... On Wednesday mTrurit lsts, intelligence was brought into Whitehaven that a tremendous explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas had taken place in one of the coal-pits be- longing to H. Curwen. Esq., of Workiligton Hall. situate at Lowca, between three and four miles from this town. 1The pit at which this awful catastrophe occurred is called f John Pitt. Around tthe mouth of this pit on ...

... FATAL AFFRAY BE SWEEN TWO I BROTHERS. I Frodshiam (Cheshire) fair, held last week, was attended by circumstarrces involvinig two families in great distress. Ott Friday night, accorrhirig to custom., the rustic population of that village met at the Gardeners' Arms public-house, for the enjoyment of a country dance, and, among others there assemblxd, were two brothers, Peter and Matthew Darling- ...

... ?? ADDREMS S, H g~b~ivi4HZCOMAliTTEE. OF: MANAGEMENT O, ?? ifIE OPEMATII]E ?-4 NEWSPAPER. At length, after man,#ylmonths'' ibo'a .section of the Working Classes have succeeded in producing Jou nal fo 'the Defim6cbof thie kights ?? ?? e knows that in every town of Great ' Briti the appearaince of l TnlL OPiERATIVE li s iong been anxiously wished br and the Committee present the first, number ...

... I THE RADICAL REFORMERS OF ENGLAND SCOT- I LAND AND WALES TO THE IRISH PEOPLE. I BitOTtIERA IN POLITICAL BoNDAGPt-The deep waters which divide our shores, and the still deeper intrigues of self interebt and bigotry, wvitich in ten thousand channels btave labouted to divide our hearts, have led to the forma- tion of prejtidices opposed to our mutuil interests. Those mis htevmns feelings have ...

... ,IXTEL.~ gr ?? i_ FRANCE. iicb, at the moment we write, occupies nFrance, is that of Electoral Refornji. This' De. If nations scere -vise, instead of wasting 's'lood and treasure in ruinous wars, or seelsing fic another for the sake af mere commercial ad- hich, at hest, profit only a few speculators, they *alarise and .simplily their respective govrernime'uts, lectoral Reforms. France is nowv ...

... THE OPERATIVE. LONDON, NOV. 4, 1838. COALITION- STRONG GOVERNAENT`--WAR! The Loudoners have been, during the last fortnight, not a little excited by rumiours of Ministerial changes. These rumours, though for the most part, of a contradictory, and some of a whimsical character, derive importance, partly from the circumstance that their general tendency is to indicate the retirement of Lord ...

... WHAT ENGLAND WAS, AND WHAT ENGLAND 1S, ILLUSTRATED BY MHE . ANCIENT FAIRS OF ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. Whoever is in any degree acquainted wvith the domestic and manufacturing history of this country must be aware that during many centuries England and Scotland were famous for the number anrd splendciur of their great peri- odical fairs and public markets, whereat comimodities of ...

... X PIUBLIC MEETINGS. J«tSUMTIPANT RADICALDEMONSTRATION AT CARLISLE. On ansndr0D FROMs rita NOORT5JERN STAR.) On Tltorkday last the long talked-of Radical demonstra- tiov took place at Carlisle, and in -toth a demnostration it WR5* As early as six o'clock the Northerns began to march With the drtm and fife, to the! Market-place, to be in readi- procession t ouster at nine o'clock, the hour named ...

... ..Jri , ?? . TlrgO 11 Drocc OF r 0'T! tATEv.a; -(f: an tl'e plans -nhich have been' adopted tohltenefit taciechereS not ?? ia nyopinion, cqj,0irsted beffec.'tiss muchgn. good55 he etah~lrshment of THE )pEeRA- ?? ?? *tbe ohiects of ;t.bh f9ilyj carrijed out, and' ?? cainnt ailto be of pretniiieWOnt: tt olys Dt jojr 'he aboe anet eil~c~l°~sse~s, hut to the. utitjdP gofnerally. - y~lec Rnj one m ...

... | A friend in town who has just returned friom Birmingham, informs us, on the authority of Mr. AVwVOOD, that upwards of One Million and a Half of persons have already signed the NATIONAL PETITION.-Glorious news, this. Only let us have an equal number of additional signatures before the presentation to Parliament, and the victory is ours. It should be a bold Parliament, indeed, that would ...

... L.ATEST INTELLIGENCE. . I- . 16. Frankfortr sfates te lath ult from Galicia, received ria Franfor, sttesthat the student I ewlitzky, at Cracow, has disclosed the names of two accomplices in the murder of the Russian police agent; that they have beet, arrested, and have confessed their crime. 'Il his letter confirnms tit, fact of the three protecting powers having incrcase-i te e garrison of ...

... [rROAI THEc MONTHLY CHRONICLE.] Near the Hymalayanl mountains, at the foot of Sewvall;, in the valley of Doali, and on1 the borders of the Ganges, lies the town nf. Hurdwvar, where, in the month of April, pilgrims annually assemble from all quarter, for the purposb of piously batbing in the sacred river. At nightfall the Bayaderes of Delhi, and of Koschmere, run about the streets of Hurdwar, ...