The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-06 00:00:00

% • , Varhament. HOUSE OF LORDS.--THURSDAY. The Earl of MINTO moved the *econd reading of the Slave Trade (Portugal) Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON and the. Earl of DEVON op posed, and Viscount MELBOURNE supported it. The Earl of DEVON having replied, the house divided, when the numbers were—For the second reading, 32; against it, 38 ; majority, 6. The bill was consequently lost. The Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed for Tuesday. The Cathedral and Ecclesiastical Preferments Bill went through committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up the following day. The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill also went through com mittee, and the report was ordered to be brought up the fol lowing day. The committee on the Courts for County Bills was post poned till Friday. The Letters Patent Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill to remove doubts as to the powers of the courts of equity over infants in certain cases, which was read a first time. Their lordships then adjourned aininjO'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY EXTENSION Mr. MILDMAY moved that the committee on this bill have leave to enlarge the time for making their report from day to day to the 12th of August. Mr. EASTROPE thought it proper to state to the house, that though this application had been made at the instance of a majority of the committee, yet there were members who thought no practical benefit could result from its being ac ceded to; that evidence had been excluded of two competing lines of railway, which evidence must be .heard, in their opinion, before the inquiry could satisfactorily be terminated ; and that, at this prolonged period of the session, it was im possible that the bill could pass into a law. On these grounds he opposed the Motion. Mr. BROTHBRTON considered the opposition most extra ordinary. (Hear, hear.) The committee had been sitting forty-six days—an accidental circumstance had produced the delay in making their report—a majority of three to one had decided on this application ; and now it was attempted to prevent am... c. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MILDMAY said the delay han pa, his oweAversight, and he should deeply regret this motion not being carried. Mr. GissonsE was against the bill in principle, but would not support the hon. member for Leicester in this opposition. (Hear, heat.) The motion was agreed to. Mr. EAST H OPE then presented a petition from the Mid land Counties Railway Company against the bill. PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL having moved the order of the day, for considering the petition of Messrs. Hansard, rose for the purpose of bringing under the consideration of the house the steps which it might be expedient to take with regard to the notice which had been served upon Mr. Hansard, that an action was to be proceeded in against them for publishing the proceedings authorised by the house. Without entering into the question of law, he must say that such an opinion as that propounded by the Chief Justice struck him with astonishment, and convinced him that it would not be right to entrust the decision of their privileges to a court of law — (cheers)—because the very narrow and contracted notions which appeared to prevail in the Court of Queen's Bench, if allowed to be carried into their full effect, would entirely deprive their house of the most useful and most important of its privileges—(hear, hear)—and might prevent it from obtaining for itself, and communicating to the public at large, that general information which was necessary for the maintenance of the authority of this house, and the satisfac tion of the public in general, who watched its proceedings. After stating the facts relative to the publication of the re port of the committee of the Lords, on New Zealand, the noble lord asked why had Mr. Polack passed over the oppor tunity of commencing proceedings against the publication, by the House of Lords, and reserved himself until the publi cation by this house. He did not wish, however, to transfer the vindication of their privileges to the House of Lords. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He would say, that, having or dered the publication themselves, it was their duty to take such proceedings as might be necessary for the complete vin dication of their authority. In what manner should they proceed ? Should they again instruct the Attorney-General to appear in the Court of Queen's Bench, and state their grounds and reasons on which they rested this claim of pri vilege? It must be obvious, that. such a course would be merely degrading their privilege, and could only lead to a humiliating result. (Loud cheers.) They had done that which was necessary to justify themselves on the grounds of prudence and forbearance. All that now remained to them was to adopt some other course of proceeding, in order to vindicate their privileges by proceeding at once against the first person commencing the proceeding. (Hear, hear.) By the resolution which he was about to propose, all persons would have notice not to commence these proceedings ; and if they proceeded in opposition to the resolution of the house, by proceeding with this action, they would have had due notice of the consequences. He thought in this manner they ought safely to protect the Messrs. Hansard against any consequences to which they might be exposed. It was ne cessary the house should enter into a resolution, in order that Mr. Shaw (Mr. Polack's attorney) and the public might be informed that the house thought it necessary to vindicate its privileges ; and if he should then proceed, he would be summoned to the bar, and committed for a breach of privi lege. He should now move that Messrs. Hansard, the printers and publishers of the reports of the minutes of evi dence on the present state of the island of New Zealand, communicated by the House of Lords to this house on the ith August, 1838, acted under the orders of the house ; and that to bring, or assist in bringing, any action against them for such publication, would be a breach of the privileges of this house. (Hear.) He should also move another resolu tion, instructing Messrs. Hansard that they be directed not to answer the letter of Charles Shaw mentioned in their peti tion, and not to take any step towards defending the action with which they are threatened in the said letter. (Hear.) Sir F. BURDETT could not help feeling the extreme diffi culty of the ease, but agreed with the noble lord that the house ought to possess whatever power was necessary for the proper performance of its functions ; and he should not, therefore, oppose the resolutions, which he thought rational and consistent with the proper respect for the liberty of the subject. R. 1-Inilacifrl&A.Wad UntatToirldriggroeiore the house, .he then advised the house, if another case should occur, not to appeal to the Queen's Bench, but to assume the vindication of their privileges, (hear, hear,) which course appeared to have received the sanction even of the court on the decision which it had come to. He, therefore, asked whether they ought to permit Messrs. Hansard again to plead, or to determine on the vindication of their own pri vileges ? (Hear.) The House of Lords, in printing their report, had taken the course which it was suggested this house should take, that of not giving the names of the par ties. The house, therefore, had judged wisely in ordering the publication ; and, at all events, their order ought of it self to be a sufficient justification of Mr. Hansard. He would suppol the resolution; and, if it were disobeyed, he would follow it up by that commitment for contempt, which the judges themselves had admitted to be legal. Dr. Lus tsInToN was of the same opinion, and thought that the views of the judges had been quite as narrow and contracted as Lord John Russell had described them. After some further discussion, Lord Jour Ryss E 1. said, that since he had last addressed the house he had received a letter purporting to be from Mr. Polack, and stating that though the attorney, Mr. Shaw, had been originally instructed to sue several publishers, and among others Mr. Hansard, yet damages having been reco vered in one action (against the Times), Mr. Shaw had been desired to abandon all further proceedings, so that his letter to Mr. Hansard was without authority. The gallery was cleared for a division, when there appeared —for the resolution, 120; against it, 4; majority in its fa vour, 116. _ _ _ The committal of the Birmingham Police Bill was, on the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, postponed till Friday. The Tithes' Commutation Acts Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Highway Rates Bill was read a third time, and passed. The committal of the Poor-law Commission Continuance Bill was postponed till Monday. After some other business of no general importance, the house adjourned at half-past two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. On the , motion of Lord REDESDALE, the turnpike tolls bill went through committee. Lord BROUGHAM read the series of resolutions which it was his intention to move, " On the administration of jus tice to Ireland," declaratory of what ought to be the case regarding the challenging of jurors, the conduct of crown solicitors and prosecuting counsel, the enforcing of the at tendance of witnesses, the duty of the executive in pardon ing criminals, or commuting sentences, the expediency of first consulting the judges who tried, and their notes, &c. Lord Bwouonnm, in consequence of the rejection of the slave trade (Portugal) bill, on Thursday night, anti to avert results that might otherwise ensue from such rejection, —moved an address, praying her Majesty, by all means within her power, to ne go ti a t e w ith the governments of foreign nations of Europe, as well as in America, for their concurrence in her efforts to put down the traffic in slaves ; and also that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give such orders to her cruisers as might be calculated to put a stop to such traffic, particularly under the Brazilian and Portuguese flags; and assuring her Majesty that their lord ships would assist in any measures she might adopt for this purpose, and concur with the other house in such measures as might he deemed requisite for such purposes. After remarks from Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Wel lington, &c., the address was agreed to. The Earl of WARWICK adverted to accusations that had been preferred against him for his statements respecting the Birmingham affair, and declared that he was prepared to re peat and substantiate them. Lord DUNCANNON moved the second reading of the re gister of births, &c., bill. Lord LYNDHURST moved, as an amendment, the second reading that day three months, which was carried on a divi sion 469 to 38. The jurors and juries (Ireland) bill, and some other bills, were forwarded a stage ; the second reading of the public works, (Ireland) bill was deferred till Monday; the metro polis police bill was read a third time and passed ; and the report of the " City Police" bill, was presented and agreed to. The consideration of the municipal corporations (Ireland) bill, again called forth discussion; the Lord CHANCELLOR moving amendments on the report. The amendments were opposed by Lord Lyndhurst, the Earl of Westmeath, and Lord Ellenborough, and were sup ported by the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Wicklow. The proposition of Lord LYNDHURST for the rejection of the amendments was carried by a majority of 64 to 37. After some further discussion, the report was agreed to, and the third reading fixed for Thursday next. The Canada government bill and the custody of infants bill were both read a third time, and passed. After the transaction of the remaining business, their lordships ad journed, at twenty minutes past ten. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —FRIDAY. Captain Hamilton, the new member for Aylesbury, took the oaths and his seat. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions on the subject of_ the new poor law, containing, extraordinary statements, and that excited marked attention. Sir It. INGLIS gave notice that early in the next session he should direct the attention of the house to the state of religious education in this country. Mr. Hu ME gave notice that he should persevere in moving his amendments on the further proceedings regarding the Admiralty Court bill, to reduce the proposed salary, and to disqualify the judge for holding a seat in the house after the present_parliament. Mr. HUME inquired whether 80 or 90 persons had been transported from Canada to New South Wales, by Sir J. Colborne ? Mr. LA BOUCIIERE explained the circumstance, admitting that such was the fact ; and stated that he was ready to pre sent the despatc'ves, detailing that conduct, with which the government vver,: satisfied. Sir R. PEEL expressed the hope that parliament would not he allowed to sep trate without the expression of• thanks to Sir J. Colborne, for the manner in which he had taken on himself and conducted the government of Canada. Lord PALmEitsToN repeated, in answer to Sir R. Peel's i nq uiry, that the government had no official information as to the proceedings against English merchants, and the seizure of opium in China, although there was reason to believe that the Chinnie government had realized the threat of adopting severe steps regarding the opium trade. Sir R. PEEL having instituted inquiry on the subject of the Ameri , mn boundary question, Lord PALMERSTON stated that a commissioner had been appointed on each side—that a convention was requisite— that then it was requisite to have some sanction from the state of Maine :—in the meantime, the British government had availed itself of the opportunity to send a person to col lect more correct topographical information on the subject than was previously possessed. Sir R. PEEL inquired whether there would be any commu nication to parliament regarding the war in the east? Lord PALMERSTON answered that he apprehended such a course would not he practicable. There were communica tions between the several great powers of Europe ; and al though it would not be expedient, or agreeably to the usual course, to give the details now, he might say that they were ' all agreed in the necessity of preserving the integrity of the Turkish empire. His lordship added, in answer to Mr. Hume's inquiry, that he had not yet been able to peruse Dr. Bowring's reports ; they were yet in manuscript, but no doubt they would be printed for the parliament. Lord J. RUSSELL, in proposing that the house resolve into committee of supply, to vote £75000, went into lengthened detail to show the necessity for an " increase of the army ;" and the resolution (after the amendments of Sir E. Cod rington and Mr. Hume had been negatived) was eventually agreed to. Mr. LEADER again brought forward the case of Lovett and Collins, after which the house went into committee of supply. Lord J. RUSSELL withdrew (after a division) the Bir mingham Police Bill, and moved for leave to bring in a new bill, " for the establishment of a police in Birmingham ;" the former bill was to sanction a grant of money. The mo tion was agreed to (also after a division,) and leave given to bring in the bill. On the motion of Dr. LUSHINGTON, a committee was ap pointed to examine the Lords' journals regarding any pro ceedings for the suppression of the Portuguese slave trade. Mr. BARING brought in the " Birmingham Police" Bill. Read the first time, and ordered to be read the second time on Wednesday. Adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock till Monday. THE BATTLE OF NEZIB (From the Private Correspondence of the Manchester Guardian.) ALEPPo, JAT NE 28, 1839.—About ten days ago, Soliman Pacha, of Marasch, marched upon Antan, (p.e%tousty. aban doned by Ibrahim Pacha, except a small force left in the citadel), at the head of 8,000 troops, and took possession of that town. Immediately on receipt of this intelligence, the Egyptian army made preparations for advancing from its camp on the plain of Sadjoui, and shortly after crossed the frontiers. Several skirmishes took place between the advance guards, to the advantage of Ibrahim Pacha. On the morning of the 24th instant, the general engage ment took place near the sultan's camp at Nezib ; and, after two hours' fighting, Ibrahim Pacha was :completely vic torious, putting the whole Turkish army to flight, taking all the artillery, camp, stores, baggage, &c.; in fact, every thing in their possession. Great numbers deserted during the engagement, whole regiments having laid down their arms, and surrendered themselves prisoners of war. The number of killed and wounded is said to be great; but I have not heard the particulars. Thus, in the short space of two hours, this large army, which the sultan has been collecting for years, was destroyed ; for, as an army, it is so to all intents and purposes. Hafiz Pacha, it would appear, has escaped ; nothing having heard of him since the battle. Ibrahim Pacha wrote, on the 25th, that he intended immediately to march onwards to Konieh, half way between this and Con stantinople. Aleppo was illuminated on the night of the 26th, and cannon were fired from the castle in celebration of the victory. It is reported that a general rising of the Turks against the Christians was to have taken place on the very night of the illumination, had the news of the battle not reached. The Turks were obliged to illuminate their shops and houses, much against their will. The day before yester day, a French employe, 'said to be aid-de-camp to Marshal Soult, arrived here by a French steamer from Alexandria. He says that he is the bearer of a letter from Mehemet Ali to Ibrahim Pacha, ordering him immediately to cease hosti lities, wherever he may be, on his receipt of the letter. Monsieur Caillie—so the gentleman is named—left this yes terday for the army of Ibrahim Pacha. It is said, that the differences between the sultan and Mehemet Ali have been arranged by the European powers. An English corvette of 18 guns arrived the other day at Alexandretta. The captain reports that the English fleet may be expected there very shortly. Before the battle of the 24th, Ibrahim Pacha sent orders to an army of about 20,000 men, collected at Adana, Tarsous, and the pass of the Taurus, to march through the pass, and attack a division of the sultan's army, of pretty nearly the same force, which is on the other side of the Taurus. Only let Ibrahim alone, and give him fair play, and you would soon hear of his arrival at Constantinople. The mountainers of Pyas have been completely put down. ALEPPO, JULY Ist, 1839.—The battle of the 24th, though of short duration, was a most severe and bloody struggle. The artillery, which was very close, and the greater part loaded with canister shot, did terrible execution. The in fantry did not fire a shot : and it was, in fact, a battle of artillery until the sultan's troops began to give way, when Ibrahim's cavalry cut them down right and left, during their flight. The most probable accounts state the sultan's loss, in killed and wounded, to be about 8000, and 9000 taken prisoners, besides many deserters. Ibrahim Pacha is re ported to have lost 2000 to 2500 in killed and wounded. An instructor of artillery, in the employ of the sultan, was taken prisoner, and arrived here the other day. He states that the army encamped at Nezib, previous to the battle, did not amount to more than 400,000 men, and 110 pieces of artillery, besides 30 pieces at Bir. Ibrahim Pacha is in possession of every piece, besides an immense quantity of small-arms, several magazines filled with gunpowder, and other ammuni tion. Hafiz Pacha escaped with about 4000 cavalry, and is supposed to have taken the road to Marasch, and perhaps joined the other division of the sultan's army, mentioned in my letter of the 28th ultimo. He is reported to have an immense sum of money with him, the amount, it is said, of £300,000 sterling; but this is probably much exaggerated. After the battle, Ibrahim Pacha retook Antab ; and he has sent four regiments to Orfa, on the other side of the Euphrates, where there are large magazines of provisions, &c. According to the last accounts from Antab, Ibrahim had marched forward upon Marasch, with the main body of his fierf;asiaslirdirOt" Ila t k , a at. l .agilt d 'V t s iVelie l ata nothing of Monsieur Caille since his departure ; but, if not prevented, I should think he must overtake the army at Marasch. There are various conjectures here as to whether Ibrahim Pacha will stop or continue to advance on the re ceipt of the letter taken by Caine. On that gentleman's arrival in Aleppo, the governor immediately despatched a forced post to Ibrahim, acquainting him with the nature of his mission. By his advancing, subequently to the receipt of this news, it would appear, that he either meant to pay no attention to it, or at least to march as far forward as pos sible before Monsieur Caille could reach him. I should not be surpried, that by some means or other, they will contrive to delay, as much as possible, Monsieur Caille 's arrival. He reached Aleppo in twenty-five days from Paris, having re mained six days at Alexandria. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—The unfavourable news regarding the state of the American market brought by the recent arrivals, has by no means improved the foreign branch of the demand for goods in our market. There is, however, a fair business doing for domestic consumption, though the state of the money market tends to check anything like a speculative demand. Prices continue much the same, though the mer chants seem more anxious to buy lower. BRADFORD.—There was a fair demand for goods at our market on Thursday, and those sold changed hands at for mer rates, though from the lowness of the stocks on hand the manufacturers held out for an advance. The sales of yarn were rather limited, and there was no improvement in price. Owing to the slackness of the demand, some of the spinners have begun to run short time. The wool market was very flat, and comparatively little business was done. We note no material alteration in price. HUDDERSFIELD.—We have nothing new to report in the aspect of this market. The same lifelessness prevailed on Tuesday, as for several weeks past. Notwithstanding, a fair trade is done to order, and few goods are brought to market. Prices also remain firm. The warehouses continue doing a steady, and we have reason to believe not an unprofitable, business. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET , AUG. 2.—We cannot re port any amendment in the trade during the past week, with the exception of wether skins, which have been more freely taken out of thb market at an advance of ss. per sack. YORK WOOL MARKET, AUG. I.—A fair supply of wool ; a slow trade at prices agreeable to the annexed quotations.— Super hog, 15d to 16d ; half hog and ewe, 14id ; ewe, 13d to 134 d ; locks and cots, 8d to 10d • moor wool, 6d to 7d. DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, iIILY 27.—0n1y about 60 sheets of wool were pitched in this day's market, owing to the wetness of the weather. The sales were dull at our last quotations. BARNSLEY.—The linen trade continues dull ; but yet there are not many weavers out of employ. HALIFAX.—We have a continued dulness in every de partment of our trade ; and this, without any immediate prospect of amendment, makes all parties seriously think of reducing their productions. It was not possible to quit, to any extent, at previous rates. Wool is easier to buy. MIDDLETON, FAILSWORTf, AND LEIGH.—At these places the silk trade is much slacker at some warehouses, especially the weaving of low numbers of plain sarsnets and some sorts of figured work, while queen's plains, tine satins, and very fine plain goods are moderately brisk. The trade in the cotton-mills at Middleton is much better, and power-loom weavers have now full employment ; other hands have five days' work per week, and in a few days they expect to be all working full time. Calico block-printers at Rhodes, near Manchester, have moderate employment ; indeed, the trade here is as good as it is in any part of Lancashire. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. NEWTON MOOR, AND HYDE. — The trade in the cotton-mills has a rather better appearance at Ashton than it had about three weeks since, but it is in an unsettled state, on account of the high prices of cotton. The machinery in most of the mills is working short time, while power-loom weaving is considerably better, especially those who are employed in calicoes, yet they are not in full employ. At Newton Mo or and Hyde, many operatives, who work in cotton factories, are in distressed circumstances ; at most of the mills hands have only three or four days' work per week, but power-loom weavers have more work than spinners ; all, however, are expecting an improvement in the trade very shortly. BURY AND ROSSENDALE.—At Bury there are better prospects in the trade in cotton-mills, especially in power loom cloths . The blanket trade is moderately brisk. Me chanics and foundry men at some shops are rather slack, while at others they have full employment. Block printers, at one very large shop, have full employment, and hands are extremely busy, while at some few places they have about four days' work per week. The coarse woollen or hocking trade at Rossendale is in a moderately healthy state, but operatives complain very much of the low prices of wages, and manufacturers of the high prices of wool. SADDLEWORTH.—The woollen cloth trade continues in a more healthy state : the operative dyers and weavers appear in as good circumstances as they have done for the last 15 years past : there are no complaints except that manufac turers say the wool is very high, and profits on goods very low. WlGAN.—There are this week some favourable symptoms of improvement, as some of the mills have commenced run ning partially, whilst others are making preparations for starting : but still there is that want of a general beginning which is so anxiously looked for by the labouring classes. We hear that the Duke of Beaufort, who was to have been king of the approaching tournament a t Eglington C as tl e , will be unable to attend that meeting from having been or dered by his medical attendants to visit the German Baths this Autumn.—Bath Chronicle. The first English newspaper, - called the English Mercury, was published under the direction of Lord Burleigh, who was the first to observe the great moral efiect it would produce. There were in circulation to a very great extent the most ex traordinary descriptions of the Spanish armament ; a panic was beginning to spread among the inhabitants : Lord Bur liegh, with v►ews showing his statesmanlike intelligence, adopted a mode of counteracting this by the strong moral in fluence of the press ; and he established a newspaper, in order to correct the mis-statements which had been made, and to teach the country to confide in its own exertions and its own resources. APPREHENSION AT MIDNIGHT OF TWELVE CHARTIST LEADERS. (Prom the Stockport Advertiser.) From a variety of information received by the borough magistrates during the past week, they have had reason to believe that several of the leaders of the chartist agitation were preparing themselves with weapons :for a general out break, and they were determined to take prompt and deci sive measures for the protection of life and property. The force of special 'constables vas augmented by swearing in a great number of householders, and out of these sectional par ties were organised for the purpose of a facility of action, if the services of the civil power should be deemed necessary. Fire-arms and cutlasses were received from government-500 of the former, with a sufficient quantity of ball cartridge— and 800 of the latter. On Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, after certain preliminaries had been completed, the borough . magistrates assembled at the Court House, while the'super intendant of Police, and Policemen Hough, Bowers, Long son, Winn, Potter, Bramall, Walters, and Walker, proceeded to the houses of several parties occupying a prominent front in the present agitation. .The night being boisterous and wet, no interruption in the street was apprehended, and the first house which they proceeded to was that of James Mitchell, a beer-seller, in Park-street. He was seen and told that they were in search of arms, and wished to know whether he had any in his possession. He replied in the af firmative, but would not consent that a search should take place. Having effectually secured him, the officers com menced making an active search, and upstairs a large chest was found, containing five fowling pieces, three muskets with bayonets, two daggers, several pike heads, twenty pike han dles about eight feet long, a brace of pistols, and bullet mould. A newly-painted sign, yellow upon black, was also seized, lettered, "James Mitchell, appointed agent to sell g ins, pis tols, &c." Subsequently Mitchell was taken to the lock-up. - Before proceeding to the apprehension of other of the leaders, it was deemed advisable to have further assistance, and ac cordingly a simultaneous apprehension of the remainder took place under the protection of piquets of the 20th Foot.— About twelve o'clock, several of the policemen proceeded to the house of James Burton, the chartist bellman, in Brewery street, Portwood, where, meeting with no resistance, Bowers found guns, bayonets, and pistols, which the superintendant seized with a number of papers and correspondence ; and in the smithy, he being a whitesmith, a quantity of unfinished pike hafts were found. Burton and his three sons were in consequence taken to the lock-ups. After some seizures at George Rushworth's, in Avenue-street, who was also appre hended, they entered the house of Isaac Armitage, a shoe maker, in Great Portwood-street. Here a box full of bullets, powder flask, and corresponding and other papers were found ; and in the rain tub in the back yard a cavalry sword and sheath, with a bag of bullets, were discovered. He and a son, about sixteen years of age, and a man named Rushworth, were then secured ; but not before the father had made an ineffectual attempt to possess himself of a shoemaker's knife, for the purpose of resisting Bowers the policeman, and it is also probable that he intended to injure him. The house of Isaac Armitage, jun., in Queen-street, Portwood, was next visited and searched, the hack door having been forcibly bro ken open. Guns and daggers, together with a cavalry sword, &c. and bullets, were also found concealed, and conveyed away under the ptotection of a file of soldiers. While these apprehensions were prosecuting Bowers, Winn, Potter, Wal ters, and Walker, the remaining policemen, with Serjeant Hough, Longson, and Bramhall. went at one o'clock, to the house of George Warnham, of London-place. Having dis turbed him from his bed, a variety of long and short daggers (very sharp), and materials to make others of, were found. He was likewise apprehended. Charles Davies, of Hope-hill, allowed the policemen to search the house, when a pistol, bullets, and caps were found, together with a large quantity of chartist papers and correspondence. No arms were found on the premises of John Wright, the late chairman, residing in Heaton-lane, but a number of papers were brought away. He and Davies were also taken to the lock-ups. Some other parties were apprehended but liberated almost immediately. Wednesday morning was fixed for the hearing of the charges against. the above parties ; and considerable excite ment in the town was the consequence. A large number of additional special constables were sworn in, and half a troop of the 6th Carbineers, from Manchester, marched in soon after nine, a detachment of infantry occupying the Court House. About eleven o'clock, information was brought to the mayor that a meeting was then holding at the Stanley Arms, Newbridge-lane, and that Roberts, the political se cretary of Manchester, Higgins, of Ashton-under-Lyne, and others were addressing the people in the most violent style of language. The justices, attended by the town-clerk, the police, and a large number of special constables, immedi ately hastened to disperse the meeting, but the authorities being bearded and insulted, near Millgate, by the populace. the riot act was read, and the mob declining to disperse. but preferring still to hoot the authorities, they turned upon them, and the civil force put them compl e t e ly t o th e rou t e . At the Stanly Arms, the meeting adjourned until evening to Greek-street. The authorities then entered the house, and having searched the more suspicious-looking characters, a man named John Nicholls was found to possess a brace of new pistols and a bullet mould. Roberts and Higgins were next secured, and with Nicholls were taken to the lock ups : whilst the landlord of the house was told by the jus tices that his license was suspended, and the house to be closed forthwith, further informing him, that if after that time he sold any liquors whatever, he would be liable to a severe penalty. At this juncture the carbineers came up, and, under their protection the authorities returned to the Court Room, fol lowed by a large mob. One lad was taken into custody on the way thither for interruption, but was subsequently libe rated. A loaded pistol was seized by some of the special constables in Mitchell's beer-house as they passed, but the owner succeeded in escaping. The prisoners were not brought up for examination on Wednesday, a merely private hearing having taken place be fore the justices, in order the better to arrange the evidence ; during which the reporters were excluded, as was Mr. J. P. Cobbett, of Manchester, who wished to appear for the pri soners. Subsequently it turned out, as we understood, that Nicholls, one of the men seized at the Stanley Arms, was the man who stabbed a policeman at Newton, in Mont gomeryshire, a few weeks back, and for whose apprehension a reward of £5O had been offered, and from documents upon both Roberts and Higgins they are connected with Nicholl's proceedings. Rushworth was discharged. Tt e infantry were ordered to be at the Court House at six ; and the special constables to meet at nine o'clock, then to receive further instructions, and, if necessary, to be supplied with arms of defence. The policemen wore the cutlasses In the course of afternoon the town was placarded with—" The riot act has been read ;" and the following hand bill was also issued ; " PUBLIC HOUSES AND RETAIL BEER HOUSES.—The magistrates .of the borough of Stockport, acting in and for the said borough, do hereby, in, consequence of the disturbed state of this district, pursuant to the powers vested in them on that behalf, order and direct that all innkeepers and retail beer-sellers in the said borough do and shall, until further notice, close their houses at the hour of eight of the clock in the evening. "R. Pendlebury, Mayor, Apelles Howard, S. Davenport, P. E. Marsland. Jon. Thornhill, " Court-house, Stockport, July 31st, 1839." The town was very tumultuous in the early part of the evening, and the worst apprehensions were entertained, se veral skirmishes having taken place between the police and the people. _ _ About seven o'clock on the night of Wednesday last,' a party of colliers from the neighbourhood entered the town ; and at eight a large meeting was held in Greek-street, of the chartists, in such numbers, that the magistrates became so alarmed for the public safety that the street lamps were lighted, and measures were forthwith taken for instantly ordering the military and special constables to disperse it. At nine o'clock nearly 1200 special constables, in 14 divi sions, attended the Court-house, and, having received the necessary directions from their respective conductors, a pis tol and four rounds of ball cartridge, with cutlass and belt, were distributed to the leading divisions. The military, horse and foot, having mustered, the authorities, headed by the Mayor, Jon. Th orn hill, E sq ., P. E. Marsland, Esq., and Apelles Howard, Esq., proceeded towards Greek-street, and, after sundry warning and admonitory observations to the populace by the Mayor, but without effect, orders were given to the military power to disperse them, which they did in the most perfect manner; and the specials, after parading the borough for some hours, returned to the Court-house, whilst small bodies continued to perambulate their respec tive districts throughout the night, and searching all ques tionable characters whom they might meet with. Nothing further transpired during the night, if we omit some windows which were broken at the National School, Messrs. Bradshaw's engine -house, and the Post-office. Some person, about nine o'clock, threw a large stone at some gentlemen standing at the door-way of the Warren- Bulkeley Arms Inn, which fortunately missed them, and it fell in the lobby of the house. The authorities, to a man, are entitled to the greatest praise for their promptness and determination in support of the public peace ; and certainly it affords a striking contrast with the supineness and cowardice of the magistrates of Bir mingham. The police are also entitled to the approbation of the pub lic for their exertions in supporting the orders of the bench. On Thursday last, about four o'clock, the prisoners were brought into court for examination. Mr. Cobbett attended with them, and at half-past seven o'clock the court adjourned to Friday, the proceedings being likely to last the whole of that day. . THE CJIARTISTS AT WIGAN. For some time past, the chartists of Wigan have been in the habit of holding meetings in a room at the Bear's Paw, and in the open air, Scholes. Little notice has been taken of them by the respectable classes ; but, on Monday evening last the operative conservatives of Scholes met in Scholefield lane, for the purpose of passing certain resolutions declaring their loyalty and attachment to the institutions of the country. The chartists assembled, and, on the proceedings having com menced, they took posseession of the stage, broke the articles of furniture on it, and showed every disposition to create a riot, it the conservatives persisted in continuing the meet ing. The latter, not wishing to disturb the public peace, ad journed to a room in Scholes, and passed the following resolutions I.—That we, the operative conservatives of Scholes, seeing the many efforts that are being made to disturb the public peace, and to spread destruction, anarchy, and bloodshed throughout the land ; an d being fully convinced that these efforts spring from a designing selfish ambition of certain persons, and not from a desire of reforminc , abuses, and pro moting the welfare of the commr,,nity at large ; and being also persuaded that any reformation, however good in itself, ought to be sought only by legal and Christian means —are, therefore, determined to come forward, in the most decisive manner, to lift up our voices a ga i ns t th ese peace -di stur b ers , and to how that it is the duty of all true patriots to assist the lawful authorities in suppressing all such illegal pro ceedings. 2.—tidt, in consequ4nce of the enormous abuse heaped upon the established church, through the organs of a falsely named liberal party, we not only think ourselves warranted in thus coming forward to rebut their false and groundless charges, by showing a true statement of the case in question, and exposing the erroneous statements of our enemies—but we should also consider ourselves in some degree culpable, if we suffered to pass unrefuted such base, calumnious, and malicious accusations, as are often brought against the friends and supporters of the established church, by those who are indebted to that very establishment for the liberty which they are now striving to turn into an engine of mischief against it. 3.--That, at the present crisis, when our enemies, who have continually liberty in their mouths and oppression in their hearts, are publicly resolving to have recourse to ex clusive dealing in order to get their ends accomplished, it is the duty of every true conservative to come forward and ex press his abhorrence of that unchristian, or rather anti christian scheme—(Rev. xiii. 16, 17) and to endeavour, by all upright and legal means agreeably with the word of God, to prevent the simple and unwary from being led to join the hellish ranks of those who are thus hurrying along the broad way both to temporal and eternal destruction. We understand that several threatening letters have been sent to respectable tradesmen ; indeed, we have seen one, with the name of the party to whom it was sent, and the accompanying words of " Prepare for the 12th of August." It is reported the chartists purpose taking possession of the parish church on Sunday morning next ; and we believe the magistrates are to hold a meeting, to make such arrange ment as they think necessary for the peace and order of the town.— Wigan Gazette. At this moment it is estimated that not less than £150,000,000, are locked up in railway shares. EXECUTION AT NOTTINGHAM. On Wednesday morning, the unfortunate man John Driver, who was convicted at the assizes for Nottingham, of the wilful murder of an old woman named Ann Hancock, at Caunton, expiated the offence with his life, on the new drop, in front of the County-hall. He had been sentenced to death without any hope of mercy being shown to him by Lord Abinger, one of the judges of the midland circuit; his crime was that of breaking into the house of• his victim, an old woman residing at the village of Caunton, in the county of Nottingham, and killing her by striking her on the head with a stick, strangling her with his bands, and suffocating her by stuffing with great violence a linen rag clown her throat. The stick was found in his own house, with blood and grey hairs on the end of it, and he and his mother, with whom he resided, apprehended ; but although there was nothing to fix any guilt upon the latter, yet there was no doubt of that of the former, as the deceased's watch and a quantity of money, and < variety of articles which could be sworn to, were found upon him. Previous to his trial, he, under supposition that it would save himself, stated that a man named Lawson committed the murder, while he (Driver) was down stairs robbing the house; and that be did not know of the murder till after he had left the house; but after his trial he denied that statement, and fully con fessed that he had done the deed himself, though he denied that he had used the stick, or had it with him at the time ; greys hairs were, however, found upon it, and the public may suppose what they please, relative to it. He was a most illiterate character, a boorish countryman. Previous to the murder, he could neither read, write, or a spell a letter, and knew not u single prayer ; but since his condemnation he took to reading in a wonderful manner, made out whole sentences, and was never happier than when reading himself, or getting somebody to read for him. The Rev. W. J. Butler, the chaplain of the gaol, has been particularly attentive to him, impressing on his mind the necessity of preparing for a change ; and he on his part listened with the most profound attention, and acted up to the letter of his instructions. In the week before his execu tion, his mother went to the gaol to see him and bid him farewell ; and on the evening before his execution, several other relations took their final leave. On the Tuesday night he slept very sound, got up at six o'clock in the morning, ate a hearty breakfast, and then proceeded to the chapel, where he heard the service with great attention. He afterwards requested the chaplain to write to his mother for him, which was done at his dictation; and then, all being ready, and the mail having brought no orders to stay the execution, he bade adieu, and shook hands with the felons, and then proceeded to the room where he was pinioned. Here another prayer was said, and then, in the most firm and collected manner, he moved towards the drop, accompanied by the under sheriff, deputy under sheriff, &c. On ascending the scaffold, a dense crowd of twenty thousand people met his eye, whom he addressed, but in so low in tone as scarcely to be heard. He begged of them to love God and mind their book, and above all, to keep good hours. Having concluded, the cap and knot were adjusted, and amid stifled screams fiona the vast crowd, the fatal bolt was withdrawn, and the soul of the murderer took its flight from this world for ever. After hanging an hour, his body was cut down, and in the afternoon buried within the pre cincts of the gaol. He died truly penitent. TRIAL OF ARCHIBALD BOLAM. NEWCASTLE, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—The jury, after an absence of three hours, returned with a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. THURSDAY.—The business of the assize terminated to-day, and at its conclusion the prisoner, Archibald Bolam, was placed in the dock to receive sentence. No alteration had taken place in his appearance. He still preserved the same cool unmoved demeanour. On being asked by the clerk of arraigns if he had any thing to say why sentence should not be passed on him for the of fence of which he lad been convicted, he replied in a firm, clear voice, "My lord, I declare before GOD and you 1 am innocent of the death of Joseph Millie." His LORDSHIP then passed sentence in the following words, " Archibald Bolam, you have been found guilty by the jury, after a full inquiry into the evidence, of the offence of man slaughter. The jury have certainly come to the most miti gated and mild conclusion they could arrive at, upon the con viction that you caused the death of Joseph Millie. They must have believed you caused that death, and I hope the be lief was well founded, from sudden excitement on a provo cation arising from some unforeseen quarrel. You protest you are innocent. lam entirely unable to give the smallest weight to that protestalipn, as you must be well aware I am bound to act upon the verdict of the jury, and it is a verdict with which Ido not see any reason- to be dissatisfied. It seems to me the facts proved you were engaged in the man slaughter." The prisoner here said,—" I beg yourpardon, my lord, but your lordship speaks so low I cannot hear you." Mr. Baron MAULE-It is not of much consequence, but I will speak louder.—Considering this is a case in which the jury have considered you committed the offence of man slaughter, I can now consider only the mode in which Joseph Millie was killed and the circumstances under which his death took place. Now, it appears, it must have taken place upon some quarrel arising between the hours of half-past three and half-past five o'clock. In that short time some quarrel, some strong excitement in your mind—strange indeed for a person of your habits and character—must have arisen to cause you to take away his life. The jury must have come to some conclusion of that kind, or they would have found that there was previous malice. and then your life would have been for feited. Now, considering that you killed this unfortunate man by striking him with a poker, breaking his skull to pieces, and shedding his blood in a most frightful way, it is a case of most aggravated manslaughter. Nobody can doubt the person who committed the offence—and you are found to be that person—did commit the offence of aggravated manslaugh ter. I feel bound, therefore, to give you the extreme pun ishment of the law for that offence. The sentence of the court is that you be transported beyond the seas for the term of your natural life. The prisoner—My lord, I regard that sentence as my death. • He was then removed from the dock, amid the hisses of the persons assembled in court. The commission of assize opens at Carlisle to-day, and the business will commence to-morrow. THE SALE AT ATHENS. Our readers have probably seen in the public prints the annolincement i cand for the'first time in England) - of a splen u a. Athens (vide Mr. Robins' a vertisement repeated in our Journal to-day). In addition to this very seductive compo-, sition, which, in our humble judgment, in his chef d'oeuvre, he has appended to the descriptive particulars of side a very enlarged and highly interesting statement of facts, with a view to incline the great capitalists to improve their fortunes in Greece. The following is a brief outline : At a time when British industry, British capital, and .Bri tish enterprise are pejietrating the remotest parts of the globe in search of employment—while we are forminit, associations for the purchase of lands in the frozen regions of Canada and the more distant countries of Australia and New Zea land, separated by seas of long and difficult navigation — land when acquired, presenting to the settler or proprietor obstacles of the severest nature to their improvement and cultivation and to the consequent return of capital and out lay, with only a reasonable hope of increase on interest, we seem, most unaccountably, to have overlooked a country much nearer at hand, and rendered, by the late improvements in steam navigation, as it were, almost at our doors—a country possessing the finest climate, the most fertile soil, the most varied productions, the most commodious harbours, inhabited (although as yet but thinly) by an ingenious, do cile, and labourious people, enjoying a government which is mild and beneficent, and affords ample protection to its sub jects, with the free enjoyment of their different religions-. This country is Greece ! From the establishment of the royal government in 1833, a short period of six years, the renovation of this intersting portion of the globe may be dated. In that time its amelio ration had advanced with a rapidity almost incredible.. The population of Athens alone, which, at the period of the evacuation of the Turks, was only about 2000 souls, is now upwards of 30,000 ! The Pirreus (the sea-port of Athens), only distant about four miles, had, at the epoch alluded to, only a wooden shed, with two or three individuals at the place, has now more than 10,000 inhabitants, and become a splendid town. Many more, as well as villages, are increas ing in proportion. The utmost activity prevails. Napoli di Romania, Argos, Tripolitza, Patras, Calchis, &c., are rising from their ruins. Emigrations of settlers, of great respectability, and some of large fortunes, have lately taken place. The soil of Greece produces every thing which can con tribute to the wants, the comforts, and even the luxuries of man —corn, wine, oil, silk, cotton, honey, dying stuffs, figs, raisins, currants, and other fruits ; flax, hemp, drugs for medicine, rice, tobacco, and almost all the productions of tropical limates, such as oranges, lemons, and citrons, may be reckoned its staple commodities. Experience has prove& that the climate of Greece is propitious to the culture of beet root ; and such is the fertility of the soil, that it has yielded in one year three crop* of beet root, much larger, much more abundant, and far more rich in saccharine matter than those which are cultivated in France, or in other parts of Europe ; therefore a sugur manufactory may be most advantageously established there. Stone, marble, timber, lime, and all kinds of building materials are in the greatest plenty in almost every part, or can readily be con veyed by sea from the places where they are in abundance, to those parts where they may be deficient. Coal abounds in the Island of Negropont near the surface, and is worked with facility ; there is also a variety of other minerals found. Such are the natural advantages of Greece. In this fa voured clime the natives of Great Britain enjoy an estimation beyond those of any other country in the minds of the Greeks : our free institutions, and the part we have taken in their Hellenic, long, and arduous struggle for independence, have secured their respect and gratitude, and the name of an Eng lishman is a passport amongst them. The Hellenic government encourages whatever may tend to the improvement or the kingdom, either by introduc tion of capital, or of the knowledge and arts of Westeiii Eu rope. The laws and ordinances whiff h have been promulgated have this especial tendency, and amongst others, care ha been taken to establish registration of all documents relating to land, so as to resider the titles to it perfectly secure and free from dispute and litigation. Greece is destined by her geographical position, to exercise a great influence over the commerce of Europe, although, at present, her share of importance is but very secondary in that respect. _ _ Limited by Asia, Central Europe, and Africa, almost sur rounded by the Meditterranean Sea, peopled with sailors, and favoured with a beautiful climate, this country would long since have become rich by its agricultural industry and commerce, had she not been laid waste and depopulated by the unintelligent domination of the Turks. Greece, foi:merly so flourishing, has but very lately been released from bondage ; since her liberation, she has been able only to prepare herself for a new existence. Thus cir cumstanced, she has already performed much, by falling into habits of order and industry, under the schooling of Old Europe, (who first received, by the bye, her lessons from Greece); such a beginning is a token of good promise. There is ample field to enlarge on the merits of this classical and highly interesting country, the reminiscences associated with which are so peculiarly calculated to inspire the scholar, the man of genius and taste, that it may be superfluous to expatiate further in illustration of the subject, as every gen tleman, doubtless, will be so versed in ancient lore, and in Grecian history in particular, as to render unnecessary any further attempt to elucidate these matters. The English and French Governments are now united in their endeavour to elevate Greece into a high position with kingdoms of importance, and by the aid of national banks which are now in active progress—will give a consequence— a tone and character to Athens, which in its ambitious mood it scarcely dared to contemplate. THE KENTUCKY KNIFE.—This instrument, which, like the Italian stilletto, is only fit for the hand . of an assassin, is displayed upon every occasion. It hai ordinarily a blade about six or eight inches long, sharp on both sides towards the point, and comes out of the handle by a spring, which also prevents its closing on the hand Of the owner. I have seen several well-dressed Kentuckians, who would probably think themselves much injured if they were not considered gentlemen of the first . Trade, picking their teeth with these elegant pocket companions, in public ; and I have repeatedly seen them while engaged in conversation employ their bands in opening and shutting this dirk-sprin ,, , as a London dandy on the stage raps his boots and shakes his watch-seals, or sometimes in real life, for want of manual employment, draws his glove on and off, or smooths down the felt of his hat.—Murray's North America. MISCELLANEOUS. It is now finally determined that the second meeting of the English Agricultural Society takes place at Cambridge. The new system of universal penny postage is intended to be brought into operation in January next. A Petition, praying the Queen to dissolve the Birmingham Corporation is in course of signature in that town. Lord Fitzroy Somerset is to have the Colonelcy of the 43rd Foot, vacant by the death of the late Lord Howden. A matrimonial alliance is spoken of between Lord Charles Kerr, brother, we believe, of the Marquis of Lothian, and Miss Hanmer, a sister of Sir John Hanmer, Bart.—Herald. FOSSIL REMAINS.—A splendid specimen of Fossil Croco dile was lately discovered on the cliff at Kettleness, about four miles north of the port of Whitby, by Mr. Thomas•Bar rick and Mr. William Crosby, two celebrated fossil searchers. The Earl of Harrowby and Viscount and Viscountess San don and Lady Georgiana Ryder contemplate a continental tour during the autumn, but it is understood the noble earl will pass Christmas at Sandon Hall, Staffordshire. The Earl of Wilton's yacht has entered the Thames from Cowes, Isle of Wight. The noble earl, accompanied by his amiable countess, has made arrangements to embark on Monday or Tuesday next for a cruise of several months—six, it is said.—Herald. The moors were never in finer condition for the sportsmen than they are at present. The birds are fully stronger than they were at the end of August last year, and coveys of eight and ten are very cominon. On the whole, there will be excellent sport and game of first rate quality.—Leeds Intelligencer. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Some scoundrels, too impatient to wait for the general equilization of property in pros pectu, have within the last few days, taken up a consi derable breadth of potatoes on the premises of Mr. Joseph Morris, solicitor, Fairweather Green. They have most sys tematically cleared the ground as far as they have gone— Leeds Intelligencer. MISSISSIPPI CROPS—A gentleman, direct from Vicksburg, which he left June 26, reports the drought in that State to be universal, and most destructive to the crops. This is en tirely the reverse of accounts from Vicksburg to the 20th ult.—New York Evening Star. RAILWAY• SUNDAY TRAVELLING. -- Meetings have been held both in Nottingham and in Derby, to address the rail way proprietors to put an end to Sunday travelling. At pre sent the carriages only run in the morning and in the evening of Sunday, and not between the hours of ten and six. THE LATE SULTAN KILLED BY DRINK.—The correspon dent of the Slmaphore, at Constantinople, states, as a mat ter of public notoriety in that capital, that the last illness and decease of the Sultan Mahamoud was greatly hastened, if not caused, by his use of wine and spirits. MURDER, AT NEW YoßK.—During a dispute, on Thurs evening, at the corner of Roosevelt and Water-street, be tween two seamen, A. J. Reamson, aged 22, recently dis charged from the North Carolina, was stabbed to the heart and instantly killed by David Taff. Taff, who is a native of Liverpool, was immediately arrested and committed to pri son.—New York Paper. Jacob Fredrich Ehlert, late mate of the Prussian vessel, Phoenix, convicted at our late assizes of the murder of his captain, and whose trial appears in the Supplement to our present Number is left for execution. It is understood that he will suffer on Friday, the 16th inst.—Durham Advertiser, THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED AT ISLINGTON.—The following may be seen on a board at Laycock's dairy in the Liverpool-road :—" The front cattle lairs when built upon will be removed further back on the premises." Query—Are the houses that are to be built on the cattle lairs to be re moved back at the same time ? HAY CROPS.—Sunday and Monday being two fine days, a considerable quantity of hay was got together in the neigh bourhood of Barnsley, all in very fair condition. The wheat crops have suffered but little from the effects of the storm. Barley is uncommonly thick, and the consequence is, that it is a good deal laid in different places.—Leeds Intelligencer. The crops in this neighbourhood are much injured by the late incessant rains : never, indeed, do we remember so wet a hay season as' the present, and we reget to say that much has been so damaged as to render it altogether useless. To the little saved it has been found necessary to apply salt, now happily so cheap as to be accessible to every farmer. The wheat has also suffered in many districts—already has the price risen to £2O the load.—Oxfird Herald. STURGEONS.—On Tuesday last, two fine sturgeons were caught in the River Ouse, betwixt Selby and Cawood, the largest of which measured 7 feet 2 inches, and weighed up wards of 12 stones. Mr. Wilson, fishmonger, of this town, assisted in the capture of them, and on Wednesday they were on sale at his shop, when cust,nners were soon found at one shillin per pound. We are informed that the head of the largest was purchased to be preserved from the Museum of the Philosophical Hall.—Leeds Intelligencer. THE EGLINTOUN TOU RNAMENT.—The Sheriff of Ayrshire has addressed a letter to the Earl of Eglintoun, for the pur pose of informing him, that, should a life be lost, or even such a wound be inflicted as would endanger life, it would be his indispensable duty to commit those immediately con cerned as for a capital felony. Lord Eglintoun, in reply, states, that the.Tournaruent will certainly take place on the 28th of August, but it will be merely a display of splendour, amusement, and hospitality, in the style of their ancestors, and cannot possibly be productive of danger to any who are engaged in it. LANCASHIRE' MAGISTRACY.—" Ah !" said a 'novice, glancing over. a published list of magistrates for this county, in which the names pre arranged under the respective hun dreds, "I did' not knoW the justices were set down by hun dreds in this way:" tt Oh yes," said a wag, sitting by, " you'll find justices here by hundreds with a vengeance," Mem.—There are atiolit three hundred Magistrates in the Lancashire commission, of whom no fewer than one hundred and twenty have been appointed during the last four years. We need' `not say 'that with very, very few exceptions, all these new magistrates are of radical politics.—Lancaster Gazette. ri.);, L I _ EMBROJpI , IItY, nx M 4. cg NE rt -= A short time, ago we had an opportunitfiieinspecting at the manufaCtorY of Mr. Louis Schwabe,: of this.town; , the most beautiful specimen of embroidery that, ever came under our notice. It was a dress of white Satin lOrler Majesty, embroidered with wreaths of flowers of surpassingarichness and brilliancy,—the entire pattern filling two breadths of the, skirt, And occupying a space about thirtyeight inches square. Beintiful as have kri T ie4',"lVJ • s a l llWg i rki i 'aftnc i AnAlVa with the dress iiiilnestiori;• Whieh;•We ntideritand, was ordered by the. Queen, in cansequengol,haying seen an embroidered . satin table-cover, executekby Mr. Schwabe some time ago, and which - was sholin tO . herMajesty by Mr. Poulett Thom son, as 4,:specimer! of tbe,progress made by the manufactures 'of this town. Her Majesty was so much struck with the eiecutiofi,.that'Ae'alrected-a - draWing to be made of a pat tern fig the dress ahorg described, which has been recently 'completed and forwarded to London; and, as we learn from 'a letter from Sir Henry Wheatley, the keeper of the , privy pursei.bast,giveluo great satisfaction to her Majesty.—Man- Pyordign. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY.---An accident occurred on Thursday afternoon, on the London and, Birmingham Railway, about five miles from Coventry ,--with - respect of which, greatly exaggerated reports preVaileit in this toivii'yesterday. We are glad to find, how ever,-from the accounts in the London morning papers of yesterday, that the mischief has been by no means so serious as had been- 'represented. The best and most probable account whieb we have seen is contained in a letter to the Times, from which the following is an extract :—" The over thrciii" of she engine and of ;the first five carriages was occa sioned by the negligence. of the police-constable, whose duty it was tp see that the moveable rails were correctly replaced after the crossing of a pilot-engine. One had just previously crossed thei,line to, take in water ; and, forgetting that he had not re-adjusted,the points, he hoisted the white flag, indicating' that all Was right at the moment of the approach of the train. • ; The engineer's eye caught that object first, and of course he felt emboldened to proceed at the rate he was then going, which was at least that of 30 miles an hour. Immediately afterwards he perceived the red object, indica tive of the displacement at the points, and he instantly slack ened his speed, but not in time to prevent, though it greatly mitigated, the catastrophe. The 'engine, being of course thrown off the rails, ploughed, for itself and the five follow ing carriages, deep furrows in the sand. All these were flung on their broadsides; and the three first, which sus tained the heaviest shock, were more or less shattered. How their passengers escaped with life seems hardly explained even by a reference to the amazing strength of the carriages. The engineer and his assistant were thrown off upon the road, the latter falling under the engine ; yet both escaped com paratively unhurt. • The guard, John Caldwell, who sat in front of the first carriage, fell under it, and, after more than an hour's effort, was extricated in a state of extreme faint ness. His chest and right thigh were severely crushed. A gentleman and lady in the second carriage were imprisoned nearly as long between the fragments of the shattered vehi cle. One gentleman received a frightful cut in the scalp ; a lady was much hurt in her back, and several others were variously injured."—Manchester Guardian. APPREHENSION OF FIVE CHARTISTS, AT MANCHES TER.—From late editions of the Manchester papers of Satur day, we learn that, on Saturday morning, between the hours of one and three, the following persons were taken into cus tody at their.own houses, by different officers of the borough police :—George s Smith, Providence-place, Gratrix Gardens, Hulme, a frequent speaker at chartist meetings, in that town ship. William Tillman, Hardman's Passage, Hardman street. He calls himself secretary to the Manchester Political Union, and was lately brought before the mayor on a charge of going about begging, with intimidation, for chartist pur poses., William V. Jackson, John-street, Hulme. This is the man with Reverend affixed to his name, has addressed many meetings. Joseph Sinney, David-street, Garratt-road, a person who spoke at a chartist meeting, on Friday night, at Shaw's-brow. Christopher Doyle, Price-street, Holt Town, _.a. weaver, who appears to have been a speaker at several o f the Chartist meetings. The prisoners were seve rally conveyed to the borough police-office, and were brought before the borough magistrates in the course of the day. Mr. Brandt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. R. B. B. Cobbett, solicitor, defended the prisoners. Mr, Brandt, on opening the base; said, be appeared to prefer an information against several parties for seditious conduct. Evidence was then heard in support of the information. Among the wit nesses was D:person named Walter Smyth, who is, we presume, a resident in Liverpool. The magistrates ordered Jackson to find bail, himself in £3OO, and two sureties in £l5O each. The other four prisoners were ordered to find two sureties in £75, and to give their own recognizances for £l5O. The prisoners were removed from the office in custody, and, not being able to find bail, they were committed to Kirkdale House of Correction, where they arrived on Saturday night. They will be tried at the Liverpool assizes, which commence on Thursday week. STORM.—On the morning of Wednesday last, during the storm of wind and rain that visited Bury and the neighbour hood, the new chimney, which was erected at the works of the Bury gas-light and coke company . was thrown do wn w ith a tremendous crash. the upper part falling upon the central part of the retort house. The former chimneys (two of which have been blown down, the latter during the heavy hurricane in January last,) were erected close to the retort house, but the one that has now shared the fate of its predecessors, was erected at the north-east angle of the gas-yard, for safety. The chimney was an octagonal one, composed of brick, and its erection was commenced about the middle of the month of May last. It was 123 feetan height, and was finished with the. exception of the :upper stone work, and the accident is mainly attributable , to the late preval ence o f wet weather, which has not allowed the mortar properly to se t ; and as the structure stook 'upon a thick bed of clay, the water accumu lated around the.sunken portion of the base, by softening the clay, rendered the foundation less secure, although the pre caution of baling the fluid out occasionly had been resorted to. The last man so employed had a very narrow escape, having left the interior of the chimney a very short time before it fell. Fortunately, the men employed about the works, felt some alarm from the appearance of the erection, and kept out of the way as much as possible ; and they had fortunately all re tired to the ,southern end of the gas-house, just before the ponderous mass -fell upon the roof, hurling destruction upon everything within its reach. The middle portion of the iron framed roof, for about fifteen feet in length, and near sixty feet in the breadth, of the building, was destroyed, as well as the horizontal and all the upright and other pipes connected with from twenty to thirty of the retorts. Notwithstanding this untoward event, no material interruption is likely to take place in the supply of gas to the town, a sufficient number of retorts being left uninjured, capable of so far keeping up the supply that no material inconvenience is likely to be sustained by the consumers, till the evil is remedied.--Manchester Courier. THE QUEEN OF NAPLES.—The official journal of Naples announces that the Queen of the two Sicilies is enciente. A NEW MEDICINE.—" Betty, your mistress is sick, get her a hot brick." " Yes, ma'am ; must I boil it ?" The proprietors of the Great Western, steam-ship, are about to build a ship of iron, of about 2,000 tons, with engines of 1,000 horse power. According to parliamentary returns, it appears that in the year 1838 foreign apples were imported into England to the value of £30,000. We regret to learn that the small pox is raging in an alarming degree at the Isle of Wight, many chidren having, within these last few days, fallen victims to this dreadful disease. It may not be generally known, that persons guilty of tor turing or maliciously killing a cat, are liable to a penalty of forty shillings. Mr. Norris, of Philadelphia, sends another locomotive, via New York, for England, to run on the Birmingham and Glo cester railroad.—New York Paper. Ladies who are troubled with sick headache will be happy to learn that by putting their hair up in papers containing ad vertisements of Brandreth, they will be entirely cured before they rise next morning. —New Orleans Times. An advertisement in one of the Paris papers gives a striking picture of the state of French joint stock companies; the shares of more than 40 companies are advertisedfor sale at discounts varying from 25 to 99 per cent. An old farmer, whose son died lately, was visited by a neighbour who began to condole with him on his loss. "My loss ! " exclaimed the father, "no such thing—it's Lis own loss—he was of age." WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE.—We like to see a pretty ankle. —WHAT WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE.—We don't like to see a woman pull up her clothes in crossing the street, on purpose to show it.—N.O.Sun.—We do.—Boston Post.—We too.-- Picayune. An auctioneer in a country town, while engaged in his avocation a few days since, thus exalted the merits of a car pet which he was desirous of selling :—" Gentlemen and ladies, some people are in the habit of selling carpets for Brussels which tire not Brussels, but I can most positively assure you that this elegant article was made by Mr. Brussels himself. We learn, from Bucharest, that the principal banker and merchant in that city, Zupagnotti, has failed. It is only two years since the bankruptcy of Moscha, the first banker in Wallachia. The transactions of both were extensive in the principalities, especially with the merchants at the shipping ports of Grlatz and Brailla ; but their liabilities extended to other countries, chiefly to Vienna. A gentleman residing in Perth wrote the other day to a person in Edinburgh regarding some matter of business ; and the individual to whom the letter was addressed, instead of replying through the same channel, (the post-office,) came in person to Perth by the steamer, the fare of which amounted to 7d, while the postage - of a letter would have cost a half penny more. NEW SPECIES ON ENGRAVING.—We have before us a well executed map of the State of Connecticut, with the lakes, mountains, rivers, &c., very distinctly marked, published by S. E. Morse, the inventor of the art of cerography, as lie terms it. It is published in the Neu' York Observer. No explanation is given as to time, mode or implements. The great advantage of this improvement is, that the plate can be used in the common printing presses, and also the Napier and steam presses.—New York Era. LOOK OUT, GIRLS.—Eliza Emery warns all the girls out south and west—hoziers, buckeys and all—to look out for her gay, deceiving, runaway husband, David. She says that he has cruelly left her, and told the folks when he started, that he was going south west to preach universal salvation, and marry a hozier. Eliza thinks he may easily be known, and to prove it says, " David has a scar on his nose where I scratched it."—New York Era. THE POTTERY RACES.—We have the high gratification of announcing to our numerous readers, that it is the intention of the Honourable Frederick Dudley Ryder accompanied by his brother Lord Sandon, to attend the Pottery Races next week ; at the same time we have no doubt they will avail themselves of the opportunity of visiting the north Stafford shire Museum. The races are expected to afford most ex cellent sport. Staffordshire Gazette. The letting of the contract for blocks along the line of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway took place a few days since at Manchester. No fewer than eighteen tenders were received, including several from Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire : Mr. Ward, however, the eminent Congleton contractor, obtained the order, his tender being one penny the block lower than those of his competitors. Mr. Ward has also lately contracted for £22,000 for the Crewe line.— Ibid. Charles Bathurst, Esq., of Lydney Park, has forwarded to the Diocesan Church Building Association, through the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the President, the munifi cent donation of £lOOO towards the endowment of the new church at Clinderford, Forest of Dean. More than £20,000 has been subscribed to the Church Building Association, of which two-thirds were contributed by the clergy.—Bath Chronicle. GRACE DARLING.—Last week Mr. Gordon, a Russian merchant, and his niece, from St. Petersburgh, went off to the Longston Light House, and presented Miss Darling with a splendid silver salver. This gentleman was accompanied by Mr. Sinclair, of Berwick, whom he has commissioned to paint for him a picture of the melancholy wreck of the For farshire steamer, and which is to be taken to St. Petersburg. —Berwick Warder- The weather again wears a most inauspicious character. Owing to the continued heavy rains, the progress of the hay harvest has been almost entirely stayed, and a considerable breadth of grass cut is now lying abroad, so damaged, as to be rendered of little value but for fodder. The corn-crops are also greatly retarded in their advance to maturity by the uncongenial state of the season, and, in many places, they are much laid.— Worcester Herald. CHARTISM .—This week, the chartists at . Middleton, Hey wood, and Rochdale, have been, as they say, making very great preparations for the national holiday, to commence on the . 12th of August. They have been leaving, at the houses of the middle and higher classes, printed aCldresses,'lleing copies of those left in the shops in Manchester. Up to Thigs day evening, however, they met with but very poor success ; and many, even of their own body, wholly disapprove of their plans.—Manchester Paper. . , Last week a shark of the enormous length of 12. feet and .4 a ctonc. irs VIZO W , 1-- off armouth by the fishermen a, few'days previously en tangled in the mackerel nets, and was with some difficulty secured. EMIGRATION OF GERMANS.—On Monday last, about 160 persons, on their way to New York, arrived here from Ham-, burgh via steamer to Newcastle, and railway to Carlisle, and proceeded by canal to Port Carlisle, where they embarked on board the steamer Newcastle, for Liverpool.—Carlisle Patriot. BEVERLEY.—John Wharton, Esq., an old acquaintance and friend of the freemen of this town, has signified his consent to the liberal voters of this borough, to be nomi nated as a candidate at the next general election to represent them in parliament.—Yorkshireman. EXTRAORDINARY CABBAGE.—On :the 11th instant, Mr. Hurry, of Bozeat, gathered from his own garden a cabbage of the early York kind, the heart of which measured exactly three yards round, and served one cow and twelve pigs for food two days.—Northampton Herald. The city of Paris is stated to have contracted for between 400 and 500 trees of 50 years' growth, and measuring at least three feet in girth, to replace the vacancies on the inner Boulevards. The expense, including moving and planting, is estimated at 250,000 francs. From a parliamentary document just published on the Birmingham extension (Stone and Rugby) railway, we learn that there were 14,973 persons posted through Lichfield in one year, prior to the opening of the Grand Junction Rail way ; and in 1837, 4,991 post horses posted from Lichfield. So characteristic are the Americans in all they do that part of a public procession, on the anniversary of the evacuation of New York, is described to have consisted of a party of butchers, drawn in a sort of rustic arbou r or s h am bl es , " tastefully festooned with sausages." BANK OF ENGLAND.—INCREASE IN THE RATE OF IN TEREST.—The following notice was issued from the bank on Thursday afternoon :—" Bank of England—At a court of directors, held Ist August, 1839—Resolved, That the rate of interest on bills of exchange and notes discounted at the Bank of England be 6 per cent. from this day." PROFITS OF VAGRANCY.—In an assault case heard at Hatton Garden Office, London, on Monday last, in which complainant and defendant were sturdy female beggars, it came out that one of them was formerly in the habit of making 12s. a day by her vocation, but that since she had got twins to exhibit, her income had daily reached £l. FOOT RACE.—On Monday last, several thousand persons from Oldham, Royton, and Chadderton, went through Mid dleton to witness a foot race of two miles, for £l5 aside, at Heaton Park wall, on the old road to Manchester, between James Wood, of Chadderton, and John Miggins, of Busk, near Oldham. The men kept very near together for upwards of a mile and a half ; when Wood took the lead, and won by upwards of 20 yards. The last mile was run by the winner in four seconds under five minutes, and the whole race in ten minutes and eighteen seconds.—Manchester Guardian. The will of Mr. N. Mori, the celebrated violinist, late of Bond-street, in the county of Middlesex, has just been proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury Doctors! Commons, by George Frederic Anderson and Edward Willson Duffin, the executors. The personal pro perty of the deceased has been sworn to under the value of £16,000, which the testator has bequeathed to his three daughters, Julia Eliza, Elizabeth Maria, and Christiana Margaret. The will is dated in August, 1838, and he died on the 14th of June, 1839. A SINGULAR TREE.—There is at present a very singular tree growing in the court-yard of David Price, Esq., of Park, near Brecon. The tree, which was originally an oak, measure's five feet from - the ground, fifteen feet in girth ; about seven feet from the ground there grows a very fine sycamore tree with five large branches, the largestof which measures thirty six inches in girth, and the others are nearly as large. The sycamore forms about one-third of this beautiful and singu lar tree, the branches of which are about twenty yards high, and cover above sixty yards in circumference.—Bath I'ost. DEATH CAUSED BY TERROR.—On the morning of Tues day week, one of the workmen on the railway at Summit, who had been killed and shockingly disfigured in the works of the tunnel, was suddenly brought into the cottage of oue Robert Stott : that being the first place of residence the men came to, after taking him out of the works. Stott's wife was at home at the time, and was so shocked at the spectacle that she went into fits, and continued to have them with little in termission until Saturday afternoon, when she died.—Man chester paper. ULSTER RAILWAY.—We may now expect, that, in a few days, the section of this railway, between Belfast and Lisburn, will be opened for travelling. On Saturday morning last, an experimental trip was made to Lisburn and back, with one of the two engines now at the station. The experiment was in every respect satisfactory. The rate of travelling was about thirty miles an hour, which however, is only half the speed at which the engines are calculated togo, even with a load of 50 tons after them. We understood, that it was intended to make a similar trial with the other engine, this morning.— Northern Whig. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ON RAILROADS. — CLEGG'S PATENT.—This new and admirable application of an ancient power to useful purposes is likely, ere many years shall elapse, to supersede steam, and , locomotive action on rail rcads. There are seve ra l powerful reasons why this event should happen—first, the great disasters occasioned by ex plosions, by which human lives`are frequently sacrificed; the cheapness of atmospheric power compared with that now in use; and a third advantage is, that the ordinary turnpike roads can readily be fitted for this purpose, and for one-third of the present cost of railroads. It is also next to impossi ble, that the carriages by this plan can run off the rails ; and further, that there are neither fire, smoke, ashes, noises, nor any of the concomitant nuisances inseparable from our present mode of railroad travelling, and as there are not combustibles employed, there cannot be any danger from fire to passengers or goods, and the regularly-laden train can be propelled readily up any road, the incline of which is one foot in thirty. This cannot be done by the present loco motive power, one foot rise in 120 feet being the greatest ascent that steam can master. The new pressure of power does away with the necessity of a locomotive engine ; these are generally about 18 tons weight, which must first be moved before the merchandise can get into motion. Now this 18 tons, by the Messrs. Samuda's new method, becomes ,a part of the carrying train, so that not a particle of the force is lost upon the useless machinery. l ov e d SCISY ‘ Ci r REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.--Cl - tie '-f . putation of the electors of this borough waited.llPaiitioll Walter, the late member for Berkshire, with a rel ora ina• inviting that gentleman to allow himself to be puqpcslter tton as their representative on the next vacancy. • shou ld o' t accepted the invitation, but intimated the he 6 himseIf MANCHESTER AND BIRMIN . GHAM EXTENSIAt length, WAY.—HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 1, 1 839 ' h Co , o l3ittee f after a sitting extending over for-six daYs , t- e have this day voted the preamble proved by 3 M bo ' u se3a' more than two to one. Under the new rules, the 0 jetnt at a certain number of select members, who have is it' in, or connection with, the district which the ra ..nee c or tended to traverse ; and the majority in this inset nt, es prises the names of all such members as were Pre se , ore cepting the chairman, who of course, as the number not equal, did not vote.—Sun.• e w ,. .r °°ll WHIG-RADICAL POLITENESS.—III the parole n- " 11 , 0 1 effecter'Turs-buildings, there is a notice stuck rip to the " The Sun newspaper is continually sto/tai,i,tv4,o room. If the thief will leave his name with the he will be rewarded for his trouble." Strangers froallseto tance, who are staying a day or two in the towe't` c nee manage to get some friend to introduce them M itt ' eo , tbel d room, and, from what they observe in such P d m orals generally form their judgment .of the manners all t ear the people. It is obvious that " the thief" was I T tua lpe t , t , f t servative, but a reformer, the object of his co il c baro larceny being a paper notorious for its reform err principle —Stockport Advertiser. ' ce et The Rev. Dr. Warrieford has presented the ea6- 5 6 . 9r. sum of £l,OOO to the Royal School of Medic ine , B n l - . fro gery, lately established in the town of Birminguain q uer Rev. Doctor directs that the interest of the money e , eitk er tton shall be applied for the institution of CO t pra..-,64,00t in equal or unequal amounts, as may seem to ther in the school most likely to advance the great en ! ol dies 0 4 which are to combine religious with scientific 7 ent , gov pursuits, to make medical and surgical FM ° dote christians as well as able practitioners in medicine m i —Staffordshire . , ; bi , FALL OF RAlN.— Gazette W e believe it has been aste l43.o bath observations continued during a long series of )1 , • greater quantity of rain falls at Manchesterll :, in • !,90P , any other month of the year ; and the month ole-„,„, concluded does not appear to have been an to excer g s t w . ; general rule. The week ending on Wednesday marked by a fall of rain amounting to no less than of which 1.20 fell during the tremendous shower , The fall, during the week, is larger than that in en i f. week since the year 1834, when there fell the quantity of 3.60 inches ; and what is worthy of reni a s ti r c pe# 7 also occurred in the last week of 1 1 ) 1 . - Guardian. t toll ,urt BIRMINGHAM POLICE BlLL.—Yesterday' je t hee` ot requisition was numerously signed by members b e ts cf of all parties :—" We, the undersigned, mem...bi t 0 err. common council, respectfully request your lord-c;„ide mon a court on an early day, for the purpose of Ho' ° a the propriety of.expressing in a petition t: the, „Nu' Commons the anxiety of this court that, in "LM of that may be made by parliament respecting, W!„,.n.,40°,.) Birmingham, the house will not sanction RO I- et "ly the ancient and salutary rights of local g overn m , have been inherited by the people of this count r Y 4 0° earliest times as an essential principle of our free s e'n -Herald of Friday. ° „ i i 0 4 0:e NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. —We are n- -- t ' sr e c en, state, that arrangements are in progress he ro 0, North Midland and the Sheffield and Rotherll34olo,l,o Companies, for passing the carriages of the Nm . i na na",', o o Company upon the Sheffield and Rotherham Sheffield. The North Midland Company Pa d a t the here, and forward passengers and goods to of and elsewhere, without delay or change 0 ' et' es ii t tl! junction of the two lines at Masbro'. h ave gin ,rtic e 'fi3 . sure in communicating the above to our readers,ottlied, asit evinces, on the part of the directors of tb e f She land Company, a desire to accommodate the trade°pit in the most efficient manner.--Sheyfie/r/ iris. e br Thoog h THE MANUFACTURES OF STAFFORD•-- !Alen / 0 1 congratulate the public on the settlement or aat t o; tween the manufacturers and the workm en in liii-810,,:jto cannot be denied that the wages of the latter ar e not and it is equally true that the manufacturers ar`shert meet the market at greatly reduced prices- lofsfi4. ago, the Globe (ministerial paper) named the arro:, , „al oe sent to Queen Victoria from the Queen of ne i g iti 01'0 ing of several dozen pairs of embroidered sliePe_ l : s t is he li c hc 'of so much admired by the ladies of the court, tim'aueen.;fer slippers became all the rage ; the resent to he, to the sample which was to entice English ladi es °l c ier th e wee d ence for the Belgian manufacture. In fact , nomer of free trade, every foreign manufacture t. or 01 0 into the English market by one indirect memisbin o ard to the foreign trades taking nothing . in exchange son de bat e reigns ; and thus our heavily taxed nation is oil t beic labour against the slaves and serfs of foreign s tsn ' c e, lol ,", e s ° little or no taxes. Now, though ministers in ol o psee; c or . royal mistress and her court may consider! n oti ° ,,to e ' treading on velvet, the trade of this counter little or dtoitipoanyt.o compete w a i h th oe f a o , reig lo n: e r s s who hay "' s ag li t- t c t o ' o l . France, and Italy, are nowgstockina. our Ina rket iel" nb c : e struction of the home trade. The town of err f bong oc d' suicidal rivalry has been much . tleman in that neighbourhood says, that seven g es o af ing still in the town and neighbourhood ; kee' Jo t/' stantly lowered to enable their employers to ri` ket at all.—Staffordshire Gazette. r , o lov t OP; EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF FOUR , Cea,:; ° /f READING GAOL.—The culprits were all senl - gforial sportation for life. " Baker Bill" was convicte bur;. P' robbery at Hurst, Burgess and Vickers, ferhigtaThie; Winkfield, Einbling for the same offence at tt four prisoners slept together in the condemn", TI• 'lief„ce,,i ing esteemed the most secure part of the to°1;0 1 . 1 . t locked up as usual on Thursday night allul"t.yaryfr,,a bolts firmly secured. Outside'ilie cell is a O il ' L ees e oe's, f in, roofed over with iron bars, which form sear p six inches. Their first proceeding was to`p i p e of t .:4 ( dr a b rail, six feet in length, from their bedstead ti' his hand through the iron bars over the cell u . , ° '' t t ailfr° l . o " back the outside top bolt, and passing the we m f ri l e - 16 forced back the lower bolt. o was w r `; - z i s ; the inside by a broken iron holdfast found I)"giedtlioct make their exit from the court -yard, theY,,alerc‘thefOrt trasses and piled them aainst the wall. l ' ` ) A c ia o4- 11 16 . iron bars which like a large cr.; the i c,„ s a. it io, c dt 1e..« ..ne : o a, washed over, and with its help a cross -bar of t i l e 5 ;014, joefs partnerstt , e s iron blankets lasqueezekweotrs work, 112 in length, was soon made to relent. Thiroutfr 101er ) irf uthtl ei l ni t t ob inches esdtriiepss, b . c y aTr ii rhy , eic hill s t ,:; s a e 0 0 1 i c al o t i ", e4 i elanth el other roofs, and came to the front near th e Aro cicic nr'efichA, chimney they fastened one end of the blankets'fat, tiav the strips together, and descending twenty.lo 000; the front garden. They scaled the front W' n 'aoll 3li O'J; west corner, and came into the road near the , cov iet i l o tr , lic chapel. One of the prisoner,Sabo ow l•allY thinking it a ghost, and know mg, a, „ A ve 4 0 .: been " very wicked, that the perspiration!. clip: Jor; Other prisoners heard a cry or scream, prcee. from the runaways, who might be hurt in theird; sage The escape was effected betweerione 30 ,c1. 10;,,t• the stormy night preventing the noise beinelse'-ti;cl posed a female accomplice met them, and i „f near, but no trace,. has yet been discovere d dirj ; e abouts.—Berkshire Chronicle. riches and other topogra or o tt• t bW MACHINE MAKING A Belgiu m ' f ' he inforic. afro doubt lead in the progress of continental machiner);;; ro jpg , ..i c te ; di 3,000 workmen, with 7 skilful En p n ic ß ar na ` Ur ge establishment of Mr. John COCkeTill, at " e ' lll) .,`ii lW- 0 ing the chief departments, thus combining Pl*cover the advantage of cheap labour. The inotiretP coeVifit,ver, English engiceer'lish of steam engines of 9,000 horse power 3. o r tio e(it 'O el' etr only supplies machinery to all parts of the ea' alr• io o e ill told Sir Hamilton Seymour that he' le t' establishments in 3 di ff erent cou.oitari,eil• the it tions over at Seraing ten days after they o we 0 A i i 4 land. sPee'f r o f this i; THE WORLE MURDER.—The perpeteatorlet gaooo crime has been safely lodged in Shepton Alti,;ct,battilY,C- Fuses to give any reason for committing the c",..itht cues terta• it was unpremeditated. We hear that little` au . in a , oar t y h cited at t a e t n a t t p e t e fr d o a m c l u iti p bt i ni t os a r l bb fe eee l f o on h r y e , h and that he l e ' o f ;took his h%•bed The.kettle smock ivee°nveinto the ctii 5t00103.,t. gaoler, to be produced on the g trial ; ra i ls Illue sve el ' i nsr Pl'( :o . l blood. The poor girl was buried on natt):otiiiio,ol4tv monson the event were preached in the neighutich se)/ The excitement has been very great, and in oeti 10' felt for the parents and e s Standard. d .._ _Th o e rb THE COTTON TRADE.— Manchester r, ifrirspYavreroci,f,bltr, not been the least change in the value of citn e d t he st relations of the deee loom cloth since this day se'unight ;li been I,lerel, large, it is probable that lower prices Must " 8 ,_ 1 4 r to. It would seem to be vain to expect any it; lo ve-, it ifd, active operations until cotton has seen "' OO . OA e t y Twist is as dull as may be ; and no wonder, 10,0,„61 but officially known that the exports for the rt3 s p areff o ir t A ing June 1839, have fallen off one-third as e, e i t he ee corresponding six months of the year 1838- no remedy for such a state of things but hali t ' en j for maser Prices too are a shade lower. The ti t e o l te( i. fustians for the home trade is unusually tin STRIKE AMONG THE SHOEMAKEILS•"--/Vl,l 00, t w ity that a second meeting of the masters was ceding evening, Friday, but we were not 45; s : cp °, result. It appears, that an advance on ...t..!_v rs. 'l ,t v o jio tt of goods was acceded to, but resisted on oitin,e, dad). 0 44 quence was, that the journeymen eontin the ' the town, and exhibited a white flag, ho r .;,",:' s hr,,,c/ I "No surrender." On .Monday s°°l : tie'r"ahl et!" work, and the parading party was con i( t the iv e , i t ,„ 00 daily grew less, and, -we are informed, trus t ti' 've:dipe all at work again. We rejoice at this, an' (Is the !„,,, is good, the masters will act liberally Wwei.e,, hae in 4 1 9 ° the other hand, we cannot but condemn tittc,,,,,tit of the journeymen, as we have little don dons cuscnit,47ll,ol the first instance deputed proper 010)10 Ue, l,ol' masters and represent their wishes , ill s 'L it eral, e , e, the face of their emplo,yers, and causing 3 b7,. r e „e? . trade, they would have got as much or I .';'; it , dari"je have, and have been at work instead ot lei days. tramp.--Northaroplon Herald. ii itt: 0..00 1 es THE WEATHER, THE Fl.OO este r). o6t.,. ; d te r ; great number have lea Wednesday, Stafford was visited by a him y en rJ e r" dation than has been known tor loanyaely 111,,siegio,cre meadows surrounding the town were comP we te tnall n ,"; and several houses near the Green bridgF the r! ,, , e ,p, 1 / 44 0 , _ garden of l‘dr. Booth, and others ailjoininiaerri.l)olo,rele'et, under water, and of course sustained eotl,4,ere s t a tio . • e d Passengers to and from the railway being - hea r.''o; cc ir. the too make a circuitous route, the water the road near to the bridge. Tfit railwa,) jog 00 .0 jor; was flooded, and an obstruction until e ' ! c , rail T h e lie. d at' jp; an embankment there giving way- caos e V il "hr ° ad fallen during the last three weeks have Fl o 6 t ge ' se fer io to the hay harvest ; serious losses have to o a .11 0( ei „ the impossibility of getting in the croPi eec e has been entirely spoiled ; Lave, herd it to ri l v o• thcrle instances, in which farmers have calecs „r 10 or Aie to,t rt condition being such as to rencha- it us. pose. Apprehensions were entertaineq. swoif would suffer by the almost incessant tim vec! ,- geoe 0 „ , e weather has since Wednesday become , these apprehensions will prove , al' ergs wheat is, however, expected to be e n v ot . average. Turnips are likely to turn profitable speculation.—Stafordihire .1,10; pr. ) ' INCIDENT.—CAUTION TO Vq t 6 i i t tiObeti since a young lady, with her atteraltin,t,':_ents Rot, and viewing one of the II .S. e.stabli:"l • r os i pepr when the fair lady. with truly fcm."'„, w ilari n ftt e es tk, suddenly alarmed by a number of ,la l i ti oti t out', nc l Pet her path—and in her fright she t: O A , creatures had taken refuge on her I Tl, j d 11 1 5 e t 1 , 1 1 11 , 16 4, ' : ° dress, which she fortunately succet!-;-1,,,„.. fast in her hand. Not daring ,Tamedtil her fainting through alarm, she exp „ trgi ;. , ht ~, tee, ment to her companion, when thcY by neighbouring house, where the lah h i s re' r f,. .° 4 ,111 shown into a private room, to removu hi. ,itiur'.,de! jto 60 0 neath the folds of her garment, whe l , i ' ale fl` e - hold, what impudent animal drepP,...,,,icT, h istle--"" liii c "tilrt tt ifir enormous rat, but the ladies' -I too t T ripe removed from its destination, and c, 00 , ,„; It is needless to add that the fo_ r _,,, e (( fru"' speedily adjusted, and she soon reco“ Boston paper. Tit D 3 / 4 A. b - ‘TRI an c ore d Mi ss Previ tlL Gatde l i inak_oas tot h_.• are A N ,', th e i r ' l r de l a h e L:Ellsoi s s .ecoad abe a n g a ged fo ' r . f . t i ii is ra hce h ere a ou ln i Itr. P k ie sent TuE —4o vrle H SCe fa ster W ai IJ N 4 3 0 ter (the ori ? . Si r Th ,la, ,„latt e r ‘V i i; • Nr. c A/1 jr.l. T o . H. c°4 elude . w i t • 0 ROB r, T HI f q4 C) b Wtr iv , 1 1' 1 A ruPtda r I r. 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