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      Tsk Icsjats Islts—The following r appears in Xb& Rational— " Wo have Tecerred letters from the Ionian Islands , confirming the reporis of disturbances in-these islands , -which were Fpeedfly suppressed , tut &n extreme agitation prevails , and the insurrection is probably adjonrnnd to a more faroEr-« ble opportunity . The siecess of the English Go-Teraaent is attributed to treachery , A plan of insurrection was prepared , which , was denounced by traitors . The police baring been apprised of the fisi . ihe oppressors of the lonians hastened toaveid the danger . Corfu ^ placed under the guns of the « itadel and of the ships of war , caused them no nne&siness , but the other islands were Iefs easily to be guarded , as the garrison of 1-500 Scotchmen were

      not sufficient to restrain tbe population . TbeEuglish judged it more prudent to compromise & portion of the population by forcing them to revolt , without giving them an opportunity to choose their time . One of those men ever at the service of the police offered to become an agent to excite a rising , and , arming himself with a ^ nn , le pretended to be a sporismsa in parsuit of gaise . The police pursued him , -with orders to arrest him for carrying aims without a license . They commanded him to surrender , bnt he resisted , and the gendarmes net being in the secret shot him dead . Sach an event naturally excited jmblic indignation . A body of armed peasants proceeded to the police-office , and threatened to murder the police . The Lord High

      Com-Busaonpr was ready , three companies of Scotchmen ¦ srere sent against the peasanis , and the latter ¦ were cut to pieces by an overwhelming force .. The English did not stop there j they proclaimed martial law , and in order to disorganiza the plans of lie insurgents they arrested their chiefs . The English Government , ss hypocritical in the face of Europe as merciless towards the unfor unate people subjected to 113 laws , has proclaimed that this affair ¦ w as merely an affair of plunder suppressed by the activity of the Lord Hi * h Commissioner . The truth jb now-known , and the language of the English Government c&snot again impose on Earope , too long deceived , as to the true conduct of the protectors of the Ionian Islands . "

      PsiycE . —Tbe TfaiionoJ announces the acquittal , at the assizes of Laval , nf M . Ledru Hollin , a Member of tbe Chamber of Deputies , whom the Government had prosecuted for some oSeusive language he held long ago , in addressing his constituents ; The Moniieur contains a series of Teporb ^ addressed by Marshal Bageaed to the Minister of War , under date Algiers , 20 di ult ^ gjvir . g an account of the military operations in the different provinces of ihe regency daring the first fortnight of September . On the 12 th Colonels Grey and O'Keiffd surprised the

      camp < . f Abd-el-liader , at Assian Tirein . The Emir iad joss time io H . j , and on reaching the ac joining mountain he Tallied his fugitive force and m&de a bold stand , fighting himself in the foremost rank , and vainly urging his discouraged cavalry to follow him and charge the assailants . At last , however , overcome by numbers , he abandoned the field , leaving seventy killed , his tent and those of his Agas , mules , horses , carpets , &c , in the hands of the French . On the following day Abd-el-Kadcr fell in with the division of General Lamoriciere , and experienced another defeat .

      Stork is Bams . —From ihe violence of the gale yesterday morning , the streets and squares of Paria were eov-ered with slates , tiles , and fracments of every kind , torn from the roofs of the houseB . Many of the flags at the public buildings were either brought down or torn to slips . The Tuileries did not escape , for the roof of the Pavilion deJlore , ¦ which his only jnst been re-covered -with slate from Angers , was stripped in many places . The gardens and the Champs Elysees were strewed with branches from the trees . " Several women and children were blown down on the bridges . An acconstic phenomenon was to be heard on the Pont des Invalides throughout the day . The wind , in forcing its way between thehars of iron , on whieh it is suspended , ; produced Eolian sounds as deep as those on the diapason slops of the largest chnreh organs , thevibra- ' Sion extending to the whole of the bridge . —Gaiig- rum ? s Messenger . j

      Dbexdfcl Fire . —In the night of the 25 th nit ., a farm , with all its buildings , live and dead slock , was destroyed by fire at BouQlargnes , in tbe Gsrd . A girl of ten years old perished in thfc flunes . The calamity wonld have been much more terrible , but for the almost supernatural courage of the mother of the family . Awakened from her sleep in a state of suffocation from the smoke , and finding her hasband in the earns condition , she carried him in her arms to a window at a further part of the house , and when he was somewhat recovered , induced him to make his escape through it . She- then in like manner saved : her mother , upwards of seventy jears old , andiwo of her three children . She returned 4 or the third , but the poor chDd , in Be ^ kisg her-own" safety inflight , got involved in the flames and was burnt . Her body was afterwards found in the ruins , reduced to a cinder . —French Paper .

      Ktrawxr . —A Town Btjkjed . —A Stockholm letter states that ihe town of Egersund ( Norway ) , was e&tirely destroyed by fire on the 4 th September . Dutch xxv Fxasdebs Mail . —Thb Hagxje , Oct . 10 . —To-day , at one o * dock in the afternoon , the Minister of the Interior dosed ihe session of-the Slates General for 1842-43 . The latest aecounis from Java say , that on the sight of the 9 th of January there was an earthquake in the island of Mas ; the shock continued for some minutes , caty notifies were overthrown , and the in-Biates buried in the ruins . A portion of the

      mountain Hpressa sunk down into the valley and overwhelmed the buildings belonging to the Government , except the { JovernorSj house . A large Kimpong , called Mego , was swept away by an enormous wave , and many persons perished . Toe same wave carried off , near Mount Sie-Tolie , a league further to the north , several Indian proas , with such violence , that these vessels , among which was a Government cruiser , were thrown oat of the river , to the distance of 100 to 160 paces on the shore . The fear that the Acbinese of Glora wonld take ad-Tantage of this opportunity to attack the garrison of Kias hkd not been realised .

      Last Saturday night , there was a violent hurricane , and thunder storms , with torrent 3 of rain , at Kamur . On the following nioruing , the streetB were strewed with fragments of tiles and slates . Spaik . —Baiokke , Cct . 8 . — Almeria rose on the 1 st . and proclaimed ihe Central Junta . General Concha left Madrid on the evening of the 3 rd , "to nrenTnn the command of the arm ; of Arragon . Octobeb 10 . —There has been an attempt at a Vtgvnp at Granada on the 27 ih of September . There ina fighting , and some persons were wounded . Order was re-established . On the 2 nd there was no change at Almeria .

      Pjebitgkjj , Oct . 10 . —On the " th the Jnnta attempted to storm the citadel of Barcelona with the 1 , 000 of tbe 1 , 500 men under their command . They ¦ were repulsed "with the loss of 80 men . M . Bosch , ihe -rice-president cf * he Junta , was mortally wounded . In consegnence of this attack the citadel and forts fired oh the town . The fire ceased in the evening , and did not recommence oa the Sth . jThb JouKfAi des Debais gifes the following account of the affair : — "On the 7 th , half an hoar before day , the 40 £ ¦ volunteers silently descended into the ditch , and ap plied ladders to the ramparts , whichthey ascended

      with the most perfect good fortune , without any sen tinel having the alarm . Having reached the top o the embankment , they gave the signal agreed o for a false attack , intended ± o draw the attention o the garriEon to another quarter . At the same "dm tbe insurgents nnmaskea a battery of eight pieces o cannon , "wiieh commenced a- well-directed fir against the eitadel , whilst 2 , 4 ) 00 Tolunteers placed i the trenches of the esplanade and in the houses c Santa Jkiaria directed » rolling fire of musketr against the ramparts . The garrison was not move by this noise , to whieh they were aceustonwd durin the last month .

      " The men who nad mounted the breach , who haj given the eigpal , and had descended into the in terior of the eitadel , found themselves arrested by a unforeseen obstacle—a second ditch , which the coald not pass . They then endeavoured to draw uj their ladders to scale the second entrenchment . Bu the opportunity was lost—daylight had appeared and tne garrison beat to arms . Obliged to retun to the ditch , and to retreat under the fire of the gar xisoD , the Tolunteers lost 100 men killed or wounded Bat it muss be admitted they had very nearly sue eacceeded in their attempt on the citadel .

      A letter from Madrid , dated October 3 rd , pnb-Ikhed in the Chronicle ^ has tbe / ollowing : —** I mentioned yesterday ' that communications had taken place between Canedo , the commander of the Go-Ternment forces before Saragossa , and the corporation of that town , with a riew to arrive at an amicable arrangement , if possible . The Saragoasa people , it appears , have noi been so easy to dupe as those of Madrid . The terms they demanded were that ike National Guards should remain on their present footing , and the junta retain its powers as alooal board j giving up , however , the demand oi the formation of a central junta . These demands -were acceded to by Canedo provisionally . They

      have been submitted to a Council of Mini 3 iera here , TrbOj-ioweTer , jefnse to ratify them , and Genera ] Cenoba is appointed to leave to-night to supersede Conedoj aad , in the language of the Narvatz school . Jo brine- ^ ie Saragossa folks to their senses i so that we Ehaflj probably , have Eome warm work . A letter from , SazafOBsaj- of the 2 &h , in to- day ' s Eco , says that a "re ? y determined spirit prevails there ; that tbey-ia 4 ^ , 00 ff men under arms , and 100 pieces of jy « iywir ^ aiptfad en their defences . It is also stated tiiattit ^ : bad . made a brilliant sortie , and some oi the trobpaYttriing tbe blockade had gone over to the »? ^ Tbeaaaa CorrBBpondent , in a letter dated Oct . 4 * . h , aaya—^ ^ rd ; battalions of the Kegiment of Africa were exdezed , bobk tiae since , from Kavare , to rein-|

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      force tho government troops before Sara ^ oEsa , but they had repeatedly shown symptoms of defection , and several officers and sergeants had been separated and sent prisoners to Tolosa , and others arreBted at Onate . Many arrests have also taken place in other corps at St . Sebastian and Yittorta . An order has been issued to the troops , constantly stationed within and about the Post-cfiice , not to form in groups of more than eight ; so little confidence have the military authorities in the only force which keeps them on from day to day . Their fears are , no doubt , great ; but the way in -which they display them is quite ridiculesB . The travelling tinkers that are wont to go about here , and aa they traverse the street , inform the inhabitants who have pots or

      pan 3 to mend , of their presence by striking an iron rod against a plate of the same metal , have all at once been discovered to be a most dangerous race of men ; and the sounds which were wont tacall the maid-servants from the attics to tbe ground floor , with their cracked tea-kettles , &o , are now ascertained to portend revolutions , and to be nothing less , in short , than a new mode of beating the generate , so thtir tinkling proceedings have been peremptorily prohibited . It was only the day before yesterday that the whole town , from the BDbaa-gate to the Pnerto de Sol , was in high alarm from the guard of the Valladolid diligence blowing his horn as he

      entered the city i whereupon all the guards turned out in a great fright , prepared for action j and when it was ascertained that there was no other foe than the heavy diligence , their courage greatly increased , and a corporal and" fonr soldiers were detatched in pnreuit of the unlucky horn-blower , who was captured in due course , and ensconced in the guard-honse of tho principal station . The Madrid annual fair is now going on ; and it is usual , among other things , to have arms of various kinds , as . pistols , swords , & . c , in some of the stalls ; but the dealers—those who had anything of the kind in their stalls the first day , did not venture to show themselves en the second ; their career was soon Btopped .

      A letter from Barcelona , of the 30 th , states that General S&nz had given notice to the foreign consuls of his intention to attack the town the next day , and the French had all embarked . Prim had returned , and obtained a re-inforcemtnt of 1 , 000 men , to act against Amettler , who was ' raising recruits at Gerona , The Junta had been unremitting in strengthening their defences , and there was no talk of surrendering , as the government papers here have so oftrn reported to be the case . Alcanc 2 , a rorrn near Saragossa , has declared for tbe Central Junta . Don Manuel de la Serna , Espartero's minister of the interior , and who 1 b now in London , has been returned as a deputy for Seville .

      The Electioss . —Up to the present time ( October 8 tb ) , 187 : Depnties have been appointed . The opinions of thirty of them are not known . The rest may be classed as follows : —Sixty Moderados , and sixty to seventy entertaining the opinions represented by MM . Oloziga and Cortina ; thirty Francuquiites i Centralists , Republicans , &c . Of the Chamber , which is composed of 240 Deputies , only abont 180 ordinarily meet . The Parliamentary majority will be considerable . At Grenada , according to the dispatches of the

      Political Chief , an insurrection took place , which was promptly suppressed . Two battalions of the National Guard revolted , and attempted without success to cause the people to join it . The Political Chief , in conjunction with the Captain-General , proclaimed martial law , and harangued the people . A * sanguinary conflict took place between the troops of the line and the revolted National Guard ? , near the quarter of St . Jerome . Several were killed and wounded on both rides . At length the revolted soldiers , not being supported , delivered up their arms , and the insurrection was suppressed .

      GraDada was trai qnil on the 6 : h . There is no news of Seville or Cadiz : But the towns of Gallicia seem all to have proclaimed the Central Junta . A letter from PerpignaB , 7 ih inst , in the Emancipation of Toulouse * says : — " On the 4 th , Prix ^ who not seeing any possibility of attempting a coup de main against the fort of Figueras , had retired towards Girona , and commenced an assault on that to wn . It is impossible to describe the energy and valour displayed by the inwirgents in the defence , All fonght with a courage and ardour that did not abate for a single moment . Women and children were seen to take part in the action in rolling from ihe top of the wall on the assailants heavy articles of furniture and masses of stone . The straggle was desperate between the two parties , and Pbix was forced to retreat . It is said that the losses are great on both sides . "

      According to the Moniteur of Satarday , " Almeira submitted on the Sth . " On the 8 : h the regotiationB for the surrender of Saragossa were still proceeding . " Peepigsas , Oct . 12—On the 9 ih , the Junta invited all foreigners to quit Barcelona , allowing them only a delay of twenty hours . On the lOih , the departure of the French and their embarkation took place without accident . The Consul took up his re-sidence at Barceionetta . * " Commander Alartell , having been closely pnrsutd by the population , surrendered at discretion to the commander of Tortosa . " The advancad guard at the Gate of France , at Girona , had deserted to General Pniu with its captain . "

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      CRIMES OF THE RICH-SUFFERINGS OF THE POOR , The condition of the poor is a subject which , altogether irrespectively of tbe Poor Law and its collateral questions , must ever excite the attention of thinking men . Above all . it sheuld in London , where the condition of the poor is most strikipgly appalliBg . It appears from the report of the proceedings at Mailborough-street Police-office , in our columns of yesterday , that there 5 b an average number of fifty human beings , of all age ? , who huddle together in the parks every night , having no other Ehelter than what is . supplied by the trees and hollows of the embankment . Of these the majority are young girls who have been sednced from the conntry by the soldiers , and tnrned loose on the world in all the destitution of friendless penury , and all the recklessness of early vice .

      Thi 3 is truly horrible . Poor there must be everywhere . . Indigence trill find its way and set up its hideous state in the heart of a great and luxurious city . Amid the thousand narrow lanes and bystreets of a populous metropolis there must always , we fear , be much suffering—much that offends the eye—much that lnrks nnseen . But that within the precincts of wealth , gaiety , and fashion , nigh the regal grandeur of St . James ' s , close on the palatial splendour of Bayswater , on the confines of the old and new aristocratic quarters , in a district where the cautious refinement of modern design has abstained from erecting one single tenement for poverty ; which seemB , as it were , dedicated

      to the exclusive enjoyments of wealth , —that there want , and famine , and disease , and vice should stalk in all their kindred horrors , consuming body by body . BOulby soul 1 It ib , indeed , a monstrous state of things . Enjoyment the most absolute , that bodily ease , intellectual excitement , or the more innocent pleasures of sense can supply to man ' s craving , brought in close contact with the most unmitigated misery J Wealth , from its bright saloons , laughing—an insolently heedless laugh , at the unknown wounds of want ! Pleasure , cruelly but unconsciously mocking : the pain that moans below ! All contrary things jostling one another—all contrary , save the vice which WmptB and the vice which is tempted 1

      It is a sickening theme . It brings home to the heart the utter weakness—the utter hardness of © ur nature . There is wealth , there is skill , there is art , there iB science , there is theory , —all these enough , and more than enough , in England , . Most abundant are they in tbe heart of England . Yet does the life-blood rash in a more healthy stream Does the pulse of tbe nation beat with a more generous rapture ! Whom has its wealth made happier 1 Whom has its skill taught to shun the moral pestilence that consumes its tens of thousands ! Whom has its theory taught the high and paramount duty which man owes to the infirmities of his brother man ?

      There are men of many theories abroad . Some would build in the human race within parallelograms , and bid them go and practise virtue ( intuitively . Others would amputate tariffs and navigation law ? , crying io all , the halt , and tbe blind , and the penniless , " Go trade , and be rich . " Soma there are who , believing that society is hollow , false , and tottering , would restore long-forgotten rules , arid bring-the vsgae and casual charity of men under the cognizmceand direction of the chnreh . But these men are laughed at by the age . For is not the age utilitarian , and therefore wise !

      Bat let all men , whether of theory or of practice , remember this—that within the most courtly precincts of the richest city on God's earth there may be found , ni ^ ht . after night , winter after ^ winter—women young in yearB—old in sin and suffering—outcasts from society—bottikg tbgm pju uke , filth , xso dxseask . Let them remember this , aad learn not to theorise , but to act . God knows , there is mnch room for action now-a-days . — Timex .

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      ; PUKISHMKST O ? DexTH . — ESQOTKAUX PHltOSOi % ^ J- ~^ m 0 I 1 Ss ^ the Esquimaux , according to Sir I « ofca -Ross , the crime of murder very rarely occurs . j When it does , the murderer ' s punishment consists in being banished to perpetual solitude , or to be shunned by every individual of his tribe—insomuch , that even the sight of him . is avoided by all who may } inadvertently meet him . Oa being asked why his i life is not taken in return , it was replied , " that Hub would be to make themselves equally bad—that the loss of his life wonld not restore the other—and that i Le wh . 9 should commit such an act would be equally guilty . "

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      THE STATE OF WALES . Tbe inhabitants of South Wales are not only a sevlcros and thinking race ; bnt they ara also a patient—an enduring—a long-suffering people . Difficult as they are to rouse , hard as it is to awaken them from iuaction into activity and life , their resentment when roused is fall ; equal to their former endurance ; and their resiatance oi oppression is as powerful and stringent as their former patience . They nave suffered long ; they have snffered silently ; and they . have suffered much . Tne grievances to which they have been subjected were partially detailed in the last week ' s Star ; and these , coupled with the rapacity of landlords and the depreciation of agrictdturat produce caused by the Free Trade Tariff of Sir Robert Peel , operated so powerfully upon

      the interests of tbe agriculturists , that one vast , general , and overwhelming ruin seemed about to engulpb all who were engaged in agricultural pursuits . The burdens -which they wers called upon te pay were annually increasing to a fearful amount ; their rents , already screwed up by competition for above the real value of the land , were increasing also ; many of the farmers wer reduced to such an extremity of poverty as not to have in their possession even a change of linen , but were compelled to keep their beds while their shirts were in the wash-tub ; many more enjoyed the near prospect of being turned adrif : from their homes—those homes which were endeared by many a tender recollection , the cottage in which they and their fathers were feorn

      —with no other alternative before them than tbe wide world , or the detested Bastile . Cases like , these were neither isolated [ nor rare , but were beginning to form the Tule ; whilst comparative comfort was regarded as the exception . Tbe situation of the farm labourers is truly pitiable . They well remember the time when they could enjoy the present , and look forward to the future ,. They e » uld at all events regard that future , wi&out tbe fear ot actual starvation casting a gloom over their minds ; for they knew that tbo then law of tbe land kept acual want from the threshold of their homes . But now , in these days of maudling sentiment and mock philosophy , tbe comforts of the labourer are tied , and his peace of mind has fled with them .

      Tbe state of degradation to which our Welsh farmers have been reduced , should act as another stimulus to oar Chartist brothers never to lose sight of tbe great objects for which theyare nnited , viz : —the franchise '; and not only this , but the fulle&t and most ample protection in its eKercise .

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      The formers bore nominally enjoy the franchise ; bnt it is only th 9 semblance of freedom without tbe reality ,-for they are driven to the poll , the helpless . tools by which the aristocracy hope to beep the manacles of slavery rivetted on tlte limbs of freeborn men . A new era has however dawned upon tbe minds of the Welch . They are , now beginning to see , not exactly as their fathers saw ; and daring to think , aye and ad , for themselves , without consulting any lordling's will . A spirit of enquiry is abroad ; and the more . that the people enquire , the more they are convinced that the pieaeni system is not , as they had hitherto been taught , the very height of human perfection . However the Times , and tbe other half-fledged brood , which follow in its wake , may trumpet ! forth their cuckooo notes , the

      Welch people are daring to reason upon " broad principles and deep foundations ; " and another election may perebacce convince the country thai they have not thus been reasoning in vain . I neither hope nor fear that tbe present " Rebecca Movement" will diverge into a "Chartist Movement ; " because . I am certain that it will do no such thing ; but I am equally well convinced that the numerous public meetings which are held almost daily , and the doctrines which are there advanced , are rapidly preparing the public mind for the recipiency of "Chartist principles ; " and when they shall nave been fully convinced of the fallacy of their present " movement ; " when they shall be fully aware that their hopes are vain of thereby obtaining

      substantial ielief , it will then be the fluty of tbe Chartist public to take advantage of " the turn of the tide , ' and allow their principles to have full scope , It would be madness , nay it would be worse ; it would be traitoriam to tb , 6 hallowed cause of Chartism to attempt to mix it up with the present movement . Rebecca must be permitted to run her course . This may , and I have no doubt will , tako her months to effect ; but sooner or later her agitation must come to an end ; and then will be tbe time for oar Chartist friends to be np and doiBg . The ground will be ready cultivated for its reception . AH that they will have to do will be to sow tho seed , and '' my basnett to a 'prentice cap" a plentiful crop of back-bone Chartists will be the result . Not tbat I

      would couHsel apathy or indifference for one moment , to any portion uf the Chartist public ; we bave bnd rather too much of this already . Let the individual Chartists be unceasing in the diffusion of a knowledge of their principles ; and let our orgarrfz ^ d Welsh societies be prepared for united and energetic action , so soon os the present excitement shall have passed away . It is now aomo twelva months ago since the " Rebecca ' warfare agaiust toll gates begun . It has been carried on from tbat time to the present , without having experienced any considerable interruption . The Government took no steps at tbe cummencciuent either to allay the excitement , to remedy the grievance , or to curb the lawless spirit which had begun to manifest itself . The popular commotions " had np connection with politics ; " therefore , tho Government did not feel called on to interfere . But no sooner did these

      commotions cause the people to turn their attention to the study of political questions—no sooner did they bend their inquiries to the workings of tbe infamous New Poor Law , to the revenues and management of ecclesiastical affars , or to any one of the thousand questions in which tbe people feel an interest—tbau the tactics of those in power were instantaneously changed ; their " craft was in danger , " and , come what may , Rebecca must be pat down . A solitary itinerant , a Bow-street magistrate , was Bent down to Wales as a Government Commissioner , in order that tbe farmers might be led to suppose that the Government actually desired to . remove their grievances . But old " BeccV was not to beguiled ; she saw that this was only an expedient to draw her off from the consideration of her wrongs ; and , consequently , her career was not for a moment interrupted .

      A rural police was next established ; tbe Principality was inundated with soldiery , horse , foot , and artillery ; every village , ! nay , every clac / ian is now garrisoned with troops ; and hordes of spies and London police are prowling the country in every direction . Still the old Lady is . unsubdued ; nay . she waxes bolder and bolder in proportion to the energy displayed by ber opponents ; and the more determined they appear to be to put a stop to ber proceedings , the more she seems resolvad , to bid them defiance . Tbe terrors of tbe judgment seat are now to be added to the formidable array ; and on the day in which these observations shall ba given to the public in tbe columia of the Star , the Special Commission will be opened in Cardiff for tbe trial of the Glamorganshire prisoners . Whether this will put a stop to the old Lady ' s progress is a mystery which I dare uot venture to attempt to solve .

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      The Storm in ScoTLAND . fUp till Tuesday night the weather had been caJm , and except for a Sew light rainsj on the whole favourable for gathering in the odds aad ends of the harvest , and for raising the potato crop . Wednesday , however , was ushered in with torrents of rain , which continued to fall without interruption the whole day , accompanied by sudden and fierce gusts of wind , increasing towarda evening to the wildest tempest , and the rain pouring out as if the whole sky had become one vaat waterapout . About nine o ' clock the hurricane was at ii 3 height ; and' Thursday morning was again calm , cold , and clear ; but when day broke the whole range

      of the Ochills was coated with snow as in tho depth of winter ; and farther west , ] Benlidi and Benlomond were glittering like two mighty icebergs to the sun , presenting a singular contrast to our own Pentlands , which . were still -fresh and verdant as in high summer . Yesterday m < rning the therinometor stood at 28 , with ice on the pools half an inch thick . The potatos were to eome small ; extent washed bare by the tremendous rain of Wednesday , and although a few have been injured by jthe frost of yesterday morning , we were happy to learn from several persons occupied in lifting them , that the injury has been to a very small extent , —Caledonian Mer <

      cury . j Suicide . —Mr . Gibson , aged fifty-seven , official assignee of the Court of Bankruptcy , committed suicide , by hanging himself on Friday the 13 th . inst .- , at his house , No . 9 , Blandford Square , London . A j ury on view of the body was holden on Saturday before T . Wakley , M . P ., when a verdict " that deceased had destroyed himself , being at the time in an unsound state of mind , " was agried to by twelve of the jurors ; one of the jury ( not included in the twelve ) dissented from the verdict .

      Death of the Bishop of Licufield . —The Rev . Dr . Bowstead , Bishop of Lichficld and Coventry , expired after a painful illness , on Wednesday the lithinst ., at Clifton Well . ^ near Bristol . The deceased was a Whiff in politics and strongly adverse to the tractarian doctrines recently introduced into the Church . He was consecrated Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1838 , and od the death of Dr . Samnel Butler , the learned editor ] of " ^ E « hy ! lus" and master of Shrewsbury School , in 1849 , he was translated to the see of Lichfi ^ ld and Coventry . For some time he was prebendary of Salisbury We understand that , on Friday last , the mortal remains of the Right Rev . Prelato were removed from Clifton to Eccleshall Caatle , Staffor d shire , prior to being deposited in Liohfield Cathedral .

      The Clock of St . Clement's . —Our publisher ia greatly inconvenienced by parties coming into the office to inquire why all the four dials of the clock of St . Clement ' s tell a different story , and why every one of them is always wrong . If the clock cannot keep going let it turn off all its hands , wind up its affairs , and retire at once from public observation ; but let . it not attempt to occupy a high and prominent , position , if it is unable ; to fill it with credit to itself and profit to the community . We have put up with more ' from this clock than frem any other public servant . We thought it might only want time to

      bring itself round ; but finding it will not give us any h \ mr , we will no longer give it any quarter . We expected a meeting of the hands the other day at twelve o ' clock , but it did not occur , and things remain in the same uncertainty . We feel justified in calling on the clock for an account of its works ; and , if no minutes have been kept , we shall leave the public to judge of the entire matter . Since writing the above , we have been told that it is the hourhand which refuses to move in the affair , but that the minute-hand is quite ready to second anything reasonable . —Punch . I

      The late Mrs . Goodie ^ Borns * CoTrAQE - The Ayr Adverlizer , of last week , notices the death , at Burns' Cottage , of the relict ! of the late John Goudie , better known in the annals \ of the land of Burns * as "Miller Goudie . " Mrs . Goudie was in her 70 th year , and till within a few years of her death was in her usual health , —receiving , with the same kindly and somewhat maternal hospitality , every addition to the many thousands whom she had welcomed to the humble birthplace of the poet . No one who ever visited tho cottage—not even the most eminent and fastidious in the literary world—but dropped something like a blessing upon the tidy old landlady , who kept the cottage a * bright and clean as they could wish tho poet ' s fame —[ In -tho Star of August 26 th , in G . J . Harney ' s " Northern Tour " , appeared a notice of Burns' Cottage and its now deceased occupier , Mrs . Goudie , was then apparently well and hearty . She has now followed her partner to " the land o' the leal . ' ] I

      The Heroes of Wab and of Scifnce . —As an instance of men of a modern era , let us take Napoleon Buonaparte , Emperor of France , and James Watt of Greenock , civil j engineer . The former applied tho energies of a sagacious and comprehensive intellect to his own political aggrandizement ; the latter dnvotod his more modest talents to the improvement of a mechanical engine . The former was and is par excellence , a hoi'o of history—we should scarcely find in the works ; of the most voluminous analists the name of the latter . What has Napoleon done to entitle his nams to ; occupy so prominent a position 1 He has been thorcause , mediate or immediate , of sacrificing the live ? of two millions of men . Has the obscure Watt done nothing to merit in the

      records of mankind ! Walk ten miles m any manufacturing district ; enter any coal mine ; examine the bank of England , travel by ^ the Great Western railway , or navigate the Danube , the Mediterranean , the Indian or the Atlantio Ocean—in each and all of tLestf , that giant slave , thp steam-engine , will be seen , an ever-jiving testimony to the services rendered to mankind by its subjugator . Attachment to a favourite pursuit is undoubtedly calculated to bias the judgement ; but , howfever liable may be the obscure votary to science ; to override his hobby , Francis Bacon , Lord High' Chancellor of England , in ascribing to scientific discoverers a higher merit than to legislators , eniperor ^ , or patriots , cannot be open to the ckargo of egotistic partiality . What , then , says this illustrious witness!— " The

      introduction of noble inventions seems to hold by far the most noblo placo among al < human actions . And this was tho judgement or ] antiquity , which attributed divine honours to invontora , but conferred only heroical honours upon those who deserve well in civil affairs , such as the founders of empires , legislators , and deliverers of their [ country . And whoever rightly considers it , will find this a judicious custom in former ages , since the benefits of inventors may extend to all mankind , but civil benefits seldom cescend to more than afew ageB , whereas inventions are perpetuated through thecourseof time . Besides , a state is seldom amended in its civil affairs without force and perturbation ; whilst inventions spread their advantage without doing injury or causing a di 8 iurbance . —Blackwood's -Magazine .

      THE REMEDY . The spring puts forth its buds and flowers , And vernal glories clad the bowers ; And bursting from its wintry tomb , Earth smiles in universal bloom . The feather'd warblorsfon the spray , In anthems greet returning May ; Again the murmuring streamlets flow , And all seems harmony below . Shall man alono boar grief ' s impress , Unmoved by nature'B liveliness I Shall the belief he soon ! must die Call from his breast the bitter sigh ? No !—for if nature he'll pursue , Health and long life will be his due ; For dread of death no longer chills Those who have taken Parr ' s Life Pills .

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      Dublin Workhouse . —Mr . M'Donongh , schoolmaster of the South Dublin workhsose , was obliged to resign from drunkenness . Mr . Skelly , clerk of the Drogheda workhouse , is discharged . He was a Repealer . Irish Soldiers in the Legion . —There are no where to be found more amusing fellows than Irish so diera , full as they all are of quaint humour and smart repartee . ** I have heard manv droll traits and stories of the Irish soldiery under Evang . On the 16 th of March , 1837 , when the Qiieen ' s troops were in full retreat , my squadron was formed up on the road to Hernani , occasionally charging down when the opportunity presented itself , in order to cover the

      retreat . Up came an Irish infantry man , who , although following the example pretty generally given him , and retreating , still seemed to do it a a contre caur and kept up a sort of running fight on his own account , perfectly independent of any body else in the world . The fellow was steaming from what appeared to be a mixture of heat and fury , and his face was as red as Dun O'ConnelPs after a few hoars' speech to the finest pisanthry . His lips and check * were black with biting cartridges . ' B 8 G—d !' said ho thumping his musket butt down to the ground , and wiping his face witharaa he took out of his shako . Be G—d ! and they call John Carlos a pretendher ! What a devil of a fellow he'd be if ho was in airnest . ' —New Monthly Mac / a * zine

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Oct . 13 . BANKRUPTS . Joseph Harrison , of Brighton , coach-builder , to surrender October 30 , at twelve , and November 24 , at tfce Court of Binkruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Crota , Surrey-street , Strand , London ; official assignee , Mr . William Turquand , 13 , Old Jewry Coambers , London . William E Iward Filey * of Norwich , wine-merchant , October 25 ,. at ten , and November 16 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Messrs . Hill and Matthews , 1 , Bury Courfc . St . Mary Axe , London ; official ass ' gnee , Mr . James Foster Groom , 12 , Abchnrch Lane . Lombard-street , London .

      James Leonard Woodruff , of Great Missenden , Buckinghamshire , innkeeper , October 25 , at three , and Not . 15 , at ten , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . PuterHon , Bouverie-streot ) , London ; official assignee , Mr . Lackiagton , 3 , Coleman-street Buildings , London . Joseph Ridgeway , of Manchester , merchant , October 26 , at eleven , ami November 21 . at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Barlow and Aston , Manchester ; and Messrs . Bower and Back , 46 , Chancery Lane , London ; official assignee , Mr . R . Powdrell Hobson . Manchester .

      John William Harrison , late of Stockton-upon-Tees , Durham , grocer , October 30 , at eleven , and Nov . 20 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-apon Tyne . Solicitors , Messrs . Con well aad Ridley . Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and Messrs . Maples and Co ., 6 , Frederick ' s Place , Old Jewry , London ; official assignee , Mr . Thomas Baker , NewcasCle-npori-Tyne . Thomas James Whidborne , of Liverpool , chemist , October 26 and November 14 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . John Neal , Liyerpoo ' l ; and Me ^ rs . Hal l and Co . , 2 , Veralam Buildings , Gray ' s Inn , London ; official assignee , Mr . James Cazinove , Liverpool .

      John Smalley , of Sneintoa , Nottingham , iron-founder , October 26 , at one ! and November 28 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Solicitors , Mr . John Smitn , Wa » rlo > str « et , Birmingham ; and Mr . John Bowley , Nottingham ; official assignee , Mr . James Christie , Birmingham .

      DIVIDENDS DECLARED . John Nottingham , of Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , picture-dealer , dividend of 3 s . 6 d . in the pound , payable at 2 , Nicholas-street , Bristol , on October 25 , or any succeeding Wednesday . William Danaam , of Bath , tailor , dividend of 2 s . 3 d . in the . pound , payable at 2 , Nicholas-street , Bristol , on October 25 , or any succeeding Wednesday . John Stevens , of RUodeaweU , LlmeUonse , road-con tractor , first dividend of 7 a . in the pound , payable at 12 , Abchurch Lane , London , on October 18 , and three following Wednesdays . John Moss and Co ., of Haslisgden , Lancashire , cotton spinuers , second dividend of 6 s . 0 ^ 1 . in the pound , payable at 72 . George-street , Manchester , on October 24 , and every following Tuesday .

      Potter , Lever , and Co ., of Manchester , merchants , final dividead of £ i . in the pound , payable at 72 , Georgestreet , Manchester , oa October 24 , and every following Tuesday . Johu Fletcher , of Mary port , Cumberland , boiler-manufacturer , first dividend of Is . 6 d . in the pound , payable at 57 , Grey-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on October 21 , or any succeeding Saturday . John Baylia , jun ., and James Baylis , of 15 , Gutter Lane , London , crape-manufacturers , first dividead of 3 s . 6 d . in the pound , payable on October 14 , and the following Wednesday . DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED , AT THE COUET OP BANKRUPTCY ,. IN LONDON .

      Joseph Boyd , of 189 , Piccadilly , publican , November 6 , at fealf-past fcvrelve—Jackson Barwise , of 16 , Pall Mali , house-decorator , November 6 , at one—Skinner Zwhary Langton , of Barge Yard , Bucklersbury , City , merchant , November 6 , at eleven .

      DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED IN THE COUNTRY . Edward Ollerenshaw , of Manchester , hat-manufac turer , November 7 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—Herbert Hardle , of Manchester , merchant , November 2 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—William North , of Bath , tavern-keeper , November 10 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol—Thomas Hooper , of Hay , Breconah . trc , chemist , November 7 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol—David Edwards , late of Pembr ' ofee , Haverfordwest , miller , November 7 , at twelve * at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol—Richard Pitt , jun ., of West Bromwich , SturTordahire , batter , Nov . 8 , at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . certificates to be granted , nnless cause be abown to tbe contrary on the day of meeting .

      Henry Andrews and Charles Twining , of Pecfcham , Snrrey , brewers , Nov . 6—James Watkina , of 65 , Exmoulh-street , Clerkenwell , diaper , Nov . 6—Johu Elliott , of Chicheater , builder , Nov . 8—Joseph Marriage , jun ., of Moulsham , Essex , miller , Nov . 3—George Jackson , of Hertford , upholsterer , Nov . 10—James Smith , of Goldsmith-street , Wood-street , London , warehouseman , Nov . 11—Charles Christelow , of York , woollen draper . Nor . 7—John Blount Herbert , late of Gloucester , timber-dealer , Nov . 14—David Edwards , late of Pembroke , miller , Nov . 7—Joseph John Monk Mason Scott , of Liverpool , corn-merchant , Nov . 7—Henry Bourne Jonea , of Birkenhead , Cheshire , plumber , Nov . 14—James Hellings , William Smith Bate , and T . Bate , of Ruge-Iey , Staffordshire , brewers , Nov . 8—Thomas Hitchcock , of Alrewas , Staffordshire , worsted manufacturer , November 8 .

      certificates to be granted by tbe Courfc of Review , , unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before Nov . 3 . Abraham Harris , of Sharp's Buildings , Tower Hill , slop-seller—Robert Jones , of Carnarvon , draper—Ryee Davibb , of Abercarne , Monmoathshire , grocer- —Edward RiWlinson , of St Helen ' s , Lancashire , alum-manufacturer—Thomas Skinner , late of Godalming , bat now of Dorking , Surrey , batcher—Charles Holebroofe , of TJi toxeter , Staffordshire , plumber—John Ogden Burnley , of Heckmondwike , Yorkshire , corn-miller—John Alex

      Lee , of Liverpool , iron-founder . —John . Harriman and Thomas Harriman , of Nottingham , drapers—James Bottomley , of Delphi Yorkshire , woollen-manufacturer —Enderby Laughton , of Wisbsch , Cambridgeshire , brewer—Richard Gooddy and William Edward M'Kee , of Kingston-upon-Hull , millers—John Swallow , Jan ., of Skircoat , Yorkshire , corn-miller— William Henzey Bond , Kingswinford , Staffordshire , wine-merchant—Joseph Oates , of Qlossop , Derbyshire , innkeeper—Joseph Keep Beer and William Henry Bastick , of St . Thomas tbe Apostle , Devonshire , coal-merchants .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Blackburn and StinsSeld , Bradford , wasta-dealer 3—T . W- Polding and S . Cjwell , Liverpool , wine-dealers —Buckley and Aspden , Manchester , engravers to calico printers—W . BMhurn and Co ., Marsden , Yorkshire , coal-proprietors—Eium Brothers , Oxford-street and Huddersfleld . truss-makers .

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      THE " REBECCA" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES . ( From our own Correspondent . J In the appendix to my last week ' s letter , I informed your readers of a fracas which had taken place in the early part of that week , between tbe daughters of Rebecca , and two of tho administrators of legal processes , who are best kno-wn by the name of bum-bailiffs . The affray came off at a place called Tyrypound , in the parish of Llangunnor , which is ia the occupation of a Mr . Wm . Phillip , against -whom a distraint wbs issued for the sum of £ 7 10 s . being half-a-year ' s rent of his little farm . As yonr correspondent has had an interview -with " Pb . il-o" -tb . e-Pound , " since bis liberation from gaol , be will give an account of the scene in

      Phillips own words : — "I was on my way to Carmarthen ' says tbat personage , ' in order to transact a little business ; and when about a mile on my road , I met the two bailiff } , who informed me that they were going with a distress to my house . I remonstrated with tbe fellows , and told them that I had a set off against the account ; as I bad furnished my landlady with hay , straw , and other farm produce , for which I bad not got credit ; and which would make a material difference in the amount , if it did not leave a balance in my favour . Bat they paid no attention to this , and persisted in their determination of executing the warrant I accompanied them back , Bnd as we were passing a public-house at Nant-y-cwa they began sponging for something to drink ; bat u I did not feel indebted to them for their civility ,

      I was in nowise disposed " to stand treat" When we arrived at the farm , they began rummaging among the thiDgs , and one of my sons had some sharp words with them . While this quarrel was going on in the barn , an old woman appeared at the bam door , who seemed as if scarcely able to totter on her staff . She said ' my little children , what's the matter with you hero V and my eon explained to her the nature and business of cur visitors . 'Bailiffs 1 ' said , the old lady in great apparent surprise , 'Bailiffs ! in ay peaceful dominions ; no , no , this must sot be ; come here , my daughters , and give these men their gruel ! ' On looking oat , '' continued old Philip , I saw tbat tbe barn-yard was quite full of people , all dressed in women ' s clothing , and the most of them with handkerchiefs over their faces . When John

      C'the Ball Court ( one of the bailiffs ) heard about the gruel' he darted off through tbe crowd , followed by a band of the strapping dames ; even the old lady herself pursued tbe flying hero with wonderful agility , and showered some wtighty blows upon Mb Ebculders with her staff . Few » f her daughters were able to keep pacs with ber ; and , after a chace of about a quarter of a mile , the ranaway was secured , and brought back to the house . John the Mermaid got off with much less injury than his comrade ; for , as he was captured immediately , he escaped all the blows which were plentifully administered dnriug the flight . The bailiffs were then ordered to po down on their knees , and Bat the TfKiT ; but when they manifested their wil - lingness to obey her mandates in this particular , by

      each of them swallowing a part of it , 'Becca declared herself satisfied , and ordered them to pat the remainder in ths fire , which was done accordingly . The old lady then observed ' that as they were Btrangera , they should be hospitably treated ; ' and asked one of ber daughters 1 what was in the pig trough' ? ' Grains , mother ! ' was the reply . ' Bring here a couple of platesfall , and two spoons ! ' was the next order . The bailiffs showed no great inclination to feed ; bat , after receiving sundry admonitions from the oak saplings with which each of the young ladies was provided , and making certain wry faces at the quality of their repast , they at last got through with their breakfast , and desired to be gone . But , no ! the edibles only had been despatched ; and the old lady urged that it would be a want of courtesy in her to permit their departure without having partaken

      of something to drink . ; Two jugs were accordingly filled with not wry dean water from a neighbouring ditch , which they were desired to drain to the dregs . Having finished their repast , they were ordered again te go down on their knees , and take the following oath on the Bible : — ' As the Lord liveth , and aa my soul liveth , I will never eome here to make a distress again 1 ' They were then permitted to take their departure , which they did , mentally vowing that no earthly consideration should again tempt them out on such an errand . " The old man farther informed your correspondent that oa his arrival in Carmarthen , after the bailiffs went sway , he was apprehended on a charge of aiding and abetting ; and , after four days' imprisonment , wa ? liberated on beina \ bound over , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties ia £ 100 each , to answer any indictment that may be preferred against him .

      J bave learned that on Thursday night last , another of these mnch dreaded officials was enjoying " tired nature ' s sweet restorer , " at a farm called Towy Castle , in the parish of Llandefeilog , near the town of Carmarthen , where he was ) awfa )) j in pcasesaioo , under a sheriff ' s warrant for £ 130 . Ho was roused from bis balmy slumbers by the unwelcome sound of a horse ' s hoofs , which be at once guessed to be the signal of the approach of the lawless Rebecca . He rolled niniBelf up in the counterpane , hid himself below the bed , and used every effort to avoid coming in contact with a lady of whose prowess be had beard so much . But Rebecca insisted on an interview , which the frightened " bum " ultimately consented to , under a premise that her ladyship would do him no harm . Rebecca received him most graciously , told him he-was not to blame , and urged him at once to depart and make tbe best of his way to Carmarthen , or vengeance would be Bare te overtake him . Tbe alarmed bailiff instantly consented .

      and proposed making his way home through the fields , as the road was shorter and more convenient . " Your convenience , " said 'Becca , " is not to fee consulted ; you most go by the main road , that my daughters may see yea go . " " Any way , " said the officer , " that will p ' lease you ; only let me go ! " and away be scampered as fast as his legs could carry him . Rebecca on this occasion is said to have had tbe mane of a horse hanging down her back end a largo feather in ber cap . Her daughters were all disguised and well armed with jnns , pistols , and swords . They saw tbe bailiff clear off the premises , and fired several » hota after him to make him quicken his pace . They then retarded to Towy Castle , and wished to convey away the whole of tne properly ; tut Mrs . Phillips , the occupant , begged of them cot to do so , as the whole would be settled in a few days . 'Becca replied , that unless the business was settled to her Batitfaction , she would pay them another visit .

      On Monday night , a large party of Rebeccaites perambulated the neighbourhood of Earl Cawdox ' s lead-mines , at Rhandir Mwin , in Carmarthenshire , for the purpose of intimidating the workmen , who are from the county of Cornwall , from pursuing their mining operations . A degree of jealousy has existed for many years between the Welsh and Cornish miners who are employed at these works ; and it would seem that the former are not averse to have Rebecca ' s all potent aid to expel the latter from tbe neighbourhood .

      I mentioned last week the destruction of a gate between Bnilth and Ll&n ^ overy . After the demolition of the gate in question two policemen were despatched from Brecknock to guard the toll-house , and to prevent any further outrages . These two guardians of the peace and the pikes found their avocation too dry for their taste , and accordingly adjourned to a neighbouring public-house to " xoet their whistle" with something comfortable . The ev < r-vigilant Becca , taking advantage of their absence , set fire to the house ; and the whole build , ing was consumed before tbe policemen returned .

      Oa Thursday night last , a farm-house and buildings were burst down , about six miles from Carmarthen , on the Swansea road , in tbe neighbourhood of L ' . anddarrog . The cause ss usual ; taking the farm over the head of the old tenant . ; The whole was reduced to a heap of rains . On Saturday night , five prisoners were escorted in from Llandovery by a troop of dragoons , charged with being participators in some of the outrages in that quarter . They were two tailors , a stonemason , a labourer , and a boy . When tbe examination and committal takes place ( for they will be committed as a matter of course ) , I shall forward you the particulars .

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      Dreadful and Fatal Accident . —On Monday the 11 th inst ., a serious ace'dent occurred at Pa-tare Hill Colliery , wherebv seven individuals lost their lives by a sudden influx of water . All those who were in tho other part of the workings escaped , with the exception of one man , who hastened to warn his fellow-workmen of their danger , but before he could return , his retreat was cut off by tho depth th water had gained . Mr . Bellamy , of North Sunderland . and the trustees of Bambro' , sent thi-ir men to aid iu reducing the depth of water and rendering every possible assistance . Tho names of the sufferers are : —Men—R . Cochrane , John Arkle , Donald Campbell , and John Arkle . Boys—Nicholas Mather , Jamc 3 Stephens , and Peter Gallagher .

      Mr . Shiel ' s Speeches . —Of all men living , Mr Shicl is distinguished for eloquence the most fiery and rapid ; he says himself that he is characterized by an " infelicitous rapidity of elocution . " No shorthand writer , however expert , can follow out his " many memb ' ered periods " . Aware of this , the Hon . and Learned Gentleman prepares his speeches beforehand , and after delivery gives them to his favourite paper , the Morning Chronicle , which , however , does not appropriate them to itself , but gives what are technically called " pulls" to the other journals . It is only when Mr . Shi el intends to speak for two or three hours that he so prepares himsolf ; when he makes a , short address , say of half an hour , he immediately retires to tho library

      of the Huuse of Commons , or , which is not unfrequently the case , for creator convenience and quiet , he goes off to the office of the above-named old Whig paper , and there commits to writing what he has just uttored , giving the slips of his oopy to the printer as he applies for them . On the second day of tho recent Irish Church debate , Mr . Shiol made his appearance in his club ( the AtbePS 9 um ) as early as eleven o ' clock in the forenoon { he was supplied with an immense quantity of paper , folio after folio of reference , including Johnson ' s Quarto Dictionary were piled before him , and with " ihe pen of a ready writer , " he indicted his speech on the Church question . In the coarse of the day , Mr . Ward had an interview with him , and was delighted to find that he would have the weight of a thorough searching speech from Mr . Shiel ; they shook hands and parted ; Shiel resumed , aod never stopped writing , musing , or referring to his books until the clock

      fitrack four . Off he hied to the House , and took his seat half an hour afterwards ; it was soon buzzed about that he was to opon his battory in the course of the evening ; but , as your readers are aware , that opportunity was cut away by Mr . Escott moving that the House bo counted , whoa there were only a few members above thirty present . Mr . Shiel ' s speeeh , however , will keep . Ono word more—and I hope the most : fastidious readers of the Register will not think that the curtain is improperly drawn—Mr . Shiel , ever since his memorable contre- temps at Ponenden Heath , several years ago , wfyere the courier of a newspaper obtained from him three columns of a speech , which was printed in that evening ' s paper , but which , owing to a row at the meet ing , was never delivered—has always taken the precaution of speaking his speeches before he gives them in MS . —London Correspondent in the Edinburgh Register .

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      FOB MR . M DOUALL . £ s d Mr . Rathbone . 0 0 6 Northampton ( per Harrison ) » ' 3 2 0 A few Stuff Hatters ( per Jones ) 0 3 7 Mr . A . Clark ( per Mr . Moir ) 0 5 0 Huddersfield ( proceeds of lecture by Mr . D . Ross » »• 0 7 0 H « ddersfield ( perMr . E . Clayton ) 0 5 0 National Charter As ? ociation , ( Carrington , near Nottingham 0 5 0 for the vict ; m fu > d . c St . Olswe ' s & St . John ' s Locality .... . 0 7 0 Council , Twf . Hamlets 0 4 8 Standard of Liberty ° 1 75 National Charter Association , Carrington , near Nottingham . 0 5 0 Wooton-under- Edge , pr . Mr . Lacy 0 4 0 Bingham , Notts ., per Mf . J . Sweet 0 o 0 Keighley Female Chartists .... i 0 10 0 FOR EXECUTIVE . Boot and Shoemakers , Golden-lane ....... 0 5 0 Mr . Smith 0 . 1 8 Mr . Rathbone 0 0 6 National Charter Association , Carrington , near Nottingham 0 5 0 Mr . J . K ., Nottingham , per Mr . Sweet , 0 5 0 Wooton-und er- Edge , from three Chartist Teetotallers 0 3 0

      DEFENCE FUND . National Charter Association , Carrington , near Nottingham 0 5 0 New Redford , per Mr . Saundere ( omitted in previous list 10 0 SUBSCRIPTIONSRECEIVED FOR F . O'CONNOR . FOB VICIIM FUND . From Sunderland 0 10 0 Millbank , Sowerby 0 11 0 Norwioh 1 0 0 Long Buckley ...... 0 7 0 FOR EXECUTIVE . Sutton-in-Ashfield 0 15 0 Mr . J . Prcscott , Redditch 0 1 0 Ship , Steelhouse , Birmingham , per Mr . D . Pott 2 0 0 Mr . W . R , Harmony Hall , Hants 0 5 0 Stokc-upon-Trent , per Mr . W . Eason . s 0 8 8 MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOE VICTIMS . Half Manchester collection 0 9 0 From Mr . Lontbottom ' s book , by J . Milling ton 0 5 6 Mr . J . Birdall 0 0 6 Mr . Nobody 0 0 6 Mr . S , Pearson 0 1 0 Bedford , by A . Z 0 10 0 Sheernese , per Merry ... 0 6 0 S . H ., per J . B . Merry 0 10 Di-FEHCE FUND . Mr . Henry Hart 0 1 0 From Nine Persons at White-lee-Vale 0 I 6 From Low Liversedge .. 0 0 3 From the New Town Class of Chartists at Bibhopwoavmcuth .... 0 2 6

      FOR THE EXECUTIVE . Mr . Moirid Donovan ... 0 1 0 Mr . Robert Bradury ... 0 1 0 Doctor Hulley 0 10 0 Half Manchester collection ..: 0 9 0 Mr . A . Lonsdale 0 10 0 Mr . J . Isherwood 0 10 Mr . Geo . Mareden 0 10 Mr . S . Taylor 0 0 6 Mr . Joseph Carter 0 1 0 Mr . John Leigh 0 10 From the New Town Class ! of Chartists at Bishopwearmouth .... 0 2 6 Truro—William Farr ... 0 10 John Jory 0 10 Edward Tregcuze . r 0 10 William Burridge 0 10 Bedford , by A . Z 0 10 0 FOR MR . M ' DOUALL . Mr . WjShuttleworth ... 0 3 6 Mr Robert Bradbury ... 0 10 Mr . John Roche 0 10 A Friend 0 10 Mr . J . Isherwood 0 2 0 Mr . John Wier 0 1 0 M . J . Armstrong . 0 0 6 Mr . WJ Hughes 0 10 Three friends 0 0 6 Mr . J . Anderson 0 0 6 Mr . N . Duckworth 0 0 6 Per Mr ! Dixon 0 1 0 Mr . Thomas Elliott 0 1 0 Mr . Robert Bradbury ... 0 0 10 Colleote ' dat public-house 0 4 2 h Mr . R . lPaver 0 16 Mr . S . Bigge 0 0 6 Mr . J . S . Buckley 0 0 3 Mrs . Hewett 2 7 6 A Friend 0 0 4 Bradford . —A . person at Mr . Jones ' s meeting 0 10 By Mr . iSmytha'book .... 0 3 0 Coljectad by friends ...... 0 6 8 From ti " j *» New Town Class ] vi Charti-ts at Bii-hopweannoutb .... 0 5 0 Sheer lies 9 , . 'Jer J . Merry 0 3 0

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      ' . , — . ¦« » From the Gazette of Tuesday , Oct . 17 . BANKRUPTS . William Hollia Frearsen , draper , Wood « street , Cheapside , to surrender October 30 and November 30 , at one o ' clock , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . ; Solicitors , Jlessrs . Willoughby and Co ., Clifford ' s Inn , London ; official assignee , Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry Chambers , London . -.. William Dickinson , merchant , Btxley , Kent , Oct . 30 , at half-past twelve , and Nov . 30 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Messrs . Walker and Gridley . Southampton R ^ w , Bloomsbury Square , London ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Coleman-street , City .

      Richard Sharps , draper , Chelmsford , Oct . 28 ana Nov . 14 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Sole , Aldermanbary ; official assignee , Mr Lac&ingfcon , Coleman-atreet Baildings , London . John Wood , tobacconist , Coleman-street , City , Oct . 24 , at ten , and Nov . 29 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Messrs . Crossby and Co ., Church Court , Old Jewry ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Bisiugball-street , London . Robert Tebbitt Abbott aad Alfred Tbwaytes Tebbltt » tea-dealers , Birmingham , Nov . 1 , at twelve , and No ?» 25 , at half-past eleven , at the Birmingham District Court- Solicitor , Mr . Mole , Birmingham ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmora , Birmingham .

      Anthony Gordon , William Cartwright , and James Blackelt , machine-niaksrs , Manchester , Oat SO , at elaven , and Nov . 20 , at twelve , at the Manchester District . Court . Solicitors , Mr . Makinspn , Manchester ; and Messrs . Gregory , Faulkner , Gregory , and B ^ urdilleD j Bedford Row , London ; official assignee , Mr . Fraeer , Manchester .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct824/page/6/