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I 3 CXDBB ON THB STATE OP THE XATlOU . bt jsb XET- ^ r . inrwooDj-opamiSFiBED . On TTeflnesday evening last , July 25 , S » Guild-hall , jn tlii » to'wn , 'waB crowded to excess to tear a lecture on gje iJate of theMlion aad other topics j hundreds of peaoni lrBnfc away : unable to obtain jutrninsfon . JLi jgtfjjJssV ^ en o ' cfcttk , on the motion of 2 Sx . Crockford , 3 U . QeoJTaaaatook&ft . ctBSi . TheBeT . "W . Hkwood , on presenting himself , -waa warmly cheered . He commenced % y stating , that before » ny great change-was bronghtabont , there were always certain signs or i&ksns ¦ which could sot be mistaken . Ifi tte present o * y , there were bold ^ nd palpable sign * in the reZijftOBS , the jioH&sl , and the social -world . In the
^ eligioTiS rwofldjlhere toi great Election ; but this did not proTe Hat ihe ;_ peopls "were naturally averse to the great sulg 8 cioireligion , biifc the niiriiBters of xeli ^ on were Jbdnua thB « ancafion of tbe people ; agwn , in the polltieal' » odd , 4 bere - ^ ere party xecnmiaateons , « nd the utmost depths of discontent ; bat these signs only preyed the rottenness oi ma political institutions , and required them to ie adapted to the advanced education of the people ; so 4 t isQiesocial world , tb ^ advanced edncation of the people TalnedinteUBctoaltutd moral worth among -women , more thanthey do fine and gandyflowers . These Trereagnsof ihe times-srhich could not be mistaken , and betsken iaat lbs country grosnad under oppression and jBTtistice , Tshicb . produced . ^ iBC 6 ntent ; andthenthe
pre-Bent ^ jiaHon , wbJchnererwoitfd ceasenn til the vast fafejic of aristocratic oppression and udaiule WhiJi be brought jlownto the dust- He Jala * lie should be glad to see the ministers of the Christian religion advocate these "news j bat they had ths fear of losing some of the loaves anflishes , and therefore they neglected to moot these jjrsaiprinciples . He pointed attentian ^ psrtienlarly to the present amouDt of discontent , and asked what tffect preaching contentment coald lave to a man who "iras starring ? or what use it was * &ymg , " Set your sffibctzons on things above , ana not on things below , " to a man-who was obliged to go BEpperiess to bed , and , on casing in flie morning , did sot know where to get a 2 seak £ ast far his ftmhinM ^ dnldten ? Let men h » Te
means to obtain a livelihood , and then they will be in a St&tG i& " 1 **^**! to » 3 tTT ^ to PTlt Til T ) X 3 LCi 3 C& » -Ttiftwtl ^ pffff ft 1 " * - He toocheS upon ' the Constitution of onr country , jemariang that it "was made for all , and not for a few . He "was decidedly in favour of an aristocracy , and should intmm lor the fate of Britain if there were so aris tocracy , as lie felt that God always meant there should bs an aristocracyj he has made mountains as well . as mole-nill *; great beasts . and litUe beasts ; great stars and little stars ; great minds and liltle minds ; and he designed the great to lead and instmct the little jninds : hence "we have an idea of the constitution of » Basse -of lords , but it should be a House of genuine noblemen , jnotof noble parses . What sort of an
arastocraey is that which consists of Hood and not of brains ? 33 a people do not 'wish to yxA down aristocracy , bnt to raise Tfnp : itissn aristocracy of intelligence and scnil power that ia wanted—4 hat is , of men who hare morals to command respect and intelligence to win it ; men of t > " » description are the true nobility of a population , and ihese are the aristocracy founded by God . He dwelt vpos ~ £ bB state of the country , Its distress , flfafH-mfamk , sod agitation , and added , that such being Jhsictaal state of Ihe " country , it became the really jcientilc mind to consider the remedy . They talk of Okntea extension —( laughter );— •¦ only , " say they , get a church -on every hill -and in erery valley , and you will -have ths HuHeiunm . Tes , bat it
ireoia be the BiIQenram of parsons . { Cheers . } He would msb every man in a certain sense his own priest ; eTEry man's home his own altar , and * veryman ' s coftage hisown chirrch—ihear ,-hear )—© nly eurround fi » peqpteTby happy circumstances , and free them from bIsteix . an&J&ey will feel ths higher oblig * tions of religion , and eonseioM gratitude will swell within the poor mstfB bosom , cherishing H » noblest-virtues . He disagreed with Socialism ; but still he thought there were hoatst men amongst the Socialists , and therefore he would not heap upon them wholesale abuse , especially si they seemed to wish to see a purer state of society Then camB earn law repeal—( fcmghter )—abont -wiiicli they might differ j « nd Uioogh no ona would den ; that
iree trade was a food thing in the abstract , yet the gnestion was , whether agiganec ^ vfl could be eared fey the repeal of the corn lsw ? Mb ahould say it could not —( hear , Jaesr ) . Then comes the Charter , a thing which the -people had introduced ; sad be begged to say ibat for the core of these evDs , he proposed the Gharier—^ tremendons » ndlong-continned peering ) . There ii , aid the leetnrer , soHiethiiig prophetic in that cheer ; sye , people may sneer at such a thing , b ' ut I say there iaBomethmgpropbeUcirtihat cheer ; I regard it as the keynote to ths greaS and Tinrrersal cheer that Trill echo on fiTEry btn * nA valley throughout England , Scotland — the empire "where tyraauyaball be overthxewn , and the n *< a * i * established—{ cheers ) . I heax some say , to do
what can a «* bri »^ nTi -niTninfoT have Tfith the Charter ? -what has Jbe Bsv . Wm . linwood to do in rmiwttg forward to adTocate the Charter ? I -Bill ten yon something more . I have sot only introduced it heifl , but I have been criminal eaei ^ h te advocate it in ny own pnlpit . Why say some , what can Christian minMeraiSTfi to do with ths Charter ? My insurer m they havs u mnch to do with iie Charter as they have to do with i-eommon ; sense ; and as sorely as I stand upon this pfatf"W " i -when the _ people have got the Charter , they -win have something to do with their iBrcdsiers . The ^ hBep Trho get ahsad of their shepherd ¦ w ill not mod him , and the people who set a headofftftr i » B ^ ifm « are sot to be led by them ; and I must
say , that if half the pulpits were swept clean -with a besom of the men who stand in them , it would he a great advantage to the community—{ cheers ) . I defend Ek Charter , on Ihe groand-of simple justice . Ton may all it the Charter or Complete Sufeige , foi Ihe Complete SnSrage party is pledged to the Sue Points , and &ej are prepared , to - carry ostthe Charter . The mot * pn \ they cease to"be prepared to carry out the Charter , he ceased to Tx cms of them—tcheen ) . He defended the Charter as a natter of justice ; he would have nothing to do with e ^ ediency , as that would sever jet anything . He was opposed to claw legislatian ; and heaited the snddle t ?« " «» what right they bad to wfiae the workiM tSassee the Charter , ifitTTereirut ;
sad he defied them to prove that it -was unjust—( cheers ) . Men go te chapels , and hear in eexmoas Bat they are to love their brethren ; hut in reality , sotesa of doing x » they love their pockets . He ¦ woriH ask , -what sort of Christianity did they call that ? 3 ecsnsB ie was a Cflrisaan minister he was a Ghsrtist , xnd it they were Christians they -were Chartists also , "Rrhom Sid " Christ associate with ? The poor , the debased , and the oatcasta . He argued to show , if a man obeyed laws he had a right to s » y-who should iepiEsenthim in imposing them , and ha contended that ereryman of twenJj-oneyean of age , of sound mind , and XBt&mtedbv crime , onght to have the Snffraze—I cheers ) "With regard to sb property mialification , what -was it
that constituted a good senator ? Is it a long banking aBBBunt , * large estate , and a good carriage ? Would they send a man to the House of Commons merely befwn » t »» "hnfl b gorel jt —> ' * t » . ? j »» 3 » r « e < atB « poefcet * . He knew they did sot wish , though they often did send foola there ; bat they desired to have men of Inteliei and moral power , "which alone can quaBfy men to become senators . Uoney does sot qnalify a man . ttere are many bright men "who hareS 9 t ^ 03 DD 3-y ear , iwt they poaaess feat which £ 1 , 000 a yeas cannot por-Sase- ^ ieheers ) . He agreed with the payment of membaa , ( riprfnTTtl digfaicta , Tote by ballot , and annual par-TtttnTmrg , -aad-atgned s ^ xoog ijia . their &voar , repofiating the asserticm that if the Chartar became the
»» of 2 a land they would have sothing "bet vnlgarity Safact was , that mssn did sot want -vulgarity ; they ' Kit the ppftrnr of obtaining refinement , arid instead of desiring to go down , they wished to ascend . Did fe not speak the Bentimentssf the audience ?—! Cries of " Yes , yes . *} 3 » oormen liad respected property in Sftress , and rather than destroy it had gone to the buffle ; -would they destroy it when th ^ had the JB » as o £ enjoying ii ^ -icrles « rf "Bo , so * V ) Grant Ssm the Charter , and property win be well protected -Hcheersk They say if the Charter is granted , the BBBtry "srin > e levolnrioniaed ? ¦ What itsto ia the eenmtry sow is ? Ib it sot already revolutionised ? lock at Ireland , Scotland , Wales , and England ^
todld they find a peaceable agoare mile 2—( " 2 f o , mo . fi » xevolsiicHi , which is said raay coma from granting a aasnre of jurtioe , is ma going on , like a mighty feeam ; andwitheutttis instantly arrestsdinits course , ¦* 2 l o-rer » belin and plsnge Hie nation in « w vast mass rf rain and wretchedness . . The Terotatiait ie going on iaaany a garret and many a cellar ; fn many a heart ^ m any a bram , sow gronni down by the hand of x 5 P « ssion . TherevolutioDisgoingonin the minds of ^ jawnsands and tens of thousands possessed of in-T * eet andmoralwc « tti , " » hoTrfll tead on iheir leflow ^ teBeforHi , iriUi eBergy , vigonr , and success j and «» cwia « ay , to tbo « who deny justice , beware that and be
" ^ deferred-naketh ttie heart Eick ; -would r ^ feifiheed , lest they oppose tai the mighty tempesi ^~ "hsve swept them irresistibly into one common ^ -tt ^ ttBO . He appeared there to address Oie ~™ ° Tfriaci , jmji IhjliuiliiL they -wouldlot condemn ^ " for speaking his honest aentiments . They - ¦ wi ig ht r ^ dtoJootBpon * ach a damagogne as the Jeetnrer ™« a ^ w jbt * ie jemindea them , H » t the man ^™^ n » fnBnd Tftio ^ poliited out tfasir erBs , and ^ War ^ SBaiest ffftpT" ^** are those ministers who , ^ r ^^ &mday , teU-ttema fettering and delnsiTe Brefe * ^ ^ * - * JnP * doqnent description of the & ^ J ^^» irfflsh ^» pnl » a < ra , he quoted flis
^ . ^^ li&BnWni rflightin thejKes , ^™« a *^ lc ^ k ^ JwiBi tears In fi ! , « ye « ? ijCf ^^^ B ihls earfll , soabnndant and fair , ^ i ^* = « M look ^ own witk * groan iA despair ? ^^ tt flU ae ^ orM irtaiianttoflions life , ^^*« ldigoiorai > iaj destrncaon ana strife ? aaj ^ " * ^ freedom o'er mountain and -wave , ^ T ^ jiwBis ^ B tas a tyrant and steTB ? *« a ?*' ^ Petes —» 3 qyS « a creed , ^ attJonl ttai beBereBit , i » a « Iwned indeed . " jjy ^ ^ that the peqplfl should not eompromhw or fes w ° ?* iota <^ the Cbartar—itaies of " so , sol as ^ -S ; , been decided npon 3 png shroe !}—* nd fee jfaaJr *?! » iaaie « bsse « ka they did aot jom in the aao ° ^*^ »« ildall ftnistoth » gulph of misery ^ " iftrf then » * y- " *» y of encoBngemeBt in ™» « poJiBoJ MgeneraUon , ta B » id"Oh . ifl . rf Itteai ^ i « . ffl 7 ^^^ ' to" goeen of Hie » s * . ' ^ taeethe land of the feariesB and free j
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They say thon art first on the records of fame ; They speak of thy glory , but not of thy shame J Despair sot , my country , for truth is revealed . — Her bands have the fountains of knowledge unsealed ; : Thy children shall gather new life from the stream , Tell file palnsofibe past , are forget as a dream . " j The lecture being concluded , a vote of thanks was moved to the lectnrer . Mr . Beggs , in ** onding the moBon , informed the meeting that there wa » a new »| room established in Swann ' s-yard . opposite to the Police Office , f oi thB -working classes , at one penny par Treei , which , daring the present exciting times , -would , fee of great advantage . .. j
_ _ ... . Hearty « heers followed the propomBon of thanks to ths lecturer , and also a vote of thanks to the . Mayor , Thomas Waketeld , Esq ., for his liberality in aHtrwmg the taeof the Town-ball for the lecture . The meeting broke up at a quarter-past ten o ' clock , ; jWe have great pleasure In giving the above report from the Nottingham Review of last week- It is refresh ing to find a minister so faithful to bis calling as to « rebuke the wickedness of those is high places , " and to make common cause with the * ' poor oppressed , ' ' irnmpatingiarththair wrongs and asserting their rights It would be veil if the fair , and candid , and catholic spirit of the reverend gentleman "was generally imitated j not only by the members of his own profession , but by
all parties . There would be leas of misunderstanding , illnature , bad feeling , and nncharitableneas in the -world than there is , were such the case . From a private letter from a friend we learn with much Eatisfactionj that the reverend gentleman has arranged to give another lecture in Nottingham , 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 the good ' spirit and Tight 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 them . 1 '
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TO THE BUITOB OF THB KORTHSRS STAB . SOL , — " The glorious nneertainty of the law ** has been a proverb for time immemorial ; and never has that saying been better -verified than in the conduct of the Whigs during the late debates on Irish affairs . What magic influence the opposition benches have upon the : perceptive organs of parties , from the most learned to the lowest satellite . From the proceedings of the last ten dayB it is obvious that onr legislators not only change their opinions as to law making as they change benches , but that they change in what is more important to society , their views as to the powers of the J 2 recntive . The Whigs have attacked the Tories for having dis- ' missed Magistrates , on the ground of having attended Repeal meetings , and have gone so fa aa to declare the
conduct of Sir Edward Sngden to be unconstitutional , inasmuch aa these Magistrates were entitled to attend : any regularly constituted meeting , having for its object to petition Parliament to repeal a certain legislati ve ' enactment . I shall not attempt to follow all that has ! been said is the Commons , nor by the party press , but shall confine my observations to the conduct of the late Whig Chancellor and Attorney General On Friday , July nth , the Marquis of Clanricarde brought forward the following motion in th # Hoiue of IisrdsT" That to dismiss magistrates 1 rom the csmmiasion of the peace under such circumstanoee as those in which Irish magistrates had been dismissed by Sir E . Sngdes , was nnconstitatiosal , usjnst , an 3 inexpedient " Baring the debate that followed on the above motion ,
lord Campbell ( late plain John ) said , " the magistrate stood in ihe position of a judge , and he utterly denied that a judge could be dismissed until he had committed an efknee .- " To hear this from the man who boasted at a public breakfast at Edinburgh that Chartism was dead , that he had crushed it , is sot so extraordinary as thB following from Lord Cottesham , John Campbell ' s superior in the years 1839-4 t . The Noble and Learned ex-Whig Chancellor is reported to feave said : "be thought thB condnct of the Irish Government , though sot amounting to High -Treason , as had been stated , had been perfectly unconstitutional ; and this was shown by the statements contained in the lelteiB of Sir E . Sngden himself . His interference was not sanctified by law , and was most unconstitutional in its character . '' Now this is all right- Lords Campbell and Cottenhzun have taken a correct view of the Irish
Chancellor ^) conduct . While the Repeal magistrates had done nothing contrary to law , the Chancellor ought sot to have bad the power to supersede them . These who contend that he is ( invested with that prerogative , may with ecraal propriety say that he has the power to disperse by force any public meeting ; covened for what * « ver purpose , when it suits the party in power to say that such meetings ought not to be held . These Whig lawyers have very properly condemned the conduct of the present Government in removing from the commiB aonof the peace certain magistrates for having dared to exerdse their rights as citizens . If it be competent tor a member of Parliament to bring forward a motion to Bapeal the Legislative Act of Union , it must be COK patent for any portion of the people to petition for it This is constitutional—without this there is no constitution .
Lord Cottenham , ex-Whig Chancellor , declares the conduct of thB Tories to be little short of high treason ; and I agree with him . Tet these very Whigs , four years ago , removed from the commission of the peace , os the same spxnatds , one of the moat upright magistrates that every sat upon a bench— -the humane , the philanthropic , the virtuous JOHN FROST ! In case this should meet the eye of any who may not be acquainted with the circumstances connected -with Mr . Frost ' a removal from the magisterial office , let it be borne in mind that he was superseded long before toe Newport 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 he is the same Sir John Campbell , Whig Attorney General , who in person prosecuted the
expatriated Frost Williams and Jones ; or that the people forget the means sseA to secure the destruction of Frost and his companions . Whatever steps the Tories may take against Ireland they cannot be more execrable than those pursued by the Whigs when in office . The Whig Mayor ef Newport knew from Thursday that the town was to be attacked—tkis was four dayB before the outbreak took place—yet he took no steps to avert the attack . Pray who conldgive the information on Thursday ? The first meeting of Prost with the delegates was on Friday night , twenty-four hoars subsequent to the Mayor knowing what was to happen . ^ Thii was admitted by the spy-witness himself when erW ^ Bxamined by Frost's connseU and it demonstrates Ihe damnable machinery put in operation by the late Whig Govern * ment in order to crush the infant cry of liberty in
England . The Mayor of Newport , notwithstanding the information which he possessed , did nothing to prevent the people from-the hiBs entering the town : he allowed the people to approach the Westgate Inn , where be had surrounded himself by a body of constables and a party of soldiers . To certain inquiries by the people , the constables returned irritable replies : a collision took place ; the Mayor ordered the military to fire , and they being in a room specially selected , { the people up to that moment knew nothing as to them Leing within the Westgste , ) ther -were enabled to do so -with fatal effect .
and -which there is every reason to believe they cantinned to do sltex the people bad given way . A number were mortally wounded ; some of whom lay in the street for a considerable length of time weltering in their blood , and hi the last agonies of expiring nature cried Iot one mouthful cf cold water to cool their dying hearts ; but , so ! there they were doomed to perish , and when some of the inhabitants offered to give them a drink of water , the soldiers threatened to fire upon them ifthey advanced a ttep further I" A magistrate ( a clergyman ) passed by them ; but , deaf as an adder , paid no attention to their agonising cries . .
Frost was knows to have been with the people that morning , bat not * t the Westgate Inn . He WAS apprehended , and charged as the leader of a treasonable plot ; and , in the words of Sir Frederick Pollock . " ihe greatest 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 " drabpreai coal an& glazed hat , " of whom Frost and hia fnends could leam nothing , was not placed in the witness-box by Sir John Campbell , ) yet on the testimony of this thlrd _ party tite late Government asked and obtained a -verdict against one whom they found to be an nncompromising political opponent ; and though Trom circumstances the sentence was commuted , yet it is being carried out in its modified form with unrelenting cruelty : Frost bas not been allowed any oommunicatieii "With Ms bereaved family for more than two years .
The Mayor of Newport instead of being called to aecount-for sot having taken steps to have prevented a breach-of the peace , was called up before the Qaeen and honoured with the title of Knighthood . Thus the mim -jrho allowed SPIES to pursue their hellish work of espionage till th *** diabolical object was secured , instead or being punished for having permitted ,, with Sa knowledge , roeh things to be committed , was by Lords Campbell and Cottenbam ' B friends publicly re--warded . This is sot a solitary instance of Whig treachery towards the people of England . They were justified in employing means to obtain information ; bat they "were gtSXes © f treason against the state , in « nployingsien feat to lead the people astray < in order that they nijSt betray them into the hands of Gofemment ) and then become witnesses against them .
, This wu the conductpursoed by the Whip towards those who bad iaised them to power : It will be their conduct again should they ke restored to office . What they have done in England they are prepared to do in Ireland » henS salts . Wbenerar the Irish people shall ask for anything calculated to benefit the masses , the Whig * will be « much their enemies aa ever tbe Tories can be . Cursed be the same of the hireling pint- , may lend himself to either party . 0 . J . Glasgow , Jnly 24 th , 1843 .
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HORRIBLE MURDER' IN NORTH TIP-: PERARY . The following letter gives an acoount 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 laud amongst the peasantry : — 1 4 v Toomavaka , Fbipat Nioht .- —A most horrible murder has been perpetrated in North Tipperary . A respectable farmer , named Rody Donohoe , who lived at Nicane , near Toomavara , was waylaid by fonr men between these two jnentioned places , who beat bis head id to a inntilated and shapeless mass , with stones and bludgeons . 1 The unfortunate man , though in this state , extraordinary to say , struggled
from one convulsive fit to another until post-hour thiiS night , when he parted life in tbe extremity of human agony . I " Mr . Tabiteau , tbe 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 bat wiiboHt an ; snepess . Some suspicious characters were arreBted , ' A > ut were released after examination . The murderers , who were fonr in number , were seen by several persons . They were strangers , and armed with sticks only , thus painfully illostratiug the fact that , -when men are determined to murder , any weapon is as 'deadly and as fatal in their hands as nre-armsi" iThe diabolical wretch that plots the sacrifice of human life little reck 3 with what instruments be carries into execution his hellish designs . Even if tbenseofsfe-arms-werea
stUl-to-be-disoovered inveetiqn , the victim could not escape Ms 4 estroyer . I I w This murder , like all others in the same county , with one or two exceptions , claims for its cause the taking of land . There is one melancholy circumstance connected with it , which , if possible , makes it more deeply distressing . 9 Body Donohoe was murdered in mistake for Ms brother John , who had lately taken some land in the neighbourhood ef Toom , from which the Shelleys , relatives of hip by marriage , had been ejected . ; The murderers bad been lying concealed in a pit near the Shelleys' house for the greater part of Thflrsday evening , and it was out of it they rushed upon their unsuspecting aiid innocent victim . The mistaking of one brother fpr tbe other is a further confirmation of the four men being strangers in the locality . "
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t * w * 3 § M »» nufl *> -The Packet states B ^ i ^^ K ^ - ** *™^ of f ^ STn ^ ir SM ?* magistrate fo Ffthat county , has been « amissed the commission of the peace for fer ^ n air p f&j 1101 ^ me eting . John Maher , £ b ) ™ M ^ rrell « E ^ ' ^ * to been rewSfhH S& ? & ****«» , 6 ut-aiid . out Tories , h ^ ve ^ been . added ito the magistracy of Ireland :-SlteH- tfae cpuaty of Louth ; Charles T . Webber , Esq ., for the county of Sligo ErnSck " ** vmiera ' Esq-fM th ^ ooimty ° * Gross Ckrduuty . ~ A , widow in Lochcarren , havang lately lost | £ 2 which was stolen out of her house , aotuated by the remains of aniancient but now nearly exploded credulity , resolved to have recourse to a weird fewter , in order to regain her lost property , bhe ^ wordingly came all tbe way to »« n « wa , to take the good advice of Catherine Campbell or Beatoti , residing there , a notoritma n ™ .
tender to witoboraffc . Catherine returned with her dupe to Loehoarroa , and commenced operations by eaying , that ^ no good could be done unless the same sum as was lost cotdd be procured , which the poor woman borrowed : and then the witch put it away carefully m the woman ' s chest , and it * as not to be looked-at till the next day , when the former lost £ 2 were to be found virith it ; but the witch went off by the mail-cart ^ and i neither the £ 2 nor the £ 4 were found where the money was supposed to be put , bat some stones and oatcake , the impoator having helped herself to thoformer , Iaformation having reached Dingwallof this gross imposition , Campbell was apprehended , and is fully committed for trial . She is a native of Lewis , ] and an old offender ? in the same line , having oftea set the simple country people by the ears , by pretending to discover parties who . by "the evil eye , " had taken the virtue but of their neighbours cows' m \ lh ^ -Rosshire Advertiser .
Royamt in DANflBR . —Last week , during the progress of Her Majesty and Prince Albert in the Royal barge oa their way ! to the Thames Tunnel , they narrowly escaped being run down by the Syren , a Woolwich steameri The Royal barge Jwas steered by Mr . Roberts , Her Majesty ' s barge-master , a very experienced man , ' the Admiralty barge by Mr . Mastermao . The ] Queen ' 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 orderB given them , a&d 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 , arid who did not oxpeot that the
state barges would have bo very suddenly altered theirs , was olose onto the Royal barge before he was enabled to stop the engines , and he was within a vary few feet of the prow when a naval officer , who was outside the house between Her Majesty and tho watermen , stood up on the cushions , waved his hand , and , aamindful of the presence of Royalty , Bang out at the top of his voice "Halloo ! halloo ! G—d d—n you , where are you coming to ! " And one of the watermen ceased pulling , and following the example set him , called out " O , you vagabond . The rudder of thepRpyal barge was piit hard over , aud fortunately tbe ) collision was avoided , but some of the distinguished party were greatly alarmed . Prince Albert looked serious , the Princess Clementine appeared frightened , but the Queen laughed heartily , and did i not exhibit the least symptom of fear .
Melancholy Acpident . —Fodb Live ? Lost . —On Sunday last , about ! half-past eleven o ' clock , a party of four persons entered a pleasure boat , lying at InverneBS , and proceeded down the Firth as far as Kilmuir . When , returning , and wtthm about two hundred yards of I 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 Kifmuir , and boats put out to Tender assisVance j but before they could reach the spot , the whole had ! disappeared amidst : the stormy ourrents that prevail in this part of the Firth . The unfortunate parties iwere George Munro , formerly of the Atalanta revenue cutter ; but who had , for the
last eighteen months , kept a public house iu Pettystreet . This man has left a wife and seven children to regret his loss , j William Camming , eon of Mr . Camming , carpenter , Shore , aged 19 . This young man bad left bis father ' s house to go to church , and a copy of the Now ! Testament was found iu one of his pockets . John Ross , aged 13 , son of J « hn Ross , shipmaster , Cromarty ; and William Kirk , a seaman , on board the Janetjef Liverpool , at present in this port . Kirk Was a native of Auchencairn , in Galloway ; he was an expert swimmer , and had obtained soveral medals from the Humane Society for hiB exertions in saving persons at Be » .- ^ Inverness Courier . : .
Granite and 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 , F . R . S . L . S . A . It is shown that macadamizing has few if any advantages for public thoroughfares , owing to its rapid abrasion , the frequent application Of new material , thejuncertainty of its condition , the abundance of mud and dust , the great expense of maintenance , and from the power employed in draught requiring to bo bo variable . It is contended that granite pavement can be made superior to macadamizing as regards economy of construction and maintenance of way , ! power of draught , and generally
of all other qualities , with the single exception of Boise , whioh by proper construction may be greatly diminished ; that wood paving is superior to any other description for Streets , and from the results of experiments mads by the author during a period of eighteen months , it appears that the vertical position of the fibres sustains less abrasion and injury than blocks in any other ) position—that cohesion is not a fluctuating quality , as the blocks do not become wet and dry with tbe changes of the season , since when once they nave absorbed as muoh moisture as they can contain , and their volume is thereby increased , they sever jean be entirely deseioated , even by a long series of dry weather . The author ' s views were carried out at great length .
Rebecca in IbblXnd . —The Northern Standard , an urange paper , contains the following : — " On Friday last , five men dressed in female attire attacked the house of one of Mr . Shirley ' s bog bailiffs named Bryan WEnany . It appears that the outrages committed in that neighbourhood lately have been all perpetrated jby men in the garb of women , aad are known by { the appellation of ' the girls . ' Those fellows were ! seen approaching the field in whioh M'Enany wasj working by hisson ^ who gav e the alarm , and the father had just time to reaoh the house and inform his ! wife , wheu they rushed to the
door—the wife sprang out to keep them off , while M'Enany closed the door , and barred it with a log of wood . The ruffians endeavoured to break the door open with stones , and while they were thus employed , the boy who remained in the field ran to his uncle ' s honae , a resolute and able young fellow , who immediately cime to his friend ' s rescue ; the ' girls' made off , pursued by M'Connin , but upon reaching the road he' was intercepted by a crowd of perBons , who compelled him to give up the pursuit . One of the crowd is now in custody , but' the girls ' escaped . " i
Frightful Scaffold Accident . — - On Friday morning a man named William Parry , a bricklayer , fifty-Beven years of age , fell from the thijrd story of the bouse No . 26 , Park-street , Hyde-park , a height of upwards of forty feet , into the area below . He was immediately « on , veyed in an apparently dying state to St . George ' s Hospital . The injuries he had sustained in the back , limbs , and head , are of such a nature as to leave but slight hopes of his surviving . The imprudent man had been standing upon a single plank , and at length , finding that he required to be raised for the purpose of finishing his work , he procured a box * but had no sooner placed his feet thereon than the plank gave way , and he was precipitated ou to the area pavement .
Opposition to pooii bases . —Oh Saturday last , at one o ' clock , a sideboard , the property of Mr . Charles O'Connell , was sold in High-street , by public auction , for £ 2 15 j , being seized under a civil bill for poor rates . Mr . O'Connell addressed those present from an adjoining window . He strongly denounced the present system of poor laws , and declared he would never pay a farthing rate until snoh changes were made as would ! serve the poor and lessen the numerous salaries of bloated commissioners . The police mustered strongly with the resident magistrate and Bub-inspector , but there appeared to be not the sli g htest occasion for their presence . —Ennis Advertizer . '
French Finance . —The National Debt of France , which in 1572 , under Charles IX ., was only 17 , 000 , 000 f ., was , in [ 1832 , 5 , 4 Z 7 , ^ ° 5 , 017 f . At the present time it is almost 7 , OOO , 0 QU , O 00 f . France has already been bankrupt six times , viz : —Under Sully , who deducted the interest formerly paid on the capital ; at the end of Louis IV . 's reign , under Pesmaret , who paid neither capital nor interest ; at the fall of the " systi-ite law , " Under Lepelletier ; under the Abbe Terrai , who did not pay the assignments j during the re volution , after the creation of 45 , 000 , 000 of mortgages ; lastly , in 1799 , by the reduction of twothirds of the debt . :
Novkett in Crab : Catchi ?* g . —A ehort time ago , while a gentleman belonging to this town , who is a capital swimmer , waa enjoying the loxuries of that delightful exercise at Brougbty Ferry , one of his large toes was suddenly seiz « d upon by "something ;" and , notwithstaadingi all his efforts , he was unable to release it from the ! grasp of the unseen eaptor , which seemingly evinced a determinAtion to drag him under water . Feeling , no doubt , thai he was likely to come off " sebond best" in the struggle , he Bade with all possible despatch for the shore ; and , on landing , found thatjhia antagonist was a huge crab , whioh even then would not relinquish its hold till its clenched " claw" was broken to pieces . Bathers ! beware of crabs . —Dundee Courier .
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Foreign Sieam Poweb . —Oa | fae 1 st of January , 1842 ; there were in Franco 5 . 6 * 0 , 5 steam-boilers and 2 , 807 steam-engines , besides 169 locomotives . Of the 5 , 605 boilers , 4 , 857 were of Ffjench manufaoture ; 1 , 747 of them furnished oCoam for various uses , and the remaining 3 , 858 supplied the 2 , 807 enginesi Of the 2 807 engines , 584 were low [ pressure , equalling 11 , 114 horse-power , and 2 , 223 high pressure equalling 26 , 182 horse-power , making together 37 , 296 horse-power ; that is , the force of 121 . 888
draughthorses , replacing strength of 783 , 000 men of labour . These amounts , as compared with the year 1840 , present on one side a reduction of 40 boilers , not used for steam engines ; and , en' the other , an increase of 285 boilers for steam-eng'aes , of which last 216 were fixed , and 27 locomotive . This increase gives an equivalent of 2 , 946 horse-power , or 8 , 836 draught-horses , or 62 , 000 men . ] In 1841 Bteamengiues in France did the labour of 55 , 061 draughthorses , or 1 , 085 . 427 men *
Definition of a Ctocs . —As a blunt sort of a witness in an action of trover , at York , was undergoing a cross-exa < auination by Mr . Dandas , a dock became the subject of inquiry , and when the question was put as to what sort of a clock it was , the witness replied that it was "a sheep-head clock . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . Dundas , apparently considerably surprised , inquired— " What sort ; of a clock is that V Witness— " Why , a clock without a case ; they call it wag by't wall . " Tbia definition was given amidst roars of laughter . j Purgatory by Anticipation .- ! -At a neighbouring assize town on the Oxford circuit , iu the present
term , the gentlemen of tho Bar ] were complaining of the heat and inconvenience of the Court , which the presiding Judge admitted was exceedingly annoying . Amongst the complainants was an obese attorney , who , starting upon his legs in the lower part of the Court , thus addressed his Lordship , " And , my Lord , you see the attorneys are thrust down here into a bottomless pit . " " 01 never mind , Mr . —— , that is pnlyj anticipating yonr doom , " drily responded his Lordship , amidst the irrepressible laughter of the Court .
Abmy and Navy . — -The troops iu Ireland have a prospect of some rest after their summer ' s campaign of marching , countermarching , and re-countermarohing in quest of the ghost of an J insurrection . It is confidently stated that the Duke of Wellington has determined to concentrate } the scattered fragments of the regiments in Ireland into a few stations , whence , when the insurrection ] ventures to show itself in bodily shape , the whole mas ? of military may sally forth in a concentrated mass and make minced meat of it at oncej It is therefore to
be expected that the Repeal war , when it does break out , will be commenced , fought , and ooneluded , like the battle of the frogs and mice , within the compass of a day . The Irish fleet is maneuvering we suppose in quest of a foe ; or perhaps to entrap American sympathy half seas over . There is , therefore , every reason to expect that this mighty movement which keeps Ireland in agitation , and paralyses England , will end , like the Spanish war , in a cordial shake of hands between the belligerent parties , and with the explosion of a plentiful ! diBoharge of blank cartridge . —Dublin World .
Beefsteak no Meat . —Poor Washee was so pestered by a Roman Catholic Missionary , that he consented to turn Christian . Me was 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 ko meat but fish on a Friday , whioh he very much objeoted to , aad only promised to observe through fear of " eternal punishment . '' The following Friday , however , the priest called oa the negro , and ! found him busily employed upon a fine rump-steak . The horrified Catholic was commencing a lojag sermon , when master biackee exclaimed , " DCs no mea ! , masaa dia damn finej&A . " " Howl" M Hovr , I tell you : you
baptize poor Washee—you sprinkle water m bis face , and say , ** your name no more Washee—you henceford call John . " Well , massa , me baptiz 9 beef-take ; me sprinkle water on it;—me say , " you name no more meat—you called henceford ^ sA . " The Un , ivers . gives the following as an authentic account of the martyrdom of M . [ Boris , the Missionary at Tong-king in China : — " When surprised by the soldiers who ' went to arrest him , he rose , and like the Saviour , asked them , f 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 delivery freely to them the words of eternal life . His execution was horrifying . The executioner , who was half drunk , scarcely knew what he was about . His first stroke with the sabre fell on . the ear of the martyr , and cut him to the jaw ; the second came upon tna top of the shoulders and turned the flesh upon the neck ; the third was better direoted , but did not sever the head from the trunk . At this sight the criminal mandarin chrunk back with horror . It required seven strokes before the sanguinary work was finished , during whioh the holy priest did not utter a single cry . "
T . ROBERTS , AND COMPANY . AM ACttOSTIC , ] T he life of Parr a twofold good displays—R elief from suff ring pain , and length of days . O let us not despise these boons as nought , B ut readily embrace them as wo ought . Extensive life ; and freedom from disease R ewarded Pair—and we may purchase these ; T hat healthful balm whioh formed his life anew , S hail flourish still , and bless his followers , too . A balm like Parr ' s , which health and age supplies , N o humanjbeing can too highly ] priz ? . D ear as the ricnes of the world are
thought—C omparedwith this , they sink at once to nought . O urlife at best , is but ) a transient day—M an from his birth is subject to ] decay ! P arr thought on this—he viewed the ills of man , A nd wisely sought to lengthen but his span . N or did he vainly seek . While here below , Y ou'll find that Parr was Death ' s severest foe .
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From tM London Gazette of Friday , July 28 . Bankrupts . Edward Reynolds ^^ erton , Sairey , Bilk and woollen printer , to surrender Aug . 10 ., Sept . 8 , at half-past eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' ] Court : solicitors , Messrs . Bead and Shaw , Priday-atreet ; official assignee , Mr . Whltmoxe , Baainghall-street . Meyer Lever , Great Winchester-street , commission merchant , Aug . 10 ., Sept . 8 , at eleyen o'clock , at the Bankrupts' Court : solisitora , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Friday-street ; official assignee , Mr . I Alsager , Birchinlane . * ' % ' j George Salter , Davies-street , builder , Aug .. 4 , at ten o ' clock , Sept . 7 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Parker , St Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . PennelL
Elizabeth Hannah Foster , Hathera , Leicestershire , tanner , Aug . 4 , at three o ' clock , 31 , at two , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . | ( Joddard , Kingstreet , Cbeapside : official assignee , Mr . Belcher . JeBsie Siddon . West Bromwich , ( Staffordshire , hollow ware manufacturer , Aag . 12 , Sept . 9 , at twelve O ' clOcK , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Birmingham ; solicitor , Mr . Bray , Birmingham : official assignee , Mr . Bittleston , Birmingham . } John Henry Taylor , Wakeueld , joiner , Aug . 9 , Sept 13 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Buhner , . Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Young , Leeds . Edwin Rayner , Sheffield , merchaBt , Aug . 9 , Sept 6 , at eleven o'clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Loe&a : solicitor , Mr . Branson , Sheffield j official assignee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds . 1
David Dixon , Leeds , dyer . Aug . 8 >| Sept 5 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Bond , Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Fearne , Leeds . I John King , Kingston-npon-Hall , j mercer , Aug . 9 , Sept 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds : solicitors , Messrs . Sate jand Worthing ton , Manchester ; and Messrs . England and Shscktas , Hull ; official assignee , Mr . Frieman , JLeeds-j Henry Chalicombe , Swansea , sail maker , Aug . 10 . at one o ' clock , Sept . 11 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Bristol : solicitors , Messrs . Bnrfoots , London ; Messrs . Nowman and Co ., Yeovil ; and Mr . Short , Bristol ; official assignee , Mr . Huttonj Bristol .
DIVIDENDS . | Ang . 11 , W . Millar , Wapplng-wall , engineer . —Aug . 28 . W . Stent , Oxfdid-stteet , hosier . —lAug . 18 , J . Penfold . Goring , Sussex , brewer . —Aug . 18 , D . Ellis , juu ., &averhlll , Suffolk , araper . —Ang . 18 , J . ColUnson , South Molton-lane and South MoltonUtreet , carpenter . —Aug . 21 , O . F . Cpbham and W . B . jWright , Camdenplace , Packham , and Gravesend , builders . —Aag . 21 , J . T . Burgon , Baoklersbury , hardwareman . —Aug . 18 , M . Potter , Manchester , merchant . —Ang . 25 , J . Sloane , Liverpool , hatter . —Aug . 21 , R . Pocklington , Wfnthorpa , Nottinghamshire , and W . Dickinson , Ne-warknpon-Trent—Aug . 18 , T . Baker , Birmingham , brass cock maker . Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting .
Aug . 18 , W . Stent , Oxford-street , hosier . —Aug . 18 , J . Grieve , Nieholas-lane , engraver . —Ang . 21 , J . Hutton , Riogwood , Hampshire , draper . —Aug . j 18 , M . G . Price , Brentford , glass seller . —Aug . 19 , J . 10 . Whittenbary . Blackheath-hill , builder . —Aug . 19 , J . M . Mallan , Ladgate-hill , dentist—Aug . 18 , B . F . Smith , Bristol , carpenter . —Aug . 30 , W . Cooke , Bradford , Yorkshire , worsted spinner . j certificates to be granted by the Courk of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before August 13 . j J . Rose , Spilding , Lincolnshire , ironmonger . —J . Yarrard , jun ., Spaldfcg , Lincolnshire grocer . —W . M . Senior , St Swlthin ' e-lane , hardwareman . —J . Crow , North-end , Falham , licensed victualler . —T . Whitmarsh , Tanbridge-weita , hotel keeper W . Ledbury ,
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H&gley , Worc € stet 8 hir « , Cand Coalbournbrook , Staff ) rdshire , coal merchant . —J . C . Mumford , Mile-end-road , grocer . —J . Towers , Wolverhampton , hatter . —C Chambers v Holies street , milliner . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . J . Gregson and Co ., Over Dirwen and Preston , Lancashire , sfzers of cotton twist . W . Medcalf and Co ., Manchester , brush manufacturera . M'Tear and Brice , Liverpool , ship-broken .
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From the Gazette of Tues&av , Aim . 1 . BANKHOPTS . Thomas Skinner , butcher , Godalming , Surrey , to surrender Aug . 10 , at half-past twelve , and Sept 12 , at twelve , at tbe Conrt of Bankruptcy . Alsager , official assignee . Birchio-lane ; solicitor , Tucker , Cannonstreet , City . James Wilkinson and Gfaorge Wilkinson , indigo brokers , Leadeahall-street , Aug . 11 , at two , and Sept . 9 , at twelve , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy . Belcher , official assignee ; solicitor , Child , Chancery-lane . Alexander Laing , draper , Halifax , August 9 , at twelve , and September 9 , at one , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Balcher , official assignee ; solicitor , Reed and Shaw , Friday-street , CheapsiUe .
Henry Morgan Goodwin and Charles Lee , shin . Owners , Bishops-gate-street Within , August 10 , at halfpast one , and Sept ) 2 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alsager , official assignee , Birchin-lane ; solicitors , Oliveraon , Danby , and Lavie , Frederisk's-piace , OW Jewry . William Ranting and William Jeffcoat , bookbinders . East Harding-street , City , Aug . 10 , at twelve , and Sept . 12 . at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Alsager , ofiioiil assignee . James Martin , innkeeper , Bsxley-heath , Aug . 10 , at eleven , and Sept . 9 , at two , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Belcher , pffioial assignee ; solicitors , Sadgrove , Marklane , London . - Ryce' Daviea , grocer , Abercarne , Monmouthshire , Aug . 11 , fat twe , and Sept 13 , at eleven , at the Bristol District Court Acraman , official assignee , and Bigg , Bristol .
Thomas Bate , William Smith Bate , and James Hellings , brewers , Rngeley , Staffordshire , Aug . 12 and Sept . 12 , at eleven , at the Birmingham District Court Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitors . Wilde Rees , Humphrey , and Wilde , College-hill , London Smith , Rugeley . Nathaniel Neal Solly and Richard Solly , ironmasters , Tividale , Staffordshire , Aug . 24 and Sept 23 , at halfpast eleven , at the Birmingham District Court Blttleston , dffioial assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Carter , Birmingham .
Joseph Wright , builder , Exeter , Au ? . 16 , at one , and Sept 13 , at eleven , at the Exeter District Court Hirtzall , official assignee , Exeter ; solicitor , Brutton , Exeter ; Clipperton , Bedford-row , London .
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London Smithfield Cattle Market , Mondat , July 31 . —From all parts of England , but more especially from Norfolk , tbe Fresh arrivals ot Beasts 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 observed in their general quality . Notwithstanding this deficiency , the limited state . of tbe receipts of countrykilled meat up to Newgate and Leadenhall markets , and the fair average attendance of buyers , tbe Beef trade was in a sluggish state , aud lust Monday ' s quotations were not supported . In consequence , however , of tbe numbers of really prime Scots being unusually scanty , 4 s 2 d per 81 bs was in some few
instances obtained for them ; but the general figure for the best Beef cannot be noted higher than 4 s , at which a clearance was with difficulty effected . FroHl Norfolk-we received about 400 Scots and homebreda ; from Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , 90 Scots , homebreda , and runts ; from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , 2 QQ short-horns ; from Yorkshire , 140 runts ; from the Western aud Midland districts , 300 of various kinds ; from other parts of England , 340 Scots , runts , Durhams , &o . ; from Dundee and Aberdeen , 140 horned and polled Scots by sea ; and from Ireland , via Liverpool , 40 Irish Beasts . With Sheep we were heavily supplied , even tho time of year considered , and several severe cases of epidemic were observed amongst that description of stock , owing to which a depreciation took
place in the value of the middling and inferior descriptions , which fell fully 24 per 81 bs , and trade ruled extremely dull . The extreme quotation for tbe best old Downs was 4 s . 4 d , but that for superior half-breds was only 33 10 d per 8 lbs . Lambs cams freely to hand , but a very small portion of the supply was above the middle quality . In this kind of stock a small amount of business was doing , and tho currencies were from 2 d to 4 d per 8 ibs beneath those obtained on this day se ' nnight . The number of Calves were large ; while the Veal trade ruled extremely dull , and the rates were 2 d per 81 bs lower . In Pigs very little was doing , yet we can notice no material alteration in their value . Daring the past week no Foreign ; Cattle has been imported into any part of the United Kingdom .
Potatoe Mabkets . —New Potatoes from 3 s to 5 s 6 d per cwt . Scarcely any foreign Potatoes have been on offer . Borough Ho ? Mabkbt . —Owing to the receipt of rather more favourable accounts from the plantations , we have to report a very active demand for all kinds of Hops here , but prices remain without alteration . In the duty we have little betting , but it is calculated at from £ 135 , 000 to £ 140 , 000 . Wool Market . —An unusually large arrival of wool has taken place in the Pdrt of London since oar last report . Public sales are appointed to take place at Garraway ' s on the 8 th and twelve following days .
Privately a moderate business Is doing at late rates . Tallow . —The market is again firmer this morning and Tallow on the spot is scarcely to be had at oar quotation . For forward delivery it is 42 s 9 d the last three months , and for separate , months , from Au < jagt to December , 433 and upwards has-been paid ia several instances within the last few days . There are advices in London , from St . Petersburgb , by way of Hull , to the 22 nd inst . Prices there were about the same aa by previous post ; tbe quantity shipped off . was 121 , 000 casks , against 118 , 000 last year , and 122 , 000 in 1841 . Town Tallow is 42 s net cash .
Livebpool Cattlb Mabket , Monday , Jolt 31 , —We have had a good supply of Cattle at market to-day , and - any thing prime was eagerly sought after , and sold at good prices . Beef 5 | d to 5 ^ d , Mutton 5 d to £ f d , Lamb 51 to 54 d pet Lb . Number of Cattle at marKet : —Beasts 1 , 153 , Sheep aad Lambs
10 , 527 . LivEBPooii Corn Makket , Monday , July 31 . — During the last seven days we hare received 8 , 667 sacks of Flour from Ireland ; but the imports of British Grain , &o . have with that exception been on a very moderate scale . The trade generally has been less lively than during 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 and barrel cheaper . Oats were held at previous rates , but very few were sold , and Oatmeal moved slowly at fid a load decline . No change aa regards Barley , Beans , or Peas . Two or three parcels of Egyptian Wheat have changed hands in bond at 26 s to 28 i 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 . Manchester Corn Market , Satordat , Jctlt 29 . —During the week the weather in this neighbourhood has baen of a more , favourable character , and the activity previously displayed in onr market bas altogether disappeared . The supplies of Flour from Ireland are to & liberal extent ; and , considering the advanced period of tbe season , those of Oatmeal Sre very considerable : of other articles thence and coastwise they are unimportant . Of Flour from the interior arrivals are rather on the Increase . There was but a moderate attendance of buyers at ode market this morning ; and , notwithstanding an unfavourable change , with indications of unsettled weather , there was very : little passing . Wheat and Floar may be quoted nominally as on this day ss ' nnight ; but on Oatmeal and Oats the advance then demanded could not be realised , and a decline of 6 d per load on the former article was Bubmittod to
London . Corn Exchange , Mospat , July 31 . A good deal of rain appears to have fallen in differeafc parts of the country on Saturday and Suaday , and the reports respecting the outstanding Crops do not by any means improve . HarveBt operations have , we believe , been partially oommenced this mormnc in the neighbourhood of London ; but , reaping canuo £ under anycircumstanoes , be general for some weeks to come , Saving a large show of English Wheat ( prineiplly from Essex ) , tho trade opened langaidly : and before any progress could be made in sales , R otors had to eubmit to a reducttoa of 2 s . per or . ob therates of this day se ' nnight , and even at . that abatement a clearance was not effected . The inquiry for free Foreign was slow , holders , however , maniteeted no partioular anxiety to realize , and purchases coniinot have been made much below former terms
. ine transactions m bonded Wheat wore on rather a retail scale , but previous prices were firmly insisted on . JJlour nwYed off slowly , and ship samples were thatum cheaper . The receipts of Barley wera tr ^ ng m the extreme , and though the demand for this gram was not important , the reeent advance was well supported . The little business done ia Malt was likewise at fully the currency of Monday last . There were nob-many Oats fresh up this morning the quantity left over from last Week ' s supply being , ho * vever , considerable , and the dealers acting with muoh caution , prices had a downward tendency . On Irish the reduction since this day week may be estimated at from Gd . to Is ., and ou even the finer kinds of English and Sootch at least 6 d . per qr . Beans and Peas moved off in small quantities , at about previous prices ,
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TO THE MINERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brothers in Bondage * -- Myreaton . for address ^ Ing yon on the present occasion Ib to warn you against the naehlnation « of several imprlncfpled scamps that are abroad in the pay of tie mastsrs , endeavouring to entrap 70 a into a prematnre atrlke , and thereby prevent you from securing that Or ^ niziUon , vrlthout which it is impossible for as to successfully contend with that systematic oppression -which , for years has crashed us to the earth , and which every day becomes more and more unbearah !«_ i
Brothura , —I hope you will be on your guard against those , -whose only object is to crush our movement , and make us again an easy prey to our cruel task-masters They have always hitherto been able to crash our sectional movements against their oppressive exactions ; ani after the expenditure * of vast sums of money , and jnsnj -good and honest men have been sacrificed to unbending cruelty , onr condition has only been rendered more sailing . I hope , therefore , that you will not countenance any man thai advocates a Strike under present circumstances ; nor give ear to any strangers , excepi they be the authorised ^ agents of the Coal Miners Union , and can produce-credentials from the Executive By these means yon -will be ) sole to establish that Organization so mnch dreaded by those that have hitherto trampled upon the rights of the tolling mlnets .
My respected friend , Swallow , and myself , are domg wonders in Lancashire . The good work of Organization is spreading -with a rapidity far beyond onr most sanguine expectations . I hope ; that , in a short time 'JLaacasbiro vrill 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 o > her . I am happy to infortn ^ you that the cause is taking deep hold in the following places and their neighbourhoods , viz : —Oldham , Ashton-under-Lyne , Dukinfield , Byde , Clayton , Rocudale , Bury , Bolton , Wigan , Ghowbent , RatcliflVbridge , Ringley-bridge , HalBhaw-moor , Hindley , Chorley , West Haaghton , &c . &c Bat we aro -watched at every step by the creatures of the masters , acting as spies upon our actions . They even get into our sleeping rooms to listen to onr private conversation ; bnt as oar -work is done openly and aboveboud , we have nothing to fear , anl defy their malice .
Brothers , in conclusion , let me again call yonr attention to your Organizition , for by the perfection of' that alone can we hope for success . It is by means of Organization our employers have been able to oppress us in the manner they have done . Whilst we have been divided , they have been united . They have kept up a complete systematized Organization . Even now in this county , they have a meeting of the Employers on the first Monday in every month . In those conclaves they concect their new plans of oppression . Having these facts-before as , can ire hope to accomplish any good-, or produce any lasting benefit , without having a powerful Nations ! Organization ? Let then all our energies be
devoted to this purpose , and this alone for the present We have borne with patience our manifold sufferings for years . Let us exercise : that virtue a little longer , - until -we are able to meet onr enemies on equal term * . Bat for the sake of oar cause , our wives and little ones , let ns not by Sectional and premature Strikes throw away our 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 , Yours , in tbe good cause , Manchester , Jaly 26 , : D . Thompson , 1843 . Agent to the Association .
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TRAGICAL AND SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT THE CAMBRIDGE GAOL . On Thursday vreek a young man named Henry Bnrnham was , st the Cambridge Assizes , convicted upon an indictment charging him -with having stabbed his -wife with intent to do her greivoos bodily barm The evidence against him was conclusive , and would indeed have justified the jury in rinding that the intent of the prisoner in the outrage upon his wife was not simply to do her bodily harm but to murder her . It appeared that he was a yonng man of 28 years of age , aad she was in her 24 th year , and that they had been married six years , during -which time Bhe had given birth to four children , one of -whom at the time of
commission of the felony -was only three weeks old . On the 19 th of May he returned to his home drunk , and after some angry words with his wife , he fetched a carvingknife from the kitchen , which he sharpened an a steel ; and declaring that he would finish her , " he loiicted -wounds on her throat , face , arms , and hand . They had not before that time lived happily together ; indeed , she told him during the quarrel which proceeded the outrage , that she had lived the life of a transport for the last six years , ** Tbe learned judge sentenced him to be transported for 25 yean , and it was remarked that he bore his sentence .-with the utmost composure and indifference , and retired from the dock with a scornful smile on his face . On bis return to the gaol he told one of tbe turnkeys that he should leave the country
with a dear conscience , ' nnd that bo * honld sleep sounder that night than he did the night before . Having been soppUed with a pint of beer , which he said -was all he should need , he { went to bed , the turnkey having taken away all his clothes except bis shirt lockings , and braces . Between seven and eight o ' clock on the following morning , tbe ander-turnkey ' entered the cell , -when lie ~ wza horrified at finding the -wretched man suspended toyi hia braces from an iron bar , quite dead . Assistance was procured and he was xnt down . It appears , that in tbe wail over the door of [ the cell there was a small opening , about a foot square , ; -which h&d toeen made for the purpose of ventilating the cell , and up the middle of tbe opening there ran perpendicularly a bar of iron ¦¦ placed in order to prevent
escape . To this bar the wretched roan had tied hia stockings , and to them one end of his braces , the other end of which he fastened round his own neck , and having probably jumped off bis bed , the act of self-; destruction -was completed .. The body presented a shocking appearance , being black and livid , and the fatal noose had left a broad And deep mark round bis Becfc , -vhich -was much lacerated by the buckles of the [ braces . He was iu the habit of having his Bible and Prayer-book given to him when he went to bed , but when the turnkey locked him up on Thursday evening he told him be shonld want only tbe Prayer-book , which was of course given to him . On tbe following
. morning the bosk lay on his bed folded down at the ¦ service "for the burial of tho dead ; " and It would Appear from some noise , as of reading or talking , that was heard daring the night by a convict in an adjoining ' cell , that the unhappy man j must have read his own funeral service shortly before he committed the dreadful act of self-destruction- Another very singular fact remains to l > e noticed . Thejcell in whioh . he hanged himself is paved with bricks , and with tbe metal tongue of tbe buckle of the braces with which he destroyed himself , he had written on the bricks what he intended as his last will and wishes , which , as nearly as it could be decyphereo , was in the following Words : —
j " Take notice . Pare-well . £ Hve my property to my dear daughter EUzibeth , God ^ bless her . Don't let her see me on any account Bury me in Whittlesea churchyard , next to aay poor brother DanleL Love to my mother , Bisters , and brothers . " j This was not written continuously , but on a brick here and there . It will oe seen that ho oHly mentions ene of bis four children , and does not allnde to his wife . She « aVed at tbe gaol early in the morning to ask if he wished to see her , oi to leave any message for his children , but he was then dead .
j An inquest was held in the gaol in the afternoon of the same day , and it was proved by his brother-in-law , a solicitor , residing in the Isle ; of EJy , that he bad on many occasions since bis marriage shown symptoms of aberration of mind , and particularly abouu tbe period yrhen lie made the murderous assault on his Wife ; and that on tbe morning after that assault he ran down stairs in his night-shirt and attempted to destroy him * tx&L The jury , ander all the circumstances , took a humane view of the case , and returned as their verdict , that "he had destroyed himself , being , at the time , lunatic snd distracted . " :
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"THEBB IS BUT O 5 B &TSP FIIOM THB StTBLIHE TO ihb Rn >? cui . OUS . "—Sir C P . Williams , the Bankruptcy Commissioner , observed abankrupt leaning upon the desk . " Sir , " said the great little man , ( or vice vena ) " yon iavs been sworn , and yomr present attitude is neither respectful to your God nor to me . '* '
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T T Soanty I THE NOR HERN Si AR ^ 7
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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-ncseproduct662/page/7/
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