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The town of Nottingham is in a ferment with the pending election of a Member in the room of Sir Ronald Ferguson. The friends of the two candidates, Mr. Walter, the Anti-Poor-law candidate, and Mr. George Gregoire de Hoehepied Larpent, the Reformer, are making great and unremitting exertions. Both candidates bid high. Mr. Walter chiefly rests upon his reputation as an opponent of the New Poor-law ; but he has also strengthened his cause with the people of Nottingham by reminding them that he had been instrumental in throwing out three enclosure bills which threatened their rights. Mr. Larpent endeavours to attract votes by offering to support the Ballot, shorter Parliaments, and abolition of the Cora-laws, and to oppose compulsory church-rates and the exaction, of rates as a preliminary to the exercise of the Par- liamentary franchise ; and he declares that he is no Government nominee. Mr. Larpent attended a public meeting on Thursday week, and addressed the electors. It was at first said that the Chartists wculd support the Reformer ; but a meeting of Mr. Walter's friends, in the Conservative Hall, on Friday, comprised a large number of Chartists, whose leaders cccupied a prominent part as supporters of Mr. Walter in his capacity of Anti-Poor-law agitator. The usual means of such warfare are resorted to by the contending parties : the Whigs decry the influence of Mr. Walter's Chartist friends, and laugh at the processions and " demonstrations " in his favour; while the Tories already insi- nuate that bribery is going forward on Mr. Larpent's side ; malignantly point out the rather singular coincidence of Mr. S. M. Phillipps's pre- sence in Nottingham ; and remark upon the backwardness of Mr. Lax- pent in showing himself in public, compared with Mr. Walter, who is always before the townsfolk. The recent election of local officers is said to indicate a strong and prevailing dislike to the New Poor-law.

A little scene seems to have been got up in Mr. Walter's behalf. It is described by the correspondent of the Times- " I have already had occasion to inform you that a Board of entirely new Guardians was recently elected for the Union of this town. Yesterday they went through the workhouse with the workhouse authorities, and asked the miserable inmates of it whether they were satisfied with the treatment which they received. They one and all replied in the affirmative. It struck one of the Guardians, however, that the poor wretches were acting under coercion, and he desired the workhouse authorities to withdraw. They withdrew accord- ingly ; and immediately afterwards the poor creatures flocked around the Guardians and detailed various acts of severity which had been committed towards them."

An inquiry into these stories is promised ; a useful thing to be going on during the election!

On Monday, there was a meeting of non-electors, the bent of whose opinions is indicated by their electing a Chartist, named Scott, for chairman. At first the meeting assembled in a room ; but that becoming too full, they adjourned to the open air ; and the assembled crowd is supposed to have amounted to some seven thousand. Mr. Scott ex- plained the grounds upon which his fellow Chartists supported Mr. Walter— Ile was not there fbr the purpose of defending the political principles of Mr. Walter: he took his stand upon a totally different ground—his early, con- stant, persevering, untiring opposition to the infernal New Poor-law—(Loud cheers); and seeing the agitation which had prevailed in the town of Notting- ham upon this subject, which enabled them to elect twenty-four popular Guardians fur the purpose of preventing the vampire Barnett from exercising his cruel tyranny over the poor, he was sure the electors would never stultify themselves, and throw ridicule upon the triumph they had achieved, by voting for Larpent, whose minciplcs were identified with those which Barnett was anxious to carry out. They might talk of the unholy alliance between the Radicals and Tories; but the alliance would have been much more unholy if the Radicals had attached themselves to the disgraceful, deceitful, treacherous Whigs. (Loud cheers.) Another speaker declared that the question for the meeting was "a question of Bastile or no Bastile—the New Poor-law or its repeal " ; and then, after setting forth the relative merits and demerits of the two candidates, he uttered this elaborate battle-call- " Three cheers, then, for Mr. Walter. (Three distinct rounds, says the re- porter of the Times, were given, with the most thrilling effect.) Hurrah for Mr. Walter, and down for ever with the treacherous Whig faction and its repre- sentative, Larpent! (Loud cheering.) Hurrah for Mr. Walter, and down with the New Poor-law! (Cheers.) Hurrah for Mr. Walter, and down with the Rural Police ! (Cheers.) Down with the unconstitutional Blue-bottle Force ! (Cheers.) Down with the centralization projects of the Whig Go- vernment, and up again with the 43d of Elizabeth, giving an asylum to old age, a comfortable shelter to the poor and infirm, when thrown destitute upon a wide and inhospitable world ; but deep and black curses fall upon that act which prescribed alike to the infant on the mother's knee, and the aged cripple hobbling on the crutch, just such an amount of potatoes and skilly as might be sufficient to keep them alive!" (Continued cheers.) It was put to the meeting, whether they would have Larpent, or, as he was styled, " Sarpent," and they cried " No ;" whether they would have Walter, and they cried "Yes "; upon which Mr. Walter was declared elected by universal suffrage ! At this meeting some use was made against Mr. Larpent of his connexion with the Chinese opium- trade.

Meanwhile, Mr. Larpenes friends have not been idle. An anony- mous Chartist letter has been published, rebuking the writer's fellows for their support of a Tory. A meeting of the Nottingham Auxiliary to the Religious Freedom Society was held on Thursday evening, and

resolutions were passed declaring the intention of the members to sup- port Mr. Larpeut, on account of his opposition to church-rates. And Mr. Larpent himself has issued a fresh printed address, touching upon the troublesome subject of the Poor-law. He promises that if he is re- turned be will lend his hearty assistance in modifying such parts of the law as press heavily on the poor ; and with regard to the workhouse-

test especially, he is of opinion that it cannot be enforced in large towns like Nottingham, as it may be in agricultural districts. But after all, he says, the main object must be, to obtain for the labourer the value of his labour, and that can only be done by total repeal of the Corn-laws.

The last accounts from Nottingham, received today, bring a reply wlich Mr. Walter issued to this address on Thursday. He asks how Mr. Larpent will carry his proposed reforms, especially repeal of the Corn-laws, when the Ministry which he supports have set their faces against them ? And he points out the absurdity of Mr. Larpent's dis- tinction between town and country in respect to out-door relief: "as if," exclaims Mr. Walter to the people of Nottingham, "when the New Poor-law has firmly fixed its fangs on your brethren of the fields, it will not soon fix them on you, the tenantry of the streets:" A great public meeting was held on Thursday, and an address from the electors and non-electors was presented to Mr. Walter. His friends observe ma- liciously that Mr. Larpent has not yet ventured to attend a public meeting. The writ arrived in the town on Wednesday. The nomination is appointed for Monday, and the poll will be taken on the following day.

A few Conservative Members have been dining with their consti- tuents lately.

About a hundred of Mr. John Neilson Gladstone's friends entertained him at dinner, on Thursday week, at the Royal Oak in Walsall. Mr. Gladstone said— He bad no doubt that a general feeling of astonishment prevailed in that town when it vas first known that a petition had been presented against his return. That petition, he had reason to believe, did not emanate from the Anti-Corn Law League. Indeed, it would have been very singular if it had. Considering the means which were used by that League to return Mr. Smith, it would have been the height of impudence on their part if they had presented petition against his (Mr. Gladstone's) return. When the polling of dead men was considered, the number of men who were prevented voting for him from interest, and those w ho were induced not to vote from intimidation, it would have been matter for astonishment if the Anti Corn-law League had provided the funds to defray the expenses of petitioning against his return.

At Congletou, on the 14th, a Conservative dinner was given to Sir Philip Egerton, the Member for South Cheshire, and Mr. John Tollemache, who promises to be a candidate at the next election.

A "grand juvenile Conservative demonstration" took place at Bris- tol, on the 15th, to celebrate the return of Mr. P. W. S. Miles from America. In what consisted the juvenility of the Conservative dinner with which Mr. Miles was entertained, does not appear.

There was "a grand demonstration of Conservative strength and principle," at Beccles, in Suffolk, on Friday ; the Members for the Eastern division of the county, Lord Henniker and Sir Charles Broke Vere, being entertained at a public dinner in the assembly-rooms. Among the company, were Sir Thomas Gooch, the chairman, Lord

Bayning, Lord Wodehouse, Sir E. Stracey, Mr. E. Wodehouse, M.P., and Mr. H. N. Burroughs, M.P. The speakers boasted much of their invasion of Beccles, a stronghold of the enemy. The Ministers were freely attacked. The Chairman started with a charitable wish— He would be sorry to say harsh things of any men ; but when they found a Ministry under the dictation of the champion of Popery, they must regard the Church as in danger. The Ministry was supported by Mr. O'Connell; and he would like to know what was the satety of the Church in such keeping? It was the safety of the lamb in the mouth of the wolf. (Loud cheers.) If be had his wish, Mr. O'Connell would hare been hanged long ago. (A laugh.) It might be thought an uncharitable wish, hut it came from the bottom of his heart. What a happy thing it would be to see him and many more dancing upon nothing ! (Cheers.)

The speeches of the Members contained nothing more remarkable than an allusion which Lord Henniker made to one of the banner

mottoes, professing to be ready at all times to admit "reform, but without revolution." Sir Charles Vere was very indignant at some friend of his who had been canvassing the town against him. He pro- claimed Peel and Wellington still the leaders of his party— When he said this, be was not to be mistaken that they would follow Sir Robert Peel upon all points ; but on the great and leading measures which affect the maintenance of British institutions, and %%hien are not to be mistaken, he night safely be followed. He could not go wrong on these occasions, so long set be was a Conservative leader. (Cheers.) Lord Wodehouse played the part of an Anti-Bradshaw; exempting the Queen from all blame for the misdeeds of her Ministers, and looking confidently for a favourable change, according to precedent, in the Royal opinions— "1 cannot blame our gracious Queen. My friend the worthy Chairman laas said he wished that the Queen had made as good a choice of her Ministers as she had of her husband. I believe she would have chosen other Ministers if she could. Her Ministers were chosen for her. It was not in her power to change her Ministers. She could not make any choice so long as they had sup- port in the House of Commons. Her Majesty could take no other step than what she did. The House of Commons has always trod on those steps. When the Stuarts were banished, Popery was supposed to be banished also. There sever had been a greater blessing to this country than the House of Brunswick. Our present Queen has been educated in the principles of the Constitution. I believe no Sovereign Las ever acted with greater respect fur our constitution than our young Queen. I remember when George the Fourth was a deter- mined Whig, but he altered his opinion ; so did William the Fourth ; sail! do not despair of seeing our young Queen turning to the same views as did her predecessors, and taking to her councils men ea a different school."

The electors of Salford gave Mr. Joseph Brotherton a public dinner, on the 14th.

The Bolton Free Press contains the account of a visit which was paid to the electors of Bury in Lancashire, by a deputation from the Anti- Corn-law League, consisting of Mr. Brookes, Mr. Richard Cobden, and Mr. John Bright, accompanied by Mr. Richard Walker, the Member for the borough. A public meeting was called to receive the deputa- tion, Mr. Walker presiding. The proceedings were conducted in per- feet harmony ; and the resolutions all passed unanimously. The meet- ing was addressed by a working-roan, in the local accent, with con- siderable effect. He contrasted clerical good living and clerical ex- actions with the peasant's small loaf and ecclesiastical burdens- " Yo mon kno yustburday wur th' day for choosin' kunstables eawr place, un th' rate payurs han cbosn me ogen. l■leaw wen aw went ofore th' peasant o' Ratliffe, who's no gud will to th' Repeelurs, he sad as he oped he should see me at th' church ofthur nur aw ad bin latly. Aw towd im awd may noon sitch promisue o' that swort, but awd goo o del aufthur if he'd preytch t' favvur ov a gud bellyful o' beef for th' workin mop. (Cheers and laughter.) Thoos ut ud pinch th' bellies o' th' poor wud n't do mitch gud to thir sowls. (Renewed laughter.) Th' clergy tell'n me ut aw mon hay o kreawn o' glory wen awm deeodd, iv awl behaive gradely; bob aw oalus say ut awd raithur ha' summut to be gooin on wi mane whoile. (Roars of laughter, and cheers.) Neaw, meeun advice is, let us o unite as won mon fur o repeel o' th' Corn-laws. That's th' wost greevunce us we ban, un we owt then to set our shildum to th' wheel, un wcyn soon upset urn. (Cheers.) It's thruly awful to see th' distress ut tbir is i' eawr kunthry : i' Radcliffe thir's monuy a family ut hasn't six- pence a' yed o' week fur t' live on. ("Hear!") They koom seechin o church- rate last week, an yo may be sure aw'r ill enoof awf obeawt it, fur th' cliildhur ad had nowt that day but porriteh three times, un aw made noon so mitch okeawnt o seem n o' t' beef rawl to t' church. (Cheers.) Aw tell yo ogen ut this is a state o' things ut konnot be endurt mitch luager. Solomon tells us ut oppreyshun makes a woisc mon mad ; un iv it dus that to a woise man, wot do to a foo ? (Long-continued cheers and laughter.) Aw war tellin yo obeawt choosin t' kunstubles yusthurday. Well, afthur it t'ur o'er, we'd a raire good dinnur. Thir woe plenty o' beef, un plenty o' summet at they koed church- puddin. (Laughter.) Yo may leawf, but its a foiue thing is that church-pot!- din; un, moor nur that, it 's maw opinion, un aw towd th' paason, ut if tey'd Bitch a dinner us that, wi church-puddiu, it ad kill o' th' Chartists th' kuothry." (Great cheering and laughter.)

Sir Charles Napier landed at Liverpool on Monday morning. The order for his release from quarantine reached the ship about nine o'clock, and the Commodore landed at St. George's Pier immediately afterwards. This somewhat discomposed the arrangements of the municipal authori- ties, who had intended to meet him in state at ten o'clock. The town, however, was already adorned with flags ; the people were assembled in crowds on the pier ; a deputation of gentlemen, with a band of music, were in waiting ; and Sir Charles Napier was received with due welcome. After he had briefly addressed the crowd, he was escorted to the Town- hall, where he again addressed the people. Thence he was conducted in the Mayor's carriage to his lodging, at the Adelphi Hotel. Here an address was presented from the Corporation. Sir Charles replied; and then, after again exchanging compliments with the crowd from the window of the hotel, he returned to the Town-hall ; where he partook of some refreshment, and addressed the immense concourse of people outside, a fourth time.

In the evening he was entertained at a public dinner, in the Amphi- theatre, the circle of which was boarded over for the occasion so as to be on a level with the stage. The principal table went acrossthe stage, and a number of other long tables were placed at right angles to it. Suspended around and in front of the stage were about a dozen flags and banners. Two beautiful small banners bore the inscription Napier and Victory "; a third, on which were painted the arms of the Commo- dore, had also his motto, "Ready, aye ready," and was headed " Napier "; a fourth, similar to the others, had the words "Eng- land triumphant." At the back of the stage were hung three large banners : the subject of the first was the death of Nelson, and its in- scription was "England expects every man to do his duty " ; the second contained the arms of Liverpool ; and the third the Duke of Wellington on horseback, with the lines

" The defender of old England's rights, The hero of a hundred fights."

Over the centre of the principal table was suspended the royal standard of England ; and beneath it were two silk flags, bearing, in golden letters, the names of " Cape St. Vincent, Busaco, Pouza," and "West Indies, Beyront, Sidon, St. Jean d'Aere." The other parts of the Amphitheatre were hung with flags. Amongst the company, besides Commodore Napier, were Major-General Napier, Sir Charles Shaw, several officers naval and military, the members of the Corporation, and Maneckji Cursetji, a Parsee merchant. The Mayor presided. The number of tickets issued was 650, and they were all taken up. The boxes were filled with ladies.

When his health was drunk, Commodore Napier returned thanks in a very animated speech. He first complimented the 600 gentlemen by whom he was surrounded, and the circle of Lancashire witches in the boxes ; and then entered upon the subject of the doings in Syria and Egypt. Mehemet Ali, he said, did not understand how to manage Syria, and especially its Christian inhabitants; he was misled by bad information. He was a resolute man, and he took steps to suppress the outbreak ; but the Commodore declared his belief that no cruelties had been practised by the Egyptian Commander in the prosecution of his purpose. The insurrection, however, had the good effect of hastening the treaty of July— He then happened to be senior naval officer on the coast of Syria. The treaty arrived on the 10th September, and there was very little time to lose; it was necessary to carry the thing through at once—(Laughter and cheers)— for the greatest of all evils was an European war. They had double tides to work. He was placed in the position of both Admiral and General, and was obliged to act up to the best of his knowledge and ability; and he was happy to say that in the course of one short month they succeeded in driving a large force, amounting to about 100,000 men, from Syria, and in liberating the inhabit- ants of Lebanon. (Applause.) But the business was not then over. They had a very small force—there were about 10,000 Turkish men—whilst Mehemet Al' mustered between 50,000 and 60,000 troops. Shortly after the taking of Acre, he sent six sail of the line to Alexandria. The winter was then coming on; and he took on himself what was truly a very great responsibility, for he was destitute of instructions or advice from the Government at home, or from his superior officer, and proposed to Mehemet Ali peace. After three or four days' discussion—not like the usual discussions in such cases—(Laughterand cheers)— terms were settled, and in four days peace was made and an agreement signed. He then thought that the war in Syria and Egypt was at an end. But when the treaty agreed to between him and Mehemet All was sent to Constantinople, it was repudiated by the Porte; it was protested against by the English Minister, and upset by the authorities in Syria; denounced as hasty and un- authorized by the Commander-in-Chief, and abandoned without reflection; and all the business was obliged to he done over again from the beginning. Bat he hoped and trusted that he might be permitted to claim that Syria had been evacuated—perfectly evacuated ; and this notwithstanding the improper terms sent to Mehemet Ali—terms that it was impossible he could accede to without setting the whole country into rebellion and discord, creating dissension in his family and mutiny in his army and navy : and be was right in rejecting the terms with scorn. But the liberal part of the terms be received; he abandoned kiis monopolies, and gave up slavery—(Cheers); and all that he asked was, that he should be left in quiet possession of Egypt, in order that he might devote his whole energies to its civilization ; " for,' said he, " I have given up all ideas of conquest." It was his duty to say that he believed the Pasha was honest and straightforward in his conduct; that from the beginning he acted with the most perfect sincerity. Mehemet Ali had abstained from using the opportunity which he had -of injuring the commerce of England and stopping her mails : he said, -" I am not at war with England, but with the Ambassadors at Con- stantinople." Commodore Napier touched upon his monopolies, and received an unexpected retort— He said, "Why, I am a monopolist certainly; I am in circumstances which force me to be so : but you are also monopolists in England—you have got the corm-trade in England. You see I am a farmer and merchant, and want to send corn to England. I find, on inquiry, that the price is up to 80s. a quarter, and I send a cargo, expecting to bring back a whole cargo of manufactured goods ; but by the time the corn has arrived in England the price has fallen from 80s. down to 50s. That, however, is not all ; there is a duty of 20s. or -30s. clapped on it in addition." Then, as to the opening of the navigation of the Nile, Commodore Napier had recommended the propriety of opening it, as it would be an advantage to the trade and commerce of Egypt. The Pasha admitted that such was the fact ; but, said he—" You must recollect that I am an Oriental. You had once in your country a monopoly of the East India trade : it required a great many years for you to do away with it ; and you must allow me some time for the accomplishment of what I conceive to be beneficial. When I can see my own interest, nothing will give me greater pleasure than to open the whole trade in Egypt and on the Nile to British -commerce. What I expect is, that England will tell me what she wants, and I will do it. Our interests are completely identified. You want a passage to India: I want your trade ; and just tell me what it is that you expect, and 1 shall be happy to enter into all your views, whatever they are." The Commodore also spoke to him about the propriety of abolishing slavery. The Pasha acceded perfectly to his views, and said—" I detest slavery; but our religion, in fact our whole system, admits it. What can I do ? How many years did you take to abolish it? how many millions did you expend before you abolished it altogether? I have no money ; the religion of the country is against me ; and what can I do ? Give me time and peace, and I promise that there shall be no monopolies, no slavery in Egypt, and every thing shall go on to your heart's content."

The meeting began to disperse about ten o'clock. It was the first at which the two political parties of Liverpool had met in harmony.

A deputation from the Liverpool Shipmasters Association waited on Commodore Napier, on Tuesday morning, to present an address.

The opposition to church-rates is gaining strength in Somerset- shire. Those who object to pay on conscientious grounds, appear to act with renewed rigour; and those who take the lower ground of convenience, fancy that the Church may as well provide the funds out of her own well-filled coffers. Tiverton maintains its high reputation for consistency in this respect, in having again elected gentlemen for Churchwardens who will not lend themselves to any system that would oppress and plunder those who conscientiously object to the rate.— Western Times.

A church-rate martyr has appeared at Bedford, in the person of Mr. Samuel Woodward Hill, a bookseller. He was summoned before the Magistrates for non-payment on the 16th; when he disputed the va- lidity of the rate, and tims removed the case into the Ecclesiastical Court.

Mr. Simeon Farrar junior is to be added to the number of Church- rate martyrs. He was summoned at the Manchester New Bailey, on Thursday week, for not paying the rate at Prestwich ; when he made a variety of objections, urging, among others, his own scruples of con- science. Mr. Maude, the Magistrate, suggested that he should allow his umbrella to be seized by the Churchwardens as he went out of court, and redeem it with the amount demanded ; but he declined the subter- fuge, and a distress-warrant was issued against him. A Mr. Peter Buckley followed Mr. Farrar's example, and was similarly dealt with. The Magistrates of Brighton have refused to sign an order for the payment of church-rates, on account of their doubt as to a technical objection which had been made against the rate. The Churchwardens threaten their worships with a mandamus.

A numerous meeting to petition against church-rates was held in Brighton on Thursday ; Captain Pechell presiding. Some Chartists attended, to urge their own views; but they did not oppose the objects of the meeting.

If accounts from Canterbury are to be relied upon, the civil authorities received rather unwilling aid from the military commander in bringing the accomplices in the late riot to justice. On Friday, Mr. Clements, a Superintendent of Police, waited upon Colonel Townsend, the Com- manding Officer of the Fourteenth Light Dragoons, from the Mayor, re- questing that the men might be drawn out, for the purpose of identifying the offenders. At first Colonel Townsend refused, observing with some warmth, "I command here "; but eventually he sent a message to the Mayor, acceding to the request, but stipulating that only one police- man should be brought within the barracks. The Mayor accordingly presented himself at the barracks, accompanied by a policeman, and re- viewed the troops; but without detecting any of the rioters. While he was thus engaged, the Adjutant went up and spoke to the sentinel, who immediately ordered the Mayor and his companion out of the yard: and on the Mayor expostulating, he thrust them out by force. A few minutes afterwards, the Mayor consented to return, at the invitation of Colonel Townsend ; who expressed his regret for what had occurred, and reproved the sentry, offering at the same time to accompany the Mayor down the ranks. The whole of the regiment was drawn up, instead of those men only who were out on leave on the night of the riot ; so that the search of the policeman was foiled by numbers : and it was thought that two of the ringleaders of the party were absent. General Sleigh has gone down to Canterbury to investigate the matter. He offered to the Mayor to produce every single soldier that was out upon leave on the night of the riot. The civil authorities are conciliated by these concessions, and lean to the side of mercy and forbearance.

At the late Stafford Assizes, the Grand Jury found a true bill against Edward Hall, "late of Walsall, gentleman," as therein described, but better known in this neighbourhood as the son of Mr. James Hall, Sanneyside, a member of the Society of Friends, and late Boroughreeve of Salford, for "unlawfully, wickedly, and corruptly attempting and endeavouring to bribe and corrupt one James Lynx, a voter of the said borough, to give his vote as such voter at the said election for one John Benjamin Smith, one of the candidates to serve the said borough in Parliament." Upon this indictment a bench warrant was issued by Mr. Justice Coleridge ; and on Thursday last Mr. Edward Hall, "late of Walsall, gentleman," was taken before the Magistrates at the New Bailey, to put in bail to answer the charge at the next Stafford Assizes. Mr. Maude, who presided on the occasion, ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognizances in 250/., with two sureties in 1001. each. Mr. Rawson and Mr. R. P. Livingstone having entered into the required bond, Mr. Hall was set at liberty.—Mandester Chronicle.

A murder has been committed at the village of Tocklington, near Bristol, to which a very strange story is attached. William Fisher, a respectable middle-aged farmer, was drinking cider at a public-house, on Saturday last ; when Weyman, a cavalry pensioner, entered the house. Weyman began boasting that he had received a letter by the penny- post, containing 501. Mr. Fisher and some other farmers, to whom Weyman was known as habitually addicted to falsehood, joked with him : and Fisher said, " That 's a lie, I know." The other dared him to repeat what he said ; and when he did, Weyman drew out a pistol, and shot him dead. An inquest was held on the body ; and evidence was given to show that Weyman bad for some time been making pre- parations to assassinate Fisher, and that he had been in search of him. for the purpose. He told the constable by whom he was arrested, that he knew he should be hanged for it ; but added, "I shall die happy, as it was all for that woman." "That woman" was understood to be Fisher's wife ; to whom Weyman was attached twenty-nine years ago, when she was only twelve years old. He committed a robbery about that time, and to avoid punishment, entered the Army : during his absence Fisher married the girl, with whom he lived happily till he was killed. The Jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Weyman ; and he was committed on the Coroner's warrant to Glou- cester Gaol for trial.

The dead body of an infant was found on the highway between Led- bury, in Herefordshire, and Worcester, on Wednesday morning. The story of its death discloses an extraordinary series of inhumanities. A. stage-waggon passed the spot on Tuesday night ; and a woman who had been missed at the previous stage from among the passengers, is supposed to have retired, on feeling the pangs of labour, to have given birth to the child, and to have left it naked by the road-side. About two hours after, a waggoner who passed the spot had his attention attracted by the infant's cries and the barking of his dog ; he ascertained that the child lay there, and went on. He passed several cottages, but told no one, till he came to a turnpike-gate, a mile and a half further.. Here be told the gate-keeper ; but his wife, the latter said afterwards, was about to be confined, and so he could not leave her. At six o'clock in the morning, another man, a beggar, also passed the child, and saw it, without taking it up. He told the landlord of an inn in the neighbourhood ; who disbelieved the story, but sent his children to see if it was true. The poor little child was then dead. The mother was traced, arrested, and committed for manslaughter, on the warrant of a Coroner who held an inquest on the body.

The Tyne Mercury of Tuesday announces a frightful explosion at Willington Colliery, which is situated about half-way between New- castle and North Shields. "We understand (says the Mercury) that the colliery had a threatening appearance some time ago, but all fears as to any danger were allayed. At the time of the explosion thirty- four men and boys were in the pit. Thirty-one of these have lost their lives : three only escaped out of the number. Seven of the dead bodies have been removed, and exertions have been made for the recovery of the remainder. The pit itself is much shattered." Since that was written, five more bodies have been recovered.