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TEE REPEAL ASSOCIATION. Dublin, Sept. 7....
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Tee Repeal Association. Dublin, Sept. 7....
TEE REPEAL ASSOCIATION . Dublin , Sept . 7 . Mr . O ' _Conseix made his entree at Conciliation Hall toflay at one o ' clock precisely , and having experienced the customary cheering , requested Mr . Charles O'Connell , of the county Clare , to take the president ' s seat . Mr . X . _Msheb . M . T ., having seconded the motion , Mr . CnABLEs O'Gosneia ascended to . the chair , and having _returned thanks for the high honour paid him , announced that" Clare" was steadfast in the cause of Old Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) They would hav * nothing to do with the advocates ef physical force , and were determined to abide entirely hy the advice and direction of their august liberator . ( Hear , hear . )
Ma . Steele adverted to the fact that he ( die "head pacificator * ' } was also a Clare man , and took occasion to pay some compliments to their worthy cliairman _, as a staunch patriot and a powerful assistant to a sanctified snd patriotic clergy in all their exertions for the political good of their country . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir . Ray having read the usual minutes , Hr . O'Coxneii . _requested Captain _Beodebick to read an address from the corporation oi Waterford to himself , _approving of his _exclusively peace _pilicy . He then read _anoiher address to the same effect from Dr . Poran . the Roman Catholic Bishop at Waterfora , and his clergy . He ohserved that "be din * not hear of any addresses being-presented to the Young Ireland or war party . " ( Cheers . ) These documents were _ordered to he _inserted in the minutes , with special thanks to Dr . Foran and his -clergy .
Mr . Clements , the barrister , who has been for gome time _absent from the meetings , and was reported to have obtained a colonial perferment , appeared to second one of the propositions . There was another " adhesion" to the Old Ireland party from Dr . _M-JTaUy , Somas Catholic Bishop of Clogner , and his clergy . Hr . O'Connell said , that evidence of approbation from such quarters was invaluable , and made him quite careless about the loss of the gentlemen of Young Ireland . Adverting to a passage in the address hy Dr . _M'NaUy , be said that the subject of education was one In which he and ths young Irelanders differed essentially , for he never conld sanction the doctrine of " mixed education . " Mr . _Clehekts read certain resolutions of " confidence " iu the Liberator _; and his son , the member for Kilkenny _, from the Town Council and inhabitants of Callan .
Mr . _O'Consell eiulted in these evidences of approbation ofhis peaceable , virtuous , and moral force system of _obtaining repeal and regenerating the country . Alderman Gixsinu handed in £ 13 , collected in St . " Paul ' s ward , and designated by the contributors " moral force m _-ney . ( Hear hear . ) Mr . O'CosyELX rose to make his speech for the day . He adverted in _thefirst place to the potato failure , and deprecated all violence on ths part of the people . He enjoined npon them the most peaceable submission , and then proceeded to detail how relief might be obtained under the -ecent Act He said that tbe Act would Suffice for any emergency , and then went on to show how the Act was to be carried out . There was to be an application to the Lord Lieutenant ia the first instance , then a proclamation from his Exeellenev—a
proclamation , by the way , for the first time , not against but for thepaople . ( Hear , hear . ) The extent of work or payment for it was unlimited . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) thought it would t ike thirteen millions of money to feed the Irish people this year . The money was to be repaid , but not this year—to he repaid , hut not by the very poor classes . _"Pive-eigh'h _^ of it should be repaid by the landlords . ( Hear , hear . } This law would teach the absentees a lesson . There was no donbt the landlords would grumble j a good deal , but be bad a remedy for tbem , let them come to Conciliation Hall , and look for repeal of the anion . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus good will arise out of present evil , and a jewel wonld be found in the head of this hideous toad . We now rejoiced more than ever in bis peaceful policy . They were not pretended—they were real _"Ripealera . He never in his life was more
convinced than now of the necessity for repeal . He admitted , indeed , that the present Government was doing all the good thay could for Ireland ; but he knew they would he unable to accomplish all that was necessary . In fhe meanwhi ' e , he and his association would give the Government all the support in their power . Ha wai abou ; to visit his mountain home , and during his absence , would receive no communication on matters of business except through ilr . Ray . He wished to have his holidays * uninterrupted . ( Hear , hear . ) Meanwhile , he wou'd not be _altogether 'idle . During his six weeks ' absence , he would write weekly letters to them . ( Hear , hear . ) He next repeated his various requirements for the effectuating of "justice to Ireland "—the enlargement ofthe electoral franchises—and of the Municipal Act . He adverted to the Mation newspaper , which he pronounced to he worse than any of the Tory papers . They uttered lies and calumnies concerning him ; but he
wonld not answer them ; be was used to abuse , and al . ways throve upon it , ( Hear , hear . ) If the Young Ire . | landers _persisted in coming here , they should he turned out as often as they presumed to come . ( Hear , hear . ) They ( the Old Irelanders ) were not to be imposed upon . The physical force principle should be put down . The moral force principle wonld gain new triumphs every day . It was winning its way in France , in Prussia , and would be ultimately triumphant in Ireland . ( Hear , htar , bear . } He must now take his leave ofthem for Sis weeks . He would in the interim entrust the _association to the management ofhis son , the Hon , Member for Kilkenny —( Hear , hear . ) - _^ who was to-day _attendine upon the Lord Lieutenant in his yacht in the bay ) . He wonld return to them an he left , a thorough Repeeler . ( Hear , hear . ) He was taunted with his support of the present'Government bnt he cared not . He -would support them , and do his duty to the people of Ireland . ( Cheers . )
Hr . Bat then read a letter from Mr . Michael Joseph Barry , who requested bis same might be struck off ( he roll , bnt declined entering into the merits of the late question of physical and moral force . Mr . O ' Connell said the letter was a roost propor one —it was the letter of a gentleman whom he was sorry to lose , but bis ra _* ne was _already off . Mr , _IUt wai i-raceeding to read , a letter from "Mr , "D , Lane , expressing a similar wish , when Mr _* 0 ' CoS ! _T £ M . sai < l—Oh ! he ' s off too . Mr . O'Connell baring announced the rent for the -week tobe £ 142 15 s ., Counsellor Fitzpatrick was called to the chair , when a vote of thanks was passed to Mr . Charles O'Connell , and the ineettng adjourned for a week .
Letters Of Richard Oastler. The Cobden D...
LETTERS OF RICHARD OASTLER . THE COBDEN DINNER . TO THE EDITOR OF THE HORSING POST . Sir—WJien Mr . Cobden dined w * ith his hospitable friends in Paris , he assured them that it was not any arguments of his own , or of his friends of the League , that had carried the "Free Trade measure in England . He told them , that it was by instilling the doctrines cf Adam Smith and of Monsieur Say into the minds of the legislators and the weople of England , that the great change had been effected . In this matter Mr . Cobden contradicted Sir Robert Peel . . Tbe addition ofthe name of Say to that of Smith -was rather unlucky ; it was , no doubt , intended a 3 a compliment to his hosta .
A _mos-e inappropriate selection eould scarcely have been made . If there be one mac who , in a few words , has demolished the theory of the advantageousness of Free Trade , it is th _' s same Monsieur Say , who asserts ( see Prinsep _' s translation , 1 st vol ., page 243 ) that " The British Government seems to have perceived that the most profitable sales to a nation arc time _roode by one individual to another within the nation ; for these latter imply a nationJ production of two values , tlie value sold , and that given iu exchange . " flow strange ihat the author of this sentence should have been represented in Paris as one of the two agents in converting the inhabitants of this country to a belief in the unckristiau doctrines of universal comuetition , " unrestrained freedom of action "—Free Trade !
In a former letter I demonstrated from Dr . Adam Smith ' s " Wealth of "Nations , " that he maintained the same opinion , in favour of internal excliange , as I have now shown to be entertained by Monsieur Say . 1 think Mr . Cobden should have been satisfied with thesuceess of his hoax upon his own countrymen , -without endeavouring to deceive Frenchmen respecting tbe principles of a French author . It must be granted , that words more explicitly _assertimr the superiority of home trade cannot be used , than tliose which I have quoted from the pens of Dr . Adam Smith and Monsieur Say . flow singular that tuese authors were selected and especially named by Air . Cobden , as the men who had fully developed * ihe _adrantageous-ness of a system directly opposed to that whicli tbey had so clearly recommended !
Here , it is true , the deception has been successful . _English legislators have embraced the idea that Adam Smith has demonstrated the superiority of Free Trade . Let us hope that Frenchmen wilL read their author , and n _^ fc be deluded by the falso representations of a _Jorcigncr . While lam writing on tbis subject , it may be as well to state , that notwiths ' anding the strong testimony of Dr . Adam Smith in favour of internal _exchange , he endeavours to show that the principles of Free Trade are benefic ial , lie attempts to prove this assumption—li * lis in his _effurt—acknowledges bis inabilitv — and ventures to risk the whole question on tha mere _assertion of a principle that Is atvarience with even- man ' s every day experience , and in direct opposition to tliat fundamental Christian truth , the fall ol iron J Tbe assumption on which Dr . Adam Smith is forced to found his theory of free Trade is Stated by _bi-n _^ elfin _thefoliotving words : —
" Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out tbe most advantageous employment for whatever capital be can command . It is his own advantage , indeed , and not titatof society , _titathe has in view . Bur the _stodt OF BIS OWS _ADVASTACE . XATUttALLV , OU BATHEK , NECESSABlLr _, LEADS BIM TO MIEFER TUAT EMPiOVJIENT _, WHICH 13 MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO SOCIETV . " This , Sir , is the sole foundation on which Dr .
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Adam Smith rents his defence of Free Trade . On this wildand irrational assumption , the great apostle of the League founds his system , And there are Christian statesmen , bishops , priests and people , who have adopted that principle . This is a subject that cannot be treated lightly . If the theorv thus propounded by Adam Smith be true we have no need of either law or gospel , statesmen or Bishops . On this assumption , man is perfect _, and his very selfishness is his highest virtue . " There is none that doeth good ; no , not one ; " so saith the Scripture . Not so Adam Smith ; if bis doema be truth—tbere is none that _sinneth .
Sir , I have quoted the Doctor corrrectly ; he rests the scheme r-f Free Trade on no other ground . Let the Bishop of Oxford , and every other Free-trader who professes to be a Christian , read the groundwork on which that scheme rest " , comparing it with the Christian doctrine of man ' s fall , and consequent ignorance and sinfulness . Then let them manfully , if they . believe in Dr . Adam Smith , abjure the Christian faith . It is in vain that they attempt to reconcile these discordant principles ; they cannot make agreement between God and Mammon . Does he exist who cannot discern that , in practice , the assumption that every man ' s individual action must necessarily lead to that which is mOSt advantageous to societv , is erroneous and false ?
If I have made a mistake—If I have misrepresented Adam Smith—if there he any other foundation for the scheme of Free Trade—let the Bishop of Oxford , or Sir Robert Peel , or Mr . Cobden , or any other believer in that doctrine point out my error , and , on Christian principles , justify Dr . Adam Smith . How monstrous ! The study of a man ' s own advantage , in the employment of" whatever capital ho can command , naturally , or rather necessarily , "lead's him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to society ! " ¦ ¦ .. " * Why , Sir . some " employ their capital" at dice , in drunkenness , debauchery , seduction !
There are those who " employ whatever capital they cau command " in the purchase of instruments of death , to murder their victims in __ the hopes of plunder ! Others prefer to seek '' their own advantage" by the purchase of burglar's instruments to break open doors , and boxes , and drawers , and walk off with their contents . * Some men do , indeed , compass the same ends more " respectably . " These build mills , fill them with machinery , and thus " find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital they can command , " by demoralising and crippling tens of thousands of iheif fellow-creatures . Their victims having been " used up . " become the inmates of prisons and workhouses , or find an escape in a premature grave .
If Adam Smith ' s assumption be true—if Free Trade be founded on juat principles—all these are , "in studying their own advantage , naturally , or rather , necessarily , preferring that employment of whatever capital they can command which is most advantageous to society ' . " Believing , as I do , that selfishness is a sin , that covetousness is a crime , and that "the heart of man is deceitful above all things , and desperately wicked , " I protest against the introduction of a system that is founded on the assumption that man is perfect . I plead for restraint on the strong , protection for the weak , and _repulation to all . I remain , Sir , Your most _obedient Servant , Richard Oastler .
P . S . —If would be well if our statesmen and bishops would , daring the recess , analyse the " Wealth of "Nations , " comparing it with the formularies ofthe Established Church , and with the word of God . London , September 4 . R . 0 .
Christian Triumphs In India. Of Course E...
CHRISTIAN TRIUMPHS IN INDIA . Of course every one mustaeknowledge tbe humanising influences of Christianity , tbe peaceful _hiBtorv of the human race for the last eighteen centuries attest the reign of "peace on earth and good-will to men ! " If amongst our readers there are any heterodox doubters , they have only to read the following letter ( extracted from the Brighton Herald ) from 'a Christian British soldier , and they will at once have their doubts settled . Of course God is always on the side of Christian armies , as witness the British retreat from Cabul ! Query , when armies on both sides happen to be " Christian , " as is _U'ually the ci sp , which side dees God take then ? The winning side we suppose . " We slaughtered them bu thousands in the river , which was RUNNING RED WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR ENEMY . It was awful work .- OUR SHELLS AND ROCKETS SET FIRE TO THEM IN HEAPS . AND THEY
LAY HUNDREDS TOGETHER BURNING ALIVE I" All this bloody murder , this hacking , hewing , rending , tearing , burning of ** God ' s own image" in "thousands , " all effected by God ' s help ! " The murderers have each won 76 rupees , a medal of silver , a gold cross , aud " immortal fame " (!); and last , not least , the " mild , peaceful , aud brotherly" Christian faith triumphs , the Gospel beats the Koran , " and we perform Christian worship in the mosque that has been sacred to Mahommed 200 vears .
« r A PRIVATE SOLDIER'S LETTER FROM LAHORE . Luring the progress of the late war in India , we published a letter which a private in the SOth regiment sent to his friends in tbis town . We are glad to say that the brave fellow escaped all the dangers of the campaign , and has again sent news to his friends . He writes as follows : — City of Lahore , Ca ; ital of the Punjaub , June 4 th , 1 S _1 G . Since my last great changes hare taken place , and the victory of Soubraon , on the 10 th of February , has been the final downfall of the proud , and , until this period , never-conquered Sikhs . In a short space of time , four engagements have been fought , and 220 guns have fallen into the hands of our victorious army , Itis unparalleled in the annals of history . But it has been attended with severe loss ,
On the 10 th of February , his" Excellency Sir Hugh Gough , K . C . B ., attached the Sikh camp , which was strongly entrenched and defended by 70 , 000 of the flower ofthe Sikh army , but , as all Christian armies are , by GocFs help , victorious , on that great day we were successful . The river was their only hope , and "WE SLAUGHTERED THEM BY THOUSANDS in the river , which was _RUNNING RED "WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR _EXEMT . It was awful work : OUR SHELLS AND ROCKETS SET FIRE TO THEM IN HEAPS , AND THEY LAY HUNDREDS TOGETHER
BURNING ALIVE . They also had women in their camp , and many fell , which could not he avoided—but all were saved that were seen . It is their final downfall , and now we are in possession of their city , Lahore . A treaty has been signed , and the young king placed on the throue of his father , by the _Governor-Gjneral . We are the only European regiment left here , and we are guarding the city against the rebels , who are still not quite disbanded . One of the chiefs held out , and the other day his fort was taken by storm at Kangen . There are eight Sepoy regiments with us , and two trains of artillery . "We are lying in the Royal square of the Ranee , or Queen-Mother . Lall-Sing is here , the commander of the Sikhs in the late war . He is a fine man to appearance , hut cowardly in his actions : he is the Queen ' s paramour . They requested us to stop here unlil they can organize tlieir troops for the protection of the countrv .
Lahore is like all Indian cities , filty and dirty , with some splendid buildings . A fine wall encompasses the city , wich is fortified and seven miles in circumference . " When we leave here , which , I hope , will be soon , we are to have for our reward , for hard service , tlie pick of any station in India , and the col mcl told us he would not pick a bad one . Meerout , I think , will be the place , as the barracks are splendid . IFe are nearly starved here ; for , by the treaty signed _, we must not kill b _« ef iu the country , as the Sikhs worship the bull , and it would cause an immedi-tte rising if
we did it . "We get what they call mutton , but it is more like greyhound ' s , and mueh thinner ; it makes the men sick to look at it . I hare seen cats larger at home . The 50 th regiment are gone to Loondianah , and the otlier day the barracks blew down in a typhoon , which are dreadful here , and killed forty men , twenty women , seventeen children , and two hundred wounded . Awful to thiuk of , after escaping the enemy to meet their deaths in quarters . I got your letter in tlie typhoon that did the mischief . We are to get a medal of silver and gold cross , for our service , and twelve months' field allowance , which is 7 fi rupees , or £ 7 l * 2 . ' per man .
The place we are lying in is where the Sikh's cannons were stowed round thc palace * , but they were all captured in the late war . In the Mosque the ofiieers live _, llahometanism is no inorehere , and _iveperform Christian worship in the Mosque , that has been sacred to Mahommed 200 years : a wonderful change in a few months . Tliey have lost all and humbled to the British . I see the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel give our regiment great praise , and Sir Robert says we have gained immortal fame by the night attack on the batteries .
The Spanish ' . Royal Maiiriaoes —Queen Isabella Was Born At Madrid, Oct. 10, 1830, And. Consc-
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quently , isnearly 1 G years of age . Don Francisco de Asis was born on . May 13 , 1 S 22 _, and is , consequently , 24 and nearly four months . The Duke do Montpensierwas born at & milly , on July 31 , 1 S 24 , being ,- . t _rirescnt a little more tban 22 years of age . Dounn Maria Louisa Fernanda , Infanta of Spain , was born Jan . 30 , 1 S 32 , and therefore is a _^ cd 14 years and oven _ninths . Messrs . _Ubsdelland Co ' s of Oxford-street , plan of Coin " business , their punctuality as tradesmen , thtir good and excellent workmanship , _und their moderate charges , has _commended them to a large connexion , and is daily ex . tending the list of thoir very numerous friends . _Persons of limited income , will find this emporium of great advantage . In cut , quality , aud fashion , Messrs , Ubsdt-U are not to be surpassed .
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TnE COAL KINGS AGAIN . TO THB IDITOB OF THE _HOBTHEBI * STAU . Sir , —That the working classes of this coantry are subjected to the most cruel and heartless . oppression from tho master class of capitalists is an axiom too gene _, rally true , too extensively prevalent , to admit of tha shade of a doubt in the mind of any . well-informed and right disposed person . Among tbe manifold and niani . test grievances to which the various trades and professions are subjected , the peculiar burdens of that most industrious class , the coal-miuers , stand out in bold relief , as the following recent _cireumstance will serve to illustrate . It appears that at a certain colliery in one of the largest in Northumberland , tbe master has for a long time previous to the last month made it a rule , and took credit for his humanity in so doing , that in case anv
workman sent to bank any considerable quantity of stones among tbe coals , ( that instead of fines and for . _feitures , as was the practice in the trade generally , ) that workmen should be served with a notice to quit the colliery . This plan has been acted upon for a long time , and the men at that colliery have become accustomed thereto , and it was never objected to on their part , but from some circumstance or other , the master has thought fit to alter the plan , and without giving any notice what _, ever of the matter , be has pounced upon some of tht workmen's last fortnight ' s pay and deducted from their wages sixpence per tub , for as many tubs as he thought fit , ( the men get fourpence-halfpenny for workings tub , ) and fined them five hillings per man besides . These
are fines and forfeitures with a vengeance for a workman who toils all day in the dark and dreary mine ; each tub brings him in fourpence-halfpenny , and his master it empowered to make him pay sixpence for the same , and fine him five shillings besides ! Surely this added to many other of such like acts of oppression will arouse the miners of the North to a sense of their duty , and once more to rally round the flag of their association , and thus put a wholesome check upon the growing rapacity of those coal masters . Itis no use attempting any palliation of the system ' we must have the organization completed ; the miners must bestir themselves , work out their own salvation , or rest contented with the prospect of eternal slavery .
Tours , & c „ _Mahtik Judb Newcastle , September 3 rd , 1816 .
To The Members Of The Chartist Cooperati...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . _Fbi ' ewds . —It appears to me that Mr , O'Connor's exertions and untiring zeal in our cause , demand something more than gratitude , and . I would , therefore , propose that each locality take into consideration the propriety of subscribing one shilling from each of the 10 , 006 membars belonging to the Society , so as to enable our worthy treasurer to travel through the country in search ef land , as I do not think it is at all to our credit tbat he should expend his own means when attending to our pecuniary affairs . Oue stilling from each member would realize a sum of £ 500 . Yours truiy , "V 7 . C . SMITH , _Sub-Secretary to the Halifax branch ofthe above Association .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . _: _Bbethben , —Having seen a letter in the Star of Saturday , September 15 , signed G . W . Wheeler , to the Chartists of Great "Britain , making an appeal on behalf of the Veterans and Law-made Widows ofour exiles , the same was laid before the Glasgow branch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society , Tha opinions expressed by the said _memberefwas to the effect—that we are perfectly willing to follow out the recommendation ofthe late Land Conference of Subscribers , to purchase shares for them ; but while we are willing to do so , we are decidedly opposed to the plan recommended of locating them on tbe Land , without the ballot , for various reasons—first , that it is entirely opposed to the rules of the association , and thu understanding on which all have entered , that any person can be located without standing the chance of the ballot :
And also , although we feel deeply for them , and would be willing at all times to subscribe towards tbe support of these helpless and persecuted individuals ; still we do think that they have a decided claim on the Chartists of Great Bri ' ain , as well as the members of the Lasd Society—and cannot see how the members of the above society ought to forego and ' alter the standing rules of their Society , to do an act of benevolence to individuals whose claims rest on the whole country , both for their sympathy and support . It certainly would be a benevolent act to place tbem beyond the reach of want , but we are engaged in a scheme which will require all the caution that can be used , to _kesp a strict confidence amongst the members , and without that we fail .
It is our decided belief that the society is partly composed of parsons who have not taken an nctlve part in Chartism , and many who are not Chartists in principleand we would just ask what would be the effect of such a proposition on the minds of the individuals of this class , as that made by G . W . Wheeler ! We would call the attention of the members to the fact , that there are many members amongst us whose condition in life is not the most enviable , and who are looking forward with great anxiety to the land , as a means of reclaiming them from their present miserable condition ; and if they by any meansbe put back in their chance , it will ho the cause of much grievous disappointment , and a vast amount of dissatisfaction ; a thing , if we intend to progress , we muBt guard against , and also it is our intention to give all thc opposition tve can to any infringement of the rules of the Soeiety , and we would have the memberB to weigh well the effect that a departure from the princip le on which we set out would bave on the Society , before they come to a decision on the proposition made to them by G . W . Wheeler .
Signed on behalf of the members ofthe _CHaw branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . September 7 tb , 1810 . Thoiias Gordon .
A Misbrablb End.—Mm. Harriet Pounder Waa On Suuday Found Dead In Her House, Lying On Three
A _Misbrablb End . —Mm . Harriet Pounder waa on Suuday found dead in her house , lying on three
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chairs . Her husband , a pilot , was sitting near the body , with his head resting on a table , asleep . They bad both beeu seen during the afternoon drunk , and it is supposed she died irom suffocation . Sudden Death of a _Cksibsarian Dviasa the Storm of Sunday . —On Tuesday , au inquest was held before "VV . Carter , Esq ., at the King Jobn ' s Head ' s , Bermondsey-square , on the body of Thomas liar but , wbo used to say he was in his hundredth year . Thomas Harbut , tho grandson ofthe deceased , of No . 3 , Long-wall , Bermondsey , stated that tlie deceased was formerly a tanner , but of late years an inmate of Bermondsey workhouse . He always went
to church on a Sunday , and after wards witness or liis brother took him for a walk , previous to going home to dine with thera . On last Sunday he met him at his brother's and was in excellent health and spirits . When they got home to his lodgings , deceased had some beer and a pipe , and while sitting at tlie door a very heavy storm of thunder came on , and a gentleman said , ' - Look how that poor man lias been struck by the thunder , and is turning up his eyes ?" Upon looking at his grandfather , he found it was so , and removed him into the back yard , where he was very sick . He got better , and laid down ; and when witness returned in half an hour he thought be was asleep , but it was afterwards discovered he was quite dead . The Jury returned a verdict ol " Natural death . "
The Allkged Robbery op Nineteen Brass Guns from Woolwich Arsenal , — A considerable time since , nineteen brass howitzers wore missing from the stors of the Royal Arsenal , and although u strict inquiry was made at the time , thoy were not traced . Suspicion , however , fell on two privates named Freeman and Champion , of the Royal Sappers and Miners , who were apprehended , and taken before _Mi \ Grove , the sitting magistrate , and underwent a rigid examination , but were ultimately discharged , nothing being di-covered to impeacli tlieir character . The Board of Ordnance then offered a reward of £ 100 for the recovery of tlie property and apprehension of the thieves . It has since beeu discovered that the guns were not stolen or lost , but " that tbey bad been cast into a portion of tlte Nelson
monument , and tbat through an error they were omitted to be entered in the official returns . " " It is butjustice to state that these innocent men have been discharged from the service , after twenty-one years' service , upon a liberal pension , and arc now employed in the same establishment . JJ Corn Riots . —A second corn-riot lias taken place in tbe department ol the Deux Sevres . On the 2-ltJi ult ., a band , composed principally of women and children , beset a load of corn brought to the market of Chatillon ; but , as the interference of the magistracy was prompt aud firm , they were dispersed before any damage was done . A corn-riot , similar to tliose which have occurred in France , tool * , place on tlie 22 nd ult ., in the market of Lausanne , in Switzerland . Thc armed police was required to quell it .
The End of a Public Plunderer . —About six years since , under the presidency of Van Buren , two Goveriiment ' om ' cials , namely , Al . Hoyt , collector of customs at New York , and Mr . William Price , an attorney in the same city , embarked incognito for Europe , Id-wins behind them nn aggregate deficit ot from seven to eight millions of francs , 'i hey came to Paris , and in a short time _dissipated the entire sum in pleasure and wild speculations . Alter having consumed the entire sum they returned to the United States , with an _iiupiidt-nee by which tliey made the laws ot'the country an accomplice of their crime , for having _lo _& t sn _large a sum . by their villainy , it was not judged advantageous to commence a suit by which a still further loss would have been incurred in the useless attempt at the recovery of tho treasure . We know not what has become of Mr . Hoyt , but Mr . Price has put an end to his existence b y committing suicide . On thc 11 th of August , Uo blew out his brains at New York . —ia Presse .
Supposed Murder At Cnbsterfield. A Most ...
SUPPOSED MURDER AT _CnBSTERFIELD . A most awful circumstance has this week boen brought to light , which has excited in Chesterfield and its _neighbourhood feelings of the greatest horror and alarm . The appalling discovery ol a mangled human body amongst some night soil in a vault in the heart of the town , has uau 3 ed this universal excitement . From the exposed and dangerous place in which , the body was found , it was at first surmised that some unfortunate wretch had wandered l _> y mistake into the horrid place , and falling in , had b ? en , shortly _suffocated ; but whan the severed hcad waa discovered , and a large fracture showed itself across the skull , a more terrible suspicion entered the mind , and that murder had been committed became the univeraal apprehension . Subsequent discoveries _leaye Uttle room for doubting tbat a foul and horrid murder was committed on the 7 th of December last , and that the mangled remains wera those of the victim . ' ¦ But we will proceed to give a narrative account of this dreadful affair . -.. - ¦ ¦
On Friday last some men were employed in emptying the contents of a large hole or pit upon tbe premises jointly occupied by Mr . Bunting , corn-dealer , and Mr . Towndrow . grocer , at the bottom of the market place , and which waa used as a placefor the reception of night soil . During their labour they perceived a substance ¦ which they conjectured to be ihe decayed carcass of a aheep , and it was carted to a field of Mr . Bunting ' s , In the parish of Hasland , along with the manure , and no further notice was taken of it at the time . Subsequently , howev r , one of the men who had assisted mentioned to a fellow labourer , named Green , that he had doubts res .
ptcllng the putrid ma * g , in consequence Of which Green oxamined it on Tuesday last , and found it to be'the trunk and entrails of a man . Mr . Bunting , accompanied by Dr . Walker , afterwards examined it , and were pf a similar opinion . This led to further search , and the benes of the legs ' and arms were also found separate from the . body ; the garters were round the legs , as worn by the man when living , and this circumstance led to the body being identified . A good black coat , black silk handkerchief , and a silk pocket handkerchief , marked " 6 . C . " were also discovered among the heaps of manure which had been carted to the field , as well as a pair of trousers with braceB affixed to them .
These discoveries led to renewed search in the pit on the premises of Mr . . Bunting , at the bottom of tho Market place , whon a human head was soon found , having on it very Uttle flesh , but the whole of the teeth , and a portion of the . left eye , and showing a fracture about four inches long , extending from the top of the forehead nearly to the crown -of the head . A silk hat was also found with a large incision in it . The whole of the remains were _consigned to Ihe care of the authorities of the township of Hasland , and the body was soon identified tobe that of George Collis _, the son of Mrs . Mawkes , of Brampton , by a former husband , and of whom nothing had been heard of since last December . He wa 9 . about 24 years of age , about 5 feet 6 inches in height , and good looking , and had beMV inthe domestic service of the late Mrs . Lucas , of Hasland House , but since the death ofhis
mistress had for a time been carrying on business as a butcher in conjunctiou with a person named John Platts . There were several circumstances which made the sudden disappearance of Collis little regarded . He had for some time been acquainted with a female named Beresford , residing in Beetwell street , Chesterfield , who had become pregnant by him , and it was thought this might have led him to leave the town , more particularly as be had arranged with a young man , to accompany him to Manchester ou ths Monday after he was last seen ; ho had also told his mother previously he should not write . But U appeared that he entertained some fears as to the safety of his person , by stating on an evening sometime previously to the female alluded to , that he was afraid of being murdered as he went homo that night , on which her brother accompanied bim homo .
A _ceroner _*! _inquost sat on the remains on Thursday last , which was adjourned to Thursday next , when the eridence of Ellen Beresford proved the identity ef tbe body ; she also produced the fellow to one o { the garters which deceased had given her , On the following day , _JohniPlntts , a butcher , of CheBterfield _, was taken into _custody on suspicion of being the murderer , and against whom there is tho strongest suspicion . The mother of Platts , who is a widow residing at Durrant Green , has also been apprehended , as well as Henry Knight , his brother-in-law , the possession of _Collis's watch having been traced to them .
"When Collis and Platts carried on business as butchers they rented a shop in the shambles , not far from a dwelling-house , from an inmate of which we have receired the following sickening detail . Our informant states that he was going past tbe butcher's shop in question , about half-past seven on the night when the unfortunate man was last seen , and that when he got near the cross gutter * of the shambles , he heard three or four tremendous blows struck in tbe butcher's shop occupied by . the prisoner , and which were immediately followed by loud groaning , which gradually became fainter , and then a snorting as if some one was suffocating . He is certain that tbe sound of the blows did not proceed from any
solid substance . He returned for his wife , who also henv & this _groane . They requested the parties inside the shop to open the door , which Platts , from within , refused , saying that he had had a glass of brandy at Mr . Franks ' _s which . had made him sick . Tbere was no lig ht in the shop at the time , and informant thought he had a female with him , with whom he was intimate ; this suspicion he named to Flatts , but when the church service was over , Platts took the female to their door to convince them they were mistaken , saying she had been to church- ; at the same time he requested permission to wash his hand whicli was bloody , and which he attributed to having cut his finger . He appeared to have been down on one knee . —Derby Courier .
Muuder By A Poacher. The Neighbourhood O...
MUUDER BY A POACHER . The neighbourhood of Newton Abbott , ( a town , sixteen miles from Exeter , on the Plymouth road ) , was on Saturday night the scene of one of those fatal conflicts , which have too often resulted from armed men being detected in nn illegal act . Festus Harris , the gamekeeper , and James Norman , the gardener of Sir W . P , Carew ( the High Sheriff . ) of Haccombe House , were on tbe wateh _, and ascertaining that poachers were in the grounds , they called to their assistance six other persons , amongst whom were Mr . Robert Rendell of Netherton , and William Setter of Coombinteigohead . Those parties met in a field , called _BlendSeld , between 11 and IS at night , and Surrounded the place where the poachers were . Messrs . Rendell and Setter went to the gate of Kiln Field , and whilst there
heard the rest call out ' pate "—a signal previously arranged . They perceived some one running towards them , with a gun iu his hand , and on approaching within a few paces , discovered it was one Henry Warren , They ran into the field , and Warren raised his gun as if to fire . Mr . Rendell called out " You'd better not fire , ' but immediately Warren fired at . Setter , and without talcing the gun from his shoulder discharged the other bsrrelat Mr . Rendell . The shot passed by the side of Mr . Rendell ' _s head ; but the aim at Mr . Setter was more deadly ; he received the whole contents in his body , causing a _wouud two inches in _lensth , from which the towels protruded , and from the effects of which the un . fortunate man lingered until a quarter past two o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon , when he expired at the house of Mr . Elias Rendell , Bucklaud , where he had been taken immediately after the occurrence .
On a _postmortem examination , a number of small size shot were found , lacerating most frightfully the lireraml injuring the bone . The Burgeon also found a piece of deceased's watch-chain , which had been carried into the wound . The prisoner was , after a scuffle , secured by Mr . Rendell , and the next day , taken beforo H . Cartwrig ht , Esq ., who committed to take his trial at the nest assir . es for wilful murder , and also for _shooting at Mr . Rendell , The prisoner ' s companion , who was out with him , has been also committed to goal on tbe charge of poaching . There was some tear of a rescue by the " navvies , " but Mr . Flamank , the _magistrate ' s clerk , very wisely kept the men at Newton until Monday morning , when they were scut off to Exeter , and there safely lodged in the County Gaol .
Death From Alleged Starvation. An Inques...
DEATH FROM ALLEGED STARVATION . An inquest was held at the Thurlow Arms , Brighten , on Monday , on the body of James Allen , a labourer , who died on the previous Thursday . He had lately _undergone an imprisonment of eight months' duration with hard labour , and occasional soUtaiy confinement , in the House of Correction , aiul the _inquest wns held in conse-Hueuco of his relatives alleging that he died in consequence of bad treatment in the prison . The first witness examined was Robert Allen , his lather , a . labourer , at 3 S , John-street , Brighton , lie stated that bis sou was 22 years of age , aud up to tho time ofhis going to prison had never had a day ' s illness in his life . He saw him in prison at tho end of six months , when lie appeared very ill , and said ho was very ivealc . He came out of Ihe prison six weeks ago last Saturday very ill , He was attended by Mr , Verrall , but lie died on Thursday evening .
Martha Eliza Simpson , wife of a blacksmith , sister of tho deceased , corroborated the evidence of the last witness . The deceased had told her that while in solitary confinement bis bed was taken from him from four o ' clock in the morning till six at night ; that when he could not sit on the side of the bud any _longer he was obliged to lay on the cold stones ofthe floor of thc cell ; that he thought he should havo died ; that ho asked thc doctor for something for the weakness in his Inside , and thathe gave liim a box of pills , which did him no good _,-: ind that when be went to tlio chapel he was so hungry ihat lie could not listen to what thc chaplain suid .
Mr . William Vcrrall , surgeon , deposed that after he enmc out of prison the deeeiiscil complained to him ofthe boweleoinplaintandabadeiiugh . Insufficient diet , in the Ciise ofa man with diseased lungs , would be likely to cause _diarrhuiii . A man with diseased lungs was uot ; i lit subject for either hard labour or solitary confinement . 1 ' uucitv of food would tend to aggravate Uie disease . Disease of the lungs ami diarrhaiii require a _genevous -ind nourishing diet . Witness had that morning , iu conjunction with Mr . John Lawrence , jun ., made _u post mortem examination , tlio result of which was merely a confirmation of the opinion which he had previously formed .
The Jury returned a verdict , " That the rigour of tho sentence being fully carried into _efieet _, and thc iiiiutiiciency of food , destroyed the constitution ut ' deceased , iu consequence of which he died . "
Fatal Accident On The Nottingham And Lin...
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN RAILWAY . ; Oa Monday fist a _fatalacctaentVccOT _^ Notting ham and Lincoln Railway , at _Qohalstone , a distance of eight or nine miles from this town . At twelve o ' clock the train left the station at Nottingham for Lincoln , and proceeded as usual till reaching the portion of the line near the village of Gonalstone , when a spring underneath the forepart ofthe engine snapped , and caused the engine to oscillate , and jump up and down in a fearful manner . The engine driverih a moment of time shut off the steam , and at the next instant he wag precepltated head foremost off the engine upon the ground . The _looker , a young man ofthe name of Henry O lover , unable to keep his feet , fell , and was caught by the tender , which had flown up , and wa _« returning to its place , between the tender aiid the engine , upon the upper part of both his thig hs . Here he was transfiredi aud could not
extricate himself , the engine and tender at the same time being whirled off the rails , and as . it wore actually doubled up ; but owing to the chain attaching them to the eng ine suddenly _breaking , and ' there being two or three trucks and a large luggage van between . the engine and tho _pnsspnger carriages , the mischief did not extend to the passengers , and the train came to a stand witliout any other individual sustaining damage . The alarm was almost unprecedented ; the shrieks and crieB of the passengers rent the air , and were heard many hundred yards _dUtant ; directly afterwards number * were seen running in all directions across the fields for safety , and tbey could not be induced to go near the train again . The poor unfortunate stoker could not be removed from his awful situation by human strength , and horses wera obtained at Gonalstone to separate the engine and tender to set him at liberty ; he remained in this deplorable condition for more than a quarter of an hour—some of the passengers think half an hour must have elapsed from the first moment ofthe accident to the time when
he was removed . Many of the passengers returned to Nottingham on foot , and would not again venture in-the train . The stoker was conveyed to the General Hospital , with his thigh bones protruding , and with the flesh smashed to atoms . On leaving his ¦ engine driver the dying man shook hands nnd bade him farewell . On ar . _rivinj * at the Infirmary , at half-past two o ' clock , it was found that the injury was so close to his body , ' that amputation was impossible ; and he only survived a few hours . He was 26 years of age , and baa left a wife but no children .
Embezzlement By A Confidential Clerk. At...
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CONFIDENTIAL CLERK . At the Liverpool Police Office , on Monday , a re-8 _pectably-attireel younc man , named Victor Lecour , was charged before Mr . Rushton with having received a great amount of money from various parties on account of hisemployer , an extensive merchant in Liverpool , and not duly aocounting for the same . It appeared that of £ 195 10 s . lOdi . paid to the prisoner by Mr . Warren , between May and August last , at four different periods , only £ 114 7 s . 8 d . had been accounted for . The discovery was only made on Thursday . At _Lecour's lodgings a quantity of letters were found , which had been addressed to his employer , but which , bad been intercepted by tbe prisoner , and kept entirely from His employer ' s knowledge . They revealed the the fact tbat the prisoner bad been from
time to time making application to various correspondents of Mr . Dorrington for _large _amounta of money , in some instances , due to Mr . Dorrington ; but , in two of the cases , application was made for £ 30 , wherein one only £ 8 was owing , and in the other , £ 10 . The presiding magistrate said that the case was a very shocking one , The secret correspondence _^ which Lecourevidently had been engaged'with Mr . _Dorrington'a customers , was not only intended to have the effect of robbing that gentleman , but calculated to destroy his credit . Theprisoner was remanded until Tuesday , when a gentleman from tbe firm of Sykes , Schwabe , and Co ., proved the payment of £ 93 , and some few _shilUnss to the prisoner , a few weeks ago , which had . never been accounted for to the prosecutor . The receipt of this sum , as well as those proved on Saturday , had been merely acknowledged
at the foot of the respective accounts , and Mr . Rushton observed that such receipts constituted in themselves no legal evidence ; but as the parties could swear to having paid the amounts to the prisoner , he should _comrait'liim for _trialjto the sessions . Mr . _JJorrington said that he could prove the prisoner having received a variety of other sums without ever having accounted for tbem , but the receipts had all been given in the same way . If the prisoner was remanded for two or three days , he thought he could bring still more conclusive evidence against liim , Mr . Rushton thought there had been sufficient proved to constitute one indictment against the prisoner , and if anything more important should be discovered , another indictment or indictments could be framed hereafter . The prisoner was apprehended by a police constable in a splendid _houae , kept by himself , in Everton . He _decliued to urge anj thing in his defence .
Failure Of The Potato Crop.—Apprehension...
FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP . —APPREHENSION OF AN OUTBREAK IN IRELAND . _Cozx Cocntt _, Sept . 3 . —Having been for some time in tbis county 1 can confirm from personal observation the accounts which you have already received , as to th . failure of thc potato crop . For miles and miles on every side of the county of Cork , you see fields through which the plough will be driven , the chance of obtaining a few potatoes here and there not being considered by the owners worth the expence of digging . You are , perhaps , aware of all this already . My chief object in writing to you is to warn the Government that unless they are provided with ample stores of provisions , and either give food or work to the people , there will be an outbreak within a month . I know that the consequences of a rising are openly canvassed . The answer of the labourers to the
observation that the public peace must be preserved , even at the hazard of calling out , is " we'll rather be shot than starve . " I know parts of the county in whicli the labourers have openly avowed that they would _proceed in a large body to the workhouse , and if refused admission there , would immediately proceed to billet tbemselves on any man in their neighbourhood who had cattle or corn , which they were determined to seize ou for their support . Before the : ; ettiiig in of the harvest , the labourers were driven to pawn every article of furniture in their possession , to ward off starvation . The corn is now . nearly all cut , and the poor being no longer in the receipt of wages , have no resource to fall back upon . During all this time the landlords and the _govemnuut seem to be looking at each other , and each unwilltug to
take tbe Initiative step in relieving the people . The greaterpart of the landlords are disposed to act fairly ; but while there is a hope of getting the labourers em . ployed _l-ygovernment , and thus relieving the _farm-rs from the burden of their support , they are unwilling to make that abatement iu the rent which the tenants everywhere insist upon . The labourers , however , are now within a few days of that starvation point when they will no longer be reasoned with , but enforce their ri _^ ht to exist on the soil on which they wero bom . ' . ' They reason not according to the dicta of the political economists , but still after , a fashion , not wholly irrational— " there are a million of people in this county , of which the landlords do not number a thousand , is it right that 999 , 000 should starve in order that the remaining 1 , 000 should live in comparative affluence 1 "
The £ 30 , 000 grant is universally considered as miserably disproportioned to the wants ofa crisis which is approaching . 'Twould not be a farthing too much for this county alone . The only way in wliich the people can be _Drought through this dreadful ciilnmity is , by the landlords forgiving the greater part , and in some instances the _whol-i ofthe rent , while thc labourers are at once sot to work by a government advance , cither ou public works or what I think would-be much _betttr , on agricultural improvements . —Unless the government and the landlords show _themselves willing to act in the must liberal spirit , depend upon it the people cannot be kept within the bounds of law and order . —Jforiiina Chronicle .
Dublin , SEr . 7 . —In some few districts tho resident landlords are endeavouring to grapple with tho awful difficulties that beset them ; but , almost without exception , they appear utterly to despair of accomplishing anything effectual with their own unaided resources . In almost every case they turn to the government , imploring succour , and the government declares— - " Yt ' e cannot help you unless you help yourselves . " But it is onlv in a few counties that the landed proprietors appear at all alive to the formidable embarrassments ' of their position . To save millions of people from starvation , ami the country from convulsion , employment must be provided , as the best means of obtaining food , and the laud must he taxed to the requisite amount . There is no alternative . Tho destitution is terrible , and daily the prospeets ave becoming still more alarming . At such a time it is lamentable to think that some landlords are
distraining for tlieir rents , and thus aggravating tiie difficulties with wbich benevolent aud well-disposed landlords have to struggle . A Conservative paper , the Ballinasloe Star , says : — " The fact can no longer be concenled—thousands , and tens of thousands of the people are starving . There is uo middle term to describe their condition : starvation is thc only applicable word . Want and hunger aro stalking through our unhappy land , and _dessolation is everv where around us . And things are oat yet at the worst . Vast numbers are now employed at the harvest at home , in England and elsewhere : when this cinplovment is , as it will soon be at an end , what is to become of them ? At tbis moment while we write , and while the wretched people are prostrate in tlieir depth of misery , more than oue landlord is _dislrainiiig _fw hi" - rent ! Distraining at such a timu us this ! Is this a time for man to crush liis fellow-worm 1 Shame , shamo upon ye !"
The Potatoe Hot in Fhance . —The Reforme states that thu potatoe disease continued to make considerable progress , ami bad now extended to tlio north of _Vavis . A letter , dated Provius ( Seine and _"Marnoj _, says , "Potatoes are likewise attacked in this country . At present all are not tainted , but the liesease ia making progress . When they are extracted from the ground , if the diseased are not separated from thu sound , all become unlit for use , " A second letter , from' Valenciennes states that "the malady amongst potatoes lias declared itself here iib . mt IS days sinco . The progress it is making is terrific . Almost tbe entire crop is attacked , "
Iibath B^Iord Metcaife. ^ This Nobleman ...
_IIBATH b _^ iORD METCAIFE . _^ This Nobleman _expired-on the Sth ; instant , after , _» lengthened and * Mt paioM . fllMU , _; ¦ At _?\^ _W _&' house , Basingstoke , where he had been staying for soma months previous . A cancer , with which the Noble Lord was first attacked In Canada , was the prelude to a tedious and painful illness , which ha » at length . terminated fatally , after committing the most frig htful ravage g . The melancholy event had been long _enpected , even by tho deeeased himself . The deceased , Charles Theophilus Metcalfe , ' Baron , of Fern-hill , Berkshire , in the Peerage ofthe United Kingdom , and a Baronet , P . C ., C . C . B ., was born Jan . 30 , 1783 , and consequently died in hie 62 nd year . He was the son of Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe , Esq ., of Fern-hill . The raising of the deceased to the
Peerage is a somewhat recent event , having taken place in 1845 . Lord Metcalfe ' s career was a remarkable as well as a brilliant one ; though almost entirely confined to a service in the East Indies , and the colonies ( Jamaica and Canada ) . Our Oriental dominions wen _> , however , the scene of his early days . , Thither he proceeded at a very tender age , and did not permanently return home until he had completed a service of _thirty-eight years , a period during which he passed through various gradations , acquitting himself with , great credit and discrimination in each , and finally retiring with the approbation of all parties . lie was for a considerable period a member of the Supreme Council of Bombay , at well as Governor of Agra , and British'Resident at Hy . derabad . Lord Metcalfe was the scheolfellow of Lord
Auckland , and during that nobleman's stay in India as Governor-General , he was his constant companion , and ready to afford him that advice on tbe affairs of tho mighty empire of the Bast , which his experience , as a long resident , rendered so valuable . In Jamaica , his administration was , if possible , still more successful . He was chosen Gorernor at a most critical period ; one , indeed , » hen tbe island was in a state of severe commotion . When the elements of discord prevailed around him , but his moderation and perseverance in a temperate course succeeded , and he left the island in a state of profound tranquillity : peace , contentment , and obedience , particularly among the natives , being everywhere visible . Ills departure from Jamaica was witnessed by all with the deepest regret , and addresses reached bim from all parts . In January , 1813 , tbe Prime Minister of the period , Sir Robert Peel , fixed upon Lord Metcalfe as the
person best calculated to carry out his views in that , for a lengthened period , discontented British possession ! Canada . His arrival in British America witnessed the commencement of a line of policy which conciliated the discontented , though , at the same time , it met with the , determined opposition of many . Lord Metcalfe returned | home owing to the progress ofthe dreadful malady to i which we have already alluded , and the last few months of his existence might well . be termed a-melancholy _struggle between life arid death ; In politics , strictly speaking , Lord Metcalfe was a Conservative ; but , notwithstanding , be was chosen , such was the estimation ia which his . abilities were held , as the officer of the one gmt party as well as ofthe other . He is succeeded in the title and estates ( never having been married ) by his eldest surviving brother , Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe ( born in 1795 ) , who was formerly judge in the Delhi territory of India . —Morning Advertiser .
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ou _^ _usse _s pe , a days ago at Whitby by the Rev . Dr . Scoresby , of Bradford , the rev . gentleman described tlie appearance of the heavens . He remarked thatthe nebulae already observed were between one and two hundred , which was a great _dsal , considering how often observation was prevented by cloudy nights ; and thatthe telescope , although erected about eighteen months , bad not yet been in complete operation more than , three or four months , already several of the nebula hitherto not fully examined were discovered to be a collection of _suna ; and with regard to the moon , tbe " Doctor stated its appearance to be magnificent . Ifc appeared like a globe of molten silver , and every object of the extent of hundred yards was quite visible . Edifices , therefore , of the size of York Minster _** _
or even of the ruins ot' Whitbey Abbey , might be easily perceived il tliey bad existed . But there waa no appearance of any thing of that nature , neither was there any indication of the existence of water nor of an atmosphere . Tbere waa a vast number of extinct volcanoes , several miles in breadth : through , one of them tiiere was a line in continuance of one , about 150 miles in length , which ran in a straight direction like a railway . The general appearance , however , was like one vast ruin of nature ; and many of the pieces of rock , driven out of the volcanoes , appeared to be laid at vavious distances . The Doctor said he expected it would soon be competent to daguerrotype the image of the moon upon the speculum , which could not be done at present , as the moon was not stationary , but the Earl contemplated apiece of mechanism to move the telescope to a certain dis * tance , with a motion corresponding to the movement of the moon .
Discovery of a Portion of thb Old _PiLACE of Bridewell . —A few days since , as the workmen were excavating on the site of Cogens' Hall , Bride-lane , tliey came to a v . iult or dungeon belonging to the Old Palace of Bridewell , which , in the reigns of "William I ., John , and Henry III ., was used lor holding their courts . Stow , in bis " Survey , " makes mention of this place , as extending from the Thame 3 nearly to Fleet-street . The portion laid open , and now nearly destroyed , consisted of a series of six greins , of elegant construction , supporting the roof ofthe apartment , thirty-four feet long and seventeen
feet broad , on the west side of which was discovered a window , completely blocked up with rubbish ; but , by the judicious suggestions of the British Archaeological Association , tbe work of removal proceeded with care , and , by their well-organised plans , drawings were made of the _m- * re interesting portions of the building ; . The window proved to be of veryearly work , and retained portions ofthe iron bars . In the rubbish was found a leaden bull of Pope Nicholas V ., a small jutton or abbey piece , besides vast quantities of pottery , glass , and tiles , all of early construction , with human bones , as well as those of
animals . Driffield . —The " Gipsy Kino" in Trouble . — Last Saturday , Peter Boswell , alias the " gipsy king , " was taken by Mr . Samuel Haigh , the police officer , of Oranswick , before the sitting magistrates , at Doneaster , charged with stealing a mare belonging to Mr . Darley , brewer , of Thome , near Doneaster , on the night of the 20 th or the merning ofthe 21 st of May , 1 S 45 . The mare was seen in Boswell ' s possession at Norton , about six o ' clock in the evening of tho last named day ; was traced to Ause _, in Westmorland , and _linally restored to her owner about threo weeks after . On the 14 th of August last , information of the case was forwarded to Mr . [ Iaigh _, who apprehended tbe itinerant king at Driffield fair last week , and conveyed him to Doneaster , where he awaits examination tMsday , ( Mon . _« day ) . —Yorkshire Gazette .
Swiumikg Feat . —On Monday afternoon , at a quarter past four , the announcement that Leeson , of Somers Town , would leap from Hungerford Bridge , and swim to Waterloo Bridge , in five minutes and twenty-live seconds , attracted a large concourse of persons . Several policemen were in attendance to prevent Leeson from making the dangerous experiment , but his friends having put the policemen Oa tbo wrong scent as to the place from which he was to leap , he succeeded in evading them , and gallantly
leaped from about the middle of the bridge into the river , lie fell somewhat awkwardly on his side , and it was tho opinion of the spectators that he must bare hurt himself , but be showed no symptoms of having received any injury . He instantly emerged from under the water , and bore away in excellent style towards Waterloo Bridge , which he reached in four minutes and forty-five seconds , thus winning hia bet of £ 15 to £ 10 amidst the cheers and congratulations of his friends . It ought to be mentioned that it was full tide at tho time Leeson performed the
leat . Fortunate Escape of two Drunken' Dutchmen . —On Monday morning , about two o ' clock , two men were found lying on the pavement in the _Westniinster-road , in a state of insensibility . Two officers of police endeavoured to rally them , " but a _stron <* suspicion , of hocussing being entertained the _menNvere conveyed to Tower-street station-house . About seven o ' clock , however , tbey recovered tbeir senses when they stated that they had been drinkin _^' above proot , which caused tlieir temporary infirmary A considerable sum of money was found on their ' ners « . s which contrary to their expectations , was handed over to them on their dischar _g e
Mr wTif _^ T \ , _^ ™ .-On Mondav , Hhii ( fe - - hc' ! a _« "quest at the _Vestfy llall , LI _urcu-passage , Chancery-lane , on the body of a newly-born female child , discovered under tbo ollowmg mysterious circumstances _; -lt appeared irom the evidence of several witnesses , that on the morning ot the ith inst ., a small rush basket , tied and directed tp a gentleman at No . 95 , Ilolloway-road Ml as , was loft by a stranger at the receiving-house ot the _Parcei a Delivery Company , , in _Charlcs-street . ¦ A _cstniinster . Thc parcel was indue time taken to its
destination , and upon application being made it was ascertained that no one of tho name lived there . It was then returned by the carrier and deposited at the company ' s oflice in Ro ] l _* 8-buili ! in « r » a Irettcr-Iane wnere , on being opened , itwas found _, to contain tho body ot tho deceased , wrapped un in a piece ot linen rag . Mr . Lovett , the parochial _bubsjcon _. saul he could not state positively whether the _doeeaseiUtad been bom alive or not , owing to ita tie composition . After a protracted deliberation the Jury returned an open verdict of ¦¦ Found dead "
A SHU' AGROUND OVER TIIE TllAMES TuNNFL - On Sunday mornin g last , thc tide ran out so low ' in he _Lhamcs , that tho \ _eneanela , _steamship bound _S , imv \ _,-iTvv i _^ _* _^ St * CaUu _*&* * _cl btoani 1 atket- Wharf , being deeply laden with passengers and goods , grounded right over the tunnel n _™ i n ie i t main , ea _^ hvo hours , whoa tho tUo ( lowed and _Je got under weigh again . Some alarm was tclt or the salotv of the tunnel , but not a brie was started although the Venezuela , which is a very _lai-e ship , laid right over the tunnel , and no dama _g e whatever was done to the works , _«« _wu _* _*'
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 12, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12091846/page/6/
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