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jECUJBB ON THE STATE OF THE NATION . 3 T IHX "SSJ . TT . ITKTfDOD , OF XAXSFrKLD . 0 b Weanesaay ^ eTOung last , Jnly 25 , jttie CruM-luIl , jj , Qqb totm , -was crowded to « tcew to hear alectore on 4 t& tfate *? Ihsnafion and other topic *; hundreds of -eaona Trent awsy enable to obtain admission . At wtfpak seven o'deck , oa tts motion of Mr . Crockford ,-jlt Gao-PafKntooi the chair . oaieKeT'W . Hjtwood , on presenting himself , was warmly cheered- He commeiiced fey Btatiag , that before ^^ sr eal disHfaTrMljron ^ litabont , there were always certain agns oxtokens ¦ which could not be mistaken . In Qie present flay , there ^ werehola and palpable agm in the TiZijrioiB , ibs pdlilicaL , and the social world . Is the lelijniras TOM , there tos fteal iiefe \ ftion ; bnt this did . -
not prove UaS . tire peopH -srere naturally averse to the great subset of Teli 5 ioD , bnt the miniBtera of religion -were behind the education of £ be people ; Again , in the political ¦ world , there "c ere patty recriminations , and the "Utmost depths © f discontent ; imt these B * srns orlyprovea lie rottenness of oar poHtaal institutions , and regnired tiiem to be adapted to the advanced education of the people ; bo it is tha social world , the advanced edncation of the people ¦ raJnsdinteUectnal and moral -worth among ¦ w smen . more than they do fine sad gaudy flawers . These verengnsof the timeii which « oold sot be mwtaisn , and ^^ t ^ centuat the conDtr y groaned iindcr-oppression and injustice , whichproduced discontent ; and than ihe prejent agitation , "whichueTerwonldceassnD til the vast faVMcof arotocratieopprasaonandinlsraleahallbe brought
down to the dnsL He said he should be glad to see tbe lrlirri' = tJ '"' of the iSmsdaa religion advocate these "views ; bat they had the few of losing some of tbB loaves anfl fishes , and therefore they neglected to moot these great piiadplea . He pointed attention particularly to the present amount of discontent , and asked what tfijot preaching contentment conld have to a man "who -was starving * at trbat nse it -was saying , - Set yonx & £ ec » lions on things above , and not on things below , " to a man "who "was obliged to go snppexless to bed , and , on rising is the morning , did not know where to get a 'breakfast for his -fcrniiihin g children ? 1 ib $ men have means to obtain a livelihood , and then they-will be in n state to listen to , and to put in practice , moral lessons Be touched upon tha Coasfcitatlon of « or country ,
remarking that it was made for all , and not for a few . He iras decidedly infaTonr of an aristocracy , andshonld mourn Sot the late of Britain if there "were no aristocraey , as heifelfc that God always istant there should l > e sn aristocracy j he Las made mountains ss well as mole-hills ; great beasts and little beasts ; great stars * and Kttle stars ; great minds and little minds ; and he deagned the great to lead and instruct the little minds : hence tre hare an idea cf the constitution « f a House of -Lords , bet It fihoirld be a Boose al genuine noblemen , sot of noble pursss . What sort of an aristocracy is that -H-hica consists of Wood and not of brains ? fThs people do not "wish to pot down aristocracy , bat 3 o 32 is 3 It up i ft is an aristocracy of intelligence and moral power that is wanted—that is , of men "who have
jBOTlis to command respect -and intelligence to -win ir ; men of tbifi description are the tone nobility of o population , and these are the aristocracy founded by God . Be dwelt -upon the state of the country , its distress , discontent , and agitation , and added , that sneh being the acted state of the country , it became the xaallv y } fm »; fl- 7 " ^ " ^ fa > « tasider tha remedy . They Ijjjfc ^ Chnreh garrftnicon —{ langhi&r );—«• only , " aay iheyi get a church on every hill and in every valley , and yon Trill have the mfllBnTmn . Yes , bat it vesld be the mHlFnipm cf parsons . ( Cheers . ) He vonld mate every man in a certain sense his own jriest ; everj mani horns his ozmalbax , and every man ' s cottage his two cbnrch —[ hear , hear )—Only snrronnd tbe people by happy circuniBtancej , and free them from
al&Tery , and they "trill feel the higher obligations of religion , and conscious gratitude will swell / within the poor man ' s bosom ,-cherishing the noblest firtnes . He disagreed vi £ b Socialism ; bnt sffll he thought there -were hunts ! men amongst ihe Socalista , and therefore lie would not heap npon them wholesale abuse , especially a » they seemed to Ttiah to see a purer state of society Then eaniB corn hut repeal— ( laughter )—abont -which they might differ ; and though no one wonld deny that free trade "was a good thing in the abstract yet the tjnesSon -was , "wheUier a gigantic srnl could be cured iy the repeal f the sornlaw ? He ahould say it eoold not —( bear , hear ) . 'Then comes the Charter , a thing -which lbs people had introduced ; and he begged to say t&at for the core of these evils , he proposed the
Charter—( tremendous and long-continued cheering } . There is , -said the lecturer , soinething prophetic in tliat chesr ; aye , people may sneer at such -a thing , tnt I say there is ssinetfiing prophetic in thai &&nr ; 1 regard it as , the tey-notetotheireatanduniTErsal cheer that iriJl echo on every hin and -ralley throughout England , Scotland —the empire -where tyranny shall be overthre-wn , and fha Ciartar astabHshed—{ cheers } . I hear tome say , "what can a fiaasfian imTTinW have to da -with the darter ? -what has the Sst . Wm . Ltnwood to do in conung ionraid to advocate the Charter ? I -will tell you something more . I have not only introduced it here , but I have been criminal enough t » advocate "it in siy o" » m pnlpit . - ^ ny say some , sfbai can Gbristisa ministenj have to do "sdth tbB Charter ? ily inswer ia
they have aa mnch to do "with the Gbsrter as they have todo ~ w > th common sense ; and aa surely as 1 stand upon this platform , -whes ths people have got the Charter , they -wDl have something to do -with their ministeTS . The sheep "who get a head of their shepherd ¦» 31 uotimndiiiB , sad tiie people -trhogeta head of Iheii t ^^ v'b" * ais sot to be led by them ; and 1 must By , that if half the pulpits -were s-srept clean with a besom of the men -who stand in them , it would be a great advantage to the community—Icheers ) . 1-defend the Charter , en the ground of simple jnstice . Ton msy tall it the < Jharter or Cornplete Saffiage , ; lor the Complete Snfirsge party is pledged to ihe Sis Points , and they are prepared to cany out the Charter . The moment they cease to be prepared to carry out the Charter ,
he ceased to he one of them—ieheera ) . He defended fite Charter as a mutter of job tics ; he -would have nothing to do -with expediency , as that -would never getaayOnng . He-sras opposed to claiSB legislation ; and ieasted the mldflle classes , -what right they had to IE&B 8 the working classes the Gharler , if it -were just ; and he defied them to prove that it tpss unjust—Idi&ets ) . Hen go to ckapels , and hear in sermons flat they are to lore their brethren ; bnt in ifcality , mtte&d -of doln ? » ihsy lo * a tbrfr poefcets . He vouMaii , "wiataortof Christianity did they esll that ? Secause hs -was a CBristian minister he "was a Chartist , and if they -were Cbristians the ; -were Ckartista also . TTbom did Christ assodata -with ? Toe poor , the ^ dapised , 2 nd the outcasts . He argued to show , if a man obeyed laws te had a right to say-who ahonld
represent w » n in imposing tiiem , and he contended that nsryman of twenty-one years of age , of sound mind , and BDtainted by crime , onght to have the Suffrage—( cheers ) "With regard to n » property qualification , what -waB it flat constituted a good senator ? la it a long banking a «» niit , a large estate , and a good carriage ? Would they stud a man to the Honae of Commons merdy becanse ne had a good purse in his breeches pockets . He ingTr aieyflM not ^ wish , though they often did-send -fools there ; bnt they ^ tdred to have men of intellect and moral power , which alone . can- qualify men to become senators . Money does not qnalify a man ; Stare xre many bxzg £ itxnen -vho nave Ti 9 fr £ 3 Q 0 a-year , lot they possess that which £ 1 , 000 a year cannot purfiase—Jcheera ) . He agreed -with HiepayBientcf
membeat , electoral districts , -vote by ballot , and annual par-Ssments , and argued strongly In their favour , repndiadng the assertaon that -if the Charter became the 1 »» o ? the 7 » nfj they wonld have nothing bnt -raJgazity j 2 b fact -was , that men did sot -wast -vulgarity ; they ^ autihe means of obtaining refinement , and instead of desiring to -go down , they -wished to ascend . Bid be nut speak the sentiments ef theaudience ?—( Cries at "Yes , yes . " ) -. Poor men had xespected property in ffifiress , and rather than destroy it had gone tothe l « sae ; would they desboj ft tiffin they had the swans of enjoying it—leriei d "Jfoj no * . ) Grant them the Charter , and property -win be -well protected —Icheers ) . They say if the Charter is granted , the tnmtry -win be revolutionised ? What state is the
tonntry 2 K > w in ? Js it -mA aireadj revolntiomaed ? iook si Ireland , Scotland , Wales , and England ; todd they finfi * peaceable sgnare mile?—I" No , no . 5 he rerolnfion , -which is said maf come from granting a aeasnra of jnstic * , is now going on , like a mighty stream ; 2 nd "witheut it is instantly arrested in its course , ¦ "iU orerwhelmand plunge the nation in ene Tast mass cf Tidn sad -sFretchedness . The isrolution is going on IQ many a garret and many a cellar ; in many a heart Jodmany a brain , sow grounj down by the band of cppMsadon . The revdluUon is going on in the minds of uanj thousands and tens of thonsands possessed of in-^ Dectand moral worth , who willlead on their fellow ^ a to S ^ ona . Tnaj energy , -sagonr , andsneeeasj and lo
*^* oaltl ay , Horn -who deny jnsflee , bewaie that ^^ fc ^ Efored TPafrrfh fiie heart ackj and ha -would ^ tateheed , lest they oppose till themighty tempest *» fl have swept them irresistablj into one eommon 1 t ^ o—itheers ) . Be Appeared there to . address the * £ fle cTasses , and he trusted they would aot ^ oneemn ^ aJnrapa iaiig jug lyjnegt senfiments . They might te tcld-toioDi ' npoa such a demagogue as fljs lecturer wSh ewSon- ^ but lie reminded them , that the man ^ tbsa troB fri £ lla - = who-pointed outiheir evils , and ^* ^ tia 5 ? ssatest enemies are those mlnisfceis "Who , fe' » Z ^ rSnaaaJ » tell them » 5 attEring and delnslTe t ^ LJ ^ ^*^ » most € toguentdescription of the E ^ l ^ idM . population , He guotedtte POP " *" ^ " ° v ™ " ™ —
^^^ ""g ^^ fnl m ^ " ^^ ** K » fountains of light in S » skies , i ^ fflan shcnlalook Bp-wiai tears in Ms eyes ? Zrvoa nsaie tlaa eara » , w > almnaaDt-aiid fair , £ * 2 « a Should look down -wi& » groaa of despair *™ trad anthe -woria -wiaiannonions life , ^^ EiioBld goIorthTdax destinciaon and stnleJ _ , ^ wM ^ aaer freedom o'er mountain and irave , T ™ ^ MiSHmUe ^ st a » a tyrant anS alave ? f ^ " ** *> hopeless—K > 7 oyless a creed , *» toeaoni that beiisves it , to darkened icdeed . " SreJT * ^* People shpnlfl not compromiBe or E ^ S , *|® wta of the Charter—Jcries xA * ' no , no ! a _^^ ase n decided upon long since" }—and he ^^ Jie aaidle d asses if fhsy did not Jobxin the .. ^^^• hCTWsnia rfl -TWll intn ^ hn imlnrt of -ffiiserV
Sie- «^ t « ' * tfceni by-way-of euwnragement in WOIS « PoiiEal MgpneiBiion , lie aaid-r xt ^ - ? 1 ^^^ ^^ ^ aBen of &e sea I - * - «» J tSjBe ths hmd of the fearless and free ;
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They say thon art first on the records of fame ; The ; speak of Uiy glory , but not of thy shame 5 Despair not , my country , for truth ie revealed . — Her hands have the fountains of knowledge unsealed ; ; Thy children shall gather new life from the stream , Tell the pains of the past , are forget ass dream . " , The lecture being concluded , a vote of thunfcs was moved to the lecturer . Mr . Bsggs , in seconding the xnofion , informed the meeting that there was a newsroom established in Swann ' a-yard , opposite to the Police Office , for the working classes , at one penny per week , -which , dnring the present exciting times , -wenld fee of great advantage . ^
_ _ _ Hearty « beers followed tbe proposition of thanks to the lectnrer , and also a vote of thanks to the Mayor , Thomas Wakefield , Esq ., for his liberality | in allowing the use of the Town-ball for the lecture . . The meeting broke up at a quarter-past ten o ' clock . [ We have great pleasure in giving the above report from the Nottingham Review of hut week . It is refreshing to find a minister so fritafal to his calling as to rebuke the wickedness of those in high places , " and to make common cause with the " poor oppressed , " trump-ting forth then' wrongs and asserting their rights . It -would be well if the fair , and candid , and catholic spirit of the reverend gentleman was generally imiiated , not only by tbe members of his own profession , but by
au parties . Tnere "would be leas 01 misunderstanding , illnature , bad feeling , and nnchsritableness in the world than there is . were such the case . From a private letter from a friend we learn with much satisfaction , that the reverend gentleman has arranged to give another lecture in Jfettmgbam , at the request of the TfotQngham Chartists ; and that they intend to obtain the use of the large and splendid Exchange Hell for the occasion . This is right The arrangement does credit to boib parties , and speafca well for the good spirit and right understanding existing between them ; and which ought to exist between ail who honestly acknowledge the full rights of the full people , and do their utmost to obtain and enforce them . !
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m > TO TUB EDH 0 B OP THE K 0 B . TBERN STAE . Sib , — " The glorious uncertainty of the law" has been a proverb for time immemorix I ; and never has that saying hem better verified tfean in the conduct of the Whijps daring tfee late debates on Irish affairs . What magic influence the opposition benches have upon the perceptive organs of parties , from the most learned to thelowdst satellite . Prom the proceedings of the last ten days it is obvious that our legislators not only change their opinions as to law making as they change benches , bnt that they change in what is more important to
society . the r views as to the powers of the ExecuttVe . The Whigs have attacked the Tories for having dismissed Magistrates , on the ground of having attended Repeal meetings , and have gone bo far as to declare the condnct of Sir Edward Sngden to be unconstitutional , inasmuch as thesa Magistrates were entitlsl to attend any regularly « onstituted meeting , having for its object to petition Parliament to repeal a certain legislative enactment I aba !! not attempt to follow all that has bsen said in the Commons , nor by the party press , but shall confine ray observations to the conduct of the late Whig Chancellor and Attorney General
On Pnday , July liih , the Marquis of Clanricarde brought forward the following motion in the House of L ^ rds , " That to dismiss magistrates from the commission of the peace under such circumstances ub those in ¦ which Irish magistrates had been dismissed by Sir E . Sadden , was uncoDstitutioral , unjust , and inexpedientf * ¦ Daring the debate that followed on the above motion , Lord Campbell ( late plain John ) said , " the magistrate stood in the position of a judge , and he utterly denied thst a judge conld be dismissed until he had committed an effence . " To hear this from ^ the t" » " who boasted at a public breakfaEt at Edinburgh that Chartism was dead , that lie had crushed it , is not so extraordinary as the following irosa Lord Catteah&m , John Campbell ' s superior in the years 1839-41 . Ths Noble and Learned
ex-Whig Chancellor is reported to have said : "he thought the conduct of the Irish Gaverument , though not ~ amounting to Sigh Treason , as had been Bb . ted ,. had been perfectly unconstitutional ; and this was shown by the statements contained in the letters of Sir E . Sugden himself . His interference was not sanctified by law , and was most unconstitutional in its character . " > ow this is all right Lords Cagpbell and Cottenham have taken a correct view of the Irish Chanoellor"a condnct . While the Repeal magistrates had done nothing contrary to law , the Chancellor ought not to have had the power to supersede them . Those who contend that he is Jin vested with that prerogative
may with equal propriety say that he has the power to disperse by force any public meeting covened for -whatever purpose , "srijbn it suits the party in power to say that saeh meetings ought not to be held . Taese Whig lawyers have very properly condemned the condnct of the present Government in removing from the commission of the peace certain magistrates for having dared to ; exercise their rights as citizens . If it be competent for a rnemter « f Parliament to bring forward a' motion to Bapeal the legislative Act of Union , it most be competent for any portion oi tha people to petition for it . ' ThiB is constitatibnal—without this there is no constitttt $ oa . ;
Lard Cottenham , ex-Whig Chancellor , declares the conduct of the Tories to be little short of high treason ; sail X agree with him . Yet these very Whigs , four years sso , removed from the commission of the peace , on { he state grtnaids , one of the most upright magistrates that dtsry sat upon a bench—the humane , Hie philanthropic , thB -rirtuous JOHN FROST ! In case this sh-oula meet the eye of any who may not be acquainted ¦ with Uia csrcuaisances connected with Mr . Frost ' s removal frexn ihe magisterial office , let it be borne in mind that he was superseded long before the Newport misfortune . Do the Whigs suppose these things arc forgotten ? If they do they are woefully mistaken . Lord Campbell is not to flitter himself that the people forgat that ha is the saint Sir John Campbell , Whig Attorney G-neral , -who in person prosecuted the
expatriated Frost Wiliiams and Jones ; ci that the pegple forget the means used to secure the destruction of Frost and his -companions . Whatever steps the Tories may take against Ireland they cannot be more execrable than those pursued by the Whigs -when in office . The Whig Mayor -of Newport fcnew from Thursday that the town ¦ was to be attacked—this was four days before the outbreak took place—yet he took no steps to avert the attack . Pray who conld give the information on Thursday ? The first meeting of Frost with the delegates -was on Friday night , twenty-four hours subsequent to the Mayor tno"sring what waa to happen . This was admitted by the spy-witness himself -when cross-examined by Frost ' s counsel ; and it demonstrates the dsmnable machinery put in operation by the late Whig Governmens in order to crush the infant cry of liberty in England .
The Mayor of Newport , notwithstanding tbe inffer--mation "which he possessed , did " nothing to prevent the people from the hills entering the town ; he allowed tha people to approach the Westgate Inn , where he had surrounded himself by & body of constables and a party of soldiers . To certain inquiries by the people , tbe constables returned irritable replies : a colliaon took place ; the Mayor ordered tbe military to fire , and they being in 2 room specially selected , ( the people up to that moment knew nothing as to them leing within the Westgatej they were enabled to do so with fatal effect .
and which there is every reason to believe they cantinned to-do after tbe people had given way . A number were mortally wounded ; some' of whom lay in tile street for a considerable length of tame weltering in their blcod , and in the last agonies of expiring nature eried for one mouthful cf cold water to cool their dying hearts ; bnt , no ! there they were doomed to perish , and when-some of the inhabitants offered to give them a drink of water , the soldiers threatened to fire upoa lbfim ** i / then advanced a &p further ! " A magistrate { a clergyman ) passed by them ; but , deaf as an adder , paid no attention to their agonising cries .
Frost was known to havB been with the people that morning , but not at the Westgate Inn . He was apprehended , acd charged as the leader of a treasonable plot ; and . in the words of Sir Frederick Pollock . *• the grealest monsters thai ever disgraced a court of justice '' were produced against him as witnesses ; and npon the testimony of third parties as to language said to have been expressed by Frost , ( the msn in the " draft greed coal arid g'azed bat , " of whom Frost and his fnenda could learn nothing , -was cot placed in the witness-box by Sir John Campbell , ) yet on tbe testimony of this third parry tbe late Government asked and obtained a verdict against one whom they found to be an uncompromising political opponent ; and though from circumstances the sentence was commuted , yet it is being -earned oat in its modified form with unrelenting cruelty ' Frost has not been allowed any communication Vithhis bereaved fdmUy for aiore than two years .
The Mayor of Newport instead of being called to account for not having taken steps to have prevented a breach of the peace , was called up before the Queen and honoured with the taHe of Knighthood- Kins the man -who allswfcd SPIES to pnraue their hellish work of espionage -fill their diabolical object was secured , instead of being punished for having permitted , with his knowledge , such things to be committed , was bj Lords Campbell and Cottenbam ' j friends pnblicly rewarded . This is not & solitary instance of Whig treachery towards the people of England , They -were justaSed ' in employing means to obtain information ; bnt they -were guiltry of treason against the state , in employing men first to lead the people astray . { in order ttiat they might betray them into the hands oKJovernmest ) and then become witnesseragainBt them .
, This was the contact pursued by toe Wb 5 ? s towards those vho bad iai » ed them to power . It -will be their conduct again should they ie lestored to office . What they have done in England they are prepared to do in Ireland -when it suits . Whenever the Irish people shall ask-for anything calculated to benefit tSe masses , tbe Whigs -will be as much thrar enemies as ever the Tories « an be . Cursed be tbe name of the hireling that may lead himself to either party . C J . Glasgow , July 24 th , 1843 .
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" Thebb is but one step from the Seblihe to the BiDicci-oTTs . " —Sir C . F . Williams , Ihe Bankruptcy Commissioner , observed a bankrupt leaning upon the desk . " Sir , " said the great little man , ( or vice versa ) " you have been sworn , and your present atUKide is neither respectful to yonr God nor to me ! "' „
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TO THE MINERS ; OF GREAT BRITAIN . BROTHERS IN BONDAGE , —My reason for addressing you en the present occasion is to warn you against the machinations of several unprincipled scamps that are abroad in the pay of tbe : masters , endeavouring to entrap you into a premature strike , and thereby prevent you from securing that Organization , without which It is impossible for us to successfully contend with that systematic oppression which , for years has crashed as to the earth , and which every da ; becomes more and more unbearable . ;
Brothers , —I hope yonjwill be on your guard against those , whose only object is to crush our movement , and make US again an easy prey to oar crael task-masters . They have always hitherto been able to crush our sectional movements against their oppressive exactions ; and after the expenditure of Tast sums of money , and many good and honest men have bean sacrificed to unbending cruelty , our condition has only been rendered more galling . I hope ; therefore , that you toil ! not countenance any man that advocates a Strike under pressnt circumstances ; nor give car to any strangers , except they be the authorised agents of the Coal Miners ' Union , and can produce credentials from the Executive . By these means you will be able to establish that Orgnnizition so much dreaded , by those that have hitherto trampled upon the rights of the toiling miners .
My respected friend , Swallow , and myself , are doing wonders in Lancashire . The good "work of Organization is spreading with & rapidity far beyond onr most sanguine expectations . I hope that in a short time Lancashire will be able to do its own work , and allow us to go to some other part of the country were tae poor enslaved miners have not heard of our national movement for a good understanding with each oUier , I am happy to inform you that the cause is taking deep hold in the following places and their neighbourhoods , ¦ viz ; —oidbanij Ashton-under-Lyne , Dakinfield , Hyde , Clsytsn , Rochdale , Bury , " Bolton , Wigan , Chowbent , Ratcliffe-bridge , Ringley-bridge , Halshaw-moor , Hindley , Chorley , West Hanghton , &c . &c But we are -watched at every step by \ the creatures ot the masters , acting as spies upon oar actions . They even get into our sleeping rooms to listen to our private conversation ; but as our work is done openly and aboveboard , we have nothing to fear , and ; defy their malice .
Brothers , in conclusion , let mo again call your attention to your Organizitioa , for by the perfection of that alone can we hope for success . It is by means of Organization our employers hava been able to oppress us in the manner they have done . Whilst we have been divided , tbey have been united . They have kept up a complete systematized Organization . Even now in fchis connty , tbey have a meeting of tbe Employers on the first Monday in every month . In those conclaves they concect their new plans of oppression . Having these facts before as , can we hope to accomplish any good , or produce any lasting beDefit , without having a powerful National Organization ? Let then all our energies be
devoted to this purpose , and this alone for the present We have borne with patience our manifold SUff ^ riDgS for years . Let us exercise that virtue a little longer , until we are able to meet our enemies on equal terms . Bnt for the sake of our cause , our wives and little ones , let us not by Sectional and premature Strikes throw away our vantage ground , and give tbe enemies of justice another opportunity of laughing at US and effectually oppressing us for years to come . I am , brother Miners , Yours , in the good cause , Manchester , Jaly 26 , D . Thompson , 1843 . : Agent fco the Association .
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HORRIBLE MDrtDER IN KORTH TIPPEKARY . Tbe following letter ^ ivea an account of an appalling murder in the northern division of Tipperary . Like moBt acts of violence in that county , this san £ uiHary deed is connected with ihe competition for land amongst the peasantry ; : — u Toomavara , Fridat Kight . —A most horrible murder has been perpetrated in North Tipperary . A respectable farmer , named Rody Donohoe , who lived at Nicane , sear Toomarara , was waylaid by four men between these two mentioned plact-s , who beat bis head into a mutilated and shapeless mass . With ftones and bludgeons .- The unfonunalo men , though in this state , exiraordinary to say , struggled From one convulsive fit to another until post-hour this night , when he parted life in the extremity of human agony . ¦
" Mr . Tabiteau , the resident magistrate , from Nenagh , was at the scene of ifae outrage at mideight , when he concentrated the police from the adjacent stations , and scoured the Burroundiaj ; country bnt without any success . Some suspicious characters were arrested , bnt were released after examination . The murderers , who were four in number , were Been by several persons . They were strangers , and armed with sticks only , tires painfully illnstratug the fact that , when men are determined to murder , any weapon is as j deadly and as fatal in their bands as fire-arms . " ! The diabolical wretch that plots the sacrifice of human life little recks with what instruments he carries into execution his hellish designs . Even if tnejuse of fire-arms were a still-to-be-discovered invention , the victim could not
escape his destroyer . 7 " This murder , like all others in the same county , with one or two exceptions , claims for its cause the taking of land . There is one meianoholy circumstance connected with it , which , if possible , makes is more deeply distressing . ] Rody Donohoe was murdered in mistake ibr his Tbrother John , who had lately taken some land in ! ihe neighbourhood ef Toom , from which the Shellsys , relatives of his by marrbge , had been ejected .: Tee murderers had been lying concealed in a pit near the Shelley b' house for ihe greater part of Thursday evening , and it was out of it they rushed- upon their unsuspecting and innocent victim . The mistaking of one brother for the other is a fuitliercujvfirmaiion of ins four men being strangers in the locality . *'
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Gross Ch 8 duutt . -A widow in Loohcarren , having lately lost £ 2 which was stolen oat of her house , actuatod ! by the remains of an ancient but uow ucariy exploded credulity , resolved to have recourse to a weird swter , in order to regain her lost property , bhe { accordingl y came all the way to vuumall * totake the good advice of Catherine CampoeU or Beaton , residing there , a notorious pretender to witchcraft , Catherine returned with her dapa to Lochcarron , and commenced operations ty Baying , that no fcood coald- be done unless the same sum as was lost ? conld be procured , which the poor woman borrowed : and then the witch put it away carefully ttw
m woman ' s chest , and it was not to be looked at till the next day , when fcho former logc £ 2 were to be found with it ; but the witch went off by the mail-cart , j and neither the £ 2 nor the £ 4 were found where the , money was Bupposed to be put , but some « onea and oatcake , the impostor , having heiped herself to the former . Information having reached DinKwatl of this gro 93 imposition , Campbell was apprehended , and » a fully committed for trial . She is a , native of Lewis , and an old offender in the same line , having oftea set the simple country people by the ears , by pretending to discover parties who , by the evil eye , " had taken the virtue out of thoir neighbours' cows' milk . —Rosshire Advertiser .
RoVALir in Danger . —Last week , during the progress of Her Majesty and Priuce Albert in the Royal barge on their way to the Thames Tunnel , they narrowly escaped being run down by the Syren , a Woolwich steamer . The Royal barge was steeied by Mr . Roberts , Her Majesty ' s barge-master , a very experienced man , tho Admiralty barge by Mr . Masterman . The Queen ' s barge-master received particular directions to follow the Admiralty barge , which led tbe way . The barges wera proceeding down the river , keeping rather towards the north shore , and on reaching the Dublin tier off the Tower , the Admiralty barge all at once shot across the river towards the south shore . The Queen ' s water- ; men followed in pursuance of the orders given them , and they met the Syren steamer coming up the river in a contrary direction , at full speed . The master of the steamer who had been keeping a straight course , and . who did not expect that the
State barges would have so very suddenly altered theirs , was close j ou to the Royal barge before he was enabled to stop the engines , and he was within a vary few feet of the prow when a naval officer , who was outside the [ house between Her Majesty and tho watermen , stood up on the cushions , waved his hand , and , unmindful of the presence of Royalty , sa » £ outfit the fop of his voice " Halloo ! halloo G—d d—n you , where are you coming to ! " And one of tbe watermen ceased pulling , and following the example sec him , called out " 0 , you vagabond . The rudder of the Royal barge was put hard over , aud fortunately the collision was avoided , but some of the distinguished party were greatly alarmed . Prinoe Albert looked serious , the Princess Clementine appeared frightened , but the Queen laughed heartily , and did not exhibit the lease symptom of fear .
Melancholy Accident . —Four Lives Lost . —On Sunday last , about half-past eleven o ' clock , a party of four persons entered 1 a pleasure boat , lying at Inverness , and proceeded down the Firth as far as Kilmuir . When { returning , and within about two hundred yards of the Longman Point , a sudden Equall caught them be oro they had time to Shorten sail , and the boat filling , instantly swamped . The accident was seen ] at Kilmuir , aud boats put out to render assistance ; but before they could reach the spot , the whole had disappeared amidst the stormy currents that prevail in this part of the Firth . The unfortunate parties were Georgo Munro , formerly of the Atalahta revenue cutter : but who had , for the
last eighteen months , kept a public house in Pettystreet . This man-has left a wife and seven children to regret his loss . ! William Gumming , son of Mr . Gumming , carpenter , Shore , aged 19 . This young man had left his father ' s house to go to church , and a copy of the New Testament was found in one of his pockets . John Ross , aged 13 , son of J » hn Ross , shipmaster , Cromarty ; and William Kirk , a seaman , on board the Janet of Liverpool , at present in this port . Kirk was a native of Auchencairn , in Galloway ; he was an expert swimmer , and bad obtained several medals from the iiunmie Society for his exertions in saving persons at sea . —Inverness Cuurier . i
Granite and Wood Pavements—At a recent meeting of the institution of civil engineers , a paper was read " On tbe relative merits of granite and wood pavements and macadamized roads , " byC . T . Hope , F . R . S . L . S . A . It ia shown that macadamizing has few if any advantages for public thoroughfares , owing to itB rapid abrasion , tho frequent application of new material , the uncertainty of its condition , the abundance of mud and dust , the great expense of maintenance , and 1 from the power employed in draught requiring to be so variable . It is contended that granite pavement can be made superior to macadamizing as regards economy of construction and maintenance of way , power ot draught , and generally
of all other qualities , with the single exception of noiss , which by proper construction may be greatly diminished ; that wood paring is superior to any other description for streets * and from the results of experiments made by the author during a period ot eighteen months , itfappears that tho vertical position of the fibres sustains less abrasion and injury than blocks in any other position—that cohesion is not a fluctuating quality , as the blocks do not become wot and dry with toe , changes of the season , since when onoe they hayo absorbed as muchttiomture as they can contain , and their volume is thereby increased , they never can be entirely dessicateci , even by a long series of dry weather . The author ' s view * were carried out at igreat length .
Rebecca ' in BEttXAND .- ^ -The Northern Standard , an Orange paper , j contains the following : — " On Friday last ^ i five men dressed in female attire attacked the house of ( one of Mr . Shirley ' s bog bailiffa named Bryan M'Enany . It appears that the outrages committed in-that neighbourhood lately have been all perpetrated fey men in the garb of women , and are known by , the appellation of ' the girls . ' Those fellows vrtxk Been approaching the field ia which M'Enaay was working by his son , who gave the alarm , and the father had just time to reach the house aud inform his wife , when they rushed to the
door—the wife sprang out to keep them off , while M'Enany closed , the door , and barred it with a log of wood . The ruffians endeavoured to break the door open with stones , and while they were thus employed , the boy who remained in the Held ran to his uncle ' s house , a resoluto and able young fellow . Who immediately came to his friend ' s rescue ; the 1 girls' made off , pursued by M'Connin , but upou reaching the road he was intercepted by a crowd of pdrsous , who compelled him to give up tho pursuit . Oae of tho crowd is now iu custody , but' the girls ' escaped . "
Frightful ScaPFotn Accident . — On Friday morning a laan named William Parry , a bricklayer , nfiy-seven years of age , fell from the third story of the house No . 26 , Park-street , Hyde-park , a height of upwards of forty ' feet , into tho area , below . He was immediately conveyed in an apparently dying s : * te to St . George ' s Hospital . The injuries ho had sustained in the back , limbs , and head , are of such a nature aa to leave but slight hopes of his surviving . The imprudent man had been standing upon a single plank , ; and at length , finding that he required to be raised for tbe purpose of finishing his work , he procured a box , 'but had 110 sooner placed his feet thereon than the plank gave way , and he was precipitated ou to the area pavement *
Opposition to poob bates . —On Saturday last , at one o'clock , a sideboard , the property of Mr . Charles O'Coanell , was sold ; in High-street , by public auction , for £ 2 15 % being seized under a civil bill for poor rates . Mr , OHJomiell addressed those present from an adjoining window . He strongly denounced the present system of pr . ir laws , and declared he would never pay a fart > ii ; 7 if rate until such ohaagea were made as would serve the poor and' lessen tho numerous salaries of bloated commissioners . The police mustered strongly with the resident magistrate and sub-inspector , bat there appeared to be not the slightest occasion for their presence . —Ennis Adver tizer .
French Finance .- ± The National Dnbt of France , whioti in 1572 , under Charles IX ., was only 17 . 000 . 000 f ., was , in } 1832 , 5 , 417 , 495 , 0 l 7 f . At the present time it ia aloiost 7 , OO 0 , OiM , 00 Uf . France has already been bankrupt bix times , viz : —Under Sully , who deduoted the interest formerly paid on the oapital ; at the end of Lauw IV . ' s reign , under De&maret , who paid neither capital uor interest ; at ; the fall of the " systene law , " under Lepelletier ; under the Abba Terrai , Who Hid not pay the assignments ; duriug the revolution ; afi-T tha creation of 45 ^ 000 , 000 of mortgages ; 1 ' -fitly , in 1799 , t > y the reduction of twothirds of the debt . .
Notelty in , Crabj Catching . —A short time ago , while & gentleman belonging to this town , who is a capital swimmer , was enjoying the luxuries of that delightful exercise afc Brought ? Ferry , 0 ae of I } i 8 largo toes was suddenly seizvc upon by " something ;" and , notwithstanding all his efforts , he was unable to release it from the grasp of the unseen captor , which seemingly evinced a determination to drag him under water . Feeling , no doubt , that he was likely to come off " second beBt" in the struggle , he made with all possible despatch for the shore ; and , on landing , found thai his antagonist was a huge crab , Iffhicn even then would not relinquish its-hold till its clenched " olaw"' was broken to pieces . : Bathers beware of crabs . —Dundee Courier .
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Foreign Steam Power . —Oo . the 1 st of January , 1842 , there were m France 5 lo * G 5 steam-boilers and 2 , 807 steam-engines , besides 169 locomotives- Of the 5 , 60 $ boilera , 4 , 857 were of STreaoh- raanufaoture . ; 1 . 747 of them furnished av > am for various uses , and the remaining 3 , 858 supplied the 2 , 807 engines . Of the 2 807 engines , 584 were ltjjw pressure , equalling 11 , 114 horse-power , and 2 , 223 > high pressure equalling 26 \ 182 horse-power , making together 37 , 296 horse « power ; that is , the force of 121 . 888
draughthorses , replacing strength of 783 , 000 men of labour . These amounts , as compared with the year 1840 , present on one side a reduction , of 40 boilers , not used for steam engines ; and Jon the other , an increaso of 285 boilers for steam-onffnea , of which last 216 were fixed , and 27 locomotive . This increase gives an equivalent of 2 946 ( horse-power , or 8 , 836 draught-horses , or 62 , 000 men . In 1841 steamengines in France did tbe labour of 55 , 061 draughthorsos , or L 085 . 427 men . I
Definition op a Clock .- ^ As a blunt sort a witness in an action of trover , ] at York , was undergoing a cross-examination by [ Mr . Pund&s , a clock became tho subject of inquiry , and when the question was put as to what sort of a j clock it was , the witness replied that it was " a sheep-head clock . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . Dundas , apparently considerably surprised , inquired— " What sort of a clock is that V Witness— "Why , a clock without a case ; they pall it wag by'fc wall . " Thin definition , was given amidst roars of laughter . Purgatory by Anticipation . —At a neighbouring assize town on the Oxford circuit , in the present
term , the gentlemen of the Bar were complaining of the heat and inconvenience of the Court , which the presiding Judge admitted was exceedingly annoying . Amongst the complainants was an Obese attorney , wbo , starting upou his legs in the lower part of the Court , thus addressed his Lordship , " And , my Lord , you see the ( attorneys are thrust down here into a bottomless pit" "O ! never mind , Mr . — , that ia only anticipating your doom , " drily responded his ( Lordship , amidst the irrepressible laughter of the Court .
Army and Navy . —The troops m Ireland have a prospect of some rest after their summer ' s campaign of marching , couuterma > rohing , land re-countermarching in quest of the ghost of an insurrection . It is confidently stated that the Duke of Wellington has determined to concentrate the scattered fragments of the regiments in Ireland into a few stations , whence , when the insurrection ventures to show itself ia -bodily shape , the ybole mass of military may sally forth in a concentrated mass and make minced meat of it at once . It is therefore to
bo expected that the Hepeal war , when it does break out , will be commenced , foughi , and concluded , like the battle of the frogs and mice , within the compass of a day . The Irish fleet is manwuvering we supposo in quest of a foe ; or perhaps to entrap American sympathy half seas over , j There is , therefore , every reason to expect that this mighty movement which keeps Ireland in agitation , and paralyses England , will end , like the Spanish war , in a ccrdial shake of hands between tho belligerent parties , and with the explosion of a plentiful discharge of blank cartridge . —Dublin World ,
Beefsteak no Meat . —Poor ] Washee was so pestered by a Roman Catholic Missionary , that he consented to turn Christian . He was duly baptised , and the priest changed his heathen name of Washee , to that of the apostolio John . One of tbe duties imposed on him was to eat ] no meat but fish on a Friday , which he very much objected to , and only promised to observe through fear of " eternal punishment . " The following Friday , however , the
priest called on tho negro , and found him busily employed upon a fine rump-Bteak . The horrified Catholic was commencing a long sermon , when master blackee exclaimed , " Bis no meat , massa dis damn fine . / wA . " " How ? " < % jHow , I tell you : yon baptizo poor Washee—yon sprinkle water in his face , and say , " your name no more jWashee—you henceford call John . " Well , massa , me baptize beef-take ; me sprinkle water on it;—me say , " you name no more meat—you called henceforofish "
fn ~ w + 9 * a - % Jti ^ r * " il 1 * The Univers gives the following as an authentic account of the martyrdom of Al . Borie , tho Missionary at Tong-king in China : — , When surprised by the soldiers who went to arrest him , he rose , and like tiio Saviour , asked them , ! * Whom seek ye V They were for the moment struck dumb by his majestic countenance and extraordinary stature , so imposing in these climates . When put in irons , the confessor took advantage of the ! eagerness shown by the poople to Visit him , to deliver freely to them the
Words of eternal life . His execution was horrifying The executioner , who was half drunk , scarcely knew what he was about . His first stroke with the sabre fell on the ear of the martyr , and out him to the jaw ; the second came npon the top of the Bhoulder 8 and turned the flesh upon the neck ; the third was better directed , but did not ' sever the head from the trunk . At this sight the j criminal mandarin t'hrunk back with horror . It required seven strokes before the sanguinary work was finished , during which the holy priest did not utter a single cry . "
T . ROBERTS , AND COMPANY . AN ACROSTIC , T he life of Parr a twofold good displays—R elief from snff'ring pain , and length of days . O let us not despise theso boons as nought , B ut readily embrace them as we ought . E xtensive UFo , aud freedom from disease R ewarded Parr—and we may | purchase these ; T hat healthful balm which formed his life anew , S hall flourish still , and bless his followers , too . A balm like Parr ' s , which health and ago supplies , N o human'being can too highly priz ? . D ear as the riches of the world are
thought—C ompared with this , they sink at onoe to nought . O ur lif-i at best , ia but a transient day—Man from his birth is subject to decay ! P arr thought on this—he viewed the ilia of man , A nd wisely sought to lengthen- but his span . tf or did he vainly Beek . While here below , Y ou'U find that Parr wa 3 Death ' s severest foe .
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From the London Gazette 0 / Friday , July 28 . BANKRUPTS . Edward Reynolds , Merton , Surrey , silk and woollen printer , to surrender Aug . 10 ., Sept . 8 , at balf-paat eleven o ' clock , at tbe Bankrupts' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Fridayjstveet ; official aa * signee , Mr . Whitraore , Baaingball-street Meyer Lever , Great Winchester-street , commission
merchant , Aug . 10 , Sept . 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Friday-street ; official assignee , Mr . Alaager , Biiehinlaue . j George Salter , Daviea-street , builder , Aug . 4 , at ten o ' clock , S pt . 7 , at eleven , at tho j Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Parker , St . Paul's Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . PennelL 1 Eiizibcth Hannah Foster , Hathern , Leicestershire , tanner , Aug . 4 , at three o ' clock , 31 . at two , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mrv Cfoddard , Kingstreet , Cheapside : official assignee , Mr . Bdlcher .
Jessie Sldcion , West Biomwich , Staffordshire , hollow ware manufacturer , Aug . 12 , Sept . 9 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' District Goart , Birmingham : solioitor , Air . Br ty , Birmingham ; official assignee , Mr . Bittleston , Birniinsbam . j John Henry Taylor , Wabefield , joiner , Aug . 9 , Sept 13 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Lseds : solicitor , Mr . Bu ' . ni 9 r , Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Young , Leeds . j Edwin Rayner , Sheffield , merchant , Antr . 9 , Sept 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Brnsun , Sheffield ; official assienee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds . j
David D xon , Leeds , dyer . Au ? . 8 \ Sept . 5 , at eleven o'clock , at the Bankrupts' District Court / Leeds : solicitor , Mr . Bond , L'Jttds ; official assignee , Mr . Fearne , LeecSs . j John King , Kingston-upon-HullJ meroui , Ad ? . 9 , Sept . e , at eleven o'clock , at the IJankrojpi * ' District Court , Leeds : ( solicitors , Messrs . Sale and Wortbinfcton * Manchester ; and Messrs . England abd Shackles , Hull ; official assignee , Mr . Frieroan , Leeds . Henry Chalicoaibe , Swansea , sail maker , Aug . 10 , at one o ' clock , Sept . 11 . at eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Bristol : solicitors , Messrs . Burfoots , London ; 'Meson No-wman and Co ., Yeoyii ; and Mr . Short , BriatoJ ; official assignee , Mr . Hutton , Bristol .
D 1 VIDENPS . [ Aug . 11 , W . Millar , Wapping-wall , engineer . —Aug . 28 , W . Stent , Oxford-street , hosier .- ^ Aur . 18 , J . Penfold , Goring Sussex , brower . —Aug . 18 , D . Ellis , Jan ., Haverhiil , Suffolk , draper . —Aug . f 8 , J . Colliason , Sautb Molton-Zane and South Molton-street , carpenter . Aupr- 21 ,-O . P . Cobham and W . bJ Wright , dimdeuplace , Peckhain , and Gravesend , buUdeis . —Aug . 21 , J . T . Burgon , Bac / rJersbury , haidsvareman . —Au ^ . , M . Potter , Manchester , merchant . —Au ? . 25 . J . Sioano , Liverpool , hatter . —Aug . 21 , R . PJ'icfelingfcon , Winthorpe , Nottinghamshire , and W . Dickinson , Newarfcupon-Trent—Aug . 18 , T . Baker , Birmingham , brass cock maker . 1 Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the dav ot meeting .
Ang . 18 . W . Stent , Oxford-street , hosier . —Aug . 18 , J . Grieve , Nieholaa-lane engraver . —Aug . 21 , J . Hutton , Rtngwood , Hampshira , draper . —Au « t 18 , M . C . Price , Brentford , glass Eeller .-r-Aug . 19 . J . j C . Whitlenbary , Blackheath-hill , builder . —Aug . 19 , Ji M . Mallan , Ludgate-hUl , dentiBt—Aug . 18 , E . F . Smith , Bristol , car penter . —Aug . 30 , W , Cooke , Bradford , YorkBhire , worsted spin , er . certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause ba shown to the contrary on or before August 13 . i
J . Rose , Spading , Lmcolnshlrej ironmonger . —J . Yarrard , jun ., Sp&ldine , Lincolnshire , grocer . —W . M . Senior , St . Swithln ' s . iane , hardwaroman . —J . Crow , North-end , Fulham , licenaed victualisr T . Whitmarsh , Tunbridge-wellaj , htta keeper W . Ledbuxy ,
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Hagley , Worcestershire , and Coaiboorabrook , Staffordshire , coal merchant—J . C . Mumford , Mile-end-r ^ ad , grocer . —J . Towers , Wolvorhampton , hatter . —^ G Chambers , Hol ' ea street , milliner . PaBTNEHSITIPS DISSOLVED . J . Greg 8 on and Co ., Over Dwwen ond PreBton , Lmi-« ashice , s'Z ^ ira of cotton twiBt . W . Medoalf and Co ., Manchester , brush inanafactarers . Id'Tear and Brice , Liverpool , ship-brokers .
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iip From the Gazette of Tuesday ' , Aug . 1 . BANKBUFTS . Thomas Skianer , butcher , GOdalming , Snrrey . to surrender Au ^ . 10 . at half-past twelve , and Sept 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alsiger . official assignee , Bircbin-lane ; solicitor , Tusker , C ; iunonstreet , City . James Wilkinson and George Wilkinson , indigo brokers , Lsadechall-street , Aug . 11 , attwa , aad Sept . 9 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Beicher , official assignee : solicitor . Child , Chancory-lane . Alexander Ltrog . draper , QaiifaX , AUffUSt 9 . ftt twelve , and September 9 , at onu , at the Court of Btukruptcy . B 9 lch 8 F , official assignee ; solicitor , Reed and Shaw , Friday-street , Cheapsidc .
Henry Morgan Gaodwm and Charles Lee , shipowners . Bishops-gate-street Within , August ie . at halfpast one , and Sept 12 . at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . AJaager , official assignee , Birctiin-lane -, solicitors , OHvsrson , Danby , and Lavie , Pfederisk ' s-place , Old Jewry . William Runting and William Jeffcoat , bookbinders , East HarSing-atrest , City , Aug . 10 , at twelve , and Sept . 12 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Aiaager , official assignee . Jamea Martin , innkeeper , Bexley-heath , Aug . 10 . at eleven , and Sept . 9 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Belcher , official assignee ; so licit crs , Sadgrove , Martlane , London . Uyce Daviea , grocer , Abercatne , Monmouthshire , Aug . 11 , { ait twe , and Sept . 13 , at eleven , at the Bristol District Court Acraman , official assignee , and Bigg , Bristol .
Thomas Bite , William Smith Bate , and James Hallinga , brewers , Rugeley , Staffordshire , Aug . 12 and Sept . 12 , at eleven , at the Birmingham District Court Valpy , official asBignee , Birmingham ; solicitors . Wil-10 Rees , Humphrey , and Wilde , College-bill , London Smith , Rugeley . Nathaniel Neal Solly and Richard Solly , ironmasters , Tividale , Staffordshire , Aug . 24 and Sapt 23 . at halfpast eleven , at tha Birmingham District Court Bittleston , official assignee , Birmingham ; solioitor , Carter , Birmingham . Joseph Wright , builder , Exeter , Au : \ 16 . at one , and Sept . 13 , at eleven , at the Exeter D strict Court . HirtZ 3 ll , official assignee , Exttet ; solicitor , Brutton , Exeter ; Ciipperton , Bedford-row , London .
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London Smithfield Cattle Market , MondaT , Jult 31 . —From ail parts of England , bat moro especially from Norfolk , the Fresh arrivals of JBeasts up to oar market to-day ware compared with those reported for several weeks past , on a very moderate scale , while a considerable falling ; off was observed in their general quaiity . Notwithstanding this deficiency , the limited state of the receipts of countrykilled meat up to Newgate and Leadenhall markets , and the fair average attendance of buyers , the fleet trade was in a sluggish state , and last Monday's quotations were not supported . In consequence , howover , of the numbers of really prime Scots being
unusually scanty , 43 21 per 81 bs was in flomo few instances obtained for them ; but the general figure for the best Beef cannot he noted higher than 4 s , at which a elearaneo was with difficulty effected . From Norfolk we received about 400 Scots and homebreds ; from Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , 90 Soots , homebreds , and runts ; from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , 200 short-horns ; from Yorkshire , 140 runts ; from the Western and Midland districts , 300 of various kinds ; from other parts of England , 340 Scots , runts , Durhama , &o . ; from Dundee and Aberdeen , 140 horned and polled Scots by sea - , and from Ireland , via Liverpool , 40 Irish Beasts . With Sheep we were heavily supplied , a ven the time of year considered , and several severe cases of epidemic were observed amongst that
description of stock , owing to which a , depreciation took place in the value of the middling and inferior descriptions , which fell fully 2 d per ( Jibs , and trade ruled extremely dull . The extreme quotation for the best old Downs was 43 id , bat that for superior half-breds wa $ only 3 s 10 d per 8 lbs . Lambs oame freely to hand , but a very small portion of the supply was above the middle quality . Ia this kind of stock a small amount of busiuess was doing , and the ouzrencics were from 2 d to ii per 81 bs beneath thosa obtained 6 a this day Be ' nuight , The number of Calves were large ; white the Veal trade ruled extremely dull , and the rates were 2 & per 8 lbs lower . In Pigs very little was doing , yet we can notice no material alteration in their value . During the past week no . Foreign Cattle has been imported , into any part of the United Kingdom .
Potatob Markets . —New Potatoes from 3 s to 5 s 6 d per cwt . Scarcely any foreign Potatoes have been ou offer . BoaoBGH Hop Mabket . —Owing to the receipt of rather more favourable accounts from the plantations , we have to report a very active demand for all kinds of Hops here , but prices remain without alteration . In tho duty we have little betting , but it is oalculatodat from £ 135 , 000 to £ 140 , 000 . Wool Market . —An unusually large arrival of wool baa i&ken place in the Port of London since our last report . Public sales are appointed to take place at Garraway ' s on the 8 th and twelvo following days .
Privately a moderate business is doing at late rate 3 . Tallow , —The market is again firmerthis morning , and Taliow on the spot ia scarcely to be had at our quotation . For forward delivery it is 42 s 91 the last three months , and for separate months , from August to December , 43 * and upwards has been paid ia several instances within the last few days . Taere are advices' in London , from St . Petersburg !) , by way of Hull , to the 22 nd inst . Prices there were about the same as by previous post ' , the quantity shipped off was 121 , 000 casks , against 118 , 000 last year , and . 122 , 000 in 1841 . Town Tallow is 42 s aet cash .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , July 31 , ~ We have had a good supply of Cattle at market to-day , and any thing prime was eagerly sought after , and sold at good prices . Beef h \< i to o ^ d , Mutton 5 d to o | 1 , Lamb 5 i to 5 £ d per lb . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 1 , 153 , Sheep and Lambs 10 , 527- % Liverpool ConN Market , Monday , JULY 31 . — During the last seven days we have received 8 , 667 Racks of Flour from Ireland ; but the imports of British Grain , &c . have with that exception been on Si very moderate scale . The trade generally has been
less lively than during tbe preceding week ; the millers and dealers have bought wheat with much caution , and were on Friday in most instances able to supply themselves , at a reduction of Id to 2 d per bushel from Tuesday ' s rates . Flour was also Is per sack and barrel cheaper . Oats were held at previous rates , but very few were sold , and Oatmeal moved slowly at 6 d a load decline . No change as regards Barley , Beans , or Peas . Two or three parcels ofEgypHan Wheai have changed handa in bond at 26 s to 28 j par imperial quarter . Except a heavy fail of rain on Friday and Saturday nights , the weather on the whole has been favourable for the
country . ' Masc ^ ester Corn Market , SATCBDAr , July 29 . —Daring the week the weather in this neighbourhood hasbaeaof a more favourable character , and the activity previously displayed in our markes has altogether disappeared . The supplies of Flour from Ireland are to a . liberal extent ; and , considering the advanced period of the seasoD , those of Oatmeal are very considerable : of other articles thence and
coastwise thoy are unimportant . Of Flour from the ulterior arrivalg are rather on the increase . There was but a . moderate attendance of buyers at our market this morning ; and , notwithstanding an unfavourable change , with indications of unsettled weather , there was very little passing . Wheat and Flour may be quoted nominally as on this day se ' nnight ; but on Oitmeal and Oats the advance then demanded could not be realised , and a decline of 6 d per load on the former article was submittod to .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , Jdly 31 . — A good deal of rain appears to have fallen in different parts of the country on Saturday and Suuday , and tho reports respecting tho outstanding crops do not by any means improve . Harvest operations have , we believe , been partially commenced this morning in the neighbourhood ot Condon ; but reaping cannot , under any ^ cirqmnstanees , be general for some weeks to come . Having a large show of English Wheat ( prxnoiplly from Essex ) , the trade opened languidly ; and before any progress oould be made in sales , factors had to sabiaifc to a reduction of 2 s . per qc . on the rates of this day ae ' nnight , and even at that abatement a olearanoe was not effected . The inquiry for free Foreijspi was slow , holders , however , manitested no particular anxiety to realize , and purchases cp \ Jld not have been made much below former terms .
lnetransaofciorisin bonded Wheat were on rather a retail Boale , but previous prices were firmly insisted on . Flour moved off slowly , and ship samples were the turn cheaper . The receipts of Barley wore triflvngia the extreme , and though the demand for this grain was not important , the repent advance was well supported , the little business dons in Malt waa likewise at fully ' the currency of Monday last . There were not many Oats fresh up this saomine I the quantity left over from last week ' s supply being , however , considerable , and the dealers acting with much caution , prices had a downward tendency . On Irish the wdaotion since thi 9 day week may be estimated at from fid . to Is ., aud ou even the finer kinds of English and Seotch at least 6 d . per qr . Beans and Peas moved off iu small quantities , at about previous prices ,
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TRAGICAL AND SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT THE CAMBRIDGE GAOL . On Thursday week a young man named Henry Bnraham was , at the Cambridge Assess , convicted npon an indictment charging him with having Btabhed his wife -with intent to do her greivous "bodily harm The evidence against him was conclusive , and would indeed nave justified the jury in finding that the intent of the prisoner in the outrage upon hia-wife was not simply to do her bodily harm but to murder her . It appeared that he was a young man of 28 years of age , and she-was in her 2 « h year , and that they had been married tax years , during which time she had given birth to four children , one of whom at the time of
commission of the felony was only three weeks old . On the 19 th of May he returned to his home drunk , and after some angry-words with his wife , he fetched a carvingknife from the kitchen , which he sharpened en a steel 5 and declaring that " he -would finiBh her , " he iofticted wound * on her throat , ftceirarms , and hand . They had not before that time lived happily together ; indeed , she told him daring the quarrel which proceeded the outrage , that she had lived the life of a transport for the last six years . " The learned judge sentenced him to be transported for 15 years , and it was remarked that he bore his sentence with tbe utmost composure and indifference , and retired from the dock with a scornful smile on his face . On bis return to the gaol he told one of tbe turnkeys that he should leave the country
with a clear conscience , and that he thoald sleep sounder that night than he did the night before . Having been supplied with a pint of beer , which he said was all he should need , he went to bed , tbe turnkey having taken away all his clothes except his shirt Blockings , and braces . Between seven and eight o ' clock on tbe following morning , the under-turnkey entered the cell , -when he -wsjb horrified at flu ding tbe wretched man suspended by Ms braces from an iron bar , quite dead . Assistance was procured and he was cut down . It appears , that in tho wall over tbe door of the cell thwe was 21 email opening , about a f- > ot square , which had keen made for the purpose of ventilating the cell , and up the middle of tbe opening there ran perpendicularly a bar of iron placed in order to prevent
escape . To this bar the wretched man had tied his stockings , and to them one end of his braces , the other end of which he fastened round his own neck , and having probably jnmped off his bed , the act of selfdestruction was completed > The body presented a shocking appearance , being ! black and livid , and tbe fatal noose had left a broad ' and deep mark round his neck , which was much lacerated by tfee buckles of the braces . He was iu the habit of having his Bible ana Prayer-book given to him when he went to bed , but when the turnkey locked him up on Thursday evening he told him he shonld want only the Prayer-book , ¦ which was ut course given to him . On the following
mornk . g the boat lay on bw bed folded down at the service "for the burial of the dead ; " and it would appear from jome noiss , as of reading or talking , that was heard dnring the night by a convict in an adjoining cell , that tbe unhappy man must have read his own funeral service shortly before he committed the dreadful act of Belf-deBtrnction , Another very singular fact remains to he noticed . The cell in which he hanged himself is paved with bricks , { and with the metal tongue of the buckle of the braces with which he destroyed himself , he had written on the bricks what he intended aa his-last will and wishes , which , as nearly as it could be deeyph . ered ' , was in tbe following words : —
" Take notice . FarewelL Give my property to my dear daughter Elizabeth , God bless her . Doa't let her see me on any account . Bury me in Whittesea churchyard , next to By px > r brother D ^ nieL Love to my mother , sisters , and brothers . *' This vas not written continuously , bnt on a brick here and there . It will be seen that ho only mentions ene of his four children , and does ' not allude to his wife . She called at tbe gaol early iu the morning to ask if he wished to see her , or to leave any message for his children , but he was then dead .
An inquest was held in the gaol in the afternoon of the same day , and it was proved by his brother-in-law , a solicitor , residing in th- ? Jala of £ iy , that ho had on many occasions since his marriage shown symptoms of aberration of mind , and partkuJarly abouo the period when he made the murderous assault on his wife ; and that on the morning after that assault he ran down itairs in his nlght-sbtrt and attempted to destroy himself . The jury , under all the circumstances , took a humane view of the case , and returned as their vexdict , that "he had destroyed himself , being , at the time , lunatic and distracted . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1224/page/7/
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