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      Hun —A lecture , on the present state and pros-* " ^ ts of Chartism , and the best means of promoting its interests , will be delivered by the Rev , W . Hill , in'Ms Church , over the Grammar School , on Monday evening , at half-past six for seven exactly . A members' meeting Trill be held in the vrstry , af . er the lecture , to colder what " steps are best to be taken in the present stale of affair ? among the Chartists of Hull . It is hoped that every member Vrlfl

      ¦ be at his pest . Londos . —A pnblio meeting , "will be held on Monday evening , athalf-TJast seven o ' clock , at ihe Social Hall , John-street , Tottanham-court-road , to hear the report of Me srs . Parry , Lucas , Wheeler , and Bucha-naa , delegates from Marjlebone , to the Conference , William Lovett in the chair . Feargns O'Ccnuor , Dr . Black , Mr . Hetherington , and others will attend . Admission one penny , gallery threepence .

      Katjokal Association . —Gn Sunday evening next , Mr . Parry Trill lecture in the Hall , at half-past Beven o ' clock , on the Life and Genius of Lord Byron . On Wednesday evening , at half-past eight o ' clock , John Bobinson , Esq- will lecture on the Mechanical Properties of Air , with Illustrations . A Ccscfbt for the benefit of the family of Dr . M'Donali mil be held on Tuesday evening at 55 , Old Bailey . Mr . SxwiXL mil lecture at the Goldbeaters' Arms , Old-street , S ; . Paicras-Toad , on Sunday evening . Mr . Fcsseli -will lectnre at the Britannia Coffeehouse , 86 , Waterloo-road , on Monday evening , at -eight o ' clock . Pttset . —Mr . E . Stsllwood will lectnre at the Millers' Arms Inn , Lower Common , on Sunday evening .

      Elacx Box , Hamhersmuh-Roab . —A public meeting -will be held herp on Monday evening , ai eigbr o ' clock , to consider Mr . Cooper ' s plan of Orgaiiizition , and on cther-ins . ne > 3 . Bksho 5 i > 33 : t . —A social te 3-party will take place on Sunday evening , January 29 ih , at six o ' clock , for the purpose cf celebrating the birth of the immortal Thon-as Paine . Tickets one shilling each , can be had of Mr . Gathard , tailor , 16 , Grange-walk , Bermondsev ; Mr . J ° snes , l , Snow £ 2 eld ; Mr . Bailey , 2 , Banovef-plaee , The above iril ! take place for the benefit of the unprotected wife and children of H . Wild , now suffering two years imprisonment for speaking th ¦ truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth . No tickets sold after the twentysixth instant .

      Me . Bolwell will lecture at the Clock House , Castle-street , Leicester-square , on Sunday next . Mr . Besbcw will lecture at the Chartist Hall , 25 , Svai-streel , Commercial-road , on Sunday next , ai seven o ' clock in the erenipg . A Lectcxe will be given at the Prince of Wales , Ko . 9 , Liul ? Coxam-5 treet , 'Ru 5 seli-Sqnare , on ihe effects likely to emanate from a repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . Sfweix , late Delegate to the Conference , will lecture at the Cock , Caniberwell Green , on Monday evening . Shobeditch . —A lectnre will be delivered by Mr . M'Graih , at the Gloucester Coffee Honse , on Tuesday evening , at seven o ' clock .

      vTotjkjsg Men ' s Ihix , 2 S | , Miib Ejo > Hoad . — Mr . Bairstow will lecture Sere on Sunday and Tae ? day , on which occasion one penny each wiP . be charged admission Tower Hamlets . —Mr . B . obson will bring forward the subject cf i ^ stiona ] Organization for public discussion , in : he Chartist School Room , Grey Ea ? 3 e-Etreet , on Sncday evening next , to commence at Eeven o'clock . A tea party "mil be held in the above room , on Monday evening , tickets 9 d . each , the pro-ee-s lo be appropriated i ;> furnishing the room . The Clerketstell Chabtists will meet on Monday ev-ninj ; , at the Patriot Coffee Honse , Clerkenweli Green , whrn Mr . Cooper ' s plan and other impoitaut business will be brought forward . The chair to be taken eight o ' clock .

      M-ibtlebojte . —A funeral sermon will be preached at the Working Men ' s Hall , Circus-street , on the death of Mr . Lane and Mr . Finlbtter , on Sunday I eveioDguext , by Mr . Savage . 55 . Old Bailjet —© a Sunday evening next , a j lecture -win be delivered here . Every Moaday evening , j a bah L- held here , for tbe benefit of the db » BaJi .

      Aduiii ' -iOice . threepence . Ihe ball to commence at ' half yuA sight pr ^ cjstiy On Tuesday evening , a concart asrt ball will be held here , for thB benefit of Dr . WD-nsU . Concert to commence at seven , and ball ; at tes o'dock precise 1 ? . Tickets , sixpence each person . J Every Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , and every , "Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , the committee j for securing and getting up the new Hall , meet here j for the purpose of disposing of shares , -which are five j shUHcc * each , payable at sixpence per week . Any ' . country IrieDds wishing to take up the shares , address I to J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , treasurer , or Mr . Salmon , secre- tsry , 5 , i * fiw Court , Farringdon'Btrcet , City of London . 1

      XiiTLElTOW ^ -is Xivxssedge . —Two sermons will ' b ? preacLed at this plact , ob Sunday , by Mr . Luke ] Bradley , of Lc-ckw / .-od , when collections will be made i to-wards l- ' q-aidaticg the expenees of the Raorn . Ser- ' "vice to commence in the afternoon-, at half-past two , and in the evening at six . ' Mr . Bigbt will lecture at Derby on Sunday next , si > d at Isotticgham , cm Sunday the 29 ; h . instant . , AraoxDBrp . T . —A public meeting will be holden in the Town Hail , Aldmondbnry , on Mondsy evening , to hear an account of the proceedjEgs of the Birmingham Conference , from Mr . William Cunningham . CLair to be taken at eight o ' clock preciseiy . Mr . Jamfs &REE 3 tsiII lecture at the Saracen ' s Head , Warwick , on Sunday evening next . Chair to be taken at half-past six .

      Upper Waklet—A lecture will be delivered in the Association Room on Swid ? y evening , at six o ' clock . Halifax —A delegate meeting of this district will be held at Sowerty , on Sue day ( to-morrow ) at ten o'clock in the forenoon . Each locality is particularly requested to appoint delegates to attend , as the Balance Sheet of the district , and other business of importance will be brought before them . Os StTTDAT ( to-morrow ) three discourses will be delivered in the Udd Fellows' Hali—first at halfpast ten o ' clock in the morning , by Mr . E . Mania , of London—second at half-pa-t two in the afternoon , by Mr . Browr ^ f London ; and the third at six in the evening , by Mr . Maniz . Collections will be made after earn discourse , to defray expenses .

      Mr . H . G , Gamhage , of Northampton , will lecture at the following places , during the next week—Coventry , Sundsy 22 ad ; Birmingham , Steelhouselane , Mondsy ISrd ; Aston-street , Tuesday 24 ib ; Dudley , Wc-mesdjy 23 th ; Stourbridge , Thursday 26 th ; Kiddtrnnnsier , Friday 27 th ; Worcester , Saturday and Sunday , 28 th and 29 m . As East and Jforth Ending Delegate Meeting will be held at Selby . on Sunday , February 5 th , at Mr WoodaH'a , Temperance Hotel , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , when it is hoped that every place that can

      Bend delegates will do so ; those towns who cannot send delegaiea must not fail to send their opinions by letter . Those localities who car . not support a lfsturer must state so by letter , addressed to E . Burley , 19 . Billon-street , Layerthorpe , York . Any Chartist lecturer wishing to become a candidate for ibe lectureship of ihe . £ ast and North Hiding d ? strict , must forward his address , with credentials from the Secretary of the locality in which he resides , before the 2 nd of February , addressed as above .

      CASfirsGT-. -N , 5 eab NoTTrsGHAS . —A member ' s meeting will be held next Suaday evening , at seven o ' clock , when every member fc-reqn ^ sted to attend , as business of importance will be bronght before the meeting . KoiicsGH . ua . — "On Sunday ( Jo-morrow ) Mr . Bridges will p reach on the evils of bribery , in the democratic chapel , Hsce-piace , at six o ' cIock . Waeffikld . —This evening ( Saturday ) Mr . D . Ross will lecture in tae old Mechanic ' s Institution , Crown Court , Wood-street , at seven o ' clock . Chartists aitead ! ' . CovprRT . —A meerisg of theCoventry Chartists will be Eoiden in the Association room , Wells-Btree ., on Monday next , at seven o ' clock , to elect a new coimcL and for the despatch of business .

      Hoixij g wood . —James Mitchell , of Stockport , Will lecture Here on Sunday evening , at ax o ' clock tliSP ?^ ~ 9 % , Snnday » tto-morrow , ) Mr . John M'Farkae , of Salford , will lecture in theOiSSt loom , Greaves street , at six o ' clock in the evening . Mes . Fildes , ( who was cut down at the Peterloo Massacre , ) will deliver two lectures on War in York-street Academy , next to- All Saints School , Cnorlton-upon-Medlock , Manchester , one on Sunday mghi , < to-morrow ) , at half-past six , and another on Wednesday nex ^ at eight o'clock . LrvEHPooi . —A meeting of the members will take place on Sunday evening , in the room of the Association , Preston-street , upon important business . - ¦^ ^ V ~ 2 ir - S 1001 * 8 aaik » of Stockport , Will lecture here on Sondayjiext .

      Skckpokt . —TheRev . W . T . Jackson , will preach « w © sermons here to-morrow , one at two , and the Oilier at ax oVaori In the evening . Admission Id . ihe proceeds to go towards erecting a Chtpel for the Beverend gentleman . Prbstos . —A fijscnssion will take place in the Aasoeiation room , here , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , « n the question— ' What hopes are there of a speedy and eordial onion of the middle and working classes ; and how is s-icn union necessary , or likely fo fTofe l ? £ aa £ cial to iiio wocuhig comoianity V

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      HoiBECK . —^ Mr . Hill will prea « h two sermons ob Sunday , the 29 th instant . Afternoon and evening . Btjbt . —On Monday next , the members are requested to meet in the Working Men ' s Hall * on business of importance . Tae Evening Star will be read . ' Tub South Lancashirb Delegate Meeting will be held in the Chartist Room , Brown Street , on Sunday , tto-morrow . ) Chair to be taken at ten o'clock in the forenoon . Manchester . —Cabpenteh 3 Haix . —Tiro lectures wili be delivered in this Hall , on Sunday , by Mr . Thomas Dickinson . A Geiteeal Mektikg of the Chartists resident in Manchester , will be held in the Carpenters Hall , on Sunday , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , to take into consideration the new plan of-organization .

      On Monday Evening Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., w 5 U deliver a lectnre in the Carpenters Hall , Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . After the lecture there will be a Ball and Concert . Admission , 4 d each . Hetwood . —Mb . Read ' s Liberation fbOm Pbison . —The friends of Mr . Read , and the cause for which he has suffered , will hold a tea parly and ball in the Chartist room , on Saturday night , the 28 th instant—the proceeds to be applied to the use of the local victims . Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , will deliver a lectnre in the Association room , on Monday evening .

      Leeds District . —A General Council Meeting of this district will be beld on Sunday , January 29 th , in the Chartist room , Cheapside , to commence at ten o ' clock . It 5 b particularly requested that those reriding at Woodhouse , Armley , and Wortley will be present . Cheapside . —Mr ' . Eraser will lecture to-morrow afternoon at half-past two , and in the evening at as o ' clock is the room , Cheapside . Collections will be made after each lecture towards asssisting Mrs . Ellis in her intended business . Birmingham . —The Chartists of the Ship Tavern locality will meet on Tuesday next , to take into consideration Mr . Cooper ' s plan of organization . Holbeck . —A sermon will be preached in the Chartist meeting room on Sunday evening at halfpast six o ' clock .

      Sheffield . —Fig Tree Lake . —Mr . EdwaTd Gill will lecture on Sunday evening at half past six o ' clock . A jiembkbs meeting on special business will be held on Monday evening at half-past seven o'clock . Messes . Julian Hahxet , and Edwin Gill will address the inhabitants of Dungworthon Wednesday evening at seven s ' clock . Bradford . —Mr . Ibbetson will preach a sermon in the large room of Butterwonh Buildings , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Alter the sermon a collection will be made to aid in liquidating the debt incurred by the delegates to the Birmingham Conference . Mr . Hessv Zdwahds will lecture at Thompson ' s Houses , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock .

      Mr . Smtth will lecture in the Association room , Park lane , to the Chartists of Little Horton , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , on the Currency and Banking System . Mr . SjaTTH will lecture at the White House , Broad Stones , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , on the only means of obtaining a Repeal of the Union . The Cbabtists , meeting in Buttcrworth ' s Building ? , are requested to attend on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , on special business . The Chartists of Bowling Back-lane , are requested to meet in the Association room , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , on important business .

      £ 2 THtrasT 0 NLAND . —A District Delegate Meeting will be held in the Democratic Chapel , on Sunday , ( tomorrow , ) on business of importance ; chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock . Dewsbubt . —A District Council meeting will be held on Sunday , Jan . 29 ih , in the large room over the Co-operative Stores , when delegates- are requested to attend from all parts of the district , as the present Secretary and Treasurer are resigning office .

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      we wees an o occurrea to a North Midland train at the Bamsley station , by which a gentleman had lost his life . Tne deceased wa 3 Mr . Robert Harvey , a commercial traveller from Glasgow . An inquest was held on bis body on Friday last , at the Bamsley station , before Thos . Lee , Esq ., and the following is a summary of the evidence adduced : — William Horbury , of Cudworth , watchman on the North Midland Railway , at the Barnsley station , said , —I Eaw the deceased lying under the broken carriages before I went up the line . There was no whistle made or signal given bj the luggage train as it was coming up . I should say it was coming at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour . At that speed , and within about ICO or 150 yards of the other train , the luggage train could not be stopped without a coilisicn . The luggage train was four hours behind its time .

      Joseph Towndrow , of Royston—I am one of the porters at the Barnsley station . Immediately after the passenger train arrived I went out with the signal , and proceeded down to the Iron-bridge , a quarter of a mile from the Btation , and heard the luggage train coming . I heard the engine coming at a fast pace . The weather was foggy ; and I waved the signal , which was a red signal lamp , backward and forward . As the driver came nearly to me , I waved my hat and signal , thinking that as there was snow en the ground , he niighv see the contrast of coIouts .

      To Mr . Homer—The train , a 3 near as I can tell , was going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour . It was much faster than he ought to have gone on that part of the line , and faster than merchandise trains usually go . He ought to have had his steam off a mile from the station , considering the speed he was going at , and to have sounded a whistle before he came to the station . I did not see a guard or any other person on tie train . W . Allen , engineman at the Barnsley station—I heard the luggage train coming , and I should say it was coming at the rate of twenty-five mile 3 an hour , which is a speed top fast for a lnggage train in such a fog as there was ' that morning .

      Joseph Beard , one of the guards of the North Midland Railway Company—If our engineman bad been accustomed to stop at the station , and acquainted with our enstom , he would have placed the train in a different position , so that we should have got away sooner . To the Foreman—There have been great irregularities sisce the new enginemen came . I have never brought a train in at its proper time since the change took place . W . Prime Maivhall , of Derby , superintendent of the locomotive department , said—Edward Jenkins has been employed as engine-driver since the time of

      the change , nearly three weeks ago . I select the engine-drivers myself , and I considered Jenkins competent for the situation . In a case of fog , additional precaution is to be taken , by checking the speed sooner and greater use of the whistle . Twentyfive miles an hour is not an excessive speed for a lug gage train for the main line , and , having run at that speed into the station , it is evident that Jeukins had mistaken the place be was at . It was his duty to look out , and he has been very negligent in this case . The luggage train was not obliged to stop at the B 3 rnsley station ; but , it being in a fog , he ought to have whistled and gone through the station with caution .

      Samnel Slocks—I was stoker to Jenkins yesterday morniDg . It was a very thick foggy morning . It appeared as if we could not see ten yards ; to my knowledge I never saw it worse . Jenkins did not make a whistle as we approached the station . We do sometimes pass stations at 25 miles an honr . Edward Jenkins , after having been cautioned , said —It was a very misty morning , and as soon as I saw the signal I reversed the engine . 1 sent the fireman to the tender-break to turn it . I held down the safety valves , on account of more pressure . The morning was so foggy , and the rails so slippery , that the engine took no hold of * he rails . After an absence of a few minutes , the Jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Edw . Jenkins . Jenkins was accordingly committed for trial at the next York Assizes .

      The Foreman of the Jury then addressing the Directors of the North Midland Railway Company , who were present in the room , said , We think the Roilroad Company are very highly to blame for employing such inefficient men , and not having a sufficient number to attend the stations . We think the accident might possibly have been prevented if there had been a sufficient number of men at the Barnaley station , to get off the passenger train in due time . " Mr . Hudson ( one of the Directors ) —Allow me to say that there are the same number as there have been for some month ? . The Foreman—There are not so many as there have been since I have known , the station . Mr . Hudson then intimated that the Directors would pay proper attention to the observations of the Jury , This concluded the inquest , and the Court separated at cine o ' clock .

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      the train approached nearer and nearer without any abatement of the speed , and the guard bad only just time to jnmp off the first train , when a tremendous collision took place , and the engine of the second tram wag shattered . No lives were lost . Yesterday we had narrow escape of a dreadful calamity . A pastenger-train -was leaving the Derby station for Nottingham , when a North Midland Inggage train came up ; and had it not been for the extraordinary pretence of mind of the points-man , a collision mn * t have taken place , and the

      passengertrain would undoubtedly have gone over the embankment . The points-man turned the passengertrain into another line just in time to prevent the collision . Public feeling here is very strong against the Company ; and the writer of this has heard many people declare that Until a better regulation ta ^ ps place , and more experienced drivers are put on , they will not travel by the North Midland . Stoppages on the line are frequent . A number of engises have been totally spoilt for want of management . An incendiary fire took place at the station on- Thursday night . Saveral carriages were desiroyVd .

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      FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE STORM . Leith Roads , Sds » at . —For the last forty-eight hours it has blown a terrific storm from the N . W ., with severe frost and heavy fall of snow . Shortly after it commenced on Friday morning , an event of a most deplorable character took place in the Frith of Forth , whereby several lives were lost . A sloop of about fifty tons , called the Janet of Montrose , in making a passsge through the Forth , was overtaken by the storm , which almost immediately shivered her sails into numberless pieces , and

      afterwards drove her on a rook called Mickery-ston * , where she , in the course of a few hour ? , went to pieces , and every soul on board met with a watery grave . Some of the unfortunate seamen Were mar * ried men , and hava left large families to deplore their loss . The sloop was laden with a valuable cargo of wheat , which , with the vessel , was insured . She had left Montrose in the early part of Ja 9 t week , and was bound to Glasgow , to deliver her oargo . Considerable portions of the wreck hare been washed on shore , and amongst it wa 3 a spar with the body of a man lashed t < T it . Ho was a seaman , apparently about thirty years of aye .

      At Bowcastle on Friday morning , before daybreak , a ship named the Elizabeth Aletta , was wrecked on the coast of Crackington Haven , about Bix miles from this town , and the whole of her crew , amounting , it is supposed , to twelve persons , perished Upon the discovery being made , a number of boats hastened off to their assistance , but upon arriving alongside of the vessel she was found to be a complete wreck , for the greater part of her hull had broken up and was scattered along the beach . Up to the period of this report being sent off only three bodies had been discorored . Near the same place two other vessels were lost in the course of the storm , one a schooner , belonging to Southampton , from Swansea , laden with copper , on shore near Hanland Point ; and the Sarah , of Teignmouth , whi * h fouudercd off Tintegile Head . Tao ? e who manned the latter were saved , but of the schooner , all ( with the exception of one ) perished .

      The late Stobm at Brighton . —Intelligence has reached the town of the safe ' y of tho four trawl or " hog" boats whioh were missing since the storm . It appears from the statements of the crew , that after gr < at suffering their little barques got into places of safety ; three of them ran ashore at Hastings , and the fourth drifted to Ramajjate Harbour , which the crew succeeded in reaching in almost ail exhausted state . Messrs . Cheeseman ' s brig , the George , which was off the town iu the storm . alpr > made Rams ^ ate Harbour , greatly damaged . Tne crew went down on their kneea to the Captain to beg of him to run ashore ou the Sussex coast ; but he would not lister to their en treaties , although the vessel had sprung a leak , fearing that by so doing their lives would be sacrificed . Fortunately they succeeded in safely entering the Harbour .

      WRECK OF THE CONQUEROR . Further and interesting intelligence relative to this unfortunate vessel was received on Wednesday by the French mail as to ihe immediate loss ; and the City of Poonah , Indiaman , which arrived in the Downs on Tuesday , brings a file of Capetown papers containing some important facts relative to the passengers and state of the ship when she left Table-OBy in Nov . Ia 3 t . The subjoined is an accurate list of the passengers and crew on board the Conqueror when she struck off Lornel on Thursday last , all of whom perished , with the single exception of the cuddy servant , Henry Abcburch :

      James E . Dnggan , commander ; John Harvfy , first mate ; William Smith , second mate ; Charles RuBh , third mate ; James Rogers , surgeon ; Thomas WilBon , carpenter ; F . Martin , sail-maker ; W . Nelmes , steward ; Peter Constantino , captain ' s cook ; J . M'Dougall , ship's cook and baker j G Davison , butcher ; H . Howship , cuddy servant ( this individual left the ship in India , but returned bifore she sailed ); F . Bov / en , boatswaiu ' s mate ; P . Kelly , ditto ; Charles Brown , George Harcourt . G . Dawson W . Lewis , C . Howburth , R . Adams , J . Mann , T . Johnson , P . N . Peterson , R . Davidson , H . Scott , J . White , George Kinment , M . Barkholm , T . Walsh J . M'Lane , T . Pnidey , able seamen ; W . " Millar , W . Roach , W . Heppfir , J . Payton , B . Jennings , ordinary seaman ; W . Jones and T . Pant , apprentices ; W . Pedley , fidder and joiner ; and W . Pattison , pantry boy .

      Midshipmen . —Messrs . Thomas Allen , A . T . Skynner , Frederick Verner , G . P . Barton , W . H . B . Whitchurch . Passengers . —Mrs . Thompson and four children ; Mrs . Major Johnstone and four children ; Miss Turton , Air . Marshall , Lieutenant Marshall , 73 d Native Infantry ; Captain Milner , 39 : h Bengal Native Infantry ; Master Blake and . Master Reeves . ^ William Kellar , bootswain ' s mate , died at Calcutta on the 21 st July . James Cotton , able sesmen , and Charles Pepernell . cuddy-servant , w « re drowned at the same place a lew days before the ship sailed . ,

      It is stated that nine men of the 91 st Regiment embarked at St . Helena on their way . home as invalids .. They must of course have perished with the remainder of the crew . A ^ ljfifinrch ( the unfortunate survivor ) is much better , «® fc ^ bt up for the first time on M onday . The ^ jConquerer left England on her r i ] l-fatod voyage on the 8 th of January , 1842 . Her crew consisted almost exclusively of saiiorg from Black wall , and Poplar ; the widows and orphans are numerous , and public sympathy is very generally excited in the neighbourhood . The Conquerer was engaged to leave England next month . Nearly all her cabins were engaged , and another of Mr . Green ' s vessels has been appointed in her stead .

      LOSS OF ANOTHER EA . ST INDIAMA . N . On Wednesday information was received that another East India trader bad been added to tbo melancholy catalogue of losses occasioned by the late violent gajes . The vessel was named the Jessie Logan , the property of Mr . Logan , a merchant at Liverpool , from which port she traded to and from Calcutta . She was 850 tons burden , and commanded by Captain Major . On Monday last the vessel was on her homeward voyage , beating up Channel , and apparently making for Tintaeeli or Bude Bay , on the Cornifh coast , for which the north-west wind would have been favourable but for its extreme violeuce . At length she became unmanageable , and was driven aground off Boscastle , formerly

      Botterean Castle , about seventeen miles from Launceston . Blue-lights and other signals of distress were ; made , but such was the fury of the gale and the violence of the surf , that none whatever would venture to her assistance , and at length she drifted on the rocks and soon became a total wreck . She had evidently been abandtgieH ~ by the crew and passengers , but from the long-boat having been washed on shore , i t is feared they have all perished , as up to the time oi writing this account no information had been ob tained respecting them ; and , from the fact of the Jessie Logan not being a London trader , no account

      of the number of her crew or passengers could be procured . She was a North American built vessel , termed , in commercial parlance , a Quebecker ; her cargo , consisting of rum , sugar , spicee , and general niasE India produce , waa being hourly washed ashore , but no dtepatcbes or papers of any kind have , it is presumed , been recovered , as none have as yet reached the East India-house , Jerusalem Coffse House , or Lloyd ' s . It is not at present known whether she was uninsured , or whether underwritten at Liverpool or London , nor till further accounts arrive , can any clue be given as to the value of the cargo .

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      Maxims worthy of Public Attention . —Men can bear hunger for a long time under the equator , but cold and hunger united very soon exhaust the body . The cooling of the body , by whatever cause it may be produced , increases the amount of food necessary . The time which is required to cause death by starvation depends on the amount of fat in the body , on the degree et exercise , as in labour or exertion of any kind , and on the temperature of the air . As an immediate effect of the manifestation of

      mechanical force , we see that a part of the musoular substance loses its vital properties , Up character of life , * and all experience proves that this conversion of living muscular fibre into compounds destitute of vitality is accelerated © r retarded according to the amount of force employed to produce motion . With the external cooling the respiratory motion becomes stronger ; in a lower temperature more oxygen is conveyed to the blood ; the waste of matter increares , and if ihe supply be not kept in equilibrium with this waste by means of food , the temperature of the body Krauu&iiy om ^ . —Labey ' s Ammui C' / iemuflry ,

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      HUDDjBKSFIEXiD . —On Saturday morning last , Mr . Thomaa Rnshworth , landlord at the Navigation Tavern , Shore-foot , put an end to his existence by throwing himself head first into a large tab of water on his own premises . A Jury has sat ovfer the body and returned a verdict of " temporary insanity . " The body was interred on Wednesday . A ' great number attended . About Two Miles south , of Huddersfield a number of young men or youths in the employ of several millowners , professedly religious , and pillars of their respective establishments , have preferred of late yeaTa literary pursuits to beer house conversation , and for the prosecution of which , have contributed to 1 the extent of their means , money to purchase

      books . They regularly met , read , conversed and improved eaca other in tbe best manner they could , and have so far succeeded as to astonish not only their parents but all' who- knew them . The surprise spread rapidly amongst the more influential , amougst whom Were their respective employers , who , instead of being proud of having such men in their employ , and supplying them with the means of extending their pursuits , not only condemned their intellectual acquirements , but issued a declaration to their parents to the effect that if they allowed their sons so to improve themselves , they would not only discharge the youths but them also—Correspondent .

      Socialism anp the Socialist Commwmtt—We see by placards posted on the walls of Huddcrsfield , that Mr . James Rigby , Deputy Governor of the Socialist Commuuity , is to deliver two lectures in the Hall of Science , Bath Buildings , on Sunday , ( tomorrow ;) in the afternoon , on *• the Rise and Progress of Socialism ; " aad in the evening , on " the Arrangements now in progress at Harmony Hall , HantB , to fffect the entire regeneration of the Human Raco ; '' and on Wednesday evening , by particular desire , " on New Lanark as it was , and New Lanark as it is . "

      STOCKPORT . —Committal of Shop-lifters . —Three notorious ehop-Iit ' terb , from Manchester named Taomas Gouiden , alias Rynes , Sarah Goulden , a /« cw Rynes , his wife , and Eliza William 3 , alias Barlow , were detected whilst on a professional visit to this town , on Friday last . On the forenoon of t aa > t day , tho two females went into the shop of Mif . J . J . Moody , draper . Lower Hillgate , and requested to look at some silk handkerchiefs . A variety was placed before them , and , after some delay , th « prisoner Williams was observed to place a parcel of jseven handkerchiefs , worth about 26 s . uudtir her cloak . She was charged with the theft , at which she affec ' . ed to be greatly shocked , and denied the accusation . Before she could- be searched , she

      dropped the handkerchiefs upon the floor ; and the other female picked them up and placed them on the ! counter , observing that the hooks of Williams ' cloiik must have caught them , and by that means hayo dragged them off the counter . The action was so well observed by one of Mr . Moody ' s assistants , that this excuse did not satisfy ; and they were both accordingly placed in the handa of tho police . The male prisoner was afterwards apprehended in the | Market Place , by policeman 'fatten , he having been previously seen in their company . On his being confronted wuh the other prisoners at the police-office , he denied all knowledge of them , and

      they Btaced that they had never seen him before . On their being brought before the magistrate . - ' , however , on the following day , several witnesses proved having seen them all m company previous to their apprehension ; and , from their conversation , which was overheard by some of the police , whilst they wtre in tho lock-ups , their guilt aud connection wai proved beyoud a doubt . They were all recognised as old iffeuders , each bavins been once or oftener conv cted . The male prisoner , it wa 3 said , had been in Salford , Leeds , Hull , Carlisle , and other gaolt * , in addition to having been transported seven years from Chatham . They were ail committed to the sessious for trial .

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      liiPOsiTion of Railway Clerks . —On Saturday last a very respectable tradesman , residing at Hudderfilsld , having occasion to go to Leeds , took hisifare in the . third class , being 2 s . 6 d ., ng proceeded as far as the Novmantou station , at which place he got out of the carriage fpr the purpose of seeing his son , whom he kad brought with him thus far , j safely s « ated in one of tfv carriages attached to another train which was going up the North Midland . By this time tfate Leeds train , in which he had been taken to Norm&nton , had Mi the station . This being the case , he Fully , and very justly so , expected to be allowed to proceed to Leeds by the next train . But , behold , the officers at the station who strut about , dressed in a little brief authority ,

      refused to allow him to go to the place of his destination unless he would submit to take his fare over aga ^ n from that station , which is two shillings , and pay an extra shilhngtesides ! ( his necessary hereto oba ^ ve , that the fare from Cooper Bridge to Normanton , ; in the third class , is three shillings and sixpence , and two shillings from Normanton to Leeds ; but when tho fare is taken through from Cooper Brdge to Leeds , it is only half a crown . ) This extra shilling waa to make up the three aud sixpence as if the gentleman had only paid for proceeding to Normanton . He , however , protested against the imposition which they thus attempted to practice upon him . This drew down upon his head a volley of abuse , accompanied with threats to have

      him ' secured in the lock-up ; but he was not to be intimidated with language such as that , aud stoutly mainta i ned his right to be allowed to pursue his journey without any further impost being laid upon him ..- Notwithstanding all his firmness , however , iheyistill insisted upon his paying the extra charga which they demanded . Again , he told them positively that he would not enter the carriage under any such disgraceful circumstances ; sooner thandoso . hewould walk the remainder of the way . Upon this they demanded the extra shilling for the distance he had already travelled , and told him that if he would not pay that they would take him to Wakefield ! He paid the shilling and walked away about his business . He procetded forwards to Leeds another wav , got his done and

      mi ^ iiiess returned home , taking care that the Railway Officers should not have another opportunity of picking bis pocket . After he got home , he sat down and wrote to the Directors , informing them ! of all the circumstances of the case , and the abusive language with which he had been assailed by theiriservants , and asked them whether such unjust proceedings , ou the part of those whom they employ , wao in compliance with their orders . On Tuesday he received a letter , from one of the Clerks in the moreiimmediate employ of the Directors and by their order ' , in which was enclosed 12 postage stamps , in lieu of the shilling which he had been compelled to pay at Normanton . Thus , it appears , the Directors

      have honourably exonerated themselves from having issued ' a ly such unjust law , fur the purpose of being carried out by their servants , and discuuntenanced such disgraceful proceedings as were manifested by their clerks at Normanton , towards the gentleman in question . Travellers by railway will do well to look to this ; and whenever any imposition is attempted to be practised upon them by these understrappers , let them write at once to head quarters , and expose such conduct ; where , as iu this case , they will , no doubt ; obtain redress . They will keep the offenders withitj proper restraint , aud secure to the public justice and respectful treatment . —Bradford Observet .

      The Muiider in Wharfdale . —This brutal affair , the particulars of which appeared in this paper i about a month ago , has , during the past weekjbeen officially investigated by the magistrates , the result of which has been the committal of Joseph Hey , of Beamley , ( the person on whom suspicion was in tbe first instance cast , ) on a charge of wilful murder . Since the inquest was held , the greatest anxiety has been felt by all , both rich and poor , that the mystery should be cleared up ; but , unfortunately , feeling both in Beamsley and Ilkley , appears to have been against Hey ; all his actions have been canvassed , his every movement has been watched , and however simple the deviation from his usual course of conduct , it has been noted , and

      inferences but seldom favourable to him deduced therefrom . Reports that evidence had been withheld by witnesses who were examined on the inquest , aud that some had been mis-slated , were in circulation freely , and having reached the ears of E . G . L . Kayp , Esq ., of Addin ^ ham , who attended the inquest , and has suice been engaged in endeavouring to clear the tnysttry up , he summanedi other magistrates immediately to his assistance , and held a consultation as to what course was b ^ st to adopt . This took place last . Saturday , and appears to have resulted in a determination to apprehend Hey and investigate the matttr again . On Monday morning last , at half-past ten o ' clock , the investigation commenced at ihe Lister ' s Arms in the ECL

      Lkley ^ magistra-tes being . . , Kay , W . R . C . Stansfield , and F . Hawkswonh Fawkes , Esqs . Mr . Wagstaff , solicitor , from Bradford , with his clerk , Mr . Farrar , attended to take the depositions . Thomas Brook , Esq ., of Skipton , the coroner , also attended . As before , the case excited great interest . Hoy was present during the whole of the examination in tbe custody of England , the constable of Addingham . Two of his brothers and several relatives and friends of the deceased Hustwick were also present throughout . No professional persoa attended on behalf of the prisoner . The witnesses

      called to narrate the finding Hustwick ' s body , aad the other circumstances , were precisely the same as before ; and in fact , the evidence altogether , with the exception of one or two facts , was precisely the same as at the inquest . The examination being concluded , the room was cleared , in order that tlie magistrates might consult together . After a . short time had elapsed ; Hey was ordered in again , and informed that he stood committed for trial at the next assizes , on the charge of wilful murder . The commitmeut was then mado out , and he was removed in the charge of the constable of Audinguam .

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      Six Mj 3 N Dbowndd . —It is 0 M melanetrt ^ thin day to record the following disirSfj fatal circumstances : —It appears that the fis £ *^ of Whitehills a village "ff tbe neighbdlfe Banff , were at sea on the morning of WeSr * when , about half past seven o'clock , a treS ** hnrricaneoameon . by which two of toe foS ? taining eight men , were npset . Only twvS ^ crew were saved by clinging to the boati'ffi 3 ? arrival of another boat . Those who met ata < ^ grave are W . Watson , James Watson , MfJJJ ; Watson , brothers ; George Ritchie , Geork ^ ta * ** sen ., and George Watson , Jan ., all ma > ri |^ . and who have left wives and families to Iainl , t 3 untimely fate . Tbe two saved were mucb ^ . « &F ?' ' when brought to shore , "but are now in tW *?^ recouery ; their names arefDavid Wafe < m xaH * f Watson , all connected with each other bV mfcj'N Elgin Courant . *? S 9 fc

      Cash op Stabbing—Patrick Murray « b r ' ¦ «• man . resident in Bradford , an oyster hawk » v ** on Wednesday committed to York Castle fS'iS * on a charge of having stabbed John ' p * wheelwright , Bradford moor . From the ctiV ^' it appeared that on Monday night , about S * o ' clock , prosecutorand a friend , named JoWw * an overlooker , residing in High -street ^ toT " Beehive Inn , in Westgate , with the inteafiV ^! going to the Victoria public house , in Site * lane , with the intention of stopping all njiu ^" Priestley was going to Halifax , early in tu 2 ^ ing . When in Silsbridge lane , prosecute ^ sidered he would be too late for the VictnKvv therefore resolved to go to the Odd Fellows' jj j ? With that object , he and Waite proceeded " - ( ToinC Leyswhere the prisoner lives . As they approach ^ house , the ' prisoner , who was standing at his ^? door , with a poker in his right hand , and iinfaSKime inis leit out

      n . cnea imakmg U 3 e of an M £ . expression > that ho would kill them by G—d « ftr they were passing he struck Priustley on the foS with the poker , and immediately afterwards he ta £ a lunge with his knife at the side of prosecutojS , at that moment was crouching from the effeeUfft ! blow , he received the blow on his head , tbe fat passing through his hat , and inflicting a wota ? quaver of an inch in depth on the heal K injuries altogether were of the most serious chana ? Waite also received many severe blows froa & poker , in his endeavours to rescue Priestley S prisoner sought to fix the charge of intoxiatfm I ' th « prosecutor and Waite , but in that tehtJL failed , He then declined to say anything h \ kil fence till on his trial . **

      Charge of Administering Drugs ATWAKniirn —Singular Case . —During the sitting of the ta £ trates . on Monday , at Wakefield Court HonaeX John Eley , master tailor , applied to the benejfaS the following circumstances . He said that j&laS their worships would allow him to make anspfc tion for summonses against certain parties , and fa was desirous of doing so in the open coart , asleiru not sure that the charge he had to prefer would eca properly before them . His life had been pliS great jpopardy for nearly a week , either byiisa . excusable folly or the wilful malice of the person of whom he had to complain , and it was neeeaan that the case should be made public , in © rder M

      unsuspecting persons might be placed ontheitimii He then went on to state that he had gone toi paj , lio-house in Kirkgate , in company with a friend , ui whilst there some of the company put some dam ^ ousdrug into his liquor , which had occasioned tbt serious consequences he had alluded to . Wepjp posely omit the remainder of the statement , is ft publicity might frustrate the object that tlie «» plajnant has in view . The Court ordered summons to be issued against two young men named Wief . nail , and one of the name of Shepherd , and idii s ^ Mr . Eley to summons witnesses , if he thoosflittlat they might be indncedto hold back . Mr . Ekjw * . mised to do so , and left the court .

      Stealing Poultry at Ossbtt—AppBsama of the Thieves at . Wakefield — On the nigktf Wednesday week , the roost of Air . James MifeM . of Ossett , as well as the roost of Mr . George Wilbj , of the same place , were robbed of a large qijn ^ j of hens , cocks , and . turkeys . On ThuBday oaj * ing , between eight and nine o ' clock , James Mo ^ f , of Wakefield , confectioner , went into a shed ini field in Goody Bower , occupied by his father , nA there found concealed three turkeys , two wthj and twenty-one hens . These he took away , bniarried them back again by advice of Mr . Briefley . Il

      the evening , Mr . Brfedey , with his son and spasm named Bolland , watched the premises , and beWi nine and ten o'clock , three men got over the wallot the field ( which is quite enclosed and his no rod through it ) , and proceeded towards the shel ,. 0 M

      Committed to Yobk Castle . — Edward Jenkms charged with the manslaughter of Robert Harray , it Roystone , on thel 3 'h inst . —Henry Lineham , ch »^« l with having on the 14 th Dec , at Leeds , fraudulent obtained from Sarah Pullan , a cheque for theptjmont of £ 575 17 a . 7 d ., with intent to defraud ut said Sarah Pullan . Also charged with havingoa the same day stolen four promissory Bank of M ' land notes , one for the payment of £ 550 and os * for £ 50 , one for £ 20 , and one for £ 5 , and £ 17 » . Ji the property of Sarah Pullan . * And further < sb » f » with having between the months of Dee . 1841 , ui August last , at Leeds , whilst in the employmento ' Messrs . Ward , solicitors , embezzled sums amounting to £ 11 , and upwards . —Joseph Hey , ciirged with having on the 17 th of Dec , at Ilkley , mmiaa William Hustwick .

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Jan . 17 . —The arrivals of Grain to this day ' s market , are craw tla same as last week . Fine dry Wheat has scarstf made so much as last week ; other description m damp qualities Is to 2 ^ per quarter Jower , Barley in fair demand , at fully last week ' s prices . Oat * and Beans little alteration . THE AVfiKAQE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THE V& ENDING JAN . 17 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beam . ? & Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . < f 3274 1536 640 — 185 0 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ «• f 2 9 9 | 1 9 0 0 J 7 13 | 0 0 0 18 7 | 0001

      Huddersfield Cloth Market , Tuesday « W-17 . —There was no visible improvement in ourmarK * to-day ; complaints fell thick and heavy to e « rf quarter about the inactive state of tho market , rt u the more felt as many were so sanguine ° ^ . } ' , piovementin trade in thenew year ; Fancy Woouew were in most request , and in this department a could not ba said it was good . Wools , «* remain steady . State of Trade . —The partial depression wli £ m ^ m . j » m . mja X ^> ^ * £ m mr ftrfr JL lm \* VU *« * avfca vv ^ . ^ f . last

      we mentioned as existing in the market ^« h has now become more general and mor 8 ™' * r There was yesterday but little demand , either «« goods or yarn ; and as many of the manu ( 8 ? t 1 ^ Have now completed the contracts into which , wl had entered , stocks have shown some little tendeKj to accumulate ; and consequently the buyersJj ^ had the advantage as compared with last w » £ This tendency in the market has been so ™ ewil * L a creased by the continued accounts of a large prw n " of cotton in the Ulj ed States , as well as by w b £ expected failure of a bank at Sheffield ; which , »» almost invariablv the nase . has eiven risa to ^ PP'f .

      hensions of further mischief in other < Juarfcl * lJ ought to be recollected , however , that the sWpPfS of the back of Messrs . Parker , Shore , and PMjj arisen , not from any general want of credit o * . ' **^ of money , likely to affect other establishments . " ^ from circumstances quite peculiar to itself . **\ some of the joint-stocfc banks in this neig hbotn rBow the firm had endeavoured to prop np mercantw ¦ manufacturing firms which had suffered froJBi »» late disastrous times , and had thereby b « ° ™ e ^ cumbered with a large amount of inconve **" , fa cunties , of which no use could be made when i were wanted to meet the demands upon tne'n ^« We understand the claims upon the establisnEK amount to about £ 600 , 000 , and ' the apparent » se » 4 about £ 725 , 000 , without including the large trees estates of Mr . Shore , which are entailed . —1 «

      Chester Guardian . Richmond Corn Masked , JaxN . U . We ° nl ^ a thin supply of Grain in market to-cay , ^ caused a better tale than we had last weefe . * -j sold 53 to 6 s 6 d ; Oats , 2 s to 2 s lOd ; Barley ,- * to 3 s 9 d ; Beans , 3 a 9 d to 4 s 3 d per bushel . Liverpool Wool Market , Jan . 14 . —y ^ nouncement of the forthcoming public eates . interfered with the demand for foreign wool , *" few sales have taken place in Scotch sorts .

      Stated Last Vnat Accieninaa The Late Railway Accident.

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      PROSECUTION FOR SABBATH BREAKING . Five oases of alleged Sabbath profanation were brought before Mr . Rushton , stipendiary magistrate , at the Liverpool Police Court on Friday , and excited the attention of an immense number of the merchants and other inhabitants of that town , partly Dn account of the extraordinary and unusual nature of the proceedings themselves , and partly becauselMr . Robertson Gladstone , ( the Mayor of the borough , and the brother of the Vice-President of the Board pf Trade , ) was one of the parties mainly interested in the result . His worship occupied a seat on the right of the bench , surrounded by several gentlemen . The first case investigated was that of Joseph Sheppard , a newsvender , of Vauxhall Road , who had been summoned on a charge of has ing his shop open for th © sale , © f the London journals and other publications , on the preceding Sunday . This was the third occasion during as many weeks , on which Sheppard had been summoned on a similar charge . On tha two former occasions he had been fined in the penalty of five shillings for each offence ; but on both he informed the court that it was utterly impossible for him to meet the demands of his customers unless his shop was open on the Sunday ; that he was determined to keep it open , eveu though he should thereby subject himself to a 5 * . penalty for every infraction of tbe act during the next twelve months ; and that he could not understand why he , a poor man , should be singled out as an object of persecution , while the Mayor was permitted with impunity to ride to and from Church in his carriage , the public news-rooms of the town were kept open , and many of the more " respectable" of the inhabitants were allowed to indulga themselves in other practioes on the Sabbath of a like profanatory nature . Mr . Rushton , while he admitted the jistnesa of th ' s line of reasoning , and the necessity that existed for having caution exercised on the part of those who instituted prosecutions of the kind , declared , at the same time , that he had only to deal with such cases as mi ^ ht happen to be brougfit before him , and that as infractions of the act had taken place in that instance , the fines should be paid . Finding that he had been fined a second time , and wishing to bring the subject more at iargo before the public . Shepherd had summonses served xl ? i ttr ci ii _ » i »_ i inia wef k tne coaoaiuuii

      upon wm . opence , mayor s ., for having driven his worship to and from church on Sunday last , aud also upon John Jones , the master of the Exchange ; David Haghes , the master of the Lyceum ; and Edward Griffiths , the master of the Athenjoum news-rooms , lor having had their respective rooms open for public amusement and instruction upon Sunday last . The case against Sheppard was first gone into . He did not deny that he had his shop open , but * complained of the partial execution of the law against Sabbath breaking . The information against him had been laid by the . churchwardens ; but he thought that it could not be from religious scruples that the churchwardens had interfered , inasmuch as they bad not endeavoured to put down the whole system of Sunday trading in tho 'own , but merely that part of it with which the humble classes were more immediately concerned . Mr . Rushton said , that whether they did their duty or not , generally , or merely interfered in isolated cases as the defendant ' s , did not affect tho matter . The question was , whether , under the statute , the defendant-had been either trading on the Lord ' s day , or following his ordinary occupation . It had been proved beyond doubt in this , as in former cases , that he had been so engaged ; and therefore the Court had nothing to do but to put the law in force . The fine having been paid , the case against Wm . Spence , the Mayor ' s coachman , was called on , when Sheppard deposed , that about a quarter to one o ' clock on Sunday last , he was passing along Fcnwickstreet , when he observed the defendant in the act of turning round the Mayor ' s coaoh—an occupation which Uho man ordinarily followed . It was decided that this cose did not come within the meaning of the act against Sabbath breaking , and Mr . itushton dismissed it .

      Tho case of John Jones , the master of the Exchange news-room , was next called . on , whereupon Sheppard deposed that about one o ' clock on Sunday last , h « went into tho aforesaid news-room , having found it open , and that he considered the parties who were occupying the placo to be equally liable with himself . On those grounds ho had laid ihe information . Mr . Rushton said , that the evidence did not sustain the information , inasmuch as Jones had not been proved to bo the master of the room . Mr . Corson , solicitor , who appeared for the defence , paid he would admit that Joaes was tho masier . Mr . Ruphton refused to allow the admission , and dismissed the case . Sheppard said , that not having been able to recognise Mr . Hughes at tho Lyceum , or Mr . Griffiths at the Athena ? inn news rooms , he would relinquish the two otherMnformations . He expressed a hope , however , that from what had taken place the public would see the odiousness of the law . Mr . Rushton said that if tho law were odious , it was the duty of the public to petition for its repeal , aud not for any inrlividua 1 to mention its " odiouannss" in presence of the bench . He thought the law was good , inasmuch as it was designed to preserve the Sabbath in the way it should be preserved . The parties then withdrew .

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      Most determined Suicide . —On Sunday last , Thomas Mitchell , E-q ., surgeon , &c , Birstal , committed a most determined act of self-destruction by stabbing himself through the heart with a dis-secting knife . From the facts adduced before tho coro-Tier and jury upon the inquest , held on Tuesday last , it appeared that upon the maid servant proceeding to lay the cloth for dinner , she found the door of the room fastened , and Mr . Mitchell called out from within for her to waitawhiJe ; she mentioned the circumstance to her fellow-servant , who tried the door , and finding it still fastened , informed Mr . Henry Mite sell , Mr . Mitchell ' s second con , of tho very singular circumstance , who inbtantly called in other . assistance , and tho doir was forced open , aud Mr . Mitchell was found with his upper garment taken off , and after one convulsive sob expired . A caee of surgical instruments was found lying op- n on the table , and the bloo-iy kuile by hirf side , whirfh appeared to have been thrust up to t-e handle . From the evidence of a mau , a connexion of the family , it appeared that the deceased had for some months back laboured under a great depression of spirits , and under a delusion with respect to his monetary affurs , amounting to an aberration of mind . The jury returned a verdict , " Killed him 8 * lf whilst labouring under aberration of mind . " Deceased was sixty-two years of age , aud has lived upwards of -forty years in . Birstal .

      France . —Tho Paris Journals of Sunday and Monday teem with more alarming interest , as regards the stability of the present pacific relations between France and England , than did any of their immediate predeces = ors . The Committee on the Address , which had already hold their third sitting , and discussed seriatim every paragraph of the speech from the Throne , had , it is said on all sides , agreed to introduce an amendment , relative to that most portentous of all questions—the right of search . It is stated with equal confidence ( the republican National chiming'in with the organs of the Court and the Cabinei ) that the amendment will not have the effect of overturning the present Ministry . Thus , the compliments so prodigally lavished on the moderation of the Soult-Guizot Cabinet by-our English contemporaries of all shades of opinions , are flung back in their faces with contempt ; and it is now clear that all parties in France join in one loud chorus of hostility to England . Even tho courtly Debals , hitherto the loudest , and apparently the sincerest , of tho very few French journals which had up to this time the courage to insist ou the incon-1 veniences of a rupture with this country , has now 1 taken an indirect meihod of fanning the anti- , English feeling , showing upon what a sandy founda-1 tion our oligarchical rulers have built their hopes of maintaining , through the agency of Gu . ' zot and Co ., the outward forms , if not the cordiality of peace ,, in the present awkward state oi' all our ' sjreat national interests . With extraordi- J nary glee docs the mouthpiece of the French Ministry dwell on that very item of the French revenue , which our masters , in presenting their p . arly budgets , were always , until very lately , in the habit of representing as the only sure j test of national prosperity or depression—we mean ,. jf course , tho Excise : — " The improvement in the ' ' revenue , particularly in the Excise , is a certain in- j iication of public wealth , as the increase of con-, sumption necessarily implies an increase in labour ind in production . " " France ' continues the Debuts ,: ' has snflFVtrfld a series of Dolitical changes , traversed

      a serious commercial crisis , recently engaged immense sums of money in works necessary , perhaps , j though unproductive ; but strong in her elements of j national wealth , she is every day actively repairing , ; without additional taxeB , but solely by the natural course of affairs , the encroachment made on her 1 fortune by the faults , the errors , or the exigencies of political parties . This is because her strength is ' neither factitious nor extraneous . It is because [ her p ¥ , " jlijfireposes upon an admirable soil , which , J with tH& Ifelp of peace , will be rendered ) more fertile by the public works voted last session . The financial prosperity of our country is a remark-1 able fact when compared with that of other countries . France had to apprehend two formidable obstacles—anarchy at home , and war abroad . The wisdom of tbe King ' s Government has preserved us from the first of those calamities , and the Governments of Europe will preserve France and themselves from the other . " —In the foregoing loud note of exultation over the really prosperous state of a country , which the organs of our privileged classes have one and all joined in describing as all but sinking under the weight of her burdens—how many sly bits are given to the land , which , in the language of prostituted orators and writers , was so long , so pompously , and so mendaciously termed " The envy and admiration of surrounding cations ; I whose merchants were princes , and whose nobles had all the state and more thstn the pride of I kuiga . " >

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      Dehbt , Fdbtheb Accidents , —Saturday Night - —This evening a collision took place between two coke trainB within a mile or two of Derby , which though not attended with loss of life , smashed one of the engines to pieces , and did considerable damage besides . It appears that the engine of the first coke train could not get along ( a-common occurrecce since the change of the enginemen , owing to the reduction of wages ') , and the consequence was that before reaching Derby , another coke train overtook it . Tbe guard on the first train exhibited ihe signal light , winch is a glaring red light , but still

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSOW , « ""^ Ing Offices , Nos . 13 and 13 , Matket-BtrMt , Br ** \ , ' and Published by tha « id Josbvx HoJ - | < for tha said Ebarsds O'Comkob , ) atbia P ¦ ling-bouse , No . S , Market-street , Brigg ^ s internal Csmmunleatipn existing between toe ^ No . 5 , Market-street , and tbe said Nos . » » 13 , Market-street , Brlggafo , thus c ^ " * - .. whole of the paid Printing and Publishing ^ one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , Poat- psi , Mr . E 0 BS 9 K , Northern Star O ffice , Leeds . I iu » y , Jaauarj 21 , 14 **>

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct919/page/8/