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I WFST DINA SLAVERY. LIYTTBR llt. „ . TO THE 'EDITOR '6F THE STAR. • • SlR—Proceeding i r n order to notice the comments of Allows, as far as is consistent with necessary arrange ment, I come to a Charge of a very serious nature which has been preferred by him against the Reviewer, and before I make any further remarks upon this sub ject, I will cite the charges in the words of ANOLVS. “ The respectable character of the Qmarterly Review * fl akes it difficult to suppose, that, in order to maintain any argument, or to serve any cause, its conductors would wilfully pervert the sense of a writer, by muti lating a passage cited from his work so as to make him seem to contradict himself, and to inculcate the very opinions which it is his main endeavour to refute. Such, nevertheless, is the effect of ,the way in which the Re viewer cites and reasons upon the language of .Mr. Ste phen, in the Crisis of the Sugar Colonies." " In that pamphlet, written and published at the out set of Bonaparte's counter-revolutionary attempt on St. Domingo, and while hii true objects were yet veiled with the deepest dissimulation, the author demonstrated that his design was the restitution of slavery, and pointed out the formidable difficulties which would op pose him in that perfidious project. Among the con siderations which probably had determined the Chief Consul to make such an attempt, Mr. S'ephen noticed, the impatient wish he felt for the restitution of the agricultural and commercial interests of France in her Colonies, to which Negro liberty seemed to be an in superable obstacle ; and reasoning, as he supposes Bona parte to do, he puts strongly the contrast between the great productiveness of St. Domingo, when Cultivated by slaves, and the then contracted state of its exports." u' While the negroes were in bondage, the Colony a was rich and flourishing by the effects of their labours; • since their enfranchisement it has become a compara • tively neglected waste. All the solicitations of the a Officers ofthe Republic, all the influence and authority 4 of their own favourite Chief, have failed to recal them •to any tolerable degree of regular industry. What • then remains but either to restore the rigid yoke of the a private maser, and renew the coercion of the cart ' s, hip, or permanently to leave this fine Island in its • present unprofitable state ?' " " After citing this passage, the Reviewer adds, 4 And is this all that remains? We trust not,' just as if the di lemma propounded had been one that the author him self was disposed to maintain and with reference to the present time ; whereas his very next words following k the quoted paragraph are, 4 Thus it appears at first sight uot unnatural for the Chief Consul to reason, and he proceeds to skew in no small part of the work, the unsoundness of such reasoning, and the gross impolicy 'of the measures founded upon it." Such then is the cafe of ANGLIA. It is quite clear that this charge of mutilation and false quotation, if substantiated, would materially affect the character of the Reviewer for integrity and common sense. It is, however, fortunate that the charge is so specific that it will be competent to every one to determine whether or not it is substantiated; and in justice to the Reviewer, 'I claim,, at the hands of all those acquainted a ith the nature of the charge preferred against him, a patient consideration of the following statements : It is undoubtedly true, that in the passage quoted by the Reviewer, it was the intention of the Author of the Crisis of the Colonies, to represent the suppo,ed rea 'toning of Bonaparte ; and that this fact is not stated by the Reviewer—had either this fact been stated, accom panied by the necessary explanations, or had another passage of the same tendency as that quoted, been se lected from the works of Mr. Stephen, it would have bent mere judicious, not because the argument of the Reviewer would in consequence have been conducted with greater clearness and certainty, or recommended by greater fairness or candour, but because such a mode of proceeding would effectually have provided against the possible occurrence of misrepresentations such as that which I am about to expose. The whole question turns upon this fact—Does or does not Mr. Stephen employ reasoning in strict con formity with the passage cited by the Reviewer? If the reasonings of Mr. Stephen are at variance with the passage quoted, then opinions have been attributed to him which he never entertained, and the charge of Ancitus will have been substantiated against the Re viewer. But on the other hand, if the contrary can be shewn—if it be demonstrated that the writings of Mr. Stephen, published then, and at subsequent periods, contain, or rather abound in, seasonings of his own, strictly accordant with the cited i passage then I shall contend, that while the Reviewer is to be held justified for the manner in which he has employed the quota tion in question, AtteILUS will stand convicted of bay ing fixed upon a trivial and unimportant circumstance, and of having wantonly endeavoured to found upon it a plausible insidious allegation, directly and falsely im peaching the integrity of the Reviewer. I must observe, that it is not very probable that the Reviewer should have had the singular folly to misquote a passage from a woik in a manner which it was com petent to any one to detect who would take the trouble of referring to the original ; and when certain exposure would accordingly follow. But to come to the point, let us in the first instance, examine the quoted passage. If my Readers will refer to it, they will observe that it consists of the following propositions and conclusions: When the negroes were in bondage, the colony of St. Domingo was prosperous. When they were enfranchised, it was no longer pros cerous. Every endeavour then likely to succeed, had failed in restoring the negroes to habits of industry—there fore slavery must be restored, or the colony continue no longer prosperous. With reference, therefore, to the question of free and slave labour, the practical conclusion to be drawn from these different propositions is, that slavery had been ad vantsgeous, and the enfranchisement of the Slaves dis advantageous to the commercial prosperity of the colony of St. Domingo,* and that there were then no means of restoring that prosperity, unless by a return to slavery. It is impossible to anticipate that any person will be found to deny that I have correctly stated the meaning of the quotation, let us now then inquire what are the 'views of Mr. Stephen himself. • It is, of cosine, to be remembered that the argu-' Meet does not turn upon the general comparative merits of these two states of society, or upon the question in what degree the principles of morality and religion are baplicated and involved iti taw maintenance of either of them? but upon the question of the " 1 Agrieuheral and Commercial valve of the Coionicsr precisely In the same sense as the Reviewer argues that the West Indians of the present day are afraid of any meliorating measures with re spect to Slave property, from their possible effects on the Apkul tural and Commercial value of the British West India Colonies. Wrywl ,:. • • • Mr. Stephen commences a train of reasoniag oView " that a counter-revolution in the stare of the enfran chised Negroes, is the main object of France in ‘ber West India expedition." In support of this opinion, he states " The great and urgent motive by which the. Councils of the Republic may be presumed to be' prompted in regard to the West Indies, is an impatient wish to restore the agricultural and commercial value of her Colonies." “ The monopoly of the European sugar markets, by her great rival, is a disadvantage not patiently to be borne. The restoration of her marine too, in point of comparative importance, cannot be hoped for, while a nursery so great as West India navigation is nearly - lost to her, and possessed. almost exclusively by Great Bri tain. Nor does her revenue less than her maritime interests demand the recovery of her Colonial resources, iu all their former magnitude. " But in the Sugar Colonies of France, especially in that whose former importance eclipsed all the rest maited, and the extent of which has been vastly increased by the cession of Spanish St. Domingo, Negro liberty seems to be an insuperable obstacle to all these great and necessary views." Now follows the passage cited by the Reviewer:* " While the negroes were in bondage, Mat Colony was rich andionrishing, by the effects of their labour ; since their enfranchisement, it has become comparatively almost a neglected waste. All the solicitations of the (ilfwers of the Republic, all the influence and authority of their own favourite Chief, havejailed to recal them to any tolerable degree of regsdar industry. What then remains, but either to restore the rigid yoke pfthe private master and renew the coercion of Me ant-whip, or permanently to leave this, fine Island in its present unprofitable state. " Thus it appears at first sight, not unnatural for the Chief Consul to reason." Now, I would inquire, why was it to be presumed that " an impatient wish to restore the agricultural and commercial value of her Colonies, bad such a great :Ind urgent' inflnence on the 'Councils of the Republic,' if it was not that the agricultural and commercial value of those Colonies had been deteriorated by the substitu don of a state of freedom, that is of free labour, for slavery and slave labour ? Why was it natural for the French Republic to fear that her great rival, England, would enjoy a monopoly of the European market for her sugar I Whence the fear of monopoly, if the production of sugar were as easily accomplished by free labour, as by slave labour ? But what is meant by Negro liberty appearing 4 to be an insuperable obstacle to all these great and necessary views?' If this is the supposed language of Napoleon only—if Mr. Stephen dissents from the opinions which have been attributed to him; that is, if he agrees with the Abolitionists in thinking free labour more profitable than slave labour, how happens it that Mr. Stephen, in the comprehensive view which he has taken of the de signs of the Chief Consul, has never once contemplated the possibility of restoring the agricultural and com mercial value of the Colonies, by means of a few laws of internal regulation, whereby the system of flee l'abour might have been brought into operation? Never once does he express his dissent from the view supposed to be taken by Napoleon, of the obstacle afforded by Negro liberty; but, on the contrary, whoever will turn to the thirty-first page of Mr. Stephen's wo: k will there find, that when adverting to the Chief Consul's enterprise'of reinstating the Planters in their estates, Mr. Stephen makesuse of these words : " But how can this work be accomplished, consistently with the freedom of the Negroes? To give back the land, without the means of its cultivation, would be a mockery rather than a benefit." I am aware that there were several circumstances which would have rendered a return to slave: y imprac ticable in St. Domingo; but I will put it to the common sense of any individual who may chance to peruse this letter, whether the language of Mr. Stephen is that which a man would use who thought free labour could be employed more profitably to the proprietor than slave labour ? And here I should be prepared to leave the question, satisfied as to the result which would be produced on the minds of all impartial judges, were there not such a redundancy of proof in support of the correctness and integrity of the Reviewer, that it would be injustice to him not to instance a few more passages from Mr. Steihen's work. In page 15 of the same work -as that from which I have quoted, Mr. Stephen says, " all the accounts, such as we have, which profess to give information of the new system, are thus far unanimous : they gene. rally also represent the negroes of St. Domingo as living ,for the most part in great indolence; and agriculture, except so far as respects the easy culture of coffee and provisions, as being in a very languishing state; a de scription which pretty clearly imports the absence of the driver and of the authority of the private owners. Nor do such accounts admit of stronger confirmation than that which arises from the state of the exports of that once flourishing Colony, which, though said of late to have been greatly increased, have, since the revolution, been in significantly small, when compared to their former ex tent. From the regulations respecting field labour, published by Toussaint, in October, 1800, the same in ferences, as to the new condition of the negroes, may undeniably be drawn; since, for the purpose a en forcing industry, the fear of military punishment is, in . every case, made the substitute for the former coercion."' In page 48, of the " Crisis," it is stated, " Among the various powerful feelings that will combine to in spire a large community of negroes, inured by a ten years' experience to the habits of freedom, with an aveksion perfectly irreconcileable to their former state, there is one which claims particular attention : it is one which will, probably, occasion much obstinacy in the attempt to refit their fetters, while it creates at least an equal pertinacity of resistance. I mean that antipathy to their former agricultural labours which has already been so visible in the negroes of St. Domingo." In page 12S of the "Crisis," Mr. Stephen says, " For, without now entering on a subject too wide for inciden tal discussion in a work like the presto', /oust affirm a truth, of which, though disputed by the Abolitionists,l the owners of West India estates in general are but toe conscious, that the present large profits of a suceeuful sugar plantation could not be obtained, if the condition of the slaves were to be qfectwally improved." In page 191 of the "Crisis of the Sugar Colonies," Mr. Stephen expresses himself to the same effect, and with still more certainty: " The difficulty that in my estimate has the greatest weight, is one which the West India party would probably not choose to bring forward. It arises from a feet, of which, from familiar acquaintance with some of our old Colonies, I havea clear conviction that such cheapness of' labour is by no weans to be expected from the voluntary industry, however great, of Aegroes in a state of freedons, as now excites the enterprise, and splendidly rewards the success of the Planter, sa places where Slavery is established. I admit, therefore, that 7 ~ —~, a Triaidada would not, on the plan proposed, hold out to adventurers so good a field for the acquisition of a rapid fortune as our Slave Colonies, while we are able to preserve them, may in general afford." But 4 may be ima g ined, th a t, whatever Opinions are comprised in these quotations, Mr. Stephen may, since the year 1802, have changed his opinions; and that, theiefdre it is, that the Reviewer is charged with 'hav ing acted unfairly or illiberally, in quoting the opinions of Mr. Stephen in 1802, against him, without, at the same ti mei informing his readers that hequoted them for their abstract emit, and not as the present opinions of the writer. This point is, however, fortunately set at rest by the following passage, abstracted from page 90, of a work entitled, " The Slavery of the British West India Colonies delineated ;" by James Stephen, Esq. pu blished in 1824. Mr. Stephen t h ere states , i n a note , that Mr. Barham, in his " Considerations on the isholitif.m of Slavery," has repeated the statement which his brethren, the Sugar Planters, have told the public; that the labour of a week Will, in the tropical climate of the: part of the West Indies, furnish subsistence for a year. Mr. Stephen adds—. " A hunched West Indian Authorities might be cited to the same effect ; and I have one at present before me, which may be more satisfactory, because it comes from Hayti,- where the theory is, in some degree, reduced into practice; the Negroes there working for themselves at their own choice, and tnany of them, doubtless, earn no more than the subsistence of their famaies demands. 8 L'Ambition n'agite gi.eie les espi its sur sol ou l'homme qui trava lle one demi heure par jour obtient sa subsistance pendant un semaine—President Boyer's Defence of the Union of Spanish St. Domingo with the Ittytiln Republic, publi hed in Le Propagator Haitien, No. 1." I o ill add no more upon this subject, as I feel confident that this unparalleled attempt on the part of AsoLus to pervert the truth, has.been sufficiently exposed to sa tisfy every honourable and unprejudiced mind of the true measure cf fairness that may be expected from bis reasonings. If the Reviewer is wrong in the opinion that a slave, suddenly emancipated, without the probation of index try, or the improvement of moral - and religious culti neigh is not likely to become an industrious free la 'bearer, ready and willing to work for hire, then is also Mr. Stephea wrong. But what could have prompted /WOWS to prefer this absurd and groundless charge flgainst the Reviewer ? Why has be also described him as cleaving to the whip, when the Review is written is' defence of the Order in Council which abolishes the whip ? I challenge him to cite a passage, or a context of passages, in support of this charge, though I well know that he will shrink from the challenge. Why has he preferred it? Why has he characterised the Re viewer as 88 an advocate of slavery ?" I repeat my challenge, to :hew one word that can justify such an imputation. Why, then, does he throw it out? The answer is, because he has learnt that, in conducting a weak argument, " it is an artifice to be used, to begin some personality, or to throw in something that may bring on a personal altercation, and draw off the atten tion from the main point."f I remain your obedient humble servant, VINDEL t ParibirneritarY Logic, by Gerrard Hamilton. Eaarrust In Limes 11. of Visions, which appeared in the Slane( Tuesday, the 2Sth After the words, l 4 Soon afterwards, however" (col. 1, line 34 from the bottom), insert the words—he state*: " the hypothesis of the Itztriewer is, that the resistanehof the West Indians to the propooed vefornts ettgeir system arises solety,My from a dread of the lon ((property :" and he then— A duel took place at Calais on Sunday morning, be tween Captain ALLEY and Mr. Isaac, jun. seconded by Major GORDON and Mr. DOUGLAS. After an ex change of shots, the affair was settled by the interference of the seconds, and the surgeon in attendance, Mr. WILMORR. The dispute originated at cards, when opprobrious language on one side, caused a blow with a bottle on the other. BALLOON Hou.—A gfeat number of persons as sembled yesterday to witness the ascent of a balloon from the Green Man (Kent-road). The balloon was described as the a largest in England ;'• but at four u'clock, the time fixed fbr the ascension, it was announced that, owing to an accident to the apparatus, the aerial journey was postponed. It was stated that the balloon was the old Lewis one formerly belonging to Mr. Graham, and which he found it impossible to set in motion. In the space of a few months, Mr. HARRIS and Mr- SADLER hare lost their lives in depending with bal loons, which will check, no doubt, the rage which has been revived of ascending with these machines, parti cularly as such experiments are of no practical utility whatever, and have been attended with fatal effects in various instances. Mr. SADLER was in his 28th year. Mrs. SADLER is far advanced in pregnancy. HORSZ-STEALING.—On the night of the 25th ult. two valuable horses were stolen from Biddlesden Park, near Brackley, belonging to G. Mt:gan, Esq. This Gen tleman, besides offering a reward of £4O for the appre hension of the thieves, dispatched persons in pursuit of them, who traced them through Stoke Hammond by a circuitous route to Leighton-Buzzard, and on Monday were fortunate enough to succeed in apprehending them at Redbourn, Herts. The men being left in the custody of a constable, made their escape to a wood of about 50 acres, near Redbourn, but by the exertion of the persons in the neighbourhood, who, to the number of nearly SOO, surrounded the wood, they were retaken. Their names, as given by themselves, are Tilley and Randall: the former resided at the village where they were taken into custody. They were on Monday ex amined before the Rev. J. C. Gape, Clerk, one of the Magistrates for the Liberty of St. Alban's. DREADFUL ACClDSET.—Yesterday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock, as some workmen were employed in undermining a high wall, which belonged to a very extensive building, formerly used as a soap•manufac tory, Belvidere•road, the materials of which have lately been sold in lots, for the purpose of making room for the intended improvements en, the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge, it suddenly fell with a tremendous crash, burying five of the unfortunate individuals under the ruins. Every exertion was instantly used to rescue the sufferers, and in about twenty minutes the whole of them were extricated. One man (who, we understand, has left a wife and six children), was killed; a boy about 17 years of age, was taken out with one of his, legs dreadfully fractured ; and the other three have sustained such serious injuries, that little hopes are en tertained of their recovery. The whole of them were conveyed on shutters to St. Thoma,'s Hospital. The person who had bought the lot where the accident oc curred was superintending the operations of the work men, and I eceived very considerable injuries, but they are not supposed to be dangerous. 4 4 :.~ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BIZTTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, OCT. 4. The attendance was fiat and the betting equally so, as the prin cipal betting men hav e taken their departure for Newmarket. Some small bets were made at the following odds : GLAND Des MCRAE'. STAKaIIEVIII2 on Cedric. • Rebecca MIIIIKAILIET ST. Lltailt. 5 to 4 a sst 13 to 1 apt Ld Exeter', Advance Match 500 so's. h. ft. Even betting on both !minus and Jock—the latter for choke. NEWJIARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1824. MONDAY, OCTOBIM 4. • The Trial Stakes, a subscription of 10 sow. each, for three.year.olds, 7st. 91b. four, Ast. 91b. five, 9st. 21b. six, and aged, 9st. 61b. D. M. Lord Exeter's b. h. Sultan, aged Mr. Greville's eh. e. Premium, 4 yrs old Lord Jersey's br. c. by Phantom, 4 yrs old . 3 Mr. Wortlty's ch. e, by Phantom, 5 yrs old - 4 S to 1 on Sultan-7 to 1 apt Premium. Mr. Udny's c. by Woful, 7st. 10lb. beat Mr. Ho;:ter's Gaily. made, att. 71b. T. Y. C. 200, b. ft.-6 to 4 apt c. by Woful. Second renewal of the Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 p. each ; colts, flit. 71b. and fillies, Sat. 31b. A. F. Sir J. Shelley's Cedric - - 1 H. R. H. the Duke of York's c. Orion - Mr. Greville's b. c. Don Caries . 5 Lord G. 11. Cavendish's c. Dragoman - 4 Seven to 4on Cedric-7 to 1 apt Orion-9 to 2 apt Don Carlos. - Three others started. The Judge placed but four—L22 paid. Udny's Endlios, 4 yrs old, beat Mr. Fletcher's Jock The Laird's brother, 6 yrs old, Ist. 51b. each, Ab. 111. 500, b. ft.-3 to i on Emilius. Sir J. Shelley's e. by IPhaatan, est. 71b. beat Mr. Prendergues by the Cole Arabian, 7st. 91b. T.l. C. 200 tov.--5 to 2Ont by Phantom. The All-aged stakes of logs. each, with tea added by the To • • Two mile heats, was won by Lord Anson's brother to the •.' triarcb, beating at two heats, Edmund Yates, Esq.'s b. It. Orate The Town Subscription Plate of 50 sovereigns, for alleges, w won by Mr. Geary's b. b. Libertine, beating two other?. LINCOLN RACES—Sm. 30. The City Purse of ,850 for horses of all ages. • Mr. Humble's Primrose - . . 1 1 Sir J. Byng's bL L Tragedy - - . - I s The Hunter's Plite of 5 gs. each, 'play or pay, for horses not thorough bred, and that have been regularly hunted during the season of 15113 and 1424. Mr. J. Langdon's The Abbot - - - t t Colonel &bthorp's b. m. Symtintry - - - II dr A Subscription Purse of 100 gs. or upwards for a Gold Cop, by Subscribe» at lOgs. each, for horses of all ages. (17 Sub scr ib ers). Three miles race. . Mr. B. B. Haworth's gr. f. Minna. 4 yrs . t Earl Browulow's Fair Charlotte, 5 yes s . . Mr. Williams's b. e. Bourdeauz, 4 yes 3 . . • Three others started, the Judge placed but three.—Even on Fair Charlotte. - The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Subscription Purse of 70gs. for all ages. Two mile heats. Illr: Houldsworth's br. f. Miss Maltby. 3 yes Lord Scarborough's f. Georgians, 3 yrs Dr. Willis's ch. as.by Young Waster, 5 yn CARLISLE RACES-Sm. U. 1 1 1 .1 S 2 dis The Gold Cup, value iCings. by ip Subscribers 414 lOgs. eaeb, for horses, Pte. Three miles. Mr J. M. Maxwell's gr. m. Fair Helms, aged, sat. 91b. This is the fourth successive Gold Cup that Fair Helen has wun at Carlisle. The Malden Plate of 150, foe all ages. Two mile beats. Mr. Anton cb. f. lady Bab, 8 yn old, Cot. 71b . 1 Mr. Bradshaves cb. f. lty Comm, 3 yn, ist. 71b. . .2 The lanes Pune of 102 p. Foar-mils beats. Mr. Simpsoses b. c. Young Corrector, 4yn old, Oat. 1 t Mr. Smith's b. c. Manuel, 4 yn old, Eist. . . SI dr 0 to 4 on the winner. wossulauty. Fafty Pounds given by the County Members. Three - mile heats. Mr. Laming's' s ch. e. Royalist, $ yrs old, Set. 10th. 1 1 Sir J. H. Maxwell's ch. e. Inrlngkell, 3 yrs old, rust. 41b. 3 2 Ems betting en Royalist. A good race. Fifty Pounds, ter Syr di, 7st. 71b. four, Sat. Mb. Two miles. Mr. Simpson's b. c. Twang Corrector, 4 yrs old 1 t Mr. Ferguson's eh. e. North Briton, 3 yrs old S 2 2 to 1 on the winner; after the Ste heat high odds on him. 21111111111 AT. Fifty Pounds for all ages. Two-mile heats- -- --- Mr. Lambton's b. g. German, 3 yrs old, 6st. 131 b. 1 I I Mr. Ferguson's b. e. Melba= Tame, 4 yrs old, 6st. a .1 2 A Silver Cup, value 30gs. added to a Sweepstakes of 3gs. each, to. horses, &c. not thorough bred, 1 Ist. each. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Mr. Jaelmon's b. e. by Surreton, 4yn old . 1 I o 1 Mr. M l Minnie's b. m. Maid of the Mill, aged 1 I $ I Mr. Robinsoo's ch. m. Queen Mab, 5 yrs old 1 5 0 3 Maid, of the Mill the favourite. Reediest heats. ' Sixty Sovereigns. Heats, two miles and a distaste. Mr. Lambton's ch. e. Royalist, 3 yrs old, 6st. alb. . 1 2 1 Mr. Ferguson's eb. e. North Briton, 3 yrs old, tat. 91b. 3 1 2 WALSALL RACES—Sacs. 19. Subscription Purse of 50 eov. for hones not thorough bred, rode by members of the Walsall Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry. Twice round the Course. Best of heats. Mr. R. fisdbasy's b. h. by Woodman . • 1 1 Mr. R. Adams's b. tn. Pauline ir. S. Perks, im. gr. b. 1 3 . .R. Barber's b. m. Clara . 5 4 . Mr. . Barber's b.ll. Abraham Newland • . 3 dr Malden Plate, value 50 wv. gives by the. Corporation. Two miles. Mr. Flint ors gr. f. by Crania's I 1 Mr. Smith's `b g. Little Driver . . 2 2 Mr. J. Lamb's Br. g. Tripoli . 1 dr A fine race. The journeymen turners at Penzance had a km out last week, for an increase of wages. They have ob tained an advance of four :billings in twenty, and have returned to their woo k. A fatal accident took place, the week before last, at Dowlas Iron Works, near Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan shire, by the bursting of a steam-engine boiler, the top of which, not less than five tons weight, was blown to the height of about seventy feet, and fell with tremen dous force upon the roof of the building, burying in its ruins all the workmen who were under, one of whom was killed upon the spot, seven have since died, and three or four others are so seriously injured that their recovery is considered doubtful. _ _ A young Lady named Gough, was burnt to death on Thursday evening last, at her residence, Charlotte street, Portland-place, by her dress taking fire. A woman, who left her infant child on the pavement in Gardner -court, Roscoe -street, Liverpool, on the 13th ult. (being then only eleven days old), was apprehended on Monday. The child died on Saturday last. A new-born male inlet*, wrapped in an old black stuff petticoat and a black woollen shawl, was found I dead on the steps of a cellar in Dtake•street, Liverpool, lon Monday maiming, a little before six o'clock. It ap peared to have been stabbed with a small knife in various 'parts of the body, and about the bead, which also was much bruised. Wednesday, as six boys were descending the coal pit of Messrs. Brandwood, of Darwen, the ascending basket, hull of coal, caught the bottom of that in which the boys were, and they were precipitated to the bottom, about 30 yards; four were killed upon the spot, and the other to were so much hurt that one died oa Wednesday, •and she other on Thursday. The Cheltenham Police has been successful in break ing up a ging of depredators, by whom robberies have lately been committed in that town and neighbourhood ; five persons are in custody, and an accomplice bas con fessed to various robberies. LISERALITY.—The City Council of Albany, on the petition of Anson Spooner, who lost his eye-sight b the bursting of a cannon, on the 4101 of July t g him permission to ask charity for ten days * A4,i 5 A - I • + t • .4 t . • 1