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      BRITANNIA'S APPEAL TO ENGLISHMEN ON BEHALF OF THE TEMPERANCE REFORMATION . Slanzas in commentoraiion of Vie Grand Dmonsiraiion of Teetotallers , held at Leeds , on Whit-Tuesday May 17 ih , 1842 . BT A TIS 1 TISG MEMBER OP THE WAKEFIELD SOCIETY . Bsito ' s arise . ' array your gallant hosts , A sleepless enemy inY&des your coasts ; Toni nation ' s cher iBa'd freedom ia at stake , And duty—trumpet-tongaed—proclaims , awake . Lo ! fair Britannia ' s deepest thoughts are Btirr'd , Through her broad realms her echoing voice is heard ; She bids you straggle bravely , one and all , To fflve her empire from its threaten'd falL

      Her regal lion shield-like to her clings , Her royal eagle spreads his guardian -wings ; "Whilst the proud mistress of the foamy -wave In thrilling tones thus calls upon the brave : — " Britons , exert the influence you possess ! Call forth the potent powers of the PRESS ! Extend the Pnlpit ' a aD-snbduing aid 1 And from the Senate speak out untismay'd ! " Banishintemperance!—whose destructive breath Spreads crime , and want , and wretchedness , and death ; Blighting life ' s prospects with despotic sway , ftTaTHngTttan ' B highest interest its prey I "

      Obey this mandate , cowards may stand aloof , But bring ye virtuous actions to the proof ; By all that ' s just and true , sublime asd brave , Your strength combine a sinking land to save . Seek to erase the deep-dyed brand of shame That hath been stamp'd upon our ancient -na-mn By drinking customs— tyrannies most 6 ase , Our national escutcheon ' s foul disgrace ! Thousands have perish'd on the battle plain , But alcohol hath tens of millions slain ; © rasping as time ' s untiring current rolls , The yearly sum of sixty thousand souls I * Bead history ' s dark sorrow-stricken page , Of sad examples rife in every age ; Then say , " Can I the t « npter ' s meshes shun , "Whose luring "wiles have myriads undone ?"

      Methinks I tear the victims loudly cry" Ohsave U 3 : Britons , or we sink and die ; Tour prompt and vigorous energies we need , Our fetters gall us and we would be freed I " ghall then the suppliants urge their claims in vain , And we relentless view the nation ' s bane ? Ah no . '—to this what English breast can yield—What British heart can e'er be found so steel'd ? let us arrest the death-stream's sweeping ceurse , The laws of temperance practice and enforce ; And " touch not , taste not . handle not , " nor give The dmnksrd ' s drink ; but sign the pledge and live Thus shall we cease to foige the drunkard ' s chain , And by example teach him to abstain ; Then on his mind new truths we may impress , And heaven will crewn our efforts with success .

      Think cf the great , the wise—in life ' s full bloom , " Cut down like grass" and hurried to tha tomb ; Besides all who in death ' s cold house are laid , Whose poignant angnjs > i pen hath ne ' er pour tray "d Do not ail these , with voice uplifted high , Give evidence which reason cant deny ; In " confirmation strong as Holy Writ , " That alcohol is drink for man unfit ? Oh ! wh £ t ddight each generous heart must find In banishing the thraldom of the mind ; Making fierce passions calm , dim judgments clear , And placing reason in her native sphere . Christians and patriots , rally and combine , Tha strongholds of the foe to undermine ; Confront Mai boldly—co ~< jner him —and see His sceptre Ehatter'd and his slaves set free !

      Tis Albion ' s cause . ' —then let her sons unite , Spread Use pure halo of teetotal light ! Exalt her in the scale of moral beauty , " England expects each man to do his duty J " Thcchas Bbchv >\

      * " The statistics of intemperance cannot be obtained with the exactness which , ciigkt be ¦ wkb . &d ; the calculation however is based upon much inquiry , which gives us , in England alone , six hundred thousand persons , who are haMtual or occasional drunkards . Of thia number sixty thousand die annually—one dies every ten minutes . "—Rev . € . B . Ifocdonold ' s Sermons .

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      THE PEOPLE SHALL HATE TSEIK OWN AGAIN . Tuse — " The King shall possess Ms oim again . " Tihe gone the Suffrage was possessed by every man , 'And Old Eagland then was a happy land to see ; It was joyful in the hall , and in the cottage small , And the poorest man couid merry , merry be . Then gladscae was the Ecund as the yule went round , Of the cong and the glee it Christmas time ; And happy as the day were our firesides gay , Far the rich thought the mirth cf the poor no crime . Ne red coats had we then to threaten honest men , Bet the people guarded their homesteads free ; And their challenge was , woe to the tyrant or foe , Who dares set feot on our Isie of the saa .

      Ah ! these were Happy times , the old village chimes Beat time to the thrill of the people ' s joy ; And the proud British name , was upheld with fame , By ths class our rulers would now destroy . Well bare the franchise ba : k , in spite of gaol and rack , Or our proud oppressors no rest shall gain ; Tor own they must , they know it is but just , That the people should have their own again . P . Boclnfale .

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      SONG-FOR T 3 E MILLIONS . We will be free ! the millions cry , And tyrants tremble on their thrones ; The veice of nations rends the sky , G : > d hears on earth the wteous means Of myriad mortals chain'd aid bound ; Hi 3 image prostrate on the ground la agony and anguish groans . He sees the p » or , and well he knews What they endure—their grief and woes i > espots beware ; Be wise , have care , Be sure ^ wiil rsrenge him on their foes .

      We will be free I again that cry , Bursts on oppiession ' a itiitled ear ; The glorious sound will never die , Sweet liber ty shall never fear . The tyrart , cor the dastard knave , The minion , nor the crouching slave , Who heeds and bows Trben he is near ; None tan controul the freedom mind The unfetter'd soul is never blind To nature ' s laws And fjt&dom ' s cause , But yearns for happin&rs for all mankind .

      We will be free ; vrhat power shall dare To £ top that tide which tJavery blights ; , Before high heaven we vow and swear To claim and have our manhocd ' a r ights . HiHiens subscribe to thi 3 dcciee ; We will be free I We wiil be free ! To keep secure usurped powers , No bribe can lure ibis will of ours . We make cur cla ' sn In freedom ' s name , We will despise the knave who stoi ? p 3 and cowers Be > 'ja : ui > ' stott . ilanchester .

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      f ; LFFDs . — Dj ? ohd £ Bly Females . —On Monday , fcuryenag -prcmen from Bridge-street , Mill Garthstreet , ^ nd their vicinities , were charged , before the Leeds Borough Justices , vriih d- ' sorderly conduct in the street , on Sunday ni ? nt , and with stopping and annoying every person who passed them . They "were sent to "Wafce&eid for a month each . Attempt to Dsfblaud the Vagkaxt Offics . — On Monday an aged man , " l ' rae the fax North , " who gave bis cane Peier Brown , was charged before the magistrates , at the Les& 3 Court House , with an attempt to defraud the guardians of the Vagrant Office , by obtaining the UEnal relief and lodgings . He stated that he was destitute , and had only a

      half-penny in the world , an officer who was on duty , being rather " too fax North" for Peter , insisted ¦ njpon searching him , when he discovered 8 s . 6 d . in sItct , and in a belt round his body two £ 1 Scotch bank noiea . These the " cannie Scot" said , were private property , and lie wished to keep them wiole while he got home , to find himself some clothes with . When before the magistrates he said he didna ken what thefovrk meant , " and spoke in Euch broad Gaelic that it was nest to an impossibility for southern ears to catch hl 3 meaning . However , as no ir&nd had been actually perpetrated , and Peter expressing his anxiety io get home , the magistrates discharged him o £ his promise not to be seen atthe Vagrant Office again . Peter carefully olded his notes and vanished .

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      Recognizances . —On Monday last , William Berry , for interfering with a watchman in the discharge of his duty on SatTird&y night , and rescuing a man who had been fighting , and John Burke , for dogfighting in Knostrop fields , on Sunday , were each ordered to enter into their own recognizances of ; £ 10 to keep the peace , and be of good behaviour for sis months . Stealing a Pint . —On Friday , a young man named BeDjamin Lawson , was brought before the sitting

      magistrates at the Conrt House , on a charge of having stolen a silver plated pint . A policeman stated that he met the prisoner that morning about twenty minutes past one o ' clock , with a silver plated pint in his breast , and , on asking where he had got it , he said he had stolen it from the Robin Hood , Vicar Lane . On applying to Mr . Charles Button , the landlord of the Robin Hood , he identified the pint as his property , and said it had been stolen from his house . The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions .

      Stealing Ibon . —On Friday , an old man , named Henry Webster , wa 3 brought before the sitting magistrates at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having stolen nearly three cwt . of old iron from the premises of Thomas Hebden . Esq . in Guildfordstreet . The iron was stolen about the 16 : b of Feb . last , and the prisoner was proved to have sold it on the 18 th of that month to Mr . Caulker , in White Hart Conrt , Cross Parish . He was committed for trial at the sessions . _ Ihpbovemeut CoinnssiONESs' Accounts—The adjourned vestry meeting , for the passing of these

      accounts for the year 1841 , was held on Monday evening , last , at seven o'clock , at the Ourt-house . There were very few persons present . It will bs remembered at the meeting on the 17 th of March , an objection to an item ia the accounts of £ 64 odd , for the expences of a deputation to Derby and London , to arrange for opposing the town of Leeds being included in the General Improvement Bills introduced by Lord Normanby , and it was referred to the present Commissioners to take stops for the recovery of the money so paid , and the meeting was adjourned for two months . The Commissioners had not done

      ; anything m the matter , and thus it still remained ; ihstatuquQ . The minutes of the previous meeting hav-¦ ing been read , the Chairman ( Mr . NichollsO called upon I any one having a proposition to submit to do so . | - Some time elapsed and no person appearing inclined [ to take any part , the Chairman said he should be ! obliged to take the only step remaining for him . i The following resolution was then proposed , seconded , and agreed to unanimously : — " That this meeting j refer the Commissioners to the resolution of the I meeting held on the 17 th of March , relative to the i amonnt of £ 6 i 9 s . Jld ., and request the Commisjoioners to take the same into consideration and ! report thereon at the next vestry meeting ; and '¦ further , that this meeting stand adjourned to seven ; o'clock in the evening of Monday the 13 ih day of I June ; and that the Law Clerk to the Commissioners be requested to give timely notice of the same . " The ; meeting then broke up at half- past seven o'clock .

      i Cutting Underwood . —On Saturday last , John Gaunt and Wm . Crummack , of Farnley , were sum-, moned before the sitting mag strates . at Leeds Court ; House , to answer to a charge of having cut and car' -. xied away a large qnantity of underwood , from a | coppice called Park Spring , m the towHship of ; Farnley . Crummack did not appear to the sum-| mons . The case against both the defendants was proved by one of the game-keepers on the estates , i and by another person , by whim they were both i seen throwing the underwood over a brook , and , afterwards carrying it away . They were each fined one shilling , the estimated value of the wood , and the expenses , amounting in each case to 11 s . more , arid , in default of payment , they were ordered to be committed to Wakefield for lourteen days .

      Attempted Shop Robbery . —On Friday , James Gainings , a lad about eighteen years of age , was brought np at the Court House , Leeds , before the sitting Magistrate ? , of a charge of breaking into the : shop of Mr . Bissington , hatter , Kirfegate . Oa Tuesday | night , Inspector Child , and Policemen Hartley and Stnbbs , observed the prisoner ai . d two other young . men under circumstances which led to the suspicion that they were about to commit some robbery , and ; having kept an eye on their movement , about halfpast tweive o ' clock , they found a ladder reared np . against a window at the back part of Mr . Bissing-| ton ' s premises , looking into the Golden Cock Yard , and a portion of the window removed ; Mr . Read

      chief constable , was sent ior , and on making immediate search of the premises in his presence , the prisoner was discovered in an up-stair 3 room ^ wuh two bojs' caps near him that had been removed from the shop window . Nothing had been taken from the premises . The till of vhe shop , however , had evidently been ransacked ; but no money having been left there , the depredators had doubtless been disappointed of their expected booty . It would appear that the prisoner's two companions were keeping watch whilst he wa 3 inside the premises , but they COQtriTed \ o escape on the approach of the poiice The Bench committed the prisoner for trial at the Sessions .

      r _ Chaege of Stabbing . —On Tuesday morning , i three o ' clock , a row took place in York-stroe ; , amongst some thieves and prostitutes , when one of ; the men received a stab in the left arm , from aknife . ' He bled profusely , and insisted upon his assailant , a ' female , beiDg taken into custody . She was accord-\ ingly taken , and gave her name Ann Wilson , stating I that she came from York . On being brought before ; the magistrates , on Tuesday morniug , the prosecutor i did not appear , and it appearing that the wound j had been inflicted during a scuffle , the woman was i discharged , oa her promise to leave the town .

      Cavhon to Dbovers . — On Tuesday last , John Hudson , a drover of calves , frc-m J lkiey , was charged before the Leeds Borough Justices , at the Court House , with cruelty to acimals , in bringing a number of calves to Leeds market on Friday previous . The animals had their feet , tied together , and were laidjone upon another in a ? mall cart , to the great danger of iheir suffocation , and rendering them unfit for human food . The information was laid at the instance of Mr . John Lofthouse , solicitor , and the offence being proved , the defendant was fined 10 s . and costs , amounting altogether to 19 ; .

      Wabehocse Breakers . —On Tuesday , two lad ? , abont tvrelre years of age each , named Edward Sigston , and John Blackburn , were brought up at the Court House , on a charge of having broken into the warehouse of Messrs . Homer and Pape , iu Templar-street , on the Wednesday morning previous . The premises were entered by the cellar window , and a drawer in a desk i ad been forced open ; fortunately , however , there was no money left , aud the only booty obtainable was an inkstand , some brass weights , and other trifling articles . Some of these were found to have been sold by the prisoners . It being their first offence , and on account of their years , the magistrates decided upon giving them a flogging , by consent of their parent ? , and then discharging them .

      "WnmioNDAY . —SwDAT School Anniversaries . —On Monday last , the Sunday school children attending aud connected with the various churches and chapels iu Leeds , assembled according to annual custom , and were r ? ga ! ed with t > a , bun =, Sec . Those belonging to the Sunday School Uu : on assembled in the Yard of the Coloured Cloth Hall , when there was a numerous attendance . Al ' er they had all been arrayed in their respective places , a h \ ma was Enng , which would have sounded wd ) , had Hot some perspa undertaken the offipe of leader , who W 33 quite incapable of executing his ta ^ k , and who by his grotesque and needless action completely misled every cla 3 s on the ground , and marrod the effect of a beantirul piece of music . After sinking ,

      the varioas schools filed oif to East Parade ; Belgrave , Quesn-street , and Ebenezerchapel ? , where th ' ey wero addressed by ine Kev . John Ely , the R '; v . Edward Jukes , the Kev . Wm . Hudswell , and the Rev . W . R . Wood . —The 2 nr . ual meeting wa ? held in East-parade chape ) , on Tuesday evening . —The Wesleyan children attended cliapel ' in each district , and were also addressed by different ministers . —The Catholics marched their children in procpssion froia St . Ann ' s school room to tha chapel on York-road ; they had a very dean and neat appearance , and were regaled in the usual excellent style of the body . — The children in the parochial tchools attended the parish church , where afternoon service was performed , and an excellent sermon wis preached

      by the Rev . Doctor Hook , vicar ; and tne National schools wen : to St . George ' Church , where al = o a sermon was preached by the Rev . Wm . Sinclair . All these were regaled at their respective school rooms . The children in the country school ? - asiembled at their respective scuouls ; and . the day being remarkably fine , they proceeded to various gentlemen ' s house 3 , where , on the open i 2 . wn ? , hymiss were ssng , and various pieces of music were performed ; afterwards the children were treated with tea and buns . The appearance of all was clean , neat , ~ aiid very re ? peciat > Ie ; and it was really gra : ifying to observe , in ths midst of all the depression of trade , the maternal pains which had been taken with the children .

      MAN S FI Eli D . —The Independent Annual Friendly Society held their ninth anniversary on Whit-Monday , at ine house of Mr . John Reed , the Greyhonnd Inn , where an excellent dinner was provided for them . ALI 8 WICK . —The Odd-fellows of this town , Lodge 3 2 \ o . 1553 , and 3004 , of tbo Manchester " Unity , held their second anniversary on Moad 3 y , and walked- in procession to church , wheie a sermon was preached by the Rev . L . S . Orde , in aid of the widow and orphans' fund . After walking through the principal streets of the town with flags and banners and other insigna , of their order , they adjourned to their spacious hall , Finkle-street , and to a booth iu Karrowgate-sireet , where four hundred sat down to 3 sumptuous dinner ; the cay was spent in the most barmc-aious manner .

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      Mott , the baker , is still suffering very severely from his shoulder wound ( which is much Inflamed ) , and i 3 not likely to be e&nvaleseent for a long time . Moss , the policeman , is considerably better , although his wrist is much iujured . A Graceful Dun . —Said a pretty woman to a friend of ours a few days since , "Husband has made me & present of a little bill that yon owe him . "Who could resist such a polite invitation to pay up ?

      A Town to Let . —The ancient town of Jedbnrgb , which has long enjoyed the eminent distinction of being one of the greatest strongholds of Toryism among the burghs of Scotland , seems sadly affected with decay . The population fell upwards of 900 between the census of 1831 and that of 1841 . Of late the decrease has been more rapid , and ia perambulating the streets you behold almost every alternate house ticketed , " to Let . " The town is well situated for manufacturing industry , and yet the few fac tories which have been established are nearly all closed . Numbers of the working classes are departing for America , and the whole aspect of the place presents a very unfavourable appearance .

      Moral Effect of the Allotment System . — The magistrates of West Kent , having met to consider the propriety of carrying into effect the Rural Police Police Act , requested an account of the number of allotment-tenants in forty-two parishes in West Kent , and the number of offences against the laws of their country committed by the same , when the following satisfactory statement was presented to them : —There were in all the forty-two parishes nearly two thousand tenants , amongst whom there had only been five commitments in four years ; and even these might be accounted for , from the fact , that several tenants had land granted to them with a view to their improvement , who had been previouFly committed to prison for poaching and varions offences—and in a majority of instances th'iir reformation had been effected . One man , who had been in prison seven times , and had begged pardon of the magistrates and others , for different

      offences , fourteen times , has had land for two years , and during that period he has given no cause whatever for complaint , but has conducted himself in a steady , honest , respectable manner . B . King , Esq ., having some time since allotted forty gardens to some labourers at Tan worth , Warwickshire , an inestimable plan has been adopted by these garden-tenants . One of the occupiers of these gardens being , from a long illness , unable to dig or plant his portion , his wife intended to apply to the parish for some assistance to enable her to cultivate her allotment ; upon which these garden-tenants met , and drew up , and all signed , the following agreement , which has since been fully acted up to : —"' We , the undersigned , agree to dig aud plant , each according to our shares , either by our labour , or by a subscription in money , the ground of any of us , as ho may be unable to do it for himself , on account of sickness , and the widow of any of us for two years after the death of her husband . "

      Suicide from Poverty . —An inquest was held on Wednesday week , at the George , . Beech Laue , Barbican , before Mr . Payne , on the body of George Long , aged 46 . Sarah Matin said that the decrased resided with his wife at No . 2 , May-street , Whitecross-street . He was by trade a butcher , but , being unable to obtain employment at that business , ho w » s occasionally engaged by Mr . Powell , cab-master of Leather Lane , to work in the stables . The money ha earned . a that way , together with what his wife got by going errands for the prisoners confined in Whitecross street Gaol , was barely sufficient to

      maintaiu them iu food , and being unable to pay for his lodging , he contracted a dtbt , which he had no meaus to pay , of lGs . He had , for many weeks past , been in a low and desponding state , but it was not until Sunday week that he hinted at destroying himsell " . He then said , in alluding to the sum he owed fer rent , that he should be glad to end his troubles by hanging himself . On Tuesday morning week his wife found him in the cellar hanging by a rope to a beam in the ceiling , and quite dead . He would not apply for relief at the workhouse . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . "

      The Baltisioke Papers supply us with th 8 melancholy particulars of another steam-boat explosion . The boat was a new one called the Medora , and intended to run between Baltimore and Norfolk . This was merely an experimental trip , and the pas 7 senders were principally respectable persons who had gone in her by invitation . The explosion caused by the bursting of the boilers is said to have been terrific , and the boat was instantly enveloped in a cloud of scalding steam , which was inhaled by some with fatal consequence ? , while others suffered externally in their persons from its effect . It is said that over twenty persons lost their lives .

      National Distress . —It is in contemplation to i ^ sue forthwith a Queen ' s letter inviting contributions in the several places of worship throughout the three kingdoms , for the purpose of affording more adequate relief to the industrious population of the manufacturing districts than local subscriptions can be expected to yield . A conference was held on Saturday , upon this very interesting subject , at the house of Sir R . Peel , in Whitehall , at which the Firit Lord of tho Treasury , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , the Lord Primate and the Lord Bishop of London , were present . It was determined that the appeal we hare mentioned should be immediately made to the benevolence of her Majesty ' s subjects .

      Cruel Robbery of a Countryman of ufwauhs of £ 20 . —On Saturday afternoon , a countryman of the north of England , who had paid tho major part of his passage-money to New Zealand , met with two men at London-bridge-wharf , with whom he got into conversation ; one of them was most respectably attired , and said he had just returned from America , vrhtre he had made an ample fortune ; tho other was dress « d as a countryman , and said he was about to emigrate to New Zealand . This pleased the countryman , v ^ bo a ^ ked his new acquaintances to partake of some refreshment , which they did , and after looking at the Monument , Bank , &c , they went to the Cock public-house , iu S :. Martin ' scourt , Ludgate-hill , whore thev partook of some

      more refreshment , aud the simpie countryman pulled out twenty-two American gold pieces ; the supposed countryman said he would give him a sovereign if he cauld get some changed for him The countryman was then about to replace his money in his breeches-pocket , when tho gentleman iaid , "Don t put it in your pocket , or you will get robbed , as my friend did ; London is a dreadful place for thieves ; " he then said , " 1 will put it into your watch-fob , which he pretended to do . but substituted nineteen farthings in lieu of it . Tho poor fellow went to the etation-house , m Black Horsecourt ,, and made knotvn his loss to Inspector Fosbary , who went in search of the sharpers , but without success .

      D 2 ATH from Want . —On Thursday an inquisition was taken before Mr . Wakiey , M . P ., at the Bull , Peter-street , Cow-crops , on view of the body of Anne Proving , aged 52 , a widow , who died under the following melancholy circumstances of destitution at her miserable lodging , No . 21 , Bowling-street , which was the picture of want and poverty . Anne Provins , a . L-cd tweive years , saiu that for the last eight months h ' . 'i' mother had been in a very bad state of health . She was unable to earn her own living , and wap supported by some money that sho received for taking care of a baby . She , was allowed eighteenpence a-wec-k for it , which , with two shillings a-weck that her ( witness ' s ) brother gave her , and w ' uai TviineRs was able to eai \ n , w . is all . sho had for

      tiiSiLisi lortmght . b ' ae had somn trilling allowance from the parish previous to last Friday fortlii-.-ht , which was then stopped because her ruofher vrou'd not go into the workhouse . Oa Moaday , at one o ' clock , witness left her mother lor about teu minutes * , when , on hor return , she found deceased jyiij ^ on the edge of the bed , and insensible . Wicne .-s called up Mrs . Hall , who lifted her mother up , but .-hy oied almost immediately . The parish doctor had attended her . Jemina Hali , a married woman , and Jodging in the same house , corroborated the above evidence , and said that thy deceased firtt applied to ihe parish for relief about the middle oi March . Her relief was stopped on the 20 th of April . Voronvt—^' T > o you . ' -unpoie that she had sufficient nourishment ? '' Witness— "I think shp . iifiVfir had .

      6 n-j h : ia seldom more than one meal a day . " Coroner . Why did she not go into the house 2 " Witness— " Becau-eshewas unable to walk . She could scarcely walk arois t ' iie room . " A juror said , that he had seen her so weak as with "difficulty to be able to carry the infant she had chavgo of . The daughter tiat . d that th .-y only uv . 'J to have breakfast , and a little tea and bread and butter before they went to bed . Sometimes the neighbours gave them some victuals . The Coroner observed , that she appeared to have been labouring under disease for some time . Mr . Edmonson , ihe puriih surgeon , deposed that he first saw the deceased on the 2 nd of March , and continued seems ; h ? r to the 4-. h of April . On the 10 th , he prescribed for her , aud again visited her on the 23 : d , when she seemed better . Tha last tima he

      saw her was on the 2 nd of May . She had an emaciated appearaiice when ho first attended her . Ho thought she had a disease of tho lungs aud of tho vessels of the heart . Sir . Alberry , an overseer , said that the deceased received irom the 31 st of March to th

      brought to the wonihouse . The Coroner remarked , that the parish was not bound to do more than they did . He thought that the deceased was in a very destitute stats , but that the verdict of the jury could be no m : re than that of natural death . Seme of the jury wished to have the words " accelerated by w ^ nt" added , but the Corone . r observed , that such a verdict wouid show that there was neglect , and that there appeared no cause ia the present instance to iaipucc blame to the parish . Verdict , " Natural death . ' " '

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      Murder and Suicide , at Preston . —A melancholy occurrence took place on Saturday afternoon , at Preston . The tragedy has been perpetrated by a man named Peter Whftfcle , a epinner , residing afc No . 6 , Vicar'Street , on the body of his wife . It , appears that they sat down to dinner , which was dispatched without anything remarkable ; Wot , upon her rising to go to work at the factory , she was called back by her husband , who joined her in the lobby of the house , and while pretending to give her a kiss or an embrace , cut her throat deeply ; with a razor , which he had concealed ia

      his hand . The screams of tho poor woman called around the assistance of the neighbours , who , on entering the house , foutid that the murderer had attempted suicide by inflicting a similar wound upon himself . The woman expired almost immediately ^ the wound beiiig across' the jugular rein . Whittle is still alive , but doubts are entertained of his . 'recovery . As yet no inquest has been held . The murderer is supposed to have been actuated by some jealous notions ; but various rumours are . afloat relative to the occurrence . —Liverpool Albion .

      The Queen ' s Hounds and the Queen ' s Subjects . —On Friday forenoon considerable excitement was occasioned throughout the neighbourhood of Hammersmith , by the circulation of ' a ; report that a female child ^ about five y . ears of age , while passing along the high road near to the Broadway at Hammersmith , had been attacked by a . '' number' of her Majesty's buck-hounda , and nearly torn to pieces before fche could be rescued from them . From enquiries made on the spot , it appears-. thai the report was considerably exaggerated although- it is tnw that such an occurrence took place . The particulars are as follows : —About ten o'clock , as ony of the assistants to Mr . Davies , the Queen ' s huntsman , was proceeding to . town for the purpose of-convoying a

      pack oi buck-hounds ( fifteen couples ) from the royal kennel at Windsor / to the premises of Mr . Tattersall , in Grosvenor place , preparatory to their being sent off to America , while passing alung tae road neat Hammersmith Broadway , a child , namrd Ann Stainson , about five years of age , the daughter ot' a labouring man residing at 3 j Union-strt-tJt , Broadway , was run against by one of the couples and thrown down , when the ferocious . animals . ¦¦' instantly- ' attacked tho . 'fpoor child , one fastening on the upper lip , and the other on the back ot' her thigh-. ' The huntsman , on hearing cries , instantly went to her rescue , and in . driving uff the dogs was severely bitten by one of them in the hand . The poor child was then carried , covered with blood , to tha surgery of Messrs . Bowling and Pickiving , in King-street , and after its wouuus had been dressed

      it was conveyed to the residence of its parents . The huntsman , however , regardless of the accident , proceeded on his course ou his way towards town ; and when called to stay , he said tha / rounds belonged to the Queen , and it was at ' the ' peril , of any one to stop him . The mother of the child applied to Mr . Clive , the magistrate , to know how she was to be ¦ ¦ ' recompensed . for tho injury done to tho child and to her clothes , which had been much t > rnbytho hounds . Mr . Clive said he did not sco how he could interfere in tho case beyond granting aMimnrjonp against the man who had charge of the hounds / or iuffering ferocious dp £ 9 to be at large without a muzzle , but he thought it would be better perhaps for the parties to communicate first with Mr . D ivies on tho subject , in order to see what recomp ' ence they would make . The parties then withdrew .

      Children and Women in tiie Mines . —Few Parliamentary documents have excited a deeper and more painful interest than the . Report of tho Children ' s Employment Commission . So lar , bulky as it ip , it relates solely to-the litiucu ; and vn those dark abodes of industry it discloses scenes of suffering and infamy which will coino upon many wellinformed people like the fictions of distant lauds . Whether as respects the oppressive nature of tho'evil , the degraded ignorance " of the workpeople , or the gross immorality and indecency practices .-pro now unfolded which are boyund toleration , in the East of Scotland , Mr . -Frank * described the woouiu- who perform the office of coal-puttiug , or canying the coal from the place whore it is excavated to the

      mouth oi the pit , yoked to a cart , sometimes crawling , on hands and knees through narrow seams , "The state which females are in , after pulling , like horses , through these holes—their perspiration ,, their exhaustion , and very frequently even their teara—it is painful in the extreme to witness : ¦ y ' ot when-the workis done , they return to it with a vigour which is surprising , considering how they inwardly hate it . " Women retire from this work but iun or twelve days to bo confined ; oftenthay miscivvry ; » iid sometimes the child is born while th » motheris actually at work . These mines are badly ventilat-uj . so that in hot weather the lights go out . In the Bullish mines matters appear to be worse : yoang people of both sexes are employed as "hurriers "—persons who drag the

      coal from one place to another in srr .-ill cart J . A belt is fastened round the w . iirf ' , and to that , is fixed a chain , which draws the cart i'lio'drawer goes on all-fours , tho chain passing between the K'ga . Boys and girls' , from 15 to 20 years '<> f ' age ,, are employed indiscriminately at this work ; vhe ^ ' iris-nuked to the waistj and dressed in tatterec ) M-oimrs . The ribaldry and the mi-erabie precocious profligacy which result are better not described hero ; nor ihe consequences of the custom by which ihe ' soy ^ ung hurr ie have to wait for coal in a dai k vooiu with a miners who is stark naked . Modesty i * ail but unknown . At work such as this , pauper iMJldrai are apprenticed at very tender years , to reaiam uuu ' .-r tho indentures till they ' are of aL'e ; thi- master starving and

      ill-treating them . One person is mentioned . who had iu this way been apprenticed -lor sixteen' yeart ' . A boy examined ran away from-his mast < r after being reduced to steal -candles to eat . —Speplaloi : Fha . nce . —The paris papers of Wednesday still continue to bo occupied with ivinarkS ou the late railroad ' catastrophe . The Quotidienue states that the number of lives sacri . nee ' U in this melancholy affair has already been ascertainad to be eigVityseven ; the Messager estimates the number of dead at forty-live ; and the Debuts at fifty-nine . The 1 ' resse confirms the ytateittcms : ot du Standard i » regard to thd late conspiracy t <> assas . si ; ate the king . Among othor articles seized a lew dyys ago in the

      Passage Violet were thirty-. four bombs of strong sheet iron , filled with bulU- ' H and fulminating powder . The C ' ourrierFrancais , iu a letter from Toulon of the ( ithj announces the ¦ departure of the French squadron under Admiral H- gort 'from that port on that day . The steamer Tonner aucf a eorrttfe were to join it in a few days . It , was expected that his division of tho fleet wmilil visit successively Naples , Tunis , Algiers , and Muhuu . Four ships remained at Toulon , undergoing repair , two others were in the Levant , another before Taugiors , and five at Brest . A eorvt ; tte , the Rhine , wm preparing to Hail for Now Zealand .

      United Statks , —The Britannia steamer arrived at Liverpool , on Sunday , and iias brought papers to the 30 th of April . The New Yyrk evening A ' . vpress of tfca '" . date contains a report of tho committee on Foreign relations on the trade bt-tweeu the United States and the British Colonies' in , Nor : h America and the West Indies . As the luiport would occupy upwards of eight of our columns , atiu is moreover a dull document , wo content ourselves with quoting the resolutions with which it « o ' nc- ' ! u « ies , and which necessarily include the result to which the Committee has come . Congress had . 'ordered 10 , 000 extra copies of this Report to be printed : — 1 st . That it is- tho policy and t ' po desire of the Unitsd States to obscr-u the refutation of the commercial intercourse between .-the- ' United Statea . aud othor countries , on principles of equity , reciprocity , fair competition , and mutual advantage to both parties . i

      2 nd . That the existing arr ' angrme . nts regulating tho commerce , between tho Uaitwl States and the British colonies in ' tho West Jinhos and on tho canunc-iit of America , are nnequal , u ; iju :, t , and injurious to the interests of tho United / Siau'H . ; 3 rd . That so long as Great Britain persists to apply to tho vessels and -productions of the United states , in the ports of the British , colonies in America , peculiar . ' regulations of comruu-ce , ' other than such as regulate thd comiaerce be " ween tho Unite ' ' ! States and the British territories in Europe , it is the right of the United States , and the . ne'SL'Ssary consequence , to apply peculiar regulations v ( -oommercu to . British vessels and their cargoes in- 'tho ports of the United States , entered from or proceeding to the British colonies in America .

      ¦ ith . That the continued , impomion . -by Givat Britain of discriminating , duties u ' poit the productions ot' the United States Imported into tho British colonies in America in vessels of the"Uiiired Static , will JHstify the imposition by the Ui ) it : Q Ssatea of dis-. criminating dutiesi upon tho productions of the British colonies in America iciptii . ted . mto tho United States in vessels of Great Britain or hor colonies . 5 th . That tho continued pra . ' -ibuiitnn to tho vessels of the United Slates by Ureas Britain of the iuiiirect voyage-. between- tao --Unite-- ! . Suites , the British colonies in' America , ainl this British territories in Earopo , or between tho United States aud ono aud another British colony in America , Will justify the . prohibition by the United States oi ' - . buc-h voyage ; to the vessels of Great Britain or her c *> ionies in America .

      6 th . That if Great Britain seo fit to adopt and pursuo a system of prohibitations and restrictions against tUo Uaitttd States , it behoves tho United States to protect our citizens , their coaimcrce , and navigation , by counter prohibita&ioneydu'ieh-, aud regulations , and to decline to give free commerce and navigation iu exchange for restrictions auu vexations . 7 th . _ Bu ; that , befora having recom-ao to measures of legislative restriction , as tho ¦ ¦ certain means of effectual ! y guarding and seouring the rights , of the United States , in our commerce with British colonies , it is due to national comity to recur , for that purpose , to friendly negotiatiou with Great Britain . And In . conformity with these conclusions , they subnm the following resolution , the ' ., adoption of whioh they rocomniend to the House : —

      Resolved—That the Prtsidentof the United States be , and hereby .. is , requested to enter into negotiations Y . ith tho British Government , for the purpose of effecting , a permanent , equitable , &ud just conveufional arrangement of the comaierce . between the United States and the British colonies in America .

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      One of the first acts of the new Tory Member , of Brighton , after his election , was to distribute a "large snm of money anioagst the poorer electors . " This was , at -least , consistent . : A Bit-op AuTOBiOGBAPHT . — I was once a candidate for the very pure and immaculate borough of Pwatefract ; ( Great laughter . ) I spent £ 4 , 000 ia Pontefraei . ( Roars of laughter . ) I have no hesitation in , saying that that money was expended in gross bribery , treating * and corruption . ( Hear , and renewed laughter . ) I was defeated . Lord Pollington and the father of an Hon . Gentleman opposite assisted in defeating me ; and , till I hear that Hon . Gentleman contradict the statement , I shall not believe that any member was ever returned for Pontefraot without the praotice of bribery . ( Hear , hear , cries of order , and loud laughter . ) Unfortunately , "'' also ; I stood fire contested elections for Hertford . In three contests I was successful , and

      twice I was defeated ; and I may state , as I am now impugning the conc ' uot of Members of this House , individually and collectively , that I left behind me at IlertfoTd considerably above £ 30 , 000 . I had to contend there with great aristocratic influences , including that of Lord Salisbury ; and it was admitted that the contests were more expensive to the other party than they were to me—( hear ) . I had to contend with the system of seven days' leases . The poor tenants held under seven days' leases , and , if they voted in opposition to the wishes of their landlords , they were turned out . When they were turned out , I had to build houses for them—( hear , and roars of laughter ) ; and I either built or bought some sixty-three houses—( renewed . laughter ) ..- A great deaf of my money went in protecting these tenants from the abuse-. of their ' . landlords' power ; a great deal of it went in treating—( laughter ) ; and a great deal in bribery —( great laughter ) , "—Speech of Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., on Friday .

      Child Murder . —Extraordinary Case . —Between nine and ten o ' clock on Friday night , a female , apparently thirty-five years of age , dressed in the first style of fashion , took a brown paper parcel to the shop of . ' Messrs . Stephens , grocers , at the bottom of Holborn-hill , directed to Mr . Cox ^ Bennett's-hilljDOctors ' -eommons , which was to be forwarded by the Parcels Delivery Company ; in a few minutes after she left Mr . Stephens had some suspicion that all was not right , he called in a police constable , who on opening the parcel found it to contain the body of a remarkably fine male child ; The

      child was instantly conveyed to the West London Union Workhouse , and yesterday it underwent an examination by Mr . Lynch , the parish snrgeon , who on testing the lungs found the child had been born alive ; the body is quite fresh , and does not appear to have been born many days . The policeman subsequently went to the residence of Mr . Cox , when he had an interview with his partner , Mr . Brooksi Mr . Cox not being at home . The case remains at present in the greatest mystery . The female had on a dark brown silk cloak , straw bonnet , which was covered with a black veil , she waB fresh coloured , and about five feet in height .

      Chimjtey Sweepers . —The Act of Parliament ( 3 and 4 Victoria , c . 85 ) which passed on the 7 ; h of August , 1840 , has caused the days of the " climbing boy" to-bo numbered , and the present "festive season" of the fraternity is about to fade into a new order of things . By the 2 nd section of that Act , from and after tho 1 st day of July noxty any person who ' shall compel or allow any parson under the age of twenty-one years " to ascend or descend a chimney , or enter a flue for the purpose of sweeping , cleaning , or boring the same , or for extinguishing fire therein , shall be liable to a penalty of not more than £ 10 , or less than ' iio ' . " -- It stipulates , that from the passing of the Act no child under sixteen years of age shall be apprenticed to a chimney-sweeper at

      any time after the 1 st day of July , 1841 , and previously to the 1 st of Jnly , 1042 , may make application to a Magistrate acting for the : locality where the master or mistress resides , and upon hearing before two magistrates , if they shall be satisfied that the apprentice is desirous of being discharged from the apprenticeship , they may . accordingly discharge such apprentice whliout paying any fees . The 5 th clause provides that the indentures of chiidreu under sixteen years of age are to cease after the 1 st of Juiy next . The following clause ( the 6 th ) is of great importance to builders and '" . ' -others , and should be generally known : — " That all widths and partitions between any . chimney or flue which at any time after the passing of this Act shail be built or rebuilt , shall

      bo of brick or stone ' ,, and at least equal to half a brick in thickness , and every breast back , and with a partition . of auy chimney or flue herealter to be built of sound materials , and the joints of the works weJl fiilod in with mortar or cement , or stuccoed within ; and also that every chimney or flue hereafter to b « built or rebuilt in any wall , or of greater length than four feet out of the wall , not being a circular chimney or flue twelve inches in diameter , shall be in every section of the same not less than fourteen inches by nine inches ; and no chimney or Hue shall be constructed with any angle . ¦ ¦ ¦ 'thereiu which shall bo less obtuse than an angle of 120 degrees , except as hereinafter excepted ; and every salient or projecting angle in any chimney or flue

      shall be rounded off four inches at the least , upon pa \ n of forfeiture by every master builder , or other master workman , who shall make or cause to be made such chimney or flue , of any sum not less than £ 10 or exceeding £ 50 . Provided , nevertbeles ? , that notwithstauding this . Aot , chimnies or flues may be built at angles with each other of 90 degrees and more , such c ainnioe or flues haying therein proper doors or openings not less than six inches square . ' - Singular Occurrence . —For the last few days much excitement has prevailed in Paradise-street , a short di . stauco froui Lambeth Palace , which had on Wednesday Week increased to so great aa extent as to render the street nearly impassable , and it was with tho greatest ., difficulty that the police were

      enabled to prevent the thoroughfare froin being wholly impeded . The crowd were assembled chiefly in-front of No . 15 , where several of the police were parading , and who it was alleged were desirous to effect an entrance into the house , Wherein it was said was a female with three children , whom she was supposed to have murdered ^ as tuey had not bflen Been since Friday last . Various other rumours of a fiiuailar kind were freely circulated , but all appeared conjecture , as the police preserved the most imperturbable . -silence , 'i'ho following particulars were , however , obtained from a source which may be relied on t—Some years sinco a certain Scotch noblemaa formud an intimate acquaintance with a female , by whom he had three children . ; at his death ,

      which happened about six years since , he left by will to tho eldest child , a girl ( now about ten years of age ) , £ 70 , 000 per annum ; aud to the two younger children he left £ 30 , 000 a year each ; and to the mother £ 20 , 000 a year . His brother , who how enjoys the title , was appointed to . -catty- the provisions of the will into effect , and to eee to tho education and proper caro of the children , who were . to bo under the guardianship of the mother while sho remained unmarried , and conformed to certain other regulations , but sooio of which it appears she had infracted ; a knowledge of which having reached the ears of the surviving brother , the nobleman alluded to , application was made to the Lord Advocate of Scotland , by

      whom a warrant was issued some months sinee to remove the children from the custody of the ttother , who then lived in the neighbourhood of Glasgow ; sho , however , fled up to London , and up to last Friday has contrived to seclude herself ; but through tho activity of an . iaspector of the A ; division , her retreat has boen discovered , and constables have been directed to watch the premises continually , so that the children should not be again removed until an application should have been made to the Lord Chaucellpr . This has been deemed au annoyance by tho nu'tiier of the children , and on Saturday night she presented- pistols at the police , and declared that she would firei at any person ' who attempted to enter the house . Every window is : kept

      closed , " aiiu the doora bolted , and letters ana provisions are drawn up by a cord to the first-floor . win dow , from whence all applications and messages are answered ; It is expected that a warrant from the Lord Chancellor will be obtained , when a forcible entrance will bo effected ; but from the determined spirit evinced by . the-mother , tt is feared that the affair will uot terminatei without bloodshed . —Times . [ We have made inquiries into tha circumstances of tho above extraordinary and romantic story , and find it to bo correct in all-its leading features . The state of Paradise street continues to be a 3 here represented , numbors of persons crowding tho thoroughfare , aiiii sorue of them ( boys in particular ) behaving in ratlu-r a riotou 3 iuanuer . It is represehted thtit

      the police in disguise ure so narrowly watching tho house ,-that it is impossible any one can enter or leaYf . it witiiout thvir cogniztuce . But duriug the greater part of the day , no police-cohstable , ostensible such at least , was present ;; which , conaideriijg the exoiteraeut wh ; eh prevailed , reflects . discredit on their aYrangements ; for some of the loungers amused theoieoives by throwingstones at the doors and windowsj and one of the latter was broken—an annoyance ¦ ivViicb the inmatys surely ought not to be subjected to , and from which it was the duty of the police to protect them . It is stated that Thursday is the day which lias been fixed for making a forcible entry into the premises , by persons armed with the authority of the lord chancellor ; but this is somewhat questionable . In the meantime , the siege is

      obstinately sustained against the vigilance of the besiegers by the mother and frienda of the children in question . The house , which has thus become an object of 69 much .. **' ¦ interest / ' is one ( No . 15 ) of the new portion of the street , and ia easily distinguished from , the others by the closely-shut appearance it presentp , for every blind is drawu down : in the upstairs rooms , and on the lower etpries , the shutters are barred up . Theenormous amount of proper tylefc to the children is said not to be exaggerated . ]—Globe The excitement in Paradise-btreet still continues , although the police have discontinued parading in front of the house No . 15 . Crowds , however , still coutinue to assemble , chiefly wom ^ n and boy s , who are occasionally addressed from the drawing-room windows by a person who declares herself the mother of the children , and by a man who calls himself the eraadiather ; the gist of their harangues

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      is principally an appeal for protection , and aoUcitn ) g interference to prevent the children from . b « -ag forcibly separated from the mother , while bit ; er inrectives are occasionally launched against the Earl of Buoban and his son for the part they are alleged to be taking in this snpposed aanoyauce . The doors , windows , &c , are kept ^ firmly . closed , and several of the police ia private clothes oonticue in view of the house . The besieged , however , have

      not relaxed in precaution , as neither provisions nor other articles required for the use of the family are admitted in any other way than by means of a rAps let down from the first floor . What the tenninationof these singular and extraordinary ^ proceedings may be , cannot at present be conoei ? ed' ; pu 5 doubtless the British laws will meet the justice of the case , and will be so administered that neither the rank nor wealth of any party wiil be enabled to obtain an unfair advantage .

      State op Affairs at Sydjiet . —The following deplorable account of the state of affairs at Syd oay is from a private letter , received by a gentleman in Belfast : —; - " ¦ . ¦ " " . ' . ¦ ' : ; - ' , - ;¦ . : ¦ ' : ; ' -: --: :- '¦ ¦ .. ' . " Sydney , New South Wales . Nov . 27 : 1841 . "The state of the colony'just now almost ^ beggars description ; it comes nearer to a state of universal bankruptcy than anything of the kind I ever ho ^ rd of or witnessed . Men possessing thousands 6 lf acres , thousands of sheep , multitudes of cattle , And many horses , cau barely meet the necessary expend of keeping up their establiahraents , while veryinaiiy have been , and daily are being , sold ; off by the

      sheriff . When you hear of such men as Dr . JBoiyman . the Scotts , of Glendoh ; Wehtworth , Ealeg , ? . nd even the Macarthura , and Lawgons being inwsnt of cash—when draughts to the paltry amount of £ 3 to £ 10 hWe been dishonoured by such as the above you may readily coriceivo that the money market ia most deplorable , Withia the last month or two , Gore and Co ., have failed in £ 100 , 000 ; TownahHud , £ 62 ; QC | 0 ; Sparks , ; Williams , and Co ., £ 57 , 000 , ' Goodwin , £ 25 , 000 ; Moatetiore ' s house has stoppad for a time ; Hughes and Hoskins , ditto ; Mannng and a host of others are talked of as houses ' that cannot stand much longer . Men who have l /> rtg been oonsidered wealthy have either given up a ' i ; o-

      gether i or are but just able to keep their heads above water ; and there seems at present to be no pros p ' Ot of amendment . Take any twenty names at haphazard , whether town or country merchant " , or settlers , and you will not meet with two in solvent circumstances . This I firmly believe to be the - " case , Macquoidi . the sheriff , shot himself lately , owing to his embarrassments . Some persons expect that the present clip of wool will bring things round , but nothing can be morefaHacioue . With regard to myself i for three years my crops were either wholte or partially destroyed by floods . Last year Iraisou a good crop , but could get little for it— -viz ., 4 s . 3 d . per bushel . Now it cost ine Is . for reaping ; thrashing Is . ; freight and expencea to Sydney , Is . ; sad

      lOd . for seed ; thus leaving 5 d . per bushel to pay for alltheotherexpencesincideutal to the cultivation of land . Oi course , this left me heavier in debt than ever ; and to make matters worse my landlord j . uld me off stock ; and block . As for stock it is scarwly worth having just now . Those who oaa weather the gale may possibly find their account , in it , but the most gloomy anticipations are indulged in . The immense distances at which stations are sought for , the difficulty of providiug these with rations , & . C . * must sadly take the gilt off ihe gingerbread , even in prosperous times ; and for some time past . it is plain that Bheep have not paid themselves . The country may , eventually , recover from the confusion aud misery of the moment , but it must , of necessity , take years before it can do so . "

      Printing . —Charlesthe Second ' s Parliament passed aft act that only twenty printers should practise their art in Jhe kingdom . Aboutsixshilliij ^ s current was paid for one and a half houv's reading in 1 C 85 . The Murdered Jane Jones . —The unfortunate victim of Good's horrible depravity was a native of Myfod , iVlonfcgomeryshire . Her father had not , for a period of six years i received any commUnicarion from her , or the slightest intimation of where she was . He is a poor , but honest and industrious man , much rospected in his situation in life . —Salopian Journal .

      Vanity .- — Perhaps there is no kind of vanity-so pernicious in its effects as the ostentatious display of luxuries .- It frequently awakenB in the minds of those who are unable to compete in such follies , the baneful feelings of envy , and often produces a spirit of rivalry , inducing thp ? e ^ Whose means do not accord with such expensive articles , to purcliase them at the sacrifice of prudence or even justice * The groundwork of ihis error is a want of selfknowledge , that most essential of all schemes ; for by Belf-examination we shoald find thit the erila above described are not the only ones resulting from this ambitious habit , but disease 1 $ also engendered which is speedily manifested by destroying the healthy action of the stomach , ltver , and other viscera ; to such we say , first lay aside this error in the economy of life , and next , if afBicted with tuoh complaihts , that no medicine will give more Bpeedj relief than Frampton ' s Pill of Health . V

      Eatinq and Drinking—It will rather take the reader by surprise to be told , that in a life of sixtyfive years' duration , with a moderate daily allowance of mutiou , . for-. instance ,.- , he will have consumed a flock of ? o 0 sheep , arid that altogether for diwner alone ; addiag to his . .. ta ' utt ' oa a reasonable allowance of potatoes and vegetables , with a pint of wine daily for thirty ye . ars "« f this period , above thirty tons of solids ''{ and liquids must Have passed through his stomach . . ¦ . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' " . - '¦ . ' - . ¦' ¦ ' . : '

      Novel Wageb . —A person went last week into a public-house near Dudley , and after some consideration offered to bet a wager of 103 . that he would eat the coat off his back if they ' would allow him to cut the buttons off . The wager was laid , and the coafc was cut to pieces and put in a frying-pan , and after well frying it in liquor , he ate every bit of his eoat , arjd won the wager . —Cambridge Advertiser [ Qy . —What effect will it ^ have on the coats of his stomach ?] ; ' .:- ' -. ¦ - ¦ .- ;• ; . 0 Thomas Cooper , the highwayman , was brought up at itie CentralCriminal Court on Thursday , charged with the wilful murder of Timothy Daley ; but , after pleading " not guilty , the case was postponed till the . next Sessions i in order that the prisoner / night have an opportunity of preparing his defence .

      Steps have been ^ taken outlaw Mr . Baukes , once M . P ., who was held to bail to answer for an iadecaut assault on a soldier , ilr . B . failed to appear ; and the Governmeht being resolved that offenders of this description shall not be allowed to set the law at defiance ,:, a writ of distringas has been levied at his residence in Palace-yard . If tho defendant does not return to this country , and ta ke his trial , he . will be declared an outlaw , and all the property he poscsses here be forfeited to the crown .

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      FALL OF A BAILWAY BRIDaE AT KELVEDON AND LOSS OF LIEE . On Thursday morningj a fearful accident occurred on the works of the Eastern Gounties Railway , at Kelyedon , in the fall of a stupendcus bridge , which waa very near completion , occasiouing the Toss of one life and injuring six other Dersons . : . ' ¦¦" .. "

      The Bridge in question waa situated on the notth side of the high read at tne eaitend of Kelvedon . It consisted of three archesj the first bang thrown over the roail lea'ding to , Coggeshall , ; the second over the river , and the third joined up to the embankment at the Colchester end . This centre of'tho first arch was ^ struck last week , and the road untfer It had been thrown open to the public . The clearing of the tfrrrber fr 6 m the other nrc&es was completed i on 'Monday ; and a ^ reat numb « r ! of bricklayers had been employed throughout this week in carrying up the- paraptta . The rails had been laid . / . 'down * and the ea ^ th / waggons ;' weie worked over it , to carry on- the embankment at the east end . On Thursday morning there wore altogether about twenty men employed upoQ it , when , about ten o ' cloek , the whole suddenly came down v ? itli a crash which sounded to the inhabitants © f Kelvedon like a heavy

      peal of thunder . Fifteen or sixteen bricklayers who were . upon the BcaffoldiDg , were hurled , with the bricks , timber , and earth , in-all directions , some of them falling into the river ; but , fortunately , they appear to have escaped with oily a fsw braisea and lacerations . At the moment o £ the fall , however , a man , named Thos . Elsly , a * tipper' oa the enibaukment , was standing b ' ehiad-4 " loaded earth-waggon , at the edge of the last arch ; and was consequently carried down in the fall , the earth-waggon falling on him , crushing and partially burying him in the rubbish . As soon as tha corfuaibn consequent upon the alarm of the terrific crash had subsided ^ promp t asaiataflce was rendered / to extricate him , but he " was quite dead . Another man , an aged labourer , was got out from the mass of rubbish , and was found to have one of his legs dreadfully crushed ; but prompt roeiiciilassistmce bsing rendered it- is hOpedljeni . T . y survive . " -., - /;" '¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ; ' /¦ :: ; :

      . . . For spirle time it was feated that several othei--persons hadperisedVbuttho woilimen were assembled , and it was'found this was not the case . ; . _ A b rickiayer » nam 6 d Wright , had an almost miraculous escape from destruction . He was employed upon the bricU-work near tho end of the bridge , and feeling the whole mass giving way under him , he gave a sudden ipring and jumped into tha middle of the ' -river , by which he , escaped comparatively uahrirt . '' : ' ¦ ' ;¦ ' ¦" ' ' - , -. ¦"¦ ¦¦ : ' - ' '¦" - ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦' . ' ' "• " ' ¦ ¦ " ; ¦ _ ¦ ; . "

      We ai » jnf 6 rmed that the accident was caused by the wet state of the weather when the work was put together . - , In . consequence of : which ^ the centres bave been kept in for the last four months , by the direction of : the engineer-in-cWef / but were , in the coarEe of the last ; week , < eased by the contractor . The whole mass was at first a vri-eck , completely blockitg up- tbj ^ pjgd » tofcvj » j » vast numbers of workmea were employe ^ Hr xt&ttng ^ a way the materials , to make a way for passegggygylo ^ g -Kthe roadi : and afiovd a vent to . tha watejctf 1 fl ^ to ( j S' |^^» . <^ \ . which weie partially dammtd up by ffl ^ jg 5 ^ ° !^ g a ^^ | j ^\ »^ : TrasBpesdily effected , and both ; the roa ^^ r |!^^^ 2 i ^^> T '\ restored to their former state . Tiie ^ J ^^ £ xS ^^^ i ' ' - J ^ J jA at £ 2 , peo , which will fall upon the coiMwpS ^^ ltfcg i' ^ i : 7 ^ 1 Wythes . ^^^ M ^ i ^ ff T ^ , ^ aivd si ^ a ^ t

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 21, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct890/page/3/