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jECTOBB ON THE STATE OF THE HATIOH . # F TSS SB 5-Tfr . mnPOOD , OF 1 US 8 FIE 1 IJ . to ane 8 da 3 r evening Jasi , Jnlv 25 , the GnUa-ball , I- flni »* = » ^ a *« roir 3 ea to guest to hear alectuw on Sajtetprf theiafion and otfcer topics ; hmdredsof p 3 * bu vent &TC 7 unable to obtain admission . At Cgfjast seven o'cleck , ^ m Jbe mofion or Mr . Crockfora jjj , Getw PatKn took as tiairJ 33 ie BeT- W . inrwoOD , on presenting > mn !« ftl ft tng ^ j udy cbeerea . He eommgicea by « 8 iing ltha . tb = fare ggj ^ reat c&soge TOurbrouyllt about , there WetB ftfVajS ^ gaajn aogns ^ r tokens wHiri coeid not be mistaken . In " jbajprt * ent day , there -were boldaoapalpable jjgns in Xte rdigl ^ V&jHiitioaljttYLihBsacuilvaiia . Inihe jejipous * aria , tfcereTR » great aefectfon ; but this iid
not prove that the people -were laterally averse to the great ; so ^ j ^ et of xellgion , bat the ministers oire 3 i , £ on were j , ebind fce eaucatioa of the people ; again , in thepoli-^ tal worl d , there > cere party lecrimlnaSDiis , and the utmost depths of discontent ; Trat these stfns only proved fte rottenness of onr pottfical institutions , and required them to bs adapted to the advanced education of the people ; Boiiistfceaoe 5 aiwoiid , tliesdrancededncation of the people valued intellectn&T&nd moral -worth xmong - » jmea , more than tDey do-fine and ^ sndjfljwers . These Trerewgrradttha ^ aeB ¦ which could isoVbe migiakan , and 2 > ev > 1 : sn that the country grcsned trader oppression and injBstice ^ wMchtproduisd ^ iscssntsnti and thai the present agitation , -which neverwtraM « ease natil the vast fafelic of ariatoer&tic oppression andmismle shall be brought
down \ cy ibe dost . He said ne should be glad to see the . ministers of the Christian religion advocate these Tiers j but they had the feu of losing some of the loaves and Sates , and therefore they neglected to moot these -great prr&ciplea . He pointed attention psiticalariy to the present amount of discontent , -and asked what tfiebt preaching contentment could have to a man "who -eras starring 1 or what -use it "was spying , « Set your affisctions on thiogs above , and not on things below , " to a jean -who -was obliged to go snpperless to bed , and , on lisiag in tha morning , did not know where to get a Istakfast fcrais famishing children ? Let . men have means to obtain a livelihood , and then they will be in a stste to listen to , -and to pnt in practice , moral lessons . Se loathed opon the CoasStntlon of oar eonxtry , Tenaiting tiavitwasTnade for all . and not ? cr a few . Be was decidedly inimrar of an aristocracy , and should mourn for the fate of Britain if ^ there -were no
aristocracy , as he felt that God aT ^ ay 3 meant there should l > e an-aristocracy ; he has made mountains as well as mols-hllls ^ great i ^ essts and litfie beasts ; ereat stars and HBle -stars ; great TntniiJi and little miials ; and be designed lbs great to lead and attract the liule minds z hBcee we cave an idea of the constitution of 2 Haass of lords , r-nt it should be s Bouse of genuine nortemen , not ol nates purses- What sort of an aristocracy is that which consists ol blood and sot of brains ? The people do not wish to pet down aristocracy , bsft to raise it cp : it is an aristocracy of intelligence and moral power that is wanted—that is , of men ifho have morals to -fiomTTMnfl- respect and intelligence to to it ; men of this description are the trae nobility of a population , and t >> p «»» are -the aristocracy fonuded by <} od . He dwell upon the state of the eoaatry , its distress , discontent , and agitation ,, and added , that such bsing the y-t" *' 1 state -of the country , it became the really adepts fie mind to consider the remedy . They
talk of < 3 anrca extension —( laughter );— " only , " say tbsy , £ et a chnrch on every hiii and in svery teUej . and yon vzQ ia-rs the fninnmTrm . Yea , hat it wonid he '&B ttpHp" * " ™ of paxsons . ( Cheers . } He ¦ would msira every man in a certain sense his own priest ; every nun ' s home his own altar , and every man ' s " coUage his own ehnreh—( hear , hear }—© nly surronnd the people bj lisppy drcomstances , and free them from xlsner \ x sna they w 31 feel the lasher obligations of religion , and consrions gratitude will swell within the poor man ' s bosom , cherishing tha noblest virtues . He disagreed with Socialism ; but still lie thought there -were fiooest men amongs ; the Socialist ! , and thexefcre he wooia not heap npon them ¦ wholesale abase , especially
a » they seemed to wish to see a pnrer state oi society . Then came com law repeal—( laughter )—about which they might differ ; and though no one would deny that free trade was a -good thing in the abstract , jet the -gnestios -was , -whether * gigantic e-nl coxQd be -cured fey the repeal of the « omlav ? Be * feonl 4 say It csold not —Chear ^ feear ) . Then comes the Ghaitei , & thing-which the people had introduced ; and ha begged to say ttat for the cure of these evils , he proposed the Charter—itremendon * and 3 ong-conSnned cheering } . Thers is , said the lecturer , -something prophetic in that cheer ; aye , people may sneer at such ^ a thing , tut I say there 3 s something prophetic in that cheer ; 2 regard It as the key-note to the greai * od -nniTertal < ieer that will echo on tvery hill and Yalley tbronghoat England , Scotland
—the empire -where tyranny shall be overthrown , and tha Charter established—( cheers ) . 1 near some say , ¦ wbat can a Christian minister have to do with the Charlar ? what baa the Sev . Wn . Zanwoodt to do in coming forward to advocate the Charter ? I will ieU yon something -snore . 1 have sot only introduced it here , bat I have been criminal enough to advocate it in my own pulpit . 'Why say some , what can ChristiiH ministers have to do with tbe-Cbarter ? 3 Iy Answer is they have as mnch to do with the Charter as they have todowiQi common sense ; and as surely as I stand upon this platform , when fee people hare sot the { frpcrfco ^ they will iave something to do tritil their BUomeri . TM « heep who « el a , head of their shepherd ¦ w Dl not mind Mm , and the people who get a head of
their teachers are noi to be led by them ; and I mutt say , thaSifnaU the pulpits were swept clean with a besom of the men wbo stand in them , it would "be a great advantage So the community—( cheers ) . I defend ths Charter , on the ground of simple justice , Yon may « all it lbs Chart-r or Complete Suffrage , for the Compltte Sn&age part ? la pledged to ihe Sis Points , and they are prepared to carry oat tie Charter . The moment they cease to be prepared to carry out iba Charter , be ceased to be one of them —{ cheers ) . Me defended the Charter as a matter of justice ; lie wonid have no * bingto do with expediency , as that would never get anything . He was opposed to class legislation ; 2 nd he asked the middle classes , what right they had to refuse the working 'fa" * the Charter , if it were jnst ;
snd lie defied them to prove thai it was nnjnsi—( cbiers ) . lien ' go tfl ckapels , and hear in eennons that they are to love their brethren ; hot in reality , instead of doing s » they love their pockets . He wcold * xkr wiat sort of Christianity did they call that ? IVraure lie was a Cfcrutisn minister Ijb was a Chartist and if they were Chriitians they were Chartists also . "Wnom did Christ associate with ? Tba poor , the despised , and ti » OQtcaats . He JOgosA to show , if a nan obeyed lawa he had a Tight to ay who- « honld represent bigi in imposing them , sod he- contended that « very man of twenty-one years of age , of sound mind , snd untainted by crime , onght to have theBnfirage—( cheers ) URth regard ton » property qualification , what was it th&t constituted a good senator ? la its long banking
sewnxrt , a large estate , and a good carriage ? Would they tend a man to the House of Commons merely heeausebB bad a good purse in hi * "breeches pockets . He knew they did not wish , thongh they often did said fools there ; hot they desired to have men of intellecs ind moral paves , which alone can qualify men to become senators . Honey does not qualify a man ; there are many bright men who have not ^ £ 300 a-year , but they possess that which £ 1 , 000 a year cannot purchase—( cheers ) . He agreed with the payment of members , e } eetozal districts , Tote hj ballot , and annnal par laments , and argued strongly in tteir laTOur , xepndiadng the assertion that II thB Cfasrter hecamB the law of the land thty would have nolhiDg but vnlgarity ; the fact was that men did sot wast -volgaiit ?; they
want the means of obtaining refinement , sn& instead of desiring to go down , they wished to ascend . Did he sot speak the sentiments « f the audience ?—1 Cries of . 'Yes , yes . ™} Poor men had respected property in distress , and rather fkm destroy it bad gone to the loBtflfi ; would they destroy it when they had the means of eigoying it—icries ol "Ho , no * . } Grant them the Charter , and property will be well protected —( cheers ) . They say if the Charter -is granted , the country win be revolutionised ? What state is-the country now inJ Is it not already revolutionised ? look at Ireland , Scotland , Wales , and England ; eonld they jSnd-a peaceable yqxsreuille?—I" No , bo . ") The revolution , which is said 2009 come irons granting a measure of jostles , is xow going on , like a mighty Stream ; and withsnt it is instantly arrested in its course , will overwbj ^ n and plunge the nation in ene vast mass of rmnaEdirretchedness . The revolution w going on in many a garret and many a cellar ; in many a heart , and many a brain , now -ground downly the hand of
oppression . The revolution is-going on in the minds of many tbonsaDds and tens of thousands possessed of intellect and morslTrorUi , who win lead on their fellow mm to Kefoxin , with energy , -rigour , and succea ; and he would say , to those who deny justice , beware that hope deferred maketh the heart sick ; and hs would « d , take ieed , iesk ttej ^ ppose fill lie mighty tempest zhall iiave xwept them irresistibly into one common tomb—icbeer *) . He appeared there to " address the middle classes , and he tmsted they would not condemn ismlorapeajong cis honest sentinjents . The ; night ^ 8 Wd to lopkBpon mch a demagosne as the lecturer ¦* ith cxaQosi bnt he reminded t ^ bgwij that the man " »*» their true Mend who pointed out their evils , and 3 bst their greatest ppf ^ ^* are those ministers wbo , % ** & } afterjSunday , tell them a flattering and delusive ^^ After giving a most ^ Jwpient description of the * Ptsa * ab , itate of the British population , be gnoted the . wBowing beaaSfnllines : —
** ^^ < 5 od set his fountains of light in the skies , J ^ man should look np witti tears in his eyes ? D « l iJod make this earth , * o abundant and fair , That man should look doirn with a groan of despair ? « d God fill the world with harmonious life , 'hiiTnanshould go forth with destrnction and strife ? ^ JdQadieatter freedom 6 * a monntain and wave , 3 &atiBsaxbooIaexistaaatyraoiand al&ve ? ^*» y Triih soi&peless- ^* o joyless a creed , *« thasoal that beHeves it , iailartened indeed . " ^^ aTtted that the people should not comptomiEe or S ^^ P one iota * f flie Charter—{ cries of " no , no ! ^* * M been deddsd upon long sinoe" )—and he "r ^ sdtbe raiidle classes if they ^ id not join in the ZT ^ 5 k » ihey would all fall into tie gnlph rf misery «^ *^* s 5 ma fiies , by way -of « nconragement in ^ ° * r f poBrical regeisei ^ ion , he said—* ^ ^ ** **!** && *' - & » qneen of the sea ' . »« call the © as land of the fearless and free ;
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They aay thou art 2 rst on the record * of fame i They speak of tty glory , but not of thy shame J 3 > esp *« not , my eonntry , for troth is revealed . — Her hands have Vhe fountains of knowledge un-Beslsd ; f Thy children shall gather new life from the ' stream , Tell the pains of the past , are forget as a dream . ' * The lecture being concluded , a vote of thanks was moved to the lecturer . Mr . Beggs , in seconding the motion , informed the meeti ng that there was a newsroom established in Swaan- s-yard , opposite to the Police Office , for the working classes , at one penny per "week , which , daring the present exciting times , -would be of great advantage . : Searly cheers followed the proposition of thanks to the lecturer , and also a vote of thanks to the Mayor , Thomas WakeEeld , Esq ., for bis liberality in allowing the use of the Town-hall for the lecture . The meeting broke up at a quarter » past t « n o ' clock .
[ We feave great pleasure in giving the above report from the 2 ioUing ? iam Review of last week . It is refreshing to find a minister so faithfal to bis calling us to " rebuke the wickedness of those in high places , " and to make common canse with the " poor oppressed , " trumpeting fonh their wronqs and asserting their risbt-. It would be vrell if the fair , and candid , and catholie spirit of the reverend gentleman was generallj imv-attrfi , not only by the members of hiB own profession , bnt by all parties . There would be less of misunderstanding , illnature , bad feeling , and nncharit&bleness in the world
than ihere is . were such the case . From -ia private 3 r » ter from a friend we Jearn with much satisfaction , that the reverend gentleman has arranged to give another lecture in Nettingham , at the request of the Nottingham Chartists ; and that they intend , to obtain the use of the large and splendid Exchange Hall for the occasion . This is right The arrangement does credit to both parties , and speaks -well for tie scod spirit and right understanding existing between them ; and which ought to exist between all who honestly acknowledge the full rights of the full people , and do their utmost to obtain and enforce thera . 1
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- ^ IO THE EDITOR OV THE SOUTHERN STAB . Sir , — " TbB glorions uncertainty of the law'" has been a-proverb lor time immemorial ; and ntver has that saying b&n better verified than in tbe conduct of the Whi ^ s during the late debates on Irish affairs . Whstimagic influence the opposition benches have upon the perceptive orgSKB of parties , from the most learned to the lowest satellite . From the proceedings of the laat ten ; days it is obvious that our legislators not only change thtir opinions as to law making as they change benches , but that they change in what is more iroportasi to
society , the' -r views as to the powers of the Executive . The Whigs have attacked the Tories for fcaving dremisssd Magistrates , on the ground of havipg attended Rt-peal meetings , and have gone so far as to declare the conduct of Sir Edward Sugcen to be unconstitutional , inasmuch as these Magistrates were entitl&d "to attend any regularly constituted meeting , having for ; its object to petition . RarSsment to repeal a certain legislative enactment I thai not attempt to follow all that has been said in the Commons , nor by tbo party press , but shall confine my o ^ servation 3 to the con-iuct of the late Whig Chancellor and Attorney GanerrL
Ou Friday , July 11 th , the Matqula of Clanricarde brought forward the following motion in tbe : House of !>> rds , That to dismiss magistrates from the commission of tie peace under such circumEtances as those in which Irish magistrates had been dismissed by Sir E . Sogden , was nnconstitutioral , upjast , and inexpedient " I > annjf the debate that followed on the abovle motion , lord Campbell ( late plain John } said , " the magistrate " stood in the position of a judge , and he TKterly denied that a judge could be dismissed until he had committed an cfFrnce . " To hear this from the man rrhp boasted at a . public breakfast at Edinburgh t £ » l Cbartism irss dead , thit he hid crashed it , ia sot so extraordinary as the following from Lord Cottenham , John Campbell ' s superior in the years 1839-40 . The Noble and Learned ex-Whig Chancellor ia reported to feave said : "he thought the conduct of the Trlsh Government , though not amounting to High Treason , as had been stated , had Deen perfectly unconstitutional ; and
tms iraa shown by tha statements contained in tbe letters of Sir E . Sugden himself . His interference was not sanctified by law , and was most nncanstitutional in its character . " Now this is all right Lords Campbell and Cottenham have taken a correct view of the Irish Chancellor ' s condnct While the Repeal magistrates had done nothing contrary to law , the Chancellor onght notio have had the power to supersede thu £ These wbo contend that he is J invested with that prerogative , may with equal propriety say that he has the power to disperse by force any public meeting covened for whatever purpose , whbn it suits tbe party in power to say that such meetings ought not to be held . These Whig la-wjers have verj properly condemned the conduct of the present Government in removing from the commission of the peace certain magistrates for having dared to exercise their rights as citizens . If it be competent for a member of Parliament to bring forward a motion to Bspsal the Legislative Act of Union , it must be competent for any portion of the people to petition for it . This is constitutional—without this there is no constitution . '
Xord Cottenham , ex-Whig Chancellor , declares tbo condnet © f ths loAea to be little short of higtiirtfson ; and I agree with him . Yet these very Whigs , four years ago , removed from the commission of the peace , 072 the some grmtnds , one of the most upright magistrates that every sat npon a bench—the humane , the philanthropic , the virtuous JOHN FROST ! In case this should meet the eyB of any who may sot be acquainted with tho circumstances connected with Mr : Frost's zemoYsl from fiie magisterial office , let it b » borne in mind that he was superseded long before the Ne ~ pott misfortune . Do the Whigs suppose these things arc forgotten ? If they do they are woefully mistaken . Lord Campbell is not to flatter himself that the people forget that ha ia the samb Sir John Campbell , Whig Attorney General , who in person prosecuted the
expatriated Frost Williams and Jones ; or that the peeple forget the xseanB used to secure tbe destruction -of frost &n ( l his companions . Whatever steps the Toiiea may take against Ireland they cannot be more execrable than those pursued by the Whigs when ia office . The Wai * Mayor of Newport knew from Thursday that the town was to be attacked—ikis was fonr days before the outbreak took place—yet he took no steps to avert the attack . Pray who could give the information oh Thursday ? Tho first meeting of Frort -with the delegates was on Friday night , twenty-four hours subsequent to the Mayor knowing what was to happen . This was admitted by the spy-witness himself when cross-exaniinod by Frost's counsel ; and it demonstrates the dumnable machinery pnt in operation by the late Whig Government ia order to crush the infant cry of liberty in England .
The Mayor of Newport , notwithstanding the information which he possessed , did nothing to prevent tbe people from the hills entering tbe town : he allowed tha people to approach the Westgate Inn , where ; he had surrounded himself by a body of constables aad a party of soldiers . To certain inquiries by the people , the constables returned irritable replies -. & collision took place ; the Mayor ordered the military to fire , and they being in a room specially selected , ( thepspple up to that -moment knew nothing as to them leisg within the West ^ aie . ) they were enabled to do so with fatal effect ,
and which there is every reason t » beheve they c » nfemfed to do alter the people had given way . A -Dumber were mortally wounded ; some of whom layj in die street for a considerable length of time weltering ia their blood , and in the last agonies of t spiring natnre edfed for one mouthfel of cold water to cool their dying hearts ; bnt , no ! there they were doomed to perish , and when some of tbe inhabitants offered to give them s drink -of wa * er . tbe . soldiers tAiv-atened to fire opou them ** if they advanced a slep furih&r I" A magistrate ( a clergyman ) passed by them ; but , deaf as an adder , paid no attention to their agonising cries .
Frost was known to have been with the' people thai morohig , but not at the Westgate Inn . IHe was apprehended . ai : d charged as the leader of a treasonable plot ; and . in the words of Sir Frederick Pollock . " Oie ffrealesl monsters thai ever disgraced a court of justice ' were produced against him as witnesses ; and upon the testimony of third parties as to language said to have been expressed by Frost , ( the man in the " drpb great tool and g ' azed hat , " of whom Frost and his j fnends could learn nothing , was nut placed an the witness-box by Sir John Campbell , ) yet on the testimony of this third party the late Government asied and obtained a verdict against one whom they found to be anjnncompromising political opponent ; and though from jeircum-• tancea tbe sentence was commuted , yet It is being carried ont in its modified form with unrelenting cruelty : Frost has not been allowed any communication with bis bereaved family for more than two yeaiis .
Tbe Mayor of Newport instead of being called to account for not having taken steps to have prevented a breach of the peace , was called up before the ! Queen and hononred with the rifle of Knighthood . Thus the man who allowed SPIES to pursue their hellish work of « Bpionaee tin their diabolical ol-Ject was secured , instead of being punished for having permitted , with bis knowledge , such things to be committed , fwas by Lords Campbell and Cottesbam's friends publicly rewarded . This is not a solitary instance of Whig treachery towards the people of England . They were justified in employing means to obtain information ;
bnt the ; ' -were gnUry of treason against the state , in employing men first to lead the people astray { ia order that they might betray them into tbe hands of Govern ment ) , and then become witnesses against them . } This was the eondnct pursued by tbe Whigs towards those who had raised them to power . It will be their conduct again should they be restored to office , j What they have done in England they are prepared to do in Ireland when it suits . Whenever the Irish { people -scan ask for anything calculated to benefit tbe masses , the WMgs will be aa much their enemies as ever tbe Tories can be . Carsed be the name of the hireling that stay lend himself to either party , V . J » Glasgow , July 24 th , 1843 .
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TO THE MINERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brothers in Bondage , —My reason for address * ing you oatb . « present occasion io to warn youagalnstthe machinations of several unprincipled scamps that are abroad in the payiof tbe masters , endeavouring to entrap yon into a premature strike , and thereby prevent you from securing : that Organization , without which it is impossible for as to successfully contend with that systematic oppression which , for years has crashed as to the earth , and which every day becomes more and more unbearable . \ '
Brothers . — -I hope you will be on your guard against those , whose only object is to crash our movement , and make us again an easy prey to onr cruel task-masters . They have always hitherto been able to crush oar sectional movements ; against their oppressive exactions ; and after the expenditure of vast sums of money , and many good and honest men have bean sacrificed to nnnending crnelty ^ our condition has ouJy been rendered man snUiae . I hops , therefore , that Wu WM not countenance any man that advocates a Strike tender present circumstances ; nor give oar to any strangers , except tb-y be ihe authorised agenta of the Coal Miners ' TJa \ on , and can prjadnce credentials from the Executive . By these means yon will ba able to establiah that Org . iDiziUon so much drEaded by those that have hitherto trampled upon the ; rights of the toiling miners .
My respected fr ' iBnd , Swallow , and myself , are doing wonders in Lancashire . The good work of O rganizition is spreading with a rapidity far beyond onr most « augulne ucpectationi . I hope that in a short time Lancashire will be able to do its own work , and allow us to go to some other part of the country were the poor enslaved miners have not heard of our national movement for a good understanding with each other . I am happy to inform you that the cause is taking deep hold in the following places and their neighbourhoods , viz : —Olctham , Ashton-nnder-I . yne , Dukinfield , Hyde , Clayton , Rochdale . Bury . Boltou , Wigan , Chowbent , Ratclifie-bridge , Rio ^ Iey-hridge , Halahaw-moor , Hindley , Chorley , West Haughton , && Ac . But we are watched at every step by tbe creatures of the masters , acting as spies upon our actions . They even get into our sleeping Tooms to listen to our private conversation ; but as our work is done optsnly and aboveboard , we ha- ? e nothing to fear , an * l defy their malice .
Brothers , in conclusion , let mu again call your attention to your Orgaitzition , for by the perfection of that alo ; , e can we hope for success . It is by means of Orgnirziiion our employers have been abie to oppress us in the manner th < -y have done . Whilst we have been dividtd , they haye been united . They have kept up ft complete systematized Organisation . Even now in this county , they have a meeting of the Employers on tbe £ rst Monday in every month . In those conclaves they concoct their neR > plans of oppression . Having these ficts before as , can we hope to accomplish any good , or produce any lasting beu ? St , without having a powerful National Organization ? Let then all our energies be
devoted to this purpose , and this alone for the present . We have borne with patience oar manifold suff . rings for years . Let us exercise that virtue a little longer , until we are able to meet onr enemies on equal terms . But for the sake of onr cause , our wives and little 0 ) 163 , let us not by Sectional and premature Strikes throw away oar vantage ground , and give the enemies of justice another opportunity of laughing at us and effectually oppressing us for years to come . I am , brother Miners , Tours , in tbe good cause , Manchester , Jaly 26 * , D . THOMPSON , 1843 . Acent to the Association .
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tJ « vL Jf ^ " MAOiSTRAC * .-rThe Packet states S ^ iv ' ^ oh , of Rooksavage , county of htlinfl ^ T * £ «« nuni 88 ioa of the peace for tZ % Z * $ h , 11 ' ^ MWH , Esq ., have also been re-¦ gSJ ^ v ?* * 10 th 5 **»*««* ot'Ireland :-S S %° h k fot the county of Louth ; STlS \ 2 tJti ^ 'JN » for the county of Siijy >; Kmetickf P 3 Vimer 8 ' **• * the cotialy of hnSn ^ t . CBBDDLm .-A widow in Lochoarren , fen 0 * il y . ^ i WM 0 h WM Bt 0 l 6 n Ottt Of hOT house , actuated by the remaiua of au ancient but now nearly exploded credulity , resolved to have recourse to : » weird sister , in order to regain b « r lost n ^^ I r ; bhe » c ° w < Knsly came all the way to ¦ LJintjwaH , to taka th « «™ j . h . ;^ « r f 0 > Uo-, \ , a
Campbell ! or Beaton residing there , a notorious pretender to witchcraft . Catherine returned with her aiipe to Jioohcarron , and commenced operations by saying , that no good could bo done unless the same sum as was lost could be procured , which the poor woman borrowed : and then the witch put it away carefully , the woman ' s cheat , and it was not to be looked at ; till the next day , whjn the former lost £ 2 wero to be found with it ; but the witch went off by the mail-cart , and neither the £ 2 nor the £ i were found where tfie money was supposed to be put , but some stones and oatcake , the itjapostor having helped herself to the former . Information having reached JJingwal lof this &ross imposition , Campbell was apprenended , and ia fully committed for trial . She is a native of Lewis , and an old : offender in the same lino , iiavitig often set the simple country people by the ears , jby pretending to discover parties who , by the evil ! eye , " had taken the virtue out of tour neighbours' cowb' milk . —Rosshire Advertiser .
Royalty in Danger . —Last week , during the progress of Her Majegty and Prince Albert in the Royal barge on their way to the Thames Tnnnel , they narrowly escaped being run dowu by the Syren , a Woolwich steamer . The Royal barge was steered by Mr . Rfeberta , Her Majesty ' s barge-master , a very experienced roan , the Admiralty barge by Mr . Masterman . The Q / ieen's barge-master received particular directions to follow the Admiralty barge , which led the way . The barges were proceeding down the river , keeping rather towards the north shore , and on reaching the Dublin tier off the Tower , the Admiralty barge all at once shot across the river towards the south shore . The Queen ' s watermen followed in pursuance of the orders given them , aad they met the Syren steamer coming up the river in a contrary direction , at full speed . The master of the steamer who had been keeping a
straight course , and who did not expect that the state barges would have so very suddenly altered theirs , wha close ou to the Royal barge before he was enabled to stop tho engines , and he was within a very few feet of tho prow when a naval officer , who was outside the bouse be ; ween Her Majesty and tho watermen , stood up on the cushions , waved his hand , and , unmindful of the presence of Royalty , sang out at the top of his voice " Halloo ! halloo . ' G—d d—hyou , where are you coming to ! " And one of the watermen ceased pulling , and following the examplo set him , called out " O , you vagabond . The rudder of the Royal barge was put hard over , aud fortunately the collision was avoided , but some of the distinguished party were greatly alarmed . Prince Albert ) ooked serious , the Princess Clementine iappeared frightened , but the Q / ieen laughed heartily , and did not exhibit the least symptom of fear .
Melancholy Accident . —Foor Lives Lost . —On Sunday last , about half-past eleven o ' clock , a party of four persons entered a pleasure boat , lying at Inverness ' , and proceeded down tho Firth as far as Kilmuir . \ When returning , aud within about two hundred yards of the Longman Point , a sudden squall caught them before they had time to shorten sail , and } the . boat filling , instantly swamped . The accident was seen at Kitmuir , and boata put out to render assistance ; but bet ore they could reach the spot , the whole had disappeared amidst the stormy currents that prevail in this part of the Firth . Tno unfortunate parties wero George Muuro , formerly of the Atalanta revenue cutter ; but who had , for the
last eighteen months , kept s public house in Pettystreet . 1 This man has left a wife aud Beven children to regret his loss . William Gumming , gen of Mr . CummiDg ; carpenter , Shore , aged Id . This young man had left his father ' s houso to go to church , and a copy off the New Testament : was found in one of his pockets . John Ross , aged 13 , son of J » hn Ross , shipmaster , Cromany ; and William Kirk , a seamant on board the Janet of Liverpool , a& present in this port . Kirk wrs a native of A-uoheucairn , in Galloway ; he was an expert swimmer , and had ob ained several medals from the Humane Society for his exertions | in saving peraon . 3 at sea . —Inverness Courier .
Granite ani > Wood Pavements— -At a recent meeting of the institution of civil engineers , a paper was read " On the relative merits . of granite and wood pavements and macadamized roads , " by C . T . Hope , FR . S . L . &A . It 19 shown that macadamizing has few if any advantages for public thoroughfares , owing to its rapid abraBion , the frequent application of new material , the uncertainty of iis coudition , the abundance of mud and dust , the great , expense of maintenance , and from tho power employed in draught requiring to bo so variable . It isoonto&dcd thai granite pavement can be made superior to macadam zing as regards economy of construction and maintenance of way , power of draught , and generally
of tail other qualities , with tho single exception of npiso , whioh by proper coastructiou may be greatly diminisned ; that wood paving is superior to any other description for streets , aud from the results of experiments made by the author during a period of eighteen moaths , it appears thai tii 6 vertical position of tho fibres sustains ' less abrasion and in jury than blocks iu ' any other position—that cohesion is not a fluctuating quality , as tho blacks do not becomo wet and dry with the changes of the season , since when once they havo absorbed as much moisture as they can contain , and their volume is thereby increased , they never can be entirely desskatcd , even by a long series of dry weather . The author ' s views were carried out at great length .
Rebecca IN Ieeiasd . —The Northern Standard , an t 'range ; paper , contains the following : —** On Friday last , five men dressed' in female attire attacked theihouseof one of Mr . Shirley's bog baihffsi named Bryan M'Enany . It appears that the outrages committed in that neighbourhood lately have been all perpetrated by men in . the garb of women , and are known by the appellation Qf ' the girls . ' Those felldwa w ^ ro Eieen approaching the field in whioh M'Enany was Working by his eon , who gave tho alarm , and the father had just time to reach the house and inform hia wife , wneu they rushed to the
door—the wife sprang out 10 keep them off , while M'Kiiany closed the door , and barred it with a log of wood . . ' Tbe ruffians endeavoured to break the door open with stones , and while the ? were thus employed , the boy who remained in the field ran to his uncle ' s house , & resolute and able young fellow , who immediately came to his friend ' s rescue ; the ' girls' made off , pursued by M'Connio , but upon reaching the ru&d he was intercepted by a crowd of persona , who compelled him to give up the pursuit . Oae of tha crowd is now iu custody , but * the girls ' escaped . "
Frightful Scaffold Accident . — On Friday morning a iuan named William Parry , a bricklayer , fifiy-seveu tyears of age , fell from the third story of the house No . 26 , Park street , Hyde-park , a height ot upwards ^ of forty fees , into the area below . He was immediately conveyed in an apparently dying s ; ate to St . George ' s Hospital . The injuries he had sustained in the back , limbs , and head , are of such a nature as 10 leave but slight hopes of his surviving , i The imprudent man ! had been standing upon a single plank , and at length , finding that he rt quired to be raised for the purpose of finishing his work , ho procured a box , but had no soontr placed his feet thereon than the plank gavo way , and ho was prec pitated ou to the area cavement .
Opposition to poor bates . —On Saturday last , at one o ' clock , a biueboard , the property of Mr . Charles O'Connell . was sold in High-street , ; by Dublio auction , for £ 2 15- * , bring seized under a civil bill for poor rates , j ivir . O'Uunneil addressed those present from an adjoining window . He strongly denounced the present ; system ot po > r laws , and declared he would never p&y a fanning rate until such oqaagos were made as would serve the poor and lessen the numerous salaries of bloated ceatmissiouerd . The police mustered strongly with the reside-nt magistrate aud sub-inspector , but there appeared to be not the Blighted occasion for their presence . —Ennis Advertiser .
French Finance—The National Debt of France , which in 1572 , under Cha'lps IX , was only 17 , 000 , 000 f . ; was , in 1 S 32 , 5 , 417 . 495 , M 7 f . At the present , time it is almost 7 , 0 OU : < KSu , OUOT . France has already been bankrupt six times , viz : —Under Sully , who deduced the interest , formerly paid on the oapital ; at the end of Louis I V . ' s reign , under Desmaret , who paid neulier capital nor interest ; at the fall of the " sysivne law , " under Lepalletier ; under the Abbe ferrai , who did not pay the assignments ; during the revolution , at ^ T the creation of 45 , 000 ^ 000 of mortgages ; 1 Btly , in 1799 , by the reduction of twothirds of the debt .
KpvKtxv in Crab Catchimo .-t-A short time ago , while agoutleman belooging to this town , who is a capital swimmer , was enjoying the luxuries of that delightful exercise at thoughfcy ; Fsirry , one of hia largo toes way suddenly soiz ^ d upon by " something ;" and , notwithstanding all hU effurts , he was unable to release it ] from the grasp of tho unseen captor , which seemingly evinced a determination to drag him under water . Feeling , no doubt , thai he was likely to come off " second best " : in the Btruggle , he made with all possible despatch for the Bhoro ; and , on landing , found that , his antagonist was a huge crab , which even then would cot relinquish its hold till ita clenched claw" was broken to pieces . Bathers beware of crabs . —Dundee Courier .
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Foreign Steam P-web . —On the 1 st of Jannary , 1842 , there were in France 5 605 steam-boilers and 2 807 steam-engines , beavdes 169 locomotives . Of tha 5 , 605 boilers , 4 , 857 we ' re of Frcneh manufacture ; 1 , 747 of them furnished steam for various uses , and tha remaining 3 858 supplied the 2 , 807 engines . Of the 2 807 engines , 584 were low pressure , equalling 11 , 114 horsepower , and 2 , 223 high pressure equalling 26 , 182 horse-power , making together 37 , 296 hofae-powcr ; that is , the force of 121 , 888 dTnuguthorseB , replacing strength of 783 . 000 men of labour . These amounts , as compared with the year 1840 , present on one side a j reduction of 40 boilers , not used for strata engines j ; and , en the other , an increase of 285 boilera for , steam-engr ' , of which lost 216 w « re fixed , and 27 locomotive . This increase gives an equivalent » = t | 2 946 horse-power , or 8 , 836 draught-horses , or 621000 men . In 1841 steamengines in Fran < v > did the labour of 55 , 061 draughthorses , or 1 , 085 . 427 mexi .
Definition of a Clock . —As a blunt sort of a witness in an action of Irover , at York , was undergoing a cross-examination by Mr . Dundas , a clock became tho subject of inquiry , and when tho question was put as to what sort of a clock it was , tho witness replied that it was " a sheep-head clock . " ( Laughtpr . ) Mr . Dundas , apparently considerably , surprised , inquired— " What sort of aclock is that ?" Witness— "Why , a clock without a case ; they call it wag by't wall . " Tnis definition was given omidst roars of laughter . f
Purgatoby by AMiqiPATioN . —At a neighbouring assiza town on the Us . ord oircuit , in tho present term , the gentlemen of tho Bar were cocnplaining of the heat and inconvenience of the Court , which the presiding Judge admitted was exceedingly anno ^ ing . Amongst the j complainants was an obese attorney , who . 8 f artinft upou his legs in the lower part ot the Court , thu ^ addressed hia Lordship , " And , my Lord , you eee tho attorneys are thrust down here into a bottomless pit " " O ! never mind , Mr . — -, that ia only anticipating your doom , " drily responded hia Lordship , amidst the irrepressible laughter o ^ " the Court .
Army and ISAvy . —Tho troops in Ireland have a prospect of some rest after their summer ' s campaign of marching , counterm ^ ching , and re-countermarching in qne » t of the ghost oi an insurrection . It is confidently stated that the Duke of Wellington has determined to concentrate the scattered fragments of the regiments | u Ireland iuto a few sra'Aous , whouce , when the insurrection ventures to show itself in bodily Hhapei the whole mass of military may sally forth m a concentrated mass and make minced meat of it at once . It is therefore to be expected that tbe ^ peal war , when it does break out , will bo commenced , fought , and concluded , like the battle of the frogs aud mice , wahia the compass of a day . The Irish fitat ia maneuvering we
suppose in quest of a foe ; jor perhaps to entrap American sympathy half eoas over . There ia , therefore , every reason to expeot' that this mighty movement which keeps Ireland in agitation , and paralysos England , will end , like ( the Spanish war , ia a cordial shake of hands between the belligerent parties , and with the explosion of a | plentiful discharge or blank cartridge . —Dublin World . Beefsteak no Mbat . —Poor Washee was so pestered by a Roman Catholic Missionary , that he consented to turn Cnriatian . Ho wa 9 duly baptised , and the priest changed his heathen name of Washee , to that of the apostolic John . One of the duties
imposed on him was ] to eat no meat but fUh on a Friday , which he jvery much objected to , aid only promised to observe through fear of " eternal punishment . " The following Friday , however , the priest called on the negro , and found him busily employed upon a fine j rump-steak . Tho horrified Ca ' . holic was commencing a long Bermon , when master blackee exclaimed , " Dis no meat , massa dts damn KnefisL" "flow ? " "How , I tell you : you baptizo poor Washee—you sprinkle water in his face , and bay , " yeur name no more Washee—you henceford call Jonn . " Wellj massa , me baptizo beef-take ; me sprinkle water on it;—me say , " you name no more meal—you called henceford fish "
The Uiiivers gives the following as an authentic account of the martyrdom of M . Borie , the Missionary at Tong-king iu China : — " When surprised by the soldiers who went to arrest him , he rose , and like the Saviour , askei them , * Whom seek ye V They were for the moment struck dumb by his majestic countenance and extraordinary stature , so imposing in these climates . When put in irons , the confessor took advantage of the eagerness shown by the people to visit him . to deliver freely to them the
words of eternal life . His execution was horrifying . The executioner , who j was half drunk , scarcely knew what he was about . His Brat stroke with the sabre fell on the ear of { the martyr , and out him to the jaw ; the second came npon the top of the shoulders and turned the flesh upon the neck ; the third was better directed , but ! did not sever the head from the trunk . At this sight the criminal mandarin thrunk back with horror . It requiredsevea strokes before-the sanguinary jwork was * finished , during whioh the holy priest did not utter a single cry . "
T . ROBERTS , AND COMPANY . AN ACROSTIC , T he life of Parr a twofold good displays—R elief from saff ' ring pain , and length of days . O let us not despise th ' ese boons as nought , B ut readily embrace them as we ought . E xtcasive life , and freedom from disease R ewarded Parr—and . we may purchase these ; T hat healthful balm which formed his life anew , S hall flourish still , an ' d bless his followers , too . A balm like Parr ' s , whioh health and age supplies , N o numan ' . bsing can too highly priz ? . D ear as the riches ofjthe world are thought—C ompared with this , they sink at once to nought . O ur lifti at beet , is bui a transient day—M an from his birth is ' subject to decay ! P arr thought on this-j-he viewed the ills of man , A ud wisely sought tojlengthen but his span . N or did he vainly seek . While hero below , Y ou'll find that Parr Iwas Death's severest foe .
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From the London Gazette 0 / Friday , July 28 . BANKRD 1 » TS . Edward Reynolds , Merton , Surrey , silk and woollen printer , to surrender Aug . 10 ., Sept . 8 , at half-past eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitors . Messrs . Reed and Shawl Friday-street ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Boiainghall-street . Meyei Lever , Great Winchester-street , comroWion merchant , Aug . 10 , Sept . { 8 , at eleven o'clock , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw . Friday-street ; official assignee , Mr . Alsager , Birchinlane . I ¦
G-orge Salter , Davies-street , builder , Aug . 4 , at ten O ' clock , S ^ pt . 7 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' C >> utt : solicitor , Mr . Far&er , Sfc ! Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . FenoelL Elizabeth Haunah Foster , Hathern , Leicestershire , tanner , Aug . 4 , at three ! o'clock , 31 , at two , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Croddard , Kingstreet , Cheapsida : official assignee , Mr . Belcher . Jessie Sidtion , West Bromwich , Staffordshire , hollow ware manufacturer , Aug . 12 , Sept . 9 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' [ District Court , Birmingham : solicitor , Mr . Br < iy , Birmingham : official assignee , Mr . Bittleston , Birming&ara . j John Henry Taylor , Wokefleld , joiner , Aug . 9 , Sept 13 , at eleven o ' clock , at ttie Bankrupts' District Court , L « eda : solicitor , Mr . Bulmer , Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Ybupg . Leeds . I
Edwin Rayner , Sheffield ; merchant , Aug . 9 , Sept . 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at tho ^ Bankrupts' Ihstrict Court , Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Branson , Sheffield ; official assignee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds . David D . xon , Loads , dyer , Au ? . 8 , Sept 5 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' [ District Court , Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Bond , Loeds ; official assignee , Mr . Fearne , Leeds . | John King , Kingston-upon-Hull , mercer , Aug . 9 ,
Sept 6 , at eleven o ' clock , ! at the Bankrupts' District Court , Lee-is : solicitors , Messrs . Sate and Wort&ington , Manchester ; and Messrs . England and Shackles , Bull ; official assignee , Mr . Frieman , Leeds . Henry Chalicombe , Swansea , sail maker , Aug . 10 . at one o'clock , Sept 11 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' D * - triot Court , Bristol : solicitors , Messrs . Bur foots . London ; Messrs Newman and Co ., Yeovtl ; and Mr . Short , Bristol 5 official assignee , Mr . Hutton , Bristol .
DIVIDENDS . Aug . 11 , W . Millar , Wapping-wall , engineer—Aog . 28 , W . Stent , Oxf-itd-8 ttee ^ . hosier . —kag . 18 , J . Pen * fold . Goring . Sussex , brewer . —Aug , 18 , D . Ellis , jun , Haver bill , Suffolk , draper . —Aug . ' , J . Coltinson , South Molton-laae and South Molton-street , carpenter . —Aug . 21 , Q . F . Cobham and W . B . Wright , Camdenplace , Peckham , aud Gh-ayesond , builders . —Aug . 21 , J . T . Bargon , Bucfclersbury , hardwareman . —Aug . 18 , M . Potter , Mnncbeater , merchant . —A . ug , 25 , J . Slotvne , Liverpool , hatter . —A . ug . 21 , R . PockUngtoo , V / inthorpe , Nottinghamshire , and W . Dickinson , Newarkupon-Trent—Aug . 18 , T . Baker , Birmingham , brass cock maker . I Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shewn to the contrary on the day of meeting .
Aug . 18 , W . Stent , Oxford-stwet , hosler—Ang . 18 , J . Grieve , Nicholas-lane , engraver . — Aug . 21 , J . HuttOD , Ringwobd , Hampshire , draper . —Aug . 18 , M . O . Priest , Brentford , glass seller . —Aug . 19 , X C . Whlttenbury , Braekheath-hill , buildbr . —Ang . 19 . J . M . Mallan , Luiigat « -hiH ; dentist—Aug . 18 , ] E . F . Smith , Bristol , car . penter .--Augi 30 , W . CoOke , Bradford , Yorlmhira , worsted spinner . certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown tojtbe contrary on or before August 13 .
J . nose , SpUdiog , Lincolnahire , ironmonger . —J , Yarrard , jun ., Spalding , Lincolnshire , grocer . —W . M . Senior , St . Swithin's-laneJ hardwaKman . —J . Crow , North-end , Fnlham , licensed victualler— T . Whitmaiab , TunAmdge-wella , hotel keeper . —W . Ledbury
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Hagley , Worcestershire , and dalbournbrook . ^ i frtj rd * shire , coal merchant . —J . C . Mumford , Mile-end-, ^ d , grocer . —J > Towers , Wolverhampton , hatter—C . Chambers , Holies street , milliner . PABTNEH 8 H 1 PS DISSOLVED . J . Gres ? son and Co ., OverDirwen nnd Presto :, t ^ . cashif ' " , sizars of cotton twist . W . Medcalf an- Co ., Manchester , brush mantt&cturers . M'Tear anf'Km » , LiTerpooJ , saip-brokers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . 1 BANKRUPTS . Thomas Skinner , butcher , Qocalming , Siifre-. to surrender An ^ . 10 . at he . lf-p . » 8 t twelve , and t « v 12 . at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alsiget . fficial assignee . Birchin-laue ; solicitor , Tucker , C-m .-jostreet . Gity . James Wilkinson and George Wilkinson iniigo brakers , LcadeBhall-street , Aua . 11 , at two , ai . • s ^ pt . 9 , at . twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Bh <; h 8 r , offioial assisrneo ; solicitor , Cbilci . Chanc 9 ry-larK , Alexander Laing . draper , Halifax , AafUfi y at twelve , and St-ptembar 9 , at one , tt the Court •* Hankruptcy , B-leher , < Dioial assignee ; solicitor , K = u ; and Siiaw , Friflsy-street . Cbeapsido .
Heriry Morgan Goodwin and Charles Le-r . ship * owners . Bishops-g&te-stteat Within , An »« sk 1 » . a ; half , past one , and Sept . 12 at oue , at the Court <> . li , mkruptey . Alaager , r-rficial assignee , BtrchtK-lam •'; » oli « citora , Oliverson , Denby , and Lavie , Frederick a--. \ w # , Old Jewry . William Ranting and William Jeffcoat , books h ! are , East Harding-streot . City , Aug . 10 , at twelve , au . i s , pt . 12 . nt eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . A-.-agdr , official assignee . James Martin , innkeeper , Bexiey-heath , Aug . io . afc eleven , and Sept . 9 , at two , at the Court of Bsnkv , ; icy . Belcher , official ass . gn . ee ; eclicit&rs , Sadgrove . M arklane , London . Ryce Davies , grocer , Abercarne , ^ TKIonmout ' . ^ Mre , Aut ; . 11 , Kt twe , and Sept . 13 , at eleven ,-at the Hr'stol District Court . Acraman , official arsignce , an B ^ g , Bristol .
Thomas B-vte , WilMm Smith Bate , and J . jmes HeilingB , brevrers , Rugeley , Stuffordabira , Aus ? 1 ' aad Sept . 12 , at eleven , at tha Birmingham District f . < :- . ? t Vaipy , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitors WV 4 e Kees , Humphrey , and Wilde , College-bill , L > n < ivu Smith . Ruseley . .. Nathaniel Neal Solly and Kicbard Solly , Jronniast-rs , Tividale , Staffardshire . Aug . 24 and Sept 23 . st hih * . past eleven , at the Birmingham District Com " . > tittleston , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , '¦ Ja .- . er , Birmingham .
Joseph Wright , buiTdar , Exater , AUr . 16 > .. -me , and Sept 13 , at eleven , at tne Exeter District . art . Hirtzjll , official assignee , Exeter ; solicitor , Biu ' . mn , Exeter ; Clipperton , Bedford-row . London .
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L ' ONDON SiirTHFIELD CATTLE MARKET , MciuT , July 31 . —From all parts of iingland , butmu ..- espeoially from Norfolk ,, fcho Fresb arrivals of BragtB up to our market to-day ware compared with those reported for several weeks past , on a . very moderate scale , while a considerable falling off was o '^ T ^^ d in their general quality . NetwiiL&Undisg th ; ieficiency , the limited state of the reoeipts of co .,: rykilled meat up to Newgate and LeadenhaU nit ¦;¦» is , and the fair average aitendanceof buyers , t * ' -eef trade was in a sluggish state , and lost Mona -y ' s quotations wore net . supported . In couseq - nee , however , of the numbers of really prime ' . Scots &i ag unusually scanty , 4 i 2 . 1 per 8 ! b 3 was in Bp-inr . i- ow instances obtained for them ; but the genera : tkuro
for the best Beef cannot be noted higher than 4 . at which a clearance was with difficulty effected . F om Norfolk we received about 400 Scots . andUomebv ^ ts ; from Suffolk-, Essex , and Cambridgeshire , 90 Sota , homebreds , and runts ; from Lincolnsnire , Leii ' - sierchire , aad Northamptonshire , 200 short-horns ; J ' roia Yorkshire , 140 rnnisj from the Western anu AJidland districts , 300 of various kinds ; from other 2 arts ot England , 340 Scots , runts , Darhams , &c . ; ' rom Dundee and Aberdeen , 140 homed and policrt Sc /» ts « jy sea ; and from Ireland , via Liverpool , 40 i ;; 3 h Beasts . With Sheep we were heavily supplied ,. ven the time of year considered , and several evere cases of epidemic were observed amongst tha > description of stock , owing to which a depreciation : 00 k
place in the value ol the middling and wfirior descriptions , which fell fully 2 J perSibs , and trade ruied extremely dnll . The extreme quotation for the best old Downs was 4 i 4 d , but that for superior half-breds was only 3 s lOd per 8 Jbs . Lambs came freely to hand , but a very em » U portion of the sui . ply was above the middle quality . In this kind of - > . ck a small amount of business was doing , and the correncies were from 2 i to 4 d per 81 bs ; beneath those obtained on this day se ' nuipht . The number of Calves werelarge ; while the " Veal trade ruled tx . ~ tr « Biely dull , and the rates were 3 d per 81 bs k-war . in Pi ^ a , v ery lfttle vf , as lioingt y 8 t we can notio no material alteration in their value . Durip ; the V'ist week no Foreign Cattle has been imported iuto , -ny part of the United Kingdom .
Potatoe Markets . —New Potatoes from 3 j ; ., Ss 6 d per owt . Scarcely any foreign Potatoes ; ave been on offer . Bjobouqh Hop Markkt . —Owing to the lecei ) i of ratKer more favourable aocount 3 from the pla . i ations , we have to report a very active demand for all kinds of Hops here , but prices remain without aUt ration . In the duty we have little betting , but it i » - calculated at from £ 135 , 000 to £ 140 , 000 . Wool Market . —An unusually large arrivnl of wool has taken place in the Port of London since ;> ur last report- Public sales are appointed to take p ' aoe at Oarraway ' s on the 8 th and twelve following d aya .
Privately a inoderats business is doing at late ra- " es . Tallow . —Tbe market ia again firmertbismomiRg , and Tailow on the spot is scarcely to be had ar our quotation . For forward delivery it is 42 s 9 i tho iust three months , and for separate months , from August to December , 43 j and upwards has been pa i ia several instances within the last few days . T . ? -re are advices in London , from St . Petersburg ]) , by way of Hull , to the 22 nd inst . Prices there were about the same as by previous post ; tbe quantity shipped off was 121 , 000 casks , against 118 , 000 last year , and 122 , 000 in 184 J . Town Tallow is 42 a set c&ah .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Mondat , Jul y 31 , —We havo had a good snpply of Cattle at market to-day , and any thing prime was eagerly sought after , and sold at good prices . Beef 5 ^ 1 to 5 £ d , Mutton 5 d to 5 % -i , Lamb 51 to 5 £ d per lb . Number of Cs Etle at market : ~ Beasts 1 , 153 , Sheep and Lambt 10 , 527-Livebpool Corn Market , Monday , Jcly 31 . — During the last seven days we have received 8 667 sacks of Flour from Ireland ; but the imports of British Grain , &c . have with that exception been on a very moderate scale . The trade generally has been less lively than daring the preceding week ; the
millers and dealers have bought Wheat with much caution , and were on Friday in most instances able to supply themselves , at a reduction of Id to 2 d per bushel from Tuesday ' s rates . Flour was also Is per sack aud barrel cheaper . Oats were held at previous rates , but very few were sold , and Oitmeai moved slowly at 6 d a . load decline . No change as regards Barley , Beans , or Peas . Two or three parcels of Egyptian Wheat have changed hands in bond at 26 s to 281 per imperial quarter . Except a heavy fall of rain on Friday and Saturday nights , the weather on the whole has been favourable for the
country . Manchestrr Corn Market , Saturday , Jolt 29 . —During the week the weather in this neighbourhood has been of a more favourable character , and the activity previously displayed in our market has altogether disappeared . The supplies of Flour from Ireland are to a liberal extent ; and , considering the advanced period of the season , those of Oatmeal are vr-ry considerable : of other articles thence and coastwise tbfty arc uaimporiant . Of Flour from the interior arrivals are rather on the increase . There wa-i but a moderate attendance of buyers at our market this morning } and , notwithstanding an unfavourabie change , with indications of unsettled weather , there was very little passing . Wheat and Flour may be quoted nominally as on this day sa ' nnigh-t ; but on Oatmeal and O * ts the advance then demanded could not be realised , and a declina of 6 d
per load ou the former article was submittod to . LOiVDON Corn Exchange , Monday , Jolt 31 . — A good-deal of rain appears to have / alien ia different pirts of the conntry on Saturday and Sunday , and the report respecting the outstanding crops do not by any means improve . Harvest operations have , we believe , been partially commenced this morning ia the neighbourhood of London ; but reaping cannot , under any circumstances , be general for some weeks to come . Having a large show of English Wheat ( prmciplly from Essex ) , the trade opened languidly ; and before any progress could be made in saleB , factors bad to submit to ft reduction of 2 a . per qr . on she rates of this day fle ' qnight , and even at that ab . ii . to . ment a clearance was not effected . The inquiry fwr free Foreign was slow , holders , however , manifested no particular anxiety to realize , and purchases could not have been made much below former terms . The transactions in bonded Wheat were on rather
a retail scale , but previous prices were firmly insisted oa . Flour moved off slowly , and ship samples were the turn cheaper . The receipts of Barley were trifling in tho extreme , and though the demand for this grain was no { important , the recsnt advance wa 3 well supported . The little Business done in Vlalt was likewise at fully the currency of Monday a -it . There were not many Oats fresh up this morDing ; th * quantity left pv « r from last week's supply being , however , considerable , and the dealers actiug with muah caution , prices had a downward teadeucy . On Irish the reduction since this day week may be esnmated at from Cd * to la ., and on even the finer kinds of English and Scotch at ! least ffd . p * r qr . B ^ ans and Peas moved off ia small quanuiiuc , at about previous prices .
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"THEB . B 18 BUT OSE STBP P&OM THE SUBLIME to the Ku > icuiox ? 3 . "—Sit C . F- WiiiraniB , tha Bankrnptey Camjnwsioner , observed a bankrapt leaning upon the desk . " Sir , " said the great little man , ( or vke versa ) " you fcsve been a worn , acd your present attijnde is neitter reepectful to your God nor to me . ' "
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TRAGICAL AND SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT THE ; CAMBRIDGE GAOL . On Thursday -week a young man named Henry Burnham was , at the Cambriage Absiz-. b , convicted npon &n indictment charging him with having stabbed iiia -wife with latent to do ner grtlvous bodily harm The evidence ogaiDst him ww conclusive , nucl would Indeed have justified tbe jury in finding that the intent of tbe prisoner in ; the outrage upon his wife was not simply to do her bodily harm but to murder her . It appeared that be -was a young man of 28 years of age , and she was in her 24 th year , and that they bad been married six years , during which time she had given birth to four children , ose of whom at the time of
commitsion of the felony was only three weeks old . Oa the 29 : h of May he returned to bis home drunk , and after some angry words -with hia wife , he fetched a caiving . knife from the kitchen , "which be sharpened en a steel ; and declaring that ; " he-wouJd finish ber , " he iclxted ¦ wounds on her thrpat , face , arms , and hand . They had not before that time lived happily together ; Indeed , sn « t » ld Dim daring tho quarrel which prececded the outrage , ' that she bad lived the life of a transport for tbe last six years . " Tbe learned judge sentenced him to be transported for 15 years , and it was remarked tb . iV he bora hiai sentence with the utmost composure and indifference , and retired from tbe dock with a scornful rraite on his face . On nia return to the ga » l he told one of tbe turnkeys that be should leave tbe country
with a clear conscience , and that he should sleep sounder that nignt than ho did the night before . Having been supplied with a pint of beer , which he said was all he should seed , he vrent to bed , tbe turnkey Laving taken away all his clothes except his shirt fitocfeings , and braces . Between seven and eight o ' clock on tbe following morning , the under-turnkey entered tbe cell , . ^ hen he was ho rrified at finding the wretched man suspended by kia braces from an iron bar , quite dead . Assistance was procured and he wan cut down . It appears , that in the wall over tbe door of tbe cell there was a small opening , about a f- * ot square , -which had been made for tbe purpose of ventilating tbe cell , and up the- middle of tbe opening there ran perpendicularly a barrof iron places in order to prevent
escape . To this , bar the wretched man had tied bis stockings , and to tbem one end of bis braces , the other en £ of which be fastened round hia own neck , and having probably jumped off bis bed , tbe act of selfdestruction vraa completed . The body presented a sbockmg appearance , being black and livid , and tbe fatal uoose bad left a broad and deep mark round his neck , which was . much lacerated by the buckles of the braces . He -was in the babit of having bis Bible and Prayer-book given ! to him when , ne went to bed , but \ rfcen tbe turnkey locked him up on Thursday evening be told him be should want only tbe P » yer-hne ! :, which was uf course given to him . On tbe following
morning the boek lay on hia bed folded down at tbe service " for tbe burial of the dead ; " and it would appear from some noise , as of reading or talking , that w&s beard during-the night by a convict in aa adjoining Cell , that the unhappy man inust have read his own funeral service shortly before be committed the dreadful act of stlf-deatruction . Another very singular fact remains to be neticfcii . Tae cell in which he hanged himself is paved with bricks , and with the meta ! toDgue of the buckle of tbe braces with which he destroyed himself , he had written on the bricks wbat be intended as his last will and wishes , which , as nearly as it could be decyphered , was in the following words : —
Take notice . Farewell . Give my property to my dear daughter Ei'zibeth , God bites her . Don't let her eee me on an ; account . Bury me in Wbitttesea churchyard , ntxt to my P , ° Qr brother Daniel . Love to my mother , sisters , and ; brothers . " This was not written continuously , but on a brick here and there . It will be seen that bo only mentions eue of his fonr children , acd does not allude to his wife . She called at the gaol early in the morning to ask if be Wished to see her ,, or to leave any message for hia children , but he was then dead .
La inquest was held in the gaol in the af ternoon of the same day , and it was proved by his brother-in-law , a solicitor , residing ia tb « Isle of Ely , that be had on many occasions since bis marriage shown symptoms of aberration of mind , and partieularly abouu the period when he made tbe murderous assault on his wife ; and that on tho morning after that assault be ran dowu stairs in bis night-shirt and attempted to destroy him-BelL The jury , under all tbe circumstances , took a humane view of the cue , and returned as their verdict , that " he bad destroyed himself , being , at tbe time , lunatic and distracted . "
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HORRIBLE MUhDER IN NORTH TIPPEKARY . The following letter gives an account of an appalling murder in the northern division of Tipperary . Like most acts of violence in that county , this sanguinary deed is connected with the competition for land amongst the peasantry : — " Toomavaba , Fridat Night . —A most horrible murder has been perpetrated in North Tipperary . A re-pectable farmer , named Rody Donohoe , who lived at Nicane , near Toomavara , was waylaid by four men between these two mentioned places , who beat his head into ; a mutilated and shapeless mass , with stones and bludgeons . Tho unfortunate man , though in this state , extraordinary to say , Sniggled from one convulsive fit to another until pos :-hour this night , when he parted life in the extremity of human agony .
" Mr . Tabiteau ,: the resident magistrate , from Nenagh , was at the scene of the outrage at midnight , when he concentrated the police from the adjacent stations , : and scoured the surrounding country but without any success . Some suspicions characters were arrested , but were released after examination . The ; murderers , who were four in number , were seen Jby several persons . They were strangers , and armed with Bticks only , thus painfully illustrsticg the fact that , when men are determined to murder , arjy weapon is as deadly and as fatal in their hands as ' fire-arms . ' The diabolical wretch that ploEs tbe sacrifice of human life hwlo recks wita what instruments | be carries into execution hiB hellish designs . . Even if tho use « f fire-arms were a BiiU-to-be-discovered Invention , the victim could not escape hia destroyeri
** This murder , lifee all others in tbe Mime county , with one or two exceptions , claims for its cause the taking of land . Theie ia one melancholy eircura-Btance connected wiih it , which , if possible , makes it more deeply distressing . Rody Donohoe was murdered in mistake for hia brother John , who had lately taken some land in the neighbourhood ef Toona , from which Jhe Shelleya , relatives of his by marriage , had been ejected . Tho murderers had been lying concealed in a pit near the Shelleya' house for the greater part of Thursday evening , and ^ it was pat of it they rushed upon theii unsuspecting and innocent victim . The mistaking of one brother for the other is a further confirmation of the four men being strangers in the locality . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct493/page/7/
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