The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-16 00:00:00

THE LONDON/ TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1442.

BELFAST ELECTION.
I3ELFABT, AUG. 13.—The nomination for this
rongh took place this day at 12 o'clock, when Lord
.Alarailton Ch;ehester was proposed by T. L. Stewart,
4q., and seconded by John Clarke, Esq. ; James E.
Tennent, Esq, proposed'by John Kane, Esq., and se-
tenndea by Paehard Davison, Esq. ; D. IL Ross, Esq.,
lvaa proposed by George T. Atitchell,'Esq., and se-
tonded' by Edward O'Roilte, Esq.
The 0710 W. of hands was in favour of Mr. E. Ten-
bent vid Mr. Ross.

piil;iistheiidemandcd on behalf of Lord Ila-
l!iilton Chichester, and the (2ouit adjourned till Mon-
uaY IPorning at nine o'clock.

• -GLASi-Ow.
`3l-YIKE OF DANDY-LOOM WEAVERS IN

tALf I) A 3sA I.

•, (From the Glasgow Saturday Post.)
At the Calton Police-office thiS morning, one man
Itnd three boys were accused of int midating and .mo-
'eBting some of the workers of Messrs. N\ alker and
~,
r:s Dandy-Loom Factory, Mile-end. One of the
"Vs, against whom the evidence tis not very clear,
l'ins dismissed from the bar, and the other three were
aentenced to 30 days' imprisonment in liridewell. It
'Would seem that for a tew weeks past, owing to a
'risk demand for the .sort of cloth produced at this
factory, Messrs. Walker and Co. advanced the price
'nf. weaving 9d. per piece to those workmen who
'Put out two pieces a week, but those who could not
produce this quantity continued to be paid for the work
utry performed at the same rate as before. This,
IL seems, was considered extremely unfair, and a:
:g°0(1 deal o grumbling was the result on the part of
the workmen who had not participated in the ad-
vance ; and in 'discussing one subject of grievance
'others were conjured up. On thi apprehension cf
the juvenile delinquents, the • workers struck work,
"lid turned out in a body. During the strike two of
wodeers who had gone in were assaulted by the
turn-outs, and one of them severely cut above the
Elee• Another was hit with a piece of brick, knocked
own, and render insensible. The perpetrators ,of
tiliese outrages have effected their escape however. In
e meantime =ten are said to be satisfactorily ar
ranged, and nearly th 2 whole of the strikers have
'Nue to terms.
240

RE POTATO DIGGING—SERIOUS AF-
PRAY AT CAMBUSLANG, AND CAPTURE
OF ONE OF THE OFFENDERS.
This
morning, (Saturday) about two o'clock, a 1
Otato field on the Wm of Mr. Wallace, \ est
tlreenlees, was entered by a body of about 200 men,
13▪ pused to be the struck colliers connected with
relibuslarig, and stripped of about an acre of pota-
°es. The depredators seemed to be well furnished
\With the implt ments for digging. They had bags
4180, which, having filled with potatoes, they coolly
'Walked off in twos and threes, as soon as they had
tuPplied themselves. The farmers in the neighbour-
-4.40e1 being apprised of the event, assembled in con-
11.;lerable force, but for some time the formidable num-
rof the diggers prevented them attempting a cap-
i,tire• As the colliers who had served themselves, how-
ivl,l', continued to walk off, the numbers left on the
remained.
gradually diminished, until only about a dozen
trlained. By this time the force of the farmers and
e•
ir • dependents, was considerably augmented, and
*noir courage increasing with their numbers, they re
Itelved upon an attack. We have not heard who was
ir leader upon this occasion, but they certainly dis-
played gi- eat courage and much forbearance. A re-
tlar affray ensued, and the farmers captured one of
e Potato- diggers.. This, it is suspected, they would
te areely have effected, had the man not fallen and
klitt himself. This poor fellow they rather roughly
'4lll:lied. Tying him to a cart with strong ropes, and
Parded by four stout countrymen (any one of whom
Fuld
have carried him with ease on his shoulders)
„ ,
'leY brought the poor fellow in triumph to the Calton
1'46.e-office this morning. The case was handed
()vet- to the Sheriff.
O,.We learn also that the yeomanry have been called
otorThose in the Upper ‘N and got notice to appear
itmorning in the yard of the Clydesdale Inn, La-
-71(1 at five o'clock, and the Middle Ward division
were to assemble at Old Monkland ; from these places
~„e3' would proceed to Hamilton, which has been ap-
pnted the general rendezvous for the troops. The
toneriff left town to-day at twelve o'clock for Hamil-
,ion• At a meeting of the Glasgow Police Commis-
posti.e,rsi yeste.rday evening, called to consider a pro-
it°,
by the Lord Provost, that 150 men should be
,Arced for-training under the charge of Captain
at-4si.t in putting down any distbance that
tnight-t -
%the place within the city it wash agreed by
tinaicirity that, instead of this, 50 substitutes should
e
(trilled is this way.
. . LATESC PARTICULARS.
4_ OATH/ WAY NIGHT.— Up to the hour of our going
44). press last night, there was nothing further of
‘ttl.rring interest from the district in and around
irdrie and Coatbridge. Since the last extensive
jltato depredation, there have been no new cases of
%egg' aggession. The towns are still crowded with
to 7, at-;etu,?loyed, however, although all is quiet. The
4ie:s stand out, and seem inflexible in their resolu-
e," to continue the strike. A few of the masters,
we %re informed, offered their workers 4s. a day to
1),`,11111 to their employment ; but the men refused,
Cues's th6se terms were come to by the rest of their
t(ethren in all the districts. This circumstance, added
4 the tact of the extensive circulation amongst them of
ieerioCiical called the Colliers and Miners' Journal,
4„which a feir of the leaders represent their feelings
i" sentiments, • would seem to imply that their union
tic,':ery extensive, and that their present movement is
the work of a day. The military are still sta-
fa'led in Airdrie and Coatbridge, and begin to mix
oftilitiarly with the inhabitants. The swearing in
ite special constables, in a district where the shop-
the middle and others of the middle class are mainly de-
Aend
40 mining
ent ~1 the 'population, is considered
Itther
an unnecessary display.
leA, g'oe d many of the unemployed have already
t eft their intention of offering their services in a
fr',r the protection, of property, but are rather
P• 'Y .as to the reception they may encounter. There
ere
jh six of r. Wilson's men apprehended and lodged
to-cley, with the view of compelling them to
au' lc their warnings. They were to be tried before
s•tices in the afternoon.
S.

ALTASH V. PORTSMOUTH.—On Saturday se'nnight
OCA, interest was excited in Portsmouth, by she arrival
4he celebrated Saltash crew, h, aded by the reeowned
Q
Granville. We are informed that a grand match
-.4(ht between Mr. Waterman, of Anderten, and the offi-
-1,?8 of the 36'h R:%iment,- now stationed at Portsmouth,
%Vile Saltash womea, the oth e. by a tike number of the
ti 'ye-named officers. Immediate,y upon theiK arrival,
,t,le Naha hers went to work, and in a trial race with the
B°ken of Portsmouth, beat them I•yr about e miles
14 a halt. • They next, contended with some of the crack
,
e"-pirdsmen, whom they also beat, by three boats'
eth•--30 that when they came to the starting boat, on
ei4l4-3,y, the day appointed for the grand struggle, they
44'' deprived of the further plea-ure of beating their
efilt%emen antagonists, by the voluntary relinquishment
th Vli-i bet. The fact is, they made such shot t work of
ir opponents on the previous Saturday, that the off-
bccanic frightened as tti the result, and to be thrasht d
t women was 'a thing not to be v ndured.—Cornwall Ad-
-41 Sir James Graham has reitponed his intended visit
the Isle of Wight-for a short sane ; the business at
the , Home- office requiring the daily attendance of the
I.ltht Hon. Baronet.
thtlhe General Steam Navigation Company's vessel
Giraffe, 'Stun:lack, from Rotterdam. arrived off the
4totrt tlett%e on Sun lay, with the Dutch mail.
4.IIISBALL'S FLAX MILL AT LEEDS.—The
ti'eg Particulars respecting this stupendous building have
41.'11-furnished by an eye-witness, who has been per-
131,tte'd to inspect it a few weeks ago. The building is
at Yards long, anl72 yards wide (inside measure)—one
or 20 feethigh. The roof consists of seventy-two
elt arches, supported on seventyiron pillars of the
%."I.s.llthiati order, and secured together by streng iron-
-toTt_. The brick roof has a thick coating of composition,
edre vent the water from coming through, and is covered
41 earth, from. which has sprung up a beautiful grass
There are sixty-six glass denies, 48 feet round,
ievt 6 inches high. containing 10 tons of glass ; all
-11 window frames. Total weight of roof, 4,000 tons.
ar
with the machinery, upwards of 200,000/. There
N.)e four steam-engines, 100 horse. power each ; and two,
1)4 Or 85 he,rse power each : and ono engirte 7 horse
wer, which. dots nothing hut blow either hot or cold
il‘ittto the room. The building covers more than two
el; 7 of ground ; it is supposed that 80,000 persons
ac,''„ut St and in the room. 60,000 upon the roof, and
el° 'in the cellar.—lVettinghant Review.
tra-1-(r o years ago, .such was the state of trade in
44i teed that three ovens were employed to accommo-
bm'Persons who were inclined to have their dinners
t.'ed on a Sunday ; and a great accommodation it cer-
%.l w
‘,11113' was. But now things are t;nanged, and so few are
CPersons requiring this act that nut one
kvell can be found for the puipoie. The poor hardly
;„,tlO w what meat is. except from seeing it at the but-
ere shops ; and on Saturdays it is painful to see many
f',,k'lting at what, they cannot obtain,—many, many
tretlies not knowing.the taste' of moat tor months toge-
4;i". I )10-- tra:!e -loan t'::- S'.ambles HS 011' fidleeing
(I;""!ieement his weeiew c.11,t-qll-11Ce the
s
'of trate, no dinners w 1 he bah d h. r-
irk,l-4Ys ShttAttig that people cannot Latbrd to bay.
4t in (set baked.--Wiltshire Independent.
toiC.l()till'AGP..—A traveller, relating his adventures,
w.r. the company that he and his servant had made fifty
th• d
"-Arabs run ; (+hide startling them, he observed,
7, there was no great matter in it, "for," says he,
I_l ran and they ran after us."
Ill'itAltKAßLE AND UNPRECEDENTED FACT.—RA-
Plvlty
of
Korth STEAaT NAVIGATION. The British and
Atnerieaa Royal Mail steamer, the Columbia,
utz,- : rroni this port, on the evening of the 19th ult., aid
The
at R.,,ten early on the mernieg of the 14 inst.
reutitykcadia left. Reston en the afternoon of the Ist, and
Liienrd the Mer,ey in the 6ftenonn of the 13th inst..
Thera replies to letters dated Lverp‘,ol, July 19.
tLe itterVal between sending the letters and r, ceiving
fou“..reylies to them was a few hours mere than twenty
"ye. This is, we believe, the most rapid convey-
-1414% of letters between-the Old and the New World ever
.."-LfverPool Albion.

THE BEEF-STEAK uLUB.
—=---Native to famous tits,
Or hospitable
Though the best spirits of this celebrated Club
have departed, yet, as it still remains among us, and
the reminiscences which attach to it are imperishable
in their way, it may well fill up a pleasant five-
minutes reading to those who like to run the gauntlet
among jokes, and delight to hear of merriment and
gay livers:—
ORIGIN OF TIM CUM.—Henry Rich, who had
the glory of first introducing Harlequin on our stage,
and who played the part under the assumed name•of
Lun was the founder of this renowned Club. Inte-
resting himself. however. not only in the oke and
gesture of the character, but also _in the mechanism
of .he spectacle, he employed himself in his atelier or
workshop in the theatre in constructing pasteboard
scenes and.contrivaices. The cleverness of these led
many men of rank and wit to- see his labours, when
his facetious wit and .conveisation made him much fa-
voured and revisited. Hogan!), Sir James Thorn-
hill, and Lord Peterborough were o the num-
ber. The latter, then -somewhat advanced in
years, had his. coach on one occasion detained later
than usual, and he-lound.Rich's chit-chat so agree-
able, that:he was quite unconscious it was two in the
afternoon. The Man .of pantomime was then ob•
served spreading a, cloth ; then coaxing his
fire into a clear culinary flame, and pro-
ceeding with great gravity to cook- his own
beef-steak on .•hiS own gridiron. The steak
sent up a most inviting incense. My Lord
could not resist Rich's invitation to partake of
it. A further supply was sent for, and bottles of wine
ensued. But so delighted was the old Peer with his
entertainment, :that, on the following Saturday, he
brought a bevy of friends, and proposed that a Satur-
day's club should be held there. The corner-stone of
the Beef-steak Club was laid.

EARLY l'illimnEas.—Among its .early guests, dis-
tinguished for their social and convivial powers, were
Bubb, Doddington, Aaron Hill, Hoadley, the author
of the " Suspicious Husband," Leonidas Glover, Sir
Peere Williams, a young gentleman of fashion and
in Parliament, afterwards killed at the siege of
Belleisle. Then came the days of Lord Sandwich,
Wilkes Bonnell Thornton, . Arthur Murphy,
Churchill, and Tickell. While, nearer to our own
time, we find the Prince of IVOes, who was admitted
a Member on the 14th of May, 1785 ; the then Duke
of Norfolk, Charles -Morris, and other prides of
London.

Of the middle conclave instanced above, whose days'
are generally regarded as the gOlden period of the
Society, and various other members, we proceed to
make some passing notes:—
CHURCHILL.—ChurchiII, though a convivial com-
panion, was generally flat, but sometimes, when
excited, radiant. Bradshaw, a member of the
Club, perpetually boasted of his descent from the
regicide of that name. One day on his fa-
vourite topic, Churchill exclaimed, " Ah, Bradshaw,
don't crow ! The Stuarts have been amply avenged
for the loss of Charles's head, for you have not had a
head in your family ever since." Churchill was not
long a member; he was to.) irregular. He died at
Boulogne, during a visit to his friend Wilkes, then
an exile, and was buried at Dover.
FROG MORGAN.—Serjeant Prime, one o 7 the
members of the Club, used to : furnish an unfailing
flow of merriment by retailing the story of his fellow-
lawyer, whom he travelled with (hiring the spring-
circuit. This lawyer generally went by the name of
Frog Morgan, from his having so repeatedly cited in
an argument retire the King's Bench, Croke
Elizabeth, Cr he James, Croke Charles,* that
the whole bar was convulsed with laughter.
Before he was much known at the bar
he had commenced an argument, but Lord Mansfield,
not aware of his stature, called upon . him repeatedly
"to get up," conceiving that he was not addressing
the Court standing. "My Lord, lam up," screamed
out Frog Morgan, " and 'I have been up these ten
minutes !"
FERGUSON OF ABERDEEN.—This eccentric character
was also a member. He was endued with a peculiar
species of dry humour. In the House of Commons he
was noted for a faculty somewhat akin to that of ventri-
loquism. If a prosing speaker got on his legs about the
expected hour of division, and the ordinary means, such
as coughing, yawning, banging the green -door,proved
ineffectual, Ferguson retired to a side gallery, squatted
himself on a side bench, so as to be out of the
Speaker's eye, and sent forth such unearthly sounds,
that while they completely silenced the bore, no one
could tell whence they proceeded.
TOM WARTON.—This Augustan travelled from
Oxford merely to pass one day here. That best na-
tured and drollest of beings, being asked how he
liked it, replied, " Very much, my boys.!, You are all
to my mind. I know not how to describe you, bu
you seem to belong to the tribe of the '0; Sov(7)
casaK(4l—" Hoi don't care a dammoi."
CHARLES MORRIS.—But Charles Morris—can any
one think of the Beef-steaks without including his
image in the picture ? He was the bard of the So-
ciety, to which his allegiance .was undivided. Neither
hail, shower, nor snow-storm kept him away. Though
in his seventy-eighth year, he still " outwatehed the
bear." Nature had given him no signal of decay in
frame or faculty. His face was resplendent with
cheerfulness. " I)ie when you will Charles," said-'
Curran to him, " you will die in your youth."
BROUGHAM, A u BEEF. STEAKER.—A brotherhood
and sentiment of equality reigned in the Beef-steaks.
HoW often would the junior member emerge from the.
cellar, with half a dozen bottles in a basket.
Brougham was frequently seen employed in this
honourable diplomacy, executing it with the correct-
ness of a butler. The Duke of Leinster, in his turn,
took the same duty. .Brougham entered the Club
just as the schools of philosophy, the bar, the senate,
had made him ; and though forensic and Parliamen-
tary habits might be considered intractable materials
fora Beef-steaker, yet no man entered it with more
of its spirit, or threw himself into its occasional gla-
diatorship with greater glee.

* This reporter lived in those three reigns ; and his
Reports are always cited with the names of the reign
when the decidons took place.

THE NEW Tantri.—Sir Robert Peers new mea-
sure is beginning to operate. That very enterprising
individual, Mr. James Watt, jun., of Dundee and New
York, has lately imported several thousand barrels of
i salt beef, which s being di posed of at prices greatly
under the eurent rates in this country. It was shipped
at New York and landed in Liverpool. Seven hundred
barrels were brought round here, and the greater portion
of theta are airvady sold. E:.ch barrel contains about
200 pounds, anti the price eharg. d in barrels is ab. ut
per pound. 'I lw duty is nearly lid. per pound, leafing
little more than Id. for the original cost of the article
and the exp. rises of bringing it from New York ! The
beef is pert ctly wholesotne, and the quality, although
scarcely equal to that of this country, is good ; and the
low price will enable many a poor man, whose put has
often had to boil without a morsel of meat in it, to ob-
tain abut was formerly beyond his reach. Considerable
quantities of it have been sold in retail in different shops
in town, we understand, at 3d. per pound for the best
pieces. —Dundce Chronicle

EXPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS.—The dis-
turbances in Manchester are seriously interfering with
goods intended for shipment at this port. Where the
goods were ready tur packing, it has ben difficult to get
the work done with the usual despatch ; while the turn-
out of the trades generally connected Nith manufactures
has rendered it impossible to pack them at all, from the
want of boxes, the joiners being, for the most parkidle.
Should the disturbances continue much longer, vessels
for foreign ports must either be detained or be sent to
sea without the goods intended for shipment.—Livet peel

MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASSES.—There is a fea-
ture in the present conuotions, and in the cir-
cumstances attending them, which is unexampled in
the history of all similar oeturences, By the accounts
from Airdrie and Dunfertnlinel it Will be observed
that a great many of the tisittdle classes
heartily
sympathise wi h the poor workmen. Indeed, it cannot
In any part of the manufacturing districts be otherwise •
because, in those places the sufferings are seen and
known, the shopkeeper finds himself ruined side by side
with the master and the workman- etety one feels his
condition growing worseeVtiry obe is anxious for a
change that would produce better times ; and as the
great cause of all this derangement is no secret, but, on
the 'contrary, has been long exposed and its conse•
quences foreto;d, the people of the middle tAnks are not
surprised at the disturbances, and, froin
very far from being alittitield by them. Rich and poor
in the commercial tistriets have for years been begging
and praying the Government to avert such a crisis. The
student has left his learning, and the pastors of the
people have neglected their sacred calling., to crave the
vernment for food for the poor. All.their statements
and reasons, alt ;heir cries and entreaties, oh behalf of
suffering humanity have, however, been heedlessly dis-
regarded ; and now, when the crisis appears advancing,
when the evil day seems to have arrived, can anything
else be expected but that the same ranks of society..
the merchant sinking in business and the humane minis*
ter of the gospel, who watches over the interest of his
flock—will unite as one man in aiding and alleviating
the privations of the poor ? And yet with all this, the
time) nin-tit of this land set 1118 vain enough to set at de-
fiance such an invulnerable combination of those they
rule over, and to treat as unworthy of notice the starva-
tion of the working classes, the ruin of those engaged in
business, and the urgent prayers of the ministers of
peace, sent up to them for the benefit of both.—Glasgow
Evening Post.
We find the following in the Observateur of Brus-
sels of Monday last :—• A letter from Camenz, in Ger-
many, dated August 5,7 A. M., says The town is in
flames. Of 500 houses, scarcely 100 remain standing.
The Town hall, the. Gothic church, all the hotels, &c,
are st;rendy burnt to the gi ount.. Several persons are
missing. The bodies of at woman and a eliiin hate been
fouod burnt to death. The fire broke out last night, at
ha.f-past ten o'clock. and is said to have arisen from the
neglicence of a f•wate.' "
The town of Knittelfeld, in Styria, was on the 26th
ult. so (ireadiulb l'iL • alt d by It hr.. that •S X
and sixty farm buildings were cioirely consumed, and 1.4,
persons lost their lives,

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING 'PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—Manchester, from beirig the centre
and source of Manufactures and trade in the
north-western parts of the kingdom, is, unhap-
pily, changed into a military depot—garrisoned
with troops for the protection of its own inhabi-
tants and those of the aurroundiag- couatry,
.against the threatened violence of lawless
multi-
tuues of unemployed and suffering operatives.
These truly wretched men have been induced
to combiae in, masses, under the delusive hope
of obtaining, by demonstrations of physical
force, a favourable change in their wretched
eircuntstaiices. Privation aas, in thousands of
instances, been .succe, ded by want; and want by
destitution, verging on absolute starvatiou. Dis-
tress has enge littered desperation. Disorganiza-
tion and violence haVe, in the natural order of
cause and effect, fallowed in their train. 'While
we sympathise must deeply with the imudreds of
thousands of the lataturiog. classes who are, and
have long been, suffering under the accumulated
woes of dimittislied etnpioyoient and ih-uffi-
cieot food, we strongly deprecate the
course of violence and outrage uu which
they have been induced to embark. -What-
ever extent of unschief they Way 'perpe-
trate, thsse infuriated inada:en will ia the end
be the greatest suffer, rs. Their crusaste against
mills aad machelery—whatever Mr. 13. Fer-
rand may assert, aaad Tory cheers in the
House of Commons, and the Poet may insist,
even though Sir Rebert Peel May tacitly
assent to the insane dognia—to destroy ma-
chinery because they cannot obtain work, oride-
quate wages tiir tie it labour, is equally tiled with
the proceedings of dear-bread mobs in former
days, who burnt grauai ies, broke (awn corn
mills, and threw the grain iutu the rivers, in order
to make corn plentiful! It is neither more nor
less than the insanity of desperation. We
are not at present in a situation to calmly
discuss the question as to the agencies which may
or may not, have been iu operation to produce
the formidable movement of the Masses which
has generated confusion and alarm. Whe-
ther it has been without previous, co. cert
—the great i,edy of the surierers wait-
ing far a movement iu SOLDe quarter or oilier
of the extended scene of calamity, as a signal
which would, without any definite plan or pre-
vious communication, be responded to by similar
demoastrations; subversive of order and por-
tentous to peace; or wilether there have been,
indeed, secret agencies employed in the dis-
turbed 'districts, to prepare the people whom
sufiering had rendered susceptible of any bad
influences which might be employed among
theta to project a combined movement, and to
establish a regular chain of communication be-
t Ween one di:strict and another—is, we believe,
doubtful, however strongly one or other of these
views of the question may he asserted. The
presence of reaular troops will, we have reason
to believe, restore order. The yeomanry,
under less perfect discipline, and actuated
by local prejudices and passions, would
probably provoke resistance by inipwatosity,
dad retreat beibre the multitude the instant they
taitad themselvesiu danger from their numbers or
their violeace. We therefore deem the steps
taken-by die Government toe best. that could
have been adopted under the circumstances;
and sincerely hope that the demonstratiau of a
regular military farce will have awed the masses
into subjeetion to the laws. In %i hanisoever the
events a hick are passing over us have -excited
surprise, we are not of chat number. We saw the
indications ofthestortnatud warned, earnestly and
repeatealy, the Goverh men t (if it- near approach.
If the .Government mutant itself with subduing
the existing tumults, it will stop short of its obvi-
ous duty to the comary. The people see and feel
that the extremity of sufferihg they have long
endured is the result, not of natural, but of arti-
ficial causes. Not by tin dispeasati..us of Pro-
vidence, but by the perverse it gislation (if man
are they reduced to the a retched 'condition
to a hick taey have gradually been brought.
The former it would be unavailing to can-
vass, and impious to censure. But when
they find themselves pressed down to the
extremity of endurance, and their means of ex-
istence cut off by the selfish obstinacy of the
Legislature, they rise—illegally. and madly, we
:tomtit--against the power which they regard as
the source of their calamity. Le', then, the Go-
vernment be at length roused to its legitimate
duty to the country. Let an assurance be.s given
that Parliament shall be early convened,
and that for the purpose of taking the state
of the country into it, Serious consideration.
We reiterate the opinion we have on
many occasions expressed and supported, that
the Corn-laws and the Constitution cannot much
longer exist together. It is becoming increasingly
obvious to eversnoae, that were res:rictio:is and
prohibitions abolished, trade would revive; the
demand for labour would be gradually increased;
and the dissatisfaction and discontents, which
distress has produced among the masses of the
population, would subsitie into quietness. Will
the el :ss-interests, by still elingiag to their mo-
nopolies. madly dare the coostatitlysrecurring
consequences of their selfishness ?
STAN DARD.—We are sorry to be utiable to
announce the termination of the disorders in the
manufacturing districts: on the other hand, it is
our painful task to tell, that though the disturb-
ances are generally no more formidable than
liefore, blood has been uuavoidab'y shed at
Preston. In this case it appears that her
Majesty's troops were compelled to fire in de-
fence of their own lives, and we have no doubt
that less than such a necessity would not
provoke them to raise their arms against Eng-.
lishmen. The insurrection is one at widch a Go-
vernment is justitiaditi laoking with more than
usual mildness, because they may loo'a upon it
with perfect confidence as to the result. The ty-
ranny which the more prominent insurgents feel,
it necessary to exercise proves that they have tut
real strength, and such tyranny must ueces-
, sarily soon have the effect of turning -neu-
trals into enemies. Doubtless the Glivern-
meat is hound to take all precautiona neces-
sary to check the tyranny and protect pro-
perty. It is a duty of mercy as well as justice
to take such precautions, and they have been
taken ; but it is impossible to feel the same
anger in the present case that a wanton or cruel
rebellion excites. The people have been suffer-
ing, and consequently with their . sufferings,
they have been -excited to madness by the
seditious lectures of the Anti-Caro-law League;
and now their sufferings have been
arthfi-
aggravated by the.hirers of the seditious
lecturers, with the unconcealed purpose of goad-
ing them into rebellion. Now to the errors ot men
so unhappily abused, mildness would be due from
any government; but mildness isaand ever has
been, the characteristic of sir R. Peel's policy, as
mildnesswith perfect intrepidity are the character-
istics of the man. We, therefore, anticipate a very
mild but equally firm resistance to the folly of
the northern miners and manufacturers. They
know by this time that the whole country is
against them; they see that the Government is
fully awake and fully prepared to act. What
then can they hope from a perseverance in their
insane course ? Why will they ruin thenwelyes
and .their families? Let them ask them-
selves what does Lord Ashley think of their
present conduct ? What would be the advice
of Michael Thomas Sadler, were he liv-
ing? Such reflections must teach them that
they are in a wrong . track. We look with
an anxiety to the present event which
does not arise from any fears for the public
peace, which is, we know, perfectly secure in the
end, but an anxiety which is suggested by a
recollection of the unhappy mistakes cotnmitted
by the Conservative party upon former occasions
somewhat similar. As the Conservatives act in
the present eniergthenecya,ffweciltliottlhseoyffitxhedrileopua
place
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oftlelveenirparty in

COURT -MARTIAL.—The General-Commanding-n,
Chief having had the honour to lay before the Queen the
i
proceedings of a General Court-martial, held in Chatham
Mid continued by ad-
roSamuel Walter Kirk, of the 18th Regiment, arraigned
aurrilinttliesntkilito°tehtitiddoff4.l"4l,at the Vial of resign
Upon the undermentioned charges.— [The charges (ten
in number) are too idliiMinousb for insertion. They all
refer to gross irregularities in the
pelStitter'2.4 accounts.]—
Upon these charges the Court found the prisoner guilty
on the n'hole of the ten eliargesi with the exception of
so much of it as charges him with &induct unbecoming
the character of a gentleman, of which part of the
charge the Court therefore acquits him. The Court
having %Lind the accused guilty of the whole of the
charges exhibited against him, viith the exception of so
much of the additional charge Its before stated, which,
being in breach of the articles of war, does in virtue
'theteof sentence him, the said Ensign Samuel Walter
Kirk, of the 18th Regiment of Foot, and acting quarter-
master of the provisional battalion, to be cashiered, and
her Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the
finding and sentence of the Court.—Joim M'DoNALD,
Adj?tant-General,
HEALTH Or DlSTRlCTS.—According to recent Par-
liamentary returns, Rutlandshire is the most healthy
o of Engla,nd, and Bath the most healthy place.
count}'
Derby stands well, hut the numbers are too few in the
professional class to afford any determinate conclusion.
In Be:thnal Green and Whi,eehupel the highest class
reach the same average, forty-five years ; in Leeds and
„he Ken,irgton Union, forty-four years ; in the Strand
Union, forty-three years. Manufacturing _ districts do
tot, seem favourable to ''multi ude of days." •
A Secretary of State being asked. by an intimate
Iriend why he did not promote merit, aptly replied, "Be.
ruse merit did not promote me."
4

COUNTY -COURTS. -
ABSTRACT OF A BILL FOR REGULATING
THE PRACTICE OF THE COUNTY

COURTS OF ENGLAND.
COUNTY COURTS DISTRICTS-THE METROPOLIS COURT.

CLAUSES 2, 33,. 36. • •
COUNTY-COURTS DISTRICTS.—The division of
counties into districts is the subject-matter of the
second clause, ordering that the present boundary
lines of those counties may be altered for the forma-
tion of the. new districts, so that portions of one
county may be adjoined to those of another, for the
due convenience and facilitation of business in the
said County Courts.
COURTS HOLDEN IN THE METROPOLIS.—The
method of holding such Courts as shall come within
the compass of the metropolis for the purposes of the
Act, is—That the Metropolitan Police district shall
be taken to be one county, and that the County Court
shall be holden under this Act within the several
districts 'of the Police Courts, before one of the Ma-
gistrates of such Police Court, at such times and
places as Government shall order • and that clerks,
bailiffs, and officers of the said Metropolitan Police
District Courts shall be appointed and dismissable at
the will and option of the Secretary of State, with this
PaovistoN.----That till the next vacancy of the
County Clerkship of Middlesex, the Court for that
county shall 'continue to be held under the 23d
Geo. 11., c. 33, at preSent in force ; but the office to be
abolished consequent on the vacancy ; and also that
till Parliament shall otherwise direct. the execution of
all process issuing out of the said Courts within the
City and Liberty of Westminster, shall belong to the
High Bailiff of Westminster and his officers.-433.)
No APPEAL TO SUPERIOR COURTS.—ENCeptiOH:—
No suit permitted to be brought in any other Court
far the recovery of any sum
awarded by judgment
or order in a County Court, unless and until some one
of the parties named therein shall have died.—(66.)
JUDGES, CLERKS, AND OFFICERS, THEIR DUTIES
AND JURISDICTION.--Clauses 6,8, 13, 17, 45.
APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES Of JUDGES.--Twelve
Judges to be in the appointment of the Lord Chan-
cellor, liable to removal at his will (7) ; each of which
is to have a circuit assigned him, there being at least
six circuits in each year (8) ; such Judges to be
~precluded from practising as Barristers in their re-
spective Circuit (12); all actions for debt. or damage
exceeding five pounds to be heard by the Judges
aforesaid, but all under that sum to be heard and de-
terminable by a County-clerk appointed for the pur-
pose.—(G)
CLERKS, BAILIFFS, AND INFERIOR OrrrcEßs.—A
clerk being an accredited attorney, to be appointed to
act under him, every Judge, as also bailiff's and offi-
cers, as many as may appear judicious.—(l3). These
clerks to have the issuing of all summonses, warrants,
&c., appertainable to the processes of the Courts, to
keep a due registry of such, to enter up an account of
all fines, fees, and moneys paid ; and such books con-
taining all such entries to be open to public search;
such clerk not to.be allowed to practice in any shape
in such Court; the bailiffs to be employed in the
office.—(l7.)
trials
usual services, and a list of their names and abodes
put up in the Court-house clerk'sthanedeventof Jury
afie—
NusißEß OF JURY.—In
three jurymen to form a quorum, and all such cases
to be decided by the verdict of the majority of such
jury.--(45.) •
MODE or PROCESS.—Clauses 36, 41, 83, 84.
PROCESS OF COURT.—SUITS TO BE BY PLAINT.—
The plaint to be entered into the Clerk-of-Court's
Office, to state the names and abodes of parties, and
the substance of the action brought, upon which a
summons will be issued, to be served on the defendant
at least seven days prior to the trial of the cause in
Court, if the debt amount only to 51., but ten days if
beyond that sum, and the delivery of such summons
to himself; his 'wife, 'servant, or other inmate at his
usual place of abode, trading or dealing, to be good
service.—(36.)
ONE, OF SEVERAL PERSONS LIABLE, MAY BE SUED.
—lt shall be sufficient if one out of two or more per-
sons jointly answerable be proceeded against, and
judgment and execution made against him singly
reservin4., however, right to such person to demand
contribution from any other person Jointly liable with
him.—(4l.)
CLAIMS OF 201. AND MORE THAN 201., WHERE TO
BE ADJUDICATED.—By the eighty-third and eighty-
fourth clauses, claims for not more than the former
sum, as to goods taken in execution by the officer,
are to be adjudicated in Courts holden under this Act;
while claims of the latter order shall be allowed by
such officer,,to be heard before, and adjudicated in One
of the Superior Courts.—(B3, 84.)
PRISONS, PENALTIES, AND TERMS OF CUSTODY.—
Clauses 25, 58, 73.
PRISONS.—CIause 25 recommends the provisiOns of
prisons for those taken in execution under process of
the said Courts, and their establishment in convenient
places, in all those cases where it shall appear to the
'Treasurer of any such County Court, and approved
by the Treasury Commissioners, that the common
debtor's prison of the county is inconveniently situated
for the use olsuch County Court ; the_ appointment of
the keepers of these to be under the same nominor-
ship ; and all such prisons to be under the inspection
of Inspectors of Prisons.
E N ALTIES.—Clause 58 enacts that neglect of sum-
monshbeysnwhi
jteneetsstens,•a
poernaalltiyylolotht eerxeceoendtienmgpt of Court,
shall five pounds,
such fine to be recoverable in the Court in which it
shall be imposed ; and the whole, or any part of such
i
fine, after deducting the costs, to be applicable, in the
discretion of the Judge, towards indemnifying the
party injured by such refusal or neglect.—(sB.)
TERM OF CUSTODY.—Under this Act no person is
to be liable to remain in custody under any warrant
issued against the body longer than 40 days for any
sum not greater than 40s. ; or longer than one day
for every entire shilling contained in any greater sum
mentioned in the warrant.—(73.)
The Act, as printed,
,extends to- the
dleBD g.)t,hefoft3h2e
forms of process, under the proposed Act. Schedule
folios, with additional .Scheduies (A. an
C contains a recital of all the parishes and places
adjacent thereto, noticed by the Acts, passed during
the reigns of William IV., and Queen Victoria, for
recovery of small debts, and which amounts in num-
ber to 36, and Schedule I) sets forth those noticed for
the like purpose, 1.1., der the Acts of George 11. and
111., which amount to 44..

HO4EIIY AND LACE TRADE.
We have the satisfaction to state, that at length there
is a slight improvement in the cotton hosiery branch.
us a few orders have been flitting, which, it is conceived,
are bat the precursors of Others ; these are both for
cut-ups and full-fashioned hose ; but it should by no
means be considered that it is to that extent to employ
the
g hand,o g manyTe
low
the
price shops httnovnin yg - arn, as well as of only a frame or
two
wages, is thought to be one reason for this improve-
ment, as the manufacturers conceive that neither can
come lower. •
The warp tatting and warp press and lap branch has
also slightly improved ; ut then this is considerably
damped by the circumstance, that a reduction of the
wages has taken place in this now low-paid branch of
manufacture..
The fancy bobbin net is in a sort of stagnant calm, very
little is doing, and many good hands are out of work. On the
subject of plat itis impossible to speak with too much praise
of the mechanics, who bring out patterns fully equal' to
foreign cushion nets ; and we should see with great pain the
...patentees and the machine owners engaged in suits of
law. There is scarcely any improvement in any branch
branch of the Not..
as?loy'thhe situation of the
er branches of
cot
it_gt.
em r silkso
irsh ;
lamentable,ieerrbyy. branches,
gloveatlrvaendl,
leu.a•
fe-
male employment ; and hard as is the lot of the male
population, still the state of the females is yet severer,
both from low wages and want of employment.—Notting.
ham Review.

ihnehrisfor some minutes he
" THERE'S THE KEY. HOLE:'---A shrewd and lively
young belle was introduced a few evenings to a bombastic
well tittle
be.youth,
in'theroncot
turned to leave the room, when, as he was on the point
of opening the door, the young lady innocently observed,
lawsvdisniinigno,tviivteh
"Pray don't trouble yourself, there is the key hole."
Mr. John Heald, surgeonrdetittist, Mansfield, last
week, took fifteen gooseberries, Ca2ed the "lied Lions"
from one tree, weighing in the *bolo sixteen ounces and
a quarter ! 1--Derbyshire Chronicle.
Poe' or PLYMOUTH.—The trade of the port is ex-
ceedingly brisk, especially in
timber,
corn, and West
India produce.—Devonport Chronicle.
Lord Lovaine and the lion. Captain Percy have
arrived at their shootinc, quarters in Sutherlandshire.
Ilifittirt, AUG. 13:—This day Professor Longfield
resigned his claim to the representation ofTrinity College.
When the Teviot left liavannah sieltnes prevailed
1,--,
to an immense extent on board the shipp,n_
in the har-
bour. A large number of Engliah and American ves-
sels were there, and almost all -with their flags half-mast
high. A large number of officers and men had died on
board.
STEAM BETWEEN Ntvr YORK AND HAvBE.—In
the House of Representatives of the United States, on
the 27th ult., Mr. Adams from the Committee on Foreign
Affitirs, reported a resolution calling. on the Secretary of
State and the Secretary of the Navy to prepare jointly a
plan for the establ.shment of a line of Weekly steamers
betwem New York and Havre, by the United States Go-
vernment, in connexion with the French Government,
' the report to be furnished at the next session of ConelTess
with statements of the probable expense and other details.
The resolution was passed, and the report was read, and
ordered to be printed.
We are much pleased to learn that the advantages
which the Eastern Counties Railw v‘ill most Jingoes-
tionably confer 'upon the c9unty. of Essex are about
to be appreciated, by the formation of a branch line
of railway from the seaport town of Mahlon to the
town.of Braintree, with &junction at Witham, s.l afford-
ing to a rich and populous district the benefits resulting
fru, railway communication. We understand that John
Braithwaite-, -Esq., the able engineer of the .Eastern
Counties Railway, has inspected the line;and that the
necessary tir.Y-eSs are already -in
.-.' Progress.--Builicay
.._, ~
Time,. •• - . . .
. .
Bee's-Wing, the celebrated mare, haS started- for
G 3 public ruets, out of kVil !di nulubt-r I.,he. has V, Oil 50,
including 24 gold cups„:9 Ituy4l.plaws, and other impor-
tant prizes, and only suffereddefeat 1.3-titnea.: ' :- .

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals—Grindley, from Bengal, at liverpool, sailed
March 12, Cape, June 4 ; Earl Grey, from Bengal,
at Liverpool, sailed March 16, St. Helena, June 24 ;
Sarah Bell, from Port Philip, at Liverpool, sailed
April 10, St. Helena, June 24 ; Eudora, Addison, from
Van Diemen's Land, off Dartmouth, sailed from Hobart
Town, April 12 ; Earl of Harewood, Fox, from Singa-
pore, in the Downs, sailed March 2, St. Helena. June 2 ;
Agricola, from Bengal, off Beachy Head, Sailed March 9.
Cape, June 4 ; Alfred, from Ceylon, off Brighton, sailed
March 1, St. Helena, June 1 ; Grecian, from Mauritius,
in the West India Docks, sailed April 25.
Arrivals at Hobart Town—Carnarvon, March 28,
from the South Seas ; Velocity, April 1, from Portland
Bay; Islay, Ist, from London; John Brewer, 6th, from
Portsmouth.

Arrivals at Launceston—Lord Saumarez, M'Lean,
April 1, from Port Philip ; Lady of the Lake, sth, from
Portland Bay to London ; Indian, Carr, 6th, from
London.

- -
Departures from Launceston—Thomas Crisp, Beard,
March 31, to Sydney ; Challenger, April 1, to Adelaide.
Arrivals at Port 'Philip—Lady Margaret, March 23,
from London to Cape, and. cleared 4th April to Sydney.
Departures from Port Philip—Welcome, Morris, March
24, to Adelaide ; Eagle, Buckley; Himalaya, Burn,
26a1; Emma, Sproul, 27th, to Sydney; Lord Saumarez,
to Auckland and Bay of Islands ; Sultan, 30th, to Jaya;
James,.Ross, April 2, to New Zealand. The Regulus,
Hunter, cleared 18th March,- for India.
Arrivals at Rio Janeiro—Royal Consort, Roman,
June Bth, from London ; Phantom, Ross, 11th, from
'the Cape ; William Jardine, Cresbie, 15th, from Sydney
to London.

Arrivals at St. Helena—Mary Hartley, June 8, from
Berbice; and sailed 15th, to British Guiana ; her Ma-
jesty's ship Water Witch, 9th, from coast of Africa ;
Treasurer, 16th, from Jamaica ; Eliza, Scott, 20th, from
the Cape ; Elizs, 23d, from London ; Undaunted, 23d,
from Ceylon, *and sailed 23d, to Hamburgh.
Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Daphne,
Dove, May 17, from Adelaide, end sailed to Liverpool ;
her Majesty's ship Driver, 17th, from England and
Simon's Bay, and sailed 24th, to China ; St. Helena, 181 h,
from Sydney and Mauritius ; Washington, 18th, from
London ; Henry Woolley, 26th, from London ; Stead-
fast, 27th, from .London ; Emily, 27th, from Newcastle ;
Amwell, 28th, frem Liverpool ; Anna, Robertson, 30th,
from Portsmouth ; Helen, 30th, from St. Helena, got on
shore at Green-point, and is likely to become a wreck.
Departures from Table iiay—Minerva, Brown, May
17, to Swan River; Margaret, Scarborow4h to Algoa Bay;
Briton, Barrow, 17th ; Mundane, Smith, 20th to Mau-
ritius.

Arrivals in Simon's Bay—H.M. steamer Driver, May
13, from England ; H.AI. brig Wulverine, 14th from
England, and sailed 21st, to China ; H.M.S. Minden,
18th, from Plymouth to Hong Kong.
Departures from Simon's Bay—H.M. brig Fantome,
May 14, to Rio.
Arrivals in Algoa Bay.—Spartan, Miller, May 18 ;
Union, Allan, 10th, from Mauritius ; Lord Hungerford,
Pigott, 24th, from Calcutta, and sailed 27th, to London.

The General Steam Navigation Company's steam-
ship, Rainbow, Captain J 4 Fite, arrived at the Bruns-
w!ek Wharf, yesterday, after a passsge of seventeen
hours only, from Antwerp.
11r. Henry Betty has resumed his professional
pursuits after a severe illness. He appeared as Hamlet
'at the Dover Theatre .last week, to a fashionably-at-
tended house, and met with a highly flattering reception.
A fire took plate at Lugos, in Hungary, on the 21st
ult., which destroyed the town-hall, the church, and
mora than 300 houses.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased
to appoint-Messrs. Payne and Sons, of Bath, jewellers
and goldsmiths to his Royal Highness.
AGED HORSE.—On Sunday last died, at Mitton
Farm, aged thirty-four years, the celebrated grey. horse
" Old Jack." He had been twenty-nine years in the
possession of his worthy master, Mr. Aaron Pike ; during
which time they had travelled together at least 120,000
miles.—Staffordvhire Examiner.
The crop of sugar is much larger than had been'
expected, and it was thought that some of the island
ships would carry to England a third cargo.—Montreal
_ _

MARRIAGE CEREMONY, ROCHDALE.—THE VICAR'S
POLITENE,S.—On Tuesday morning, about half-past
eight o'clock, the Old Church-yard, Rochdale, began to
be crowded by persons anxious to gain admission into
the church to witness the marriage ceremony of Miss
Entwisle, of Fox-holes, to Lieutenant Wliinnan by
nine o'clock, the company increased both in numbers and
respectability. - About this time the rain fell rather
heavily, which caused very much uneasiness and con•
fusion amongst the ladies, who appeared generally to be
handsomely dressed. About ten o'clock the Vicar, with
his lady, led his family, his sons and daughters, from
the vicarage to the small door at the west-end of the
church, which is known by the name of the font-door.
On seeing the Vicar enter with his family, the ladies
eagerly pressed forward, expecting, as a matter of com-
mon courtesy, that they should gain admittance ; but no,
the Vicar loudly exclaimed, " I shall not admit a single.
individual except my own family, and Mr. Brierley's
family, and Mr. Schofield's." The rain all this time was
falling fast and heavy ; the Vicar was asked once or
twice to admit the ladies, most of whom were friends of
the church, and many members of his congregation ; but 1
no, he preferred 'seeing and knowing that a congregation
of many hundreds were (though grieved at his orders)
standing outside of an empty church in a pelting rain.—
Leeds Mercury.
The public who have been in the habit of passing
across Waterloo and Southwark bridges for the lust few
years, have observed a man of the name of:Austen,
stand with a large cage, containing cats, owls, rats,
rabbits, and a variety of other animals and birds living
together in a state of perfect harmony. This curious
exhibition has caused persons of all ranks and grades
to stop and look at the collection, which has at length
been witnessed by her Majesty, Prince Albert, and
suite. In the course of last week a Noble Eari, con-
nected with the Royal Household, saw the exhibition,,
and he desired Austen to bring his collection to';Bucking
ham Palace at seven o'clock on Thursday evening.'
Accordingly the cage was conveyed to the Palace, when
it was ordered to be carried up stairs. The menagerie
was, however, too large to be got in even at the door,
upon which it had to be taken into one of the lower rooms
of the Palace, and when everything was ready, her Ma-
jesty and her Royal consort and suite entered the room,
and remained three quartets of an hour in witnessing the
affection, if such a term may be used, which existed
between animals and birds of natures so opposite. The
Queen in .particular expressed her astonishment and
gratification at a sight so novel and unique.
WINDSOR, AUGUST 13.—This evening the life of a
human being was saved by one of those acts of gallantry
which it will at all times afthrd us pleasure to re-
cord. Mr. Williams and Mr. Hammond, two of the
young gentlemen of Eton College, accompanied by their
friend, Mr. Burton, of the Great Cloisters in the Castle,
had been up the river gudgeon fishing, and on their
return, about seven o'clock in the evening, heard cries of
distress, as if some person was in the water near Barge-
man's4;ridge. On reaching the spot they perceived the
band of a man who was evidently struggling with his
fate in deep water. Mr. Hammond, who was punting at
the time; threw the pole to Williams, and began to strip
for a plunge ; but Mr. Burton, perceiving that matters
did not admit of delay, at once jumped in clothes and all,
end, as will be seen, succeeded in saving the lives of pro-
bably two human beings. It appearS that a man of the
name of Bankes, in company with many others, was
bathing sit Bargeman's-bridge, and not knowing the
nature of the place, had ventured into twelve-feet water
without being able to swim. Although there were many
persons on the bank, no one ventured to his assistance,
except a poor charity boy, of the name of Maskell, who
happened to be bathing at the time. The poor lad, with
unexampled courage (being only thirteen years of age),
at once dashed in to the rescue, but was dragged down
by the struggling man. It was at this juncture that Mr.
gurton succeeded in reaching them, and being an excel-
lent swimmer, by main force disengaged the two, when
:Haskell, although much exhausted, contrived to swim
ashore ; but in the meantime the now drowiug man had
fastened his legs around Mr. Burton, already sufficiently,
encumbered with his wet clothes, and they sank to-
gether. The young gentleman in the punt, with the ut-
most coolness and self-command, watched for their rising,
and by admirable management on their part, Mr. Burton
was enabled to grasp th side of the punt, and succeeded
eventually- in rescuing Bankes from a watery grave. It
was very affecting to hear the poor fellow, when suffi-
ciently recovered, pour forth his thanks to his deliverers.
Mr. Burton,, who has sustained no other inconvenience
beyond a cold, has since declared that but for the calm-
nesi and presence of mind displayed by the young gentle-
, men in the punt, he, as well as Bankes, must have lost
his life.
• The harvest is commencing in many parts of York-
shire, and the crops are for the most part abundant
and in the finest condition. Before the thunder storm
of Wednesday, the fade of the country was most
beautiful ; and although the corn has in many
places been laid by the rain of' that day, we hope
it will not have sustained any serious injury. Near
Thirsk and about Leeming-lane, the cutting- of barley,
and even of. wheat, was begun on Monday last ;
oats have been cut more extensively ; and if the
weather should continue to be favourabe, the reapers
will be— in great activity throughout the country
next week. With the exception of the storm on Wed-
nesday, the weather throughout the week has been ail
that could be desired. We hear it generally stated that
the crops are good, and perfectly healthy ; the wheat,
though not thick on the ground, is well corned, and will
yield well ; and the oats are a. very abundant crop
'Turnips are said to be the largest crop known for many
years.--Leeds Mercury.
A CHICKEN WITH .A CORK LEG.—At Kirkby-
.green there is now a young fowl, which regularly
stumps about on a cork leg. When quite a chicen, it
lost its foot in a trap, and a young lady named Woolfit,
very ingeniously manufactured a leg out of a long bottle
cork. With partlet's approach to henhood, the leg has
become too short, so that either the timber toe must be
spliced, or anew one manufactured.—Lincolehire Chron.
For many weeks during the spring and summer,
a great number of immense large oak trees have been
brought and deposited upon the Boal • Quay, in this
town, from whence they have been, from time to time,
shipped off for Yarmouth,- for the purpose of being'
used in constructing-, and repairing certain works there.
The trees were grown at Houghton, and most of them.
arc of extraordinary dimensions as to the. length. and'
substance of the body, and are really magnificent timbers.
Norfolk Chronicle. .
, •
. The barque Nesbitt, of andforLondon from Ja-
maica, was wreckod on the Cazsas Reef, about the Ist of
July. The rum aslved from her cargo had beetistake-n to
Turk's Island; 'Captain Merlow, passengers, mid crew•were saved, and they bad returned to • Jamaica iu an
Ameridan vessel

ALARMING STATE OF,

THJ COUNTRY.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
MANCHESTER.

SATURDAY ISTIGHT.—The town has been moderately
quiet during the whole of the day, compared with
its appearance the twoprevious. days. .13ut very few
outrages have been committed. The first was an at-
tack on a skinner's establishment near Dueie,bridge,
in which the rioters succeeded in turning out the
hands. This was the third attempt upon this esta-
blishment. On the two former occasions the hands
and overlookers beat off the, mob with their large
knives which they use at their business. The police
did not arrive in time to resist the attack, and the con-
sequence was that the hands were obliged to comply-
with the demands of the mob. _

10 Oxford-road crowds of idlers have been stroll-
ing the streets during the day, but the police and
special constables were quite adequate to disperse them
without the assistance of the military. There were
a great number of • stones taken from the neighbour-
hood by the police, probably two or three tons weight,
most of which were found secreted in the cottages of
the poor Irish. In this locality there is a place in-
fested by the lowest of the Irish ; so numerous are
they that th 6 place is best known by the name of
" Little Ireland." It was here the stones were found.
A report was current in town that the mob had
stopped the mail train on the Manchester and Leeds
Railway, but on inquiry at the station at nine o'clock
this evening the report was found to be incorrect.
Although the town appeared much more quiet than
for scull.. days past, there is argeneral opinion that
the riots be resumed. Everything is, however,
in readiness; and to-day the Magistrates held a meet-
ing, at which they determined to protect all masters
who resumed work on Monday. The whole of the
entrances to the town are strongly guarded to-night,
to prevent the influx of any mob that may arrive
from other districts. These measures were had re-
course to on account of a report prevailing that the
mob intended to stop Divine service in all the churches.
So far as Manchester and Salford are concerned there
is little fear on that account. On inquiry at the in-
firmary at ten o'clock this morning, as to the state of
the four policemen who were so severely injured on
Thursday, they are reported to be out
.of danger, so
that as yet no lives have been lost. "
During the week large green bills were posted over
the town, announcing that O'Connor would --ar-
rive in Manchester on Tuesday morning next, and
join a procession to St. Peter's Fields, to celebrate
the .anniversary of the 16th'. of August, 1819; that
being the day upon which several persons were killed
by the military in dispersing an illegal meeting at
which .Henry Hunt presided. The " Commit:tee,"
however, have decided that no procession will take
place this year, but that in the evening of that (lay a
tea party will be held instead.
Last night and to-day several meetings have been
held, at which a series of resolutions have been passed,
but nearly all of the same character as those alluded
to in my former communications.
About three o'clock this afternoon a special train
arrived from Preston for troops, the mob having for-
cibly resisted the police and a few infantry, and pelted
them with stones for nearly an hour. The mob rallied
three times, until the soldiers were at length com-
pelled to fire on them. One man was shot dead tipon
the spot, and six others wounded, four of them it is
thought fatally. It was reported in Manchester that
an attempt was made to stop the special train, but
such was not the case—the train proceeded to t lan-
chester without interruption. By the train which
reached Manchester at nine o'clock this evening,
several gentlemen and ladies came by it who had left
Preston for their personal safety. Preston is 32
miles from Manchester. _

SUNDAY, HALF-PAST EIGHT, A.M.—All has re-
mained quiet during the night, and the town this
morning appears even more quiet than on ordinary
occasions. Last night there was a meeting of power-
loom weavers, held at Carpenters' Hall, at which it
was determined not to return to work until they ob-
tained the prices of 1820. This is an extreme reso-
lution, and can never be carried. The meeting was
very numerous, and many thousands wore obliged to
go away who could not obtain admission.
At seven o'clock this morning a large meeting was
convened in the township of Eccles, a village about
four miles from Manchester. And another meeting
is .announced for to-morrow morning, at five o'clock,
no doubt for the purpose of inducing the well-disposed
not to return to their work. Captain' Sheigh, the
active chief superintendent of the police force, has
established communications from every toll-bar lead-
ing to the town, so that every hour a report of, what
is going on in all parts of the town reaches the Town-
hall, where some of the Magistrates are always sitting
both night and day. This morning, at five o'clock, a
meeting of Magistrates for'the borough was held in
the Boroughreeve's room, the objeet of which is strictly
private, except that they have provided a sufficient
force to protect the churches, should any attempt be
made to disturb the services. They have also agreed
to take. extensive premises in various parts of the
town, for the accommodation of the police and special
constables ; the latter now amount to upwards of
3,000, including several hundreds mounted on their
own horses. _

Five hundred of the Coldstream Guards: are ex-
pected to arrive every moment, and Mr. Robinson,
the billet-master, is engaged in making billets for them.
Seven prisoners were taken last night, making a total
of 234. The authorities are preparing for Tuesday
next, and are determined to put down any public pro-
cession should the Chartists attempt one.

LATEST PARTICULARS FROM
MANCHESTER.

MANCHESTER, SUNDAY, 7 P.M.—The town has
been in perfect quietness during the whole of the day.
No interruption whatever was given to the churches,
and the services were gone through as usual. They
were, however, but thinly attended on account of the
report that was current yesterday or this morning,
that all services would he stopped. Colonel Wemyss
has received reports from Burnley, Blackburn, Pres-
ton, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, A.thton, and Stock-
port, and in none of those places has any violence
been committed, at least as far as his information goes.
The Coldstream Guards, which reached Manches-
ter this morning, accompanied by two troops of the
Royal Artillery and two pieces of cannon, proceeded
to Preston after a short delay at the railway station.
This afternoon, however, the 58th regiment arrived
from Dublin, and are intended to remain in Man-
chester. _ _

The apparent lull of to-day and yesterday it is
feared will be followed by some serious disturbances
on Monday or Tuesday.
During the day several large placards have been
issuspd by the trades, some of which evidently appear
to be the work of persons above the rank of operatives.
A large meeting is announced for five o'clock in
the morning, and the authorities have taken pre-
cautionary measures to suppress any tumult that
inav arise, also to put down any attempt that may be
made by the rioters to prevent the well-diiposed from
resuming their work.
(EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.)
MANCHESTER, SusnAy.

All is peace here. Understand me distinctly, that
ever• trade is out. Not one man is working, save
and except millers. Above all things, it is a political
movement. The Trades have deelar-d for the Char-
ter, and all are resolved to hold out until it is made
the law. The wages and cheap bread are abandoned
for the Charter. Let this be well understood, and
rely firmly on the information I give you. Specials
refuse to act ; masters feed the men out ; and there

is a universal feeling in favour of this wonderful

movement.

Not a policeman is to be seen on the streets, and
when a run takes place for gold all will be at a stand-
still. The engineers offer to stop all railways. Write
me if you want any information. In haste, yours
sincerely.

PRESTON.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
SATURDAY, FOUR o'CLocK.—A terrible sensation
prevails here just now. the mob was proceeding to
turn out the mills this morning, when they were met
by the military and police, who, after being stoned,
fired upon them, and the doctors declare that four are
mortally wounded. Soldiers are pouring in from all
quarters. All work is at a stand, and what will be
the mult no one can tell.