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DEEDS "? -r _Tjjy _jjejb _, _jbabesi _TTiiiUUL _*—Words cannot express _jr pd or _pd describe the angniah your silence has caused me . _jjjg _, Friday was fo me , indeed , a day of susr * nsepense * I went to "distant parts" inthe hope of _beari tearing from you :-but , cruel , croel , man , Lloyd ' s came , came , and no letter . I spent a sleepless night , willing t ing to believe in _anytiiing rather than your neglect 0 ho 0 how * _lonS _* _^ _* ° _Saturday - I came to town to snatc snatch the -first glance before ihe cherished treasure _awdjawald be p olluted by the postman ' s _shallowed toad touch : but ju _& * _* ¦ « * _«* " W f reading ing _tactwards and _fonrards the whole "broadnot
shec : _shec _** " advertisements and all , and not a line , a w a woid , from _jhw- Still clinging to hope , I linger © gered for the * ' Latest , " till Sunday ; and finding invs jnvself neglected or forgotten , I abandoned myself io _' d Jo " despair . William , _Nearest William "; why trifle _o v _o with a i *» snseeptiWe heart ? Whyralse hopes nin too never -meant to realize * Why , ah J why , blast the { he innocent bud that _Iheiragiance of your sweet lid breath had expanded into premature blossom ? Ton jj j _jjpgn- fliafc I was young , susceptible , ingenuous , and eon ] confiding : ignorant in the ways of this too wicked trtil _world ; a child in amplicity . Ah , William , were veil -ren hi ? I am wiflrng to snatch at any excuse that « nJ « nnld aaiuit you of the sin of neglect .
j Alas ! perfidious man ! So you have added the cii none of hypocrisy to the sin of _pei-jury ' . My _cou-£ ui fin Emily has come in just at this moment , and bn broug ht "' me Lloyd ' s with a letter to its Editor , as signed "James Hill , " which she assures me is _p , purs . I was going to revile yon : bnt a maiden ' s di dijmity rushes to my aid . Know , sir , that if 1 -Jja Jove a woman ' s weakness , I possess a woman ' s j > r yiide . I _abUterate your perfidious name from the ta tablet of my memory "for ever !"
In some of your previous letters , you cautioned me at against " problematical contingencies ; " such as tl _th- _^ ofatKasurettoalaigefnnd _^ si _snlscribers ; the chances of failure ; the almost _certi iainty of the fund beingswallowed up by legal quirks a and quibbles ; and , above all , against the maehina fj lions of " wily solicitors , " who would contrive to 5 ctralloH * np the monies . Tour last letter to Lloyd ' s c editor , to my astonishment , makes the following rei _rcahncnt : —
The title of Use estate in question [ the Wretton estate , _triiich the " subscribers"in Wisbeach and Peterborough _jare reason te know so well ] is good and undisputed , and ii ? deeds are held by a gentleman who was the solicitor _taihe society , and was then living in Wisbeach , bat has _cjxe removed to Leeds , in Yorkshire , where he is now Tiaimg . Hisnameis J . S . Hincks , Esq . ( formerly ofthe _& _U * - respectable firm of Messrs . Tottie and _Hincks ) , and liis town agents are Messrs . Haslam and Bisehoff , Cop-• iaJUourt , Threadneedle-street , who , I have no doubt ,
_o > _jjd be referred to if necessary , who has some small lien _qon the deeds for the amount of _conveyance , but is _jtejared to give tliem np to the right party , and under « _gar forms , on being paid tins claim . He can testify to _uV correctness of the tacts now related , which I mention loose , in a publication , the conductors ofwhich had _so 5 tcr objects which are affected hy the success of the _> - * , n _..-aal Land and Building Association , there have _jjjjn statements respecting the society altogether _nnffnn-. ed .
_tfhat , then , were aU the horrors of "fan-are / ' " peenktion , " " disappointment , " "legal quirks and _Issyen ' dnleiluiHj , " drawn fmn _pretedents famished hv the fate of tie _"Pjetebbobocgii IsDEPExnExi SoaErr" ? _- ' The title deeds of the "favourably aiiiated estate" axepaumed , are they , to a " griping _lasycr" ?! But , then , what of that ? Snrcly the " _suliscribers" have only to go from Peterborough in fj _^ hridgeshire to Leeds in _Torkfiire ,. and there to inquire for this "late-respectable member" _| of the " rerr respectable firm" o f Messrs . Hincks , Tottie , and Co . ; and , when they have found him , they bave iku wilu to come off to London , to Messrs . llaslam and
_Tfeehoff , Copthafl-couri , _Threauncedle-street , who , _Tjn "hare no doubt could be -referred to if necesgrj . " Kind condescension . Great satisfaction ! Ira " have no doubt ? ' these parties would " give np 2 a deeds on the production of proper forms , and on ¦ jsnng off their claims . " Ton might have added , al on payment for those " proper forms . " Now , sir , this is worse than going to Bath , and back to teuton , and then to Manchester , in search of Mr . Roberts . But really , sir , as you are so prone to _tHEure and condemn on suspicion , how dare you pen
¦ _adi an _unblushing , Impudent statement ? I WHO _imaged or pawned the deeds ? WHO owes the _bbbcv due on them ? WHO placed them in the dalches of Mr . Hincks ? And , above all , what is being dm -with the proceeds of this very "favourably s & aated freehold estate" ?! Why have not the proceeds been applied to the liquidation of the legal expenses ? Should not the members of the " Veteran XuMing Society" look after the " title deeds" of THEIR " _jxrfumed chambers" ? ; In the same number of 12 _<> y $ s I find the following
slice to correspondents : — We liave received _fiT > mlIr . James BUI a commuuicaan , enclosing a sovereign , wliich he requests us to hold s Lis deposit , for a wager proposed relative to the haitist Land Scheme , in onr papers of the 7 th and Mth fJair , and which he alleges to have been written hy Mr . 53 , hut which Mr . Bill distinctly and _traly denied ; _addig , that he would wager from one to five hundred pounds i 1 he question . It seems that , by a mistake of our rioter , the niiniinura -was printed £ 1 , instead of £ 100 , Di O'Connor , as in all cases wherein thereis any chance itosnB , proposes to incnr the smallest possible risk , and itdiesatthesotferdgn , whichhe offers to wager , malting * decision dependent upon an affidavit to he made by 5 . We must , however , decline the honour proposed by im . We shall make no affidavit , to please such a fellow ,
• Ik _) would he at no loss to febricate some lie , or to raise • Mis quibble , for the purpose of saving his money . Mr . _liUwOl he good enough to receive hack his sovereign . -ill . you little rogue . Tour "friend" would flake Mr . O'Connor answerable for the omission of fa ciphers by the printer ' s devil . Would you -are sent the £ 100 , William , if the devil had done on justice ? But why was not the error corrected ntinie ? And have yon the £ 100 ? If so , could _tyi not send it to the " respectable lawyer" at -ceils , in part liquidation , of the sum the deeds _kwc patvned lor ? _Dat Trhat a tremendous admission ef Carpenter ' s , ftat a " quibble" of O'Connor ' s could upset Ms atli * Is his word or his oath at such a frightful liseount ? Why man , all he had to do was simply _o make the affidavit . But he could not : and so he
as fastened the noose round your neck . Weil , Will ! So yon propose to make the assets of be "United Advancement Society" the foundation f the _"National Land and _Bnildiflg Society ?" VUy , WiU , your cool impudence bangs Banagher ! last read ibis one extract jfrom yonr last letter : — The proceedings of the pVisbeach and Peterhorongh ' Tutted Advancement" ] Society have heen long in a dorfont state ; bnt there stands the broad tact , that no _nnivonraUe eiicumstance has heen ahle to alienate their _kopetty , and it would be quite in accordance with the feet and spirit of the National land and Building _As-Nation , and that for which the United Advancement " xiety was established , that the F 0 P « ty _should he _knsfarea to the new association , andmadeuse of as one
ribeir sites on which to construct habitations for any _fthemembers redding in the district where it is situate . What , then , the "broadfact" of a " property " _fitlxang « alienated , " stands npon the " great fact " f ibe societ y _heing « a ormailt , " and its title deeds iemg _PAWNED to no less than two firms of _lawos •'' Will , if that is not being " dormant ; ' what -0 _uld yon call a nap ? In my opinion , Will , you avccaught the " subscribers" nflfipiH _^ . ' -Goodbve cr the present . Ever yours , in ihe cause of " Favourably situated Freehold Estates , " Rebecca _WisH-I--aAY-cET-* riiE-TiT _* tE-I ) £ E » s J **? * Will , if Carpenter should " come to book , " ellhmito " drawitmild . "
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TO THE CHARTISTS . Mv Utah FBiEXBs , —Thaiiks be to God , that after _wisterousvoyageof nearly thirteen years' duration , e have at length discovered a safe port , where we lay take refuge and repair the damages inflicted by lie enemies' < a > ot and the desertion of some of our tew - Shattered as every plank of our vessel is , she _Wl carries her colours at her mast-head . Who can effect n _^ what Chartism _uw , and "the worse " it
hat promised to he some two months since , and _ooknpon _itmw , and see what it promises to be , _nthontthaiikfubess _anddeli _sijt ! It has ever been ny plan io fight ihe enemy with their own weapons . ¦ Yben we were insultingl y told , that "Chartism was mt the howl ofthe hungry , " I at 6 llce admitted the act ; bat I contended that it was nevertheless based ¦ _P'n-principlf _SthekBOwledffeof which never would _ftTe _becmaciiuirea but fort existence of _thatvery
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_aunger . Therefore , many of you , in your distress , welcomed the suffering that led to a knowledge of the principle , while yon yet denied that the cessation of hunger would lead to the abandonment of the principle . I am now about to grapple with the newest argumeat of my . opponents . It was the fashion of the League , and the Chartist leaders who preferred living upon the League funds to starving ia Chartist community , to tell us that " well-fed men were better soldiers to fight for their ri ghts than starving men ; " and notf , that the Land plan promises to surpass our most sanguine expectations , the sprouts of the same faction tell us , that " the great prospects presented by our society , are likely to divert the people ' s attention from the pursuit of their "
political rights . " Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , in a very funny letter to Mr . O'Brien , is very much afraid that the plan would make tyrants , and masters , and capitalists of two millions of the working classes ; and that the remainder of the population " uM > tdd he their servants , or , rather , their slaves . " Well , come ; allowing five to a family , the two million occupants would embrace ten millions of our population : and , in my opinion , it would be better that three millions should even be slaves to ten millions , than that—as now—ten -millions should be abject slaves ; serfs , to three millions . I wish I could distinguish Mr . Hurst by printing his whole letter : but I will not take such a vengeance . However , [ cannot refrain from publishing the following few sentences . Mr . Hurst says : —
" I object to the location department on the ground of its inequality . That some lands are more fertile than others cannot bo disputed ; as , then , some wilt receive lands more fertile than others , it is ltut . natural to suppose that their crops will be larger . The questisn , therefore , presents itself for solution , who among the members are best entitled to the most fertile lands 1 1 answer , nose , for two reasons : —1 st . Their payments are equal ; and , 2 ndly , all men are naturally equal ; yet most someof them have advantages ( npon this system ) greater than the rest , whicli presupposes inequality , anil tllUS inverts the order of nature . Again , if a man wbo . is more intelligent than his brother members as regards agriculture , should obtain a more fertile plot of land than the
rest , his gains would he nearly double those of his neighbours . It may he urged in reply , tbat the lands being contiguous to each other , tliere will not he any , orif there be any , but a trifling difference in the lands : as regards there bring no difference , it is a fallacy , for ire have bar ren and fertile lands adjoining each other . And if there he no difference , those lands which are fertile will constitute those lands fertile whieh lie near them , _ad-infinitum , which is _self-evidently an absurdity . A difference , then , must exist , and however slight , it matters not to the point in hand ; for if a difference exists , then there is inequality- which proves that the sum total of his system Is to mitigate , not to remove , the evils under which manidnd now groan in misery and bondage . "
Aow , then , Mr . Hurst , you deserve that punishment at my hands ; and I ask no more . Who ever in this world read such barren stuff ? The only deduction that I shall condescend to draw from Mr . Hurst ' s logic is simply this : —That the equality of man contended for by Mr . Hurst at once , in the present state of society , precludes his right to eat when his fellow man , quite equal to him , has nothing : and if ever Mr . Hurst condescends to manage a smal l farm next to an idle , lazy , slovenly neighbour , Mr . Hurst will be -violating "first principles" if he produces more than that neighbour , because "both are equal . " The rubbish of these " first principle" men is really sickening . I should tell you , that after my lecture on the Land at Oldham , this same Mr . Hurst got up to ask me a question , and concluded by
making a speech , the burden of which was that he feared the holders of land wouldget too much influence , and would acquire an influence over those who now use destructive influence over them . I answered all his objections before his own townsmen , to their entire satisfaction . So much for him . Mr . John Watkins , whose dreadful anathemas against the League you have so often read in the Star , has also taken up the cudgels for the free-traders , and now tells us that nothing can give you the Land but a repeal ofthe Corn Laws . And what authority do you think he cites for this change of all his previous opinions ? Why , none other than Queen Margaret ! The poor creature is worth no further notice than the mere observation that " adversity makes us acquainted with , strange _bed-fellows . " lot him sleep with the League .
I shall now direct yonr attention to the consideration of matters connected with our future prospects Firstly , I am asked by several parties , if four acres of land would not be preferable to two ? I should much prefer four acres myself , especially for persons with large families ; and -we shall have many , very many—a large majority , of that class . I am asked what the rent of a cottage and four acres would be ? At a " guess , " I should say about £ 7 10 s . I am asked what size the cottage should be ? I should say a good four-roomed cottage , with spacious porch to wash in , and for shelter , all on the ground floor ; windows in front , and back-wall of house shedded and divided for out-effices . . The houses should be built so that each occupant could add to them at pleasure . Each cottage should stand , as near as practicable , in the centre of the land .
Now , attend to my original reasons for so perseveringly sticking to the subject ofthe Land . Firstly , then , I tell you that no man living , nor all men living , can devise any other possible escape from the influence of capital , and from the hell made by capitalists . Secondly , thereis no other possible means by which fhe valuation of Individual labour can be established . Thirdly , there is not so healthy , remunerative , or independent an occupation , as that of a man s working on his own land , for his own self . Fourthly , there is no other raw material to wliich you can possibly apply your united power .
Now think of these things ; and let the men who write about " first principles" think of them also . Mind tbat in France the people are more happy because they possess the land : and although a population of nearly forty millions are represented by no more than about two hundred thousand voters , yet their " contentment" has not cooled down the Republican spirit ; bnt , on the contraiy _. a very large standing army is required to keep it under : while thirteen millions of Englishmen , with one million of voters , are one in every ten of them " paupers ;" In Holland , the working classes have but Tery small wages , about two-pence a day ; but they have all got land , and are comfortable and happy . In Belgium ,
the population are comfortable , because they depend upon the land in very small allotments , and work it with the spade : and if Irequiredawholesale testimony of the value of land , here it is . The Nottingham , Review published an able article on the _land some time ago ; and , among other things , proved to my satisfaction that the nrino of the horned cattle of England , if saved , was worth £ 23 , 000 , 000 a year ; or would pay the interest of the national debt . This is quite true : for in Holland , Belgium , and manyparts of France , they estimate the urine of a cow to be worth £ 4 : some say £ 6 a year : andthe Bevieiv , taking the number of catfle in England to be 7 , 000 , 000 at £ 4 , arrives at the ¦ £ 2 S . O 00 . O 0 _Oayeai-.
. _ . I hope very shortly to be able to visit Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Huddersfield , Barnsley , Todmorden , Burnley , Clitheroe , Colne , Preston , Blackburn , Bolton , and Rochdale , when I shall be prepared to advocate the " National Chartist Co-operative Land Plan , " and to meet the disappointed advocates of all other plans , on the pnblic platform . Ever yonr faithful Friend , _Feakgcs O'Coxsob .
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AWFOTLT _SUDDES DE & . TR At _HiMMEUSilTrH . — Samuel Turner , a pauper in the union-house , was on Wednesday morning , July 16 th , abotft ten _^ o clock , appa' « ntly in excellent health and spirits , talking to themaster of the house ( Mr . Davis ) , but in less than three minutes afterwards he fell irom his seat in tne yard , a lifelesscorpse . Medical aid . was _immediately procured , but on the arrival of Mr . Fratt , the parish surgeon , he pronounced the man to he _-pite dead .
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FRANCE . ¦ _^ Fresch _Atbociiies is Algeria . —The Akhbar of Algiers of the oth has the following from Orleansville : — " There has just occurred in the Dahara one of those terrible events which deepl y afflict those who witness them , even when convinced of their frightful necessity , and when they are justified _: ini declaring that every thing possible was done to prevent the catastrophe . It is known that the corps commanded by Colonels Pelissier , St . Arnaud , and de _l'Admirault , have been carrying on combined operations in the west . Colonel Pelissier was busy in pursuing the Ouled Riahs , who have never yet submitted , as they live in immense caverns where it would be iriadness for the troops to enter . On the I 8 th of June .
finding themselves closely pursued , the Ouled . Riahs flew to their usual place of refuge . After having surrounded the caverns , some faggots were lighted and thrown by the French troops before the entrance . After this demonstration , whicli was made to convince the Arabs' that the French had . the power , if they pleased , of suffocating them in ' their _hidlng-S lace , the colonel threw in letters offering to them feand liberty if they would surrender their arms and their horses . At first they refused , but subsequently they replied that they would consent if the French troops would withdraw . Tliis condition was considered inadmissible , and more burning faggots were thrown . A great tumult now arose , and it was known afterwards that it arose from a discussion as to whether there should be a surrender or not . The
party _opposed to a surrender carried their point , and a few ot the minority made their escape . Colonel Pelissier , wishing to spare the lives of those who remained in the cavern , sent some Arabs to them to exhort them to surrender . They refused , and some women , who did not partake of the savage fanaticism of the majority , attempted to fly , but their husbands and relations fired upon them , to prevent their escape from the martyrdom which they had themselves resolved to suffer . Colonel Pelissier then suspended the throwing of the burning faggots , and sent a French officer to hold a parley with the Ouled Riahs , but his messenger was received with a discharge of-fire-arms , and could not perform his mission . This statu of things continued till the sight of the 19 th , when , losing all patience , and no longer having a hope ot otherwise subduing these fanatics , who formed a
perpetual nucleus of revolt in the country , the fire was renewed and rendered intense . During this time the cries of the unhappy wretches , who were being suffocated , were dreadful , and then nothing was lieard bnt the crackling of the faggots . This silence spoke volumes . The troops entered and found 500 dead bodies . About 150 , who still breathed , were brought into the fresh air , but a portion of them died afterwards . " We find , too , in the Echo de V Atlas , that out of the 150 Arabs , men , women , and children , who were taken alive from the cavern of the Dahara , thirty-seven only have survived . Ia the Chamber , Marshal _Soalt stated that the accounts which had reached him were so contradictory that he was obliged to send to the Governer-General for a true report , at the same time expressing his titter condemnation of such a proceeding , if true .
SPAIN . ItiSLVffs xs pmLOXtt . —The Debats of Saturday has the following announcement of disturbances in Catalonia : — " We received , by express , news from the frontier of Catalonia , announcing that disturbances had taken place in several little towns round Barceloma , on account ofthe levy of one man in five for the army . Hitherto Barcelona and its district were not subject _^ to this requisition like the other provinces of Spain . A contribution was paid by the inhabitants to the municipal authorities , and they undertook either to furnish the government with the number of men required , or to pay a fixed sum in place of thenu The constitutional system not permitting theseinequalities in the provinces of the same
state , the government refused any longer to admit the privilege of Catalonia , and transmitted to Captain General Coneha orders to have the recruitment lists drawn this year at Barcelona as in the rest of Spain . On the day appointed for the drawing opposition was manifested in several points , at the same time , in the neighbourhood of Barcelona , at Molins-de-Rey , San-Andfcs Sabadcll , Tarazza , Badalona , Espareaguera , Colders , and San-Felice deRenoii .. .. Wehave not yet any details as to the character of this disturbance , but it appears to have been accompanied with grave excesses , and even death in some parts . Thus , at Badalona , the lists were burnt , and two agents of public safety killed : at Tarassa , the alcade was assassinated ; at San Andres , the inhabitants dispersed
tbe authorities with musket shots ; atMolins de-Key , the people stopped thc post , the public diligences , and the couriers . This little town being situated at four leagues from Barcelona , in the high road to Madrid by Saragossa , all communications are , for the moment , interrupted . At Sabadell , only five leagues from Barcelona , the Ultra-Progressists , profiting by the popular irritation , had already endeavoured to instal a central junta , in the name of Es _* partero , and formed a body of 2090 armed men . This news having been transmitted rapidly to Barcelona , the captain-general set out the same day at the head of a column of infantry and cavalry , supported by some pieces of cannon . The insurgents were driven from Sabadell . with a loss of twenty-five
men killed , and several taken prisoners . The geneval pursued them to Tarassa , and they arc now flying through the mountains . At Barcelona , where the two Queens and some ofthe ministers still are , tranquillity had not been troubled . It is true that several days before General Concha had adopted military measures to repress every movement of revolt on the day of drawing . Strong bodies of infantry occupied the principal churches and buildings , which had served as citadels in preceding insurrections . A battery of artillery was stationed in the square ofthe Constitution , and all the troops of the numerous garrison of Barcelona had their posts marked out in case of disturbance . The news of these events had been spread through Catalonia with an extreme
rapidity . It is not known whether the insurrection has made any way . All was tranquil at Lerida and Tarragona . Tlte authorities appeared , however , to fear some movement , for these two capitals , and their respective provinces , had been declared in a state of siege . " _Spbkadofthe IssmmzcTios . —The Morning Herald of Wednesday , quoting the Paris papers of Sunday , says : — "The disturbances at Barcelona caused by the attempt to enforce the conscription have , according to a letter in the Paris Presse , extended to Iguada and Villa Franca , and look so alarming as to have again rendered the projected visit of the Queen to the Basque provinces uncertain . " The same paper says : — "Madrid journals of the 17 th affect some alarm at a communication from the Spanish Consul
at Perpignan , to the effect that some Espartenst refugees had left Marseilles and Toulouse ; in which fact tliis nervous functionary sees an attempt at revolution . " The Times of Mond jf bag the following : —Our private correspondence float Barcelona of the Oth inst ., obviously of a dau tk _uerior to the foregoing , which is no doubt telegraph ' * * intelligence , states that a number of persons , armed with pistols and daggers , were arrested the night before in the act of distributing proclamations , calling on tho Catalonians to fig ht and die for their ancient _fueros . On the 6 th not a
soul was tobe seen in the streets ; the troops remained underarms , andthe conscripts having all fled into the country , the quinta was drawn at the Town-hall , in presence of their relatives and friends . At San Andres de Palomar , a village a league from Barcelona , the whole population had risen , and the Alcalde and a detachment of twenty-five soldiers , shut themselves up in the municipality . Reinforcements were marched to their assistance , who on reaching the village found the rioters erecting barricades . A charge of cavaliy _, however , dispersed them , and 200 individuals , all natives of Barcelona , were brought back prisoners to that city .
Mobe MtmnKns . —We take the following from the Kiiks of Wednesday * . — " Our private letters from Barcelona , of the 7 th and 8 th inst ., mention that the drawing of the conscription had continued , on those days , without interruption , but that it had been generally resisted through the province . Most of the young men implicated in the disturbances that had occurred had retired into the mountains , determined , it was said , to join the Carlists rather than submit to the Quinta . Four of the prisoners taken , on the Cth , at San Andres de Palomar , were shot on the next day .. The only banner hitherto raised by the insurgents was that of * the Fueros of Catalonia . ' The Queen still remained at Barcelona ,
but was unable to take her usual rides . The Madrid mail had not reached for two days . The authorities had laid an embargo on the steamer , Balear , which was to be despatched for reinforcements to Valencia . The provinces of Tarragona , Lerida , and Gcrona , continued perfectly tranquil . The measures taken by the Government for repressing the -movement were prompt and energetic ; betraying , however , a feeling that the revolt might , if not put down , become formidable . On the 8 th inst ., the Captain-General Coneha published two _bandos . The first ol them says : — ' Considering that the drawing of the conscription has been seized by the factious as a means for inciting the incautious youth to resist the execution of the measure , as has-ken the case on
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different -poinl _^ df _the-province—TO-.-U'S . to prevent so _perhicioustan example from being imitated in other districts , 5 , aiid producing fresh disturbances in the country _^ and with a view to insure greater efficacy to'iriy authority in maintaining public tranquillity , and 4 n enforcing the strict execution of the orders of the Government of the Queen in Catalonia , Ihave decreed that , from this day , martial law be established in the provinces of Lerida and Tarragona , the only two of the principality where it has not yet been proclaimed . ' The proclamation then directs the militaiy commander of the four provinces to institute permanent councils of war in their respective capitals for the trial of _disturbei' 3 of public order , and of conspirators against the governmentor its
, authority , * & c ., agreeably to the prescriptions of the lawof the 17 th ; of April , 1821 . The second bando directs that * all persons assembling in the streets or squares of , Barcelona , tothe number of more than four , shall , be arrested and carried to the citadel ;' that ' after eleven o ' clock , p . m ., no person shall be allowed to appear in the streets , with the exception of females , military men , and public functionaries ;' that ' any inhabitant leaving the city , must be provided with a regular passport _,- ' that ' the licences hitherto granted to citizens authorising them to retain possession of arms , no matter of what description , including , even bludgeons , cease to be available ; ' and that * ' the owners of such arms must deposit them , within twenty-four hours , in the fort of
A _^ _tarazaniifiii that _/ on the slightest _appearance . of disorder , the inhabitants retire to their respective homes ; ' that' the manufacturers furnish the authorities with returns of the Workmen who shall have absented themselves during the last three days ;' that a military commission be established 'for the trial of conspirators against the safety of tlie state , of individuals circulating seditious prints or alarming reports , of the workmen of the manufacturers absent from Barcelona without having given notice to their masters , or being provided with a passport from the authorities , ' & c . "Up to post-hour ( twelve o ' clock at night ) on the 8 th inst ., the conipletest tranquillity prevailed within tho city . " More Slaughter . —The Times of Thursday
contains the following : —The Barcelona journals , of the 10 th instant , publish a despatch from the Captaiu-Goneval , dated Sabadell , six o'clock in the evening of the 8 th , stating that hehad completely beaten and dispersed the rebels , killed twenty men ; and made a great number of prisoners . The next day lie was to proceed to Tarrassa , which he entered on the morning ofthe 10 th . Letters from Barcelona , ofthe 10 th instant , state that the capture of Tarrassa had been attended with much slaughter . General Concha was near being killed in heading a charge with the bayonet against the insurgents posted behind barricades . The General had marched from Tarrassa to Martorell , seven leagues from Barcelona . A central junta had installed itself at Igualada , whose first act was to invite Espavtero to return , and to proclaim the Constitution of 1812 , which fixed the majority of
the Queen at eighteen years . On the 10 th , all tlie troops that could be dispensed with were sent from Barcelona to reinforce the columns operating against the insurgents . Barcelona was tranquil , but the authorities had arrested and lodged in the citadel a number of individuals implicated in tho last insurrectionfivy movements . The postscript of our Paris letter mentions that the government had received a despatch dated Barcelona , the 13 th , announcing that General Concha had entered Igualada without striking a Wow , that the members of the junta had dispersed , arid thatthe revolt was almost entirely appeased . The Paris National , of Tuesday , asserts that 3000 men had taken up a hostile [ position in the mountains .
A _Leiieu from Barcelona of tho 10 th , gives the following account of the entrance of General Concha into Tavossa : — " General Concha , on arriving yesterday morning _| at six o ' clock before Tarossa , received a discharge from the guns of the insurgents , which wounded several ofhis men . General Concha himself was at the head ofthe troops , and his humane orders were ' In advance , no quarter ! ' The soldiers immediately charged the barricades at the point ofthe bayonet , and took them , and massacred every one whom they met , whether they opposed them or not . Upwards of 100 persons were killed on the side ofthe insurgents before mid-day . In the afternoon the firing continued , but the number of victims is not yet known . "
"• -- PORTUGAL . The Eleciioxs . _—Lisnojf , July 9 . — The electioneering labours ofthe Government and opposition parties proceed with unabated activity . A royal decree has just been published , announcing that thc province of Minho is to return sixteen deputies instead of nineteen , and founding the alteration upon " a mistake or a typographical error , " which scandalously enough set down thc number of householders in the province at 20 , 000 beyond the mark . This expost facto accuracy of statistics may have some connection with favourable opposition prospects , to bo blighted by the
timely discovery of a clerical blunder . Absurd exaggeration is tho order o f the day . The Opposition prints describe the Government as " assassins , " . and the Ministerial journals , in return , dub thc Septemfcrists " Robespierrcs . " Senhor Itesende , vice-president ofthe" Opposition committee in Avicro _. has been placed under arrest by the civil governor of that district on the charge of attempting to seduce from their allegiance some sergeants and soldiers of thedotaohment quavteved in that city . The Opposition retorts with a showy announcement of "frauds , violences , and crimes ' . ' committed by the agents of the government in the recent registry .
BELGIUM . Strike op _Woukmes asd Serious Riots . —Brussels , July 14 . —A letter from Bielefeld , near Dusseldorf , says , "All the workmen employed in the viaduct Schilderehe struck yesterday ; the same is the case on the whole line . They demand an increase of lfr . fiOc . on their wages . This morning ( the llth ) they have committed serious excesses . The officers and tlie police have been ill-treated by them ; 2 , 000 workmen are encamped on tho road , and are demolishing the works which are begun ; the drums are beating here and a battalion of _Fusilecrs of the garrison is going to Schilderehe with their anus loaded . Further particulars to-morrow . "
SWITZERLAND , The Diet . —The ordinary session of the Helvetic Diet was opened at Zurich , on the 7 th inst . The entire corps diplomatiqite with the exception ofthe Apostolical Nuncio , assisted at the ceremony , whicli took place at the Cathedral . After the usual prayers , the Burgomaster , M . Furrer , delivered an address , from whicli we extract the following passage : — "You recollect , gentlemen , that the majority ofthe Cabinets which maintain diplomatical relations with Switzerland , have , on the occasion of tho disturbances that occurred in March last , and ofthe armed aggression against a confederated state , manifested lively apprehensions , some by friendly exhortations , and others bv more serious representations upon the
consequences that might possibly accrue from those events . If our country has , on the one hand , a right to expect from the justice of friendly powers that no impediment should be opposed to the spontaneous and independent development of its external relations : on the other hand , we can only claim that right , as far as we are concerned , when ' we conscientiously and scrupulously obseive the precepts of international law , and tolerate the existence of no element calculated to compromise tranquillity or friendly intercourse with other slates . We may , nevertheless , derive confidence from our possessing , notwithstanding thegreat agitation excited by so many conflicting
elements , the necessary * power of energetically preventing the recurrence ot acts of that nature . We may consequently hope that a good understanding will continue to subsist unaltered between the Confederation and the foreign Powers , and I find the cheering * proof of it in tho presence of their worthy representatives at the solemnity of this day . " After this speech , which appeared to be well received by the Conservatives and the corns dcobmatique , the deputies repaired to the usual hall of their meetings , and , after the verification ofthe powers , the chief of the Vorort read to the assembly a long account of their administration since the close ofthe extraordinary session .
UNITED STATES . _LiVEitrooii , Mokday , July . 14 . —The usual unerring punctuality of arrival supplies us with the despatches of thc Caledonia steamer to-day . This arrival puts us in possession of full particulars relative to the appointment of Mr . M'Lane . We are enabled to state , on the best authority , that the appointment of the lion . Louis M'Lane ' to the post ol Minister to England has special reference to the adjustment of the Oregon question . It will be found , when the facts are clearly stated , that the discussion of this affair at Washington has reached a point
which renders it desirable to have a particular proposition submitted to the British Government , and Mr . M'Lane takes the mission on this ground . This matter is a subject of much controversy in the American papers . The Government paper says : —• "Wc congratulate- the country on ths appointment of Louis M'Lane as envoy extraordinary and minister p lenipotentiary to London . lie has been invited to the public _wivwe without , the slightest solicitation on liis part- This able . and ., experienced gentleman aCC _^ lfr the _C-ffico of minister at the most distlnguisliodiotwrt inthe would , at one of the most eventiub « rii _*& 7 finc h wnld-wicur in the relations between
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the two countries , and when the most important interests of his own nation are involved in tlie issue . He carries with him to tllB _COUl't of St . James ' s great talents , extended experience , particularly at that court where he formerly represented the interests oi the United States with great distinction . Irudent , firm , and sagacious , he will assert and maintain the rights of his own country , without violating the respect which is due to the British Government . Ile is orthodox on the great questions whicli now divide the country , and in none more so than on the important questions of Texas and Oregon . " Liberation of Governor Dour . — Thomas W Dorr has at length been set at liberty by the legislature of Rhode Island .
t The late General Jackson . —Thefuneral solemnities in honour of tho memory of General Jackson took place at Washington on the 28 lh . The President and cabinet ministers were present . The funeral oration was delivered by Mr . Bancroft . - . Annexation op Texas—A letter from New York , June 30 th , _says : — " President Jones , of Texas , under dateol the 4 th inst ., has issued another proclamation , declaring— ' That the Government of Mexico has accepted the conditions prescribed on the part ol Texas , as preliminary to a final and definite treaty ol peace . Tlicrefore , 1 do hereby make known these circumstances to the citizens of the Republic , until the same can be more fully communicated to the hon . Congress and Convention ofthe people , for their lawful action , at the period of their assembling , on the llth of June and the 4 th of July next ; and pending the said action , by virtue of the authority in me vested , I do hereby declare and proclaim a cessation
of hostilities , by land and by sea , against the Republic of Mexico , or against thc citizens and trade thereof . ' On the subject of annexation it would be idle to waste words . The case may be summed up in a few short sentences . The opinion is becoming universal , both in this country and in Texas , that annexation is inevitable ; and the prevalence of this opinion will greatly strengthen the annexation party _, lhe terms and conditions arc matters of much more uncertainty . What is to become of thc Texas debt , after disposing of all their revenue , & c , ? I know it IS hoped , and in many instances taken for granted , that the United States will assume that debt , on receiving a transfer of the public lands of Texas . But I do not believe in this dream . The repudiating states , in my opinion , will not accede to suclr an arrangement , while they __ arc left to struggle _acainst _bankruptc-y and prejudice . Nor will the northern states , that are able to meet all their engagements , barken to such a proposition . "
A Great Indian Council has recently been held within the limits of the Creek nation , at which the following tribes were represented , viz ., the Mucogecs , _Seminoles , Chickasaws , Choetaws , Shawnees , _Delawarcs , Piankcshaws , Osagcs , Kickarpoos , Quapaws _^ Peolies , and Cadocs . Governor Butler . Colonel Logan , and Lieutenant Flint , of the United States array , were also in attendance . Speeches were made by thc Chiefs of thc several tribes , all concurring in the object of this Council , to clear thc path and make all white where it has been spotted and darkened with blood , and to extend the white path to tho very doors of their brothers , the Camanclies and Pawnee
Mahaws . The usual token , a plug of tobacco , was prepared , attached to wliich were white beads ; a deputation ofthe Cadoes hore the first , and of Osages the latter . Should a favourable answer be returned friendly manifestations ofthe Creeks by thc Camauches and Pawnee Mahaws , it is contemplated by the King of the Muxcogees to call another much more grand and extensive affair , at the Great Salt Plains , during the summer or fall . Some ol * these ? t > ns of the forest are very striking in their appearance , manner , and _tlciiieanour . Black Dog , thc Osage chief , is a man of great stature , about seven feet , powerful frame , with a voice attractive and commanding . He spoke about five and a half minutes to this effect : —
" Brothers , yonr talk is good , but your beef is better . " lie and each of his party consumed , the first four days , twelve pounds of beef , faliing then to eight , wliich rate they maintained throughout the time they remained .
IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS . We have news from Galveston , Texas , to June 14 th . The principal event ofwhich wc are informed is theissuing of a proclamation by President Jones , in whicli he announces the conclusion of a treaty with thc Government of Mexico , subject to the ratification ofthe congress and convention ofthe people , by which the independence of Texas is acknowledged , and proclaiming m the meantime a cessation of hostilities by land and sea , against Mexico . It appeal's from the proclamation , thatthe treaty between the two powers was negociated through the good offices of the representatives of'Great Britain and France ; the terms or conditions of the treaty were not laid before the public with the proclamation of President Jones ,
but have since been presented to Congress . They are supposed to he four in number , and to relate * . — " 1 . Tothe recognition of independence . " 2 . The refusal of Texas to be annexed to thc United States , or any other power . " 3 . The establishment of boundaries . " 4 . The providing of an arbitration , in case the parties should not agree upon a boundary . " None ofthe inducements wliich led to ' the ncgociation , as a matter of course , arc mentioned in the document . The private history of the transaction is also withheld . The indemnity spoken of by the Mexican letter-writers , as gathered from the Ilavannah press ,
does not appear , as we learn , in the treaty , nor does the guaranty of England and France . Captain Elliot has arrived in New Orleans , The River Plate . —Advices had been received in New York from Rio Janeiro to the l _* 7 th May . They stated that on the 2 _* 7 th ult . Mr . Ouseley , the new British Minister to Buenos Ayres , had proceeded from Monte Video on the 27 th ult ., with two _steamfrigates , and that the French minister had left a few days previously to the date of the advices ina frigate . It was believed thatthe war would be terminated immediately . General Riviera had arrived at R : o Janeiro from Rio Grande .
NEW ZKALAND . _PaMJCUURS OF IHE 1 _ATE Conflict—We have received New Zealand papers tothe 19 th of March last . Wc subjoin the following important extracts from the Auckland Times of March 18 : — Bay op IsLANns . —Thc British settlement at this place—the earliest , if not the most important over which the British flag has _wayed—is utterly swept from off the face ofthe earth , and its inhabitants , to the number of at least 500 souls , despoiled of every possession , are now refugees in Auckland . Wc are enabled , by the indulgence of his Excellency , to lay before the public the following official communication \—
Kusscll , March 11 , 1815 . On board her Majesty ' s ship Hazard , 5 f . h . Sir , —I have the honour to inform your Excellency , that about four o ' clock this morning tlio town was attacked on all sides , by a party of about 2000 armed natives . The small arm men and marines of her Majesty ' s ship Hazard , under the command of Captain Robertson ( who 1 am sovry to say is dangerously wounded ) , endeavoured to drive tliem back , but in consequence of the block house being surprised nnd talten , liis party ivcre obliged to retire into the stoekade in the town , Soon afterwards a simultaneous attack was made , and a heavy fire was maintained on both sides for three hours , when the assailants were repulsed , and retired to the hills , where they remained .
At one o ' clock , the magazine in the stockade unfortunately exploded , and several persons were severely hurt and contused . The greatest portion of our ammunition being exhausted by this fearful circumstance , it was deemed advisable to embiirk tho _JnlJabitantS and trOOpS and evacuate the town , which was then immcdiately entcred by the natives , who are now busily engaged plundering . I am sorry to say that the casualties on tho part of the Europeans have been very great . The greatest praise is duo to the officers and creiv of 1 I . M . ship Hazard , for their conduct on this occasion .
Ihave , & e ., & c , ( Signed ) _Geobge Beckham , _ToUeo Magistrate . To his Excellency the Governor . The town is thoroughly sacked , burnt , destroyed ; ( he amount of the loss of life on the natives' part is variously stated , but we think the nearest approximation to the truth would be about seventy killed and wounded . The amount of property of course as regards home and happiness cannot be estimated , but the loss of merchandise we helicve to be little shirt o £ 40 , 000 , Refugees to tbe number of about 50 U have come into Auckland , nianv of them favoured
by the kindness of Capt . _M'Keiver , of thc United States corvette St . Louis , and the English whaling shin Matilda . It is hoped that sterling exertions will be made , not merely to give our unfortunate countrymen instant assistance—that , of course , will be a matter of expectation , but to give them permanent settlement amongst us . At the same time we arc desirous to give assurance that no danger is at hand , although much preparation to meet it is wisely on foot . In a communication from Lloyd's agent , the writer guys;— "It is impossible for anyone to say where or when these disturbances will end . That the New Zealanders have been greatly underrated ia now apparent . The home government will now
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bc undeceived that the ' _v _^&^& fa"Cy could bo maintained _» _-- ¦ " * against a native population of 120 , 000 . To _maiiHai _* * our position _$ _Yt « _- i in the towns , not ono lessthatt 1000 _regular troops can do so ; and unless this fprco \' a sent the colony is not worth living in . ¦ _' . "" BRAZIL . ¦ _Falmouiu , _Jutv li . —Arrived this morning , hec Majesty ' s packet Crane , Lieut . Lewis , from liio ' . da Janeiro , May 25 ; Bahia , June C—Thc leading news ? t _aJacket is of the arrival at the imperial capital st his Excellency Don M . Rivera , who not having
I - j" - ? able to rally his strength , after the victory ot j India Muerta by Oribo ' s troops , and being warmly , r _ZZZ'l _, C _^ _pedjnte tlie district oi Rio Grande -with _n few ofhis followers , and , \ vitii much uimciiliy . 111 ( 1 llni _? - _" hrcadtheseapesenibarlved on board a steamer , in which ¦ ie aimed up at Rio de Janeiro on May 15 , where he was . vece < _- . red with much rcspectby thegovcrnmcntanil diploma .. ' agents . The policy that would be adopted by the _vai'io ' , a -powers , especially by the imperial government , on i ? ° count of this event , wasnot known , both on the part of iS general and of the blockaded city . No restriction ha * , been placed on his liberty _, lie is represented ' as a _vcrvhnc fellow . The Ilia Grande district was again ' lit sad state of disorganization , and its recent _pacificator , General Don Bento Manuel , had been cruelly murdered . Large bodies of troops had heen dispatched thither from _llio do Janeiro .
CIRCASSIA . Important News . — CoN 9 T . \ xmcri . _* E , June 23 .- News has just arrived from Cireassia of a nioiJ important nature , but in repeating them I will say JLafe they rcqu | re confirmation . I will now state just _wfeal ; I have heard—viz ., tho Circassians have taken irwrc tho Russians , after some hard lighting and _seveo bloodshed , thc Castle of Sotcha . on the coast of Abas * cia . Sheikh Shamil had arrived at thc head of the River Konban with 30 , 000 men , and had called upon the inhabitants to furnish one man per house , which would make a very large force . _Wtw-onao-ff _' s troops have been beaten by thc Daghistanlees , and three or four ship loads of wounded have been sent to tho Crimea . Many of thc Poles in the Russian army
had deserted to Shamil , so that _Woronxofl ' , being in want of men , offered a bounty of sixteen earbovanz ( each worth 3 s . Oil . sterling ) , to raise reinforcements at Akheska , without being able to get many . Ilo further sent a number of Mussulman ulemas ( doctors of the law ) from Crimea , with their mufti , to Shamil , to try if thoy can open negociations to treat for terms of peace , of ' course merely to set the Circassians to sleep . Shamil , aware ofthe treachery , had three of them put to death . The Russian army is suffering , dreadfully from a scarcity of provisions , and thc _soldie . 5 will have fo wait for the new crops before they will have a sufficiency of food . The crops in Cireassia , though very scanty last year , avc good this season , but my informant docs not kiiow how they have turned out in the Russian towns and Caucasian provinces .
United Patriots' Benefit Society . —The second anniversary of this prosperous Institution -will be celebrated at the Chalk Farm Tavern . Primrosehill , and Regcnt ' s-park , on Monday , July 28 , with a festival and ball . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in the chair * , dinner on the table at two o ' clock precisely . — The Philanthropic Harmonic Meeting of its member . and friends will be held on Tuesday evening next , at half-past eight , at the society house , Mr . J . Skinner ' s , Brown Bear Tavern , two doors from _Driiiy-lanc , Broad-street , Bloomsbury .
_DvxcoMBE ltsTiMoxut . —Central Committee of Trades , Parthciiium , 72 , St . Martiu _' _s-lane , Wednesday Evening , July 10 th ; Mr . J . Grassby , Carpenter , inthe Chair . —The following sums were received : — Per Mr . Wm . Hollis , Cheltenham , £ 210 s . ; the Central Branch of Steam-engine ' Makers , Liverpoel , per Joseph Scotson , £ 25 ; Somers Town _Dislriet Committee ( fifth subscription ) , Mr . Hodges' book , £ 1 ; Miscellaneous , lis . 3 d . ; per Mr . J . Shaw , Is . ; Mr . Caughlan _' s book ( second subscription ) , Is . Gd . ; Mr . Vince _' s book , Ss . Sd . ; Mr . Ilascldinc ' s ditto , Ss . 0 d . ; Mr . R . Mavlcy _' s ditto , 5 s . ; Mr . Palmer , landlord of the Parthcnium , 5 s . ; per Mr . Christopher , Westend Division of Shoemakers , 5 s . -Id . ; the Slopcuttcrs , per Mr . Tobyn , 12 s . r-A letter was received
from Mr . Thomas Brinille , announcing that at a delegate ' meeting of Cotton Spinners , held at Rochdale , £ 10 was voted from the Spinners ; ' funds for the Testimonial , wliich would bo forwarded direct tothe treasurer . Thc secretary having been instructed to make an imperative demand for thc cash still retained in thc hands of the treasurer of the Hertford Local Committee , and others ; on the motion of Messrs . T . Barrett and E . Stallwood , thc question as to " what thc Testimonial shall be" was then unanimously decided on , and the following were appointed a sub-committee to carry it into effect * . —R . Norman , Esq ., treasurer ; Messrs . J . Grassby ( Carpenter ) , chairman of thc Committee ; Messrs . T . Barrett , John DowliiHr , John Shaw . T . M . Wheeler . E .
Stallwood , — Thornc , and Mr . James Synic , secretary . Mr . T . Barrett having offered his room , No . 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , for the use of the subcommittee , the offer was accepted , with a vote of thanks to Mr . Barrett for liis kindness ; and it was resolved that tho sub-committee assemble at the above place on Wednesday evening next . — -All outstanding account ? , and all persons still retaining funds subscribed for the Testimonial fund , are requested to forward the same immediately to Uic General Treasurer , R . Norman , Esq ., No . 2 , New Broad-street , City ; or to Mr . J . Sytne , General Secretary , 1 , Bishop ' s Terrace , Walcot-squarc , _Lanibeih . —A balance-sheet will very speedily bo issued for the satisAietion ofthe subscribers .
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character than we anticipated . It arose from some of those senseless bickerings betwixt the Orangemen and Catholics wliich are so prevalent about tho 12 th of July . The Catholics paraded tho streets betwixt Airdric , Rawyards . and Clarkston , to thc extent of 300 or 400 , demolished a toll-bar , pulled down a house , and we ourselves counted 109 broken windows in the village of Clarkston . There are nine persons hurt , two dangerously , andthe leaders of the gang have absconded . A meeting of the district justices was held on Monday , to take precautionary steps , as the report was current that another row was to take place that night , in which event special constables would be sworn in . A disposition to riot was the whole day observant about Rawyards , but was checked by thc police—Edinburgh Weekly Register .
ArPAiMNG Death of a Youxg Lady dubjxg THS HOLDING OF AS INQUEST ON HER _BrOtUEU . —On Friday forenoon Mr . Wakley , M . P ., opened an inquest at the Masons' Arms , Bevonshire-strcct , _I ' ortlandplace , on the body of Mr . Ellis William Deisser _, aged nineteen , a student about to enter collrgc , residing with his mother and family , at No . 1 . Devonshirestreet . The deceased , who was one of the sons of tha late Dr . Delisser , had recently _rett rned with his * family from Italy , and died suddenly on the evening of Monday last . The jury had viewi d the body , and Mr . 0 . B . Brearey , surgeon , 73 , Gi \ at Portlandstreet , who had attended Mr . Delisser , whs under examination , when suddenly the court was thrown into the greatest consternation by the arrival ofa sei vant ,
who begged the attendance ot the medical gentleman , as Miss Matilda Delisser , a young lady , only fifteen years of age , and sister of the deceased , had fallen from tho second-floor window . Mr . Brearey , the surgeon , rushed out of the room , followed by the jury , and subsequently by thc coroner , Mr . Wakley being requested to attend by some ofthe relatives . On arriving at the mansion , which is aC the corner of the Portland-road , and exactly oppositethe Masons' Arms , thc unfortunate young lady was discovered lying on the stones of the area weltering in blood , which waa still flowing from a wound in the head and from her ears . She was conveyed into an apartment , and on examination by Mr . Wakley and Mr . Brearey , it was ascertained that the skull had
been completely driven in upon the brain . Mr . Liston was promptly sent for , and every effort that medical skill could suggest was used , but without effect , as the unfortunate young lady only survived the occurrence one hour anil thirty-five minutes . The window from , which Miss Delisser fell was that of her bed room * _, and from a large cut discovered behind one of lier ears it was supposed she must have struck against some object in her descent . __ This proved to be the case , for on examination a pair of mirrors placed outsido thc drawing-room window , immediately under that from which she fell , for the purposo of reflecting passing objects , were shattered , and tha iron-wovk supporting them almost doubled . No
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Manchester . —A special meeting of the of Carpenters' Hall locality will be held in an the afternoon of Sunday next , when bu vital importance will be brought before tho Chair to be taken at two o ' clock , —A lecture jelivered in the abovc hall on the evening of next , by JR . Cooper , Chair tobe taken cast saoclock ,
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