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      advantages to be derived from a similar course , assuring them that any well-organized scheme of emigration , if adopted , will lessen the expense , discomfort , and peril of the voyage , and " entirely remove the anxiety , disappointment , and failure which , to so painful an extent , now falls to the lot of the emigrant . " With an earnest heart-wish for your success , I am , Sir , truthfully yours . William Beli , atti .

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      THE QUARTER'S REVENUE . The statement of the revenue for the quarter ended October 10 is not calculated to give much encouragement to those Protectionists who have been anxiously watching for a large decline in the revenue as a consequence of free trade . There is indeed a slight decrease in the Customs , amounting to £ 1389 ; but this is accounted for by a great reduction in the amount received from the duty on brandy as compared with , last year , when the fear of cholera caused a larger consumption than usual . The Times affirms that when the balance-sheet is made up Sir Charles "Wood will have an available surplus of £ 3 , 500 , 000 . AN ABSTRACT OF TUB NET PRODUCE OP THE REVENUE OF GREAT BKIT 2 AN IN THE YEARS AND QUARTERS ENDED OCT . 10 , 1849 , AND OCT . 10 , 18 D 0 , SHOWING THE INCREASE OR DECREASE THEREOF . YEARS ENDED OCT . 10 . 1849 . 1 & 50 . Increase . Decrease . £ £ £ £ Customs 18 , 657 ,. > 63 18 , 738 , 80 !) 81 , 242 — Excise 12 , 381 , 916 12 , 913 . 102 531 , 186 — Stamps 6 , 328 . 213 6 , 145 . 780 .. 182 , 433 Taxes 4 . 326 , 901 4 . . 080 8 , 185 — Property-tax 5 , 383 , 199 5 , 413 , 701 30 , 502 — Post-office 852 , 000 820 , 000 .. 32 , 000 Crown Lands 130 , 000 160 , 000 30 . 000 — Miscellaneous 212 , 543 216 , 569 4 , 026 — Total Ord . Rev .. 48 , 272 , 33548 , 743 , 013 685 , 141 214 , 433 China Money 84 , 284 | .. .. 84 , 284 Imprest and other Moneys 558 , 265 684 , 288 126 , 023 — Repayments of Advances 565 , 383 698 , 411 133 , 028 — Total Income ... 49 , 480 , 267 ! 50 , 125 , 742 944 , 192 298 , 717 Deduct Decrease 298 , 717 Increase on the Year .... ———— 645 , 475 QUARTERS ENDED OCT . 10 . 1849 . 1850 . Increase . Decrease . £ £ £ £ Customs 5 , 253 , 272 5 , 251 , 883 .. 1 , 389 Excise 4 , 287 , 577 4 , 103 , 343 .. 184 , 234 Stamps 1 , 686 , 747 1 , 507 , 028 .. 179 , 719 Taxes 203 , 057 186 , 613 .. 16 , 144 Pioperty-tax 1 , 914 , 006 1 , 867 , 864 .. 46 , 142 Post-office 224 , 000 227 , 000 3 , 000 — Crown Lands .... 20 , 000 20 , 000 .. — Miscellaneous 21 , 902 28 , 727 6 , 825 — Total Ord . Rev .. 13 . 6 L 0 . 561 13 , 192 , 458 9 , 825 427 , 928 China Money .... .. .. .. — ImprestMoneys . &c . 120 , 134 J 21 . 615 1 , 481 — Repayments of Advances 166 , 199 293 , 813 127 , 614 — Total Income ... 13 , 896 , 894 13 . 607 . 8 S 6 | 138 , 920 427 . 928 Deduct Increase 138 , 920 Decrease on the Quarter .. ———— 289 , 008

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      INCENDIARISM IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND . Four stacks of wheat were fired almost instantaneously on Wednesday night , between Rainham and Faversham , in Kent ; and on Thursday morning a large wheatstack , the property of the Earl of Guilford , was burned to the ground . The quiet village of Frodesley , in the county of Salop , was , on Monday morning , the scene of one of the most extensive and destructive incendiary fires that ever occurred in that district . The fire broke out in the stackyard of Mr . Meredith , an extensive farmer , and , in spite of all the efforts made to subdue the flames , the whole stackyard and farm-buildings were destroyed . The entire damage will be about £ 2200 , nearly one-half of which will fall upon the landlord , Sir E . J . Smythe .

      Another incendiary fire broke out on a farm belonging to the Duke of Wellington , in the parish of Strathfieldsaye , near Reading , on Tuesday morning . The whole of the farm produce , consisting of several new ricks , and other corn in store , both thrashed and unthrashed , homestead , buildings , and erections , implements of husbandry , and other property , were consumed . The fire , there is every reason to believe , was the act of an incendiary , and it is said that suspicion rests on the carter and boy about leaving the service , who are to undergo an examination . The loss is very considerable ; but the entire farm property destroyed is insured , partly in the Norwich Union fire-office .

      The Northern Whig contains an account of two incendiary fires in the county of Down . In both cases the outrage seems to have been in consequence of the outgoing tenant having thought that he was ill used by his landlord . A stack of barley in the fields , about 100 rods from the homestead of Mr . Holders , of Rattlesden , was discovered to be on fire , on Sunday evening , about nine o ' clock . A gentleman and lady passing in a gig saw two men

      running away from the stacks , and immediately after the flames burst out . As the wind was blowing strongly from the S . S . W ., the fire soon extended to a wheat stack about twelve yards distant , and both these stacks , the former the produce of seven , the latter of ten or eleven acres , were consumed . No other damage was done . The two men who were seen running away were apprehended on Monday at a beer-house in Woolpit . Esther Gilbert and Eleanor Smith , well known about

      Wickham-market as * ' the Buffalo girls , " were brought before the magistrates , on Monday , charged with having , in the afternoon of Friday , the 27 th ultimo , set fire to a stack of wheat , the property of Mr . William Walker , in the parish of Petistre , near the road leading from Wickham to Loudham-hall . From the evidence of several witnesses , it appeared that the two women were seen about two o ' clock that afternoon , and a short time previous to the fire , eitting on a bank opposite the gate leading into the field where the stack stood , and just before the fire was discovered they were met by one of the witnesses coming in the direction from the stack . Footmarks were traced to and from the stack upon a stetch fresh ploughed , and the shoes of the prisoners ( who were soon followed and apprehended ) were compared and exactly corresponded with these marks . _ The prisoners were both committed for trial , and on their way to gaol confessed their guilt .

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      STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE . The weather in the metropolis on Sunday and Monday was not such as to indicate that a storm wa ^ raging in any part of the country . There was , indeed , a pleasant breeze on Monday morning , but the sun was shining cheerfully , and altogether it might be called a very agreeable day . In the provinces and along the coast , however , it appears that a violent storm was raging on Sunday night and Monday morning , and that considerable loss of life and property has been the result . A boat with eleven gentlemen , belonging to Bristol , on board was upset by the gale , near the mouth of the Avon , on Sunday . Fortunately a boat was passing at the time , and by the exertions of those on board seven persons were saved ; the other four perished . At Nottingham the gale lasted fourteen hours , during which it threw down several chimneys , walls , and trees . About one in

      the afternoon , while a number of people were standing in the Market-place , looking up at Wombwell ' s menagerie , a tall chimney was blown over by the wind . In falling it carried along with it the greater portion of the roof , the front cornice , and a large quantity of lead , altogether weighing from two to three tons , which , with scarcely a moment ' s warning , fell heavily upon the pavement , knocking several people down , and burying two individuals—a youth and a young woman—amongst the debris . The boy was killed , and the young woman is not expected to recover . The packet that left Boulogne at ten o ' clock on Sunday night for Folkestone encountered so severe a gale in the Channel that , instead of making the harbour at the latter port , she was forced round to Margate , where she was run ashore on Monday morning at seven o ' clock . All her passengers landed in safety , and started for London by railway .

      At Dover the sea rose to an extreme height on Monday morning , and completely flooded the quays and promenades . The works which were being carried on for the construction of the Harbour of Refuge were completely destroyed . Enormous piles , eighteen inches square , were snapped asunder , and everything upon them overthrown . Three huge diving-bells , which were used in the construction of the works , were carried away into the sea . It is estimated that the damage done will amount to upwards of £ 10 , 000 . In the Downs the gale was very alarming , and caused much damage to the vessels in that part of the Channel . About midnight on Sunday the Juffrow Jantze , a Dutch galliot laden with iron , from Cardiff , was driven on shore near Dungeness . Only one man was saved .

      The storm was very severe at Liverpool . A large number of vessels were lost in the Mersey and along the Irish Channel . At Southport the Helena Zillen , from Liverpool to Ostend , was totally wrecked , and the crew all lost but one man . On the Burbo Bank , at the mouth of the Mersey , where so many wrecks have happened , the Providence , an African trader , went ashore on Sunday night . Out of thirty-six hands only thirteen were saved .

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      A FEMALE SOMNAMBULIST . The pedestrians of the New-road and the neighbourhood of We 8 t-steet were thrown into a state of great excitement and surprise at an early hour on Sunday morning , by the extraordinary freaks of a female somnambulist , who was parading , dancing , and acting in the middle of the road , with nothing on but her chemise . The performer proved to be a young girl , named Mary Ann Evans , residing at 40 , West-street . She had from hpr infancy been troubled with somnambulism , but her walks were generally confined to her sleeping apartment , thouoth at times she would make the circuit of the house

      in which she might be staying . On Saturday evening she was accompanied to Sadler ' s Wells Theatre b y a gentleman of the name of Davenport , who , after seeing her safely home , bade her adieu . A female friend , who was sleeping in the same apartement , affirms that Miss Evans was undressed and in bed about ten minutes , and that she rose and went down stairs . The young lady not being acquainted with the fact that her friend was a somnambulist , took no notice of her quitting the room , but some thirty minutes passing away and Miss Erans not returning , she was induced to go down stairs also , when to her astonishment she discovered the street door wide open . Search was made for the missing young lady ,

      and in about a quarter of an hour afterwards she was brought back in the care of a constable , who had kindly divested himself of his great coat to cover the somnambulist . From his statement it appears that a long distance down the New-road he saw something white flitting about the road , and , hastening to see what it was , discovered Miss Evans acting before an astonished audience of some fifty persons in the most tragic manner , and at intervals exclaiming " My own Davenport—he or his life I will have , " and it was with the greatest difficulty that she was awakened , and the moment she became conscious she burst into a fit of crying , which lasted several hours .

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      A JUVENILE BURGLAR . Robert Wilson and John Adams , the latter a men boy , were brought before Alderman Gibbs , at the Man sion-house , on Tuesday , charged with burglary . Th ( place they had chosen for their attempt was the * ox anc Grapes public-house in Primrose-street . Mrs . Chance the landlady , said she had been awakened by a noise h the house about five minutes to four o ' clock on luesda ] morning . She jumped out of bed , got a light , and doorshe heard t

      having opened the bed-room , a man voice at the bottom of the stairs . She instantly opened the window and sprung a rattle , which was answered bj the policemen outside . Mr . Chance having gone dowri stairs , he found that the parlour door and window hac been opened . There were marks in the door at the spol where it had been broken , and several drops of wax on the floor . The two prisoners , on being detected , tried to make their escape over a wall , but were apprehended . On searching them , some lucifer matches , a life-preserver , and a small bit of wax candle were found on Wilson . Neither of them attempted to say a word in their defence . They were both committed for trial for burglary .

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      AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE . Mrs . Slark , wife of Mr . Slark , whipmaker , Burlingtonarcade , charged police-constable Buckmaster , at Marlborough-street Police-office , on Tuesday , with having exceeded his authority in taking her to the station-house at the request of her husband . From a statement made by her attorney , it appeared that , after they had been married twenty years , during which they had had tea children , six of whom are living , Mr . Slark had formed an illicit connection with one of his servants , and had sent his wife and children away to another house , promising to make a sufficient allowance , and to pay rent and taxes for them . But he had only allowed his wife

      and family 25 s . a-week , and , as he neglected to pay rent and taxes , his wife had called upon him at his shop . After some conversation he ordered her to quit the shop , and , on her refusing to do so , a constable was called and she was taken to the station-house . Mr . Hardwick said the only question with which he could deal was the charge against the constable , who had been called on by the owner of the house to remove a person who refused to quit it . The constable was not to sit in judgment on the merits of domestic quarrels , but was to do his duty temperately and effectually . If the charge had been wrongfully given , then the party giving the charge was alone responsible—the constable was only answering for the mode or manner in which he had used his authority . As there was no proof of unnecessary violence the summons was dismissed .

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      A VERY AWKWARD AFFAIR . A smartly-dressed cab-driver , named Francis Griffiths , appeared at the Lambeth Police-office , on Monday , to answer a charge of assaulting and threatening the life of Mr . Henry Debenham . The latter stated that Griffiths had rr » ade use of the most desperate threats to do for him , had thrust his fist in his ( Debenham ' s ) face , and attempted to strike him . The Rround of offence was that Griffiths having been found with Mrs . Patten , the wife of a milk-seller , residing at Park-street , Kensington , under very suspicious circumstances , Mr . Patten had given Griffiths a good thrashing , and as the latter suspected Debenham of having been the informer he naturally vowed revenge against him . The milkman corroborated

      the statement of Debenham as to having found Griffiths in bed with Mrs . Patten , and also as to his having given the intruder a sound thrashing , " but not half so much as he deserved . " Griffiths did not deny that he had been , caught in bed , but in extenuation of his attack upon Debenham said the latter had come into the room and struck him ( Griffiths ) several blows upon the head . Mrs . Patten , " a well-dressed , buxom , and very good-looking woman , " denied that her husband found her in bed . She owned that he had found her sitting on the side of it , and she thought it no great harm to sit on the side of a lodger ' s bed , as she had frequently done so before . to

      She corroborated the statement made by Griffiths , as Debenham having struck him , and his having told Patten that were it his case he would get the poker and kill the fellow . Mr . Patten said she knew that that would only be serving him right . " You know , " said he , lt it is not the first , second , third , or fourth time that you have been seen in bed with the fellow . You know also that you supply him with dress , and keep him in comparative idleness . " " Ah ! that you can't prove , " said the wife . The magistrate put an end to this unedifying colloquy by convicting Griffiths in 10 s . and costs . Not having the money he was locked up ; but was soon released by money supplied by Mrs . Patten , and both went together to a neighbouring tavern .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . According to the Scotsman of Wednesday the arrangements respecting her Majesty ' s return to the south are still adhered to . She will leave Balmoral at eight o ' clock on Thursday morning , but , instead of taking the old route by the Spittal of Glenshee to Cupar-AnKus , she will drive , in her private travelling carriage , by Ballater , Aboyne , and Banchory , to Stonehaven . She is expected to reach Edinburgh about half-past six ; o ' clock , and will leave on Friday morning at eight o ' clock . Her Majesty will travel by special express to London , which it is expected she will reach about halfpast six o ' clock p . m . Her Majesty ' s present intention , we believe , is to remain at Buckingham Palace that night , and start next morning for Osborne-house , in the Isle of Wight .

      The Duchess of Kent arrived from Abergeldie House at Dalmahoy , the residence of the Earl of Morton , oa Tuesday evening , on her way to London . She travelled by the Scottish Midland Railway from Stonehaven to Perth , and proceeded thence by the Scottish Central to

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      Oct . 12 . 1850 . 1 ffift # "& ** & **» 677

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 12, 1850, page 677, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1856/page/5/