~ r ~.~ ~. .• , - • ,• • - • . , , • • Most of the cotton-80mm of Preston bare been out of work for the last fortnight. The cause ori ginates in an attempt, on the part of the masters, to reduce the rate of wages 2s. in the pound. The measure was, at least tacitly, acquiesced in by all the men, except those of two factories, who refused to work at the new prices. These remained out for one week, while the men at the other factories con tinued their employment. But the masters finding, at least suspecting, that the men who thus stood uut were supported by those who continued their la bours, agreed, with only one or two exceptions, to put a total stop to their machinery ; and almost all the factories have consequently be en closed fur the last fortnight. The deportment of the men, who, through these unhappy differences, have been thrown into listless idleness, has been oiderly, and, for the most part, exemplary ; but we regret to re mark that some revengeful spirit has prompted one or more individuals to attempt the horrid crime of arson, by forcing a lighted turf through one of the windows of the stone factory in Heatley-street, in the night of Tuesday, the Bth inst. Happily, how ever, the burning embers did not come in contact with any combustible matter, and of course the diabolical purpose was not answered. A reward of 301. hai been offered for information of the offen ders. Tote NEW Caowst.—This splendid tribute of royalty, which has just been completed by Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, was on Tuesday deposited in the jewel-house, tower. It is much larger, loftier, and more magnificent than the former crown. The new crown is about 15 inches in elevation; the arches, instead of sinking in their centre, are raised almost to a point, being themselves embossed and edged with brilliants, and supporting an orb of bril liants also, more than six inches in circumference. This is surmounted with a Maltese diamond cross of exquisite workmanship, on whose top and sides are suspended three remarkably large pearls. In the front of the crown is a unique sapphire of the purest and deepest azure, two inches long and an inch broad. At the back is the ancient ruby, which was worn by Edward the Black Prince and our Fifth Harry in the victories of Poictiers and Agincourt.— The sapphire and ruby are each inseated in a Mal tese cross of brilliants, while the other parts of the crown are occupied with large diamond flowers..— The rim is encircled with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, and rubies, of very considerable magni tude; and the whole is surrounded, immediately above the ermine, with large pearls. The several other articles of the King's regalia, and of the splen did coronation service, are also placed in the jewel house. These have been all restored to their an cient splendour, preparatory to the coronation. Thirteen regiments will receive orders in a few days to proceed to the East and West Indic* and other Colonies, to replace others coming home. Duet.—A meeting took place early on Tuesday morning, on Hounslow-heath, between two gentle men. One of them was severely wounded in the pistol arm, and fell without firing . He got up im mediately without assistance, an d taking his pistol in the left hand, put a question to his adversary, and receiving a satisfactory answer, tired in the uir. A menical gentleman, who was in attendance, ex tracted the ball on the ground. On Siturday the Stst ult, Lord Milton expe rienced a remarkable accident, and a fortunate escape from personal injury. His lordship had been hunt ing in company with Earl Fitzwilliam, in the pur lious and country on the west side of Wansford, and w s riding homeward about three o'clock in the of ernoun, when just as he passed the corner of the Mermaid, his horse fell dead on the road. The chace had been neither long nor severe; and the animal, which, we understand, was a valuable and favourite hunter, had not shown any signs of ill ness or distress. The noble lord was thrown for ward on the great north rood with such force as completely cleared him of the filling horse, and rose immediately, not at all hurt by the extraordinary accident. He proceeded to Milton-house with Earl Fitzwilliam, who was close at hand at the time. Frank Rose, second son of Mr. Wm. Row, mer chant, of Cape town, was drowned, on the 4th of January last, in Table Bay. The circumstances attending his death are most interesting. The ship Emma was driven on shore with two other vessels, during a tremendous hurricane the preceding night. On discovering them early on the 4th to be in im minent danger, he hastened with his father to render assistance, and, regardless of his own safety, plunged his horse into the sea, and succeeded in fetching a rope from the Emma to the shore, and by this noble act of intrepidity the crew and passengers were all saved; his generous feeling not allowing other fel low-creatures to be in danger without attempting a rescue, he again urged his horse into the sea to reach a Danish ship, but in an instant a tremendous billow dashed him from the saddle; he had the presence of mind to seize the stirrup, but a second wave in gulphed him fig ever. -~-- THE NATIONAL •REGHST-£f C 'a Ingo Zler.•••••Oli Tnesolay afternoon tin inqui skim, was held betione(3. H. G.. 11, Esq. in the rorgaihroom, adjoining the Jeruiatlern chamber, Dean's•yarslON'estrisitister, mo view of the body of Henry J 061111.• Jimmie), Itepllea of Sir W. Roomy, and one of the schuiass .telimAisiff to Weil. minster school, ss ho died the preceding intoning from the bruises received by falling fishiest w inikow the preceding day. —Math r Parental Walsh deposed, that he was sow of the scholars m West seismic, school beton...hoc to sow (omit. Atria ; the deceased ortis in the Nisi lo form 8 lie shays considered Will of bound mind nod intellects; he load nal atteli him sin the nom Mug of the accaleift. HIS bed-11.)M was on the first floor, back pa, t of the house of M os. Stasis, a here he a nd the deceased boarded. He was in the passage about half put eiu.ht (o'clock, when he beard something fall, and then braid Price, the glazier say, " I.r G step sake send for a doctor, simieboiy lie* to he area," or aunts to that elliTt. At this time the glazier was c 00000 jog llowii stairs. Witness ran uut homed /situ!), and ilia the deceased lying in the area. The ;lazier them went intu the area alone, and he ( a ithess) fell buck terrified iit the tight. Ile WWI es-quested by Dr. Good gli In (Ali Howler; huh not fioditi4 liiin in his room, he tusked the housekeepi r to hulls,, him, M i ch she did while be temairoed on the giounti dasir, but t herr ails no answer. Dr. Goodeninigli, head litiOter of schoul, deloused as follows I It is the custom fur a return to be made is cry tworhiii.i its the school ul the ithseal own., as wall as it rail he made mit, olive t ii time nw.i. (Jo Mooney moor ii ioo •,z the name of the tli•ceissed appr.ireil iu the li s t,— Upial my cunt to the fourth form, I enquired sif 11 r. Preston, the usher of iliat Rom, anti shin ostler of Miss Stilfues . hoarding-house, a heater lie load Mr. Prestnit's leave of atiseare, nal finding he had not, l seaL Walsh; sit' the• than h form, to look fur hi.u, pia wild him to school. Walsh e, turned in a lea inmates aMu an *crown of the melancholy event. 'l'he th?. eased hail been more than It 00000 Iss w the school, awl upon bet ' , moth: was plored uu the shell form very high for his age, add iii a Amu very few boys are put oat their first cumuig to Si hoot. Tiie deceased conducted himself uniformly well, anti even a ith didiaciwo in the form, and had not lung start hero exainthed by the An near fur hisreinuval iota the sixth form, and woo through that examination with very emnsiderlble credit. Uuiui that tune he atilt in the sixth form, up to sae initoient of his de cease, lie had invariably coadacted himself in sutra a manner as to meritoititt to receive, frequent mid decided titat, and lie looked upon him as Ito) •f very great prialtif.e. His intellect was at all times remarkahly sound, ili,tiort, mid acute; hail his manure.* were always gentle, curertul, and agiceuble; and he might lie res kutied to have beta uu fa. tallier terms a ilk me. lie lied had Ito 14. k. threat, or appreliensiol sot mulish mem in iiii) shape a hat ever, nor had he ithy reason to expect or appreileasi any pun sliment on lieeoulit of hie übseare tam lisur.iiiig, on toe suppositimi of his being at his boarding-Immo. Sending for tie boys Hader the circumstances of &mote- similar to time of the deceased It a constant practice. G. W. Rickets, Esq. stated i.e bud known the deceased from his iiifsincy. Solidity last witness breakfasted with Sir William Itualey, In Lower Grosvenor -street, when Ike do ceased was present; he appeased tit very good spirts, and Be asked loins several questions respecting his schoolfellows et We(tiniiister, all of a hicb he answered hi his usual live!) meaner. Ssr Vt au. • Rowley, mimic of the deceased, fully Coi i triturated the former %vitae.% testimony . resitertill4 the boy', manlier and beim tither. The deceased load attended hint (Sir Willie a) to chinch on Sunday, %tad afterwards %cot oil a rail tit his maternal uncle. NI r. George Preston, sole •r of the hoaiding house, (reposed that he gave the d. re ved lease ou Satisiday to go and sea his fliends, who appeared highly deligtiled.— Oil Suioday ought he went round the room, it was about halts past eleveu ti cluck' t and ou czaminmg the bed*, the de. Ct.:nit...4 was there, and apparently fast asleep; lie does out cunceive that hie mind was ih, the bli4rttert ili ; ;ree btflotertotA an a state of drrsugrmrnt. The Jury netm lied the follows iug veidiet hilt the di ceased 'sine to his death by a fall from a voindoa ; out bow it was occasioned th re iv ao evidence to prove." Dreadful Thunder Slosh. —About twelve o'clock on Monday tre'unight, a tremendous thunder storm passed over the city of Bristol and neighbourhood, accompanied with hail, ruin, and a violent gale of wind. The electric fluid struck the north end of that venerable and majestic pile of building, RAMIE* Tower, and entered the upper bell-loft window, the stones of which were forced out, and thrown in dif ferent directions, and a large aperture made; the beam which supported one sit' die bells was shattered i'i several places, in such a manner as to reads it useless; it then passed down the bell wire, and went out at the south side, rolling up the lead from the roof, and dislodging nearly S cwt. of stone, &c. lhe pieces of wire which were found had all the appear ance of having been in an • intense fire. Tue low lands adjacent the city were tier the time inundated. Several vessels in the channel were driven ashore, but did not sustain any material damage. At Stan ton Drew 14 sheep were found dead on Tuesday morning, killed by the lightning; the wool upon the whole of them appeared singed in one direction. Box iNri.— The Sprig of .11 . yrIk is matched against a smart, active young market-man of the name of Horsham, who is 71b. heavier than Brown, forl2ol a side, to fight on Easter Tuesday, a few miles front London. Richmond's sable patch) is to be matched against Reynolds, the Cambridge hem, fin. 501 a side.—Kelton hits sent a challenge to Cooper.— The odds are in favour of Hickman on his forth coming match with Oliver. Hickman dust's his busi news quickly, having won three matches in thirty minutes. He beat Crawley in 13 minutes, th•feated Cooper in his first battle with him in 14 mittun.a, and in his last he heat him in three. At present there is not many bets depending on the match to be fought between Martin anti Turner.—Saar,,;gins hus offered to fight Parish fur 1001. a side. Three persons lately deceased, have left in the whole a capital of about two millions, which, if the amount of Bank-notes in circulation is taken at twenty-tivd millions, makes one-twelfth of the whsle tarcurating mediuta of the kingdom. r,.~+~weavc~ws~ 4=- 7 ' L An immense number of forged one-pound Bank notes are in circulation, snma of them well executed, and others very badly. The name at the end of the spurious notes is generally engraved, and the ink does net appear through the paper. The water mark is indistinct, and the paper courser and thicker than that of the genuine notes. It is the practice of the utterers of bad notes to write a number of fictitious names and addresses at the back of each.—There is also a number of counteifeits df the shillings for • 18W current at present. They may be known: by the coarse manner in which the head is executed, or • more easily by an examination of the figures under it. In the genuine coin, the lower part of the 2in 1820 is formed by a straight line, in the false one it is curved; in the former also the cypher is of an oval shape, while in the false it is nearly circular,. and of an unitbrm thickness throughout. A remarkable and fatal . accident happened at keystone, near Thrapstone, last week, to a 'young girl about 18 years of age, daughter of Mr. Dines, farmer, of that village. She was sinning herself in a rope ►wing, which was put up in the brewhouse : tit happened, that near to the swing hung another rope, used fur drawing up sheep after tkey had been slaughtered: as the young woman swung backward and forward, she happened to disti.rb this second cord, and her head passed into a noose fbrmed by the motion of it, which pulled her out of the swing, and held her by the neck, at a considerable height from the grour.d, until the unfortunate girl died of strangulation. She was found by her mother a short time afterwards, but all efforts to restore ani. minion were vain. Verdict of the Coroner's Jury— Accidental Death. EXTRA olt DINA k lectossr —On Wednesday an M 11111,111011 was llt LI at the Red Lion. iu Brentford. before l'honl.n stifling. El. coroner, on .be bodies of Mr.. Nlary Sceales and Mrs. Mary Pyhtis„ Goan tile circumstances atteisoitig their deatliso. acited touch s) us pa:hy as well as stirpi Ise Iu the tieiglinourlioud.—Mas -tarct, wife of I, i.v rt-lice Louis, a labourer, deposed. this knew both the deceased women—tiny were boors and particular friends. Witness lined next doos bit one to Mrs.Sceales. About four o'clock on Monday etening she (witness) was sent for in Mts. Sceales, who, she was told, was dying. Site went up to her robin, and found her lying in her clothes oil the bell dead, with Mrs P)hus standing over tier. Mrs. Pyhus appeart , ll very much frightened, and went down stairs. Wheat winless went down stairs she hound the room full 4- people, and Mrs Pylnis was dying. she lived only arcs' , minutes afterwards. Both were in pesiect health a few hours before their death, amid neither complained of in disposition. Mrs. Sceales was juts warned from a walk.. Tiicy were each betwe, ti 30•a11J 40 years of age. Wit ness cattle home from chapel on Sunday evening with . \Lrs. Bytm; site was then in a good state of health, and complained* no illness —Tile Jury required no ftiri her. evidence, sod returinvl a ♦erdict m bolls cues of—Died by the visitation of God. 13ertbi. The lady of Dr. Bietbeck, of•Cateatnn street, of a daughter, still • born. 1n Carmarthen street, the lady of Mr. J. Browne; of a son. At 1 othl.rid4e ihe lady of M. Mevaire, es I. at 4 .I.aglder. la 11a11 31450 u street, the lady of C. J. Cycle, es+ to a still born child. llerne hill, the lady 'of J. Kaye, eq. of the• Bombay eisil sersiess, . of 4 .14410111.1% Al llsissich, Mrs. P. Wynne, of a sots. At ct. PAWS. Covent garden, S. .Litt, awl. of Brunswick square, to • Eliadbelh, ele ighter tit t.. ti. Cooke, CHI. butilll4lllplele street, and of tapper 1 . 40.11 house, near Hereford. At St. tirorge's,l.lueesi square, I. A. Slinpuin, esq. of John - areal. Bedford row, to Ann Sunnis, second daugider of G. B. Kirispeli.'es 1 . of fired Orioniod 11l eel. Al St. All. OM's, bulbous, Mr. (:. T. Taylor, of Feallu• quits • boilitio4s, solicitor. to Mary, cid, st daughter of Mr. Bossard, Lit higis limbo. a. At W e) mouth, the Rev. J. Ovoid, of Newiloo Blowonaville, Bowls, to 14 ilia, only daughter of the I.lte A. t;uoid, M at. Mar•Jaiet'a, 11eslininster, Wok. Beet. Jun. esd. to Mary. daughter oil toe late W. ha)er, eat. both id l'atliwntent stieet. At Lewes, su.sex, W. 11.1)ce, en I. 01 Illy leuss,e, to Mary, eldest daughter of C. hell, es I. so iedor, Lewes. At Nt. Andrew's, Iluiboro, H. Wild, eso. ot southamplon place, to Math, thud daughter of W. J. Reese., esq. of K ober. place, Ituoarla equinte. Or. Warburton, of Clifford • , Bond street, to Awls, eldest daughter of J. torisielliy, t-ot. of Bedfood row. At largai ere, the oe•. I. it"Arey l'reston, eldest son of Bear Adiiiiial 4%khaoi, Vol Itsbh e, Iu Eliaathili, laity daughter ot apeace, .1.0. late oi neusioAton. Dad* At Leek, At3trurdsbire, .1. 11. %Woo, esi. ti. M. ter. hell, es ~ ut ,C. 6161.111111, 11‘1111' • Ss•ray. .41 hie ,c. we E.111(1,4 . 4rc ru4d, 4,6011 411. lOW y. iury al a,.hicr ..t ties-rs. Ms. lea, 14.1, and tras..ltl'o, At hi.eip.woutl lodge. 'weir 1,101014., J. Kesel. esti. At .4...e)'• lawn, wtse) ailed ill. J. Ilttp• epy...l hew ‘te.ti, At hi. Watt:, tog. 44ed .41 ilu,ur, aped JO year., t 1 . %11.1.111.,......1, es 4. el•ses• We of the late W. W4.l.l,algiuu, eet. bruntpiou, N ~,,, Heats. imilltain place, M.. ,Ito .1,11 a). 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