand . The people of Yera Cruz have petitioned Santa Anna to have Vera Craz declared a free porw A rich gold mine has been discovered in the S » n Pedro chain ot mountains , in thedepartrnent of Saa Luis do Potosiv Oae piece weighed , it is said , eightpounds . General Arista had written to the
Gfoyernor of the departmenti from Monterrey , requesting that 2 , 500 fanegas of corn , and 308 horses , might be sent to Mantamoras , for the use of the troops assembled -there . ; There have been some disturb--ances in the department . ' of Mexico , but the papers give but that they had been suppressed . The cottoa manafactiites of Mexico were tar from being in a flourishing ' condition . The New Orleans Courier of the 6 th instant contains the following item : —" ¦ We are tola that a letter from the city of Mexico ,, received here ¦ this morning via Havannah , mentions that the American Minister would withdraw ^ ia which case President Santa . Anno , intended to declare war immediately against the United State ? . "
Havannah . —Great complaints are heard of hard times among the commercial men in Havannah , and among the planters pecuniary distress is represented as fiTcatj ahd almast universal . - ¦[ Heavy storm 3 visited the Island of Cuba about the middlo of Juae » which continued three or -fijar days , which are reported to have Berioosly injared the tobacco and other crops , besideB occasioning the loss of Several lives . Subscriptions were being made among the leading people , in aid of the sufferers by the fire at Hamburgh , The total value of coffee exported from the island of Cuba during the year 1841 , . wais 1 , 426 , 024 dollars ; and of sugar , 11 , 613 , 798 dollars ; and the value of alt the products exported that year was 22 . 282 , 753 . This was an inorewe of ncaily a . invmon over- the export of 1840 . TheSpanifih Government collected in duties and taxes in the wlano in 1841 , 11 917 , 295 dollars . ^ , Spain . —Accounts from Spain are of the 31 st nit . The InfahfcDon . FraD 6 isco de Paula and family were to leave Madrid on the following morning for San Sebastian . The Regent , the Ministers , and several personages of dieticction had already taken leave of the Princes ; The troops of the garrison had been confined to their quartets ,, m conseciuence of aTeporfc that a riotous demonstration woula be made on the occasion of thedeparture of the Infanta ,
The Madrid G azette publishes a decreei ordering all theofficers of the army who had not obtained » special permission to reside in Madrid ^ to retnrn forthwith to their respectiYQ corps and posts .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct443/page/3/
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