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      THE PATRIOT'S PBAYER . God of heaven an 3 ol earth , Sod of all that breathes and liyes , * Chon -who jsre creation birth , Whose goodness eTery blessing gives , God efcernali source from -whence All motion is that filleth space , Potrotain of OninipoUnee , Father of the hmnanrace , Ltnd , ve beseech thee , lend thine eat , Hearken to oar fervent prayers , Gome to aid ub , come to cheer , And to free ns from oar ares . Crosb S » e oppressor in Sby imXb , And in thy mercy free the slaw ,

      Tom thoa the tyrant from his path . And stretch thy strong Tight arm to save The goffering peor from grief and troe , Prom -wasting want and torturing toil , — Iboa surely can sad -will o ' ertbrow Injustice ekok'd in treacherous guile . let not ihe widow ' a burning tears Gash from her sorrowing soul in Tain ; In pity hush the orphan ' s fears , In justice burst the bondsman's chains ; Succour the cap tire , "whose desire Was that his fellow-man should be In social vxrtne raised higher . In purpose pure , in action free , Isita . sin in man to say

      T _ ba . t tyranny is foul and base ? Is it a sin in man to pray For freedom to the human race ? Shall iron fetters hind him down Who flares to teJl men of their rights ? Shall cruelty those feelings drown In "which the free-born soul delights ? Perish the mortal that "would dare Bs-son to blind or thought uproot , Dnving thine im&ge to despair , Degrading •""» " to senseless brute ! AH-seong God . vouchssia to hear The pinion'd patriots * gracious moan , To Thorn this glorious truth is dear—Jhat ifcon an God , and Sod alone . Besjjjou Stoix . Xsncbester .

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      AN ODE . Oh , shame to the land of the free , - ^ ho » e children submit to be Blares , Who basely to tjxanny bend the Tile knee , Oi mi to thsii ignoble graves . Tie scorn of the just and the good Sail forever cling to thy Me ; Thi cry of the "widow and orphan for food fthaii greet thee , instead of their smilej And ihy £ to ? * ^ greatness descend to the tomb , j- smsam'd and forgot in futurity ' s gloom . Ah . ' what is the spirit of old , That burnt in the breasts of your sires , When , -with fisDt might , and -with freedom bold They eherish'd pnre liberty ' s fires ? TVnen freedonVB Sag floated on high ,

      Ana justice and truth "were unfurl'd . Xiberty or death "sras their battle cry , ^ Midat the cheers and praise of the world ; And their falchions flash'd fire , and the steel clank'd loud , ^ nS the crimson-tide etaie'd the false fo £ 3 HiD ' i shroud . Airaie J arouse from thy slumbers , Throw aside delusion ' s da ? i veil , Join the rauia of the brave in your numbers , Ani the " good oH cause" shall prevail Surl tyranny down from its throne , Biise Liberty up in its stead ; And your sons ^ rith pride will their fathers own , And their memiies bless when dead . Tha > iaal the blight banner of rw « et Liberty ! AS till to the Charter , tie right of the free ! Ed"wis Gill . Shdaeia .

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      HTMN TO SPBIXG . Thou bringer of new life , Welcome thon hither . ' Though with thee comes the strife 01 changeful weather . OKI young and coldly fair , Coma with thy storm-blown hair , Down easting snow-pearls fail , 3 ? or earth to gather ! Approicbest thou in shower ? iliS . h&th exsoll'd tbee , 321 , changed by viewless power , Bright we behold thee ! WMJst chilling gales do iy , Thon -WiBdereet xoseiiy i > y Green holm and mountain high , Tili . shades imfold thee .

      By duiky woodland side , Silent thon roTest ; Where lonely riudles $ Iide , "Unheard thon moYeaj : Wide-strewing buds and 2 ^ weis , Bj fftH " , tod dells , and bowers , 'ilid ^ rinds and sanny abovrers , Bounteous thon provest . IboEgh eTer changeful , Etill Iver bestowing ; The esrth receives her SB Of thy good sowing ; Acd Id I a spangled sheen Of herbs aad fiowen between , Blent with the pasture green , All beauteous growing f

      Kow comas the driven baa , Battling and bounding ; A shower doth next prevail , Thunder astounding ! TTnffl the gioiions sun Looks f > irnng > i the storm-cloud < Ian—Aad , as the light doth run , Glad tones are sounding . Tie throstle femes his throat , On tall boagh stfing ; The oczle ' s tfizikTS note By dingle flitting ; The lov * d one , too , is there , AboTe his snow-plashM lair—He singi , in snD-brishi air , Carol befitting .

      Come every tone of joy Add to the pleasure ; S » eet Robin ' s melody Joins in the measure : And echoes "wake asd sing , And fsrty-beHs do rina , "ffSere nlver bubbles fling Their sparkling treasure . 3 Le hiz ^ e bloom is hung Where beams are shining ; 23 ie ioKy-Kne haUi clung , fiarisnds entwining , For one "who -vranders lone XTuto that bower untoaown , Ana finds a world , bis own , Putt joys combining .

      Then , bringer of new life , Welcome tkou hither ; Aad welcome , too , the strife Of changeful weatfeer ! Oh ! eTer young and fair , Casi from thy storm-blown hair BriEht drops , and sno-w-pearls fsir , Tor earth to gather ! SA 5 TCEL BiSIFOSD .

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      DEATH rSOM STABBING IN LEEDS . ^^^" «^ ua 5 ay morning , an inquest wssield at the «*» Court Bouse , belore Z . a Hopps , JBsg , deputy ^ 002 . to iBgaire concerDing flie death of James " * & , mho died at 4 be treaertl Infirmary on Tuesday 5 ^« - The dtccEsed came to bis death by the hand « at sate ,, ^ 0 stabbed him with a knife on Good f * " «? afternoon . The circumstances were of a pain-« u aaiuie , and will be found fully detailed in the cti-*™»^ anceaat the inqiiEEi , » full report of which ¦ e tore | tten below . PxtTioas to the jury proceeding vJ ^ ^ ¦ bod y » 2 ** ' B ° P ? s addresBfcd ttem , and ex-£ *»» the satare of the law as it bore on the case , ?* « e difikrenee between murder , msnalaughter , and ^ ^ b ymisadYenture . » - « rj Aun Pirth . who K&a been in enstod' ? from

      gj ^ y aoming , ttsb in the room in custody dming SkMlo-siiig witnesses were eiamiaed : — j ^ rga lanester—i retide in Z : on-street , at the gf * J and sm a mechanic by bade . I lire with my r ^ -i knew the deceased , James Firth ; lie liTed r ^ ft 2 , Z- ^ D-siree ^ With his father . He was in oar j" ?» «> « ooa Priaay last ; & \ abont % qnarter \ o $ 2 * the afternoon . His sister , Mary Ann g ~™> " * » Ihere at that time ; she had been i » nL S . ***' » £ he assists in jny father ' s % **¦ There were in the house beside * , at the time j ^ r *^ ' ay father and myself ; we •• ere all in Hie 22 "wm , bat 2 beliere my &th « -was jurt gdlngup ^^» aen ha eame in . I beliere Mary Ann vu ^«» ae » at er irhen Jm « « me in . Mj faiher 'Jbft u . ^^ " ^ left »» » JameB > « o * ^ "y ^ J ™ a « ZJ ? lttie » om below . When James eams in he sat

      * hiir 2 L , *^ e ; " 5 re l ^ wnie oonTersaUon , about * Th ^«!? g ~ I ^ festeniug ay aboeMle witti iweerf ^ l ^ d tooi " ^ ? pockefc-kaife' *» the pnx-^ ftcJT ^* ^^ cZ ^ JoyArBBlhen-eame-np , W ^ v ^ T Btood »»^ biag me . Wies I had done to in 7 ,, f MreI P BtJt fiowa , and MaryAanKrth took it , *^ l >« " ^ ^^ "" ^ ^ i ™ M ^ i "* * a » dc ^ one- * J ^^ " * ° nM last-while it ^ g ^* . huo I themreat on meBdingmy shoe . Tba ""** aw aster then began playing together ; she

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      raid it was a \> ad knife and be K . id it was a good one They were in play , and Bot . quarrelling . I had not heard that tbey had had any words previously . They then got to scuffling , but 1 took no more notice . He was s Tery qnter chap , &nd had fearfnl queer sort of speeches . I took no further notice of them until be sat himself doira , whfn I looked at him , and saw that he looked very white , and held his head down . He made no scream or cry . He said , " She has cut me . " I asked him where , and after some persuasion be showed me . I saw a « ot in M » body , on the left side . He loosed the waistband o ! his trowsera to let me see . I told him h « had better go home , and he got up and walked to his father ' s house . 1 followed him there , and then left him . There was not

      much blood—next to nothing . I did not loot at Mary Ann PirVh , mntil I had returned Jt » tb Ykj f aiini ' 8 fcovis& . I cant say whether she had a knife in her hand or not when 1 first saw James looking pale . She was somewhere behind me when I looked at him . They were standing np oa the floor playing with each other before he sat him down . My father came down stairs just as James Firth was sitting down in the chair , fie remained in the room until the deceased went home . I beard some words pass between deceased and his sister , but I took no notice of what they were . They were not quarrelsome words , nor did I hear any blows struck . When the deceased said , " She has cut me , " Mary Ann did not make any remark . She got him some water . They had not had jany conTtrsation preYious to beginning to play as I haTe described .

      By a Juror—They had not been playing for more than a minute before James sat him down . Mr . Jehn Allanson—1 am house Bnrgeon to the Leeds Infirmary ; the deceased was brought to the Infirmary about half-past ten od Good Friday night I examined him , asd found a small wound rather ltss than a quarter of an inch ia length , in the lower part of the abdomen to tie left side , penetrating the cavity of the abdomen I considered it a dangerous wound . There were no signs of the b * wels being wounded . He died yesterday ( Tuesday ) morning about three o ' clock . Death was

      caused by inflammation arising from the -wound . The wout . d seemed likely to have been inflicted by a stab with a sharp instrument . On a post mortem examination I found that the wound was a little longer internally than externally , though there was ? ery little difference ; it had been done almost by a direct ttab The clasp tiiile now produced would cause the weund . The point of the knife had sot penetrated much more than half as inch at the very deepest . The knife is very sharp , and a Tery alight degree of force would be required to produce the wound .

      Matthew Lancaster . —I live in 2 on-street , Bank , and am a linen weaver . The deceased was at my house on Good Fiiday lsutt , in the afternoon . There were myself , my son George , and Mary Ann Firth , in the house when he came in . I went up stairs when he came in . I staid there about a quarter of an hour . I heard no noise while I was up stairs—no quarrellingno blows . " When 1 came down the deceased wns sitting dotrv on a chair . I saw something was amiss with Mm asd wjooTred what was the matter with Lim . I received no answer , and then I asied him again , when h « said , She has cut me . " He afterwards said he was sick , and his aster gave him some water . I looked for th . B place in bis tiousfna and found it- The trousers now produced are the same that the deceased had on I afterwards saw the wound on his body , which corresponded with the cut in his trousers . The deceased then went home .

      Hannah Firth , —I am mother te the deceased . We live in Zion-strefet . The deceased was eighteen years of age in December last I visited my flon after his removal to the infirmary ; he did not tell me any particulars as to how the wound had been inflicted ; he never gave me auy account of it . 1 had beaTd from others how it had been done , and that was my reason for not asking him . Joseph Craven . —I am a serjeant in tbe Leeds Police , lwent to the bonae -where alary Ann FiTth lives yesterday morning ; and took her into custody . I got a clasp knife from George Lancaster . That knife I produce ; he said it was the knife the deceased had been cut

      wjth , and it was his knife . I got the trousers of the deceased from the Infirmary , and hia shirt at his o ~ wn house . Tbe shirt and trovers are both cut through on the left side . Mary Ann Firth cried , when I charged her with having cut her brother ; she said it was true , and that she did it because he bad " burst her moath . " I then told her Bhe had better not say any mote about it-. This bring all the evidence , the Coroner told Mary Ann Firth that she was then at liberty to make any statement ; but that it wonld be taken down , and might be used against her if the verdict » f tbe Jury rendered it necessary .

      Tqb girl , wbo wept bitterly , some unable to speak . At length she said she could not tell what her brother and her were talking about , but she had the knife in her hand , and he hit her over Ihe mouth , so she hit him with the knife . They were not quarrelling ; but she could not tell what they were talking about- The blow he struck bet made her month bleed . She had no intention whatever of stabbing T ^ T " The Coroner then addressed the jnry . He said there could be no donbt on their minds that the deceased , James Firth , had come to his death from a stab by a knife , given by bis sister , Mary Ann Firth . There was no ericUiice before them to abow that any previous intention existed or that the parties had had any previous quarrel ; indeed if they believed the evidence of George Lancaster , the parties wtre playi :. g together when the nnfortunate accident occurred . The only Question for them to consider , therefore , was whether

      their verdict should be one of manslaughter or homicide by mbadventure . —[ He tbtu read over th « whole of the evidence which had been given , and afterw « da proceeded to lay down the law of the case . ]—The simple question , he said , was whether the wound was given by Mary Ann Firth to the deceased accidentally or by intention . If it was their imprt > ssion from Vb « evidence they lisd heard , that tbe wound had been inflicted unintentionally while tbe parties were struggling or playing together , then their verdict would be one of homicide by misadventure ; but if they were of opinion that ihe -wound had been kllcted in return for a blow , and whilst suffering under the provocation which such blew would awaken , no matter whether the intention vas to stab or not , then tbe verdict must be one of manslaughter ; for , in pity to human frailties , the law mercifully reduced tbe crime from murder to manslaughter , in cases where sufficient provocation had immediately preceded the blow -which caused death .

      The jury then retired , and , after an absence of about five minuf cs , returned with a verdict tf Homicide by Misadventure . 0 jt £ > " 5 Ite Condcct . —On Monday last , a fellow named Thomas Blakelock vras charged with being drunk , on Sunday , at midday , and with indecently exposing iis person . He vras fined 20 s and costs , or in default of payment sent to Wakefield for a month . -r"Wm . Gilbert , for a similar offeiice , was subjected to the same punishment .

      HULL . —Bbctai Cosdbct of the Police . — On Wednesday evening last , a public meeting was held m the Market Place , to petition Parliament to investigate the conduct of Baron Gurney at Leic * ster in reference to William Jones . The meeting was & numerous one , and remarkably peaceable , Mr . West rose to propose the adoption of a petition , and had spoken abom half an hour , whea a large body of the police , in rank and file , headed by Superintendant M'Manns , made their appearance . M'Manus approached West , and told him he must » me do-srD , West asked by what authority ! and tbe constable told him he was sent—that he did not ¦ wbb to do any harm—that they might reiire to their private rooms , and no one would interfere with

      them . West remonstrated , but in vain . Meantime tbe work of dispersion was going on , and , had not the people been peaceably disposed , no donbt there -would have been a riot . la ihe morning , Mr , West waited on the magistrates , to have their opinion on the subject . He detailed the facts as they occurred , and asked whether it was the intention of the magistrates to prevent the peaceable meetings of the people . The magistrates said they knew nothing about it ; but they considered the police justified in removing any obstruction in the Market Place—it beiDg a thoroughfare . Mr , West said he could bring hnndreds to prove there was no obstruction . Magistrate—But there zaifihi be . Mr . West # aid if the people had BOt

      peaceably dispersed , no doubt tbe conduct of the police would have produced a riot . Magistrate—Then that proves the right the police had to interfere . Mr . West expressed his surprise that a magistrate should use such language on the Bench . Sir William Lowihorp wished to know v ^ hat Mr . West wanted of the magistrates 1 Mr . West—I want to know before taKing further Btep 3 in this matter , whether the magistrates sanction or authorise the dispersion of the peaceable meetings of the people , for ws have the able opinion of the most able Grown lawyers as weil as Judges , that the people have a right to meei when and where they please , to disenss real or imaginary grievances . Sir William Lowtiorp—We do not wibh to interfere with the

      meetings of the people in proper times and places . Town CJerk—Yes , yonr Worship , in their private rooms . Mr . Wes $ —Ko , your Worship , what 1 contend for iE , the right of out-door meeting—the people are too poor to pay for your large looms , and had they the means , they would not be let to them . The Superintend&nt here said that he went on his own responsibility , and if they met again be would disperse them . West-Then we wfll resist you . Magistrate—You know iho police must do their duty . West—Yes , and the magistrates must do theirs , and I must do mine , which is to uphold the rights of the people at all

      hazards . Mr . West then left the office . The conduct of the poliee has excited universal disgust among all classes . —On Monday evening , a public meeting was held on the Book Green , and the petition adop t ed . The meeting was numerous , and great numbers of the bines" were present in disguise , bnt no interraptioQ took place . Mr . West also delivered two discourses on Sunday , in the same place , without interruption . —There will be a public meeting on Monday next , in the Freemason ' s lodge , to adopt a petition-to Parliament , praying for an investigation into the conduct of the police . That iB the way to beat them .

      STOCKPOBT . —Brpial axd Disavsnm Coxdvct of a JDbukksn Policeman . —At the Court House , on Saturday , before John Marsland , Esq ., William Andrew , Esq , and Alfred Orrell , Esq ., Mayor , sitting Magistrates . Mr . Thomas Clark appeared to make the following charge against P . Potter , one of the Borough police : —Mr . Clarke ' s statement was as follows ;— "On Thursday evening last , about twenty minutes or a quarter to seven o ' clock , Policeman Potter opened my door , and entered the house . He { proceeded towards the stairs leading up to my bed room ; he turned from there , and went to the pantry , opened the door , and shook it almost off its binges . From there he went to the door leading into the back kitchen , and used it in a

      similar manner ; he then proceeded to open the ^ oor opening into the back yard . All tbi s time I stood bohindjmy counter . Seeing that he had goue so far , I followed htm into the kitchen , and demanded to know by what authority he entered and conducted himself in such a manner in my house ! He answered by telling me to be off ! I then opened the back door , aad ordered him to go about ais business . He would not go . I again ordered him out . He told me he wonld not go , but that I must put him out . I desired a third time that he would leave the house , when , without the least provocation , ho turned round and knocked me down . I then Fastened on him and a suffle ensued . ! which donbtleas would have

      terminated in my being throttled had not a person Who is now in Court , and was in the house all the time , come to the rescue , and assisted me in forcibly ejecting him , which we ultimately did with great trouble , but during the scuffla Mrs . Clark , who had been confined only five days before , and who had only j » 9 t before that &ot out of bed , for the first time since her accouchement ^ hearing the disturbance , and not knowing the cause , came running down staira with a young babe in her arms , and seeing me almost choked by a policeman , fainted in the back yard . It has thrown her into a relapse , and the consequence as far as she is concerned , will , 1 am afraid , prove serious . This , gentlemen , is the case against policeman Potter . —The Mayor—Have you any witnesses 1

      —Mr . Flinn , *> f Bradford , was here called and sworn —He stated that on Thursday evening last , passing through the t » wn of Stockport , he had occasion to call on Mr Clark . He had not been in the house more than ten minutes , when the policeman entered , and conducted himself in the manner already described . He ( the witness ) went to remonstrate with Potter , but before he had time to say a word Potter struck him a severe blow . He then assisted Mr . Clark in turning him our . He was mad drunk , and behaved himself in a most brutal manner . Mr . Clark had exercised the greatest forbearance until he was knocked down . Mrs . Needham waB sworn , acd corroborated the foregoing statements , addiDj ? that

      she never lived neighbour to a more peaceable or a better disposed person than Mr . CJark . Potter was then called upon for his defence . He stated jthat about one o'clock on Thursday afternoon , some rolations called to see him . He went out with them and had a kvr glasses to drink . On his way home he met two of the other officers , who were in search of a certain person in the town . After leaving them and going down by the Bull tap , he saw one of the bad women running down the street , and as it was market-day , he thought she had been commiting a robbery , followed her , and she ran down an entry , near Clark ' s house . He wanted to see if she had got into his house , that was the reason why ho entered it . —Mr . Clark—He was in a beastly state of

      intoxication , and since then he has made several overtures to me , through different persons , to compromise the matter . Yesterday his wife waited upon me and offered me two pounds to abandon the case , but thinking I had a duty to perform to myself and the public , I refused to come to any terms , but to lay it at once before the bench . —The Mayor to the superintendant . —What's Potter ' s general conduct ? Superintendent—He has been brought up before . Bowers , another policeman , was iworn , and stated emphatically that Potter vras drunk beyond all dispute . The Magistrates consulted for some time , when th « Mayor said he did not think they could do anything in the matter , they had not the power . Tbe Clerk pointed out an act or clause of an act which provided for the interference of the Magistrates in such oases . A second consultation was

      held on tbe bench , when the Mayor addressed Potter , and said he was very sorry that any officer of that court should conduct himself as it had been proved he had on thfs occasion done . If he were again brought up , he should discbarge him from the force . This time he would inflict the severest penalty the law allowed him . He must pay a fine of forty shillings . Mr . Clark applied for expenses . The Mayor said he had no power to grant them . Mr . Clark—Is there no appeal from this court ? Can I not now take tht case before the Watch Committee ? The Clerk—You can take it before the Watch Committee if you like ; bat I don't think they will interfere , as they have a resolution that the Magistrates ' doo " i 3 ion shall be final . Mr . Andrews , who is the chairman of the Watch Committee , and wh » was on the Bench , said it was so . The case was done with .

      ASHTON-U WDUB-liVNE -Change Ringisg Extraordinary , for cpwards op Six Hours . —On Easter-Monday morning , six of the College youths of Ashton-under-Lyne , and four of the mem bers of the society of St . John ' s , Manchester , ascended the Tower of of St . Michael's , Ashton-under-Lyne , and rung , in a masterly stylo , a true and complete peal of grandsire cators , consisting of 10 , 259 changes , which was completed in the short apace of six hours and ten minutes , the longest peal ever rung in that method on ten bells , north of the river Trent . The artists were stationed as follow : —treble , John Hobson , Ashton ; 2 ad . Joe BuTg 633 , oitto ; 3 rd , Jas . Wood , ditto ; 4 th , Charles "Wood , St . John's ; 5 tb

      Robert Howe , ditto ; 6-. h , Samuel Farrand , Ashton ; 7 th , Joseph Winterbottom , St . John ' s ; 8 tb , William Rayle , ditto ; 9 th , George Burgess , Ashton ; tenor , Brian Yemen , Ashton . who rung it single handed . Weight of the tenor , 28 cwt ; weight of the 9 th , 20 cm . Ob the same day there was a prizo ringing at Rochdale fora very handsome silver cup value £ 5 , for hand-bellringers at tunes , which was won by the Royal Harmonic Victoria band , established at the Horse Jockey , A&hton-under-Lyiie , in their usual scientific and masterly style , defeating the following societies : The Independent Youths of Ashton ; the Godley Hand-bellringera , and the Oldham Victoria Society .

      CAHIiTfiliK . PHHEffO-MESMEBlSM . Ofl Thursday and Saturday evenings last , two lectures were delivered on this seience by a Mr . Adair , of the Sheffield Phrenological Society , at the Athenaeum , Lowther-street . Mr . Adair was accompanied by a young girl and a boy , on whom be operated . The girl he had brought from Sheffield , but the boy ( a tailor ) , be had picked up a few days previous , at Skipton , in Yorkshire . He operated on the girl first , ana the principal points which Btruck us as remarkable , were , firstly—the girl keeping her arms rigid and extended at right angles for about five minutes , apparently in a cataleptic state . Secondly , on a medical gentleman forcing open vbe eyelids of the boy , the eyeB were turned up and did not seem

      susceptible of the influence of light . Mr . Adair then operated on tbe various organs by pressing them with his finger . On pressing the organ of tune , the girl SUDg in a lively and animated manner ; but on Mr . Adair taking his finger from this organ she instantly ceased to sing , and on his replacing it , she commenced as lively as before , exactly where she had left of . On exciting the organ of imitation , she closely imitated various aingular expressions and sounds made by the audience . On exciting the organ of acquisitiveness , she abstracted a number of articles from the pockets of several gentlemen who were placed on the platform ; and when conscientiousness was touched restored them again to tbe owners without making the slightest mistake , strongly resisting the taking away of the property by others to whom it did not belong . Mx . Adair invited the audience to state in writing any organ they wished to have excited , when several slips of

      paper were handed io and the organs excited accordingly , with a happy and singular effect . On the organ of fear being excited the female rushed from her seat , started back , and exhibitiug all the expression of this passion , fell with great force on the platform . On the organs of pTogenitiveness and tune being excited together , she rocked backwards and forwards in tbe chair , as if nuxsiDg an infant , and on a gentleman's plaid being rolled ap and put into her hands , Bhe hugged ' it to her bosom with an apparent motherly affsction- Many other organs were excited with similar accurate results ; and if we sre to credit the evidence of our senses ( providing there is no deception or collusion practised , ) we roust certainly believe in the truth of phrenology . Mr . Adair was asked if he would mesmerise any one from among the andience ; but this he refused to do , alleging as his reason , that this course would bo attended with a

      great loss of time and inconvenience to the public : but if any gentlemen would meet him on the following day , in a private room of the Athenaeum , he would endeavour to operate upon them . On Friday , a number of persons assembled to witness the exhibition ; but Mr . Adair would not operate until the whole left the room , with the exception of those anxious to be operated upon , and two or three others who might remain to see that no deception was practiced . This reque . t was accordingly complied with , and the principal portion of the company retired into the Museum to await the result j as Mr . Adair promised to call teem in if he

      succeeded . After repeated attempts ( which lasted for upwards of an hour , ) to mesmerise two individuals , Mt . Adair , in a great measure failed for thoHgh he did put one of them into a temporary sleep , it was not lasting . This circumstance increased the doubts already existing in regard to the truth of this singular science , if ^ such it may be called . Oa Saturday evening , however , these doubts were partially removed , by Mr . Adair effectually operating on a young female in the service of Dr . Thorn , a medical gentleman of this city , who came forward , and informed the audience , that Mr . Adair bad Buccessfnll y operated on this yourjg woman , at his house , in the fore-part of the day .

      the purpose of endeavouring to . heal the differences that existed between the employers and the employed , injPort Eglington Carpet Works , Glasgow , v i . " ^ fch . influence to prevent a reduction 01 the prices paid for oarpat . weaving in Scotland . AJso we heartily thank oar brethren the English carpet weavers , for their spirited conduct in sending the satd deputation , and hope a good understanding with a view to eacjh others interests , will ever exist between us . That the Secretary of the work send a copy of the above to each of those gentlemen .

      LASSWADH —A general meeting ; of the oarpot weavers of this place was held on Saturday last , when after transacting some busings connected with the strike of the Glasgow carpet weavers , the follow * IM resolution was passed nem dis . Moved by Mr . William Daniells , seconded by Mr . Charles Buehan , inat a cordial vote of thanks is due , and is hereby given , to Messrs . Crossley of Halifax , and Henderson of Durham , oarpot weavers , for their handsome conduct in coming as s deputation to Scotland , for

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      The first Bteam frigate for tbe royal navy to be propelled by the Archimedian screw , named the Rattier , was launched at Sheerae 9 s on Thursday . Hbalth . — " How much is expressed in this short word , and how few set a true value on its enjoyment . How readily would the high and mighty when racked by pain , and approaching a premature dissolution , sacrifice all faotitious distinction , and part with all their wealth to add a few more hours to their existence . Ought not this startling fact to induce us to secure by all the means ia our power a good constitution I This desirable state can now be secured by a steady course of Parr's invaluable Life Pills , "

      Sicily , March 28 . — Within these few days no less than three murders have been committed in the city of Palermo , whose population does not exceed 160 , 000 . A naval captain , having obtained proof of hia wife ' s infidelity , killed her by stabbing her with a knife . Another man , irritated by the well-grounded reproaches of his wife , whose anger was roused by his bad conduct and love of gaming , cut her throat whilst she was asleep . The third murder was committed on Sunday last , in open daylight , and in the most frequented street of the City , where a man was stabbed with a stiletto by his ovm relation , to whom he refused to return a certain sum of money , which tbe murderer alleged he had lent him .

      Extraordinary Case of Polygamy . —It will be remembered by our readers , that in the month of February last Wigan was visited by a strange young man , who called upon several parties in the town , producing documents and declaring himself to be entitled to property worth £ 600 , 000 per annum , The man has been known iu different parts of tbe country , particularly in Birmingham , and Bilston , in Staffordshire , by the name of Robert Taylor , alias Lord Kenaedy ; and has attained considerable notoriety by his extraordinary conduct towards the fair sex . Not content with adhering to tho laws of marriage as instituted in this country , his Lordship , though possessing a most repelling countenance and unseemly person , has " connifooled" to use his own

      term ) no less than half-a-dozon fair one 3 in the snare ; and the unfortunate damsels who gave credence to bis " rich effusions" respecting the handsome dowry he would settle on them have severally had the mortification to discover that the soi-disant rich lord was still a coal-getter , and she a femme sole . His " lordship" states that his first wife was transported ; that he has suffered for having taken to himself four others , by imprisonment ; and for one very unjustly , because the marriage was null and void , having been performed after twelve o ' clock at noon . The last one ho married from this town , after going down from the different factories , and promising to settle £ 300 a year on his wife immediately after the ceremouy . The marriage took place on the

      13 ih of February last , in tne parish churoh , and created a great sensation in tho town , as a warm dispute arose in the street between two > -onng women , to both of whom be had offered marriage , he himself appearing quite undecided in the matter . On arriving at the church doors , he , however , made up his mind and took to himself , "for better for worse , " Deborah Forster . The adventurer was taken into custody on the 4 th instant at St . Helen's by Mr . Storey , the active superintendent of police for that diBUict , on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences . Through the instrumentality of Mr . Charles Pigot , solicitor , ef this town , the charge of

      bigamy has been brought against him , and he arrived here on Wednesday last in the custody of Mr . Storey . He was brought , before Mr . J . Acton , county magistrate , when Mr . Pigot proved the prisoner ' s admission that he had a wife living at Todmorden and produced a letter from Littleborough , proving his marriage with i a girl named Kershaw , at that place . Mr . Pigot called a witness to prove the prisoner ' s marriage at Wigan , and he was remanded for a week in order to give Mr , Pigot an opportunity of bringing further evidence against him * His last wife declared she would stick to him , and both were locked up together . —Manchester Courier ,

      Iwqujbst — On Saturday , Mr . Higga held an inquest at the Plough , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-innfaclda , on the body of a woman named Eliza Dehner , aged 44 . It appeared in evidence , that deceased wa 3 a married woman , but- many years ago her illconduct caused hor husband to abandon her for ever . She then cohabited with a noble lord , had children by him , but afterwards she chose a plebeian paramour . With him ( a man named Dear ) , living in a court in Drury-lane , she remained for fifteen years , during which time she abandoned herself to drink and dishonesty , robbing continually the man of her choice , and receiving at bis hands continuous and summary punishment . On Wednesday week , she ran away ,, with what intention the following letter , left behind her , will show : — »? Dear , —When you see this I hope I shall be no more in tbe world .

      I have been very ill-used by you , a » d by those belonging to you . 1 forgive you . lam mad with your unkind treatment , and your beating my face . — Eliza Dblmer . " After this , tho wretched woman disappeared until Thursday last , when she called on a iemale namad Ewers , in Wych-street , and having drunk some gin with ber , afterwards swallowed half an ounce of laudanum , and a very large dose of arsenic . Ewers immediately Bent for Doctor Edward Johnson ^ of Drury-lane , who us « d the stomach-pump , and , having drawn off as much of the poison as ha could , he advised the immediate removal of deceased to King ' s College Hospital . Though she was able to walk thither , she soon began to sink , and died . Dr . Russell , the resident physician , said , on Friday afternoon , from the effect of the poisons . Verdict— " Temporary Insanity . "

      Melancholy Occurrence . —We copy the following melancholy account from a letter addressed to Captain Joseph Cooke , Superintendent of Pilots , by Captain Cornish , of the ship Pickwick , dat « d March 2 , iu lat . S 10 N ., long . 20 40 W . — " On Sunday , the 19 . h of February , at twenty minutes past eight o ' clock , when in lat . 18 20 N ., long . 25 10 W ., ship going seven knots before the wind , and rolling much with a heavy northerly awdl , Mr . Cooke , the chief mate , and Mr . Henry J . T . Browne , a passenger , were skylarking about the decks . 1 then went on deck , when they gave over , and I thought no more about it . About ten minutes after , as 1 was standon the break of tho quarter deck , I accidentally turned round , and at that moment saw a leg—I think of poor Cooke—level with the rail . I ran aft , but was too late . 1 then threw the life-l uoy overboard , put ihe helm down , and brought the ship right aback ,

      cut away tho gig with four men , and hoisted a light at the staff end . The gig returned about ten o'clock after pulling about for more than an hour ; but , I am sorry to say , brought no tidings of either Mr . Cooke or Mr . Browne . I think they must have been stunned in falling , fay striking on the quarter-barge , as they neither spoke nor made any noise whatever ; indeed , we should not have known what had become of them , bad 1 not turned my head at the time of the accident . I never saw them afterwards . " Mr . Cooke was brother-in-law of Captain Cooke , of the Pilot service of this port . > He was a young man of considerable promise , and high in the estimation of the owners and captain of the Pickwick , of which vessel he had been for some time chief mate . He has left ft widow to mourn bis untimely fate . Mr . Browne , the other unfortunate individual , was a respectable young man , on his way to settle abroad . —Liverpool Albion .

      Ktw Locomotive Carriage . —A steam carriage has been invented by a young man lately connected with the firm of Messrs . Barrett , Exall , and Andrews , extensive ironfowaeiB in this town , which appears to have overcome the obstacles hitherto experienced in getting these machines to act upon the common mads- Several experimental trips have been made with it with complete success , the average rate of speed being fourteen miles per hour . The journey from Reading to a mile beyond Maidenhead was formed in about an hour , but it is possible to greatly accelerate the speed . Our reporter was kindly permitted to inspect the machine , which is about fifteen feet in length by five feet in width , and contains a tank , a bteam engine of four horse power , worked with either one or two pistons , a boiler holding two buckets of water , and a convenient place for coke and conveyance of passengers . The consumption of coke is but trifling , from one to two

      sacks only being required for a trip from Reading to Maidenhead , and we are not aware of any other expense attaching to it after the first outlay . Although not fitted up for the carriage of passengers being only , as it were , in its rough and primitive state , we have been ; informed ihat not less than a dosen persons rode on it with perfect easa and safety . It goes upon three wheels , ur& somewhat similar manner to a Bath chair , and turns the corners With more facility than might be supposed . The pace up the hills on the Oaversham-roadjtowards Henley was about twelve niles per hour . The principal inconvenience to be apptehroded is from tne taking fright of the horses at this novel machine . We understand that the ingenious inventor has left this country , and has taken up bis permanent abode on the continent , notwithstanding which we hopo he * will not lose Bight of the object we are attempting to describe , but that it may turn oat a subject of public utility and private emolument . —J&Mintf Paper *

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      Anothkr monomaniac has found the way to Buckingham Palace , from ! a distance . A woman waa discovered on Thursday morning , crouched up under a tree , in a wood at Walton upon-Thames , unable to speak a word of English . Taken before the local Magistrates , she proved to be a native of France . She says that she ia the vr ' ife of a mechanic ; and she gives two reasons forconjiDgto Engl ^ S—to see two brothers whom she imagines to hold responsible situations in Buckingham ] Palaee ; and to claim the throne of England , which is bers by right . She also calls herself Queen Isabella the Second of Spain . On Friday evening she was brought to Buckingham Palace , to gee if her story ha . d any shadow of foundation ; which , of course , it had not .

      Patriarchal Almsmen . —The charity trustees , at their monthly meeting on Wednesday last , elected Joseph Andrews , glover , to the vacant almshouse in Berkeley Hospital . Andrews is one of a venerable trio of brothers whose united ages amount to 250—viz ., Moses , 86 | an inmate of St . Oswald ' s Hospital ; Samuel , 84 ; and Joseph , 80 . Samuel , as well as Joseph , is now enjoying the otium cum dignxtate of Berkeley ' s Hospital . Wo believe them to be the only survivors of a family of 23 children by tbe same mother ; and , singularly enough they were all born in the month of March—viz . Moses

      on the 6 th , Samuel ob the 4 th , and Joseph on the 10 th . The blessing of a tolerably numerous family appears also to have Been the heritage of each , having had no less than 40 children between them ; of these , however , the largest number fell to the lot of the youngest , Josepbj who bad 19 ; next Samuel , 16 ; and Moses , the eldest , 5 . Considering their advanced age , they enjpy good health , and may be said alike to be worthy and deserving objects of the munificently-endowed charities which have provided a comfortable apylum and shelter for them in their latter days . — Worcester Herald .

      NORTHLBACH HOU 8 K pF COIIRECTION AGAIN !—Another prisoner is pronounced to have been billed by the rigorous treatment of Northleach House of Correction . An inquest was held at Cheltenham on the body of Richard Jones , who died soon after bis discharge , and the inquiry closed on Friday . Jones had been sentenced to twelve month ' s imprisonment , and to be ftoggod in the Ja 3 t month : the term expiring on the 1 st March last . After his admission to the prison , his health became bad , and he was affected with dropsy ; but he died of consumption . John Barton , a fellow-prisoner , said that the soup was so thin , that two sheep-heads served to make it for all tbe prisoners , forty . Jones was kept on the treadwheel whea he was too weak to stand . Tbe

      prisoners were removed from the wheel in a state of perspiration and placed in cold damp cells with etone floors . Jones used to walk about the yard , ' complaining of pain and crying like a child . The Under-Turnkey , Harding , said that he Was shamming ; and once struck him with a key on the leg , bo that he was lame after it . Thomas Lamy , another prisoner , said that Harding gave Jones some extra rounds for complaining : He heard Harding say , when he Struck Jones , " 1 will make you remember Northleach as long as you live . " John Ralph Bedwell , the Prison Surgeon , described the state of Jones's health . He suggested that the man should be discharged , as perhaps he might then recover ; and the

      Secretary of State was written to ; but he would not consent . The flogging , howerer , was dispensed with . When he was discharged , Mr . Bedwell advised him to apply fur medical assistance as soon as he reached Cheltenham . Richard Townsend , the Governnor , said that he importuned the Visiting Magistrates to ! obtain his discharge , bnt without success . They used to give only three shillings a-week for the meat of which they made soup for the prisoners : the ; gruel diet was thin , but as eood as Mr . Townsend dared to make it . There had now been a great alteration in the prison-diet ; an order having come down from the Secretary of State On the 16 th February . The new allowance

      Mr . Townsend thought , was sufficient to support the prisoners in their work , j AmoDg the other witnesses , were Elizabeth Jones , the mother of the deceased ; Dr . Hartley , Surgeon of the Cheltenham Hospital ; and Joseph King , a discharged prisoner , who was himself too weak to give evidence . The Jury returnetl the following verdict" That the deceased , Riohard Jones , died from the ill-treatment he received while in Northleaoh House of Correction , from hard labour , want of food , and from no other causes . " The Jury also desired the Coronor to record their declaration , that the authorities of Northleach were deserving of censure for their conduct throughout the affair .

      Singular and Fatal Casi / altt . —Mr . Baker , on Saturday last , h « ld an inquest at tbe Prince of Orange , Philip-street , St . George ' a-in-tne-East , on W . Rogerson , aged three yeswra . It appeared by the evidence Of several witnesses , that on Friday afternoon last two little lads , one of whom was named Coates , broke into a cooper ' s yard , in Sarah-place , in which were several empty sugar hogsheads . Their mischievous design was to upset some of these casks , which ivere placed end-wise one on the top of the other , in order to Bee them roll about the yard . They approached three hogsheads , piled in the way described , and , inserting between the top of the lowest and bottom of the second lowest of them a piece of plank as a lever j they leant upon it and caused the two upper casksjto topple down . They then ran away , unaware that loss of life would bo

      the result of their frolic . Unhappily , deceased was playing on the other side of the hogsheads , and one of them fell upon him in such a way that its edge rested on his neck , covering his body beneath it and leaving his head only exposed . The pressure of the cask was so great , that the jchild could not cry out for help , and another child , who saw the fatal posi tion in whieh he was , went and merely said that he was'in a tub , so that no notice was taken of that information . The poor deceased child remained unobserved beneath the hogshead for three hours , and when at length extricated , he was of count * in a lifeless state . The Coroner ! severely censured the boy Coates and his companion , telling them they had very narrowly escaped being sent to gaol , on a charge of manslaughter . Verdict— " Accidental death . "

      Mallow . —Luxuries of the Wobkhouse . —At the last meeting of the Guardians for this Union , Mr . Williams asked th Clerk to state the dietary of the Workhouse , as Sir D . Norreys boasted in the House of Commons of the " luxuries" of the Workhouse system ? Clerk—the jdietary oonsists—for able-bodied men 3 i ) b potatoes , and one pint of porridge . Women , 31 b potatoes , ! and one pint of porridge . Children , 21 b do . and half pint do . Mr . Barry—Sir Denham should be made feed on it for a month ( loud laughter ) . Mr . Barry—I propose that the paupers of this Workhouse get a meat dinner on next Easter Sunday , at the cost of the Union . Mr . Williams—I second it . Mr . A Newman—We gave them a meat dinner at Christmas by subscription , and I don'c think we can entertain this proposition . Mr . Barry—I am aware such ; was the case , but I want to establish the spirit of oar competency to

      give meat to the paupers on thejtwo days in theyear Mr . Longfield did not think it could be put from the chair , as fourteen days * notice was necessary , Mr . Haines—We did not give fourteen day 9 notice when changing milk for porridge , and I am certain there is not a Rate payer in the Union would object to it . Mr . Longfield—But that alteration was a saving to the Union . Mr . Barry—The expense is swallowed by other parties , and if we caanot order meat to the poor creatures on two days in the year , I don't see what is the U 3 e of Guardians at ' all . The Chairman —Mr . Barry would you alttr the resolution so as to request Mr . Voules to order wh ^ t you require ! Mr . Barry—I most respectfully beglto decline doing so , as I want to establish a principle . Mr . Webb Ware — I think you ought to put the resolution . The Chairman then put the resolution which was carried , there being eleven for , and four against it .

      Atbocioi / s Outrage . —The neighbourhood of Boherburg was greatly excited on Monday evening by the report of a boy having been found , almost lifeless , with histbroatcutfrom ear to ear . iu a lonesome piece of ground adjoining the new barracks . On enquiry it was ascertained that the foul deed was perpetrated by a young soldier of the 36 th : Regiment , named Thomas Rafferty , a native of Galway , who privately induced the little fellow to sell a pair of boots and regimental trousers for him , aad it dusk had thrown from his window the boots , and subsequently the trousers ; but it appears the boots were taken off by some person who heard them fall , and the young accomplice , not buing up to time , found only the trousers . The soldier , exasperated by the loss , knocked

      the boy down , and with a knife which he drew from his pocket , cut his helpless victim ' s throat across ia a shocking manner . The poor creature was bleeding to death , and was removed to his father's house , where he was promptly attended by a surgeon of the 36 ' . h and surgeon Wilkinson , who | entertain hopes of his recovery . Immediately onlheanng of the outrage Colonel Maxwell , on the same evening , issued a regimental order expressive of the Horror ho felt at a soldier of the 36 ch being charged with such atrocity , and called upon every Boldier in the regiment to indeavour to discover the lawless wretch who had disgrjxoed his uniform by so inhuman a deed . The commanding officer also directed every ' . man to be confined to barracks till the assassin was found out . This prompt and well-advised order was read in every man ' s room that evening , and had | the desired effect ,

      for tbe suspected party was soon discovered and lodged in the military prison ; and { the colonel issued a second regimental order on the following morning , conveying the great pleasure he had in rescinding the previous order confining the men to barracks , and that it was a consolation to him to know that tbe prisoner was none of his old and valued soldiers , bat a young recruit , undisciplined and unprinci pled , who , during his brief military career ; , had been repeatedly a delinquent . The accused was yesterday escorted , handcuffed , by a sergeant ' s guard , to the police-office , and handed over to the oivil authorities by the adjutant of the corps , and remanded fov further examination . He was hooted out of barracks by the soldiers of his own regiment , so indignant were they at this disgraceful eonduot . —Limeriek Chronicle ,

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      Akbest of a Murdeheb . —On Tuesday last constable Kearney arrested a man named Murtha Walsh , on private information , at Mountbolus , for ihe murder of a man named Cleary , about thirty years ago , on Buckley-hiU , within a mile of Tullamooro . There was also a person named Boon implicated in the transaction , and he and Walsh having absconded at the time , they had not been heard of till the present . Walsh " was brought before Dr . Wallace , fully identified , and committed to take his trial for the offence—Leinster Express .

      A . Packet Ship Stbcck by Lightning . —By the arrival of the packet ship Virginian , Captain Allen , at Liverpool , on Friday morning , from New York , advices have been received of the arrival at New-York on the 20 th ultimo of the American line-ofpacket-ship Toronto , Captain Robert Grisvvold , which sailed from the St . Katharine ' s Dock oa tho 27 th of January with emigrants and a general caTgo of merchandise , after having been detained twontyeight days west of the Banks in consequence of one continual gale from the west-ward . On the 1 st of

      March , in a tremendous gale from the north-west , the Toronto was struck by lightning , which passed down the foremast , knocked down all hands upon deck , and iustantly killed a boy named James Collins . About half an hour after tbe mast was struck , the electric fluid burst ten feet above the deck , the whole of which was covered with fire , but fortunately no damage was sustained . The American line of packet ship Ontario , Captain W . R . Bradisb , arrived at New York on the same day as the Toronto , viz » 20 th of March .

      Barristers and Attornies . —At the opening of the Doncaster Sessions , on Monday , the Recorder , Sir Gregory Lewin , intimated to the attornies present that he had received a letter the night previous , signed by two barristers—Mr . Allen , and Mr . Johnston—members ef the Northern Circuit , in which , they said it was their intention , along with two other barristers ( Mr . Hammerton and Mr . Stapleten ) to attend these sessions regularly in future . Sir Gregory had intimated at the previous sessions , ihat if four barristers chose to attend , he should feel

      bound by common law and the custom of the realm to give audience to the bar , to the exclusion of attornies . Mr . Fisher , on , behalf of the attornies , objected to this course of procedure , and said he believed the solicitors and the suitors in the court had made up their minds never to deliver a brief to a . barrister appearing at these sessions , unless he w ? s a counsel of some standing—seen and heard ia Westminster-ball , and at York Assizes . Mr . Hammerton , for his brother , baristers , said it was their intention to attend regularly , and here the conversation dropped .

      . Coal-Pit Explosion neajb . Bardlet . —On Friday morning , shortly aftei the miners ( forty in number ) had descended the coal-pit at Darley Maine , near Harnsley , the property of Messrs . Travis and Horsfall , sn explosion of a frightful nature took place Th « alarm on the occasion was exceedingly great , as it vf&s feared that a great number of lives must have , been sacrificed . Fortuntaely , however , tbe whole of ihe miners mentioned above , with tbe exception of two , almsst entirely escaped injury , being when the explosion occurred in a contrary draught ; but two of their number were so dreadfully burnt that one of

      them ( called Senior ) ha » since died . It appears that tbe pit in question has not been in a working state for some weeks past , in consequence of having been filled with water ; and this was the first morning of the colliers resuming their labour . The cause of tbis sad accident was occasioned by o&e of the men fastening a naked candle against one of the props , and he was in the act of taking off his jacket when the draught of air produced by this movement disturbed the sulphuric gas which was lodged near the roof , and which , coming in contact with the flame of the candle , iguitod and caused the explosion .

      The Late Hurricane at Barcelona . —Intelligence has been received of the total loss of the schooner Da rid , of Perth , 132 tons register , Captain M'Callum , during a hurricane , on the rocks of Barcelona . It appears , from authentic particulars , that , on the 27 th of February , as the David was discharging her cargoe at Barcelona , it came On to blow a strong breeze , from W . S . W ., when Captain M'Callum , fearful of danger , nrudently hove the schooner off from the quay and although still riding at anchor , the wind having increased to a tremendous gale , the vessel dragged her anchors , in

      consequence of whieh she went on the rocks . Captain M'Callum immediately applied to , and received prompt assistance from Her Majesty ' s steam-packet Geyser , then lying at Barcelona , By great and continued exertions , the David was , next morning , got off the rocks into deep water , when she was supplied with an additional anchor and hawser , from Her Majesty ' s brig Savage ; but , as the gale had now increased to a violent hurricane , Bhe was again driven on the rocks , although she had four anchors down , and soon afterwards became a total wreck , the captain having only time to save part of his clothes .

      The Learned Attobney-Genebal . —At the last meeting of the Royal Society a paper was read " On a method of proving the three leading properties of the Ellipse and Hyperbola , " by Sir Frederick Pollock . The method , though founded on a troll-known property of the cirok , is described to us by a very competent judge as distinguished by perfect originality , and demonstrated with great clearness and eloquence . That a good lawyer should also b" a good mathematician is nothing surprising

      ( for where should a first wrangler succeed if not at the bar ?) ,- but that a gentleman at the head of his profession , and holding a high office ol the first importance , should , amid the multifarious , arduous , and harassing duties which he has to discharge , and discharges so well as Sir Frederick Pollook does , be able to snatch a leisure hour to contribute to the philosophical transactions of kis country , and inclinanon bo to employ it , js surprising , if not indeed without a precedent in tho history of Attorneyg-General . —Mechanics' Magazine .

      Longevity . —A very aged couple , Joseph Sargeant and his wife , are now residing at No . 6 , Kirk s-yard , Bolgraye-gate , in this town . The former ia in his 92 d year , and the latter in her 89 th , and they have been married 62 years . Though so itx advanced in life , the old mau still follows his occupation of a chair-mender , and may be seen walking about our streets almost daily in pursn \ t of business . He was a soldier for 18 years in the reign of George III ., and during that time was in the East and West Indies , North America , as well as in various parts of Europe . His period of service having expired while in America , he solicited his discharge from General Burgoyne . He was at this time a sergeant , and being an active steady soldier his request was reluctantly complied with , and ho returned home . This was so far back as 1783 , when , to use the

      veteran ' s own jocular remark , he " quitted one service to enter upon another "—meaning that he took unto himself a wife , his present venerable partner . He remembers the north , south , and west gates of the town being removed , and also the shambles being near to Mr . Jones ' s toy-shop , and the "Gainsborough , " a building used for the administration of justice , standing in front of the Lion aad Dolphia Ion , Market-place . He ha 3 only been once seriously unwell during his long life , which was about fifty years ago , when an attack of fever confined him to his room for some weeks , and he now seems more robust Und energetic than many men thirty years his junior . He i 3 an early riser , seldom remaining in bed after five o'clock , and he says he feels moro comfortable up" thau in bed after that hour . — Leicester Chronicle .

      The Iron Thade . —The usual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters and parties connected with the iron trade took place during the past week . The business transacted at these meetings has usually been the settlement of accounts and the making ol bargains , contracts , and agreements of all kinds connected with the trade . The taking of mines and royalties of mines , the supply of coal , ironstone , and all materials in the- manufacture of iron , and the prices pf carriage—these have generally been settled at the principal meetings , held on the Wednesday and Thursday , at WoWerhampton and in this town . The meetings of the last week were looked forward to with some anxiety , arising from the late depression , not only with reference to the proapeots of the

      trade genet ally , but , also ia regard to the settlement of existing and current accounts . The result has shown , that notwithstanding the prevailing unfavourable impression , the engagements were met and no defaulters were reported ; and has also proved that the trade in Staffordshire and Shropshire is now in the hands of a much more substantial body of capitalists than it had been at any former period of depression . The price of pig-iron was merely nominal , as very few if any eale 3 were made ; with , regard to manufactured iron , the prices offered , being founded upon the depression of the trade , were scarcely iu any instance accepted ; thus again confirming the conviction that the trade is in the hands of men of real capital , who will look for remunerat

      ing prices . The products of the Scotch furnaces were frequently referred to by buyers as tending to the depression of the Staffordshire market , bnt without producing any material effect . The superiority of the Staffordshire manufactured iron was asserted and acknowledged ; and a determination was expressed on the part of several manufacturers to adopt an improvement which has lately been introduced into some works in the neighbourhood , namely , that of running tbe iron in a heated state direct from iho smelting to the puddling furnace , by which tha expense of casting into pigs and re-heating would be saved . By this means the cost of manufactured iron will be materially reduced ; and it is probable that tbe determination expressed by two or three

      influential makers , to compete with the Scotch makers in price with the superior quality of Stafford-Bniro iron , although it did not meet with the concurrence of tbe trade generally , may be not only justifiable but advantageous . The fluctuations ia the iron trade have always been great , but the prices at this time being below the cosJLtf < jjroduotioh , afford such an opportunity for spcottajwiwhfDra ^ li 'i ^ ment as the present state of tha Tprtnay jg ^ rfept "( a $£ * " » not fail to encourage . ~ B » rniin 5 ^»^^* toXi f |^ ?^ ' \ Vs § Wp

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct478/page/3/