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      SONNET . Chartists . ' -srtiatBtiiYe ye for 1 for libtrty ! Most glorious strife ! more noble as more hard . Twas liberty iaspir'd the British Bard XTbo snm&m'd out Britannia— " The Free J " Bttod ! chiefest of poeta 1 yes , tyashe . Bat -wben , oh Britons , "when -mil you succeed ? ¦ RTiea ¦ will the many overcome the few ? Xnst ye yet toil to Btarre , or fight or bleed ? Blood to the tree of freedom is as dew , £ at it Bhonld flow from tyrants , not from yon . A victory gttin'd by blood is never kept—Tot , then , that yours shall be a bloodless fight And -rirtae ' s eyes will shine , that long have -wept . God waits to help yon , lot your cause is right , And , to succeed , you have but to " Usite j JOH-V WaTKISS . Bsttssfia . near London .

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      THE EMIGRANTS SOKG . Though sever ed from the land we Ioto O'er the wide ocean driven , A bright bine HeaTen shins above , Beneath reflected Heaven ! Bicish'd f'om scenes to memory dear , Oa distant shores to dwell , TVe part from Britain With a tear—Old England , fare thee weiL - Yet wherefore could we weep to leave The country of our birth , Where labour " s doom'd to toil and grieve , And plenty turns to dearth ? There pamper'd pomp and wealth hold state , And pride ' s pretensions swell , The little swaliow'd by the great—Old England , fare thee well !

      Where w « hare plied our daily toil , To raisrf the food of maa , Monopoly usurps the soil , Or blasts it with its ban : The Oligarchy deny us bread , And tow that we rebel , If we but say , ' We would be fed . " Old England , fare thee well ! The Lord who on his person bears The produce of the loom , Yet never works for wha . hB wears , Whosa frown the peasant ' s doom ; The hope of humble sen can blight Snail never more repel , Or rob U 3 ruthlessly cf right—Old England , fare the wdl !

      Fair freedom walks upon the waves , Her-rojce is in the gale , Then who wonld live as pauper slaves Where tyrcnt laws prevail ? Yet our loved birth-land chained or free , Within our hearts shall dwell , And whatsoever our fate may be—Old England , fere thee trell . ' G . Shebidxx NrssET Leeds , Atril 1 , 1 S 12 .

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      UNITED STATES . The packet-ship Sheffield , Captain Allen , arrived jn Pridsy morning st Liverpool from New York . she sailed on the 15 th ult ,, and has made the passage in seventeen days . On the 8 th uli ., the House of Representativts re-; eivedfrom the President a special message . It related to the financial embarrassments of the ; jDunsry . It set forth the condition of th » Treasury ; ihe impossibility of meeting the demands on it ; the pressing wants of the navy , army , & . c . ; and suggested the necessity , as the Exchequer BiU would aoi pass , and as tae Government would have no means of anticipating the revenue or postponing

      the extension and increase of the loan , or lor authority to issue Treasury notes to the extent of the emergency , The Secretary of the Treasury , in his Ei&vemes . t of xhe means of lie Treasury on die 1 st of ilarch , accompanying the message , estimates the ietal expenditure for the eurrent three months at 5 , 574 , 040 , 000 dollars , and the deficiency of estimated meanaat at 3 , 254 , 685 , 47 . After a brief conversation , the consideration of the subject vras postponed . A second message was at the tame time received from th « President , who had also sent a copy of it to the Senate . Ie related to the international relations of tae United States with Great Britain , and stated the fatt of the arrest of Hogan , in the state of New York , on the charge of aiding in borning she

      Caroline . The President suggested to Congress theadopiion of some suitable legislative provision ** for the removal , at their commencement , and at the option of the party , of all such cases as might arise in State conns involving national questions , or questions teaching the faithful observance and discharge of the inlearational obligations of the United Siates , from Eceh State tribunal to the Federal Justiciary . I ana Kr ^ ed to repeat , at this time , this recommendation by ilia receipt of intelligence , npon which 1 can rely , thai a subject of Great Brif am , residing in Upper Canada , has been arrested upon * charge of connection with the expedition fitted out by the Canadian

      Minorities by which the Caroline was destroyed , and will in all probability be subjected to trial in the Stare courts of Hew York . It is doubtful whetb . fr { adds the President ) in this state of things , shoald his discharge be demanded by the British Govern-Bent , this Government is invested with any controul over-the subject until the case shall have reached the court of final resort of the staia of New York , and tern decided in that court ; and although such delay ought not , in a national point of view , to give cause of umbrage to Great Britain , yet the prompt and instant rendering of justice to foreign nations should be placed among our highest duties . "

      " ilr . Barnard < chairman of the Judiciary Committee , ) said , that & bill had already been reported from that committee , to meet such cases , but thai he had not yet seen the time daring the session when he could , with any chance of success , have asked the House to take it np . He and the committee were both aware , from information received from cfieers of the Government , that there was hazird ihsi just snch a case as the President now informed the House had arisen might shortly arise . He moved the reference of the papers to tb * Judiciary Committee , and the priatiag thereof . The original

      EGuon of Mr . Barnard was a motion of reference to the CoisEutiee of : he whole House on the state of the Union to whom bad been referred the bill alluded to by hrm ; but he modified it on the suggestion of 3 ir . Gushing , tea ; by a reference to the Judiciary Committee , the subject would again come within the jurisdiction of that committee , and thus give them an opportunity to report a resolution fixing a day wbea the resolution wonld be considered . Mr . Pickens said a few words about Suites ' rights and £ OT £ re : gnty , « fce ., when the papers were referred to \ te Judiciary Committee , and the House aijOurnedV

      With re ? pact to Hogan . whose arrest had induced the Prudent to bring his case by special message before Congress , it now appear * that he did not elude lattice , so to spear ., by escaping from gaol , but tba ; siter a long argument before Jud * je Ransom , Is was ciscaarged on the ground of the insufficiency of the wairant . The Niagara Courier says , that 11 there was Eraacient erideuee to have detained him for trial , had u -aov been for the defect in the warrant . " Hoiran , it is stated in the Albany papers , made an afiiavit , which was read at the trial of M'Leod , that he was in one of the boats engaged to ent out the Caroline , and that M Lead was not . What became of him after hi 3 discharge by Judge Ransom does no : appear . The state of trade at "New York is described in the

      journals as very baa . A complete stagnation prevailed V and , though the spring was commencing , business showed , none of the signs of improvement accidental to the season . English and French manufactures had gone at the auction iale 3 at ruinous prices , Money could be obtained without difficulty on good personal security , but there was scarcely any demand for it , so limited had business transactions been for some time . Little was doing in stocks . The exchange on England remained unaltered . The Legislature cf Maryland had passed a hill , requiring the banks to resume cash payments on the lit of May . The banks had , meanwhile , virtually commenced paying in coin and specie , and Banknotes were at par . The Legislature of Ferasjlyama had also , at length , passed a similar bill . Several of the banks -of Philadelphia had partially resumed bnt others lad refused compliance with the law .

      BELGIUM . Despatches from the several minisfceral departments vrere sent April 1 st , t-3 the King of the Bellas . The G overnmtnt has received froa the Bel-| ian consul at Marseilles a very interesting report ta the commerce of Batavia . It gives a list of the Jnncipai articles sold in that market . It like" * ise gives information respecting , the chief mer-*» ctile houses at Batavia , andtheterma on which ^ £ y execute commksioned business . Many other ^ tumsnta accompany this report . It seems that S = four persons condemned to death for the conspi-^ sy have expressed a desire to de = ist from their t »? eal to the Court of Cassation if their punishmenr $ *¦ le commuted for that of banishment . We have Hkr 35 hours a violent hurricane , with a heavy S * during almost tae whole of its contiEnance . The ^ ha s ° risen Tery considerably , and v ? e fear ^^ r inundation . la Broseells some chimneys $ * i Stroim down , xad a quantity of slates were j ^ vffihe roofs . We are apprehensive that ^^ has been done at sea .

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      caKLISIiE . —Akotheb . Case of Arso>\— A few evenings ago an attempt was made by some evil and wickedly disposed person or persons , to fire a weaving shop , the property of Mr . John Donald , in the Willow Halen . A pane of glass had hem taken out of one of the windows , and lighted touch paper and oily waste thrown in amongst the yarn in one of the looms , which of course had been set on Sre ; bat fortunately the progress # f the flames had , by > ome

      miraculous means , been confined to oneloom , though there were ether th » e in the place , a cut , the property of-Messrs . Tafnson acd Chambers , was completely destroyed , along with the healds and oiher gearing belonging to the loom , and for which the poor weaver , named William Spence , will have to pay , or make good , and which will amount with loss of time to upwards of twenty shillings , a sum far beyond the means of a hand-loom weaver to pay . Are tile party or parties committing this diabolical and malicious act , aware that they have subjected themselves to a vtry serious punishment ?

      POLMONT , ( by Falkirk . )—Fatal Accident . —A boy employed at the new dock of Grangemouih while sitting on . the front of one of . the waggons which he had in chaTge , accidentally fell off , and the wheels passed over his breast inflicting such serious injuries as to cause his death the 29 , h ult ., tLe day after the accident occurred . Suicide . —A lamentable ease of Suicide occurred at the viilage of Camelon , a few days ago . A middle aged man , and the father of a large family , hung himself with his neck-cloth from a tree in the neighbourhood , and wa 3 not discovered till animation was gone ,

      AL 1 XANDB 1 A . —On Thursday evening an ad ; lie 3 s was given -in tne streets of Altxandria by Mr . William Thoni&son , Xeven , on Peek ' s Tariff The streets were swanaing and each was impressed with the necessity of union in the cause of Chartism . On Friday evening a concert took place in the Odd Fellows' Hall , for the benefit of the unemployed connected with the Order in this place . The evening was spent in singing , recitations , and instrumental music , and coctinued till near midnight The seats were then removed , when dancing commenced which was kept up till near six o'clock on Saturday morning .

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      The Stcbge Co >\ f . erexce . —Messrs . Rev . T . Spencer , of Hinton , Henry Vincent , and J . Clark , have been elected to attend theSturge conference &l Birmingham . A Cocxty Cobojter ' sIJit . —One of the coroners of the county of Dublin was brought up before the magistrates of the head office , Dublin , charged with being drunk . and disordorJy , as half-past fire o ' clock on Monday , in Camden-srreet , and assaulting policeconstable 104 , A . On being brought to the stationhouse and searched , the follorring articles were found in his possession , as detailed by tho constable oa the sheet which contained the charge :

      —Aprayerbook , a pack of cards , a pair of spectacles , a bottJe of whisky , a tin box containing some sugar , a tin teapot and saucepan , a pair of scissors , two knives , a chain and seal , a razor , three shillings and threepence halfpenny ; also a penny , a ehaia and seal , some bread and butter , one and a penny in copper , a corkscrew , a rule , three small boxes , a hammer , a pepper-box , a comb , two locks , a key , a bottle , some nails , some it 2 el peas , some tsa , a gimblet , two inkbottles , and some tape , a fourpence in silver , and some soap , a stick in his pocket ! The entry on the sb . ee > is— "Fined the county coroner one shilling , J . Magse . "—Freeman sUour / ial .

      DREADFUL MUBDEK AND SUICIDE AT KlNGSWOOD Hill . —The neighbourhood of Kin ^ swood Hill , near Bristol , was , on Tuesday morning thrown into a state of great excitement by the discovery that the fceinou 3 crime ' of murder had been committed , and that the horrid deed had been followed by the suicide of the murderer , the victim being his own sister . The scene of the murder was a cottage , situate near Kingswood church . Here the brother and sister , Samuel and Edith Cook , had resided for several years , and the same dwelling had been occupied by members of the same iamijy /' or the last husdred years . The-murderer , Samuel Cook , was about 55 years of age , and his sister Edith abunt 46 or 48 . It appears ihat Cook formerly f ) llowed the trade of a

      timber hewer , a description of work belonging to the collieries ; but having , togtiher with his sister , been attacked ^ with typbns fevcr , tome time ago , which left him in a stats of great nervous depression , he had declined hi 3 trade ior the last five years ; and ha ^ in ^ some small houses of his own , which brought him in sufficient to maintain himself , his occupation during thit time has been a little work in the garden . It is said that his sister and himself lived very comfortably togtt ' jer , and he was a man of religious habits , and & very regular attendant at the methodist chapel in the parish . —About halfpast C o ' clock , on Thursday morning , a Mr . Peacock , the next door , neighbour being alarmed by the cry of murder proceeding from Cook ' s bouse , ho immediately

      entered it , and found the man , Samnel Cook , lying on the floor with his throat cut , weltering in Mb blood , his bead being towards the outer door , and the door of the staircase leading towards the sleeping apartments standing wide open . Not seeing the sister , Edith Cook , Ptacock was very much alarmed , and supposing tnat thieves oad . broken open the house , and murdered botb brother and sister , he ran away to give a further alarm , but was met by a milkman , who bad also been alarmed , and on their way back to the premises , they discovered the body Gf the . sister , quite dead , her throat being cnt completely thronch the side , lying in the garden . They then again entered the house , and finding Samuel Cook still aiive . they dispatchedpersonsformedical assistance ,

      and in the mean time supported the body of the dying man in the best way they cotdd . They still imagined that the houas had been robbed , and that both parties liad been mnrdered ; but in placing Cook in a sitting position , Peacock discoversd tbat he had his nz-jr , which was covered with blood , in his hand . Mr . Biggs , the snrgeon , arrived Bhortiy after , and sewed up the wound in Cook ' s throat , when he was enabled , during the short time he lived , to mumble out a few ¦ srords , and once said , distinctly , " It Was I who did it ; I mnrdered her first , and then myself . " Every effort which surgical skill could direct , -was made to preserve the wretched man"s life , but he continued sinking , and died . in about two hours .

      A Poi > t to be Gaised . —Working men have been too long frightened into silence regarding their own capabilities . This must be tolerated no longer . The numerical circle of our Chartist speakers is far too limited . . Every working man should Etncy to acquire sufficient confidence in his osm ability to express hi 3 opinions freely at all timeg , and in ali places , and . before all men . Let debating societies start into existence everywhere—let amity be the bond of union , binding eich to each —let all sow shat all may reap the produce—hear

      read , and study . —encourage honest literature , but hear all sidea" —let prices he given to the meritorious—let temperance be a symbol of good character—act towards each other , at all times , as if saccess in our movement depended on the individual exertions of every man claiming the Chaetsb as his beacon and pilot—let this , and more , be done , until every hamlet , village , and town in Scotland can produce a Demosthenes and a Cicero , and then a fig for opposition , the greater the better . This will benefit the people as well ajler the Charteb is law as before —Dundee Chronicle .

      Execution op Williams , the Murderer . — John Williams , the murderer of Emma Evans , paid the last penalty of his atrocious offence in front of the county gaol of Salop on Saturaay . At eleven o ' clock , lhe chaplain administered the sacrament to the culprit , who received it in a manner that might hare been expected from hi 3 previous resigned and penitent deportment . A few minutes before twelve , the funeral bell Tang throngh the corridors of the prison , and immediately after , the Under-Sheriff came to the grated door , and demanded the body of John Williams for execution . The culprit rose to obey the summons , and , escorted by the chaplain , ascended the lodge leading to the gallows , on reaching which he averted his eyes from the thousand countenance ? that were bent upon him , and leant

      his head to the voice of Mr . Young , the taskmaster , to whose words of comfort he responded by exclaiming— " Lord have mercy on me ' . —Lord , have mercy on me . —I ^> rd , have mercy on my soul I" The rope was now adjusted by the executioner , who , just before the . cap was drawn on the eyes of Williams , pressed his hand , and exclaimed , " Stand firm when I leave you ; " to which the other replied , "Yes , " and again repeated " Lord receive my soul , " incessantly till the bolt was drawn , when the drop fell , and he expired with scarcely & struggle . Having hnng for tie usual time , the body was cut down , and , by permission of the sheriff , two artists from the Coal port" China factory , proceeded to take casts of the features-. The crowds assembled round the place of execution were far greater than those present at the- execution of Misters . —Shrewsbury

      News . Accident to the Yakhotjth Mail . —On Sunday morning last , the 3 rd instant , as the Yarmouth and London Mail was on its way to Yarmouth , when on Marlesford Hill the leaders shyed , which caused the coach to swerve frona the road , aud the ground being very soft , the wheels sunk in , which caused the coach to overturn . We are happy to add , that although there were several passengers , none were seriously injured . A post-ohaise was immediately obtained , which conveyed the guard and passengers to Yarmouth . —Jpsvneh Express .

      Wboxxsaile Bsee- —The hop growers will not escape in the new tariff , although the import duty on Jortign hops is not altered . Q , uassia , a well known but pernicious substitute for the hop , now pays a duty of £ 8 17 s . 6 d . per cwt ., which is to be reduced to 10 s . per cwt . This heavy duty was intended to be prohibitory ; the reduction of the duty was intended to be prohibitory ; the redaction of tbe doty will operate as a premium ur using ityiaa the pablio may be poisoned at a cheaper rare . — Mark Lane Express ,

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      Fbome . —Infamocs Outrage . —Four male brutes , in hnman shape , are in custody here , on the charge of having nearly murdered ene of the claS 8 of UutOT tunate women , named Eliza Wheler , whom they enticed on Friday night , March 25 th , to a field , called Vallis Lcazo , adjoining this town , where the poor creature was found , on the following morning , in a dreadful state , having been nearly stripped naked by these unfeeling wretches , who also beat and kicked her in a dreadful manner , and then left her as they supposed for dead . The female , whose life was at

      first dispaired of , has received the best medical attention , and is now slowly recovering ; butj at present , is unable to make the necessary depositions . The names of the fellows , charged with this cruel and unmanly act . are Coombs , Dowdy , Higgins , and Williamson . The two former , we believe , are labourers , Higgius is a weaver , and Williamson , a butcher . They have been twice brought before the Frome magistrates during tho present week , but in consequence of the precarioua state of the sufferer were remanded .

      Disastbous Flood at Derby . —Great devastation of property has been occasioned at Derby by & sudden and tremendous inundation which , occurred on Friday morning , April the 1 st . Between one and two o ' clock the water of the brook which runs through the town , " owing to the heavy fall of rain in the night , overflowed its boundary walls , and ran about one foot deep into the neighbouring streets ; an alarm was given oy the night police , but the flood swelled so rapidly that they were soon driven from their stations . The rain came down a complete deluge , an as the culverts of the brook course in Vjcioria-street would not admit more than one-third of the waters that rushed along them , all the lower streets were speeuily ir ; ui ; datea , and two rapid

      currents were soon fornu- « j by the flood ; one running down Cheapside , the Wardwi < rk ,-au--l Victoria-street , the other along Willow row , Hold lane , and Saddlergate ; th-sse streams met "fast and furious"in the Corn-market , where by three o ' clock the inundation was at leas ' , six feet deep : it thence forced its way through Thorntree-lane , and every yard and avenue which led to the river Derwent . About four the rain abated , and at sunrise the flood gradually lowered . As it was market-day and Easter-fair , ifc ia impossible to describe the contusion which existed among the inhabitants and the country-people who were crowding to the town with all their various ware 3 . It is a meiancholy circumstance that this di * a * ter has been attended with a loss of human life

      a poor vroman , named Ingham , fell into the flood , at the back of her re idence , in Upper Brook street , about six o ' clock ; and about half an hour afterwards she was found qaite dead by her husband . Several oilier persons have been seriously , but not dangeroHsly , injured . Many hor .-es , cows , calves , aud pigs , have beeu drowned ; and the gentlemen and tradesmen residing iu the streets visited by the flood have sustained great damage ia their houses and furniture , &c . Great loss has also beeu -suffered by tbe shopkeepers in the Corn-market , whose premises en the firround-floor were inundated to the heinht of four

      feet . The drawing-room of Mr . Joseph Strutt's house among others was completely flooded . The solid stone bridge near St . John's church was partly destroyed , and the most compact masonry seemed unable in some parts of the town to resist the rush of waters . In the afternoon business was resumed , and the principal streets which had been inandated were again passabie . No accurute estimate can yet be formed of the damage sustained , but ihe amount must be something serious . It is supposed that , as the flood rose to so fearful an extent in two or three hours , a water-spout must have burst over the town .

      The First of April . —As long ago as the days of Addison , the Briti .-h tssavists began to raise their voices against the vulgar and mischievous practical jokes of the First of April ; and yet the nuisance seems to be increasing instead of diminishing . The number of unfortunuie wights sent upon " sleeveless errands" yesterday was probably greater than had been witnessed on auy First of April since the practice of " washing the lions at the Tower" was finally discontinued by the transference of the noblo animals to the Zoological-gardens . In Edinburgh , a greAt crowd was colleeted by an anncuncemeut that a public reconciliation and interchange of the kiss of peace was to take place between the clergymen and elders of the Intrusion and Non-iiitrusion

      parties . In Dublin the whole of th < J inmates of the Castle drove to the Corn Exchange to hear Mr . O'Connell ' s final and irrevocable abjuration of Repeal . In Manchester the whole population flocked to the railway-terminus to see tho member for St ^ ckport bring down the repeal of the Corn Laws in his pocket . Jn London the day of hoaxe 3 waa celebrated with more fpirif , if possible , than ia the provinces . A number of members of the Reform Club were drawn to pay their respects at Downingstreet by a report that Lord Melbourne was again in office . A fimilar report had been sent to Lord Palmerston ; but his Lordship was too old a bird to be caught with chaff ; it waa observed , however , that in the course of hia forenoon ride be accidentally passed alone Whitehall . An effort was made to

      tempt the present inmates abroad , by rumours of county meetings , bat they found their new quarters too snug to be persuaded to leave them . Lord John Russell was induced to open a communication with " the farmers who attend Readiag market , " by an intimation sent him from some was ; in the office of the Morning Chronicfey that they had declared they preferred his Ss . fixed duty to Sir Robert Peel ' s sliding scale . Mr . Hume waa nearly taken in by an intimation from Montrose that the burghs wished him to succeed Mr . Chalmers as their represeatatiye . About five o ' clock the Reform and Carlton clubs were crowded , owing to rumours which had been industriously circulated that iwo eminent members of Parliament had shaved that morning . Oae hundred and nineteen tradesmen were enticed to

      assemble in front of the Treasury to see the incometax : but this hoax seemed to give general offence , ihe impression being that though not there yet it was sure to come , and that the subject was too serious for a j-jke . — 'Spectator .

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      ASSAULT BY A MILITARY ON A CIVIL OFFICER . —WIGNEYS BANK AGAIN . Captain Dnncan M'Leod , of the Scots Grey » , appeared on Friday morning , before Mr . Baaevi , Major Alien , Captain Heaviaide , and Major Williard , the sitting magistrates , at Brighton , to answer » charge preferred against him by Mr . John Smart MUIb , bailiff of the Brighton Court of RequesU , for a vieltsnt assault committed on Wednesday evening , at the Cavalry Barracks , where th-j Scuts Greys ure at present stationed . . Mr . S . W . Bennett attecded as the advocate of tne complaint ; Mr . Q . Dempster appeared for Captain M'Leod

      . . . , . Tne case as opened by Mr . Bennett , and proved by the evidtnea of the complainant , was as follows : — On Wednesday evening , the complainant proceeded to the barracks for the purpose of serving the defendant ¦ with a summons from the Brighton Court of Requests , calling upon the dtfdndent to show cause why he did not pay Mr . Andrews , bookseller , £ 5 for money bad and received . On reaching the defendant ' s door , the complainant fcnoc&ed , and was desired to enter . He dldflo , and found the defendant in hia sitting room , in ¦ which there was no candla A candle , however , stoocl on a table in an adjoining room , and the act of Parlia-

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      ment constituting , tb 6 ^ Court requiring that the summons should be read over and explained to the dfcf < mdat ) t , complainant , first ttiling the defendant that he had a summons for him , proceeded towards the light , and read the summons , Captain M'Leed following him and looking over his Bhoulder ai he did so . Complain , ant then handed the sumiaons to the defendant , who tore it up , and ordered complainant to leave the room . Complainant did so , without offering any remark , and had got half way across the outer room , when he received a violent kick in the back from the defendant . This -was the aaaault Complained of ; and Mr . Bennet , after applying some epithets to Captain M'Lebdi , for which he was reproved by the magistrates , called upon them to send the case to the sessions .

      It appeared that overtures had been made by the defendant for the purpose : of effecting a compromise , but that the judge and clerk of the Court of Requests , considering it of great importance that the officers of the c 6 urt sbould be protected from assaults wiile engaged in their duties , refused to accede to the proposition , aad required the case to come before the magistrates .- . . . " ..- ; ¦ ;¦ ¦ " ¦ . :: . ' ¦ ¦ - _ : . - ¦ ; .: ; . ¦; . ; ¦ ¦ :, Mr . Dempster , on the part of Captain M'Leod , denied that the assault was properly characterised as a violent one , and then expressed the gallant officer ' s regret at what had occurred in a moment of great irritation , and his readiness to apologise to the defendant , and mate him any remuneration which tbe case required . Mr . Dampster contended , however , that the case was not one which required the usual proceeding in cas ? s of assault , cf adjudicating summarily , to be departed from for the purpose of adopting the harsh course of sending the case to the sessions .

      [ The irritation alluded to arose principally from the circumstance which gave rise to the . action ; the uiahey sought to be recovered by the suit being for tae . change of a £ 5 Wigney note given t » the defendan t after tne bank had closed not to open again . ] At the . conclusion ; of . Mr . Dempster ' s address , Mr . Bennett intimated that his client was ¦ . satisfied , with tho apology that had been made , and would consent to the withdrawal of the information , if Captain M'Leod would pay £ 5 to the Sussex County Hospital . Captain M'Leod immediately signified his assent to the proposition , and the case was accordingly settled on those terms .

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      BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE , ¦ " f "¦' ... :. ¦ ¦ ¦ . From Jan . 1 , until April 3 , 1842 . p . cds . e . cds . £ ¦ s . 6 . Balance in hand ... ... ... ... 3 15 9 * Ashton ... ... ... 1 16 0 " Astloy ... 24 ... 0 0 0 Acrhigtdn ... ... * 0 3 4 Abardare ... .,. 190 ... 0 15 0 Arnold ... ... 0 6 0 A . L ... ... ... 0 5 0 Bradford , Yorkshire ... 400 12 5 12 0 Bishops WearrniHith ... 150 ... 0 10 p Bibton ... ... . „ 400 ... 0 16 8 Banbury ... ... ... 100 ... 10 0

      Bury ... ... ... 50 ... 0 18 4 Birmingham , Steelhouse-lane ... 0 10 0 Bacup ... 40 ... 0 6 8 Burnley ... ... ... 150 ... 0 16 8 Barnstaple ... ... 30 ... 0 0 0 Brighton ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 Bmtol , / ouths' ... ... 0 10 0 Bath , per Clarke ... 10 0 Bindley ... „ . ... 170 ... 18 4 Bristol , Simeon ... .... 291 ... 1 lo 2 Boston ... ... 3 38 1 0 0 Bristol , Terrell' 100 .... 0 16 8 Barnoldswick « 70 ... 0 0 0 Bath , Ninnes 100 ... 0 0 0 Chowbenfc ... ... ... ... . 0 8 6

      Chelmsford ... 0 5 6 Chorlton ... ... 40 ... 0 13 4 Clithero ... ' ... 60 ... 0 10 0 Congleton ... ... SO . « 0 00 Canterbnry ... ' ... 0 7 6 Cambridge . 25 ... 0 2 0 Chorlcy ... ... ' ... ... 0 12 0 Colne ... ... 80 ... 1 0 0 Colchester 30 ... 0 10 0 Croydon ... ... 0 4 6 Carlisle ... ... ... 0 14 4 Coekermouth 40 2 0 10 o Coalbrook Dale ... ... 104 11 0 0 0 Chickenley ... ... 0 5 2 Boyle ... ... 0 3 0

      De ' ph 24 ... 0 9 0 Duckeiifield 35 ... 0 8 2 Daveutry ... 0 10 0 Derby ... ... ... 100 .... 10 0 Durham 24 2 0 17 0 Failsworth ... 50 .... 0 0 0 Grtenwich ... ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Gloucester ... ... ... 36 ... 0 0 0 Griffin ... ... ... 0 06 Glossop ... ... ... 50 .... 08 4 Hunslefc ... ... ... 30 ... 0 10 0 Harleston " ... ... L ... ... 0 5 0 Huddersfield ... ... .... ... 1 5 0 Holbrbok ... — ... 0 5 o Ilowden ... 60 ... 0 0 0

      Hull 100 ... 0 0 0 Halifax ... ... ... 0 14 11 Hauley and Shelton , Simpson ... ... 0 11 J Upper Hanley , Richards 2 fiO 12 2 3 4 Holmnrth "' ... GO ... 0 10 0 Holb ' eck ... 72 ... O 12 o Uonley 6 " ... 0 1 0 Heywood 25 ... 0 4 Q Hyson Green ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Hyde ... 75 ... 1 11 3 Isle of Wight , Hyde ... 6 2 0 Iaham or Kettenng ... 30 ... 0 5 0 Ipswich ... " ... ... 20 ... 0 0 0 Kendal ,.-. " 50 ... 0 5 0

      Jungston-upon-Railwav ... 2 ... 0 0 0 Kingswood Hill 3 ( i ... 0 fi 0 London , Salmon ... <•• ... ... < J 2 0 London , Lefevre ,.. ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , Tower Hamlets ... ... ... 0 11 8 London , MaryJebone ... 200 ... 113 4 London , tailors , Three Crowns , 0 18 10 London , St . Pancraa ... ... ... 2 6 8 Lmdon , hatters ... ... .... ... 0 10 0 London , Shoreditch ... ••• 0 7 6 London , Chelsea-,.. ' ... p jo o London , Bermondsey ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , Cleave ... ... 700 ... 29 4 London , Tower Hamlets , Females ... ... ... ... ... 0 15 4 London , Limohouse ... 0 20 0 London , Genpral Council . per

      Simpson 2 0 0 Leicester , Shak 3 pere Rooms 100 ... 4 -0 10 Lees ... ... ... ¦' ... . 35 ... 0 5 0 Lynn ... ... , ... 50 ... o C . 0 LongBuckby 50 ... 0 3 0 Liverpool ... . ... ... 1 13 0 Lou # hborough 100 2 1 0 0 Lamoly ... ... ... 0 3 4 London 120 ... 0 15 10 Luddinden ... ' ... ... 40 ... 0 0 0 Leicester , All Saints Open 50 .... 0 8 4 Li ver sedge ... ... ... 30 ... 0 50 Manchester , Rodfern-street 50 ... 112 Manchester , Platting— . 12 ... 0 20 Manchester , Brown-Btreet 100 .... 0 4 0 Manchester , Youths ; .. ... ... 0 2 6 Manchester , Strand-street 24 ... 0 4 0 Manchester , carpenters and

      joiners ... ... ... 50 ... 0 0 0 Midaltton ... ... ... 24 ... 0 4 0 Mossluy .. ... ... ... CO ... 100 MerihyrTydvil 28 l > ... 2 0 0 Midgley ... ... ... 0 7 0 Mythoimroyd 80 ... 1 2 10 ( Vhxenden ... ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 MiJnrow ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Marple ... ... ... 0 6 0 Nottingham , Sweet ... 100 ... 1 4 2 Nottingham , Thatcher ... 50 ... 1 8 4 Nonhumpcou ... ¦¦' . ... 50 ... 0 8 4 Newport , Monmouthshire 50 ... 0 0 0 iWcasile-on-Tyne , Sinclair 60 ... 0 0 0 Newcastle-on-Tyne , Wallace 50 ... 0 7 0

      Oxford ... ... ... ... ... 0 7 6 Ovenden ... ... ... ... ... 0 4 2 Oldham Females ... ... 0 3 0 Q ldham ... ... ... 70 20 1 0 0 Openshaw ... 32 ... 0 10 4 Plymouth ... ... ... 0 5 0 Peayane 12 1 0 2 6 Preston Youths ... ... 150 ... 0 8 4 Preston ... ... ... ... ... 0 9 0 Redruth .. 8 0 0 0 BochdaJe , per F .... ... ... ... 0 3 0 Rochdale , per Leach ... ... ... 0 1 4 Eooden Lane , per Grimshaw 12 ... 0 5 0 iiipponden ... ... 12 ... 114 6 Rotherham ... ... ... ... 0 8 0

      Kojton ... ... 40 ... 0 0 0 Stokesley ... — ... ... 1 0 0 Stockport 70 ... 0 10 0 Salisbury ... ... 0 17 6 Siitton-in-Ashfield ... " ... ... 0 10 0 Sowerby ... ... ... .. ;;¦ 1 7 iO Southampton ... ... 24 ... 0 4 0 Stafibrd ... ... ... ... 0 11 6 Star Office ... i ¦ « . - . ¦ ... ... 4 4 .. 6 A Salford ... ... ... 98 ... 0 10 0 Staleybridge ... ... 56 ... 0 10 Stockport Youths ... * .. 100 ... 0 16 8 Stoke-upon-Trent , Mart 59 ... 0 15 0 Sheffield , Oiley ..., 100 ... 0 0 Q Sheffield , Harney ... 280 2 0 0 0

      Sheffield Youths ... 23 ; ... 0 3 10 Scarborough . ... ... SO ... O 12 0 Spilsby ... ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 ^ faalford Youths ... ... 12 ... 0 2 6 Sabden ... ... ... 25 ... 0 4 6 Skegbey ... ... ... 24 ... 0 4 0 Stroudwater ... ... ) 24 ... 0 0 0 Sheer ness ... . V . ,... 15 ... 0 3 6 Todmordea ... ... 1 W ... 3 2 5 | Tavistock ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Thornton ,.. — : ... SO . „ L 7 6 Ulverton ... ... ... 30 ... 0 5 0 Warrington ' ... . ... ... 0 8 0 Worcester ... ... 24 ... 0 0 0 Wigt ^ a 60 ... 0 0 0

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      Wadsvforth Row ... 25 ... 0 6 3 Warley Lower ... ... ... ... 0 3 8 Wolverhatnpton ... 120 ... 0 19 0 Willoughbro * ... ... 25 ... 0 9 9 West Auckland ... 40 ... 0 5 0 Walvforth ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Wigan ... ... ... 50 ... 0 OX ) Walsall ... .,. ... 30 6 0 10 6 Warminster ... ... ... ... 10 0 Wpodhbuse 0 5 0 CumstaH Bridge ... CO ... 0 3 4 Bishop Auckland ... ... ... 0 5 0 Hanley Females ... ... ... ... 0 6 0 Total Income ... ... 8124 114 £ 108 18 Hi

      EXPENSES . . ' ¦ . .. ' ¦ ¦ .. . ' ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦¦ £ e . d Jan . 1 . Secretary's wages ... ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... ... 3 0 0 j , Agitating expenses , Doctor M'Douall ... ... ... 0 10 0 „ Postage ... .. ; ... ... 0 18 7 „ Stationery ; ... ... ... Q 8 3 „ 8 . Error in the Darlaston account 0 7 6 „ Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 o „ Two member's wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Agitatiii ff expenses , Doctor

      M'Douall ... 0 10 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 0 13 11 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 4 0 „ Secretary , agitating expenses 0 13 8 „ 15 . Secretary ' s wages 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Secretary's expenses agitating 0 6 7 „ Dr . M'Douall ' ij expenses agitating .. ... 0 10 0 „ Postage r .. ... ... ... 0 8 9 „ Statiunery ... ... ... 0 2 0

      „ Fochergill ' s balance for card printing ... ... ... 13 10 0 „ 22 Secretary ' s wages ... ,.. 2 0 0 ! , ' ¦ ¦¦¦ Two member's wages ... ... 3 00 „ M'Dpuall ' s agitating expenses 0 10 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 112 10 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 3 9 „ 3 , 008 cards printing 3 6 0 „ 29 Secretary's wage 3 2 0 0 „ Secretary ' s expeuses from Manchester to London 116

      „ Leach ' s ditto ... ... ... 1 5 9 „ Three member ' s fare from Lon- donto Bristol .. ... 3 10 0 „ Morgan Wiliiatns , froai Merthyr to Bristol ' . 0 10 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... ... 4 0 0 „ Postage .,. ... ... ... Q 3 0 „ Stationery ... .... ... 0 4 1 „ Morgan Williaias from Bristol to Metthyr ... ... ... 0 10 0 Feb . 5 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0

      „ Tlireo member ' s wages ... 4 10 0 „ Three members' agitating expeBses ... ... ... 1 10 0 „ Travelling from Bristol to Bath ... ... ... ... 0 4 6 „ 12 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0

      „ Three member ' s agitating expenses ... ... ... ... 1 10 0

      „ Two member ' s wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Secretary ' s coach fare from Bristol to Manchester 2 . 2 0 „ Postage ... ... ... ... 1 9 8 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 6 0 „ 19 . Secretary's wage 3 ... ... 2 00 „ T > yo members wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Three members agitating expeuces ... ... ... 1 10 0 „ Leachs coach fare from Bristol to Manchester ... 2 0 0

      „ Advertisements ... ... 0 14 0 . „ .- ¦ Cards printing ... 1 18 0 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 7 8 ,, Postage ... ... .. ... 0 13 4 „ 26 . Secretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two members wages ... ... 3 0 0 „ Two members agitating expences ... ... ... 1 0 0 „ Postage 0 14 7 „ Statiehcry ... ... ... 0 8 2 March 5 . Secretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member ' s wages ... 3 0 0 „ One members agitating expences ... ... ... 0 10 0 „ Stationery ... 0 6 0 „ Postage 0 16 9 „ 12 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 0 0 „ Two member's wages ... 3 0 0 „ One member ' s agitating

      expeHces ... ... ... 0 10 0 M Morgan Williams'loss of time 10 0 „ Garda printing ... ... ... 4 2 0 „ Postage ... 0 11 11 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 7 0 „ 19 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 2 00 „ Two member's ; wage 9 ... 3 0 0 „ One member ' s agitating expences ... ... ... 0 10 0 M Postage ... ... 0 9 5 „ Stationery ... ... ... 0 62 ,, 26 . Secretary's wages ... ... 2 0 0 M Two member ' s wages ... 3 0 0 „ Tnree member ' s agitatifig ex-¦¦ -., penccs ... ... ... 2 3 0 pril 3 . Total expences ... ... 128 0 4 108 18 Mi „ 3 , 1842 , due to the Treasurer ... £ 19 1 4 j Audited aud found correct , John Bai £ ey , * - 'fUGMAS LaTCHEOED .

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      ANOTHER ACCOUNT . On Saturday morning last , at ten minutes before eight o'clock , ; an accident of a frightful description took place at Waller ' s Ash Tunnel , by whicii four unfortunate men were crushed to death on the spot / and tout Others SO dangerously Injured that it ia very doubtCul Whether they willrecover . From facts collected on ths spot on Sunday morning , it appears that for some time past a dripping of a chalky appearance -was observed to fall from the archway or roof of the Waller ' s Ash Tunnel , and particularly -mthin about thirty feet of the mouth at the southern or Winchester en « i . Tbiai drijpping had recently increased to Buch an extent that the attention of the engineer was called to it , and it ¦ Was found , upon

      examination , that the earth over the tunnel was slightly giving way , and inclining to a centre from a diameter oi ' from twenty to thirty feet , and this was' supposed to have been occasioned by boriD ? made previous to the formation of the tunnel . This waa done , it is said , to ascertain the nature of the soil , and its effect waa to weaken the earth about it , und leave a flsiure , through which the sabatance before ; mentioned made its way , and ultimately forced itself through tbe brickwork or arch of the tunnel underneath . To prevent the further siriking , about a dozen men were set to work , about a fertoight ago , to remove the chalk from the surface to the extent of the falling in , and they bad . succeeded in . excavatiag to a depth of nearly fifty feet . ¦" , '¦ ' ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ : ' ¦ ' : ' '¦ ¦ : ' ¦ - ¦ -.. - ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ' ¦' - - ¦ ' . ¦• ' ' ¦ ' ' ' : ¦

      On Saturday morning last the following persons went to workat the usual hour : —James Whatmore , aged 58 , and his two sons , one aged about 28 , and the other 19 ; Charles Nyse , aged 20 ; James AUert , aged 23 ; James Batcheior , : aged 22 ; Thomas Batchelor , aged 24 '; Charles Knight , aged 24 ; : Daniel Lawes , aged 23 ; an 4 John Gamble , aged 22 . Nothing particular / was observable in the place until tea minutes before eight o ' clock ; wnen , while they were talking about going to their breakfast , they heard a slight rumbling noise , and

      the next instant they felt the platforms underneath them give way , and saw tho earth above , closing in on them , and they seemed , as Gamble , one of the unfbrtvmate BuffeTeta , describes it , as if ttiey -were being sunk in a whirlpool . James Batchelor appeared to have been thro-wn to the greateat depth , Watmor ? , sen , next , and then Alle * t sind Nyse . An / . immense- mass ol chalk having fallen on them , they must have been crushed to death instantaneously . ' Thomas Batchelor and Daniel Lawea w « sre alse hurled into the chaos , and partially buried in the falling mateiials . Knight and

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      Gaihble . though they fell a considerable cUstanoe , escaped the falling masS i and both the Watmorea , jnn ., escaped "with some bruises , lilt not of a very serioas nature . Charles Knight states that he was at wfcrk on the same platform ¦ with James Batchelor at the time of the accident , and must have shared the sam 9 fate had he not , in his fall , got into some hole resembling an eld wall , and by this means he was protected fcoui . the falling material , but h © ultimately fell a distance or forty feet , hurt his spins , and received several severe bruises . Gamble , to » , was preserved fr * m instant destruction

      by bis presence of mind . He states that Watniore waa at work over . him , and be recbilects the poor iuaa falling past him , and he ( Gamble ) was just in tie act of falliue too r when he fortunately laid hold of a rope which hnnff from the scaffolding , and held fist- by ifc until the chalk which buried his felloW-workinen had done falling ; but , baiugunabla to bold " on auy longer , he was obligg . d to let go , and fell a depth of aViout forty feet . He , too , received a severe injury of the spine ; had his hips , the right side of hia face , and handsvery much lacerated , by the roughness of the chalkttones . ¦ . :

      The tunnel ¦ vrhere this unfortunate accident occurred is situated mid way between the Wincueattr and Andover-road stations , and neariy a , mile and a h ; tU" from the village of' Mitobeldevei ; and an aYarru having beea given , the workmen , porters , and others ^ engaged at both thjfse , stations , vrere shortly on the snot to render ail the assistance in their power to remove the unhappy sufFarers . After tiking up those who were comparatively on the surface of tho fallen mass , they comuiunded digging far those who were underneath , ; and the ; -first they came to was Nyse , whom they found crushed in a fr ightful mapneiyand quite dead ; Allert Was the next , Watmore the . tMrd , and it was upwards of four hours btfdre they succeeded iu finding the . bbdy of James Batvhflor , which was discovered nearly as far down as

      the railroiid itself , and lu hw fall lie must btive : passed through the brickwork , of tho arch or top of the tunnel . Whtn taken up it presented a shockin 2 spectacle ; the head and almost every bone in the body bt-ing crushed , almost to a muiHiny . Mr . Walton , a surgeon , residing in . the villuge of Mitcheldever , was in attendance almost iramtdiately , after the accident , and rendered the iaosfc prompt and . hwnaiie attention to the unfortunate saff erers . . By his directions Lawes and Thomas Batchelor were removed to Winchester Hospital , where they were attended by-Mr . Bratlfoyt , this principal surgeon of that institution ; apd Gamble and Kuight were taken to . their own houses in the villaga of Micheldevar , where Mr WaHon Was unremitting in his attentions to them . The bodies of the four unfoitanate riieu wb ' o were killsd

      were removed to a small hut over the tunnel , aad Kt-ar to where the accident happened , to await the coroner ' s inqu y st . ' . ... ' . ¦ : ' ^ ¦¦ ; . ¦ : . ' " Engh' . ful as tbe melancholy accident has been , it was well-nigh being of an hundredfold more ssrious conseqiienqe . Tho seven o ' clock train left Southampton at . that" hQur , auu had arrived at Winchttt ^ r in due c < urse , and at its proper time , with a great number of paasengers . . After stopping the usual time there , it proceeded on its way to Andover , but was fortunately stopped before it reached the tunnel by those who -were aware

      of the accidtiiit , and gave an alarm and intimation of the occurrence . Had thft accident tiken place wbeu tha men went to breakfast , and not been perceived by any one , a sacrifica of human life to an iuciilculablB : extent must : have tak ^ n place , as it was impossible for the engine-drivers on approaching the tunnel to observe that anJtuing was the matter , the brickwork at the entrance , and to » deptii " p Jthirty feet , being still'parfect . Or had it taken place at a late hour of the evening-wheu the workmen , left off , and the down trains pasa tLrouijh it , it is even frightful to fancy the mischief- that ¦ would have been done , and the number of lives lost . the ct and

      , Duvin ^ whole Saturday yesterday a number of workmen were employed in removing t ie fallen materials , but , as has been , before stated , it will be some time before the tunnel is pasaablev . . The following are the names of the sufi-erers : — Jauiea Watmore , aged 58 / a married man with a family , dead . \ v Charles Nyse , . single , aged 20 , dead . James Ailert , single , aged 23 , dead . , James Batchelor , single , aged 22 , dead . ¦ Thomas . Batchelor , single , aged 24 , severe ! y injured . Charles Ktiight , married , aged 24 , much injured . Daniel Lawes , single , aged 23 , severely iDjured . Jobn Gainble , singifi . agtd 22 , severely injured . John and Thomas Watuiore , single , slightly bruised .

      THE JJS'QUEST . : : On Monday an-ir . quest was held on the dead bodies , which were laid at a small Lu \ , ueir the scene of the accident . The evidence wasi at great length , but fully bore out the stiteraents above given . . ; , The jury retired at a quarter to eleven o'clock afc nigut ; and , after an absence of tbirty-flva-jni'nutts , . lha following verdict was delivered : — " Acculental death in each case , ¦ wit h' a deosJaud of £ 50 on the materials that ft 11 . The jury consider that Henry FerriSj the foreman of the deceased , was not a fit and competent person to be intrusted with the lives of men in so important a work . " ' " . The Coroner aaid , he entirely con < iu « red in the verflict , and he had great pleasnra in being enabled to say thisi instead of being compelled to declare that he took it as tbeir finding and not as his .

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      THE BOBBIN NETT HANDS OF MESSRS BODEN AND MOKLEY , DERBY . TO THE BOBBIN NETT 1 IA 3 DS 8 F THE COUNTRY AND PUBLIC IX GENERAL . An appeal to our fellow workmen on behalf of a strike at this distressed time , may appear somewhat strange , but we think a little explanation of the tyranny and h > justice about to be enacted by our masters , will be a sufficient apology for our intruding on & generous public . Tbe tyranny of which we complain is the enormous reduction offered , of 14 ^ per Cent in OUr wagea ; while at the same time we were receiving less prices than the men of Nottingham , Chesterfield , aud the west of England . And as if to shew thBii despotic power , now , after six weeks of strike , they have the further injustice to offer another reduction of 14 £ per cent , making a total reduction of 29 per cent in our wages ! . '

      It is ugaicst this wholesale robbery that we complain . It may be suppled that it is for want of a sale for the artic . ' e that this reduction is offered , but when we made the proposal to stop Hie machines of the nett , he could not sell , and to dcuole-hand the machines of the nett , he could sell , bo that each might have a little , or work Ehort time—we were answered by the . offer of being allowed to work twerdphours u-d ? y ! instead of eighteen hours , to make up the deficiency in our wages , if we would submit to the reduction ; a plain proof that over-stock , or -want of sale was not the cause of the drop , but a wish on tbe part of our employers to outsell the other masters in the market , which would bB the means of causing a general reduction throughout the t . ade ; so thia reduction would not effect tbe nett weavers of Derby alone , but in all parts of the country . With these few statements we confidently appeal to tfie public for their support , seeing that it was generously awarded to the stone masous in their strike against the

      tyranny of a man , whiie we have struck against the most tyrannical and ruinous of all systems , the system of reducing wages fur the aggrandisment of two manufacturers , to the injury of a great number of industrious wo'tmen ; aud bearing in mind the old adage that" a Biany can help one , when one can't help a many . " We now make this appeal to onr fellow-workmen and the public for their support , iu this struggle of right against might . Henry Jones Samuel Cash John Gatton , "William Wardle , John Thexton , Prtderick Smith , William Turner , Pete * Smith , William Birch , William Gilbert , Henry Manby , Watkin Louis Faire , Joseph Firth , Thomas Beeaton , Thomas Murphy , Moses Hudson , Gecrge Hudson , John Iiivsey John Pimm , Edward Hudson , Jehu Hill , Henry Glover .

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      DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE SOVTH WESTERN KAILWAY . ( OFFICIAL ACCOUNT . ) Considerable apprehensions were excited at the London terminus of the South Western Kailway , on Saturday morning , by the ' non' -arrival of the early trains from Southampton and Gosport , ¦ which we flud on inquiry was occasioned by a fall of chalk in the shaft » f the tunnel near Winchester . We regret to fctato that it was attended by a loss of life to four men ; the fall into the tunnel of some loose chalk ( immaterial in quantity ) has Btopped the line , and it has become necessary to convey passengers from Winchester to and from tha next station of Andover-road .

      It appears that , from a peculiarity in the nature of tho material , it had not been deemed prudent to fill up this shaft beyond a certain height , tlie upper portion being left open until the lower should bave become consolidated . About a week ago a slip of chalk fell from off the sides of this shaft , which was obser / ed by the inspector of the district ; and , on Tuesday last , an examtnatiort took place by the engineers of the line , and orders were given to reopen the shaft , and remove the material around it . This process was then commenced , and a very considerable portion of the superincumbent weight had been removed . During this period

      no perceptible change of the arch took place ; but , on Saturday morning early , the part of the arch imincdiaieiy beneata tho . Bhaft gave symptoms of motion ; and , although the watchman below communicated the fuct to the workmen above , they still continued their operations , and in about aw hour , were unfortunately precipitated , with a quantity of loose chalk , into the tunnel , and six of the number buried of these , two were taken out unhurt , the others met their death . The chalk -which fell is being rapidly rejuoveil , and we are assured the use of the lire will be resumed this morning .

      The engineer of the train , which arrived at half ^ past ten o ' clock lust night , reports that the first train this morning will pass through the tunnel .

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      OLD BACHELORS—WHAf ARE THEY ? 11 Mr . Heming was what is called so . Old , Baclitlor . ' —Mr . Bidguy ' s Speech { in re Heming v . Tuwer ) . Mankind may be divided into three classes : — 1 . They wh » look before they leap ; 2 , They who leap befere they look ; and 3 . Theywho look butnever leap . *•• ¦ . '¦ * Of this last class —( who look and ponder , and ponder and look again , but never leap at all ) , Old Bachelors form a -very large meiety . They would . most of them like to get maTiied , buttheyfear lest they should . be made fools ef , or make fools of theniselyes . A girl cannot : smile > but they espy a hidden snajre lurking beneath ;—she cannot look , oui they fancv she wishes to

      pry into the inmost recesses of their impregnable breasts;—she cannot , in the dance , 1 y her arm on theirs , but they feel an insinu iting pressure ;—she cannofc , at the card-table , " follow suit" when ' « heart * are trumps , ' * bixt they jmagino she WWZtes to take thflii ? ¦ king" with ier " ace '—and tbat ; for life;—she cannot sing " The Forsaken One , " but they detect in Uio song a pointed allusion to the fiintineaa cf their breasts . And thus they go on—looking , longing , doubting , r-till at length their hair becomes grey- ^ -the flight Of Time shows itself in their wrinkled faces—and a host of nephews and nieces have grown up around them , all of whom hope to be remembered by their " rich Old Bachelor uncle ;"—when , ' tis ten to one tut they marry their houeiekeep e ^ , who has invoked the aid of Cupid by the care she has always taken to air their nightcaps well , to mull their cup at chocolate punctuiUy to ; the minute , and by those numerous other trifling attentions

      so essential to the comfort of an Old Baciielor;—or they marry some Old Maid , who has always been very careful to inquire after their health—cautiously to praise their benevolence—anxiously to ask if their tea is swettened . to their iiking- —to banish her cat the instant she hears ^ their formal rat-tat-tat—and to tell her niece , as soon . as they are comfortably seated and their coat and hat carefully bung tip , that she had . better go and see if the servants are attending to the household afiiiirs ; --or else they rnarry a flirting giggling girl of seventeen-or eighteen— -or some handsome destguiog woman of sixrand-seven-and-twenty or thirty—longing for a home and '' settlement" as much as ftir a husDand ; and who will wish directly the ring is on aad . the " settlement" signed , that they ( the Old Bachelors ) ¦ would pop off , in ordpr that she may murry Eonie nice young man whom she now prefers , tut who is top poor to be thoiight of more seriously ^ as she thinks squalling brats and short commons to boot do not vastly improve

      the holy state of Matrimony 1 . What unhappy , infatuated creatures are these selfsame Old Bachelors ;! They have laughed at those of their acquaintances who have married , while young , the object of : their affections—have asked with a malicious sneer whether the V young pups are hearty aad eat well— have lamented with , a -forced isigh , but 8 < sarcc ; . 6 oncealed . amile , the high piiC 6 of bread ( the evil tflf-ict of the Cora Monopoly !) ahd the lata rise ia . coals , in conseqiience of the severe frost—and have piously thanked God ( at least openly ) VtoAilwy are fite from any such iccumbrances . They have acquired wealth—are well known at the Bank and on the Stock Exchange—and seldom ts a valuable estate put up at th © Anctipn Mart , but they are there to bid . And at last one of this class is enanaraL * : * *

      If by a sprightiy lass or skilful-angling woman , who , btfure marriage , was well content to give up tue coiupany of tke young men , in order th&t she might enjoy some -rational cpavfcrsation with him —» las ! in tha case , too ^ does he find the scene is changed ^ 1 Not a new bonnet is the rage ; but she must have it Not a ball tates place , fancy or charity , but there she must be . Not a concert is given at ¦ which . Lablache and Grlsi sing and Tnalberg plays , but she must go to hear them . Not a new tragedy comes odt in which tha lovers— . ( for there arB lovers of necessity ia every play ; the world could not go on withont love and hate;—pass through before-unheardi . of dangers ia order to enjoy together the pleasure of lamenting and BJghing over thew hapless fate—or talk and sing to each other put of a cast . e window on a moonlicbt Dighfc—or the lady

      takes poison , and gent stabs himself , and falls dead oil the lifeless form of" his beloved—but she must see it . Not a novel is published in ^ which the . tyranny of ^ ^ the ¦ men against the fair sex is inveighed against , but she must read it . If shei have net her will in all these . taings , she becomes listless and sullen—looks pale and eatinothiug ( at least when " dear chuck " iB byj ^ -ia pronounced by theiphyaician .: . to be in a -aeclto ©—arid the poor haptess wight of a ^ hus b&Ti d i 3 fo * eed to tak a ; , tot off to Bath or Cheltenham that she may " drink the waters , " or ¦ -. ¦ .: foo late , alas I he flndBittiBBr ^ S ^ . mistake , aid perceivea that in . " looking ' so wwUiwK ^ y ^ v " before he leapt , " he has been gaUty of greitKfB ^ ' ?^ oA than they who " leapt without looking . " JtfjtMS ? ; / i \ A I Such are two-thiids of the Old Bachelpia « Vi ^ i'i . "'; " ^ >^ v / ^ ' : " . ' ¦ ' . ' - ¦ . - ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦ .. - ¦ - ' ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ .. '¦ ¦ ¦ ' .: - ¦¦ - ¦ - ;¦ ' ' & » 4 E : t ^\ - ^ y ^ & ' - *?

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      Such is the depressed Btate of tx& 0 ffr&B $ && . ' -fp ^ lSM that there are at preseutao Ubs tban 4 , 00 tf ifl « feWp ^ * fir > >/ % f of the working classes entirely dependent wS ^ wW&tfi ^* P 9 Besides these , there ia a large body of Iii ^^ iip **^ « r ported from a separate fund . ' ¦' : ' -: - % ^ mmir : ' «

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct749/page/3/