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      ME . WILKINSON , SURGF ^ MAY BE CONSULTED every T No . 4 , George-Street ,, Bradford . M «^ ayv at t Brook Chapel ; from Ten till Five ¦ - > e £ p « ite East < ter ef the Week at liis own H- ! &d tfcaremain- 1 Street , Leeds , ( back Eatra ^ ^ ' . se , 1 $ * . Traf&lgar-* pm Eight iffthe Morning-. f ^ . , 67 , Xile-Stre « t ) , oa Ssnoavs tiH Two . w ^ Ten . at lyiehi , and

      Hr . W , cont ^ eg ^ Syphilitic I ^ ection . " eradicate « very Specks of is ceased whb > a £ ™* «^ , P " ' 5 * f if ^' . mV . aa « ft « J a Week , or no Charge made for 1 i £ tehft « the Expiation of that Period .: P ^^ ionP of the ™™ 0 * 1 Inveteracy , whf-re other ! t ?™?™ , - "S have foiled , a sropcr pVrseveranee in ' Jospiaa ' j- Treatment insures to the Patient * safe , ! weu ^ % -ocnded , and lasting re-e =: ablishmoat . J _^ VlLKINS 0 N' 5 PURIFYING DROPS for the ; A 3 arc of the above Dis&ise , may be- had with printed j Directions , rendered so plain that Pavksr . s of either < Sex may care themselves , without er » n the know- ! ledge of a be ^ felloTT . - ' ' . - Scid as u 3 K > ve ( Price 4 s . Cd . ) znd st the following agtjijs , wb » haTe a geaerai supply always en L . a ~ d : — I JAr .-Z . Heaion . « , Bigga ' . e , Leeds ; i iLxiveriser Otiica , Lowgaie , HuLi ; i Mr . - & 2 Tjrrove , -Library , D , C-jr . ey Srrect , York ; ! Mr . -RarUey , Bo « k : elier , H-uiiak ; i Mr . W . ]> ewhkst , S 9 , New < sre « , Huddersfield ; Mr . Harrison , Bookseller , Market-place , Barnsiov . ;

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      TEE" TJS 1 ON - JUDGMENT . BY LORD BTBON ** llus is &n t-x rorcinary Poem . "—TlM £ S . Also , price Sixpenct 1 , CAIK , A MYSTERT . BY LORD B \ ROS . Price Twoptfccs .

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      -mum especially the SeieBces of MiEeralogy , Geo-Ic ^ r , Botany , aid Entomology . By the lite Rowland Bctro * : er . —Third edition . Important " Work by the same Author . Now on S * le , price Tbrtfeptnce . Six ; h Edition . IX A&BKE&a OK THE KECESSITT OF AS EXT £ BSK ) S Of MORAL iSD POLITICAL IKSTBrc-TiQK AJiOSG TEE WohSISG CLASSES . Bj the lau ; B . cw . a . nd Dctr > » ier . VTith M . emoii oi the Acihor .

      * ' This is the best piece of composition on the sobjeet t « which it ; tf ; r « , in ine Ecgiish langnage , written by s man of uncunqutrablc zeal , sirpsssicg t * kut * td truepau-. onrm -, who raised himself irom mjooag working men , to i $ e admiration of the good and iawlkctuiiiy grea : ttrougbout the . kingdom ; and wi » o devoted ^ : < ;? fe to the improrenieat of hi * kiad . So man cac icoT bis enrv to himself and hi « eftiWreu who has tot reaa t ' ti * powerful tract . "—11 aiiistone Gazette .

      THB COI 1 PUBATION BEFOBM ACT . Whh Notes , and an Appendix . By "William Carpenter , price Sixpence . " Thw is a very good compendium , and is the J » jre Tilaii' . s for its notes , which show what tbe meamre wss originally , before the lordly lawxaksrs had ameEded it . Th- index is compiled ¦ witb great labonr , asd macb persp ; enity ef arrangextSBt ; and to tacse whe po ;* es * i < sh indexed copy ol the Aer , is * til worth the pr ice ol the whole . "L&EDS TlMLS .

      TOE LIKELIEST MEANS TO REMOTE HIBELIXGS OCT OF THE CHCBCH : Trherria i * cisDonrsed of Tithe ? , Church Rates , and Ckaren Kcveuces , a .: d whether any Maintenance o * 38 in inters caa be settled by law . By John Milton . Sixpence . ** fMs cheap rep int is timely . * * The genins » f Md ' . on baa cD'jtwei bis essEj with vitality . The-EngiLh w strong aud L ^ rrcu * , the rtasonin * tlose

      the argument s . r . ciiy ! r . g- . cil ; and the sacred nature of tie topic wmesti" subduing hi ? powers of Barezsm , it affords a good rpecimen of ins ' controversial mcrrioi-iif . ' i > u ' , pertup * , the distiBgnJfhiEg ciwraetenAtic of the tract is tne iearniag it aisplavs . Witban LDt ) eorr . pass of lor ^ -fiTt ? short page ! 1 , the-Aatbor seltets iroaa tbe Scripture * , the Father .-, tbr CooacnLt . ibe L . aw 3 of Enslaisd , and tke Historr kotk of England and tbe Reman Empire , all that i atcer * arj lor his parix > Sj > . '—Spectatob .

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      HISTORY OF PBIESTCRAFT . IX TWO PASTS . P * rt 1 . —Oe False and Corrnpt Rebgions , generally . Cnap . 1 . —Patan Priestnood . Cnap . 2 . —Tbe Jewish Priesthood . Cnap . 3 . —Tbe Pu !/ i * d Priesthood , P-rt 11 .- Oa the Enausa Church . Chap . 1 . —Gr ^ m ^ . ua Cnaraenr of tbs Rcfo : me 2 CaarcE . Chap 2 .- Ccn-ntu : ! un o : ih = Church of England . C&ip . 3 . — Tne Cnurca of Ireland . Ctap . 4 . Wtaltb of tee Lhurch . Chap . 5 . —Tubes . Cha $ . 6 .- Cn . rc-n Patronsge . Ci « f . 7 .- ^ Cturca Kticrm . C ^^» . " 8 .- ^ A Saaiinary Itevitw of the Ques . ion . to have

      ** Tni * Abno ^ iaent appears been made witfe sateb care , jusgiasu :, and ability . "—Atlas . " This Wott h wcil adapted to tbe spirit and ^ cMsdrt of the pnsenc times . "—Sheffield 1 NDKP 4 KDENT . Ask lor Carpenter's Abridgment , Kow publishing , neatly bonna ia cloth , at Three Smllings and Sixptcce , THK LIFE AXD TIMES OF MILTOS , craaprwing his pjrsonsl History ; and an account oi tbe limes in » mch he lived , i . e ., those of Chirks ! L , tbs Brput > hc , and Charles II . By William Carpet ter . ** -4 ia biography i : is ably written . "—Coxtbt Jonlii .. "Tbi * is a valoab ' e additioii to the people ' s kBowietige » f Hiitoa . "—The Isews .

      'Mr . Ca . rpen : er has produced a work in the « ae » pest and mast acceptable form , wbitb may be : aade a text-book for modern politicians ; and ' ooghi to be known wherever ihs venerated name of Milton is held in poetie estimation . " —Public Ledger , Pnc-e Sixpence , ± RPSECH OS THE LIBEATY OF 'DNLICEXSED PRINTING , m ^ rwsed to the Parhaaent of Eaglard . By JoLn Milton .

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      VAN BOTCEJSLL OK FISTUIiA , Czc . Fevrih Edition . Jus ! published , in 8 vo ., cluth bd& ., enlarged . Price 7 s . 6 d . F ACTS and OBSERVATIONS relative to a snecessful niu'k- oi Tre £ iin » Piles , Fistula , Hemorri . uiJai Excrescer . cc ; , umours , and Strictures , without catting or couauement ; illu > ty ? . tevl v , -ith numerous cases : bcin ^ a familiar expedition of the praufice of S . J . Van Buu-hell , Surgeon Accoucheur . Published by li . Reu .-baw , No . SoG , Strand ; sold iLc by the Author , at his Residence , No . Hi , Percysii-e £ t , Bc-iJford ^ qua-re .

      * it is very rarely our practice to advert to books on prcfeisional subjects , but the ' Facts and Ub ? ervs . i : uas' appear , by their practical aud unpretending ? haiac : er , to indicate so easy and prompt a relief from a large class of most painful and distressing diseases , that we believe this word of commendation fromus , which we tcne with much sincerity , will not be thought misplaced or without its" use . — ELxaniiiier , September 15 , ll ! 39 .

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      CHALLENGE TO CURS BXJNBMRSS . * MB . BAXTER , of BoJton , who has restored to sight so many individuals , many of whom have been blind for a number of years , and pledges himself to enre ^ the Aphthalmia , " or Inflamations , Films , Scums , Specks , < fec . Amaurosis , Dimness of Sight , without blisters , bleeding , seton , issues , or any restraint of ciet . Cataracts I cannot cure , as I make no use of an Instrument to any Eye . Mr . B . may be consulted Daily at his Residence , Bnugcmau ' Place , near to Cocktrhill Sprii : t , Bolt-un Lancash're .

      N , B . In answer to t . ie numerous letters received , Mr . B . respectfully iiifjrins his poor country frieuds that where a personal interview is impracticable , a letter pre-paid , enclosing a remittance of oue pound , and minutely describing their case , aud how they h ^ ve been treated , shall have medicines back by return , with every directions for use to auy p'irt . Domestic Maieria iledica £ ye Medicines for the cure of the above diseases .

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      BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . Cure r / Ritcumalisi . i of Fcrty ^ Years standing , at ^ laniis ' jiiT lf , M'Jifs , To Mr . prout , 229 , Strand , London . SIR , —I feel that I am performing a duty , to acknowledge publicly the very # reat benefit which 1 have derived from taking BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS , afierhaving been afflicted with Rheumatism in my Jeft hip , thigh , shoulders , head , and arms for forty years—for a long period the pain was so ifreat that I frequently started up

      iu bed—in fact , for seven years before taking Blair ' s Pills I had little or no rest night or day , although I had the best medical advice , both in and out of the army . I now am happy to say that 1 am free from this painful disease , and have " been so for three months . These Pills were recommended to me by my brother in Bath , who has been cured by them of Gout and Rheumatism of long standing , aud advised me to lose no time in applying for them to your Agent , Mr . Walker , druggist , Malmsbiiry , which I did , and after taking five boxes am comrletelv cured . Witness mv hand this 22 nd Feb . 1 CI 58 .

      HENRY WILKINSON , Upwards of Seventeen Years of the Royal Marines . Mr . Walker , chemist , Malmsbury , will testify respecting the authenticity of this letter . The above is another proof of the great efficacy oi this excellent Medicine , wnich has called forth the grateful thanks and approbation of all classes of society . From many of the highest branches of the nobility to the poorest peasant , they have happily been the means of giving a cegree of health and comfort ^ which in mosi casts have not been eDjoyed lor years ; they effectually relieve the must acute fit of Goat in a few hours , and seldom fail to enable the patient to resume his usual avocation in two or three days , and if taken on the first symptoms , the patient is frequently left in doubt as to the reality of the attack . And there is another most important effect belonging to this medicine—that it prevento the disease tiyiDg to the braiu , stomach , or other vi ; al part .

      Sold by T . Prout , 229 , Strand , London ; and by his appointment , by lleaton , Hay , Allen , Land , Clapham , Tarbo-. ton , Smith ^ Bell , Town-send , Baines and Newcowe , Smeeron , Reinhardt , Leeds ; Brooke , J ) ewsbnry ; Dennis and Son , Moxon . Little , Hardman , Collier , Hargrove , Bellerby , Yoik ; Brooke and Co ., Walker and Co ., Stafford , Doncaster ; Linney , Ripon ; Foggitt , Thompson , Coates , Tbirsk ; Wiley , Ea « nowo : d ; England , Fell , Spivey , Huddersfieid ; Ward , Richmond ; Cameron , ' Knares-. boreu ^ h . ; Pease , Darlington ; Dixon , Mctcalfe , Langaale , Northailerton ; Rhodes , Snaith ; Goldthorpc , Tadcaster ; Rogerson ; Goldthorpe , Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford ; Brice , Priestley , Pontefract ; Cardwell , Giil , Lawton , Shaw , " Dawson , Smith , Dunn , Wakefield ; Berry , Demon ; Sater , Leyland , Halifax ; Boot and Son , Rochdale ; Lambert , Boroughbridge ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Wake , Harrogate ; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the kingdom . Price 2 s . 9 d . per box .

      Ask for Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , and observe the name and address of '' Thomas Prout , 229 , S ; rand , London , " impressed on the Government Stamp affixed to each Box of the Genuine Me dieiue .

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      REPORT OF THE PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS TO HER MAJESTY FOR FREE PARDON FOR MESSRS . FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES , AT THE LEVEE AT ST . JAMES'S PALACE , BY THE REV . DR . WADE . TO GEOSGE EOGEES , ESQ ., CHAIRMAN OP THE

      COMMITTEE . Sia , —At the Leveeheld yesterday at St . James ' s Palace , I attended with seven volummous petitions , from various parts of the kingdom , imploring her Majesty to grant a free pardon to John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones . The Lordis-waiting seemed appalled at the length of the abstract of the petitions , which , under your expres 3 direction , I had the honour of putting into his Lordsajp ' s hands . He hesitated to read the whole to her Majesty , but , on my humbly kneeling at the feet of the Queen holdingupto her royal and especial regard the peutiuis themselves , a short consultation ensued uiaon ^ st the cfacers of state , and a voice called out '" read the ichole , ' which the Lord-in-waiting immediately did , in an impressive manner , amidst the most profound silence and evident marks of srmpathy .

      iiie Queen gave most attentive ear to every syllable , even to th > concluding prayers for " pardon of all politicul offences , " and for her Majesty ' s long and happy reign . Her Majesty then put forth her royal hand with a condescension and graciouEness that showed she appreciated the petitions of her loyal subjects , and 1 'dt aa became a Christian , a wife , and a crowned Queen . 1 have the honour remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , Arthsb S . Wade , D . D . February 20 .

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      Stockdale r . Hansard . —Our readers are aware that ^ the writ of inquiry to assess damages in Stockdale s pending acucn , was to have been executed on Thursday . It was uo texecuted . Why ! Tlie cause wa 3 in the list—the jury were impannelled—the counsel for btuckdale was prepared to discharge his duty to his client , notwithstanding the menaces of the House . What , then , prevented the execution of the writ , and withdrew the case , at least for the present , from the jurisdiction of that great bulwark of our rights aad liberties , a British jury ! A judge ' s order ! the order of Mr . Justice Williams , to post pone the return of the writ to the fourth day of next term , and to slay all the proceeeings in them ean lime . We are not yet aware of the judicial ground on

      wluch tnis was done , not yet quite satisfied of the judicial power to do it . It could not have been any terror of the House of Commons , which at this , now , the u eleventh honr , " has come over the Court of Queen ' s Bench . To suppose that the Court , -whose solemn judgment the House of Commons did not venture to bring before a higher tribunal , hasjnst now Deen struck with any servile terror of the House of Commons , and means to "back out" of its decision , would be to suspect the Couit of Queen's Beach of a motive so unworthy and of indecision so humiliating , as we cannot for a moment allow ourselves to entertain or imagine . The proceeding i 3 a most extraordinary one . We can only hope zt present that it may be satisfactorily explamed . —Morning Herald .

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      Frightful and Fatal Accipwtra , at the PB ? # 0 RM CXUB-HODSR , ? 4 S 4 BU ^» « B | FALJ ^ K 0 |» A Scaffolding . —On Thursday aTt < frnooB % . ft -Iitoft before four o ' clock , tlie following frigWfijl « gd x 4 &-aacholy accident oceurred , by the . wiaaOT . filffing of a scaffolding , rromthetop of the Reform UubAottge , now building , " in Pall-mall , to four unfajfonate woikmen bricklayers , a height of s > ity feet : It appears that the . unfortunate individual ^ \ ? ere engaged at wcrk inside t ) ie ^ extensive premises , when the Bcaffolding on which they stood suddenly fell with them , and all wore precipitated to the ground , from a height of sixty feet . On the accident being discovered by the numerous workmen employed in the extensive building , the utmost consternation and excitement prevailed . Doors and shutters were immediately procured , aud the unfortunate sufferers were removed on them , bv their brother

      workmen , to Charing Cross Hospital . Immediately on tlieir admission , Mi \ _ Peatridge , one of the principal Burgeons to the * < Hospital , was in attendanco on them , with other surgeons . On -examining the injuries sustained by the snffcreTa , they were found to boas follows : —John Bearing , aged sixteen years , dreadj ful fracture of sknll , and concussion of the brain , I died in half ¦ an honr alter hi 3 admission into the I hospital ) , Henry Pringle , extensive wound of the ! scalp . Robert Lovison , compound injuries and i fractures of the blade bone , besides extensive in-! temal ones . Edward Byran , general inward inja' r . e- ; , and concussions of the brain ( the latter un-¦ . fortunate saiferer lies without hopes of recovery ) , ' aad the other two in a most dangerous state .

      We-learn by letters from Jamaica that a fire supposed xo have been the work of negro incendiarism , had occurred , by which , property toihe amount of = £ 15 , 000 was destroyed . Tue Privilege Question . — The proceedings on Thursday in tho Sheriff ' s Court will excito some sensation . The execution of the writ of inquiry in th . case " Stockdale v . Hansard" was fixed for yest rday morning ; but at a quarter past eleven o'clock Mr . Burchell ( presiding for the Under-Sheriff ) said the cause must stand over for an hour or tyvo , in consequence of a notice to the Sheriffs . The matter was then before a Judgo . and he conld not tell till twelve o ' clock whether the writ would be executed

      or not . At the time stated Mr . Burcbell informed the parties that one of the learned j judges had postponed the execution of the writ of inquiry- ' until th ' e fourth day of next term . About an hour afterwards , Mr . Platt made his appearance , who stated that he understood there was an order , but that it applied only to the return of the writ , not to the execution ; and on the part of the plaintiff ho called upon the Under-Sheriff to execute tho writ . The order having been sent for , it was found that it not only enlarged the return of the writ , but Mr . Justice Williams ordered also a stay of proceedings in the meantime . This delay is significant . But wo abstain from all remark on the subject at present . — Chronicle .

      Stoppage of the Birmingham Borough Bank . — The B ' vmingham Advertiser of Thursday contained tho following announcement : — " Trade . —We are sorry to say that the aspect of commercial affairs in this town is _ but gloomy . Several disagreeable report ? were in circulation yesterday ; one or two of which , wo fear , are but too well founded . " This unpleasant prediction has unhappily been fully verified . At nine o ' clock this morning the following announcement appeared in the windows of the borough bank in Bull-street : — " The Directors of the Borough Bank find themselves under the painful necessity of suspending the payments of the Bank . " The transactions of the borough bankfrom its

      es-, tablishment , about three or four years ago , to tho present time , have been to an extremely limited and insignificant extent , and tho effect of its failure will , as a natural consequence , b » ,. * oomi paratively spoaking , little felt , except by the shareholders , amongst the population of Birmingham and its vicinity . The company consists chiefly of middle tradesmen , about seventy of whom reside in Birmingham . The shares were £ 10 , £ 2 10 s . per share ha ring peen paid up , thus leaving £ 7 10 s . upon each share ( if available ) to meet the deficiency which has now occurred / The liabilities of tho Borough Bank are variously stated , but from

      all 1 can learn , they aro considerably less in amount , certainly not more , than the calls due , if paid up , without expensive litigation ( as in tho cases of tke Northern and Central and the Manchester Imperial Banks ) , will easily provide for . The deposits were notoriously small , and although' it is stated that the London agents , Messrs . Groic and Prescott , aro iu advance or liablo to about i . 9 , 0 « 0 . it is satisfactory to know that the Borough Bank of , Birmingham never issued notes of their own to any amount , and on this account , at least , their liabilities will not be only more readily ascertained , but the town of Birmingham is generally less fearful of consequences .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , Feb . 26 . There were presented the Queen ' s quswer to the address on her marriage , and the answer rrf Prince . Albert and the Duchess of Kent to tho messaged voted to them . The Marquis of Lansdowne stated ( in answer to Lord Eljenborough ' s inquiry ) that the Government would take into consideration the several representations of the East India Company's petition , presaited oa a former day , in reference to the trade aud population of our eastern empire . Lord Ellenborough moved for several returns on the subject .

      Lord Minto stated ( in answer to the Duke of Buckingham's inquiry ) that no official accounts had been received as to the recent disturbances and proceedings in China , but that he had no reason to doubt the accuracy , in substance , of the representation on the subject which havo appeared in the newspapers . The Mirquisof Londonderry moved for returns relative to the payment of th * balance duo to the Bnt-Uh legion by the Spanish Government . They were ordered accordingly . Tho Noble Marquis then gave notice that he should to-day move for further information on this subject . Lord Strangford moved for copies of any reports from the officers of tho revenue boards to the Treasury , relating to the extension of the system of " bonding warehouses in inland towns . "

      The Earl of Clarendon resisted the motion as unusual ; as weil , he contended , might the confidential opinions of the law officers of tho crowA be required . ¦ ¦ ¦> . ¦ .. ' ¦ ' - Lord Ashburton thought that such Telrtirna would be very useful , and might be advantageously produced . Lord Melbourne opposed the motion . He had uo desire fur concealment ; but ho resisted this motion on the ground of it being unprecdented , and of inconvenient tendency . After some remarks from Lord Monteagle , Ac , the motion was withdrawn , and their Lordships adjourned .

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      uwing ; o me adoption of a remedy suggested in the columns of the Hereforp Journal a good while 8 go a valuable mare , tho property of Mr . Staubury ' supervisor , Ludlow , was recently effectually saved from death by lock-jaw produced by mal-treatment tor sand crack . We give the detail of the circumstance in the words of the owner of the Animal : — In consequence of one of the tendons being injured by the smith , lock-jaw ensued ; the best advice " was procured , but it proved of no avail ; the mare gradually sank day by day for upwards of a fortnight and all attemps to support natare fiKsgy ^ dig ' tres 3 at seeing a creature which had been my companion for years suffer so much induced mo at last to gire directions that sshe should be shot . I left home at 9 o ' clock in the morning , and mentioned the circumstance to a friend who is a subscriber to the Hereford Journal , z . ni , to my surprise , he pointed out a cure of lock-jaw mentioned in an old number ot the paper . Many minutes did not elapse before l was oa my roai home to countermand the order tor the destruction of the animal , and the proposed remedy was immediately put in operation . Between two and three hogsheads of water were thrown

      upon her spine , and repeatedly I thought she must wink under it , but , persevering , I at last perceived her sfcin as n were to creep upon her ; this over , she was a TYPPP ^ ^ P in blankets , and by kind treatment ana diligent attention to her , with nourishing diet and gruel , sho recovered , and has fainee been as well as ever sho wa ? , which circumstance 13 well known to nearly the whole of Ludlow . " The owner of the animal is aaturally anxious that the case should be ™ £ known for tho benefit of the publtc . aad because he tninfcs this a striking proof of the utility of the hmta frequently gmn m the Tiewspapers . - ^ Terf / ord

      ^ 9 ' ! a *? a ?** flwrniaft . a person named James Liddellhavug occasion to « o : to Ford for coak , a disafttrr ^ rfung jthe Mt , by the crowing of a < ££% Sfr ^ , ^ wLlk a A'Sat beS tUe BW or the reticle , be observed a cock and hen WKiJig on the axle , apparently quite at hoiiift gnfiiM that they belonged to Wane ab ^ uYTho Place , he put them into a sack and brought them to lvelso . On making inquiry after his retSrn , he a £ ceuamed that the fowls were tho property of a neighbour , and it appears that having ^ no to roost upon the axle tie previous night , the ? had Lidl ^ fnH ? ? ?^« y . nnperceived by Liddell , and , what is still more singular , had remained undisturbed by tho jolting of tEe cart during the journey until the following morning , when tn ? natural instinct of the cock warned him of the apf r ^ ach of day . _ £ > ls 0 Chron kle . P

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      ¦ jfc . ; : ¦¦ :. "• ¦ ' ¦/'•' - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ > . - >• , ¦ tvCHABTisT J $ Ek Partt at Dariinqwm * . - — -The spirited ChaJmsl * of , this place , on Tuesday evening , gafb a iiobk manifestation of their adherence to the principles of liberty , and their sympathy with the victims of a ^ tyrant , f * ttion f by giving , a ptibUc tea to MrvMUe ' s- . Brown , ot that place , one of the seditious or political truth-tellers , and for which he is to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes at Durham . The tea was held in the large , room above thje Co-operative Shop , and had an elegant and heart-, 6 tirrin& appea ranee by the tasteful decorations and the portraits of tho illustrious patriots , whose names the " world will not willingly let die . " We regret that Mr . Brown was unable , from iilnesss , to attend , but

      we trust that something substantial would be raised for hia defence After tea Mr . Lyall was called to the chair , who , having neatly opened tne meeting , two ladies then advanced to present , on behalf of the Chartist females of Darlington , a splendid silk scarf each to Messrs . Williams . and Biuna , of Sanderlaud , and also to the Ch&iriSan , This handsome and unexpected present was acknowledged by these gentlemen in appropriate addresses . Several patriotic sentiments were given or responded to by Mr , More , of Stockton , Mr . Knox , of Darlington , and Messrs . Williama and Binns . Messrs . Boyes and Fletcher favoured the company with excellent recitations , and the harmony was greatly promoted by various glees , duetts , &c . given by o ' . htv friends .

      Tea Pahty at Stockton . —On Monday evening , the friends of the Charter in Stockton gave a public tea to Mr . J . B . Ovven , as a mark of respect to that gentleman for las excellent qualities as a man , and his sterling integrity as an advocate of tho 'Charter . Upwards of 200 sac dosvn to tea , which was held in in the Brunswick Arms , and many more would have joined had there been accommodation for them . The room was tastefully decoraUd with evergreens , &c ; the walls honoured by the portraits of the patriots which have been given from time to time iu the Northern Star . After tea the room became excessively crowied by the influx of those who had been prevented from joining in the tea ,, but we are sorry to add that they were greatly disappointed in not hearing tho eloquence of a More or a Binns , and others who were in attendanco , as the landlord ' was compelled , by the tyranny of tho authority , to padlock tho niiuds of these gentlemen . Tho feast of

      intellect was , therefore , confined to the recitation of "Tell on the Mountains ; " which the landlord was afraid the treason- mongers might convert into sedition , at least ; and therefore , out of tespect to the worthy host , it was resolved to commence in spirit : aiid as the eloquence of speech was forbidden , the heart ' s feelings were expressed by tho graceful ' action of unfettered limbs . The catgut spoke most eloquently , and , after a happy evening , all departed in peace to their homes . —[ It is to be hoped that the working men of Slockton will do as they havo hitherto done , and prepare Mr . J . B . Owen with tho means of procuring the best legal assistance that ran bo obtained . Consider that , his cause is vour cause . JDo your duty nobly , and you will have " the satisfaction , as honest men , that yon have done your duty , and no more . ]—James More will address the working men of Sunderland and Southvvick next Sunday ; after which collections will be made in buhalfof the County Defence Fund .

      Guaxd Row at c kucmasons' Tavkbn . —Large portions of the morning papers arc occupied with accounts of agrand row which occurred yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern . A meeting of the freeholders and electors of Middlesex had been Eumlnoned by the Stieritfs , to address the crown , or take other measures for the liberation of Mr . Sheriii Evans . The Morning Chronicle , for two or three days previous to the meeting , had been endeavouring to get up an opposition to the Sheriff ' s friends ; recommcntling the same course to ba followed as in Ponsoken Ward , where , it seems , an amendment in support of privilege was carried . And measures had been arranged by an active political party for giving effect to this advice ; the Freemason ' s Hall

      was well packed with tho privilege men even before twelve o ' clock , the hour named in the advertisement for the time of meeting . " Twelve for one " was intended , according to a very common London usage ; but by an oversight , " twelve " onl y was named . A * t ' bw minutes before twelve , Messrs . Hume , Wakley Vigors , Warburton , O'Connell , Tuffhell , and Pry me ' were ? een on tho platform . None of the city functionoriea were present ; but Cul . Wood , Mr . T . Wood , and Cautain Polhill appeared among a crowd of opponents . Mr . Coppock , Secretary of the Reform Association , was bustling about with several wellknown " Reformers . " A i a quarter past twelve , tho meeting showed symptoms of impatience ; and as no representative of the Sheriifs had arrived , Mr .

      Warburton moved that Mr . Hume should take tho chair . Uproar commenced . Mr . Mann asserted the right ot the Sheriff to preside at the meeting he had called ; but a majority was declared by Mr . Warbiirton to ' be in-favotfr of his mction , and Mr . Hume took the chair . Several persons protested against this proceeding . Mr . Hume attempted to speak ; but was inaudible amidst the noise of cheers and hooting . ] gr . Wakley presented himself . Mr . Hichard Taylor rose to order—he said the requisition should be read but nobody had got the requisition . Mr . Warburton again _ put iho" motion that Mr . Hume should take the chair ; and he again pronounced the motion carried . —Mr . Wakley proceeded to address the meeting , but nxet'with , constant interruption . One person said ho

      was not an elector . A pretty fellow you arc , " said Wakley , " to say the Coroner of Middlesex is not an © lector ! " Mr . Mann endeavoured to stop him . " 1 wish , " exclaimed the Coroner , " I had a strait waistcoat for that old lunatic ! Who is the old vagabond ?" Mr . O'Connell , too , had a hit at Mann ; who , he said , " was ugly enough to be angry . " Mr . Wakloy was descanting on tho necessity of supporting the privileges cf the House , when Mr . Under-Sheriff France appeared on the platftrm , and claimed the chair as his right . Mr . Wakley said that he , as Coroner , had a right to take tho chair in the absence of the Sheriffs , aud Mr . France must a « t as his Under-Shcriff . Tho dispute waxed warm , and presently the two parties came to blows . The barrier

      in front ot the platform was torn down ; chairs and tables were upset ; Mr . Hume was pushed out of the chair , which was thrown into the middle of the room . Tho shouting , hissing , aud various noiaes were continued all the while . At length the Under-Sheriff caused 'the Riot Act to be read ; and Mr . Hume and most of his friends left the room , as did also the great majority of the other party . Som © persons remained , placed Sir John Scott Lillie in the chairand , on tho motion of Mr . O'Connell , passed this ' resolution : — "That it is the duty of the House of Commons , which oug / U to be the representative of all tho people , to publish to the entire nation all the delinquencies , oppressions , grievances , and other crimes committed by the Tory faction , or other bad

      men ; and therefore we pledge ourselves to give all the protection in our power to every such just and necessary publication . " Mr . Under-Sheriff France with about 250 persons , including Sir Francis Burdett . Captain Polhill , Mr . G . F . Young , Sir J . Gibbon , Mr . Richard Taylor , and Col . Wood , went up-stairs . Several speeches were delivered , condemning the conduct of Mr . Hume , Mr . Wakley , and the other Members of Parliament—the " real culprits , " as Mr . Taylor called them , who had created disorder in the meeting . Thanks were voted to the Under-Sheriffs ; and it was resolved to call another meeting to take the Sheriffs' case into consideration . Many persons complain of being robbed in the scuffle . Hats , umbrellas , -watches , aud purses were missed by the owners .

      Incendiarism . —A correspondent at Driffield , February 19 , communicates the following distressing news : — "We havo just received , by tho Slcdmtro post-boy , the woful intelligence , that the wholo of biT Tatton Svkes ' s stacks of corn , and eight others belonging to Mr . Atkinson , of Sledmere , weve totally destroyed by fire , during last night . The boy likewise asstrcs , that on his road to ' Driffieid this morning , about five o'clock , he saw flames bursting out from the stack-yard of Mr . Jeremiah Lamplough . — Yorkshireman . The Ministerial War-cry . —Whenever a dissolution at . Parliament ia rendered necessary , corn law repeal will be the war-cry of tho Ministerialists , lhcy calculate on returning , at the next general election , corn law repealers for all the towns in the empire . In that case the county members will find themselves , in a fearful miiiority . It is intended to buil

      y the House of Lords into a surrender of the corn laws . Let the agriculturists look to these things . "War to . the knife" is abonfc to be proclaimed against native industry . —Ten Towns Messenger . The Church op Scotland . —We copy tho following announcement from the Witness of yesterday : — ' On the night of Monday last , Dr . Gordon , of this city , was interdicted by the Court of Session from preaching the Gospel in any of the seven parishes of Strathbogie , whose ministers are suspended by the Assembly e Commission . " There is no mistaking this . The preaching of the Word of God , by one of tne best , the gentlest , the most unassuming , raost truly apostolic men in the Church , within these seven parishes , is prohibited and interdicted by the Lourt , and if he preaches the Gospel in the face of this interdict , we presume that he will be imprisoned Tor contempt . Never , since the days of the Covenant , has tne freepreachintrofthe Word been

      intnrdicted in Scotland , and we earnestly hope the people will feel and act aa they ought in this momentons crisis ; their interests are at stake , their rights are mvaded , their well-won and dearly-prized privileges , as Scotsmen and Presbyterians—as ratified aadacknowledged by the Union , are now in peril , Let the people bestir themselves , and demand a remedy for grievances which can no longer he endared . Tho ministers who have taken tho lead in this question will do their duty calmly , steadily , and fearlessly Let the people do their duty also—let them stand by the good and venerable men who for their sakes make such sacrifices . Let meetings in every quarter—petitions and addresses from evpw

      paristi , demonstrate the determination cf Scotland that therei shall be uo intrusion , no encroachment by cml courts on the independence of tho Church in S hw f' y f cclesiaatical ; above all , no obstruction by the hand of power to the free preaching of the ( jo-peJ . —Caledonian Mercury .

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      Testimonial Tft Mb . CHjaaES * EiiBLE . —On the retiM ^ t ^^ CharieSvJ temlll ' the e sev ?™ noqfaneBt an / 1 others , his friends and ad- - mirer 8 , 6 v * iflnbscription onfoot for thepurpose of presenting him * TOth sbine token $ f their regard for his professional ta ?? nt and domestic virtues . The result was a massive , siitfer cup , weighing upwards of 700 ounces , and ofthe value of £ 450 , which has just been completed under the superintendence of join Franci ? Chan trey ; the chief pdrtioh ofthe design having also been furnished by that celebrated sculptor . The form of the cup is Grecian—the body of it oocupied with arepresentutionof STiakspeafe'd SeVcn Ages , iu b . a , s-relief . It is composed of frosted *' - ' ** * i Placed upoa a sduare paMal of polished silver . *

      Important Caution . —We think it right to caution tie public against transmitting cash notes through the Derby aud Nottingham Post Offices . Qu the 1 st instant , Mesfrs . Wright , bankers , of this town , put into the Nottingham Post Office a letter containing ¦ a small cheque , and £ 200 in notes ofthe bank of Mosai-8 . Cronipton and Co ., Derby , 'addressed to them ; the postage being prepaid . Messrs .. Wright , hearing that the said letter had not reached its dcb-tma-tion , afttr making various inquiries at Dorbv . addressed a letter to Colonel Maberley , tho Secretary to the 1 oat Master General , detailing tho particulars ol their loss ; and no answer being returned , they wrote a- second letter directed to the Post Master

      , general , repeating their former statement , and adding , that tho receipt of their letter , containing the money , was admitted at the Nottingham Post Onice . The only notice taken wa 3 by a printed circular , signed by a clerk , ashing for information , already twice furnished , ( then furnished a third time ) and not in the least noticing tho particulars that had been communicated . Since the receipt of this circular , abovo a week ago , Messrs . Wright have not heard ftoui the Post Office . This is another instance of tho disgraceful manner in which the Government and their subordinates attend to , or rather neglect , the bu-incs 3 uf their several departments . — Nottingham Journal .

      Another Whig Job . —Mr . Knight , the leading joint iu the Scholefield tail , is appointed to the office ot superintendent-registrar for the district of Birmingham , vacant by the compulsory " resignation " ot Mr . Pare . Mr . Knight holds two other public situations—namely , borough treasurer , at a salary of £ 300 per annum , and receiver of police , at a salary of £ 250 a year ! Talk of local political influence and jobbery in Tory times , —who talked more about . these things , in the days of reform , economy , and retrenchment , than pluralist Knight , and his patrons Joseph Parkes and Joshua Scholefield ? When—when , we ask , was there anything so palpably unju . it as tho two last appointments given to bcholefield

      ' s man-Friday \—Ten Towns Messenger . Gainsborough . —A novel scene was enacted on Ihnrsday , the Yd \ h instant , in Gainsborough " church , ia the renouncing at the baptismal font , by a family ot ntno persons belonging to the stiff-necked tribe ot ^ tho devil and all his works . " The aiFair was not made public till it was over , or these descendauts ot Moses would have been honoured with a church full of witnesses . The cause of the sudden conversion of this Israelitish family is not known : it is not many years since the father publicly disputed the utility of the Society for Concerting Jews to Christianity , and attempted to prove the impossibility of such an object ever being attained . — Lincoln Mercury .

      Heroic Conduct of a Young Lady . —A few evenings ago , as a young lady was on a visit to a friend m the peaceful village of Youlsjrcavo , in this county , a young gentleman , son of a wealthy and highly respectable miller and farmer , in the same neighbourhood , was escorting her from her friend ' s house , and having to pass a small fish pond situated in the pleasure grounds attached to the house , from tho darkness of the nighc ho accidentally slipped into the water , and would , in all probability have been drowned , had it not been for the determined resolution of the young lady , who , at the imminent peril of her own life , rushed into the water ,. aud succeeded in grasping firm hold of her lover ' s arm , and safely brought him again on terra Jirma . —Derby Reporter .

      Arrest and Conviction of a Murderer . — Another victim is about to be offered up in expiation ot the cruel death inflicted by a body of sawyers upon a poor man named Hanlor , in 18-29 , while going homo from his employment aboutsix o ' clock ia the evening . In consequence of not conforming wuh certain regulations into which they entered , he was way-laid in Thomas-street , by about thirty assassins , and brutally murdered on the spot . Four men were , iu a short time after the occurrence executed for the offence , aud a fifth transported for life about a year ago , while Win . Lyuan , the originator and planner of tho murder , escaped without punishment , although £ 2 , 000 Teward was offered for his apprehension . Justice has overtakeu him at last ! He fled froai Dublin shortly after tho tragedy , and repaired to B ^ lt . oa , where he resided up to the time ? I ,. VJ ? apprehension uuder tho assumed name of wiiiiam

      Walsh . His capture . was effected by one of his own purty at the murder meeting him last December , immediately after which he gave informatioo . of the fact to the authorities here , who had him Instantly arrested . After a long and patient trial , he was convicted on the evidence of the approver , corroborated in the clearest manner by that ot others , and was sentenced to be executed on Saturday , the 21 st of March . —Dublin Paper . Socialism at Norwich . —We call the attention of the Bishop of Exeter to the proceedings of csrtaiu members of various trades in the City of Norwich

      A society has been formed there for the purpose of erecting a Hall of Science , or Trades' Hall , where operatives and others may assemble with their wives and children to acquire and communicate useful knowledge , and where they may have innocent auiusemont at a trifling expense . The great objects of the Committee appointed to carry out the plan aro all stated in a very plausible way ; but the Norwich Tories are terribly alarmed , and pray for assistance troni the Anti-0 wenite Bishop , as their own Diocesan being imbued with tho education mania , is no doubt favourable to any scheme for weaning the working classes froin public-houses , encouraging thinking habits , and directing their attention to higher and better objects—the emancipation of tho body and mind from the thraldom of ignorance . —Sun

      William Bessy , better known as Black Will , who was in the habit of carrying a basket of oranges about the town of Chelmsford , died a few days siSce at the house of his brother . . TMs man lived-in the most wretched manner , denying himself the common necessaries of life , and declaring that his poverty prevented his having a fire in his room . On his death he was found to have possessed £ 300 in the Three Per Cents ., i !? 00 Long Annuities , and £ 300 in the hands of Messrs . Sparrow , the bankers ; he has left the money to two brothers and the widow of another . — Chelmsford Chronicle . An amateur , who assumes thenameofFitz Robert and of whom it is reported that he has undertaken to appear at the majority of the provincial theatres and sustain three favourite characters in well known plays , for tho purpose of deciding a wager , made hia

      appearance at the Exeter Theatro last week , and has since played the prescribed number of nights , lhe mysterious stranger is , from his delivery , evidently a gentleman by education ; he showed a great want of knowledge of sta ^ e business , but his reading was always good , and his manner unembarrassed lhe novelty drew very full houses . —Exeter Post . Pontypool . —At a public meeting of cordivaiuers , held on the 17 th February , at Pontypool , it was resolved—1 . "That this meeting views with abhorrence and contempt , tho illegal and unconstitutional attempt of Government to punish Messrs . L ' l-ost , WilLams , and Junes , when two of tho three Judges who tried them at Monmouth have decided tliat the objection mado by the counsel was both valid and made in time . " -2 . "That this meeting deem it their incumbent and imoorative dutvtn « , t »

      into subscriptions for the defence of Mr . H . Vincent and others who may hereafter be taken up and persecuted for no other offence than having advocated our just and common cause . " -3 . That this meeting respectfully and earnestly request all other trades and occupations m town and country to immediately meet in their respective places of meeting / and {? enter into subscriptions for the above laudable purpope . -4 . That the above resolutions be sent for S ™ ° ^ * o * n . . > Southern Star , and to tne Champion . " -A petition is in course of signature for a free pardon for Messrs . Frost , WUliams and Jones , which will be sent to Lord BrouibaSto be presented to the Queen ' s most excellent MajSty bA . K ° : sK aLSr ^ fess ^ r . fe ? as =-a commercial traveller , for fraudulently n ^

      inrougn Hiiperton gate , without paying tfio toll duS S - ° ?« V 4 ! d M The rfctor foUowed the traveller into Trowbridge , ascertained his name procured a summons for hia appearance immediately niT . ? l ^ pW to * repast , which he wis obi ged to leave in the midst of his brother travellers , and was fined m the penalty of £ 3 , and 9 s . Gd . costs which was paid immediately , and he daparted observmgat the same time , " ' it was sharp p 5 o 5 S for the paltry sum of Ud . " -Devizes Gazette . ' tin * a rfLh n ° 7 if I * r A 8 * labouring man was cut-£ „> n ^ tiperstone mountain , part ofthe estate of J . A . Lloyd , Esq ., and within the manor of lankerville , a few weeks since , he found near ft ^ ?? M ? tbo u earth > ^ richest vein of pu " lead that has ever been discovered in England . InyZTtt *?™!}™****** * . . «**» to . WWd and

      Z . v 7 f i 16 ! WH ? Wlli ^ mediately put the el int 0 . f TroTk . ~ Salopian Journal . ih £ ^» i 5 ^ iVr ° , doubt witb an intention " to create alarm , lately threw into several houses in the neighbourhood of AlUe-end * paper which ia now in the possession of the proper SoriuS and which sets forth , in ne « l , TheSl ! iinrtSS 8 rgJ wicked recommendation to incendiarism ! - " Fiw £ the friend oi the poor ; " "If Frost is not brought back , set fire to the stack ; " " Blood and fir " aro our weapons . " The police ' are on the took outffi the mischievous writer .

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      : The . XJoxsiABUiABT .--A riry mngnlw ^ e&efaa- * stance took place in one . of the Roman / yifol fo - chapels in this neighbourhood a ahort vftinl ^ riMeV After the serriee was over , the t ^ JeBf , «» HdHiet »* the altar , informed his heaj ^ ra . thit he had jtb ©* & *» - pointing of twelve or fifteen policramen , and desirjfe * ' such young men as wished to enter the cpnstabulMnr- > to cill upon him . We had supposed , agreeably tor * Mr . Drumraond ' s evidence , that' the sub-con 8 | srt > tA ^ were invariably appointed on the lecommendaifoii ¦ - ¦ of the justices of the peace , but on inquiry wo hare i ascertained that by . a lato regulation the sub-inspectors and head constable ? are al ' owed . to recommend . A curing illustration of the working of the system a " *

      fl +, 1 ^ .. 1 t _ _ ™ M . tf m 4 si « 1 i / v tin ' U « v *¦¦« a £ " cAtnd " ¦ - ¦ - ik *¦ *» ¦ ~' friend has related to us , H < J nmt some , ^ fp ^ Sligo , three di four stout country lads proceeding toV this town ; entering into conversation -with them . hev usked " What they were going toSltgo to do ? " They stud , "to get into the police . '' " Who recommended ) them ! " Mr . ——— , sub-inspector . " "Is ho acquainted with each of you ?"— "No , bui we had letters , to him fcom the priest ; Sach is the system pursued ; the priest is the man who tills up the vacancies , and the country will be tranquil , and society - safe , so long as he wishes it ; "My little childj " - said ? Theraistocles , " governs Greece . Ho governV big ? * m-ither , his niothey me , I . thor Athenians , aud-. tfifc Athenians Greese . "—/ m 7 s paper , ¦ : : ¦ ¦¦ •• • ...,.

      Conscientious ScitupiiES . —On tho announcement of the order for a Sunday delivery of letters throughout this town , two letter-carricr . 3 stated that they could not conscientiously deliver letters on the Lord ' s day , and in . consequence of this they were both dismissed . from their situations , although the one had been , iii the office thirty-seven years , and the other twenty-eight years . A mem ' orial , t , q tho Postmaster-General , pray ing for them to be reinstated m iheir situations , was forwarded by Wednesday HioniHig ' g ' Jmail , which had been signed between Saturday- and .. Tuesday evening by the Mayor and magistrates , most of the Town Council , theckrg ? of all denominations ^ '¦ ¦ and 800 of the leading merchants-and tradesmen at ; the town . —Newcastle Journal . : '•

      Curious Case . —A singular case was brought be- * fore the : magistrates at Eton on Wednesday week , - in which Mr . John Atkins , of Slough , was charged ' with a rape on a girl of sixteen , in hia service , of the \ name of Mary Wilder . The case was established by , the evidence of the injured party , and confirmed ; by \ other testimony ; but on the following daj th « , wit * ' nesses had all disappeared , having ^ been carried away - ¦ in ally . The magistrates met again' on Friday'OtLui Saturday , but still no witnesses eould'be fotnul to . be < v ; bound over to prosecute , and the case . waS necessarily ^ adjourned until they coulabe discovered ; Themagw ^ i trates refused to discharge the prisoner ^ or to accept ¦ : bail . v ' '•? .

      The Princess Victoria o ? Cobobrg . — "Tbe Princess Victoria , the intended 'bride of ? the Dsket ; De Nemours , was the object of universal attraction ,- ' . - , says a Brussels letter , * ' on her visit to our theatre . .. U Her Serene Highness is very handsome , of fair co . m .-plcxion , and of a pleasing aud cheerful countenance .. ' <^ She was dressed with groat simplicity , aiid wore fojr ;| ; ornament on her head only a white rose . " ' " .- ts 0 ; Extraordinary Decision of . the Poo ^ ^ a ^ k : ^ Comsiissioneus . —It is generally known to xk ^ t ^ tolligent readers that at the close of the . la . st aesgidn * of Parliament an act passed to enable justices of thd peace , in petty sessions , to make orders for th » sup- ^ port of bastard children . This act was hailed .-with- ' i great satisfaction throughout tke kingdom , as it ¦ . ;

      promised to relieve parishes from the gfe ; it -expense . ., of applying to the quarter sessions , for tho pnrpoBO ' of affiliating illegitimate children . The words of the preamble exhibit the intention of the Legisla- ; ture : — " Whereas it is expedient to give ffior * q speedy and effectual means for obtaining orders upon : ^ the putative fathers of bastard children . for their support and maintenance , " &c . Under the expectation of thus more speedily and effectually ¦ obtmaljt ^ " an order upon a putative father , a parish in the county of Glocester lately applied to the Board of Guardians to take the necessary measures for bring- , , ing the case before the local inagistrates , when the Guardian was told than it would be necessary for ~ the mother to reside the ¦ whole seven yeav 3 in the workhouse at an expense of 2 s . 9 d . weekly , if the

      father was called upon to contribute Is . 6 d . per week towaids the support of the bastard child . This appeared to be so strange a mode of rendering orders , upon putative fathers more speedy , and effectual that an application was made to the Commissioners oa the subject . The reply was in these words ; dated ¦' - February the 13 th , 1840 : — " With regard to th % - . case of the woman , the CoainiisaiouETs need sparcely to remind you that it is the policy of the Is&v , with a view to the discouragement of bastardy ; to reuder mothers of bastards liable to niaintain their ofiipfirie , ¦ and to avoid calling for the interference of pariai officers in such cases , unless the inability of-. the mother to support her bastard be established . "The Commissioners are of opinion that out-relief given

      to a woman affords no test of her inability' to support her bastard ; but acts as . an encouragement tor . vice , and they entertain the strongesti ' veoofvic ' tdoii . .. not merely on general reasons , but as theTesnlt ^ of extended experience , that a strict adherence to ' the , principle of the new law of obliging mothers to- - exert themselves to maintain their illegitimate off * ¦ ' - spring will ultimately diminish immorality .- - E . Chadwick . " The Commissioiiers here avow that twdefr their direction and sanction parishes are' to be taxed to the amount of 2 s . 9 d .-foi ? thd support of the ' mother before they can recover of the vtather the usual payment of Is . 6 d . per week for maintaining the child—an extraordinary mode , of carrying out the intentions of the Legislature , and * renderlnji 5 the ^ . obtaining orders upon putative fathers n ^ oTe speedy ! and effective . ' ' ¦ -. ' . . .. :.- ^~ J

      Penance-in St . Peter ' s Churchj IJiVEftpobi ,. — Between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Wednesday morning Church-street was crowded by a mass of persons who had either been to see or were anxious to see a woman belonging to that class of persons proverbially famous for their power of tongue , via * a fish woman , who , clothed in white , had been doing penance in St . Peter ' s Church , for having applied to a quondam female friend , in the same calling , an epithet of the most unseemly kind . This penance was performed for the purpose of warding off a threatened prosecution on thepart ofthe calumniated dame , who , with a small troop « f most respectable looking friends , want to churcji to witness the cere * mony , in a half-broken small cart ,, the jiorse beinc

      ornamented with a few white rags or shreds of ribbon , and ' a youth insida , carrying a ~ shabby pro ( empore flag , consisting of a piece of . calico ox lin . en ' . ak " ' tached to a stick . The ceremony was ^ io- ^ he- regret of many , performed -privatelyrin ' the vestry of thechurch . When the repentant fish-wife ^ eft the church , she , to escape from the gaze and pf essure of a curioup andlanghing crowct , " got into " a hackney ' coach , and was driven away . —Liverpool Standard . The Sheriff is Confinement . —Oh' Saturday a meeting of the inhabitants of Walbrook ward took place , ior the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the discharge of Sheriff ' Evans from the ' custody " ' of-th ' e '" serjeant-at-arms ; Alderman Gibbs in the chair . Mr . Wire DroDosed

      rosolutionsto the effect that the meeting sympathize with the sheriff , who was imprisoned without having committed any offence , except that which was considered by the House of Commons a violation of their privileges . He recapitulated the arguments with which tne public are tamiliar , arid expressed a i ? i . house would not disregard the ' petitions which wero poured in upon them from all sides iBk i favour of the sheriff . Mr ; Travera supported th& motion . Mr . Rock objected to it . He certainly sympathized with the sheriff , but he eonldnot for * moment think of casting any reflection upon the ; * House of Commons , a body which represented , and winch alone represented , the people . Ho concludeii * - by moving an amendment , the echo of his speech , ine-amendment was then negatived , and the original-. motion was carried . A petition founced upon . the < resolution was then agreed to . AfiCHiMEDEs ' s Mirror realised . — -Atine ordinary ' weekly meeting of the Royal institutWlb « tt-Frida ^ - evening last , Mr . Naismytfi , bfMlIanclMter ,. delivered a lecture befere a very crowded auditory , ii | , the course of which he exhibited an instrumeht , constructed by him after a good deal of attention and study , and which ho called a Pneumatic Mirror . Capable of a wonderful variety of applications , yefc-..-. simpleinconstruction , it excited considerableinterestf and from the explanations that were given , no donbt was entertained that when it should come to be tried on a large scale , it wonld not only be found adapted :

      to astronomical purposes ( for which it was at firsts especially contemplated ) and for facilitating tlie operations of physical science in general ; but aboreV all , that it would afford an important aid to the art of naval warfare—an agent of all-consmhing powers ' ¦ when employed against the fleet of . foreigu foe ,-or ' domestic invader . Indeed , it might bo saidto ,, be Arclnmedes ' s mirror realised . And how could th » potent instrument be forpiedt A piece of plate glass of the stoutest possible description , ' of circular foabn , and aa many feet in circumference as need bk is htted into a frame-work q £ aofficient strength . " and . ¦ durability , and closely soldered down , an e ^ pty space being left between to serve as a chambe * tor the recaption of air , and a tube branching ontfrom that chamber , in order that a given quantity of the air nught be withdrawn , or , if necessary , a va&um formed . The glass , thus fitted ud . is to benlabed

      upon legs m such a manner \ re- /> hall admit its being turned in any direction at will . The operator then breathes from the tube until the glass assumes a concave surface—until it palpably Binksin the centre , taking care , however , not to go bo far as to cause it to break . A focus being thus obtained of the required power ( and when the glass ja of proper dimensions and tlio air ia withdrawn to the fallest possible extent , the focus will be of inconceivable intonsity ) , the glass , erected upon a fort or some other convenient spot and exposed to the sun , is to be directed upon the enemy ; and tha result will be ( observed Mr . Nakniyth ) that the sun ' s ray 3 being concentrated to thU extreme degroe on their shippiiiit' will ^ ive risp to an universal conflagration ! Of course , tiiae alono Must perfect such an instrameht as this . Meanwhile , by all means let is be kept » secret from the Chinese !

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      ^ . ~~ : LS 8 &S SOEOUQH | tti » OM » . _ NO ttCE ISHEtlEBt GlVElfiritt ^ eiwxt GENERAL QUABTER S ® SK ) lTS , « # * Ae Peace for the Boroogh of Leeds , in- the Connty of York , will be holden before TBomis Flower Elijs , the Younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Court House , in Leeds , on Monday , the Second Dat of March , 1840 , at Nine o Clock in the Forenoon , at which time and place , all Jurors , Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizances , and others haviog BaainecS at the said Sessions , are required to attend .

      And Notice is hereby also Given , Trat all Appeals will be heard immediately on the Opening of the Court , ard that all Proceedings under the Highway Act will be taken on the First Dav of ihe Sessions .

      By Order , JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of the Peace for the said Borough Leeds , 12 th Febraarv , 184 Q .

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      In the Commons , the Speaker was unable to take the chair , there not being forty members present at four o ' clock .

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      ' ' MJVN T H ER N ' T ' ¦¦¦ irom stag — ii ^ THE Oil . STARl ^ .- ^ 2 ZZ \ ^ ^^^

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      Remarkable Cure Op Lockjaw In A Mare. —

      Remarkable Cure op Lockjaw in a Mare . —

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 29, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2673/page/2/