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la the Vross , and spoedilj- will bo publishod- ,. in > onu volume , po&t 8 vo , . neat albth , lettered , pwee 7 s .. M ., THE 2 'URG . A . TQ . RY OF SUICIDES Ail ' risoiixRhyme ^ in-Ten . Books-t BV TH 0 M £ 3 > COOrEB . I 11 K dUKKST . Ordess ( for the present ) , to be ndircssed either to Mr * . O'Coraor , . , Great Jlat-Jbcrougli-siceet ; . or Jo Mr . Cooper ^ 131 , Knrfifriars-jroad ,, London ,.
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- , e ? IY CIIAllTIST HAW ., 1 , T . Hrnatcam > la » e i . SUiiuior-sU-eit ,. S \ iowJ ) m . Tho Char- * , tista-of ills Metropolis , and . tho PubU&gcner&Uy , ar * .. reapectftrily- informed than M 11 .. T-BGM-A-S . COOPEli ( late ot Stafford Gaol , and , auitor of the forthcoming . Chavtist epic , written . p his invprisonmixit , and entitled ' Blm Vnrgatoi-y of Suicides '")) will commence a scries- of TWELVE LE . C- * . ' TUBES ,, in ; the aboveiiMiied spacious , and commodious hall , ea tha fiusi Sunday evening iu , August . Subjects , as . follows :: — 1 . —Ancient Egypt ; its- pi-Lwtcraft and despotism ,, ani thins- eiftats oa succeeding generations ; its sciences , monuments , < fcc , iu \ ir . —Ancient Greece : Us freedom and eiriigbteameut ; itg . literature , arts , philosophy , and social Institutions , 6 <\ 3;—Aacieivt Korac : its democracy and public virtue ,, with their decay and corruption ; its age of great men , conquwts , policy , literature , &e . 4 . ~ The Middle or Dark Ages ; their superstitions ; powee of Popery ; rise of Mahomet ; tho CriMiidei . < tc . 5 . —Saxon period of English History : Alfred and Iiis glorious philanthropy ; our ancient democratic institu > Mans , £ c . ft . —The Norman Conquest : struggles of the kings , : nobles , and trading classes for political influence ; Wick-. ; lHTe , Chaucer , Cuxton , &e . ; the " Reformation , " ic , 7 . —Shakspere and his contemporaries . l 8 . —The EngUih Commonwealth , aud the Protectorate i of Cromwell . ¦ V . —Milkm : Iuh patriotism and poetry , < iic . ' 10 . —The Restoration ; " Glorious Revolution ' of 103 a '; ( commencement of the National Debt , and modern system - of government ; Walpole , Chatham , Burke , Pitt , Fox , I Ac . ; independence ot America , itc . ! 11 . —The French Revolution and reign of Napoleon , 4 c . i 12—Byron and modern literature ; views of progreas , I and prospects of the future . t & 3 T A few voices and instruments aro practising , td > popular airs , the " People ' s-Songs , " also compostdby Mr , t Cooper , in his imprisonment ; .-mil vticU lectuvc nijl Ijo t preceded and followed by the choral performance of one i of these pieces , in which the auuieucc will be iuvited to * join . s M . I ' . . —Further particulars of the lectures , ic , will bo
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tl \ JMJ- -7 ' riinion carried those modifications into effect , iiotifjetandiig the utawst exertions ottteblindly-inte-< cd to prevent it : and now we have tlie question Ijjj bipk—almost nnivereally consented to , to all ! . limitating extent : anl we shall shortly , to use i " c « or < k of the llerald , la \ e "the dictate of truth rdnchtcousness opexlt asb frankly conceded . " » f that fact . tiie article in Chamhen ' s Journal is not .. significant intimation . As such , we receive it ; pd we do our best to giro effect to the humane , . ] ,: ng 5 and purposes of the writer , by presenting . j ; paper to the workers in a prominent manner . 7 c trust that it trill not be the last from his pen that ? iU ^ aui admission into the columns of the Edinlurgh r .. vni * l . He has drunk deep at the fountain of true ^ >
iilosnp hy . He possesses the power toBiake himself re ' A understood . He reproves the niaramoniscd , irwily , selfish spirit of the age with admirable tact ; vj he p leads the cause of the toiler with convincing > Viuencc "More power to him" in Cliamlerfg ! .. „ - ««?—that he may do some part to counteract the s ^ e and man-degrading teachings of many of its niters .
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¦ ¦ Toihe * Side o ' Tn'PicrcBEf ob , " J . B . O'B . " is the aisus of TTiluax Cabpexteb . —Last week the reader ? of the Sltr eujoved a good lieartj guffaw at the picture of 3 Jr . W . Carpenter , drawn aud painted for tbein , l : v Iris "friend" aud late "co-partner , " "J . L . O'B . ;" aid Ave are sure they would deem us to have acted with < n-. j * s unfairness were we to - withhold " t ' other side , " or the picture which the paiuted one has paiuted of the painter . If they laughed heartily at the first , they -niii not find less cause for a few cachinations in the second . The two friends seem to know each otiierseem to be able to reduce their respective features and peculiarities to the canvas : and wry pretty pictures lirj- male . ' You would not Ije aide to match them ,
search all your National Galleries through , and your i . riMte exhibitions as well . Where could you hopu to iu-1 their like , for case and freedom of drawing 1 And as for rolour , the deepest lamp-Mack of a Sir Thomas Lawrence was laounlight grey compared to the mixture useil by our artists . Then there is the " fiUing-iu" and the " general effect "—perfectly unmatched and unmatcliable . Do look at them , remembering that they sre of each other by " friends" and " co-jwr twew . " Here is W . C . ' s"effort ; " the "sul-ject" being " J . B . O'B .: " — " We had not seen the paper , and had we seeu i t , we sumuW , in al ! probability , not have read it . We have '< -ti- ' .-u to btlieve that it contains little more than a rt ]* : iiion of the old saws upon' Land , Currency , and iAriiange , ' the meaning of which it would puzzle flMlj . us himself to discover . What O'B . may sav
ruairet us , creates no ansictv ; where isthemau who Ikk scrvca him—and many men have sirred himtihim he has not abused , after they have cast him off , as ilicy all have been obliged to do , some from one cause , some from auuJher ? IDLENESS , ILL TEMV £ K , and OVEIUIEACHIXG , are qualities Uiat soon enke themselrcs manifest , and destroy an y sympathy ass may have Uad , upon an imperfect knowledge , for tU- man in whom such qualities esist . We had in , desire to speak upon this subject , and onlv thus advert to it , in consequence of its beiug forced upon us . If O'B . has said such Jthiugs as you allege , he kaows them to be false , aud tiiertin famishes another proof of his iugratitude towauls one who never did him harm , but who sated him c-4 his , for many kc&s , from absolute starvation . But
ltt that pass , n c repeat , tliat what either he or O'G . saj sny , is to us a matter of perfect indifference . We em refer to a pullie career of eighteen years , during which n > w-tn can point out any deviation from the straight line q l-riwSple . We never set ourselves up as fire-eaters , a : i 4 are not , therefore , now liable to reproach because we do not play the part of one . We were never noisy faygarti Out of prison , SO * WIIIXISG COWABDS WHEN ix . We never bullied and defied the Government , and incited people . smarting under poverty and other wrongs to acts of violence , and then deserted them , when , actin ; at our instigation , they foolishly exposed themselves to U-gal punishment . On the contrary , we always Ettnilv set our fece against menacing and violence , and Coil Jcuinod the course of those who indulged in the 0 a
Kill mixed up with the men with whom it seems that O'H . has associated us , it is notorious , and stands recorded in the columns of the newspaper of the time , that we , upon several occasion ? , openly and formally ( j iiouaced them , when O'B . aud O'C . meaulysneaked cut of the way , in order to avoid committing themselves riih either party . There was , at the time , a newspaper -tdtu-li O'B . was in the habit of eulogising as the most laiest and talented paper of the movement—we mean , the True fkotsman ; and that paper , in a lengthy article , thus spoke of the person whom the disappointed an < l mortified O'B . maligns , as having been at ouce incigiiiucant and mischievous : — ' He is essentially one of the Directors of the Convention . lie is one of the great minds which can calmly , and without passion , take % comprehensive view of the different conflicting
interests and feehngs called up in a great national convulsion ; and he is most able , unmoved and quietly , to point the finger of guidance t » all the vast machinery I'y which the changes are effected . * * * He is no jtirtisan , and speaks his mind in a most independent manner . * * * His unassuming manners keep him a good deal out of sight in the Convention , but he is cue of those men on wham great dependence may to laid . When the storm comes , he trill be a steady pilot . ' With such unbought testimony as this , and an unswerving public career of eighteen years to refer to o : ic is not very likely to be moved by anything that can be uttered by such men as O'Connor or O'Brien . "—Of course , every one who sees the above wiil htoic that Carj-enter has not seen the portrait of himself , paiuted bv his "friend . " That fact stands out apparent in
every da !> of the above . Let no one whisper to the contrary : fur if Mr . C . has just hit on the telling points without " seeing" them , it only bespeaks excellent putters of conception and comprehension—valuable qualities iu an artist , lie knew all that his " friend " h-ut gathered concerning him , duriug their o 0-pari > ieisil ] : - and he therefore addressed himself to the subject ju ? t as well as if the picture he was criticising hud becu brfure his eyes . Passing that , what are we to sar of "t ' other side V We honest l y confess that we hardly dare to offer an opinion as to the manner in which it is executed . The features in the portrait are so sttougly marked , that they cannot escape observation "IitixsESS , ff l-temper , snd OVER-REACHING "jsre liarelicanl a " tale of a till , " in connection with the co-partnership]— " Isgkatitcde , " "noisy braggart
out of prison , whining coward when in : surely the jointer must have drawn on imagination some little ? Smvly "i . B . O'B" cannot be as dark and unlovely as W . C . represents Mm ! Leaving that to be settled between them , however , let us just have a word or two on the " certificate of character which W . C . has fished out of the True Scotsman for himself . We are br no mrans about to impugn its correctness . We are not about to deny that he is " one of the GllEAT MINDS which can calmly , and without passion take a comprehensive Tiew of the different conflicting interests and feelings ejH « f « i > in a GREAT NATIONAL CONATLSIOX—and able , unmoved and quietly , to point tha finder of GCIDAXCE to all the vast machinery by which the changes are effected . " We by no means doubt the truth of the above representation of W . Cs . character
and qualities : but we do doubt the prudence of his adducing that sort of " certificate" just now . He wauts to make it appear that he was not one of those who "incited the people to acts of violence : " and he adduces as proof of this position , a tvriting in -which he is held forth as just the man to "DIRECT a great national cosvdlsiosV Then there is another portion of this " certificate" more uufui-tunate still . The writer of it Touched that " when « ic .-form came , VP . < 5 . woald he toaai a steady pUol V ' i t ., when the period for producing S ATIOX AL COSVrLSIOX was ripe , W . C . would be found to be the « nan to DIRECT—to " gu-di the vast machinery by Wuidi the changes were to be effected . " Now , it is well known that " thestorm" did come . It is notorious that the period which the writer evidently coidemplaUd in
the extract , quoted so approvingly and so modestly by Wi ' . liani Carpenter—a period which he deemed the said William Carpenter to be most eminently fitted for—did arrive , qjjte of the efforts of Mr . O'Connor and other " physical force" Chartists , to the contrary . It is note rious that such a " storm " raged with fury ; and while we do not intend to call in question the GREAT MIND which coaia calmly ; and unmovedly GUIDE the vast machinery of a national coxveisiox , we may be permistrd to ask trfcrcttc PILOT teas tchen he toasteanteJ / . ' "Was he at the helm , guiding , " calmly and quietly , " the vessel through the storm ? Was the "dependence " had in him well placed ? Was he at his post ! Lot him . not continuaUv -whine , out ; " We never bcixied aud defied uie Government ; or incited people to acts of Tiolence , and then deserted them , when , acting onour 'instigation , ' they foolishly exposed themselves to legal punishment" Let him not do this ; for the contrary is tU f act , as ue happen to ksow . The only opportunity that we had of attending the "debates" of the
farfauitMl Convention of which " our steady pilot" was esstLiiall y oae of the " Directors , " was on the occasion in Birmin gham , when William Lovett moved his " moral force" resolution , pledging the people to bkc » e pat- j hent of all bexts , kates , ASB taxes — "because , " said he , "it was necessary that the peop le should proclaim aud male OPEX WAR o » Ute Gotenanait : " which said " bullying ? and "defying" resolu-- ti « in was strenuously sctpobted by W . Carpenter in the teeth of Mr . O'Connor's efforts to save the people fiwn being committed into the hands of the legal authorities by such a lawless aud insane " act of ¦ violence . " 0 , well do we remember that day , and the " doing * " aud " savings" of the respective parties in the convention . Unutterable disgust filled the mind at the shameless efforts of Williaiu Carpenter and companv . to produce a naticsal coxvelsios through " acts of violence , " cinhroilinj ; the people witli the nnitioritics , and rendering them liable to Isgrl pnr . ishv < - .: iT-Ti = < . «!«• ilefcm-l \< y t !»>? c -wlu > hail Veen
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machinery to effect change , " as inciterg to " phjsical force . a disgust not lessened at hearing " J . B . O'B . " fortwomortalhours enumerate circumstances and facts which pointed to the inevitable conclusion that both William Lorett aud William Carpenter were in the txt of the Government to get the "honest men" of the Convention into trouble and danger . This he did to Mr . O'Connor , at that gentleman ' s hotel ; ana used every art and casuistry of which he is so rare a master , to induce Mr . O'Connor to denounce them as spies and traitors!—a thing which " J . B . O'B . " did not venture to do himself openly . But of course it was true courage to try to get your " friend " into a position which you dare not yourself assume : a point which , at the time seemed to strike Mr . O'Connor ' s mind ; for he very significantl y bid " i . B . O'B . " do Ilia own workif
, he wanted it done : for , for himself , while he had no proof that the parties named were acting the part of traitors or spies , he should content himself with en . deavouring to counteract and avert the evil consequences likel y to arise from their violent and mad proceedings . 'William Carpenter is not entitled to sav that "he always sternly set . Ills face against menace and violence , and condemned the course of those who indulged in the one aud exited to the other . " He did not always so act . He did not do so on the occasion we have referred to ; nor did he do so , when he was concerned with the drawing up and publishing of the Address from the Arundel Coffee-house ; a document Which Mr . "J . B . O'B . " Says " ] ACrOAU . TLEC 0 MHENDED issPBEEcriox . " The " gbeat mikd" of " the essential Director of the Convention " had therefore somethin ™
to do in planning and endeavouring to bring about "XATIOXAL CONVULSION "—in raising the storm which he tells us HE was so well able to " PILOT " through : and we think , seeing that this was the case , we are entitled to ask again where the PILOT tea * xchen Vie storm , did come ? True it is , he was not at his post ! The cause of that absence we shall not speculate on . AVe shall not even offer an opinion as to whether Mr . "J . B . O'B . " lias hit on it , when he says it was "corruptibility : " for we are quite content to leave that question in the hands of the two parties to the discussioH , noting down only the /« ete they tell of each other . We expect that shortly there will be a pretty bu j get . We fancy that we have not heard the last of IDLENESS , iO-tenper , and OVER-REACHING . " A saint could not stand that ; much less a "thin-skinned " bundle of SELFjsLuc « f
John » haw , Toweb Hamlets— . The trick is too flimsy to deceive auy one . The people are too wide-awake , either to be deceived by the miserable concoctions of Hill or Carpenter , whether signed "William Wish-Imay-get-it , " or " An Independent English Chartist . " The object aimed at by these worthies will not be attained . The means they have employed will alone ensure their defeat . It is too late in the day to bring to bear the f « ara and suspicions of the working class against those who have served them—and that too without fee or reward . They have learned to discriminate—to know their friends from those who make loud pretensions . The result will prove that they will repose confidence in the first , and laugh the latter out of the field . Meantime , tco are about to let the people know suincthiiig of the two worthies that interest them .
selves so much in their welfare . James Hill did live at Wisbeach ; he was a public mau there ; he had dealings with a public society ; he tried some scheme or other "for National fit-generation" in his own way , and on his own account ; he failed ; he went into the bankrupt list ; aud now he is abroad on the world , compelled to " pick up a living" as he best can . We shall try to get the material to fill in this general outline , that James Hill " may be kuown of men . " As for Win . Carpenter , he has appealed to the eighteen years o his public life . We purpose going through them tcitk : lun . We intend to "begin at the beginning , " and follow him doselu down . AVe intend to know all about
his various wbebeabuuts , and his different and PECULIAR and very costeadictobt occupations , from writer of religious works down to the fceepero / a . No matter what just now . AVe intend to know all about his connection with the Trades' Unions , and a pbess bought with their money : in short , we intend to trace him through all the tortuous winding * and twistings of the eighteen years he lias appealed to , that w « may know him too as he really is , aud be able to judge of hisJJ ( iie « to give advice to anybody en anything . Ail Cojuidmcatioss for the AVest Riding Secretary in future must be addressed , J . Crossland , 21 , Silverstreet , Halifax .
Land Allotmests and Spade Husbandbt . —We have received the following from Mr . Doyle : —Sir , As any information which cau be given at the present time upon the small allotment system , and the capabilities of the laud to produce an abundance of food by spade cultivation as contrasted with the plough , even with small farms , but more especially with Lirge ones , may be of importance to the working classes , who are generally readers of your democratic journal , I submit a copy of a letter which I have just received from Mr . Thomas Croft , of Dodsworth , near Barnsley , hoping that you will oblige me by giving it insertion in the Star of Saturday next . Chbistopheb Doxle . —Dodsworth , near Barnsley , June 30 th , 1845 . —Dear sir , —Mr . Wheeler sent U 3 word to look out and send every
information in our power respecting some allotments we have going on in our neighbourhood . I will state to you what we know on the subject . The owner of the land is John Spencer Stanhope , Esq ., a magistrate , living at Cannon Hall , near Cawthorne , two milei from where we reside . He had a farm , which the farmers one after another left , because they could not make it do . He ( the landlord } let it out in allotments , to poor men , of from a quarter of an acre to two acres each , about two years ago . A few friends accompanied me to see i t , and such crops of wheat , beans , and potatoes -we never saw before , considering the disadvantages the poor men laboured under when they first took the land . The allotments are cultivated by the spade , with the exception of one , which lias been ploughed , but this one is like " a horse-chesnnt to a chesuut horse . " The
owner has let six acres more this year at a rental of £ 2 3 s . an acre , and had them well drained , and I assure yon the land looks far better than any one could have reasonably expected , taking into account its previous state and appearance , and it is confidently expected that the crop will yield eighteen loads of wheat , at three bushels to the load , which will be fifty-four bushels , or six quarters and six bushels . Near the same place there is nearly an acre of garden allotments , which look very well . One old man who has in allotment , upon which wheat and other food is growing , told us before he had it he worked on the road for a shilling per day , but since he got possession of the bit of land he gave up the job , as he could do well without it . He further said that two acres of land , properly cultivated , would maintain himself and familv ( he has a cow ) , and declared
he was happy and comfortable . All the man upon those allotments appeared to be well pleased with their condition , and Mr . Stanhope , I am informed , intends letting six acres more next year . You and the Board of Directors may make what use you taint proper of this letter , and I remain , yours truly , a Land Chartist aud Sub-Secretary , Thos . Cboft . To Cokeesvosdents . — We frequently , receive letters having the seals broken . It is not for us to say whether they have been subjected to the process of Gralianiis * turn , or not . AVe merely wish our correspondents to see all is right ere they pest their favours . Mr . Aisswoeth , Bolton . —His Stars were sent by the Saturday morning ' s mail . Au accident to the machine unavoidably prevented us from posting them , as usual , for the Friday night ' s mail . Other agents whose
complaints we have received , must accept the above apology . Some of our agents are in the habit of connecting their orders with articles of news sent for insertion , and directing them to Mr . Hobson , or Mr . Uarney , at the ofiice in Great AVindmill-stree ^ who , from the mass of communications they daily receive , may easily overlook that portion relating to the business of our publisher , until too late for post . In such case the fault is with the agents in not attending to our request , namely , to send all orders to 310 , Strand . — Those agents who have not settled their accounts , will not receive their papers after this week . C . L ., Yaie of Leven . —We respectfully acknowledge the song , which , though not suitable for publication , is honourable , to the writer for the sentiments therein vindicated . *
' —? MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOIL THE EXECUTIVE . » £ S . d . Ashton , per Billing 0 10 » An old EnniskUIen Dragoon , Manchester .. .. 036 George Marsden , ditto 0 10 Plymouth 010 0 BUSCOMBE TESTIJtOKIAI . Plymouth 0 3 0 LAND . Manchester , by self from shares 5 4 0 Ditto , ditto , for rules 10 8 Ditto , from Murray S 1 2 Ditto , ditto 7 7 0 Ashton , for shares 11 H 10 Ditto , for rules « 0 12 6 Ditto , cards 0 2 4 Ditto " 22 1 0 Stockport . per Webb 0 15 0 Ditto , ditto 5 0 0 Derby - » » 5 0 0 Newark 0 12 0 > - orwieh 2 0 0 Barnsley , per J . Ward .. .. .. •• * ° 0 Note . —The 2 s . lid . announced for Land Fund from Coventry in last week ' Star , should have bean for Execu . tive , Coventry , 2 s . lid . Now , these things give me much trouble , aud no little loss .-F . O'C . N B . —All monies received up to Thursday night are acknowledged the same week ; those on Friday and Saturday the following week , in order that all may appear in all * the editions uniformly . —F . O'Cowcob .
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MissutGniEK sear LiscoKf . —The quiet Tillage of Skcllingthorp , three miles from Lincoln , has been disturbed by an act of outrage , in which one man has lost his life by the violence of another . It appears that on Tuesday week a quarrel ensued between two men in the service of Mr . Healand , farmer , of that village . "William Graham , more commonly called Grimes , a labouring man , complained that the wagi-oaer , William Paries , had been saying something prejudicial to his character . Grimes endea-Tourcd to force his way i nto the stable , -which was resisted by Parkes , who struck Grimes with his fist : Grimes then seized tip a hoe . and with it struelt ¦ - ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ '• • •' . . - ¦ < -. "V i » r . .. ! lip . ! r h ::: i t-i the ground :
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Grimes walked away , leaving his opponent wnseles * on the stable floor . More than an hour afterwards he was found lying in the stable in a state of insenaibility ; he was taken into the house , and Mr Hewson , surgeon , of Lincoln , was sentfor , who found that Farkes s scull was fractured ; that gentleman was at oace aware the case was hopeless , and directed Crimes to be taken into custody . Parkes lingered until Thursday evening , and then expired . During periods of sensibilit y he stated to Mr . Healand , his master , that he had struck the first blow . Grimes who had been committed to Lincoln Castle for safe custody , was on Friday brouchi before Mr . John
iJromkead , the sitting magistrate , at the Judges ' house , Lincoln , and there , in his defence , he declared that he was not aware when he struck Parkes in selfdefence , that he had inflicted so severe an injury ; he thought it had only been the shaft of the hoe that had " napped" him , and he was not aware that he was senseless when he left him . After the case had been investigated , the magistrate , could come to no other conclusion than that of a't once recommitting the prisoner to the Castle , to take his trial on the charge of " wilful murder" at the approaching assizes . An inquest had also been summoned to be held at SkilHngthorp , the result of which had not transpired .
Manslaughter . —An adjourned inquest was held on Monday , by Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s-inn-road , on the body of George Chalk , aged thirteen , the son of Charles Chalk , a brickmaker , who was alleged to have caused his death by violence . From the evidence of a female named Spavkes . it appeared that on the 6 th day of last month she was in some brick fields at Kentish Town , when she saw the deceased ' s father strike him with his doubled fist upon the right shoulder , and
knock him down ; while on the ground she also saw him kick and jump upon him . On the 22 nd he died , and on a posi-morteni examination a large abscess was found on the right side of the stomach , which Mr . Coolte said was th e result of blows . The accused denied kicking and jumping on deceased , but admitted striking him on his refusing to fetch some sand . After a patient investigation the jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Charles Chalk , the father , who was fully committed to Newgate on the coroner ' s wan-ant .
Ixgbsiocs Tobacco Smuggling . —On Monday a seizure of ca-ks , which contained 2001 bs . of cigars and cheroots , was made on board a vessel at Brewer ' s Quay , Lower Thames-street , by an officer named Kirgeman . The vessel had just arrived from Holland with a car « o of butter , cheese , and other goods , and seven beer casks , which were directed to "Brewer ' s Wharf , to be left till called for , " and were about to be landed as empty casks , in the usual manner , when the revenue officer , Kirgeman , took off the head of one of the casks , and it appeared at the first glance to be quite empty , but on a closer inspection he found the barrel was lined with a tin case of the same sb » De
as the ban-el , and between that and the barrel itself the cigars and cheroots were concealed . He then opened the other barrels , and found them lined with tin in the same manner , and a similar quantity of cigars and cheroots in each . He seized the casks and their contents , and roflcd them to the Queen ' s warehouse , at the same time giving information to the Board of Customs , who ordered the vessel to be put under seizure also for the present . Each barrel contained about 301 bs . of cigars and cheroots . They are of the best quality , and the duty upon them alone is £ 90 . Of course no person has conio forward to own the casks or their contents .
Fire in a Railway Thais . —On Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in the Glasgow and Greenock Railway train . Shortly after the half-past five o ' cloek train Jeft Greenock for Glasgow , a smell of burning ; was perceived in one of the third class carnages , in which many respectable persons were accommodated , and immediately thereafter the flames burst out on the dress of one of the ladies present . As the train was going at considerable speed , and the wind was high , the utmost consternation prevailed ; but by the exertions of the passengers the names were extinguishedthough not until the lady ' s
, gown had been burned away almost to the body and sleeves . Fortunately the carriage was not crowded , which enabled the passengers to escape to the empty end ot it , and save themselves from the flames . Indeed , according to our information , the female portion of the passengers , some of whom had young children -with them , bad no small difficulty in keeping clear of the burning fragments of the lady ' s dress , which were whirled round by the action of the wind . The fire no doubt , took place by means cf a red-hot cinderejectedfrom the funnel of the engine . —Glasgow Herald .
Fatal Accidest at CittrirASf . —About fire o ' clock on Saturday afternoon a most distressing accident occurred jn the River Medway . A jolly-boat belonging to the Gloucester , 50 , in ordinary , with the shipkeeper , Thomas Barrils , and his daughter , under a spritsail and foresail , coming down the river with a strong wind , a sudden gale took the sail , which was belayed , and in a moment she capsized . Although boats from the sheer hulk and the Janus were instantly on the spot , neither of the bodies have been found .
Shocking Cask or Self-destkcciiok . —Last week a novel act of suicide occurred on the North Midland Railway , near Leeds . As the seven o ' clock Sowerby Bridge train approached the bridge over the railway at Hunslet , the stoker observed a man throw himself down across the rails , and before he had time to give notice of the circumstance to the engine-driver , the whole train had passed over the poor fellow ' s body , which was afterwards picked up in a dreadfully mutilated state , and identified as that of John Suteliffe , warehouseman , a married man residing at North Town-end , Leeds . The head , the right leg , and the left arm were entirely severed from the rest of the body . The train was proceeding at the regular speed at the time . It is supposed that the man , contemplating suicide , had got over the wall of tho bridge , and having descended the railway embankment , had
hid himself behind an abutment , in order that he might not be seen until it was too late to stop the train . This seems very probable from the fact , that had he been on the line any length of time he would have been seen at the spot where the melancholy occurrence took place 200 or 300 yards oif , in ample time for the engine to have been stopped . The event can scarcely be considered the result of an accident , as no one can go on this part of the line without committing a trespass . Deceased , has left a wife and seven children . A woman attempted suicide by the same means only a few days ago , but was rescued by the plate-layers on the line . The coroner ' s jury found a verdict to the effect " That the deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary insanity . " The jury also acquitted the engine driver and all the other servants of the railway company from any blame .
Fall of Three Houses in Weixclose-squarb . — On Sunday morning , between two and three o ' clock , three houses in Wellclose-squave , on the north of the London Docks , suddenly fell with a tremendous crash , and two of them are now a mass of rubbish , with valuable furniture beneath . The houses which fell were the public-house , Mahogany Bar , well known in the locality ; the house occupied by the "Boatswain Smith , " and in which his pupils ( sixteen ) male and female orphan children , resided ; and the third a private dwelling-house . Fortunately the buildings several days previous gave symptoms of insecurity , and in consequence the poor children under the care of Mr . Smith had been removed . The other occupiers of the houses having observed some crevices in the Trails had determined on removing in a day or two , not thinking that the catastrophe was so close at hand . A creaking noise having been heard shortly before two o ' clock , the inmates became alarmed and left the premises . Three minutes after they had quitted their frail dwellings they were in ruins .
Total Loss of the Ship Adams . — Intelligence has been received by letters brought over by the mail packeUUip Cambria , relating to the complete de . struction of the Liverpool packet-ship Adams , 400 tons burden , in Marannam harbour , on the morning of the 9 th of May last . The ship , which was considered a fine vessel , was commanded by Capt . Eolloway , -She had taken in her cargo , preparatory to her return across the Atlantic to Liverpool , consisting of between 500 imdfiOfr bales of cotton , and about 70 bags of Para mats . She had everything : on board for the voyage , and several passengers , and was waiting at anchor in Maranham harbour , ready to sail at a minute ' s notice , when suddenly , at about three o ' clock on the
morning of the above-mentioned day , the ship ' s company were startled by the cries of fire . On proceeding on deck the fire was discovered to be amongst the cotton , and obtaining a powerful hold on the null of the ship . Water was thrown down the hatchways in copioui quantities , in the hopes of arresting the destructive element , but every exertion failed , and before daybreak the flames had extended to the rigging , and she was in one immense blaze . All the crew and passengera saved themselves by taking to the boats , but were unable to save any part of their clothes , &c The ship burned for several hours , and was totally consumed . As to the cause , there cannot be a doubt but that it originated from spontaneous ignition among the cotton . Her loss , with cargo , is reported
to be £ 10 , 000 . Military Exfxctiox at Okan . —On the 24 tli o March a Spaniard named Aguilera , alias Gomez , alias Mustapha-ben-Abdallah , formerly a private in the foreign leg i on , was condemned to death by courtmartial atOran under the following circumstances : — InthemonthofMarch . lSlO , thirty Spanish soldiers out of fifty , of which the guard of a farm near Kouba was composed , revolted against their commander , whom they bayoneted , and deserted to the Arabs .
Aguilera was the chief of this act of atrocity . He was received by the Arabs , and incorporated into the battalion of Sidi-Embarek , where ho was shortly afterwards created sergeant , and subsequently captain , and received two decorations ; the first for having decapitated a French officer who was wounded on thelGth of May 1810 , at Teniah ; and the second for his conduct during a battle fought with General ChanBanaer . In the »> onth of October , 1843 , seeing that the-cause of fhe Emir was desperate , ho pro-? n nrf « , i u Mraava . (? -: ' .-V ,:-5 nr : « W , " - n— . ' v
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Gomea , Mje was of ' S panish origin , and that he had served ? he Emir , b y whom he Sad-been sent to Morocco . lie £ av « i some precise information relative to the position ot Abd-el-hader , and , to attach him to the French , because lie was appointed sergeant in the native cavalry of Oran , under thenameof Mtutanb * ben-Abdallah . He was subsequently identified by tv , jP . am ?!' di ' " > , were captured in a battle fought with Sidi-Embareck on the 11 th of November , 1 & 3 , as the chief of the insurrection at Kouba in 1840 , and was tried and condemned to death by a court-martial held at Oranon the 24 th of March last . Oil Sundav the 8 th ot June , Aguilera was informed that the lung had commanded that the sentence of deatli should be executed , which announcement he heard
without emotion . Some time afterwards he was heard singing in his dungeon . He ate his dinner with a good appetite and smoked a cigar . He continued toconvcrse with the gaoler until after midnight . " 1 am not as guilty as I have been represented / 'Wd he ; "I am accused of having committed thirty murders whilst I committed but twenty-six . I had a thirst for blood from my infancy . At the age of seven years and a half I stabbed a child . I murdered a pregnant woman , and at a later period I muvdercd a Spanish officer , in consequence of which I was compelled to fly from Spain . I took refuge in France , where I committed two crimes before I enlisted in the foreign legion . Of all my crimes , I regret the following more than all the others : —In 1 S 41
leap tured , at the head of my company , a deputy conimissary-gcncral , escorted by a sergeant , a corporal and seven men , and I caused them all to be decapitated . 1 heir death is a weight over me . I frequently see them in my dreams , and to-morrow I shall see them m the men appointed to shoot me ; and nevertheless , were I to recover my liberty , 1 would murder others . " The following day Aguilera received the consolations of reli gion ; lie subsequently informed the gaoler that his real name was Juan Gonzales , and that lie was the son of a Spanish colonel , who was shot with Torrijos and some others at Malaga . At half-past ten o ' clock lie calculated
that he had but a short time to live , land from that moment his courage failed him . Before he quitted the prison he asked for a few drops of brandy , aad with difficulty he walked to the place of execution . He drank brand y three times on the way ; and he was placed , pale , and trembling in every limb , before the picket commanded to shoot him . In presence of the immense crowd which assembled to witness the execution of the wretched man , he did not even exhibit that [ fictitious courage maintained by some convicts to the end of their career . After the sentence was read he fell pierced with twelve balls . — The Prcsse .
Tire Murderers of the Slaver Prize-crew . — The Heroine , 0 , Lieut . Commander Henry It . Foot , arrived at Devonport , from the west coast of Africa , on Saturday evening , and has brought some of the villains who murdered Mr . Harmer , the midshipman ot the Wasp , and the seven poor fellows who were in charge of tho prize slaver . She has three of them on board a Frenchman , a Portuguese , and an African , who it is said arc willing to be admitted as Queen ' s evidence against their miscreant bloodmates . The remainder of the wretches were left by the Heroine en board the Tortoise , Commander Morrcl , at Ascention , heavil ironed ; but are now on their passage of England in the Rapid , 10 , Commander Enrle , _ Distressing Attempt at Selt-Destructiox . —On
Sunday night a young man in the employ of Mr . Groror , of the Rose and Crown , Bromley , Middlesex , made a determined attaek on his . life , by hangbg himself from a tree in the gardens of the above iiiu . fortunately , through the vigilance of one of the policemen of the K division , the unhappy man wasdiscovered and immediately eut down ; and , though not quite dead , he appeared in a hopeless state of suspended animation . Medical aht was immediately sought , and Mr . Garman , surgeon , was instantly in attendance , and after four horns- ' unremitting attention the wretched man was pronounced out of danger , having hung from four to tive minutes . The cause assigned tor this rash act appears , to have been some difference he recently had with a female with whom he kept company .
# Murder- bt a Soldier . —A murder , onder peculiar circumstances , was committed in the barracks of Athlone , on Thursday night week , b y ° " ° f the soldiers of the 32 nd Regiment on h » eomradc . It appeared that they slept in the same apartment , and previous to retiring to bed they exehanged some sharp words ,, anil in the course of their dispute the deceased accused the other of marrying an- improper woman . The by-standers did not apprehend the awful act that followed , as the guilty man . appeared partly reconciled , but he rose about eleres o ' clock , when the deceased was asleep , and before any alarm was communicated he killed him by strangulation .
'lherc were upwards of twenty men in the- room at the time , but so quietly and quickly did the fellow execute his intention , that they were not aware of the fact till their comrade ' s life was taken-. The murderer was immediately seized , and he did n&t attempt to deny the act which he had committed . Akothrr Murder in Tipperary . —A man named Kennedy was murdered on Thursday evening week when returning from the fair of Borrisokane , accompanied by his wife . The ill-fated man ' s brother was murdered about four years ago , and a fellow named Shea was executed for the crime . It is said that Kennedy was killed in a fight which He had with sonic of his companions .
Wilful and Malicious Act on the Great Western Railway . —A most wicked attempt to injure the passengers travelling in one of the first class carriages ot the train which left Paddington on Tuesday noon , was made by some labourers working on the line between West Dvayton and Slough . When the train arrived at Langley , close to the spot where the accident occurred by the upsetting of the carriages a fortnight ago , a white earthen pint pot was thrown at the door window of the carriage , the train proceeding at the time at the rate of between thirty and forty miles an hour . The pot struck against the side of the window , and was in an instant
dashed into fifty pieces , the broken fragments flying into tho faces of the passengers , but , fortunately , without any of them sustaining any serious injuries . Mr . John Seeker , the town clerk of Windsor , received a violent blow on the temple , and another gentleman and two ladies were severely struck on the head and face . Upon the arrival of the train at Slough , information of the outrage was given to Mr . Howell , Uie superintendent at that station , who lost no time iu instituting the necessary inquiries to discover the guilty party . Upon his name being ascertained he will be prosecuted by the company under Lord Seymour ' s Act .
Calcutta . — Burning ot the Ship Virginia . — Accounts reached town this morning of the total destruction by fire of the American ship Virginia , at about ten a . m . of the 5 th inst ., about twenty-five or thirty miles to the southward of the outer floating light . All hands were saved excepting the supercargo . She was homeward bound . — -Calcutta Star , May 7 . We have received some particulars of the loss of the unfortunate ship Virginia , which was outward bound it seems . The fire was first discovered by the mau at the wheel , who observed smoke issuing from a small hatchway under his feet . They had barely time to get the boat out , aud just as they touched the water the decks burst open , and the flames rushing up , compelled all hands to leap overboard . In less than twenty minutes from the first discoTery of the fire , the form of the hull was no longer discernible . Nothing was to be seen to indicate where she was , but one burning mass . The unfortunate supercargo , Mr . Lander , who had his
lifepreserver on , and was a capital swimmer besides , was seen with uplifted hands on the bows , from whence he leaped into the sea . He was taken into one of the boats , but suddenly jumped out of her and swam directly towards the blazing vessel . He disappeared , and was seen no more . lie was in bad health , and it is supposed that the dreadful catastrophe had brought on delirium , He was the only person lost , but tucrest had barely time to escape , iu such confusion , that they saved nothing but their lives , if we except chronometers and compasses , as wo stated yesterday . The fire is supposed to have originated in the lower hold , but how we do not clearly understand . All we know is , that the cargo was composed-of saltpetre and linseed . ¦ It is believed that the ship must have been on fire two or three weeks , as she must have been a mere shell to have disappeared so suddenly . She was a fine vessel , about three years old , and the hull and cargo together are valued at 130 , 000 rupees . —Hurkaru , May 9 .
IsquEsis at Liverpool . —On Monday three inquests were held before the Borough Coroner . The first was on the body of John Lunt , the driver of a lorry drawn by two horses . On Tuesday week last he was driving at a slow rate near the King ' s Dock , when his foot slipped off the shaft and his right leg was broken by the two near wheels passing over him . He was immediately conveyed to the Southern Hospital , where ho languished in great agony until Sunday last , aud then died . —The second was on the body of anew born male child . It appeared from tho evidence of Benjamun Hartley , a private watchman , that about three o clock on Saturday morning he was on duty in Cleveland-square , when he discovered a boy named James Shaw of Marble-street , asleep in one of the butcher ' s shambles . There was what is usually called a " bask basket" lyinsr at his feet , and on one-V
mg it the body of a full-grown male child , wrapped ^ a white cloth , was discovered . The boy denied all knowledge of the child , and said that it must have been ett there by somebody during the time t / iat he lay asleep . Mr . Woods , surgeon , made ^ post-mortem examination , and deposed that the child bad been still-born . —The third inquest was on the . body of Jane Jintwistle , a girl about eichb y . -ar& of age , residing with her parents in Upper Havriugton-strcet , Toxtcth-park . About two months - . ago , as she was returning from school , she was k D ocked down by a drunken man , who fell upon l » . r aml afterwards kicKed her . _ On reaching koiue ¦ complained of pains in various parts of bee-bod y and kept getting worse from that time Wntdltihe jeriodof fi « ¦ death , Which took placoonFvWWl ^ , ; was attended by a surgeon during tno who .,. of hev illncRsJv . it ;
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1 able to say whether any or what injuries had caused kV . atl 1 - Upon a i >< m « morttm examinntion , howeverj he was of opinion that death had been occasioned b / ' an ahH « ss on a small intestine , the result of natural cau ^ - ' edicts in accordance with the evidence were reiu ' " *' several cases . Tom Loss of a . ^ b * ' Fire . —The following are copies of letters froa ? Uoyd ' s agents , received on Tuesday : — " l ' ortsmbuti ' V l ° . 30 . —The Duke of Argyle , Bristow , arrived oti " tills port , reports that on the 2 ( Jth inst . at 11 p . » ,, in i ! ' « t . 47 23 , long 10 12 , discovered a light on the Jarjioiu'd bow . At 11 80
made it out to bo a ship on fire—up l . 'iresau and stood towards it . At midnight hove to wi ' . 'J 1 liead to the southward , about a mile and a half u » . windward of the wreck , showing lanterns fore and aft , an ( 1 burning blue lights every quarter of an hour . a 13 a . m ., passed uncicr tho lee of the ship on fire , at abo'ut two cable * length distance , but saw nothing but the hgure head standing , apparently a bust ; s 1 km > ' <« J . ving head to wind , and was- burnt to the water ' s edge . At daylight bora away under easy sail , iu hopesrt tailing m with the boats , if any had left her > at o lo a . m . she entirel y disappeared "
1 'rightful Accidest . -Wc heard just as we were EVvMP . t thefloor of the P 1 ** ™* . House at Mullinshone gave way , with about 500 persons The all was so sudden that many were seriously injured , several arms , legs , and thighs being broken . Ihe bench , on which were the magistrates , Messrs . John Miller , II . 'f , Redmond , Turefoy Phe and the Kev . W . Bryan , remained " undisturbed . Dr . Umg promptly attended ami administered relief to the sufferers . —Tipperary Free Press . The Guixsdale Murders . —The investigation into the circumstances connected with this horrible case ot double murder , by the poisoning of his father and wife , by John Graham , of Kirkandvews , near Carlisle , yeoman ^ was brought to a close on Tuesday last , after a long inquiry , and no less than nine adjournments . After having returnsd a verdict of Wilful Murder against Uraham for administerim ; poison to his wife
wo inquiry as to the death of Mr . John Graham , of Unnstlale ( > the father of the prisoner , was resumed , and occupied the remainder of Thursday and part of l ' nday week . Satisfactory evidence had previously been received that the poor man ' s death had been accomplished by poison ; and on this occasion , Mr . "W . fcman , chemist , of Newcastle , deposed that he had sold arsenic to a person resembling the prisoner , but he would like him to be seen by his son , who was in Uie shop at tho time . The inquest was again adjourned until Tuesday last , when Mr . Swan . jun ., stated that he believed the prisoner to be the person who purchased the poison . After hearing other evidence , thejury found " that the deceased died from the effects ot poison , but by whom administered there was not evidence to show . " He was then committed tor trial at the ensuing Carlisle assizes on the former verdict . —Olobe .
R UNAWAY JiEGR 0 E 8 . ~ THE L . VND OF LlBERTY !—\\ c learn from the llaggerslown ( Md . ) papcrs , tlwton Monday morning , the 2 ( 5 th nit ,, about throo o ' clock ten runaway negroes were discovered passing Mnwli bmithburg , Washington countypld . ) , on their wav to Pennsylvania . They were passed on the road to bmithsbiirg by Mr . Adam Shank , jun ., and supposing thcin to be runaways , he alarmed the citizens of that p lace , and a party consisting of Mr . Shank , Constable Mora , Joseph Waltcmyre , Henry Lyclay , jun ., Calvm Shoop , William M'Coy , Joseph D . Priee , and John Diamond , started in pm-snit . Upon ovei-taking the negroes , they were commanded to halt , when they drew themselves up in battle order , their leader exfell ??™* 0 tliem > " Nowb ° sG - d d -n vou .
' y ' fight ! " They were armed with pistols and tomahawks , and immediatel y commenced an- attack upon the whites , felling several of them to the earth at the onset . The whites being unarmed , except with bludgeons , found themselves engaged in rather an unequal and hazardous contest . Repeatedly the ncn-oes were knocked to the earth , but they returned to the contest with redoubled fury , and being all stout and very athletic men , were rather hard to handle . Constable Flora was twice knocked down ,. Price had his arm nearly severed ,, and the bone broken , by a blow troni a tomahawk : he also had a » istol snanned at his
ace , which very fortunately failed to go off . M'Coy had his shoulder dislocated , Lyday received a wound in t ! : e shoulder from a tomahawk , Shank was several times- felled to the earth , and the Avhole party more < w less injured . However , after a desperate contest , the whites succeeded in carrying olF one pmomeiv in an almost hopeless condition , with two pistols- and [ two tomahawks , which were wrested tram tt , e hands of the negroes . Another negro , badly wounded , after following his companions a mile or two upon their retreat , gave himself up . \> e also- learn that two more of the gang were arrested near Leitersburg . —American Paper .
State oj Cavan . —From the tenor of the subjoined threatening letter which has been served upon the parish priest , the Rev . Mr . Brady , it is quite mamtestthat a crisis has arrived whicli demands a- cordial junction of the peaceable and well-affected of all partics , for the mutual preservation of life and property : — " Priest Brady , —This letter is sent to warn you that unless that Popish cowardly ruffian whomurdered Mr . Booth on Sunday , is taken up and hanged and quartered at the next assizes , you will be shot at the first opportunity ; and for every other 1 rotestant that these Popish villains , attack or injure 10 Papists and a priest will be put to death . The day of vengeance is at hand . "You archest of your sort ; but an example shall be made . —Signed by order , Blood for Blood . —Immediate—Reverend * Mr . Brady , Ivilmore , Crossdoney . "
Sixoulak Death from a Leech . —On Wednesday a man named James Vials , aged twenty-five years , died in Guy ' s Hospital , under the following singular circumstances : —List Wednesday week the deceased , who was a groom to a gentleman residing atDulwich was engaged in dressing a horse , when the animal severely lucked him on the right arm . Medical assistance was procured , and leeches were ordered , four of which were applied to the wound . In a short timo three only of them could be seen but it was supposed that the fourth had fallen oiF , and had got away . The deceased was the following day conveyed to the hospital . The wound and arm soon b ' egan to swcllin a most unaccountable manner when Mr . Forster , the house surgeon , observed there wasa slight discharge of
matter oozing from the orifice . He deemed it prudent , in consequence , to open the arm , when , to his great surprise , he found the missing leech inclosed in the flesh , and quite dead . The leech must have crawled into the orifice of a very small wound in the arm , and it could not be seen . After the leech had been extracted from the arm , deceased went on very well for a week , when symptoms of inflammation of the veins ensued , which terminated with death , It is the opinion of tho medical attendant that he has died from the effects of the wound having been poisoned by the long presence of the leech within it . Fatal Accidkkt to Captain Dk Salis . — Consi derable sensation was caused on Wednesday evening , in the vicinity of Buckingham Palacein consequcnoe
, of an accident , which unfortunately proved fatal , to Captain Charles De Salis , of the Scots Fusilier Guards , under very distressing circumstances . From inquiries made , we have been enabled to ascertain from authentic sources , that about half-past five o ' clock , when her Majesty was expected to arrive in town from the Isle of Wight , there beiLg several persons , as usual , collected in the streets , Captain Da Salis was proceeding on horseback towards tho cobner of the Vauxhall-road ; and in passing along YLjtoria-row , the animal , seeming to move uneasy in Ha walk , broke into a canter , and being checked sraU denly , as Borne brewers' drays were passing , lie . stumbled . The unfortunate gentleman made an efia-t to recover himself , but without effect , for the horse fell
violently , and rolled over him . Several persons , itostantly came up ,, and conveyed him to the » 1 m <)> o £ Mr . Woolmer , chemiBtand druggist . A messag-trwis sent to Messrs . Judd and Driver , of Arabella-row , who wore quickly in attendance . It was then aseei--taincd that severe concussion or fracture of llie-slrtiM had taken p lace , and that a deep wound had bseaiiaflicted on the hip joint , which laid the boneb , ve ; -3 « d also in the- knee-joint . From the time of beingiaken from under the horse , Captain De Salis maaincd totally insensible ; and , although recourse wss-ha *! to blood-letting and shaving the head , he l-emmetl in the same state until Thursday evening , aljoutoight o ' clock , when he expired . The deceased , ma only twenty-four years of age , and unmarried .
WILFUL MURDER , AND ATTFJffiTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDEEm The village ofStondon Massey , in SSses , - was on . Thursday thrown into a state of painfuii eoositemcEfc , by the discovery that the wife of a hifciui'jg rcau ' . named William Blackburn , had been isunloi-ed . It appears that about six o ' clock in tbe-iaovning the husband ^ vassecll to leave Stondon Hjlij . thelresbiGnee of Mr . James French , a farmer , in gast of which he lodged , and soon after a daughtrj of Mr . French discovered the lifeless body of Ehvd&urn ' s wire lying across the bed in almost a state affnudity , with / her throat cut in a horrible manner . . An alasm . bcini given , a number of persons , with . tlie police Jhstitutea a , search for the husband , and ! in the aisrnooane was seen in Church Wood , aborafca quarter .- of a mile rom Stondon Hall , standing byagate . Fbdinglumself observed , lie went out of the pathway inta the standing ;
wood , from which he afterwar&eame out with a frightful wound in his throat , the Wood triekling dawn liia breast . He was unable to sjeak , bui a rattling noise was heard in his throat . A razor- and knifo were found in his pockets . An . inquest was held yesterday ( Friday ) morning , before C . C . Lewis , Esq ., and the scene , on viewing the corpse , was one of themost appnlling character , the floor and walls of the room being deluged with blood . From the state of the body it is concluded that the unfortunate victim struggled greatly in her endeavours to avert the hand of her murderer . The evidence went to show that the man had been low spirited for | a considerable time , and had been unable to work . " The jury , without hesitation , found a verdict of Wilful Murder against William . Blackburn . Tho medical men are of opinion that he will not long survive , the sustenance he takes cpcapinc from tho wound in his throat . Deceased lir . s ¦ i . ' .: i ' .... l i ¦ ' ( - ! i I t > t t i * s
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EDINBURGH . The Poor Law . —We find that the people of Edinburgh have taken up this question , ns tho following paragraph from the Edinburgh Weekly RegiiUr , of the 25 th ult ,, will show : — The Poor Laws . —A lecture on the subject of the Poor Laws , having special reference to the necessity of providing relief for able-bodied workmen out of employment , was delivered on Wednesday night , by the Rev . Mr . Brewster , of Paisley , in Dr . llicliie ' s church . A meeting was fixed for Friday evening , which accordingly took place on the Cm-iton Hill . Tlie assemblage would number about five hundred , composed chiefly of tho working-classes . Tlie Itev . Mr . Brewster called upon aU to come forward at the present juncture , and unito in opposing the Poor Law Bill of tlie Lord Advocate . The meeting was subsequentl y addressed by Mr . Robert Peddie and others ; and a petition , embodying the sentiments expressed by Mr . Brewster , was ' adopted , aud agreed to be sent to the House of Common * .
GLASGOW . riiE Poor Law . —a public niuetin ? , called on fl rtqiuutiou to tie ¦ chief magistrate , to consider tho ISc-w 1 oop Law Bill for Scotland , at present pending \ v \ tire House of Commons , was held in the City Half on Motfday evening . James Turner , Esq ., of Thrush Grove , i / i the chair . The committee used every exertion to . make the meeting as effective as possible but I regret to say that they were not supported by the masses themselves as they ought to have been ; and , as to the hc'low professions of other parties , their pretended sympai ' iks vanished when the ni ght of meeting came . Upvwds of one hundred clergymen had been invited , and nearly ajmany others of our most influential citizens , , yet only Jwo ( clergymen ) oufi
ot the whole . number spesuiily invited found it convenient to attend . This wasrwhat wight have been expected . Those who Iaboi&ed ' with . and for the " unemployed" during the late p ; v . iic , could haveinformedthe committee thaft little sympathy with ihc-poor was to be expected i ' roHi the pcrsoaB appealed to in- the ' present instance . Ihe committee , in their' desire tosecure the co-operaticn of all whoso services might be ' considered calculated to give an impetus to the tidesetting in against the sbnoxious clauses in the'Lord- i Advocate's bill , in an e- * il hour accented the offered ; services of that most impracticable 6 i- all men '; the-Rev . Patmck Bbewsteh , oy Paisley . The meeting was not so numerously attended as we had hoped lor , only about nine hundred beinj , ' present at the hour of
meeting . At a meeting of the committee and other friends in the ante room , previous to the chair beingtaken , Brewster urged the propriety of adjourningthe meeting , and allow him to deliver a lecture upon - the rights of the poor , instead of going on with the ' business as arranged by the committee . To satisfy him , a vote was taken upon this extravagant prcpo ' - - sition , when every one present , with the exception of himself and another , voted for going on with the ' business . On the chair being talus , Brewster was called on as the first speaker , when , true to himself ,-after a long speech , instead of moving tho resolution with which hs had been entrusted , he moved the very resolution upon winch he had been all but unanimously defeated in the ante room . An amendment
was moved by some unknown party ; but from some unaccountable fatality noneof the influential members of the committee rose to offcrany oppositi 3 n ; thc result was , the Brewster motion was carried , on which the whole committee , with the exception of t ' . ? o , rose and left the hall , and were folio n-ed by at lsost threefourths of the meeting . Brewster , notwithstanding , delivered his lecture , and at a few minutes- to eleven o ' clock moved the appointment of a conwritteo to act in concert with the old committee , in getting up another meeting . Mr . Colquhoun said that Mr . Brewster must not be mistaken regarding the old committee . That body had met since their retirement from the meeting , and had unanimously declared their fixed resolution not to take any p ' art in .
the getting up of the adjourned meeting spoken of by Mr . Brewster . After a good deal of angry debate between the rev . gentleman and several parties pr ¦» sent , he moved " that those on the plattorm , " himself , CuIIen , and M'Farlane , "form the committee , with power to add to their number . ' Mjr only motive in saying a single word regarding this unfortunate meeting is , that I wish to guard other parties against the dogmatic and impertinent conduct of the Rev . Mr . P . Brewster , of Paisley , whosse past his--tory should form a oeacon to all those with whom he ¦ may come in contact . As to his superior knowledge ' of the laws of Scotland bearing upon the rights of tlie casual poor to relief , "it is all moonshine . " " The " court of session" has settled the question in the case
of "Widow Duncan , of Ceres , therefore it is not necessary to search the archives of onr Scottish legis- Mure , or jurisprudence , for four or five hundred years back . The point has been settled in our own day ; let us , therefore , maintain the right of the poor to appeal to the supreme court , and let us sustain the judges in this noble decision against the heritors , servile elders , and trimming priesthood . —Correspondent . [ We had hoped better things of the Glasgow people than to hear of their apathy on a subject of such vital importance i » 8 the projected alteration of the Scotch Poor Law , But it we are surprised at the apathy of the Glasgow people , we are still more astonished at the suicidal act of the committee , in connecting themselves with some of the partiesfnamed in the report , especiall y the notorious Priest Brewstek . After the experience which the Glasgow peoplo have ; had of that venomous monk ' s conduct , it does appear to- us passing strange that they should ever again
have trusted him , or imagined for a moment that he was capable of anything else than treacherously dostroying the- cause he professed to advocate . As well might we hope the serpent or thecroeodile to change their natures as the Paisley Pope to become anything else than what he has always besn—an ambitious , badhear-fced , mcd'dHng Priest . " The ruin of Chartism in tlie west of Scotland is wholly chargeable to Brewster , M'Farlane , Cotlen , and the gang of whom they are theleaders . God pity the poor when tlieir cause ia Jef ' t to the tender mercies of sach men-1 Tho letter of our Glasgow correspondent is . inytfiing but eu-CGuraging . We , however , have given it insertion , because the truth should be- known-,. an <* because it may serve to put tlie- people of other places on their guard against the damaging interference of that incaicnation of egotism and treachery ,. Priest Brewster . -ED . iV . S . l
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» &OCIIDALE . —1 TwO' lectures will be dell-roved in the Charter AssocintLon-room on Sunday next , by Mr . C . Doyle , of the Executive . Tho fust tattac to commence at half-past two o ' clock in , the afternoon , and the-other at six in the evening .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 5, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1322/page/5/
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